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Important VlSllallOl'l

The Russian minister of agri- culture is Ivan Volovchenko. and he is heading 8 five-man delegation of Soviet f: rm experts on a three- week tour of Canada. As noted in a Canadian Press report. the delega- tion is expected to visit every region of the country. its primary purpose being to study grain-growing and stock-raising methods. We note that an effort is being made to have the minister attend the Canadian plow- ing championship here. next month. and it is to be hoped that he will not only come himself but bring his associates with him.

What surprises us is that Prince Edward Island shouldn’t be includ- ed as a matter of course in an itin- erary of this kind. After all. we are the leading agricultural prov- ince of the Maritimes: and since the tour is likely to lead to more sales of Canadian cattle to the Soviet Union. something more than an op- portunity to show our hospitality is at stake.

The Russian tour is in the na- ture of a return visit which Cana- dian Agriculture Minister Harry Hays made to Russia last year. It is important in furthering friend- ly relations between the two coun- tries. and is to be welcomed on that ground as well for the added im- petus it will give to the Soviet buy- -in-Canada program that has been going on for some years.

The Soviet delegation is now in Canada. We do not know who was responsible for arranging the itin- erary. 'but it is regrettable that provision was not made for enabling the visitors to see our big livestock show at the Provincial Exhibition grounds this week. This is really the kind of thing they came over for. However. we shall look forward to the prospect of welcoming them next month when the plowing mat- ches are on. and when. perhaps. they will be given a chance to inspect some of our prime herds as well. well.

Would Include Canada

A potentially powerful new or- ganization is currently under study in Tokyo. of much interest to Cana- dian exporters. It is known as the Organization for Pacific Economic Cooperation (OPEC) and it would designedly promote trade growth .and accelerate cultural exchange among the five big countries bor- dering the Pacific—the United States. Canada. Australia. New Zea- land and Japan. It would seek to cope with. and even surpass. the highly successful European Eco- nomic Community.

The idea was shaped originally by Japan's Economic Survey Coun. oil, and it envisions the sponsoring

.of regular round-table conferences ‘on a government basis to study common problems confronting the five Pacific states. It would also set lup a permanent secretariat and re. :eearch organ and invite represents. dives of other Southeast Asian na- itions to attend as observers.

3 Already existing are the five l‘Jolnt economic commissions between Hopes! and the United States. Can- Australia. plus those of the Use-Canada and Australia-Canada. I'l‘lleaa all provide the basic condi- time for forming a multilateral

»' lotions] organization.

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- an org-mutton. it is argued, w ; ’ WI. The

the five nations involved is

’ larger than that of the

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botal, and total income h 8.8 ifsnaa greater.

It is expected that the United States will look with favor on the plan, which could provide, as a corollary, one method of blocking Communist China economically, as well as of strengthening economic ties with Western Europe. But it remains to be seen how it will look after a more detailed study of its possibilities.

Scotland On Show

For many people, complains a “News From Scotland" release, Scotland is simply the land of bag- pipe, whisky and haggis. Too few realize that in the last five years more than $1,500 million have been invested in Scottish manufactur- ing. This September. the land of Robbie Burns will be showing just how versatile it is. when items rang- ing from wool to motor cars will go on show at the Scottish Industries Exhibition in Glasgow. Held every five years. the exhibitions give a comprehensive view of the new Scotland—the land of five million people who have sold over $30,000 million worth of goods since the last show.

“Enterprise Scotland ’64" will be the largest trade fair in Britain this year. and it is expected to at- tract some 400.000 visitors from all

corners of the globe. In addition, the Scottish Tourist Industry is plan- ning new attractions including a $15 million scheme for an inter- national-type holiday centre in the Aviemore area between Perth and Inverness.

Then there is the road between i Glasgow and Carlisle—-originally built by Thomas Telford, the famous 18th century engineer—which now carries the majority of traffic be— tween England and Scotland and is being rebuilt at a cost of some $99 million for its 84 miles. So far 36 miles of dual-lane highway have been constructed. 24 miles are in the pro- cess of being built. and work is starting on a 16-mile motorway stretch into Glasgow which will link, up with other major roads in central Scotland.

Also. a new landmark is taking shape under the shadow of Ben Nevis, Britain’s highest mountain. It is a huge pulp-mill project cost- ing $60 million. and is the biggest industrial enterprise in the Scot- tish Highlands since the war.

lts Future Uncertain

The Panama Canal was one of the engineering wonders of the world when it was opened to inter- national sea commerce fifty years ago this month. It still is, but its future is less certain than at the time of its birth. It is near its saturation point as far as handling cargo is concerned and a new canal is being contemplated, preferably at sea level. And United States’ rights over the Canal Zone are being in- creasingly challenged by Panama.

The canal took 10 years to build and cost $385 million. Today, estim- ates are that it would cost at least ten times as much. It cuts through the Isthmus of Panama at one of the narrowest points, 50 miles long from deep water to deep water. In the fiscal year ended last June 30, a total of 12,138 vessels made the

transit, paying $62.3 million in tolls. There has been agitation in

Panama for many years over the question of sovereignty in the Canal Zone and international control of the canal itself. Panamanian frus- tration broke last January into open rioting that resulted in four United States soldiers and 21 Panamanian: killed and 500 people injured.

The matter of a sea-level canal, either at some other site on the isthmus or in Nicaragua. has been revived in recent debate. An argument is that the Panama Canal locks are vulnerable to sabotage and are too narrow for the larger Unit- ed Statea Navy ships. Size also bars today's giant 100,000-ton oil tank- ers.

France has expressed interest in promoting a new canal across the Isthmus and a group from the Pan- ama Chamber of Commerce recent- ly said private investors in Tokyo had also shown considerable interest in such a venture. Nothing may come of these gestures, but it: seems certain that while the present Canal Zone treaty mains in tone, the

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It would perhaps be overstat- lng the C also to assert th "Main Street, is a' clip - joint." But the widespread organization of consumers' associations and frequent manifesrations of un- ease tend to show that the age- old warning — “Let the buyer beware" — is insufficient: the consumer now needs protection and advice in what has become In some respects an uneven contest for the almighty dollar.

The present Parliament has yielded two examples of our le- gislators coming to the aid of the consumer. The first was the establishment of a commit- tee of the Senate to examine the practices involved in consumer credit. The sponsors of this en- quiry considered that the con- sumer was given insufficient and even misleading information as to the rate of interest—often ex- orbitant -— which he was being charged on various forms of credit. ranging from the financ- lng of the purchase of a used car to the second mortgage on his home.

JUDY TO THE RESCUE

The second event has only re- cently occurred and has not yet -

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aarlly endorse the opinion at entree pondenls. All letters published are aub-

necessary. enter into any anrrrespondcnee regard- lng letters submltlc . I

M I ONLY TWO CHOICES ? Sir.—- Thank you for publish- ‘. ing my letter in you paper of August 12. Thank you. also. for considering the matter as close- ly as is indicated by your editor- lal although I find it difficult to concur w h the conclusions therein. Unfortunately. unlike those ‘ Interviewed by Gruneau Re- search Limited. Members of Parliament have really only two choices available to them—the Canadian Red Ensign. or the Three Maple Leaf Design. In view of this tam. the only statis- tics which are available and per- tinent to the debate now before the House of Commons are those related to the above mentioned flag designs. So long as the gov- ernment persists with its pres- ent policy the 33.3 per cent un- decided are the forgotten Can- adians with no voice in the rush

for.

Your editorial concludes with the inference that I must have a prejudiced or, partisan position because of my letter. May I quote from Hansard of May 13. 1984. when l posed the following question and received the fol- lowing reply n-om the Prime Minister:

“Will the right honourable gentleman give an assurance that when the design for the proposed new national flag la presented to Parliament all members of this House will have

aides-ed a vote of nonconfidence in the government?"

The me Minister's answer:

“When the time comes to aub- mtt the design of the govern- ment In this matter to the House of Commons 1 would hope every member of the House would vote as his conscience dictates. and that there would be no question

The subseun events is this matter have takes us far from the text of the Prime Minister's

statement and I feel

either prejudice or perils“. in my "Mutilation mm. caalon. ' .

I am. Sir. etc.

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ngAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson Committee To Sift Consumer Complaints

been examined and explained in the depth which it deserves. This was Judy LaMarsh. our Minister of National Health and Welfare. rushing like the fire truck to the aid of all consum- ers —- and remember we are all. even Judy herself. consum- ers. collectively spending the staggering total of twenty-five billion dollars this year.

iss LsMarsh recently an- nounced in Parliament the- creation of an Advisory Council of Consumers. This committee consists of 14 women and 2 men. all experienced in the field of consumer guidance. Its purpose. says Miss LaMarsh. is “to advise me and my Depart- ment on all matters of interest to Canadian consumer."

That Is a pretty wide task. But Miss LaMarsh tells me that she intends this new advis ory council to have very wide scope. not only initiating re. commendation: to her. but also making studies on subjects which she may refer to it.

It is also very obvious that the many consumer associations as well as private individuals will w rite to the committee. through Miss to

bring apparent regularities and other complaints to its notice.

I specifically asked Miss La- Marsh about two widely separ-

‘ miry in sizing, to help both the . customer and the retailer.

Will the council move to es- tablish standardized sizes within the Canadian clothing m- dustry? At present. for exam- ple. it is not. unusual for a her. a‘ssed mother to find that a child's garment size 5 made by one manufacturer is smaller than a similar garment size 4 made by number manufacturer. Yes. Miss La'Marsh told me; she is alert to this sifuali on. and hopes that steps will be ‘ taken which will create unifor- l

What about packaging? Does she recall how several years ago Davie Fulton. the M? from Kamloops. waged a battle aga- inst the misleading packaging of bacon? Yes. and she plans that the whole matter of confus- ing as well as misleading pack- aging shall be studied and put right in the interests of th e consumer. The consumer. she told me. ahould be enabled'to see what she is buying, and not have the goods concealed or misleadingly partly reveal e d by opaque pac ges with only small "windows".

No doubt every housewife has her own favourite complaint. It is to be hoped that they will cooperate With Miss LaMarsh and her new advisory council by writing to her at the House 01 Commons. Ottawa ino postage stamp required!) to bring such complainta to her notice.

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Considering the number of Americans who have become

Gilbert and Sullivan. it should not be necessary for a lady ap- parently right out of "Iolanthe" (and the unfairylike reality of the House of Lords) to tell the Bar Association what the Dowa- ger Marchloness of Reading told those American peers the other day.

But it still can be news on the less inhibited side of the Atlan- tic that Britain‘s upper cham- ber is not always stuffy. and not without important functions.

It can be interesting too that a poor British boy has. perhaps as good a chance of donning the rich robes of lordship as h l a American equivalent h. of be. coming he differ- ence is mainly one of expecta- tion. The House of Lords ll thought to be open only to arts- tocrata whereas every American boy ls supposed to be born with the presidency directly in view.

Lady Reading offered a Brit-

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lah version of the Horatio Alger story. Her late husband. Rufus Iaaacs. son of a Jewish frqu merchant in London. ran away to ace. worked as a cabin boy. and wanted to be- as grand as the uniformed pilots who some times guided the ship in narrow waters. He did become so— as Viceroy of India.

Gilbert and Sullivan. however. have already made or how by polishing up the handle of the big front door a, poor boy could become t h e Queen‘s navy, They h recorded in their rollicking so- ciology how office boys can be- come British judges.

Lady Reading pointed out that the Rouse of Int-dc often sits a a "supreme court" of Great B - ms. It Is the “ultimate seat" of appeal. It Is so formidable in- deed. even lu the Gilbert a nd Sullivan repertoire. that nothing can It Into a reasonable attitude'except. a Fairy Queen. who threatens to turn it into a House of Perla.

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By Dr. Theodore R. Van Dellea

Most women 1 to to accept and live with the, discomfort of menstruation. They may not feel like working during this time. but few are so incapacitated they fail to report for work. Lower abdominal pain with in- termittent cramping idysmen- orrheal is the most comm on sympton associated with this process.

Approximately one woman in 10 has severe distress. whereas it Is moderate in one out of two. Dysmenorrhea Is not influenced by marriage but tends to de- cline with childbearing and age. Is this type of distress psychos- omatic? Not according to a re- cent survey among English wo- men which falled to uncover any relationship between this condi- tion and nervousness.

This dispels the old idea that painful menstruation is m are likely to occur in the maladjust- ed and among those who resent the feminine role. This explains why so many obtain relief from a heating pad and aspirin.

But a high percentage of those who suffered from premenstru- al tension were of the neurotic type. Those bothered sin n g this line complained of irritab- ility. depression. headache. and to a lesser extent. swelling of the breasts. abdomen. and legs. Symptoms did not lessen with if anything. we re

the women with psychoneurotic tendencies who also had pre- menstrual tension did not have dysmenorrhea but several told of having irregular menstrua- lion. Much work has been done on the psychological changes that occur prior to menstruation. The accident rate rises. for ex- ample. and there is a higher in- cidence of misbehavior. suicide. and acute psychiatric illnesses.

Premenstrual symptoms often stem from the retention of fluid in he tissues. Some sufferers resnond to the restriction of salt and the use of a diuretic'which

encourages greater elimination‘

of water from the kidneys. oth- ers are helped with tranquilizers —a more logical approach. con- sidering the outcome of t is British survey. WRIST SURGERY

M. W. writes: Will it be pos-

sible to use the hand normally

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after operation for carpal tuna

nel syndrome? REPLY Yes. In this condition. numh- ness and tingling of the hands and fingers occur because of

pressure on the median nerve.

as it passes t‘irough a tunnel in the wrist. The tunnel is cut to

and permanent relief occurs.

PKU TESTS T. L. writes: What is meant by the diaper lesl’.‘ R

‘P is a metabolic disorder that leads to mental retardation unless it can be detected and treated early. The condition can be recognized at three months

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Blood tests are suggest. cause they are positive at an earler age.

BUNION SURGERY R. E. writes: In this day of complicated heart surgery. why are operations for hunions. an uncertain in their results? REPLY

1. This is not true. as the re-

sults of this operation are good. ‘ 2

Failures occur when the

victim returns to '1ls old walk- ‘

ing habits and poorly fitt mg shoes. SKIN CANCER

'1'. V. D. writes: Is black can- 5

car a fast growing disease? RE

Yes. if you refer to moles that change in color and become can- cerous ‘Melanomal.

(NOTE: All correspondence to Dr. Van Dellen should be addressed to: r. are You Dellen. CO Chlaaoo Trib- une. Chicago. Illinois.)

New Weo pon Portland Oregonian

No two people speak alike. a

Bell Laboratories scientist nam- L.B, Kertsa has discovered.

Thus. if a person wears glov- es and leaves no fingerprints and reduces nothing to writing so that handwriting experts can identify him. he still can be convicted by a tape recording of

is voice.

This appears to be a potent weapon against kidnappers who to ransom demands. ex- tortionlata who use the phone a pe telep h o n a threats to bomb aeroplanes. etc. Provided. of course. that the voice is recorded.