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"Good Frieayes Message

“The great and solemn message of ~-the-Cross. is with us all at this time.

=-We-cannot escape it, for there is none

of us who cannot see himself in one

_.of_more of those who-brought about

oe on the first-Good-Friday-Fhere-was-,.

———ed,_symbolished not by the Cross but—-

romney

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——#- rewealing-insight inte-the-attitu

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the tragedy... It was not ot accomplished

“ only by those. who drove in the nails.

It came about by the contributions of many, all in different ways.

This has been-the theme of ° many Good Friday sermons, and it is a’ perennial one. It-explores relentlessly all the many ways in which the good

-4s_crucified-all the mingled motives,

and manifold excuses. There is alwavs a long list of reasons that may be gathered to justify the act of betrayal, of looking the other way, of saying “Oh, well, it doesn’t concern me.” They were all used, and used ef- fectively, to bring about the tragedy

no act of, sudden violence. The mob and ‘the dignitaries of church and

‘state alike had their part in it. What

was done was even done by due pro- cess of law, under the enlightened rule of Imperial Rome. ~The-evidences.of_a_post- -Christian. world: are-all about_us today. For mil- lions of people a new faith has emerg-

by the hammer and sickle of Com- munism. In the erstwhile colonial world: another new. faith has emerged —the faith of nationalism, with over- tones and undertones of racialism. Does Christianity speak with rele- vance to either of these things?

—We-must—leave that to the theo-_|

logians. As far as the apparant con- ; ~=>-temporary-irrelevance-of-Christianity predicted that the abolitionists would

is concerned, is there anything: that

may be said of it that hasn’t been said |

in other centuries? It-is to human need that the Cross’ speaks, and. this need hasn’t lessened with the years.

Everything else has been tried, but |

‘all-have failed to-bring the peace so desperately longed for in the hearts of men. Certainly in the historic pro- cess there are too many evidences of rjstian resilience for the present situation to be considered -one of despair. -

Good Friday-bids us think on these ‘things; and it bids us take heart.

A Long, Hard Fight

The threatened increase in ferry.rates against which the’ Legisla- ture has protested so strongly, is a reminder of the long fight we have had to keep these rates within bounds, and of the need for vigilance in allow- ing no precedent to interfere with our claims upon the f&deral govern-

ment in this, regard. The fight goes :

back farther than most of us can re-

, member; but it came to a head back

in 1933, when a provincial delegation under Premier W.J. P. MacMillan suc- ceeded in getting an order-in-council passed af Q{tawa, removing our ferry charges from Ganadian National Rail- Ways accounting and -placing them against the Consolidated Revenue of Canada. i

That order-in-council recognized that our. Borden-Tormentine service was not simply a means of transporta- tion, but the actual highway between one province and.the-others. on the pledge of “continuous com- munication” with the rest of Canada that we entered Confederation, and a good case would be made out for having the railway maintain the ferry Rerviee entirely at federal expense.

~ What. was agreed upon in 1933, how:

ever, was a reduction in automobile rates. which went into effect: that summer :

* Bul the tollowing year, the battle had ty be fought all over again. The railway insisted on going back to the And {ts reasons, as forth in a letter ta Premier Macmk from Allister Fraser, acting vice-presy- dent: CNR traffic department, affor

old rates sel

uf officialdom at that time. “While it}

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Fraser, “that the loss from operation of the (car ferry .is. assumed -by the federal government, the Canadian Na- tional Railways, as operators of the property, sponsibility to see that each class of

_ traffic carried shall contribute, so far

--as may be practical, its fair’share of

the revenue in relation to its propor- tion to the operating. expenses.”

But that wasn't all. Mr, Fraser went —

2on to. say to- the Premier of this

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Province: ‘““We, as a. Tailroad, cannot

- afford to overlook the fact. That in

reality every automobile we handle on the ferry is in competition with our

“own rail route. Having regard to this

‘pronouncement that it “had~to~ be

fact, the only justification for redu- cing the rates* for the automobiles would be for the purpose of develop- ing sufficient additional automobile movemerit to improve the net results -of the-ear ferry, and to increase the tourist travel to the Island to'such an entent as to compensate the railway”

| indirectly through thé stimulation of

gener&l business. Our experiment last

summer .very clearly indicated that

the: reduced rates would not ac-

complish such results.”’

‘ Such-a storm was raised over this

rescinded. But it strengthened us in our determination to make this a fighting issue every time it threatened to emerge; and it has beg¢n a prime . duty of our Island representatives, federal and provincial, to do | so ever since. f

They have brought the matter of current concern to the attention of Transport -Minister Pickersgill, and we expect him to act in accordance with the enlightened views he ex- pressed in championing out interests when he was in Opposition. Certain- ly he must be well aware of the val-

need for keeping our transportation costs at a minimum,

-Not A Lost Cause

It is said that our MPs voted “ac-

.|. cording to their ‘conscience’ on the

motion..to_ abolish: the death penalty Se cr:

which was defeated in the House of Commons.on Tuesday. :This is an embarrassingly frank way of implying that they don’t always vote that way when partisan issues are at stake, but that they were free to do so in this case, without upsetting any poli-

tical applecart. In any event, it was-a-

comparatively ‘close vote—143-112, and it marks a considerable step for- ward in the sentiment prevailing only “a few months ago, when

be defeated by a-much larger margin:

“They lost a battle but not the war. In

the light of what is happening in other civilized countries, there is rea- son to expect that there will be another debate in a year or so, and that a different result wil be obtain- ed.

The retentionists are fighting a rearguard action and know it. Their cause rests almost-wholly on the con- tention. that a death penalty- for

‘murderers is necessary for the pro-

“ with more

tection of society. But of evidence to. support the claim that. some persons are stopped from killing for fear of being put to death for. it, there is almost none. pb

As Opposition Leader Diefenbaker said on: Tuesday night, the govern- | ment has been placed. in an impos- sible position by the vote. and should introduce amendments to the Crim- inal Code that would win support from a majority of Commons. mem- bers. Otherwise, it stands condemned », by having commuted every death penalty imposed throughout the coun- try since it took office.

It is significant that ‘only two cabinet. members spoke_on the issue during the five davs’ debate. The

“key men’, as they were called. by . one member—-Prime Minister Pear-

son, Justice Minister Cardin and Solicitor-General Pennell—chose. to remain silent. All the other party leaders spoke: but the men whose: chief responsibility it is to. decide whether.the hangman shall be put to work again or whether the law will continue to remain a dead letter, had no views to offer Parliament and the country on this great moral: issue. There are. times) no-doubt, When “silence is golden.” But we find noth- ing here bul a shameful dereliction of duty, especially on the Prime Minister's part ;

EDITORIAL NOTE

The Canadian Lite lusurance As- sociation reports that with $1,900 protection for every $1,000 of national income, Canadians continue to be the world’s most heavily insured people Next comes the |S. Sweden, the Netherlands, and New Zealand (all

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OTTAWA REPORT By Patrick Nicholson ' Reflections On A Bureaucratic Budget

| The Liberal “Six Buck Boys’ | are riding again. Six bucks is the

““idity-of-our~claims,—and—ef-the—vital—benefit_which, the average Can-_ adian worker .in trade will de- |

rive in-a full year from Finance

‘

Minister Mitchell” ~ Sharp's ~in--; come tax ‘“‘cut’’. You will re- | member that ‘in his budget | |

would double the rate of person- al income tax cut made last year | by his predecessor, Walter Gor- | don. But he slammed that door |

payers by -limiting-thattax—cut | to a maximum of $20 per year, compared to Gordon's much lJar- | ger-—$600—maximum......»

There was another echo of

those cynical Liberal

speech he announced that he |

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rent years, and the earlier Mac-

IDEAL 1866 TARGET

PUBLIC FORUM

This eelumn is open te the discussion by correspondents ef questions of in- terest. The Guardian does not. neces- sarily endorse the epinion of corres. pendents. All letters published are sub- ject te ediling and condensation where mecessarty. The Guardian is unable te enter inte any correspondence Eegare: ing letters submitted.

| PREDATOR CONTROL

Sir,—I have been reading in | The Guardian some _ interesting | comments made in the Legisla-

on the skunk problem. We have

jectives which Mitch Sharp , should have ‘aimed at in framing | the, national fiscal policy for this year: et «1. to foster Canada's continu- | ;-ing-economic growth.

2. to maintain full employ- | ment. 3. to keep prices stable.

It is questionable whether his .

| budget will achieve the third; on the contrary, Sharp estima- | tes that prices~ ill climb by 4 cents in the “dotfar this year, and that means 6 cents -in the | groceteria. It is obvious. that ‘the budget will cause a back- ~ sliding - on—the--first..two_points,— because welfare over-payments

days of | have been given priority over the Fifties. Just like the St. Lau- |

business expansion. Mitch Sharp’s most positive | achievement by—his—budget was |

“es_were cut last year-on-the-evée— to -restore—Canada‘s—im

| the eyes of Washington, by era-

| sing all traces of Walter Gor- | back | don’s Canada-first and Buy-Ca- ;

nada-back policies. .Personal- |

es_added_to our record high tax ily, while recognizing -that some | of Gordon's details were Tea Biits -tax—applied-

py, ,I always applauded his ‘un-

There were three Brine “ob -derlying—philosophies— towards,

those two aims. The very fact | that they inspired howls of an-

| guish from the board rooms of

New York, and hence prompted discreet diplomatic protests from Washington, was ample

| proof that USA is aware of its nd-unwill-—

bargain in_Canada

ing to relinquish it.‘ In the

| Tong run, Canada will rue the

| intelligent men on both sides of’)

the House, who are aware ‘the problem, and | am, dent they will decide on | solution. Hunter's Corner of April | predicts that 11,000 skunks be killed the first. year, if | bounty is placed on them. — If so, | this would be a good thing: $22,- { 000 would be well divided among many young people, _and—would be well-earned “pocket money. Neither Grits nor Tories’ would have any argument as the best shot, a fast car or good trap- pers are going to win. | Now, a word about the ‘Pied Piper". Those three supermen | would’ likely’ be brought here from. outside the province, at a salary of about $8,000 a year: a ear for each, $10,000 more; re- pairs and mileage, another $10.-

onfi- a good

Ist

* 000, — a total cost of approxi- _ mately $44,000 per year. In ad- dition, many Island farmers

would: not permit them on their farms.

I think the .22 is the answer, A shot - gun is too expensive, and dangerous to fire under a barn or garage in case of fire or recoil. I would suggest having | all .22 rifles registered, with a | license fee of at least two dol-

Jars. Then anyone shooting our birds would have, his license ta-

ken away at once.

Importing. trappers to trap foxes would be norisense. I have | the latest books on trapping.

Last winter [ tried chicken, rab- bit, and ‘they never touched it. [ caught six, but none with bait. The raccoon is, an easy ani- mal to catch. As fur is a good prite, the coon and the fox will not be a problem much longer. Lam, Sir. etc... - ANGUS BROWN Wood Islands. P--F—1 (The proposal is not to | port oulsilers as predator eon frol officers and buy them*cars

nor is there talk of salaries of $8,000 and $10,000, but te hire * and train three local vouths in

| wildlife management and | Them about 23.000 4 vear each They would he conservation of ficers,. game enforcement — of | ficers and predator control of- ficers each in his own courty

—as-—required.— And—theyv would have authority as law officers to go where ther have to (fd

Grrard : v:

of |

, dog”

will | the |

ture and-also_by. private citizens | _

‘continentalism”’ of Sharp repla- cing the economic nationalism | of Gordon.

MORE PERSONAL

So Mitch Sharp’s first

TAXES? bud-

ed for Washington _ consump- tion. It included a token recog- nition of the need to curb infla-

no teeth. It was: otherwise a / humdrum bureaucratic budget, with some way-out twists. Why | . for instance did he talk about | | eliminating the sales tax on ma- chinery: and equipment~ | year? ‘1967 and 1968 Finance Ministers |

who may not be Sharp; what | are—his- promises worth - any. ‘more than Gordon's $600 tax |

cut?

~cant—pointer—about—the— budget | ‘was something which was” not- mentioned in the Minister's | speech. Deputy Finance Minis- ter Bob Bryce did not quite fet |

tion;--but—this—was—asmile—with————-<—*

That is the job of the |

Buut perhaps the most signifi- |

Coronary Disease /

The coronary arteries man’s lifeline. They carry blood {

ago. With improve- ment in diet, sanitation, and hy- giene; along with the discovery of penicillin, man began to live

clerosis. which narrowed the walls of all the ar- teries including the coronary vessels. . This in brief is the beginning of coronary heart disease and all its consequences, because without coronary-artery disease there would be no heart attacks. The hardening process begins early in life and rarely causes: trouble until the individual is older. Some develop chest pain (angina pectoris) following exer- tion or excitement, especially | | when the beat quickens and the narrowed coronary arteries can- not deliver enough blood. Relief

cause as the o| down the need for nourishment lessens.

A heart attack occurs when the artery. or. one of its branches | is blocked completely and a por- tion of the heart muscle dies (in-

pain is the same as in angina ex-

4-cept.it lasts longer and is likely |

tan_be associated with’ more Shock and apprehension. The chance of surviving ‘coronary thrombotic attacks is good, pro-

vided the condition is treated adequately. Most victims are bedridden |

during the acute phase - of the illness. Some require oxygen and anticoagulants. Many need drugs to reduce pain, anxiety and tension.°

and activity. is- gradually re- sumed. Ultimately, a program of graded/exercise may be out- lined o/physically.condition the | indjy “to-return to work. Ac-

en it leads to chest—

that nourishes the heart muscle | © _| and seldom caused trouble until your -parrot—that. used_to_swear_ a century

longer and fell prey to arterios- thickened and

farct) for want of blood. The #

In-time-the-heart muscle heals.

mae

NOTES BY THE WAY

| To names not likely to be’ heard at Canadian christenings

By. ae Theodore R. Van Dellen _this year add ‘Gerda. _—Windsor

are \ Star. Visitor —

~so. terribly.” Hostess — ‘Yes, | poor dear, we found him dead on the golf links”’ — Montreal . Gazette gs é

A‘Chilion mother of 16 was attending about her 500th tea- cher-parent meeting. Sudden- ly she jumped up ,and bolted from the room. “Goodness!” ‘said one startled woman to an- other. ‘What got into her?”

“Oh, nothing much", came the answer. ‘‘She suddenly realiz- | ed she no longer had any kids | in school." — Chilton _Times - Journal.

| British Views

“T-hear you've lost| *

maaan

Some glorious day the traf- ‘fic problem will, be solved when

everyone can stay home and”

‘send the machines to work. — Calgary Herald. “9

"Mrs. Newbride: ‘'Something is troubling you. Please tell me. what it is. You know, your wor- ries are our worries now!'’ Mr. , Newbride: “Well, dear, we just ' got a letter from a girl in New York, and she's suing us for breach. of promise!" — Toronto Star.

‘out at least two dozen pairs of shoes for a woman customer.

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‘None of them was right for one‘

reason or another. Finally, the salesman sagged_into a. chair and said: ‘Mind if I take a short | rest, Madam? Your feet are | killing me.” — Teena} Post.

On Viet Nam

By Harold Morrison

Prime Minister Wilson's stron- ,

‘>

don, is that South Viet Nam con-

ger politicsal position atshome, tinues to be nothing ‘more~ than~

—|.eombined with ‘fresh ev: th of internal cleavage .and Tee cain designs and ambitions of agreeing temporarily ~~

in South Viet Nam, may lead to | reassessment.of the British | approach to, the United States on_this’ one major issue which | has~corroded—Western—relations with the Soviet Union.

In principle, Wilson is re- ported-ready. to give President | Johnson as much support as be- ‘fore in defending American mil- itary action in Viet Nam, includ-

ing aerial bombardments north~'

of the 17th parallel. But the bit- ter_ struggle _for_power_that_re- peatedly flares up among the various Vietnamese tions adds to doubts felt in Lon-

=don—and—other—capitals—that——Undoubtedly some

South Viet Nam can ever func- tion as a country without a | strong foreign military ~pres- ence.- :

fits the heart patient BALL HAS VISION

~ George Ball, U.S. undersecre-

ortness-of breath. or an jary’ of state, ‘says in a Paris irregularity of the beat. There is jnterview

the victorious Viet

evidence that it those who have re- |Nam the United States visual- |

| covere rom a heart a

Ss 1s one “in Which thé” gov- |

| ean indulge in vigorous exercise | ernment and society would be | provided the activity is increas- | strong enough to carry out their

| ed gradually. Improved muscul- | | gr endurance profits the coron- |

| more vessels to ;row into the |

heart muscle.

| HEAT AND COLD

-Mrs—A:J.-—-writes: ; Overheated_.apartment person more susceptible to t cold when he goes out in winter

_-weathert- = nea REPLY Not unless the apartment or

home is extremely dry and has | left the mucous. membranes of |

make .a |

jtask in accordance with the freely expressey will of the pev-

next ry circulation by stimulating | ple.”

So far, the repeated upheavals of Saigon administrations and 'the cl‘a'shes among religious

spread unity: Nor -is there~any ©

‘tions would ensure ee sta- | i bility: -

—\—Marious theories_have- haa of-— fered on both sides: of the At- lantic on how Viet Nam would be défined. One often-mentioned

| the cat out of the bag at a press | the nose and throat so parched theory, of wide interest to Lon- | they offer no defense against |

ees but he’ did open the

g just enough for one to see eee cat's claws; he referred to | Britain's wartime ‘‘income tax | | credits’. Those were the Sharp innovation cf repayable corpor-

-AsS—an— gency (but still unrepaid) ‘ i time” additional personal | ‘come tax. = aT | Will that be introduced_in Ca- , Nada in peacetime in the form | of compulsory individual sav- | ings? Will that be the next in- | | crease in the Canada Pension | Plan? Will that be the next Li- | beral.measure to. ‘‘dampen - | down the ton of a boom without precipitating a turn-down,”’ to | {use the Minister's own words? | tinkering with the working of | the economy and with private | | initiative and freedom is enough to make one's hair stand on

get was thus primarily’ design- | end.

New Type Of Coup ~

le Science Monitor

We welcome the report - from Ecuador, where the military has just made news by throwing. itself ‘out of power. In its place the na- tion’s political parties, at the re-

| quest of the military authorities

themselves, have chosen a civil- ian president. Clemente Yerovi

Indaburo will hold power — until

‘presidential and congressional elections can be held. ~ Although’ the military junta

which has ruled Ecuador since 1963 is described as mild and apparently @njoyed~ considerable man- in- the- street popularity, every, step toward civilian gov- ernmental responsibility in Latin America is encouraging. Most militory juntas there have heen neither mild nor popular and are one of the causes (as well as ef-

Why Be.

“man bites fects) of the area’s abana pol-

itical tmmaturity.

This development In ‘Ecuador is in line with a gradually emer- ging tendency on the part of some Latin American military | figures to show a higher sense of patriotism. Military coups | throughout South and Central | America were once predomin- | f antly motivated by “personal and. selfish aims. ' ~Although such coups are by no means at an end, a greater number of military figures now ‘act’ out-of motives’ of what they > believe to be national, .rather than personal, interest. This is a step in the right direction and will end, we trust, in a recogni- | tion of the highest national inter- est of all—an end ot all military coups. ©

Half — |

Financial Post —

Canadians have aright to ex- pect that government , roa ion of trust and loan compa provides as much safety for’ their-savings—in—one province as it does in another.

That feeling of security, how

‘ever, cannot be taken for grant-

‘ed ‘incorporation -in some provinces

ime .

nay.

ol

today» *Companies refused are granted operating rights by other = provinces with a more free and-.easy approach. Rapid proliferation of — trust and loan Companies in recent years heightens the urgency for single. standard legislation In the past five years, 27 new trust cempanies and close to 20 Dew life insurance companies were ‘formed. But the castial altitude some e prov ine tal authorities

SHAPE CONTROLS: YIELD

BERWICK,“ N:S# (CP 1. Apple

farmers'in the Annapolis Valic:

‘hone to triple yields by pruning

frees in pyramid or Christmad tree shapes. The eommon oim ete shaped tree produces about 300. bushels’ “ot apples ti

the acre but the new shape may produce up sto, 1,000 bushels. to

theeretey ae

toward incorporating new com- | panies, most with ambitions be- | yond their “provinoe of origin, raises serious doubts about whe- ~ ther they will all survive

Lots of money and administra- tive know-how are needed- to Start.a new trust or insurance firm. Where one or: both of these qualifications is in doubt, prov- inces with sensible standards

have frequently refused -incor- | “poration, The key question, then, Js: If

A responsible provincial licens-

‘war- |

| cold germs. COUGH AND: TB | Mrs. A. C. writes: Does ue |ing up mucus always mean the beginning of tuberculosis? ————- REPL

No. Mucus is produced by ir- | - | ritation tation and { tuberculosis: {s only | | one of-many offenders. X-ray is in order, however, because the

| possibility exists.

' THYROID AND STERILITY Mrs. D. V. writes: minus 15 metaboli Tespon- sible for sterility in a woman? REPLY This is a moot question althou-

gh many barren women. have |

conceived. after receiving.thy- roid medication. :

ORGANS DON’T SLEEP L. K. writes: Would 10 hours of sleep every night cause a sluggish liver?

REPLY

Sleep has never made any or- gan sluggish.

ODAY’S HEALTH HINT—

Cuts and scratches should be thoroughly cleansed.

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

Our Yesterdays

_ (From The Guardian Files)

TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO | ‘

(April 7, 1941) German armored

and; parachutists dropped be-

hind Gréek lines ‘were ~reported-~

to. have broken through to the Aegean Sea in western Thrace

| to split-Greeee-from her poten-

tial ally Turkey.

The Royal Aif force ‘delivered a hard opening blow by bomb by bomb and machine-gun. at the German army and arsenal in Sofia, capital of Bulgaria and major base’ for . the attempted | Balkan lightning war.

TEN YEARS AGO

Mrs. Harry W.Cudmore of (April 7, 1956) Mrs. Harry Cudmore’ of

Charlottetdwn was elected Pro- vincial Commissioner. PB. F. 1. Girl Guides Association. Mrs. Cudmore had long been active in Guiding and was the Province's only Blue Cord Diploma’ d Guid- er.

Eastern Command Head- quarters of the Canadian Army recently announced the’ promo- tion of Lieutenant DF. Sigswor-

Ing ‘authority sees good . reason th to the rank of Captain Capt

tn har the door Against a com- Pany that another province ac- cepts. aren't some of our -eitiz-

ens dealing with, a firm whose

credentials are open tion?’ *

Clearly, at a: time when there | is much confusion’ and question abowt our trust company and in surance company laws, one of the moanst pressing jobs of provin

to ¢ ques-

cial-and federal governmehts is.

to agree on a set Hf minimum tn corporation standards which will Operate “Aacioss the country. The “forthe-ming federal-pro- vincial conference on securities letislation, would seem’ ‘an ideal time to: deal promptly with the matter

’

Sigsworth is a native of Charlot- tetown. ~

TO--COMMAND DESTROYER 3

OTTAWA (CP)—Cmdr. John Carling, 42, of Ottawa, will také command of {the helicopter-de- stroxer Nipigon in Halifax next month, the defence. department announced Wednesday. He se- ceeds: Cmdr. - Donald R. Saxon. 45, Saxon Hill, Sask. who goes to The Netherlands this summer as naval, military and air at-

‘tache: with acting rank of cap. tain. Cmdr. Carling has been or. the’ staff of the Supreme Allied.

Attantie Cosmnane at. Norfolk.

(Ve 7 es

Could a

divisions |

bible _ The: Canadian Institute of Pub-

is back again, full of daring, predicting how Canadians would

| vote in the event of sa gen- .

| eral election.

It seems that some. | just won't. learn from exper- ience. -

In_ its latest | in January, the Gallup Poll shows that Liberal popularity has climbed by four percentage | points since the Nov. 8 election. ‘It is now 44 per cent, it says.

Conservatives, m é a nwhile, have dropped in favor from the | 33 per cent of the popular vote they received in November to 28 in late January. The New

' Democrats have lost three per-~

| centage points, from 21 to 18. What the Gallup~Poll omits to point out is that it had forecast | the Liberals would win 44— per cent of the popular vote on Nov.

fac- |

* people i

sampling, taken |

e territory of ,varlords, each his. own, to co-ordinate efforts-against-the Viet Cong fall on each other when the -bat-

|the against the Viet Cong is over. .

| The struggle that flared be. tween Premier Nguyen Ky ‘and

The shoe salesman dragged —

and perhaps ready to .

Gen. Chanh Thi may ‘be fresh -.

evidence of the _ unyielding cleavage. Ky, prone to make bold statements that he cannot easily. back up,—has —suggested that those who support the dis- ' sidents around .Da Nang are Communists or Communist Sym- pathizers. SOME INFILTRATE

Commu- nists may have infiltrated local administrations. And perhaps

those who- hold office in Saigon | have no great support outside the capital city.

The Saigon regime. has re- peatedly stated that if-there-are to be. any -negotiations with North Viet Nam on ending the /war, it will not agree to the .presence of the Viet Cong as a full bargaining agent at the con- ference table. The North Viet- 'namese maintain if there are to be any negotiations, the Viet Cong must be a_ full-fledged | party to them.

The British government may conclude that between the two

,

promise: ~-V‘ilson—advisers—may

he | indication “that even free elec- | Suggest “to: -Washington -thaf in

view of the ruptures that exist, “| perhaps: - too much. attention

‘the Viet Cong should be al- |lowed at the conference table with full rights. as a recognized ! faction existing in Viet Nam.

They Never Learn

Telegram 8; but

the Liberals received cent instead. _ The poll was_ equally as far out

| Tories just 29 per cent of the to-

tal vote. The Conservatives

however, accounted for 33 per cent.

On March 31, the British-peo-

j pla: will: be going to the polls.

Labor Party candidates appear

on the Conservatives, 1 ' pre-election ‘sampling gave te”

'to be taking heart from a re- .

cent sampling by the Gallup Poll which indicates a strong up- surge in strength for the Wilson government.

After the poll’s great margin | of error in the last Canadian | election, ‘and on several occa- sions before that, Labor’ in Bri- tain would do well to treat the ‘samplings mainly as a conver- sation piece:

To rely on them too much | could prove ee later on.

English Going iModernt

Chatham Daily News

~~Now.....that.... New. maths have | found their way into Canadian schools, it has been discovered that the system is a vast im- provement on the old methods.

The average child has more intelligence than many adults

| credit him with.

‘A child’s™ thoughts are essen-

tially logical and the new meth-

od of teaching maths appeals to his instinct. Intelligence will grasp and retaih that which |

will reject.

On. this .basis, educationists {n the ~United — States bringing forward lish’’, pens to the language as we know it. It is the method of téaching it

that is being brought up-to-date. |

S. pedagogues insist that a practice, common to European countries. should be adopted ,in North America. They see the practice of supplying children with childish prose dis- continued. They demand that” the stories included in text books | , Should belong to the ranks of |

_ are -now | “new -Eng- - Basically nothing hap- |

want to!

Bood literature and not to the | matdliti and inane ‘tales so fam- ihar to present day children. They also insist that grammar should be taught to children as soon as they are able. tc read

and that, according to: their standards, would | _be~ earl: in- | déed-

In the long run, this would. | mean that the teaching of good | English would be. speeded un all along ‘the line. Grade schools will study at present high school level and the latter grades will Study. at. college-level.

This, it is claimed, would raise the-level of literature apprecia: , tion by a considerable margin ; and might even eliminate some of the semi = literate novels somehow, manage to crawl up to the ‘‘best seller’’ lists.

Our only hope is that teachers, m their changes in thought to- which words the rote system. “don't completely reject spelling they apparently have the old multiplication tables.

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