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PAGE 6 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1962.

Same Old Revelations Last week the report of the "Auditor General was tabled in Par- liament—a-.111-page document. list- ing prize examples of departmental waste and extravagance. After the tisual partisan tussle over the find- ings, Mr. Speaker declared that “the tap has now been turned off” on further questioning, and the House i to ofher business. But the report is there, and can be ob- tained for fifty cents from the Queen’s Printer by any taxpayer who wants'to work himself into a lather over bureaucratic bungling. Therein he will read about the airctaftsmen who let 167,000 gal- fons of gasoline run down a man- hole; about the RCAF officer who became subject to airsickness and established a-claim to a pension worth $68,000 because he was .‘‘dis- abled”; about the wind tunnel that to cost $3,750,000 now esti- ited at $9,000,000 while the plane primarily intended to test abandoned, and other rd evidences of muddling. One case that intrigues us is about a corporal who was an “ad- ministrative nuisance”. came to be a corporal’ in the first place is not stated, but if matters

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process by which the public fs quad- rennially _ bribed with its own

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Its merits, however, the Free Press finds have been “consider- ably diluted” by Hon. Paul Martin’s statements last week at the Na- tional Federation of Liberal Women at Ottawa. Mr. Martin announced that the liberals, if elected, would raise by $20 the present pension pay- ment “at once.” To do this a Lib- eral government would obviously have to draw on general revenues for some months until contributory

* funds -accumulated. It would thus

compromise from the start the very principles it was trying to es- tablish and which the public had welcomed for their honesty.

In the printed. pamphlet out-

_ lining the-original Liberal plan it

was stated that from the start the plan. would be self-supporting through contributions. It would not require any addition to. taxes; “it is not a handout.” That was what our Winnipeg fontemporary liked about it, and it went all out in scoring the other parties for their deviation from this policy. ‘But Mr. Martin has let his staunchest party newspaper down

badly. His new scheme—concocted

to meet the Conservative bid of a $10 increase in the present basic old age pension—strikes it is being a betrayal of sound Liberal prin- ciples, Its latest comment. is head- ed “Compromise,” and it concludes on the following note:

“To deny in part and so quickly

‘the assurance which the Liberals

gave that their program would not be a handout from general tax revenue comes as a sad disillusion- “ment,”

And that, from the Free Press, is pretty strong medicine for Mr. Martin to take. |

‘A Massive Task

According to figures just publish- ed by the World Health Organization, 20 countries are better off than Can- ada as far as the ratio of doctors to inhabitants is concerned. These coun- tries include Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, Argentina and Uruguay. Israel leads the list with one doctor for every 20 inhabitants. Canada’s +atio—is—one—to—930; the a © as

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had been allowed to take their

he would have been eased out of the service in nine months’ time, and would be entitled only to the $2,031 he had contributed to the pension fund. But his superior officers decided to retire him com- pulsorily “to promote economy and efficiency.” This they did only. three m before his normal time for voluntary retirement. This meant that he was given a pension ‘for life, based on his pay for ten ; and nine months.-He will re-

ive a pension of $50 a month un- 4

til he reaches the age of 65, and then receive a higher pension $856 a year. As the corporal is 27 years of age, the total for of all these payments

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_ The Auditor General, under the law,’ has no option but to expose these cases, It is for Parliament to

This is what happened last Thursday, when the Opposition _ Mught to pillory the Government, ‘and the Government came back with countercharges about similar

France’s, a little behind Norway's and a littlé better than Japan's.

The Organization warns, how- ever, that figures for the various countries are. not truly comparable, as non-practising M.D.'s, hospital probationers, dentists and other medical personnel may be included in some of the returns. Also, the figures may give an inaccurate pic- ture of the medical resources avail- able to the people as they do not show distribution of the doctors. <<

What is apparent, however, is that-in total there are about 1.5 mil- lion doctors to serve a world popu- lation of approximately three billion —about half the minimum number of doctors needed. To improve the

ratio will be a massive task, probably

cause of the failure of many of the

“have” nations to produce even the |

full number of doctors needed to look

‘| after their own populations,

_ EDITORIAL NOTES

A small ol ‘refinery“ta Deehos shire, England, is helping the air- line companies to economize—by turning old oil into new. However dirty. and contaminated airplane ~

lubricants become, they can be |

washed and used again. The point il, spokesmen point

out, is that it never wears out. Canadian Pacific is the latest cus- tomer of this refinery located in a picturesque corner of Derbyshire. The airline expects to save about $50,000 a year on oil they used to throw away. f s ee pakis

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SPLIT-LEVEL PARLIAMENT

OTTAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson ‘Scores Irrelevant Partisan Cackle

Parliament had no sooner re- | right beside the Opposition front

assembled than its flow of busi- ness again became clogged by the log-jam of irrelevant cackle,

_ and turgid essays which vain- | with

bench. His natural ebullience rompts him to taunt the near- y Liberal ‘Four Horsemen” frequent - interjections,

glorious composers improperly. sometimes scoring a bull's eye.

“read” as their non-<debating contribution to debate. | The rare debating

In the Throne Speech debate, Mr. Grafftey treated his large

text. He

thern scrub, it reminded one that | switched facilely between French

constructive virtuosity . does exist, despite the depressing abundance .of the opposite.

There is no formula for a good parliamentary speaker. His talents are a combination of conscientious home-work plus the gift of instantaneous com- position; add a sense of mood and timing, the confidence’ to counter hecklers, and a melli- fluous voice.

The House of Commons en-

-Joyed a classic exposition of

this in the speech by, one of its “babies,” Heward Grafftey.

swift political career from Lib- eralism to edmiration by the Prime Minister. Twelve years ago he was president of the Lib- eral Association at McGill Uni- versity. Then the abandonment of the reigns of government to | the bureaucracy by the former Liberal government shocked his belief in. democracy; and the

Liberals’ conduct of the Pipe- |

line Debate revolted his sense of parliamentary government. He decided that the Conservative Party is the true champion -of genuine parliamentary demo- eracy, so he joined that party and backed his faith by fighting the next election in his home riding of Brome-Missisquoi. SMASH LIBERAL MIGHT

At his first attempt in 1957, he slashed the Liberals’ 22-year old majority to one-tenth its size; nine months later, he overturn-

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eral - sized majority* + :

The boyish - looking Grafftey sits on the front bench of the government's overflow section,

and English; he touched on ma- jor issues rather than triviall- ties; and he dealt effectively with tricky interjections by Hon. Paul Martin and others _ by. les- ser cannon. PUBLIC INTEREST AROUSED- “Parliament is today a place very different from what it was

a number of years ago,'’-he said, -.

and Canadians have become

mance than ever before.” This, he insisted, is because the pre-

} sent government has restored

Parliament to its proper role

| in the affairs of the country.

“Members of Parliament are working, the doors of the Cabinet are open. We are the party of the people; the voice of the peo- ple will always remain our strength.”

my riding the two historical eth- | nie groups that formed Canada in confederation live side by

speech | audience - and it was a treat-to | side in greatest harmony.” stood out in vivid contrast. Like { an oration which he delivered | a Douglas fir contrasted to nor- | without a prepared

Thus he lashed at the Liberals, not only for spreading national disharmony for selfish political ends, but also for. seeking to make political gains by belittl- ing Canada’s prestige abroad.

‘Moving to the role of govern- ment, he deplored the state con- trol of our economy proposed by the N.D.P. rule-by-bureaucracy instead of governmeht - by - parliament. Canadians, he believes, do not want the ‘“‘Who’s to stop us?”

gance and extravagance of Lib- eral bureaucracy.

In fluency, thought, bilingual- ism and. delivery, Heward Grafftey's oratery stood out like a scoop of blue cheese contrast- ed to the processed mild cheese squeezed out of its tube by many M.Ps of twice his age and experience.

Stamps And Malaria

' World Health

“The World United Against Malaria” is the slogan which millions and millions of little messages in the form of post- age stamps will carry across the world, in waves of special issues, starting next April 7 and up to the end of 1962.

Latest reports reaching WHO headquarters in Geneva indi- cate that 10 more special stamps will be issued bringing up to about 60°the number of govern-

already decided ‘to issue special postage’ starnps devoted to the malaria eradication program. |

Many miore countries are ex-

‘PUBLIC FORUM

MARITIME PROJECTS Sir, — Wé were greatly pleas- ed with the letter in a recent is- sue of your paper by J. Bennett

McAulay of Sussex, N.B.,°

yet we must express our opinion that unless this is supplemen-

tary and additional to our trans- tia will however be illustratedy, portation problem, it will do lit- by the emblem common to all | tle towards’ satisfying the cry- -8tamps._ This emblem shows in |

which he suggests an alternativ€é ing need of rural P._E. Island.

route for the most was his unreserved re-

proposed Chignec- . What. impressed us | columns _before,:

We have mentioned in these and recently, the huge expe

cognition of the necessity of our— West during the past two decad- Causeway and his confidence in es, and now pending — over a

its eventual implementation.

Hitherto our personal reaction | phasis, one

billion dollars, or to give it em-

Organization

, pected. to take part in this pro- ject. Member states free from ; Malaria wish to avail themsel- ves of this opportunity to ex- press their solidarity with coun-

tries at present in the process |

of freeing themselves from the grip of this dread disease.

The selected date of issue is April 7, 1962, to coincide with

World Health Day, but the wid- | est possible participation is fac- | ilitated by the fact that the time |

stamps is more than _ eight

months later: on December 31, |

| The various stamps will be |

| far from uniférm, since govern- | ments are at-liberty to adopt the | design of their choice to stimu- late public interest in the great- est single public health program ever undertaken in the world. The united effort against mal-

its upper part the globe as a symbol of world-wide co-oper-: ation under the auspices of

ures in the WHO, and in the lower part the-/

anopheline vector of malaria at- tacked by the Aesculapian staff.

Apart from issiing millions of stamps, some of them in more

Why, oh why then should the than one denominational, an in- eee nae ans EA cae | Macitinnse Waaine eundbed- thin

ed was in the nature of indigna--| Puny family of provinces until

Canal when it was first tion that this canal could possib-

ly be considered as having prior- tion. why

ity over our transportation prob-

they matured into a great na- in asking that the face of the

lem. However on further reflee- Mother of this Dominion should

tion we can see no good reason be turned

why we should not have both.

towards the East where she gave birth to the na-

We have all read *tecent and. tion, before we perish from neg-

frequent reference to the Mari-

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indifference, to our own lack of- faith, to our own low estimate our potential worth, — to our

. etc., C. C. PRATT.

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creasing number of govern- ments are making a further | contribution to WHO's malaria

should we be diffident eradication campaign by donat- | >,

ing such stamps. for philatelic sales. Official notification has also been received at WHO Headquarters in Geneva of fur- ther gifts in the form of such as first day covers, sheets, stamped cards, and

forth.

In order to safeguard the dig- _nity-to. this campaign, aswell + as to protect the interests of donor governments, and to en- sure equal terms for all pros- pective buyers, WHO cluded an agreement

has con- with a

and Liberals alike- |

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male and 1,294 for the female. In addition to being healthier and living longer, reproductiv- ity was not impaired and their fur was glossy and the teeth

and poor teeth. ;

Some of our readers may not like the idea of comparing hu- mans with rats

sensible eating contribut- es greatly to health. Authorities have used growth and develop- ment as the final judge of food

the ‘minimal requirements of minerals, vitamins, proteins, and calories were established.

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We frequently hear the com- ment that Americans are get- ting taller because they are eat- ing better. But height, weight, | and development should not be made the only indication we are

| eating the fight food. The. ani- | | of the Maritime Freight Rates |

mal studies mentioned show that fats which grow rapid die sooner. . .

Good things often come in smaller packages. It is more lo- gical to conclude that the diet is right. when it keeps us healthy, vigorous, and young. Let's not feed qur chilt¥en to make them professional athletes; feed them to be more efficient and to live longer.

(Dr. Van Dellen will answer questions on medical topics if stamped, self-addressed enve- lope accompanies request.

SOF TENED-B0" W. L. writes: A relative in her fifties has broken several

bones recently. ‘This never hap- |

| pened before. The doctor says her bones are thin. Can they be

strengthened by. diet or . medi- -

cine? REPLY A diet high in calcium _ Vitamins A and D may help, along with calcium tablets and | a mixture of male and female sex hormones, I. assume - the thin and brittle bones are caus- ed by. osteoporosis, a condition | in Which the bones soften.

SHOTS AFTER POLIO W. L. M. writes: I'm 25 years old and had polio when I was 9. Should I take, polio shots? REPLY Yes. One attack of this dis- ease confers lasting immunity

but second attacks have been ©

noted, probably due to one of the other two types of polio.

‘MALE BABY MORTALITY ‘boys than girls miscarried? RE

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| Yes. More male babies are conceived than girls; consequen- | tly more miscarriages involve

boys. In addition, more male

than female babies go on to nor- |

mal delivery.

TODAY’S HEALTH HINT— The best. bed is a day of satis- faction.

firm. Unrestricted rats became | lethargie and had dull dirty fur |

but I'm sure | many physicians wil] agree that

requirements. This is the way

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| OUR YESTERDAYS

| From the Guardian Files

| TWENTY - FIVE YEARS A (February 6, 1937)

A largely attended meeting was held at Wood Island to con- | sider and report upon the pro- | posed ferry between that point | and Caribou, N.S. The meeting was addressed by men from Wood Island, Belle River, Bel- fast, Bunbury and Montague. forth their ; Teasons in a mést convincing

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| and handsome view taken by society in general in practically all its dealings. — Victoria Col- onist.

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a drink After a while, any ideas about shoveling snow go away.” ter in the Wall Street Jour-

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To show how fast the latest | fighter aircraft can fly, the gen- eral manager of a company making them says: “If one of

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| his plane alongside to inspect “a away from it, going in the same direction as the shell.” — Montreal Star.

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Fredericton Gleaner

comb, should be examined. His

es, reflect the philosophy that has inspired much of Canada’s fiscal policy since Confeder- ation.

Mr. Anscomb would eliminate all further transportation subsi- dies to the Maritimes, a step whieh would necessitate repeal

Act. On the subject of Federal aid to shipments from the Atlan- tic Provinces to Central Canada he says:

“The industrial life of Ontario

| upon to pay a large percentage | of, the freight of their competi- | tors in their own home market.” NO MARITIME TEARS ~

| This solicitude for the indus- | trial giants of Ontario and Que- | bec will bring no tears to the

industrial complexes were built

| best interests of the Maritimes,

views, rejected by his colleagu- |

and Quebec together with the | | rest of Canada would be called |

eyes of Maritimers. Those same |

of fiscal | | policies directly opposed to the | -

own natural

The Atlantic transportaticn subsidies were a belated at- tempt to give this region's pro- | ducts’ at least a fighting chance in the markets of Central Can- ada, The majority of the Mae- Pherson Commission members recognize their validity and would extend them to highway transport by which an increas- ing percentage of freight ‘8° moving, and to all other car riers outbound from this region. MAJORITY REPORT

Mr.. Anscomb’s general phil osophy might garner some sup- port if Canada at this time pre sented a picture of prosperity spread evenly across the conti- nent. Unhappily, there is no such picture, and Mr. Ans comb’s colleagues have faced this fact. In a report which recognizes the principle of lowe ering barriers to internal trade, they also recognize the principle of special consideration to a re- ion whose ind the national average.

It was a case of five for jus tice against one for inequity.

Hard Work With Mittens

Montreal Gazette

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The, columns of The Times jin learning Braille. He recalled have seen many a controversy. | how the late Lord Grey, who. be-

But recently there has been one | came almost totally blind, once

| about reading in bed.

It began when Lord Birkett wrote a letter about reading in bed being one of the pleasures of life. At once readers. began to write to The Times with in- | dignation. “It would be a great

service,” one of them said, “‘to | those of us who do not enjoy central heating if he, or any kind reader, could suggest how this | can be done without hands and shoulders becoming numb with cold.”” 3

Lord Birkett rose to the at-

tack. He did not have central |

| heating: either. But he -had to | admit that reading in bed re- jara-~

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| said: ‘You people have no idea -how to read in bed. But it is all right for me. I keep the book under the bedclothes.”

Learning Braille might seem a laborious preparation for a simple pleasure. But it is more inviting than preparing for an evening of reading in bed with an electric heater, .hot water bottle, electric blanket, thick sweater and mittens.

After all, it’s hard te turn the

Page: with mittens.

| tans: ectric heater in | room is necessary. Then the bed

| Should be warmed with a hot |

| water bottle or an electric blan- |

| ket. Finally, ‘the. book reader should put or a thick sweater. Nor was the practice made | More cheering by suggestions from, other letter-writers' to The | Hh : One said he had found

weather.”

| Still another correspondent | Suggested that the answer lay

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