Responsible Voting Monday's federal general election will, it is expected, bring out I record number of voters. The campaign has had little of the colour and flair of oldtime contests, but the undercur- rent may be strong for all that. Apart from the Western llmvinces it may be expected that the influ- ence of the CCF and Social Credit parties will be small. The real battle is between the Liberals and Conser- vatives. Hon. L. B. Pearson, Minister for External Affairs, was probably right when he said at a meeting in Toronto that the Liberal Party is facing its toughest election battle since it took office twenty-two years ago. It cannot be gainsaid that the new Conservative leader has brought about a revival of his party's pros- pects. particularly ln Ontario and the Maritimes. The extent, however, to which that revival will be translated into seats won in the House of Com- mons will be known only on the night of June 10. . At any rate, the situation sug- gests new personalities on Parlia- ment Hill. It causes hope of restora- tion of the two-party system and less-oppressive and less-docile ma- jorities. It may, of course, end in I stalemate: but this possibility should not deter any elector from voting according to his convictions. Appeals to ”get on the the winning side" are poor arguments at best, for no one can confidently predict the outcome, and it is I moot question whether districts receive worse or better treatment from the federal adminis- tration by being on the opposite side politically. It is another form of bribery to urge people to vote for certain candidates on the ground that otherwise they will lose out in patronage. Ottawa has no right to hand out favors to any district: it is expected to deal fairly and equit- ably with all.

Nor is there much validity in the argument that those with grievances against a government can best ob- tain redress by voting the govern- ment back. This, it is claimed. would give them representation on the government side of the Commons, and strengthen their chances of get- ting the kind of policies they want. This contention is dealt with editori- Illy in the Ottawa Citizen in its is- sue of June 4, which after citing the above claim goes on to say:

"The Citizen supports the Liberal Party and hopes that the present government will be re-elected, but it believes that this kind of appeal is both absurd and reprehensible. On the one hand this argument says, in effect, that in order to obtain I change in government policy it is necessary to endorse the government at the polls; at the same time. the argument is a tacit appeal for I one party state, with pressure groups representing sectional interests work- ing within the ruling party to obtain favors for the people they represent. Pressure groups. of course, have I place in party politics. But I party must, on the whole, try to stand above them if it is to serve the national interest . . . A vote for the Liberal Party should be taken as In endorsatlon of its principles, rather than as In attempt to obtain special favors for this or that local- ity. A vote against the Liberal Party

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II II the "Andean reaction to It.

If thesoviet Union and the United States are destined to be rhlals for power for some time to come, how much better that they should com- pete-in the production of food rather than in the production of fiendish weapons of war. And, whatever the situation may be in the United States, it seems likely that in the Soviet Union the more money that is spent on raising dairy cattle and the like, the less there will be for hydrogen bombs. It seems likely, too, that once the Russians let up on bomb building. the Americans will follow suit. The world has much to fear from Soviet-American rivalry in the amassing of armaments; but it has nothing to fear and a good deal to rejoice about in agricultural com- petition.

This, indeed. is the one hope that remains in a dark and troubled world. For. even if huge surpluses of food develop in both countries from the competition, there are hun- dreds of millions of hungry, im- poverished persons in the world who

are eager for the opportunity to make use of them. If true, there- fore, the report from Moscow is as good news as the world has heard in many I day. The danger, of course, is that it is merely a Russian boast of strength and has no relation to a desire to divert the nation's energy from war-like proclivities to peaceful pursuits.

A Sound Principle

In I resolution forwarded to the Federal and Provincial Governments the National Council of Women of Canada has drawn attention to a grave defect in our judicial system. It asks for legislation which would authorize the payment of fines on the instalment plan, especially in cases involving minor breaches of the law. Such legislation already is in effect in Britain and some Ameri- can states.

As things are now, thousands of

Canadians are imprisoned for short terms not because they have done wrong but merely because they hap- pened to be short of money when brought to trial. The man who is sent to jail for, say. ten days, be- cause he hasn't enough money on hand to purchase his freedom is obviously no more a criminal than the man who walks out free after paying his tribute to the court. Yet, he is added to the list of jail-occu- pants and subjected to the worst form of social stigma while the other man it not. There is little fairness In this; and it is about as undemo- cratic as anything could be. In this matter. of course. as in many other judicial proceedings, courts would have to be permitted I good deal of discretion. Habitual offenders against liquor laws, for example, might be expected to take advantage of this leniency and pur- sue their lawlessness while they are scraping enough together to meet the next instalment. These would probably have to be denied any con- slderntion which might contribute to their delinquency. But the principle involved in the Council's resolution is sound. inasmuch as it would pro- vide equality under the law, which the present "pay on the spot or 80 to jail" system clearly does not.

EDITORIAL NOTES

The Silver Fox Breeders Associa- tion meeting in Montreal was told that prospects for fox furs look pretty good. That will be beneficial to business but hard on Reynold.

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Two fishing vessels recently launched In British Columbia have all the modern conveniences: above deck accommodations for crdw as private lockers for everybody, foam rubber mattresses. hot and cold water facilities. re- frigerators and I deep freeze, and everything else to cater to the crew's contort Ind convenience. It's Ill very desirable, of course; but if than

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UNITED KINGDOM OPINION

The Political Barometer

By "0nlookcr" Thomson Newspapers, London. England Burenn

in the past week it has been pos- sible to take three readings of the political barometer. For two of the readings. you could stay in Lon- don. For the third. you would need I trip across the border to Edin- burgh, ScotlInd'I capital.

The readings are supplied by the three by-elections that have just taken place. Up in Edinburgh. for instance. I local broth-of-I-bn.v called Sir William Darling. who rated among his glmmlc' his in- sistence on wearing full morning dress and shiny black top hat through the town had to resign his Parliamentary Ient through ill health. He had I comfortnble I1.- 000 majority to pus on.

But in the by-election his resigns- tion caused, the Government maj- ority wcnt down to 4600. In fact. the two Opposition candidates - one from the Labor Party. one from the Liberals - collected be- tween them 16,000 vote: against the Government, complied with the new member's 14,000.

Down in London the Government was taught another lesson - there is no sentiment in politics. In the suburban constituency of Hornsey Sir David Gammans. who had re- presented it for 16 years. died. Gal- lantly. hiI widow put herself for- ward as I candidate in the by- electlon his death cIusod- True. she got in - by I mere 3000 votes. which was less than I qusrtcr of the majority her husband got.

Barometer Reading Number I wu in the industrial section of London cIllId Eut linm. There. it was I foregone conclusion thIt the Labor candidate would get in again - Ind he did, with In In- creased mniorlty. And the vote for the Consecutive (Govern- ment) cIndldItI wII sliced in two.

From these bnrometer readings Prime Minister MIcmlllIn Ind his Iides are renllsln thnt the dlIIp- polntments the overnment hII had to hnnd out In recent months

in pariculnr the Suns fluco, the indifferent Budget. Ind tho Rent Bill which is soon to becomo law to lift rent restriction from llIOIIS8l'Idl of dwellings - has lost ground for them. But there is Im lher couple of years yet before the next election. I'm ready to pre- dict ihnt, by then, the ground will

AMMUNITION

MIcmillIn'I Idmlnlst:rItIon has. In fact. been handed some good Immunltiun when they go vote- cnlchlng again. The Immunltlon has been supplied by I Imootll-fIc- ed. smooth-tongued lnwycr cnllod

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Sir Hartley Shswcross. lic's I LI- bor Member of Parliament as well as I lawyer. And to those two jobs he hu lust. Iddcd another. He has beco I champion of free enterprise.

This deviation from the Party Line need not be serious. but in Sir HIrtleys' use it it. He was regarded somewhere in the list of I hIlf-dozen "p.obIbles" for the Prime Minister's job I decade hence if the Labor Party returned to wer.

Heod Opposition mIn It the mo- ment ls I pale-fIced, sharp-wilted intellectunl called Hugh Galtlkcll. Also in the running ll Anourln Be- Bevan. extreme-left-winger from Wales whose Celtic fire remains un- quencbed with the years.

But thorn II little doubt that if Sir Hartley could have been kept on the "short list" Ind remained I pouibls choice Is Premier the Labor Psrty could hIve caught I lot of votes In the next election-

But out goes Sir Hartley. He hIs just written his own buriIl service. He has defended the vnlue of the giant Industrial concerns like Unl- lcver Ind imperial Chemical Indus- tries - the type of organization that. some day and some how. the Labor PIrty would like to nation- Illze.

RAISE COMING?

Divided as they mIy be on most things, Brltalnis M.P.'s Ire unit- ed on one thing. They wont more money.

At the moment the rate for the job is 82700 I year. plus 85.40 I dIy when they attend PIrllIment which brings them In less than 8810. You can add to that for some I subsidy from Trade Unions. for the Imnller number director's fees. Ind for In over-lncroulng num- ber the few odd gulneII they pick up from Journsllsm. Now there Ire reports that the basic 32700 may be kept the nme, but the ex, Illownnco will go up to mas.

BREAKING EVEN

Aftor ellht years. the British tnxpaynr-is bruklng Ibout even in the film business.

Few of them realize that even Ipnrt from the slice of the box office tnktngs the Government tnkes in entertainment as they hIvI Ilsa contributed up to I21.- soo.ooo to keep their film industry out of the red. The money hu been dished out by the Nnlionnl Film Finance Corpontlon. I m- tlonIl orgInlIItlon set up with the 821,000,000 of Government - Ind thnt meInI the tIxpIyerI' -

AIexonder's Birthplace

Nnttonlocogrnltolodcty

Pelin. the blrthplnco of Alan- der the Great in Greek MIcedon- in. may be exhumed soon from

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ways leading up Ind down the hillside. Granite buildings. for Ill their plllnred portlcoes. lncked the grIcI of Greek Irchltectur-,-.

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moot imposing Itructure wu Phil .0 man” ' llippodronlc by In Icent I bquul AM 3"”. llhl TKCltIu.ICOC'”IIl0& ya '3'. d" an 4-C.-.91 IILSIWIIII LIIVI. IQQ II HIE bomb. "uh , ind M. RWIMHOIWW '1 whlchltttnlnnndthounltodltoto wIcIurronndIdbyImoIt-our "mg"... whlehthorcilnbridsesonone euuwbntevclnnfforddtonny ”f enonmncresnanyprlnoolr Ietupuncndm-IIIl&h' wbomtbcklnglnnycounnobthu Alonndn-'IIdIeItlII-lIIn cullolluvtlltbylheonslli I leInplIIfIwbIuI' gurded bridge." This fol-tron ride from the oily. beldtho Iltreuure. AIItctI-IIc.AlIxIIderIstCI Anetwzkvofrondsconvamd lsfhnt AtI.w& oIP.ellI.'I'otbIoitycIlne;orph- hlsfntbcrnsodohlynnar elonkodsmbouodorlfrom IIIII. IiI'I & IftbIDIlpIieorIclc.mIr- forcnnslpcamunlntnnolt bIrIIlrIderI.eImpld- lawn-I.IIdfIvIt,IIeka-I Ahubcrionhybwltncmnnv DIIpIII its you importance. cltbglItIIlcctbyIItan.IIwII Pellnwuncvrsccqlueity in -Itntowlthhcoumsrecnl dIuIQIIydIllIubtbuuII luwnnusduowootcm -IIt.coI1lllIwaIIIItItIIon that ninth- ollou chm." Ahdtwn DIIQQ II ...B.”'h.ID gwu III!!! 1 ,.. -no , 5, M "Kg " . '

money.

Now the Corporation, which acts I specialized bank making loans to British film-makers reports I small profit (just over 3216.000) on the year's business for 1956-57. But it warns that Ihere is a danger of salaries in the film business

limblng too high. They account for half the cost of each film-

But in addition the accountants who run the corporation are doing something which sounds cock-eyed to the film men. They are lending money. not only to the theatre film-makers but the television film- makers Is well. Says the Corpor- Ilions' managing director. David Kingsley: ”I consider it important that the British Public should have I chance of seeing something oth- er than American films on their T.V. screens." The fact that he is helping the theatre's main enemy seems to have been forgotten. INTREPID CANADIAN

I've just been out to the sleepy but Ittractive mIrket-and-cathed- nl city of Norwich, in England's mid-east. I bumped into I CInId- in Indy there who was "doing" the town. I would like to record her gnllnntry. She still came to Norwich after she had told the bell- hop at her London hotel that she was going to do so Ind be com- mented darkly: "You'll like Nor- wich. Bcnutiful city. They keep the cemetery so beautiful there."

Moscow's Demand Montreal Guettc

The Communist governments. led by Moscow, hIve been loud- ly supporting the protests of such nations as the Jnpanese Ibout the dangers of Itomlc fIll-out.

This proplgnndn would not be effective unless Moscow could pre- sent it in the guise of an innocent bystander. Moscow had consistent- ly declared that the bombs the Soviet Union was testing in Siber- is hurt nobody.

However. during the flnni period of the Russian teItI. Polplng Rad- io issued I warning to tile north- ern Chlnou provinces to take the same precautions that the Japan- eu Government ordered for the Japanese: wash Ill fruits Ind vog- etnbles cnrefully; cover all o I water sources; boll wnter that Is been expand before using It b drink. for man or bust.

F'Ill-out from the Russian bombs caused the need for these precau- tlons.

Suddenly. ind. before the Bri- tldl bomb was exploded. Petping recnlled the wnrnlng - obviously on orders from Moscow. The warn- ing. said Pei ing Rodio. wII fak- ed; it wII to work of "plrnte" radio ItItlonI working for the No- tlonnlintn.

The men who monitored thI warning in lion; Kong, however. say the warning was no fnke. They know the Iunouncer'I voice too well to be misled; tho come In- nouneor bII been roodhlg the Iowa for Pofping Radio for tho post on yen:-I.

The Incident is interesting for It least two reIIonI. Moscow's de- mand for In end to nuclear bomb tests beeouso they IroI mennco II completely. utter-

X-Ray Safe Only In Expert Hands

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...Al.LofIbIvebInllIIrlIIlI I I&g.q T&IhT: mu um exounive rndintinn 3””. cu luveseriousur

Il X- are in Cllr:y'hIIdl of IN trained Pllyllclll 9'” gm, let mun y . u-cameo: iluverfeclli W'- BPECIAL TRAINING

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mica the 126.000 vrofel-10"!

x. ppnrstul Ibiitli LTJM hIvc the comprehen- sive IPGCIII "mm d numb"

t . ugrlie educntion of the othsirs In equipment of couref varies matter what the oc- og the physlcnn or the of the X-rIy equipment be there is I10 C rule that the operator Ilwnyl (rig; to follow. "Keep the dose In low II you

n... tax-ray technicians know that it is important thIt X-rny be used in the diagnosis and treatment or many diseases but that it II .159 important that the dosage be kept to the absolute inlnulnunl to achieve the desired results.

One way to keep the diIgnoI- tic dosnlc It the lowent possible level is to make sure the cum- nation is performed correctly the first time.

A great deal of rndlologie I1- scarcl. is being conducted to de- termine just how low I dosage is possible and still give good re- sults. This research should help us a great denl in detennlng just when X-rays becomo dan- gcrous.

QUESTION AND ANSWER

S. D.: For the past few months I have had pains in my left heel It feels like I am stepping on nails What could be cIuIlng thsl?

Answer: Your difficulty could be caused by I Ipur, or extra por- tions of bone. protruding from the

X-I'D,

perlence operators

heel bone. Sometimes an InfIm- mntions of the ligaments around the heels or Irthrtil can also be at fault.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES A pint of water weighs I pound. And there's so much of It around In close to being free.

sought for Ind usunlly found.

In cloud. or lake. or underground. Or saved up in the sen.

A pint of water may be more

Than any other planet's store. May be. in fact, unique;

May wnsh Ilong no Martian dlore.

Over no cliff on Venus pour. Whlten no Jovian peak.

A pint of water. running through My lpuse. is very old. but new; Channe ed. yot unbound.

It seeks I level (that much is

true) And it will freeu It 82. And one pint weigh: I POEM-

-Belly Bridgmnn. In the Christian Science Monitor.

The Age Old Story

There is Joy II the prcsonoo If the Ingels of God our one sin- ner thIt repenteth.

OUR YESTERDAYS From the Guardian Files TWENTY-FIVE YEARS Ado (June I. 1032)

The three storey 'l'IntoI Build- ing was oolnplot ' gutted by fire In! evening when fin broke out in the third storey and volumes of smoke prevented firemen from get- ting close to the fin to Ixtlngulsh it. The estimated loss including building Ind Igul moot II placed It 81.000. The uldlng wII insur- ed for 01500.

The Summenide School loIrd met the Mnyor Ind Town Council informnliy on TbursdIy Ivoning to discuss plans for the building of I new annex to the school. After some definite Irrsnulnent has been Irrlvod It. tendon will be called for the construction of tho building.

TIN YIAI8 AGO (Juno I. llfll

Yesterday morning I Douglu D.C. Transport Ilrcmfl from the United sum: In-ivod It the local I to elonr customs before

urvloobotwoon Ind Rocky Point. Who: was in dock. the whol-

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Doctors It the University of Win- eonsln IIy they have found that the Iddltlon of oat hulls to the diet of InlmIlI reduces the Incidence of their d.,-ntIl cnries by 60 per cent. Then let's cut out this fluor- dntion row. and Ill tnke to munch- lgg oIt.I like I hone!-0ttIwI Cit- en I

A bu-glnr in Edmonton left I note on Sundsy for the housewife -complimentin her Is I good housekeeper, but asking where she kept her money. Perhaps the in- truder doesn't know the when many wives get through their weekend shopping. there just isn't any money left.-Fort William Times

In 1055 the number of deaths I- mong Newfoundland children un- der one year of age was 614 or I rate of 42.3 per 1.000 live births. This figure does not include 242 stillbirth: which occurred in the same year. These figures may be I very urea! lmvrovement over the ll-Iglc records of the recent past but they In still far too high. They In by far tho high": of .3 Canadian province. -st. John'I News

II any If on great tradition In fadlu. Just the other dly we hard of I city man with 3500 worth of equipment who cnughl more fish than I bafefoot boy with I bun pin and I on of worms.-oruu. Pncknt Ind Times

ALLISON

UNIVERSITY

Jilly 2 - August 10

The B.A.. B.Ed., M.A., and M.Ed. degrees Ire available through summer work. Course; offered are recognized by Depart. menu of Education as satisfying requirements for higher teaching licenses Ind diplomas.

New courses will be given this year in English. French. History, Sociology. History Ind Apprecia. tion of Music. Ind ClIIIlcsl Lil. orntul-I in Translation.