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The Missile Muddlers

In today’s editorial page cartoon, the coming federal election is fea- turned as a “warhead” one, with Prime Minister Diefenbaker on the explosive end of a nuclear missile

fund the other party leaders clinging

desperately to its flanks. It’s a good illustration of the hazards involved

.in getting an issue of this kind off ’the launching pad. If it doesn’t dis-

integrate before it gets into “the wide blue yonder,” it will be a sur- prise to everyone.

The issue has already caused an upheaval in the Conservative govern- ment. Now it has made a cleav- age in the Social Credit party. The leader, Mr. Thompson. says his platform does not rule out nuclear warheads but the party, if elected, would examine the question and “follow the advice of a non-partisan parliamentary defense committee." But his Quebec deputy, Mr. Ca0- uette, says the answer is a straight “No. no!"

Mr. Douglas, for the New Demo- crats, professes to be more con- sistent. His party is emphatically against Canada's acquiring nuclear arms, either for its NATO forces or for NORAD. In that case, he must believe that Prime Minister Dief- enbaker spoke the truth when he said Canada has not dishonored any commitments in this respect. Other- wise, as an honorable man, Mr. Douglas would be the last to suggest the course he proposes.

Both he and the Socred leaders assume that the question is still an open one. for Canada to decide. Why, then, haven’t they said so? Ah, but

. that would be. siding with Mr. Dief- ' enbaker! And that wouldn’t do since

all three opposition parties voted to defeat the government on the floor of Parliament, on this issue among others.

And what of. the Liberal leader himself? Plainly he doesn't know whether we should have nuclear weapons or not. But he claims we are "committed", and he's going to agree to take them now—and sign an agreement to this effect, as Washington requests. Then he will “take the matter up both in and outside Parlimnent” to have the agreement reconsidered.

What would happen them? Wash- Ington’s mind is firmly made up on the matter, if Mr. Pearson's isn't. It would hold him to his agree- ment, whether it turned out to be. "the best for Canada" or not; and then we Would really be in trouble with our American neighbors if we backed out of It.

The best thing for all our party leaders, surely, would be to drop this silly issue before it explodes in their faces. It looked like a good anti-government play In the Com- mons, and served its purpose there. But It should now be left to cool off until the campaign fireworks are are over.

Tax Cuts Unlikely

Recommended reading for th e Genadian public at this time is the current issue of Canadian Financial Statistics, published by Wood, Guhdy and Company Ltd., which makes available In concise form the annual financial statistics of th a federal government, as well as of the 10 provinces and 18 of our larger

' Canadian cities

~ What: we owe as Canadians sure- ly has ‘tl hut-Ins on what politic- b,“ have: right to promise us in

‘f election sprouts. Cam

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ada’e net debt Is glven at $18,282,- 137,045; but this figure includes deductions for loans to and invest- ments in crown corporations, loans to other national governments, and advances to 'exchange fund account. These, of course, are as safe as any investment these days, but there is no guarantee that they will be re- paid. In addition, the book also points to securities issued by the Canadian National Railways and guaranteed by the government, In the sum of $1,637,100.000.

Of course, when the net debt and contingent liabilities of the provin- ces is added, the total mounts still higher. If we include the municipal debt, plus that of school commis- sions, the total becomes staggering. Not all of these statistics are cover- ed in the Wood, Gundy book, nor does the booklet deal in terms of total debt. Its object is to give the in- dividual picture. And the net total may well cause many folk to gasp, for it approaches $25.000,000,000.

Canada, the provinces and the municipalities face a long and con- tinuing program of rte-financing, for many of these governments are operating in a deficit position. This means an expanding debt, which in view of the amount Canadians now owe, is not a very comforting out. look. Looking to the future, there is no immediate relief in sight.

Not that we expect our politic- Ians to agree with us on this point. If we are to judge bv the last fed- eral campaign, they will all be of- fering their own panuccas. But the figures, as given from the non-par- tisan source above quoted, should have a dampening effect on hopes for any far-reaching tax reductions.

There Is No SubinIuIe

New Yorkers, still gtroping in the fog created by their newspaper strike, were in a good mood to ap- preciate the truth of some remarks recently made in the great Ameri- can metropolis by a distinguished English visitor, Lord Francis-Wil- liams. The theme of his lordship’s speech was that neither radio nor television has proven a substitute for the press. This, he said, was equally true whether television and radio are run as a non profit mak- ing public service, like the BBC, or as a profit-making commercial ser- vices as in the US. and on the Inde- pendent Television channel In Brit- ain.

This inability to replace the printed word lies in their very na- ture. It arises in part front the fact that although a newspaper can be read and if necessary re-read at any hour of the twenty-four that is convenient, and at. one’s own pace, 3 radio or television prognam must be heard when it is transmitted. One has to be there at a particular hour of a particular day. And one has to absorb what is being offer- ed at the rate at which It is being given. One cannot skip and one can- not turn back. It must be taken as it comes.

Broadcasting is in may ways the most pervasive means of communi- cation in the history of the world. But it suffers one grave defect: it lacks durability. There is nothing so transient as a radio or television report, especially a report on cur- rent affairs. It must be caught on the wing or it is. lost forever.

This impermanence in the means of communication is particularly important in the realm of ideas—- without which civilization, partic- ularly democratic civilization, can- not survive. The most potent ideas, like the most enduring expressions of the creative spirit, are rarely capable of being grasped in all their implications at one hearing. Th ey need to be read and re-read, studied and restudied.

EDITORIAL NOTES

It is encouraging to note that the total value of Canadian fisheries exports reached an all-time record of $156,615,000 last year, repre- senting an increase of approximate- ly 9 per cent over 1961. Canada is now the third largest fish-exporting nation in the world, and ranks seventh among its fish-producing nations. 0! the annual catch of 2,- 000 million pounds of fish and shell- fish produced by her coastal and in- land fisheries, approximately two- thirds are exported in fresh, frozen, canned or cured forms. More than 79,000 Canadians are commercial fishermen, and many more thou- sands are employed In the fish-pro- cessing industry.

' INTO THE WIDE BLUE YONDER

The time Is near at hand whcn Canadians must 0 n c e again gird up their loins and set aside a weekend or two for

laughineg referred to In gov- ernment circles as the “simpli- fied T-1 income tax form". Oddly enough the Russians. for all their asIuIe knowledge of the weaknesses of democracy. seem never have realized that this is the period when this propaganda stands the chance of bringing about rcvo-

democratic enemies.

For it is the rare Canadian who would not gladly forsake his struggle with the T-l after

the simpler Communist sys- tem whereby one either has no

turns over half his earnings as a donation to the party wrthout the necessity of filling out any form at all.

WORSE THAN EVER

This has come about as a re- sult of a political decree last year that Ihc provinces could

taXcs and the accompanying promise that this would require of taxpayers no- more than “simple brief calculation" at the bottom of the customary tax form which would enable each individual to know how

PUBLIC FORUM

0 any correspondence regard- Iu lelIerrn submlt ed.

# THOSE HOSPITAL REBATES Sir. —- As a duly elected dir-

ector of the Darirymens Associa-

tion of Prince Edward Island I

read In the Press this morning,

February 15. whereby the Hos-

our Government to take away $600,000 from our people.

The first plank in our Prcm- ier’s platform of December 10th, 1962. was plus the rebate from money pald to the Hospital Service Commis~

and thc leadcr of the Opposition went along with It one hundred per cent. for which I congratu- late him

I feel if the hospitals arc in financial difficulties should they not ask the Government or a grant?

for our people to get their mon- ey back. I am. Sir.eIc..

RCY G. GAY Director of Dalrymen's Ass'n.

PLANES AND SEAL HUNTING 6mm of my luring friends asked me to clarify one or two appeared In your yesterday's story on seer hunt- Ing and the recovery of pelts by air craft.

Owing to the difficulty of con- ducting an IntervIe-w over long dlslance rural lines. several Items appeared In prInI which mlght be clarified as follows: Safet measures wIII be neces- sary II‘ the number of planes appear on the scene whlch are anticipated. Our local pilots and

have had sane experience In these condltlons In other years and I feel confident that we will be able to render good ser- vice to the hunters. It the large number of planes appear from other provlnces, namer one hun-

In the maln seal area whlch In years was about slx miles square. then In that case, the flying out of seal pelts will be somewhat difficult. m, r. etc.

. R.J. MACII.WAINE

Robert‘s Flying Servlce Album. II 1.

their annual battle with what Is ‘

Free Hospitalizal ion .

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i vincial

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best;

lution and the collapse of their‘

the first hour or two in favor of '

income at all or automatically

start levying thclr own income,

IN THE NAME OF PROGRESS ' New Tax Form Taxes One’s Patience

Orlllia Daily Packet and Times

much he was paying to Ottawa and how much to his own pro- government.

The pronouncement should. of course. have aroused Immed- Iale susplcion in the breasts of an electorate familiar with the processes of bureaucracy. That It did not do sp can be attribut- ed only to the fact that the whole qucslion of income tax is so painful that no one Is willing to read or even think shut it until the very last possible moment.

In consequence the gullible taxpayer will scan his “simpli- ‘ T - l lshortt form" this year and discover that. In addi- tion to the maze of additions. subtractions, footnoles, paren- IheIiczI directives. abstruse cal-

n.

g culations. carefully hidden cx-

emplions, dividend tax credils. percentages of medical expens- es, dcpcndanls and dcduclions. and a host of other addenda dear to the heart of the bureau- crat. he will be expected to hack his way through a new

and pathlcss jungle of syntax'

and such brain-reeling bits of scintillating prose as:

“Add fax adjustmcnls (see

‘guldet". “subtract dividend tax

lcredlt (see guidel": subtract |federal tax abatement (16 per J cent of basic taxes)": "add old i age security tax": “add provin- iclal income tax (If province of residence In 1962 was other than Quebec)"; "subtract tax deductions per T4 slip or paid by Instalments."

I I MONSTROSITIES i Add to all this a generous rlardlng of such mathematical ,monstrosltles as “total income tax", “basic tax". "federal in- 1 come tax". “federal tax p ay- I able" Iota-l tax payable." and a few other such gems of offic- 'Ial verbiage and munism begins to look good. But the Income tax bureau .might keep in mind that the icounlry was run for a long. :long time on nothing more ma~ ,thcmatical than an annual fee

of a few beaver skins or a bush-

y el or two of corn and that the ,Income tax form, when this , form of revenue was finally in- ,‘tlroduced. was sufficiently un- complicated for the average . high school student Io work out

in an evenlng as an exercise In ‘the simpler forms of arithme- j tic.

JusIAI The Beginning

Bv

Carntsn Cummln

Canadian Press Staff Writer

The Congo has done a quick disappearing act from newspa- per front pages. But its troubles ——and those of United Nations personnel there—are far from over.

This was reflected in Secre- tary-General U Thant's report

to the UN security council last .

week, in which he sard that there was so much still to be

‘done that “It may be rightly

‘ operation.

pilals of the Island are asking -

sion from September lst, 1962, ‘

said that we are just at the beginning of a new phase of the ‘ in which a radical change in emphasis and direc- tion will take place." I Heading the list is the still

troublesome problem of rcinte- ‘

grating Katanga with the Con- golese Union. A plan has been developed under which troops

of the central government are; into Katangaf r gradually. remaining for a time

1 .

o be brought

under UN contro.

There also are tribal quarrels in the former province of Kasai. which now has becn divided smaller provinces along tribal lines. Thant noted that “an intensified presenc e of United NaIions troops in this

‘area seems to be called for

I very soon As a director, I Intend to fight

These problems are not likely to be settled overnight. The

1 secretary-general observed that 3 It probably would be a safe

guess that some UN troops will In The Congo a year from

ow.

Earlier the UN leader had visualized a reduction in the present 19,000-man strength of the force to some l2.000 or 13,-

, 000 by the end of March. That {strength will include some ele- ments of the Congolese national l army. , The UN has been spending ‘ some 310000.000 a month in The ; Congo and the general assem- Ebly has authorized contlnuance of this level until June. But the secretary-general said be ex- pected the expenditures could be cut down as the force di- mlnlshes.

Aside from the military as- ] pects of the Congo job, the UN f faces a monumental problem In 3restoring normal civil life in j the huge country.

UN policy so far has been to :channel all old to The Congo

I through the international organ- , IzaIion to avoid cold war com- plications. The possibility of direct aid from other countries now is bong considered. r In addition, the UN Itself Is I launching an aid program that Undersecretary Ralph Bunche has described as “the l massive technical assistance ef- . fort In human history." . The aim Is to put some 1.300 ,international experts Into The l‘ Congo—more than double the I number there last year and by 1 far the most the UN has sent | to any single country. 3 They will concentrate mainly I In the fields of education. health land communications. At least eight the specialized UN . agencies will be Involved. ‘ Thant has appealed to the 110 I UN member nations for $8600.- ; 000 In voluntary contribullons to i get the operation under way.

Arab League In A Mess

Mllwaulree Journal

The Arab league, which was to unite the middle cast an d strengthen It economically and polltically, Is all but on the rocks

Only three of thirteen mem— bers— Kuwalt, Sudan and Lab- anon— have met their 1963 fin- ancial obligations to the league. Iraq owes for 15 years. Yemen for 11 and Morocco for (on r. Others are behind on payments. The 83.6 million budget h a I been slashed and the stall Is under orders to keep expenses down.

The blurrest trouble. however. In the plque that controls many members. Presldent Nasser ol the United Arab Republic. once the league's strongest champion now says that It Is of no use In brlnglng Arab unIIy. His coun- try boycotts the league and

chargearhat It Is just a mega- phone or Syrr

. a s It because Kuwait was admitted as a member and Iraq claims Kuwalt. Saudl Arahla and Jon data are an because they say Egypt dominates the lee- gue. Syria says the same thing. Will the league survlve? Mo- hammed Al-Badr. the Imam of Yemen unsealed by a recent coup, says that It Is already ead. Its new and magnificent bulldlng on the N09 stands as a monument to diaunlty. The Arab world Is In such dlsarray that Its leaders can‘t even get together to jolntly asaall Israel these days.

REARRANOI GARDEN!

Romanla's oldest botanical gardms, founded In 1000 at Bucharest, have been extensiv- elv rearranged.

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Keep Control When Temper

Tonfrums On

By Dr. Theodore R. Van Della-

WE like to remember h e good things our children do and forget the bad. The temper tantrum staged on the II e- walk belongs to the letter cate- gory. I feel sorry for the moth- er carrying a bag of groceries In one arm and dragging a screaming, kicking tot wlth the other. At a time like thls It Is only natural to mutter. "wait until I get you home, y o u n g

a ." The wise mother closes her eyes to the, Incident because It Is better disregarded the n punished. This behavior prob- lem Is regarded by some as an unconscious rebellion against growing up. The toddltr Is not ready for the next step In deve- lopment and is unwilling to re- main at home with a sitter or to

walk through a supermarket like a little angel. more logical explanation

also centers about the phase of development. The youngster has reached a period of life when he feels independent and

rent to obtain hls rights.

The tantrum often coincides with learning to walk and talk. Punishment is of little v a I u e when the outbreak represents a developmental stage. It may aggravate the situation and oc- casionally lays the foundation for a defiant attitude that per- sists into later childhood.

The parents should try to de- 'termine whether the tantrum I: caused by a feeling of insecu- rity. Junior gets attention by rarsung a rumpus and often waits until Sa t u rday night: mom and dad are ready to do the town and are saying good- night with last minuIe instruc- tions for the sitter.

A few pats on the right place often solve the problem whe the tantrum Is used as a wedge to get what he wants. It Is well toremain in control of the situ- ation until this phase is 0 ve :- 'and the child learns to behave in a socially acceptable Inch 10!]. -

ARID CLIMATE I R. W. writes: Can a dry clI- mate like Arizona relieve post- ' nasal drip? , REPLY I. Yes, provided the discharge 1 IS caused by air pollutants or by an allergy to substances not found in the southwest. The person with boggy. congested. r nasal membranes feels best In . a dry climate. provided the dust . In the area Is not bothersome. I It is normal to have a slight dis- 3 charge down the back of the throat. The cause of an exces- sIve discharge should be known I before moving to Arizona. Try lthe climate for a few months ‘ before making a perm a n e n t I change. M e a nwhile, s e n d l stamped. self - addressed enve- , lope for our leaflet on postnasal drip. NEGLECTED VEINS Mrs. J.C. writes: What Is the worst thing that can happen if varicose veins are neglected? PLY