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PAGE 4 sariinpifimaugtffl What Might Have Been

It is not unusual for Canadian politicians to talk big on the hust- ings, to flex their muscles and vaunt their scorn of opponents in bellicose terms. But for heap big talk Pre- mier Castro can outroar them all in this country. From his Cuban citadel he thumbs his nose and shakes his fist daily at the President of the United States; and now he’s taken on another heavyweight champion, or at least indicated that he was prepared to do so if the champion .had showed up in Havanna during

. the Cuban crisis last fall. He was

all set to get into the ring with him at that time.

Who was the big bloke that he was going to take on? Soviet Pre- mier Khrushchev, no less! In an in- terview with a reporter for a Paris newspaper, Castro is quoted as say- ing that he was mad at the Russians for agreeing to withdraw their roc- kets from Cuba without consulting his government. that he told Soviet First Deputy Premier Mikoyan as much, and that if Khrushchev had come himself he would have “punch- ed him."

Mr. Milroyan, from his pictures, already appears to have a flattened nose, which is probably why Premier Castro, out of sportsmanship, didn’t punch him. But Khrushchev would have gotten it, no mistake! He might think, because he could wave a shoe at opponents in the United Nations Assembly and get away with it, that everybody was scared of him. But Castro wasn’t falling for that grand- stand stuff. He’d have given him “what for” if he‘d showed up in Cuba looking for trouble. He’d have knocked the smile off his ugly mug. And, oh boys, wouldn't that have Men a scrap!

Of all the punches that never came off, surely this one is the most provocative of speculation as to its consequences. It would have made headlines everywhere, added to the gaiety of nations over a large part of the world—including Communist China—and perhaps changed the course of history.

Minority Governments

If there is one thing sure in this federal campaign it is that the ma- jority of electors do not want a re- turn to the kind of minority govern- ment rule they experienced since the last election. Both the major parties are appealing for a vote that will give them a clear majority over the combined opposition. There should, however, be a recognition on both sides of the likelihood that neither of

' am will achieve this ambition. glitch spokesmen should be prepar- to say how they propose to safe-

rd the country’s interests in the out of another indecisive result. ‘3 Writing in the Ottawa Journal,

. Eugene Forsey, visiting profes- od political science at Queen’s triversity, research director of the ' Labor Congress and one ’s most authoritative in- n ' . . of our parliamentary

has mething of interest to

: fa that if the electors persist ' ‘ntumlng Parliaments with no " majority for any party, the onus is on the government to make . fie most of it. Dr. Forsey recalls that Britain, Lumen 1831 and 1931, had no less ' 1 minority govcrmnema. ‘ s " , they held office for r “ out of the hundred. Nor minority governments of v ' Disraeli, Salisbury.

Gladstone and Asquith week, broom. petent or indecisive by any ordinary test. Australia and New Zealand also survived long periods of minor- ity government, and cameout: re- markably well. Canada itself has had minority governments from 1921 to 1926, as well as in 1957-58 and 1962-63.

British governments in the nine- teenth century, and Sir John A. Mac- donald’s in the early years of Con- federation, did not regard defeats in the Commons as decisive. The main reason for this, of course, was that parties were then less well or- ganized, and party lines accordineg much less strictly drawn. The House (British or Canadian) con- tained at considerable number of more or less independent members: what Sir John called “loose fish." We seldom have any individual loose fish nowadays. But we have loose shoals of fish—parties which shift from sideto side on particular votes.

In the days of loose fish. govern- ments in the case of an adverse vote often took the course of neither resigning office nor calling an elec- tion. They just let the House have its say, unless the defeat was on a question they considered vital, or unless the cabinet was on the verge of collapse from internal dissen- sions. Now, in the days of loose shoals of fish, our governments may have to make up their minds to adopting the same commonsense procedure. Otherwise they may have the electors spending most of their time trailing through the poll- ing booths.

Easter Seal Campaign

The Rotary Easter Seal Campaign is on—it runs from March 14 to April 14—and Guardian readers do not need to be reminded that the money raised by this means goes to the aid of crippled children. It provides the care, the treatment, the hospitalization, the vocational training and the education that makes life for crippled children hap- pier and more independent.

There are thousands of these children across Canada. We've all seen them, and we have admired their courage and spunk. But pity isn’t what they want. They want a chance to catch up and make their own way, as useful citizens. Our generous donations are needed if the work of mending tired and crip- pled bodies is to continue.

A child grows faster and learns more rapidly at the nursery school age than at any other time of life. That is why it is so important to reach crippled children in the for- mative years. The special help they need can be provided through Eas- ter Seal contributions—the volun- tary way, the best way, the truly Christian way of meeting charitable appeals. It enables us not only to help a crippled child, but to show thanks for our own good health. And at the approach of Easter—the season of hope and happiness— could the occasion be more timely for sharing hope and happiness in this manner?

EDITORIAL NOTES

A significant fact, notes an ex- change, is that when road and weather conditions are at their worst the traffic accident rate is lowest. This seeming paradox is explained on the ground that drivers—and pedestrians—tend to be more alert, cautious and careful under such cir- cumstances than when conditions are good.

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Anti-Semitism in the Soviet Un- ion is dead, Premier Khrushchev in- sists. Nevertheless, reports of new attacks on Jewish culture and re- ligious Observances continue to seep out. A noted Russian authority, Ed- ward Crankshew, writes in the Lon- don Observer that synagogues in at least 10 important centres of Jew- ish population have been closed in recent months. This makes a total of at least 60 closed since 1959.

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Now they claim to have Invented s saucer-sized engine in Europe that goes under the seat of a car. which has only 10 major parts in its rotary engine and can be mounted under the back seat. This leaves bot-h back and front of the car empty for lug- gage. The engine, which is top sec- retinaGermanfacwry,wilooet only half as much, take up only a fifth of the specs. and weigh less than a quarter of the orthodox mob

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Need Stressed For Standard Sized Packages

The Canadian housewife is! utterly confused in the groceter- a. l

I know she must be. because ‘ after two visits to the groceter- j ia myself. and half an hour‘s: flgu r i n g. I came down with l a bad case of “housewife's hy- per-tension" through trying to decide w h e t h er the “Giant” size or the "King" size is the best buy.

Yes, I had to make two visits to the groceteria, because the first time I did not think to t slide-rule and pencil and paper to do the calculations.

‘ I was driven to make my own Investigation by the way 500 women consumers took the of- fence against the representa- tives of 100 Canadian manufac— turers at the Nationa‘ Consum- er-Producer Conference. Sena- tor W ally McCutcheon. Can- ada’s “Minister Trade” who has become Minister of trade, kicked off the talk at this con' fercnce arranged by his Depart- . ment. He heard many sugges-

tions, but perhap s most in-

teresting were three com-

plaints, all from the girls with j the shopping baskets: "confus-y inc" packaging. advertisements

whish deviate from biblical

honesty, and “concealing pac-’

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gmg- l MANY SIZES. MANY PRICE85

That one about “confusing I packaging and the consequent: bewildering pricing ‘ me

intrigues , There are many lines on the groceteria shelves where the l comesiibie is offered in packag- ‘. es of different sizes. Tomato 1 juice. for example. commonly . comes In cans containing 20 i ounces. 48 ounces or 105 ounces. , Naturally. the per-ounce cost is . slightly reduced for each larger 1 container. l

Then there are the bewilder ing varieties of popped. puffed. ‘ flaked and crisped cereals urg- . ed for dawn nourishment. These ; come in regula r. large and giant sizes, of perhaps 8. 12 and . 16 ounces. Again. the larger the ‘ package. the cheaper the per—? ounce price. The Saskatchewan 1 fa r m e 1- receives less than 3 ‘. cents per pound for his top qual- ity wheat. I noticed that trans- '. porting, husking. puffing. pack- 5 aging and merchandising it 1 adds 1.200 per cent to the price. * but this provides jobs for many Canadians.

It Is in the field of laundering powders th at the poor house- wife really gets put through the marketing wrimzer. She might see on the groceteria shelves a profusion of similar-coloured cartons containing a detergent named. say, “Super Soapy Sud- sy". These cartons are of three different sizes. which you and I might call “shelf size". "stor- age-room size" and "pardon my suitcase". They of course contain progressively greater amounts of this washing pow-

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dcr. but in bewilderineg off- beat weights. he smallest, callcd “Regular size". contains 15 ounces; now that is neither one pound nor any convenient fraction thereof. Then there is the “Texas size". containing 1 lb 13% ounces. Biggest of all. the “Monarch size" contains 3 lbs 2“: ounces. Which is the best buy’.‘ See why I needed that slide rule? SOP IN THE SOAP

To confuse the value-seeking housewife further. one package also contains an unordered and perhaps unwanted “decorative glass fruit juice tumbler”. An- other contains a- discount cou' pen for 15 cents and plastic beaker. The third contains one

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dishcloth. of undisclosed colour and pattern which may not match the decor of Jane Can- uck’s k itc hen. yet she must take it. sight unseen, and bear its cost in the price of the deter-

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Even with a mathematics professor and a domestic econ- omist at her side, the Canadian housewife could not possibly de- kide how best to lay out her husband's hard-earned dollars in this marketing maze. The "frustrated five hundred" who blew off in front of Senator Mc-

Cutcheon may well have start-E ed a d r l v e for standard siza ' packages and simple shopping. . It couldn't come too soon.

Hdrd Problem For Herter

By Harold Morrison Canadian Press Staff Writer

President de Gaulle is re-

ported to have cast a pail of

glam over President Kennedy's hopes for a vast transatlantic trade expansion move through proposed massive tariff reduc- lions.

High Washington authorities who have been scouting Brus- sels and other European trade points report back suspicion de Gaulle will footdrag or block

effective tariff negotiations un- ‘ ' jconcessions granted Britain or‘ jCanada also could benefit the: 1Common Market without the

der Kennedy's Trade Expansxon Act.

Since de Gaulle has a veto over European Common Mar- ket action. Common Market ne- gotiators may bargain in good faith at the 1964 world tariff negotiations only to find the agreements reached are un- acceptable to France and there- fore inoperative.

Christian Herier. Kennedy's tariff negotiator, is reported to feel he faces a dark road ahead with the possibility that all of Kennedy's intentions to reduce United States tariffs by up to 50 per cent during the next five years ma ' ecause French reluctance to yield tariff protection on Frenc agricul- tural production.

rter made a rope earlier this year to feel out Brussels and Paris on tariff- rcduction prospects. He is re ported to have found the French almost completely disinterested.

The US. made clear there will be no US. concessions on industrial goods If France and other. Common Market countries do not also agree to exchange tariff reductions on agricultural goods. ‘

l I that ' l push ahead with plans for large- 3 lscale negotiations, to be. ‘ pared by a

of ‘ l that l gaining begins in 1964, the pro- 1 cess of bargaining will be long ‘ h tour of Eu- ‘and

6 Market . to clear up their differences. the 4 US. also may decline to enter , ’into any major tariff bargain- i

1 two countries automatically ap- , ‘ ply to other GATT members.

'the French position he doesn't

If the U.S. and the Common cannot make headway

in: with Britain. Canada and}

‘other countries. The reason is l jthat under the General Agree- 1

ment on Tariffs and Trade any ; concessions exchanged between i

This could mean any US;

Common Market yielding any ‘ agricultural concessions. ‘

HERTER CONCERNED . Herter is reported ready toj

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pre- ‘ GATT ministerial . conference to be held at Geneva in May. But informants say Herter is so concerned about

expect too much clarification

Geneva ministerial talks. I He Is reported to anticipate 1 when the actual tariff bar- =

tedious with virtually no hope of bringing the reductions into operation by 1965.

966 the Common Market veto held by each member coun-

making on the basis of a weighted two-thirds majority vote. is m a y reduce de

Gaulle's power to kill any tariff reductions but Herter’s group sees no easy road ahead—even in 1966.

Flowers On Caesar’s Statue

Montreal Gaulle

Rotne ls curious over the fact that somebody, for years. has been placing a bouquet of pink carnations and red tulips at the foot of the statue of Julius Cae- sar. just outside the ancient rum. This act of re em- brance takes place every year at the Idea of March, the time when Caesar in death by as- sassination. .

Who, after all these centuries, thinks enough of Julius Caesar to pay this personal tribute of remembrance? And yet such acts are by no means unique. 0:: the grave of Glasses Dickens In the floor of Westminster Ab- bey litttle bouquets of fewer: are not Infrequenlly found. They have not been officially placed

ere by any society, but by persons who simply wish to pay their own respect to the honor- ed dead.

A remarkable example of how a great man may evoke this personal tribute, long years after death. occurred in New York In 1946. An olderly man. b u n died against the chill wind; was found lingering at the gate of Belle- vue Hospital. A guard asked hlmifhellad come to pay a visit to a patient.

"No." said the man. "I came to pay my respects to the late

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Stephen Foster. who died exact- ly a: years ago today in the charity ward here at Bellevue."

The visitor said that he had made the pilgrlmage to the hos- pital gate for the last 20 years. "I'm an old banjo player my- self." he explained. "and my favorite songs are Stephen Fos- ul. 0'

Perhaps Julius Caesar, Char- les Dickens and Stephen Foster may seem an oddly assorted company. But they have all had In common the power to make

these strangers had been friends in life. It Is, surely, not the 'east of their great achievements. nor the least of the tributes they could receive.

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Vascular Ills Are Many, Varied

y Dr. Theodore R. Van Dells!

VASCULAR disorders come in a variety of forms.

When the blood vessels of the skin are in volved, the capil- Iiaries. arteries. or veins may be affected. For example. a widen- ing or prominence of the tiny blood vessels of the skin bothers some individuals, especially when these lesions appear on the face. neck. or extremities. le-, ferent patterns are noted.

Red streaks on the no cheeks represent another form. The color is due to blood within the samll dilated vessels. These visible vessels may crop out after long time exposure of the skin of the face to wind or sun. The same applies to any part of the body subjected to ex- cessive exposure to heat or X- rays. The lesion are more com- mon among those with thin, inelastic skin. and in victims of certain dermatologic conditions, including acne rosacea.

Older persons also develop bright red or purplish. slightly elevated spots varying from pin- head to pea size. The tiny mass consists of many tufts or loops of dilated capillaries. T h e s e spots are meaningless and re- quire no treatment except for cosmetic purposes. They can be disguised with powder or remov- ed by an electric needle.

The arterial spider is well named. It consists of a central enlargement with finger- like processes branching out like the legs of a spider or spokes of a wheel. The spider Is bright red in color. pulsates. and is lo- cated usually on the face, neck, or upper chest. Some of the s e lesions appear suddenly and fade quickly: others remain.

A somewhat similar defect is noted occasionally over the liver area as a forerunner of cirrhos-

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Venous stars are the counter- part of the arterial spider. These dilated small veins are in color because venous blood flows through them. They are found anywhere on the body but prefer the lower extremi- ties. Venous stars pop out in areas where the pressure with- in the venous system is increas-

ed.

These blood vessels can be destroyed by electrodesiccatlon but this seldom ls necessary.

There are other vascular les- ions of a more serious nature. varying from congenital hemor- hagic ielanglectasla to highly malignant tumors.

STETHOSCOPTING THE ABDOMEN

S. M. writes: Can a doctor de- icct p3‘n in the abdomen with a stethoscope?

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No. because the stomach and intestines don‘t. sob or make sounds the physician could in- terpret as meaning “it hurts." On the other hand. if he presses too hard over a tender spot with the stethoscope, the individual is likely to squirm or yell loud enough to make it obvious he is in pain. Furthermore. in a pain-

, ful condition such as bowel ob-

struction. the use of a stetho- scope provides useful informa- tion. MINERALS IN FOOD

H. L. writes: How can I be sure I'm getting enough miner- als in my mcv‘s?

REPLY

The best way is to eat a nor- mal. balanced diet. Send a stamped. self-addressed enve- lope for leaflet listing the differ- ' various foods. VITAMINS AND PRESSURE