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Foreign hospitals needed urgently in South Viet Nc am.

South Viet Nam has* few

doctors and-.more_ than half:

of them are in the armed

forces, so foreign hospitals are much needed. A Cana- dian Press reporter visited a Canadian-supported hos- pital near Saigon where re- pairing hare-lips is one of the specialities.

By DOUGLAS AMARON HO-NAI, South Viet Nam (CP)\—Pham looked up from her canvas-covered cot in the J hospital ward and smiled the first recognizable smile in her 13 years of life. 7 Somewhere in - Viet- Nam, 400 other children and grown- ups also .are able to smile; thanks to the skill of a den- tist from the Philippines and

athe devotion of the staff of a -small Canadian-supported hos-

pital: in this village” 18 miles north of Saigon: ~ Administered by Les Freres Jean .de Dieu, a re ligious order with headquar- ters in Montreal, the- Ho-Nai hospital is the médical centre for thousands of war refugees who live in the area. The staff of about 80,-religious and lay ‘personnelincludes four broth... ers from Quebec province Brothers Norbert Lacerte of Asbestos in the Eastern Townships and Bernard Sam- uel of Petite Riviere in the Gaspe have_ been here since the hospital opened 10 years ago. Brothers Jean de Dieu Spenard from the Ste. Agathe des Monts district and Pascal Clement from Ste. Monique near Montreal are more re- cent arrivals.

Pham and the, 400 like her were victims of an affliction. common in this country—hare-

________lips Apart from—a-slight sear. 1

she. now is a: beautiful: girl who can look forward to a full life that otherwise might have been denied her.

All 400 operations were per- formed in the last 10 vears by Dr. Napoleon Sancher who joined the hospital as a young volunteer worker soon after §it opened. He is still there ona voluntary basis and his work has won the admiration not only of the staff here but of medical authorities eee out the country —™

“He is a brilliant man,” said Rev. William Gagnon, the hos- pital’s superior. “‘In mending heir “tips he has not only hé!lped them physically but psychologically because they are able to go out of here as new people.”

WAR IS EVER-PRESENT

Ho-Nai lies in_ flat, fertile country with rich, red_ soil that reminds you of Prilicé Edward Island. But. the~ re- semblance ends there because on all sides are the rice pad- dies, banana trees, thatched cottages, lumbering slate-gray buffalo—and ‘the war

“The war is with us day and night,’ said Father Gagnon, a French. - speaking Franco- American from New England who ison his ‘second tour in Viet Nam. “It is in the bomb- ing and the shooting at night and in the tragedy of the refu- gees that is with us all the time.”’

Father Gagnon “tells “of a mother—he presumes it was the mother—who brought two desperately sick babies to the haspiteteione day, left them there and ‘never returned 3oth babies died. as did an aced man urable to speak and ,without identity whose friends similarly left him and didn't come back

“We didn’t know his name or his religion or anything about him,” Father Gagnon said.

‘All we could do was bury | off and this

him—and the babies too.” Ho-Nai is in a ‘‘safe’’ area, almost encircled by huge

many have tuberculosis,

United States bases and not.

far: from-one of-the-largest-air-~

‘fields ‘in the country. But the nights when there are Viet Cong raids are more frequent than the quiet nights and the brothers’ sleep is broken regu- larly by the-thunder of guns, bombs and small-arms fire. TWO SHARE A BED

A complex. of. neat, spot- lessly-clean one-storey brick buildings, with bed space for 250 patients, the _ hospital rarely has an empty bed and frequently two. patients share the same bed. They are vic- tims of illness (war casualties are taken elsewhere) and prob- ably the —most prevalent dis- ease in the country:

“The four Canadians, in their 30s and early 40s, work at a

variety of jobs in the general ‘

administration of the hospital where most of the staff is Vietnamese.

Brother Norbert, who was in North Viet Nam-fer five years before..he came-here and who speaks the language fluently, said an average of 14,000 out-

' patients—those who do not re-

quire hospitalization — comes to the hospital each month.

..For_the—patients—in—-hospital-=

there is a Vietnamese govern-

ment grant of -about six cents ~

a day and in addition -each patient is expected to pay an admission charge of slightly more than 50 cents if he has the money, but frequently.

Pays less or nothing.

There is no further charge to the patient whether he stays a week, six months or longer,

‘ston, is having part of her cargo removed in hope ~* of refloating her later today. sat Wirephoto)

and somes. including Uns ‘year - old boy with tubercu- losis, have been theré two years. 1 .=-

“The hésbitar's-wonthly ‘deti- © cit is from $2,500 to $3,000 and

farm with 100 pigs, 150 rabbits and 600 chiekens. A generator provides electric light but. ex- cept for operations .is used only at night when one of the recreational highlights is movies shown Brother Bernard. ‘

Equipment is ohciaks @nd includes radiology machinery but expansion plans, including an administration building, have been postponed for lack of funds.

The well-kept grounds are abloom==with _ brilliantly-hued bougainvillea trees but even here the war has taken its toll. A change of wind blew over the’. grounds cheffiicals being sprayed from American planes to destroy foliage _ that might hide the Viét Cong. Many of the. hospital’s trees were left as leafless skeletons.

Although—long- and far-re- moved from home and obvi- ously prepared to remain here as_long as_they.-can. serve, the-Canadian~ brothers” are ~ as ‘up to date. on “happenings in Canada as the mail allows.

They receive two French papers, Quebec L’Action and Montreal-La Presse, and read them from cover to cover.

Aug. 24 was a big day for the | brothers when a bundle of 45 | Papers arrived from home. It | mattered little that they dated ' back to March and April.

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The Guardian, Thursday, Sept. 29, 1966

|

WASHINGTON «€ P\j— Presi- freshmen, dent Johnson, defying an Amer- for their lican law of political gravity, stumping the United States at ‘history last year with legislation

many

political lives,

the Nov. 8 élections. With steady slippage | still [of his anti-poverty program.

showing in his own popularity,| Former presidents Harry he is bucking the proven axiom Truman and Dwight D. Eisen- that’ the ‘‘outs’’—the ‘Républi- hower had to cope with ; politi- cans in this case—score gains cally hostile Congresses. John in non-presidential contests: Sometimes, they reverse the /right- wing’ coalitions. ,

-|balance of power. Observers are saying Moreover, the scored by the president over /danger of the Republicans furg- Republican Barry Goldwater in|ing back to official. power, may

almost no plate to go but down. President Johnson is probably the most politically - tune /in-/ryles of

cumbent -the White House has |elections.

ever had and he is participating | Generally, "= |more actively _in__these _—“‘off--'nate=and~ this is a year when > \year”’ elections than any pre- ' idecessor. It’s a matter of try- ing to cushion the fall and it will affect -his touch with the _|Congress in his next two years. «| Technically, the dying 89th Congress gives himys a_ hefty margin to play with—294 Demo- crats to 139 Republicans in the House of Representatives and a vacancy on each side, plus 67 Democratic senators to 33

Republicans. ; |cord 70,621,479 did so, or only | BLOCS—_SLIM~ MARGIN i62 per cent of the estimated But the fragility of American | 113,900,000 eligibles.

loss of 35 House seats. thumb about

local issues domi-

civil. - rights tension and

Solid trends are hard to spot. FEWER VOTE Generally, too, without

contest, a quarter-fewer eligible |

in. -November:

11944 has left the Democrats with lose effective control with tle Pressures -and

|

Johnson sets rugged pace in ‘off- year’ election fight

now. ‘auning talatalevel campaigns — will be} made |the selection: of 35 of the 50 is it possible for Johnson to make |state, governors.

President Johnson has said he /liner’on Viet Nam. lan unprecedented pace before iranging ‘from medicare to mere} |hopes to visit alk 50 states. ‘civil rights and the foundations |

tion. The successful

The president has

jgan

So -far, he has gone lightly on} jactor Ronald Reagan carries a Viet Nam, aside from defending | right - wing Republican banner | his policy of restrained escala- | civilian election in South Viet Nam‘ for a constitution-writing ‘assembly rations. iF. Kennedy was hobbled by the |may deflate ‘some of the impa- : tience. said_rising- in the ee that |Public for a bigger effort

landslide |president Johnson, while not in |Produce results. also moved |

ful George Romney seeKs ano-|membery to plan or. help plam ther governor’s term in Michi-|the activities themselves.

to boost his presidential! The directors were told that ambitions for 1968.” “the rate of attendance at the

Republican Nelson Rockefel- | recreational centres is propor- ler is running for a third gover- | tional to: the” ‘integration of youth nor’s term in New York. in the administration.’

In a battle with hawk - dove|~ Qjder members would also “lovertones on Viet Nam, Repub- feel a greater sense of parti- lican: Mark Hatfield; retiring Oregon--governor~ who opposes the war, has his hands full with {Democrat Robert Duncan for a Duncan is a hard-

formed of their centres’ finan-

cial situation.

Variety of programming was essential’ and the ,usual sports activities should ‘be supplemen; ted by sing-songs and classes in painting, sculpture and dra- maties.

Directors were criticized in using too many entertainers from‘ outside their centres or district and not encouraging local talent. Such talent might

discovered readily “in & room where there is-an atmos-

Senate seat.

And: in California, handsome

‘against George Brown for the | governorship — and perhaps a foundation for nr aspi-

* Teens shun

urther to ease inflationarys warmth.” f \¢ for theyde- has consistently ; te S Some of the blame ; clining attendance was attached jtalked up the point that Amer- rec cen er : aa ae Ce ee Tee

There are some other general icans generally have never had | these | it so good. b Public - opinion polls blame jecmmeatie Nam and a clutch of domestic issues—plus. the usual the experts are wracked with} lpopularity decline suffered | by. indecision about the impact of |presidents Viet Nam, high prices, inflati ony three years’or more —for John- labor - management difficulties, |son’s loss of good image. the One image of the president himself. jonly

who have

such rating

jthe public.

| Nationally, the election invol-

the |ves several contests of substan- | glamor of a presidential |tial interest,

In Massachusetts, post-Civil War period. Lurleen Wallace, wife of se-

is running as.

door.

Republican “presidential bone [munity centres allow their older [Friday.

served

says he has 50-per-cent backing from |;

Republican | t fulfil their Americans vote. In 1964, a re-|Edward W. Brooke may bebome |e?" La rig © leiarogpetinn een

the first Negro senator since the

|gregationist George_ Wallace of A coalition of jof Representatives’ seats will be Alabama, front There woman to give Wallace a third

Republicans are 35 of the 100 Senate seats |term as govérnor via the <back | difference of youth,

: lage their . children to attend. ‘aah Ringetace Ben ae |Parents should realize, the Bil recreational centres say that rectors said, that. the cen

encourage the full development of youth, physically and cultur- ally. SMITH WINS AGAIN BULAWAYO, Rhodesia (AP) Prime .Mixister Ian Smith was re-elected Saturday as_ pres!- ident ,of the ruling Rhodesian Front party. He was undpposed.

PATTERNS "CHANGE WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government. says high. in- terest, rates -have- brought Istartling changes .in the savings Canadian Recreation — Cent#2s/ pattern of the American. public [Association met in Riviere du |More money is being invested j|Loup to discuss the problem. in--government:“and corporate One major reason for the in- jsecurites and less in cash-type they said, /assets, the securities and ex-

is that few recreation or com- jchange commission rep

participation in their organized activities is declining because many “youths seem to prefer to spend their time in restaurants, jdance halls and the streets.

Younger children, aged six ‘to |13, continue to participate ac- ltively in the programs but older |mémbers in their teens appear Ito be gradually drifting away from the centres because cur-

jneeds, the. directors. conclude. Some. 100 members of

the

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would be more but for its own _

| squeeze.

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Facing serious _ financial Crisis

LONDON “(CP)—Less suc- | cessful teams in the third and fourth divisions of English League soccer -are_ facing what one expert has. called “the most serious’ financial | crisis in their history.”

Smaller, less popular clubs | have experienced a general decline. in attendance. And the government's - financial designed to bolster the economy, has made it dif- ficult to get bank loans and overdrafts.

Another vanishing source of revenue is the transfer fee— the price one team pays an- other to. obtain a player it wants.

First and second division clubs used to find’ the smaller teams had a handy knack of developing young players they would then....buy- thousand pounds

This process has changed recently and the big teams more often trade among them-

| selves with sums in the £100,-

|

| times changing

| £10,000,

000. ($300,000) bracket

hands

some-

SOLD .FORWARD

Ofthe- 18 deals during=the=4

involving more. than only two concerned

summer

| clubs outside the first and sec-

; ond divisions

Third division

| Middlesbrough sold inside for-

| ward | division

| to

|

| the perfect

Gibson to second Coventry City for £60,000 and bought centre ‘for- ward John O'Rourke’ from Luton of the. fourth division for £20,000.

Fourth division ' Barnsley— its discomfort provides example of the

lan

\“plight of many smaller teams.

|

This Yorkshire club, winner ; of the 1912 Football Associa j-tion Cup, now rests at the | bottom of the league in the

| ignominious 92nd place. Attendance has been falling season it has

,| dropped below 3,000 for sev-

For one against passed

eral matches Luton, only 2,041

for-- several ~

, through “the turnstiles on the.

same. day that 56,000 persons

crammed the London ground of Tottenham Hotspur .when | Spurs. beat Manchester | United.

Last season, Barnsley spent | £33,393 on wages and operat- | ing costs but it has an income | of just more than 18,000. It also must repay. a | bank loan.

£600 FOR WAGES The club employs 19 profes- sional. players and 10 juniors. | It also has a trainer, an ad- ministrative staff of three and grounds keepers and cleaners to look after the pitch and | stadium.

|--The weekly wage. bill comes | to about £600; the gate for | the Luton -match. -was- £300.

One, suggestion for getting ; the ailing club back on_ its | feet is that it -issue 80,000 shares at 10 shillings ($1.50) each and use fhe revenue fo buy players on .the transfer | market. But critics doubt the club could find enough people with’ faith in its future

sions have formed. a liason committee which plans to lay the case of the smaller feams before the Football Associa- tion, the -English League a the government's sports coun- cil:

The clubs hope that high finance and the fight for na- tional and international fame among the top. clubs, won’t squeeze’ them out of profes- sional soccer.

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