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PAGE 6 T TUESDAY. APRIL 2. 1963.

Why The Secrecy?

it now seems lhat there was a misunderstanding about the (‘ausc- way views of the Tourist Association in its presentation bcfore the Legis- lature. Re that as it may, the criti- cism served one good Purpose. It brought goycrnment spokesmen to their feet in vigorous affirmation of the statement in the Throne Speech to the effect that. the planning of this great project is now in the. hands of consulting engineers and that an early start on the work is assured.

So far, so good. But what has sur- prised us in the debate on the Speech is the lack of attention given to this important matter on both sides of the House. From the government side. at least, we. would expect it to be emphasized very strongly. Th e same goes for speakers in the fed- eral election campaign. We hear a lot about other matters, of much less importance to the people of’ this Province. But the Causeway pro- ject gets about. as much attention as a glass of water at a brewers’ banquet.

Why is it underplayed in this manner? The statement in the Speech has been indorsed by Prime Minister llicl'cnbaker; but the Lib- ra.Is——-who also are pledged to build the Causeway if it is proven feas- ible—maintain that they have been unable to get this vital information from the Public Works Department, and cannot commit themselves fur- ther until they do.

After getting this answcr from both Mr. Pearson and Mr. Pickers- gill on the occasion of their recent visits here, we checked, ourselves, with head federal department of- ficials through our Ottawa bureau. We. got the same answer as the Lib- eral spokesmen claim to have re- ceived. The Causeway report. we were told. was “not available to the public."

The officials obligiugly gave. us a Copy of the interim report which Deputy Minister Young delivered here. back in May, 1960. and which they assured us was “still valid in its details." They also gave us a copy of the more recent announce- ment that consulting engineers had been appointed to assist the department in the planning and construction of the work. We were informed, moreover, that when Par- liament meets the Members might ask to have the final feasibility re- port tabled, but. “there is no assur- ance that it would be made public even then." That's the sum and sub- stance of the. information we were able to obtain.

Why all this secrecy? We can-

not understand it. at all. There may ~

be good and sufficient reasons, but surely we are entitled to know what they are. If the Conservatives have any light to throw on this matter—— either in the Hollse or on the bust- ings—we suggest that they lose no time in doing so.

That Bomarc Inquiry

After hearing US. Defence Sec- retary McNamara testify about, the inadequacy of the Bomarc missiles for modern defense purposes, Rep- resentative Min-shall. one of the members of the Congressional com- mittee. remarked drily:

"You remind me of a story my good father used to tell me about Pet and Mike when they were fish- ing in the Niagara River about a mile above the falls. Suddenly the me come untied from the shore

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'mirsimcrfg m. .... rént. Pet excitedly over the anchor.’ Mike responded: “It ain’t got no rope on it.’ Put said: ‘Throw the anchor over anyhow, it might do some good.’ That is pretty much the situation here with Bo- marc. They might do some good.”

It was then that Mr. McNamara replied that “at the very least, they would cause the Soviets to target missiles against them and thereby increase their missile requirements or draw missiles on to these Bomarc targets that would otherwise be' available for other targets."

Mr. Minshall is then quoted as saying: “in view of the statement you have just made, Mr. Secretary, why do we not leave the Jupiter missiles in Italy and Turkey? If we have to draw enemy fire, that is a good place to draw it.” To which Mr. McNamara replied; “As they are deployed they draw more fire than those Jupiter missiles will."

Another committee member, Representative Flood. remarked that “if we scratch Romarc. we have stuck the Canadians for the whole mess of them and we have another problem on our border." “All I can say," added Representative Min— shall. “is that these turned out to be very expensive targets."

The extended report from which we quote these statements adds: “Discussion followed, eliminated from the public transcript by mil- itary censor.”

Canadian electors will have to make what they can out of this testimony. As noted yesterday, the US. Defense Department said the Defense Secretary was referring only to deficiencies in the US. Bo- marcs, not those in Canada; but there is nothing in Mr. McNamara's published statements to indicate this. Perhaps it was eliminated by the. military censor!

Flouting Democracy

This Province is maintaining its good reputation for orderly ‘ cam- paign meetings. It is otherwise in some other parts of Canada. One of the worst examples, reportedly, was at Hamilton last week, when Liber- al Leader Pearson was subjected to planned interruptions that were in- excusable. At one point Mr. Pear- son said: “It is one thing to heckle, but it’s another thing to try to pre- vent the majority of people from hearing . . ." But even this remark was shouted down before it could be finished.

As the Montreal Gazette says in this connection, the alternative to democracy is rowdyism. The alter- native to giving a man his hearing are the “bully boy” tactics, the show of crude strength, the attempt to close. everybody's ears by mak- ing a big enough noise. the closed mind and the open mouth.

No one who comes to a political meeting has to agree with the speak- er. He can do his best, if he wishes, to embarrass him by heckling. In this he has to take his chances on being embarrassed himself, if the speaker shows his mettle. The only way to smother a candidate in a democratic country is to smother him with ballots on voting day. But in the campaign itself, the. speaker must have his chance. Otherwise, the invitation is for the cackle, and the pounding feet, and the dim- witted chant to take over. They have taken over entirely in some coun- tries.

Here’s another good quote on the subject, this time from the Cal- gary Alberton: “Heckling can be an artful—even constructive— means of keeping a. speaker on his toes. But when hoots and catcalls from the audience reach the point where a speaker can no longer be heard, where his views are lost, then it is no longer heckling. To put it bluntly, the audience is then depriv- ing the speaker of one of democ- racy’s most cherished rights, the right to plead a cause."

EDITORIAL NOTE

Canada’s need for more and bet— ter teachers, says a writer in “In- dustry”, organ of the Canadian Manufacturers Association, was never more urgent than it is today. Not only because our population is growing, but because of the grow- ing demands on education among all classes. "Not. leash”, he. says. “we need them because to be long on palatial schools and short on good teachers is to confer no favor on our children or on ourselves."

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OTTAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson

Needed: A purge In Public Affairs

Are our p iii if i cal doctors I afraid to tell Johnny (‘anuck the truth about the serious ailmenls afflictinr: Canada?

The set speeches by m a n y - prominent Dfllihf‘lant in this election campaign have either

ignored the s e r i n u s problems now threatening Canada, or pre-

f rented them through rose-tinted ,

glasses.

But in private conversation many politicians admit that very ; serious afflictions now menace] us, and must be corrected. A consensus lists these as includ-t lng most importantly- i

1. foreign control of our indus- ‘ try and of organized labour.

2. the chronic deficit in our balance of international pay- ments. 1

3, the decline of Canadians': flair for independence and self- ; hcl .

4. failure to do our share In j the world trend toward interna- tional togetherness.

5. ptlitical expenditure rather' titan common sense dictates our .' national priorities. 1 ITS NIGER TO DRIFT ‘

The cure for what ails Can-‘ nda would be abrupt and un-‘ pleasant to you and me. It would . entail the rc-think which should ' have been imposed less painful- 1 ly at war's end. It would bring 3 a sudden end to the Canadianf fool‘s paradise of living beyond i our national means. free rides on the backs of other nations, and chisclling our public treas- ury. t No government has seriously considered implementing lh c , nccdcd policies; no p 01 ll ical 1 party has advocated their need I in any election campaign. The voter would certainly reject such a spoil-sport.

More iii a it two years ago. when the Dicfcnbaker Govern-i mcnt was supported by 3 rec- ord 208 seats in the House of Commons, l was the first writ- er to advocate that C a n a , should have a coalition govern-i ment. When I. l b e r 81 Leader Mike Pearson was enlarging

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WHEN I GO FISHING When I go fishing, it's only a e

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For donning old clothes and tak- ing a cruise

Through meadow and Wood, follow a stream.

To sit on a boulder and fashion a dream_

It isn't a matter of whether they bite

to

Dr whether they don't, that brings me delight,

But feeling the pulse'of the uni- verse

leethe moving lines of a psalmist verse.

I‘ve no call in pine or to be con-

cerned . When my choicest flies are ig- nored or spurned.

When I go fishing, in merely a ulse '

Embellished with worms and colon es, .To habit a spot where none

gt es a care If l'm just a clerk or a million-

aire: Where I can stretch out with my shoulders flat on cover my eyes with an old slouch hat: To tug at the grass with a lazy

hand

0r turn on my face and doodle in sand.

When I go fishing. there isn't a doubt

There's no other creature as safe as a trout. —l. Barlow III Mm, PEI.

upon Canada's economic woes, at a press coonfcrence. I sug- v geslcd to him that lhese serious problems constituted a nationali economic emergency. and that they should be tackled by 3 "ns- ‘ tional" all-party coalition zov- ‘ ernmenl_ Mr. Pearson agreed 1 with me that no single political ‘ party could affordr' to take ex- ‘ reme and unpopular measures; 5 but he did not believe that the situation had yet become serious " enough to warrant a coalition ; government. A year later. I re», peatcd my question; and as I} reported in this column, Mini Pearson's answer was the same, f but less assured.

Last summer, the clcctors. stirring uneasily, rcflcctcd their ‘

‘ mood by electing a Parliament 1

split four ways. This Spring, the l electors appear to be even more i

. uneasy: talk of coalitions and l

alliances is in the air. The intui- live sense of self-preservation of l the voters may b r i n g us to a j multi<party coalition through? the back door, to prevent ouri final and irrevocable economic submersion.

WHAT DO WE NEED?

First. industries and unions must be operated in the true in- terests of themselves and of Canada. and not be geared to the interests of a foreign coun- try. Second. we must stop sell-

ing Canada to foreigners an d start buying it back. This does not mean that we must stop im- porting foreign capital: but. like the USA in its developing years, we should borrow it In the harm of repayable bonds. not admit it as the irredcemable controlling equity of industries.

Third, we must halt the ruin- ous trade and tourist deficit with USA: that may mean vaca- tioning in the West Indies or La- tin America instead of in Flor- ida, and equipping our homes with Canadian - made gadgets which might even sensibly lack the built-in obsolescence of floc- sy imports —- so what? We would have to learn the concept that social welfare is relief for gen- uine and unavoidable need, not a sop for laziness.

Fifth, as the world's third richest people, we should recog- nize our obligation to pull our weight in this troubled w o rid. And lastly. we should recognize that our need for hospitals, schools. housing and physical fit- ness generally must take prior- ity over our greed for costly trl- valilies.

Nobody would vote for til i s Nicholson platform of castor oil followed by a healthier tumor row: yet what Canada n e e d a most today is such a wholesome purge in our public affairs.

PUBLIC

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IN APPRECIATION Sir:—-- I would like to usr: space in your paper to express 5‘ my appreciation to the Redi Cross Blood Donor Service; Twice within the last year I have had to take advantage oft this wonderful service. having.

‘ received a total of seven pints E

of blood. i I fully realize that had it not ‘

-been for this service and thel‘

fact that blood was so re a dily available. I would not be writing ‘ this letter today. ,

The organizers of blood donor i clinics are to be commended for , the splendid job they are doing. 3 My thanks go to them at this time. also to the donors thcm- ‘ selves, who make this service I possible.

I am, Sir ctc ‘l

as. p'. MI'LBURY,

M Charlottetown. I

ILLUSIONS 0F UTOPIA Y Sir;— The difficulty we have : experienced this past winter, to I getting additional help on th e ’ farm. and in the mill. tends to ‘ make the constant harping of the opposition parties over un- employment, unrealistic, to put 3 it mildly. and nauseating if we ! wish to be more emphatic. Can- 5‘ ads Includes in her population, a large number of fishermen. and lumber-men. who in off seasons. when employment in their occu- pations is lmposslblc, are the , recipients 0f lenerous uncm- 1, ployment benefits.

These, and there are many tens of thousands of them, quite naturally prefer to stay at home, , cut firewood, and perhaps a lit- ' ile pulpwood and feed off a nevolent and paternal govern- ‘ ment than to seek employment In jobs with which they are not I familiar. 'Their time in m 0 st ‘ cases ls well spent, besides their woods lot work. they will be em- ployed getting their boats and I traps and fishing gear ready for j

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the Spring or Fall shine. Nev ertheless they are statistically registered as unemployed.

If we deduct the sum of their number. and also the eligible of , the quarter million annual ln- ‘ crease. from the list of the un- employed, the figures will con ‘

I monplai-c ('lIl7. .‘

“as the hard- working rishcrmen and lumber- men had no significance. and

1 were nol included in those elig~

ible for unemployment benefits. Perhaps it is not beyond the bounds of possibility, withdrawal of t h e s e benefits, will be one of the methods that the opposition groups. who are doing all the shouting about the unemployment sibuatirm, will re- sort to in order to present statis- tically a more impressive list

the employed. In view of the rau- cous claims of the opposition parties, relative to this problem, as uttered by the frenzy of Mr. Douglas,—- who by the way. we believe, should have retained his evanch for the pulpit, where he could exercise. visionary elo- ucncc with more adherence to the truth. or by the insincere in- sinuations of opportunfst Pear- son, or by the more reasonable. and therefore more dangerous subtleties of Mr Thompson, if behoves us to beware of delus- ion. It would appear from their

:pletform enthusiastic hyperbol- : isms. that If some one of these r supermen are given the chance

to govern, unemployment will Immediately be wiped cut, taxes will be lowered to the vanishing point. pensions will be raised astronomically, and Utopian cou- dltions will immediately come

‘ down from the wild blue yonder

wlth nobody having to pay th e piper

We can suggest no panacea to

‘ equal the abandonment of t wild promises We can only rec- good

ommend that p e c p I e of sense continue to place their faith, with embeds than ever before. in the integrity and intentions of this present government, led by John Dlef- enbaker, whose adamant deck- lon. and keen foresight prevent cd Canada from becoming the dumping grou lid for nuclear missiles, the satellite of a for- beeevcl-

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Early Trectnienf‘ Is Best Defence Against Cancer

By Dr. 'l'beedere R. Van Dellee

LAY participation in preven- flve medicine has furthered me- dical progress in various ways. One example is the cooperation of parents in the immunization of infants against the contagious cheeses for which there are vac- cines. Another way is to take advantage of the mobile chest X’rey units. Still another is the annual physical checkup by the family physician,

Another illustration of what the lay person is doing to keep well is self-examination of th e breasts fo 1' tumors. Su'rviv a' from malignancies d e p e n d e upon early detection and treat- ment. and it Is here that each women must be her own detec- five.

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The American Cancer society estimates that 64,000 women de- velop breast cancer annually: and that 25,000 will die of the disease this year. Breast can- cer remains the leading cause of death in women between the ages 40 and 60.

Why this grim picture if self- examination is so popular? Ac- cording to Dr. C. D. Haagensen. ‘

broken down hernia?

that the 1

some women are not breast cou- ecious and a tumor is not dis- covered until it is six to 12] months old, The average delay i in finding a lump, or in seeking 1 treatment after it is detected, is ' mon rt woman finds the lesion sooner than the i uninstructed: and the sesible I wormu seeks treatment at once

It is heartbreaking to a phy- alclan to detect a large mass and have the women say, “0, yes, I noticed that. lump several months ago-but didn't think it

mo to anything. She didnt realize that cure ls possi- ble In 82 per cent of breast can- cers are. detected early, while still localized.

Every woman ought to exa- mine the breasls once a month for possible lrrcgularitles or lumps, and consult a physician at once if an abnormality is found. Not all growths are ma- lignant but all Should be inves- tigated. In addition. have a phy- 1 sical checkup once a year, ln-i eluding examination of the . breasts by the physician.

April is cancer-control month and the layman can do his bit, Give generously to the crusade. Life is being prolonged in vic- tims of this disease but we have a long way to go.

DOUBLE DOSAGE Mrs. . es: My husband isn't often ill but when he does get sick. he's in a hurry to get well. He says if one pill is good, two are tier. I worry about overdcsage and w o u l d 1 IR e something definite to show him. REPLY