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FREE s Wonderful News

The happier turn which the Cu- ban crisis has taken over the week- end is a matter for profound thanks- giving throughout the world. Prem- ier Khrushchev's promise to dis- mantle and pull the Soviet rocket bases out of Cuba was given," he stafeg‘ “in order to serve the cause of peace. lo give confidence to all peoples longing for peace, and to calm the people of America who, I am sure, want peace as much as the peoples of the Soviet Union."

On the principle that one shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth, this almost incredibly mild statement from the Soviet Premier need not be examined too minutely for its underlying motives. The fact that the whole tenor of the state- ment is pitched in this conciliatory tone is the cardinal one at this time. It _has been hailed by Western spokesmen with great satisfaction. and President Kennedy himself has commented upon the statesmanlike attitude it reveals.

It. is erroneous. of course. lo de- ecribe it—as is done in a Reuters’ despatch from Moscow——as as “un- conditional” pledge of Soviet arma- ment withdrawal from Cuba. The condition was inherent in Mr. Ken- nedy’s prior assurance that no at- tack will be made. upon Cuba. either by the U.S. or by other countries of the Western h cm i sph ere. Mr. Khrushchev claims that this is all the nuclear weapons were intended to insure in the first place-—tha‘r. they were a “defensive” precaution against “any rash action being per- mitted to take place."

This is a hard statement to swallow; but it could well be that their purpose. in part. was to achieve an American gu a ra n 1; ea of non- aggression against Cuba. In any case, that would seem very definite- ly to be the understanding on which Mr. Khrushchev has made his pitch for ending the crisis.

We have seen no reference to the behind-the-scenes work of the A ctin g Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Thant, in achieving this compromise. But we have no doubt. when the history of the past. few days comes to be written. that he will figure in it with credit.

The French Referendum

President dc. Gaulle‘s, plan for strengthening the office he h old a was indoraed by a 61.75 per cent Vote in yesterday’: referendum. If he accept: this as a satisfactory Inejority (there was some question of this at the time of writing) he will remain as head ofthe state; if he doesn't. he will resign. In any case, it would appear that the Cuban crisis Plfiyed into his hand by driv- ing domestic politics off the French front page and convincing French voters on the need of keeping a strong man at the helm. That. more

" the merits of the issue before‘

stliggu, tilted the scales.

-.1! , huaetlon salted in the refer-

wllwhdr future French presi-

‘ from this distance. 3*;-get elections of a president system where " . , stand

'. Mlaglvlngs about me da Genus

program were shared not only by most of the leading parliamentarians in France, but by such outstanding political philosophers as Raymond Aron. M. Aron maintained that un- der the proposed system it would be possible for a “second rate" person lacking the authority of de Gaulle to come to office and be saddled with his immeasurable responsibil- ities. There would be no nomination of two outstanding men, as under the American system. to confront each other for the people's choice. M. Aron foresaw a situation in which the nation would have nothing more than a rubber stamp parliament to echo the president's choice.

The Late Mr. McLean

Prince Edward Island has lost one of its finest citizens in the pass- ing. on Saturday, of Mr. Harry D. Mcbean, or Souris. Prominent for many years as a merchant and Con- servative member ln the Legis- lature. Mr. McLean combined out- standing ability with very high ideals with regard to his conduct both as a citizen and public man, though he was far too modest to claim any such distinction.

His record. however. -spoke for itself; and those privileged to know him personally will treasure his memory and recall his many ster- ling qualities—his oonscientiousness, his integrity. and his invariable kindness and courtesy which were shown as much in the heat of a political campaign as at any other time.

Indeed. Mr. McLean was h el d in such repute that his word was accepted on any subject as carrying all the validity of an affidavit. This applied strikingly to his statements in the Legislature and to the re- spect in which he was held there by colleagues and opponents alike. He maintained the same high stand- ards in his business relations. and in all the other activities In which he engaged.

To his bereaved family and relatives The Guardian tenders its deepest sympathy al this time.

Slrike Threat Ended

All our citizens will hail the suc- ccss of the Federal mediator. and the common sense of both the par- ties involved, in ending the strike threat against the Canadian Pacific Railway by the Brotherhood of Rail- way Trainmen. The strike, which had been called for today. was settled by agreement on Saturday.

Under the tension of these times, failure on the part of the dispu- tants to avoid bringing one of the essential railways of Canada to a standstill would have forced the Government to take firm action. Since the Government itself is in a minority po s i tion in Parliament, this is just the kind of action that it might have had difficulty in put- ting into effect. With railway votes at stake, the political implications would be in the forefront on both sides of the House.

Let's not speculate any more on what might have happened. Suffic- ient for the day, in this case, was the evil thereof. The dispute has been settled, and if there was com- promise on both sides that's all the more to the credit of the parties involved. Now we can get. back to worrying about other matters.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Would things have been differ- ent. asks the Ottawa Journal plain- tively. if Castro had had sense enough to shave and put on a tie when his revolution was over?

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'l‘hcre is no letup in the repres- sive program of discrimination which the South Africa government is practicing. The latest order pro- hibits for the next six months all gatherings called to protest against "the arrest, custody, trial. convict- ion or release of any persons for any offense."

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it is shocking to reflect that. even in recent years. about 85 per cent of Canadian students who en- tered elementary schools left at or before Grade 8, while another 35 per cent left school before obtaining their junior matriculation. This point was made recently by-Mr. W. R. Dymond, Assistant Deputy Min- ister of the Department at; Labor.

and its direct bearing on lizhe un-' _ L'wIIlAItaitdatlouwill-lta.t_,lhr-{ops

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POLITICAL HURRICANE SEASON

WILL BLAZE TRAIL FOR MAN Amazing Develo mem‘ In Rocketed Robots

Nations Geographic News Bulletin

The Columbus of the Space l jccls the size of a compact car. .1.

Age is a machine. Man is going to the moon someday. but tal- cnlcd hardware is finding the way for him

In 9 October Issue of Na- lional Geographic. staff writer Frank Sartwell describes the astonishing array of robots that thc National Aeronautics and Spa» Administration plans to

sent‘: on the 238.000-mile journey

The first American moon ma- chines are Rangers. which will be launched by powerful rock- els. “Someday they will seem as crude as Columbus's Santa Maria tod ay," Mr. Sartwell writes. “But to our eyes the

are amazing, and they do amaz-

ing things." VERSATILE MACHINE

‘‘If the rockets and all the Ranger systems work." be con- tlnurs. "Ranger will see; it will feel; it will count: It will re- member. It will turn and twist in space —— by command or on its own initiative. Ranger will capture sunlight. turn it into electricity. then into 1' a d l 0 wave-:1. It will take pictures and relay them to earth. (Like hu- man photographers. Ranger must be sure to remove its lens can.) It will tell us much about what the moon is made "

This spacecraft is 8% feet high and divided into two major parts. Ranger-‘s larger section- lhe “basic bus" — is a hexagon of gold-plated electronic boxes with two wlnglike solar panels and two antennas. Above these rests the second section. lunar capsule, a 24%-inch ball that will alight on the moon.

Of the four Rangers launched. only one hit the moon. and it sent back no information. When Runner 5. scheduled for firing this fall. is 2.500 miles from the moon. it is expected to point its TV camera and begin taking pictures.

As Ranger flies ever nearer. It will make more than 150 lun- ar closeups. each covering a smaller area than the one be- fore. with increasingly better definition. It should discern oh-

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: number and size . striking the moon. vital infor— - lunar CO” L‘ found_ the

he photographic m l s s l o n

ends when Ranger is 70.000 feet ‘

above the moon. The basic bus will be detached from the lunar capsule and crash into the moon. capsule. slowed by a

retrorocket and protected by a .

balsa wood shell. will bounce r.m- é ' j ets were pulled from the sun in

to the moon's surface to do its

job.

MOONQUAKE SENSOR rlncipal instruments in the capsule will be a radio transmitter and a moonquake

is a firm crust to support man-

d ships.

Mr. Sartwcll says the seis- mometer may also yield a clue to the o r l g l n of the solar sys- tem:

"There are two chief theories of the solar system’: formation. Onc theory holds that the plan-

blobs of hot gas when another

, star passed close by. The second

sensor. The radio will relay the -

readings of the seismometer. which is so sensitive it will be

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able to feel the shock of a five- -

pcund meteorite hitting the other side of the moon.

theory maintains that the plan- ets formed from a huge mass of cold dust and gas.

“Earth is so large that its own weight could have squeez- ed in core into a molten st e Sonze astronomers do not be- lieve that the moon is massive enough to create the Interior

The instrument will count the heat necessary to form a molt-

of meteors

malion for future moon voyag-

i

en core on its own. If a liquid h o t-

ers. It will tell what the moon's ; 5335 ‘h9°"Y will he 5'-"e“§”‘°"' surface is like-— whether there ,

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Better Fed Than Red

NI-IA Service. Washington

WASHINGTON » (Speciall- "The greatest deterrent to the spread of communism may not be the missile program. but the Communists‘ inability to satisfy their people‘s food wants."

These words were spoken re- cently by W.B. Murphy, presi- dent ot one of the nation's larg- est food processing companies. They voice not an opinion but a fact that is being increasingly recognized around the world.

From East Germany to Red China. in Russia itself. the Com- munist s y s t e m of collective farms and state-controlled agri- culture is faltering. Only in Po- land, where largely abandoned.

is there collectivlzatton it a s been anything approaching abundance.

Examining the differences be- tween the United ales and Russia, Murphy explodes the argument that. Russia's cold climate is responsible for its

PUBLIC

FORUM '

STATEMENTS REFUTED

Si -—'l‘he editor of Hunter's Corner. who continues to snipe at the R.C.M.l". game wardens and the Fish and Game Asso- clarion. has his usual share of half-truths in the Oct. 26th edi- tion.

Mr. Jenkins was game War- den in 1955. lcr years and years as he says "getting know every part ‘of P.E.I." Tb year this man of wisdom had I0 convictions under the Fish and

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. 1st. year the R.C.M.P. took over they had 56 prosecutions and 55 convictions. I am sure last year was much

higher. . Mr. Jenkins says "I have ver- ified that out of 400 Ilungafrlen r in

truth. Not one egg was taken In- to this province from England last year or any other year by the Fish and Game Association rtmeut of Industries.

be over 20.000.000 ducks in year. One does not have to be an edi- tor of Hunter‘: Corner to realize that that is a lot of birds. I am. Sir, ctc.. WENDDLL MACDONALD M.D.

President Fish and Game Ass'n.

BAD ROAD CONDITIONS

Sir. — I wonder why more attention Isn't paid to widening out or at least cutting trees on side roads. Some of them aren't fit to walk over. let alone drive a good car! I cover a lot of ter- ritory each week and it's pret- t_v disgusting to figure on taking a short cut and then having to be hauled out of a hole with I tractor.

Last week. taking a short l?) cut across country from New Glasgow to Fredcriclot, l tra- velled cver two roads that should be closed if the Government is too unconcerned about at least trees. I left St. to go across to St. Patrlcks - that was my first mistake - then taking the next side rod was a worse error.

It's not only narrow. but there's a lovely brook running down the middle it!

Don't the people in these lo-

agricultural problems. its Erl- mate is similar to that of Can- ada, where as in the. U.S. the government is plagued with surpluses. Actually. Russia has 40 per cent. more available crop- land than merlca. possesses vast grazing and dairy areas and boasts some of the richest soil in the wor . IMMEDIATE REASON

An immediate reason for superiority in this field is our intensive use of machines, fertilizers and pes- tlcldes. But this is sometnlng that Russia‘: centralized plan- ners could accompllsh. al- though they have not. done so

y .

No. there is something else lacking in the Communist sys- tem that goes to the heart of the matter. That is the ab- sence of freedom— or to put it in more prosaic words. the ab- sence ct give and take between farmer and consumer. tree op- eration of supply and demand. competition between house- wil’es' dollar.

Rather. under communism. the farmer is told what he shall plant and what he shall be paid for it. and the consumer is told what he shall eat and how much it shall cost him.

some room for private en- terprise does exist In Russia. Farmers are permitted to cul- tivate small plots on‘ their own time and sell the p r o d u c e. Y while this allowance amounts to only about 4 cent of farm acreage. it pro- duces about 30 per cent of all vegetables and meat consum- ed by no million Russians. LONG OVERDUE

An agonizing reappraisal is long overdue for the C nl It would be foolish. however. to look for to turn to some sort of free enter- prise. tor collectlvlzed agricul- ture. completely under the di- rection of the party bureau - cracy. is one of the fundamen- tal doctrlnes of communism.

Yet the longer the harsh facts are resisted. the more serious does the situation become. Rus- may win the race to the moon. but it It falls to demon- strate its superiority in so has- lc a thing as the food people put In their mouth then wor - wide Communist tide may well begin to ebb.

In Murphy‘: words. "Neu- trals must inevitably conclude... tlsatlsthebettertcbetedthan so Red."

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’ longer periods. Prevention

. Often Erroneous

Flu Forecasts

By Dr. llaedeu R- Van Dells: health authorities all: like farmers when It comes

flu occurred many parts of the country. such spring seed- ing. as It is called. usually is the forerunner of fall and win- ter outbreaks. The influenza vir-

But health authorities can be as wrong as those who forecast the weather. The epidemic may f on or never at started it our population has acquired Immunity through contact with the A2 virus during the two pre- vous epidemics or via the flu vaccine. There is no simple way to determine whether im-

ier to th an to take a chance of be- coming a statistic.

In late 1957 and early 1958; the first wave Asian flu struck a susceptible population and the number of deaths above the normal expectation increas- ed 9.300. The second epidemic hit two years later and the ex- cessive .death toll amounted to 28 700.

Influenza is a common cause of absenteeism in industry and schools but most. of the victims get well after a few days home. some experience fatigue thereafter and complications prolosu the illness for much

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is stressed because there are no specific remedies. Many indus- tries offer the flu vaccine to their employees for this reason. Zlvisu the first dose in October or November and the second, two or theree months later.

Influenza is particularly dan- gerous to pregnant women and persons with chronic heart, cir- culatory, or kidney disorders. More than 50 per cent of those who died during the previous epidemics suffered from one or more of these general ailments. Many of the victims also devel- Oped Delnumonia w h I c added to the burden of chronlu cally diseased lungs.

(Dr. Van Dellen will answer questions on medical topics if strarnped self - addressed enve- lope accompanies request.)

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1 hair and patches with just a llg ht fuzz. Her parents cut her hair before she was one year old, Could this be a cause of her poor hair? . LY

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N0. but the almost bald patches are not normal and the condition should be investigat. ed for ringworm or other dis- orders.

SMOKER'S nrsaasa I

I.N'. writes: Does Buerger'a disease favor diabetics?

No. Circulatory disorders are common in diabetics but are caused by hardening of the ar- teries rather than by Buerger'g_ The tter is a disease of young men who smoke. Send a stamp-

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ed, self-addressed envelope for leaflet on this disorder. ABNORMAL BLOOD COUNT W.B. writes: Is a person with a low blood count in danger of

No. I assume you mean anemia when referring to a low blood count. Th or the cause of leukemia. a condition in Which there is an excessive number of white blood cells_

On the other hand. the two dis- orders may co-ex L TODAY'S HEALTH HINT-

.'.:':el'e is always a reason for

l -Tynorss BY THE L wAv ,

sounded tbedeatlt latest fashion fed. a young singer told

girl friend he loved her hair - ' off her and and [av . to him. —- Hamilton Spectator

OurOGctin ls

Many Canadians hearing that

Ottawa has cut Colombo Plan aid by $8.5 million as part of the nation's austerity mesaureswlll hang their heads in shame. The Government decided to reduce its surplus wbcmyabipments to India. Pakistan and other Asian countries. and in this way chop- ped the aid figure to Southeast Asia from 850 million to $41.5 million. his land where most ot‘us have more than enough to eat. surely the at place where Gov- ernment speuding should have been trimmed is surplus food gifts to the world's hungry na- tions. As it is. Canada's foreign aid contributions are inadequate. Each year we have been spend- ing. as a nation. in the vicinity of $60 million in foreign aid. or only about $8.30 per person. This represents well under one cent in aid each day on a per caplta basis -— in a country where a single cent has become almost valucless.