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Commonwealth Relations There is talk now that a Can- adian may be named the first Com- monwealth secretary-general—the man to run the Commonwealth sec- retariat agreed on at the prime min- isters’ conference last week. Ac- cording to the London Observer. sev- eral African states have hinted that their choice would be Arnold Smith. assistant undersecretary in Can- ada’s external affairs department.

“It certainly would be a wise choice." comments the London pa- per. Mr. Smith. who attended la st week's conference and represented Canada at the secretarial discus- sions. has served as Canadian am- bassador in Moscow and Cairo.

Taken in conjunction with the favorable impression Prime Minis- ter Pearson made on the African representatives at the conference. this report. if it, materializes. could be interpreted as showing the pres- tige Canada enjoys in the Common- wealth partnership today.

In any case. the decision to estab- lish a permanent Commonwealth secretariat. to which Canada agreed in principle. marks a noteworthy change in Canadian policy in this re- gard. Heretofore. Canadian Prime Ministers have consistently opposed the idea.

This opposition goes back to time of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. when a prOposal was advanced atthe Fifth Colonial Conference in 1907 that a permanent "council" be set up. It was the opinion of the Canadian delegation that the term council sug- gested a permanent institution which might eventually come to be regard- ed as an encroachment upon the full measure of automony enjoyed by the self-governing colonies. This at- titude. restated in various ways. remained the Canadian position un- til now.

With the growth and change of the Commonwealth, the autonomy of its members in relation to the Un- ited Kingdom is no longer in ques~ tion. As the Montreal Gazette points out in this connection. the United Kingdom is more concerned with divesting herself of burdens than with assuming still greater ones.

The initiative for the secretariat proposal came last week from th e new members of the Commonwealth. They wish for a. better means of pooling and distributing informa- tion. and there is much to be said in its favor. Such an institution. once looked upon with misgivings as a sign of retrogression. would now be regarded as a sign of maturity.

For the appointment to go to a topranking Canadian civil servant would indeed be to write a new chapter in our Commonwealth rela- tions.

Masters At The Game

Many a politician’s success has been credited to his ability to keep track of his constituents through the local press. and to share in their joys and sorrows by timely letters of congratulation or condolence. as the case may be. Few of them, however, are as conscientious in their attend-

" anoe to these duties as External Af-

fairs Minister Paul Martin is reput- ed to be. Over his 29 years in the House of Commons. Mr. Martin has built up a file of names and addressee of just everybody in his metropol- itan Windsor constituency of Essex East. Where better than 45.000 vot- ed in the last election.

Up comes the date on this file.

fund with it the name. address and 'apecisl personal occasion of every 1 mm, woman and child in Essex East. w in. a birthday or an anniver-

TUESDAY. JULY 21. 1904. '

ear-y mat day. Additionally, the min- ister has a personal office staff of three watching the local press for such items as who has a new baby. a new job. who is newly married or has been bereaved. Out then goes a little personal note signed not by the Secretary of State for External Affairs but by “your friend, Paul Martin."

This retention of the human touch in politics is well worth while, and we think the more of Mr. Mar- tin for cultivating it so assiduous- ly. But it seems that his claims to being champion of the Parlia- mentary mail league have been threatened. A new aspirant to the title has arisen in the person of Mr. 'Louis Joseph Pigeon, Conservative MP for Joliette-L’Assomption-Mont- calm. which is an urban riding some 40 miles out of Metro Montreal and which last election polled some 50.- 000 votes—a shade more than cast ballots in Mr. Martin’s populous con— stituency.

It is said that this gentleman wrote a personal note of congratu- lation to every youngster in every class in every school and high-school across his three counties of Quebec who got a promotion this year. From kindergarten up to collegiate grade. they all got a letter expressing cheers from their respresentative for a year’s work well done.

That's a mailing list to impress even the blase Mr. Martin. not to speak of the thousands of proud recipients and their families! Mr. Pigeon. we venture to say. will bear watching. Whenever the next elec- tion comes along. and on whatever issues it is called. he's gomg to be a mighty hard man to beat.

An Anxious Wait

“Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.“ This is not a quotation from Hitler, Mussolini. or Stalin—though they. too, dedicated their extremism to "liberty." It is from the speech by Senator Goldwater in accepting the Republican nomination for Presi- dent ot‘ the United States. It has given joy to the Birches and Ku Klux Klan and all who hold the views of others in contempt. and has caused profound misgivings among thinking people everywhere. I

As the Globe and Mail points out in this connection. the President of the United States leads not only his own country but. the free world. It is not surprising that the world views with horror the thought of where a President Goldwater might lead it. But it is the thought that a substantial part of the American people are behind him that is most. disturbing. Such a streak of fan- aticism in the world's most power- ful nation puts us all in danger.

It is said. of course, that Gold- water cannot be elected. But six months ago it was said. with equal assurance. that he could not pos. sibly win the Republican nomination. The ground between now and No— vember 3 is far too full of pitfalls for certainty. President Johnston has had one serious heart attack. suppose he should have another? Suppose there were a resounding U.S. defeat in Vietnam; would it so wound national pride as to make the Arizona senator’s proposals for “liberating” the Communist satellite states sound almost sensible? One US. President has been assassinated by an extremist ; how safe is his suc- cessor?

In the world as it Is constituted today. the election of a US. Presi- dent cannot be a private U.S. affair and the United States cannot blame friends for harboring such fears. It. will be an anxious wait for all con- cerned. until this fateful election passes into history.

EDITORIAL NOTES

An important change has been made in the Canada Council's schol- arship program for the 1965-66 academic year. Unlike previous years. a determined attempt will be made to encourage postgraduate students to do their research at Canadian universities. rather than at institutions abroad.

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Quietly. without fanfare and ap- parently without any local difficul- ties, Calgary is doing what most oth- er urban centres merely argue about. On Aug. 15. with the annexation of suburban Bowness. it will be the

only metropolitan area in Nort h

America administered entime by e single municipal council.

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NOT EXACTLY A LOVE SEAT

OTTAWA REPORT

Climoxing Ten Decades 01‘ Progress

itatorsdonotmalceemectecleJandsofan-yoims people willl I Neither is a birthday at liome } travel to fare j enjoyable and memorable if pro—

Patrick Nicholson’ guest columnist today is John Fish- .r. Commissioner of the Na- tional Centennial Commission. I

iessional caterers do all the

3 work If Canada is to have a Cen-

The celebration of the Cen- tennial of Confederation is too . good a chance to miss. It will be our only opporutnity to put one hundred candles on the cake. Let's make certain to light them and keep the flames bright throughout 1967.

Eyen if the calendar were amiss. I still think that Canada Should have a Centennial We need some excuse to look Iback upon our record and to draw strength from it. We need to enjoy the privrlege of being . Canadian. This counm' needs a ‘ good oldsfashioned intech enhhuSiasm. We should all look down the valley and see the vistas If we don't believe in Canada. there a r e millions around the world who do. They would trade places with us any day. Perhaps an ‘maginative. exciting Centennial will engender the enthusiasm and the hope so necessary to the nation. ,

The year 1967 should be the ‘ jewel in the span of a country— llie climax of ten decades of progress. It will be if Canadians ~~all of its—participate. Spec-

PUBLIC FORUM

This calumn i! open Ie the discussion by correspondent: of questions at in.' forest. The Guardian does not neces- sarily endorse the o inicn of cnrrrs~ pondenis. All letters published are sub- lecl to editing and condensation wbrrr necessary. The Guardian is unable in enter Into any corrruuoudnnce regard. lug letter-e submitted. l

TELEVISION SHOWS

Sir.— g one who has teen. age children who follow the 'I'V ‘ shows to a certain extent. I of- I ten wonder where are we drift- 1 ing'.’ First. of all we pay sever- hundred bucks for a tele- vision set for entertainmen'. as - they say. to keep children off the streets. and of course for. us older folks also. but. in prac- tically every show what do we get? A thirsty. hungry cast whose first, act is to start nour- ing drinks and passing them around or drinking at the bars. Many times they are supposed to drink themselves into ii drunken stupor and be dragged away. We find others who seem to be hungry all the time. It's eating and pouring tea and col- fee. slicing and carving. I like many others did not buy a tele- vision set in watch people drink- ing and eating.

Next comes the so-called love . parts where young beautiful ‘. girls and men are seen around ‘ beaches and other places in so scanty attire that they would ‘

allowed in burning Afrlv ca let alone fed to an educated people. Those people are plow tured as love birds over each other. mugging and kissing before the eyes of teen. tigers and the public in general.

What is the feelins of young girls and boys entering adult age? What are we to tell them is right and wrong when they can say we see it on TV every day of k? 9 time has come for our loafing we to stop talking about flags and holidays. and take a long sharp look into what we are being led through the medium of ‘elevi- ston. In place of a divided cmm . we no TV program where those un-wanf-

“mil

ed rte are sent to t . It's bad enough to have to all though eight and ten periods of

soap suds. paste. hair cream and cars climbing moun- tains and m cit other foolish-

ness without being fed the like of some of the show that we are getting new. and ting more a more into the raw patio-e of things

I am Sir. a

. Centennial. the 100.0(1) residents

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. gathered.

i beaches his lessons.

‘already has programs under . y,

tennial worthy of the occasion. then we in our own . nasty. bake our own cake and: light our own candles DOING THEIR PART

Across the nation. govern- ments are doing their parts in

par for memorable year. but

lack a soul dominate. Every one of us must commit ourselves involve- ment in the Centennial pro gram. no matter how small the contribution may be.

We year. for instance. in a magnificent prelude our

of Canada's tiniest province. Prince Edward Island. are en.

gaged in festivities in which every cmn-muniiiy. no matter ow small. i ' ‘ ‘ -

ting. P.E.l. has invited the greatest mllection of Canadian talent ever summer-long feast of entertainment and pag- eantry. The smallest province

In giving leadership. the Cen- tennial Omnniiseimi. the agency of the Government of Canada.

This summer. under the Com- mission's Youth Travel program. some 3.000 young Canadians will be visiting and living with their fellows in distant pro- vinces.

These exchanges are being carried on in cooperation with the ten provinces with

some 15 exciting onganiizstlons with experience in that field. In 1965 and 1966 more thous-

. vels. Eigih

provinces and to the Territories. getting to know and to appreciate the pro- Means and the aspirations of their fellow Canadians.

1n lim. it is our hope that about 17.000 of our youth will participate in these exchanges. OTHER PROJECTS

Other projects at the Centen- nial ‘ include the Cmsfedeiratlon 'Ilnaln. a great travelling mrunemn of Cane- diane. which will cm across

Canada in exciting and stirring .' case . displays. the story of our history I . mm .

the days of the explorers i dovmto

today‘s electronic mar- . t colotuitiid road - avans will carry similar stories in areas not served by the rail-

w

M. The Department of Madurai Defence will a search-

mission has under study a travelling Festival of the Pet- dormiiig Arts whim would use the best of Canadian and for- eign talent.

Many more proposals of na- tional import are under exam- ination by the Canenmal, ' Com- mission. dopamine of gov- ernment. and othe agendee in- terested in promotion of the Centennial. All ' ov-

ermnenlt. and other agencies in-

Birt time is short. Less than 30 months remain now before the opening of our teamial Year. and if we are to have the momentous celebrations Can- ada and Canadians deserve. we musttakeonaseneeufurgency and get in on i - pamtione immediately.

Indian Aid Program

Guelph Mcrctuy

Many of Canada's Indiana I have for years lived in utter; squalor wlhile do-gooders at Ot- . laws have channeled funds into the outflung hands of foreign ; states: $2.6 million to Indonesia and over $4 million to Malaysia. I for instance. ,

It is good news that an Indian- 1 aid program which bears in e 1 stamp of thinking behind it is to be launched. Cost will be I half the Indonesia- Malaysia gifts: $3“: million in th ree ' years. It will take the form of a 1 community development plan | and its objective is fir help the indiaus to become self- suffic-

leni.

An early difficulty may be the I shortage of community develOp- merit workens. Some Indiana will be trained in this field: univer-

> els of near y

’ dependence on welfare assistan-

sities will be asked to establish training courses: and for a time trained personnel may have to be imported.

Social and economic condi- tions in the reserves will where feasible be brought up the lev- white communi- ties. Wheie this is im 1) . indians desiring resettlement elsewhere will be e move. The target is to reduce

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co and increase Indians respon- sibility in handling their own af- fairs.

Canada haé some 111.000 ln— dians. of whom 146.000 live on . reserves, Twenty thousand more live on crown lands and 31.000 elsewhere. The pron-sin is aimed at reaching at least on per cent of m.

New m In Delhi

Roland Micbener's appoint- Commlsaioner to

Pol c - ably suited: and it disregards party affiliation. The country could. do with more of this non- partisan use of talent.

Diplomats coma in two varie- ties. career and political. The career men or pros start young secretaries and hope. after perhaps :5 years of dill- geni apprenticeeliip. to be ain- baasadora

The political diplomat may be. and sometimes is. a dull and eg- half pert, faithful with no anec- l gifts or ups-lance qualify lug him to speak for his coun- try abroad. He may get the Job merely because he rank of "an reward for partisan activity.

ulcbenet obviously does not conform io‘tbis pattern in any

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and conciliatory

ambassador needs There is thus every team to

expectihatbewlllbeem

at New Delhi. This is'clees-

team was as

a! party politics he was an. VG .

Moll-hr.“ and talcum,ka sense-lam dam tea he

tc .. WALTER A. O’BRIEN

showed when Spann- of use Jameson) use mulls

Burn Treatment Is Complicated

a, Dr. W as Can Dallas! A severe burn iniuru the

largest man

also is an

of the body. It ause the charred tissues create chenil-

cy of many other organs of the body is disturbed. In addition. the victim may develop com- plications such as pneumonia. hepatitis. or mine. The can! of these presents problems are diam-sad. It is so time can- aumlng only the very poor and the very rich can afford it. Hos- pitalization may continue for months. Hours of daily care from nurses. physicians. and other attendants are required. i an a large area of the skin is involved. the person is help- less and must be cleaned. fed. and helped with all bodily func- plac in '5

individuals eel on:

tions. A tube is stomach and in the bladder and needles in the veins for intra- venous feediii . he cannot see or hear if large bandages cov- er the eyes and ears.

Thus. ‘e may be isolated completely from world. Any movement is painful be- cause it stretches or rubs the. burned part. Complications add ‘ Coughing hurts

irritate the in- volved skin.

erred skin requires meticulous attention. Surgeons beg people to donate skin to cover the large raw areas. These grafts seldom last more than three or four weeks but help pull the victim through the early and more critical period. The patient's own skin will be used to cover strategic areas such as the face. neck. hands. These autoplasiic grafts are permanent.

The hospital must be eouin- ped for this type of care. Spe- cial beds may be needed to turn the patient without ducing pain or disturbing the burn or the skin graft. Many severe cases require a dozen or' more blood transfusmns. Few physicians have 9 pa-

to his ml . and infections

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Allies dis-ween. ase- scienoeisiioutlngmaaethane poor usens .— Gait Report- er. -

He whom than bomb in

ket at least knows what made him tick. Confucius say. ——WindaorSi-ar. .

Thousands of young ladies in Greater Windsor endorse the They're

- Windsor

If the average child doesn’t

get the bathroom dirty. he hasn't washed his face and hands. ~— St.‘ omas Times- Journal.

Alowiium cealseusedie

toes. It seems federal research- ers have discovered that ampli- fication of such suodns disturbs the pests and shoes them iii. if this idea ever becomes avail- able for general use. it may be decide which is more distracting to back yard tran- quility. the humming noise or

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fend off. from time to time. loud racket from the bust-

the in -— Wall street Journal.

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0 put Speed when passinl up golden . tunities.-— Financial Postomr

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Death and taxes may be sill in their certainty but me great difference is that the death rat. llll been, going down_~ mam Journal.