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Mr. MacRae's Election

The recount of votes cast in Third Queens in the provincial gen- eral ctcction lun'cs Agriculture Min- ister Andrew MucRue with 9 votes over his Liberal competitor, Mr. Cecil Miller, as against the 17-vote lead reported on election night. it was indeed it close contest, but, bur- ring an appeal to the Supreme Court and an atherse decision resulting therefrom. Mr. MacRae‘s seat is as secure as if he had a sweeping majority. And, frankly, we are as pleased with the result as he must be himself.

We say this without disparage- ment of Mr. Miller, who fought a. strenuous campaign and is to be commended on his efforts. But Mr. MacRae holds a. key position in the Government, and there is no quest- ion as to the ability he has shown to fill it capabiy. He is held in high esteem by Liberals as well as Con- seri'atives. and he shows every promise of developing into one of the best administrators this Prov- ince has ever had.

Perhaps. a newspaper, we are prejudiced to some extent in favor of Mr. MacRae, for he has shown a marked desire at all times to be fair and Courteous to the press. Not that he courts publicity in any way. or seeks to influence what any newspaperman says or thinks. It’s simply that courtesy is an inherent part of Andrew Mac- Rae's makeup. and the response he gets from other people is a reflect- ion of his own attitude toward them.

He’s never found it necessary to carry a chip on his shoulder. or to attribute motives—to newsmen or to political Upl'ltllleniS—ii‘lat are be- low the standards that govern his own conduct. We hasten to add that this attitude is not unique among oar politicians, but it is sufficiently uncommon to merit mention, es- pecially in the case of one who has practiced it habitually in all his contacts with the public.

Ability doesn’t always go hand in hand with the amiable traits of a gentleman, but in Mr. hiacthe’s case it does. Experience. 100. in the farming activities to which he has devoted his life. and in the depart- mental burdens he shonlders. We wish him 9. vcr y succcss thcrcin. and in w h a t e v e r challenges the future may have in store for him.

Sixty Taikative Days

When Parliament adjourned for the Christmas holidays, the Com- mons had sat for 60 days, spend- ing 10 days on the Speech from the Throne, 28 days on legislation, nine on ways and means. (budget resolu- tions). seven on interim supply, three on agriculture estimates and two on the supply motion. On one day no government business was considered, the House taking up’ali the time available that day to dis- ptfie of two unsuccessful appeals against the rulings of the Speaker. Commons Committees, meanwhile. with the exception of the commit- tee on government railways, air- lites and shipping, barely got start- ed. on their chores.

Not a very impressive achieve- ment. When the members return to work on Jan. 21 they will have more than enough to keep them busy. Of the many measures fore- cast in the Throne Speech only a handful have received Royal assent. include setting up of an At- Iaba. DcvelM,Boord, amend-

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ments to the Farm Credit Act, in- creases in the guaranteeing powers of the Export Credits Corporation, and amendments to the Food and Drug Act to tighten control over new drugs. The House has yet to pass, in detailed study, a single item of the six billion dollar spend- ing estimates for the fiscal year that will end on March 31.

Yet the talk has filled 2,896 pages of Hansard. A good deal of it had to (lo-with seven unsuccess- ful \‘otcs of non-confidence against the (iiwernment—five during the debate on the Throne Speech, two on the first of what will be six supply motions between now and the end of the session—~if the ses- sion runs its normal course.

A new test is expected soon afler Parliament recmtvenes in the new year. and it may be this time that Social Credit will not be as willing to give the Government the votes it needed and received this fall to stay in office. That is any- body's guess. What is certain is that the precariousncss of the Gov- ernment's minority position will carry over into the unfinished busi— ness. It is predicted that the budget which Finance Minister Nowian is expected to submit to the House in January or February will be crucial in making or breaking the adminis- tration: but some feel that the showdown may come before then, either through joint Opposition ac- tion or by the Government itself calling for a dissolution.

However, the significant polit- ical fact about this Parliament is that the Government has succeeded in remaining in office. If it is grate- ful for the Christmas recess, the same can be said for the Liberals who have made their own blunders in their hunger for power, and who could profit by a little stocktaking of their position at this season.

Best inspector

The text of President Kennedy’s recent broadcast reviewing his first 23 months in office is being closely scanned for hints of future United States policy. Commentators believe they have found one significant hint in his statement: “The catn- era, I think. is going to be our best inspector.“ By this the President is interpreted as meaning that the United States has pretty well abatt- doned hope that the Soviet Union will accept on-site inspection against weapons. anywhere, at this period. This would apply to Cuba as well as Soviet home territory.

Mr. Kennedy explained how a dictatorship could not permit on- the-spot inspection by outsiders and continue to be a dictatorship. He also may have cut some of the ground from under his disarma- ment negotiators at Geneva. who have. been insisting that the Soviets accept some on-site inspection of undergmuml disturbances as part of a nuclear test ban agreement. The President said in effect: “It’s not much use trying for that.”

He did not say what “camera” he was talking about, .but he was referring not only to the cameras of thehigh-altitude U-2 planes and the low-flying Air Force reconnais- sance jets over Cuba, but also to the hush-hush reconnaissance satel- lite callcd Samos. What he did plainly imply is that camera pic- tures will eventually—if they do not already—provide a substantial; substitute for ground inspection.

This should hasten the advent of a nuclear test ban, if indeed there is a genuine desire on both sides to end this suicidal race for supremacy.

EDITORIAL NOTES What a com mentary on our civilization, sighs the Ottawa Journal, that the world's great statesmen must spend the time right up to Christmas talking of Skyboit and Polaris missiles, agents of destruction to keep the peace. III t i The federal budgetary deficit is coming down. It was $18,200,000 in November. bringing the figure for the first eight months of the current fiscal year to $105,200,000 compared with one of $304,600.000 in the corresponding period of last year. In a statement tabled before the Commons took recess last week, Revenue Minister Nowian reported revenues of $471,200,000 and ex- penditures of $489,000. The $18,- 200,000 deficit for November this year compared with a deficit of $93,600,000 in November, 1961. r

ANOTHER GALLERY EXHIBIT

OTTAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson

Scholarly Post - Mortem On ’57 Election

Our politicians spend much time discussing in detail the problems of Canada, that it is a welcome and indeed a ne- cessary reverse play to find that some Canadians are begin- ning to spend a lot of time in discussing in considerable detail the problems of our politicians.

It is commonly said Canadians are not a politically- inclined nation. We certainly do not. like the British in their pubs and the Germans in their beer-gardens. spend many even- ing hours discussing our public affairs. But there is immense and fascinating interest to be derived from politics. Look the success achieved by the fic- tional work "Advise and Con- sent".

This novel described imagin- ary goings-on in Washington; it was written by a newspaper rc- porter: it has been gobbled up and scrialised and filmed, to the entertainment of many people in many lands who would u of

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OTTAWA REPORTS

Our newspapers and periodi- Cais of the happenings on and around Parliament Hill. But for various rcasons. only the facts of Pa.- lizimcnt are widely rcporlcd. The reasons behind those facts.

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tho deals. the negotiations. the; log-rolling and indeed even tlie‘

conspiracies behind the events of the day. are touched on lil- tlc — if at all.

So it is a welcome develop- mcnt to find that the Toronto University Press has begun in part to open this closed d our, in an attempt to educate and to entertain Canadians in this field of public affairs. It is field in which we should all be sufficiently well-informed that we can exercise our privdcge as citizens with wisdom; it Is a field which we would all fin d enthralling and exciting if we were really enabled to poop into the secret conclaves behind that closed door - as ‘ and Consent“ made possible.

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cussing the many aspects of a Canadian federal election. "The Canadian General Election of 1957" offers for $6.50 a complete

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wntten pages and a sliip-itn elec- toral map of Canada.

THE VOTE DISSECTED

The writer of this scholarly post-morlem is professor John Meisel. of the Department of Political and Economic Science at Queen's University. He in a s explored deeply into the think- ing of politicians and the work- ing of their party organisations. and has highlighted the back- ground and the battles of th at campaign in a way t at spaces the on-tite-spot reports y our newspapers and broad- cast stations. .

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slickly. If there is any critlctsm of Meisel‘s work. it would be on the ground that it appeared flv a years after the e ven i, whereas in both Britain and U.S.A. such books have recently appeared within one year of the event they analysed. more intimate fa- miliarity with public affairs is surging through the western world. and it is accompan- ied by a new entertainment from satirising public figures. The first makes the second possible. The whole gives a closer under- standing of the problems and worries which harass our gov- ernments. This beatnik twist to public knowledge of the private side of public affairs may prove to be the sugar coating on a top- ic we have shunned too long.

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Globe and Mall, Toronto

Mao-Tse-tung. the Chairman Chinese Communist Party, h a 5 known no true peace for more than 40 years. Ever since Mao traveled from his native Hunan Province to Shanghai in 1921 to attend the inaugural congress of the Chinese Communist Party, his has been a life of revolu- tionary struggle.

During the past three years. Chairman Mao has waged what his own national press would term “particularly arduous struggles" not only against fa- mine and internal opponents to his rule. but against the sup reme ruler of the Soviet bloc. Premier Nikita Khrushchev. '

There have been some recent prophecies predicting the col- lapse of the Sine-Soviet alliance but these are probably prema- ture. Although the Russians may realize the ultimate danger of China's exploding population, for the time being both Moscow and Fe kin g stand to lose more than they would gain from an open and final break.

Mao's Ideological fight with Joseph Stalin over which Marx- ist road must be taken to achieve a Communist C h l n a has been forgotten by many. Sla- lin told his agents to concentrate on the cities. and repeatedly tried to obstrucl the political and military advance of Mao Tse-

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NORTHUMBERLAND SWIM

Sir,—— The “Big Swim" has the attention of all patriotic Is- landers —— also the CBC, Can- adian Press and New Bruns- wick Government. The tenta- tive starting time is e a rly morning Aug. 3. 1963 (D.V. Deposits for the "cause" are being received at the Banks of Nova Scotla in Albany and Charlottetown: Our people see the possibilities in tourist pub- iicity and are “casting bread upon the waters." with the con- fidence that it will retu rn “ ny od." There is also the prospect of many affluent. pat- riotic Islanders abroad in Can~ ads and United States helping the venture financially.

Small donations will be thank- fully received. and larger ones In proportion. Each deppsllor will have a patriotic working in- terest. The vast publicity of the "Swim" will attract the alien- tlon of millions who have never known the existence of P.E.I.. and haven't even seen a body of salt water.

Ours is becoming a close knit community. Our beach parks will get quota of tourists. The National Park is crowded in the tourist season. Nearly everybody gets a share of the tourist dollar to

We must very :00 wild life parks: theatres (a ll Strat- ford. native fiddling and danc- ing) —— something to amuse and

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breeze through in a day. Patriotic citizens and those engaged in pursuits from which direct benefits will accrue, are respectfully requested to make heir deposits to the Banks of Nova Scotia at Albany or Char- lottetown, which will be receipt- ed and chronicled. Bymoancof a long and strong pull and a pull together we ought to be able to get to- gether a suitable amount for prizes by Aug. 13f, 1963. Entries for the swim may be made to our committee. We are. Sir, etc. BORDEN SWIM COMMITTEE.

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A TRIBUTE Sir. — I would like to pay tribute to the taxi driver: of this city. They are a class of people who are more or less ta~ keit for granted. No finer, cour- teous gentlemen are met any- where. ln fair weather and foul they ply their trade. sometimes risking life and limb to con- vey passengers to their destina- m. Holidays are just the same la y

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them as other days. Some me say that their tasks are euy. but tensions of the steering wheels of their vehicles coupled with late hours are no slnecure. SollayhalaofflolhemJl their shadows never grow less. I am, Sir. etc., I". C. BOWNESS (Just l DIIICIIIOI')

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tung‘s Communist peasant arm~ les. Stalin instructed the Soviet Ambassador to remain with the retreating Government of Chiang Kai-slick long after other dip- lomatic missions —- including the U.S. and British Ambassadors— had joined the victorious Com- munists in Chungking in 1949. The Chinese Communist lead- er‘s current verbal exchanges with Premier Khrushchev, while proving the impossibility of creating a unified Communist command on a global scale. are another phase of his endless struggle with those around him who have failed to see what he calls the truth and purity of his own interpretation of Marxist- Leninist doctrine. They indicate serious differences between Pe- king and Moscow, but the tw o Communist giants will not fall out yet. When China's armies begin nosing into Outer Mon- golia. Siberia and the western re- gions of the Soviet empire, it may be a diffenent story.

Our Yesterday’s (From the Guardian Files)

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO December 28. 1937

The Bridge tournament spou- sored by the Society for the pre- vention of Cruelty to Animals. held at the Queen Hotel, Mon- day evening was acclaimed by all the one hundred and sixty guests, as one of the most en- joyable evening bridge parties ever attended. A few cheery re- marks by His Worship Mayor Turner added to the aim-action of the evening.

New York. Dec. 23 —- Grey Owl. Canadian Indian Natural- ist. who was "a poor frightened savage" when he first appeared in London on the stage with Buffalo Bill. returned from the Empire’s Capitol today full of “big talk" about his reception at Buchlngham Palace by "The Great While Father".

TEN YEARS AGO December 28. 1052 Yesterday afternoon a private Fleet Finch plane piloted by L.A.C. James Rae Franklyn of the RCAF Station. Summerslde had a crash landing at the farm of Lloyd Affleck, Bedeque. near newness“ Pond. L.A.C. Frank- lyn was flying to Summerside from his hometown Digby. N.S.

when the crash occurred.

Carollerl from Notre Dame Academy and the YMCA added greatly to the festivities of the Chriclmu season It the Char- ] Hospital to sing to the patients. This gesture of good- will was much appreciated by both the staff of the holpllnl and the patients. .

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maul clipped amoral. border into West Berlin the night Wednesday, a: to to the numb? of cful el- capec r9 orted during tho Christmas holidays.

Examination Shows Degree Of Neck lniury

By Dr. Theodore R. Van Dellen

MEDICAL editors have their off days. slumps. dumps, on what not. We find that one word makes a difference. especially when it is the opposite of what it should be. An article on whip- lash injuries serves as an ex- ample of what I mean.

This condition follows an ac- cident in which a stopped car is struck from the rear and the occupants are thrown forward. I made the mistake of saying “the head is thrown forward and then snaps backward." The opposite occurs in that the torso, being heavier and supported by the seat. is thrown forward. The unsupported head, located on a flexible neck, goes backward and then possibly snaps forward.

The word, whiplash. describes only the way the injury occurs. It is not in itself an abnormal- ity and a thorough examination is needed to determine what tis- sues in the neck have been in- jured, varying from torn mus- cles to a broken neck.

“The article on Scorpions also hurt my pride. I mentioned scorpion bites, knowing full well that scorpions do not bite —they sting."

We are aceused occasionally of omitting causes of different diseases or failure to include every detail of a particular dis- order. Space is limited but ad- ditional information on a medi- cal topic will be furnished those who wish to learn more if stamped, self-addressed envel- ope accompanies request.

0n the other hand. when one cause is omitted unintentionally, we are reminded over and over again by our readers. The omls~ sion may be insignigicant to most of us, but not to the suffer- er of this condition.

As an illustration we neglect- ed to mention nylo n ose in a question on the cone of sweating feet. Some persons are sensitive to these fibers. which results in redness. burning. or sweating of the feet. Others are allergic to one of the chemicals in shoes and the skin breaks out when this footgear is worn.

(Dr. Van Deilcn will answer questions on medical topics if stamped. self - addressed enve- lope accompanies request.)

SLEEPING PILL

Mrs. R.S. writes: My cousin has been taking a barbiturate sleeping pill for about a year. Now site is six weeks pregnant. Could these pills cause the baby to be born deformed the same way as thalidomide?

There is no evidence that any of tho barbiturates produces de- formities in babies. Thalidomide and one of the hormones are the only drugs known to do this and women should be cations about rising an, new product during the first three months of pregnancy.

LUNG MOISTURE

W.L. writes: What is meant

by moisture of the lungs? REPLY

In the strict sense, everyone has moisture in the lungs which is easily demonstrated by blowing against a mirror or a pane of glass. But the term

often is used by physicians to denote excessive moisture or secretions. This disorder I!

found chiefly in dropsical con- ditions. heart failure. and in- flammation of the lungs. TODAY'S HEALTH HINT—

Stuffy nose may be of emo- tional origin.

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It's that come political party doesn't promise to make Christmas fall on a Tuesday every year. Ottawa Journal.

When I cardboard box will: no return address arrived at his home. George Andrew re- membered a recent bomb-in - the- mall case and called pol- ice. Two offlcerl gingerly opened the box and found doz- ens of Christmas cards An- drews had ordered.— Liverpool (Eng.) Despatch.

A (leap-tel: from One“. [stub land. indicates that the he i. master of I grammar sr-Iitoi

there has established a "Smok. lug room" for his 1440-17 you. old pupils. His reasoning: n

will cut out secret smoking .n the boiler- house. lavatorles and

putting sheds." Perhaps the school can now move on to more basic matters. Why not

establish test room: where open cheating is permitted. thus ell. mlnatlng the need for furtive. ness and ink on cuffs?—Chris- tiau Science Monitor.

Washington Reaction

, arold Morrison Canadian Pm: Staff Writer

Fidel Castro Is in a gay mood. He not only made the United States eat dirt in the futile Cu- ban invasion attempt 20 months ago but now he has collected a handsome price for release of 1,113 prisoners.

Under White House persua- sion. U.S. manufacturers con- tributed some $53,000,000 worth of food and medicine to pay the prisoners' “fines” and Castro also demanded and got $2,900.- 000 in cash before the prisoner release could be complet .

Apparently convinced It struck a good bargain, Castro has 1.000 relatives of these prisoners to leave Cuba and is considering the release of 22 or 23 Americans now be- hind Cuban Jail bars.

This would seem on the sur- face to make for friendlier re- lations betwen . . nd Cuba. But in contrast to the He- vana elation. the Washington mood is one of well-concealed anger.

TOOK RESPONSIBILITY

Having approved the invasion attempt while denying the in- vaders the protection of Ameri- can air cover. President Ken- nedy took responsibility for the prisoners’ fate

It now is disclosed that the president‘s brother, Attorney - General Robert Kennedy, took leading role in the collection of food and medicine which Cas- tro demanded, secretly pushing the whole project to the point where som e manufacturers complained they were being bullied by Washington. The se- crecy of the project probably was an indication that the pres- ident feared public opinion. Clearly, Castro has been a great plague for the Kennedys.

Kennedy. therefore. hasn't given up the drive to bring the downfall of the bearded leader. A new order to bar the use of American ports on return trip: for ships which deliver goods to Cuba is in the works. It likely

can out of Cuban jails.

This likely will be followed by other American moves in later months to tighten the economic noose around the Caribbean ls- lend. The Washington plan is to coax other Latin American countries to join in anti-Castro programs to prevent the world from reaching the conclusion that the U.S. merely ls attempt- ing to clobber Cuba into sub-

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Thus. the U.S. lost no time in complaining to the Organization of American States that the Cu- ban regime is still preaching revolution in other Latin Ameri- can countries—“a clear indica- tion of the continuing interven- tioist purposes of the Castro regime."

It was a Kennedy point in his negotiations with Soviet Pre- mier Khrushchev that providing other conditions are met, the U.S. would not invade Cuba as long as Castro does not try to export his revolution to neigh- boring states.

This does not mean that Ken- nedy is planning an invasion of Cuba immediately. Wh at it probably means is that the U.S. will gradually step up harass-

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The release of the Cuban pris- oners may help since these men harbor deep hatred of Casi- tro. '

The Hanging Lamp

lawn Journal

No one knows precisely when ancient man first learned to place a wick in a bowl of ani- mal oil and give himself light. Pioneers in frontier cabins de- pended upon the light of fl re- places and the glow from pine knots. The invention of the lan- tern with protection for th flame was a start. With the dis- covery of petroleum came the glass-enclosed lanterns and hand lamps.

There are those who remem- ber the big lamp that b no 3 over the eating table with its red and white checked cloth and pewter Lazy Susan. It was about 1860 that whale oil lamps gave way to petroleum. Mother pick- ed the hanging lamp from th e mail order catalogue. It was a large, brass-bowled lamp on

chains that allowed it o pushed up and pulled down. The catalogue said it had 58 candle

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power. The dome was decorat- ed with beautiful purple petun- las. and sparkling cut glass pen- dants were suspended f to m the dome band.

Around kitchen tables and be- neath such hanging lamps boy: and girls across a nation did their lessons and read the Youth's Companion. Perhaps a lad with a big geography book occasionally read a western no- vel that interested him more than the capital of Australia or the rivers of South America.

The era of the hanging lamp is gone, along with cedar churns and stereoscopes. But there are those who look back over the de- cades and remem r the scene of long ago, when a golden glow spread from a hanging lamp and a family knew security and un- ity as they read in the soft light.

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Trouble in Grace’s Paradise

All is not well In sunny Mon- aco. The economic difficulties with France have become the world’s worst crisis as for a Monagasquos are con- cerned. A few fervent patriots even talk of taking up arms for their causo. The coming Issue of Weekend Magazine brings you the story.

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