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Gathering Momentum

In discussing plans for rural re- habilitation under the new ARDA agreements. Forestry Minister Sauve | estimated that some 46 per cent of Canadian farm families, or 300,000, have incomes of less than $3,000 a year, and 32 per cent of rural non- farm wage earners, or 200.000 rural men, have incomes of less than $2,000. These, he emphasized, are - statistical classifications and income , figures are only a very small part of | the story. Even where a minimum in- come is available it does not auto- matically bring to those in the coun- || try who have it “the minimum ad-

tation,”

In the first place, as Mr. Sauve pointed out, these may simply not be available. There just may not be schools, teachers, doctors, hospitals, cheap transportation, electricity. run- | ning water and so on. We do not know enough yet about the problem, he said; but we are beginning to find dut, and when we know we must act upon the knowledge. Those who Wish to live in a civilized community, | he emphasized, must accept respon- sibility for more than just them- sélves.

It is encouraging to note the wide publicity that has been given these statements, and the new ARDA ob- jectives generally. Metropolitan news- papers are taking up the theme and | appealing for the widest measure of public support. Here, for example, is how the Montreal Star deals with it in @ recent issue:

“It is easier, though not easy, as we are learning in Montreal, to drum up support to fight poverty in the city. It is easier because it impinges diréctly upon our eyes, on our ears, and sometimes on our noses. But country poverty is something differ- ent. ‘It is not to be found around flourishing lake resorts, or in the full

of the autoroute. It hides behind tle-bushes off back lanes, and after all what the eye doesn’t see the heart dgesn’t always grieve for.”

‘Mr. Sauve, the Montreal paper predicts, “has a monumental job ahead of him. He will have to battle ertia and the urban mentality of | of his. colleagues, but given a bly free hand there is every that he will achieve at least of ARDA’s goals. He has the ity for the job and, what is more t, an understanding of what ‘Is like to be poor and the price Ofie-must pay for it.”

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We are looking forward to an in- | fermative discussion in the Legis- lature; on :this phase of the new ARDA agreements, upon which so Many hopes are being founded.

Year After Year

The report of the Auditor Gen- eral, ‘submitted to Parliament last weeék,once. again calls attehtion to a number of abuses that turn up, year fer year, without eliciting very eh. public reaction. They do not with huge sums, but they con- fe habitual offenses against good ating and common sense. The Gazette devotes a leading al. to the subject, asking, ie Auditor General should have int them out at every session. they are not slips and oversights, ome out of attitudes and ways of things that could be changed,

Service broadcast had this curious bit

ment of Public Works to prepare plans and specifications for a head- quarters building for'the Department of Agriculture. If the architect had done his work as he was originally asked to do, he woild have been paid $278,000. But the department chang- ed its ideas so frequently along the | way that in the end the architect was paid more than twice as much— | $618,513.

Last session, the Auditor Gen- eral cited the case of acontract awarded by the Department of Pub- lic Works for.an RCMP building in Markham, Ontario. But it was later | decided that the site was too far from | downtown Toronto. The project was | abandoned but the work already done had to be paid for. The Gazette gives | other examples from previous reports.

Again, at a time when so many worthy veterans are in great need of fairer treatment, it is painful to read of defense personnel who are being released, year by year: at compara- tively early ages, with pensions for life. Though these pensions are grant- ed for medical reasons, the Auditor General repeatedly charges that the unsuitability of the personnel is the | primary cause. The medical reasons are only secondary. In one case a serviceman was retired on pension on medical grounds only because he was overweight—a condition that existed when he enrolled. Though not in- capacitated, he was pensioned for life.

This waste of public funds is cumulative, as every year adds ex- amples. Parliament, surely, has a duty to inquire into why nothing is

The Gregoire Case

The Parliamentary Committee on Privileges and Elections is to hear | complaints of the recent arrest of Gilles Gregoire, the Crediteste mem- ber for Lapointe who was forced into an RCMP cruiser in front of the Peace Tower and incarcerated for four hours in jail after he refused to | pay a speeding and parking fine. The inquiry, according to Privy Council President Mcllraith, “may involve problems of the extent of the privi- leges of Parliament and it is desir- able that the committee ‘established to consider questions of privilege and elections be seized of this matter.”

According to a writer in the Ot- tawa Journal, Mr. Gregoire is the fourth Canadian member of Parlia- | ment since Confederation—and the | second within a year—to be arrested in Ottawa. His case is unique because he was the only one taken into cus- tody on Parliament Hill. And he like- ly will be the last one, since the com- mittee is expected to confirm the . view of most authorities that the pre- cincts of Parliament—where mem- bers have immunity from arrest—in- clude the entire Hill.

Indeed, Parliamentary Council Dr. P. M. Oliver recalls that a formal complaint was once made to a sheriff at Ottawa after a member was stopped for speeding en route to Parliament. He paid the ticket but the sheriff was reminded that mem- » bers must not be interfered with in attending to their Parliamentary dut-~ ies and musn’t be held up by other authorities.

Mr. Speaker Macnaughton has pointed out that Parliamentarians have always been jealous of their | rights and Opposition Leader Diefen- baker, in the discussion of the Greg- oire incident said: “It is of foremost importance that none of our prerog- ative privileges that have been gain- ed through generations of experience should be petered away in any way, interfered with or abrogated.”

To offset the danger of MPs “get- ting away with murder” their im- munity is subject to the overriding right of Parliament to discipline its members. It can unseat them, have them locked up or turn them over to the civil authorities for punishment. The Journal writer notes, too, that the Sergeant-at-arms, who is the Par- Wamentary enforcer, is theoretically the nation’s highest police officer be- cause he can commahdeer. any police force in the nation or call out a. “squadron of“tavalry” té enforce Parliament's ofders:

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A commentator on a BBC Home

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of information to pass along: “A Yorkshire farmer used to produce great hams of unexcelled tenderness and sweetness by keeping his pigs, for- their last few days, in sties whose troughs were filled with rough but ultra-potent cider. They died con- tented deaths and their flesh was perfumed with apples.”

PARLIAMENT HILL SKI TOW

OTTAWA REPORT By Patrick Nicholson

The House of Commons is back at the old stand again — and seemingly up to its old tricks too. Completely uncrubed by a very lenient Speaker, the members celebrated their re- union by an opening-day talk marathon’ which irresponsibly gave trivia priority over the na- tion's business.

There is confusion and uncer- tainty as to the course through 1965, with an appreciable but fortunately diminishing prospect that we have ahead of us more campaign chaos rather than the

’ parliamentary processes

The only consistent line of thought among MPs is that an election under present circum- stanees would bring no benefit to the nation, nor to the two large parties

There is mo doubt that Cana- |

dians’ faith in the Pearsom ad- ministration has been savagely tarnished by the auestioned con- duct of certain MPs — all Lib- erals. mostly French-Canadians, and some within the Cabinet — or of their aides: from its confident boast of “Six- ty Days of Decision.” Through imposing the long investigation- al delays, the Prime Minister begins to look like the first champion who has leant against the ropes whilst delivering up- per-cuts to his own jaw.

TATTERED TORIES At the same time, the ‘‘fam- fly discussions’’ at the ‘family meetings’ ‘of the Conservative Party have eroded even - more the diminished national confi- dence in its present status. The moves by which John Diefen- baker seeks to maintain his slip- ping grip on the leadership are not enhancing his respect. It would be a great pity, if that once admired leader, - already assured of immortality as a sta- tue in an honoured niche in Canada’s Hall of Fame, should do anything to sully that statue. To the smaller parties. their foes’ troubles were pure joy. New Democrats talk confi- of increasing their vote

| at an election held soon. They

are certainly correct, but I doubt if this would increase their reptesentation in the House to the 75 seats which some have suggested. Yet they might well double their present 18 seats, largely through gains in Ontario and Saskatchewan.

The Social Credit Party would probably make gains in Alberta and B.C., and Real Caouette's Creditistes would make smaller gains in Quebec. HOUSE OF MINORITIES

This adds up to a post-election picture of another minority Lib-

Our Yesterdays

(From the Guardian Files) TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO

save their own ordeal by fire.

Hon. J.L. Iisley, minister of national fevence in Prime Min-

TEN YEARS AGO (Februaty 23, 1955) Mrs. Mabel L. McGovern of

a sad decline |

eral Government, with the Grits bolstered in office by the New Democrats — at a policy price shud-

which makes some here der.

Meanwhile, we hear specula- tion that Jean Lesage is to be , brought from Quebec back to Ot- tawa, to succeed Mike Pearson Premier Le- | sage's presence here could im- prove the image of the Quebec wing of the Cabinet, but observ- if either big party would pick a Quebec leader un- til the rest of Canada has shak- en off the anti-Quebec backlash, sorely aggravated by the burn- ing of the new flag in Quebec

as Liberal leader

ers doubt

Winnipeg

Everyone of course, is famil- iar with stories about people who posed as ‘‘Communists for the FBI" or ‘‘Communists for

the RCMP,” but a story reveal- |

ed in a recent issue of The Re- porter carries the art of imper-

| sonation to its logical and hilari- |

According to The Reporter, one Joseph McDowell Mitchell, a former city manager of New- burg, New York,

a@ position last year as field di- rector for the Citizens’ Councils of America in the Washington- Maryiand- Virginia area Mr. Mitchell worked hard at his new post and soon the area had a Citizens’ Council boasting 20 members. Mr. Mitchell, blind- ed by his own zeal, did not real- | ime that 18 of these members were undercover agents for civ- il rights groups. Mr. Mitchell’s executive. in fact, included the following: + president, Norman Kilpatrick (of the Committee for Racial Justice Now); vice-president, Harold Johnson, (a true believ- er); treasurer, Philip Perkins (of the Congress of Racial Equ- ality); and secretary,

and a right | | winger of the right wingers, took |

Clare

and by the. Balcer Quebec plot Other talk suggests that

Pearson will promote

career civil to the Cabinet.

brilliant now Secretary

The Cabinet is already top-hea-

vy with ex-bureaucrats, and this step snub to benchers wants to stiffen his cabinet from outside Parliament, perhaps he should consider George McClel- lan. Commissioner of -the Royal

Canadian Mounted Police

the Liberal

~ Surrounded By Them

Free Press

, Crawford (a plant from. the Washington Daily News)

Last month, in a move unpre- cedented in the annals of the Citizens’ Council movement, the group formally voted to merge with CORE.

The move came only after the undercover members had pass- ed on a vast amount of secret | Citizens’ Council information to the FBI and to their ‘‘parent’’ organizations.

Before the grand defection,

would be an appalling back- If the Prime Minister

Indecision, Immaturity

By Dr. Theodore R. Van Dellen

Maturity is the secret of a well-adjusted and happy life. It helps mah to control his basic impulses and desires and to di- rect them into channels where they do the most good. The end result is a personality that helps us do the best we can with what we have. .

In contrast, immaturity is the bugaboo of psychiatrists. It is responsible for many nervous

po

movement , sometimes misread as a solely

Mr. into his cabinet Gordon Robertson, a servant

'

Mr. Mitchell (the field worker), |

had been hailed jn the deep South as an exceptionally fine | organizer.

Mr. Kilpatrick (the man from the Committee for Racial Jus-

tice Now) accompanied Mr. Mit- |

chell to meetings in the South and reports that Mr. Mitchell bragged to his Southern friends, “I can always spot a phoney. There’s something about the way they look."

Mr. Mitchell, it seems, didn't realize that his second sight had failed him in spectacular fash- jon until he read about it in the Washington press. Said Mr. Mit- chell: ‘It's almost a funny story."’ For once his intutition

| didn’t fail him.

To Use, Or To Save

London Free Press

If a man with a, income of | $5,000 annually reverted to the | life his great-grandfather lived, | in a country. cottage with coal oil lamps, wood burning heaters, | grew his own vegetables, kept a | few chickens, and used a bicyc- le to get in and out to his job in town, he could pay his income

|¢axes and still eave more than |

$30,000 in ten years.

Should he decide at the end of

10 years to rejoin his fellowmen

| in a modern standard of living, he could then use his savings to

purchase a good home, a fine

ear, a refrigerator, central heat-

ing plant, a TV set, rugs, ches-

| terfields, a dining suite, electric

Pb

For a very large proportion

| of workers in Canada, the prob- |

lem of securing a home and keeping it, especially where | there are children, is complex. Brought to a fine point, how- ever, the problem becoms a choice between the full use of money or the saving of it. There is much to be said for either choice, but for most peo- | ple the act of doing without, | making their families do with- ,out, is a sacrifice not easily | made. Especially is this so when thoughts are turned to govern- |ment action in forcing savings |on all for their welfare, through

| 0 EXCHANGE GOops | (AP)—The Cyprus

NICOSIA government reached a three- Union Monday for exchange of goods totalling $19,600,000. Cyp- tus will send vine and citrus produce and skins to™the Soviet Union, receiving in return fuel oil, machinery, timber, cement, superphosphates, corn and su- gar.

Royal

Canadian Legion ‘Dues Now Due’

400 HAVE PAID HAVE YOU?

year agreement with the Soviet |

ailments and behavior prob- lems. The emotionally immature | Feact in a way not in keeping with their age. As youngsters, they suck the thumb, soll the bed. and chew the nails long after they should know better. Many adults are in the same category: they never grow up, and as a result. remain juven- ile. Ordinary obstacles are too big to overcome, and unless life is placid, annoying anxieties and neurotic tendencies develop.

Maturity is not necessarily the key to success. Many topflight men and women have . forced themselves ahead because “they were driven..by fear or frustra- | tion. They gain momentary sat- | isfaction but never control their

| inclinations: and wishes. They | give too little amd expect too } much

The mature person has the | ability and willingness to act

| He does not hem and haw or | wait and see. After giving thought to the problem at hand, he either does or does not. He ; accepts responsibility, obliga-

| | tions. and the consequences of |

his decisions. These individuals | can take criticism) and do _ not ; blame others for poor decisions.

Mature persons know how to compromise with life They are happy and work | harmoni- ously with others because they are able to adjust to many Situations Immaturity and prejudice go hand in hand It

takes a well-rounded person to give and take or to accept con-

o all advantages are obvious.

PLAYING IN THE SNOW

Grandma writes: Please warn careless mothers not to let their children play in the snow. These mothers are always buy- ; ing cough medicines for their youngsters.

REPLY

Children should not be depriv- ed of the fun of playing in the snow but they ought to be call- ed in periodically for a change of clothing of their snowsuits and socks are wet

PERIODIC DISTRESS Mrs. B. writes: Every month,

for the first two days of my per- |

iod, | suffer terrible rectal pain. What could cause this condi- tion?

. REPLY Endometriosis is producing this symptom. WINTER TEMPERATURE H. W. S. writes: In order to maintain health, what should the average room temperature be in the wintertime?

REPLY

A temperature between 60 and 72 degrees F. is considered sat- isfactory. depending upon the moisture content of the room. A humidity of 30 to 50 per cent is ample.

(NOTE:- All correspondence te Dr. Van Dellen should be addressed to: Dr. Theodore Van Dellen, co Chicago Trib- une, Chicago, Illinois.)

capable of

More Needed Than Ever

. Lethbridge Herald

Boy Scouts, Cubs, Guides, Tu- xis, CGIT and other groups, or-

ganizations and ‘‘movements’’ for children and teenagers are

more important now than ever

before. Today's heavily-organ- ized adult society leaves little room for unorganized and spon- taneous recreation for youngs- ters.

Yet every organized group of youngsters’ requires an adult leader, and the sorry truth is that there: are not nearly enough | adult leaders.

Adults will spend any amount of money on their children, on expensive schools and play- grounds, clothes, cars and so on, for their childre, but they will not spend what the children need even more than money, namely, time.

The Sullen

Every one of them realizes how important it is that chil- 'dren be adequately prepared for the confusing years ahead, and they will, hire teachers and playground supervisors to work with them, but they will not con- tribute their own time in those areas where it is urgently need-

Church schools can't find tea- | chers, juvenile hockey and ball | clubs can't find coaches, Scout | and associated groups can’t find leaders, and vast numbers of ‘children are not getting the

‘ ~ erve id need, because the adults are too busy

Actually they are not too busy.

It's just that they are not using their time where it is most needed and will do most good

Computers

Calgary Herald

al- to-

Computers, which have ready made a good start ward turning us all into imper-

{sonal numbers, are attacking from a new angle The federal income tax

branch has issued a ruling that all employee income taxes de- ducted at source must be paid through a bank or by certified cheque to Ottawa.

Considering the amount of work that business firms are al- ready doing for the government the ruling seems to add insult to injury

The Canadian Economic Cein- cil, a non-profit research organ- ization, estimates that the new ruling will add an extra hour of work each month to the 1,600,- 000 manhours which about 400.- 000 Canadian firms now chalk up each month supplying var-

jous government departments with figures and reports The 2,000,000 man- hours a

month is equal to the work of nearly 1,000 full-time employees. At an average salary of $1.50 an hour, the cost of this non-pro- ductive work is more than $42.- 000,000 a year, according to the council

The burden has usually been borne in silence. While business men were being put to all this extra work and expense for the government, at least thev could feel that they were trusted by the bureaucrats. But now that computers are taking over from byreaucrats, the picture is changing

The sullen computers refuse to call anyone by name, and now they are even questioning our integrity bv refusing to accept ordinary cheques

Baffling To The Layman

Edmonton Journal

thanges.:when.--the...-lonathan. Swift, ihe.English . appointed..a respected. fy

satirist. once remarked that

“laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies but | let

wasps and hornets break throu- gh.” ,

Many persons would agree, in some degree, and add _ that centuries of growth the law, as a whole, has become an almost impenetrable tangle of statutes and cases as far as the layman is concerned.

In Britain, Prime Minister Harold Wilson is determined to do something about it. He pro- poses that laws be simplified so that they can be understood by the man in the street. He has

of the British Bar, Lo ardi- ner, to head the commission for the task

Great Britain now has 4,000 statutes, dating back to 1235, and 200,000 cases, which may be cited as precedents, on its books. There are many archal- sms, and some statutes are so complex that few lawyers can grasp their meaning without the most careful study

Mr Wilson's government plans not only to simplify and to sweep away the cobwebs but to codify statutes so that, for ex- ample. the laws governing es- tate duties will not be dispersed among 40 pieces of legislation

Waiting For Doomsday

If the congregation of Hunt- iggburg Pentecostal Church in Indiana is right, it is later than we think. Following a warning received by one of its members from someplace Out There, the 40-odd members are laying up | foodstuffs and other necessities } in an abandoned coal mine be- fore ‘‘great destruction” strikes | this earth on March 16.

Bunks, sanitary facilities, bat- | tery-operated lights and a cou- | ple of weeks’ supply of grocer- jes have been laid in against ‘the awful day when, according

to the recipient of the celestial |

London Free Press

| warning, the earth will shake and ‘‘all who are wicked’’ will be destroyed.

History is full of believers like these Indiana doom- spreaders.

From time to time they sell their worldly goods and. gather on hilltops awaiting the dawn of ‘Doomsday and warning the skeptical that they had better repent before it's too late. But always, someone has either mis- understood or miscalculated, | and this sin-ridden planet keeps rolling along.

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