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PAGE 4 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1965.

“ r. The Throne Speech 5 The paragraphs are not numbered irpthe Speech with which Lieutenant

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G@Vernor MacDonald opened the |

tHifd session of the 50th General As- sembly of the Province vesterday, tut they run to 48, making quite a hefty document. It is also, for the most part, a constructive and meaty one, holding out prospects for im-

proved conditions, economically and |

otherwise, that are to be welcomed at this time.

Reference is made to new activi- tes under way, or in the process of being launched, in the fields of edu-

culture, industry, highway ¢onstruc- tion, public health and other depart- ments. An important announcement référs to a new industrial campaign whiieh is to be initiated, couple with a program for updating our indus- wt development pattern. Also it is indicated that the con- stion of new and improved high- begun in 1959, will be con- at full speed, and that the ment proposes to eliminate as fat as possible all seasonalweight re . under negotiations with wa for construction of a province- e network of all weather roads. {With regard to what is perhaps the most interesting paragraph in Speech, however, we find our- es at a loss. This is on the sub- et of providing rail accommodation omthe causeway which is now‘in the stage at Ottawa. It starts off that the Provincial Govern- policy in the matter remains "and that “until such the Government of Canada an alternative proposal satis- to the Province, my Govern- t will insist that rails be included ing plan for a causeway.” | We know, of course, that an “al- tefnative proposal” has already been ted, and that it involves the “phasing out” of railway operations Province in conjunction with provision of ai! weather roads a non-rail-causeway. Is this the of proposal that the Provincial ernment would regard as satis- ry, or not? The clause in the throws no light on this point, for that reason we find it disap-

ting. We believe this “phasing out” of y operations has gone far h for the present. We would h@ve welcomed assurance in the that the Government thinks . Perhaps, when the debate gets ir way, we shall get a better ing of what its policy is

regard. It is important that this be made, wn as soon as possible in view of at Ottawa dispatch in today’s Guar-

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Insecticide Research

There was no reference in the me Speech to the control of pois- ious insecticides, which was a sub-

of controversy at the last session of the Legislatute. Meanwhile we je*that the matter is of lively in- st in Sweden, where a research il is now drawing up recom- itions,. which it hopes will get backing, to stipulate the ! @mounts of chemicals h can be allowed on produce be-

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the milk of cows fed on treated fod- der or sprayed with the insecticide. The concentration increases as the milk is processed. This is because DDT particles attach themselves to the fat particles of the milk. Chemicals can also enter growing crops, indirectly. One biocide—diel-

drin—was found to-persist in the soil |

for up to four years and could be

absorbed by crops sown long after |

the-original spraying. Grain treated with mercury compounds has, when fed to hens, produced eggs contain- ing the same substance. The Swedish government has now forbidden the use of dressed seed as feed for

Experiments at Stockholm Univ- ersity showed an average biocide resi- due content of 2.5 parts per million in residents of Britain and West Ger- many, five parts per million in France and Candda, and over 10 parts per million in the United States. But, as Dr. Lundholm, secretary of the re- search council points out. these quan- ties do not necessarily come from food. DDT can be absorbed through the skin and respiratory organs when used in the home as a moth or mos- quito killer

While it is known that these small quantities of biocide residues have no immediate effect on human be- ings, it is not yet known whether they

_ have long-term effects. It seems there

is a lot of research yet to be done into the problem.

Mr. Balcer Again

a...MrBalcer, leader of the Quebec Conservative members of Parliament,

has announced that support in the party for a change in leadership is strong enough to warrant his remain- ing in the party for a few months at least. In a speech in Montreal just before Parliament reassembled he said he would urge his nine Quebec colleagues to follow suit and continue their efforts from within the party to- topple John Diefenbaker. Yesterday,. however, one of them bolted, so now there are only eight.

to reporters that his reference to “‘a

few more months” should not be

taken as an ultimatum, but he

couldn’t’ be more specific because “these matters are not as concrete as

you might think.” Later he explained

that the support from party members

outside Quebec was heartening. and | that there was a growing feeling against Mr. Diefenbaker’s anti-Quebec

prejudices. .

This is a new way of promoting party unity, and we shall await with interest the results of the campaign. Meantime we note that one French- language newspaper, Le Devoir, while criticising the Tory leader, has the fairness to recall some of the things to his credit—things achieved while he was in office, in which French-Canadian interests were served.

“There was, for instance,” says Le Devoir, “his appointment of a French-speaking Governor General and French-speaking civil servants to high-ranking posts; his inauguration of cheques printed in both languages; of simultaneous translation in the House of Commons; the revival or introduction of joint federal-Quebec programs, and the introduction of bi- lingualism into the civil service and Crown companies like the CNR.”

Not bad for a fellow who, in Mr. Balcer’s words, is so misguided as to “indulge in the political luxury of nourishing an anti-Quebec backlash.” At least, that’s what he says he’s try- ing to save the party from, and why he’s so determined to get rid of Old John.

: It’s a salvage operation, pure and simple. If Jonn would only look at it in this light, it would save Mr. Balcér a lot of trouble. But that's what makes him so objectionable as a leader, isn’t it? He just doesn't know when he’s licked!

EDITORIAL NOTES British exporters are.on the move. According to the Federation of

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No Showdown Wanted On Artic

The 19th General Assembly of the United Nations has seen this world peace | tottering on the edge of disinte- gration

The chief problem of this 19th annual assembly has been the | assembly's terror of Article 19 of the Charter of the United Na-

: tidms. This article provides that

no member-@ation of,.this world

| club ary rR ‘vote in the

General fssembly if it is two

” years ‘4m arrears Qf its payment

of dues...

The entire Soviet Bloc and France — eight of the 112 mem- ber-nations — are thus disqual- ified from voting These coun- trieg: have failed to pay the eon- tributions assessed against them to cover the cost of United Na-

tions peace-keeping operations; |

their arguments are on technic- al grounds—whether the Gener- al Assembly has the authority to initiate such active military op- erations, and levy the cost egainst member-nations.

But the paradoxical situation. arose wherein no nation wanted a showdown on Article 19. So all sorts of strange makeshifts have been adopted to avoid holding a vote in the General Assembly. ALEX IN WONDER-NATIONS

This might well be called The Incredible Assembly.’ The

sident, Alexander Quaison-

key of Ghana, has success- fully steered it through the shoals, or to be more accurate has kept it from hitting the rocks while it floated stationary, for it has been able to make little progress.

The General each year with the general de- bate, in which a prominent spok- esman for each nation makes a speech, outlining his country’s stand on current problems. Very often the president or the prime minister or the foreign ‘minister makes a special visit to New York to deliver this speech- thereafter, the ambassador or other permanent leader heads up e national delegation and epeaks for his country, upon in- structions from his home gov- ernment. This cracing debate can be likened to the Throne Speech debate which initiates each session of our parliament.

Thereafter, again like our par- Hiament, the various committees are set and manned by the vote of General Assembly.

But this incredible assembly could not vote—without precip- itating_a crisis over Article 19. So there has been backstage negotiation.” trying tu ar- range amicably that there shall only be one candidate for each vacancy; thus the’ General As-

je pret Bpalesres able to “‘ac-

appointments without -a vote.

Our Yesterdays

(From the Guardian Files)

TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO (February 19, 1940)

King Gustaf of Sweden told

his people today that mich as:

' jhe regretted it, the Swedish gov-

_@rament had no alternative but te turn down Finland's request for direct military aid.

Russian artillery dropped shells regularly into Viborg now seat a ne ton resu a

fortified zone.

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But where there has been fail- | office at intervals of a few min-

ure in these negotiations, and it has proven impossible to re- solve the rivalry between Lower Slobovia and Lakeland for one particular position, the presi- dent has held ‘‘consultations”’ with each national delegation, and then has announced to the General Assembly that the “consensus of the U.N. has fa- youred the choic of so-and-so A representative of each na- tional delegation is invited to attend at the office of the presi-

utes, marking a hallot paper, saying nothing, and withdraw- ing Thus the ‘‘consensus’’ is

reached by a vote which is not a vote, and the provisions of Ar- ticle 19 are by-passed

The lesson to be learned from

, these incredible happenings in

this devious assembly is that member-nations do not want the

UN to fall apart through resig- |

nations. in fact, it is generally agreed that the interests of all

| the world call for an ultimate

dent at a certain time for ‘‘con- |

sultation,”” and all 112 repre- sentatives then file through his

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strengthening of this worth-

| while forum for consultation and

cooperation

| Making A Paper Profit

Port Arthur NewsChronicle

The tendency on the part of , one, claimed he had been forc-

some nembers of Parliament and legislature to look after themselves by grabbing any- thing that is going was never | better exemplified than by the | action of the Ontario Lezgisla- ture’s committee on standing or- ders and printing.

At a meeting of nine of the committee's 18 members, Clerk ’ of the Legislature Roderick Lew- is brought up the matter of the $50 stationery allowance that goes to each MPP. Mr. Lewis— innocent that he is— is reported to have expected that the mem- | bers would do away with the | stationary allowance because

‘ ready is supplied free to

the backbenchers are expecting |

| an increase in their $7.000 stip- ened this session.

But much to Mr. Lewis’ con- sternation, the committee mem- bers voted to double the allow- ance to $100 when one of their

| agitating for a | increase

ed to purchase much of his own stationery.. although Mr. Lewis remonstrated that stationery al- the members by the Speaker's of- fice. The chance was there and the committee members, could not resist it

The increase, of course, has to be passed by the Legislature and if the rest of the members are of the same cupidity there seems little hance that the ex- tra $5,400 cost to the provincial treasury will be averted.

The sum is not going to bank- rupt the province of Ontario, but the incident leaves a sour taste. Anyone else in the process of healthy salary uid have had the good judgment to walk softly

|} and create the proper atmos- | phere for it

number moved that this should | | would serve them right if Prem-

| be done.

Syl Apps, PC member from Kingston, who apparently still recognizes a good opportunity to score a goal when he sees

Eleven African nations plan to join in building a modern | highway across the vast and | hostile Sahara...

road should spur exploitation of the Saharan’s barely tapped mineral’ wealth.

In the past few years, truck

convoys have tmailitary conver ina dee tee ae

says an article prepared by the Na- .

tional Geographic Society, Doctors | wealth and

charge that noise causes ailments - Bohs comets | °°

(ne appear tess Saga gu a's aswerade pat | weakens the hearts of nearby child- | were tr

| wen. Canadian Researchers gave rats | ers, most

ulcers and literally drove them crazy es

Apparently you don't have to do this when you get elected. It

ier Robarts told the 1° -mbers that the increas-d stationery al- lowance was all they were go ing to get

- Highway Across Sahara

National Geographic Society

! cum powder and treacherous as

a bottomless swamp: - Curiously, they found the desert roads are well marked on the whole. Stone cairns are plac- ed so that a driver, on reaching one, should be able to see the next cairn plainly visible on the horizon. The system works fine —except in sandstorms.. “At one spot the wind came up again like a tornado,’ Mrs. Rodger wrote, ‘and ve were en- guifed in driven sand We drove into the lee of some rocks for

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dows closed, soon filled with choking dust, We sat. five hours listening to the howling of the wind.”

OIL RUSH IN SAHARA

Despite sandstorms, more

men are braving the perils of »

the 3,500,000-square - mile des.

ert. In 1956, discovery of oil touched off a Sahara mineral boom

The Hassi Messaoud oil fields

| in Algeria have estimated reser.

ves of three billion barrels. In |

northern Mauritania a huge con- ical mountain consists of high- grade iron ore. There are im- portant deposits of copper, man- ganese, tungsten, and coal. A prospector found a diamond

field in the heart of the wild, mountainous Ahaggar region. New wealth from minerals. is

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Remedy For Skin Ulcers

By Dr. Theodore R. Van Dellen common gold leaf is a new’ medica! tool. It is used to pa leaky blood vessels and. more recently, as a simple rem- | edy for skin ulcers. The trick is | to get the leaf to adhere to the | open sore. This is done by charg- | Hf the gold with static electric- | ity Dr. Naomi M. Kanof of Wash- | ington, D.C., found that ulcers dressed in gold began to heal within 48 hours. The gold stim- ulates the tissue cel] in the ul- cer crater to multiply and fill in the space. The area is swabbed with alcohol and the thin gold leaf is applied with a camel's hair brush that is charge“ by

| ulcer and replating may be needed every other day

The majority of chronic skin ulcers found in oldsters are

lesions remain open because the bloodless tissues lack oxy- gen and other nutrients. Bacter- ial invasion occurs when there | is lack of resistance. Ulcers may be large or small with irregular edges; the base of the crater is , likely to be pale and boggy. The surrounding area is darkened. due to the escape of blood pig- ments under the skin Most lesions ire on the legs or on the back. Bed rest, clean- liness, enzymes, antiseptics. an- ; tibioties, and drugs or proc ° es that i we circulation are used most frequently They tend to be stubborn and usually must | be prodded to stimulate healing The application of gold leaf | must compete with several time- honored ways of encouraging ul- cer healing. The use of Unna's boot or an elastic starch band- age has been successful in many instances Many physicians cov- er these sites with foam rubber

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in place with an elastic band- age. Now and then the lesion is excised surgically and replaced with a skin graft. Those with bedsores require frequent turn- ing, cleanliness, and a doughnut ring to minimize pressure

ANTABUSE FOR DRINKERS W.E E. writes: I'm an alco- holic who has been taking anta- buse for a year. Friends tél! me T ought to stop it now, because | it may affect my liver. Is this | likely? REPLY Tests can be made.of the l'v- er and there is no need to dis- continue the drug u.less these are positive. After ali, alcohol is not exactly a liver lover and if antabuse is working so well why not * ¢p it up?

FISH FOR RELAXATION

F L. B. writes: My doctor in- | sisted I retire after my heart at- tack. We are living in the south. Would it be safe for me to go

fishing? REPLY

Yes, provided the line is cut when a 50-pounder gets on and the sport does not over excite you. Fishing is xing. but un- der certain. co.dition, becomes hard work.

NONC ICS" Mrs. E.R. writes: What would | Cause severe headaches around | the eyes when ophthalmologists can find nothi wrong? REPLY

Sinus disease, nasal conges- | tion, tension, and fatigue are | possibilities.

ORANGES AND ACNE

R. P. writes: Would two oran ges a day make acne worse? R- “LY Oranges seldom are implicat- ed in ac. but this is an indivi-

dual problem that must be de- action is impossible for the hog a way

| termined by trial and error.

striking a rubber comb Sever- | | al layers are used to cover the |

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| caused by poor circulation. The |

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| NOTES BY

THE WAY

Debts often come from spen-

ding what you lead your friends

| to assume you earn. — Kitchener Waterloo Record.

Modern playthings for child- ren have just about ruined the expression, ‘‘child's play.” as a synonym for simplicity. — Sarn- ia Observer

The shortage of doctors is a problem for which a solution cannot be delayed. Canada | should act now so that Canad- | Jans, calling for a doctor a few years hence, will have a rea- sonable chance of finding one | to answer the call. — Victoria Daily Times.

By Joseph

The independence march of British territories in. Africa has | been completed for the present with the arri#! of tiny Gambia at Commonwealth status

Gambia, the smallest in area and population of the new Afri- can countries, is less than twice the size of Prince Edward Is- land and its people number only 300,000. Nigeria, by contrast, has nearly 40,000,000 population

The ceremonial raising of Gambia's red - white - blue- | white-green independence flag at midnight Wednesday night meant Britain .was stepping out of its first African colony after 300 years of rule

It also meant white-suprema- cist Rhodesia now is the only African territory for which Brit- / ain has responsibility in addi- tion to the southern Afrca pro- tectorates - Bechuana,l and Swariland ard Basutoland

Rhodesia has long enjoyed in-

ternal self-government but Brit- pendence until the black major- ity has a rea' say in the run- ning of the country PEANUTS MAIN INDUSTRY Although Gambia once had a more advanced constitution than other British colonies in West Africa, it trailed in the in- dependence race because of its jlack of ¢€_onomic resources— | peanuts constitute its main in- | dustry—and its small size | Its success now gives the Commonwealth 21 fully-fledged members and gives Africa 37 in- dependent states. nearly one- third the membership of the United Nations. Prime Minister

Comparative pepu larity of World's Fair indicates that people would rather be edu- cated free than entertained for’

_cash. — Victoria Daily Times.

“IT have discontinued giving long talks on account of my throat,” announced the speaker at a men's luncheon club meet- ing. “Several members have threatened to cut it.” — Gait Reporter.

The Mariner IV, winging tts way towards Mars, has all the most sophisticated equipment, except for a little sign on its rear for the Russians: “If you can read this, you're just too close.” —Calgary Herald.

MacSween

Canadian Press Staff Writer

David Jaware will take his place at the “une conference of C’ :monwealth prime r ‘iisters in London

‘ Ghana started the African procession nearly eight years ago and a total of 11 British territories, with a population of | 110,000,000, now have attained independence. al] joining the Commonwealth

Some observers fee! that the ideals of independence have been sullied and certainly there have been trying times, partic- ularly in such countris§ as Ghana and Tanzania. The Lon- don Daily Telegraph comments:

“There have been backslid- ings. lapses. tensions and dif- | ferences. but on the whole—es- pecially in comparison with the | performances ‘of ‘other colonial | powers—the job of decoloniza- | tion is one for which both sides can take credit.” HAS NO ARMY Gambia 2... amounts . 5 eek two narrow strips along last 270 miles of the Gambia River and cannot by any stretch of the imagination be termed an economic powerhouse. But its easy-going, cheerful population make friends of practically all | visitors and one of the country's | appealing features is that it has ‘no army.

Gambia's greatest hope for development is seen by all ex- perts as close co-operation with Senegal, which surrounds the little nation on all but the At- lantic side Senegal. former French colony. and Gambia were once linked in the ‘‘Sene- gambia” Federation.

Hard To Supplant

| London Free Press

A recent plea for return to free farm eting made by a | Prominent figure in ‘he beef | cattle industry drew divided | Support. There unquestionably are arguments both pro and con but the more majc> benefit , of a compulsory plan s.ems to have won the day in Ontario It is indeed difficult to give the lie to Kent farmer, George Morris, and to his cattle groups. The beef producers have re- mained free enterprise and | avoided government marketing

| essful largely because the de- mand for beef has been gener- ally on the rise for. several de- cades despite some minor flue- tuations.

Most beef producers are grow-

., ers who have a variety of inter-

raiser or the broiler grower.

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Marketing boards have been formed as a co-operative way of crop selling; they became com- pulsory because many individ- | uals undercut the co-operative and sold individually when there | were good markets but cried murder when prices tumbled.

Increase in the size of the pro cessing or distributing agent has

| forced joint selling to meet and | counter massive purchase by |chain stores and international | distributors. __ Better selling brains are avail- able in a joint sales operation than in individua] dealings. This benefit counters the happy feel- ing of individualism that stil | draws the plaudits of the indivi- dual farmer

It will be a real spell-binder who could persuade the tobacco farmer, the dairyt..an, the wheat grower or the bean pro- ducer to abandon collective sell- ing. It appears to have become

farm life in Ontarie that will be difficult to dislodge.

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