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“The First Sixty Days When Mr. Pearson, in a cam- paign speech at Vancouver. mapped

out his plan for the “First 60 Days" ,

if he should be elected to power at Ottawa, he “as assuming that the Liberals would be able to form a. majority government. In this he has been disappointed. But accord-

ing to an Ottawa correspondent of .

that staunch Liberal paper, the

Winnipeg Free Press. there is every 1‘

reason to believe that he will pro- .

ceed precisely as if his government was assured of support in the House of Commons. The Vancouver plan may, therefore, be regarded as the

order of business for the new Par-

liament.

In the normal course about eight 3

days will be taken up with the de- bate on the Address. This is not, however. essential. parties could follow the example of November, 1960. waiving their right to a wide-ranging general discussion in order that the House might deal immediately with legis- lative matters.

In any case. it is expected that the Liberal government will move at the first opportunity to introduce a. series of measures intended to stimulate investment expenditures and expansion of production. Mr. Pearson at Vancouver made specific references to a bill establishing a municipal development; and loan fund. another establishing a depart- ment of industry and a third set— ting up a national development cor- poration. Within this category he

The opposition 1

included a June budget with fiscal . and tax provisions designed to stim- l ulate production and to generate l

employment.

The Liberal leader also promised ‘

‘ a group of measures concerned with

planning for a longer term. He men- tioned specifically a bill to set up a national economic council. 3 second bill to strengthen the Atlantic de- velopment board by the provision of a capital fund. and a third estab- lishing a federal agency for the de» velopment of economically back- ward areas. He listed a contributory. portable pensions plan among the measures to be introduced at once

action. He proposed to set up im- mediater a national commission

and also forecast two other lines of .

on biculturalism. and to establish an »

all-party committee on d e f e n s e policy.

This is Mr. Pearson‘s program '

for 60 "days of decision." Even with an Overall majority it would

be quite a performance. and the-

electors will wait now to see how much of it will be‘achievcd under the handicap of a near-majority. lt promises. at least. to be a busy first session for Canada's 26th Parlia- ment.

Scrence Advances, But. ..

Two years ago. an Ottawa scientist discovered a way to re- move atrontium-90 from milk. His process has been expanded into pilot plant studies in the United States. Now two Lethbridge re- acarch station men have come up with a method for removing one of the components of radio fallout from potatoes. making these two foods. Ia far as is known. the only two for whlph a decontamination proccaa developed.

the case of potatoes, it is the

inductive isotope «alum-137 has, moved. The nabbed fa: be practical and

collld be used in the home. It rc- moves at least 95 percent of the radioactivity from the tubers, leav- ing them virtually unchanged aa a food product. The only sign of nu- tritional loss is of Vitamin C. which is normally lost in boiling anyway.

So. after a nuclear war. we can take comfort in reflecting that we’ll still have milk and potatoes to sub- sist on—-those of us. that is, who are still around. But if the con- tamination process did have to be used. baked potatoes would be out. Every potato Would have to be peel- ed and sliced. Following treatment. the potatoes could be steamed, boil-

ed. or prepared in other usual ways. 3

The potatoes used in this test. says the release from the Canada Department of Agriculture. “were about 5.l)llll.l)l‘)0 times as radioactive

as those grown normally and con- -

tained roughly the levels of radio- activity expected in the. years fol- lowing au all—out nuclear

war." 9

Which gives us an idea of the kind 1

of world we‘d be living in if we sur- vived such a war in our nuclear dug- and tried to rebuild civiliza- tion on its ruins.

Even with the prospects of hav- ing Spud Islam] potatoes still on the menu. along w i t h decontaminated milk. it would be a pretty grim existence! We‘d feel much more re- lieved if the. scientists paid less at- tention to making food products edible under such conditions and came up with some way of eliminat- ing nuclear bombs.

Month OI Memories

For Canadian veterans of the. First World War. this is a month of special memories. years ago—on April 22, 1915—those

outs

Forty-eight ‘

who today are known by the honor- l

ed name of “Red Chevrons" receiv- ed their baptism of fire in the Second Battle of Yprcs. And forty- six years ago—on Easter Monday. April 9. ISN'T—the. Battle of Vimy Ridge was fought.

100.000 Cana- E

dian soldiers took part. four Divis- ‘

ions strong and united for the first time as a single fighting force.

The Legionary. national maga- zine oi.’ the Royal Canadian Legion. devotes a moving editorial to these early engagements. Ypres. it re- calls, was not so predominently a Canadian “show” as Vimy two years later. because the war was only a few months old and only the. 1st Division had crossed the. Atlantic. Nevertheless it marked an import, ant, date in the annals of this coun- try. The repulse of the German gas attack saved the war from being lost before it was won. Vimy was an offensive action—one of the greatest in modern military annals —and gave the, Canadian Corps its first. sense of unity and comrade.- ship.

To over 12.000 Canadians. says The Legionary. Second Ypres and Vimy were the last. battles to be fought. This month the memory of their gallantry and sacrifice is be— ing honored by old comrades throughout, the Dominion.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Social Credit partisans are fight- ing among themselves as to the support they should give the incom- ing Liberal administration at 0t-

tawa. Mr. Pearson would be foolish '

to bank on them in any case. one prominent Liberal newspaper puts it. he won the election on a definite set of principles. He has no right to surrender those principles to secure the guaranteed support of the splinter parties. If he were to enter into a bargain with either or both of them now and accept polic- les which he has already condemned as unsound. the whole Liberal pro- gram would be dismembered. It i i

It Is cheering to note that Gov- ernor-General Vanier is continuing to recover satisfactorily from the mild heart attack he suffered last week. and that is is likely he will be able to perform any duty re- quired of him in connection with the outcome of the federal general election. Widespread concern is be- ing felt over His Excellency’s ill- ness. however. and it is to be hoped that in his zeal for duty he will not overstep the bounds prescribed for him by his medical advisera. His fallow Canadians are much more

concerned about his state of health-

than about who discharges his of- ficial duties during the next few w .

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SPRING BREAK-UP

OTTAWA REPORT by Pal-rick Nicholson

Exciting Dromo On Election Night

The see-saw battle between the Liberals and Conservatives added unusual drama to five exciting hours during the count- ing of the ballots on Election Nil: 1

Several readers have asked me to recapitulate this for the record. adding explanatory notes. My own scribbled notes of that evening record this doa- ma hour by hour and minute by minute. as reported in our Capital.

Polls normally closed at 7 p.m. in each local time zone across Canada. Thus the first closing. in Newfoundland. came at 5.30 p.m. Ottawa Time. Half an hour later. polls closed In the three Maritime Provinces. Then at 7 p.m. Ottawa Time the ill the two big provinces closed. also permitt- ing first reports from the four Atlantic Provinces to be broad- cast here.

At 702 pm we heard that vol-c counts from the first 16 ri- d‘n _. to report expec showed tina Liberals leading in 7 — presumably Newfoundland and the Tories leading in 9— presumably mainland, Two minutes later came reports from 9 more ridings. in 6 of which the Liberals were sur- prisingly leading. 720 we board the first report of a can- I didale of another Party: Libcr- i

l

als loading in 17. Tories in 16. NDP in 1. Half an hour passed. then the first reports from ri- dings in the central provinces also came in: Liberals leading ‘ in a bum: 70. Tories in 30. unexpectedly low l

t

crcds in rm

to. and NDP in 1. WEST OF LAKEHEAD I At 8 p.m. Ottawa Time. the ‘ polls closed in the Central l Time Zone. covering Manitoba. and adjoining fringes of Ontar- I in and Saskatchewan. At 8.05| p.m. we heard that of ridings ' already won. or in which par- l iial results were available. showed 92 in the Liberal col- l umn. (‘3 in the Tory Column, 18 , for the Sooreds and 2 for NDP. , Moro and more Tidings in the] central provinces began to be! and the figures ,

hoard rom.

,ed full . France nearly 20 years ago.

ily larger than North Dakota.

crept up until at 11.32 the Li- berals were victors or leaders in 121 seats. the Tories in 44. the Socreds in 21. and the NDP in 4. This gave us the trend in every rid‘ng bar 3 east of the Ontario-Manitoba border.‘ and showed the Socreds had failed to make expected gains in Que- bec

The 72 western seats could be expected to give the Tories at least 45 victories. with a mini- mum of I). to the NDP and 4 to the Socreds. That left at most 11 for llhe Liberals. plus por- hapa those 3 seats as yet un- heard from in central Canada. The Liberals had substantially exceeded the 100 seats east of ‘. the Lakehead. which had been i regarded as a magic number; by their strategists; but th ey '. seemed to have shot their bolt and could now hope for at most 135 seats in total — just 0 more than the minimum num- ber needed to give them the} bar-est effective majority in l the House of Commons. It was indeed a cliff-hanger.

WHERE KNOWLEDGE HELPS ,

But many electors followian

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3 O

the results were perhaps not in- timate wzth the details of those western teats: how _ had been held in the last parlia- ‘ ment. and what changes seem- I

Is Recommended For Aged Peeple

By Dr, Theodore R. Van Della:

Undemutritlon in not un- common amcng' our senior ciliaena. The cog,” may be ill- ness or dieting maintain nor- mal body weight. In ao doing. many neglect to obtain enough vitamin: c or a. A ahortage of protein dollowa araduccd keofmeata.

meals are markedly low in protein. the recoil la tissue waatage. anemia. and puffincaa of the legs. Cuttlna down on proteins is poor economy even thoth those derived from ani- mal aourcea are expensive. Vitamin deficiencies usually atom from conditions that inter- fere with the proper assimila- ton of food. This Includes diar- rhea. vomiting. colitis, cancer, lack of hydrochloric acid, or other gastrointestinal disorders. Here. the diet is adequate but the Vitamins are not reaching their destination. The cause must be corrected and supple- mental vitamins administered, along with foods rich in all vi-

lamina.

The basic diet for the normal oldster should be high in pro- moderatc in carbohy- drates, low in fat. and higher ’lllian average in vitamin con- tent. It includes:

High Protein Diet 4

NOTES BY THE: WAYTT

Many a parcel who an: naiatrylnxtopolobcavaabu an exceedingly poor sauce of (hi-action. -— Sudbury Star.

Never before have Minna been so comfortable and landl- iea' so aaldom in diam. - Nia- gara Falls Review. '

The young couple were down to their laat two monthly bills. “Gosh, honey." aail the hue- band. "we‘re practically broke. I don't know which to pay—the electric company or the doctor. "Oh. llhc electric company. of course." answered the wife. “After all. the doctor can't abut off your blood." Hamilton Spectator.

loca.— Gilt 30130110!

A judge can Ill per call of divorcee are due to financial problems. Till debt do us part... Brandon Sun.

Illa wile awoke in the small hours to hear him atealllhlly mov- ing things about in the kitchen. "What mzh ye lookin' for. darlin'?" she asked. “Nothing, just nothing." “on!” aid Illa wile. helpfully. “’l'han ya'll

M if in the bottle where the whisky 33:: to be ” —- Hamilton Spec- 8

An astonishing phrase occurs in a motion just put. to the Que-

Our Yesterday’s

(From the Guardian Files)

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO April 16. 1938

A disastrous lire occurred Sat- urday evening. which destroyed the beautiful farm residence of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Waugh. W11. mot Valley. The fire spread so rapidly that the upper part of the house was a mass of flames before it was discovered. The

1_ Serving fruit juice or raw cabbage. or salad greens aa a substitute. ‘

1. serving whole grain cereal i such as wheat or oatmeal.

1 serving green or yellow ve- . getables. or fruit as a substi-f

e

1 serving meat. poultry, fish. 11 or sea fo .

legg daily or at least a a i week.

1. pint milk or its equivalent in creamed soups. puddings.

cd predictable. To those watch- ers. the margin of 121 seats to the Liberals and 44 to the Tor- ies at 8.33 p.m. made the re- sult look like a substantial Ll- bersl victory — perhaps back to the 195i margin of 170 Liber- Sl ories, plus minor splinter groups.

But this expectation disre- garded the Liberal weakness on the Prairies. mitigated only by their recent revival in B.C.

By 9 o'clock Ottawa Time. just when the rest of the Saska- tchewan polls and the Alberta polls closed. 9 more tidings were heard from; all these i showed Tory leads. and the Li- berals actually dropped out of the lead in three other ridings.

By 9,30, the Liberals had climbed hack to 123 ridings

E“. m o

‘ won or leading: the Tories had

advanced slightly to 58; the So-

l credit to 19: and the NDP were

still at 7. Then came the Tory avalanche from Saskatchewan and Alberta. and the NDP

‘ strength in B.C. began to show

up. In the three and one half hours between 8.30 and mid- night. thr Tories added 54 seats to their strength while the Li- berals had added only 6. And there. for practical purposes. the reckoning ended for the night.

New Coup

In Syria

National Geographic Society

Political coups have n f t c n toppled Syrian governm e n t a since the Near East nation gain- I n d e pendence from

Syria's strategic location as a crossroads has been. since the dawn of c I vilization, both a blessing and a curse.

Syria lies on the land bridge linking Asia. Africa. and Eur- ope. Its area of more than 72,000 square miles makes Syria slight-

but its population of about 4.- 900.000 is many times greater.

The Mediterranean Sea forms part of Syria‘s western bound-

PUBLIC

FORUM .

ELECTRIC POWER RATES Sin—Now that the election flow of literature has abatcdl let's get down to something 1 more interesting locally. 1 re- ’ for to the electric rates here as compared with the Nova Scotia Light and Power Co. rates, . Writing on behalf of the or- dinary consumer who uses an electric range and perhaps a domestic hot water heater. la n y case. with a ctmsump— lion generally in the range of mo K.W.I~I. per month my bill would be $15.40 per month while a rural user would be .1.- 50 more for a total of $16.90. ' The same consumption for customers of the NS. Company under the rates coming into ef- fect July 1st of this year would

" for both city. town and rural users. There is no dif- ference in the city and rural rates there except that. in sparsely settled areas with 2 to 4 customers per mile. the nucl- mum bill is 86.60 and $3.00 re- apectlvely,

Contrary to some beliefs. by dro pl c ya a comparatively smell part in production. Coal is the principal aource d pow- er. The argument may probab- ly be uaadhm that. an ac- count of all being used. the cost of production ia higher but engineers of the Light and Po- wer Co. have atcfcd publicly

heated by electricity and 100.- 000 is being aimed for in seven years. Coal la rapidly becom- ing a large source of fuel there too. In one plant they will soon be using 200 tons an hour.

What is the Public Utilites Board doing with respect to the local situation? An Increase of ralcscflOandfiOpei-centla surely niluch too much.

am

. .0th ALEX SCOTT. P. EnI. Charlottetown.

SIDEWALK CLEANING

Din—May I, through your column. bring attention to the provision and clearing of alde- walks. particularly in the yin- ty of school .

In recent yearn. three new schools have been built in the west end of the city. Queen Charlotte. West Kent and Spring Park. The area in which these schools are located is a fast growing urban developa meal with Ila consequent traf- fic increase. The majority of street; and made loading to these schools are thorough laraa which have been in call- lence for a considerable time. and with a little foresight. , qualo sidewalk could

that cos! p aidewalk on one side for molt would be practically the acne or in length, , ‘ m be! coal or oil . one, a m of ~ I An articlaln the April m Avenue. upper Iptlna 'al‘k lune of, Harm'- mainline . pie meal and on ad gives calla an account of the , ' comPetltion In Ontario heme“ With the a d v a at of winter. the oil. [as and electric com- result is die district is a panics for the concumer'a dd- elatrom of okra .and kill. lanavcnlo mum-I'maclaaulawilebm. coo ham-a Irina (Continued on paaa 7) ' J

cry and provides a water route

to t e wes ,

SECEDED FROM UAR. Syria joined the United Arab

Republic of President G a m a

Adbel Nasser on February 1.

1958. with Yemen an associated

On September 30. 1961. Syria seceded from the U.A.R. after a military coup. Al the lime. Sy- rians claimed they were too much the junior partner of a nation many times larger a n d more populous.

According to the press. the coup on March 8. 1963. again was staged by military men. who expressed friendship for Nasser‘s UAR. and Yemen,

Syria has always been a land of change. Immigrants h a va long followed caravan routes in- to‘ Syria. bringing new ideas, cultures and religions.