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' ‘PAGE 4) THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1959.

* Hospital insurance -

Tt_is ,.atuying to note, on’ the authority both of the Federal Min- ister.and of Premier A. W. Matheson, that agieement has been reached on the P.E.I. Hospital Insurance plan ‘and ‘that it will be signed with- in the next few days. It will thus go into efiect, as scheduled, on October

groups and co-operatives to conform to Federal requirements. = There is legitimate ground for Op-. - position criticism as to the manner ‘in which this bill was put through the Legislature, and the assurances given at that time that _ the-plan would be on a purely voluntary _ basis. That, certainly,~is: what most

of the members thought they were——

voting for. It was the Opposition, not “the Government, which main- tained that mandatory provisions

the exclusion of these provisions in the bill. However, the agreement has been stretched to cover this point, - and Ottawa is now apparently satis- fied that the scheme can be finan- ced on a partly-compulsory basis. We quite agree with the Op- position that this requirement should ‘have been clearly pointed out when the legislation was under discussion. However, there is little to be gained by threshing old straw. The plan

will be a geat\ boon to the people™

of this Province, and we see no injustice. whatever in extending the compulsory features to as many” groups as will be necessary to en- sure its financial stability.

Hard On The Taxpayers

JA 102-page showing the extent to h the taxpaying

public has been required to subsidize individual sponsored television shows over CBC has caused quite a stir in ' Parliament. And rightly so. The ob- jections raised are not to the bills “ for unsponsored TV programs of a

- *. gerious type and-with a-high level

culture content. But why, in the field/ of light entertainment, should the Canadian taxpayer have to act as co-sponsor with the big corpora- tions which have taken over these shows for advertising purposes? In some instances, as the evidence re- veals, the taxpayer and the commer- cial sponsor share the costs of produc- ing the program on a 50-50 basis; in others the taxpayer has been

’ paying all but a small fraction of ‘the cost while the sponsor has earred exclusive advertising priv- ileges by picking up the tab for the balance. One item referred to, in yes-

’ terday’s ‘despatches, was an hour- long variety show on the French network sponsored by a brewery,

_ for which the. taxpayers paid $12,- - 683 and the brewery $6,084. . It_is recalled that when the Fow-

lex. Royal Commission looked into the affairs of the CBC it encounter- ed this problem, and expressed mis- givings on several points. “How,”

it asked, “do you select: the adver- :

tisers whose names will be associa- ~~ted: with programs that are partly produced at any public expense? How do you offer similar advantages to their competitors in the same line of business? How do you choose the types of business, to receive such op- portunities—should it be cigarets or

washing machines? If only a pro- pore the production costs are paid: by .the sponsor, how do

_ you fix the percentage for. a par- ticular program? How do you mea-

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broadcasting schedule.” .

It does not appear that any at- tention whatever was paid to these recommendations. Indeed, ‘it ap- pedrs that the trouble all along has not been too much “political inter-- ference” with CBC management, | but far too little control by the re- sponsible department of government.

A Broadening Contept Queen suzaveih’s visit is doing “much to claruy, in the minds oi our - American neigabors, the meaning of / the British Commonwealth as uis-

fiom the. ldfashioned_noti

history books are replete. Here, for - example, is a comment from tle Christian Science. Monitor—on the Queen’s Dominion Day broadcast, which gave millions of Americans the feeling that she spoke for them as well as for Canadians: “Whenever the differences be- people suggest that their partnership - for peace may be tenuous a vast -third..factor_interposes to reaffirm ‘ the compact. This is, the British-led Commonwealth. It now comprises many races and languages. But it operates mostly on traditions which are the very sinews of British and American institutions. The Comman- wealth, moreover, is made up of millions upon millions of people who seem to Americans to be more: like themselves than are the British, and who seem to the British to be more like themselves that are the Ameri- cans. Among all these people none qualfies as Old World-New World go- between better than the Canadian people . . . It is significant that citizen movements working in both

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There has, indeed, been a vast, change in the British Commonwealth in recent years. Before the war, it had 4 total population of 500 million. Of these, 75 million lived in self-gov- erning countries; the remaining 425 million were in colonial areas ad- ministered from London. Today, the tétal population of the Common- wealth is some 650 million of whom more than 550 million live in self-

' governing countries.

EDITORIAL Notes

Island potato growers are to be congratulated on their good sense in reducing their seed acreage by 22 per cent over last year, aceord- ing to. preliminary figures. There is no future for the industry in. grow- ing unprofitable surpluses. There is, however, always the need for at- tention to quality.

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A heartwarming news item comes from Naples, Italy; where the U.S. Air Force is lifting $400,000 worth of medical supplies to Dr. Albert Schweitzer in remote French Equit- orial Africa. The air lift was-arrange-_| ed by Lt. Gen. Richard Lindsay,

commander of Allied air forces in southern Europe.

The Scottish Assocation of Young Farmers’ Clubs recently celebrated the 2ist anniversary of its founda- tion at Edinburgh with a. dinner at which 600 guests inchided repre- sentatives from Australia, New, Zea- land, Canada, Sweden, Italy and the United States. ;

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Signs of a vigorous expansion of the Canadian economy after’the lin- gering recovery which began late in the Spring of 1958 are portrayed

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f at_ where the, CBC found no one illing to.pay full costs, the great- E care be exercised

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| THE AWKWARD SQUAD — OTTAWA REPORT

‘Changing The Guard -

has been added to the variety of no’ i offered by this eeapital city of ours.

In the routine of my workaday life, I have seldom got such a lift out of any newsworthy event as I did out of watching the Can- adian Guards perform the cere- mony: of changing the guard on Parliament Hill. My feet, - once clad in those same marching. boots—in the faraway_days when I could see their highly polished‘ shine by direct line of vision— tingled to such familiar military marches as Colonel Bogey and The British Grenadiers.

‘Each morning until mid-August _ this ceremony will be carried out on Parliament Hill. Al visitors to Ottawa will be well réwarded by watching this spectacle at 10.15 @.m. on Parliament Hill. Tourists are already flocking to see a cer- emony which. ha$ ‘no equal on this continent, And the brave sight of the well-<drilled soldiers of Ca- nada's- crack regiment proves ir- to the camera fans, who in previous years have shot all their:film at the mounties. Of course, no tourist can stop the imposing regimental sergeant major as he marches past,‘ and

* ask him to pose with Sis for a

snapshot. In that field the Moun- ties; always obliging, always pho- togenic, remain supreme. But

_nevertheless the changing of the

guard has become Oawa's most- photographed sight. THE GUARDS ARE’ HERE At 10.10 each morning, the sound of a military band wafts up to Parliament Hill, gradually drowning. the roar of distant traf- fic as it gets nearer. Then,- glimp- sed between the two stone pil- lars flanking the main entrance to Parliament Hill, through which seldom passes a_spectacle more impressive than a civil servant carrying a brief case, a majes- tic drum major: swaggers into sight, splendid in bearskin hat and scarlet tunic, and twirling his huge swer-mounted staff.- . He followed by. the 40-piece regimental band of the Guards Regiment; by two platoons form- the new guard; by the corps -drums of the first Guards Battalion; and finally by the old guard preceded by the proudly fluttering colours. The guard. now being cere- monially mounted outside Gov-

PUBLIC FORUM’

' ‘This column 1s open.-te. the discus

sion by correspondents of question c.

interest. The Guardian does not neses

sarily en‘orse the opinion of corres pondents.

ESPERANTO

Sir,—Esperanto classes in ele- | mentary schools in several cities this past year again have de- monstrated the great value of the International Language as ‘The! first second language’.

The simplicity of Esperanto en- courages its students with an ear- ly feeling of fluency, The word- building principle not only pro- vides. a rich source of materials almost immediately, but—stimu- lates the pupil's imagination and develops his capacity to think as well as merely memorize. Too, Esperanto is euphonious and at- tractive, lending itself to singing and poetry. Z

The international character. of the language widens the pupil’s

in-the—tatest—edition_of fhe Chart- | mental horizons, providing rich

opportunities for correspondence and friendship with youngsters all over the world. The student of Esperanto acquires a tool which will serve him well Shroughout | his fife. In his business or profes- sion, artistic. or cultural pur - suits) travel or hobbies, he. will find nto remarkably re- warding far the gma}! effort re- quired to learn i#=%

The Esperanto Press, Oakville,

' Ontario, welcomes inquiries about

of 148.6, to a record high of' 160.9 |

the Jalernational Language. I am, Sir; e'c.,

“MARY J. GIBSON} only 30,000 screntiste—iess

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‘@rnment House, and being “chan- ged” with traditional ceremony on Parliament Hill, is drawn from the” lst- battalion, stationed at Pe- serving with our brigade in Eur- ope. This is the youngest regi- ment of infantry of the line, hav- ing been formed only five spars ago as the crack regiment the “right of the line’, of Canada’s army.

SHORT CEREMONY _

At the conclusion of the half- hour ceremony,. both guards are led off—Parliament Hill by the band—'‘*watch- your: steel heels off the sloping road,’ warns the re- gimental sergeant major, fearing an undignified slip.

For the curious, there remains the spectacle of the new guard of “foot rds’’, marching round the corner to the seclusion of a side street behind the Chateau Laurier Hotel, where they _em-

bark in buses for the one mile4

" Many tourists, obviously who have once marched behin b

dress, peeling potatoes, is recall- ed by the brave sight of these tall

is interest in the new short F.N. rifle, too small to be “‘shoulder- ed’’,. There is pride in the many” guardsmen sporting Korean War and World War Two medals, Some tourists may notice two West In- dian Canadians among the en- thusiastic;-corps of drums, who play drum, fife and glockenspiel; musicians who, although fully trained soldiers, are also volun- teer* bandsmen; %

Those. bearskin helmets may once have roamed the bOsh near Timmins, But they, like the bear- skins of the British Guards re- giments, are made by Hobsons Limited in England.

If there is sufficient public in- terest, this trial ceremonial will be repeated in subsequent years. Enthusiastic tourist reaction and even interest among Ottawans,

even the freshly laundered Mar-

drive to Government House. There six sentries are posted

ged every two hours.

On the basis of what is known, ; Russia appears to have soared ahead of the United States in an effort to put man into ‘space.

Much: remains unknown, but the fact that Russia has heaved a two -.ton container into space and recovered, unharmed, its live cargo of two dogs and a rabbit seems to pose man close tq the fringe of space. In any case it casts a shadow over the ing, and retrieving, two small monkeys.

Until the Russians elect to tell the world more about their latest shot into space-no one can draw a firm, comparison with the American effort.

FAVOR RUSSIANS

But there is a strong scientific opinion in London that the Rus- sians are well ahead at the moment. a

One of the biggest unanswered questions. is how high Russia’s latest space vehicle has gone. The official statement says only that it reached a “great height.”

But because of all the scientific information the Russians claim to have received, some British scientists suggest the rocket went up at least 300 miles. This would equal the height attained by the American monkey - carrying Ju- piter rocket.

Scientists in recent years have taken the temperature of whales, measured the blood pressure of giraffes, induced ulcers im monk- eys, and ground up thousands of fireflies to find out how they light,

They have passed days count- ing the feathers on birds, travel-

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pursuits are part of the most profitable enter- mankind has undertaken: research, In contrast to ap-

aims at the acquisition of know- for its own sake, without of immediate practical benefits. Over the years, however the “useless” knowledge has pro- ved almost fabulously’ useful, HAILED -BY PRESIDENT "Basic science,” President Eis- enhower said recéntly, “is the essential underpinning of applied | research and development. It represents the frontier where ex-

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Latest Soviet

By Stewart MacLeod Canadian Press

American accomplishment of fir-

How Research Pays Off

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Space Shot

Staff Writer

The Jupiter roared 1,700 miles out over the Atlantic before the nose-cone, with its monkey cargo, dropped into the ocean. So far the ‘Western world doesn’t know whether the Russians equalled this feat or merely fired the rocket straight up.

CLAIMS ACCEPTED

As far as instrumentation fs concerned, the Russians probably made the great strides they claim. Even allowing for the fact that Russian scientists have {never excelled in tiny, compact rocket instruments, they likely had all the space required in this bulky vehicle. .

But the probability of shooting @ man into space appears to carry a far greater. impact than the collection of scientific data, especially when {t involves an obvious race between nations.

The Americans plan to send their first man to the outer edges of the atmosphere sometime next year in the rocket-powered X-15 experimental aircraft.

The Russians have never—an- nounced their palns for entering the race but they are known to be training men for the big -flight. Now that they have Sent a dog on three successful flights, and have containers capable of carry- ing humans, they might try it anytime.

one fiftieth of one per cent of the United States population—are engaged in basic research. He no‘ed that educators and scien- tists have warned that this ef- fort must stepped up if the nation is to forward on the broadest scientific front. :

Basic research is profitable because useful knowledge comes from the most unexpecteil sour- ces. Hundreds \of years ago, no one dreamed that the little crea- tures visible with a microscope could cause diseases. Basic re- search showed this to be'true, and modern research has developed antibidtics to control many of them:

| will. receive attention and wood-

General repairs have‘ been be-" gun on the old Infirmary, from “which the patients have been re- cently removed’ to their new quarters. The sewerage system

en floors in the bathrooms will be replaced with tile. Together with this a considerable amount of exterior repairs will also be earried out. ee

TEN YEARS AGO

(July 9, 1949)

Premier Joseph Smallwood of Newfoundland will open the Pro- vincial Exhibition and Livestock

Show ee next month, it was announce@ yesterday by Mr. HJ. | Kennedy, president of the Char-

lottetown Driving Park and Ex- hibition Association. Premier

Daniel MacGregor, . . was completely destroyed by fire | of unknown origin last night. The fire was diseovered by Mr. Bruce MacPhee, who ran to MacKin-

time but the building was toe far gone to save it. ‘

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‘alt’ the- uses that may. be made

scarlet-coated guardsmen; There-|doctors often delay at least as |~ es longer— before’ speicing |

Jong and

Despite their .medical--knowled- ge, it seems that“dectors are in- fluenced by the same convictions and attitudes as their patients.

The average physician is in good health he begins prac- tice. Somewhere along the line he forgets his own advice. And his health suffers.

So the next - time \ see your dqctor for your ai

his last examination.

QUESTION AND ANSWER . Mrs. Q. W.: Could .you tell me | what causes pinworms in chil- | dren nine and twelve years of |

Answer:

by toilet seat, bed clothes and | fungi transmission of the eggs of | the parasite.

The entire family should be examined and all who harbor the worm should be treated at the sant time to prevent reinfestion of the children.

JUNE THE 26, 1959"

Today, our consecrated Sover- | eign’s hands . i

Unlock a gateway to the mid- | most heart —.

Of Vastnesses of hardiy-travelled | lands j

And waters scarcely plotted on a | chart.

This, as our Queen, she opensto mankind;

One of the greatest givings ever made.

The world may use thjs water- way to find ‘

The lives and deaths that wai “the unafraid. .. ;

The lives and deaths that should create and crown

A Queenship like a star among the snows, i

Bright-bannered with the flowers of renown.

. -Rose.

And over these, the Maple that shall place

A-gléry on the autumn of our Race.

2 John Masefield, from the Times, London

ces—psychology. sociology, and anthropology—may help eliminate such scourges as crime and war. LED TO TELEPHONE

Scienitsts cannot begin to guess

of what they learn about the world, but they do know that, over and over again, tremend- ous benefits have come from ap- parently useless knowledge. The curiosity of generations of scien- tists investigating electricity and sound made it possible for Dr. Alexander Graham Bell to in- vent the telephone, os

Sometimes applied research un expectedly turns the tables on basic research. About 25° years ago a radio. engineer working for the Beli Telephone Laboratories

Nylon clothing ts traced to ba- sic research in chemistry. Basic research in genetics made pos- sible the hybrid carn that yield- ed more than $2 billion worth of additional crops during the war years alone. . _Televiston, electrie lights, plas- tics, the Salk vaccine, artificial satellites, and countless other Dp ets are the progeny of basi¢ research, and these may be only

ploration and discovery begin.” The President said that

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tha-a' research in the behavioral scies-! posuble

the beginning of what will come. e day. ‘scientists hope basic

was—tnying—te—find—the cause of | | a: peculiar static on transatlan-

tie radiotelephone messages. Methodically, the enginéer, Kar! Jansky, eliminated one possibie cause after another. Finally, 'n 1933, he reported that |the source lay about 26,000 light yéars away at thé_center of the Milky Way, the disk-shaped galaxy, which in- cludes the sun and billions of oth. er stars. Thus a new field-fa- dio astronomy—was opened for basic research by an odd feed- |

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