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PAGE 4 SATURDAY, DEC. 12, 1959. No Time For Politics

We republish today from the Halifax Chronicle-Herald the: react- jon ‘of that newspaper to the re- solution passed by the National Liberal Advisory Council, “whole- heartedly” pledging the party to “work militantly” for early con- struction of the Chignecto Canal. These quotes from the resolution, were not in the Canadian Press sum- mary we had seen, and confirm our worst fears that the Liberals have ewallowed the canal bait, hook, line and sinker. And this, as the Chron- icle-Herald says, despite the warning of their former Minister of Transport, Mr. Marler, against committing the party to giving this scheme prece-

* dence over other projects.

That; precisely, is the objection that we have taken,«t a time when the final survey report on our cause-

~way project is being awaited. Ac- cording to our Halifax contemporary,

~ the-Jatest Ottawa guess of the canal costs would be $140,000,000 or more, “and the danger isnot only that money will be wasted, but that other developments which will return more to the economy of this area will be further delayed or rejected com- pletely.”

Knowing the attitude of our pro- vincial Liberal leader, Mr. Matheson,

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te the conclusion that he could not possibly have been aware of what was going on at the Liberal meet- ing when this torpedo was fired. Unfortunately, however, he should have known, for he was there for fhat purpose. He has been trying to excuse it as best he can, and this is only eompounding the blunder. We suggest that he forget party loyalties and purge himself of all responsibility for this wretched resolution. We need his voice in condemning it. It was a sneak attack that caught our Island Liberal lookouts asleep at their posts; let it go at that.

Now that we've been hit amid- ships by this canal projectile, it’s a case of all hands on deck. Our for- mer Liberal skipper and his mates ‘© <an do more by manning the pumps than by poohooing the danger, for _we are still far from port and the water is seeping in. It’s a grand ship if we can save it, and we are all in it together. So, if there is a chew of tobacco among the crew (as R.L. Stevenson used to say) for goodness’ Sake pass it round and let us get‘to work!

Seeks Welfare Inquiry

Social welfare has now become a major concern of government, and :t may well be that a royal commission inquirty would be of value in getting the whole picture: into perspective.e This hasbeen suggested in a-brief presented this week to-the federal eabinet by thé Canadian Welfare Council.

Like those of most western nat-

ions, says the brief, Canada’s social security programs have so far “de- veloped on a piecemeal baiss as particular needs have gained urgency or recognition at different times.” As a result, “certain elements which should have a place in a comprehen- _ Sive social security system have received insufficient recognition or have been ignored entirely.” The Council cites three examples: a cash sickness’ benefit program that would provide some income when people are off the payroll be- cause of illness; a contributory or flat rate benefit program for depend- ent survivors (now only partially covered by the provincial mothers’ allowances programs on a means test besis); and “universally available financial assistance to all persons 65 or over who need supplementation of their present old age assistance or pension benefits.” Another, result of *the piecemeal program is that some individuals or _ _ groups may receive higher benefits +. of k & ‘

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or services than others be- cause they qualify under different” programs or live in different localit- ies rather than because of significant differences in their economic or social needs. “

The brief points out that total Canadian public welfare expenditures in 1958-59 are estimated at 2.2 billion dollars of which 92 per cent of 2.04 billion dollars went into income main- tenance programs. Indeed, roughly three dollars out of every four went for the three federal programs of old age security, family allowances and unemployment insurance.

The size of the total welfare ex- penditure certainly underlines the need for an assessment in establish- ing priorities for further additions _ to the program. A commission in- quiry might, too, be of benefit in removing the issue from the fied of partisan politics, and placing it on a less controversial level.

Right, Or Wrong?

~» According to a McGill University physiology professor, cheating on. day-to-day assignments is well or- ganized by -student. fraternities and exists in every Canadian university. The subject came‘up on a television program, and the professor said he agreed with a quotation that or- ganized cheating is part of student culture. “It doesn’t,” he added, “af- fect examinations.” Faculty members didn’t worry because it was part of the game for students to see how much they can get away with; hut it could be the student’s own mis- fortune if he cheated-a great deal. —

We suppose this kind of talk is to be expected after the TV quiz show revelations, but frankly we ; think it a slur On the Canadian . student body generally. If not, then it is time that faculty members did do a little worrying about it. It is their business to teach students that it is not “part of the game to see how much they can get away with.” If- education doesn't disabuse a student’s mind of that fallacy, it hasn’t done much to make him a use- ful citizen) let along an educated one.

We do not think, either, that this c- professor reflects tne attitude |

of the teaching profession. We should like to hear more on the subject from experienced educationists.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Europe’s worst storm in 23 years has caused great havoc at’ sea. It’s fury abated on Thursday night after claiming at least 109 lives and send- ing at least seven ships to the bottom. Several other ships are reported missing.

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As a precedent for crushing the Hungarian revolt by Soyiet armed might, Premier Khrushchev has gone back to Czar Nicholas 1, whose in- tervention wiped out the freedom won from Austria by Hungary in 1848. Since the Communists came to power by wiping out the Czars, we don’t see much point in this ex. ample.

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“Pat”, Edinburgh University’s artificial talker, can now speak Swe- dish, Polish, Spanish, and a Burmese dialect, Kareeni, as well as many other languages. This amazing machine creates synthetic speech by generating pulses, corresponding to the sound made by the vocal chords —the pulses being modified by electrical circuits to simulate the act-

_ lon of the human vocal apparatus.

We notice they don’t mention Gaelic among Pat’s accomplishments. : ok es

The management of the Royal

Bank of Canada is to be congratulated

upon the fine new premises it has erected on its old site in Charlotte- town. The space problem has been met by an_ ingenious three-in-one floor plan which provides the most modern accommodation for clients, while the exterior has been improved tremendously. Visitors yesterday were both pleased and impressed, and there is fo question that the new building will be a great asset to the business community.

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The importance to Canada of Britain’s food market is accentuated by the continiing decrease in farm land there. According to a recent. government statement, Britain has lost 1,500,000 acres of farm land to other uses in the past 20 years and expects to lose a further 1,000,000 acres in the next decade. About one- third of the lost land has been used for defense purposes, mainly air- fields ; another third has been gobbled up by new buildings and roads; ‘and most of the remaining third has been given over to forestry.

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“HALIFAX REACTION Reckless Politicking

Halifax Chronicle-Herald

One of the. principal plagues | of politics is the practice, in |

possibility. But nobody has been ahle to show that it is economi-

money will be wasted — and at a time when everyone is calling on the government to eliminate such waste — but that other dev- elcpments which will return more to the economy of this area will be further delayed or rejected | completely.

The Department

of Pub-

which both leaders and rank-and- caly feasible, the only basis on | lic Works is engaged in a detail- file followers indulge with gréat | which such undertakings that are ,¢@ investigation of the Chignecto

no more basis than the mere| hope of gaining a few extra wat | es. |

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the National Liberal Advisory Council meeting in Ottawa this week seemed to be once more) engaging

“wholeheartedly” pledging the, party to the long - considered | Chignecto Canal and stating that it would “‘work militantly’’ for its | early construction. There were no ‘Ifs’ of “buts” about it this time. . i

This despite the appeals by one |

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approved. é The case for it always has been put forwa

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ing generalities and with a hark- ing back to statements made by

in. such recklessness | political leaders and others over | when they adopted a resolution | the last two hundred years or |

more.

That is not good enough. It would be nice to have the Chig- necto Canal but, when it is go- ing to cost $140,000.000 — which is the latest guess of Ottawa — or more, the Canadian public--natur-

ing again this week, with sweep- |

it is needed as a route to the St. | Lawrence by— New Brunswick | which already has three - fifth

Coastline - on 2 Gulf and it would affect other parts of the Atlantic - provinces. Would it not be better for everyone fo wait for its report before taking any further action?

| We are all for political brass

| keeping an ear bent to the grass |

| roots but there are times when jthe reverse should be the case. | This was one such occasion.

The Liberal Advisory Council would have been wiser to have

of the Liberal hierarchy and for-| lly wants to be sure the expen-|jistened to Mr. Marler, whose

mer Minister of Transport, Hon. | diture is going\to produce ade- | former

George Marler, that they- consid- | er the proposal with caution be-

quate returns.

Transport Minister Hees ap-

position. as Transport Minister would make his advice | something that should be heeded,

cause of the estimated cost that Proached this matter in the right | then to have plunged into com- would be involved and the danger | ™anner in Saint John a@ couple | mitting the Opposition to a pro- of committing the Liberals to giv- | &f weeks ago when he told a dele- | ject whose worth is still in doubt.

ing it precedence over other pro- jects.

SINCE EARLY DAYS

| gation of business men pressing! Or to on

for the canal that he could not lend his support until there was sufficient evidence te prove to

e even higher, Mr. | Pearson, who, when pressed for a statementeat the Young Liberal

There has been talk about cut-| him that it was econcmically Federation national convention in

ting a canal across the Isthmus of Chignecto ever since the.days | of New France. It has been long | agreed by the experts that such | a waterway is an engineering

U.S. Aid

worthwhile. This is the same rea- listic thinking that the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council has shown concerning it.

The danger ‘is : not only that

To India

| Ottawa three months ago, said jconstruction should proceed “if

the engineering costs cguld be | found economic.”

OUR YESTERDAYS

(From the Guardian Files)

By-Ken Smith a Ts . TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Canadian Pfess Staff Writer (Dec. 12. 1934 President Eisenhower has made! one five-year development plan.| The Summerside firemen were

it amply. clear that the United States is .ready to give mititary aid to India should that country need any in its border dispute with Communist China.

Although . official confirmation | of that point was hardly needed, |

Eisenhower left no doubts. about | aid of one type or another.. With | the call to the fire department, |

is nearly through a second and has planned a third.

INCREASE AID

To help India’s ambitious pro- gram, the U.S. has committed nearly $2,000,000,000 in economic

called out Teusday night for what might have developed into a ser- igus fire at the Olympia, but for the prompt action of the propriet- or, Mr. George Bishop. He discov- ered, the fire on the third floor when he arrived home and placed

the U.S. stand when he told the| the third five-year plan to start! who were able ta extinguish the Indian Parliament that the “great | in 1961—at an expected cost of fire without great damage to the

military might’ of the U.S.

is $22,000,000,000—U.S. aid will have | building.

ready to help “our friends and/|to be stepped up, as will other |

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allies . . . for defensive purposes | only.”’ /

Since he started his’ 11-country | tour in _ Italy,

that jnternational-disputes should settled around conference tables — the same thing Prime Minister Nehru has been saying

‘ since the Chinese border crisis |

erupted.

BACKS BOTH SIDES

Thus, in one neat diplema- | tice package, Eisenhower has | wrapped up Ymoral: support for Nehru’s persistent Pacific policies and promise of more practical support—should it be needed—to Nehru and those Indians who are calling for a tougher approach to | Red China. }

But having accomplished that, there appears to be little else Eisenhower can do in the dispute as long as the status quo is main- | tained.

And second-most {mportant or | not, it is in this sphere that Fis- | enhower has his best chance to} _ win India’s friendship on a long- | term basis.

Since gaining its tndependence in 1947, India has undertaken one of the, most’ remarkable economic struggles of modern times, that of raising the standard of living of 400,000,000. pegple from near- starvation wretchedness to that

‘struggling country—can

aid under the Colombo Plan and | | from Europe.

Eisenhower has | India would plunge back into the! said repeatedly and emphatically | deepest economic and social de- erhee

pression.

While Nehru’s program#is giv- ing India its first modernized in- dustry and is slowly improving farming methods, it has brought with it the usual woes that come with a suddenly expanding eco-

nomy—inflation and lagging serv- |

ices. _

Although production has climbed steadily, so have costs. And if the standard of living is te make any real improvement,

India needs schools, hospitals and |

indeed whole towns to keep pace

with new production techniques, | Eisenhower, by assuring Nehru |

of continued U.S. support—with- out attaching any conditions to it other than wanting to help out a

big step toward winning lasting gratitude from ‘all Indiaris.

The Age Old Story

If a rich man Is proud of his | wealth, he should not be praised |

until it is know how he employs it.

SUGGESTION REJECTED

LONDON (Reuters)—The ‘Brit- ish government Thursday _ re- jected a suggestion of price con- trols for newsprint. A Labor member, Marcus Lipton, \urging

the controls in the House of Com- |

mons, said newsprint which cost £10 before the war now cost 753

10s. The increased cost wes. “‘ar- |

associated with any modern West- | tificially maintained by price con-

ern civilization.

To do this, india has finished | ducers,” he

take a)

Fred J. Lockerbee of Hamilton

‘nesday morning-and notffied the

Northumberland Strait. and how

From the very first, fraternal

HOW TWINS DEVELOP We believe that twins develop

happens to release two female cells at onee or because both ovaries release one cell at .the Same time. i

_Each fraternal type twin has its own bag of waters and pla- centa.

These twins probably will be no more alike than any other brothers and sisters. They prob- ably will not look alike nor will their disposititns necessarily be the same. Twins of different sex are always fraternal twins.

IDENTICAL TWINS —

Identical twins, on the other hand, are always of the same sex and look so much alike that it is difficult-to tell them apart.

These twins come from the un- fon of one male cell and one fe- male cell. For some reason—we don’t know exactly why — this new life-separates into two parts which begin to grow independent- ly. '

SAME PLACENTA

Although these babies are at- tached to the same placenta, they usually have separate bags of waters and separate umbili- cal~cords.

As for triplets and quadruplets, they can be of either type, fra- | ternal or identical. L

QUESTION AND ANSWER Mrs. E. B. H.: I am 52 years

pregnant?

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Answer: As long as you con- tinue to menstruate, there is a definite possibility of your be- coming pregnant, regardless of your age.

RCMP. Sleigh tracks were not- iced leading: to the shed and there was evidence that the pups

| had been killed before they were |

removed from the premises.

TEN YEARS AGO (Dec. 12, 1949)

Major J.T. Davies was elected |

president of the Garrison Offi- cers Mess at the annual meet- ing held in the mess last eve- ning. Other officers include vice- president, Major E.K. Kennedy; secretary, Lieut M.E. Campbell; | treasurer, Capt. R.G. Dumont. ; Committee members are Capt. O. | R. Simons and Lieuts. L.W. Ford, E.L. Hume, R.H. Jewell and J. F. McCarville.

The Summerside Town Council passed the matter of the proposed new artificial ice rink and com- munity centre to the Citizens’ Ways and Means Committee at the regular meeting of the Town Council last night. The commit- tee was requested to supply data

sign of such a rink and com- munity centre.

PRESENT PETITION

TORONTO (CP) — Six mem- bers of the University of Toronto

| committee for nuclear disarma- |

ment will meet Prime Minister Diefenbaker in Ottawa Monday. The group, led by Prof. David Gauthier, will present a petition

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ilica, which will take more than two years to build, will be one of the highest in the Middle East. The new church will be the fourth

‘| on this site which contains the

pillar where, according to tradi- tion, the Archangel Gabriel an- nounced to the Virgin Mary that she would conceive.—Israel Di- gest

MAXIMS

The finest kind of courage is that of being happy.

Senator Hubert H. Humphrey is clearly correct when he says that China must be included in any major disarmament pact. As he explained in a-speech at New Haven on Sunday: “‘Without China in an arms control agree- ment affecting Asia, the entire power balance of the world could be dangerously upset.”’

The United States. and its al- lies may be able to reach limit- ed agreements with Russia on armaments in Europe at the forthcoming Summit Confer- ence. They cannot, however, con- sider any schen.e for general dis- armament while an expansionist China remains free to build mili- tary strength.

Senator Humphrey suggests that it will take the ‘‘combined persuasiveness” of the U.S. and Russia to “impress on China the need to forego plans of ag- gression and defiance of ‘the in- ternational community” — in oth- er words, to agree to disarm. Na

i ifficult -te—see—how-the-U-S—can—be per- | suasive while she refuses to have any contact at all = her mighty neighbor across the Pacific.

FORMIDABLE REALITY Ontario Hydro Chairman Jam- es S. Duncan dealt with this problem of contacts between the U.S. and China when he address-

WAITING FOR WINTER . My heart, like the wisp of silver smoke

Caught in the branches of the oak ;

Hangs in its cage arrested, dumb, — As summers go and winters come. -

Another year ‘each year I think)

I will be southward. for I shrink

From cold. Yet with each chill returning

I bring in wood for the winter's burning. :

IT know that if I-took me south

Warm winds would waft about my mouth,

But the place I live, inthe heart's deep core,

Would still hear storms outside the door.

—Edsel Ford, in the New York Herald Tribune

China And Disarmament— 1

Glebe and Mail, Toronte

| Chinese newspapermen should be | invited to travel widely in the ' U.S. on a reciprocal basis.

CULTURAL EXCHANGES

All forms of cultural exchang- es should be promoted, includ- ing especially an exchange of students. The U.S. embargo on exports to China, which serves no useful purpose, should’ be rey duced to a minimum and there should be exchanges of trade delegations,gwith mutual displays of goods at trade fairs and ex- hibitions.

An approach by the U.S. te China on these lines would not imply approval of the Com- munist regime or require imme- 'diate diplomatie recognition of {the Government, but it would | prepare the way for the recogni- tion which is inevitable in the long term. It would also be the first step toward the sort of re lationship which the U.S. must: have with China before there can be a world-wide disarmament agreement. ——————

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ity of Red China cannot be inde- | finitely ignored,”” he said. “‘Oper- | ating, therefore, from her posi- tion of strength (and her strength in the Pacific is still unquestion- ed), the United States should embark in all sincerity upon a

China, carrying with it’ no im- mediate recognition but acknow- ledgment and respect for China's position as a great world power.”

Mr. Duncan set out some prac- tical steps which the U.S. can take to establish a new relation- ship with China. There should be 'the fullest exchange of visitors between the two countries, and

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