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"The alrangesl memory is weaker than lha weakest ink" TnURSDiLAFil—L—uvlfi Why No Mention?

In his address here last evening Liberal Leader Pearson. surprising- ly. made no reference to the new national health scheme which is one of the main planks in his party’s platform. This scheme is now esti- mated to cost the Dominion $200 million. which in $100 million less than the estimate given at the Liberal national rally in January, 196]. when it was first proposed.

The original plan. however. dif- fered very considerably from the one now being put forward. Under it the federal government Wtillld pay the medical and druggists' hills in~ curred by all Canadians during a given year. The beneficiary would lie obliged to include these expenses In his taxable income and pay in- c~me tax on them. thus in theory providing tht| treasury with a par- t'al reimbursement. In the new \F‘l'llfln the plan will be carried out ,i witlv by Ottawa and the provin~ c- ~: the Cost of drugs and medicines l’ - been eliminated from the cover- ade the individual vill have to

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Originally. the Covci'iimcnt «as in tiny everybody‘s full medical bills.

In the new version. it will do this rnlv for children under 18. most Y‘Plll'ed people and the unemployed. Others will have their bills paid only when they are above a certain. un- specified figure. The proposal for meeting the cost by an extra levy or. the income tax has been dropped. Now the federal share of the cost. will be paid from general revenue.

Commenting on these changes. the Toronto Globe and Mail predicts that the cost will be considerably more than the $200 million estimate now favored. It notes that the British National Health Service. originally estimated to cost £l32 million annually. actually cost £3.33 million the first year. and by 1960 had reached [670 million: also that federal gavernment costs under the Canadian hospital insurance sys- tem. which in the first year of operation. 1958-59. amounted to only 855 million. increased to $284 million In the fiscal year 1961-62.

Mr. Pearson maintains that not only i his party's plan "flexible and realistic." but that Its costs have been mrefully calculated. But by whom. and on what. basis? Is- land voters who were waiting for enlightenment on this point were disappointed last evening: but per- haps there's still some tinkering with th. plan to he done before it hits the campaign trail.

On Its Merits Mr. Pearson has followed the ex- tmpl. of his two Liberal federal candid-ta for Queens in this Pro- vince. Mesa-I. in Lewis and Allison Gills. h Charging Prime Minister

ed that it would rise in anger to oust any administration which dared announce a public work two months before an election? If they did. they merely exhibited a lack of knowledge of human n at u r e. Worse. they did nothing for that united Maritime front which. polit- ical affiliations notwithstanding, should almost invariably hold in matters of interest common to the four Atlantic Provinces."

In contrast. the Herald points out that the Hon. L. G. DesBrisay, New Brunswick'a Secretary-Treas- urer. said the only sensible thing he could say In his capacity as act- ing Premier (Liberal) of New Brunswick: “It will bring the two provinces closer together and do a great deal for economic development generally."

“At one stroke.” adds our Hali- fax contemporary. “Mr. DesBrisay placed himself and his party on the aide of virtue (is there any public man in the Maritimes AGAINST the causeway?) and left the implication. surely. that no matter if the Liberals win the next federal election, the causeway is as- sured. Further. since any person who can read a newspaper is aware of the excellent political timing of the announcement from the Pro- gressive Conservative point of view. did he not gain a few points for silent magnanimity on this point?"

Of course he did: and we hope. before the election dust settles. to see the causeway project univer- sally lndorsed and removed. once and for all. from partisan bickering of any kind. It has won out on its merits as a project rating top priority on the national agenda. re— gardless of how political winds may blow. Let's keep it that way from now on.

Feeling The Pinch

What does the Soviet l'nion lack most? The theologian would perhaps have the. best answer to that quest- ion: biit in a material \vav. and from the standpoint of l‘ r e m i e r Khrushchev's campaign for higher farm yields on which he has plitt‘Pd repeated emphasis. it is mineral for- tilizer. The need for fertilizer has become so urgent that Khrushchev is considering the convening of a special chemistry plenum similar to the one he called in June. 1958.

The supply was inadequate men for last year's acreage. This ynar some 50 million additional acres have been planted to high—calory crops. At least as much now acreage is to be added next year. Organic fertilizer cannot make up for that lacking minerals. and it is particu- larly annoying to Mr. Khrushchev that insufficient quantities of min~ eral fertilizer tell only part of the story.

The composition of most mineral fertilizers turned out in Russia is 10 to 15 years behind foreign stand- ards. Moreover. vast quantities are lost on the way from the factories to the fields because they are ship- ped in bulk unpacked. Storage facil- ities at rail terminals are hopelessly inadequate. New factories are not going up fast enough. and product- ion of some of the largest existing plants is more than 25 per cent be- hind schedule.

The shortage is likely to become still more acute before 1964. when the mineral content of soils now planted to high-calory crops may be insufficient. Meanwhile. a race is on to do the virtually impossible. Mr. Khrushchev himself said of such sudden spurts in his report to the 22nd Gang-reset "The wish for something great can become the enemy of what Is wise and realistic.” Which means. among other things. that putting the first men into or- bit and exploding the biggest nuc- lear bombs will not make two tur- nips grow where one grew before. or relieve the unallest human stom- ach of It: hunger pangs.

EDITORIAL NOTES Anotha 95,000 teachers will have to be recruited In England and Wale. by 1'10 if present education-

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OTTAWA REPORT by

Patrick Nicholson

Deficits Can Be Of Two Kinds

Finance .‘linislcr D o it al d Fleming has been lustily criti- 1- m1 in economic circles he- causc llf‘ has hiidzctcd for a de- fir-i' of €43 million in thc :ir- coimts of our federal govern- mcnt this year

By a strange coincidence. this 'lEIle‘ almost exactly matches thc fl"fllll of $7.14 million in our lfilt‘ll'n track in l‘lifi. the last full )‘car of the former Lioersl government

There is a close parallel in the size of these two deficits. But there is a wry important dil'trrcncc hclucrn Ihcm. uhirh hm siirnrisinclv been overlook- ed by our economists

Yet In every Canadian. a de-

PUBLIC FORUM

This co umn Is open In the dial-uninv- hv correspondents of questions of II- tvr-sl TM Guardian dimi not cacao Ilrilv endorse Ihe amnion M cur?" pnmlnmi All Iellerl publish-d Ire Info In" to ednma "a condensalmn when naI-essnrv The Guardian is unable tr enter min nnv rorrnpondem'a regul- 1 ins llIlPrs niihmlllfl 1

POTATO MARKETING Sn.~Wc islanders are fortun- ate in havinu such fertile and ca:y soil to unrk. Potato grow- ln" It a natural for us We have an isolation strip of at least IIan mi'es from contamination fromi the mainland of North America. if ur- allow a [cw unthinking or unscrupulous pt‘nplc to trans- port discase and pollution to us Ihcn we do not dcserve to grow antthme but table stock pota- Inc» We should c o m m e n d .\Ir MarRae for his initiative in taking stops to clcan up our dis- ease problem. It is still not too late hut II should never have

born allowed to happen.

The production of good seed must be our aim. We have the production tools and the know- hou'. unfortunater we have not the marketing set up to promote and sell our own crop. Every carload of potatoes 1 as pro- ceedinz touards Borden these days Is a loss to some Island farmer of from 3300-8400 in pm- I duction costs alone. and there have been hundreds of III.

To the farmers who do not be long to the Federation of A01- culture and begrudge the 35 membership fee. don‘t you wlah some of your potato losses could be paid to this organization In that it might be heard with a louder voice? (i be small bad- get the Federation baa to work with It In nothing but a miracle that you should ever hear from

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flcit In our foreign trade repre- seats a positive disaster; where as a deficit in our federal gov-- ernmcnI accounts is compara- ti\ cly a trivial matter.

In fact. as Erhart chier. the .

financial c H I I c of the COP- NDP in the House of Commons has said. "A budget deficit in itself is not an evil thing." YOUR JOB AT STAKE

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tween these two deficits is this. .

If our government overspend! its revenue from taxes. It must borrow to bridge the gap; and that borrowing is almost entire- Iv done from Canadians But if our country overspends its rev- enue. from exports. by buying abroad more than us soil abroad. that deficit must he bridged by importing foreign capital.

More Simply. we must sell to foreigners shares in our 0i]- fields or mineral mines or indus- trins to pay for thaI dcficiI.

Thus a deficit in our budsch II In effect merely a postpone- mcnt of tax collections, But a dcficit in our to r e i it in trade means that we are selling a slice of our future earninr: now- er as a nation. it Is like a farm- er soiling off 50 acres to pay for a holiday In California.

In the 95 years since Confed- eration. we have had 71 annual budget dcliclts and only 24 an- nual budch surpluses. The lot- III of those deficits exceeds the total of those surpluses. and our gnvcrnmcnls have from time to time had to borrow money to brzdzc that cap Thus our gross national drbt today amounts to 821‘ billion

This Is equivalent to a dcbI of 37l2 for every Canadian today. Ton yrars ago. our national dchI was $774 per head.

BvI only $512 million. or about 3 prr cent. of our national debt

II! in the bands of foreigners. and that is redeemable.

By another odd coincidence the total amount of foreign cap- Ital invested in Canada today is also about $22 billion. But most. of that is in the form of shares ‘ in enterprises in Canada. which

we cannot normally redeem. , Thus Ihe earnings and control carried by those shares a re permanently in the hands of foreigners.

TRADE TO BE BALANCED

When came Prime Minister.

c ricerncd our foreign trade pic- ture. This must be corrected. he indicated. And in this he he I been as good as his word. For whereas we had a deficit in foreign trade of $734 million In 1556. last year we had a sur- plus of $88 million. with our ex- ports exceeding our Imports in value for the first time In a dec- ado

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ly by fostering the manufac- ture in Canada of articles prev- Iously Im ported. Both these steps of course create more into for Canadians In Canada. It has been computed that the switch in our trading position between 1956 and 1961 has created ap proximately 205.000 new joba for Canadians.

Our economists In years past have bitterly. and rightly. con- demned the growing forelen ownership of our Industries. It is surprising that. among all their debate about the budget deficit. they have not yet spot- tcsi the far more Important fact that we have corrected that former deficit In our trade.

The “buy Canadian" policy ls .

i certainly paying off.

.lohu Diefenbaker be. one cl ' his first public pronouncements l

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Ottawa Journal

What's ahead for the bicycle? To police and motorists the cyc- list is a disturbineg vulnerable misfit In the heavy. Impatleat trafilc of a street like Carling Avenue. To children the bicycle Is fun and mobility. Parents fear IheIr children will let hurt If they ride In bus-y truffle, I I d fear they will grow flabby If they take bun-s Instead.

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Women have two it chromo- aomeaandmenbaveaax and

fertiliutioa taken place.ltiaaboy when the re- aultlng mixture containa' a Y.

Mismatclalug or disjunction of pain of chromosomes lentil to more or fewer than the normal number or to sea of three in. stead of pairs.

This altered genetic Interfere: wmh devdopmcnt in a variety of ways. It might lead to the death of the fetus or to a congenital anomaly. None of these is the fault of the parents and they never should blame themselves w h e n something happens to the baby because of scrambled chromosomes.

ln many instances, the extra Is an X chromosome. Many stu- dics have been made on men- tally deficient persons and it is surprising how 0 ft e n mixed matchings have occurred. Fe< males may have XXX instead of XX. and males may have XXY Instead of Y.

Some day. perhaps. we Will have a way of correcting these mismalchiugs so that congeni- tal lesions can be prevented.

IDr Van Dellen will answer questiona on medical topics If stamped. selanddressed enve- lope accompanies request)

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DEFICIENTi Tm'nom SECRETION R. F. writes: What do (by mid pills do for a person what has a minus 20 on the breathing l

test? REPLY

They replace the hormone de- ficiency in those with hypothy-' ‘ raidlsm and help them to feel i ‘ warmer and less sleepy. They i i may raise the pulse and body temperature to normal and de-‘ |cmise a high blood cholesterol I level. Send a stamped. self-ad- } i dream envelope for leaflet on 1 . hypothyroidism.

EARACHE

J B writes: II a child has earache. is a heating pad over

the ear good treatment? REPLY l lit-at causes distress but that cause of the earache is a more i important consideration. Infec- j tlon of the Inner ear. with pren- ‘ sure on the drum from accumu lation of pus. requires drains: and stronger shots into a hip?

i ARM 0! HIP snors I J. S. writes: Are weaker shots of penicillin given Into an arm and stronger shots into a hip”! REPLY No. The hip In preferred be- cause It Is larger. softer. has fewer blood vessels and nerves to strike. and Is less sensitive Io i the stretching effects of a small amount of fluid.

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a waabboard. — Vancouver Pro Vince.

Snakes are feared III-n than I any other living creatures aa killers of men and yet the stings of bees. wasps. hornets and yellow-jackets take more Ilvu than the bites of all the poison- ous snakes put together. la a period of a few years survey- ed by the 0.5. National Office of Vital Statistics. 85 people died from the effects of Insect stings and 'II from the stings of palms- ous snakes. Bees take about as many lives as rattlesnake—BC Wildlife Review,

New Crisis

By Came

In Argentina

n Cummings

Canadian Press staff Writer

The annulment of Peronisln- Communist election victories at the bidding of the military may mark only a new phase rather than the end of Argentina's political troubles.

The many backers of former dictator Juan Peron. after al-

OUR YESTERDAYS

From the Guardian Files

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO April as. im

A E. Macbeurin. Ottawa. secretary of the Canadian Coun- cil on Boys and Girls Farm Clubs. arrived in Charlottetown last night. He will confer with Dominion and Provincial partment of Agriculture heads regarding the work in the pro

l vince. Steady progress In I!” I experienced 1

work has since the Canadian Council was formed six years ago. In 1931 there were 21.00) clubs In Can-

ada and last year 84.000 Mr. '

Maclaeurin aald.

The S. S. “Farmorth.” Capt. Murley. arrived early yesterday morning. docking aI Buntaln— Bell's wharf. when cattle. holi- aes. pins. and a [eneral cargo II being loaded for St. John's, NM. The 5.5. "Fletirul." Capt. Luc Pelletler also arrived yes- terday from Montreal. and will return with a cargo of potatoes.

TEN YEARS AGO April I. 1058 Lorne L. Noonan. president of the Prince Edward bland Fish- eries Council of Canada. leave: this week to attend the seventh annual meeting and convention I the Fisheries Council of Can- ada. which is being held in

i Vancouver. After the three day

meeting delequ and visitors will be taken on a tour up the Fraser Valley. to Inspect the famous salmon fishwayl at Bella Gate. and other points of Interest.

Mlu Mary Hill. I. 8c. of the DIetetIca Department of the Prince Edward lalaad Hospital. left to spend a fortnIght with her aunt and uncle In Nappan. N.s.. helm-e aeIlIng from Mons Inal a May I. It! a three- mum holiday II Indeed and the Conn-at.

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i must seven years In the wilder- ness. are not likely to accept ‘ a new banishment quietly.

And even If the military doel succeed in closing rank. and imposing order on the country. the resumption of normal dent ocratic government will be dif- ficult.

The annulment decree. signed by President Guido Tuesday after five weeks of tangled manoeuvring. voided the March in vote in which Pemnlslu elected five provincial [over- nors and supported four other successful candidates. It also wiped out the results of earlier provincial electlons back to Ian Dec. 17 and ordered federal ap poinlm to take control of all 22 Argentine provinces.

But the decree. which fol- lowed military takeovers In three provinces. made no men- tion of the 47 Chamber of De) utlcs seats won by Peronlalal l In the upset vote March 18. The results stunned military ' leaders end led to their outer of W Arturo Froadizl. who had convinced them It would be safe to me the ban on the Peronistas and In the election. OPPOSE PERONISTAI

in the last few days. sharply divided among aelves. the armed forces ha been unanimous In Inalsting that ’ the Pei-opiates mun not be al- lowed to take office.

For a time last weekend It appeared that the upper hand had been taken by Guido and I group of "legallst" offlcen wha wanted the election voided only wlth congrcsslonal approval.

On Sunday. however. the navy chiefs moved 5m marines into Buenos Aim and demanded that Guido sign the annulment decree on his own authority.

Pcron's followers can hardly be blamed If they see Injustice In a system IhaI allows then to vote only If they cast M bailout In the right direct“.

Even helm the amt decree they had promised gen- eral urine and evu violence If their winning candidates were not allowed to take office May 1.

if they carry out Ihelr prom- Isca now the resulting erlale could be one of the m . ever faced by the crislypluu‘ countrv

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at The Community Centre. Ch'town

Queens County Conservative Nominating Convention