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Advice To Novrces

Under the above heading 9. Tor- onto journalist has addressed him- self to those young voters who will go to the polls for the first time on April 8 and to whom the din of the election battle may sound bewilder- ing. Our schools, he says, have mostly failed to prepare this group for the responsibilities of political adulthood, and for this very reason they will be the most sought-after target of the partisan oratory and partisan election literature which uses exclusively the blackest black and the whitest white in dealing with any issue of political import- ance.

The writer’s advice to the novices in this game is to take all the elation and all the doom preached by the individual political parties with 'a great deal of reservation. The real question to be answered in the mind of every citizen of voting age is: Has the Government, in dealing with this or that specific problem, acted in the best interest of the na- tion as a whole, or would the course advocated by the critics have brought better results?

But how many voters are suf- ficiently detached emotionally, or sufficiently qualified by experience, to pass judgment in this way? The Toronto scribe concedes that it won't be easy. So, for those who can’t meet this test, or are too lazy to go to the trouble, he recommends the following rough and ready recipe:

“Take several controversial is- sues of national importance, see from campaign literature how each of the opposition parties would handle them, reduce all the claims by 50 per cent and compare what is left with the results of the action already taken. Chances are you’ll end up with a draw but learn quite a bit about the difficult process of democratic government—which is what every voter should do before going to the polls.”

To which we might add that having “ended up with a draw" and learned about the difficulties of the democratic governmental process, the voter can then cheerfully vote for the candidate (or candidates, as in Queens) whom he had in mind in the first place.

Another Million Acres

Canada is such a big country that the discovery of another mil- lion acres of arable land. in the far north. hasn’t caused a ripple of ex- citement generally. The discovery was made during a recent survey by the Canadian Department of Agri- culture Soil Research Institute in Ottawa, and is particularly import- ant in view of its geological loca- tion. The area is in a virgin wilder- ness region where local production of foodstuffs is becoming increas- ingly precious with the development of ‘a huge mining complex.

This potential farming land, ex- pected to be in production within 10 years, is contained in a ZOO-mile stretch of the Liard River Valley be- tween Fort Liard and Fort Simpson in the Northwest Territories. The survey which found the rich, brown farming soil beneath a forest cover of poplar and spruce was part of a Canadian Government plan to map all districts in the Yukon Territory and Northwest Territories having agricultural possibilities.

Earlier, approximately 220,000 an‘ae of arable land had been un- ln the same vicinity, but

Mud, In the Takhini and Daze- " valleys of the Yukon, through

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Previously the amount of arable land in the entire Mackenzie River basin had been estimated at no more than 1,000,000 acres.

To the east of the newly discov- ered farmland, on the south shore of Great Slave Lake, development is just starting on vast deposits of lead-zinc ores at Pine Point, where a large town is expected to grow rapidly within a few years. The land is best suited for livestock farm- ing, and thus would provide meat for the large numbers of mining, lumbering and other workers who will be employed. Brome, timothy and other cultivated grasses would thrive and provide hay and pasture. In addition, early oats and barley would provide concentrated feed for winter rations and permit dairyng operations to provide more food- stuffs that now must be flown into the region at great cost.

We can get an idea of what this new land resource means when we remember that Prince Edward Island has been called a million-acre farm. To our forebears who hewed it out of the wilderness. it presented a greater challenge than the new area in the north, for every acre had to be cleared by hand labor.

Millionaires In Politics

It is remarkable. notes a com- mentator on American affairs, how the public attitude toward candi- dates and their money has under- gone a change during the last 30 years. Time was when having been born in a log house was almost a recommendation for a candidate. Lincoln was of the log house or farm stamp. Calvin Coolige and Herbert Hoover were farm house born. Al- fred E. Smith was a product of the slummy part of New York. The way things are shaping now, two men of vast wealth will contest the presidency of the United States in 1964. and it is being regarded al- most as a matter of course.

President Kennedy and Republi- can Governor Rockefeller of New York are both multi-millionaires. But at least three other members of the Kennedy cabinet are known millionaires, and more than 50 members of Congress are borderline or over cases. Senator Robert S. Kerr, Oklahoma. who died a few weeks ago. was reputed to possess assets amounting to between 30 and 40 million dollars.

More monied candidates than be- fore are expected to stand for elec- tion next year. One advantage they have is that they do not need to Worry about the cost. They budd campaign staffs who do all the don- key work for them. Mr. Rockefeller, for example. has hired men to whom he pays as much as $30,000 a year to write his speeches, dig up data, and so on. Every candidate has ad- vertising schedules that many amount to as much as $100.000— radio, television, newspapers and magazines. -

In President Kennedy's case, there is no question as to his out-

_standing ability. But the trend to-

ward making it so expensive to run for high office that possibly only a rich man could afford it has, from domocracy’s standpoint, some grave disadvantages.

EDITORIAL NOTES

At a recent meeting of the French National Society for Nature Protection in Paris, the president reported: "A dozen deer were taken to New Caledonia in 1870. By 1938 they had increased to 200,000 pairs. Then New Caledonia became a rest camp for US. GIs. In five years the 300,000 GIs who rested there reduc- ed the number of deer to 50.000. Why? The mystery has never been solved. but medical authorities noticed that most of the Gls left with paunches in front."

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For the first time in the current election campaign, we have a na- tional party leader speaking in fav- or of a coalition. Social Credit chief- tain Robert Thompson said in an in- terview in Fredericton the other

day that he expects Canada to end'

up with another minority govern- ment and that he is willing to form a coalition with “any strong, up- right party" to give the country the kind of administration it needs. The catch here. of course, is the inter- pretation the Socreds would put on these qualifications. The proposition sounds suspiciously like rules that the tail would lay down for wagging the, dog.

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Now An International Stolus Symbol

National Geographic News Bulletin

The skyscraper has been do .of skyscrapers built on coffee lting for fiestas and the tradi- vated to an international status .and manufacturing fortunes do- symbol. From Caracas to Kong I minatcs the skyline of Sao Paulo. Kong, no metropolis worthy of lBrazil. It has more than 1,000

the name dares do without at building ithc National Geographic Society

least one very tall building.

over 10 stories high,

But. like hot dogs and super- I says.

markets. American skyscrapersi

Twin 30 - slorcy towers of the

meet a mixed reception abroad. ‘ Simon Bolivar Center in Cara- They are both loved and loathed. use are the commercial and soc-

Steel-and-glass towers are riS- l ial~center of the Venezuelan cap- Ing all over London, stimulat- lital. An open - air plaza and

Ing an inevitable spate of indig- I terraces

between the two sky-

nant letters to The Times. The 1 scrapers offer a dramatic set-

Motter Of Precedent

Cape Breton Post

Archbishop of Canterbury him-- self was moved to protest planned 27-storey structure. The prelate, among others. feared the building would overshadow St. Paul‘s Cathedral. British traditionalists reserve? most of their wrath for a n e w ISO-storey hotel. They fear that impertinent guests will be able, to peer down into the sacrosanct I private gardens of Buckinghami Palace.

CATHEDRAL BACKCLOTH

In Manchester. England. two 20-storey office blocks will tower over a 15th-century cathedral. The architects maintain that the modern structures will form a pleasing “backcloth” for the English Gothic edifice.

Across the Channel. Paris un- til recently adhered loosely to th e medieval tradition that no ‘ building should be higher thanf the principal church. But tall ‘ slabs are beginning to poke above the historic rooftops of Paris. Parisians are especially dubious a b o ut a proposed 50- “ storey building that would stand { on the site of the Montparnasse i railroad station. They say it will I spoil vistas in the open. expan- sive city.

A SWedish writer bitterly said of Stockholm's skyscrapers: “ have never seen such ravage In this city." .

But in Rotterdam. Holland, the , many modern buildings 1' o s e '. with a minimum of coniroversy‘, because they occupied sites laid 3’ flat by World War II bombs.

Bustling Milan welcomes sky- scrapers. Called the New York of Italy, Milan is a commercial, financial, and industrial center. Skyscrapers ring the Piazza del 1 Duomo, overshadowing the mas- 1 slve Milan Cathedral. l

The pride of Milan is the 31— l storey Pirelli Building, a grace, ful flattened hexagon. It is sup-r ported by only six large “tree; columns." which permit openi Interior space and tapered end; walls. '

Even conservative S p a I n ac- cepls skyscrapers. The 37-storey r Tower of Madrid. a showpiace,‘ combines u n d e r one roof i4 floors of office space, 125 apart- I merits. a vast garage, a theater, a bank. a restaurant, and a dozen shops.

FOREST 0F SKYSCRAPERS America has been re- ceptive to skyscrapers for years. developing and individual Latin 1 style In tall buildings. A forest‘.

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tional nightly promenade.

Overcrowded Hong Kong is building tall apartment build- ings and bulky “resettlement blocks" —-— swathed in bamboo scaffolding —- at a dizzy rate. Skyscrapers serve as headquar- ters for many banks. insurance companies. and shipping firms.

The only oriental - style struc- ture visible on the port's skyline is a graceful pagoda rising from an amusement. park.

For the second time. a

wo- man has become the Speaker I as- ' sembly. She is 54-year-old Mrs. K

of a Canadian legislative

Thelma Forbes. a social work- er, the wife of a tamer. and a Progressive Conservative MLA of the Manitoba House.

rs. Forbes won the Speak- er’s post over Liberal and New Democratic Party nominees. after the former Speaker, A.W.

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Harrison. was appointed to Pre- .'

micr Duff Roblin's cabinet. An interesting situation arose

; at the opening of the Manitoba

legislative session, rs day. when spectators In the crowded public gallery saw Willis decline to read th speech from the throne until a Speaker was elected.

for a speech from the throne being read to a Canadian legi5< lative assembly without. a Speaker, is not known

At any rate, Manitoba's lieu- tenant - governor was taking care not to set a new prece- dent. or to re-establish as firm-

ly as he could the precedent.

that no session can begin pro- perly without the presence of a duly elected Speaker in the House.

other woman to‘

T e only have held the post of Speaker in Canada was rs. Nancy Hodges who was Speaker in the British Columbia Assembly from 1949 to 1952.

How many years will pass before a woman becomes the Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons glimpse of prophecy here. this moment, it's

At

that Western Canada has _led Whether there’s a precedent,

here. ‘.

the way in electing women to Speakerships in parliamentary bodies. Eastern Canada is slow- er than Western Canada in in- augurating innovations.

Reviving The Troika Globe and Mail. Toronto

In his “State of the Union” . members finally were permitted

message, President Kenned flatly declared, “ he doctrine of the troika is dead.” The trouble about that declar- ation is that the actual practice of the troika is very much alive. Where a practice continues, that continuance may inject into the supposed corpse a new life. The President doubtless had in mind only what might be called the Big Troika — Mr. Khrush- chcv's once - persistent cam- paign to immobilize the United Nations Secretariat by giving it a triple. East-West- neutral lead- ership triply veto-bound. That campaign indeed is quiescent. But little troikas continue in tlhc international control com- missions of Laos and Wetnam. In each. the mutually exclusive aims of Communist and Western delegates clash to leave the ref~ ereeing commissions all t useless.

LATEST EXAMPLE The most recent example has

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i been the attempt of the commis-

sion in Laos to oversee the with- drawal of foreign troops fr om that neutralized land. A f t e r much h a g g I I n 3. commission

PUBLIC

FORUM

QUEEN ELIZABETH DRIVE , ir.—For some time now. i have watched with interest the 1 development of the extension of Victoria Park Driveway. to be‘

own as Queen Elizabeth Drive. It was my understanding that this driveway would even- tually provide a beautiful. scon- ic approa tn the city, along the river.

About two years ago. It was a ; shockto see e oldl house, which had to be moved In order to extend the Park driveway, let I alongside the p r o p o s e een Elizabeth Drive. Not that there Ir; any- thing the matter with old build- Ings. However, the city by-Iaw. Indicate. for tlua restricted building zone. that such resi- dences be generally suitable In design and appearance to the surroundings. and not such as will detract from the general good uppedrance of the district.

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This should be considered par- ticularly in relation to the fu- ture potential of this newly de- veloping area. The new homes which have been built In this entire area have all maintained a high standard.

Yesterday. I was fu r t h e r startled to see a small shack. deposited on a site. directly on Queen Elimbeth Drive. Is this the beginning of a convenient city dump for old buildings? This does not seem consistent with future planning for a beau- tiful scenic drive.

Pos y a more than mildly interested In these devel- opments. because they are tak- Imz place In full view of my liv- ing room windows. However, Queen Elizabeth Drive lg a long drive. Whose windows wfll look out on the next aback? I am. Sir. etc. SHIRLEY DONNELLY. Iottetowa.

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to visrt only two specified posts from~which alleged Communist North Vietnamese could easily have been withdrawn for the duration of the inspection. Thus are the quaint Russian customs of the troika and the Potemlciu village subtly combined.

Oddly enough. although Wash- ington has reluctantly agreed to these little troilcas as being bet- ter than full-scale shooting bat- tles and Moscow has found them a preferred means for continu- ing wars at less cost, Peking has looked on them with distrust.

CHINESE MISTRUST

There is considerable evidence for instance. that the Chinese feel India has been gaining un- due weight and prestige In Asia through serving as the neutral member of these commissions which, immobolized though they are. do act as sounding boards for charges against Chinese- backed expansionism.

St‘ructurally. the troika Is little different from that hallowed Ame erlcan institution. the check-and- balance system. era is a conflict-resolving powers of the American executive - legislative- judIcial troika —— drawn firom a single society — and the conflict- freezmg powers of the cold war Lt‘oikas still in existence.

This distinction should be kept clear In the public mind. Be- cause It is doubtful that we have yet heard the end of the trolka Idea, despite its absence fro m the big stage.

EXPEL RIGH'I‘IST

PEKING (Reuters) -— A for- mer minister in the Chinese government has been expelled from a leading political organ- ization and his own non-Commu- nist party tor being too “rial wing," It was announced Pul- day. Former food mInIster Chang NaI-chl, a member of the Grins National Democmtic Cou- structrion Association. was ex- pelled from the party and the Chinese Pmple’a Political Con- sultative Conference. an all-

ch advises the.

government on policy. The rea- son given for Chang' dismissal was “continuing to oppose the Chinese C ple and socialism" '

Home Care Often Has Good Result With Arthritis

By Dr. 'l'lseodtu'e R. Van Dellea

THE SUCCESS or failure of treatment for arthritis often depends upon what the victim does for himself at home. Best results are obtained when the Individual obtains specific In- structions on what Is good and what is bad. The aims are to ease distress and prevent iii. number one enemy of all arth- ritic: —- deformity.

Best I: suggested and several home methods are available. But a swollen. hot. and redden- ed joint may be made worse by warmth which increases circu- lation and brings more fluid in- to a confined joint space. This trapped fluid adds to the pres- sure, callslng pain, and It may

mage the inflamed surfaces.

The application of ice packs may be more helpful by reduc- ing swelling and Inflammation but they should not be applied for more than 15 to 20 minutes. stroking the area with an ice cube for three minutes often relieves pain.

Massage ought to be done by a qualified therapist. However. the arthritic can massage his own joints. even though the h a n d s are involved, except when the parts are swollen and extremely tender to the touch. Massage ought to follow a pat- tern type of motion, going from the Insertion of the muscles to- ward the heart. Use talcum powder when the slcin Is moist and an oily substance when it is

dry.

But the best defense against deformity is the proper position- ing of the joints during rest and active exercise. Many arthritics are greatly incapacitated be- cause the knees have stiffened at a 90 degree angle or the fin- gers have been bent at odd an- gles. The physician should be consulted along this line he-

is beyond th e l

noteworthy :

ommunlat party, peo- 1

cause the positions to avoid are well known.

The purpose of exercise Is to :maintain. if possible, the func- tioning power of every joint In the b0 dy. ' must be at- tempted during the initial sta- gcs of arthritis, even though it is impossible to move the joint but a fraction of an inch. Exer- cise daily but don't overdo it. The signs of overexertion are pain that develops during exer- ‘ cise and lasts for 2 hours there- Iaftcr and stiff joints the next (In .