maxim. mics":-i. us-I

Another Party?

The Canadian Political Science ' Association has been told that Can- l ada needs another political party . l "for genuinely creative political : l thought and action." What the man l

had in mind, apparently, was a sort of leftist organization which might .- com bine English -speaking and l French-speaking socialists in a way which the CCF. whose sociallstic views were imported from England, appears unable to do. .

in a doctrinaire fashion the sug- gestion may have merit. But from 2. the standpoint of practical politics

it would seem that there are too many parties already. Perhaps it is idle-certainly it is unprofitable-to speculate on what would have hap- pened on June 10 if only the Lib- erals and the Conservatives had been in the running. But, assuming that those who voted for the ('CF would in that case have supported the Liberals and that those who supported the Social Credit Party would have cast their ballots for the Conservatives, it is reasonable to suppose that one or the other of the parties would now be in a posi- tion to form a stable government. This calculation, of course. does not allow for the half-dozen or so in- dependents who were elected. But since ”independent" Liberals and "independent" Conservatives can us- ually be counted on to support their respective parent-bodies in a crisis, the few who were elected-on these labels would not likely have hind- ered one party or the other from assuming the responslbilies of office.

As things are now there is no telling when this country will again settle down to political stability. A new election this fall or next spring conceivably could remove the stale- mate that now exists. But this is by no means certain. indeed, it is pos- sible that this country faces a situ- ation not unlike that which France has had to contend with for more than a decade. It is to be hoped that we shall be spared that confusion; but it would be foolish to say that it can't happen here.

This is not to suggest that the two-party system is the only demo- cratic one. Doubtless. each party that exists or that might arise in the future can claim to satisfy some democratic need. But there is no denying that. for practical purposes. the dual system is much the better one. Four parties, as we have seen, mean confusion. Five would mean bedlam. One suggests it would be too high a price to pay for a purely hypothetical expansion of "genuine- ly creative political thought and action."

A Liberal Post-Moriem

The Winnipeg Free Press, which played its customary vigorous role in supporting the St. Laurent Gov- ernment ln the election campaign, has given the results very grave consideration. In an editorial headed "The Morning After" and addressed to the Liberal leaders, it has some frank advice to offer. Reminding them that "a Liberal is a democrat first and a party man afterwards". it urges that they take their defeat with good grace and draw the cor- rect conclusions therefrom. "Mr. Die-

IV- g-3..-; .. -

fng that men so long accustomed to power had grown lrmilllli 1!! l-heir use of it." -

It was this feeling, says the Free Press, that Mr. Diefenbaker turned so successfully to advantage. He managed to identify himself with "we" as opposed to "they"-th'e over-confident "they". Wgirdinl themselves as indispensable. Prob- ably few things did the Liberal party so much harm as its own 8111-lment that no one else could form a Gov- ernment anyway. It POSWVEIY in- vited the marginal voter to turn against it. and at least strengthen the Opposition.

While it might be possible for the Liberals to stay in office temporarily through some arrangement with the splinter groups, the Free Press thinks this would be a gregt mis- take. ”First. it would be a defiance of public opinion. There is no blink- ing the fact that the Government has suffered a sharp moral defeat. True. it has only a handful of seats less than the Conservatives. But in a situation like this it is not so much the absolute fl"lll'CS as the size of the change that counts. The Govern- ment has fallen so far from its pre- vious great strength that it must regard itself as defeated. To apivar to be clinging to office by its finger- nails. afier outliving its welcome

with the. public, would. now do far more harm to the Liberal party than has yet been done."

The second reason for the resig- nation of the St. Laurent Govern- ment is the general interest in re- storing the two-party system. It is true that both the splinter parties picked up a few seats on Monday, but beside the Conservative party's gains these are trivial. Relatively,

they have lost much ground. Splinter groups of 22 and 15 (the CCF and Social Credit strengths in the last Parliament) were significant when the main Opposition had only 50 seats. Splinter groups of 25 and 19 mean very little indeed when they stand beside two main parties both of which have more than a hundred seats.

"This," says our Winnipeg con- tempory, "is a wholly healthy de- velopment. The way to underline and encourage it is to recognize that the larger of the two main parties is entitled to govern even though it does not command an overall major- ity. For the Liberals to stay in of- fice would be to emphasize unneces-

sarily the role of the splinters."

EDITORIAL NOTES

According to an American col- umnist, a mother is a woman who hopes her son'will become what she once thought her husband was.

0 O I

Mr. Solon Low, leader of the Social Creditors, says that he would ”co-operate in every way possible with Mr. Diefenbaker" if the latter is given the opportunity of forming a government. That assurance, how- ever, would not prevent his jumping on the Government. the first time legislation not in accordance with Mr. Low's views was brought for- ward.

O O O

Seemingly. the only difference between the new French Govern- ment and the one it displaced is that under M. Bourges-Maunoury French shipping will go back to the Suez Canal, something which M. Molet did not think he could au- thorize without losing face. Whether it will prove to be a wise step re- mains to be seen. Certainly, Egypt has shown no inclination to co operate in Suez matters any better than before last fall's crisis.

I O 0

Mr. Pickersgill is quoted as sug- gesting-facetlously, no doubt-that his re-election in Bonavlsta-Twillim gate with such a whooping majority must have been due to his nal popularity. The explanation for his ponilarity, which doubtless was a factor, is to be found in the public works which he was instmrnental in brfnsins to Newfoundland. It may notbnfarwrongtosaythatinthe four-year period these amounted to more than the total in the other three Ktknuc Provinces combined. Even lib opponents admit that Mr.

BEFORE TAKING -THE PLUNGE

OTTAWA REPORT .

When The Returns Come in

By Patrick

Oilaua: Justice HIFIISIQF Sluari Garson. formerly premier of Mani- toba, confessed after his elect-iral defeat last week that he lia.i no plans for the future. because llf had not cxpeclcd to be flclcaied

For the past thirty years. the 5'4 year old Minister has heen an elec- ted member of a llezislative as- sembly: first ihe Manitoba pr IVl!l cial house, ilien lhe federal Coni- mons. Yet in spite of this ctiutin uous political career. he was tak en completely by surprise ny lll(' reverse to himself and in his par-

ln ihis. he was in good cninpan) His Cabinet colleagues were all so completely mu nf touch with ihv feelings of the voicrs lhai they had no premonition nf ilie magni- lude of the calamity that was a- bout io overtake the Liberal party.

And this was a widespread situ- ation Thcre vicre some seasoned politicians and sonic cxpcricurcd observers who sensed that "There was something in the wind." to use a phrase that one encountered in all parts of the country. One Press Gallery star. the Souihiim Newspapers. predict- ed that the ('uns(-rvalixes might well sweep the ridings of metropol- itan Toronto: they actually gain- ed eight to win seventeen out of the eighteen ridings.

UNEXPECTED V'l('TORY

This column carried the predic- tion four and a half years ago that the Conservatives uould win with Diefenbaker in 1957. But two

Nicholson

weeks ago I was less accurate: l l

predicted that the Liberals would lose between 30 and 40 seats, but would remain the largest party in our parliament.

From public pollsters to private guessers. nearly everyone was wrong One well-known poll ovar- esiimalcd the Liberal vote by more than I4 per cent and unnderesti- mated the Conservative support by the same figure At the Ameri- can embassy here, the professional

l diplomats. whose lifelong task is

' for around V tually won only I03 The pool was

Warren Baldwin of Q

to assess the situation in whatever country they are posted. are now eating crow. They ran an office pool till the number of seals the Liberals would win. The senior members of Ihe staff all plunked 150; the Liberals ac-

won by a slenographcr, who is not paid to make expert assessments of the Canadian political scene in the press gallery here the sit- uatinn was the same. One old hand, who has made some accur-

ate fnrecasts in the past, came up a

with a sixty per cent error in en-

Ftimaling the Libernls' post-elec- ' lion strength. a fifty-five per cent

error in estimating the Socrn-ds. and a seventy per cent error in the case of the Conservatives

The Liberal Party itself, belated- ly feeling that its garden was not going to be as rosy as it lad ex- pected. summoned an emergency strategy board. Prominent on this were Quebec's Senator Chubby Po- wer and Toronto's Senator Dave

Old Attachments

Montreal Gazette

"hly aiiaclimenls are all local. purely local. . . the furniture which has been before my eycs all my life. ii book case which has follow- ed me about like a faithful dog fonly exceeding him in knnwlcdgci

wherever ' have moved - old chairs. old tables. . . " These words are from a letter

written a century and ii half ago by Charles Lamb. His belongings -the old bookcase and the old chairs and tables - had conic to take on symbolic meaning in terms of his experience. it was this mean- ing that gave them their value. and it was a value that had llliillill" in do with what they had cost him when bought. or would yield him if sold.

So it was with Cardinal New- man. He ireasurcd an old travel- ling cloak. threadbare bcyond use. Back in 1333 he had worn that cloak while on a solitary journey through Sicily. On that journey he had fallen ill with fever and sought refuge in an inn at lhc remote center of the lsland- There for sev- eral weeks he lay ill to the point of death. For him that cloak had an unforgettable meaning. as it had covered him in his helpless- ness in a far country.

”lt had nursed me all through my Illness." he wrote in IRA5; "had ever been put on my bed. put on use when l rose to have my bed made. I had nearly lost it at Corfu - it was stolen by in soldier. bot recovered. I have it still. I lave brought it up here to Little inore. and on some cold nights 1 have had it on my

(IILDIENS lEI.0N(;iNf'.S Children have their belongings.

whose meaning their elders may not even suspect, and certainly

She would not tell her father vihy she vianted to walk rather than ride. He thought l (was be- raiise of the smooth streets. the sidewalks. But it was because she belicved that the people who saw her and whom she passed on foot would believe she lived in a village too.

in William Fnuikneris story the meaning of the child's belongings was not sensed by the father. But in Coventry l'atmore's poem, "The Toys", the child's belongings be- come intensely pathetic because their meaning in the child's exper- iencc is recognized His Iltile son, having his fathers law "the sev- enth time disobeyed." was beaten and sent to bed. But his father. fearing that he might not be able to sleep. went to him.

And i. with mom.

Kissing away his fears. left oth-

ers of my own;

For on a table drawn beside his

head. He had put. within his reach.

A box of counters and a

vein'd alone.

A piece of glass ahradul by the

beach,

And six or sewn shells,

A bottle of bluebells.

And two French copper coins.

ranged there with careful art. To comfort his sad heart.

PATIIETIC MEMORIAL-I

Though the belongings of the liv- ofien be looked with

red-

Miorfbc death of the artist hr- . some of his friends soured

Croll. The former was heard by the Liberal hierarchy. with diabe- lief. Largely based on his estimate. it was anticipated that the Con- iiervatiives would win a mere 7! seats. Even this was bad news which most Liberals would not consider as likely- Yet a former President of the National Liberal- Federatlon. Senator Wishart Rob-- erison. was openly telling the world that his party colleagues were underestimating the strength of the swing to the Conservatives.

WHAT THE TORIES GUESSED

Conservative party workers com- piled two forecasts: one which they regarded as a certain minimum, the other which they might attain if everything went their way on election day. As events turned out, everything or almost every- thing - did go their way on "PC Du,”

These forecasts are listed below. in the lrsl column the Chubby Power estimate totalling "Iii seats for the Conservatives: in the sec- ond column the Conservatives' own minimum guess; in the third col- mum possible guess: own maxi- fourth columm the present party standing. with one "independent (k)nservaiive" in Quebec includ- ed; the details are listed by pro- vinces.

Lib Cons Cons Guess Min Mas Result

Nfld 2 2 3 1 NS. 3 fl 8 lo NB. 8 7 8 5 P.l-'..l. i 2 3 4 Que. 5 ii 12 9

Ont. 49 54 00 so Man. it 5 7 I Sask. 1 2 2 2 Alta. 2 3 4 I B.C. 3 6 l 7 N.W.T. - - - 1

7s 95 113 iii

ef-book. which. from its wear and tear. must have been used by him for a lifetime.

The studio had originally been a drawing room. and through two large windows streamed a strong north light - the same light in which he had worked and which now shone over the things he had abandoned.

What is the source of the strange- ly yT'0TI'lllI'Id meaning that becomes attached to a person's belongings? Perhaps it is best expressed in the words of the philosopher. Ai- fred North Whitehead: "Life is an internal fact for its own sake. be- fore it becomes an external, fact relating itself to others. . . The in- ternsl life is the self-realisation of experience?

A person: own belongings. of all external things. are nearest to his inner life. and come to share. be- fore all other things, the secret quality of his existence.

MAXIMS

A bad manner spoils everything. even lattice and reason. Then is certain command la the manner of speaking and acting which III-

PGI IECIIVIS CAI-&Al.

VATICAN CITY 'APi - Pop! Plus Thursday received Idol Cardinal Wyafaynski. Roman Cub- slie primate of Communist-ruled Poland. in a private. farewell and- ience. The cardinal and tbrso Po

who a I

'.'A'nimol Toots 8. Heart Surgery

i I: Barman N. Inndssel. K-3- 11: can learn a lot from animals. on medical science ear-

iainly is like to know is how

of than can hibernate and without food for months. PEFUL owns I Aliliougii't.lis-scent has aludgd invostlutors for more

than a century. noes! Droblnl In turned up a couple of hopeful clues. Knowledge of Will! mike! N5"- nation pouibla would prove of spec- ial value in the field of heart sur-

0l'Y- - TD OEIATIONS

surgeons already are using hypo- thermia, or artificial hiberna- t.lon..in certain types of heart oper- ations. one surgical team recent- ly completed more than 130 such cardiac operations. .

in diypotliermls. the patlent's bo- dy ls cooled. This reduces the rats of metabolism and therefore the body's need for oxygen.

Under such conditions it is pos- sible to interrupt the heart's blood circulation for as long as nine min- utes while it is opened for neon-

sary repairs. REBUME8 NORMAL BEAT

As the cooled patient is gradual- ly warmed. the slowed heart re- sumes its normal best, about 70 beats per mlnuie..

some of the questions surgeons would like answered are:

Upon what chemical does the heart draw for this increased heart action? Could high energy phos- phates be used to restore action if necessary?

Maybe the work of doctors. will help us find out.

For example Dr. W. G. Bigelow. of the University of Toronto has found a brown-colored fat in bi- bernating animals.

LOW TEMERATURES

An extract of this material would appear to improve the ability of test animals to tolerate low body temperatures, but the work is not yet completed.

Dr. Marilyn L. Simny. of Louis- iana Sate University Medical School. has noted that as far as animals are concerned. the starch stored in liver and cardiac mus- cle provides the extra surge of energy needed for arousal from hibernation.

All of these facts might prove very valuable in our search for bet- ter operating methods. Only time

w tell. QUESTION AND ANSWER

J. S. M.: l awake during the night with numbness in my hands and fingertips. i also have sore- ness in the arms and shoulders. Would the numbness be caused by rheumatism or is it due to poor circulation?

Answer: It is impossible lo tell what disturbance is causing the numbness in your hands and flu- gers and soreness in your arms and shoulders. This might be due to a circulatory disturbance. to arthritis or to some nervous dis- order.

Thorough study by your physi- cian is needed to find the cause and proper treatment.

BILLY AND ME Where the pools are bright and

ep. Where the grey trout lies asleep. Up the river and over the lea,

That": the way for Billy and me.

Where the blsekblrd sings the in- test. Where the hawthorn blooms the sweetest. Where iiie nesilings chirp and flee. That's the way for Billy and me.

Where the mowers mow the clean-

est. Where the hay lies thickest and greenest, There to trace the homeward bee, That's the way for Billy and me.

Where the hazel bank is steepest,

Where the shadow falls the deep- est.

Where the clustering nuts fall tree,

That's the way for Billy and me.

There let us walk. and let us play. Through the meadow among the hay.

Up the wafer and over the lea. That's the way for Billy and me.

'4."1Pl Hogg.

The Ago Old Story

For tn the time of trouble be shall hide ms in his pavilion . . be shall set me an upon a rock.

OUR YESTERDAYS

from the Guardian Files

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Jase l7. H12)

An event outstanding in the his- tory of Notre Dame Academy was brought to a close last evening with the final addresses delivered at the 75th anniversary of the in- stitution. About 160 guests were present including His Excellency Bishop O'8ulllvan and iilss Honor Lieutenant Governor Dalton.

The cliches of lobsters along the North Shore of Prince Edward is- land fell off heavily last week din rough weather which prevented

3

TIN YEARS AGO

Lincoln Tunnel is new ones he under the Hudson rlvsr. first vehicular tunnel.)-be

was opened in la?! and cost

1937. the north tube in lMI. the New York Times

We are sorry to road Isl don- tors iniiira their health-by ovar- work. But who is in a tuner posi- tion than they to know when-work endangers health. and when a boil- dayisneeded?lftJioydoIoilo to bed when they are ill. and rest when they are tired. moat of tho blame must rest upon tlienuelv They should take their own medi- cine - unless, by experience and native caution, they have convinc- ed themselves that medicine is strictly for laymen.-Potarbotolilil Examine

The nun who has was s nsllo race or come first in a golf tourna- ment, or pitched a shut-out in baseball, spent some time in get- ting the hang of it. The Juggler who keeps sis balls in the air while standing on s tight-rope puts in long hours of practice. The ex- ecuilve who handles in a torn- noon a mountain of mail. a tor- rent of telephone calls, a spate of visitors. and a constant stream of subordinates seeking instructions: He does it with sppaivnt can bo- cause he is experienced in it.- Royal Bank Letter