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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1965.

Tiresome Gesture

There are few Canadians who will

not indorse Prime Minister Pearson’s

‘eontention that sc anda l-mongering should have no place in this or any

other election campaign.

One gets

tired: however, of his attempts to twist the meaning of this term by applying it to any comments on the ineptitude of his government in deal- ing with the malodorous mess reveal- ed in the Dorion judicial inquiry! The attitude of outraged virtue he exhibit- ed in a recent television broadcast

scarcely

befits the record of his

administration in dealing ‘with the revelations given in the report of this

inquiry.

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After all, wasn’t it “scandal- mongering” that the Opposition mem- bers were charged with by.-Liberal cabinet members in daring to bring this matter up at all in the House of Commons? Mr. Favreau, then Minis- ter of Justice, branded as an “absolute lie”. the charge that a member of his

own d Riva

artment was involved in the

affair. It was only after weeks

of gdvernment reluctance and buck-

passing

that a judicial inquiry was

finally consented to.

We need not review the details of that report. They are fresh in the public mind. If the government want- ed them to drop out of memory, it had no business forcing another elec- tion on the country at/this time. Why shouldn’t they be discussed on the hustings, since an opportunity for full discussion in Parliament was circum- vented when Mr. Pearson called upon the Queen’s representative to dissolve Parliament half way through its nor- mal term?

The

Times of London is not in-

volved in this campaign, nor can it be called a scandal-monger by any- one with any knowledge of _its repu-

tation.

But in an unprecedented

‘editorial on this theme it: criticized

Mr. Pearson severely because he had -

“shrunk

from the obvious response of

‘a prime minister with some guilty

-_gubordinates—the ruthless. approach,

removing anybody whose conduct has

involves

not-been-above-reproach, even.if that.

a few harsh decisions.”

What is expected of Mr. Pearson now is some sign that he has learned his lesson, some indication that his party—if returned with or without the majority it is demanding—will be more disciplined under his leadership than it has been in the past. Instead he keeps insisting that all is well,

that

“nothing was revealed that

should have been dealt with that has not been dealt with,” that the rest is “insinuation and misrepresentation.” How does he expect his opponents to react to such humbug? If they have gone further than they should in their - criticisms of other scandals, let him reflect on his own responsibility in

keeping

this issue alive by his com-

placency.

Scientific Harvest

Gemini astronauts are helping to bring in a rich harvest of new know- ledge, as revealed in a two-day sym- posium at Washington this week in

which Space

e National Aeronautics and

diministration’s first report to

the American public on scientific ex- perimgnts carried out by manned space-flight missions was submitted. Pictures and data gathered-during the

ht-day flight of Gemini 5 in August aré still under study; they will be dealt with in a later symposium. But there is much of interest in what has

come to

light...

The most striking results visually

' were the color photographs of the

earth and of a luminous layer 100 kilometers high in the atmosphere. Over land, some’ of the photos show cities and airfields. Many. of the city streets are traceable; a few large buildings stand out.

Geographically, the photos show a wealth of information often missed in the past—signs of past or present

volcanic activity, for example. Over shallow water, bottom topography is shown in invaluable detail. Meteoro- logists also benefit from pictures taken from lower heights than those sent’ back by weather satellites, re- vealing many details of clouds that

| will make satellite photos easier to | interpret.

In all, the Gemini program in-

cludes some 100 scientific experi- |

ments to be carried out on nine man-

| ned flights. About 30 more experi-

ments are planned for earth-orbiting missions of the three-man Apollo

| ship. These should begin to take |

| measuring.

-use of chemical insecticides

place in 1967. Beyond these, the Apollo flights to the moon will in- clude even more experimenting and Thus the research out- lined at this first formal report to the public is only the beginning of an ex- tensive flow of new knowledge to come from data gathering activities.

Only one, so far small, uncertainty |

with the studies of the astronauts themselves was reported. During. the four-day Gemini 4 flight, Astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White

lost a small but significant amount of | substance from their bones. This was |

quickly recovered when they return- ed to the ground. Researchers confess

that it will take much more study of |

other astronauts. under a variety of

‘ space-flight conditions to pin down

what is happening:

Without’ Chemicals

How to control pests without the |

is a problem of concern to many agricul- tural areas. In a recent BBC broad- cast, progress if this direction was reported from a research centre in London, which is primarily concern- ed with discovering what poison is used by some parasitic fungi to kill locusts, and then to extract the sub- stance from the fungi, or synathesise it, for controlling this pest. The same broadcast reported on a form of biological control being used in Czechoslovakia to eradicate the—tiny mites that live in stored grain, espec- ially if it is at all damp.

It seems that between 1953 and 1957, more than 10 per cent of all the stored grain in Czechoslovakia had been hopelessly contaminated by mites and their excreta. Fumigation was tried and failed. Then two scientists from the Prague food re- search institution came forward with the idea of setting a mite to catch a mite. And it’s been. working ,satis- factorily.

They found one predaceous mite which was well able to do the job,

, $o long as it was not outnumbered by ‘more than one hundred to one; if it

was, the victims bred faster than they could be killed. This predace- ous mite does not eat the grain itself and can easily be cleaned out before the grain is used. They have already been used to clear more than 10,000 tons of grain.

Bicultural Soap.

_.... An.enterprising. Vancouver.toilet

products company has recognized French Canadian rights by inserting a special scent into bars of soap sold in Quebec. This prompts the Win- nipeg Free Press to suggest that while the cause of biculturalism could conceivably be served in this matter, it is just possible that the gesture may backfire.

Is the soap company, it asks, treat-

| essary for the accumulation of | | ies and countries outside Can-

terial on his subject. This is just

REVENUG DEPARTMENT

To CONTINUE SMILE CAMPAIGN —NGEws TEM

WHAT BIG “TseETH

You HAVE, GRAN ‘MA

SMILE, DARN YA, SMILE CENTENNIAL PROBLEM

Shortage Of Competent Historical Writers

The hunt for historical writers has begun, and competition will , be keen for the services of men and women equipped with the experience and background nec- essary to produce books and pamphlets covering —local-—-his- tory. _

As part of their centennial ef- fort practically every commun. | ity in Canada will hope to have its history compiled and ready for distribution by July 1, 1967. | Such an extensive project can- | not be accomplished in a few , weeks or even months by. writ- | ers lacking the experience nec- |

this type of material: --*

WEEKS OF RESEARCH |

When a historical writer un- | dertakes to write the history of | a community, he must spend weeks reading all available ma-

his briefing. His real work be- gins when he starts to track down. grassroot beginnings. — | events that took place in this particular area even before

and years or more of human oc- cupation have left their imprint on this country and cannot be ignored. Local history did not begin with the first plowed fur- |

row. If famous Indian battles, kill- | ing plagues and other events of interest took place on the ground where a village or city | now stands, the author must un- | earth these facts and present |

| them in a fascinating manner. |

ing French Canadians as second class |

citizens by denying them the scent | | miliar with methods used to un- |

that other Canadians. get in their ™

soap? Could it be that the soap com- pany is somehow insulting bathers in French Canada by seeming to imply that they require a special scent?

that “Mr. Caouette, who seems to be hunting far and wide for campaign issues, might be wise to wash his hands of the conscription red herring and look into the soap scent affair. There could be something there that won’t ‘come out in the wash.”

EDITORIAL NOTES

There were 1,048 Commonwealth |

scholars studying in 14 Common- wealth countries in 1964-65 under the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan. Of these, 520 were holding awards at universities and colleges in Britain. These details are given in the fifth annual report of the plan, published recently. * * *

_ Scientists speculate that it may be possible in the. future to inject stud- ents with knowledge. In a recent ex- periment, a chemical taken from the brains of rats that had learned to ap- proach a food cup at the sound of a click was injected into other rats. The untrained rats responded as if they had similar teaching. What a horrible prospect of the human race becoming brainwashed in this manner! _

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Unfortunately available mater- ial will not reveal this informa- tion, and few but the most sea- | soned historical writers are fa-

cover or recognize such mor-

sels. Onee the basic facts have

been established concerning the |,

| area, the Indian history, explor- ers’ visits and colorful Hers, the |

|

Darkly, the Winni i | es involving early travellers, the Y Rigi i = | writer may turn his attention to

more recent developments: the | early pioneers of this municip- ality, the agricultural and indus- | trial growth since the turn of the century.

He soon discovers that many

Our Yesterdays (From The Guardian Files)

TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO (October 23, 1940)

’ A large Chinese army launch- ed a powerful offensive against the Japanese in Cheking prov ince and pushed northward aft: er crossing the Chuentang River the Central News Agency (Chi- nese) reported today.

The prisoners on Devil’s Is- land, France’s famous penal col- ony have been released because of lack of food in the colony and lack of money to pay the guards the Montreal Gazette said.

TEN YEARS AGO (October 23, 1955)

The German- speaking Saar landers —rejected - Europeaniza- tion of their rich border state by a two - to - one vote and their French premier, Johannes Hoff- man, quickly resigned.

Queen Elizabeth and Princess | Margaret held their first sister to-sister chat since the Princess was reunited with Group Capt. Peter Townsend 11 days ago,-at

| Kosygin ‘

| | | “white ~gettlement: Thirty ~~ thous- | jg }

| China have not eased,

| hibits,

g

Windsor Castle. ‘

ONS RU a AEE RSE PR Gc THERE RO ROE, eA a ae RON Comme: ct : eae apart

Winnipeg Free Press

of his most important links with the past and interesting sources are not accessible. Death and distance have removed many

| eye-witnesses. Precious old let-

ters ano diaries no lor sr

~ exist, or, -if-theydo,-they- must

NO EASY \ In an amazingly short time the writer will have amassed a le correspondence with’ the scattered relatives of early set- tlers, and departments of vital statistics (for birth and. death confirmation) in numerous cit-

ada.

He will visit old grayeyards, spend days visiting hospitals and homes for the aged, even jails, in his attempt to learn whatever formef residents the community have to tel! about its history.

These activities may or may not ‘prove successful. But they

&

will without question involve much time and energy and con- ‘siderable expense when trans- portation and overnight stops mount.

In order to have a hardcover -or-bock-length story cf_even the smallest village on the market by July 1, 1967, the completed manuscript must be in the hands _of the publishers or printers no later than December, 1966.

This deadline leaves very Ht- tle time for the centennial com mittees of communities contef- plating local histories to secure the ‘services of a writer capab- le of producing a, book of value.

Few non-writers have any |eonception of the amount of time a writer must spend on re- search in preparing a history of any. town, event, society or foun- dation. To entrust such special-

of ized work to a writer lacking

the essential methods of ap- proach to his subject is to risk disappointment and _ inferior re- sults.

A Year After Khrushchev

Ottawa The first anniversary of Nik- ita Khrushchev’s unceremonious

| ouster from office passed last

Friday with hardly more at- tention paid to the occasion out-

_side Russia than there was in’

the anniversary did not seem significant. The new rulers have us any reason to

though the new rulers have made ges tures towards ~nding the ideolo- gical quarrel.

The new leaders have been un-

leadership”’ | prtacipal Teaaoa

not, as some | Khrushchev’s depar- .

Journal ;

“scientific rational’’ approach they have adopted over Mr. Khrushchev’s “hastily conceiv- ed’”’ policies, weather the harvests down. Russia has had to use its

“and colorful prose. The st ate ments of his successors sound

sign that its system can | former rulers to remain

| lucky at home. Despite the ' alive and talieing.

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National Geographic Society

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Griseofulvin, the oral antifun gal agent, is the best remedy. The active organisms disappear after three weeks of treatment but an additional three weeks is recommended to eliminate fun- gi living on the dead hairs. Some physicians also recom- mended shaving the scalp at the end of the . third because some of the previously infected hairs tend to curl over and break off. These are capable of spreading the disease to other members of the household.

RIGHT-SIDED NUMBNESS . A. McA. writes: My husband developed numbness around” the

: side of his: mouth and in the fingers of his right hand. There is no paralysis. He says it feels as though he had had a shot of cocaine- No other part

stroke? REPLY Yes, but other disturbances of the nervous system are capable of doing the same. SCAR TISSUE M. M. B. writes: What causes adhesions after an abdominal operation? : REPLY These lesions represent scar tissue that forms in the abdom- inal cavity after inflammation

kinking or pinching off the

bowel. TODAY’S HEALTH HINT— Be sure your child is vaccinat-

master

of his body is affected. Could | this mean he had: a slight |

NOTES BY

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any immediate plunge

" | constitution, with Negro rights |.

guaranteed by an intern tionally registered treaty, was still causing doubt in Whitehall as to whether the offer was a

of laying the blame for any drastic Rhodesian action on the British government. CALLED SMITH’S HAND

Either. way, Wilson. now has called Smith's hand by agreeing to reopen discussions on the question off a treaty, though the British government still firmly insists the 1961 constitution is not an adequate basis for inde- pendence witliout more political progress for jthe country’s 4,- 000,000 Negroes.

The new talking point still re lates to only one of the five principles laid down by Britain for independence, ignoring the vital requirement of acceptance

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by all races.

The son of the famous Billy

| Bishop V-C., who was himself a | lif

Spitfire pilot im the Second World war, has written a book in which he describes his father as one with the killer instinct The man who destroyed 72 planes and their occupants. in the First World War hated Ger mans and loved liquor, accord- ing to his son.

Such an assessment of one of Canada’s most outstanding her- oes may not be palatable new soft generation, bred

comfort, in s phere of lai faire.

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true that when war comes, viduals caught up in its

| faced

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net with the necessity

of movie animation.

| ‘The Evening Patriot WEEKEND

MAGAZINE and Colored Comics

NORMAN ‘GENTLE

GENIUS

In the past 15 years the films of quiet, unassuming, Montrealer Norman McLaren have won for Canada and the National Film Board 81 international awards. , “A Weekend Magazine feature with photos by Julius } Szelei shows some of the work of this acknowledged

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Wilson’s Latest Move -

Kenney

ALLAY FEARS

his country for talk of violence. He said both black and white would gain from “an accept-

ance of the principles of demo- cratic independence and a . planned movement towards their implementation,” and urged the exiles to go back and work for this constitutionally.

Wilson's “acceptance of the treaty idea as at least a start ing point for new talks indicates his determination to unify Brit- ish political epinion of all shades behind him: The idea was first raised by Conservative Leader Edward Heath in a meeting -. with Smith Oct. 10, and urgently advocated at a public meeting in Edinburgh Wednesday by former prime minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home.

. War Demands Killer

Fort William Times-Journal

changing their attitude toward

le. War, loathsome as it is under any circumstances,. has no place for sissies. It commands its sub- jects to be ruthless, bard, un- yielding. When humans are plunged into the jaws of blood- letting conflict, they kill or get killed. None can afford to say “After you my dear c

But for fighting pilots like Bil ly Bishop’s son, Hitler could have conquered Great Britain, sentenced the free world te years of slavery under Naziism. And to save us from that fate, Billy Bishop’s successors over Britain also had to have the kill er instinct. :

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