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“The strongest .nemory is weaker he wt-nicest ink" '13TG—E:-'T'_r‘iiitiA‘x7TT?E.iar?l37(E§'—§ii.”1?i—cT. Futile Reaction

It was is strange reaction on the part of the Legislature to vote for the immediate collection and de- struction of copies of an article from an American publication which had been placed on the members‘ desks for their attention by the Minister of Agriculture.

The article. entitled “US. Finds Poison on Idaho Potatoes." may have been the “t1'ash"' which Health Min- ister l\Ia.c.Neiil called it. It may have been written for propaganda pur- poses. or for any number of other reasons. and have contained not a word of truth. Certainly the Police Gazette, in which it appeared. is not highly regarded as a responsible publication. But the matter was too important to have been swept under the rug in this manner.

According to Hon. Mr. MacRae. the authorities quoted in this case were "o.k." If the House dlisbe- lievr—:.rl the responsible minister, it was its duty to have checked the story's aut.hent.icity. A telegram to the Idaho authorities would have settled the matter promptly.

One member was afraid that if the story “gets into the press" it might have serious consequences. How naive can our custodians of the Province's interests be? The story was already in one of the most widely circulated publications on the continent. Did they think that by destroying a few stencilled copies. and registering their disap- proval of having the matter called to their attention, they could dis- pose of its consequences?

The gist of the story is the al- legation that a recent raid by Idaho investigators found potatoes so con- taminated by chemical sprays that they (‘.0l1Sl’lllllF'(l a cancer threat to American consumers. If this be true, our potato growers must. be ‘prepared to grapple with its impli- cations. If false. it should be ex- posed on the highest available au- thority. No purpose is served by shunning the obligation to take action one way or the other.

The issue is one on which the Government itself appears to be

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the House should insist on getting at the truth. The ostrich-like at- titude it adopted on Wednesday- which has already gotten into the press across the country—is as fu- tile as it is harmful to our inter- esta at home and abroad.

Welcome Visitation

_ The city and province is extend- ing a hearty welcome this evening to Canada's top curlers. who will compete in the Brier matches here next week. This is indeed an no caution. and a special crossing of the Bordon ferry has been arranged to handle some of the extra traffic. As noted in our news columns yesterday, the signing of the big Canadian curling championships for Charlottetown has taken years of effort on the ‘part of the City Council. culminating in the accept» ance of Mayor Gsudet’a invitation it Brendon. Manitoba. last year, to live our Cradle of Confederation

the scene of this year's matohet our in Year celebra-

thefunaswellaetheepm-t:and there is no doubt that they would have appreciated the advantage thus offered of cementing interprovincial relations an d building more firm- ly the foundations of the great work in which they were engaged.

All this talk about disunlty nowadays, we imagine. would be dissipated if we could only get the contending factions here for in big bonspiel! Why don't our politicians think up something practical like this. instead of making long speeches and appointing commissions on you know what? Where better than at the “roaring game" could such problems be aired and brushed off. and dealt with in the appropriate spirit. or spirits?

The Briar matches have become a truly Canadianinstitution. fol- lowed everywhere by sport lovers with enthusiasm. Communities across the country vie with each other for the privilege of playing host to such visitations. and en- shrine the event in their halls of fame. It is our turn now. and our citizens mean to make the most of it in the hospitality of their wel- come.

We venture to speak for all of them in expressing hope that this gathering will be the best in the organization's honored history, and that it will prompt the desire on the part of all concerned to stage another one here at the earliest op- portunity.

Welland Canal Tolls

Pressure has been mounting from Western grain organizations against the decision of the Federal Govern- ment to restore the tolls on the Welland Canal. Now Premier Ro- barts of Ontario has come out with the demand that the canal remain toll-free. The Ottawa Citizen, which more than once has shown itself to be aware of the problems of At. flantic ports in competition with the St. Lawrence Seaway, has this to say on the subject:

"Other parts of the ‘country do- serve consideration besides Central and Western Canada, and transport- ation policy must at all times have the national interest in mind. The Maritime Provinces are particularly sensitive on this score, and while they have accepted the Seaway in a. spirit of resignation. they are warranted in objecting to the in- land waterway over the Atlantic seaports."

The validity of these objections, observes the Halifax Mail-Star. are expected be underscored in the study being made by the Atlantic Development Board. Last month it was announced that this would be completed by the middle of February but for some reason not explained would not be released at that time. Surely it is time this matter was given a full airing. before the issue of vvinter navigation of the St. Lawrence will have receded into the background.

- Soon To Open

Ready for use in the next few weeks, it is announced, is an Ameri- can link across the mouth of Chesa- peake Bay which should prove of considerable interest to the design- ers of our Northumberland Strait causeway. This crossing. of ap- proximately eighteen miles between Cape Charles and Virginia Beach. runs over 8. series of four man- made islands and is a composite of bridges, causeway: and tunnels. It has a minimum‘height of thirty feet above sea-level, as a. safety margin for storms which can be very rough in the hurricane season.

The centre pair of islands ser- ves to anchor the portals of the tun- nel eectioni approximately one mile in length The tunnel itself is not bored. but was laid in sections in e dredged ditch. The massive. double-walled sections of 100 yards each were bu-ilt in Texas and floated seventeen hundred miles to their destination. Here. they were sunk in position by pouring concrete be- tween the double walls. and were joined together by divers like e submarine pipeline.

The advantage of this scheme. notes an exchange. is that instead of having to take the heavily con- gested route from Wilmington through Baltimore and Washington. It will now be possible to drive south through the state of Delaware and across the Bay direct to the neigh; borhood of Norfolk, Virginia, whence

-several routes run south.

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THE OTTAWA BEATLES

QTLTAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson Spote Of Time-Woisting Orcil Questions

D15(‘l]SSll'\fl of the nation's hus- lriess in the House of Commons

. was delayed until after 3.45

pm. on “leadcrs' day". the first day of open debate in t he session w h 9 ii party lea d e rs speak. This hold - up was caus- ed by what has recently be e n permitted to become is daily avalanche of oral quemlona fired at cabinet ministers by - ln almost every case — oppo-

questlons so asked on leaders’ day totalled 56. The immense «growth of this recent practice is shown up by contrast with previous years. on the corresponding day last year there were 46 questions; in 1956 there were 15 ques- tions: in 1953 there were 5: in 1951 there were 5. in 1946—and I quote these years haphazard- ly. not by deliberate selection —- there were only 2 such ques-

tions.

This exuberant spate of ver- hoslty. this often puerlle exhibi- tionism. this unjustified waste of the time of the nation's parlia- ment. is thus a recent corrup- tion of parliamentary toleration. PRACTICE I-‘ROWNED UPON

The standing orders of the House of Commons are com-

themsel- the hotter handling of legislative business.

Th ese orders stipulate that "questions may be placed upon the order paper (to. submit- ted in writing? seeking informa- tion from Ministers of the (‘rown relating to public af- fairs." Such M-itlen questions receive. normally within a week or ten days. a considered. written reply. incorporating the detail available within gov- ernment. offices. This consumes a negligible amount of parlia- ment‘s time.

However the practice has be- come sanctified ‘by usage of per-

ask orally any question considered so impor- tantt.hat.tt merits quicker res-

ponse than that obtained by a’

written q u e s tton. C a n a da‘s great au.t.hoi~ity on parliamen- tary procedure. the late Dr. Arthur Beaucliesrie. points out that "such questions may be either penml-tted or disallowed by the Speaker. who must judge each case on its merits." Standing orders do not provid for oral questions: hurled. often without prior notice. at mtnisters tthus dopinlved of con- sulting their officials. th y ob- viously elicit no detelled or con- sidered reply. leaucheane com- ments: "Ilt

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unfair to compel ministers to answer questions on important matters without an opportunity to consult their chief officers.‘ INFECTIOUS CUIIIOGITY

It is clearly apparent now that every day MEPI are wrong- ly solving’. and improperly being permitted to ask. questions which violate the Beauchesne precept: "a question which could be liise on the order paper is not allowed (to be asked orally) on the Orders of the Day being called."

Last week. Conservative MP: asked 35 questions on leaders‘ day: New Democrats asked 12;

With "question period" it ow averaging o v e r 75 mliiu t e s daily. this practice now costs the House the equivalent of over

4 weeks sitting time. and c osts the taxpayer over $1 in‘ on in parliamentary time, during the year.

The Tools For ‘Big Brother’

Milwaukee Journal

“Asleep or aiwake. working or eating. indoors or out of doors. in the bath or bed—no escape. Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimeters inside your skull." The words er from George Orwell's n o v e 1. ‘‘198A.'‘ written 15 years ago. They teU of a frightened a n d frightening world in which “Big Brother" snooped on his sub- jects via television and micro- phone. In 1964. the electronic tools a available to bring Orwell's night- mazre prophecy to liife— electro- nic marvels with eyes to see you when you think yourself unseen. ears to hear your most remote whisper. a "memory" to recall the most trivial details of your past.

In the current Atlantic. Vance Packard describes some of these devices for invading individual

ivacy. There are radio trans- mitters which can be fitted in n lipstick, a ballpoint pen. even in ii martini olive (the tooth-p l c k serves as an antenna).

There are tiny tape recorders. readily concealed. There a re

closed circuit TV cameras which may spy on you bank or de- partment store. There are sup- ersensitiive microphones capable of picking up your conversation at a distance.

Less spectacular but far more methodical invaders of privacy are the computers. the gin nt "memory machines“ w ti i c h accumulate masses of informa- tion about millions of pnivale persons and dlsgorge any desir- ed detail at the push of a button. Equally innocent appearing are the “personality tests" often used by employers, counselors and school systems to probe your most personal attitudes and beliefs.

Most of the time. tihie privacy is invaded for honest. laudable. socially acceptable reasons - checking for income tax fraud. weeding out poor job prospects. helping a child adjust to school life. catching check forgets or shoplifters. But. whatever th e goal. the potential invaders of individual privacy have never been more numerous or more powerful.

Trumpeter Swcins Win

National Geographic Society

The trumpeter swan ls wing- ing back from the brink of ex- tinctilon.

More than 800 trumpeters were counted recently in the United States south of Alaska by the Interior Department. An additional 1,500 live in Alaska and Canada. Fifty years ago. the big white bird with a horn- ltke, deep. resonant call w a I thought extinct.

The trumpeter swan (Olor buc- clnator) was a fairly c o in men bird in colonial times. It nested over much of the Great Plains north to -British Columbia and wintered as far south as Califor- nia and the Gulif of Mexico.

During the llmi century. t h e

Our Yesterdays

(From the Guardian Flies)

TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO (February :8. me)

A supreme court grand Jury at Georgetown today found a “true M11" against Captain Is- resil Illtngton of Port Aux Bas- ques. Newfoundland. eliitpper owner of the auoot auxiliary schooner Nellie J. Banks, charg- ed under the Oueloms Act with improperly marked papers.

Mr. Edwin Johnetoiie. Cher- lottetawn. was elected president in the P.E.I. Isle Underwriters Association at the annual meet- ing held tile evening. Mr. 'l'.W. Bentley was named vlce-presl- dent and Mr. B.H. Hughes was re-elected secs'etery- treasurer. Both are from Charlottetown.

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low—and slow- flying bird was

slaughtered for food. sport. and , 1877. :

profit. Between 1853 and the Hudson's Bay Company mar- keted more than 17.000 s w a n skins to provide down and fell- thers for bedding and (:10 t h e s. powder puffs. and quit] pens. Farm development and swamp drainage cut down breeding areas.

PREDICTED EXTINCTION Edward Howe Forbush, an eminent ornlthologlst. predicted

in 1912 that "the trumpeter has .

succumbed to incessant persecu- tion in all parts of its range. and its total extinction is now only a matter of years."

By 1931. only :5 trumpeter swans were seen in the Uri lted States.

'I'he greet birth were making their final stand in the remote marshes of the Yellows t o n 2 plateau and surrounding wilder- ness Iakes. In southwest Mon- tana. tthe 40.000-acre Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge was established In 1935 to pro- tect the remnant flocks.

The rare birds have under protection. Thanks o warm ID!‘-int-fed Bonds which re- maln psi-lily unifmzeii despite 40- beiow-zem winters. the nonnat- ly migratory swans live in a year-round haven. and Wildlife

of wheat and barley in the wint- er to suppleinent. natural food.

LARGEST WATERFOWL trumpeter 'swan ls woi1d’e

Had ‘ s four feet hint at maturity. ‘With! 3) pounds, and has In debt - foot Tasm-

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have ansursarm wltheslnatebtowdthewing. rs an monogamous

‘eiidseemtomate for lift. the National Geogrs Breeding begins at years. The swan builds its nest with a the foot-wide base. often atop a muskrat or deserted beaver lodge. ate! vegetation is the favorite food.

lDiphtherici Epidemics

By Dr. Tlseeileee B. Vaa Dellee Last year there were D4 en- es oldtptherla, compared with 468 in 1962. small outbreaks oc- curred in several parts of th e country, which were brought un- der control via Immunisation. In one of these areas. 90 per come! the pupils at a certain school had received. in the fall of the year. protective shots against dlptihes-ls. tetanus. and polio. Six of the children who de- veloped dlptherla. attended this school and were among the 10 receiving this vec- cine. Two of tihese victims were young girls sndiboth died. Epidemics could happen any- where because it is natural to let down the bus when every- thlngte going along smoothly. Yeahs of vigilance on the part of our health departments have gone into protecting us f r o in many infectious drlseases. But moat vaccines do not offer life-

doaee are needed from time to time.

Diiptiherla is highly contagious: it is transmitted through contact with an infected person or a car- rier. Old-timers had to be care- ful of the milk, drinking water, and any object that might have been handled by a victim of the disease. because virulent organ- isms live outside the body tem- porarily. Thils is why the room which the sick person is quaran- tined is cleansed so tihoroug-hly before being used again.

The disease causes a super sore throat with headache. fati- gue. and fever ranging fr om 101 to 108 degrees F. The throat and tonsils are swollen and con- gested. 'l‘wen.ty-four hours later, a group of small yeliiowisli-white dots arise over the inifl a m ed area. These spots coalesce into the telltale membrane so typic- al of diphtheria. A swab taken from the throat and cultured will , reveal the causative bacilli. ',

But inflammation is only part | of the disturbance. The bacteria give off a powerful toxin that is responsible for the toxemia and marked prostratlon. This iii th rationale behind the use of anti- toxin in treatment. Penicillin is of value in elminating secondary bacteria that dates‘ recovery and encourage complications.

IIIVES FROM EXCITEMENT

A. K. writes: Whenever my 7- year-old grandson gets nervous or excited. he breaks out in hiv- es. Can anything be done to stop t is.

REPLY

It is dlllflcult to avoid stress and all forms of excitement. But the parents can assist by main- teitning a quiet and calm house- hold. A sedative may help if hives becomes a problem: oth- erwise it is better to disregard these bumps.

PILLS FOR .I'ROSTA'I‘E C. F. writes: Is it true that e lmiged prostate can be c u 1' ed with pills?

REPLY

An antibiotic or a aiilfonamlde is helpful when lniecliion is re- sponsible for swelling. But pills are of no value in the enlarge- ment assoclated with the pass- ing years.

TODAY'S HEALTH lIINT—-

Safety is a c 0 nt r i button to good living.

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. NOTES av Tl-lE WAY

Te Iirdoct his house frees dear hunters. an Abbyvllle. Kan. man posted

this sign: “No trea- puslng. Violators will be shot at: if missed prosecuted." Allm0I.Y is like iiayliia insisti- ments on your car after it Is wrecked.—Galit Reporter.

Now that the price of liquor I who III! I11 Peoltl who have kept their New Year resolution to go on the wagon an getting unbearably smug.- Sarnta observer.

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citizen to whom we're rete,.;)h]: wins a London newspaper mj umllisi noted that Alaska dim have a single Rolls Royce‘ the Dlmocka rushed out and bought one- a shiny 193 model Shlppgd from San 1'3-anclsco.— Hamilton Spectator.

Prospects of an early coder- ence of Commonwealth prime anced if

next electl

on. 11 the indications are that Harold

I of his early objectives.

A possible topic for such bor sources feel. the constitutional crisis that seems to be looming in Southern Rhodesia.

Until recently. the Labor stand had seemed more enthusiastic than that of Prime Minister sir Alec Douglas-I-Iome'a Conserva- tive administration, which ap- peared lukewarm to the idea,’ ' in Whitehall are that the idea of in Common- wealth conference is beginning to be more favorably viewed by the governme .

The difference in emphasis may merely reflect the natuirill gap between is party in opposi- tion and ii government up of its administrative ears in press- ing day-today problems. But the shading of view real enough.