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PAGE 6 WEDNESDAY. DECEMBEIT‘IZ. 1962.

Water Pollution Problem

A policy to which both parties in the provincial election campaign were committed was to put an end to the pollution of the Charlotte- town harbor and waterfront areas. We have discussed this matter be- fore. and need not enlarge on its importance again. The missionary work, if such was needed. has been accomplished, and we can confident- ly look forward to co-operative ac- tion on the part of the Provin- cial Government and the municipal- ities of Charlottetown, Parkdale and Sherwood in achieving the de- sired results.

This is implicit in the assurance given by the successful Conserva‘ tive candidates, Hon. Mr. Stewart and Mr. Farmer. An engineering firm has been selected to prepare an overall plan. which will be 50 per cent underwritten by the Pro- vincial Health Department and will include the building, by the depart- ment, of sewage disposal plants next spring at Beach Grove and Riverside Hospital.

Legislation will be passed at the next session of the Legislature to regulate and control water pollut- ion, and we can safely assume that it will pass without objection from the Opposition—indeed, with their active co-operation and support.

This will be building for the future in a very real way. It will mean that clean. attractive bathing within the city limits will be as- sured to all our people, and it will do away with a h ealth problem which. if neglected. would become more and more menacing to citizens and visitors alike.

We cannot end this comment

without recalling the service ren« dercd by the Provincial Health De- partment officials in sounding the alarm about this pollution problem some months ago. They certainly woke us out of our apathy, for we had no idea that the problem had becnme so serious. We imagine that our legislative members were in the flame position, or they would have Spoken out about it before. I This is the kind of leadership We require from our health offic- ials in matters of this kind, if pub- lic interest and concern are to be aroused. The response. has been productive of most encouraging results.

‘ i 2 Will He, Or Won't He? ‘ ' There are rumors now that Prime Minister Diefenbaker him- self may spring another federal f"; election while Parliament stands ad- ourned for the Yuletide holidays. ’ l ibis view is based on the specular. l tion that an element in the Conser- vative party is dissatisified with Mr. Diefenbaker’s leadership and may bring their dissatisfaction to d head at the national meeting of The party, Jan. 17-19. which expects do draw 1,500 delegates and perhaps is many more observers, and which could be crucial in determining the 'pnrty'a fate. Meanwhile the under- etending is that the House will ad- journ Dec. 20 and reconvene Jan.

31'.

Since the most likely contender ' for alternative leadership of the party v'rea Hon. Davie Fulton—who has now decided to quit the federal political field and take over leader- ehip of the British Columbia Con- e'ervstivea—we do. not think Mr. Diefenbeker la unduly perturbed ut the results of the forthcom- party pm. He may, how- er, be groundwork for ’ «sudden Mature br his ec-

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cusations of Opposition obstruct- ion to his government’s legislation. This is the course he followed suc- cessfully 21 ft 8 r the 1957 general election.

Since Parliament convened on Sept. 27, parliamentary consider- ation has been completed and royal assent has been given on only nine matters, all considered more or less routine. With the exception of the railway committee, which has dis- posed of its annual study of the Canadian National Railways and the Trans-Canada Air Lines re- ports. committee work is barely starting. It is not known yet if the agenda for the period between now and the Yuletide recess will pro- vide for another supply motion or for a similar opportunity for the Opposition to test the confidence of the House in the government. Mean- time important business has been sidetracked by political squabbling for which the Opposition could with reason be held responsible.

But the situation today is quite different from the situation pre- vailing when Mr. Diefenbaker sought dissolution of Parliament for the 1958 general election. The chances of any party scoring the kind of victory won by the Conser- vatives in that election are extreme- ly remote. Much more likely is an- other stalemate which would set the country back economically with- out any offsetting advantages.

We are inclined to believe. in the circumstances, that the politicians will be given a month of untroubled recess in which to mend their fences at home and set the stage should a new general election be called in late winter or early spring. But of course we are not in Mr. Diet'enbaker‘s confidence, and he may even now be planning to prove the inaccuracy of our forecast.

Research In Germany

One of the greatest fisheries re- search institutes in the World is located at Hamburg, West Ger- many. .llany of our readers will be interested in the current activities at this establishment. as reported in a bulletin just received. A press- ing problem there is one with which, fortunately. we are not. directly con- cerned in Canada.

Since the Russians started nuc- lear weapons tests at Novaya Semlja. German fishermen are on their guard, because cod are mov- ing from there into areas which are among the fishing grounds of the German trawler fleet. But science can assure the consumer ‘that he has nothing to worry about—yet. Catches are regularly being tested by specialists, and it has been found that twice the amount of radio- activity now present would still not be dangerous to life.

A layman, says the Hamburg bulletin, has no idea what inter- national repercussions a simple herring can have, depending on Whether it was caught with a close- meshed or wide-meshed net, with trawlers or with the electrical method. Many experts are sceptical about modern fishing methods where swarms of fish are being herded together by electric waves or rays of light and then sucked aboard through special sucking equipment.

But the problem posed by the herring is by no means confined to this. With the introduction of a new food law in Germany forbid- ding the use of preservatives dan- gerous to health, producers of can- ned food have run into hard times. So far scientists have been unable to find a preservative which is both legal and effective. In the end there may, perhaps, be no other solution but to market herring. sterilized by heat, in fully sealed cans. This way it can be kept for an unlimited period.

The scientists of the Hamburg institute are testing stocks of can- ned fish put at their disposal by firms from all parts of the world. They publish their findings in inter-

national trade journals. A new elee-.

trical apparatus developed there can be termed sensational; with its help, it takes only seconds to test the durability of fresh fish. It is a small box looking like a portable radio. The experts now envisage an electrically controlled fish-aort- ing machine, which will be so re- liable that customers will be able to place their orders in writing without even having to look at the fish.

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A POWERFUL WORLD FORCE The European Common Market

National Geographic News Bulletin

On the patchwork quilt of the

European map. a new_ shape suddenly looms bigger and brighter than the rest.

It is called. somewhat pro-

saic-ally. the European Econo-

mic Community. Geographically. the alliance of six nations is one»clgltth the

size of the United States and 1 ed

has ninc~lcnths as many people ~170 million in all. Some econ- omists believe it promises to be the world's greatest econ- omic and industrial power. overshadowing even the Soviet Union and the United States.

Known less formally as the Common Market, .the Commun- ity is the embryo of the “United States of Europe" urged by Sir Winston Churchill. A trade partnership founded y Bush gium. France. Italy. tiny Luxembourg. the Netherlands, and West Germany, it is prov- ing remarkably successful in tearing down trade fences. and letting goods and people move

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the feat took 137 hours of nego- tiation, the perusal of 582, pagesror documents. and three

, heart attacks by participants.

Before the six nations work- ed out a basic tariff policy in 1958_ they had to come to terms on 2,600 conflicting customs

. regulations. The regulations fill~

Since it was set up in 1958, i

the Common Market has put

vacuum cleaners in the hands .

of peasant women. frozen food in iceboxcs. shiny new cars on highways. Industrial output has risen eight percent a year.

So. like Cinderella at the ball or a mousy‘maiden unexpected 1y overtaken by an interesting inheritance. the Common Mar- ket has eager suitors. Four nations. including the United Kingdom. have applied for membership. Other countries cock. at least. some form of hand-holding association with it.

Even the most casual wan- derer in western Europe can see visible evidence Common Market. Cars. for in- stance. with EUR tags. The sign Trattorla over a restaur- ant in a German factory town. An Italian advertisement for skilled workers in a Dutch newspaper.

By American standards, Com- mon Market distances aren’t really great It is no farther from Amstcrdam to Naples than from Washington. DC. to Miami. A French businessman can fly from Bordeaux to Bonn in less time than an American counterpart could get from New York to Chicago.

Far greater are the mental distances that had to be span- ned, the barriers of national interest to be overcome. in forming the Common Market. When the six nations agreed on agricultural policy in the win- ter of 1962. Germany's Walter Hallstcin the chief executive of- ficer of EEC. noted dryly that

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‘ WRITE CROSS GIFTS

Sir. —Once again , I would like to commend the W h i t e Cross Christmas Gift Program sponsored by the Prince Ed- ward Island Divlaion of the Ca- nadlan Mental Health Associa-

tion.

It means a very great deal to those in our mental hospital to be remembered et Christmas by those "outside", and to know that they are no longer the “forgotteronal” as was the case for so many years.

I hope the general public will continue to support the CMHA White Cross Christmas Gift Program and e h e r e their own ehpee w l t h their less fortunate allow clit- sens.

I am, Sir, etc. MARGARET M. BURKE. MD. Acting Medical Superintendent

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five immense green tin trunks, known collectively as "The Monster" as shipped from capital for conferences. THUMBNAIL SKETCHES

The Common Market apposes an interesting combination of nations.

Belgium, small (11.779 square miles) and crowded (some‘9,- 153,000 people), is a giant workshop. Forty percent Belgians work in heavy indus- try. Ports. rivers, canals, and highways serve as trade arter- les for the continent. Brussels 13 the provisional capital of the Common Market. A language line just below Brussels turns Belgium into a French-speak- ing. south and Dutch-speaking north.

The Dutch

they were to capital

themselves are used to just such bootstran operations as the Common Market. They say God created all the world except the Nether- lands, which they had to dredge up fr the see themselves. The latest project has turned the Zuider Zee into a shrlveled lake and added a twelfth pro- vince. The Netherlands is not much bigger than Maryland. It leads the world in dairy ex- ports, yet must import food to feed Its healthy population of 11.566.000. It is Europe's most densely populated nation

West Germany. with Ameri- can aid and a national knack for hard work. achieved an economic minacle even before the Common Market clicked. the National Geographic Society

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points out. Within the Federal Republic (the former U.S.. British, and French zones) are western Europe's most import- ant ooal deposits, also iron are. potash, zinc, lead. oil. Forty- two percent of West Germany’s 54 million people work in indus- try. Stretching in stairstep zones from the North Sea to the Alps, the country is about the size of Oregon. Luxembourg’s. fairytale cast- les, green valleys, and minia- ture towns belie its position as the world's firstcirankiug stee producer per capita. Its 315. people are of mixed Gallo-Ger- manic stock. Their cozy Grand

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Dutchy. 51 by 35 miles. is nest- i

led between Belgium, Germany, and France.

FRANCE IS GRANARY

France. to the visitor. may seem a handsomely landscaped parkland that one crosses en- joyably to get from Paris to another charming city. Actual- ly, its fertile northern plains make it the continent‘s biggest wheat producer outside Russia. France also is one of the world's leading industrial na- tions. Its export textiles. ohem~ icals, steel, autos. machinery. leather and luxury goods. wines. fashions. There are almost 46 million Frenchmen: their coun- try would fit comfortably into Texas.

Italy's antiquities provide an incomparable setting for a dazzlineg modernized nation strung with superhighwaya. studded with busy factories, skyscrapers, and supermarkets. The present-day paisan ad'- mires sports cars just as his ancestors loved chariots. Italy is slightly larger than Arizona and contains more than 50 mil- lion people. Their industrial creativity overcomes the no-

tion's lack of natural resources.

Cruise Of The Nina ||

Christian Science Monitor

First Thor Heyerdahl sailed west across the Pacific on his collection of balsa logs to prove that the natives of Polynesia might have discovered their New World that way.

Then Alan Villiers sailed West

‘ across the North Atlantic in the

Mayflower II, confirming that that feat was not only history but also possible.

But now the poor Nina ll, re- plica of Columbus‘s tiny caravel. has collapsed the illusion that this business of selling as the explorers did is a snap for mo~ dern navigators. She let sail this

summer to duplicate the origin- al Nina's voyage of discovery. But come Columbus Day Oct. 12 -— she was nowhere in sight. And now two months lat- er she has been spotted still far from San Salvador.

h pe the sailors of the Nina II make land before some- one called Amcrlgo Vespucci II steals their triumph. But we al- so trust that their anguishan stay in the doldrums will pre- vent anyone from building a Victoria II or Golden Hind II and trying to circumnavigate

the globe.

Outrageous Cloim

Cape Breton Poet

Dame Flore Modeod—in the dignity of be M untime— has denounced a Scottish euth- or's eat on that the Highland kill was invested by an Buchanan.

new book, The History of the ad Dr , Jam Felfer Dunbar, wildly says that the men who invented the kilt was Thomas Bawhnson. who was as English as York- shire Winif- .

“Never. never. never." ex- claimed Dame Flora when

telopltooe If her

stormy Ide of Skye. f‘Tbe’ English have tried to take everythqu fem II: this is the last mew."

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worn by the ancient Greeks. Kills were worn by men in many lands lam, long before the invention of Gamers.

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DA 128 SALAAM, Tangan- yika (Bolsters) -— Tenunylke's 43-year link with the British crown was severed Saturday as the last governor-metal re- ceived the royal salute at e farewell parade at Government House. Cheering crowds gave an ovation to Sir Ribbard Turnout] as he dro‘v;I slowly to the

accompae innate Julius Nyh-ere end Rash. ldt Renews, prune nuelster of Tanganyika which became a republic at midnight Saturday.

White ’Lashes’ Are Removed By Transplant

By Dr. Theodore R. Van Dellen

TWO JAPANESE plastic aur- geons are doing an operation that is more meticulous than practical. The need for the pro- cedure goes back 15 years, af- ter a certain eye lotion was used to treat conjunctivitis. Ac- cording to World - Wide ,Ab— streets, the eyelashes turned white permanently in 10 to 30 per cen of the users.

Mascara or a dye darkens the deplgmented lashes but some victims were not satisfied with simple procedures. The plastic surgeons devised a technlc of replacing the white lashes with hair obtained from the scalp for the upper lid and from the eye- brow for the lower lid.

But this is more difficult and time consuming than we might think. Each graft from the scalp is one to two hair roots thick. In addition, the direction of the hair roots had to be de- termined carefully to avoid cut- ting or damaging them.

Meanwhile, a most, delicate der of the eyelid to remove the depigmented hair. This leaves a small opening or trough into which the scalp hair is trans- planted. The wound is sutured and healing follows.

The transplanted hair usually falls out within‘two or four weeks. Regrowth takes place within two to six months, provi- ded the roots remain alive. The new hair from the scalp poses another problem. The trans- planted fibers continue to grow at barber's rates and the indi- vidual must trim his new lashes every three to seven clays

This operation was done on 17 persons but less than one-third

white lashes. In one there\was severe scarring of the lids subsequent to a burn. The others were actresses who wanted eyelash replacem e n t for cosmetic reasons.

(Dr. Van Dellen will answer questions on medical topics if stamped. self-addressed enve- lope accompanies request.)

WEIGHT AND CANCER rs. M. writes: I‘m 53 years old and have weighed 195 pounds for 15 years. Earlier this year I started hemorrhaging and a few days later, had a com- plete hysterectomy. followed by X-ray treatments for cancer. Still no weight loss. I just had two people laugh in my face when I told them I had cancer. Because I never lost any weight they think I'm a liar. Plea se explain in your column why , some cancer patients never lose weight.

REPLY ‘ Weight loss is a late symptom in cancer. It depends also on the organs involved and wheth- er appetite is affected. ANTI-CONTRACEPTIVES

I.R.S. writes: A member of my family is taking birth con- trol pills. which has me wor- ried. I discussed the matter with two physicians who said it is safe to continue them but [another said they are experi- mental and although effective. should be discontinued. Please give your opinion.

REPLY

The use of these pills is con- troversial but they are far from experimental, considering the thousands who have used them ive or more years.

VARICOSITIES

D.I. writes: What symptoms

do varicose veins cause? RE

None, in most instances, ex- cept for their unsightly appear- ance. 0n the other hand. should the veins become inflamed. pain tenderness. and puffiness devel- op. Skin ulcers, discoloration. and swelling of the ankles may occur as complications.