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Jusliiiable Concern

It is 1'c:isslii'ii:g to note that, so far as the proxiucial health authori- ties are aware, thcre are no casés of the use of thalidoniidc, the child- dgfnrminp; tlrllg. lll this Pl‘0\’lYlC€- it is a prohlvn= in utll(‘l‘ parts of Canada, however. Roporting on the fedpral—pt'0\'lll(‘l:ll conference at Ot- tawa last. wcck on this matter, Hcalth i\'lini.~:Icv llonry Wodgc ex- pressed .<atisl'aclion at tho nl‘!l'C€"

' ment rcaclwd on assistance to child-

ren born with abnormal physical defects attributed to the use of this drug, which shrzuld iicver have been permitted to go on the market.

Some idea of what happened in the United States. in the way of pressure on Dr. l<‘r:uiccs Kelsey and her superiors to get Food and Drug Administration approval for the sale of thalidomide, has been placed on the tlongivszsivuiial Record toy Senator l(r>fau\r~r. lll‘llll\('l'.‘lllt‘ mom- ber for Tennessee. in ‘a statement, which carries its own shockimr moral. '

The appljt-_-tlion for fcdcral ap- proval of this drug was filed in September, 1961). by an American drug firm. Two months later the firm was told that ovidcncc of the drug’s sal'cl_\' \-sas incomplete. By the end of llccmnhcr a phone call to Dr. Kelsey “expressed the ap- plicant's hurry to prepare for mar- keting the drug.” A month later a call to Dr. l‘t:ilpli'Sinith. hcad of the new drug division. int'uI‘mr-‘d him that the firm was golting impatient.

The Food and Drug f'lrgani7.at,ion hall alrcmly learned of tlmlidon1ide's reported “nourologicztl to.\'icit_\*," but not of any definite connection with infant deformities. Rut they stood firm. and tho prossure on them was lltcpporl up. .

The n,\'<‘li;tngi\s wont on for an- other ycar, somctimcs five or six 1 month. The firm kcpt minimizing the dnngcrs. Tlr. l\'ol:-'cy and her superiors kept in.~:i:<Iin;z that im mediate rclaasc of this drug was not; justified in view of increasing sus- picions about its side effects. It was to thcln. and them alone, that the nation owed the escape it had from the disas'rrous effects experi- enced in other countries.

There is a strong agitation now for tightcncd controls on the use of new drugs and greater recog- nition by all pharmaceutical firms of an overriding moral responsibilty to patients. doctors and the public. This has resulted in the passing, by the Senate judicial committee on Monday, of President Kennedy’: proposals for revision of existing legislation. It is to be hoped that In every country concerned there will be 1 stern reassessment of the situation.

. Quality And Quantity

To cope with the pressure on univeralty accommodation, the On- tqrio Secondary School Teachers Fodorottan has recommended th at tho F1der1l Government pnovido $800 million ln'th1 next few years. EH! the public picks up.1uch 1 In-go bill. suggest: the Globe and Kptl. it hid bitter tnkc 1 hard look

~iuwm‘ut.iikoLveogettoriu

Iflonfi. TM! l1 not laid by way of laying the need to provide the very b;11_t edlleottmutl opportunity for

A 7 young Cu11dl1n1, but of emphasiz-

and which mat. is b1-

avcchokcd-—n1mely, of weld- - gating-inq"*cur system

‘ 11y1 our Toronto oontompcu-1.1-y, therc is one group that has no busi- ness w h 1 to var in institutions of higher teaming. Many attend uni- versities for reasons that have poth- ing to do with education——to secure social status, to find a husband, to gain job security, or just to “have 1 ball". The public has no obliga- tion to finance such pursuits. The prcscnce of these fake scholars on 1 campus only subverts the true purpose of 1 university.

By setting rigorous entrance re- quirements, the universities ca '1 force secondary schools to prepare students adequately for the level and intensity -of studies to be ex- pected of undergraduates. If the present pressure on universities, which lack adequate facilities to ac- commodate the growing number: that seek admission, forces them to raise entrance requirements, it may stimulate an overdue reforma- tion ‘throughout the educational system.

This is not the popular idea, we know; but it might prove the best way of driving parasites from the classrooms-—-by demanding such hard work that only dedicated stud- ents would want to enter a univer- sity. This does not mean that the education of less than brilliant students must end at Grade 13. By separating the exceptional from the ‘average student, either jn different institutions or in different pm- grams within the same institution, we may gain the best of both worlds in highcr education. We won't gain it by trying to make it easier to obtain 1 university degree. Lower- ing of academic standards to ac- commodate large numbers deprives the best. minds of the education they need, and in doing so robs society of one of its most vital resources.

Aggressive U.S. Policies

Bu.-<im~..~<s conditions haw varicd greatly in different parts of Canada, as we know to our cost in this Mari- time area. What we tend t.o forget is that the samc situation applies in the United States. Between 1947 and i960, for example, non-farm employment doubled in Florida: it rose by 59 per cent in California and by 46 per cent in Texas. By contrast employment fell in West Virginiavand Rhode Island. .

At present there are oné million Americans who have been unem- ployed for at lcasl 15 weeks. Some 600,000 have boen out of work for six months or longer. The total of unemployed now stands at roughly 4.5 million. This presents a prob- lcm which the Kennedy "administra- tion has taken five measures to deal with.

In the first place, it has strength-. cncd the l'cdcr:ll employment scrvicc and brought. it int.o closer co-oper- ation with state agencies. Then it won the consent of Congress in l96l to the Area Rcdcvelopcmcnl Act, which permits federal funds to be spent. in areas of large persistent unemployment; or in areas where, workers receive very low salaries. The federal government can also pay for the training of unemployed workers to fit them for new jobs.

The third measure is the Man- power Development and Training Act of 1962. This act provides for basictresearch into manpower prob- lems 1nd resources, both present and prospective. It also trains people in occupations where jobs are on the increase. It has ‘special programs‘ for young people. ’I‘ranspovrtAvtion 1nd subsistnnce allowances are given to those receiving this training.

Another mcaeurc is ‘the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, which pro- video 11sl1t1nc1 for thou workers whose Jobs may b1 lost 11 1 mutt of increased imports from abroad. Finally, Congress is now consider- ing the Youth Opportunities Act. This act provides guid1nc1 1n'd help for young people seeking jobs for the first time, or young workers needing morc training. .

EDITORIAL NOTE

“A parliamentary 11cret.ary’1 lot," says the 0tt1w1 Journal, "is not 1n oopecially h1ppy one; he is 1pt to be left with chores the min- ister gladly shedc. But, p1rtn’cul1rly .for those holding the post for thc first time, It is 1 reward for effort 1nd 1 spur to ambition.” Mr. Mac- qu1rrl1, wc trust. will find satia- factzion in both the rawnrd and the spur in the new duties he is now

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OTTAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson . Need To Re-think Electoral Results

Our politicians of all parties appear still to be in a state of trauma after the pounding they got from the electorate on 18 Juno. The great lesson to be drawn from that vote is surely th at tho ch-cloratc did not entrust any onc party to form a govern- mcnt cnpahlr of cnforcing its programmc upon Parliament. In other words, tho PlP('ll'Il'I bluntly told every party to go hack to tho drawing board, to design a new platform.

But thcrc is little sign of any nuissivc rc-think being carricd out lhcrc by any political group.

Tho clot-lion saw our million votcrs withdraw their support from the Conscrvatlve Party. That was exactly one quarter of tho unprcz-cdcntcdly largo army which had swept that party in as an unprcccdcntcdly strong izovernmcnt just four years ear- licr.

PROTEST OF THE RIGHT?

That withdrawal was 1 pro- lcst against tho past policit-s add

future programme of the Con-:

sorvativm. What is significant- ly interesting is that that pro- tcst votc did not plump for any one other political party; above

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and 20 years ago; there was humanitarian insistence that no Canadian sihould be economical- ly crippled by severe‘lllness In his family, or by his Inability to obtain work if he genuinely sought it, or by the burden of retired older ‘relatives.

But more recently Canadians have begun to question the cost

of today‘s massive scale of re-.

distribution of earnings. We ask it w; must bear this heavy taxation so that the wives of millionaires can be paid the ba- by bonus. and so that m a n y noithcr nccding nor s n c k i n it work can be paid to do nothing.

Such Canadians tool that the welfare state now provides the

needed degree of social justice. 3 tatio

and should go no further. They

how to spend 1 Inner 1h1r1 of their own earnings, better th1n l the government can do so when it has taken it away’ as taxes. M1ny too obviously bellcvc that stéte interference in our liven has gone too far too lrrtlltlngly. A vlvld example of 1 prudent ‘ withdrawal from such Intrusion was the Ontario Government’! abolition of the Irritant 1nd in- i effective annual permit to buy

' liquor. Some observers here consider I that the grout Canadian frontier ; spirit of independence is dead: {that our strong wartime mood i of nationalism has pctered out: that we will willingly submit fin l increasing government regimen- 1

n. Others argue election marked the protest by 1 strong "radical right".

consider that they could decide ‘ /

Vandals From Within

Guelph ' "l have been convinced." wrote Lord Macaulcy more than 1 hundred years ago. ‘fthnt con- stitutions, purely democratic.

i must sooner or later destroy ll-

all. it dcllhcralcly did not swing .

to its oxpcctcd havon In the

- Liberal Party. On the contrary.

half of it switched to the Social Credit Party: and this is very mc-animzful, since that was the least likcLv of any party to be put into tho saddlc of govcrn- l'l'lf‘l1l. The balancc of the pro- lcst votc was divided fnlrly ev-

. only. nnc quarter going to the

NDP and one quarter to the Lt- 'bcrals. ,

ll has lwcn arum-d hcrc that this l’llR.‘<SlVP mnvc of tho pro- tcstors toward lhc Social Credit group was larszcly 1 manifesta- tion of French-Canadian separa- llsm. But Socrcd candidates were run in all provinces, and gnruorcd one vote of every eight cast across Canada.

The answer may more truly lie in the belief that Social Cre- dit is less to the left than any other Canadian political party. Of those who temporarily aban- doned the Conservative party in protest. half would vote nel- ther for the left NDP nor f or the newly leftward Liberals; In- stead, they registered their pro- test by swlnging to the right.

Probably th e r e 1re no ex- treme hard-crust rlghtlsta left hf Canada today, except por- haps among old age pensioner! from the golden vaults of Tor- onto's Bay Street. But there ap- pears to be 1 growing army of what might ed th1 r1- dlcal right.

These no to be found 1mou¢ the intelligent Canadmns, our young people. the thinking group nmong the progresutvcly helm- educated 1nd beuer p1ld work- ing C1n1dl1n1, who 1ll feel th1l utattam h11 gone too 111-. INDEPENDENCE REIO

There w11 11 lnslubcnt de- mand for tho welf1r1 um I

'Cul‘_Figurlng Time ,,,,,, Guelph Mercury

Much I111 been and for 111 1g1ln1t the United Kingdom changing K1 column to the dc- clmal system. Now Brll1ln‘1 educational 1uthorltle1 have come up as the uronaect mp- portei-1 of the proposed changn.

The educatlonlms hold view that if 1. declmnl 1y1011n of coinage was adopted the stu- dent: in the prlmnry schools would uve n11rly one-third of the time they now mend II thmenc In their classes. Furth- er the head teachers‘ believe that many backward children would find the changed mono tnry system easier to muster. 1nd the students would [all new confidence in lh1lr.cl1 11- run Vi.

'berty or civilization. or both.‘

What he had in mind was the habit formed by big and little groups of people. that 1 Federal Government was after all 1 free lunch and that its treasury can be plundered. seemingly without end, for the onri mcnt this or that interest. He said the

, llmc came when almost nobody

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would go without 1 subsidy. In order to do this Federal Govern- ments encmached m 0 r e and morc on all local governments, communities and individuals. They let these communities build hospitals and_churche1. n n (I schools, for the sake of their chlldren and the public general-

ttrhcn when the circumstances get beyond the individuals‘ con-

OUR YESTERDAYS

(From the Guardian Files)

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO AI 1 3!, 1937 \

A slx weeks course of play and work was brought to 1 most 1ucces1ful clone Saturday even- ing in Freelnd Hall. where 1 varied program was presented by the child:-en.‘An explanation of the v1rlou1 1ctlvltle1 of V1- catlon School was given by Mrs. A.H. I-[11-t-D1vle1, who has di- rected work, with the un- tlrlng zeal of the Mines D1117 Ad1tn1 1nd M11-Ion Phllllpn.

ll:m1nu1l Arumult resident of Flftecu Polo! h1tl 1 mh1culou1 e1c1pe from 1erlou1 injury or poulble de1‘t.l1,uy:1:erd1y when

the luhm: c w11 drlvlu 111111! 1

B‘ C

‘(IN mans‘ A60 luv. Roy A. ll1cN1uxhl of mi s1lv1dor, Oentnl America. 11 cnloruj 1 well41rncd furlough 1t h former In lcmui, Summernlde. Mr. M1cN1u;m went to Cont:-11 Ame:-lc1 Twen- ty-nvc you! 110. 11 an Inn mluloung of Ccntnl Bible Church, ortlund. Drama. f11ll1¢ of n-allude to C1n1d1 felt by the people of Aunt:-1ll1 was told ycstmhy by 301. Francis Mlcluel Fonle, country. 11

direct! 1 llo11z.Cluh lunch- eon meeting 1t cla1rloI1- untitl-

Mercury

: lrol. subsidy is applied and peo- t

'plc say as long as farmers and I, private bodies. such 11 pensions f to veterans. and others is grant- ! ed, why not get in on the gravy. ; The idea spreads and the govern- ’ ments encourage it, by use of dcmmzogy. They ignore Macaul- , ey's words of doom. even If t they ever heard of them.

l He warned: " hen 1 society I I t

h1s' entered on this downwu-d progress, eltber civilization or liberty must perish. Either some tcaesar or Napoleon wlll seine the reins of government with 1 strong hand, or your democncy i will be fcarfully plundered and § l1ld waste by barbarians In the 3 zoui century as was the Roman 1 Empire in the fifth —- with thll difference. thin the Hun; 1 nd vandals who rav1‘ged the Bom1n Empire came from without. and that your Runs and vnndnls have been engendered vi-ltfiki your

own country." ' gr '

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WOODLEIGI

old Engl1nd w1k1, 1nd scotlnnd live 1 ln.

Ere fade: the waning hymn and ma ['01: down .

And tell new the dccdc cl

of 11- 11: men, Whether of dlrut 1ln 11' 11111 rcnownl 'l‘r1n1poi-ted from 11 !1l1 1:1-on an 111 . I1 f1ncy, thought, 1nd now 11 mlnl1tur1. And pl1nt1d

li1r1‘1 701131!‘ ncctouc.

And llvc 11111 upo1.1 youngur Now dud 01 many. 1nd to 1111 Aw1h1 glut mm 11

lbcwhlh. . ' Andl1H11Ar¢1,11wbo11Il,p (:11. Rl11up,y111rl1f11-Inlcllofl I80 Inl11blt1ntb1111Il1 1nd 8 croft. R1c1llII1 ¢r11t.11d Ilvo 11:11. A1d1tlrrom11e¢.1l VH1! w1’v1n1d1oof¢. 'l'I11111elcu! 1111111111 I111 ‘to tlmtlioawlllcrhll B111 lonlm-k11v1. "l‘l1uucof1ll.1'utb111 of hllkeut n1m1, , . ‘Thnnthofuorylndhu tb11r1v1." ' -I.I.Ih1I1r

Treatment Found For Psoriasis '

'l'lIl1 pl11utlll111 1 11m c11- cortlco1t1r-

1

old llluoclnolono 1c1tonld1.) It 11 11111:; 1ppll1d 1nd 1m1ll 1mount1 1:-1 effective. The un- jorlty of the lesions usually‘ dl1-

ly return when the mcdlc1tlou 11 discontinued. drug I111 been uled for

101111 time but the new method trubnent l1 1lmed 1t keep- thc Ikln free of plaqudu. Ac-

1ur1y J.

the lesions three tlmu 1 d1y

u ntll cle1rln1 t1kc1 place. Thereafter. It 11 113%: 11 of- ten 11 necemry to p 011

1kln free of the p1tchc1. , Better «mum are obnlned when the nlve 11 applied 1nd the 1rc1 l1 covered with 1 moist dreulnz held or sealed In pl1c1 with 1 plastic covering

work: but when then no only 1 low leslonl. more so when they 1:-1 loc1ted over the kncec or elbows.

The treatment l1 apered off gr1du1lly met the in clean. In 1ppi-oxlmately one-third of the usm. improvement’ luau three or more months. In oth- en, the lesions recur but r1- llcf 1g1ln takes place when treatment In resumed.

The corticosteroids are hor- mone: rclated to cortisone and ACTH: They are followed by many side effects when taken lntern1lly over 1 long time. Re 1ctlon1 are less likely to arise 1fter the local application of web products. Dr. Tye followed the course of this group of pa- tlenls for many months an was unable to detect any ill effects from topical applica- tions of the product, which demonstrates its unusual safe- ty, conslderlng the potency of

these hormones. (Dr. Van Dellen will answer questions on medical topics if

stamped. self-addressed enve- , lope accompanies request.) FEVER BURNS TISSUES

R.C. writes: It’ fever is nature’: way of fighting an infection, why is it desirable to reduce ll?

RI-JPLY

Because 1 high temperature is uncomfortable and loads to dehydration and weakness. L1rge amounts of fuel are needed to overheat the body. which is another way of saying that valuable tissue is burned up when fever is present. But we 11-e not as concerned with

dred doll1r1 for thnt nnllquef

mo): 11 Blcndcrm. 'l‘hl1 method -

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mm“ wlubunhmlhnc hu1b1nd—_t:th1 toptof,

11d- der. then decided In vlctuln would look hector on tho opposite V1111." R1 . 1 h lull- ¢1te th1t ltlvc luumd mutodon. And no doubt gulmltlve wom1n 11ld. “Yo ed It.-- you cut cl11n ll. —

Edmonton Joum1l.

A reporter v11 [I111 flv1 minutes to le1ve Gh1n1. 'l'h1t might not 11y much for th 1 country’: hosplullty but it‘: 11 ultn 1 l.e1tlmoul1l for tho promptneu of tlic 1b-llnel. — 0tt1w1 Joui-n1l.

Cuuomcr: "Wh1I! Five hun-

Wby, I priced it last week 1nd you 11ld thne hundred 1nd fifty." De1ler: "Yea. I know; but the colt hot 1nd 1211-

Nonss BY THE

his co1t. "Excuse mo." he and, "but do you happen to be Mr. Smith?" "No. Tm not.", growteg the mm. "Oh. or. well," meted the little m1n. "you 111

terms bu (on: up sol" -- Mon- treal S111-.

I 1m. 1nd th1t'1 hi: can you'r1 putting on." -- Montresl Stu-,

Swedes Help

It's easy for 1n Amerlcm pro- sldent to get in trouble 1bro1d. At the Republican convention at Chicago in 1980 President Els- enhower warnedv 1 breakfast group about socialism. A1 111 example of its horrors he cited 1 Scandinavian country who're, he sald, suicides had soared drunkenness was increasingly common and people lacked 1m- .bltion 11 the result of the "so- cl1llat operation."

The country was quickly iden- tified 11 Sweden. and the Swedes haven't forgotten lt._

The other d1y President Ken- nedy's offlce sent 1 letter to the Weekly Scotsman th1nklng the editor for 1 story about the C111: Kennedy. from which his family may have descended, although

Culture Note

Milwaukee Journal

The American Book Publish-- crs council reports that Amerl- » cans are spending 115 per cent 1 more for books than they were ‘;

1952. Last year American: bought more than 716 million books. Sale: of serious books from university presses show a nu pr-r cent Increase In the dec- ade and yzcnernl circulation and trade book sales are up 84.4‘ per cent, Add to all of cm. the ’ books that Americans get each year from libraries and the picture is impressive. It cer-