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Argument Revweci

The controversy over whether the chicken or the egg came first seems to have found a counterpart in the wrangle at Ottawa about when the nation‘s economy started mov- ing out of the slump it was in a few years ago. and whether the Tories or the Liberals should be credited With the achievement. Now that the flag debate is out. of the way foi‘the time being. Commons mem- bers have fallen back on this source of entertainment. with results that. could be predicted from the start.

According to Opposition Leader Diefenbaker, the current growth in the economy was really started when the Conservatives were in power two years ago. Finance Min- ister Gordon, on the other hand. argued that the economy showed only faltering gains at. that time. and really began to surge ahead because of Liberal government pol- icies.

Probably it. doesn‘t matter much to the public at. large. But for What it is worth we find in a recent. article by a top-ranking Liberal commentator, Bruce Hutchison. an explanation of the matter which is at least refreshingly free from par- tisan bias. and perhaps as close to the facts as one is likely to get.

"In Canada." writes Mr. Hutchi— son. "we should not, overdo our self- congratulation because the economy is growing fast. with marginal in- flation sn far. it was growing. in fact. well before Mr. Pearson prom- ised to end the stagnation unfaier blamed on Mr. Diefenbaker. This ancient ritual of Canadian politics. the oppOsition condemning the gov- ernment for a recession. or thegov- ernment claiming all the credit for a boom. ought to be worn out and discarded b3" now. The truth about. the last recession and the contem- porary boom is that, both lay almost. entirely outside Canada's control and were inherited from the changing World economy."

That. of course. didn't prevent the Liberals from’spreading “Dief- enbucks" all over the country in the last election campaign. nor will it prevent the Tories from roundly denouncing Mr. Pearson and Mr. Gordon if the economy takes anoth- er slump.

The British Way

A contrast of interest to Can- a’dian voters has been drawn by a London correspondent between elec- tilon spending in the national cam- paigns now running concurrently in fire United States and Great Brit- fin. This is due to an act passed 3 years ago in the British Parlia- gfent. which sets strict limits on ’ 9 amount candidates in any of 2a nation's 630 constituencies can

nd to get elected.

' Most of the spending in Britain

are before a campaign formally to under way—that is. before e Prime‘Minister asks the Sover- "1. b). dissolve Parliament. as Sir lee Douglas-Home did on Septem- 15. Spending from this point H. is limited strictly to the con- , uenciee. with the exception that .. parties may spend money on i in connection with their tele- ‘i' i

Apart from this. the British ' - .x. on a national scale has [ground toe halt. Posters telling great things in store an Men of With Labor have M» Natioml political ed- ' i hlnewepepore has ended. j ‘ «has ehifted to the local

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extolling the virtues of a candidate. but they go up only if they can be financed under a. strictly-enforc- ed budget and if the candidate or the agent figures that this is the best way to deal with the limited funds. Each candidate is allowed to spend during the period, which this year is exactly one month. $1.260 plus one and one-half pen- nies for each voter on the register if it is a borough constituency or 2 pennies if it is a county constit- uency. Averaging all constituen- cies. this Works out to about $2,000 a candidate. Under the 1949 statute strict accounting must be made of all expenses. and it must be posted.

There is a considerable differ- ence also from the American sys- tem in the raising of party money. There are no lavish $1,000-a-plate dinners. Bazaars and local fetea take their place. In one constitu- ency the Laborites have taken to running lotteries. There are, how- ever. gift solicitations. and both parties welcome contributions.

These controls haven't prevented the Laborites from charging the Tories with benefiting from the political spending of big business. or the Tories from pointing to the rich trade union coffers as a source of Labor party replenishment. And probably with good reason on both sides. it just goes to show that you can‘t legislate the Old Adam out of politics. however hard you try.

Bennett's Bigger Scheme

Brunswick Premier Robi— chaud's lilik about one big Mari- time Province got. a lot of publicity at the recent Charlottetown confer- once. but ii was old stuff to Prince Edward islanders and didn't cause Premier Shaw to bat an eyelash. The arguments in favor of the pro- posal were disposed of effectively in the Roweli-Sirois Commission re— port of a quarter of a century ago. as the commentators who went into ecstasies over it could have discov- ered for themselves. Now it. has been pushed completely into the shade by a still more grandiose scheme of British Columbia’s Pre- mier W. A. C. Bennett. who wants to bring the Yukon and Northwest Territories under his wing political- ly.

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The Winnipeg Free Press has been scanning the map to measure the extent of Mr. Bennett's dream. it finds that if the two areas were to join up with British Columbia. that province would extend from the Pacific ocean on the west to the Atlantic ocean on the cast (at about the same longitude as Labrador). from the 49th parallel in the south to within a few hundred miles of the Pole on the north (the tip of Ellesmere Island reaches in about the 83rd parallel.)

The new province would have an area of some 1.9 million square miles—just about. half of the en- tire nation's area of 3.8 million square miles. The other nine prov- inces. would. geographically speakr ing. huddle beneath the wing of the new giant. And to show that he means business. Mr. Bennett is of- fering to put up about $300 million on road development—about half of it on paving the Alaska highway.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Musical sensitivity is all very well. but. we think a pastor in Los Angeles went too far when he ob- tained a court order to keep one of his congregation away from church services. She sings. he complained, "off-key and loud."

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After a. 25-minute talk with Pope Paul VI about. civil rights last week the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. a Baptist minister and American civil rights leader. told reporters “I think new days have come when a Pope meets a fellow who happens to have the name Martin Luther."

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330.000 inhabitants. and with its achievement of independence last Sunday it became the 19th and smallest independent member of the Commonwealth. So perhaps those who lecture us about this Province being too email to be a political unit in the Confederation setup have their ideas mixed. Size isn't every- thing, as the ancient Greeks dem- ‘ numbed at Thermopylae. i

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“A HAND OFF THE WHEEL

OTTAWA REPORT by Patrick NicholsOn No Legislation Re Magazine Industry

is our government taking or- l ders from USA” i This seems probable in the' delay in bringing forward legis- lation relating to our magazine I industry. which is being strang- 1 led to death by invapers from S

The tragedy behind this situa- 1 lion is that a distinctive Canad- ianism derives far more from 1 an indigenous culture than from ' a piece of bunting whicn . has been given priority. Mike 2 Pearson is thoroughly aware of this. He. like his predeces- sors. has insisted that the tax- payers should finance the un- economic suzply of Canadiana over the air waves. and be regi- mented in see and hear that

or else. But the weekly in n ri monthly impact of ideaa a n d information through the print-

ed word is no less important. As Prime Minister. Mr. Pear- son introdii c e d legislati o n in Parliament on llth March. This would have had the effect of keeping further US invaders out. of the Canadian magazi n 9 field. but would have given tree licence to the existing invaders. the so-called " Canadian ed- itions“ of Time and Readers

Digest.

Why hasn't any action been taken to impliment. that. legisla- tion'.’ The unpubiicised inside reason is because his cabinet .1 badly split. A few ministers say "our leader. right or wrong" and support his proposal. But the wisest ministers point out forcibly that on nations! grounds and in logic he would be wrong to give favored posi- tion to these two foreigners. that he would be barricadm! the Canadian fortress after de- structive invaders had been admitted.

MlLL-END RUNS

T h as e two US magazines. Time and Readers Di ge a t. are written substantially for a US readership by US writers. The huge majority of the content of their socalled Canadian edit- ions is simple a reprint of mate rial written for consumption in the us. and already paid for by sales in US. That editorial eon tent is then "dumped" in C n- ada. depriving Canadian writ— i h e advertising revenue from Can- adian magazines.

Not many years ago. a Liberal government took decisive ac- tion against US textile mills. which were dumping their mill end runs in Canada and thus causing unemployment an important Canadian industry by unfair competition. The magaz- ine situation is an exact parallel BIG PROFITS 1‘0 USA

In the ten yeore 1950-1950. our biggest magazine publisher. Macieain Hi: a ter. ’aid out a total of $1383.01?! ea dividends. But in the single year 1900. Time. wholly owned by its us parent. paid 81.000000 in divid- ends to USA. In the five years 1955-1959. Macleane paid wri- tars. m o stiy Canadians. $6.- 102.834 for their contributions; in the same period. Time (Can-

DIVERSE USES ' The eucalyptus tree providea raw materials for such products medicines. tanning liquids, solvents. fruit sprays. paper. perfume and paint. remover.

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w many ers. how many retired Canad- ians living on their dividends. derive their income from Time?

But. when the .Iomi US- Can- adian Trade Committee of top in Utt- awa last April. its communique

Everything from new 'bi-ievai' truck transporters and 'tri-lavai' auto traoaportara to tarp-topped {prairie achoonara' . . . from covered hoppara to damage-tree bulkhead are . . .

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lsaid: "The US members ex- ; pressed their concern over on: :sible Canad i a n measu r e s l which might adversely affect certain US publications." I By what right dare tho so impudent US ministers critimsc what the Canadian government plans to do about. magazi n e s I‘ published in Canada by Cana- dian corporations. even if they are wholly-owned subsidiaries of US corporations? Yet our {spineless government ; to have ta ke n need of i "order" from USA.

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. . , Against Acne I! Dr. mm a. Van Della! A dermatologiat lrom San An- : “I think you c to teen-agar: and their parents by info them of the great atrldee medi- cal science bu made in ti! a management of complexion pro- blems. As a dermatologist. I am up ed at the lack of knowled-

these youngsters with proper care."

The letter was timely because I was just about to write on several auggeetiona for acne. A team from Boston university medical center felt way bec use they sent out a news release criticizing parenta and physicians for taking the attitude that nothing can be done. 'Riie leads to unintention- al and undeserved neglect. This. in turn. offers little solace to the self-conscious teen-user with blackheads and pimples;

The Boston, group is working "on hormones that will decrease the activity of the oil- producing glands. They are aiming at ex- cessive amounts of oily material (sebum) that irritates ‘the skin to form pimples. Meanwhile. t'iey suggest the use of special soaps. drying and peeling io- tions. and ultraviolet light.

A Tucson skin specialist trac- ed the flare-up of acne among

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girls 20 years of age and young- er in the use of hair spray. 01d- er girls developed a slight thin- l hing of the frontal hair. in these 1 problems exist. stop spraying or wear a cosmetic mask. 1 From the University of Penn- i syivania comes a report on the ' benefits derived from the prop- er use of a‘ comedo extractor. Dr. Edmund D. Lowney did sev- .

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eral control studies on adoles-l‘ cents with acne and found that fewer inflammatory lesions de-i velop when blackheads near the - . surface are expressed. But pim- I pies and deeper pores should i not be mashed or irritated by ; pressure. as they become cysts l and abcesses which might leave ‘ scars. TRANSISTOR FAN S. C. B. writes: Is there any! harmfd the heart or body if you i keep a transistor radio in yourf shirt pocket and play it every. day? '

REPLY No. but the noise may annoy ‘ others. Tiese radios do not give ; | off harmful rays. i

Strides: Made; NOTES BY THE WAY .-

Iley - “A coach you; man aent me some beware this moi-ulna." Maud" - “Don’t pay a ‘eertain young man. W dear. There is none of them cer- tain until you've got tbem.”v - Toronto Star.

A youthful mailed I la latest creation. entitled “Why Do 1 Live" to a

editor of prominent magazine. Wit-bin a few day: the aspiring poet ae- ceived this note from the ’edi- tor: "You live only because you

it your poem mall. inatead of bringing it your- Ieifl"—- Toronto star .

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rented they could Imp Indoor mumbling and electricity. ¢ Gait Reporter 1

A maker at the .Americni chhoiogical Auociation in Loo Angelou told his audience that. when a pereon looka a) aomethinx likes. the pupils or his eyes get larger. Any mother who has ever taken a blueberry pie-outoftheovenwbliehee

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The United States is watching marathon Latin American tour of General de Gaulle with much more interest than affec-

tion.

But if the 73-year-old French leader is not loved in Washing- tin. he is accepted as a fact of international life with consider. ably more equanimity than a year or two ago.

n. de Gaulie. in his cease- less c a m p ai g n to resurrect French influence and grandeur around the world. has knocked heads and programs within NATO. on European economic and political unity. on communism in Asia and on a variety of other mat- Iers.

Only six months ago he was in Mexico. another territory within the Monroe Doctrine zone. although it is nearly 40 months since he has had a first- hand civlt of any length with an American president. That‘s a long time as diplomacy is prac- tised in the Western Alliance.

Still there is little cynicism read into the official US. gov- ernment statement on the gen- eral's visit to 10 countries over 22.000 miles.

WELCOME TOUR

The statement said the gov- ernment “welcomes with satis- faction" the intensive tour. add ing: "We believe that western Europe can play a much more important role in accelerating the economic and social develop- ment of this region and that it can thus strengthen the position of the free world nations of the hemisphere."

For his part. the general seems to have been at some pains to avoid strengthening

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with American policies .'

U.S. auspicious that he is up in‘ no good at all in Latin America; it is reported that the us. has- been given copies of the main' speeches he will give, or at least: a good idea of what he will say;

There are several reasons' why the U.S. cannot really uorx' up too much anger about the tour. aside from preserving the Western Alliance amenities. ASKED EUROPE‘S AID

President Kennedy. in launcn- ing the Alliance for Progress in South America. asked for Euro- pean help. Second. it was just two or three weeks ago that the US. was canvassing European capitals to get more flags rep resented in the fight. against communism in South Viet. Nam —-not that France would help in that problem.

Third. if President Johnson to elected Nov. 3. as seems certain at this stage, he undoubtedly will do more travelling abri.ad

than he has so far. With no vm- ~

president he. baa not left the

us. since he became president-

except for his brief foray into British Columbia last week.

France probably would have a high priority in any travel plans.

Finally. the US. is glad to have any help it can get from allies in curbing the growth of Castroism.

It has been noted here trial Gen. de Gaulle is not planning to lavish much physical aid on the 10 countries on his itinerary. For M e x l c o. arrangements worth about 31.50.000.000 were worked. out. But 10 countrieeara too many to handle.

This time. it appears. the ob jective is to expand technical ‘ strengthen cultural relations. ..

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experts to help him help you. bet cupinurlng examine \ every aspect of your dietrlbution pattern for we to save you money. .

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