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PAGE 4 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1966.

Voting In The Dark

partment should begin to include in

its estimates a provision for salary increases, but apparently this advice went unheeded. The. board had promised’ to present estimates in simplified form so that MPs would have a better understanding of the expenditures they were approving, but this had never been done either.

It’s all pretty. mysterious. But out- side the committee-there is a report going the rounds that the bureaucrats discovered a constitutional precedent that puts the government in the clear. A precedent reaching back to Norman times, no less! It is known as “vriement” and was found, re- portedly, before the treasury board authorized the transfer of moneys in this case. Earlier, the government had found where the money was, but couldn't be sure of its authority to

use it for payroll purposes. What joy

there must have been when the com-: |

puters came up with this ancient reg-

re

ulation!

---~-them is what they obtain from guard-—

While the province will not begin to receive the additional funds made

available at the recent federal-provin-

———¢iat taxsharing conference untit after—

March 31 next, it was highly desir-- able that the Legislature be given a full and comprehensive report of all that transpired at that important

meeting. It was not enough that the —

~House be told that the new agree- iment will include an additional $2,500,000 in equalization. payments and approximately $1,635,000 in the fiscal transfer for post-secondary éducation and vocational training. Not enough to be told that in all, we should get an estimated addition- al $5,164,000 in the next fiscal year over the preliminary estimates for this year. Not enough, either, to be

~~ told by Premier Campbell, in reply | to an Opposition query as to what /

programs woulld be. phased out, that he only thing that was: phased out

Vriement—freely translated as the - right to change purpose or' direction

or to divert—arose in the time of

king was granted money for specific

purposes. He also got the right to use “

‘money granted for a specific purpose

for an “allied” purpose with two pro- —

hibitions: money must not be transfer-

red from civilian purposes to military _

uses nor could it be transferred to pay his advisers more money. The

. System was freely used by the British

government in the 17th century, but has since been abandoned.

But any port in a storm, and any precedent in a jam. What better oc- casion for resurrecting William the Conqueror than this, the 900th an- niversary of his getting where he did

HORNS OF A DILEMMA,

OTTAWA REPORT By Patrick Nicholson -

- Too Busy To Perform His Political Chores

He Tried, Anyway Canada, it would appear, was out- manoeuvred in its efforts to take the

Is the profitability of a pro- fessional football league- more important. than the economic well-being of Canadian famil- ies?

: gince the last election was the gov- , . dwelt

" Bave been saved for another occasion. : After all, it was the new govern-

thent which called this special session _

of the House, and it had an obligation to clarify every phase of the complex tegotiations which were conducted at Ottawa recently, and which were of such vital importance in charting our financial course. for the future. All

we are facing a projected debt in- crease of over $11,000,000 this year, , ad money bills to be voted on.

: The basic trouble, of course, is that these Ottawa conferences are invaria- bly held behind closed. doors, and both federal and provincial Opposi- tion members, along with the public,

initiative in getting the China problem

Assembly on Wednesday. External Affairs Minister Martini, made his much heralded suggestion for seating both Nationalist and Communist China, but there was little indication of support from other countries. By agreeing to an Italian proposal that the question be turned over to a com- mittee of UN member states for

he more so since it warned that | study, the United States is credited |

with having lured a number of waver- ing countries away from the Cana- dian position. These states will be able to: vote for a resolution that does not exclude the possibility-of a Chinese presentation at some future date, but at the same time does not offend the United States: =

—This question is prompted by | the ceaaalel attendance rec-

ate of the Canadian Football League, Keith Davey. ' Mr. Davey, formerly national organier of the Liberal party, was appointed on the eve of his 40th birthday to his reward— a 35-year no-cut contract at $15,- 000 per year— likely to rise lat- er— to serve as a Canadian sen- ator. This not very arduous. task calls for perhaps 80 daily atten- dances during the year at the” -plus—var-—

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sittings; joys fringe jobs such as sitting on committees. F Senator Davey was appointed te the joint Senate and House of Commons committee on C on-

sumer whieh is conduct- ing a special inquiry inte the

_ Tise in the cost of living in’ Can-

ada, and factors .whclii may have contributed te that recent the first 12 meetings of that

it committee, Senator

:

In

tracted absences should lead to a substitution. ae

At the other end of the Scale, one of the co-chairmen of - the committee, Senator David Croll,

‘ance at all the first 16 meetings.

Saltman, only one meet- ing. Co-chairman Ron Basford MP and Seifiators™Ches Carter and Clement O’Leary each at- tended: 16 meetings. Yorkton's Drum Clancy attended the first 10 meetings in an unbroken ser-

“TIME POLITICIANS: I mention the attendances at this committee because this is now the glamour committee on tracting the most headlines. An astute politician would not merely recognie its national importance; he would also be aware of the political kudos of

ar ‘attendance. : ’. The whole committee system

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The Caakicok Flood

‘ Christian Science Monitor ‘

more so than that of the Senate — is going through a period which could not accurately be ‘described as its finest hour.

man of the important Publie Ac-

on the spending of the taxpay- ers’ money, has recently had to cancel two ings because in- sufficient MPs showed up. te constitute a quorum.

When one couples this sort of committee attendance with. the very poor house at debates in the Chambér— so adversely commented upon by the many visitors—one must question ‘the conscientiousness of MPs. The _chief reason for the recent 80 | per cent increase in their rem- uneration was that parliament has now become a full-time year- around job.

There is probably no other full-time job in Canada where | attendance records of such ' shamefully low levels is tolerat- ‘ed ; \

_| has a staring expression and is

Overactive Thyroid By Dr. Theodore R. Van Delles An overactive increas- és the metabolism of the body

and leads to symptoms that are easily \pecognized. The victim

extremely nervous. If the physi- cian is detained, they usually

breathing test (basal metabplic rate) is the oldest. However, the reading is altered by fever, hy- pertension, diabetes, heart fail- ure, and pulmonary insufficien- cy. Th serum protein- bound io- dine (PBI) blood test, is the ea¥ iest to do: Testing with isotopes (1131) also can be done to deter- mine thyroid activity.

The rationale of treatment ts to limit the production of thyroid hormones. This is done by re- moving the gland surgically or taking drugs that block the manufacture of the hormone (anti-thyroid.. agents). Radioac- tive iodine also depresses the

cells and is a simple, effective, and inexpensive means of, treat- of the House Commons— “much | ing thyrotoxicosis. SS

“Mrs. . writes: What is meant by regression? That is ‘what the

doctor says about four-year-

was trained be-

fore the new baby arrived but REPLY

Many children return to infan- \tile habits when they become if! or ‘ emoti y upset. During this period they may stutter, lisp or wet the bed. Give him more attention or responsibility. “WEAK” BLADDER R. D. M. writes: Is there any- thing I can do to strengthen my weak kidneys? ? " REPLY

frequent urination, your bladder ae _ your kidneys, is re-

spon: " PAINFUL CHEST MUSCLE H. M. writes: The doctor says

my chest pain is due to. trouble

structures in this area are cap- able of producing. distress. One

ed news releases, which in this case _were 80 conflicting as to be prac- tically meaningless at one stage of, the conference proceedings. ‘ ~ | What we do. know about the new tax arrangements is that while they will afford some extra relief from Ottawa, they fall far short of meet- ing our fiscal needs or of the expecta- tions on which the Campbell govern- ~. ment based its own election promises. These pledges, of course, must be implemented. But the House, and the public, have a right to- know why federal participation in them—on which the government was banking \so strongly in its campaign—has proved so dissappointing. The least it could have done.at this week’s ses- sion: was to make every effort to answer, as fully as.possible, every question hearihg on this point, and . on all other matters relevant .to the negotiations.

That Payroll Inquiry

On _ this showing, Canada wae member states who want China seat- | ed instead of the Nationalist regime

c aia“ aad hase natiéns Tet

* by the United States, who say ‘they

will not vote for Pekifig at the ex- pense of Chiang Kai-shek’s govern- ment: For several weeks, the UN lobbies had been buzzing with talk of the Caandian proposal—the New

~ York Times called it “a bold concept,

delicately-handied”—but-it i all too ‘evident, now, that it has ‘misfired.

Mr. Martin should not be faulted for this."There is every reason to be-

‘lieve, that he did his best in the

circumstances. He insists that he was not advocating a two-China policy, - though this was the way most ‘dele- gates appeared to fake it. But the overriding factor was Washington’s determination to support Chiang’s puppet regime, which has continued to occupy China’s Assembly and Sec- urity Council seats ‘despite its defeat ‘by the Coniinunists in the Chinese civil war in 1949. Under Mr. Martin’s

te the

Davey did not show once. The. party Coach then Puaied laos 5

substitute for him’ P.E.I.’s 74 year old Senator Elsie Inman. Obviously it is very important football league that the man who will assume the post of commissioner next January ist should travel around Canada to attend games; that is important to the league which will pay him a reported $25,000 per year on a three-year- ho-cut contract. But it is not equally important to his tolerant employers, the Can- adian taxpayers— who previous offer of $15,000 per year he had already accepted—that the new ‘senator should attend to their work? Senater Davey happens to be

~

: Parliament may find it necessary to revise its whoie method of con- trolling public funds.as a result of a

public accounts committee inquiry | now under way, seeking to discover

show the Pearson government was able to find nearly $30,000,000 in special accounts to pay. civil servants this month, even though its interim supply bill for November had not ' then been passed. A star witness before-the committee on Wednesday was A

_ 4s to scrutinize government finarices; and who revealed, that changes in the procedure of voting money in the last three vears had “contributed to ari erosion of Parliament’s traditional role’: in this important matter.

Another witness was the. Treasury Board secretary, George F. Davidson,

who said the board had authority to |. holier-than-thou . integrity, 4 “act in ‘such circumstances. and could . - integrity,-permits

have acted in the same way even if the procedures for voting money had not been chanced. He agreed that “if he was a member of Parlia- * poont, he would be concerned.” Tri: deed. he added that as lon> ago. as July he had sugcested that each de-

ome sa é

itor-General Maxwell Hen- . ~ ~..derson,an-officer whose. business -it‘

‘| proposal, both the governments

would be represented in the UN, but China’s permanent Security Council seat would gto Peking. Eventually, of course, this will. have to be done in-the interests of

‘ world peace. Again to quote the New

York Times on the subject: “Mahy delegations are looking beyond this | debate to next year when, they be-

“lieve, the need to bring the Commun-

ists in will be even more obvious and pressing than it is now. The trend in

-Tecentyears..despitecontinuing-U.S.—|-

opposition, has been toward favoring admission for Communist China. a

‘nuclear power with 700 millio

people.” . EDITORIAL NOTE. “It is ridiculous,” snorts the Van- ° couver Sun, “that Canadian broad- casting. with all its high-principled

more commercials in a broadcasting time space than those crude’ Ameri-' cans we're” supposed to be holier

than. Considering the millions of dol- |.’

lars Caradians sink into national broadcasting in subsidy. it should, be the other way around.” It-should be,

| mut if ain't

~ Our Yesterdays

(From The Guardian ‘ Files)

TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO (November 25, 1941) :

A second and historic line—the Imperial British Infantry— was

slowly beating forward in: the |

bloody Libyan quadrangle near Rezegh, over terrain littered with the iron wreckage of one of the war's greatest mechanized battles. ae

Legislation to stop defence strikes in the United —- involving compulsory a enforced by stiff penalties took shape in the House of Represen- tatives. :

TEN YEARS AGO (November 25, 1956) The United Nations gave Sec- retary- General Dag _Hammarsk- old authority to continue build-

ing up the UN Middle East force | the

and to start the job of clearing

the blocked Suez Canal.

It also. overwhelmingly called on Britain, France and Israel to get out of Egypt. The Asian-Af- rican resolution, which brought: two days of bitter wrangling,

_| supermarket

J: They HH dark funnels of leav®

and the-

again split the. Western B.ig Three

are being sold at the yes, even TV

unabated. The fall w kitchen texts prom-

ne be

bigger. may frozen entrees and canned foods leaves the home cook more time to experimeht with | special .dishes. This appears |

fromsthe number of new Cook- | cipes for the dishes of ancient | Romans?

books written for the woman who has mastered the basics of cookery. One which has just ap- peared, for example, is devoted to the art of making sauces. Still there must be many brid- es and others who seek the help | of a solid, basic manual. For the sales of old favorites run igh. In England, ‘‘Mrs. Bee- ton’s English Cookery’’ is still a

standard girl isn't happy to get it? Nove é Ottawa

November winds are advance

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wedding gift and what :

and meadows; they send low clouds chasing each other across the sky.

that whirl-and twist dervishes. At gray dark. smoke _ rises ‘chimneys, the zontal

hori page.

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Hil

and cargoes across the seas.

a big as ever, if not |

aces be that the availability | But there is-a demand also | cookbooks that are | reading.’ How else could you

+ modern, scientific style when it

mber Winds

| ularity.. “Fannie Farmer’s Bos- | ton Coéking School Book,”’ which

' appeared in 4896, is still going 4 = : 4 strong: after 11 revisions and a slight change of title. .

These and other favorites of their class are for kitchen use.

or

“just f explain the’ success of an Eskli- ' mo cookbook and one giving re-

All the new. bookcooks, even the literary ones, conform to the

Uniféd States _a_num- | and more precooked, froz- | ber of standbys retain high pop-

-mus-.. cle

SUBWAY READER L. F. writs: Does reading on

the subway every morning and | Confederation in Charlottetown.

. REPLY No, but the constant jerking may create strain. But when

you become one of the older cus- tomers and need glasses, be sure to blame Father Time rath- er than the subway for failing vision. _ : i -TODAY’S HEALTH HINT— ‘Tack down loose carpet edges. (NOTE: All correspondence

Light’.””

Journal :

ferent category. They are harb-

ethat strike when winter's cold hand has locked the streams and closed up

| Sometimes the winds spring | at dawn; sometimes a - grey. quiet day broods on the land until late afternoon and then the winds begin,

Voices moan in the chimneys and: ery around the corners of the farmhouse. The wind’s force

rises to crescendo and then fails

suddenly to faint a Sometimes wind and come’

together and sheets of water strike the windows like the roll- | ing of drums. . e ~|

The winds in advance of of- / ficial winteremay not hsve the powerful force of a January biiz- zard. But when a man comes

feels that cold,~ cutting

the ! feels that November winds are in a dif-

-in—from- evening chores - and the

he knows that winter is on way. f-

~- Can A Machine Lose?

Chatham Daily News

A victory of Man over ma- chine in the Age of the Computer is go rare that we couldn't help

te seeing the great auto Onley Sle one ey Toe.races Ts American election.

It's not much fun to hear the winner announced before the race starts.

The phenomenon was due to the returns of key precincts be- ing fed into the computer which then announced the result quick- er than the votes could be list- ed on the board. :

The realizations thet b»man

ings are not intripately unpre- dictable caine as a shock, but it was even more depressing to be- lieve that we are even more dully predictable than the ma- chines which predict what hu- | mans will do. : ‘ Therefore, it way--with con- siderable glee that we discover- ed the whole system went hay- wire through the inpredictable ' action of more than 50,000 voters in Georgia who spurned two men to write in by hand the name of a third who wasn't even |. aunvased te he in the race

ally suspects his heart, but other |“

Was e point when he suggest ~} federal Government should

NOTES BY THE WAY

Mistress (to new maid) — “Now: Norah, I always take my- bath at 9 every morning.” ‘“‘Sall right, mam, it won't interfere with me a bit. I'm never ready -) mine b'fore. 10.” — Montrea)

The legal opinioti to the effect that any citizen coming to the ald of a police officer does so- at his own risk, which was issu- ed recently by the Ontario attor- ney-general's office, isn’t very

ing citizens. — St, Catherives’

| Standard. ;

An English woman has been granted a divorce because her husband tickled her feet. Evid. ently she wasn’t his sole mate. — Port Arthur News Chronicle

“Have you given; the goldfish Spain's

Generalissimo Franciseo Franco is trying to set Spain on a_path that eventually will lead to her more ready accept- ance as West European countries. © That appears to be the central purpose of the new constitution he introduced Tuesday, though the changes are seen as some- thing less than democracy gone wild. x _Franco was not expected to e Spain a democracy but, as“one London newspaper puts it, he did bow ‘perhaps a little deeper than he might have done to the winds that are blowing.” Franco's’ reforms during” the- last year have led to greater political and intellectual free- dom for trade unions, the press, univengity bodies and _poll- ticians. ae Observers in Britain feel it is largely because of Spain's grow- ing need to be fully associated Politically and economically with a wider European group-

Peemengnens <*

ward international respectabil- ity has been started,

IN JOINING MOOD. the European Common Market,

: uiting from Spain's dispute with Britain over, Gib- raltar.< :

France's withdrawal -of her

speculation on whether Spain might some day help fill the fap. Britain's new bid to join the Common Market, if success- ful, would have deep signifi- cance for Madrid. Spain's ex- clusion — w ; }

as Greece and Turkey are al- teady associate members —

~ Besides these wider aspira- tions, the need for Franco, who

Melvin McQuaid, Conserva- tive member of Parliament for Kings in Prince Edward Island, i ‘se the

encouraging news for law abid- |

“ing that the new movement to- |

forces from NATO stimulated |

would be all the more painful. |

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their employer’s within six ths." — Montreal

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New Constitution —

the Army, the Church, the Fae lange party, the labor syndi- cates and the colleges. Franco proposes that -100 of the 607 members of the Cortes (Parliament) will be directly elected: by popular vote on a_ franchise limited to heads of families. All members now are appointed Franco or govern- ment-contro! organizations. Franco's decision to. separate the offices of head .of state and

held by himself; may envisage | eventually a ‘real constitutional | monarchy. Europeans will be

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-And it feltthat re-— forms made table by ‘unrest in such institutions _ as

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head of government, both now _

| disappointed if it turns out to be ~

| anything like Portugal, where | the prime minister is dictator. | STILL IN LOW GEAR

| No one has ever accused Franco of

sightly speed toward demo-

| parties.

War will understand this pas-

| later — much more sooner than later—wreak havoe on all material progress and all improvements of our citt zens’ lives.” :

A Costly Honor Saco Mercery

of the centre. leaving $125,000 . for the province to pay. And, as

|) billding, “as a na

ac-

of

Mr. McQuaid is undoubtedly speaking the truth when he says the island province. cannot af- ford to maintain the centre. The sparse 108,000 population . of P.E.I. and the comparatively low average income of the resi- dents makes keeping up the cen- tre an impossibility. The prov- ince is already staggering under a $600,000 deficit derived from the building. Z

The federal Government con-

must be operated all the ‘year ound. aS ‘

be paid ‘for entirely by the fed- eral Government which repre sents all the people.

SMOKERS you. know we “

' Did the biggest pipes on P.E.1.? We Will Deliver STEAD’S PHARMACY

‘tributed only $175,000 to the cost

4-4131 - 2

Charlottetown to:

Montreal Moncton

Saint John —

eracy. He still forhids politi¢al +

Tt ; i ‘ = ‘| Bit thése who remember the ferocity of- the Spanish Civil

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sooner or probably~~

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Mr. McQuaid pointed out, the -

The-centre- was built for all