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J-ANII'AR'Y 323i: Will Congress React? According to a Paris correspond-
ent for the Associated Press, the
future of the Western alliance may now hinge on the question of who
is tougher—youthful P r e s i d e n t
Kennedy or the aging but durable
enigma of Europe. President de
Gaulle. The world, says this cor-
respondent, will likely be witnessing
two cold wars within the big one—— in the East between the Soviet Un- ion and Red China, in the West be- tween the United States and France.
This may be an exaggeration, but it underlines the fact that Britain’s lost battle to join the European Common Market is a severe blow to Western unity. and that there is as keen resentment at Washington over de Gaulle's atti- tude as there is in London. And this could lead to unfortunate results.
The danger lies not so much in President Kennedy's reaction. as in the latent isolationism in the Ameri- can Congress. A clear warning of this was flashed last. week when House Republicans named five so- called “conservatives” to the For— eign Affairs Committee. virtually guaranteeing increased opposition to foreign-aid spending and similar activities.
No President is in full command of the opinionated. purse-string- holding Congress when it comes to foreign affairs. Mr. Kennedy has found this out already, as did Tru- man and Eisenhower before him. Last year it slashed $1,032 million from the President’s foreign-aid request, despite his most ardent pleas. He also had trouble in ob- taining authorization for the loan to save the United Nations from bankruptcy in its peace-keeping operations in the Middle East and the Congo. This year, big federal deficits will not make American internationalism any easier. Con- gress is now putting its affairs in order for the presidential election campaign of 1964. whose prelimin- ary 'skirmishes begin this year, and both parties want to get behind popular issues.
The United States‘ world in- terest began in World War One and has been kept active in late years by apprehension o v er Communism and nuclear war. But the older American tradition of isolationism is just below the surface 'and could take strange forms undcr provo- cation. Part of the studied modera- tion of the Kennedy response to President de Gaulle is doubtless due to his awareness of this danger.
A Fine Achievement
It is evident from the reports sub- mitted at the first annual meeting of the Prince Edward Island Unit- ed Appeal organization that this venture into co-operative fund rais- Ing on behalf of our health, welfare and recreational organizations has been successful, and that the sys- tem will be continued in future. As of Dec. 31, of the $227,486 quota being aought, $215,095 or approxi- mately 95 per cent has been donat- ed or pledged. While the campaign officially closed at the end of No- vember, returns are still coming in and there is every reason to expect that the full quota will be reached.
In his presidential report Mr. Russell Seller paid tribute to “the
tion a mueslile
' outstanding leadership and hard
work of thee. volunteers who so anally accepted the challenge of fish flat Province—wide united fund ‘ " The tribute Ia well deserv- ’ Midi at who participat-
ed in putting the campaign across. But a great deal of the credit is due to Mr. Seller himself and to Brigadier W. W. Reid, campaign chairman, for their magnificent ef- forts. It was pleasing to note the recognition given to them in this connection at Tuesday night’s meet- ing, in the presentation of plaques, suitably engraved, by Provincial Secretary J. David Stewart. Note was also taken of the devoted work of Mr. Jack Amber, full-time execu- tive secretary, and of the coopera- tion shown by the firm of R. T. Holman Ltd. in enabling Mr. Seller to devote so much of his time to planning and organizing the move- ment.
Nothing succeeds like success, and we may hope that last year’s efforts will pay dividends for years to come in facilitating further ac- tivities by the organization in its annual appeals. But it will still re- quire energetic and experienced leadership. This has been assured for 1963 by the election of Mr. Frank W. Curtis and his associates on the executive, to whom we ex- tend best wishes for success dur- ing the coming months.
Farm Credit Changes
Of general interest is the an- nouncement by Agriculture Minister Hamilton at Ottawa this week of two important amendments to regu- lations under the Farm Credit Act. A recent change in the Act set an upper limit on the appraisal fees which the Farm Credit Corporation may charge applicants for loans; it new regulation sets the fees some- what lower than is permitted under the Act. Another amendment allows postponement of loan installments under special circumstances.
Also, a new formula replaces the former $50 and $100 appraisal fees chargeable for standard and package-deal loans, the chief result of which will be lower appraisal fees under these headings.
Under the new arrangement, a borrower developing a new enter- prise from which revenue will be so limited in the first year or two as to make repayment a hardship, may arrange at the time of obtain- ing his loan from the Farm Credit Corporation for the postponement of installment payments due in this initial period. This provision, It is emphasized. may apply particularly to farmers switching from dairy to beef production.
The Food Problem
Even if farm production in many areas of the world were doubled or tripled, there would still be the problem of teaching the people what makes up a proper diet. For this reason the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is carrying out school-garden pro- jects in many countries. In these!) projects children learn better prin-Q' ciples of nutrition through growing food in their own gardens and pre- paring it in the school kitchen.
In Latin America there is a pattern of overworked, overcrowded farm land running like a chain of frustration down through the Mexican highlands southward along the length of the Andes. Farming methods are usually primitive and there is little use of fertilizers or highly selected seeds. In other areas, whole reaches lie untouched and practically uninhabited. Much of what is now desert, jungle, malaria-ridden, land simply aban- doned or difficult of access, could be made productive. Yet another factor is concentration on cash- crop agriculture at the expense of a better diversification.
One of FAO’s biggest efforts here will come this year at La Molina, near Lima, where, for the next three years. the Organization will be giving one year courses to agronomists who actually run Latin American agriculture—or as many of them as it can handle. '
EDITORIAL NOTE
Other politicians may get their pictures taken holding a trout they had caught, or a goose they had bagged, but not Social Credit Lead- er Robert Thompson. All he needs to attract attention is to go out these cold days in Ottawa wearing his leopard-skin hat and coat collar made from the hide of an animal he had shot while in Ethiopia. His picture in this dazzling outfit is a dilly, and puts him in a different class altogether from his rod-toting and shotgun-carrying associates on Parliament Hill.
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A GREAT BOTANIST
Foiled Bandits In China’s Wild West
National Geographic News Bulletin
The life of a botanist may be more perilous than the gather- ing of the plant specimens sug-
ests.
The recent death of the emin- ent plant explorer, Dr. Joseph F. Rock, recalls his hairbreadih escapes from deal in the prim- Itive western regions of China during the 1920's.
The country was torn by civil war. with Communists. Nation- alists, and othcr elements jock- eying for power. The ruggcd Chi-
nese interior was a battleground t
for struggles bciwecn war lords and demon-fearing local chlcfs.
{ circles made him a valuable es-
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0n far-ranging travels into the wild, mountainous frontier of China and Tibet. Dr. Roc k 1 found nature no loss brutal than human predators. Fighting blizzards and trudg- ing ovcr icy asses more than 16.000 foot high. he was forever cold and miserable. His caravan of men and m u l e s crossed riv- l crs on inflated goatskin rafts or by sliding along frail. rope-and- vine bridges that threatened to drop them into the waters be- I
It was infested by bandits. who ‘
looted defenseless villages and constanilv attacked travclc“s and traders.
A NIGHT AMID COFFINS Two of Dr. Rock’s expeditions (1923-24 and 1927-30) \vcrc soon- sored by the National Gcocrap- hic Society. chnrting on the first of thcsc in the Scotcmhcr. 1925. National Gcographic Mag- azinc, Rock told of bciur! traon- ed by bandits
nanfu.
While the small army he had hired for protection kept th brigands at bay. cxplorcr eat amid coffins. with two .45- calibcr pistolc in hand. and his precious plant collection nearby.
By morning the bandits had disappearcd. though Dr. Rock noticed thc heads of scvcral
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village.
Military authorities than con- trolled that nart of Yunnan Pro- vince. but It was not easy to dis- tinguish between regular sold- Iers and robbers.
, "'\ck'« own rctin- ues was laicr headed by a chief who had bccn a notorious out- law before joining the authori- ties. His
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A TRIBUTE Sin-May me be allowed a email space In the public col- umns of your newspaper to press a brinf tribute to Mr. C. W. MacArthur who tires as Chief of Police for this
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The J ohu Howard Society has been active in this prov~ ince- only since 1960 but, in that short period of time it. has per- formed an ' '
probably not have found a friend or the assistance t ed upon their release from
In its work the Society In turn needed guidance and support from those who were best fitted to provide it, and In this respect "Chief" MneArtlnlr became an outstanding benefactor. me him we received Interest and patronage at a time when, as a fledgling mynizatlon, It wa most needed. From him we re- ceived guidance and counsel and the full benefit of hm wisdom
knowlotke and express our deep debt of gratitude to the retiring Chief and wish him a long and
NW. mwmn. QC. President. WENDALL MAY, Secretory
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WEIRD RITES ', Dr. Rock cxplorcd Southeast i, Asia for more than 20 years. His 5 quest took him into deep forests and across bleak treeless wastes and flowcring meadows. He wit- ncsscd wcird Buddhist rites in lonely lamaserics. was welcom- t ed and fcastcd by friendly com- munitics. and once met a blood- { chilling scone of massacre in a ‘ETibctan village that had been
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raided by cncmtcs. thn he died In Honolulu at the mic of 79. Dr. Rock left he-
hind an Impressive list of con- tributions to world knowledge and betterment.
From the hills of Burma he brought back seedlings of th e chaulmoogra tree whose oII Is used to treat leprosy. Among the thousands of plants he collected in China and other Asian lands were hundreds of varieties of rhododendrons and a long-sought blight-resiting chestnut tree.
anidcs plants. hc assembled" a Noah’s Ark of bird and mam- mal specimens from the areas he visitc. Hc studch and re- ported on the life and religions of remote tribal groups.
In his roamings. Dr. Rock al- so photographed. mapped. and sketched the little-known gorges of the uppcr Yangtze. Mekong. and Salween Rivers. Through the nagcs of National Geogran- title he gave the outside world Its first closc look at the awe- some Amne Machin and Minya Honka mountain ranccs " thc China- Tibetan borderlands —-a region that has lately trained strategic significance In the light of Red China's expansion- 15
“We are same Iiiicr. . . .
Thai is the sentimental vision of Anglo-French relationships. scnicntiously expressed in the :c'upltoric haze of many an aft- er-dinner speech.
This week. with the apparent ;faIIure of Britain's bid to join the Common Market. a grim- mcr reality emerges. and the
struggle for Europe is joined In a w'dcr. almost certainly ‘ toughcr, context.
. In the crisis for the West that now seems e developing. commentators expch the next move to come from President
Kcnncdy. whose “grand design" ,for Europe Is challenged by Gaulle's concept of in European third force led by France and Germany.
As long as de Gaulle clings to lpower. with not much outside fsupport except that reluctantI)
givm by Chancellor Adenauer. of West Germany. France can probably keep Britain out of
Europe against the wishes of yltaly and the Benelux coun- tries . U.S. HAS CHOICE t But the last word may lie ;\vlih Washington. Kennedy can 'play for time. hoping that Ad- enauer‘s retirement In October
whclps from the
twill remove de Gaulle's chief .prop and bring a new. more ovcrtly pro-British administra- tion'to power in Bonn
Or American president may apply what the Manches- ter Guardian calls his “ulti- matr- sanction." by 'ng on U.S. tariff reductions and closing a large part of the American market to continental Europe.
in the last resort. says the Guardian. Kennedy would use this sanction "with resolute force."
Similarly B r u c e Rothwell. Washington correspondent of The Daily Mail. writes in the London newspaper that the
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DEFECTOR RETURNS
BERLIN (Reinvent—A Brit- ish soldier. who defected to East Germany in 1960. returned here last week and h I been (elven to Britain for interrogation a British Anny mean-n sold W . He. omen
Paul Jenkerson. 22. of Lowe- stoft. Suffolk, will undergo fur- ther interrogations before au- thorities decide what action Will be taken a
urope. “America Is not In Europe
The Struoole For Europe Canadidiiv 1:]:le gaffe‘l'rllcr
imercly to protect Europc." writes Rothwell. “It Is there be- cause that is where the cold war is being decided."
l BLOW FOR BRITAIN
Nevertheless. the French veto is a bitter blow for Britain. Six- teen months and many sleepless nights of negotiation have gone for naught.
With the British economy stagnailng while the Common Market fl o u r i s h e d. minis~ ters had hoped that entry into Europe would liberate new en- ergies and produce a surge of expansionism.
Instead, Britain has not only failed to get In on the ground floor of the new Europe, has been IgnomInously turned away at the tradesmen's en- trance.
For the time being, fine speeches about Anglo - French friendship won't make much impact in Whitehall.
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Foot Blisters
Need Treatment
By Dr. Theodore R. Van Dellen
SHOULD blisters on the feet be opened or left alone?
In my opinion, a large blister must be opened. especially one on the bottom of the foot. Unless this is done, the Individual can- not get the shoe on and there Is a good chance that the blob will break on standing or walking.
"“M lasion should not be onen- ed with a pin or needle. Skilled care ls needed. The area must be cleaned carefully with alcoh- ol and opened with a sterile sur- gical scissors or nicked with a scalpel. The dead skin Is cut to nearly the edge of the blister— ncver to the normal skin. Ster- Ile petroleum gauze is placed over the raw surface or Is paint- ed with a two per cent watery solution of gentian violet.
e area Is covered with gauze and a felt pad containing a hole slightly larger than the blister itself. In this way, pres- sure Is removed from the irri- tated spot. These lesions must not be neglected as they can be disabling. especially when they become Infected.
We object to opening small blebs. particularly with a nee- dle. The material within a bill- ter is sterile and the only way bacteria can get In is via this way. The opening made by the needle Is 'small and It usually seals off after the secretion es- capes. More fluid accumulates. and. If bacteria are present, In- fection Is In the making.
Most small blisters heal spon- tancously If they are covered with a small bandage until the fluid absorbes. If they must be opened. a good size nick It! made that will not close over quickly.
Blisters are best avoided by wearing well fitted shoes and socks. Athletes are conscious of the problem and basketball players are said to be bothered more than football players. The former are subject to greater friction and some athletic direc- tors try to toughen the soles of the feet by recommending the application of compound tinc- ture of bcnzoin during the first few weeks of practice and the wearing of two pairs of socks. Football players also wear two pairs of socks and buy their shoes In the spring: by the fall season they are well broken in.
(Dr. Van Dellen will answer questions on medical topics if stamped. self- addressed enve- lope accompanies request.
“APT ‘ WFECTIO
M. J. writes: Is subacute bac- terial endocardiiis a complica- tion 0 rheumatic heart dis- ease?
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I Yes. The baiilc scarred valves of a person with this type heart disease are susceptible to streptococh that enter the body during resplratory Infections or [following the extraction of tooth. The micro-organisms set- tle In the heart valves and form I wa'rtlike growths that br 0 alt ‘ off and are propelled to al 3 parts of the body by the blood. ‘This is true blood poisoning. a E condition that was 100 per cent I
: fatal prior to the advent of pen- m. SENILE FRECKLES C. H. L. writes: What can be done with senile freckles? Nothing need be done unless they begin to thicken, crust, or ulceratc. In which case removal by surgery or radiation is sug- csied. These lesions can e hidden with cosmetics w h e n 1 Ihcv are too unsightly. i BICYCLING FOR ARTHRITIS R. S. writes: My 60 year old mother has osteoarthritis of the spine. Would riding a b to ycle j help her? , REPLY i Good grief. There Is no harm ‘ in riding a bicycle but a h at bath and simple bending exer- cises are safer and will help more.
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BEER DRINKER P. H. writes: Would a person who drinks beer (only) to ex- cess be considcrcd an alcoholic? ‘ LY
beer contains one
0 because ethyl alcohol, the number ,culprit in alcoholism. TODAY'S HEALTH Take a long look at yourself.
RISE IN TRADE Between 1954 and 1961 Brit- ain‘s Imports rose by a third
and exports by two-fifths.
NOTES BY THE WAYfi
When a on a job despite
—Brandon Sun.
ctv - f '"ncra-‘t prejudiced fools. — Sudbury Star.
liege student gets: his education, It's ‘the power of mind over matter.
Thur-e are two kinds of voters: Those who support the candidate . of your choice. and the blank-
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A home owner. oldest clothes. was out shovel- ;ing snow when a woman in a 1 car stopped and shouted: “What i do you get for doing that work?"
The owner looked back at the house and then at the woman. 1 “The lady of the house lets .me live with her," e said. -— l Montreal Star.
No Horo Maker Left
Today there Is no longer a harp maker in the Principality of Wales. Nor It seems is there anyo e wh can repair one. - alder the plight of the man who takes his harp to a party Wales and then breaks It during one of those rousing choruses that make Twlckemham tremble when the Wei 3 h Rugby comes south. He will have pack his harp off to—of all plac' es— London to be mended. And this not only costs money but also takes time.
New harps are rarities, most of them c o m e France. I am told It is possible to buy one from Italy for about £500 or from America for about £700, but these are prices that would even shatter the self- assurance of an eisteddfod com- pere. This is a national crisis— so serious that the Welsh Harp Music S o c i e t y, Cymdelthas Cerdd Dani. has stepped In at the eleventh hour to save from extinction this centuries-old art.
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Fred Role In The Listener
It is planning to open in Mont.
gomeryshire a workshop that Will not only repair harps but eventually manufacture them
as well. It is not only the na~ tional eisteddfod but also the meetings of bards held In al- most every town and village in Wales that need the harps: oth- er organizations too are c o n- cerned In the revival of Interest in the music that by tradition accompanies the language of heaven. So It Is with some dismay that the Wet Harp Ier looks over a land where pianos abound and even jukeboxes re- sound but the h a rp 5 become fewer and fewer. With under standable hlraeth. or logning. they remember the golden days when harpiats and harp makers had their" patrons. Bu' 1yrical though the Harp Society may be. It Is also practical. The workshop. says one of Its lead- ing members. may be out last chance to save the harp.
The Great Slave Lake Reil- way is a new name in transpor- tation circles. It is still unfamil- Iar for the good reason that It Is still under construction.
However, the railway Is far enough advanced that early in Novcembr the first grain ship- ments were made southward over Its line. That was from
are artsrng.
Peace River. and Ie a re- gion well suited for the growing of wheat In spite of Ithe norther- ly latitude.
But 'hc Pcacc Rivcr district has long been handicapped by a shortage of rail transporta-
Manning. Alta, where one grain elevator has already been built and several others,
Manning Is 56 miles north of E
New Railway Line
Ottawa Citizen
: tion. This defect Is to be cor- ‘ recied at last by the construc- tion of a railway Into 9 Northwest Territories. a project
in the hands of Canadian Na- ‘ tional Railways.
The destination of the new line. as the name indicates, ll
Great Slave Lake. and minerals as well as grain have a large part In the project. As a result, further tracts of n n r then! Canada are being brought cloa- i or to markets.
Much Is said nowadays about new highways and air services into the North. But the railway j’ still has its part to perform, In [spite of the prognostlcations of 3 those who declare Iron 1 horse has had Its day.
Battered Jobless Fund
The Financial Post
A new approach to Canada's Unemployment insurance w I 1 l have to be forthcoming soon. says Clive Baxter In The Finan- cial Post. Bashed. battered. mis-
understood and misused, the Un-
Our Yesterday’s
(From the Guardian Files)
TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO (January 31. 1938)
Important problems demand- ing solution In ince Edward Island agriculture were pas- ture Improvement. use of lime- stone, and the question of weed control, BF. Tinney, assistant superintendent of the Charlotte- town Experimental Station, said in the course of a lecture to a seminar at the station last week.
Thomas R. Sullivan. for a considerable time a member of the staff of the Moncton Branch of the Bank of Montreal,
as been transferred to Charlot-
tctown, P.E.I.. and will take up
1 his new duties upon arrival.
YEARS AGO nary 81. 1953)
Two new officers have joined Royal C a rt a d l a it See Cadet Corps K ent.Lieu1. J. D. W. Smallwood, Commanding 0f- ficer of the Corps announced last night. The officers are Sub-Lieutenants Wendell Mac- Lalne and Harry Thomson. both of Charlottetown.
TEN (Jan
Dr. Lloyd W. Shaw, deputy minister of education, left this week for Halifax where he will address the final session of the workshop in school administra- tion being conducted there. The workshop is sponsored by the Kellogg Foundation, B a t H e Creek, Mlclugan.
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Charlottetown to: Sackville, $2.10 Moncton, $2.80 Truro, $3.80
Saint John, $4.80 Halifax, $5.20
Antigonish, $5.60 Sydney, $9.20 Quebec, $11.25 Montreal, $12.50
employment Insurance I" u n d promises to go bankrupt some- time this winter —- probably late February or early March.
At the end of October It had $89.9 million In the kitty and the November figures ’ ’ - ed to show a slight net gain with December “ ven" month. Then in January and February the floodgates open. Right now the fund has only one emergency backstop: $25 million from the federal government. Beyond that it will be up to the cabinet to draw a major set of new rules.
In making these rules It will have the help of the Gill Report on the fund. But even without the benefit of the Gill Commit- tce's findings. It Is easy enough to pinpoint the main trouble! the fund has faced. Top of the list. without doubt. has been the politiiiclans' enthusiasm for us- ing the fund as a vote-getting football
It has been kicked back and forward since 1950 when the Lib- erals made the first basic change In its formula. They ex- tended Ifs benefits to seasonal workers who know perfectly well they w o u ld lose their regular employment with the coming of hard winter.
Close behind the attitude of the politicians. In the causes of trouble for the fund. is the nut- look of the public. The officials who have to run the operation as best they can recognize that far too many people look upon unemployment Insurance as a form of welfare -— money they might just as well try to get their hands on.
As both Liberal and Tory gov- ernments have had much th a same attitude, officials sadly ad- mit it may be unrealistic to ex- pect a much different public re- action.
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