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Well Worth Repeating

An outspoken warning against

what he-termed “excessive region- alism or provincialism” which could lead to “the weakening and eventual disappearance of the Confederation” was given by Prime. Minister Pear- son in the course of an address last week. It was a timely utterance, for it followed.on the heels of Premier Lesage’s widely -publicized statement that bringing Quebec MLAs’ pay to the $18,000 a year level of federal MPs’ was in keeping with “the con- cept of two nations in Canada. one of which is represented by Quebec.” - This two-nation concept, however zealously it may be peddled by Que- bec lobbyists, is certainly at odds with the concept of national unity Pearson was plead- ing. How, indeed, could it fail to re- sult in “the weakening and eventual disappearance of the Confederation” and how could it be justified on any constitutional. basis? If Canada is not-one nation vhole and indivisible, then what is it? A two-nation state is a contradiction in terms, however much we-mav subscribe to the idea of bilingual..and bicultural equality within the state, ° e

The Prime Minister's words are well worth weighing in_ this con- nection. - Unforttinately, however, théy weren’t delivered in Quebec, or intended to be construed’ as a com- mentary on the Quebec premier’s _ Statement. ; British Columbia Liberal Party meet- ing, and were interpreted by news- men as being directed “straight at Premier W. A. C. Bennett, who has

separatist.”

Perhaps Premier Bennett needed that reminder, too. But we hope Mr.

Pearson will take the first -opportun-—

ity of repeating it closer home, among

sis" Liberal-friends-in-Quebec,-where —

effiier- Lesage and his cabinet col- leagues will be within earshot and

in a better position to digest its im-.

plications.

~~Space Race Aims The record-smashing flight of Gemini 5 is hailed as a vital step in the peaceful endeayor to send a man to the -moon. And the-space labor- atory which the United States is planning to launch in a few years has also been described by President Johnson as having “peace’’ as its aim. Let’s hope it will be helpful in achiev- “this objective. We need be under n@ illusion, however, as to the mil- itary nature of both these spurts in tHe race to lead" the world in space

flight. b 14 AS the Montréal Gazette points

out: in this connection, Gemini 5 carried out military experiments. For example, the visual sighting of the ld#unching of a Minuteman ‘missile was obviously in this category; the same is true of-the-emphasis-on-the visual identification of other objects the ground. The space laboratory _ 11 merely refine things that are al- dy being done, ,as well as test a “new things, stich as the inspec-

, dismantling or destruction of “enem#” (i.e. Russian) satellite in ce. In announcing the space labora- tory decision, . President Johnson mentioned that the United States: was tommitted by a United Nations agree- mént to use space only for peaceful purposes. Wouldn't he have done bet- . to have clearly admitted the mil- if@ry nature of the plans as well? The ject will be developed and con-, troHed by the American armed for- cés. There are already U.S. satellites” of various sorts whirling about the earth, all allegedly.for peaceful purposes; but the espionage , they carry - is-certainly military in ~

nature. Needless to say, the United States

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ts not the only country which intends to exploit space for military pur- poses. The Soviet Union is doing the same thing, and has been all along. Space power is clearly fated td have just as much of a mifitary aspect as air power. This, of course, makes it doubly important that our Ameri- can allies should “maintain the lead they have established in this field. Nothing is gained by camouflaging it as a ventufe in the realm of pure science, however.

The great’ Dr. Johnson gave good advice to Boswell on this Subject of facing facts Imthe field of human ~ motives. “Clear your mind of cant,” he told Bozzie- when the latter -was indulging in some of his banal moral- izing. We can apply it to a good deal of the high-sounding platitudes our statesmen are inclined to drape their thoughts in these days, as well.

By Order-In-Council

At the time the. new Canada Pen- sion Plan was debated in Parliament, Labor Minister MacEacHen insisted that there would be no foercion or compulsion used to get Ganadians to register. It would be mandatory only for those covered-by the Unemploy- ment Insurance Act. It was on those terms that the measure passed. But government bureaucracy has willed otherwise. A number—consisting of nine digits=-will appear on a. social security card that all Canadians 18 vears and over must apply for if they hope to benefit under the plan. Fail- ure to obtain a card can deprive a person of pension coverage.

Deductions under the plan, which are compulsory, will start next Jan- uary 1. The first payments to pen- sioners will be made: on January 1, 1967._Those who don’t register for_a code number will still be forced to contribute to the pension fund, but they will get no credit for these de- ductions on their own pension.

Now another autocratic step has been taken in this matter. Despite re- peated assurances that no one would be forced to apply for a security card, the Cabinet recently passed an order- in-council making it compulsory for every working Canadian to obtain a code number before Sept. 2. If. they still ignore the edict, Ottawa has two

courses—left-open:_it can assign a

number to -an individual, -or~-it--can prosecute an employer since the onus

of having his employee register falls

on him. ‘It is reported that 500,000 Cana- |

}-dians have-so-far-refused to-apply for —

‘| security cards. because. code num- bers smack too much of regimenta- tion. They may be right or wrong in this contention, but Parliament was concerned about respecting their views; and it was taken for granted

that Mr. MacEachen’s assurance on

_this point meant what it said. .

Apparently it didn’t. We have seen no explanation of this matter

“fromthe taborminister:orfrom:-any

of ‘his colleagues, but surely it is time

, that one. was. forthcoming.

4, Salutary Lesson

s_.if man_ didn't have enough ice with his own kind, he still finds himself at war with the animal,

| bird and insect world. Some recent

evidences io this effect have been gleaned by the Milwaukee Jou to

show that even though scientists have revolutionized many aspects of our way of life. the conquest of na- ture-is still anvthing but complete. _There was that Soviet steamer in the-Black—Sea,-for instance, “whith:

' -was attacked so ferociously by swarm-

_drift for tw

ing mosquitoes that the crew was immobilized and the vessel forced: to

sent the pésts packing.

Then there were the Australian troops along the Malavsian-Indone- sian border who imported five cats to cope with a plague of vicious rats. The rats, ate the-cats. sae

~And—the--police—in-Chippenham, England, who sought a large white dog which stole two carpets, two. carpet brushes. a towel and a pair of trousers in raids on gardens.

And the herring gulls on- Hatteras island in North Carolina which drop clams, scallops and other shellfish from great heights onto highways to _

| crack open their food. The resulting | mess plays hob with auto tires and

has the state highway os in

a dither.

“spy er

And California's Dopminig starling

‘population which is making scientists:

nervous arid farmers downright glum. The omniverous birds devour cattle feed, figs, cherries, - grapes, olives, _ dates, nuts and other crops.

Yes, sighs the Milwaukee paper, “we can take TV pictures of Mars, fracture the atom and orbit the earth but we still can’t bend,all of its crea- tures to our bidding.’ A good thing - too, perhaps, though it has its dis- advantages!

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FALL ELECTION “TAKE-OFF

.MEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES

OTTAWA REPORT By Patrick Nicholson

Minister Pearson's re! turn to the Capital from his week long fishing and “‘fishing’’ expedition to the West will spur even more ‘Will he? Won't he?” election speculation here.

No matter what one's belief about the propriety or prediction about the prospects of an early election, one can find someone here to argue the opposing stand. The following are the basie facts which constitute a do-it - yourself kit for any_ would-be el- ection debater:

The British North America Act of 1867 said: ‘‘On the com- pletion of each decennial census, the ‘representation (in the House of Commons)—of—the— provinces -shall-be readjusted::."*"- The-latest- census took—place at_its regular 10-year interval'in 1961. The con-: sequent readjustment of repre-

tuency boundaries, has not yet been completed, but is far ad-

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days until a cool front |

submitted to the House of Com- mons on about 22 January next. There is then an inexorable time- table for procedure, leading up to the proclamation by the Gov- ernor_in. Council” the new _ boundaries are in force. COULD VOTE IN JUNE 1966 Assuming reasonable coopera- tion by the House and Govern- ment, and desirable planning by the Chief Electoral Office, a general election might reasonab- ly be held under the new order on Monday June 27 next. The. “earliest porsibie date would“be® four weeks earlier. But to defer — the date into 1967, as Prime Min- | ister Pearson has pessimistic-

sentation, by. redrawing consti- |

~vaneed—and—will_be_ready. to-be —-

In his first speech in the House as Prime Minister, on May 20, 1963, Mr. Pearson said: ‘‘Redis- tribution should have taken place before now, following the last census. It is of course important to correct as soon as possible some of the anomalies which now exist."’ Nothing happened, but six months later, on Novem- ber 4, 1964, he declared: ‘‘First” among the next major measures whicih we hope to bring forward will -be that dealing with .redis- tribution in order that the people of Canada should in the Sixties _have a properly represegtative ' House of Commons based on the | population distribution accord- ing to-the-last-eensus

-IfMr--Pearson-imposes-an -el- ection this year, the people of Canada will probably be repre-' sented for the next five years, namely until the Seventies, im- properly on the basis. of the 1951 census.“

Three months later,_in Febru-— ary 1964— legislative action still not having been started— Mr. Pearson told the House: “I am sure that every Member of this House, no matter to what party he belongs, must share a sense | of inadequacy as long as we | have failed to make provision | for the r€presentation of the peo- ple according to the census which is now nearly three years old.”

Nine more months were to elapse, or 18 months fromm his original promise, before the bill owas-fi pintostawSuch== ; delay in introducing the bill, and- | the nearly nine months in pro- | cessing it through Parliament,

ally predicted, would be the re- | was’ inexcusable in view of the sult of needless. dithering and’ unstable nature of any minority _

Sir,— A recent article in ygur paper covering a meeting of

ional High School quotes Calls | of “We might as well be living in Cuba!"’ Each one of those people present should

a government will rule P.E.I.

‘They woitld be shot if they spoke |

| out against the Government in | Cuba and

| from the military as ours do here.

I am a ratepayer of the Ath- ena Regional High School and I pay my share of taxes. I have three -children growing up will attend this school and I am not scared or objecting to the new. liquor...store location. - My children’s morals can be just as

ily corrupted at a theatre or watching some of the shows on TV. There are shows such gs a re- cent. CBC ‘production called - Room at the Top,” where there 4s a lot more ‘‘sex” and liquor drunk than they will ever see around the liquor store or around the playground area for that matter. And if people can —be-murdered_in their own homes

tacked, then 15-year-old children | are hardly safe inside the high | school itself.

i As far .as a petition being cir- ' culated, it must of been for the town people only as there never was such a paper passed around. here. ‘Maybe we ratepayers in the country don’t count.) It seems to me the town of Sum-. merside is worrying a lot about

cerns it. Or is it the: tax money they. want? They ate sure mak- ing a political football of the is- sue anyway. They talk about the ‘ “winos’” _ hanging around: The RCMP will not be so tolerant of them as the Summerside police seem to be. | “Im closing I say worry more

ratepayers of the Athena >, |

thank | their God-that-they are not liv- - {ing in-Cuba~and-pray—that-the— time will never come when such _,

their high schools | there-.don’t~.enjoy... the ..freedom.;

who |

and three-year-old children at-

something that only partly con-_

| delay. government, such as his. LIQUOR STORE LOCATIONJ | about the cost of students going

to the Vocational School instead | of the location of a liquor store that most of-the ones who are hollering patronize. If my chil- dren can be corrupted by the

sight of a liquor store or a drun- |

ken man, Heaven help them as T will have failed as a father and o parent. I am, Sir, etc., , HARRY G. GILLIS | Ellerslie, P.E.I.

_..IN_APPRECIATION.__ Sir— Words alone cannot ex- press the thanks of the entire membership of the Katahdin “Rangers” for the wonderful treatment afforded the unit dur- ing their stay in Charlottetown | The cooperation of your ‘person- nel and the outstanding response of the general public to the unit at all times has never been mat- ched in all of our travels throv- ghout the past few years. Our heartfelt thanks to/“you, your committee members, the | el of the YMCA and the Basilica Recreation Centre, | police department, Mayor Cox, John Butler and the ,thousands of others who made our visit to, your community one which wé shall remember and cherish. Upon_departing- ‘from_Charlot- tetown on - Saturday ‘morning we made a very interesting and pleasant tour of your beautiful ‘Isl and arrived home safe and sound Sunday morning at

group of boys, girls and adults.

The people of your community are very fortunate. They have managed to retain the desire and the initiative to roll out the red carpet to visitors, something that few communities of today can still manage from the heart. The Good Lord must surely smile: when he tooks down on Charlottetown.

I am, Sir, etc., WILLIAM E. MILLIKEN Director, Katahdin Rangers

Drum and ‘Bugle Corps.,

Millinocket, Maine %

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7.00 a.m. A very tired but happy

Facts For Would- Be Election D Sheba.

In the “abeense. of any national

- emergency calling for a new

mandate, in the absence of any legislative log jam calling for an appeal to the people, what | would be ‘the Liberal Party’s ex- cuse for rushing into an unwant- ed election with an ‘immoral’’ disregard for electoral inequal- ities -and anomalies now so nearly corrected?

The $450 million bonanza of the wheat sale to Russia coupled with public opinion polls showing | that fair blows the wind for Mike is not a statesmanlike basis’ for calling the third election in four years, But that this is the reason_was_ vividly revealed by an anxious question--posed by one of the ‘top paid organizers, the Madison Avenue puppeteers of politics, of the Liberal Party: “Could the Conservatives man- age to dump Dief and get a new ~ | leader_ between dissolution and polling day?’’ In. other words, they fear their champion’s chan- | ces against any other opponent.

Our Yesterdays

AFrom The Guardian Files)

TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO (August 30, 1940) Thousands of citizens at the .Exhibition Grounds tendered an enthusiastic welcome. to His Bx- cellency, the Earl of Athlone, | “Governor - General of and his Royal Consort, the Prin. | | cess Alice.

The Air Ministry announced that ‘the Royal Air Forces’s bag _of Nazi planes for August had passed the 1,000 plane mark:

TEN YEARS AGO (August 30, 1955)

Dr. John B. Downing of Sum- merside was elected president of the Canadian Medical Associa: tion, P.E.I. Division, at the clos-

‘ing of a two-day conference in the auditorium of Prince of Wal- es College.

Mr. Dean M. Robinson leaves Biel Friday morning for Madis- Wisconsin, where the next— iw years he will continue post- graduate work in plant Pathol- ogy at the University of Wiscon- sin. He expects to obtain his doc- torate_ majoring in vegetable dis- eases.

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' Criminal

Detention

By Farmer Q nt, Ottawa

The power and influence of vo- _iuntary—citizens’groups—on—go-- vernment policy is being tested here through protests over plans to construct four special detention units for dangerous

and hostile penitentiary in- mates. Some time ago the Depart-

ment of Justice announced its intention to build four such units but so far, onky one, at St. Vince- | nt de Paul, is underway. Constr-* tion of the other three, in N ew Brunswick, Ontario and Sask-— atchewan,, may be delayed: by | protests from the Canadian Cor- | rections Association and the John Howard Society.

about)

the psychological effects of win- | dowless cells on prisoners. They have already demonstrated they can exert considerable in- fluence on government policy. A year ago the Corrections Assoc- tation, John Howard: and Eliza- beth Fry Societies combined to | halt plans for a new women's | penitentiary at Cornwall on the | ground it was not a suitable loc- | ation.

Now they are ainst the Canadian Penitent- iary Service whose commissio- ner, Allen J. MacLeod, is figh- | ting a stiff battle to persuade justice minister Lucien Cardin | to proceed with the other three units. Mr. Cardin will probably | allow the Quebec unit to be com- pleted but may delay a start on. the other three or decide to ab- andon the entire concept.

The Penitentiary Service doesn't like to criticize the per-

izens’ groups because they per- form valuable services in the

| field of penology. But some other

voices are not so cautious. The Civil Service Association, which represents most of the penitenti- ary officers, has come out blunt- |

| ly on the side of the units.

“The Association is particul- arly disturbed that much of the criticism of the new units has | come from-sources tacking-prac- | tical experience in the day to | day care, custody and training of inmates,” president Cal Best says.

He points out that since 1962, three officers have been killed as the result of inmate violence, there have been murders of . inmates. by other inmates, inju- ries to officers and inmates and | much dama to public prop- erty as the result of prison riots.

Commissioner MacLeod_pleads for the special units as a means | of ‘segretating the viglent three percent of the penitentiary po- -pulation. from the well behaved |

| Prisoners who can be rehabilit- | | ated. He says the prisoners will | _ Spend only ten hours a day in the cells, most of this asleep, and the cells have a skylight

arrayed aga- > | Secee Whe Silipictan

| NOTES BY THE WAY

One reason experience is such , &@ good teacher ig that she does | not allow any dropouts.—Chang- |

“When a girl asks a man to | teach her to swim, if he isn’t

careful, he'll get into. deep wa- ii

ter. — Galt Reperter.

‘How about a real old-fashion- |

ed kiss?’ he asked. “O.K."" she replied, ‘‘I'll call my

ao *—Galt meeiaes,

Customer: ‘‘Where is the. awn. ‘eF of this restaurant?” Waiter | He's out to lunch, sir."— Terce- | | to Star. The Beatles are reported a lit- tle peeved at suggestions their popularity is waning. However they can always get some con-

Graaéme free es in this country—ahd | thankful that there's now: law requiring us to listen to it.

Those who complain about TV are reminded it could be worse. There could be reruns of sum-

| Mer programs.—Algoma Rec-

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“Get your hair cut,” I told my

year old daughter. ‘Do you | want to look like a boy?’’—Door | County Advocate.

We're thankful that we have

Adolescence no longer exists, a French psychiatrist avers. Now that it's been repeated, what do we Cai; that dizzy spell?—Wind- sor*Star.

With reference to gardenin

| solation by taking ‘a look at | the green thumb receives c it

Fort William |

that should go mainly to elbow grease.~-Guelph Mercury. .

British Withdrawal Feared

Harold Press Staff Writer

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Britain's regiment from its Army on the Rhine and

plans to call out a second next year ‘has caused a political ex- plosion “in West Germany, ion still lingers that Germans would be sacri-

ficed in any East-West atomic |

showdown in Europe.

Konrad Adenauer, the former | chancellor who still is ‘politi- cally active as the chairman of his party, maintains this is ‘‘an overwhelming blow”

dence in their allies. The fiery former defence minister, Franz - Josef Strauss, says con- tinued nuclear discrimination against Germams—may give rise eventually to a new dictator promising and giving Germans their own nuclear weapons. Bisected by the Iron Curtain, Germany worries about. the first battleground in any ' new European war or, alterna- tively, that it would be de-mill- tarized and neutralized in any eventual European settlement.

DEFENCE ISSUE

Germany now is in the midst | of a tense general election cam- | paign in which military secur- ity is a prime issue. It is there- | fore puzzling why Britain should pick this particular | to make such a- sensitive move. Britishh officials maintain the | decisionh to withdraw the nu- | |clear missiles and re - equip the army with conventional | _weapons—was-made some -time- ago, and was reached with the knowledge and approval of the supreme NATO commander in | Eurone, Us” Gen Lyman Lem- | 1. Mitzuz a

They also argue that the Cor- poral missile, with whichh the 47th is equipped, has. become | “obsolete, and~ that Britain's to tal fire-power on the Rhine is | not being reduced, since a sis |

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The British action has not been ignored by the Russians. Semyon Tsarapkin, the chief Soviet, disarmament negotiator at Geneva, sugests the British

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