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“The strongest memory is weaker » than the weakest ink” _ 7 SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 196.

Awaiting Posterity In one of the articles dealing with ‘primitive conditions in the Congo * it is. noted that “like many Africans, ‘the Congolese“politician has a pas- sion for argument but not decision. ‘Thus, the parliament argued for four years about a flag and motto. ‘They finally got a flag because President Joseph Kasavubu lost his patience and arbitrarily decided on

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category of iana renremen: aug ea- pansion of the food-for-peace cam- paign. Provision for the retirement, more or less permanently, of sub- marginal. land not needed for farm- ing was discussed ata recent Agri- culture’ Outlook _ Conference by

Murphy, whose reasoning was based on the fact that somewhat less than a million farms in the country sel/ more than $10,000 worth of products annually, These efficient farms make up only 27 per cent of the total number of farms, yet they

total product. The administration apparently feels that something

type of farming which contributes to the nation’s surpluses, but does not provide an adequate income for the farmers.

President Johnson's national Agricultural Advisory Committee expréssed the same view in a recent report. The committee’s proposal would call for the ‘“voluntary’”’ re- tirement of whole farms, as well as the short-term retirement of crop- lands from crops in overproduction.

The food-for-peace program is

a surplus disposal scheme designed to help feed the hungry of other lands. It is now. proposed that the government start shipping com- modities that are: not in surplus, making the program an even stronger foreign policy arm. such a proposal may have tough political going in Congress. It is . considered one thing to funnel sur- pluses aroad, but another to have the government in the market buy- ing up food in the interests of for-

‘Tt is also likely that any targe- scale land retirement program. would meet with some congressional op-

since the government would pay, in . accordance with past practices, for the idling of the land. , Whatever decisions may be reached on these major farm issues, the progress of the legislation will be followed with keen interest in Canada. ,

How’s That Again? Mr. Thompson, national Social

house” or lose the support of the nine-man Social Credit: group in the House of Commons. “This,” Mr. Thompson says, “is the. wrong in- terpretation. I said the Prime Min- ister has a responsibility to clean up within the Government; that un- less he does so he cannot expect

port anything that smacks of dis-

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gon) is in this megs and it’s up to him to get out of it—as speedily as possible.”

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anything but favorable to the Social attitude. sb * ' Like the preacher who was against sin, Mr. Thompson | obviously is against having the

is a personal expression of opinion involve his

and does not Oe are we getting the wet terpretation ? Perhaps we

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support. I personally could not sup-—

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| OTTAWA REPORT By Patrick Nicholson

___ Highway Slaughter Must Be Curbed

The beginning of a new year

been released by the Domin-

is enshrined as the moment | ion Bureau of Statistics. and

dividually and collectively make |

resolutions for better conduct.

As a motorist who daily is ter- |

tified and aghast at the unskil- led, selfish and incautious driv-

ing on our roads, 1 hope to see |

£1965 the year in which every driver exhibits total and per- petual observance of the Golden

| Rule, and grows as skilled as

the French, as considerate as the Americans and as cautious as the British at the wheel.

Four months ago in this space, I said:

***Would you tolerate with com- placency a repetition of the slaughter of ‘our boys’in uniform during the Second World War? The toll of killed on our highways last year am-

the years 1939-1945." TOLL. MORE BELLIS

on our roads in 1963, and 125,- 947 maimed and: injured. The of- ficial figures for 1963 have just

Sir,—Many times we have at- tended gatherings, parties pub- lic and private, where Mr. John

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slightly higher | The dictionary describes ‘'pol- than my early estimate: 4,210 ice’ as the decane of gov-

killed and 126,086 injured. These | human tragedies have increased | by approximately 15 per cent in each of the past two years an- | alysed, and are running similar- ly enhanced for the year just) ended according to early figur- es. At the 1963 level of road trage- | dies — nearly all of which were avoidable — this is equivalent | to having a city the size of Re- | gina struck by disaster such as | an earthquake, which killed or | injured every person in that city. | Wf indeed such a tragedy over- | took say Regina, the federal and provincial would | declare it a disaster area, and | take every possible fneasure to bring relief to the sufferers. Why then do our federal, pro- vincial and municipal govern-

jes of simifar total impact which

|y The answer is simply our pol- | iticians have developed into such a gutless bunch that they are terrified of taking any ac- tion which might alienate a sin- gle voter — such as the drunk driver, the owner of an under- | maintained jalopy, and the ir- | responsible citizen who prefers |

ernment which is concerned with the maintenance of p u blic order and safety and the enfor- cement of the law, Note the or- der. But the average police force is much more concerned with en- forcing the by-laws about park- ing than in maintaining safety.

Sur typical policeman today is stooped over a_ perfectly parkedcar, writing out a tic-

ket, while behind him one car.

crashes through a red light, an-

other car stalks,its victim out |

of the darkness with only one headlight functioning, and a small boy threatens chaos by ‘bicycling the wrong way down a one-way street.

The highway toll in 1963 was like the total casualty of a city

the size of Regina. If theincrea- | se continues at the present rate,

the toll in 1969 will match the total casualty of « city the size of Hamilton or Winnipeg or Cal- gary. How much longer must we tolerate this? When will our

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Achondroplastic Easy Recognised

By Dr. Theodore R. Van Dellen

The achondroplastic dwarf is easily recognized by his distine- tive appearance—short afms and legs in proportion to head and trunk. The cause is un- known, Inheritance may play a role but thy condition’ seldom eceurs in a™second generation. Mentality and sexual de.elop- ment usually are normal.

Anchondroplasia involves the growth centers of al! the bones but is most noticeable in the extremities because of shorten- ing of the long bones. In addi- tion, the natural curves of the spine are exaggerated. The forehead tends to bifige over face and nose to make room for the brain as it grows The skull cannot expand because the growth cegters are not function- in

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These pint- sized men and wo- men do not enjoy the prestige they had at one time, although during World War |!. they were valuable in the aircraft industry for their ability in maneuvering into the small spaces of the r wing and tail.

Dr. Francis F Johnston writ- es that years ago dwarfs were given special recognition as shown by the number of figurin- es that have been unearthed by archeologists Two Egyptian deities were in this category D arfs a'so held positions of | honor among the Roman ~mper-

ors The wealihy kept them as jesters and thev also fount as gladiators. There are so many statues, drawings. and paintings of these people. their high pos! | tions in the pas! cannot be | questioned

They no longer are cegarted

as having supernaiural powers

or special wisdom They are nomal individuals with defects of the skeleton. But they have the distinction of having on? of the oldest known disease; of

‘men (and also of some animal |

groups, including dogs). Brin- | ton’s skeleton from the Neolich- ic period in Great Britain is an achondroplast. going back more than 7,000 years

The causes of drawfism vary. They include nutritional, bolic, and endocrine disturbanc- es. Bone diseases such as rick-

| are not the same as midges,

| who are small but of normal | pjroportions Chondrodystrophy | is classified with bone disorders and is not amendable to treat- ment.

| Mrs. H. writes: Does a tioped | uterus prevent a woman ftom | having children? REPLY Occasionally, but {t ts not as common a cause as was believ- | ed 40 years ago. URIC ACID AND CHOLESTEROL S R.C. writes: Is gout linked to heart disease” , REPLY No, but many people with an elevated blood cholesterol also have excessive amounts of uric: acid in the blood. The lacter aiso { occurs in gout but the reTation- | ship is not known. SHAVING AT 12 H. H. writes: Is there any rea- | Son why a 12-year - old boy with an una:tractive moustache can- not shave? —~ Y | No he will shave sooner or | laer and starting now’ will not | make the moustache grovv fast- | er or heavier WARTY TUMOR C. T. writes: What is squa- mvus carcinoma? My. hysband | had an operation on his lip for this condition. REPLY This is a surface cancer and the results of treatment are ex- cellent when the lesions are re- moved completely. | TODAY’S HEALTH HINT— | Chronic alcoholism damages

vision.

(NOTE: All nee to Dr. Van Dellen should’ be addressed to: Dr. Theodore Van Dellen, co Chicago Trib- une, Chicago, Hiinois.)

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laundry truck driver. He made a clean getaway.—London Free

The older generation thought n of getting up at 6 o’- clock the morning—and the

are so desperate for money as to go into debt to this extent. Meanwhile, we have a new and surprising assessment of student stringency. In view c this press- ing poverty it seems strange that overcrowding of student parking lots remains such a problem.—Vancouver Province.

NOTES BY THE WAY

Why don’t they baild service stations somewhere near t}.¢ spot where you run qut.of gas ’— Sarnia Observer.

An educational -frill, im the opinion of the average pcrent— is anything his own child isn't interested in.—Calgary Herald.

Ethiopia has changed the rule of the road from the left side (British style) to right side. They tried that in West Pakis- tan, where the motorists . . ht on quickly, and the pedestrians might have caught on in time, but the camels simply couldn't, or more likely wouldn't learn.— Winnipeg Tribune.

Out in Southern Alberta, the deer and the antelope do roam, as witness a story from Leth- bridge which reports that 500 antelope held up a CPR daylin- er for an hour and 40 minu'‘cs while they walked ahead of it on the track that was hemmed in on both sides by deep snow. It’s a story like that which mak- es Canada so fascinating to the people of other lands. Why, it's just like Africa, where animals roam at will!—Hamilton Spec-

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Cool Heads Called For

By Boris Miskew

Canadian

* Communist Viet Cong forces kept nibbling contentedly at South Viet Nam ‘as that trou- bled Southeast Asian country tried desperately to give birth (© a new government.

Above the sound of shouting and rioting that-echoed through- out the land signs appeared after 19 strife-packed days that some form of . tween the military and the ci- vilian forces. was. imminent.

Without the establishment of a unified government under ci- | vilian control South Viet Nam

canot even hope to launch a

minor offensive against | Cong guerrilla fore< which tories in recent days | A. committee of Vietnamese

+ military_and. civilian officials as well as American diplomats

was reported im Saigon Thurs- day to have begun to lay the foundations for what they hope will be a new government for the chaotic republic,,

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The most recem crisis started in December when a clique of young generals staged a virtual coup d'etat and dissolved ‘the high national council—the pro- visional parliament — although they left civilian Premier Tran Van Huong in his office.

The 17-man council had been set up last Nov. 1 as a provi- sional legislature to carry out the transition from military to civilian control.

An anti-government general strike in the ancient ‘imperial capital of Huge in central Viet

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Nam and unrest among stu- dents and Buddhists both in Hue and in Saigon added to the turmoil,

The confusion and uncertainty of the situation in South Viei . Nam has made a strong impact ~ on the Uniced States Senate where many senators were re- ported to share a sense of friv- tration over the course of the American-backed war

AMERICAN AID Discussions to supply American military and eco nomic aid to South Viet Nam were halted following the coup there

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meta- | have chalked up a series of vic- | is increasing talk supporting

American withdrawal from a country where practically any government that is formed or | might be formed auiomatically is regarded as alien by the ma- jority of the people.

| President Johnson apparently is not interested in extending the war which would likely in- | volve China, and possibly _ the | Soviet Union, should it be car- ried into Communist Norch Viet Nam. Both the Soviet Union and | China have pledged their sup- port in the event of an attack | on North Viet Nam.

US. State Secretary Dean ‘Rusk shed some light on the | current American position when he said that the situation calls for coolness, not ‘reckless ac- tion which would move us over thoughtlessly in either the di- rection of defeat or in the di- | reecion of a very great ~atas-

trophe.”

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Toronte Globe And Mai

It doubtless came as some- thing of a shock to members of The Canadian University Press | assembled last week at McMas- | ter University to be told by a press lord that a free press is one of the institutions which the Western democracies cannot ex- port to the emerging countries of Aftica and Asia. It requires a hard-headed wheeler-dealer like | Lord Thomson of Fleet to admit | openly such a truth; to go fur- | ther, to admit that he is prepar- | ed to compromise his principles >to contend with the problem. | ‘This situation is regrettable,” said Lord Thomson, “and I don't approve of it in principle. But if we are going to. operate papers in these countries we must put up with it.” “ The ideal arrangement in Af-

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much space in the daily press since ‘it means little to people outside the producin_ countries.

Nevertheless, as part of the | economic malaise which afflicts the underdeveloped countries of the world, it should be meaningful to wealthy and poor nations alike.

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