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“Mr. Pearson’s Dilemma

One of’ the penalties of modern political campaigning, with rapid: means of communication, is that a fumble can reverberate far and wide. This seems to have been the case with Prime Minister Pearson’s indignant attempts to dissociate himself from a statement that there would be an- other election next year if his govern- fment failed to get a clear majority. It received more comment over the weekend. than any other campaign statement, and for reasons that Mr. Pearson, doubtless, had no intention éf suggesting.

Unfortunately for him, the state- ment was tape-recorded, and the ex- planation that he never intended to say that he would threaten the voters with another election only recalls other instances in which the Prime Minister has had to explain later what he had said or done. It was in- consistencies of this kind that gave the impression that this election had been called not as a matter of national necessity so much as of party ‘con- venience. And it raisés the question whether, if the majority he demands fs not provided, he might again—by consulting party advantage—slide the country into another election, even as

~hhe launched it into this unwanted

and unnecessary one. -—As-the- Montreal Gazette sees_ it,

Mr. Pearson’s remark also suggests that the opposition in the country has proved wider and, tougher than had been expected. Instead of easy as- surances of a decisive victory, there is a falling back upon an admission that the party’s chances have to be buttressed by veiled threats of this kind. The gaunt spectacle of yet an- other election is summoned forth to induce support from reluctant elect- ors, and more effort by party workers.

If Mr. Pearson had-been defeated in the House, the case for-an-election

| each Sept. 13 Canadians from coast

andthe pleas-for_a majority. would |

have been consistent. nothing consistent about his state- ment, on the one hand, that he is

rsonally proud of his record of legislation brought about by Parlia-

ment, and, on the other, that he’ -gimply cannot carry on without a |

larger following.

’ The fact that he could carry on ias been fully demonstrated. It must he assumed, therefore, that there is

another reason behind the insistent |

demand for a majority. Having made this the major issue of the campaign, Mr. Pearson owes it to the country to say what it is. ©

! Why Not, Indeed? Reference was made in these ’ golumns recently to the plans under way in- Britain to celebrate—of all things—the English defeat at the _. hands of the French forces of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hast- ings 900 years before. The anniver- sary fallsnext year and the reason for celebrating it is not the defeat but the fasion of Norman and Anglo-Saxon blood which followed and joined these two major streams in the British race. This, we suggested, would be an inspiring subject for our B and B Commission to enlarge upon in its next report.

hold an annual Canadian frolic each Sept. 13—or the weekend closest to it—the day on which in 1759 Wolfe and Montcalm met on the Plains of

Abraham outside Quebec to decide |

the destiny of what was to become Canada? The national holiday could be marked, at least in part, after the manner the English are making the anniversary of Hastings. In a way, it would be even more significant .as far as our country’s history is con- cerned than what the British are -re- ' 3 the gathering_on the Plains +4

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of Abraham would not be for the pur- pose of marking a defeat, a victory, or even a fusion of bloods. Rather

to coast could celebrate something much worthier to contemplate: the ability of two races to live side by side, as they have done now, for more than 200 years, each feeding the cul- ture of the other and, with the aid of each other, making the shared na-

tions, rather than in spite of them.

Canada is sadly in need of worthy dates to recall in its history. “Cer tainly,” says our Calgary contempor- ary, “it could do worse than to recall. the day when two gallant gentlemen fell for causes to which they had dedicated their lives. Whatever they stood for we, as a united country, stand for today: understanding in victory, magnanimity in defeat.”

Here is a call to national unity that has vision and purpose behind it. But it is not the kind, apparently, that votes-are won on. No politician would think of even mentioning the Plains of Abraham in this campaign, let alone talk of celebrating what went on there without risking being put in a straight-jacket by his appalled as- sociates. But it is a challenge to statesmanship nevertheless. Some day a big enough man may be able to give expression to this nobler vision of Canada, and carry the country with him.

Uphill Battle Won

From London comes word that the long uphill battle to: abolish the capital penalty in Britain is virtually over. The bill is expected to be signed by Queen Elizabeth on Friday of this week. Britain will then join, for five years at least and probably forever, the other 30° or more Western na- tions which have abolished capital punishment. Canada, France, and the United States (with the exception of some individual states) will be among the few Western countries that still retain the capital sentence.

Passing of the bill has been ach- ieved in the teeth of adverse public opinion. Last December and January two major opinion polls estimated that the British public ranged three to one against abolition. But political content was largely drained away when the Labor government left it open to a “free vote” of the Com-~ mons. Members, freed of partly dis- cipline, were able to vote according to their conscience in all debates on the bill. This resulted in large ma- ‘jorities in its favor both in the Com- mons and—to the surprise of many observers—in the House of Lords as well.

This suggests that under similar ‘free voting conditions, a similar re-’ sult could be anticipated when the Canadian Parliament gets round to dealing with the matter. In any case it has been indicated that this will - be the procedure, and it seems the only proper one to follow#in the cir- cumstances.

In Britain ‘the bill is hailed as a personal triumph for its sponsor, Labor MP Sidney Silverman. Time after time he introduced his own ab- olition bills or attempted. to amend government legislation. He was de- | feated each time, but he persevered. | Now the tide in the two houses has | turned. The legislation will end hang- ing for five years, after which it will | be-reviewed:—Mr--Silverman-is-not—; worried about what the decision will

| be then; he predicts it will be over-

whelmingly in favor of continuing the abolition. In any case, he is a firm believer in the. Gospel maxim: Suf- ficient for the day is the evil thereof.

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A Liberal commentator says that Mr. Pearson has been in politics for —

|_ 17 years and is not at all the innocent - The Calgary Albertan goes us one | better in this regard. Why not, it asks,

he sometimes appears. How then ac- count for his announcement in Wallaceburg, Ontario, the other day | that if his government is re-elected | Walter Gordon will continue to serve as minister of finance? = * _Fifty United States symphony or- ganizations have just been handed

what is said to be the largest single |

gift to the arts in the history of mod- | ' Club competitions at the Marr

ern philanthropy. The Ford Founda-

tion is granting $85 million to orches. |

tras throughout the nation. The money is earmarked to improve the financial status of musicians, some of whom currently earn only $2.000 a year.

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OTTAWA REPORT By Patrick Nicholson

‘Whither Canada?’ The Campaign Question

When you mark your ballot on November 8, you should be guided by the past performance of the various parties, and v their proposed future policies The merit of their various _pro- posals can only be judged in- the back- ground of a thorough public debate of the great issues of the day. But alas the dissolu-_ tion of Canada’s most. wanton parliament has been followed by Canada’s most superficial election campaign, in which the great issues have. been swept--along with the scandala under the rug. :

Canada’s 27th general elec- tion will prove to be the most significant we have had in our 98 years. It will irrecersibly decide the direction ‘‘whither Canada.” We are now -at~sev-

ernment, or strong provincial governments, he replied: “I

favour no strong government, |

but a strong individual. If I am strong through havin: suffic- ient money in my pocket, I do not want any government to tell me what pension I shall re- tire on and what medical care I shall have.” He continued by stressing that it is the policy of Social Credit to ensure that every citizen shall have suffi- cient money in his pocket, if need be’ through welfare pay- ments, and thus each citizen shall enjoy the self-confidence of complete freedom.

This is one of the great issues of today. Do we want the bread and circuses of the wel- fare state which the Roman Em- Dire became in its decadence? Or do we want-a-free enterprise

eral watersheds simultaneous | state with opportunities for the ly. We must detide whether | able and ambitious, but offering

we want to laze back onto the

welfare for the needy? There

crutch of welfare-statism; .we | can be no doubt as to which

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must decide whether Quebec is to have a special status en- shrined in e@ new constitution; above all, we must decide whet- | hher we want Canada to continue as an independent self-govern- ing nation.

Yet instead of. illuminating discussions upon these searing issues, we are being given com- | petitive promises. a WHAT LEADERS SAY

The New Democrats’ Tommy | Douzlas cons‘ster*' snerks shrewdly on such topics as the arrogance of the Liberal Gov- | ernment in signing the automo- bile trade pact before it was eubmitted to Parliament, and the need to clean out the cor- ‘ruption in high places. This “produced. one _of the best quips of the campaign: ‘They ask for a stable government, but it already. ‘smells--like .a-- stable.”

There is little to choose be- tween the brands of socialism being offered by the Liberals and the NDP The Liberals’ “Camvaizn Colieze™ inztry*t- jons sav “Don’t knock Doug!as and the NDP -we are compet- ing for the same votes.”” And Mr. Pearson says the only dii- ference between Mr. Dougias’ policies and his is that he stands

a better chance of b¢ing—able+

to put them into effect Real Caouetre neativ express- | ed the philosophy of the self-re-

a become the greatest na- | tion.

While the Liberal Party still ‘firts with such bureatoratie nightmares as the proposal to cut consumer spending by tax- ing all advertising, and thus curtailing the demand for gad- gets and new clothes so that we could afford to pay higher tax- es, the Conservative Party has produced some far-sighted ideas in this election. These in the main stem from Albin Hamil- ton and his policy study group which has been lonz et work. His leader, John Diefenbaker, | has found a warm reception for | the common - sense ‘that municipal tax payments should not be liable to income tax, that we should not sell cheaply our water resources, that-we-should-embark on a-pro- | gramme of urban redevelopment, and that we should give the farmers in the East as much help. as .the Prairie farmers.

When an Englishman at his home dinner table takes his first bite of young sweet corn (on the cob) picked the morn- ing before on a farm near Chi- cago, let him not feel he is be-

farmers

| who recently made an _experi-

rket for England

| connoisseurs insist the ears | should be rushed from field to | kitchen- pot. in minutes. if corn | is to be served with all its milky

juices and sweet flavor intact. | But technology conquers all.

. |The Mlinois Agricultural Assoc-

iation found ways to chill and package the ears so as to keep | them fresh for many hours. In |a recent test, jet planes

| Nearly. 20,000 ears. to.a ve!

; Some London greengrocer with | good results.

H this export project scores jas successfully as Illinois far- } mers hope, it should provide a | mew link between the two coun- Americans are bound to

ears. And the English will doubtless be aware of a bond with Americans as they share

their enjoyment of the buttery |

kernels hot form the cob.

Long-Term Market?

a new wheat deal which has been negotiated with China is to Canada not only

Montreal Gazette

to an aggressive country like | China. These people are not | thinking logically, Actually, by

liant settlers who built up this as another bonanza, but also as | selling wheat Canada is not

continent

favoured a strong central gov- |

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(From The Guardian Files)

wheat TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO | ¢hat much less it can use to buy | only for the western farmers

(November 2, 1940) i

“Tourist Scripts’ for the pur- | eas be no doubt that the chase of alcoholic liquors were |

being issued by Premier Thane

political meeting at Hunter Riv |

er. The specjal scripts were pro- |

vided visitors to relieve them of of the ‘awkward situation” of chasing around from doctor to doctor. Three medical men were appointed to whom the tou- rist might go ‘‘for consultations of this kind’, the Premier said.

Prime Minister Jan Smuts said that the war is heading quickly tward South Africa and that the Union must redouble its defence preparations. Recent developments in the war situa- tion, he said, point more strong- ly to the conclusion that Africa will soon become a more impor- tant battlefield.

TEN YEARS AGO (November 2, 1955) George Riley of Malpeque plac- ed second in the public contests held as part of the

time Winter Fair in Amherst on Nov. Is

Miss Jean Campbell, RN, as | NDP

sistant director of nursing-in Mt. Sinia Hospital, T, arrived on a short visit with relatives is

Freetown. and Charlottetown.

a long - term merket for Can- adian wheat in Asia

in the Western world is

There Chinese much rather be buying

industrial equipment

| such things as chemical plants A. Campbell admitted at a joint | from Britain than wheat from\} immediate Chinese

Canada.

There are many, especially in the United States, who disap prove of Canadian wheat sales

| from a foreign ex- | change which China uses to buy

When asked if he | am indication that there may be | strengthening China, it is weak-

ening it, since if the foreign ex- | change were not used to

Where There’s A Will

Hamilton Spectator

It’s impossible to believe that a single Canadian sneered when word got out about what happen- the New Democratic

announcer’s voice pro- an NDP government protect, shoppers f misleading advertising. sy CTV’s contention was that the was itself > advertisement ~ path Fn i to on Pro- bem of misleading advertising.

In other words, all advertise- ments aren't misleading, just some of them are.

There is nothing the NDP can do about the fate of that comm elal, except complain some more. After, CTV is a pri- vately-owned company-

But wait! There is something the NDP can do. If Mr. T.C. Douglas, the party’s leader, is listening, we suggest that a one- minute TV ‘commercial be in- stantly filmed, showing him picketing CTV’s Toronto head- quarters, and carrying a huge sign saying that “private en-

is unfair to the NDP”.

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terprise, and especially CTV, |:

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his philosophy. “Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do whet lies clearly at hand.” |

A clear conscience |s essential to happiness. The golden rule should be practced in all business and social relationships. It is important to understand the real meaning of the expression, ‘‘It is more blessed to give than to re- ceive.”

CHILBLAINS B. R writes: Do you know-of a cure for pernio?

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The knee-chest and other ex- ercises help, but if the displace- ment is marked, surgery: may be needed to tighten the over- stretched ligaments.

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| The-Fires Of Rhodesia

Press Staff Writer The fires of Rhodesia are|omic strangulation may hurt burning. The suggested use| Rhodesia’s 4,000,000 Negroes of force, raised by the Arch- | more than the 220,000 whites. . bishop of Can only as an| Even if the Rhodesian Ne. ultimate sscoetly 5 sanctioned 3, assisted by their neigh. by the state, embroiled s, manage to destroy the Britain’ in heated controversy, | white regime, there Still is the

leaders have taken up chant, exploiting the arech- bishop's remarks as evidence of Christian support of bloodshed to destroy the minority white government in Rhodesia, should Prime Minister Ian Smith

independence illegally. —

have generated conflict confusion, without resolving the issue of how Rhodesia's future can be stabilized when the whites have military and econ- omic control, - while the far more numerous Negroes are weakened by lack of education and lack of political cohesion. RENOUNCED FORCE

Prime Minister Wilson has al- ready renounced force as & wea against Smith, a decla- ration apparently aimed at cool: Negroes’ ardor for—a reckoning, and designed to comfort the British people at home with the thought that their

could get

cient help from South Africa and other countries to survive. Smith says attempts at econ-

Plan

Farming the fish of the sea— that is the latest way of adding to the world’s food supplies now being investigated by British scientists.

They aim also to produce fish of standard size and weight to simplify the equipment for cut- ting and processing the fish for packaging and for conversion into fish fingers:

As a start the scientists are enclosing about five acres of sea off the coast of Argyle in Scotland. This pilot plot is being formed by *“ off” an arm of the sea, and it will provide in- formation about the conditions needed for rearing “ish.

The “fence’’ will be created by means of nets, electrical de-

sufficient education to prevent dissension and turmoil from turning Rhodesia into ° another UES RIGHT Education is the key.

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in e 8 one vans school education, depending on circumstances.

“No one can describe these as unreasonable or unattainable qualifications,” his full - page newspaper advertisements say.

But Rhodesian figures tell a different story. The number of natives in ele school this year totals al 628,000; the number in secondary school only--11,500.. The number in the

‘final year of elementary school

totals 29,000; in the first year

of secondary school, 5,500. This year only 56 are shown ~

in |} to have reached the final year

of high school. A Common- wealth expert says this is how Smith maintains white suprem- acy: He encourages massive elementary educ. for Ne- to provide a big pool of 4 labor able to carry out direc- tions, but a miniscule _ higher stratum too small to direct the

economy.

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vices or ultrasonics. .

Other sites suitable for fish farms that have already been surveyed total some 2,000 acres, an area capable of su 30 million fish, or 15,000 fish per acre.

Working in the same field, the scientists have already succeed: ed in hatching and rearing plaice to postage stamp size at the Marine Laboratory in Lowes- toft on the east coast of Eng- land, :

Other experiments have been taking place on the coast of Aberdeen in Scotland, and the Isle of Man, and Strathclyde University has been given a £34,- 000 grant for research work by the British White Fish Authority.

Reminders Of Dutch Trade

Saskatoon Star-Phoenix :

With the exception of balbs, plants and nursery stock, ‘the

{Dutch — buy -more.-—a:

products from us than we. do from them.

ada showed $50,766,000 worth of

Her bulbs, plants and nursery stock brighten our entire lerd- scape from. -Ottawa--to British Columbia. In 1964, she exported.

| $3,320,000 worth of tuem, while - | For example, in 1964 the Neth- | she erlands’_totel trade with _Can- | worth.

000 In this regard, the balance of

imported only

exports, as against $42,643,000 | trade works both ways: The Ne-

in Canadian imports. Our farm products accounted

ports.

Apart from grains, Canada | does not sell much in the food | | because of the continuously ris- | ing cost- price levels there

line to the Dutch.

But because Dutch consumers are changing their habits from conservative to ‘‘exploratory,” they are showing greater inter- est in spécialty food items.

Recent attempts by Canadian exporters to break into this: mar- ket have been moderately suc- cessful. ;

If we needed any visable re- minder of such a statistical, and

Learn how to turn in a fire | Perhaps to some mundane rela- alarm. - ; tionship, we have only to look (NOTE: All about us.

te Dr. Van Dellen should be All over this country each addressed to: Dr. Theodore | year our gardens; conservatories" Van Dellen, co Chicage Trib- | and yards bloom with Nether-

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therlands may benefit in terms.

for $13,462,- | of money, but we benefit in 000 in exports, $6,012,000 in im. |

terms of beauty.

It must also be remembered that the Netherlands are in a less favorable position than we

This ts one of the reasons why . opportunities to sell-in the dutch market have improved, in spite of some protective barriers re- —s from the EEC farm pol- CY... ‘ aes

When we look out over ouur broad fields of wheat, we may see them ‘as bread for the Chin- ese, dollars in our own bank ac- counts, controversy in our -pol- ities.

Having been reminded of our trade with the Netherlands. how- ever, it will be pleasant to now and- again’ see them asa fresh flush of scarlet, vermillion, lav- enders and yellows.

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