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- _ > e a a0 PAGE 4 SATURDAY. MARCH 27, 1965. The Right Approach While several of the proyincial legislatures have indorsed the for- mula for constitutional amendment wyjth fttle more than a nod and a

yawn, Saskatchewan Is taking a more circumspect approach to the subject There the attornes general Mr Heald. has introduced’ a resolution which. while assenting to the for- mula as drafted at the Charlotte- town federal-provincial conference. recommends that It be given more careful scrutiny before any action is taken

The Saskatchewan legislature will he asked to recommend to the Gov- srnment of Canada: “That the pro- dosed act be submitted to a com- mittee of the House of Commons for consideration and that such commit- tee be directed to hold public hear- {ngs and report thereon to Parlia- ment: or, alternatively. that the pro- posed act be submitted: by the Gov- ernment to the Senate of Canada with a request that it be considered by a committee thereof appointed for such purposes: and that the committee hold public hearings and report there- on to Parliament.”

Evidently the Thatcher adminis: tration. in Saskatchewan has been do- ing its bomework on this subject, and finds serious reasons for believing that modifications of the formula are still possible. In the normal course, there would be no committee study at Ottawa hecause Parliament pro- ceeds in constitutional amendments by way of a joint address of the two Houses. But this is not an amend- ment of the usilal sort: it is one which establishes rules governing all future amendments. There is therefore good reason for giving it the most care- ful scrutiny. The proposal that pub- lic hearings to be held on the sub- ject is especially to be commended.

If our Island legislators hadn't been in such a rush to get: through their business. they might have fol- lowed Saskatchewan’s example by adding a similar proviso to their reso- tution of acceptance. However, there is hope that such a sound suggestion will win its own way at Ottawa. If it finds acceptance there, it will be reassuring to those in every province who look with misgiving upon any serious dilution of the federal power.

Grave Issues Involved

The use of non-lethal gas in South Viet Nam against invading Communist Viet Cong fighters has stirred up an international rumpus. That is unfortunate, for it has tend- ed to confuse the much more vital issues at stake in this conflict. What is going on in Southeast Asia is one of the most crucial East-West show- downs since Soviet postwar expansion was checkmated by the creation “of the NATO alliance. Let us strive to keep this in mind, for it is some- thing in which we are all involved. If Red China’s policy of expansion were to succeed in this area, chances of holding the line elsewhere would be seriously imperilled.

That is why both the British and Canadian governments have been cautious in criticising American ac- tions in Viet Nam. They realize that there is a growing trend in the United States, to return to the isola- tionism of the 1930s. This doctrine is winning support largely as a result of American experience in trouble spots of this kind, where the US. has spent hundreds of millions of dollars toward the achievement of entirely laudable objectives. When the situa tion becomes difficult, too often she encounters attitudes which vary from admonition. to downright condemza- tion. t

A writer in the London Spectator puts it well when he says that if the United States should withdraw from Viet Nam it would not be because she lacks the military might to resist Communist attacks; it would be be-

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cause of externa pressures upon ner government of the kind mentioned, and that would necessitate a major swing infpresent American foreign policy. Her withdrawal would not be from Viet Nam alone. but from the whole of Asia and America. and later from Europe too

It would be a phased withdrawal. apd would take place over a period of time. but it would be none the less complete for that The Pacific frontier would be Hawail. which 1s now one of the United States. There- after she would play no part in keep-.

ing the peace in Southeast Asta Malaysia would face Indonesian con frontation and India the threat of Chinese invasion without anv pros pect of American help

During the 1930s. when America

was isolated and disinterested, Naz! Germany was carrying out armed aggression in Europe much as the Vietnamese and Chinese Communists Voices *were then

are in Asia todav

raised to argue that the Austrians were. after all. really Germans. that Czechoslovakia was a long wav off and its government was oppressive anyway Today thev argue the same way about North and South Viet Nam. and about Laos or Thailand Appeasement was then. as now the order of the dav But armed aggres sion thrives on appeasement. Is en

couraged by it.”and eventually over reaches itself td such an extent that it can be appeased no more

This is why the United States, and with it the whole Western al- liance, is forced to take such fright- ening risks as it is doing now in Viet Nam. To be complacent about them would be foolish: but for the West to admit that it has neither the will nor the means to contain Chinese-inspired subversion would open the door to defeat after defeat in the future.

Sounder Legislation

Canada's student |oan program, started last year, may. prove more satisfactory in its operations than has been the case with similar legislation put into effect seven years ago in the United States. The program there has run into difficulty. due to an in- - creasing inability to collect the loans after the students have graduated.

The American program is much like Canada’s in some respects. Students may borrow $1,000 a term up to a maximum of $5,000 to help finance their education. The money is supposed to be repaid over a 10- year period starting the vear after graduation. But in two essentials the US. plan differs from its Canadian counterpart.

The federal government puts up 90 per cent of the money in the U.S. with the universities supplying the remainder. Collection of the loans is left with the universities. And it is the universities’ involvement and their collection responsibilities that have made for the large share of the difficulty. The universities are simply not equipped to serve as collecti

agencies. Then too, it is an em¥ar- ~

rassment for them to have to dun their alumni for the money.

The Canadian loans, backed by the Government, are being handled by the banks which are better equip- ped to look after collections. Cana- dian universities are not themselves involved in either making the loans directly or in collections. It still may not be easy to get all the money back, but the chances are undoubt- edly better under the Canadian sys- tem.

Our federal parliamentarians don’t get many bouquets these days. They can take ope for the more prac tical manner in which they have legislated in this case. Possibly they had the American example in mind, and the danger inherent in following it too closely. In any case, they acted wisely in bringing the banks into the picture.

EDITORIAL NOTES

A psychiatrist says people with in- ferior brains should be segregated on an island. What's wrong with keep ing them segregated on the mainland, where they belong?

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Since 1945, 25 countries under British administration have become independent. They have a total pop-

| ylation of 692.920.553 and cover 4.-

608,632 square miles of territory. 17 of these new nations have chosen to become member nations of the Com- monwealth which, with the older members—the United Kingdom, Can- ada, Australia and New Zealand—

| brings the total Commonwealth mem-

bership to 21. The United Kingdom) is still responsible for the remaining

colonial territories and protectorates,

the total population of. which is ap-

proximately 9,288,900

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ICTURES OF US

For Valiant Woman, Highest Award

No woman has been awarded the \ a Cross since the de oration was founded by Queen Victoria in 1856, during the Cri- mean War. Now there is a cam- paign under way in Britain to change this and have the VC

posthumously awarded to one of the hero nas of the last war, Vio lette Szabo

Mrs. Szah a wartime agent of the Special Operations Fxec

ulive, a secret organization which sabotaced enemy-control! ed railways, industries and oth er installations, was shot by the Nazis “in Ravensbruck prison camp in 1945 when she was 23 Mrs. Szabo was awarded the George Cross, her citation say ing she had shown a magnifi cent example of cturage and steadfastness’ during torture

and imprisonment following her capture by the Nazis in 1944

A book entitled ‘Carve Her Name With Pride’, telling the

_ story of her exploits, was pub- lished some vears azo and there was-a-film- version of it

STRONGEST ADVOCATE The strongest and most per sistent advocate for the posthu

mous award of the VC to Mrs Szabo is Dame Irene Ward Chief opponent of the preposal is Brigadier Sir John Smyth, BC, MP. chairman 6f the Victoria Cross and George Cross Asso ciation. who thinks. that to change Mrs. Szabo'’s GC TO A VC would be an insult to hold ers of the GC

The \VC is Britain's highest decoration for “conspicuous

bravery or devotion to the coun-

try in thee presence of the enemy The GC, which was _ founded

in 1940, recognizes the perform- ance of deeds of valor by civil jans, both men and women. It ranks after the VC. but is worn before al] other insignia and decorations. The GC has a mili tary division permitting the cross to be awarded to mem- bers of the fighting services for gallantry not in the face of the enemys

MANY AWARDS

In its first century was awarded only 1,346 times Of these. 80 were Canadians. In 1920, George V issued a Royal

the VC

Warrant making women of the military nursing services and civilians of either sex serving

under the authority of the armed forces, eligible for the VC There seems to be no other reason, than. tradition, to ex plain why Mrs. Szabo was awar ded the GC instead of the VC Her citation might have includ- ed her courage when she held at bay a big German force with only a Sten gun and allowed an

Our Yesterdays

(From The Guardian Files)

TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO (March 27, 1940)

Sir Richard Squires. the sec ond to last premier during New foundland’s period as a Domin- ion. was buried today in St Jobn’s, Nfld. Governor Sir Hum phrey Walwyn attended the fun- eral

Rev. HL. Denton addressed the Hi-Y Grads Club. He is the pastor of Charlottetown Baptist Church Rov Sylvester acted as chairman and Lioyd Grant led the sing-song

TEN YEARS AGO (March 27, 1955)

The winning rink in the Bill Dunham Rose Bow! mixed com petition at the Centennial Bon spiel in Charlottetown were Chris Gallant, Betty Rooney, Inez Gatlant and skip Jim Vance of Moncton.

France agreed after 4% years of soul- searching argument to restore sovereignty to her old fore. Germany, and rearm it within the Atlantic alliance.

Hamilton Spectator

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But this does not appear to have been known af the time of the award of the GC The strug-

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late date can be only academic The heroine. were she alive to- day, might well .be embarrassed at attempts to measure galian- and self- sacrifice in such Nmits

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Windsor Star

Canada is one of the great ag ricy!tural lands in the world It's an odd :a iowever. that this country never s been re; now need ising area

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able for r vat stupid) and flourishes n such disparate { the \ustralia to the

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snow-blown reaches of Patagon- ia

Capadian farmers never have taken to sheeperaisinz as did thosein Austraia and New Zea- land ‘to sav nothing of Scot- land The number of sheep in Canada has been in decline

Mr. John Lee of Hichgate es

to 1.433.000 nas continued since then

Time was when most Ontario farmers had a few sheep Now one often can drive for miles

and

without seeing sheep in thm fields Why are so many Canadian

farmers and ranchers averse to sheep” They are a dual purpose

animal, providing income from both meat and wool They are easily tended. They can graze

and fatten on marginal land One factor may be that the best Canadian farm land can be

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Influenza Precautions

NOTES BY THE WAY

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; > came away-from Las Vegas adv) <a e dau aa ~~ a Nae Detws ach a small : ine Trouble I expect you ~~ lee ° discovered in 1933 A single sas he went there with @ DiS sririts, now that your father has us inft z was isolated at forture Toronto Star 1 De pas that ime teres years oo a agreed to your a eee second type B was found In Whe remembers when re- go out by yourse® “ we 1950 influenza virus C was un- cipes were al ed receipts” ings But do remember to try to covered and since then many and cooks tne t nz of a limit vourse'f to, say, three subgroups have been sinzied receipt for turt-e soup that be- rinks as a max mum a each out including A2 Asian) Ths ‘gar Ki! the turtle by 7.0-. party Replied the girl ‘Don't critter appears to be respon- clock in the morning and let it worry. mother 1 cut out alcoho} sible for the current outbreaks dr for at |east three hours 4 couple of years ago —Galt |in this country 2 , - New Glarus Post Reporter a

The designation of the three types is, by coincidence their rank as causes of severe epi Tear Gas Controversy demics. There have been 3! re- S corded pandemics in the world By Arch MacKenzle since 1510: the 1918 episode was Canadian Press Staff Writer

t ‘ ~ rine the eaten! medic CAS roe caved stats “term ion Post, a iberal Bewapape million deaths within a 20-week ment in its reaction to the headed Blackening ou

i a - furcre about the use of tear name eden a gas in South Vie! Nam appears Says Us ae an oe ‘* was implicated to fee! s being asked to use is difficult to find out how much

The microorganisms are in Marquis. of Queensbury boxing damage napa'm and gas are do- the: secretions of the respiratory et:quette in a backa ev braw ing the enemy but it is not hard tract and are eanente a State Secretary Dean Rusk to find out how much damage one person to another under con entered the lists Wednesday to they are oe reaide + ditions of close human contact devend the government position It urges Pres'dent Johnson to Prevention involves the usual denying some heat any stop the use of any more gas precautions azainst other res. suggest‘on that the US is en- in Viet Nam, plus the use of piratory infections Follow to the gaged :n gas warfare in South napalm. (ne je ed-gasoine suf etter good health habits such as Viet Nam stance used in the Sec ynd Wor'd getting plenty of rest and eating De‘ence ™ ert War. Korea and now Viet Nam regular se stanced reck M 1 re same The cf oud * ont f Avoid crowded places, such as e about 2a Dia aa ee aroused movies and dances. durng an Tie US err this little reaction in the US con epidemic Try to keep a zood eT ded some sig pared with in Britain obscures distance ffrom those who do not ntr‘ica~ pornters t a sign'f'cant conclusion from cover their sneezes t Viet Nam Wa the discussions this weex by

Influenza he ihemton| vente dar British Foreign Secretar practical! preventive There is zn sem Gag na Michae! Stewart th President some controversy as to its le) dirt ved ever <ince the First Johnson Rusk and McNamara but it continues to have many Wor'd War This conclusion, observers enthusiastic followers It must Rusk sere Wednesday in agree, 1s that there has heen a be altered with each passing seck vifset the propaganda hardening of the pattern of year because the strenzth of advantaze wkanded the. Com Viet Nam hostilities There is each virus changes from one m $ at the Viet Nam sit. 0 sign of any possible dip 4 season to another Vaccines that yation is a mean qd dirt matic alteration to the pattern, worked like a charm five vears stru , the Communts _ be ause Soviet Russia cannot azo may be of little value. even) Viet Cong or will not ntervene and Com- though the same type of or an- He indicated tear and vomit- Munist North Viet Nam re- ism is rif It is needed most by ing gas supplied by the US to mains intransigent about feed the elder!y. the chronically ill, South Viet Nam im the last ing the cjvil war tn South Viet and by pregnant women hree ars intinue to be am .

Flu is difficult to distinzuish used as loca! commanders de Similarly. the US remains from other respiratory infections c:de commutted to a growing’ mil- unless special tests are conduct’ USED THREE TIMES tary effort against the Commu-

ed on the throat washings The So far. :t has been stated of- nist north high fever. prestration, and ach f South VielLnamese McNamara reiterated Wed-

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used more profitbly for other produce Another is that much | of the marginal jand is within

reach of wolves, coyotes or oth- |

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in Scotland and the An-

timates there will be.fewer than Dogs 1.000.000 sheen sheared in Can tipodes. are the friends and pro- ada this vear ‘This deesn't take tectors of sheep Too often in nto account the new lambs now Ontario they have been the re- appearing on the scene verse Viany an Ontario farmer | Back in 1954 there were 1,- has gone out of sheep-after his 894.000 sheep in Canada By _ flock had been torn to bits by | 1982 this number had declined marauding dogs Poi oints Way In West Africa National Geographic Society

Tribal scars high on either land, the government has set heekbcne of the man were. aside vast tracts of forests as | barely visible in the twilight game preserves and national His indigo-blue cotton toga cov parks. One area north of Abid- ered him to the knees and fell jan is a sanctuary for 2.000 ele- casually over the left shoulder. phants Adjoining the capital is leaving the black right erm the huge Banco National Park, bare for action an unspoiled jungle with tower-

Like a god, he stalked the ing trees, tropical vines and lim- grounds Abidjans Hotel Co- pid streams that would gladden cody, beside. the great lagoon the hearts of Tarzan and Jane that could anchor half the world’s ships with plenty of LIFE LITTLE CHANGED

room to spare

It was this genial warrior’s duty to guard the hotel guests, mostly French and American, from anv possible harm He had

neither club nor gun, but he was readv. Inconspicuously he car- ried a small bow. In his quiver poisoned romantic teeth

were However trrbesman with

arrows this Mali filed as

sharp as his deadly arrows’, he is hecoming outmoded in_ the Ivory Coast, the show place of

former French Africa

CAN SUPPORT MILLIONS

The Ivory Coast. stretching 300 miles along West Africa's Gulf of Guinea, is three-quart-

ers the size of France but with a

population of less than four mil-,

lion Tropical, well watered and nearly completely arable, the Ivory Coast is capable of sup- porting perhaps 40 million peo- ple. It gained peaceful independ- ence from France only in 1960, but its democratic government under the leadership of. Presi- dent Felix Houphouet- Boigny 1s fast unifying the 60 tribes of the area and bringing the country into a 20th- century economy of abundance.

The Ivorians are the world’s third largest coffee producers afte- Brazilians and Colombians and leading growers of cocoa. The fertile soil and wet climate stimulate the growth of banan- as rice, cotton, pineapples, oil palms, and timber

Outside Abidjan, the capital and port that in a generation has grown from a fishing vil- lage into. a cqmmercial and manufacturing metroplis of 300,000 feminiscent of Paris bulldozet$# ‘are clearing thous ands of acres for pineapple and palm oil plantations. But the small planters are not being put

out of business. There are more |

than 100,000 who own land: they make up the country’s growing and stable middle class

| Despite increasing use of the

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More and more, travelers who want to see something of’ old Black Africa comfortably are making Abidjan a_ port call ly clean. Nearby are miles of golden beaches. The hotels. in- cluding the Ivoire. a skyscraper complex managed by a Pan American subsidiary. are excel- lent. From Abidjan tours and safaris are easily organized to the back country and to villag- es where the women still pound the yams in wooden mortars Life there is little changed. Witch doctors reign supreme, and the religion is pure fetish- ism

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Back in the city. with its ‘Gom-

forts of home including high- quality televiion and a news- paper that sets its type electron- ically, the traveler may appre- ciate strongly that the Ivory Coast is different from many African countries he has read about. Wedded to a free enter- prise economy, its eyes are turned westward. its currency is stable, its budget is balanced, and its government is determin- ed to raise the standards of tiw- ing and education for all Ivor- ians

DISCUSS AUTOMATION

OTTAWA (CP)—Automation’s impact on the worker and how West Germany is coping with this problem will be discussed here April 13 in an address by Dr. Guenther Friedricks, an economist with the German Meta! Workers Federation. The International Association of Ma-

chinists ‘CLC) is sponsoring the Ottawa visit

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mon cold There is ‘ess nasal riot tr gases three times, mittee that the US believes it involvement and more touzhing the last on Jan 27 On no oc- would have to “face ths same The best rernedy: is bed rest and m was it much of a suc- problem all over again in an- the salicylates. Antibtotics, such cess other place or permit them as penicillin. are of little value Critic:sm at home is refiected ‘the Communists) to have all

of Southeast Asia by default.”

unless complications develop in an editoriat in the Wa’shing-

UINEA GOLD

Hillel Rivlin abandoned his business in Montreal and with a new friend fol- lowed fortune’s trail to New Guinea’s

savage mountains. The first Weekend Magazine instalment of a two-part article by Rivlin tells how he and his

partner found aold in a stone age land.

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