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But What's The Cure?

A credible diagnosis of the sick- ness affecting Parliament was pro- duced in the closing hours of the interim supply debate on Thursday by Arnold Peters (NDP-Timiskam- ing). But he just left it there, without proposing any prescription or treatment which could be expect- ed to lead to a cure.

As explained by Mr. Peters, the trouble in Parliament is that there is a personality clash between Prime Minister Pearson and Opposition Leader Diefenbaker, and that this is affecting \all members of the House to the point of “making a farce out of Parliament.”

In support of his diagnosis, he noted that. the House ordinarily makes good progress whenever either Mr. Pearson or Mr. Diefen- baker is away. but that everything dribbles to a halt —-— frequently a nasty and explosive halt -— when both of "these two antagonists” are present.

But what to do about it? No procedure exists under which these two leaders, who have made manl- fest their mistrust of each other, might be compelled to take alter- nate weeks off. And if we must

i await for an end to bickering be- tween them before there's to be an improvement in the condition diag- nosed by Mr. Peters, no early end can be anticipated for this busi- ness of “making a farce of Parlia- ment”.

Right To The Point

As debate on proposed chan- ges in federal-provincial fiscal ar- rangements opened yesterday in Ot- tawa, T. C. Douglas, national lead- er of the New Democrats, came at once to the point that is of greatest concern to this province: Enlarg- ing a province’s share in a tax field does not help it at all unless it has sufficient of a tax potential to meet its basic needs ., ‘ Mr. Douglas at once contrasted ‘ the situation of P. E. I. with that of other provinces, taking Ontario and Quebec as his examples.

In those other provinces it is possible to talk of strengthening their ability to meet their con- ' stitutiona] responsibilities by tum- ing over to them a larger share than in the past of the yield from income and corporation taxes and succes- sion duties, as is now planned. With

. year, the benefits to them should be large and satisfying. But that method produces no . significant benefits in a province such as P. E. l., as Mr. Douglas ‘ pointed out, “where there is not the tax potential”, nor any real sharing pin the economic expansion. Accord- , ing to figures he presented, “if ‘ 2.31.1. had received the whole of the taxation revenues collected within borders in 1961-62, it would have . $3 million less than it got

. pies laid down by the Rowell- . ‘ Cmnmission”, to assure “cer-

' ‘ education services" —- > -. which can be accomp- gonly through "some pooling ' . ‘ altering of tax revenues” ' ' \ I for fiscal need.

The Angry Man

The reputation enjoyed in p“. liament by Ralph Cowan (York. Humber) is chiefly as the angry man of the Liberal party. He en. hanced that reputation at Than. day’s sitting of the Commons with- out making any other contributions that need to be regarded as notable.

In particular, as is his custom, he directed his anger against the Canadian Broadcasting Corpor- ation. while sparing time also to convey that he plans to vote against his party's leadership on the flag issue. He accused the CBC of squandering millions of tax dol- lars; of competing unfairly with private broadcasters for advertis- ing revenue; urged" that both its radio and television systems should be sold to private interests, and added:

“I believe the CBC in this. day and age is unnecessary . . . It does not serve one useful purpose that cannot be served by private broadcasters, and better.”

In the apparent thought he was giving authority to his views he also declared that “these young punks” running the CBC were not even born when he began a 40-year career in the business side of a privately owned radio station.

What an argument! At this time Mr. Cowan is 62 years old. If at this age he is beginning to resent the new generations crowding up behind him — to dismiss scornfully the new approaches and new at- titudes given application by those new generations — to try and write them off as “young punks” — he can expect nothing but deepening of the bitterness he already is carrying into his ripening (or over- ripe) years.

There are plenty of things about the CBC that deserve to be discuss- ed, criticized, or even deplored. But the shrieking of across-the-board anger against it, such as is indulged in by Mr. Cowan, invites no serious attention by either the friends or critics of that institution.

Truth Is The Casually

In the midst of all the recalling now being done of the start of the First World War, one of its feat- ures seems to be getting less at- tention than it deserves. J. B. Mc- Geachy, associate editor of The Financial Post. put it well recently when he wrote:

“The first casualty in war is al- ways truth; neither troops nor na- tions will show any stomach for a fight unless persuaded that the enemy is diabolical. So it immed- iately became official doctrine, to be believed by everyone on pain of social obloquy or even imprison- ment, that the whole blame lay with the Kaiser and his crew of plotters in Berlin.”

The point remains worth re- memxbering, agrees with the rest of Mr. Mc- Geachy’s views, which amount to the rejection of what he describes as "the conspiratorial theory’", as held by those who continue to see that struggle of long ago as “caus- ed‘ exclusively by wicked Germans and as a necessary though terrible evil”.

It is his opinion, and he recog~ nizes that it is controversial, that the 1914-18 war's "cause, or more correctly its origin. was not wick-

edness but» stupidity, meaning the

utter incompetence of the politic- ians and diplomats to take realistic views and grapple with the prob- lems they faced.”

In a way it is pointless to debate this opinion, for neither Mr. Mc- Geachy nor any other person can say just who could or should have done what to avert or halt the chain reaction of events which culminated in. that war, although there are obvious senses in which Europe’s politicians collectively “staggered and stumbled into war." as Lloyd George once put it.

Whatever the cause, however, it always has been the fact that “the first casualty in war is always truth”. It likewise tends to suffer severely even in the kind of war described as “cold”.

EDITORIAL NOTE

It is their own fault, in a way, but it remains a iittieead to watch tourist after tourist feeding money into Oharlottetown's parking meters during evening hours when no such payments are required. Friday evening b the one exception.

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"EVERY POLICEMAN NEEDS HANDCUFFS”

Because the grandoise Char- les de Gaulle habitually makes headlines it is sometimes for! gotten that the United States is shifting its policy to count- er the French drag on Ameri- can plans.

For more than a year Ameri- can plsnners have considered the grand design for the Atlan- tic community was 'alalled. It may have been too visionary to begin with.

The Gauliist slowd o w n on the A m e :- ican initiatives in Western Europe had to be met with a policy that worked.

A new policy for Western Europe has quietly been placed in position. Its goals are more limited and more realistic.

And whoever is elected Pres- ident of. the United States In November. there is little chance that this present American ap- proach will be changed for two or three years, at least.

GROWS TOGETHER‘

This is hardly a grand design. Rather it takes advant- age of existing Atlantic institu- tions and t r e n d a that the French Presi d e n t often can- not touch. .

Since the end of World War II the Atlantic community has grown together massively. Am- erican policy is to strenghen these existing strands:

United States - Europe a 11 (W0 w rode in 1963 came to $11.6 billion. It is still growing.

American kweslmeots in Western Europe and. vice versa are innumerable

Official ties are interlaced ax« tenslveiy. Monetary coordinat- ion has become a modern scie- nce. These ties cut across and are above the Common Market of EEC.

Currency markets must be stabilized. Global channels for inventment must be kept open.

Since W orld War II the In- ternational Monetary Fund. the central banks. and the various treasuries are topped by the so - called "club of ten.”

This club takes in the United States, Britain, France. West Germany. Italy. Belgium, the Netherlands, Swe d e 11. Can- ada, Japan. and Switaerland.

CRUEL BAMAINING . This power f u I if inform al group of hunters and officials is practically safe from Geull- lat pressures. Then there is also the Organ. izatlon for Economic CooperaQ

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My dear aged friends, the years take their toll, and we cannot escape it while we are here in this fleany tabernacle.

But we can resolva in hearts. that we will best of our handicaps. First by a strong faith in God, and a will- ingness to abide infill will for us. Iadolag so. it willgo along wry in helping us to curb our gnlsnbllngs; and that will make it more pleasant for those who havatodowllbos: aadwewlll be all the happier by I.

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u.s. ADJUSTS POLICIES Atlantic Partnership Ancl de Goulle

By ROBERT R. BBUNN h Chrlaflnn Science Monitor

lion and Development (OECD) and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). American policy is to drive through with the Kenn e d y Round of tar-riff cuts, now mov- ing very slowly in .Geneva. This will hardly be easy. The bargaining will be at fl m e a cruel. r . And at the moment the ques- tion is whether or not the Com- mon Market nations will be able to go ahead with the Ken- nedy Round. A farm stalemate still exists with France and est Germany at loggerheads. If this obstacle is knocked down the United States may in the end have to be satisfied with an average industrial tariff trim of 30 percent. or even less. Europe. more and more, Is turning toward the United Sta- tes for know-how. This helps to bind the Atlantic community. For example, Euratom rec- ently negotiated a vast reactor program with the Atomic En ergy Commission.

STRONGEST BOND

This kind _ of exchange I: be- coming vital to Western Eur- ope as American nuclear re- search and space technology move well ahead of the Europ- cans.

Private American business is letting its counterparts in on some of the latest developments through licensing.

And even home has to turn to the United States and con- tract for the Pratt and Whitney TF-_30 engine. to be used in their Mirage - 4 jet bomber.

Despite the French poun- poohs over NAN, the military organisation is still considered to be the strongest bond bet- ween the two sides of the At-

lantic even if NATO has lost momentum in recent years as the Soviet threat has diminish. d

e . The United States umbrella is still over Europe. Six American divisions are there, and a huge number of aircraft, plus the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterran- can and the Atlantic Fleet. merlcana realise lhc alliance is not too solid. What is ed. .prdbab . is that the Europeans must increase their military rule to match their ec- onomic and political strength.

ENCOURAGING SID!

The chosen Instrument for this, from the Washington side, is the multilateral force or MLF. me e up of 25 surface ships armed with 200 nuclear~ tipped Polaris missiles.

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. European elections continue to delay anything very solid. ~

Most expel-ts feel the MFL will have little meaning to most of the European nations unless the United States is willing to granduaily give them full con-

of MLF.

Ilf this ever happened. of c o u r s e. the French nuclear "force de frappe" would fade in significance.

Added up, this new Amer.- can - European policy has Its weaknesses as well as its an- couraging side.

The Kennedy Round and the MLF are up for decision during the neatldmontlhaoraoafter the election phase is over.

The administration still belle- vea in Europe a n unity a a d some form of Atlantic partner-

dhdp. even if the postwar gallop has slowed down to a walk.

Problem Of Extremism

Montreal Gentle

Canada has its separatists in both camps! Those who say that Quebec should get along without the rest of Canada, and those that say that the rest of Canada should get along with- out Quebec."l'lIe worst thing that could happen to either of them W0th be to get their own

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Moderation is not merely re- signation in a poor bargain, it is not acquiescence in a status quo. It undid.-

cnce, or failure in exertion. Mo- deration. in its true meaning is some n more profound and more realistic. It is the aw- areness that life is a bei-

a hiterest andlfllatlhe - ance must be to the reasonable advantage if both pal-flu. or all parties in an martian.

No one can go his way alone, even if he wished, or claimed :he cw. or bad the chance. Life is a matter of working to- gether. The give - and . take can never be stitlc. nor should it be. It will alter its proportions. Giving without taking is or bad as taking without giving.

But the basic ground ru e. ingrained in life itself, is that. extremism. by breaking away from moderation, also breaks loose from reality. It runs her: a , ring. itself, as well as delaying the adjustments that must be sou . as the condition of living.

The exti-slniata, h any part of the world. or bi any time in the world's history, are their own worst mouse.

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Some Basic Truths

Justice Minister Favreau came out with a few basic truths about French. Englishm- lettoolllpa in a needs to the Edmonton Rotary Club th at should help clarify matters for many people, not just the Ed-

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Controlling Acute Gout

By Dr. 'l‘lseodce R. VIII Dellen Gout la a disorder of Item. and as such it belongs in the same caisson as abetes and obesity. The victim of gout is unable to handle uric acid: the diabetic has difficulty with mare. and the t can- not utilise foods in general. Re- medies are available for a ll disorders.

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Gout some gouty arthritis because Imp. - toms are confined mails; 1%

into madly libe . fiction are awakened at night with severe pain In this toe. which is swollen. hot. shiny. Ind purle-sed . Feaver, headache, and weakness

my coexist; Unless treatment is started, soomfont lasts savor-

al days to weeks. Thereafter, symptoms suicide gradually.

Recurrence: may be expect- ed. M the disease progresses. the intervals between attacks tend to shorten. Now and then an ankle. knee, hand, wrist, or the back bear the brunt of the siege.

There are so many good rem- edies nobody need suffer a pro- longed bout. Colchicine is- an old product but it continues to be one of the most ectlve in re- lieving pain. Butssolldln and Tandem-ll are useful alternativ- es. The corticosteroids and

C'l‘l-I are not superior to colchl- clue but are of value in some

instances.

Chronic gout is best treated

h probenecld (Benemid) and sulfinpyrazone (Anturan) which lower the uric acid level iii-the blood. They, help prevent recur- rences and lessen the need for a strict diet.

Some drugs may hinder the action of probenecid and shifts- phramne. Small (but not large) doses of aspirin may do this as well as oral diuretics such as Hygrolon and Diurii. Other fac- tors that precipitate an attack include traveling long dlszances while sitting in a cramped posi- tion, dietary or alcoholic indis- cretions. emotional upsets and operations.

CIRCULATION IS MAIRED

E. B. writes: In what w ay does Buerger's disease affect the blood vessels?

REPLY

The blood vessels become nar- cow or obstructed so that circu- lation to the leg is impaired. causing pain. Symptoms are somewhat similar to those caus- ed by hardening of the arteries of the legs. Some authorities be- lieve Buerger’s disease is anoth- er form of arteriosclero s i I, which develops in younger men.

PYLORIC OBSTRUCTION

M. S. writes: A baby a few weeks old was operated on re- cently because he could not keep his formula down. What do you think was wrong with this chil

REPLY

In all probability, the infant was born with a narrowing of the exit (pyloric) valve of the stomach. Surgical correction is followed by dramatic relief. Vo- miting stops and strength and weight are gained rapid .

SHE WILL RECOVER . M. writes: My l7~yeair- old granddaughter ia a religious girl who does not smoke or drink. But she is sick with mon- onucleosis. How is this disease treated? REPLY There is no specific remedy although one of the corticoster- oids is used occasionally. The majority nave; well spontaneously.

IGESTION I H. E. M. writes: What symp- toms are caused by a nervous stomach? LY

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Pain. belching, heartburn. and a feeling of Misse- after eating.

(NOTE: All correspondence to Dr. Van Dalian should be addressed to: . “tendon Van Dalian, on Chicago Trib- ane. Chicago, Illinois.)

Edible Plates Victoria Calm

The other day there was man- tion of the possibility of the sol- dier of the future eating his din- ner and then, as the final deli- cacy. his tweet-flavored. edible piste.

Transferred to (the civilian scene, advantages of crockery of this type immediately leap to mind. _