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PAGE 4 THURSDAY. OCTOBER 8. 1964.

In Retrospect

It was “an revoir” but not “good- bye” as the Queen and Prince Philip departed at midnight last night, to continue their round of official duties at Quebec and Ottawa. Fit- ting it was that their visit here should end with a grand centennial ball and fireworks at Victoria Park, for the whole occasion was truly a joyous one.

We were inclined somewhat to resent the special security precau- tions which were so much in evid- ence. as a reflection on our Island hospitality; but of course that was not the case at all. They stemmed from reasons that had nothing to do with the well-known sentiments of loyalty and attachment to the Crown which our people have enter- tained from early days. and there wasn’t the slightest possibility that Her Majesty would be under any misunderstanding on this point.

That. really. is all that concerned Th in the matter. We were free to extend as cordial a welcome as it was possible for us to do, and there isno question that our efforts in this regard were fully appreciated.

Our thanks, as citizens. are due to His Honor Lieutenant-Governor MacDonald, Premier Shaw, and all concerned in the responsibility of greeting and entertaining our Sov- ereign officially on this occasion, the importance of which was underlined by the presence, as well, of His Ex- cellency the Governor-General and Prime Minister Pearson. But the official greetings of even the high- est dignitaries in the land would be meaningless without having behind them our own warmth of sentiment as Canadians. This we may pride ourselves on having contributed in a manner that history will not for- get.

Constitutional Reform

With a minimum of fanfare, the attorneys—general of the provinces and the federal government met at

Ottawa this week to iron out the formula under which the federal Parliament is to gain control of amending the Canadian constitution in areas of joint federal-provincial concern. This meeting was a follow- up to the agreement in principle rearched in Charlottetown by the Prime Minister and provincial Prem- iers to fashion a domestic amending procedure for the constitution, and the proceedings were held in cam- era. But their importance warrants that the results, when formulated, be given the widest publicity.

‘ This may well be a case where making haste slowly is the wisest course to pursue. There are dang- ers in the way, as Professor Born Laskxn, professor of law at the Uni- versity of Toronto, pointed out in a comment given recently on a CBC program. '

_ The attorneys-general and th e governments they represent, Prof. li-askin warned, owe the public more than the opportunity to view their work after they have finished it, up auming,'of course, that they have greed on the details. If the con-

he Fulton proposals of 1961 as the uncle of their agreement, there rould be reason for concern as to he results.

HOWever, a statement issued at be close of this week’s conference mphasisod that the Fulton formula hould be coupled with a clarifica- on of the 1949 change whereby urliamcnt was empowered to mom! parts of the constitution asling strictly with federal mat-

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brence for example were to take.

use me encroachment of all existing provincial powers against a n y change, save by the unanimous con- sent of all the provinces. No dis- tinction was made between special and general areas of provincial con- cern. so that under the Fulton pro- p o s a I 5 effective constitutional amendment would be at the mercy of all or any one province at any time or at all times.

It is Prof. Laskin’s contention that Ottawa is not a mere spectator in this matter, but has an obliga- tion to take the lead in proposing, and then revealing for the public and expert discussion, a scheme of amendment that will reflect the bal- ance of federalism while protecting particularly cherished interests of the provinces or any of them.

The provinces have a stake, no less than the Dominion, to see to it that no one or even two or three of them, unless there is a population preponderance, holds up otherwise des1rable constitutional reforms.

It is important. then, that what- ever be the’formula, it will represent the rwult of previous study of other federal constitutions, and will be submitted for critical examination of the public before it becomes law.

Still In The Dark

It is an indication of the ex— tent to which we have been kept in the dark about our causeway plan- ning activities that a request for the estimated cost, with and with- out a railway line, should now have to be placed on the House of Com- mons order paper by the junior member for Queens. Mr. Macquar- rie.

Various estimates have been given in the past, but these were contingent upon the design the au- thorities had in mind at the time. The figure of $105 million was cit- ed definitely by Prime Minister Diefenbaker in pledging his govern- ment to the project; but that was over two years ago, and there was no question then about the cause- way not being designed for both rail and highway traffic.

Since then it has been indicated that the work can be done more cheaply, but this appears to involve the “phasing out of the railway in Prince Edward Island,” as suggest- ed in the proposal of a private cor- poration which is seeking the con- tract. We do not know what Ot- tawa’s present views are on the matter, though there have been hints enough that the “phasing out" idea is being given consideration.

Pending the promised review of the matter by the responsible fed- eral minister, surely we can get at least an answer to Mr. Macquarrie’s question, plus answers to the other questions he says he is placing on the order paper with respect to the cost of the ferry services over the past decade, and whether a full study is being made of the effects on freight movements to and from the province which might result from the construction of a causeway without rails.

Among the proposals mooted is one that would involve a causeway of this kind along with a train ferry, which would at least keep the railway functioning here for a time, though at a cost which might be prohibitive for the dual ser- vices. Such a, project would also, ap- parently, eliminate the counter pro- posal of providing, in lieu of train services, all-weather roads through- out the province. _

But here again we are left in the dark, officially speaking. __About all the concrete information that has been vouchsafed is contained in the list of deficits on East Coast ferry services which were tabled on Tues- day. This showed that the Prince

Edward Island car ferry service, for the year ending March 31 last, went behind in operational costs to the tune of $8,352,677.

EDITORIAL NOTE

3,750 ft. high, 190 ft. in diameter and 356 floors above and 16 below the earth—these are the truly im- posing dimensions of a new housing skyscraper designed by a West Ber- lin architect. If the project mater- ializea, the Empire State building that has been the world's highest building since 1939 will be more than three times surpassed. Rough- ly 25,000 people are to live in the 8,000 apartments. Stores and repair shops are to be installed every 20 to 40 floors and in the subterran- ean floors, garages for 4.000 cars as well as an atomic bomb shelter are planned.

,THE NEW LOOK IN LATIN AMERICA

MINORITY PROPOSAL

So Little To Ask Of Parliament

After all the years of futile talk in Ottawa, and all the re- cent months of obscure party haggling over specific propos- als, the public may be forgiven a large yawn in the face of the latest move by the New Demu- cratic Party to bring about par liz.mentary reform. But let us try to pay attention just once more; Mr. T.C. Douglas one his little band deserve some eu- couragement.

The NDP proposals are not new; what is new is the party 5 announced intention of trying to bring them directly to public at- tention in an effort to force oth- er MPs to act.

For this action. they have been accused of discourtesy to the Rules Committee of the Commons, which is supposed to be laboring tirelessly on new procedural forms. The charge la absurd; any party and any member is entitled to speak d1 rectly in public on any issue at any time— and especially when Parliament, is manifestly get- ting nowhere with it.

Mr. Dougla wants, broadly. two reforms. First, a reschedul- ing of the parliamentary year and its legislative programs. so that there will be a more logi- cal procedure through debate and committee study, as well as time for members to return to their constituencies at regular intervals for opinion sounding. Second,a method for agreed Zl~ mitalion of debates, and specif- ic‘ limits for individual speech-

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The fact that these ide a s come from a minority party — which includes so expert and jealous a' defender of parliamen

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ONLY DOING ms JOB

Sinaln your edition of today (Wednesday) a story appeared quoting the newspaper reports from London. One of these was from The Evening Standard and tells the story of how Conn Mur- phy, a Charlottetown taxi dri- ver, casually passed the guards at Summer-side during the Queen's arrival, and stood a few feet from her. '

Conn Murphy went with us to Summerslde displaying on his vehicle the Press label to facil- itate our movement. On arrival we were all checked in, not once but a few times. Mr. Mur- phy who was with us explained his position, and we asked cooperation so that he might be in a position to move away quickly and enable us to radio pictures from Charlottetown.

The Mountie guard after dis- cussion agreed to our request and told him he could stay if he went to the Press room upstairs.

At no time was he within a fewfeetoftheQueentoour knowledge as after he hadileft with RCMP we had no idea where he was as .we did not see him again until after the Queen's departure. In all journeys he has done for us acted with every regard for security throu . '

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tary rights as Mr. Stanley Knowles—should be assurance enough that there is no in fringement of democratic free- dom. Other reformers would be willing to a good deal fur- ther. Indeed, this is one thing that r. Douglas seems to be afraid of; that unless all-party action is taken soon, the Gov- erment party will judge that public impatience makes it opportune to act alone and pos- sibly to the disadvantage of the Opposition parties.

Those MP5 who are reluctant to act should be aware that a slzeable proportion of the Can- adian public already has an impression that Parliament is a. place full of sound and There is some danger that they will go on to the conclusion that it all signifies nothing.

Even if the NDP proposals are entirely accepted, In em parliamentary practice will not be all that it needs to be. There will still be more fundamental

problems of the growing power of the executive, and of the Prime Minister himself, in par- liamentary systems on the Brit sh model. There will be the de- clining stature of the individua. to consider, and the often unhealthy effect of caucus ul~ cipline on his political integrity. GOES BUMBL'ING 0N These fundamental weakness- es grow unnoticed, while Pav- liament goes on lurching a n 1 bumbling its way through the public business of a session, breathing voluminous fire ovu trivialities and sniffing indiffer- ently at matters of real impor- tance, unable to muster a col- lective will to make itself an ef- ficient instrument of democracy. ening of parlia- mentary institutions should be constantly a matter of public concern and vigilance. But how should that be expected, when MPs themselves waste so much of their time, and so much of the power they have now?

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The Absent Ships

Hamilton

The biggest North Atlantic Treaty Organization fleet ex- ercises since 1960 are taking place in European waters.

Navies from seven NATO na- tions are taking part, Belg- ian, Danish, French, Dutch, Norwegian, British and Amer-

can. The absent Royal Canadian Navy is taking part in a small exercise in the Western Atlanl'c with the United States Navy. NATO naval authorities con- sider the North Atlantic the "heartland" of the free world. These exercises are vital, though they are expensive for the nations taking part and. re- quire extremely detailed plan-

ning

Herefofore the RCN has play- ed an important part in these ex- ercises.

The RON’s traditional role — the pursuit of submarines - and its expertise in conv oy work was one of the outstand- ing naval achievements of World War II. '

The current exercise, run- ning from September 21 to De- tober 2, is in several stages.

The first is the movement of a striking fleet in the eastern At- lanfic. The econd, manoeuvv res in the vicinity of the English Channel. and the third, exerci- ses with convoys.

Spectator

This third phase is regard ed by the senior NATO officers as the most important.

ice Admiral Reynold D. Hogle, chief of staff of the Al-

Decides Dieting For The Birds

“Tiara II. Vaa Dallas A Cleve! nd physician decid- ed that dieting is for the birds when it comes to treating in obese women. Dr Ru-

pert B. Trumbull Jr. resorted an operath in which 19 feet of the small intestine is side-track- ed from the rest of the gastroin- testinal system. This shortens the time it takes food to go from the'stomscb to the large intestine, so that very little is abeorbed.

But the operation does not al- low the fatties to have their

.cake and eat it. too. Too much

food cameo diam-bee.

The individual is left with 30 inches of small intestine, which is enough to provide adequate nourishment after weight loss is completed. 011 the other hand. vitamin and mineral deficien- cies may develop. According to the Medical Tribune, these can. dltions can be corrected with a monthly injection of vitamin BIZ and weekly injections of vitam- in D aud magnesium sulfate Calcium is administered orally This type of treatment is a se- vere price to pay for overeating and Dr. Tumbull regards it as a last-ditch measure. After effects include muscular weakness and a sagging morale, as well as sagging skin. But it makes ex. tremely heavy women lo I a weight.

The operation has been per» formed on 12 patients. The larg- est weighed 450 pounds and the lightest 290 feet (4 feet 11 inches tall). Two women lost so much weight they had long aprons of skin hanging from the abdom- en‘ and upper arms. This excess flesh was removed by plastic

l surgery.

This shunt operation has barn used on eight 11 with high

cholesterol level. A Minnesota surgeon reported a normal or subnormal cholesterol level af- ter the procedure. But there .Is no indication that arteriosclero- sis will be arre

Overweight and the amount. of cholesterol in the blood cannot always be decreased by diet. This is why researchers conlir ue their efforts to find the an- swers to th e s e puzzling prob

lems.

LIGHTENING THE SKIN M. M. writes: Is there any way to hasten the disappeal ance of a summer fan? It usua- ly takes me all winter to lose it.

REPLY

Eldoquin is a product that lightens the skin. It is applied at night but we must warn you that dermatitis may occur as a side reaction. Prevention is your best bet; remember this next spring.

PERIODIC VACCINA'I‘IONS H. D writes: Is it necessary to be vaccinated against small- pox every five years? A friend says it is but I don't believe it.

REPLY Yes. Five years is the usual interval although those coming into the United States from oth- er countries (except C a n ads)

within three years.

must show proof of vaccination i

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spotlight that has been played so dominantly in many corners of the world scene since the Second World War—especially in Southeast Asia and South America.

seems to have phenomenal energy as be con- tlnuestoholdaflrmgrlpon domestic politics with one hand and with other keeps reach- ing beyond the French horizons in what appears to be a suc cessful effort to spread his in- fluence.

The Much president's cur- rent lit-country tour of South America follows such action as the blocking of Britain's entry into the European Common Market and the boisterous call for the neutralization of South- east Asia,‘ where France once reigned as a colonial power.

GETS WARM WELCOME

The French leader generally has received a warm welcome during his tour from a people conditioned for years to a Latin- Amerlcan variety of dictatorial rue.

But it was from the followers of former Argentine dictator Juan Peron de Gaulle received his matest welcome—to the embarrassment of both de Gaulle and the present Argen- tine government—as numerous demonstrators b r o k e through police lines to greet the French head of state.

These followers carried side

I De Gaulle in Latin America

cmiiu Press M m

The image of Charles dc by side pichlrca of Pam and Gaullc is catching the can of Gaulle in an stimuli to We. greater numbers of people as sent a more vivid image cfpg. til: t 78-year-old!” French prest- ron and to o

n grows o . ant government of

At the same time this image are . mm.“ and! to Ame“ he Pm

dictator.

INCREASED TRADE

Preaching unity between Eu- ro and merlca throughout his tour, the French president also has called creation of a force to balance the "competing begemonles and the rival ideologies” that split the world.

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tween Europe and Latin Amar- a, expansion of educational and cultural exchanges, and in- creased Europaan assistance.-

In the past Latin America generally has been considered politically the backyard of the United States and economically it has shown instability, debt failure and government inter- ference. thus largely remaining isolated from ooun 1- than the U.S. .

Soon after end of da Gaulle's South American tour, Prince Philip, now accompany- ing the Queen on a tour of part of Canada, will visit Mexico and Panama.

The current interest of such

countries as France and Brit?

sin, as well as of Chico, may eventually lead to the rediscov-

cry of Latin America.

Just how skillfully Southern Rhodesian Premier Ian Smith outmaneuvered Sir Roy Welen- sky with his visit to London last month is shown by Sir Roy's defeat in the Amndel by-elec- tion on Thursday.

If Slr Roy had won, M: Smith might have been threat ened by the emengence in Par- llamentofawhitepolitlcal grouping less intrahsigeant than the Rhodesian Front now con trolling the Cabinet. -

Sir Roy had based his cam- paign initially on the danger to Southern Rhodesia of declaring its independence without the concurrence of Britain. B ut when Mr. Smith went to London he pulled the rug from under Sir Roy by winning British Prime Minister Douglas-Home's ap- proval for a formula which at least postpones the independ- ence issue for some months.