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Upset In Saskatchewan

The election in Saskatchewan on Wednesday looks like a Lioeral vic- try. though both Liberal Leader Ross Thatcher and CCF Premier Woodrow Lloyd warn that. it. will be up to six weeks before the re- sults are knmvn definitely. Enough is known. however. to inc.cate that the Liberals made phenomenal gains since the last electoral con- test. four years ago, and the CCF-w “the only socialist administration in North America." suffered im- preesive losses. But ‘30 years is a long time for one party to be in powder. and perhaps. the electors lust wanted a change.

What was striking about the campaign was its absence of fire- works. In the first general election since the government .ntroduccd its medical insurance program in July. 1962, the great medicare contro- versy was but a flickering memory.

opposed the original

medicare legislation. said they would

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not only maintain the present scheme but would expand it by in- :‘luding drug costs among the bene- fits.

In explanation of their attitude. the Liberals said toe Saskatoon :ompromise that broadened the nethods of payment of insured ser- vices—particularly by permitting )ayinenl through approved private real‘th agencies—matched their con- :ept' of what. a medicare program mould be.

"What seems to have paid off nost in the Liberal campaign. how- .ve1_;, was not this alibi but their arguments against. splitting the inti-socialisl. vote. The Tories were eminded—in more or less diplo- nafic terms—that they hadn’t a hailce of unseating the government xcept by supportino. their tradition- 1 opponents. That didn’t prevent the Tories. from putting 43 candidates n the field. as compared to 59 gov-- rnment and 58 Liberal candidates.

rut it may well have influenced he overall vote. The Social Cred- te'rs, with two candidates. were i

nlfy shadow boxing: and there was he optimist. we note. who ran flat ut. as a Communist.

The election served to underline he fact that, many Saskatchewan ocialists are still obviously uncom- nfitable about their party's trans- )rmation into the New Democratic 'ai'ty. Government candidates. were ermitted to choose their designa- ons. and all but. two of the 59 filed olnination papers as CCFers. It ould be interesting to get NDP ender Douglas' exrlaniation for Us.

l U.S. Pesticide Probe ( lThe late Rachel Carson, in her 1'}:er publicized nook “The s11- nd Spring", argued that with I suicides and other chemicals man I as not only in danger of upsetting ie balance of nature and killing ildlife but was endangering his syn. Now 3 full-scale inquiry is un- it way at Washington to deter-

e how far this contention Ia iptified. It should be of special tat-est to our local parliamentar- Ihe, in view of the contmversy For the banning of toxic potato top "m in the tantalum leet see-

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the Public Health Service people are releasing a lot of hitherto un- known data about these chemicals. One thing not widelyr appreciated is the extent to which pesticides are used by American farmers.

Last year. for example. over 10,- 000,000 pounds of aldrin were used to control soil insects throughout the middle West. In Illinois over 4.500,- 000 pounds were spread by farmers on their fields. In Iowa, over 3,000.- 000 pounds were used. Missouri accounted for about 1,000,000 pounds: Indiana, 326,000; Kansas, 467.000; Nebraska, 000,000; and South Daku:a. 375,000. Similarly large quantities of endrin were used in the cotton-growing states to con- trol insects and pests.

These are the pesticides whose residues apparently are finding their way down the tributaries of the Mississippi and into the Gulf of Mexico. They are charm-d by many of the witnesses with having killed some 10,000,000 fish in the last four years.

What is not realized, according In one scientist, is the small amount of a pesticide that is capable of ex- terminating the fish in an area. Three drops of endrin in the Poto- mac. this specialists says, would do the Job. That. would be a concen- tration of only 4 parts in 10.000,- 000.0003

Pesticides, according to the re— cords. not only can and do kill fish and wildlife: they affect them in other ways. They affect the fertil‘ ity of certain fish and the plumage of some birds. For example, the bright feathers of the male pheas- ant go dull as a result of eating in- sects killed with these chemicals. The male ends up looking more or less like the female. The same thing has been known to happen to male mallard ducks. The pesticide res- ponsible here was kcjione. an ant control chemical.

According to Fish and Wildlife Service officials fish are the most susceptible to the lethal effects of pesticides. birds next, and mam- mals next.

The US. Department of Agri- culture. which has the interest. of farmers at heart. now is wrestling with its con=cience to decide wheth- er registration of these chemicals should be modified or cancelled.

Of World Importance

Britain‘s—and the. world's— first international :ongress on food processing is due to open in London in June. Eighteen countries will send delegates, while tnc Iron Cur— tain countries, including China. have also expressed interest In what is likely to be the greatest gather- lng of food processing scientists and technologists over brought to. gether under one mof.

It is the first film an attempt. has been made to bring the research- ers of food processing. including pas. turization. sterilization, and air dry- ing, freezing and dehydration, pre. serving and packaging. from the scientific plane to the level of those engaged in the actual food process- ing. So complete is the congress. that. even the Computer and Its usee of handling and storage methods will be discussed. with a sessmn on automation concluding the confer- ence.

With the impetus that. has been given to food processing.r in this Province in rccent months. this big conference in London will Irave special intercst for all of us. The fact that. the gathering has assum— ed the proportions of an interna- tional congress is indicative of the remarkable progress the industry is making, and of its prospects for further expansion. It is stimulating to feel that We are in stride with this great movement. and with the possibilities it holds out for our basic producers in the years ahead.

EDITORIAL NOTES According to information given recently in the House of Commons, the Canadian Government has, 'through the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation. lent $74 million for student residences to various universities. Of the total. Nova Sootia received 55.500.000: New Brunswick $1,800,000; Quebec $29,771,000; Ontario $12,000,000: Manitoba 85.700.000; Saskatchewan $2,980,000; Alberta $8,821,000 and British Columbia $7,508,000. The Natural Housing Act wee amend- edin1960 in ordertopnovidefor loans for unlveaalty housing pso-

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QITAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholscm

Is A United States Of Canada Feasible?

Our Canadian Confederation is at h a 231' ally develop~ merits make it more possible -— as this column suggested many months ago — that our muc'n - planned centennial birthday will not be celebrated by a Can- adian Confederation as we know it today. Some voices suggest that Quebec will sepa- rate. to form “The Independent French Republic of North Am-

erica." Less strident and more ,

realistic voices speak of a re~ written — and repatriated constitution, which would Scotch

est of the three sides in popula- tion and wealth. although the largest in area and potential. To become comparable in pt)- pulation. we must attract not

a tric k I e but a flood if immi- ‘

grants: this w o u I d inevitab-

ly buIId up our wearh.

I This is a controversial con- cept. But nobody can applaud

our modern slow growth and 1 loss of sense of purpose. These logical developments inspired by the under - ecognized Quebec l protest. c o u l d provide a new

stimulus to the whole of Canada

Blinkered Thinking

Globe and Mail, Toronto

It is disappointing to see Sec-

: retary of State Dean Rusk re-

the aims and acts of the ccnlra- ‘

lizers. and restore and streng- Ihtn the powers of provinctal governments. thus creating a "United States of Canada" — and equally attractive to all provinces.

Lest the similarity of our net- gbor's name should be mislead- ing. we must call to mind the. far -

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newing pledges of unwavering support by the United State; for Nationalist regime on Formosa. This is the type of blinkered thinking that is hope-

I out of date in a man in In a form welcome to Quebec 3 g g

When the cold war was at its

’ height and the United States was

statesmen of the Old World who . strive to create a “United States 3

primarily an which might e appropriate

of Europe" -- economic union. prove lhc m o r model for Northermost tca.

THE CANADIAN DREAM 0f the any possible sequels to such a development here.

Amcr- ’

most fascinating is the likelihood V

of crcatin: d‘stinctive cultural patterns in most of the new Can- adian States. This would encou- rage and be encouraged by an accelerated immig r a t i o n. whose pattern is predictable: French settlers to Qut‘bcc. Bri- tish settle r s to Ontario and B.C.. eastern Europeans mov ing into the Prairies. Thus the U.S.C. might achieve more ('0- lour and satisfaction than the materialistic a l I y conformtsl U S A

The most c e r; l a I n predic- tion about Canada‘s future is that we cannot indefinitely re- main underpopu l ated in the coming decades of world - widc exploding population. We are the third largest country in the world. bigger than USA. and almost double the size of Eur- ope. Our land mass is not all

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habitable. but it is capable ofi

supporting many times our present population. and in the years ahead it will have to do

so.

Thus looking ahead. A Union of Canadian State is more realistic than a Confeder- ation of Candian Provinces. But

i let entitled. “A ’Handbook (Innovation ‘

perhaps .

as we may move towards grea- ‘

fer local self - government in certain fields, we have to recoil- nize the world trend towards larger groupings for trade and

of the post - war era Is that brain ~ child of Prime Minister Pearson - "an economic and perha p s a political common- wealth of the Western World." to quote his own words. Bri- tain's former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan expressed It. slightly differently when he said that events have forced the na-

tions of the Atlantlc Basin to be ' "Snterdependentf'

PRESERVING CANADA - President Kennedy launched a somewhat similar concept. which however entirely over-

looked Canada. ThIs was his “Operation bell" — a dumbbell - sh co - -

massive United States of Eur- ope at the other. Where would we fit with these two blg grou- plnla? Monty. In American eyes. Instde USA. To we“ our identity _ it we want to preserve It — we must he Mon not a Kennedy DMD 1 Pearson trian- , 8 United States anode our form the third IO.

amend" present con- wenld he the small

Canadian Dream -

sighted and brilliant j “'3”

in effect. at war with the Chiti- ese Communists In Korea, there case to be m porting the Nationalists. his considerable armed forces and constant threats to Invade llie mainland, President. Cliiang Kai'shek kept Communist frops tied down. and even— y a stretch of the imagination—had

some claim to be recognized as i

an alternative to the revolution- ary Government installed in Pe-

king. Those days have passed. The

Nationalists now represent

Ing to maintain the fiction of the "two Chinas". the United Slacs merely discredits itself. It invit- es 3 major diplomatic humilia- tion when. as eventually must happen. the Nationalists are kicked out of the United Nations. This is not to say that For- mosa should at once be turned over to the Peking Government. The legitimate inhabitants of the island— the Nationalists are in-

} terlopers m must at some time ; be given the opportunity to de- . (ermine their own future. and

j they may very well choose indc- .

lpendence. or association with g Japan. rather than integration l with the mainland.

Toward this end, Mr. Rusk , and his colleagues should now I be gently disengaging from their 1 out-of-date alliance with the Na- l tionalists.

For Bad

Spellers

Milwaukee Journal

It has been the plainl of some educators and most employers that this nation has raised a gen- eration of abysmal spellers who. In their more creative moments.

might come with a wr.llen sen: I

fence like this: “My naybor. a sharlatin and a lurk. soled me

half a seudo shamy and sum.

fony jewla". Translated roughly into English. this would read. "My neighbor. a charlatan and a jerk. sold me half a pseudo chamoig and some phony Jew- ls."

These are actual misspellings. plucked by a pair of curious New Yorkers from hlgh schwl spell- ing tests and compositions. busi- ness correspondence and news- papers. They took the boners or-

currlng most frequently and put ‘

them together In a 48 page book- Terrible Spellers"

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little help to the terrible speller. ‘

Even Stone Montreal

One wonders what can be hap- penlng to people's lungs when one coneldera what ta happening to stone. Around the world atone statues. and other outdoor art works. are deterlorating under the polluted air of the Industrial age.

In New York the statues that have survived from the Middle Ages have had to be taken m- doora at the museum at the Cloisters: the New York air was toomuch for them. In France statues outside the cathedrals have also had to be brought in- side. West Germany's state of North Rhlne - Westphalla Is weeding 84 million a year to try to keep Its monuments from fall- Ina apart.

Seemour Igwiy. the professor of chemistry at. New York Unl- Verllty. says: "The rate of de- cay has increased greatly. The situation ls getting serIous. and more serious all the time. It's at Its worst In highly Industrializ- ed cities. Many bulldllla have noticeany deteriorlated In the last 20 years."

a a happen!“ to people's lungs Is very easel as might be amend. eclectic“ of sev- en Patholoalcal Institutes of me North Rhine - Westphalia state have conducted a massive Inves-

‘ He can’t look up the correct spelling of a word If he can‘t even begin to spell it. This ver- sIon lists word. alphabetically“

,in their most frequently mis-

,spelled forms. The concept ls

l revolutionary. a refuge for the

l phonetic speller. a haven for the

l casual scholar.

I A quick tour through this vest

l pocket wonderland will set the

reader‘s braln splnnlng. Here

are such misspelled gems as Al‘- gen (Afghanl, lood (lewd). Epl- 1pm (Oedipusl. foksel (forecas-

tlel. ‘jagwar (jaguar). passifist (pacifist), peak (pique). swnir I (swear). vain (vase) and zylopll i one (xylophone.

This is all a notable service to 3 humanity but our Imperfect world could be made even more habitable if some klndly genius . would produce similar band ‘ hooks for terrible income tax fil- ers. speech makers, bridge play- ] ers. home handy men and absent

minded husbands.

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ligation of the causes of lung cancer. They conclude that Ine polluted air of cities Is the main cause. And a West German In- ventor has devlsed a method of sucking exhaust gases at strat- egic traffic Junctions through grids In the ordlnary under ground maln systems.

Certainly polluted alr in cities has become one of the biggest problems that men. modern man. has created for himself. He can see what is happening before his eyes. by looking at the stone work that Is cmmbllng

FIVE KILLED IN JEEP SA-IGON (Reutersl—Two US. Army h South Vietnamese soldiers were killed heIr jeep hlt an electrically-detonated land mine northeast n Tho. the offl- cial Vlelnam. P r e s 5 news agency said Wednesday.

TAKES OVER U.S. RUBBER

JA. ' RTIA (Renter-st — Five Unlted States rubber estates in West Java have bee placed

ll under the control of Indonesia’s

agriculture minister. Dr. Sad- )arwo. :he Communist newspa- per People'e Dally reported Wednesday.

no- i body but themselves. and in try- .

In the same air he breathes.

Hard To Hide Parkinsonism

By Dr. Theodore R. Van Dalian Perkinsoniem ls difficult to hide. Recently, while waiting for the arrival of a plane at Chi- cago‘s O'Hare airport. I notic an older man walking into the waiting room slowly. He sealed himself on the edge of a chair opposite me: his shoulders drop- ped and the right hand began to shake as he tried to relax. , He stared in my direction dur. mg the next five minutes and not once did his expression change. This is understandable because in this disease. the facial mue~ cles are too stiff or tense to per- _mlt a smile or any other change in the features. Infrequent blink- Ing causes the fixed stare. Shortly thereafter. a compan- ion joined the victim of parkin- sonism and It was obvious he was mentally alert despite his

blank face and slow monoton-

ous speech. I gathered from their discussion that arrange- ments had been made to board the plane early. But the man l made it clear he did not want a l wheel chair. I Takeoff time came: the man ? stood up with some effort and finally got going toward the ramp. He leaned forward and‘ shuffled along as though he had I glue on the soles of his shoes. I But in a short while his steps m- t creased rapidly and he gained so much momentum I thought he would not be able to stop on reaching the door of the plane. ; The old term for the disease. I paralysis agitans. seldom is used today as these people are I not paralyzed. In addition. they , usually remain shrewd, under- standing and observant. The l muscles are so rigid bodily ‘ movements are slowed. clumsy. and less efficient. Tremor invol- ves the hands and feet and be- gins on the right side in right 3 handed persons. ‘ modern surgical treat- ment consists of destroying a small area in the brain via a wire loop. electric current. ra- : dioisolopcs. heat. freezing. or . the injection of various chem-

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icals. This type of operation is recommended when the victim becomes disabled 'by tremor and muscle rigidity. Best re- sults are obtained when the in- dividual is in good health and symptoms are confined to one side AL‘LERGIES AND VACCINATION Mrs. A. writes: My 8-year-old daughter has various allergies and. for this reason, never has been vaccinated against smalls pox. She has no skin outbreak and the doctor says this is a good time to vaccinate. Do you think it will be safe? REPLY