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Pension Payments As noted in our news columns on Saturday, legislation has now been introduced at Ottawa to increase to $75 from $65 the special month- ly pensions to the needy aged 65- 69, the blind, and the disabled. It is proposed to have the increase start with the December cheques. Along with the increase, the maximum al- lowable incomes will be stepped up. The cost of these pension cate- gories is shared by the federal and provincial governments, with Ottawa paying half of the bill for the needy aged, half for the disabled and 75 per cent for the blind. Provincial agreement to the $10 increase was obtained at the recent federal-pro- vincial conference. Persons earning above the new income limits are not eligible for these pensions, but the provinces may pay higher monthly pensions if they wish, bearing the entire cost of the added amount. This year Ot- ‘tawa estimated its share of old age assistance would be $38,636,000, for . the disabled $19,241,000 and for the blind $4,847,000. On the more general question ,of the proposed federal Canada Pension Plan, Prime Minister Pear- : son gave assurance last week, in ' reply to a query by Mr. Diefenbaker, {that the interests of those who are ‘_ now contributing to private pension j plans will be protected and that they *will not lose under the new setup. f This assurance will be of special interest to the members of Parlia- jment who will be on the committee ~ examining the Canada Pensions Plan -when it is brought before Parlia- -ment, and the witnesses who appear before them. The private plans cover. -among others. nearly 2,000,000 em- -ployees in Canada. ’ As the Ottawa Journal sees it, :Mr. Pearson’s guarantee covers a 3lot of ground. For unless the Gov- lernment is offering equal pension for equal money it will not be pro- tecting the private pension contribu- tors against loss: and one of the .-contentions of insurance companies is that private pensions would cost less than Government pensions in the long run.

Not By Shamelul Stealth

The annual meeting of the na- tional Progressive Conservative Party is to be held early next year, and there is reportedly a strong feeling that Mr. Diefen~baker’s leadership should be challenged at this meeting, and that a secret bal- lot should be held. We haven’t dis- cussed the matter with leading Con- eervatives here, but we think we know what their views are. They will support Mr. Diefenbaker, as will Conservatives generally in these Atlantic Provinces. His followers’ revolt against him did-n’t emanate here, as we all know.

But on this -question of a. secret ballot, allegedly supported by Mr.

0. Mooers, president of the Young Progressive Conservatives of Canada, there is more to be said. And we find it said in forthright terms by .a regular contributor to the Toronto Telegram, Mr. Edwin Mahoney, who is the paper’s for- mer Ottawa correspondent and busi- ness reporter, and who takes a dim view of the proposal.

“A test of strength sounds like air excellent idea,” says Mr. Ma- honey; “but in the circumstances is secret ballot would be a. cowardly, dishonest, unjust procedure and un- béoombie to the public generally.

" list. ‘ Diefenbaker, whatever his has done his fighting, wheth- Oonaervativea or Liberals,

at Summerside, Montague, Albee

I030 West

tn the open. It behooves his Tory critics not only to vote openly on his leadership but also to speak openly and explain why they are for or against him.

“The principle of the secret ballot is not in any way involved. The humble ordinary citizen does have the right in an election to cast his ballot as he sees fit, protected by a jealously-enforced cloak of se- crecy. His decision as an individual is known to no one else. But the men and women who will decide next year on John Diefenbaker’s stewardship aren't ordinary in- dividuals. They are delegates. They represent other members of their party. They represent party support- ers who aren't members in a formal way. In a sense, they represent all Canadian voters, and their function in selecting a party leader has pro- found national importance.

“We have a right to know how each delegate, each representative at the meeting. exercises his respon- sibility. lf thumbs are turned down on Mr. Diefenbaker, it's important to know not only how many; but which thumbs.”

Moreover, this writer points out that Mr. Diefenbaker is not just another contender for a job. “He is the holder of the job and in that job, even in the last election, he won the support of millions of Cana- dian voters. He isn't; just a party figure, he is a national figure. The party could have prevented him be- coming a national figure by deny- ing him the leadership in 1956. But having placed him where he is, they may not remove him by stealth and in shameful secrecy.”

Threat To Seed Sales

If there was any doubt as to whether poisonous potato top killers should be banned in this province, as Agriculture Minister MacRae in- tends to propose at the next session of the Legislature, it surely must have been removed from the minds of our potato growers by the state- ment the minister made at a beef producers’ meeting last week.

Mr. MacRae revealed that the food and drug administration in Florida has announced that if just a trace of sodium arsenate is found in even one potato shipped into that state, the entire shipment will be banned. Our marketing director, Mr. Sangster, brought this information back from his recent trip to Florida. It may be presumed that other states will follow suit, and as 30 per cent of our seed exports go to the United States, it is plain that the continued use of this chemical by potato grow- ers here would be ruinous to the industry.

Mr. MacRae made out a. con- vincing case against the use of this chemical in his previous statements, when he showed that it was respon- sible for the death of cattle, fish and wildlife and that safe substitutes are available, though at slightly higher cost.

The minister is to be commend- ed on the strong lead he has given in this matter in the interests of all concemed. The meeting at which he spoke on Thursday supported his campaign in a unanimous resolution, and it is to be hoped that our farm- ers generally will see it in the same light. It would be false economy in- deed to ignore the dangers involved in the use of a pesticide which has fallen under such widespread con- demnation.

EDITORIAL NOTES

After a two years’ sag, immigra- tion into Canada has taken 1; def- inite upward trend. Our total of 69,344 immigrants in the first nine months of the present year is nearly 13,000 more than a year ago, and not far behind the full-year totals for 1962 and 1961. Almost exactly half of the newcomers, 34,730 per- sons, entered the labor force and very few were workers without special training.

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Former CCF Leader Coldwell was 75 on Monday of last week, and this son of Devon, raised in a family of Conservatives, continues an active life in Ottawa. "What must help keep Mr. Coldwell young” says the Ottawa Journal. “is the knowledge that PFODOS-als for better social security which brought him the ac. cusation of being a dangerous rad- ice] in the West 30 years ago, have been appnoved and implemented by the old parties in federal power. Hg "*‘-VP?‘ f'“'m9fl 8 Zovernment but he has spurred governments on.”

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WHILE THE WORLDWAITS WHERE EFFORTS WOULD COUNT

Tip For U.N. Student Seminars

Daily Packet and Times, Orlllia, Ont.

A lot has been heard recently about students travelling to Uni- ted Nations seminars. Invariab- ly they pass resolutions concern- ing the peace of the world. Just as invariably these resolutions center on political issues such as the admittance of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations. It seems that. regard- less of how well- meaning the efforts of these students are, they are greatly misdirected.

Like so m any others the students are told of the United Nations as a political body and fail to see that its rec- ord as far as this particular fun- ction is concerned is pretty dis- mal. Meanwhile. however, the United Nations is performing an extremely useful and indeed vit- al role in solving the economic and social problems facing the world's peoples.

The voice of the students in the realm of international polit- ics will scarcely be heard by those who have power in this ar- ena of confusion. If instead, the students devoted their consider- able talents and energies in full support. of such UN agencies as UNESCO and UNICEF. their ef- forts would bear much more ef- fective and rewarding fruits. Time wasted talking about world peace could better be spent feed- ing a starving child.

PUBLIC FORUM

This column Is a an to the discussion by correspondent of questions of In-

] letters Iubm te SHOULD BE CAREFUL

Slr.-—- I have just been read- ing "The Sun and its Family" by Irving Adler, and have come to the conclusion that we have to solve our earthly problems and emotional relationships be- fore we can undertake to move on to solving problems concern- ing the “heavenly bodies" that surround the earth.

If we don't. we might upset the whole universe by sending out some emotional mishap to outer space!

_ I am. Sir, etc. BIRGIT ORNFELDT. Murray River.

FISCAL TREATMENT

Sir.-Uprm reading your paper the other day. I came ac- ross a statement by Mr. Alex. Matheson. leader of the opposi- tlon in P.E.I., in regard to the

amount of money received by Premier Shaw from Prime Min- later Pearson. I-Ie more or less claims, that, if this Province had had a Liberal Government as is in Ottawa, we would have received a larger share.

May I remind, Mr. Matheaon that it was not too long ago that this Province had a Liberal Government, of which he we a Premier, along with a Liberal Government in Ottawa headed by the then Prime Minister Lou- is St. Laurent, and when he went to Ottawa to try and con- vince them that we needed a larger graht, he came home with a bill for one million dol- lars which the Federal Govern- ment said we owed them. due to an over payment to us.

May I ask what would have happened if the situation were the same this time. I shudder to think of it. We should thankful that John Diefenbaker came along and told him to for- get it. I might also add that I don't know for sure if this letter will reach your office or not, seeing that the Federal Govern- ment have a tendency of closing everything. You'll never know what’: next.

I am, sir, etc-., AN INTERESTED VOTER Charlottetown.

to any enrrrespondenca regard-V if d.

The preamble to the constitu-' tlon of UNESCO states, “Since; wars began in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be con- structed." It is the work of UNESCO to "build peace in the minds of men". The organization does this by promoting collabor- ation among nations through education, science and culture.

Where better could the ener- gies of Canadian students receiv- ing the best in education, par- taking of the best science has to offer, attempting to understand all cultures. be spent than in projects for this far- sighted or- ganization?

UNICEF is the second organ-l lzation within the framework ofl the United Nations where th ei efforts of students would be greatly appreciated. There are few other organizations in th el world that cry out with more ap- peal than this one. for there arel few things more appealing than a child. The child is man's eter- nal source of inspiration a n d

wonder and hope. Beautiful. free. idolatrous, inventive. imitative, wit-hdrawn. inquisitive, gay, brok- en hearted, irresponsible—- ever loving and seeking lovc—— that is the child.

Few of us realize the terrible plight that faces children throu- ghout the world. For instance, in a single year. 100,000,000 babies are born, three out of every four of whom will die in childhood. Malaria kills 1.000.000 babies a year in India alone. In Indones- in there were 12,000,000 cases of yaws last year. In tropical lands as many children die of leprosy in single year. Trachoma, which can cause blindness. af- flicts 400 million.

The conscience of the y o ung student may rest uneasily be- cause there is no peace in th e Middle East. It should rest all the more uneasily because there is a starving child in India. In the former case. his actions will have little effect. In the latter case, he can help prevent that child from starving.

A Forgotten Foct

Fredericton Gleaner

A curious mistake is noted in pieces written since the murder of President Kennedy about an earlier tragedy. Current issues of periodicals intimate or open- ly state that the three previous murders of presidents w e re each the work of a single crimin- at

In two cases this was true. No accomplices were discovered of Guiteau who shot Garfield or Czolgosz who killed McKinley.

But it was not so with Abra- ham Lincoln. That great man was the victim of an organized plot by Southern sympathizers‘ seeking to throw the United Stat- es government into confusion by killing its three top executives: President Lincoln, Vice'*Presi- dent Andrew Johnson and State Secretary Seward.

John Wilkes Booth, who ec- tually shot Lincoln, must be as- sumed to have been the instiga- tor and ringleader of the plot,

expression. Like Oswald 98 years later, Booth was gunned down before he could be brought before a properly constituted court or commission.

The assassin assigned to the State Secretary wounded Se- ward and four members of his household. including his son who was assistant. secretary. John- son's assailant blundercd in his task and the Vice- Presi d e nt duly assumed the higher office.

Four of the conspirators were executed and four more were sentenced to prison terms. The degrees of guilt of the eight were long a subject of contro- versy, and suspicion lingered that others, deeply implicated, escaped completely.

It is now the duty of the FBI and the commission appointed by President Johnson to deter- mine lnto which of the categor- ies-— lonely fanatic or organized murder gang- the assassina- tion of President Kennedy

although other opinions were ad- vanced at the time and still find

longs.

Why Sailors Resign

Ottawa Journal

Commodore James Plomer, retired. has been heard by the Commons Defence Committee and several of the points he rais- ed in criticism of the RCN have been answered by later witness- es. But one statement by this senior nave‘. officer lingers un- comfortably in memory as evi- dence thnt all is not well with morale in the Navy. He said:

When I was a deputy in per- sonnel I had many lieutenant commanders come to see me. A lot of them-- and when I say a lot, I mean probably a dozen- were resigning. One particular man who was an aviator and

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had the reputation of being very intelligent and had rather a dour personaiity said, “I am worrle about my career." So I said, “I will do what I can, but I cannot do very much: what is the trou- ble?" He said, “For heaven’: sake, do not make me a com- mander unless you are going to make me a captain. It means I can get out in the rank of lien- tenant commander now at age 45, and get another job, but if I am made commander. I stay on until 50, and would never get an- other job."

Hardly seems a happy service. nor a wise regulation if good men prefer to leave.

nd The Toll

Montreal Star

A department store has been pointing out in ' s advertising at people are getting bigger and that normal-sized a are no longer large enough. It is earnestly hoped that this is the first step toward the lib- eratlon of one of the world's most dlacrlmtnat.ed- against min- orities, the tall. ,

The bed sltuat ion is bad’ enouyt (and why, incidentally, should Europeans enjoy mat- tresses a full two metres long. some four inches more than the niggardly atendard Anglo-Saxon product?) but it is soluble either by the purchase of n king-size or Ivy Juryrlgged extensions Involv- Ina stools. cushions or whatnot.

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It is as nothing beside th a other miseries of the daily life of the tall in a world patently designed for midgets.

Consider the exquisite agony

ttlng through one of those four-hour epics in the average movie theatre with the knees wedged into the gaps between the seats in front. (Sitting at the end of the row with the feet pro- truding into the aisle is no solu- tion: people lrlp over them.)

Consider the bruising misery d crossing the Atlantic econ. my class with legs stewed alde- ways and one thigh jammed tn.

to the arm of the seat.

Brain Tumor Detection

b By Dr. Theodore R. Van Dellea

Tumors and other brain les- ions are diagnosed in various ways. Several new p urea are being tried, including an im- proved radar machine. The in- strument is held against t. h e scalp and ultrasound waves are sent into the head. hese echo from the opposite side of the skull and the time interval -is noted. Since the normal pattern is known, a defect is suspected when the echoes are abnormal.

Radioisotope: are used to dia- gnose lesions of various organs. Including the brain. There is a tendency for certain radioactive materials to concentrate in or about brain tumors, abscesses. and clots adjacent to the skull.

The isotope is injected into a vein, and 3 to 5 hours later the individual is placed in front of is scanning device. This instru- ment passes back and fort a over the head and produces ‘a record that shows whether the radloisoptopes are scatt e r e is evenly or are localized in o n e area. Scanning does not pick up all tumors—- X-ray continues to be the most useful diagnostic tool. In some instances, air is inject- ed into the spinal fluid (pneum- oencephalogram visualize the ventricles of the brain. In others. a contrast solution is in- jected into the carotid artery and X-rays are taken almost st- multaneously (a n glographyt. They will show up changes in the blood vessels of the brain.

Important clews are obtained also from testing the spin at fluid, a physical examination, and an electroencephalogram. The latter records the brain waves, and abnormalities excite or depress the electrical activi- ties

The manifestations of brain tumors vary and depend upon the portion of the brain that is compressed or otherwise distur- bed by the expanding new grow- th. Headache is the most fre- quent symptom. Others include nausea, visual disorders, convul- sions, mental dullness, incoordi- nation and muscle weakness, or paralysis.

SLIMMING D11‘-T

C. M. writes: I would like to get back into shape with a sen sible diet. What would you sug-

gest? REPLY The best way, if your meals are now balanced. is to eat the same things but cut the portions

in half.

EXERCISE WON'T BRIGHTEN H. S. writes: Would exercises

that stimulate have any stimul-

ating effect on the brain a n (I

make the person smarter?

REPLY

No, and If they did, most of our athletes (including wrestl- ers and boxers) would be profes-

sors. ALLERGIC TENDENCY Mrs. L. writes:-My son is al- lergic to wheat and dust. One of our neigh-buors said he probably will develop hay fever as he grows older. Is this likely?

REPLY The tendency is in that direc-

n. PRESSURE AND SMOKING D. H. writes: Should a person

stop smoking if his blood pres-

sure is only 92'.’

REPLY

Not for this reason.

TODAY'S HEALTH HINT- “Happiness is the frosting on