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Awaiting Her Majesty Burns’ familiar comment on the in- yertitude of men’s best-laid plans ap- plies even to Royal schedules. Bad weather conditions in Newfoundland may necessitate some change in the carefully worked out preparations for “greeting Her Majesty Queen Eliza- beth and Prince Philip at Torbay this

afternoon, and airports at Argentia, !

Gander, Stephenville, Sydney and Moncton have been designated as alternatives. In any case, there will be no lack of warmth in the welcome by the Governor General and Prime Minister Diefenbaker on behalf of all our people as the Queen once more sets foot on Canadian soil.

Today’s welcome will be the pre- lude to heartfelt demonstrations of loyalty to Her Majesty as Queen of Canada as she begins her arduous program that will take her to.all parts of the country after participating in the St. Lawrence Seaway ceremonies.

_ Here, indeed, is an example of the “pageantry of history” of which the ‘Commonwealth affords so many

striking examples. The pomp and eeremony well be televised, broadcast, and featured in newspaper headlines across. the world. But there will be occasions of informality as well, and above all the opportunity of express-

ing the affection and esteem of a

whole nation for their Sovereign as a

ac and lovely lady.

Nowhere will Her Majesty and Prince Philip be more enthusiastically welcomed than here in Prince Edward Island, where also plans have been carefully prepared for their visit. Rain or shine, it will be a gala occas- ion for the Province and for all our citizens. Meanwhile, we shall follow with the keenest interest the Royal tour as it progresses, participating in epirit in the cheers and demonstra- tions.

God Save The Queen!

Geneva’s Fading Hopes

Russia and the West, in the words of British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lioyd, have come “full circle” in the diplomatic struggle that began last November over Berlin. The prospect for even small progress is dim and Western planes have been alerted to stand by to take the Western states- men home at any time.

The reasons for the Western re- action are, of course, the Soviet ulti- matum which, as amplified by Mr. Gromyko, comprises three separate demands. The Soviets threaten to answer the rejection of any one of these with a Berlin blockade. Here, as analyzed by the New York Times, are the stipulations which the West regards as “monstrous and impu- \dent”:

First, the Western powers must force West Germany to agree to an all-German committee providing for equal representation for the 54,000,- 000 free West Germans and the 17,- 000,000 Communist-controlled East

Germans, and charged with working |

out within a year an “undictated” German “peace treaty” to be signed by the two German states or a con- federation of them, with the four powers working meanwhile on the game lines. Acceptance of such

“peace” terms would result in a dis- |

membered, neutralized and defence- |

less Germany that would shatter NATO defenses.

If the Western powers accept. the first ultimatum, the Soviets will then, and only then, permit the Western powers to stay in West Berlin for the “Dpeace-making” year on condition that they reduce their troops there to merely “symbolic” proportions and drastically restrict West Berlin’s freedom of speech and action, includ- ing acceptance of refugees, without infringing on the “sovereignty” of East Germany with its one-million- strong military, “police” and para- military organizations.

Finally, if the Western foreign ministers fail] to agree to this pro- “gram, the Soviets demand a summit meeting so they can present the same ultimatum to the Western heads of

government. If the West rejects the |

first. proposal the Soviets threaten to sign a separate “peace” treaty with East Germany which in their mind

The Western powers still try to get at least an uhlimited standstill agree- ment on Berlin, to permit further negotiations. There were some signs, yesterday, of Soviet weakening; but it would be unwise to gamble on any- thing beyond the fact that the West now faces grave decisions that will require all the unity, firmness and wisdom it can muster.

Dividing The Waters

Settlement of the 12-year dis- pute between India and Pakistan over the waters of the Indus river basin has apparently ‘been achieved. Both India and Pakistan have agreed to a proposal by Eugene Black, governor of the World Bank, who is now working on plans -for financing the projects necessary for proper diversion of the river water.

In the partition of India in 1947 the arid Punjab district was divided. India got the area where the head- waters of six rivers lie. Pakistan got 80° of the irrigated aréa, depend- ent upon the rivers. Pakistan feared that India would cut her off from water.

The plan now is to give Pakistan the water from three of the six riv- ers. It will require canal, dam and other construction. Much of the work will have to be done in Pakistan, put India will have a major share of the financing—with the help, Mr. Black hopes, of the Bank, the Un- ited States, Great Britain, Canada and Australia.

Séttlement of the Indus. issue will end one of the major discords hetween the two nations. It may lead to settlement of other issues issues which keep both underdevel- oped nations from concentrating on vital economic problems. hy

EDITORIAL NOTES

In 1961, South Africa will follow India and Japan into the company of nations using decimal coinage. The new monetary unit, the rand, will be worth 100 cents, like the Canadian dollar. The penny will be called a cent; a shilling will be 10 cents; a pound, two rands. Bank notes and coins will have their values expressed both ways for some time, to reduce

confusion.

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For five months Canada’s cost of living index -dropped steadily from an all-time high of 126.3, re- corded on November 1, until on April 1 it stood at 125.4—nine- tenths of a point below the Novem- ber peak. Last week, however, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics an- nounced that the graph has again resumed an upward curve, the index for May 1 set at 125.6, one-fifth of a point above the April low.

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As of 1958, there were 8,000 gen- eral medical practitioners in Canada, according to an estimate prepared by the Department of National Health and Welfare. This figure, exclusive of Northwest and Yukon Territories, represents one family doctor for every 2,120 population. The ratio is similar in all provinces except New Brunswick where it falls to one in 2,950 and notably in Newfoundland where it is only one private general practitioner to 6,750 population.

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In Canadian and American newspapers, the spelling of Soviet Premier Khrushchev’s name pre- sents n6 difficulties; it has been standardized. It is different in Eng- ‘and, however, where London’s Mail, Sketch and Herald spell it: “Krus- chev”, the Mirror and Express “Krushchev,” the Telegraph “Khrus- chev’, and the Sunday. Times, the News Chronicle and the Observer, as in this country. Incidentally the Soviet News spells it “Khrushchov.”

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According to an Ottawa report, the Government will have to “twin” all single locks in the Welland Canal if it is to fulfill its potential as a link in the St. Lawrence Sea- way. Three of the four locks are al- ready “twinned’’, each having a lock naralled to it. To provide for unim- peded upbound and downbound traffic, the remaining four locks will require similar facilities. ‘This “twinning” is estimated to cost 125,- 900,000 to $150,000,000—twice the cost, or more, of the causeway that is needed to implement the terms. ef Confederation with this Provinee.

FALSE ALARM, OR WHAT?

The special committee of the Hous of Commons on_ Broad- casting is mining an apparently limitless lode. It is bringing to the surface more information a- bout the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation than has been vouch- safed to the public view by the total of the fourteen previous Commons committees. This is in marked contrast to the surface scratching of trivialities by vel- . vet-gloved hands, which was all that our M.Ps were permitted to do under the “‘keep the lid on the C.B.C.” policy of the former Lib. eral Government.

House Leader Howard Green, who is responsible for organizing the timetable of work in the Commons, recently asked chair- man Ernie Halpenny M.P. how soon his broadcasting committee would complete its probe of C. B&. costs and performances.

“By July 15th, I hope,” he re- plied.

“Of what ‘vear?" was Mr. Green's reported supplementary question—which, if this story is

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correct, vividly exemplifies the Green. For under the new ‘“‘picture-window” view of the C.B.C., each commit-

' tee session discloses fresh aven- | ues of enquiry, a shocking num- , ber of which reveal extravagance

and inefficiency in our publicly- financed broadcasting system. FREQUENT ERRORS

The first such avenue was the strike of the 76 producers em- ploved in Montreal by the C.B.C. It is reported here that the basic cause of the strike was the C. B.C.’s action in setting up a new Central Casting Bureau, which not only took the responsibilities of easting away from those produc- ers, but also took away from them the attendant perquisites. Mr. Noel Dorion, M.P. for Belle- chasse, brought these reported perquisites, as well as what he called ‘‘the habitual immorality” of the C.B.C. before the commit- tee,

Then came the C.B.C.’s scand- alous treatment of the story of the Mother Superior of the Grey Nuns, which the C.B.C. now ad- Mits to have been “ a complete

failure’’ and off colour’, and which was expected to ‘shock

It is extraordinary that this of- fence should have heen offered to French-Canadian Catholic vie- wers, on the very day when the Mother Superior was being bea- tified in Rome, by a body which might well be called ‘“Ouimet, Ouimet and Ouimet’’. Bearing that French -. Canadian family name is the C.BC’s president, Alphonse Ouimet; the C.B.C’s de- puty-controlier of broadcasting, Marcel Ouimet; and, until he re- signed recently, a top official of the French network was Andre Ouimet

"WASTEFUL AND WRONG

The programming: and economic blunders of the CBC. are keeping the committee busy, The latest, which we will hear a lot about, wasthe broadcast cover- ing the results of the Ontario clee- tion last week. For ninety min- utes, an army of C.B.C. head- liners and hired commentators gave the audience a selection of inaccuracy and partiality. Typl- cal of the former, Liberal leader Wintermeyer was thrice describ- ed as a Conservative, and his victory was recorded as a Con- servative win on the C.B.C’s mis- leading table of results. As for the latter, Ontario’s premier Les- lie Frost has already publicly cri- ticized this.

And all this cosis you and me $69.641,975 in taxes, plus $33,000,- 000 in advertising appropriations, according to estimates this year. More of the taxpayers’ tax pay- ments wil] go to the C.B.C. year than is spent by portant Government departmen

Of course, had the Housé of

OTTAWA REPORT _ Broadcasting Inquiry

By Patrick Nicholson

ment, the costky empire-building tendency of the C.B.C. would have been trimmed by public insist- ence many years ago.

But now the time has comé when the Broadcasting Commit- tee should lift its eyes above the proven daily detail, and study

the important basic questions. Is the C.B.C. effectively and

efficiently performing the job for which it was created? Could not a better job be achieved, and at a substantial and attractive sav- ing in taxes, by selling the C. B.C. broadcasting stations to private television interests; by dismanting the whole extrava- gant C.B.C. empire; and by lim- iting tax-financed activities in this field solely to the creation of Ca- nadian._programs?

Reward For Job Finding

Toronto Globe and Mail

The Hon. “Mike” Starr, our Minister of Labour, was honour- ed by the imvitation to preside over the six-week conference of the International Labour Organ- ization, now being held im Gen-

eva, Switzertand. But with the.

House of Commons here still in session, Mr. Starr considered— rightly— that his parliamentary duties had prior call on his ser- vices, and he regretfully deciin- ed this honour.

However, another and perhaps.

greater honour has been paid to our hard-working Minister of Labour, and this is one which he will be able to accept. The Imter- national Association of Person- nel in Employment Security will open its annual meeting in Bos- ton, U.S.A., on 23rd. June. The Association. will present its Ci- tation of Merit to Mr. Starr on that occasion.

This Citation is awarded to the person who is considered to h-ve contributed most to employ- ment service operation in any of the member-countries during the past twelve months... It will be awarded to the Minister in charge of our National. Employment Service in recognition of his work “‘in reactivating the Canad-

mination to strength our Nation- al Employment Service's contri- bution to the economy of Cana- da"’—a determination vividly ex- emplifted by the much appreciat- ed increase in employment across Canada. This Citation of Merit was awarded to President Har- ry S. Truman of the U.S.A. in 1951.

CANADIAN ACCLAIMED

Ireland is about to launch its first television service. A govern- ment commission, under the chairmanship of the prominent Irish Judge, Mr. Justice Murna- ghan, is now studying television practice in Canada and other countries, and is enquiring into the potentialities of the many groups which have applied for the TV broadcasting licence there. We can bask in the honour of the Commission's tribute | to the initiative and achievement of Canadian private enterprise, for Mr. Roy Thomsen, the Canadian -born father of Scottish Televis- ion ig currently rated the second favourite in the short list of three likely licencees.

Mr. Thomsen has won this high. rating im recognition of his achievement in establishing the Scottish Television Service as the prime favourite medium of entertainment and information in Scothand, ranking well ahead of the staterun British Broad-

casting Corporation, whose stod- gy programmes are excelled in popularity by the sprightlier Scottish programmes in the ratio 76 to 24 according to surveys. U.S. NETWORKS

Mr. Roy Thomson seeks to es- tablish Irish Television broad- casting im conjunction with the prominent Irish banking house of Guinness, Mahon and Com- pany. His competitors are the powerful Columbia Broadcasting System of the US.A. in partner- ship. with Associated. Television of England and Pye Radio Com- pany, also of England on the one hand; the second leading com- petitor is the National Broad- casting Corporation of the U.S.A. in association with an Irish na- tionalist group. known as Guel- Linn.

TRADE DIVERSION

When we hear so much about the advantages of trade diver- sion to reduce our excess im- ports from the U.S.A., it is sur- prising to hearn that the federal government is actively buying powdered milk from the U.S.A. while it is currently having so much trouble in disposing of our own surplus of powdered milk.

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attitude toward their work and fellow employes.

As a rule, heart patients seem to get along better in air-condi- tioned rooms. Stumbling through hot days and nights for any leng- th of time can put a strain on anybody.

Men, incidentally, .can prob- ably bear up better under a hot spell than can women. Women have a layer of fat under the skin which man do not have. Conse- quently, they lose Heat at.a slow- er rate than men.

MORE THAN COOL AIR

Now conditioned air is more than just cool air. To be really comfortable, it must also be de- humidified and circulated.

Taking the moisture out of the air permits it to evaporate your perspiration more rapidly. And evaporating the perspiration is what cools you.

Most air-conditioners also have filters to screen out offending dust and pollen.

Just a word about temperature: to be mest-eomfortable,_keep_the temperature of your room or off- fice about 10 degrees lower than that outside during the hot sum- mer days that lie ahead. QUESTION AND ANSWER

Mrs. J.C.: My neck has been stiff and very painful for several months. I also have a crawling sensation in my head.

Can you tell me what causes this?

Answer: Many conditions can cause the symptons you describe including arthritis and a ‘‘slip- ped disc”’ in the neck.

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Travellers on the government airline, Trans Canada Airways may have noticed that they are given a small aluminum foil packet containing powder, to add to their coffee or tea served dur- ing fights. Caled “Pream’’, this new dairy product is propared in Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A. Surely if the government visited any Canadan groceteria, they woulo find that powdered milk prod- ucts can be purchased from Ca- nadian processors, consisting of milk extracted from Canadian cows? This is a little facet of commonsense trade diversion

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