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I . E A Fine Theory!

The new theory of political irre- sponsibiiity propounded by Post- master General Nicholson drew shouts of derision from Opposition benches in the House of Commons on Tuesday. It would be surprising indeed if it didn’t. Mr. Nicholson niade two or three attempts to qiualify his statement. but we must absume that The Canadian Press quoted him accurately in claiming that an out-of-office politician who makes a promise in an election camv plaign can’t be held to account for it if he gets elected and joins the cabinet.

This. of course, would relieve the whole Pearson Cabinet from re- sponsibility for its election pledges, since every man jack of them was out of office when the pledges were given. Only the government of the day—Mr. Diefenbaker and his col- leagues—were bound by what they said; and since they went down to defeat it would seem that there is nobody at all now who can be held responsible for a single one of the promises the campaign produced!

Prime Minister Mackenzie King used to be credited with saying that election platforms were only planks to get into power on, but he always denied having made such a state- ment. As he was a very cagey gentleman we are inclined to be- lieve that whatever his thoughts were on the subject. he would be un- likely to give expression to them in this manner.

Nor do we think that Mr. Nicholson‘s colleagues will be en- thusiastic about. publicly indorsing the views to which he gave utter- ance on Tuesday—even in the modi- fied form in which he sought later to present them.

Politicians who don't live up to their election promises must ex- pect. when their party is in power, to be reminded constantly of their dereliction by the electorate. A simple course for them to take. if they are really sincere. would be to refuse to enter a government—or resign from it as the case may be— if they can’t get the support re- duired to put their pledge into ef- fect. Only in that way would they lie keeping faith with their constit-

‘ents.

l Antill simpler course would be hr them to refrain from making windy promises in the first place; but perhaps that is asking too much.

I In any case. they can't expect to lgave it both ways.

A Personal Issue lPresident Johnson's family owner- 'ip of radio and television proper- Is is looming as a. controversial " .1 . in the U.S. election campaign. ' has been described in the New

ark Times as I. "basic conﬂict of and at this distance iii. conflict looks. to say the least. be an unpromising one from the .. " tie party standpoint.

\ Imelssue revolves about the fact

ﬂap television license is under ' ..i.tory authority of the U.S. WWI: and the Federal

w , Commission. The '. _of"pl'oflt and capital u v license resulted in “ mural growth of

j lobe-on cutie . WIS I. mem— Conunerce Com- ‘ with budget

1 hower and Kennedy did not.

and law affecting the commission. As President he appoints its choir- man and if he is ro-elocted will have appointed two members of the corn- mission in his first 18 months in office. It will be his reponeibillty also to review its budget.

When h e entered the White House Mr. Johnson did not divest himself and his family of his in» forest: he merely, transferred it for a limited period to a trust. The Johnsons will continue to receive its profits and ultimately will regain ownership. Thus they continue their profit or loss relationship to a committee controlled by the White House and Congress.

Further discusion has to await further facts on the nature of FCC decisions affecting the Johnson TV station and comparisons with the treatment of other license holders. Unless documented charges are made and confirmed it is presumed there is nothing improper except the “conflict of interest." But that itself is improper.

So. it has been argued. are similar personal or family connec- tions betwaen 18 members of Con- gres and radio - TV stations. Messrs. Nixon. Goldwater, and Johnson made varying degrees of information available on their per- sonal fortunes: Presidents Eisen= But neither Eisenhower nor Kennedy were involved in the kind of pre- dicament that Mr. Johnson now finds himself.

Probably it is not as bad as his opponents will paint it. but it could give him a lot of trouble on the hustings.

Malta's independence "A faithful British sentinel

l guarding the narrow and vital sea

corridor through the central Med- iterranean"—thus was Malta. de- scribed by Winston Churchill in the 1940’s when the island withstood thousands of air raids by Italian and German bombers. The situation has changed since then. -

Britain has lost its naval su- premacy and the United States 6th fleet. with its atom bomb carriers. is the strongest force in that busy area between Sicily and Tunisia. No longer do British ﬂeets of warships moor in Grand harbor beneath the battlements of Valletta. the Maltese capital. A few elderly cruisers, mine sweepers and escort vessels are the reminders of earlier armadas.

There are other changes for Malta, too. in September it will de- clare its independence from the British crown whose protection it sought and received 162 years ago. Napoleon was the Maltese menace in those days, and his garrisons were kicked out. bag and baggage. by the rebellious islanders and the supporting navy of famed Admiral Horatio Nelson.

New Malta will be on its own. politically; but Britain will continue to supervise Maltese defenses and in the next decade will contribute $140 million to its “faithful sen- tinel." Welcome indeed will this as- sistance be. for the colony has prob- ably the worst trade balance in the world. Its imports in a. year amount to $81 million and its ex- ports to $13 million. British loans and subsidies and visitors’ spend- ing meet the deficit.

Independence is a very fine thing. even when it has to be propped up in this manner. But there are dan- gers involved as well. Malta is not likely to become the hotbead of that Cyprus turned out to be, but it will take good government to keep it on a steady course.

EDITORIAL NOTES

The Middle East was a headache in Shakespeare's day too. An ex- change recalls that in "Othello" the Venetian court also feared that the Turks would invade Cyprus, then ruled by Venice.

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"What about those seat belts l". cake a new brochure issued by the Canadian Highway Safety Council. to appear soon in the glove com- partments of all new cars in Cu!- ods. Now that new cars are equip- ped with seat belts at the factory. CHSC designed the brochure to urge owners to make full use of this vital item of safety equipment. "When a seat belt is worn." the brochure advises. "it can take the sting out of oxidant chaos. It can save a life. If it to NM worn, It can do nothing.” The brochure ends with the add

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HE’LL SINK THE BOAT YET

OTTAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholsou Leadership Problem Facing Both Old Parties

Federal politics are of course

dominst by election prospects'

in the present conditions of insta- bility and stagnation.

Many thin k ing politicians of all parties are express i n g their belief that. if either of the two old parties get: itself a new leader with a new look. that p o rty could win a clear majority in an early e 1 e etion. More specifically. a commonly expressed opinion here is that another Pearson versus Dlefen- baker elect l o u would result in another hung jury with yet ano- ther "House of Minorities": but that any new-look Liberal lead- er could win a working major. ity against Diefenbaker. and any new - look Conservative Ica- der c o u id similarly triumph over Pearson.

The mood of the country, sc- carding to this widely held opin- ion. is to cry not "a plague on both. your houses" so much as "I plague on all the old front- bench faces." The contempt now being widely expressed across Canada for the present Liberal and Conservative leadership is equally aimed a: the old faces around them on the front hen- ches in the House of Commons.

such as Gordon Churchill and ‘ Jack Pickersgill. PAUL MARTIN HAILED

As an exception. there is a powerful group of Liberal bac-

kers in and around Toronto who have sen the confidence in Paul Martin. As a leader in office and as a cabinet administrator he has long com-

servcd admiration: his recent pe rformance a 5 enhanced belief in his leader- ship poteniial. Further. while many people are saying that neither old party cou‘rl hope to win an election under a French- Canadian le adcr in the next twenty years. the cosmopolit a n French . Irish ancestry of Paul Martin makes him welcome in all parts of Canada.

This group of Liberals. which Includes prominent politicians and outstanding businessmen, includes many who have helped Paul with their support. in the past, such as at the 1968 leader- ship convention. They res I on this way: Pearson clnnot win a majority in an early election. he should therefore be encoura- ged to resign from the leader- ship of the Liberal Party, and Paul Martin should be elevated to succeed him with the mini- mum of public hoopla: then an lelection should be called quicx- y.

The smooth Martin operation would triumph over Diefenbak- or and result in a Liberal Government enieying a working majority in the House of Com- moss. secure for the next five years. In that time. the lee r at Party could be reconstructed and its tarnished policies re- fashloncd. Included in this crash programme would be the elimination of the economically Intolerable wastefulness of wel- fare - sistlsm. spawned by re- cent competitive election pro- mises. which now threatens to make us the most pampered na- tion of unemployed bankrupt: In the world.

II! “All”! CULT on larlhmnt to (III a bachers'- room

a . iIchll. Wing that the Liber- al caucus to so devoted to its 'ea- der that It would never perm I I

Im so thrown life like a

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widespread i

ion for Mike the Man. not admi- ration for Pearson the Politician.

00 many Liberal s have butterflies in their stomachs at. the thought of their fate in any immediate electio n to have blind faith in their leader. When I suggested that a phalanx of dedicated Liberal MPs would

[only permit Mike to go over . their dead bodies. one such Just asked me “Name me hire?" of course even as late as Jan- } uary, 1963. just before the anti- Dief revolt. the “Pearson must go" talk was heard. In those days the favoured heir was Bob Winters.

Vanished Saucers

Tm

Without anyone apparently being aware of it there has va- nished from the "International and. indeed. the interplanetary scene, a p h e n o menon than made head] in es only a few short years ago.

Its disappearance coincided with the launching of the fl rst Sputnik. so with that clue does anyone want to try a' guess?

Give up? Well. how about the flying saucer?

What. quantities of ni M -

E : travelling people saw them!

Airline pilots. first mates. burglars returning from a night's toil. all had their tales to tell of mysterious light in the sky.

There were people ready to show us scars where liitle green men had bitten them. And when are these creatures now"

Have these interworid travel- lers abandoned us? Have they discovered all our secrets or. humiliating as it seems. can It be that they found nothing here that was worth their while?

Tribal ism

In Africa

National Geographic Society

groups. or tribes live in south of the Sahara, Their nam- es range from Andonga to Zung- wa. their cultures from primi- tive to advanced.

These peoples include shy Bushman who eke out subsis- tence from the Kalahari Des- ert: proud Masai who wander freely through Kenya with their precious cattle; and the sophis- ticated Yoruba. one of when a chief! serves on Nigeria’s mil- slon to the United Nations.

Ways of life may differ. b u I most Africans are Intenser loy- al to their tribes. 'the National Geographic Society says. Trib-

aism — condemned as a "fortress of primitiviem" a

Mime than 700 different ethnic ca

nd praised for enriching "the na- tional cultural pattern" -— per. state as a vital force in modern Afric RESIST CHANGE

As winds of change blow in newly independent nations. trib ol culture is "the string by which Akita il held to the ground; it lacks and weaves and noses up. a toy of the wind while it remains there; and yet it responds to the continual tug. toward the ground." according to Ezekiel Mphohlela, an Afri-

dlplomac told an interviewer In Kenya that he was obligated to contribute to the expenses or his "house." or Infratrlbal nouip back In Ghana. Furthermore. the official explained In flow- less English. If he lived closer to home. his personal standard of mm could not be on! him than that at his whole house.

The lies of family. eta ii. house. and tribe are albparvad- leg. The tribe cares for widows. orphans. the sick. and the aged. It never lets a follow I go hungry. Most importantly. a member of a tribe enjoys a success: He draws siren from p.

In return. the Individual owes absolute loyalty to his chief, whooffenllregardodnl I figure embodying thr spirit of the tribe Such a chief must be a strong man without blemish. for If he tribeAtonednmIIo king of the Jukuns was pit to death if be spoiled an m In so much In; coughing or ensuing Is pub-

rounded tion and

The king of the Kata tribe can be looked It only by his wives, attendants. and high officials. He cannot touch food. so must be fed. His insignia of office in- clude a golden armband. a con- ical hat. I drum. an umbrella, a «bed. and a chair.

In many tribes. 1 “(ml is the symbol of authority. The Brit- llli once fought a war to get the golden stool of the Ashanti: in

at ca. nowng Its cap- ture would intimidate the tribe.

Next to the chief in import- ance are the elders. In in out

ribel. a man is not allowed to on important matters until he is around to years old. From then on. his opinions car- ry weight. At the age of 50. he run like on active part In gov- ernment and ritual. Men put 65 are revered but III con-idem! too old to take a vital role in tribal affairs.

by a panoply of tradi- taboo.

Never Neglect Rectal Bleeding -

dsr. even though hemorrhoids were present.

Few physicians today 'nsgko a diagnosis of hemorrho

1-H» and instrumental chock- upahave ndone.AIiu arm the lower bowel. ‘ for example.

may be causing hemorrhoids; ,

the blood may be coming from the malignancy or the hemorr- hoids. Bleeding is the clue and t is ' hemorrhoids just because a casual examination reveals they are . A neat for a more thorough study should not be denied. Hos- pital records of individuals with polyps. cancer. or other tumor frequently reveal. that time ran out while hemorrhoids were treated with selves or surgery. at the same time neglecting the more serious disorder.

In one report. 23 of a group 0 56 victims of rectal cancer told of having had hemorrhoid treat- ment first. Many had the veins removed surgically before the malignancy was discovered. Such mistakes are not common but. when they occur, a dismal price is paid.

SPRUE 391E?

E. S. Writes: ls sprue curable. so that the patient could return to a normal diet?

REPLY

It often is necessary to con- ttnue the glutenvfree diet for two 11 months before normal menus can be followed. Sprue ll one of a group of diseases in which certain food elements are not. absorbed by the Intestine. Victims of noniropical sprue. or celisc disease. develop severe diarrhea. abdominal bloating. and malnutrition to the point of starvation. PAIN 0N WALKING M. P. writes: When I walk I get sharp pains In the area of my appendix. Could this be a warning sign of an attack of ap-

pendlcitis? REPLY Probably nor. An inﬂamed appendix hurts when rating as well as when walking. Sharp pains in this area may stem from the bowel, kidney. abdom- Inal wall. or even the stomach that sags normally below th e navel when standing. BARE FEET AND IIOOKWORM Mrs. II. writes: I live in I n area where hookworms a re found in the soil. I insist. on my children wearing shoes but they WITH to go barefoot like the oth- er kids. Do you think I'm being overly careful? REPLY No -— and good luck, because children cannot be watched ev- ery minute of the day. Bl’I‘ls W.I-I.C. writes: Can a person be afflicted with more than one type of arthritis at a time? R

LY Yes. Rheumatoid arthritis Ia ,

more common in young people but as they get older there is no reason why they cannot develop ostearthrilis. In .adrltlon. gouty arthritis does not make the in- dividual immune to other types

of the disease. TODAY'S HEALTH HINT-

Bees are more likely to sting on bright, warm days.

(NOTE: All correspondence to Dr. Von Dellen should b'l addressed to: Dr, Theodore Von Della. on Chicago 'I‘rlb III. Chicago. IllinolaJ‘

"I don't smoke myself and I own no toblcco share: but late- ly I've beam: to swnoa‘Juu with the man who reads

Jones. the name and by a Can- adian physician writing In the current laws of Maclun's Ms-

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amok- ‘ who believe they are new cancer with ovary puff they take.

. Dr. (immense uh some pertinent modal. Why is It If omoklng causes lung cancer.

Quit Woi'hr‘yﬂiiplgzit About II

of lung cancer were indeed missed In the past.

But for all this. the doctor may be fighting an uphill battle In telling confirmed heavy smok- ers to quit w ng about it. View: against smoking are long

outta .

"Cigarettes are agitating pub- lic Interest as s Member of Par- u-educoa a private bill

‘sboiitlon of clu- n‘iias . the Prime Minister says that a special committee of the House. comprised of II members. will be named to ‘In- quire into this evil and report to the Beast.“

The Prime Minister was Sir‘ Robert Borden. quotation ll from the Edmonton

Journal. of lo years ago.

"M 38' MASK WIGAN, England iCPl‘—-' A new gas mask has been ap- proved’ for use In coal minds after being tested for 17 months

by coo miners at the Albert Col- -

list! have In Lsacuhlre. 'l‘hs slums mack convene deadly carbon-monoxide gas into ear- lm d and allows the wearer time to leave the danger

idl‘ u t « cause of bleeding unless barium”

risky business to bison. t I

bacteriology or chemistry

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all you up or lo‘ the MI". ulna» on Free. Press.

A child who w. seriously III turbo-elm was being visited by his mother who had been a nurse. Anxious to get Ionic clue regarding the results of talk that had been done. she asked: "pavld. did you hear the dor'or say anything to the nurse" Da- vid said. "You." What did in any?" the outlier asked am bansively. The child replied. “He said to the nurse."'Ai-e you

going to be busy tonighi'f' ... ‘ Gait Reporter.

' Blueberries And Milk

we Joann]

If one were a mloaopher. he would probably take a more or l tlmlule attitude. But the coun-i

_n has seen many rsvolu-l tlenary improvements in the last half century and tie is opposed to many of i em ‘ may progress to con-

slphabetical vitamins. frighten good food to death in i pressure cookers. and drink a meal Instead of eating it. But It ! Isn't a scheme of which Grand- l father would approve. i

We wish more citizens knew ' the satisfaction of blueberries I and milk for supper. Naturally. | one wants his regular noon meal I of fried salt. pork. boiled pols- ; toes and green peas. accompan~ : ied by cream of tartar biscuits, grape Jelly and bread 'n' butter . pickles.

And for dessert, of course. he want ut squatter of a deep. l Juicy. cinnamon-tinged fresh-ap-l

'Equoliiyc Il‘n

Equality between the rerunI

has been a revolutionary idea ever since Madame Defsrge and . her sisters helped overthrow t'ie

French monarchy.

Some comfort may be derived from the fact that. at long last. it. has breached even the Great Wall of China.

To advocate equal work in China. let‘alone equal pay. nor- mally would have seemed only to ask for trouble.

China ll. after all. the home of patriarchal family government. the very cradle of the "lord and master" concept in marital rela- tlons'llpl.

Yet only recently. the newspa- per serving China's trade unions carried a letter from a worker explaining how his working wife had persuaded him that he was not the “big man" ha no it thought he was, and recru tad him in help with dishes and oth- er Household chore

he government lug this change. _

Alas. this appears in be motl- vaied by something other than conviction that a woman to also a full-fledged human belnl. pea: leasing human dignity and hu- man intelligence.

government is promoting sexual equality so that women e be freed for and Ideological study.

Not very flattering to the man. really. Something like the war. time jokes about men kept in Canada to release members of the Women's Army Corps for ac- tive service.

And anyone who thlnks Gain-

a. is encourag-

Biological

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Opportunities For Professlonols 3

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Id fury birds in Canada. Canadian Wildlife lsrvleo. Ottawa. 810» 000412.300. Competition 04-1401”. *7 RECREATIONAL LAND USE CO-OBDINA'I‘OR. to direct in co- operation with other Interested agencies a national pmlrlmm‘l of recreational land In classiﬁcation as mu

National Resources, 0 I t a w a. «0.40041th r

services: university unadulm‘: with «parlance I'M ' no of

laboratory pronoun". Mullins area. neparfms

Isl. Halifax- OIIMIMIO. petition “Wilt. . IEMIIT. to research on problems ro‘llggll

to the chemistry of harm. melt and other barley PW‘ applicants should have ate or master's degree Ill“ . _ . m of Gr Camisole-0n. ll”! Coup-Illic- melee. .f rim" momma to anaemia biological studies out“, .Ikemaosgamc sad amenable-III: “ohm Pill Culture area». m. Vancouver. “1 .

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new pr Hal cation John's. Newfoundland Halifax and Wife-

bemrclsvasibtkc ease-too

pie pie. But with that for the day's framework. a man can make do very well with a bowl of blueberries. sugar and cream for supper.

We favor the high bush blue-

rrtes over the low bush. it isn't that this easier to pick the high bush and that one does not have to scrounge around on hands and knees. e fact i! that high bush berries have a

certain ﬂavor ‘thaione cannot.

in the low bust.

It does not have a deleterious effect If one crumbles a few crackers In with th berries: but maintain the fruit as iii In dominant factor. Berries should be at room temperature but ihé cream should be cold. Use plem ty of sugar so that the full flaw or of the berries will be extract: ed. And of course. after a coup- le bowlaful. a piece of left- over blueberry pie la acceptable. '

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The Kitchen

Herald

ese tradltlon too strong for such“ an idea to prevail w ill be surl‘ prised to learn how far the- ililng has already gone. «

e some worker who says hll' wife convinced him that men and women must be equal In that new society says: "No matter- whlt it is. dishes. shopping or cleaning— I do It all." 1

Then he reports that “My wus-2 ll very kind and a‘. always; does the some for me." .~

What a picture of cendelcen» aion and abjectness. Obviously. in George Orwell predicted. lﬂlx alltsrian socialism makes immo- more equal than others.

On the other hand. it can no._ longer be said that the Red Chinese aren't becoming Wesl- srniud, on sun of new hope, for the future of the world If ml for the human male.

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on Reader I Digest, new on sale.

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