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Another Ominous Step

The leader of the banned African National Congress and other de- fendants found guilty under South Africa’s drastic Sabotage Act were sentenced to life imprisonment last week. It is a relief to note that they weren’t given the death penalty, as .might have been the case. But these men were arrested eleven months ago for fighting for racial equality, and were held initially un- der South Africa's “90-day” no-trial law before appearing in court last October. The whole. procedure in dealing with them was a travesty of justice.

Now, allegedly for the purpose of “safeguarding the freedom of the press" and of “assisting in the for- mation of an informed public opin- ion,” another travesty is being en- acted in the South African Parlia- ment. It is in the form of legisla- tion for the setting up of a. Press Council. This council would have power to impose unlimited fines on the owners of newspapers and periodicals which publish reports that have become matters of com- plaint; and there would be no ap- peal from its decision.

Under this measure, all news- papers and all journalists working in South Africa, whether for domes- tic newspapers or as foreign cor-

, respondents. would have to register

annually, and only registered news- papermen would be allowed to con- tribute to the press. All cables for abroad would have to be filed at the head post office in Pretoria. Copies of articles airmailed or sent abroad by other means would have to be filed with the council‘s regis- trar. All such Copy would he scrutin- ized and the council would have the power to discipline correspondents who sent abroad dispatches unpleas- ing to the South African govern- ment.

There. will be no representatrves of African and Indian communities on the Press ('ouncil. one of whose duties purports to be to assist in the dissemination of information lead- ing to “a better understanding be- tween the race and language .groups." The government, presum- ably, believes that there is no need .for non-white groups to be repre- sented under its benevolent adminis- "trationl

A New Row

, “Just when United States-Cana- m’dian relations seemed to be enter- :ng a tranquil period,” complains the :Milwaukee Journal, “along comes a. “new row that threatens to erupt rm to another battle royal.” Its ref-

.nce is to Ottawa‘s policy, an- ;fibunced last October, of permitting {:Oanadian firms to import free of E:a'uty some vehicles or parts used to ke cars and trucks. To obtain this ggmscession, Canadian manufacturers fggnust export more vehicles or parts Ethan they did in the year ended Oct. 9‘91, 1962. The policy is aimed at

' «"ifi'imming the large deficit Canada

been running in auto and auto

I rte trade with the United States. ,1. "' While no significant increase in Lhnadian auto exports has yet been ' V , the move has brought com- from American manufac- x‘furere and several unions, charging first Canada is, in effect, paying its giganufacturera a bounty. If the .33! is upheld, the United States N .i . retaliate by setting extra dut- t on imports of automobiles and

_ yr in Canada. With a speech by US. I

monnfi, JUNE 15. 1964. 1

Undersecretary of State

Ball in April. He conceded without question Canada’s right to protect her independence, but was critical, among other things, of actions by either government designed to bring about the transfer of production from one country to the other. This was immediately interpreted in Can- ada as an attack upon Ottawa's tariff policy in the automobile in- dustry.

The controversy was given a further impetus last week by Prime Minister Pearson, in addressing the international conference of Rotar- ians at Toronto. Without going into particulars, or mentioning Mr. Ball’s name, he said that when the United States authorities threaten to take any action that might interfere with our economic progress there should be a real American rush on Wash- ington “to remind people there that there are 18 billions of your dollars in Canada on which you wish to continue to get that good return.”

This was interpreted as 9. refer- ence to the possibility that US. re- taliatory duties would be put on Canadian auto parts. “But,” asks the Toronto Globe and Mail, “just what was it supposed to mean? Was Mr. Pearson threatening to be nasty to US. investment in Canada? Or was he simply pleading that the United States already owns so much of Canada that it should be kind to us ?”

Surely. it adds, if he was think- ing in terms of the auto trade, it would be better to explain the prob- lem in reasonable terms.

University Planning

When the commission appointed to inquire into the problems of higher education in this province gets to work, it will be one of numer- ous bodies across the country en- gaged in such activities. This mat- ter, indeed, has become of mounting concern to every province.

In a survey of the field, the Win- nipeg Free Press points out that Nova Scotia now has a university grants commission, New Brunswick 3 royal commission which reported in 1962. Quebec 3. royal commission to report in 1964 (plus a director- general of higher education ser- vices), Ontario an advisory commit- tee on university affairs and a. de- partment of university affairs, Al- berta a. survey committee on higher education, and British Columbia both an academic board for higher education and an advisory board grants commission. The 'Atlantic provinces have a. central advisory committee on education.

The Winnipeg paper notes that there is agitation now for a study commission on higher education in Manitoba. for the purpose of as- sessing the province’s total needs for the next ten years and the role to be played by existing institutions and any others that might be estab- lished.

Nowhere Is overall planning more likely to pay dividends than in a. field of this kind. Ultimately, it is to be hoped, it will be conduct» ed on a. nation-wide basis, with federal responsibility being recog- nized and assumed. In the meantime, the less wealthy provinces will re- main handicapped, as they are now, in meeting heavy costs which no amount of planning is likely to make easy on the taxpayers.

EDITORIAL NOTES

The federal Department of La- bor has published a report on “moon- lighting” in Canada which shows that over a two year period some 158,000 Canadians, or 2.6 per, cent of all employed people, held two. or more jobs at the same time. This percentage, the department says, is low by comparison with the US. experience. There multiple job- holders constitute from four to five per cent of the working force.

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Even the flag of the State of Hawaii. notes the Vancouver Prov- ince, embodies the Union Jack It eeema that the people of those is- lands are proud that their traditions and historical background include associations with Britain. Once it was the standard of an island mon- arch that is now a state of the Union. Its red. white and blue com- bines the Union Jack, America's etripee and the French tri-color. Ironically enough, it may soon be one of the remaining official flags of the western hemisphere embody- ing the Union Jack.

CHINESE FORTUNE COOKIE

OTTAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson Perhaps They’re Better At Politics!

The poets of Parliament Hill opened up in full spate with re- ference to the “unofficial” visit to Queen Elizabeth by Trans- port Minister Pickersgill during his ‘private” trip to England.

First came the parody by Gordon Fairweather. former at- torney general of New Bruns- wick, and now Conservative

MP. "Plckersgill. Pickersglll. where have you been?

I've been to London to visit the ueen.

Pickersgill. Pickersgill. id you there?

I tried to get Joey from Lester ‘ hair "

what

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This related to Premier Joey Smallwood‘s recognition of the love of Newfoundlanders for the Union Jack. and the consequent embarrassment caused to Lio- eral Joey by Liberal Lester B. Pearson's love for a flag minus the Union Jack.

PICK’S RIPOSTE

The next day a rejoinder came, typed on the printed let- terhead of the Minister of Transport. Announcing ‘ln ans- wer to Mr. Diefenbaker'e rhy- me", it said: “Dietenbake-r. Diefenbaker.

what have you done.

I have been to the gutter to ga-

he s um: Diefenbaker, Diefenbaker, what is your son I will sing in the nursery where ong."

That is written exactly as It emanated rom Pick‘a office: the punctuation makes it appear that the "I" la Pick himself, which is not what the composer intended. Pick denies author- ship; but the author of the first rhyme, obviously of a far high- er talent. was not, as alleged. Mr. D. It was Gordon Fairwea-

ther. SOCRED FORECAST

Still on the overdone issue of the flag, I have a note from Bert

Leboe, Social Credit M? from the Cariboo. As a 100 per cent Norwegian by blood, he has no emotional attachments to Union Jack or Fleur-de-lis. As a veter- an of four Parliaments, this 54 year old lumberman is level headed in his judgment.

"I predict." he writes. "that if the resolution on the comes to a vote, ment party and the official op- position will divide almost to a man on party lines. This will give ample proof of emphasis on party political considerations, and the wishes of the electors will be pushed into the b a c k-

nd‘lt

This danger has haunted Par- liament Hill ever since Prime Minister Pearson declared that his government would stand or fall on the vote of the House on the flag issue. By thus making it a partisan political issue. he has opened the door to a new parliamentary bill changing the

design of Canada's flag every

time a new party forms the gov-

ernmcnt.

PEMBROKE'S VOICE Possibly inspired by the sug- estiton of this column, residents

a r o u n d Pembroke, Ontario,

have flooded Parliament Hill

with letters on the flag question.

In three days, more than 300

letters reached Robert Coates.

M.P.. the champion of the Red

Ensign. These came from Pem-

broke, Camp Petawawa, Chalk

River. Madawaska. Eganvrlie,

Foresters Falls, Cobden a n (1

district. Many were copies of

letters sent to Prime Minister earson or State Secretary

Maurice Lamontagne. This col- umn sugges that readers should write to express their personal views, whatever they were, on the flag issue; only thus is the voice of the people heard. Pembroke's voice prov- ed to be almost unanimous against “Mike's Maple."

Nonirritoti-ng Smoking Method

By Dr. 'l‘beurles'a It. Val Dalla-

Can a person amke without lnhaliul and still enjoy a clear- et? This is not easy but Dr. Ai- van L. Bar .a widely known New York City chest physician, has come up wlth a plan that sounds logical. Victims of bron- chitis who find it difficult to give up smoking mllht try it.

The usual method of nonin- hallng Is to draw a the mouth and promptly blow it out. Dr. Banach'a technlc differs In that the individual draws smoke into the mouth and closes the He then luhales deeply

n the air

use, an goes Into the lungs while smoke remains in the mouth.

the air in the lungs and smoke

In the mouth are exhaled simul-

taneoual . rear of the oral

cavity ls closed by the soft pa-

late and the back of the tongue

during the nasal Inhalation of it

It Is difficult to determlna whether smoke reaches the lungs except by chemical stu- on the amount of carbon monoxide in these organs. The concentration in the blood of the average smoker la the same as in that of a person sitting in a smoke-filled room. Tests are being conducted on those using the noninhaling technique.

Dr. Barsch's interest in this subject stems from the large number of smokers who have chronic respiratory disease, especially emphysema. Many of these persons are incapacita- ted by persistent c o u g h and shortness of breath. Lung can- cer also is blamed on the bron- chitis that follows the inhalation of smoke and other air pollut- ants.

Victims of pulmonary disease should not. smoke. but it is diffi- cult for many to stop. especially when they enjoy smoking. We can assume that the lungs are spared when smoke is not in- haled. If this can be done. there is no need to eliminate a habit that brings solace.

ARM HAIR

NP. writes: My 14-year-old daughter fell and broke an arm. When the cast was removed eight weeks later, there was a growth of long black hair on that arm. Do you think shaving before the fracture was so is responsible?

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EPLY No. Because of the east, the hair was protected from it:- tion. Undoubtedly by now, it has been replaced by a normal growth.

HEEL SPURS CB. writes: X-raya show spurs on both heels and the doc- tor is injecting cortisone into these growths. But I don't feel any better and wonder if there is a sure cure.

REPLY Surgery may be needed if in- jections and padding of the shoes do not help.

No Work, No Relief?

Ottawa Journal

"Our Government does not believe that the state owes any able-bodied man a living." pro- claims Mr. Dave Boldt. the So- cial Welfare minister in the new Saskatchewan Liberal Gov- emment.

In the 19305 that was a famil- iar phrase. Mr. Mackenzie King and Mr. RB. Bennett approved of it. But before the depression was over they had discarded it. Neither the Dominion Govern- ment nor provincial govern- ments could enforce a rule that everyone fit to work must un- dertake certain chores before being given food and shelter for himself and his family.

In the rsuit of the no—work, norelief policy, the depression era governments had wor K camps where men were given

PUBLIC

FORUM

LIQUOR LEGISLATION

Sin—I would like at the out- set to thank you for allowing me the space in your paper to

we on the new liquor legislation now being en- forced in this Province.

If anyone wishes to question my motive to writing this lat- ter. 1 wish to make It clear filial I have no interests In any of the liquor outlets In the Prov- lnce whether legal or illegal. In fact, I am at present a sob- er alcoholic! Reflecting for sortie time on the present situa- tion. has caused me to come to some very definite opinions which I wish to share with you.

If you will mail a few years ago. a man was allowed to pur- chase four quarts of liquor, or its equivalent per month. This regulation was changed shortly after the present Government came to power, so chm the only limit was a man's thirst or his finances. During the last two years several outlets, which have been osed down recently began to sell liquor, We were never Informed if these clubs were legal or not. but It would appear to an rdin o aer- er like myself that no legislation prov for their existence. A judge's interpretation of the law In one instance. and the pres- ent closure of these outlets are two facts which point heavily to the above concussion.

I think the present closing of these clubs la a very poor way to Indicate to the public that the Government In again enforcing the laws of the Province. It would be. a much better alter- native to bring forth legislation making them leg“. After all.

operators of ae clubs bed not been charged with In; illegal outlet! for two they were legal during lad. In tlou

years. If this per- at say wee legisla-

m lam Ille-

.denly spanks h- - - out of

gal? The situation reminds me of the parent who allows the child to go undisciplined until he is 2 years old. and then aud- him for no greater mlsdemeanoura then he was previously commit- in . '

I also wldh to say that It Is my feeling that liquor outlets similar to those which have been closed should be granted a license to operate, provided that they are tnspec regu- larly by officials appointed for this purpose, and provided they meet certain standards In clean- liness. morality and serve 0 adults. It would be preferable to see people who wish to drink to do so within a legalized club rather than at a bootleggera or In the alley. The really Illegal and lmmor outlets In this

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our laws: In fact, I would say the latest move by the Liqu1r Commission wlll be a boom to such eatablliimentl

Some may eay that legalized clube will contribute to our el- cohol problem. From my per- sonal experience with alcohol, which was Immense. I think the reverse fa closer to the truth.

of the bottle being «can by the law.

I think that the eerce of alcoholch on Phil. Is as seat It not greater than in other pro- vinces. time our past legislation must not have been anymore effective than that of other m‘ vinces. So let‘s legalize our clubs and foster a one senat- approedt to the thinking of alcoholic .

I am Sir. etc. A scram CITIZEN

food. clothing and shelter plus a miserly cash allowance. Pro vinces and municipalities or- ganized employment projects where men with picks and shov- els took days to do what mech- anized equipment could do in hours.

What Saskatchewan is trying to do is something quite differ- ent. If if d massive unem- ployment no doubt Mr. Boldt would not be speaking as he is. His remarks are directed not at those genuinely in need of aid and welfare but those who may be finding that "a guy's is dope if he goes out to work when all he has to do is algn his name to a relief list."

It won't be easy for Mr. Boldt to carry out his policy, but there is something to be said for his trying. If implemented it would at least keep the lazy relief rc- cipient in‘danger of work.

BACKACHE FROM KIDNEYS A.G. writes: Is pain in the lower back a symptom of kid- ney trouble? REPLY Kidney pain usually ls local- ed on one side or the other of the small of the back. depend- ing upon which organ is involv ed. Low back pain usually stems from arthritis or strain. DIABETES INSIPIDUS M.E.L. writes: Should a brain specialist be consulted for diabetes of the pituitary gland? E LY

The pituitary gland is in the brain but your best bet is to con- ault a physician who specializes in internal medicine or endoc- rine disorders.

WEEKS T0 MONTHS

BH. writes: How long d oe a It take a child to get over rheu- matic fever?

REPLY

From a few weeks to a year. The average is 1 to 3 montha. TODAY'S HEALTH HINT—

Put reflectors on the back of bicycles.

' How Strong ls Russia?

The Spectator. London

Within the last few weeks Russian scientists launched a rocket from a base near the Sea of Aral, apparently as part 0 their lunar research pro- gramme. A few minutes after It was launched the rocket blew up and became the latest In a long series of...launchlnga car- ried out by Soviet scientists since 1959 which have ended in failure.

The failure was not, of course. announced in Russia. Pravda keeps lts pages atrlctly for re- cording the successes of So viet system. Nor was the fail- ure announced officially or giv- en much pu‘blicltur in the West The Amerlcan government, which goes to some b to follow what the Russians a re up to in space, prefers to keeps Its information to itself.