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MONDAY, JULY 28. 1958

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wWI‘Iy Fear Free Debate?

Commenting on the proposed sum— mit conference on the Middle East situation, the Christian Science Moni- tor says the prospect might well spell I diplomatic victoryfor Moscow or for the Western powers. That is what makes it so important. The defea- tist attitude apparent in Washington is duly noted. Certainly it -.would

be naive to su pose that the Krem-. lin often move. without a propaganda [_ purpose. “But,” says the Monitor, “is

it not a mistake to assume that open discussion of any situation must be e

“ disadvantage to the free nations?

Should we deny our faith that. the truth will prevail under conditions of free debate? Indeed, are not the totalitarians forced to battle on our ground whenever they accept such conditions?” , '

As to giving the Soviet a role in Middle East decisions, whether we

like it or not Moscow is already play- 1_

ing that part, both in economics and diplomacy, both inside the United Nations and outside. What is less clear is any intention of Moscow to contribute to peace {in the area. So far it has mainly been engaged in encour- aging Arab nationalism’s more vio- lent pressures against the West and min-t Israel. ' Yet in any U. N. forum Moscow suffers from certain disadvantages. In the recent Security Council pro- ceedings it has repeatedly found it- self in s. lonely minority. Its votes have not been registered without some evidence of embarrassment. It has had to appear not only in a pom- pleter negative position—offering no workable-solution—but in opposi- tion to UN. solution. If Mr. Khrush- chev wants to escape from this. un— comfortable position he will have to

offer something better than fulmi'n-'

stions against Britain and the United States. . The Monitor concludes on a note

which Prime Minister, ' Macmillan.

must have had in mind in drafting his reply, to the ’Soviet leader’s pro-

'posals, and‘ which we too feel is of

overriding importance' “Naturally Western leaders should seek to avoid pitfalls and to set conditions for the conference which will conduce to‘real peacemaking. 'But we submit that they should approach it confidently—'— ready to have wrong exposed where- ver it exists, trusting that the ‘right, wherever it exists, will become more apparent. This process in itself can make a fundamental contribution to peace..And that must be an ever-pre- sent goal.”

New Movement

After talking about it for some years with varying degrees of en- thusiasm, the C.C.F. and the Can- adian Labour Congress have decided to come together for better 'or worse. It would seem to be a reasonable union of convenience. Whether it will bring glory to either partner remains to be seen.

President J odoin of the C.L.C. seems to think that the union will create fear in the mind of the public

that organized labour -may try to do-.

minate the political life of the coun- try. We doubt very much that any

such fear exists. For one thing, the

C.C.F. even with official C.L.C. sup- port, has a long way to go before it can hope to reach the summit. For another, organized labour, strong in this country, is not strong enough to dominate anything outside its own sphere of influence, nor is it likely to be.

If the C.C.F.-C.L.C. combination can do as much in Canada as the La- bour Party and its Trade Union al- lies havs been able to accomplish in Britain—not a very impressive re- cord statistically—that is as much as it can expect. If—assuming it ever wins a federal election—it can pro- duce the high calibre of stateman— ship that has featured Labour re— gimes in Britain, on the whole, it will have reason to be proud of its record. Meanwhile, we feel sure that most Canadians, irrespective of their politi- cal views. will wish the new move- ment well and whatever success it will have deserved after its plans and purposes have been determined.

Frankly—if Premier Douglas’ key

though '

speech at the present Convention is a true indication of policy—we don“t fell that the new movement has start— ed out particularly well. Mr. Douglas claimed that the party’s first task is to combat “Tory reaction.” This is s straw man if ever there was one. What Mr. Douglas calls by that‘name is just as Liberal as anything Canada has ever seen in a Government. C.C.Fers will have to pick out more . practical targets for their ammuni- tion, if they hope to get anywhere.

The Late Mr. MacMiIIan

Few men have contributed more to the efficiency of the public service in this Province than the late Mr. L.B. MacMiIlan, M.B.E.. who Was Deputy Minister of Public Works for nearly half a century and who since his re-

of the Public Utilities Commission.

Mr. Ma‘cMillan’s knowledge of every detail connected with his duties was phenomenal, and he was of _ in- valuable assistancs to successive Ministers in -his department. He was very courteous and helpful to mem~

publicgenerally. The younger genera- tion owed him a special debt for the interest he took in sports, and his en- thusiasm in promoting these activiti— es in which he had himself participatil ed» with outstanding success as s’ youth. _ .

In every way he Was an excellent citizen and his passing will be sin- cerely mourned. The Guardian joins in extending sympathy, to his wife and family in their bereavement.

The Fear Factor . The London Times refers to s

the' campaign of cancer education in the United Kingdom; that ls.'the “misguided efforts” to make-the pub lic disease~conscious. _ * ‘

Cancer takes a great many lives, and since the cause is unknown, the earlier it is recognized the moi-ellkely it will respond to medical treatment. ‘6 The public must be educated about I the importance of early. medical at-

tention. " . " '

,With this The Times agrees. The difficulty arises in trying \to educate the public ’without introducing the fear factor. As every doctor knows, The Times says, “there is no suitor way of, ruining an‘individual’s- life thanéby giving him such s. spectre companion throughout life.” It com- mends the British Medical Associa-

for purposes of cancer education. The best 'place for such education. it says, is in the doctdrfs office.

EDITORIAL NOTES

It is tragic that the first United States’ marine to be killed in Leban- on was shot by one of his own group. For some reason he failed to answer - the challenge of a sentry who there- upon carried out Orders to shoot.

A'- Q- i’

It is reported that 5000 policemen besides a host of secret service men will be on duty to guard Premier Ni- kita Khrushchev when he‘arrives to attend the summit meeting in New York. This Will be another lift to the Soviet leader’s ego. He will take great satisfaction "from it, ignoring the rea-

nism by European refugees now liv-

ing in I the States

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M.P’s from four Provinces—New Brunswick, Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta—told the Agriculture Committee of the Commons that the Federal Government should make more long—term credit available “to farmers on more generous terms. No doubt, our own members will find 1!. way to make themselves heard on this important matter. No province is in greater need of a practical farm-cre- dit system. ‘. 4 4 0

In discussing in the Commons the discharge of an employee who, had been found in possession of contra- band liquor and cigarettes, Agricul- ture Minister Harkness noted that no charge had been mads'against the man “because publicity for the de- partment was not deemed advisable.” Does this mean that federal employ- ment is a protection against prosecu- tion? That’s the way it sounds.

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claim as business expenses the wages paid to domestic help? This question will be put to the Federal Government when the Canadian Federation of Business and Professional Women submits the resolution recently pass- ed at its convention. The federation, which is made up of some 7000 work- ing women, is asking for a fixed tax exemption of $1,000 for every woman, be she married or single, who has to hire help to look after her household

while she is at work.

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Libya And The Sudan

The Times, London

Those Arabs who live. to the west "of geographical Arabia and beyond the borders of Egypt are determined to stay out of the pre- sent Middle East imlbroglio. Both Libya and the Sudan have repu- tations for independence that they have sturdily maintained both against the magnetism of Cairo and against the bliaudishments of the West. . ,

lit is not possible, of course, for territories in this part of the world to follow a policy of com- plete non-involvement.

On the one hand the stirrings‘ of Annie nationalism are easily seen, and actively Encouraged, in both countries; on the other, ec- onomlc dmlculties have persuad~ ed them to seek aid from the West. ' . I , KEPT A BALANCE .

Libya has s treaty of alliance with Britain sndnsn esteemed-t providing hot the use: of Libyan bases by United Statcs for-ca; the Sudanese Government has recent- ly agreed to an otter of American aid. ' ,

The Governments of both coun» tries are successfully keeping a balance between these two in— fluences. Economic aid and fin- ancial sgneements‘do not prevent ‘coups,’ however, and it may be that in the long run the weight of nationalism will make a tilt of the scales inevitable.

In Libya Cairo Radio can be heard eighteen hours a day. There are 500 Egyptian teachers in the schools, universities. and training colleges, and Egyptian textbooks are in general use. v_

In the past ten years many Li- byans have been to universities in Egypt. In the Sudan there is an opposition party that has been quick to welcome the Iraq revolt, and the unrest between the Mus- Iim north and the nonaMuslim south is easy for disruptive ele- ments to exploit.

Ilh spite of these obvious dan- gers there are special circum- stances in both the Sudan and Libya which give hope that they may retain their independent ways. i .

A few days ago in Khartoum

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the Sudan Government reaflflrm- ed its torelgn policy as one of nonialignment with the western and eastern blocks and neutral- ity among Arab States. RISKS LESSENED

Apart from the Government's determination to avoid them; the risks of Arab nationalism on the Egyptian model spreading in the Sudan have undoubtedly been les- sened by the'behavior of Nasser. He moVed in a high-handed and arbitarary way against the Sn-

san in February to try to enforce

a settlement of the boundary dis- pute and was sharply rebuffed. He has been unreasonable in his demands over the Nile. waters.

And Cairo Radio has broadcast attacks on Sudanese Ministers who form pm of a freely elect- ed Government. Illbys, since it achieved independence six years ago, has been reorienting itself.

The creation of other indepen- dent. States in North Africa and the breaking up of the Arab Lea- gue have lessened its interest and connection with the east. Con-se- quently it has been pushed to- wards evolving a policy of its own.

Like the Sudan, Libya has shown skill and initiative in thus fulfilling its independence.

Civil Service Reform

Montreal

In the genera election of 1957 the Progressive . Conmvative Party mused that the civil ser- vice Would be thoroughly revised a view to cutting down all waste. As Mr. Diefen'baker said Mohammedan: “TheCon— servmnve Party, has endeavored to secure a reduction in unneces- sary expenditures of Government by suggesting the semis up of

. s commission, to the H00-

ver Commission in the United States, but without result. That

. Medan" hes suggested econo- mies in the billions."

No action has yet been taken on this matter. When asked re- cently in» the House of Commons Whether he had abandoned the idea of civil service reform Mr. Dliefenbaker replied: “The Gov- ernment will give the-tullest con- sideration to this matter and when it is in a position to announce a decision, it will be made to the House.” ‘

MANY DIFFICULTIES

The difficulties, of course, are easy to understand. ser- vants might look with uneasiness upon such sweeping revlsions, for fear oflosiug their jobs. Loss of employment is a serious prospect for anybody. :

0n the other hand, the growth

PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open to the (HIGHS!

sion by correspondents of question of

interest. The Gusrdian does not noses-

ssrily endorse the opinion of corres- pendants.

A TRIBUTE

Sir,-—-With your permission, I would like to make a few re- marksconcenniug a good friend of mine, who has recently passed on to the Home beyond. There is an ancient proverb which says: “If you cannot say anything good about a person say nothing at all”._ Well, I find that I can say nothing but “good” about the late C a Ms 1 11 Joseph Wallace White.

Mr. White was s seafaring man, engaged in coastal trade. As a mule, seafaring men are out- spoken; there is little or no de- ceit in them..Truly, I found the Captain to be one of them. He was a kind and true friend. 'I had the privilege and pleasure of being in his home many times. The hospitality in that home was unbounded.

Captain Wally, (as he was bet— ter known to his many friends) was a Christian man, and was

always interested in the work '

or the Church of which he was s member. He was also a sup- porter of every good work in the community of Murray Har- bour South, where he made his home. He will be greatly missed by his wife and family, and a large circle of friends. His fu- neral was a large one. The floral tributes were many and beauti- ful, and gave silent testimony to the esteem in which Captain White was held. “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit. that they may rest. from their labours: and their works do fol- low them." I Revelation 14:13).

I am. Sir. etc.

Lie. W. D. JOHNS'NW. Montague, REL

Genetic ‘

in the size of the civil service is a serious burden for the taxpayer The federal civil service, accord- ing s figures released less/than a month ago by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, increased more than, 7,500 in the year sep- arating October .31, 1956 from

the same date in 1957. During“ the same perod,

the mildly payroll rosé firom $47.1 million to 952.8 million. This total does not include monthly ‘ overtime pay- ments. These also increased from about half a million to about three-quarters of 1 million.

Hithereistobeareductionin‘

the costs of administration, it is in these massive payrolls that it it must come. These payrolls have been described as “the deadweight of administra- tive cost?"

NATURAL ANXIETY '

It would be most unfortunate if the need for an efficient overhaul of the civil service were to be indefinltely postponed. Yet. the very natural anxiety of civil ser- vants for the security of employ- ment deserves sympathetic con- sideration. '

There would seem to be a rea- sonable solutiOn. It is a solution that would allow for reform on the one hand, without causing a single civil servant to lose his job.

The reform could take place in this way. A commission perhaps similar to the Hoover Commis~ sion, could examine the whole civil service structure, with a vtiew to bringing about modern and efficient operations it could recommend the reduction of staff whenever needed. ' ' REASSIGNMENT

On the, other hand, instead of discharging any civil servant, a policy of rca-ssigmnent could be followed. ‘

The civil service naturally de-

creases every year, in every de» partment through the automatic retirement of members on pen- sion; through death, and through the vdlimtary those who wish to take other typ- es of employment. ' ‘ If the policy of engaging new civil servants were to be re- stricted, those who had been found superfluous could be given employment to fill vacancies, where the need of employment is real. In other words. instead of taking on new employees, and adding to the civil service as such. present employees could be reassigned to vacancies as they -appe- nr where theiri work would be more evidently in demand.

Thispolicy could he carried out with the fullest conzsidenation of the feelings of the Government's employees. The assignment to a new department, for instance, could often be arranged to take place in the same community. so that no civil servant need he. mov- ed to another part of the country unless it were acceptable to him. HIGH PROPORTION '

A high proportion of the work- ing skills needed or acquired in the civil service are of a general kind. suitable for many depart ments. This would apply not only to clerical work, but to many special branches. such as public r c l. a I i. o n s and. accountancy. Through the transfer might. be from one department. of another.

resignations of *

tl need not be from one occupation to another. The same occupation could be continued. ‘ Such a policy ought delay somewhat the immediate decrease of staff. which, an lnwestiigating commission ought But as a means of reconciling the need of efficiency with con- sideration for employees them- selves, the delay would seem just- iltled. It is a policy that could be clearly unno'unoeu- by the Gov- ernmer nit before an investigatmg cormnissibn urns appointed.

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Who’s The Family Boss At Bedtime?

By Herman N. Bundesen. M.D. YOUNGSTERS. just in case some of you didn‘t know, like to feel. important. They rejoice in being the center of things.

And. it they can get Mom and Pop to wait on them they tool like kings.

Most youngstens begin conniv- ing just before they go to bed. They‘ll stall, as long as they can and, once they’re in bed. they begin making s bid tor attention.

First request in the majority of cases is to call for a drink of water. You'd hunk your lot was dying of thimst in the middle of the Sahara Decent the way he lm‘igs for s couple of sips of water.

llf he gets that. or even If he doesn't. his next. mave most lik- al-y will be to advise you threat- enineg that he has to go to the bathroom.

HE’S GOT YOU

If you answer this request—— and most reroute don’t dare to ignore it.~— he knows he’s got you just where he wants you. By this time you are working tor him. and he’ll heap you‘enslaved mt as long as he can possibly

~His next query lt'slikely‘ to bembneotademsndbynow) is to ask: '

"What's that?" .,

Ilfyoutslltorthisonemdnsk him what was What, he’ll reply that he heard “A noise.”

Illness you let him know In no uncertain terms that you have

had enough foil his monkey-shines,

his next move—«and you can al- mostbet‘oniit—Mlllbetoosllfor s handkenchief. .

FURTHER REQUESTS p

Til-en he will ask you to cover turmto straighten the bed-clothes and, finally. to "read me a story”

You must take 'a firm stand right at the beginning or you are licked. ‘

Mollie sure you give him plen- ty of love and attention during the daytime and especially ‘be- fore going to bed. Then, when he isputtobed,beflimwithhim.

Don’t be bullied. ‘

When you say goodnight, tell him that it is final: that you will tolerate no foolishness. Ilf you say that it is final; that you will tolerate no foolishness. If yousmyitinsconvlnciugman- not you’ll get results. QUESTION AND ANSWER