Ge GrarMart Govers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew x ‘ W.J. Hancox, Publisher Burton Lewis Executive Editor ed every week day morning (except Sum Prince Street, ld. Frank Walker Editor ented nationally by Thomson ris Services Toronto, 425 Unive 13-8894; 640 Cathcart office, 1030 Georgia Street, Vancouver (MA 7037) ‘Member Canadian Daily Newspaper rales Fiehis or republication of special ai desthaai also reserved. Subscription rates Not over 35c per week by carrier. $11.00 » year by mail or rural routes and areas not serviced by ca Bets yer aff sland and UK, $20.00. per and elsewhere outside British Come Net ever 7e pet single cop) mber Audit Bureau 3F Circulat ~AUGU PRIDAY, piurbing Trial Gis ports in the | are many Judging from re British press, there Britons who feel uneasy that in all the probings into the seamy life of | a section of London society the big names have so far managed to keep away from the witness stands. Es- pecially is this the case since the suicide of Dr. Ward. It is for this reason that the report of Lord Den- ning on the security aspects of the case of former War Minister John Perfumo is awaited with special in- terest throughout the country. Lord Denning has been thoroughly prob- {ng into every report and rumor con- nected with the aff: The Denning report is expected in September. Meanwhile Lord Rad- cliffe, the eminent lawyer who inquir. ed into the Vassal spy case earlier this year, has been accused of “white- washing” lax politicians and officials. Lord Radcliffe sharply denied this In an interview on a British Broadcast- ing Corporation programme the other day. He saw the allegation as an in- sult to his own integrity. | “But did not the Vassal inquiry disclose quite a lot of negligence in high places?” he was asked. He agreed there was. But he did not think Prime Minister Macmillan would neses: iy have been better informed if there had been a minister of security in the Cabinet. Lord Radcliffe agreed that Sir Norman Brook, secretary in the Cabi- net, had slipped up badly in not in- forming the Prime Minister that. his War Secretary was associating with Christine Keeler at the same time as was Soviet agent Yevbeny Ivanof. Then Lord Radcliffe made a comment which considerably worried some reviewers. He said, “Sir Norman hardly ever makes a mistake. It was just one of those things.” It is this kind of attitude, says & reliable London correspondent, which Is seen disturbing when British integrity is felt to be in need of boost- ing both at home and abroad. This view is reflected pointedly by the Labor Opposition, which has given notice that it will pursue the ques- tion of the mysterious gaps in what the public has been allowed to know. New Senate Inquiry Before Parliament adjourned, a strong bipartisan committee was established in the Senate to examine the problems involved in promoting the welfare of aged and aging per- sons in Canada. Among the specific ateas of study mentioned by the pro- moter, Senator Croll, were employ- ment, health care, pensions, leisure and housing. The Senate in recent years has launched other useful studies of national problems. Two notable in- vestigations, which led indirectly to important legislation, were those into onservation and into manpower and employment. In its new inquiry it will take account of social measures in other countries, notably the United States, the United Kingdom and the Scandinavian nations. In urging his motion, Senator Croll emphasized the variety and com- plexity of the problems to be investi- gated, pointing out that, with respon- sibilities divided between three levels ef government and the voluntary agencies, it was difficult to appraise our national performance in this field er to plan for such services as may now be lacking. Partly because of the achieve- of medical science, problems aged are now of direct con- percentage of our citizens. Placed before the Senate aome striking statistics in this eon- lon. In 1921, for example, the propor. tion over 65 in this country was only 4.8; in 1951, it had risen to 6.7 and in 1961 to 7.7. It is very much higher in Manitoba than in Quebec and New- foundland—and highest in Prince Edward Island and British Columbia. According to the most recent tables, the total number of persons 65 and over in Canada is nearly 1,400,000. This is approximately the population | of the province of Alberta. The hearings of this committee will thus be of direct concern to a very large segment of our people. One thing they should do, certainly, is dispel the assumption that human beings become obsolescent with ad- vancing years and the feeling among | retired people themselves that they | are no longer wanted by the com- | munity. The Pesky Perch The Canadian Press reports the activities of a voracious perch which has Vancouver's public aquarium of- ficials in a quandary. The perch was caught in a beach seine a few months ago, and was put into a tank with much larger fish, including a dog- fish shark and a ling cod, although it was feared he might be eaten. As things turned out, the cod is nurs- ing wounds and the shark is in dan- ger of being nibbled to death. The pearch wi his gill slits to breathe and then moves in for a choice bit of the gills. And he’s got nearly all the skin nib- bled off the cod. It just goes to show that it’s ag- gressiveness that counts. The perch in this case is four inches long, the shark three feet long and the cod four feet long. By all reckoning the perch’s survival chances were next to nothing, especially if he started getting nasty and annoying his big- ger tank-mates. But the perch didn’t know that, or care. He just went until the shark opens | ahead as if the tank belonged to | him, and the other inmates were put there for his nourishment. Officials claim they are in same difficulty as the perch’s victims —they can’t catch him. He’s not only a “terribly aggressive little fish,” but a frustratingly nimble one as well. There's a moral to this little story somewhere, but we just can’t put our finger on it. Perhaps it has some- thing to do with keeping a stiff up- per lip, putting one’s best foot for- ward, and that kind of thing. Pe haps we could link it up, if we tried, with the political moral the late Prem- jer Lea used to preach about the wheel that does the squeaking being the one that gets the grease. But from the point of view of everyone except the perch, it must be confess- ed that it would be profitless to hold this pesky little creature up for emulation on any count. The sooner his associates bestir themselves and make an end of him the better. Peaceful co-existence, even in an aquarium, can’t be carried on by turning the other cheek. EDITORIAL NOTES A gratifying indication of the progress made in the construction of the Fathers of Confederation Mem- orial Building is the announcement that Prime Minister Pearson will lay the cornerstone on August 26, the Just 75 years ago, Dr. John Dun- lop, a Belfast veterinary surgeon, filed a patent application for a pneu- matie tire. Henry Ford said a few years later this was the invention that made the whole automobile industry possible. ee oe Even in election years, says an should realize that it is no longer ac- ceptable to use the old-age pension vote to buy votes. Perhape not ac- ceptable, but it seems to be regarded as politically profitable. The first three-year grain agree- ment with Communist China, notes the Ottawa Journal was received critically by the Liberals then in op- position who had the most gloomy forebodings about credit terms and payments. Now, in Government, they have heartily welcomed a new agree- ment. The price to be paid for be- tween 112,000,000 and 186,700 bush- els in the new agreement is not stat- ed but presumably it is close to the market price. The terms of credit have been improved with an addition- al six months given the Chinese in whieh to complete payment, EMERGING FROM THE ICE AGE? OTTAWA REPORT By Patrick Nicholson Faceless Men Behind The Ministers The boffins of Parliament | Hill are the executive assistants and special assistants to Cabin- et Ministers. These backroom boys can make a government if they are effective; if they are not, they can easily break a gov- ernment. ‘The classic example of what a hoffin should be and do was of course effectively demonstrated by the greatest of them all, Mel Jack, who was executive assis- tant to George Hees when he was Transport Minister and when he was Trade Minister in — always in back- rooms— ever since. Nobody, but nobody, knows his way about polities end Parliament Hill bet- ter than Mel J: So effective was he in aiding George Hees, in producing eal in steering his Minister Ta a | Jy and departmentally, that his fame was widespread in Ottawa. It is a secret that can now told that, when the Pearson Cab- inet was sworn in, Mel Jack the longtime dedicated Conservative worker could have had the Job of executive assistant to one of four of the new Liberal ministers. George Hees ran the most glamorous and effective depart- ment of government In the Con- servative regime. George Hees was called a playboy by the late €.D, Howe before he ever look- ed like becoming a cabinet min- ister. But George Hees, by his own hard work and with Mel Jack's guidance, developed into the man who is the ma Jority choice for the leadership of the Conservative Party. It is not too much to say that this new Hees is “The Hees that Jack bullt.”” NEW LIBERAL TEAM With these faceless men hind the ministers playing as an important role. there has been great interest to see who would be recruited into these powerful and important jobs by the new Liberal governm ent. Gradually the team took shape, and began to be known around Parliament Hill. Then Doug Fisher, the New Democratic MP for Port Arthur, asked a series of probing questions in Parlia- ment. Who is the executive as- sistant or the special assistant to each minister? he asked. What is his age? What are his qualifications ice the job? How much is he pai ‘Thus we now have a rather unusual survey on the record. The 25 ministerial assistants appointed to date range In age from 68 years down to 22. Their pay bracket normally runs from $9,000 to $12,000, but there are exceptions. Jacob Austin, the SI year old assistant to Northern ‘Affairs Minister Arthur Laing | has an outstanding record as stu- dent, teacher and practitioner of Pi he draws an exceptional $15, MARY. MACDONALD The Prime Minister's own ex- ecutive assistant is the ‘“dean’” of this group, who has been Girl | riday to Mike Pearson almost since the end of the war in his various roles as Under Secre- tary and then Secretary of State for External Affairs, Opposition Leader and now P.M. Macdonald won her BA “magna cum laude"; graduated M.A. is, political science; served adian Red Cross headquarters ih England during the war. She is bd second highest paid, at $13,- 600, and she is the only woman in this group. ‘Two ex-Liberal M.Ps from Quebec, both defeated by So- creds, a retired army Brigadier, a serving officer in the RCAF, two recruits from the federal | civil service, former Liberal As: | sociation officials, public re- lations practitioners and news- papermen, as well as the usual spattering rs a lawyers, make up the ‘These advisers, trouble- shoot ers and workhorses, each one | hand-picked by his own minist- | er, represent a very diversified | cross section in experience. wag- es, age and background. U.S. & The Common Market pt eres Stat Weiter ‘The United Siates has in ef- fect demanded that the Kuro- pean Common Market prove by actions that it is an outward- looking community seeking gen- eral improvement in trade. That is the interpretation in Britain of the U.S. threat to take reprisals against, the six: nation community unless it re- dices levies on American chlck- ens in the so - called chicken is ap- sral-type tention by President de Gaulle | and Chancellor Adenauer, the community is moving more and more toward an exclusive pos- ture. In other words, France and | West Germany—along with the | Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and Luxembourg — are accu: looking out strictly for their ‘own interests at the expense, It necessary, of other countries in the Atlantic community. COMPROMISE POSSIBLE Some experts see the conflict as so serious that they cannot believe the U.S. and the Com- mon Market will fail to reach a compromise before Sept. 16, when the American reprisals would take effect. These would involve withdrawing $46,000,000 worth of tari concessions on common market exports. "The background is. that the & PUBLIC FORUM VISITOR'S REACTION Sir,—There has been discussion as to whether it would not benefit Prince Edward Is- a to abolish present controls, smit free consumption and sale St lighor, and this encourage and increase tourist traffic on the Island. This letter is both a protest and a warning against such a plan. Instead -of “beautiful girls on the beaches” you would get bro- ken bottles, filthy litter and tragic accidents there, due to drinking. Do not open your doors to invite undesirables to whom holidays consist only in unbridl- ed license. Such visitors would not be capable of | manpower and degrading your young men and women to the rank of menials and the, popula; | tions ‘natives” viewed without resect, Tiking of understanding by the’ soulless, drifting masses that and in return for devastate a small community, body and soul. Ido not mean that you should close your Province hermetically and keep all strangers out, There | is a desirable class of visitors, slowly ‘but steadily growing in numbers, who will faithfully Be turn year after year, and briny their friends. ‘These tourists, drawn from all parts of parts the U.S.A, are the thougl - Common Market has begun to | mon | toxication. into operation a comi agricultural protective system, | based on variable levies on imported foods so that their prices give European farm products a preference. | han'to take digitalis al Skin Affected By Poor Diet By Dr. Theodore R, po nen Can a starvation affect the skin? Yes, but the ‘aivideal nutritional ecze ture of his condition escaped ae- tection because it resemb! fairly common dermatitis ‘oy ‘and no one fi ening hal ‘The man was reluctant to dis- cuss his meals but finally ad- mitted he never drank milk and had avoided meat, vegetables, and fruit for many months. His mepus consisted largely of pota- toes and tea. Rapid improve- ment took place when he chang- ed his eating habits and took large doses of vitamins and min- erals. In addition, he gained weight and experienced & mark- ed increase in strength and vig- or. ‘Nutritional eczema usually {s confined to the elbows, necks and lower back. these a eve ae ta ry and scaly. In so Wieuse (mts lilece sere flesh in that it is studded with tiny projections. But most nutritional deficien- cies are detec mouth and lips. The tongue may be smooth and bright red and the gums swollen; canker sores of ten co-exist, Fissures or cracks may develop in the corners of the mouth. Individual vitamin _deficien- cles produce specific skin chang- es but this is unusual because it 1s difficult to develop a defic- fency of one vitamin and not oth- ers. Too little A causes dryness and shrinking of the skin and acne-like lesions. A deficiency of BI leads to pellagra; a plg- mented dermatitis develops over the hands and feet and the lips become dry, cracked, and scaly. Scurvy (bleeding) follows lack of C. HAND WASHING R. W. writes: in | ter would kill any kind of germ there is. Could this be true? REPLY | Cleansing with soap and wat- | er eliminates most of the micro- organisms. But let’s give more | credit to the mechanical remov- al of dirt and germs during the process of washing rather than to the antiseptic action of the soap. DIGITALI INTOXICATION 8. writes: If a person time, is there any danger this drug will slow down the pulse too much? ,EPLY Yes. Should this occur, your physician will reduce the dosaj or stop the drug for a few days. A slow pulse associated with nausea is a sign of digitalis in- GLAND INFECTION ieee ES. ‘ites: What are e symptoms of a viral infection The poultry case is the first | a ‘te te sands? How Tong. des it in which the variable Hae vl seriously stung the which | previously _e xported feisaally about $50,000,000 worth of frozen chickens to the Common Mi ket, mostly to West Germany. COULD HIT CANAD: But the fight ts fae really | , one of the farm products on which European Community has man- aged to work out a isa duty. More serious items feared. These include cereals, where restriction by the com- | munity would be serious not ony for the U.S. but for Can- Biri: however, feels there be | now should last REPLY A number of viral diseases in- volve the glands. If you refer to infectious mononucleosis, the in- fection usually lasts 2 to 4 weeks. URINARY TRACT INFECTION cH | _ D. C. writes: Does cystitis af- | fect the entire urinary tract? | REPLY re | No, just the bladder, But the | infection may spread to the kid- | neys or to the small tube lead- ing to the outside ‘urethral TODAY'S HEALT Don't allow at under two years of age on the sidewalk unattended. a of national agricultural policies, including subsidies and suppert | systems, so that a ir and ra- | flonan aswell as a liberal, | trade system can | evolved. Europe is unhappy | about the vast trade surplus the ae $. enjoys over Western Bu. | to the American administra- tion, perhaps the greatest con- | cern is the possible fate of the | Kennedy round” of tariff ne- | gotiations, scheduled to begin early next year after a 60-nation Geneva meeting held this sum- mer. President Kennedy's plan. for | general slashing of tariffs— | haunted by dangers since its in- ception—would face disaster if | the atmosphere worsent | tween the U.S, and the Common | Marke! z | MANY FLEE | BONN (AP)—A total of 16,456 refugees have fled from Com- | munist Ea | West since the erect Our Yesterdays (From the Guardian Files) hc aah Se FIVE Pag AGO are rt site, on whieh the city yas tad an option, was accepted a gular monthly Matlag of the Cuarioe tetown City Council Iast night. A detachment from the Char- lottetown Fire Department leav- es this morning for Amherst, where they will compete in the Maritime Firemen’s por soma being held here oe wi TEN YEARS AGO | aurea 9, 1953) Miss Patricia Helen MacDon- hs ‘a music student rail Notre cademy, has a mn ARCT diploma, tit class honors, as solo performer in piano. Leading airereftaman Erie L. iticoville, | NOTES BY THE WAY on both sides of any jent jays the evel who make themselves |. What we need are some peekit moderates, Vancouv- er Sun. Amid all the intensive interest in wheat deals with China, Pol- and and Yugoslavia—all arrang- ed on long-term credit deals— there has heen a tendency to overlook a post-war cash-pay- ing regular purcha: ser, namely Japan. Japan since the end of the wor has become one of Canada’s best customers and at ed upon arrangements, — Winnipeg Tri- bune. is responsible Fl many a fad jam. — Reporter. Gait A bride becomes a wif she stops lowering her ree starts raising her voice, — Stratford Beacon-Herald. Citizenship Minister Guy Fay. reat has announced his intention of integrating custom and immi. gration services, as recommend. ed od by the Glassco Royal Com. mission for an annual estima. $500,000. In is fine of spouting deficits re is at one of the Cabinet is interested” Te cutting costs. — Toronto Globe Path to Bi Bil Canadian ae who ig lieve that Canada would be a happier nation if more Cana- ns were bilingual might con- sider an experiment tried by Britain's Joseph Lucas Organiz- ation. Last year the firm which jalizes in automotive and rts offered aircraft electrical its employees cash awards for proficiency'in one of four inter- national languages — French, German, Italian and Spanish. Since the firm does business. all over the world, encouraging, employees to speak the tongues of their customers was regarded ic ‘ seers investment. firm's workers were en- thant abut the Mea) More lingualism than a thousand of them enroll- ed in night school courses with 50 per cent taking French, 40 per cent taking German and five per cent taking each Spanish ve Italian imilar campaign by some ny Cana major industries could do more towards bringing the two Canadas together than any number of Royal Commis- sions. The Civil Service Com- mission is already considering what incentives it could offer to encourage bilngualism in Can- ada’s largest industry — thecl- vil service. The experience of the Lucas Organization suggests hard cash still has wide appeal. The stories of the two West German intelligence men who have admitted spying for Russia offer food for thought on the spying trade and its practition- rs Heinz Rélle and Hans Clemens were SS __ intelligenc Nevl times, Atler the war Felfe tried to get into the West Ger- man police but wasn’t accepted. Be scraped bid for a time ba ing some freelance spying f British inisliganeay and then, in 1051, got into the organization e Americans by Gen- Teal lense rtatial fees er man Army ‘not SS) intelligence chief on the eestern front during War) Mia ald 66) ooeacader Cesaen iin tac ech th eo with the Russians since the war, also joi ton in 1851 and persuaded Felte to become a double agent. ey 5 Cloak, Dagger And Sneak Ottawa Journal kept all the while a meticulous record of his work. He put this at the disposal of the court when he was tried and the judge found it “most helpful.” As the Economist says, ‘That © many people seem to be sur- prised,” that these two charact- ers turned out to be untrustwor- thy,"’ is one of the more surpris- ing aspects of the case.” e democracies have rt fazis the Communists have their drawbacks. Might It not have heen Inferred from that that old SS men would Hkewlse be rather iffy allies against the Communists? No doubt international politics makes strange under-the- b fellows. And since spying requir- es sneakiness and a willing sus pension of scruples, if one has When the Gehlen epee became the West German Fed- eral Intelligence Service in 1955, | ‘elfe and Clemens carried 0 their double- dealing. And Felfe,.| like a journeyman double-deater, | them, it might be argued that the best man for the job is the one who is by nature an un scrupulous sneak. But the trou- ble with a sneak is that he can sneak in all directions. “I'm no Solomon,” the Chica- fo Judge barked and then pro- to let the One Dog Has His Day Christian Science Monitor Over and above the remark- able individualism of dogs is a dog have his day, ‘Two familes faced each other | each determined to own the dog. | ‘The judge turned the tables and | let the dog own the family of its | choice. There was rejoicing among | the children of the family favor- | ed by the dog’s affection; dis- may among those of the disap- pointed clan. Then the hopeful surprise; another dog of the reed awaited the losers it a kennel, having been provid- ded by a lawyer. For the moment the good tid- Jngs fell on unappeasable gloom, ‘The unchosen ci did not want any other ‘They will change their minds | with time, or with the maturity Which may come in a twinkling: wise man discovered 0 a wi that is ‘s not dog” that mankind appreciates. a long unwritten history arate, Te corded in a dog's sixth sense, Thomas Mann sensed and com- municated something of this in one of his stories, the account of a man walking his dog. Like people, dogs have to be known individually to evoke the intimate affection that tes friend to friend. But unless this is felt as part of a more in- clusive whole it often has a tentative fleeting qual Because the intense centering of affection of one object has its intense but possibly restric- tive rewards, we hope the chil- dren who in their moment of disappointment did not want any other dog will nevertheless ac: cept the lawyer's gift. For that very dog is just the one they would never exchange for. any other. Hamilton Spectator Not too many hours ago, a bune! rofessors we whooping {t up in a_clubhou: after 18 holes of golf. Finally sub} Lea around to books and Faas of the professors de- sided then and there to bens pert a list of books he siders real classics bul ‘whieh he would like to read ‘We wrote down his fist (no poems or plays were included), and we pass it along in case hig d has any ideas along this Tom Jones, by Henry Field- pay Karamazov, ° pope The at Dastoexski; si AB. Gather: Esther Wier, by Moore; Gulliver's ‘Travels, by Jonathan Swift; The ranz Kafka; Black Lamb and rane Faleon, by Re- becca West; David Copperfield, by One Prof.’s Book List by. Huxley syle Romain Roland; Saga, oy John eatarenty. How Green Was My Valley. by bp enc poo Jane eyes) by Charlotte Brot te; the Sun Also Rises, by Er- nest Hemingway; Robinson Cr soe rey, Daniel Defoe. Lord Jim, by Joseph Conrad; War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte; Treasure Island, | by Jean - Chri pork The Robert Louis 1 atl ers in Wonderland, by Lewis Car- roll; and Quiet Flows the Don, by Michail Sholokhov; istry said them were 1,304 members Another tinea trying to escape. the unique natural beauties of your province. Instead, racing through quiet country roads with the disregard for speed limits and driving regulations for which drinking bead are noted and feared, woul ing death to ara peytig and laborers at ier motels, for a short season Timited by climate, would cer- tainly not solve your existing sing problem, or contribute | eee, to your economy. id God forbid that the you i in which a Hilton Hotel «| ‘monstrosity would be er- | similar ected in geting midst, unhealthy ibsorbing products ork. e Ngee of high-priced hotels | and families, who return rested to their work after a holiday on your health-giving Island and will not spare ee words of praise, for you | — dignified Keep it thus, then, it stroyed, never Tatively’ slight barrier, Tike fact that P.E.I. is “dry”, sutfie- «3 or your proseth grate- | fol for it and keep it up. T am, Sir. ete., COMTESSE, INE de | a sae (Visiting at Park Cor- Germany to to the Gitant, 108 PE. Cher. jews “4 of ti a ed Ietnptersed oe Di ‘Thomas wr stiaalemarch, Bein Wall began Aug. 18, 1061, | erseas for aaty in ee Gatto | Games Aaeet, i ese names | ter aeote lak; Oliver Swish the West German refugee min. Kingdo1 Point Counter Point, by Aldous by Charles Dickens. __ of the st German People's Police R . . eee eopening of Public Schools Schools with a fall vacation of two weeks will reopen on Monday, August 1 FAMOUS FOR IRANDED “iSTEAKS BaZa kt aS Wa ‘The FLYING DUTCH RESTA September 3rd. for 1963-64 Schools having no fall vacation will have adequate time to complete two hundred teaching days for the school year by reopening on Tuesdays isters and other lies for teach 1 is will be forwarded ‘to the school rocrateees, re ae ea Many herpes have not yet é Seewania Sets Netions of Engager t these forms reach the department before August vain so that ~ Be il be adequate time to prepare pay lists for September. M. MacKENZIB, “Your Island Steak Deputy Minister House” Direetor of Education. |