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The Larger QUeSllOll , Federal Health Minister Mon- teith has spoken with great prompt- ness, clarity and definiteness in ex-

4 plaining what the Ottawa govern-

ment need not do about the victims of the medical preparation “Thalido- mide,” which is blamed so far for the birth of at least 40 severely de- formed babies in Canada.

So far as most Canadians are concerned, however, Mr. Monteith has answered the wrong question. The thing they want to know is not what Canada. needn't do about the victims of this awful tragedy, but what society can do in their behalf.

The legalistic declaration that the federal government has no re- sponsibility for financial aid to families to whom babies with de- formed limbs are born is no answer at all to society’s over-riding inter- est in this matter. '

The obligations of humanity to iihose who suffer tragedy and un- measurable anguish of the spirit do not end with what is written on the statute books. It would speak better for the government if it was seek- ing -ways of helping to meet those obligations, in such small measure as that can be done, instead of at- tempting to wash its hands of the matter.

At the same time there is need for a fuller statement than has so for appeared as to government plans for preventing further tragedies of this character. In the face of Can- ada's reputation of having more rigid controls than even in the Unit- ed States over the licensing of new drugs, it is disconcerting to know that “Thalidomide” g a _i n e d accept- amce here while it still was being banned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

It is evident that society's safe- guards slipped, and science went terribly astray, since enough “Thali- domide” has gone into use as a tran-

, quilizing agent to get the blame for 3,500 severe birth deformities in West Germany, 40 in Canada, and hundreds more in Britain and else- where in Western Europe.

The sensible response to this de- velopment is that being taken in the U.S., where authorities are revamp- ing and tightening methods of con- trolling new drugs.

Is the same thing happening in Canada? If so, isn't that what Health Minister Montheith should be elm... about. instead of issuing die- claimers of responsibility?

3 7 , The Policeman's Lot V It is out of the paradoxes of Latin American nations that while they have long and violently criticised the Halted States for its alleged aupport

jag rightist dictatorships, they have ‘ “lemma!-kedly reluctant to follow

.'.Q9ahmgtm’s recent lead in taking

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assures against dictators.

Kennedy’: unpreceden-

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m in otamesratls Isal. C visit they prefer to let matters go by da- fault, hiding behind the old doctrines of non-intervenion. The q u e s t i o n stands no matter what may be done now to legitimize the Peruvian posi- tion. '

In Argentina. the military-backed regime which followed the ouster of President Frondizi by the army last March had been reluctantly accept- ed by Washington in a rationalizat- ion of the events there. But the es- tablishment of the strong-arm gov- ernment did nothing to solve the social and political problem posed by the existence of a powerful bloc of followers of the former dictator Juan D. Peron, whose victory in the con- gressional and gubernatorial elec- tions led to the military coup.

In Brazil, the worsening political crisis over the experiment in the parliamentary form of government was compounded by runaway infla- tion, food shortages and violent social protest that resulted earlier this month in scores of deaths. Pen- ding the October congressional elec- tions, when the continuation of the parliamentary system may be sub- mi-tted to a national plebiscite, the country is simply adrift with a make- shift government.

In Ecuador, President Arosemena. is under the threat of a. coup that could come from the military or poli- tical parties, or both. In the Domi- nican Republic the infant democracy, following 31 years of dictatorial rule, is caught between pro-Communist and Right-wing military conspir- acies .

As the United States begins to take 9. new and worried look at Latin America. and the Alliance for Pro- gress, there is hardly one bright spot the length and width of the hemi- sphere. Any such appraisal carries with it the question of whether Latin-American democracies can be policed or enforced by Washington, or persuaded to undertake the fund- amental structural reforms without which American aid is bound to be largely meaningless.

Good Youhg Drivers

Insurance companies in the United States are now trying to separate the sheep from the goats among young car drivers. These young drivers (un- der 25) hold only 18 per cent of the driver licenses but as a group are involved in nearly 30 per cent of the fatal accidents. Many young drivers, however, are better and more_ re- liable behind the wheel than their elders, but it has been difficult here- tofore to identify the real trouble makers who are believed to consti- tute 10 per cent of the under-25 8'1‘0l1D-

Tests are now under way in vari- ous parts of the country to see whether simple psychological. ques- tionnaires can make the 10 per cent of "bad young drivers" give them. selves away by unintentionally re- vealingtheir disrespect for authority. If reliable tests can be developed, the bad risk drivers can be made to pay high insurance rates—or not drive. The other young drivers can then en- joy the average premiums to which they are entitled. A

It seems like a good idea. But we don't envy the examiners in their task of checking these tests, reading between the lines and coming up with the right answers. .

EDITORIAL Nonss

In view of the imbalance in trade Canada and the U.S., which is sharply unfavorable to Canada, there are sound grounds for Carna- dian objections to President Ken- nedy's request that Canada volun- tarily curb lumber salsa in the U.S. It is likewise true, however, that Canada has iecursd similar volun- tary curbs in her own behalf, from Japan and Hong ‘Kong for example, in cases where the trade imbalance was in her own favor. V ' I 0 O Oorreepondencacontinuas to reach The Guardian fmnrtourlefl who ask why National Rs-k employ- ees fail to tell’ visitors of the ma-

Ability of camping sites at .provfn-‘M

eial parks. Yet Guardian reporters, "in consulting scores of tourists, have

_.'1Iiled to find even one who haaex,-' such neglect. 0n eon- ,trsry, there is general insistence 4 ~-that ihfol-nation, about the provin-

eiai parks is supplied with thorough. ‘ mm 0% MIN the ice. ‘ l l '

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OTTAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson ’Arrogant, irrelevant, lmpertinent’

At the urging of U.S. lumber- men, Washington has suggested discussions with Ottawa, in the r e :- tralnts imposed on Canadian lumber exports to the U.S.A. The extent of the cut-back sou- ght by the vocal U.S. lumber in- dustry is of the order of $140 million per year.

Any such demand would be I piece of arrogant and irrelevant lmpertinence. We cannot refuse a request for consultation by y country with which we are as- soclated under the GATT trad-

PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open to the discussion by correspondents or questions of la- taraet. The Guard endure the opt o ea pondaula. All letlara published an rub cl to editing and condensation when aecessary. The as tan is unable tr entar into any correspondence regard- ih| lallara aubmltted.

TWO BOOKLETB? Sir,—Perh-ape it would be wise for the Prince Edward Island Tourist Bureau next year to issue two booklets on tourist accommodations. The second booklet could contain all the camping sites. I am. Sin‘. etc, HELEN MERRILL Crapaud.

INVI'I‘A'I‘l0N T0 KINGS

Sir-,—.Ma.y I have a little space in your widely circulated paper, regarding camping’ sites for tourists coming to visit Prince Edward Island. I had the pleasure of conversing with a number of people from be- yond our shores recently. These people expressed their admira- tion of this beautiful Isl a nd. Th informed me that they

63' had visited the other provinces of Canada. but Prince Edward Island was the most beautiful.

Now, that is something to be real proud of. . .

I have read a letter in the Guardian of recent date, in which the writer complained about the lack of camping grounds in our National Park. I am deeply interested in our beautiful province. and I like to see strangers come to visit it. We have very fine camping grounds here in Kings County. They are to be found all the way from the county line to East Point. ,

to make special men-

ploneer of mos.

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lng treaty; but we would be cra- zy to heed any pleas from th a country which already sells to us 20 per cent, or $755 million worth. more goods than it will buy from us.

Any measures ‘tending to ag- gravate this already serious im- balance of Canadian — U.S.A. trade should and would provoke instant retaliation by Canada — in our own interests. And this Washington could not afford, since we are the largest custom- er of the S '

B.C. SALES TRIUMPH

The factslbehind the dispute are these. Last year we purchas- ed from the U. S. goods worth $3.864 million; mt were able to

sell to that country goods worth .

only $3,109 million. This trade deficit was the largest single item provoking our current bal- ance of paymenhs crisis.

The largest category of our exports to U.S.A. was forest products. valued at $1.276 mil- lion. Half of this consisted of newsprint paper: one-fifteenth consisted of spruce lumber; and a like amount consisted of Souglas fir lumber. grown in B.C.

This latter category — c o In- paratively trivial in the over all picture — is the contentious nigger in the U.S. woodpile. Dou- gins fir is a prized and highly competitive building material which. thanks to an aggressive sales drive by B.C. lumbermen, has in recent years achieved great popularity on the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S.A. This suc- cess has raised howls of protest from U.S. lumbermen producing similar lumber in the states in Washington and Oregon. wh o have been taking a licking from their B.C. rivals in the r l c h eastern market.

The reason for this seems to be two-fold. First. Oregon and Washington cannot produce the quantities demanded, while B.C. can. Second, Ithe U.S. have

been hoist on their own petard. — in this case called the Jones Act. This act, the product of an effective lobby at Washington by the U.S. merchant navy. stip- ulates that goods shipped from one U.S. port to another must be carried in U.S. ships. Thus lum- ber shipped from the Pacific northwest states, through th e Panama Canal. to say N ew York or Boston. must be c r i e d in U.S. ships at the high U.S. freight rates. But B.C. lum- ber. shipped to the same ports from Vancouver. may be car- ried in less costly Japanese or Panamanian ships.

There is a small U.S. tariff on imports of Canadian lumber. A more significant factor has been the gradual ddevaluatlon .of our dollar for the past year. T h i s has greatly assisted our compet- itive sales of lumber in U.S.A. just as it has aided all our ex- ports in every country. But B.C. had achieved considerable suc- cess in breaking into the U.S. lumber market before this ad- ditional aid.

If Washington attempts to ap- ply eny new screw to curb B.C.: exports of luumber to the 11.8. market. Ottawa will have some verbal nuclear bombs to deton- ate during the argument. F o r example, Ottawa could slash an even larger item from our im- port bill in the form of Ameri- can-owned oil. Ottawa coul curb the imbalance in mutual trade in textiles and fibres; or the huge imbalance in our mu- tual trade in farm products or steel products. All of these ex- ceed the $140 million in lumber now questioned. There are also our unbalanced trades in mag- azines. in television and cin- ema films. and in chemicals.

In short. until the U.S. b uys from Canada as much as we buy from them. they have no grounds

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Mowers Are Dangerous Iania observer

Power lawnmower: have be- come commonplace in recent years. They are a handy, al- though noisy addition to the household garden equipment. However, they are also danger- ous — particularly to liners and foes. ‘

An American medical mags-

alne has been enquiring into 70,--

we accidents aauaad while 0- aratlu: power mowers and

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OUR YESTERDAYS

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Old Taflas _ Abound Around Gall ‘Bladclers

calved from her neighbors. Ear gsll bladdc was infected and ){-rays showed the structure fill- ed with at .

“One of my friends told me‘ I might develop cancer if the gall bladder is not removed. she writes. “Another says can- cer is more common after gpgratlon. What would you

0 II We advised thli reader to stop listen to would-he authorities Cancer of the gall bladder is an uncommon in an . I :1- o

cancers and is more prevalent in women and in persons with gallstones. Taking out the [all bladder will eliminate this pos- alblllty but it should not be done on the outside chance that can- cer might develop five or 10 years hence. The organ should be removed when it is ‘diseased. not functioning properly, and is causing distress.

The idea presented by th I second neighbor is tommyrot. T era is no reason‘why gall bladder surgery should in a k e anyone more susceptible to can- cer. If anything. it decreases the possibility by eradicating a source of irritation and infec-

tion.

Disturbances of the gall blad- der begin ln early adult life and statistics reveal that after age 40. almost half the population shows some evidence of trouble along this line. Gallstones a re present in one-fifth of these men - and women. But only a s in all portion are bothered and the majority go through life without knowing they harbor stones or a battered old gall bladder. '

The most common symptom of gall bladder disease is indi- gestion —- belching. flatulence. and vague upper abdominal dis- tress espec ly after eating fried or greasy foods. Acute in- flamation of the organ resembles appendicitis except that pain and tenderness are located high in the abdomen near the rib margin. The passage of a small stone leads to severe colic which is extremely painful. But to- gardless of the nature of t h e disorder. remedies are avail- able.

(Dr. Van Dellen will answer questions on medical topics if stamped. self-addressed enve- lope accompanies request.) TODAY'S HEALTH HINT —

Prevent fires by eliminating greasy r a g s and trash fr 0 m basement and attic.

(From the Guardian Flles)_

TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO (July 31. 1937)

Several Tryon boys had an exciting experience on Illum- day of this week when th e y lassoed a large black fish off

Canoe Cove. The 20 foot fish was landed after a brief strug- gle. Several Tryon girls assist- ed. and took pictures of the sea monster which was estimat- ed to weigh 1500 pounds.

A well attended meeting of Kings County blacksmlths was held at Cardigan Thursday ev- ening. R.J. MscI.aren, Cardigan. was chairman. The purpose of the meeting, called by the Prince Edward Island Black- smiths Protective Association. was explained by P.J. Proude. Charlottetown.

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‘ (July 31.

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lary u ‘"112 By- m¢It‘uma'."hasta-kuovklha Ilcssaab of Pours

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Aeearllfu Is a asaasrvatiya esflmatmtheavsraaapss-seals ‘M7 times more Interested foodthanlhphlloaopby.— mlnsPress.

dtheltBM . last. — Ottawa Journal.

Another thing that ‘greatly re- tards th

aptly tits him for sum down.-— Woodltock Sentinel-Review.

A stub your men used to baschspwhohadajohaud worked hard at it: now It mere- ly means he is practically motionless. — Brandon sun. ,

People don't like to be re-

ed their sins. Most peo-

ple think they don't have any.- Welland Tribune. ‘

no first thing a man does when he drives a new car hams wonder

are looking. — St. Thomas Tim- es-Journal. '

Jazz music is something Niki- ta Khrushchev cannot under- . Soviet er told American jazz artist Benny Goodman in Moscow.

“It takes a little while." Good- man replied.

"It does not take any time at all to understand good music," Khrushchev retorted.

Well. Khrushchev was mistak- en. It does take time for many a person to learn to appreciate the best music. and often the person whose appreciation dev- elops slowly finally becomes the most devoted of listeners to the music of Beethoven. Mozart. Haydn. Bach, Handel. Wagner and the other classical greats.

Learning to love great sym-

The Chambers of Commerce in five Yorkshire. England. fish- ing towns have a real battle on thblr hands. They have taken the lead in demanding retalia- tion for the action of the Danish Government in ending the Anglo Danish Fisheries agreement of

1959.

The agreement allowed Brit- ish trawlers to fish up to within six miles of the coast of Fame Islands, but a 12-mile lglll. is now demanded by the anlsb authorities. This comes hard ‘on the British deepaea fishing in- dustry, as Iceland also has esta- blished and maintained a 12- mile fishing limit. and Norway is doing the same. .

What has caused the British

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an ‘off’ day, was “someone who must look like a girl, think like a man. act like a lady, show horse sense. and work like a

trawling industry to seek retal- iation la the fact that Britain

dog." -—London Letter.

Gradual Growth

Cape Breton Post

phonic music is similar to grow- ing up. similar to the physical and mental development f r o 1!!

childhood to maturity. A child listens with bewilder- co lax involve-

A‘Cose Of Limits

Guelph Mercury

alone still adheres to the old three-mile fishing limit around its coasts. Foreign vessels of any nationality may fish with perfect legality lap to that three- mlle limit. The ' uwlenmen claim this is doing lncaiculabla damage to their fishing in their own home waters. .

The Chambersof Commerce are demanding a six-mile fishing limit around the British coasts to stop piracy and mart- tlme vandalism on the part foriegn f vessels.

The coasts of Yorkshire Northumbes-land are being I ed by large fleets of forlegn ti-awlers. Instead of taking their catches back to their home ports they land the fish at Gs-imaby. thereby depressing prices a a the British market.

and Ish-

lt it not predicted here that whale steaks will figure In Can- adian menus in the immediate future. but we should be remind- ed of a not distant time when few Canadians ate tuna and swordfish which now are popu- lar. Whale steak reportedly is tasty and nourishing. War of note now is the fact that fishing for whales has start- on an experimental basis off Nova scotla Coast. with the a establish- ing in-