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TCESDAY. MAT—ll—lllﬁl.

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“Like Roman Emperors"

A great deal of American money has gone to bolster President Nas- ser". regime in Egypt and as head of the l'nitod Arab Republic. Some of it. no doubt. went into paying for the red raipc-t treatment f‘rcsi-

«lent Nasser cave Soviet Premier Khrushchev in (‘airo on Sunday. where he addressed “a cheering

crowd of 100.000". praised the Egyp- tians for having.' “reiected the cap- italist. system of repression." and denounced British intervention in Arab disputes in Yemen.

The Tomcr. revolution has been efllll‘l'Cfl on by Nasser, who has re- portedly gathered 40,000 troops in the area. equipped with mortars and automatic weapons. South of this area lie the port and tiny British colony of Aden, and a British pro- fPr‘?OlHl=‘ embracing many small sheikdoms and sultanates. Huge in- vestments of oil bearing territories are involved, and Britain fears the issue portends another costly milit- ary commitment on her hands.

This of course is grist to Mr. Khrushchev's mill, and he is mak- ing the most of his Cairo visit to inflame his auditors against British "imperialism" and Western “exploi- tation” generally.

Washington, as the phrase goes. 5 “playing it cool." American oil interests are not at, stake. Yemen Nasser is too far away to become another Castro. Neveiu ‘litllé‘iﬁ, American officials must. have had some qualms in reading of the “giant youth rally” staged by the, bumptious Arab leader in the Soviet leader’s honor. of the lowering portraits of Khrushchev and Nasser. "bathed by floodlights," which dominated the Cairo stadium from high above. the presidential fox. and of the two cronies making their entrance "like Roman emper- ors of old." It was the first spectacle of its kind ever held for any visitor in the Egyptian capital, and if it had any meaning at. all it spelled trouble for all the Western powers.

It, was at a similar spectacular got-together, it. will be recalled. that Hitler and Mussolini consolidated their alliance, with results that fin- ally convinced even Washington that they were up to no good.

A Big Occa5ton

As indicated in our news col- Itmns, the commencement exercises at St. Dunstan’s University today will mark the graduation of 62 students. including 323 with bachelor of arts degrees, 16 with bachelor of science degrees, nine with bache- lor of education degrees and four with bachelor of commerce degrees. In addition to the degrees awarded, three students will receive diplomas in engineering and two in secretar- ial science. This affords striking evidence of the progress St. Dun- stan's has made over the years in meeting the demands of higher edu- cation in the province.

Worth recalling. by comparison. Is the fact that when the institu- tion was opened in January, 1855. only 18 students were enrolled—— this being all the college could handle. Further accommodations were nude during the summer of that year, however, and the enroll- ment began to increase gradually.

9n July 15. 1856. when the college had its flret public closing, aux-prise expressed in the press at theme mode in so short. 5 ,time. 150 public examination— tILercustom of those days—showed

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is not Cuba.

Caesar’s Commentaries, as wen as great facility in French. This em- phasis on the classics was ’common at that time. It developed, at St. Dunstan's, into a well balanced cur- riculum in which the "humanities" have continued to play an important role, despite the diversity of cour- ses now being offered.

"The justification for a univer- sity." wrote Alfred North White- head some years ago, "is that it prescrvcs the connection between the younicr and the old in the imagim ative consideration of learning. The university imparts information, but it imparts it imaginatively. At least, this is the function which it should perform for society. A university which falls in this respect has no reason for existence. This atmos- phere of excitement, arising from imaginative consideration. trans- form: knowledge. A fact is no long- er a bare fact; it is invested with all its possibilities. It is no longer a burden on the memory; it is ener- irisini.r as the poet of our dreams, and as the architect of our pur- poses."

This well sums up the achieve- ment for which St. Duntstan's stands. and it is one in which all concerned may well take pride.

'l‘oday‘s ceremonies will also see honorary degrees conferred upon a distinguished Prince Edward Is- lander. His Eminence James Car- dinal llacGuigan. Archbishop of Toronto. upon l'.S. Senator EM. Kennedy. a brother of the late lamented President Kennedy, and upon \li'. Joan-Louis Levesque. a prominent Quebec financier who irraduatcd from St. Dunstan's thirty years ago.

it will be an important occasion indeed. another red-letter day in the history of an institution that has given Prince Edward Island an enviable status in the academic world.

Mr. Hays' Answer

Hon. Harry Hays. federal Min- ister of Agriculture, admits that as a rancher, livestock auctioneer and former Mayor of Calgary he had little political experience before getting into his present job. He has been subjected to a good deal of criticism for his amateurish approach to some of his ministerial problems. Nevertheless, he gave a good answer the other day to critics who were complaining in the House of Commons about the employment of lawyers by the. Farm Credit Cor- poration processing farmers’ appli- cation of loans.

“My instructions." he said, “are that no matter what a lawyer's pol- itics are. if he cannot. cut the mus- tard and service these loans for the farmers. then he is to be replaced. Our main concern is that. the farm- ers be taken care of first. and that. all appointments be made on merit. These are my instructions, as Min- ister of Agriculture."

If Mr. Hays sticks to this ap- proach to partisanship in his depart- ment—making the farmers‘ inter- ests his first concern and disregard— ing political claims in the way of appointments—he will probably run up against more criticism; but he will be doing his job. And he will be settingr an example that is badly needed in some other departments as well.

His words were well spoken. [1' will be for Opposition members to see that he follows them up with action.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Householders will be interested to note. on the authority of a big sugar refinery manager. that the refinery price of sugar may in- crease slightly in the next two months but. will decline in Septem- ber with the advent of the world's beet crops.

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In 1962-63. there were approxi- mately 133,000 students enrolled in Canadian universities at the under-

graduate level. At the some and in the same year. there were be- tween 4,000 and 5.000 Canadians studying at American universities. In relation to the total, this might seem a fairly small number. But at 'the highly important post- graduate level, a very different pat- tern emerges. Some 8.400 students take their post-graduate tarintlng in Canada. But no fewer than 2,500 Canadian students prefer to go to

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""L’oé'STER BOATS ATAALBEkTON

ETAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson

Great Lakes Problem Of Long Standing

It's official - the federal ca- binet orally in the words of that colourful old nautical phrase "by guess and by Go

The :ucssin: has long been obvious. The other was frank- ly admitted by a Cabinet Min- lster when. in reply to a ques- tion about action proposed by the government to combat the disastrous decline in water lev- els on the Great Lakes. Hon. Art Lamp. Minister of Nation- al Resources. re pl i cd: 'It would still appear that the best thin: we could do is pray for rain."

The menace of a sltoi'taze of pure fresh water is something which farmers historically have lived with in the Pallisetcr Triangle and elsewhere on the Prairies: but in this counlry. which boasts 50 per cent of the fresh water surface of the on- lire world. it has now become a menace universally immi- nent. The once crystal clear lakes and streams are now not merely not. potable -— they are lethal even to fish. The once ltisli farmlands of southwestern Ontario are becoming: arid. The costly new marinas alon: our tourist waterways are huge at'cas iowerm: drin out of he ii SOl'Nh

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CRITICISM was a It‘lt‘llllflll) llll‘ portam motion “hen the Con- servative Opposition in the House of Commons condemn- ed the l‘lf‘ﬂlf‘t‘l of the Liberal Government for failing to es- tablish a co-ordinaterl policy to the lowering of water lhe Great Lakes. and the loss of this (s- sential natural resource through pollution and excessive

Pnce. In the l'arP of [hose derelicl marinas. left lllEll

recedinc uaterlronts; in

PUBLIC FORUM

ll open In the dist-union. In- '

This rolurnn

enter Into any I‘oirrrsnnndeni-e regard- Ivtmrs ullhlllllll'fl.

CIVIC ASSESSMENT

Sin—Our City Council blund- ered in their direction to the valuators. by insisting that the assessment provide for a cer- tain figure regardless of how the money was obtained in the way of distribution.

The pattern was taken from a big city. where there is industry and hiuh waccs. .\ Ion was area like Charlottetown will nit survive under the present lax structure.

Mayor Gaudet in the past, has given lip service to our senior citizens: many senior citizens in this city are trying to keep a roof over their head on the old age pension: The mayor has them taxed far above the pres- ent sale value of their proper- Iv

.The business and profession- al people are concerned. It ' not logical that the merchant in

and dry by ' t h 9 g day pensions may be worth only

I

is :overnnig Canada. lit- ;

face of those fisliless. stinkin: rivers now converted into open

I sewers; in the face of the com- ing shortage of pure fresh wa-

I flora and fauna-government

ter to feed man as well as in action is scandalous and untur- givable.

Of course the present shaniev ful situation did not in; the past year of Liberal administration. Nor did ll arise during the previous SIX years of Conservative administration.

l It has been growtng progres~

t

jwhtte

' manent white settlements ' erted their raw sewage int n

sively worse since the lII‘Sl per- div-

lake and river. and the lll’sl Z navigators deepened shipping channels. As for the Conservatives I'l'l- ticising the present :overn— merit for failing. its brief year in office. to (‘oi'l‘t‘t'l the situation, we must remember that a private MP. more than ten years ago called upon the then Liberal Government

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,act. His pleas wcnl unlicedcd:

‘ Prime Minister.

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his pleas were forgotten when that same private T\l.f’., the representative of Prime Albert Saskatchewan. himself became They even re- iinliecdcd when (1C 1" Bert Herriduc himself

mauled stalwart

I ro-inli‘oducod

the Diefenbaker Bill and urged the then Prime Minister to haw it impliment- ed but without avai.

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Houcvm',

tion won't correct this wrong. That somethin: can ant.

, should be done was hiclilightcd

arise dur- ‘

I Sliiphiiilrlin: Company. ‘ the three or four most efficient ‘ , shipyards in Canada.

in the host speech never made. durin: last week's siznificaizt debate lleber Smith. to r m e r Mayor of Barrie and now Con- servative .\I.P. tor Sim e o t. North. was one of the would- be speakers crowded out by the

short (titration of the debate. In his rirlinz. the ('ollincwood one oi

is build- lnt: a 730 foot long Great‘Lak- or. Low water levels may pre- vent it being launched in July. This obviously would halt ship-

- young pers o n s

mutual rccrimina-'

The Bouncy Adolescent

By Dr. Theodore R. VInDellen The teen - ager leads an

active life but does not have a . , . H “erg-VP asking them to submit descrlo

boundless s t o r e of

Wise parents recognize this li-

, mitotion and lay down the Iawi

when signs of fatigue appear. They insist upon more resl for

tthe youngster. an unwelcome i edict when it Interferes with. 1 social activities.

conscient i o u 5 high

school students have a busy schedule. They carry a heavy

academic program and numer-l

activites. a

ous extracurricular including athletics. band, at part time job cupies their evenings.

. the week-end for rest and fun. .

‘ Sleep recharges land Saturday mornings and lSunday afternoons are made “to order for this purpose l unless there are better reasons i for remaining ke. thorough physical examin- , ation is suggested when the .youngster looks pole or com- jplainvs cf \vearlness. He may thave kidney disease. anemia. metabolism ‘ infection in the nose. throat. or teeth. The adolescent may put Oil .1 bold front or dcnv I'L‘clitiLl tired when it means missing an important e.\'"minal ion or a baseball game. On the other hand. nature comes to the rescue by inakinc appear lazy. t particularly when there is thing special to do or the given holds no interest The ' prefer listening to radio music to mowing the lawn and looking at T\' to ' theI basement.

is essen-

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the demand for c:- pecially proteins. is tremend- ‘ous, . ome nourishment is allotted to growth and the re- ! mainder goes into energy pro- !duction and the replacement ‘of \vornout tissues These boys ! and girls need at least a quart l

or a chronic 1

our batteries '

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of milk a day plus meat. fish. ‘

eggs. c ease.

fruits. and cereals. The best tonic-s for but healthy teen

sluuzish acers are ‘ exercise, sunshine. and ample rest. When psychological factors are responsible for atiuue. coun- seling may restore these chil— dren to normal.

PANICKY .1, F writes: Are extreme nervousness and anxiety to the point of panic signs of an on- coming nervous breakdown?

RFI’LY

Yes. Consult your physician

‘ huilrlinu at that yard. throw because a tranquility. and a 1.000 men out of works a n d re“ helpful suggestions may _ disrupt the N'mlnmlt‘ life of ; bring Your emolmnal stale

the community.

But this problem could be solved simply and cheaply by dredzing the channel in Oollinu wood harbour. and this chcl‘ Smtth is urging the government

to do. while the government. doing notliinz. is apparently pray-in: for rain.

Pendonsondlnﬂoﬁon

Winnipeg Free Press

One of the most interesting as- i pects of the proposed Canad' Pension Plait is its built-in l‘lelL‘t‘ ‘ auainst inflation. The import- 3 ance of this factor will be attest- ; ed to by everyone who now liv- rs on a pension. Over the years they have seen the value of then 1 pension decline. 'as a result of government policy. so that to-

a fraction of what they we re when they were first drawn. The proposed pension plans‘s benefits will be adjusted tip- wards annually to take care of increases in living costs up to a maximum of two per cent. If this is necessary it will. of course. be equally necessary to

t demand higher contributions to

i keep the scheme solvent. And on

the City must increase his pric- 1

es. forcmg people to buy outside the city limits: professional peo- ple must increase their feeszthe landlord will raise his rent. leav- ing the tenant and the single house dweller to pay the hill. We can wonder what. is the prime interest of

our present '

City Council: is it the city and -

its residents”? Since ﬂiey chang- ed the Election Act. they seem to feel secure enouﬂh to spend money like water If we forget the what is going to th

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past complacency. Writing let-1 ters in the press will never cor- 1

feet an injustice. It is our duty

as citizens to call and attend a ‘

public meeting: lnvrhe Mayor Gaudet to attend. It would seem that under present circumstan-

l

ces their philosophy for govern- ;

ing the city is wrong. It is our duty to put them right. I am, Slr. etc.. 0

the basis of the experience of recent years it certainly will be necessary.

As the plan is now conceived. '

a man may retire at 65 on a maximum pension of $104. He may also decide to take his old age pension at this age— a fur- ther $51.40. If he wife is eligibie for the old age pension their in- come would be increased by her

' plan will not

$51.40. This would give them a ‘

total of $206.80 a month.

the full benefits of the be available for

yea rs. What will

But

another ten

$200.80 be worth. in forms of to- ‘

day's money. ten years hence? Nobody knows: but if the exper- ience of tile past ten years is re- peated. the man retiring in 1975 will find that he will need 5237 to achieve the same living stan- dard that $200 :ives today.

If the next 20 years follow the pattern of the last 20 years. the difference will be even greater. The man of 45 today who hopes to retire on maximum n ‘ at 65 will find that he will then need $373 to give what $206 gives him today. tThat is theftsum

‘ SH"? amounts

under control. AXSEED AND WATER

l.. M. writes. Will drinking lboilod flaxseed in water every thonr heal a spastic (-olon'.’

il’l."

No. Spastic bnur‘l relaxes when the viclim avoids rouult- age III the diet and eliminates tension. fatigue. and excit-

(‘ AND "AIR . writes: Will exces- of v i t a mm C cause baldness? REPLY

No. Vitamin (‘ overtlosaue rarely causes symptoms be- cause the b od y elimina l e s what it does not it ed

NERVE PRESSURE

P.K. writes: Does sciatica lever become clironie’.‘ 1 REPLY i Yes. Pain persists so long

as there is pressure on the sci- atic nerve. Dist ress may re- turn after surgety If new pres- ;sure points develop,

tNote: All correspondence to l Dr. Van Dellen should be ad- ldressed to: Dr. Theodore Van- .Dellcn. care of Chicago Tri- 'bune, Chicago, Illinms)

, plan.

vegetable s , ‘

Homework oc-j leaving .

NOTES BY

THE WAT

Dutch air force ofﬁcials were enthusiastic when I sclence magazine encouraged interest in airplanes among children byl

tions of aircraft they say. The‘ air officials were not so happy when the results were printed. Security men reported that the, information was so detailedt that it would be of value to; spies—Amsterdam Press. I

A survey team was in townl last week asking all the house- wives fool questionsl about how modern their spplI-i ances were. One asked Lottie' Hawkins what kind of garbage, disposal unit she used and shot fired right back, “four hogs!"l —-The Woodville Leader. ‘

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We have notlced over th. year: that quite a number of doctors continue an llnllmlled praotlcs of medicine despite ra. ther advanced ages. they enjoy a greater measu1e of health. mentally and plot... cally. than most people? or is that their busy lives forbid them

taking a el -earned rest“,l s. Brockvllle Recorder. The local weather doesn't

Mining and Metallurgy meeting in Montreal that at Resolute Bav, Northwest Territories, the hair. bar is ice-free for only 48 hours in an entlre yearl—Port Ar. thu News-Chronicle

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S rin ’ e p g 5 Ch Ottawa

The cheating crocuses on the- slope of Parliament Hill and in the groaning grass around the National War Memorial 8 re shoved ahead by heat tunnels and everyone knows it. But it is a pleasant deception which gels l us more easily over this fickle, ‘ chain-y time before Nature com- mits herself unequivocany lo Sprinc.

.\ few more warm days and He won‘t need the precocious , ('l'Ot'USCS. The elms and the map- Ies are heavy in bud and May is t cominc up fast. The tulips. cx- l rcpt those in the shady hall of ‘ the yard. are not only throuzli the ground. but shooting out into i leaf. Sporty robins are anCSlt-t

gating: new pastures and me i' mornin: air is alive again with ' birdsonu,

Yet it is too soon to say in our climate that Sprin: is irrevoe E ably here. The trout season for Gatlnenu streams an la 5 doesn't open until Wednesday and most of the lakes are still under ice. One rakes and fertil- izr-s bill llicre is not much else

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to do yet In a garden.

Impatient men might wish that Spring would come gushing up from the South of a sudden. transforming the season OVCI- night. And that is the \lay’ Spring does come in many plain es— "Suddenly it‘s Spring" the song says and means it.

Sprint: doesn‘t do it that way here and we are as glad it dog: not. It comes slowly. reluctant Iy. The expectation is slrctclud out makint: us impatient. But that very impatience is part of Spr’ng. The slower coming pio- longs the experience of the good arming days. the savor the exhilaration of the new-flou- ing life.

So one finds a countryside still brown. ditches full of water and grey-black snow in cold corners. Streets are still grimy with \\'lll> ter; a heavy frost or even snow may yet come.

Bill the blood has quickened in the lengthening days. All is in order for the delicious weeks of a temperate Spring.

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Pension Costs

Wlnnlneg Free Press

The proposed (‘anada Pen- SlOﬂ Plait has met wil.i wide pu- blic approval an may turn out. to be one of the most popular social reform measures ever undertaken in this country.

iere 15 one aspect of the however. which Canadi- ans should view with consider-I able scepticism now if they are I to avoid disillusionment in fu- ture years. As it now stands, I the plan is to be financed by pre- mirms averaging: three per cent of income up to $5.000 per year, half of this paid by individuals and half by corporations. Re- venue from premiums at this level is said to be sufficient not only to produce pensions at 65 of tip to $104 a month after ten years but also to accumulate a ford el' $4 billion or more.

.ludginu from the experience in the United States with social security benefits. the Canadian plan in time will have to seek halter premiums if it is to be both self - supporting and partly funded .\I present the Ameri- can who is covered by social security pays a premium of 3% per cent of his income up to $4: .

800 a year. This is matched by ‘ ad

llls employer for a total prem- ium of 7‘4 per cent compared to Canada's three per cent) and produces a maximum pension of $127 a month.

In other words. in the United States it takes more than twu'o the premium revenue to produce a pension that is only about. one- fifth larger than the proposed Canadian plan. Congress is cur- rently considering chances which would increase the pen- sion to $137 a month for indivi— duals. but to do this it would have to raise the, total premiums to more than nine per cent.

The American plan covers a smaller proportion of the work force than the Canadian one and some of its benefits are (ill- ferent. but the differences use not such as to account for wide spread in costs, It be surprising. therefore. Canadian plan can continue for many years without an increase in premiums.

CAUSED DEATHS

In 1960 and 1961. barbiturates were the cause of 25 per cent of all accidental deaths in Can-

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that would be needed today to ‘

give the equwalcnt of a $206 a month pension that started in 1944.»

The pattern of inflation by fits and starts—bill always ward—may not. of course. eon- tinne.0n the other hand rate of inflation may acceler- ate. In any case It seems highly probable that by the time the pension plan is paying its full benefits, both benefits and con- tributions will bear little rela- tion to those talked about now.

Older Workers

House of Commons Hana-rd

Marvin G e l b o r (L-York outhJ: There are. a number

simis about older won 33 per cent of the unemployed

of illu- About

persons in Canada at any given 1

time are over 40 years of age. Many experience long periods of unemployment. Many older per sons are refused Interviews for

Jobs because comJany policy re- ,

strict: hiring of the age of 35 or even as low as 30. In a study made of 950 class- Ified advertisements in a group of newspapers. It. was found that 490 or more than 51 per cent stated age restrictions. Only 18 of those advertising were wdl- ing tan accept applicants on to 50 years of age.

Now what are somf’ of these illusions about. (i are? One of them is that. among old~ er people you have a higher fre- quency of tllmu and therefore mater absenteeism Another l1- luston is that phytlcal dqtenior- o is with 8129 and there-hire older people are more occidem prone. Another i1- lusion is that age line a direct bearing on Insurance rates. and therefore the costs of pension plans mount arcceaeively w l t h each new participant over 40 years c.

It Is uld and this Is I very

l anon- mutter - that as people

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grow older their ability to learn decreases, and it is therefore more difficult to train older peo- ple in new industrial methods and techniques. There is a myth that A man over 40 is not as productive as he was at an. The myth of the older worker has no firm basis In truth. Chrono- logical age is not a sound found- ation on which to build hiring policies. It gives no indication of a man‘s ability or his skills and knowledge. the important elements to be considered when people are hired.

Then. there is the rmvth about learning a hi i ty. A scientific study was undmken tn the United States concerning the in- tellectual ability to absorb. The army alpha intelligence test was administered to 127 male fresh- men at Iowa State College dur- ing 1918-1919. It was readmlnis— tered lo the same group after an interval of 31 years. during 194950. In analysing the results psychologists took Into consider- ation the effects of social back. ground. experience and the other factors which might have a bearing on the better scores attained in the 1950 tests. The net. result was that it won found that the group was intellectual- ly more able at so than they were In 1919.

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