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Was This So Urgent?

The House of Commons has ad- journed with a lot of business un~ finished. including, on the Govern- ment‘s part. the. answering of a lot of questions which piled up during the time the question period was suspended by the flag debate. What did get priority was the preliminary reading of a bill which is likely to prove highly controversial. and which usurped time that could have been spent. to better purpose.

This was the bill authorizing Quebec and any other province to "opt out." of 29 federal-prm'incial programs and get an extra 4 per

:cent slice of the personal income tax pie in compensation.

Why the hurry in giving first. reading to this measure? Finance Minister Gordon introduced it just two hours before the House ad- journed. and Opposition Leader Diefenbaker naturally protested. He gave notice that. his party in« tended to debate the measure at considerable length when it comes up for second reading. Its effect. he said. would be to create “two as- sociate states." and it was far too important in liodragged in at this stage.

With this plain warning as to its contentious nature. Mr. Gordon insisted on placing the bill in the category of budget changes. which will come into effect on January 1 even though still requiring Com- mons and Senate passage as well as royal assent. If it should not be passed by Parliament, he conceded. “adjustments will have to be made." But what if Quebec takes advantage of its provisions in the meantime?

Mr. Diefenbaker demanded as- surance from the Government on this point. but, got none. Indeed. it seems evident that this was the chief purpose in giving it a hasty first. reading at this time.

Rescue Of The Pound

Fuller details of the dramatic mscuc of the British pound are coming to light. and they make a story of international importance. For it was a close call for the whole free world in successfully weather- ing one of the gravest financial crises of modern times.

At stake was not. merely the fate of one currency. but of the future of the entire international monetary structure. painstakingly built up over the last 20 years. If this had toppled. the free world eventually might have been piling- ed into a depression as crushing and widespread as that of the early 1930’s. I

That a collapse was averted is a tribute to the good sense and co- operation of international bankers. Most observers agree. however. that the repercussions—political as well as financial—could be far reaching for Britain and the west. One con- sequence might be to force the new Labor government from its left- ward leaning posture into a more middle of the road or conservative position.

1? Internationally, the problem was 76! concern because gold and two re- I‘arve currencies—the dollar and the

’ re pillars of one structure. t is, they are the basic mediums

'. exchange since the United States

, If tees to exchange dollars for ,;V at. the fixed price of $35 an

I .. and Britain guarantees to huge thepound sterling to dol- " 2.1; the rate of $2.80 a pound. ' u other nations do not make ~ -. each does agree to es- .ggflxad value for its cur- of dollara and

pounds. Forced devaluation could trigger devaluation of other cur- rencies. and paralyze world trade. The recent bout of financial “brinkmanship” has brought warn- ings from economists that the whole monetary system needs reshaping, to make it less dependent on re- serve currencies of any kind. We've just been reading an elaborate ar- ticle on the subject; but as we can't understand any more of it than what. we've given in the above paragraphs. we'll let it go at that. What impressed us is that we’ve come through such a crisis without realizing how much we were in. volved in it. Bankers. whose busi- ness it is to know about such things. must have been worrying them- selves stiff while we were relaxing in the complacency of ignorance!

The ARDA Agreements

We note from a news report that the new agreement between Ottawa and the provinces on the ARDA pro- gram will mean a direct injection of $300 million and possibly more into the economy of the country over the next five years. This is an impressivc figure. It could indeed mean a great deal in the way of rural rehabilitation.

Almost. $50 million has already been spent on ARDA. The federal government has put. up another $125 to be matched dollar-fondollar by the provinces and. in addition. it has established a $50 million fund for special projects. The provinces need not match the federal contri- bution on these, but will be expect- ed to put up as much money as they can afford.

ARDA money in general is ex- pected to flow out gradually under the term of the agreements as the provinces get a better idea of what projects would benefit their rural economies most. It is expected that the Canada Land Inventory. which is part of the program. will provide a clearer idea of this. But so far. it has only been able to establish the uses to which land is being put in the settled parts of the country. Its studies of land capability. which will result in a picture of how land can be put: to its most economic use, will not be completed until 1969.

Federal officials say the most important aspect of the new agree— ments from their standpoint is that they clarify procedure and simplify relations between Ottawa and the provinces. We gather. from recent comments by Premier Shaw and Agriculture Minister MacRac. that the red tape is already being cleared away on projects of concern to this province. and this seems to be the case in other provinces as well. We may expect. therefore, more Satis- factory results from now on.

Question Of Principle

By a unanimous vote last week. the Security Council decided to ex- tend the life of the United Nations Cyprus force for a further three months until March 26, on the same terms that have applied since last March. This was in accord with a recommendation of Secretary-Gen— eral U Thant. on the ground that. there seems to be no reasonable al- ternative to the force to keep peace between the Greek-Cypriots and Turkish Cypriot communities.

In the House of Commons on Friday. External Affairs Minister Martin said that Canada will agree to the UN request. which involves continuing this country's contribu- tion to' the peace keeping force for the period mentioned. Most Cana- dians will agree that this is the right course to take. though it does seem unfair that we should be pay- ing for our own contingent in Cyprus. Why should Canada hear such costs when it is doing inter- national work for the United Na- tions'.’

This point was raised in the Commons by Opposition Leader Diefenbaker. It was a matter. first, for members of the NATO alliance who voluntarily shared this respon- sibility, but now that it has been taken over as a UN policy, and in- dorsed in the Security Council by a vote of 11-0. the financial obliga- tion rests plainly on the world or- ganization as a whole. not on a few of its more conscientious mem- bers.

Mr. Diefenbaker was not argu- ing that Canada should draw out in any case. but simply that the ques- tion of cost sharing should be brought up by the Canadian govern~ merit as a matter of principle. There seems no reason indeed why it shouldn't.

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"HOW ABOUT A SOUVENIR HAT?"

OTTAWA REPORT By Patrick Nicholson

Another Form Of Filibuster Employed

Sandwiched in among t h e i if proper attention is paid to seemingly endless hours of the ‘ wording. one finds that the w final week of the Great Fla 5: :' ‘dishonest‘ was used. I have not Filihu-ster in the House of Com- ‘ said 'deshonnete'. lsaid 'malhon- mons. a. la st 3 ' on ‘ nele‘.“ (A French diction a ry

the ord

Thursday just one hour was set. translates the former as ‘rude', aside for the consideration of the latter as 'dishonest'.) private members bills. Mr. Marcel Lambert: “In. is The luck of the Order Paper ‘ the same thing." brought forward Miss Pauli n e . Gregoire: "it can be seen Jewell. sponsoring a trill to incor- that Mr. Lambert does not under poraleI The Association of Uni- stand the

versities and Colleges of Can- language. . ada in a short. factual. fully in- BILL KILLED . formative and entirely non - con- , Later. Mir. Gregoire s a l d:

troversial speech, Miss Jewell explained that this new nation- wide bilingually - titled body would replace two existing organ- izations. the Canadian Univcr«

"Everywhere in the province of

‘we used to trust Mr. Jean-L u c Pepin. but since he became a Li- beral MP. he is just like the rest

subtleties of the French remarks.

larder. Mr. Speaker. ldo not agree that Mr. Gregoire speaks for all the young people of French Canada."

Speaker: “Order. should like to ask Mr. Pepin if the word he used is not a most unparlia-

l menlary one?"

I r. Pepin: “On the contrary. Mr. Speaker. I have been mos

‘ gentle and considerate in my

-o

I "Filibuslnr, filibuster."

vote to pass t e bill. e at 6 pm. the speaker de-

larcd: “Order. The hour for ;

sities Foundation and the Nation- ‘ of them'." , private members business has . 31 Conference of Canadia it Mr. Pepin: "On a point of l expired."

Universities and C ol 1 e g-

as; this would facilitate the

their task of promoting higher education in all p a r l s of the coun v

FRENCH FILIBUSTER

No MP would take exception to s u c h a desirable objective. and the bill would quickly be. ap‘ proved by our politicians: suc might have been the thought of M is s .lowctt. formerly a pro- fessor of political science at Car- leton University in Ottawa. But that hope would not reckon with French - Canadian MP5 of

l l l l l l i work of Canada's universities in ~

against the} apparent injustice

étracks but brands as criminals ‘ people who accept bets .from the tracks. His plea over‘ I looks two points:

. In various parts of Canada as

has repeatedly been established that. while bookmaking may

a certain i l k. their language problems. a n d their crook ed thinking. So Pauline had her problems. Gilles Gregoire. C'reditisle MP fr o in Quebec. had let it , known than hc and his party

start as a small postcripl to a ilittle store's business. it is not 1 long before the underworld edges 1 in to take control of the books

be i and put them on an aggressive

‘basis under syndicate manage-

3

would not allow the approval of ‘ enli _

any bill which had orizinaled in ‘ Th? ""10" 15 “till bGlS at THC"- thc otlicr Chamber of Parlia. tracks‘a're under government ment. the Sonata - a truly on. supgrvrsmn. The, yield annual operative. democratic and logi. ‘ millions to the governments. in.

which legalizes bets at race;

Ontario And “Books”

Guelph Mercury

i The lawyer defending an Osha- icluding that of Ontario. Belting we bookmaker protested in court : is an important source of

i venue to this province.

A cynic might remark that

{ every bet with the corner bookie

away i is money out. of

l p e r s p e ctive of discouragin h

the Queen's pocket.

Viewed from that angle. the government's interest in chan-

Iwell as in the United States. it nelllng the betting money thr<

ough the pari-mutuels is on a plane with the “Control” in Liqu- or Control Board. In the broader

bookmaking because s- tory. bel-taklng is a profitable business or highly lucrative side-

_.

me. i This may have Influenced stif- . fnoss of the penalty for t h e Oshawa variety store oumer who was in the. dock: One year plus a $2.000 fine or a second year.

cal atritudc to Canada's consti- tution and our alt-copied parlia- mentary practices?

This ensued - - and whcrc noc- ossary w n r d s arc translated into English: “Mr. Speaker. I . did not intend to speak on this ‘ trill. bll'l in view of the awkward - I was going to say dishonest way in which Miss J c w 9 it

as ."

A western observer. watching r Premier Kosygin speak before the supreme soviet the other day. remarked that the n c w ‘Soviet leader talked like the i head of a big western corpora-

Miss Jewell: "On a uestion q tion making a report to stack-

of privilege. Mr. Speaker. did I '

hear Mr. Gregoire say 'drjshon. holders. No lofty phrases. No est‘?" ringing denunciations. Little at Mr. Gregoire: "I said a dis. 3 tention to the political gobble-dy-

gook which normally fills Soviet. speeches. Kosygin promised h 'l g h e r

honesl way to introduce thei bill ' l Miss Jewell: "I would ask Mr. l

‘ “' l l hdfflw “13'- : wages lower prices. petitions for The” “'3‘ "mm"? “mm” ° 5 t i r tired farmers. more and better 33??! “1" “'a-V I inlrnduced “l 9 ,. abode in the stores. For a time. ' ' he said. some klnds of food will Speaker: "Order. i am sure i ._ ~ Mr. Grego‘re would not wish to ’ lemam in Short 8 u p p l y bu‘ have that remark on the record " l ("men market“ Wm be am

Mr. Gregoire: "Mr. Speaker, learn-aged to sell meat products

"Ethics’ln Forei n Policy ,

Christian Science onltor

Former Secretary of State . mltmenl. to such catch-all phras- Dean Acheson has tone 3 public as as ee - determination or re- service in discussing at Am- nunclatlon of the nae of force. hersl College the role of ethics To withhold such I commit.- in foreign policy. The burden of merit might seem tantamount to his speech might be pharaphras- refusing to be against sin. But, ed by the Biblical injunction “Be ! as Mr. Acheson suggests. it is ye therefore wise as serpents. ibetter to combine respect I and harmless as doves." Such, l the ethical with a measure of he seems to be saying. should be pragmatism. He calls it "the the watchword for United Slal- l strategic approach." es foreign policy. ‘ is he sums up as follows:

Mr. Acheson runs the risk of i "The end sought by our foreign being misunderstood. Yet he I policy. the purpose for which we was categorlc in his statement : carry on relations with foreign of the general principles which states. is... to preserve and fos- should inspire the conduct of.ter an environtnent in which American diplomacy. ee societies may exist and

"I take it as clear." he said. i flourish. Our policies and ac- "that. where an important pur- . lions must be teetad by whether pose of diplomacy ll to further . they contribute to or detract good relations between states. l from achievement of this end." the methods— the m s of com“ The yardstick for this test l duct— by which relations be-llnformed human Judgment tween states are cm on i which is necessarily aubiectlve. must be- designed to inspire I Views are bound to differ ac to trust and confidence. To achieve . which is the wlaer or more prlf- this result. the conduct of dlplo- ' itable courae.

both down to.

of

macy should conform to the What it same moral and ethical princip-

les which inspire trust and con-

fidence when inflicted by and

between .' 1 He warns agilnsl absolute. ' com

ever-moralistic. no-

‘ course. is choosln: the way of enllllltened “Ifth in a manner which done not den-act from. but rather enhances. the confidence and truat of other! in the United sum

Kosygin Charts A Course

Milwaukee Journal

from private plots. The welfare of the people will increasingly be a matter of "paramount impor- tance."

The premier made a bid for in- creased trade with the west—in- cluding the opening of Soviet markets to western consumer goods and production of Soviet consumer goods for export. om now on. he said. produc- tion is going to be responslve to the market instead of being dic- tated from on high. Shades of capitalism!

Earlier. munist

'11 .,

Pravda. the Com- party newspaper. an-

] Smoking Report

'1 Brings Alibis

! By Dr leodore R. Van Della

. port on smoking a prob- : em that has l been solved. Physicians were beset by pa-

tients Who wanted to know how

to quit. Many medic“. often

with cigaret in hand. took the

easy way out by saying: “Well

just stop." This is true. but w?

smokers are able

bronchitis and are paying for advice and want to improve their condition. Almost every physician has witnessed the type of man who reaches into his pocket. moves the halMul pack. and throws it into the was- tebaskel. He never reaches for another cigaret because he knows one puff will make him a smoker again.

Howard P. Sprague of Boston has had many opportun- ities as a heart specialist to ob- serv actions when told that smoking was not doing their conditim any good. He classifies them into different profiles. mentioned

eviously is in search of a fa- ther figure; he does what he is told and usually get: well.

be next profile is the com- promiser who almost quits but finally settles for a smoke after ea cup of coffee. begins to chisel. and soon is back where he starred. It. is well known that a person cannut cut down if he wishes to climb on the non- smoking wagon he must stop completely.

The fibber is the third type He promises to cut down. but doesn't. The knower is the four- th He is educated in the Scientific facts correlating heart disease with cigarels. But be Is HOL convinced. The film man 15 the offshoot of the knower. He reasons that since there are no statistics on the use of filters. there is no sense in giving ul until they are available some 20 years from now

e nevi behavior category is the fatalist who has smo so much he believes the damage is

one. Persuasion works occas- ionally. provided he is willing to accept the dictum “it is never too late.” The toughest of all is the “You- can'il- do-this- to me" He cannot live without

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led Miss Jewell. as she noted the precious sixty minutes tick- l ling past. She asked repeatedly i I Quebec the students are saying: ' for the House to be allowed to .‘

or smoking and insists that com- plete abstinence would kill him.

hese men can stop smoking but some require more psychol- ogy than others

SHINY LEGS

W, M. M. writes: I’m 83 and my legs have a glazed appear- ance. What can I do for relief?

REPLY

This skin problem usually is associated with dryness. Keep the skin greased with cold cream and increase the humid- ity in your home or apartment.

BLUE WITH COLD

L. C. writes: I am 13 and as soon as the weather turns cool. my lips and fingernails look purple. What is the cause of this change in color?

REPLY