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Mr. Pearson's Ouiburst

Mr. Diefenbaker has often been accused of firing his political shots behind some kind of moral smoke- acreen. The same tactic was adopt- by Prime Minister Pearson at a Liberal dinner meeting in Hamilton last week. Discarding his diplo- matic gloves for a bitter attack on the leader of the official Oppos- ition, he accused him of eroding fed- eral p o w er and of destroying Con- federation. He charged hirr with being “consumed by a passion- ate dedication to return to office and to power" and a lot of other things, all delivered in a tone of in- jured innocence and high moral in- dignation.

This outburst came at a time when private talks between the party leaders in the Commons—- talks initiated by the Prime Minis- ter himself—were still under way on how the flag issue should be handled in the Houso. It was duly reported by a dozen newsmen from

of Circt‘ation.

the Parliamentary Press Gallery whom Mr. Pearson had brought with him to Hamilton. It was a

speech of unabashed partisanship. and gave every impression—to some of the reporters at least—of being the first shot in an undeclar- ed election campaign.

One would expect a political speech under such circumstances, of course. But surely, it Mr. Pear- son was really concerned with reach. ing an agreement with his chief op- ponent in expediting parliamentary business at this time, he wouldn’t have gone out of his way to taunt him in this manner.

It takes two to make a quarrel. And after all. being “consumed” by the itch for office isn't a failing confined to Mr. Diefenbaker. The obstructionist tactics followed by Mr. Pearson and his followers when in opposition showed that they had a full measure of it.

Chou Goes To Moscow

The fundamental clash between the Soviet Union and China as rival Communist powers is being soft pedaled at Moscow these days. Foreign Communist leaders who came there to celebrate the 47th anniversary of the Bolshevik revol- ution last week have stayed on for “red unity" meetings with the new Kremlin bosses.

Prominent among those in at— tendance is Chinese Premier Chou En-lai, who would hardly be there at all if Mr. Khrushchev hadn’t. been banished from the scene. In their bitter feud with China during Khrushchev’s time. the Russians ac- cused the Chineu- of fomenting a schism in the Communist world. Now the emphasis is said to be on peace and harmony.

It was Khrushchev's plan to hold a December meeting of Red repre- sentatives from 26 nations to pre- pare for a world Communist con- ference. But his purpose was to set the stage for a showdown in his dispute with Peking. His successors apparently hope to turn it into something elab.

What is of special concern to the 'Weatern powers is whether there will be any change in Soviet policy on the basic issue of war and peace. Under Khrushchev, the Sovieta atood firm in maintaining that war Ia not inevitable and that peaceful ao-axiatenca with the Weat is not poaaible but deairabie. The

Chino-a have vigorously disagreed this. Another Soviet policy at. "fia'CMoeaa la the

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If there is to be a reconciliation of these views. what will it mean in terms of further world unrest? All that we know is that in recent weeks the Kremlin’s voice has had an uncertain ring. The new men there are trying to find their bear- ings. Through his presence in Moscow, subtle Premier Chou will have an opportunity to gauge the situation and bring his influence to bear.

Many observers, however, still believe that the Sine-Soviet con- flict cannot be resolved in any basic sense. The national interests of the two nations are too diverse. All that even the experts can do in de- ciding this question is wait and see.

Sigh For The Past

Before the marriage of TV and the computer, sighs the Milwaukee Journal. elections were exciting. Besides casting your ballot, you were a participant in the counting of the votes. Newspapers printed score sheets which you clipped and kept at hand to jot down the region- al totals as they came in. TV was an infant then, with few stations and few sets. Radio was the means of mass communication, so you sat with your ears glued to the set as the drama unfolded.

Now, with “instant elections”. the show has come to a standstill. Last Tuesday night the machines were in control. You sat while fraction- al results were projected and repro- jected. You were told by how many percentage points the 'Baltimore voters of Italian descent favored LBJ over JFK. Long before a sizable bundle of votes had come in. the machines had taken over com- pletely.

Gone is the time when the an- nouncer read the roll of the states— fresh returns to be jotted down on the election score sheet. If you were at an election party. the beer and popcorn were shoved aside. while the state by state returns came in. Then the debate was re- sumed. Analysis was not by com- puter but by a political observer whose views you could accept or re- ject or argue about. But how do you argue over the verdict of a ma- chine? Its whirring declaration that all is over catches you before you’ve even opened the bottle of beer, or heard whether the losing candidate concedes his defeat or not

That’s progress! But there are a good many people oldfashioned enough to believe. with the Milwau- kee paper, that election nights were more fun the other way.

Still Unexplained

Now it appears that a senior Government official is being sent to the Congo to negotiate the re- lease of 26 Canadians being held by Congolese rebels. That was the mis- sion Social Credit Leader Thomp- son was supposed to be on—the main reason. according to External Af- fairs Minietsr Martin, why he was sent on anAfrican trip, all expen- ses paid.

Mr Martin has declined to iden- tify the senior official who will work in the Congo on this mission, for fear, he says, that it might pre- judice his chances to work quietly. A quite understandable precaution, in the circumstances. But why shouldn’t it apply to Mr. Thompson as well, if he is indeed a key man in this operation?

It is understandable. in the cir- cumstances, why even Liberal back- benchers are begining to ask awk- ard questions about the arrange- ment.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Wenty-five years ago, Van- couver launched a program of com- pulsory safety inspection of motor vehicles. It seems to have paid off handsomely. In previous years, de- fective vehicles were involved in seven per cent of all Vancouver ac- cidents. Now that figure is less than one per cent, although in other British Columbia areas it remains at seven or eight per cent.

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A bit of a stir has been caused in municipal circles in Ontario by the suggestion that candidates for loc- al office be required to take an in- telligence test. “Why,” asks the Winnipeg Tribune, "limit the teat to municipal coun iIs? Some of the things that have happened in 0t- town and provincial capitals lately tend to cast doubt on the aaaump- tion that senior governments are boundless reservoirs of intelli- canes.”

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SNAKE CHARMER’S PIPE

-OTTAWA REPORT By Patrick Nicholson

Price Tag On Those Electoral Promises

“That bog had seven years might be an appropriate title for Canada's lack of advance from 1957 through 1963.

Hon. E.J. Benson, Minister of National Revenue, has just is- sued his Green Book of Taxation Statistics, Part Two, dealing with Corporation taxes last year.

This discloses that income tax paid by Canadian corpora- tions on their profits in 1963 tol- alled $1.363 million. This was a paltry two per cent higher than the comparable total for the year 1957.

Haw come? The answer is that the total profits earned by our corporations had rem ' almost stationary throughout that seven year period. 1 am not exaggerating when I refer to those seven years of non- growth as a "bog".

But what about Johnny Can- uck? Well, he got a soaking in that same period. We have

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I heard a lot of claims about tax- 'es not being increased during those seven years, but the figur- es tell us another story. In 1957, the individual income tax paid by Canadian taxpayers totalled $1.525 million; in 1963 this had soared. through years of steady increases, to $2.270. This repre- sents an increase of 49 per cent. Thus while tax payments by corporations edged up a bare two per cent in those se ven years. the individual taxpayer found his levies sky- rocketing by a painful 49 per cent.

FIGURES DON'T LIE

In 1957. Corporation profits totalled $3,240 million; in 1962— the latest year full details are available —— this total was a mere $90 million higher at $3,- 330 million. But in that s a me period, our Gross National Pro- duct had jumped up from $29,- 866 million in 1957 to over $41.- . 000 million last year.

Sentence UN To Alcatraz

Alctaraz always seemed psy- chologically out of place. In any list. long or short. of the world‘s most beautiul spots San Fran? cisco Bay would be well towards the top. It is an area, moreover. that the works of man have made rather than spoiled. The old Spanish influence lingers. There is over all. from the Em- barcadero up to Telegraph Hill. across to the slopes of Berktiey, and out to the Golden G a to Bridge. a charm and a grace that so far have remained un- destroyed.

The project of the Great Bay Bridge raised doubts. On c e built and when the time came for it to be used, it fitted in with the rest. America has enough wonders to be a world of its own.

The Grand Canyon is unmat- ched for awe. The giant red- woods are unequalled for maj- esty. The South-West has un- paralleled color. All these are Nature's triumphs. San Francis- co Bay’s spectacle is largely man-made.

And there, in the middle of it. stood Alcatraz. The past tense is used metaphorically...

Thanks to the films Alcatraz was a horrid name. There in the middle of this loveliness was the prison where the worst a n d most desperate federal crimin- als were kept. Some tough men escaped from Alcatraz: most of them did not stay alive. Of those who did. all were recap- tured except one. Men's lives

were eroded there, and so in t e end were the prison build-

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55. inally it was decided that to restore the crumbling structure would cost more than even the richest nation could afford. In March of 1963 the last 27 in- mates were transferred, and the island was without convicts for the first time in 104 years.

An empty island anywhere is an invitation to ‘ mankind at large to do something with it. It was unthinkable that the birds should have restored to them so large a rock in the bay. Various uses were suggested.

Congressional com-

mittee has recommended that Alcatraz shall become the site of a memorial to commemorate the signing of the United Na- tions Charter in San Francisco in 1945. Judgment on the Idea must be postponed. It all dc. pends on the memorial Some modern art could be more hid- eous than even the grim jail was. In any .case, 12 acres is rather a lot for a memori'l Th re ls bound to be plenty of space left over. Why not arrange for the Security Council to have to sit there whenever they cannot agree?

A week on Alcatraz. in one of the old buildings. without com- munication with the on t aide world should also be obligatory before anyone could impose the

veto.

A Stopgop Program

llwaukee Journal

The food for peace program has been extended for two more yeans after successfully running the most critical congressional gantlet in its 10 year history. This is good news for the farm- er at home and the hungry abroad. but it leaves unanswer- ed aome nagging questions on the future of this maasive and growing program of internation- ai aid through food.

Food for peace now reaches nearly 100 million of the world'- people. In the last decade $12.3 billion worth of farm commodi- ties have been made available to underdeveloped nations. 63 per cent of It b"na sold for local cur- rencies. two-thirds of this local money wu loaned back to fi- nance local development - to build roads. hospitals. achoola.

bridgeo, to irrigate land. can nerve aoll, control flooda. The program has the double

appeal of helping people in need while ea up acne our am- barraaaing in aurplua at home. However. critla who re- cognize the maul noceaalty of d- ”uocrama an outing

its future goals. They ask whe- ther food available on such be:- gain terms may actually discour- age a poorly developed nation from taking steps to meet It: own food needs.

Food for peace in a atopgap program to meet a genuine and growing world orlaia — hungry people. In addition, ite counter- part funds have atlmulated con- aiderable local development. But food production Is the first need of the emerging nation. Industry

when

will grow on agri- c u i t u r e becomes efficient enough to feed the e

and release some farm workers to non-farm jobs. The moat mo dern eteel plant. the lineal high- way, the best equipped hoapilal mean little to a man with bun- ger in his belly.

The United Nation Food and Agriculture Organization dicta that world food

aaagl. Mostotunetoodmnhbamn bytheaaedynatiou.

One would expect, and It would be only reasonable. that corporation profits would show a comparable growth.

What happened to the yield 01 the other taxes which provtde the federal government with its main sources of revenue? In those seven years— and I Wlll compare the fiscal year ended 31st. March 1957 with the fiscal year ended 315i March 1964—- there were comparatively triv- ial increases in yiel

The roceeds of sales tax rose from $725 million to $930 million; the proceeds of excise

unes-such as are levied alcoholic drinks and products— rose from $270 mil- lion to $395 million. But yield from customs import duv ties rose only by $15 million from the 1957 total of $565 mil- lion: and the yield from “other excise taxes" rose by a mere $3 million from the 1957 total oi $267 million.

YOU PAY INCREASES

Meanwhile total government spending over those seven years ballooned from $4,866 million to $6.892 million.

When non-tax revenues and other items had been accounted for. the federal government showed a surplus of $258 million in the year ended 315i March 1957_ It has never shown a sur- plus since; it has covered its ex— travagancea by borrowing mon-

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y. Thus your children and grand- children will ultimately pay for the government 5p e n din g spree in that seven - yea-r bog. But you yourself. as a payer of personal income tax. met part of the bill through the payment of more taxes deducted from your wages. rice 0 11 those electoral promises, which sounded so alluring when spell- ed out from the bustings.

But there is a sharp object lesson to be learned by the re- cent experience of our neigh- bours south of the line. There they have enjoyed tax cuts. and this has precipitated a family spending spree bringing great

rosperit . 11 our election promisera and our finance min- ister‘s digest the obvious le 5- son.

Medical

Browsing

By Dr. Theodore B, Van Dellen The Medic Alert Foundation International was founded in 1953 by Dr. Marion C. Collina of California. His young dau: ghter nearly died from an ana- phylactic reaction to tetanus an titoxin. The father worried about this girl and wondered how she could be protected should she become unconscious from an ac- cident. Dr. Collins realized a caTd in her purse could be over- looked easily and the girl did not want to be tattoed. as some diabetics or epileptics, h a v it been. After a family conference it was decided she should wear a bracelet engraved with the words “Allergic to tetanus antit- oxin." The front of the bracelet was to carry the words “Medic in bright red. led to establishment of the foundation with membership open to anyone in a similar predicament, such as arthritic: taking one of the corticoster- oids. certain heart patients, and those with various types of a1. lergies For a one-time fee, the member receives an emblem on which is engraved the name. emergency phone number of

alert” This

and the medical problem. a central card file is maintained in Tur10ck, Cal., which is avail- able to physicians and other au thorized personnel in emergen cies. In addition, it carries the symbol approved by the Ameri- can Medical association (a hex- agon shape containing a six pointed figure with the staff of Aesculapius superimposed upon ltl_ The universality of this sym‘ bol will make it easily recogniz- able by people all over th a world.

Many organizations. groups. and communication media have publicized this foundation. It is a good thing to investigate if you have one of approximately 200 conditions that needs spe- cial attention in case of emer gency.

The Boston Poison Informa- tion center received four calls last winter about women who had inhaled gases produced by mixing household cleaners. The most common cause of poison- ing. according to Dr. Harris C. Faigel. stems from combining sodium hypochlorite (a common ingredient of bleaches) and am- monia or vinegar. The commer- cial cleaners contain safe in- gredients but poisoning occurs when a housewife decides that. a mixture will clean better than a single agent.

I o r i n e is manufactured from the reaction between vm- egar and sodium hypochlorite Inhaling this highly corrosive gas leads to coughing. choking. headache, and dizziness. More symptoms may develop several hours later as a result of pul- monary congestion The posion ous effect is hastened when the housewife cleans in a poorly ventilated space. more so dur- ing winter when all windows are closed. HEART VALVE INFECTION

J. T. B‘ writes: What is acute bacterial endocarditis?

PLY The term refers to Inflamma- tion of the valves of the heart. Acute means of short duration Put the words together and we have a rapidly developing infec- tion of the heart valves caused by bacteria. This condition us- ually is associated with blood poisoning. SWAYBACK FAMILY Mrs. A.R. writes: Is away- back hereditary? I have it and so has my young daughter. REPLY

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This is a possibility. provided the little girl is not mimicking

mama. DIETARY DEFICIENCIES F. E. writes: Does malnutri- tion cause aches and pains? REPLY Yes. especially when associat. ed with vitamin or mineral def- lciencies. TODAY’S HEALTH HINT- Keep your blankets clean. (NOTE: Al correspondence to Dr. Van Dellen should be addressed to: Dr. Theodore Van Dellen, co Chicago Trib- une, Chicago, Illinola.)

Education 01‘ Indians

Fort William Time! Journal

Illustrating the strange rami- fications of the struggle for what Quebec believes to be its provincial rights is the stand ta- ken last week by some Cana- dian Indiana who fear a take- over of their welfare by the province.

After a meeting with provin- cial mlniatere, citizenship min- ister Rene Tre lay aald agreement had been reached to determine whether they want to continue receiving amices from the federal government or to re- ceive provincial services. Reacting to this, five Iroquois chiefa in Quebec have lalged protect with the British High Commission to Canada. They said they do not want to be left "to the to met a of our ancient. traditional enemy, the From ans.“