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Moving With The Times

The conference here of the At- lantic Provinces Economic Council is a reminder of the effective work which this organization has done over the past decade, in exploring the opportunities available for economic progress in the region. It is now engaged in marketing re- search and studies based on par- ticular problems of particular in- dustries or areas, and in examin- ing, at the current sessions, the programs of federal and provincial development agencies with a view to their more effective coordination.

This province has a vital stake in the development programs now under way, or being considered, by the Atlantic Development Board, by ARDA and other organizations. We owe much of the progress that is being achieved in this direction to the pioneering work of APEC, and to the fact that it is a non-political body, financed by voluntary contri- butions from its members and with no “irons in the fire” apart from the desire to further the economic interests of the Atlantic provinces as a whole.

A reassuring note was struck at

yesterday’s sessions, on the subject of the advance achieved in the key fields of employment, labor income, retail trade and manufacturing ship- ments in the Atlantic region during the past year. But, as emphasized by President John S. Wright, the council still has a great task ahead of it, and any relaxation would be unwise at this time.

Of particular interest was the emphasis placed by a spokesman for the food products committee on fur- ther plans for the expansion of the processing industry, and for seek- ing new and bigger markets.

It may well be, as Mr. Wright said, that APEC’s program and or- ganization require updating along certain lines, in view of changing conditions in the Atlantic provinces in recent years. But the need for this updating, stemming from im- proved conditions, is itself the re- sult, in no small part, of APEC’s earlier activities and presents a challenge that is to be welcomed all the more on this ground.

This is the challenge that is being taken up at the current ses- sions—appropriately being held in the Cradle of Confederation under the presidency of a Prince Edward Islander whose re-election to office yesterday bespoke the confidence in which he is held by his associates.

Stresses Good Faith

In his report to the nation on ‘ Sunday President Johnson took oc- casion to note the Labor Party’s victory in the British election last week, to recall that this party was in power when the Atlantic Alli- ance was founded and when Britons and Americans flew the Berlin sir- lift and fought in the Korean war, and that it was a party "of free. dom, democracy and good faith."

It is vitally important to the free world that there be a continuance of mutual trust and confidence be- tween Washington and London, and g, ‘President Johnson's remarks were j evidently intended to reassure the

L American public on this point. This 3sz particularly needed at this time, ‘ :ln view of the sudden change in fleodership at Moscow and the entry :0! China. into the nuclear club. i - British Prime Minister Wilson fluid during his campaign that if selected. he would shortly visit both Wishinan and Moscow—and

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Washington first. Thus an explor- atory meeting between him and whoever is elected United States

president can be foreseen as early as ‘

December, when the two men will re-examine the fundamentals of Anglo-American policy.

The biggest item of disagree- ment between the new British gov- ernment and Washington concerns nuclear defense policy. Labor con- tended, during its campaign, that Britain’s independent nuclear deter- rent was a costly sham. But the very thin margin of the Labor Party’s vic- tory is seen as making it less likely that the Wilson government will propose any drastic new policy in this matter.

Washington would be willing to see Britain merge its independent nuclear striking force—both naval and air—into a NATO force. But it is chiefly interested in persuad- ing the British to join in the propos- ed six-manned multilateral force of Polaris-armed surface vessels. Mr. Wilson has so far not favored this idea, but he has talked of a “pack- age deal" concerning nuclear wea- pons which may envisage a contri- bution of some kind to the multilat- eral force.

How closely the new Labor re- gime will wish to coordinate its over- all policies with Washington re- mains to be seen. The predictions are that there will be several minor points of disagreement. But there seems no reason to doubt that on major issues the alliance will re- main as firmly welded as it has been in the past.

The Same John?'

The topic of the Royal visit to Quebec, notes the Toronto Globe and Mail, contained all the ingred- ients for a most bitter parliament- ary debate. There had been in- dications that some members of the Commons might approach the sub- ject in hot pursuit of political scape- goats. If they had, the wounds in- flicted on the nation might have been grievous indeed.

Fortunately, what happened was a rapid defusing of the situation in a rare atmosphere of unanimity, as a. formal address of loyalty to the Queen was proposed and overwhelm- ingly adopted.

It was Opposition Leader John Diefenbaker who came up with this idea, and proposed it in terms that carefully avoided the impres- sion that he was trying to embar- rass the Goverment. He mildly of- fered the suggestion and hoped the Government would act upon it— which it did, with alacrity.

Could this be the same John Diefenbaker who has been repre- sented as a political firebrand, an irresponsible demagogue, an egotist envenomed by defeat and seeking every means in his power to set the country at loggerheads?

Perhaps those who have been so busy tearing his reputation apart will give us an answer to this question. They seem to know everything.

Some More Howlers

Under the title, “Why Teachers ,Get Gray,” the New York State Education Journal reports the fol- lowing answers from high school test papers, as recorded in the Miss- issippi Educational Advance:

“A caucus is a dead animal."

“The seats of Senators shall be vaccinated every six years.”

"An octopus is a person who hopes for the best.”

“Penelope was the last hardship that Ulysses endured in the jour- ney.”

And from Britain, via The Times (London) Educational Supplement, comes an extract from a letter to an appointments board describing an applicant for a teaching pos- ition: “He is a scholar and sincere in his sense of vacation."

EDITORIAL NOTE

Few price tags have shot up more in the past decade than the one attached to a college education. In the United States, the jump in tuition alone makes the rise in cost of living (roughly 18 per cent) and family income (33% per cent) look almost insignificant by comparison. Most: colleges and universities have increased tuition by at least 100 per cent in the past ten years. We have seen no corresponding figures for Canada, but the trend is pretty much the some.“

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OTTAWA REPORT By Patrick Nicholson Thatcher Exuberoni At Otiowo Conference

All the world loves a baby. And it was a fine bouncing baby who stole the show when the ten provincial premiers and the federal Prime Minister gather- ed here last week. for the so- cial-business occasion of a stale banquet with the Queen and a dominion-provincial conference.

This baby was the newest ad- dition to our family of provin- cial premiers, the 47 year old Ross Tatcher, newly elected Ll- beral premier of Saskatchewan.

Mr. Thatcher shares with Quebec‘s Premier Jean Lasage the experience of having pre- viously sat in the federal House of Commons. He is well known here: he is liked as a men, re- spected as a courageous politi cian, and admired for 5 un- questioned intelligence. He cer- tainly has achieved instand rat ing as one of the most colourful and imaginative of our prem- iers

ENRICHING HIS PROVINCE

Talking to him during his vis- it here, I thought how little he has changed in the seven years since he left Parliament Hill A little heavier, certainly, but his enthusiasm and ideas bubble over with the same cascading confidence which made him a natural headline-capturer here. But now, with responsibility sit- ting on his shoulders for the first time, his ideas are already pro. ving their practicability by the pay-off.

Ross Thatcher is literally beat- ing the drum for his province. and he is succeeding in attract- ing development capital. Busin- ess leaders in Toronto and Mon- treal are anxious to talk with him, and impressed by his im- pact. Oil and gas exploration is going ahead fast in Saskatche- wan. he says. and oil royalties already total some $4,000,000 above the estimate for the who‘e year.

In various ways he is fast dia- mantling the costly and cumbon some socialized state which 'w years of CCF rule had fastened onto his province. In some re- spects he is actually proceeding in the reverse direction to federal Liberal Government, whose programs is very left- ward oriented with massive state

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ACROSS THE SIDEWALK

Sir—I would like to know why the new Provincial Building to being built across the sidewalk on Kent Street. A private citi- zen could not do so and Why should anyone else be granted this privilege, especially when they have plenty of room?

0st modem cities today are taking down buildings and wid- ening their streets. a ere we are building a big high per- manent building closing an im- portant sidewalk and narrowing this street at the entrance to Government Home.

Most of our parades form up in this block and it wide street or there could be an accident, ,

There is a fence around this building and people may not know what to being (lotto.

I do not want to be critical, but we all have a stake in this building and I think everyone interested in town or country should look at it and if they do not approve of this small sec- tion jutting out on Kent Street,

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interference in our daily and business lives.

He has some vivid views on the. relationship between the provinces and Ottawa.

“The provinces must quit making financial demands on Ottawa, or Canada will be through as a nation," he told in althmigh he speaks as the re- presenfafive of a have-not pro- vince. He was shocked to find BC, one of our three richest pro- vinces, asking Ottawa for an ad- ditional $100,000,000 just after it had madea loan of exactly that amount to Quebec. “The pro- vinces seem to enjoy raiding the federal treasury." he comment-

ed.

Ross Thatcher has two propo- sals which would bring more prosperity to all Canadian.. First. he is pointing out that tax cuts in USA have touched off a

consumer spending boom as well as a boom in capital invest— ment, while the total tax yield has paradoxically risen even at

the reduced rates, owing to o

greater economic activity.

IMMIGRANTS SOUGHT Second. he considers that

much more determination should be put into our attempts to speed up the population and develop ment of Canada by attracting immigrants in greater number.

The people of Saskatchewan appear to be reacting enthusias- tically to Ross Thatcher's lib- eralism. which so closely on proximatea to small “c” conser- vatism. Polls show that support for the Liberals has soared from

33 per cent at the time of the election earlier this year to 43 per cent today. Most of this

has been drawn off Conserva- tive and Social Credit support.

Stopping The Clock

Montreal Star

White voters in two Southern Rhodesian constituencies have made it all to plain that they support Prime Minister Ian Smith's attempt to stop the clock of African emergence No other conclusion is possible. The constituencies voted for men op- posed to the government’s ex- treme policies in the last elec- tion. but did an about-face when the issues were placed squarely before them on this occasion.

The most startling of the two upsets was the slap administer- ed io Sir Roy Welensky, who had expected to emerge as lead- er of the opposition, preaching a policy of comparative modera- tion in national development. In the other, a Welensky supporter went down to even greater de- feat by a cabinet minister who had resigned his own safe seat to face is theoretically inimical electorate.

Now the way appears clear for Prime Minister Smith to go ahead with his plan for inde-

pendence on the basis of the ex- isting constitution. It was as

in London that there should be consultations on whether [the constitution was acceptable to Rhodesians. Since the nearly 4,- 000,000 Africans are almost In- articulate through constitution- al restrictions, it has never been explained clearly how the attempt will be made to get their views. It has been sug- gested that tribal chiefs will be consulted. That is not g o o d enough. Such an approach com- pletely ignores militant, African nationalists and invites trouble. The turn-about in e moderate Salisbury suburbs leaves‘ it o doubt about the way the coun- Lry's 217,000 whites feel about keeping the Africans in their colonial place.

Welensky still may have his day. It may come too In to though to control the rising title which could swoop aside all that stands in its way.

* Atom Power Price List

Mllwaukeo Journal

Nuclear weapons have not come "conventional" — it probably never will because of their frightful destructive force. But nuclear power has. As evi- dence, General Electric Co. has just issued a comprehensive price lisffor boiling water ieac- tors that put the heat of splitting atoms to work producing steam and generating electricity.

Prices for catalog items range from $15 million for a plant rated at 50,000 kilowa ta of net electrical output to slight- ly more than $100 million for s ,000.000 lowatt plant. Th e company will build either a com- p lant or provide just the nuclear reactor to fit the needs of the purchaser.

As a source of , atom will not replace coal, oil. gas or falling water overnight.

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Indeed, coal is expected to re- main the dominant aourco of the nation’s electric power for the rest of the century at least. but the nuclear progress achieved in the last to years assures steadily increasing use of power from the atom.

Nuclear units have been got- ttng bigger and more efficient. As late as m0 a stoma kilowatt inatallatton was considered very large. Now those ana than of

. and 1.000.000 kilowatts. Coats have some if . White, general manager of E's atomic power equipment do- that in 1050

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capital costs for nuclear stationa were commonly to be in excess of “in per kilowatt. Now large units are available at pncoa from one-half to two- tltirds lower.

Not So - Prime Minister

Canadian Churchmoa

It is reported that when the Prime Minister of Canada. the Hon. . . Pearson, welco delegates to the Third Common- wealth Education Conference held in Ottawa last month, he told them that man's every goal —tbe good life. happiness, acc-

urity, even global peace — do- penda in the end on education.

With all due respect this must be challenged. should be pointed outthat this rather mis- guided piece ot‘ liberal philoso- phy was enerally discarded in the disillusion following the Sec- ond World War. Than It was realized that education is but a Moi, and like , opond- aat for its affect upon the poo can using it.

Education is a very sensitive fool. Of itself it la nothing— but agodlymanmaytue it as a means for attributing to the common good. By the some tok- on. educl man of evil Intent. -—and than is evidence In to- day's world that than are a few of them about-can use this sensitive tool to enslave mil- lions. Can we

the 1000-1940 an mm m" Not so— Prtrna Miniath You

atandrdctn education as they have done in the past.‘

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Abusive Use Of A Remedy

By Theodore R. Van Dalian

AN Illinois reader writes: “Would you kindly diacuaa Pha- nacetln, whl is combined with noplrln and caffeine as a pain killer? According to quot- ea from newspapers; it causes kidney damage."

Phenacetin. in combination with aspirin, codeine. or stimu- lants, has been a popular pain killer. The APC tablet is an ex- ample. This product was used for 67 years without causing trouble before it came under suspicion 10 years ago. At that time a report appes saying 14 out of 44 patients with chronic kidney disease had ingested phcnacetin in large doses for long periods of time.

Subsequent studies were done on known phenacetin habituea who were taking the drug to re- lieve pain (often headaches or arthritis). In one series of patients, 10 had evidence of renal damage. In another group, of 55

cases of chronic phenacetin abuse. nine had severe renal 1m palmtont.

As a result of the misbehavior of these habitues and abusers of the drug. the Food and Drug ad ministration has ruled that over the ecunter preparations contain- apeclal warning th t the kidneys may result from ex- cessive consumption over a pro- longed period The word "may" is stressed because not eve one who takes large daily doses develops this complication. How ong is safe? The compound should not be used regularly for more than 10 days. How much? This is a moot question.

According to one of my phar- machology books, 00 times the usual dose causes acute poison- ing. The dosage that affects th kidneys is not known. uch less phenacetin is required for child: ten than for adults, hence par- ents should be cautious about giving medicine to c ren under 12, and especially under 3 years of age.

The manufacturers of APC products object to being singled out for special labeling. They contend phenacefin is only one of the ingredients of such com troublemaker might be the aspirin. the caf- feine, or the combination of all three. Or perhaps kindey dis- ease was present before the drug was taken. In addition, they em- phasize that the abusive use of any remedy can do harm. These are good arguments and are mentioned to show how difficult it is to evaluate the safety of pro- ducts of this type.

URINARY TRACT BLEEDING

B.J. writes: Can cystitis cause blood in the urine?

REPLY

This is one origin but there

are others. IT WON’T BE EASY

Mrs. W. writes: I love beer and have a tremendous appetite. Do you think I will be able to reduce?

REPLY This combination is hard to

best when it comes to losing weight. THIICK SKULL E.M. writes: Could thicken-

ing of the skull result in a men- tal condition?

REPLY

No. unless the thickened bone presses upon the brain, which is most unlikely.

Note: All correspondence to Dr. Van Dellen should be ad- dressed to: Dr. Theordore Van Dellen, care of Chicago Tribune. | Chicago, Illinois.)