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Both Leaders To Blame

Commenting on the resumption of the dreary flag debate at Ot- tawa last week, the Toronto Globe and Mail calls it a defeat of one of Parliament‘s most basic rights—the right to bring to a vote an issue that has already been thoroughly discussed and rediscussed. “This is a. basic injury to Parliament. and to Canada." it says. “So long as a few members representing a minority can indefinitely paralyze Parlia- ment, we do not have government that is responsive to the people. And if Mr. Diefenbaker were one of the waiting silent instead of the leader of the talkers. he would be the first. to say so."

This is fair enough comment up to a point. But we question whether Mr. Diefenbaker would ever have gotten himself into such a pickle, and be obliged to make any such statement. if he were in Prime Min- ister Pearson's shoes. He is much too experienced a politician for the

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HOW IT STARTED—After all. it is the Government that decides the business priorities of the House. not the Opposition. It was Mr. Pear- son who decided that the flag was more urgent than a lot of business which was specifically mentioned in the Speech from the Throne as of grave public importance. After rais- ing a storm of controversy and finally agreeing to submit the issue to a parliamentary committee, it was he who promised a "new flag by Christmas.” thereby giving the Opposition leader another oppor- tunity to denounce his dictatorial ways.

That wasn't the end of his bung- ling tactics. On the first day of the resumed flag debate, Mr. Pearson insisted on adherence to the rules which decree that motions for con- currence in committee reports take precedence over all other matters. This meant suspension of the daily question periOd until the debate was disposed of. thus shutting off all opportunity of querying the Gov- ernment on any matters of public concern in the meantime.

Mr. Diefenbaker reacted as might have been expected. by urging that the rules be suspended so as not to deny the House “its right of examination and scrutiny through questions." Instead of seizing the chance for creating good will by acceding to this request, Mr. Pear- son insisted that “for this day at least we should follow the normal procedure," and was promptly charged by his opponent with dis- regarding the rights of Parliament.

ANOTHER BUNGLE—This bad start set the stage for the long procedural wrangle over a subse- quent Tory motion that the flag report be sent back to the commit- tee with instructions to provide for the taking of a plebiscite. When the Government argued that the committee had ceased to exist, Mr. biefenbaker said this was another httempt to strangle ' Parliament. ' Incensed, Mr. Pearson made a sharp rebuttal, ending up with the rhetorical question: “We ask you, Mr. Speaker. whether or not. an hmendment sending this matter back to this six weeks committee is inlorder . . ." Much to his sur- prise, the Speaker ruled that in yiew of special circumstances the hmendment was permissible. Thus the fat was in the fire again. with the government members leok- lug helplessly on.

- Which brings us up to date on the subject. and shows that the . lama can be placed pretty evenly

f the two chief parliamentary ' ' e bungling amateur

on one side. and the implacable pro on the other. So far as causing “injury to Parliament” is concern- ed, they’re pretty much in the same boat. The Montreal Star goes so far as to suggest that there must be “a growing number of voters" who are casting about for alter- natives for both of them.

UN Crisis Shelved

The United Nations Assembly emerged last week out of crisis into an unprecedented experiment in enforced international unanimity. The difficulty was to carry on business without taking sides while the Soviet Union and the United States negotiated further on the contmvcrsial question of UN finan- ces. A delicate Soviet-American agreement to avoid voting on any subject was reached in Secretary- General U Thant’s office, and the session opened with this safeguard against a showdown.

This, of course, leaves the issue unresolved. But on Wednesday, talks are to resume between U.S. State Secretary Rusk and the. So- viet representative, Mr. Gmmyko. to try to work out a compromise solution. Meanwhile. by sticking to unvoteworthy subjects in the com- ing weeks the Assembly can skirt entirely the question of whether Moscow has or has not lost its vote for peace-keeping arrears.

A Washington source hints that the Soviets have agreed to talk about. contributing to a UN “rescue fund". sufficient to take care of immediate arrears without prejudic- ing their claim that the have been unjustifiany billed for peace-keep- ing operations in the. Middle East and the Congo.

This offer contains conditions that the Security Council control the rescue fund. and that it be ap- plicable only to future peace-keep- ing operations—demands which are unacceptable to the United States and. reportedly. to Britain. But at least the discussion is continuing.

Indeed, both Moscow and Wash- ington took a big step away from their previous unyielding positions when they agreed to the arrange- ment for a voteless Assembly open— ing. But you can’t please everybody in this world. and there is said to be uneasiness among many smaller nations about the bilateral nature of this deal. As one of their spokes- men put it: “When a big-power col- lision like this is resolved, it usual- ly ends in concentration of power for the big states and loss of power for the small."

Castro Eases Up

Good news of sorts comes from Cuba. Premier Castro has consider- ably eased restrictions on Western press correspondence in recent months. with results that have proven of mutual benefit and may set a pattern for better public rela- tions in future. .

'In the past, correspondents had to wait for as long as eight hours to make a telephone call to New York or other cities in the West. Cables were held up for hours, and sometimes cut or altered by cen- sors. Then. early this year. the sit- uation began to improve. The for- eign relations department which deals with the foreign press was expanded and a new head appointed.

The wait on overseas telephone calls now seldom exceeds one hour. Cables are no longer cut or chang- ed, and are moved more quickly. Also. correspondents are less re- stricted in their movements about the country than previously.

This is interpreted as meaning that Castro feels his revolution is secure against overthrow fro m within and that he can permit for- eign correspondents to report on conditions in Cuba, both good and bad, in relative terms. Whatever his motives. his changed attitude is to be welcomed. The best assurance he can give that he is not planning

mischief to his neighbors is to let.

the daylight in on his activities.

EDITORIAL NOTE Ottawa‘s 169.000 eligible voters will give their verdict today on one of the most bitter civic election campaigns in the capital‘s history. Centre of controversy is the in- domitable Charlotte Whitton. mayor for nine of the last 13 years, who is opposed by four men. one of them her brother-in-Iaw. Two of them. says a (‘P report. are rated a fair chance of succeeding—if they don't serve merely to split the anti- Whitton vote. All five have been embroiled in a public shouting

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OTTAWA REPORT By Patrick Nicholson

Pithy Comments At Brockington Luncheon

One of the greatest masters of the English language in Canada today is Leonard Brockington, widely and justly famed as an orator and a teller of good tales but equally distinguished as a counsel-at-law. an advisor to corporations and a great Carla- dian.

"Brock". the native of Car- diff. Wales now in his late sev-

enties. visited Ottawa recenliy to give evidence before _the 1 House f Commons committee

on External Affairs. He was. dis- ‘

cussing anti-subversive litera- ture. which at times oversteps reason to become an instrument of racial prjudice. In his wis- dom. he warned that legislation against this practice might turn out to be a curtailment of the democratic right of free speech.

After the committee hearing.:

the chairman. the honourable and learned MP for Leeds. On-

tario. John Matheson. gave a'

small lunch party in honour of

Brock. and was kind enough to i Prime Minister Mackenzie King.

.include me among his guests.

PRATTLER AND PLATTERS

We had an excellent meal, not : so much because of the always delicious food served in .Parliamentary Restaurant. but )lhanks to an incessant flow of wit and wisdom from Brock. ' who seemed to have little chance ifor food while he talked inces- ‘ sanily from soup to nuts.

Brock came to Canada 52 iyears ago. after winning the Gold Medal for Law at the Uni- versiiy of Wales. His career here has varied between practising with Prime Minister RB. Ben- 1nett‘s firm in Calgary, to bring

the first chairman of the

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from 1936 to 1939. His honours i

are many, and include be I n g : made a Freeman of the City of London and an honorary mem- i ber of the Bar of New York City 1 and State,

One of his important jobs was as special wartime assistant to

Lox Drug Restrictions

London Free Press

it must be news to most Can- adians that it's as easy to go in- to the drug manufacturing busi- ness in this country as it is to open a corner grocery. Easier. in fact. because even the latter needs a municipal business lic~ ence.

The Commons Food and Drug Committee has been told by Dr. C.A. Morrell. head of the feder- al food and drug directorate. "There is noth’ng to prevent anybody in this room from set. ting up a drug company— and you wouldn't even have to tell me about it."

This results in a truly para-

doxical situation. and one that i h remedied by legisla- ,

s ould be lion. While Dr_ Morrell‘s depart ment has legal authority over all such firms. it does not have

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I asked him about the amusing folklore relating to his departure :from .that post. The story sug- ‘ gests that the transition from I 3the pedestrian Mackenzie King 'prose to the oratorical flights ghost-written by Brock was more than the grey little man could I stomach. When a friend askedl him why he had ended his jobi with the Prime Minister. Brockl replied: "I thought I was sum- I moned to be general physician to the body politic of the Liberal Party. but I was disgusted to; find that I was expected to“ waste my time as oratoricali midwife to an intellectual vir-

gin "

I Was this true'.’ I asked Brock. Not quite. he replied; “I think I said I was tired of-bcing orator- ical midwife to an old maid.‘ WILL HAD WORD FOR IT Brock made his own pithy L comment on the current Parlia- i ment. A great admirer of the l writing of William Shaoespeare. I he suggested that the Bard had 1 written the most applicable epi- gram in his “Merry Wives of "Here is a great: ng of God's patience and

i the power to make them apply ‘ the King's English}.

fofr licences. In short. it has to i Hi I find them before it can control i

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hem. It would need just one case of ‘a fiy-by-night company selling a lethal and untested drug to one unwitting victim to bring about a parliamentary inquiry In the words of Dr. F. S. Brien. of London. who appeared before the committee. "Dr. orrell is in a position where. if anything happens. he'll be crucified." With this warning, Ottawa's duty is clear. With the co-opera-

tion of local health authorities r

it should be simple to make cer- tain that no one gets into th e

I can e to live up to the " highest standards of the indus- I try.

Calling Dr. Stronglelove

onlreal Gazelle

Defence Minister Paul Holly- er has taken .30 calling nuclear weapons "special ammunition.

No one can deny that nuclear .

weapons are ammunition.

And no one can deny that they are special.

But to group the two words in. gelher does not. to say the least, provide a clear or definitive de- scription of the weapon involv-

ed.

In fact. the. term leaves the impression that it is some odd calibre of bullet or shell.

Why does Mr. Hellyer not call a spade a spade. or. in this case. a nuclear weapon a nuclear wea on.

Is be ashamed of the word? Have the words "nuclear" and "atomic" become terms that cannot be used in polite com- pany?

Mr. Hellyer should not be blamed too much. What he hat done is only too characteristic of the present age.

There is a universal trend to- day to disguise and camouflage unpleasant or distasteful words

a vague circumlocution Is

used to describe some terrible thing. it is possible to pretend that the thing is not so terrible after all.

comforting.

The term atomic bomb brings a very unpleasant picture : the mind.

The term special ammunition could not scare anyone.

It is just the sort of thing that might have been prescribed by the movie "Dr. Strangelove. or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb."

Nuclear weapons are indeed very terrible things.

Unfortunately they are nec- essary. until such time as dis- armament becomes possible.

But the fact they have to be 'ved with does not justify offer- ng them as If they were a so;- ar~coated . iThcrc are some things in this world that ought to be worried about. and the bomb Is one of hem.

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Terms like special ammuni- lion had better be left to Madi- son Avenue.

The Eoist Wind Chills

Milwaukee Journal

Indications are that ihe So- viet Union and Communist China enjoyed only a temporary truce during ~Premier Chou En-

lal's visit to Moscow. The Chin- 3

car official had no more than left the city than anti- Chinese criticism blossomed again.

With true Communist indirec- ‘

tion. the attack seems to have been a reply in Albania. which has been an ping steadily at the Soviet Union. And It was made by the journal "Problems of Peace and Socialism"-— which la edited by supporters of the Soviet Union in Cacao-Slovene

but is published in Moscow in

Russian. I The publication carried articl- Les criticizing China by Italian. 1 Canadian. indian othe r Communist leaders and a sharp attack by a British professor on i China‘s nuclear explosion. I Albania has been in Mouth- piece for China for some time. And list week Ibanian press said that it was not enou- gh for the present Kremlin lead- ers to fire Khrushchev. Now said the Albaniana. Stalin must be rehabilitated and his name restored to position of honor Thil ha been the Chloaaa view.

drug-making business unless he ,

Circumlocutions can be vary“

to;

s ascents Into the apt dia-l lect and accent lend colour to? his stories. but some would co- i .lour some faces. mono his {tales of Scotland, I enjoyed his ‘account of a Highlander, kilted and skean-dhued. sharing a train in the north of Scotland with a fellow~traveller clad in a uni- form strange lo him, "The High- land uniforms I know: but what Is this you wear?" he asked. Hits the uniform of the Salva- ltion Army.” "An what enemy do you fight?" “I fight the dc. ivil. I will fight him tonieht in Aberdeen: I will fight him to-j morrow in Dendec: and the next _ iday I will fight him in Edin-; :burch." “That's right." ax- ‘claimed the Highlander. "keep =chasing the so-and-so south. I chase him right over the border I . into England."

1 the picture. Numerous

Suliamylon For Burns

By Dr. Theon R. Van Della. Sulfamylon is the new b u r ointment deviled at Brooke Gen- eral Hospital in San Antonio. Tex. It is applied like butter to th eh i - ace and is said to reduce mortality from 50 to 20 per cent among the more aer- iously burned. The p t, an antiseptic. helps by preventing infection and has been dubbeed Lindberg's butter. after the dis-

over-er.

Approximately 70.000 persons are treated in hospitals annu- ally for this mishap~ This does not include the millions whp sus- tain minor burns in the kitchen or at work. M e more serious injuries along this line affect children who are scolded with boiling water or hot grease. Others get into trouble w hen playing with matches or flam- mable materials.

The depth of the burn is tra- ditionally classified into first

d de The

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first two heal spontaneously bu the third degree extends through the entire skin, which sloughs off and must be replaced with a skin graft.

The burn is likely to be deep- er when the clothes catch fire than with hot water or a flesh Clothing usually protects against flash burns. unless .it is ignited. On the other hand, clothing re- tains heat from hot water and should be removed immediately after the burn occurs.

It is difficult to appreciate the severity of a burn involving a large area of the body. T h e seared skin is extremely sensz- tive to the touch and the victim lies motionless most of to e ‘me‘ This means he is helpless until healing occurs. He is like ly to be toxic, dehydrated. and in shock because of the loss of vital fluids through the raw sur-

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The damaged tissues are ex- cellent soil for the growth of microorganisms, which Is why infection usually develops. It is here that sulfamylon will enter skin grafts and physical therapy will be required later.

HOT RATES AND FERTILITY

'Vlrs. A..I. writes I've read recently that a warm both can e a main temporarily inter- tile. Could my husband's hot, steaming shower every mor- ning keep me from becoming

pregnant?

REPLY It is true that warmth may affect male fertility, but tem- peratures as high as that of the body are needed over a long period of time (months or

years). MOUNTAIN SICKNESS T. D, writes. I was in the Rockies on vacation last July. Just as the guide anticipated, me of the tourists developed breathing difficulties. Why does

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, a high altitude cause shortness . of breath?

PLY

Because the barometric pres- sure is low. resulting in a short supply of ox en. The reaction depends upon individual suscep- tibility and the amount of exer- lion done at a) high altitude.

ERYTHEMA OF PALMS

Mrs. D. writes: Why do my palms redden during each preg- nancy.

REPLY We do not know why these vascular (circulatory) changes occur. Pregnancy brings about many alterations in the glandul- ar system that might be respon-

sible. FLU IMMUNITY R.S. writes: If flu shots are taken three years in a row. oes this make you immune for life? RE

No. In addition. the flu virus- cs change every few years and the vaccine must be altered to meet current needs.

TODAY'S HEALTH HINT-

Exercise may delay the aging process.