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PAGE 4 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1966.

-An-Academic Question?

Premier Campbell says that if the matter of leadership comes up at all at the national Liberal convention in Ottawa next week, he would expect the convention would express its full

_ confidence in Prime Minister Pear-

gon. This is the stuff to give the © troops, in refreshing contrast to the caperings of the young bloods in the Tory ranks who. are out whetting

, their. tomahawks for their leader’s

scalp!

One wonders, ‘however, what the unspoken thoughts of Mr. Campbell and his cohorts are on the attitude of the Pearson government in refus-

‘ing to review or- ‘alter its-decision-to—. "eter its Sp

ed introduction=of = medicare for a full-year, until July 1, 1968. After all, this pledge did yeo- man service for the Liberals in the recent provincial election campaign. They based some grandiose promises on its coming into effect on July 1, 1967—right here in Prince Edward

sland. In view of the closeness of the - election results, it could be argued ©

that Mr. Campbell owes his premier- ship to this very pledge to take im- mediate advantage of the target date set by his federal party leader.

Now this solemn assurance of Mr.

“Pearson’s has been repudiated, and

there are a lot of dismayed Liberals who feel that they have been double- crossed. But not Premier Campbell, apparently. “Full confidence” in the Prime Minister, he expects, will be demonstrated next: week, and no

= doubt he will be among those sup-

porting such a ‘motion 100 per ‘cént.’ Medicare by mid-1967? That’s for

the birds, now. The decision to defer

it without informihg, let alone con-

_ sulting, the Liberal parliamentary

caucus beforehand—who cares about that? Hasn’t Finance Minister Sharp ‘himself said that he’s ‘all for medi-” care—at the right time—and that he views with “genuine regret” the gov- ernment’s “reluctant decision” to put

with all the fervor at his command?

~~" What else do people expect?” What ~{

Neo

else but a motion of “full confidence” In such sterling leadership?

Other informants say that the policy battle on this issue has been tleferred, not settled. Many of the party rebels who attacked the gov-.

‘ ernment for its shelving of medicare

Insist that they. are far from satisfied . with the government’s explanation of. Its decision. If Premier Campbell — speaks for our Island Liberal stal- warts, however, they are unconcern-

ed.about that. As for the voters who |

backed them in the expectation of getting medicare next year—well, that’s politics, you know! 3

A Dire Alternative

The official proposals for peace in Viet Nam have had a cool reception in the world, not because they are un- fair or unrealistic, but simply because they are not believed. Thus reports

the noted New York Times cor- .

respondent, James Reston, from Washington; and there is a sombre truth in the pronouncement. Even the most powerful government can- not be effective if it is not.trusted.

- What has added to President :

Johnson’s difficulties in this case has ‘been the reaction of former Presi-

dent Eisenhower, whose views could ©

have a profound effect on the future

_ of the Viet Nam war and who was originally opposed to American in-

volvement in a land war in Southeast Asia. Mr. Eisenhower came -out last week in. Chicago for using whatever force is necessary to win a military victory. He would even not rule out the use of atomic weapons to achieve. this result.

It was, says Weston, “a mad pro- posal, made by an old man on behalf of his Goldwaterish’ brother Edgar, who wants to be re-elected to the fllinois legislature, but if should not

“(

grandiosity.

be lightty. dismissed.” For ¥ Prest- dent Johnson’s offers of a com- promise settlement in Viet Nam are rejected by the foreign ministers of the United Nations, and he is then

being urged by the joint chiefs of ‘staff and even goaded by Eisenhower

to go all the way for a military vic- - tory, the prospect is for an even more savage war in Viet Nam—even at the.

‘risk of intervention by. Communist

China. In American political terms, all the press, all the academicians, and all the senators who want a compromise settlement will probably. not be able to stand out against’ a political and rejected Johnson, sup- ported by Eisenhower.

It is easy to understand the doubts of the colonial nations and of the of- ficials in Hanoi and elsewhere who have suffered under colonialism in the past. They simply cannot believe that the United States would fight such a savage war for a principle, . rather that for ee ak or military. advantage. But this scepticism could lead to tragedy if it forces Johnson's hand at this critical stage. . rat ae

In The Times writer’s view, this could actually happen. The President is. the ally and not the opponent of_— those who want an honorable settle- ment_in Viet Nam; but if he:is reject- ed.and forced to choose between de Gaulle’s-proposals_for a humiliating American . surrender. and _ LEisen- hower’s proposals for. an all-out mili- tary victory, the chances are that he will chose the: safe political alterna- tive—which is Eisenhower's.

_—Fine-Achievement—:

=H 1907 Canada’s first ‘bank-the= a

Bank of. Montreal—will be observing not only the Centennial of Confedera- tion-but_also the 150th anniversary of its founding. One of the ways in which it is marking the occasion is by © the publication, in both English and French, of a comprehensive history of the bank, setting forth its long- cord of attivities in illuminating perspective..Volume One of this mas- - sive 1,000-page two-volume venture, published by McClelland and Stewart Limited, Toronto-Montreal, has now made its appearance; and it is a fine specimen of book production indeed.”

"The author, Merrill Dension, is: rated as Canada’s foremost business

“historian. In this story of how bank-

ing was introduced and the distinc- - tive pattern the Bank of Montreal set

country, he has completeg-the most ambitious work of his. career. Sip- - -plementing tlie ‘text is a series of

he all the ‘chartered’ banks of the

“magnificent, full-color pictures, the -work of no less than 19 well-known.

Canadian painters and illustrators.

. The paintings depict the events arid scenes in the history of the bank and also of the country—for the two were often closely interwoven in the vital and turbulent yéars be- tween 1817 and 1842 covered in the

t-in-cold—st 2 And the Prime

#*~ Queen Elizabeth to ‘‘our-Loving-

selves will be on travelling. ‘exhibition ...across..Canada during the Centennial... year. Next to the pleasure of owning them outright is to possess‘ them in the meticulous form in which they are reproduced in “Canada’s First ‘Bank.”

Priced at $7.50, this handsome first volume makes us wonder what all the talk of inflation is about. ?

- Unwelcome Prospect

Underlined in Ottawa news reports

‘is the heavy backlog of -work facing

“our MPs now that they're back on the job of legislating. It is an impos-

ing ‘list indéed. But we failed to note

any. reference -to the report on bilingualism and biculturalism which is presumably in the offing. : Will it be» another 200-page pro- gress report, like the last one, or a finial summation of all the labors in- volved in the monumental task of “putting our country’s divisions on display,” as the commission insists on conceiving its objective to be? In any

case, if it is tabled it will doubtless -

give rise to more dreary discourse on the same theme, which could go on and on—right into Centennial year.

A wag suggests that the report should provoke all kinds of con- troversy—not necessarily by what it says, but what it will finally -cost. But this is too painful a subject to dwell on. At last count the B and B boys had spent abeui $7,000,000.

EDITORIAL NOTE:

.President John W. Holnies of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs says Canada needs “a touch of grandiosity to lift it from the. failure of will and imagination from which it is at the moment suffering.” Simple enough remedy for that. Put Dief back into power! All his op- ponents’ claim that he’s bristling with

ania . i

"| . dropped

. board. It has

"ing Subjects, or:

WASHDAY IN OTTAWA

“If suffocating smoke. were to curl into the bedroom of your sleeping children tonight; would they know what to-do to save their lives? Or would they be

‘panicked when awakened by the

sound of crackling fire? If a cigarette butt-were accidentally unextinguished in your basement, would it smoulder harmlessly to extinction on a bare concrete floor? Or would it unnoticed spread fire to a pile of tinder-dry junk, , needlessly stored there ‘‘in case “it is need- _ed some tay’?

Did you ever hold a practice. fire drill for your family? When did you last clear the junk from attic and basement?

These are the sort of questions

- which must be raised ~in. the

mind of every parent, every household head, who might hap- pen to read the Canada Gazette.

_ But who does?

the: Canada Gazette is the t's ‘no tied)

blica-. },, ee Pacts: and ; “the .second and_ fourth wont. ‘day in each nionth. It prints gen- "|

federal gov tion dates: e

eral notices, Orders in Council, ee and regulations

ig our laws. Its anual subectotioa of $15 is an ex- pense which the average Canad- ian can avoid, without depriving himself of exciting reading al- though. much of it may concern him.

THE TOLL OF FIRE . One publication published. re- cently concerns every Canadian..

Subjects and all others whom these Presents may concern.’

~~ Her Majesty has been reading --

the. statistics compiled by the Dominion Fire Commissioner— or maybe some official lit on them on:her behalf. Her Majes- ty expresses her concern at the terrible toll reflected in these statistics—or maybe another of- ficial felt that she ‘would be if oe were brought to her atten-

Ditton the past 10 years, re- the Fire Commissioner, ,000 separate fires in Canada have burned to death 5,860°Lov- others who were concerned. And those fires de- aera houses and furniture and oods -and: trenmiras valued at 1. oA billion. In simpler. ternis, that means that on average more than 11 people were kille” and more than $2.5. million of prop-

Our Yesterday: ys (From The Guardian

TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO *_ (October 6, 1941) :

Hitier has flung two great col- umns at Moscow in a@ new, maj. or offensive along the. central and north centra fronts and it is slowly progressing over. bitter Russian resistance.

A decree of the cabinet coun- cil at Panama declared that

_ merchant vessels of the Central

American -country must not be armed, under perialty of cancel- lation of their Panama registry. This action threw a monkey wrench into reported plans to arm a large number of Ameri- can owned cargo ships flying the Panamanian flag.

TEN YEARS AGO (October 6, 1956)

Russia is reported to have claimed a voice in the future of Tangier, the inter, city on the Mediterra ‘acing Gi- bralter, by asking Morocco for a seat at the conference called te settle the future of the inter- national territory.

The Western Big Three’ con-

tober in the

4 Loving Subjects‘ that at some

—# OTTAWA REPORT. +b Patrick. Nicholson — = — Fire Losses Increasing Year By vo

erty was destroyed - every week during the past ibe ‘“‘Whereas such losses are still increasing year by year,’ warns Her Majesty, ‘‘and whereas hu- manitarian and economic con: siderations imperatively demand that improved: fire prevention measures be undertaken to pre-’ vent this. econemic waste and tragic loss of life, and whereas itis desirable that the attention of the public be directed, to the extent and underlying causes. of the preventable ‘loss of life and property by fire, and that a spe- cific period of the year be set apart and properly designated for the dissemination of such in- formation: Now know ye that We do designate the week com- \mencing Sunday the Ninth of Oc- present year as “Fire Prevention Week", and ‘we do récommend to all our

= during that week as may

be found most practicable...” And the proclamation then ur- ges that all buildings be

‘ed and combustible rubbish be

Cleared out, and faulty wiring be renewed, and that fire drills be held, especially for children in schools —(and why not also in the homes where they sleep and are most apt to be. killed?)—and

- that special fire-prevention and. be

fire precaution instructions be

ave: and-_that this informaion |

be spread by all available means to impress upon all Can- adians the national importance and humanitarian ‘urgency to protect life, property and natur- al resources against fire.

‘All of which Our Loving ‘Bub- jects, and all others whom this may concern, should . observe and practice— not only in next

_ week, but in all weeks and all

ways. And may your children enjoy 365 fire-free nights throu- gh the coming year.

No big city is alone in its pro-- blem of absorbing the masses of rural péople who come pouring into it for jobs and a better life. From New Delhi to Chicago,‘ many citles stand dismayed at the call made upon them. They cannot figure out how to provide

work ‘and decent housing for all pele newcomers driven from their farms by poverty. —

Actually, the problem is too -big-for-the-cities to-handle alone. It is becoming clear that at least part of the

private agencies—or both— te find ways to enable poor farm- ers to earn a bettér living in the rural areas where they are. The United States is working on this approach. It is import- ant that it should. Nearly half. of its farm families (42.9 percent) received net farm incomes last year that were below the pover-

ty line.

The United States’ attack on rural poverty began before its program and has been stepped up by that program. The work of RAD (Rural Areas Develop- ment) has been important. Pro-

increasingly |

-answer._is. for. governments...or.-| .

~ Stemming The Rural Tide

grams have been shaped to en- courage new rural industries. But all these efforts are only beginnings. : This can be said also of the ef- forts in such countries as India and France. In the former, a valiant struggle to bring about land reform through the estab- lishment of trusteeship villages has moved very slowly. In the latter, also, progress in land te form has been slow. Traditionally a country ‘ot

hard hit by modern agriculture’s

~ Since 1961 France has been at work to “restructure” agricul- ture by subsidizing land impro- vement and acquisition for poor farmers. SAFER, organized by government and tarm organiza- tions, modernized 303,000 farms

in its first four years. Vastly.

more needs to be done. .

Each country’s. experience should be studied by others.The problem offers an excellent op- Opportunity for co-operation

among nations.

Housewives in Arozina found there were 151 hidden govern- ment taxes in one loaf of bread. The, number of taxes in a Can- -adian loaf of bread may not be as high, but there are plenty.

‘The farmer who grows the wheat has to pay taxes on the machinery required to sow and harvest the crop. When he sells his wheat he has to pay income tax. He is taxed to help. pay for

sion for his farm hands.

The railways pay taxes on the money: received for hauling the wheat to: elevators. The elevator companies are taxed for clean- Ang and storing the wheat.

Milling’ companies pay gaxes on the amount of money they an var Abe the isboxcar ‘into | flour.

The 22 scientists, backed by the American Federation of Scientists, who have called we President Johnson to halt the expanding use of anti-: personnel and anti-crop -weapons. in the Viet Nam war, not only point out the immoral aspect of wag- ing war in such a way, but they in

possibilities of relatiation

sider the Russian claim to be | kind.

another sign of Soviet ambitions in Africa and the Moslem world— ambitions which = al- ready have had Wide scope for expression in the Suez Canel crisis.

As the use of small nuclear arms could easily lead to the use’ of more powerful nuclear explosives, so too can the use of

the compulsory government pen- |.

Hidden Taxes In Bread

Fort William Times-Journal’

The bakeries pay taxes to the municipalities in which they are located, business and edu- cation; they pay. taxes to the

federal and provincial govern- , ments, help to finance employe-

es’ pension premiums.

Grocery stores and supermar- kets pay municipal taxes in ad- dition to all taxes c by the provincial and federal gov- ernments

stand up and declare that the farmers, the elevator people, the railways, the milling ¢ @ m-

panies, the bakeries and the re-

tail storekeepers ate not recov- ering their tax payments from

the 27 cents paid by the consum- (

point to the even more ghastly

er for his loaf of bread?

A Plea For Sanity »

Guelph Mercury

on a relatively small scale. The result could be as hideous as an all-out nuclear. war.

~Research to construct biologi- cal and chemical weapons of to- tal destructive power is being conducted and financed by the

government, according to the sclestioti Researchers in one government centre, # is noted, have created a plague bacteria fesistant to most of the commion antibiotics. The government can

thus spread plague among its enemies and do it in such a

chemical er biological weapons sible

way that treatment fe impos-

om

it

‘small holdings, rural France is”

Now who is there who will.

Facial : Paralysis

‘\By Dr. Theodore RB. Van Delle

are paralyzed. The victim is un- able to wrinkle his forehead, cor-

det

swollen and nerve excitability exists or the fibers are “going dead.” This is important he- cause the swelling can be re- lieved. surgieally (decompres- . sion)or with one of the corti- costeroids such as cortisone. ~~ If these tests are not avail- pression is done whenever pain accompanies the palsy or there are no signs of recovery within three seeks. Some physicians also recom- mend immediate decompres-

‘|sion for those whose livelihood

makes their eee unusu- ally_important.- surgery. ja su

Plastic. the nerve: Tails tof eee and the face continues to . This procedure is never when the remaining defect ee but is helpful when re a marked asymme'!

of both sides of the face. uF

TAUT FACIAL MUSCLES C. W. writes: My problem is facial muscles. . People avoid: talking to me because mine have too little ‘‘give’’; I can’t show a oe expression. cars I

- REPLY,

There are many inherent rea- sons for having a masked face, cassie On a ces.

ac in

hand, there are several neuro- logical disorders that do the same, including Parkinsonism.

THOROUGH. CHECKUP — F. R. writes: Why does the doctor look into a patient's ears when he is examining him for pain in the abdomen

REPLY

Some physicians insist_u pon doing a thorough ccammtnatoare gardiess of the nature of the complaint. Now and then abdo- minal pain stems from glands in the abdomen that. are enlarged because of an infection in the throat or ears. ~

EXAM NEEDED B. Q. writes: How can you tell whether certain symptoms are due to heart trouble of to nerv-

es REPLY

By thorough examination, X- ray, and electrocardiographic studiés, When the results are normal, and there is evidence of emotional aggravation, there is ‘a good possibility — that symp- toms are of nervous origin

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iyiKecr the back straight when

(NOTES _ te Dr. Van ‘Dalen should ‘be addressed Dr. oTeediee-

une, Chicago, Illinois.)

_ thro Narrow. bony |. prob! of race and creed, “but opening in the skull; the slight-"| are ‘not yet as far along the est swelling is likely to block the | road of independence as Ni- nerve impulses that control the

hk nalech Mina tte at the root. of determine whether the nerve is | ‘D# N' malaise. The back-

Van Delon. co Chicage Trib-

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ward Moslem. Hausas of the

Northern Region fear the thrusting Ibos of the eastern province.and the Yorubas of the western and mid-western prov- inces. The Christiana nd pagan le of the three southern re-

fear the North, which is twice as big in population and territory as the three combined.

Nigeria, however; built up an enviable reputation for stability and promise after attaining in- dependence from Britain Oct. 1, 1960, The Ontario-sized country welcomed .western. investment and, much to the envy of other Bide tian -even> series

What went wrong?

Actually the pees

ence honeymoon came

tout Aoleoe’ deees li we re c roup t,

to a declaration Be state

| emergency in the Western Re-

gion, which has been troubled

ever since. The action ited

Jeaders, chiefs Obafemi Awo-

lowo .and Anthony Enahoro,

te _ On treason

3. Nigeria underwent two gen. eral strikes in 1963. As a meas- ure of growing. corruption, a study showed that though unem- ployment was Nigeria's gree] serious social problem, the -lot: = = — rae was little r n his — unemployed brother .

DISPUTED ELECTION The 1964 general election

forthern political dominance in

Violence In Nigeria: ne

killings. Criminal elements seized opportunity of political € fu-4 to rob and pillage, and a

have in some degree similar |

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election in 1965 again beca the occasion for violence a

seemed near. Then came the first army f& volt Jan,’ 15, probably result from the reported plan of Ahmadu Bello, Sardauna ‘(s t)f Sokoto ‘and Northern’ Rj

ier,

ee foe olatica on te al . ee of gions.

Maj.-Gen. Jolingon Aguiyp. oe winless. pepemencets a

clans were sent ep hia But soon Aguiyl- tions’ were,.in terme andi dene fr a ines eration—were seen tempt at Ibo denlectes. fe: KILLING RESUMED ——=—3*, Killings began on fla’ and —increased-— in *J:

Aguiyi-Ironsi was toppled. Some eS Tbo officers were killed in re-

‘| venge for the January action

and mahy more’ escai a were repatriated to the asterg Region.

His successor, Lt.-Col. Ya

kubu Gowan, 31, is in the happy position of being a ios

‘from the north, belonging to

small tribe, enhancing his val as a mediator. But he is eau mammoth task even in restor- ing confidence in the army. . And the new Hausa-Ibo viow Jence puts in Jedpardy Gowon'g” other main achievement, a con- stitutional conference designed to work out an acceptable form of government for Nigeria. Con: ference delegates, significan tly" enough, include ‘the once-dis-*

~/-graced—Awolowo~and- Enahoro.

Some

ee Observers -have- pointed out that division of Nigeria’ inte; j

two or three countries would necessarily make better friends, of the tribes. As one west Afri. ean journal puts it:

“Even if it is ingenuous ro suppose that closer acquaine~. tance-ship makes for friend+ ship, withdrawal lessen suspicion.”

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