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1964

Strange Reaction

The defeat of a second motion to adjourn the flag debate in the House of Commons yesterday pretty well disposes of the contention that a Conservative filibuster is respon- sible for keeping this wretched con- troversy going. The motion would have put the debate in cold storage for 60 days and sent the issue to a 15-member committee. Last week a surprise motion by Douglas Fisher. NDP member for Port Arthur. would have afforded a briefer res- pite and cleared the way for a day or two of attention to other legis- lation. But that. too, was voted down.

The Fisher motion seemed a sensible one. It would not have com- promised either the Government's position or that of the Opposition. Yet the Government would have none of it. With the aid of eight Quebec Social Credit MPs and its own supporters, it defeated the pro- posal by a vote of 84 to 62.

If the motion on that occasion had been carried. it would have meant that the House would have time to deal with some other item of government business for the rest of the sitting on Thursday night. It would not have meant the end of the flag debate—which could have been resumed at any subsequent sitting—but it would have given members a chance to deal with more pressing matters.

Yesterday's motion would have ensured a still longer breathing spell. It had the support of all the Opposition parties. but their ranks were depletedrby absentees.

The Fisher motion also had the

effect of spotlighting the degree of absenteeism that has marked the flag debate. A lot of MPs, it seemed. were out of town—some for the weekend, some for the sum- mer holidays on which many of them had slipped away. unnoticed. Others could with difficulty be rounded up. The Prime Minister him- self had to be whisked out of a full- dress state dinner. where he was about to speak. But why were he and his colleagues so concerned abdut voting against a move that would have ended the paralysis of Parliament for a brief period at least? It is hard to account for the Government‘s determination to keep this time-wasting debate going at all costs. Except. of course, on the ground that after all its protesta- tions of urgency. it has no new legislation ready for the House.

.; Inconsistent in Rule Lumpur last week Hon.

A" Mitchell Sharp told the Common—

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fiance that he believed world . a

trade would continue to expand in tit; coming year. "This". comments

‘ th Winnipeg Free Press drily. "is . a

mi attitude for a minister of V e; holders of this porfolio, in ‘ w. at least, are notoriously , latic. And Mr. Sharp is prob- '- right. But his prediction might fallen on more enthusiastic to Asia if. it had not been made "a few days after Mr. Walter .. _ in Ottawa had. in effect. m» that Canada had just ‘ it] annual arm-twisting - with Japan over Japanese - to this country.” ‘ reference here was to Mr. Matt in Parliament what he euphemisticelly voluntary restraints w government is fuport of certain ‘ ' during 1904."

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These restraints were not “volun- tary”. They were the result of pres- sure brought to bear on the Japan- ese to limit their exports of certain items which. it claimed, could harm "sensitive segments" in the Cana- dian economy. The Japanese had no real choice in the matter; if they did not acquiesce the Canadian gov- ernment would impose the quotes mandatorily.

As pointed out in these columns the other day. Canada sells much more to Japan each year than we buy from that country—and the imbalance gets larger every year. Last year it amounted to $170 mil- lion in Canada’s favor. If the Japa- nese should insist on reducing this unfavorable balance by cutting down on the amount they buy in Canada. it is the producers of our primary products who will feel the pinch.

Bread Upon The Waters

Measured in terms of human values. there is no doubt that the Marshall plan which emerged after the last world war represented a high-water mark in American in- genuity and magllanimity. It res- cued nations of western Europe from ruin alld set them on the course toward unprecedented economic achievement. And it is still paying dividends in international goodwill.

A striking example of this is afforded by a series of full page advertisements now appearing in many national American publica- tions. In them the West German federal republic acknowledges that “the real economic miracle of Ger- many began with the Marshall plan."

More significant than merely saying “thanks,” however. the West Germans have' adopted Marshall plan concepts themselves. Under its foreign aid program. the country by the end of last year claims to have allocated $6 billion to 83 nat- ions around the world. This is small by American standards but it puts West Germany among the leaders in the field of development assist- ance.

The German objective. as ex- pressed by Chancellor Ludwig Er- hard. is as follows: “The quicker and more thoroughly we manage to help the people in the developing countries to attain a reasonable de- gree of prosperity and of social security and freedom. the more they will be interested in the human values which we profess and up- hold."

Better Than “Burying” Us

Here's wishing Soviet Premier Khrushchev every luck in his latest scheme for speeding up Soviet pro- duction methods. It’s not going to endanger the free world in any way. and since imitation is the sincerest form of flattery it could be called a praiseworthy gesture in our di- rection. Briefly Mr. Khrushchev has declared that Communist chick- en farmers don’t know their busi- ness and could learn a lot from the capitalist countries.

“We must go over to the in— dustrialized way of producing eggs and poultry," the Kremlin chief an- nounced on a visit to Prague last week. "I am not afraid of being'criti- cised for praising capitalism for the production of meat and eggs; it is achieving good results in this with a small consumption of fod- der."

He praised a chicken <farm in the Crimea supplied with American equipment and the advice of Ameri- can poultry experts, which has trip- pled its prodsction of broilers and made possible an output five times greater than under previous methods. The Soviets. he added, are now investing "billions of rubles” in large-scale. western- style production of poultry and and eggs.

EDITORIAL NOTE

One of the most unusual aspects of the current US. election cam- paign is that party disunity is greater among the Republicans than among the Democrats who are in power. The evidence to date In that more Republican leaders are defecting from the Goldwater-Mil- ler ticket than Democratic leaders are defecting from the Johnson- Humphrey ticket. This is a problem which no GOP presidential nominee has had to face since the famous break between William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt help- ed to elect Woodrow Wilson in 1912.

FISHING ON EACH OTHER’S SIDE

OTTAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson

Writes Vivid Piece Of Conadiono

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ature always offer us interest-‘ ing contrasts. There was for? instance that. innovator of sci-‘ ence fict i o n. Lewis Carroll. 1. whose charming "Alice in] Wonderl a n d“ so enchant e d 4 Queen Victoria that she asked} him to dedicate his next k’ to her. But alas for the Great White Queen. the Mathematics; Professor at Oxford Univer-i sity. whose real name was Rev, E Charles Dodgson. next wrote all ; erudite "Treatise on Determi- pants."

Our fathers enjoyed the hilg arious events at Mariposa. offl- cially named Orillia. parodied.

> by the witty professor .of poll-!

iical economy at McGlll Unl-1 versity. Stephen Leacock.

w we ourselves can enjoyj a similar switch. the amusing? account of life at. the beginning : of this century in the Scotti s ‘ settlem e of of Elgin C ou nty. l Ontario. written by a famous economist in the USA. This is “The Scotch" by John Kenneth Galbraith. published by Mac-i millans. The aut'lor. who emf- graied from Hog: Street. Dung wich Township, to become pasha in the backrooms of Wash— : ington's White House and US. ambassador to India. is well‘ known through his trail - blazing 1 book "The Affluent Socicty“: he has also written seven more abstruse works. such as "Amer— - lean Capitalism: the concept; of countervailinz power."

KILTS IN BLUNDERLAND 160 years ago a young Irish- man. Colonel Thomas Talbot.

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in c then dense forest abutting f Lake Erie. He built "a rudel m 3 nor ‘louse". to which he i gave the imposing title “Malah- l ide Castle“, after his ancestral‘ home in Ireland. To settle his estate, the drunken and irrell-i

, ous seigneur could not attract;

the English immigrants he. would have preferred: but. he‘: was able to draw crofters being ‘ evicted from Scotland's High-j lands. The McKellers. McCal-1 lums. McLeodls. McKillops. Mor- | risons. Campbells and otheri clansmen carved farms out of the maples, the hickories. the swamps and the snows.£ creat- ‘ ing a way of life which preser- i :ved the old Scottish virtues of hard work and thrift. One visit- ing chronicler referred to their “clannish attachments and their thrifty habits. their pride and honesty." Against this background. JK. Galbraith relates his chil reminiscences. lnerlar- tied with wisdom and wit. On‘ cleanliness: the old farmer who ' lost. his waistcoat after bathing. only to find it at the next annual

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On sport: denying the girls ac- cess to the school toilet. through a well - aimed barrage of snowballs. 0n society: thel “The Men

There Is just one sign out of Saigon that might be a good one. The Vietnamese could be saving themselves in this latest crisis despite the. apparent. blunders of the United States. They seem to be insisting on some form of civilian govern-

m. This is most desperately need- d.

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of the Diem reg'm the same

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.popular dictatorship with Unit-

ST. MARY’S HALL . Sin—Fate stepped in and laid St. Mary's Hall to rest. It is a deserved rest. for that. old build- ; ing has stood one hundred years I. of all kinds of weather. fair and r foul. Before St. Simon and St. I Jude's C’lurch came into being. ' St. Mary's Hall. Tignish. aerv- 1- ed the community as our Ro- man Catholic Church. After the new church was completed. the ; hall was turned into a “Gram- ; mar School": and later it bn- theatre, a meeting 1 One day this old building claimed the attention of a pro- fessor from Loyola College. Mon- treal. Professor Cran. who was visiting the Island with Mrs. Cran and Mr. Reggie Porter. Tlgnish. a student at. the some college. Losing no time. they contacted the leaders of the vil- lage. who immediately accept- ed the idea - a museum - an art school — an adult evening class room. St. Mary's Hall!" The work of transferring the hall to what was to be its per-

manent place —- its future home -— began. Slowly. steadily if stirred — moved forward.

and, quicker than thought -— it collapsed -—- fell to the ground. The crowd stood dumbfounded. Emotions were mixed. Some . others were sad. Fate had stepped in and relieve ed this venerable old building of all future service.

For Professor Cran and Mr. Porter to carry this Idea any further for the present would be premature. wiry 'd a home for antiques when so many chi]. ‘dren and the youth of our vil- lage are wanting a bowling al- ley: the rink'is' still without a cover. Let us do first things first. then. when the last deed is done. let us all work together to build a museum that I do honor to the memory St. Mary's Hall.

I am. Sir. etc. ANN F. GAVIN. 'I‘lnnlab. Sent. 1

ed States backing was again be- ing spun. Two military regimes had flirted with civilians and seemed not to have understood them. Negotiations failed. The military leaders had no gift for the hwitrld of politics. They need- e p.

HE WRONG WAY

Instead. the United States seems to have pushed them the wrong way. It should have sent (and Preident Johnson tried to send) one of its able political figures to replace Cabot Lodge. But the effort broke down. The President finally sent a general and a diplomat. neither of whom knows how to cope with political forces under stress.

When the pinch came. when General Khanh decided to tighten his dictatorship and assume both the title and powers of former President Diem. much of t American outpost in Saigon and much of Washington seem to have applauded. Ambassador Taylor seems only to have made mild reservations and gone

long.

The result was the disaster that critics of a decade of American military heavy-handedness in Season could have easily fore 0

Instead of realizing I h a t power has in a popular cause led by popular government, this n a w e at of a succession of frustrated strong men reached for more strength to defend him- self against his own people. And to the credit of the Vietnamese clvlllana they rebelled. They this in spite of the strong arm of the American embassy behind him.

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Prostate Cancer Very Elusive

By Dr. Theodore B. VanDelIen

Microscopic studies on the gland of men over age 50 who died from accident. heart dia- ease. or disorders other than

On the other hand. we know that cancer of the prostate is not. this common in living men. This means the lesion must re- main inactive for years unless some atlmul a t e a growth. In the circumstances. the longer a man lives the gre- ater the chance of developing this disease. This explains wily the incidence of cancer goes up with age.

Cancer of the prostate is one i of our most elusive malignan-‘ cies. It seldom causes symp- toms unless the gland enlarges and obstructs the flow of urine.

mlnations. includ i n g blood tests. to detect the tumor at an early stage. Since most men are negligent. along this line. the disorder often is detec- ted only after it spreads.

The cells may extend into the spine. pelvis. or the pelvic lymph glands. This is the rea- son so many victims complain of sciatica or low backache. In fact, tie condition is suspec- ted whenever a man over develops these symptoms for no apparent reason.

The story of cancer of the prostate is not as dismal as this may indicate. Cure is possible when the tumor has not spread beyond the gland. Prostatic cancer cells are sensitive to sex hormones and lend to shrink or are held in abeyance when fem- ale hormones are administer- ed.

i recall seeing a man who was riddled with cancer ori- ginating from the prostate. He was skin and bones and so weak he could not walk. He was given stilbesterol. and will-tin two weeks he was up and about. A few weeks later. he agreed to

of Standing" and . more. frugal Scots who insisted that. a farmer needed a strong back ‘ and a weak mind unblessed by schooling. I

On food: the flavour of final maple syrup was better than: this less fortunate generation; gets from Vermont. On pleasu-l res: the father who entertained 1 his bairns on Christmas Eve: by lighting the oil lamp and. making rabbit shadows on the. wall. but only briefly owing to' the expense of the oil and the possible wear on the wallpaper.

POPULAR STORY This vivid piece of Canadians ‘ has been widely serialised and l is already an established sue-l use in Britain. wilere it was ; published under the title “Made ‘ to Last", an appealing Scoi- l tish tag but rhaps deemedl unsuitable to the Madison Ave- ; nue - inspired affluence of: North American society. v .I. K. Galbraith progressed ‘ from Hogg Street to world fame. He makes it abundantly clear that his upbringing in. the former made possible his climb to the latter. and he tints y the good old days In Dunwicn Township and southwestern 1 Ontario wills the rosy glow, which stems from truth rather than sentiment. '

a diplomat to cope with an urgent political problem.

It is not too late to recover. we hope. President Johnson the experienced politician is badly needed. Why not send an ad- visory group of top-ranking

American political figures for a .

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I place several years ago and he is still working. even though he is not cured.

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Mountain ell-share say they climb mountains because they are . That'a reason most of the rest of us go around them—Calgary Herald.

Two women in Montreal spend 00 minutes each day talking to each other on the telephone. One la French. other English. They'are practising to become; bilingual. It would be lnterest- l in: to learn what their husbands l think 3 ea .— w h e n I they try to call the house. —-Fort I William Times-Journal. l

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College diploma to father): Here’s your receipt. Pop.- Toronto Star.

A young wlle. just learnt-lg in drive the family car. had hope- lessly gotten traffic all snarled up In trying to make a left turn at an intersection. Excitediy she turned to her husband and asked him what she should do. “I d o n ‘i know." he repli e it you climb into the back seat you can figure it out." —- Montreal Star.

In wartime Britain one used to see posters in trains and rail- way stations demanding: “Is your journey really neces- m,"

Much the same question could be asked of Prime Min- ister Ian Smith of Southern Rhodesia, who came to London Sunday on what looks to be one of the least productive vis- its ever made by a ommon- wealth premier.

Smith says he wants "3 def- inite yes or no" from Prime Minister Sir Alec Dou g l a 5- Home to the question of ind-e- pendence for the white - ruled. self - governing colony in Cen- tral Africa — formerly the in- dustrial and parliamentary linchpin of the Central African Federation.

It's as certain as can be that Sir Al'ec's answer will be “no” under the present constitution which. while providing machin- ery for a Negro majority in about 15 years, now is weighted to ensure an overwhelming white majority in Parliament— 50 seats to 15. There are some 217.000 whites in Southern Rho— deals—being rapidly drained by migration — compared with 3.9003000 Negroes.