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— TUESDAY. KPRIL 28. 196i.
Erin's fiww Bigger Bomb Ballyhoo General Curtis LeMay is chief
of staff of the US. air force. He
is what is known as a “big bomber week, before the
man": and last
congressional defense appropriations subcnmmittco. he made clear his title to this distinction. What he
wants is that Washington should push production of a new strategic bomber and also build a 100 mega— ton nuclcar bomb.
(.lcncral Le.\Ia_v's testimony set him in opposition to the policy established by President Johnson. who is his commander in chief. It also put him in the same camp with Senator Goldwater. who is running in the presidential primaries, and thus involved the air force in cam- paign politics. His prime concern, apparently, is over building a man- ned bomber to replace the B-72. which will become obsolete in the sarly 1070‘s. Rut Secretary of De- fense McNamara. has steadfastly refused to spend money on new weapons unless he can be shown that they will significantly im~ prove the nation's military strength. A crash bombcr program hasn't moasured up to this requirement.
Rut it was General LeMay's in- si..1oiit:e on a 100 metagon bomb that. in view of his high position, givm one the shudders at this time. i'rcsumably, says the Milwaukee Journal. this is a terror weapon such a: Premier Khrushchev boasted the Russians had tested in 1961 but which we have no evidence was touched off. "Why." ask The Jour- nal. "should we have a bomb with the destructive force of 100 million tons of TNT? LeMay doesn‘t say. Our existing nuclear warheads could orase every major Russian city several times over.” The pa- per quotes Dr. Howard Brown, di- rector of research and engineering for the dofcnse department, as hav- lng testificd that the same amount of money spent for smaller weapons would produce greater results.
Incidentally it is pointed out that Senator Goldwater. who has chal- lengnd the dependability of long range missiles and called for in- creasod emphasis on bombers, wears two hats—one as a lawmaker and the other as a general in the air force reserve.
The Milwaukee paper concludes that until there is better evidence than LeMay's and Goldwater’s that the US. safety margin is slipping, it would be a safe course to follow McNamara. It. would indeed. One thing the. world can well do without is another contest in nuclear bomb frightfulness.
Mr. Thatcher's Campaign
Political commentators are still engaged in analyzing the CCF-NDP defeat in the Saskatchewan general election last week. Post moi-tems of this kind are not only of academ- ic interest: they can be of value to all parties in showing why gov- ernments. seemineg well entrench- ed. fall from grace, and what the decisive factors are in an opposition party's campaign that put it in the load. especially where there are no burning issues at. stake.
In this case. it would seem that the Liberals under Ross Thatcher won out. because they were better organized than their opponents, with an impressive paid-up party membership. The membership fees alone had brought in twice the amount the party had in 1961, when it won 33 per cent of the popular vote against the GCF’a 40 per cent. The 58 Liberal candidates were mostly of high quality. They werc
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often young men. promincm in their constituencies.
Premier Lloyd's main argument with the electorate was the prosper- ous condition of Saskatchewan. And even though the wheat sales to Rus- sia and t‘hina had not been brought. about by the CCF, the party stood to gain advantages in a province that was feeling the benefits of ris- ing income. But Mr. Thatcher claim- ed this prosperity as not nearly what it might be. if Saskatchewan had not been weighed down through the _\'Pars by the liabilities of social- ist doctrine and practice.
He effectively advanced the argument that Saskatchewan is far behind Alberta and Manitoba in new capital investment, the number of workers in manufacturing jobs, the value of factory shipments, and in other ways. Also he claimed that socialist policies had led to the "exodus" of 272,000 people out of Saskatchewan’s natural popula- tion since l944, the year the COP took power.
Evidence of the public reaction to this appeal was noted in the at- tendance at Mr. Thatcher's meet- ings. His rally at Regina on April 15. for example, brought a turnout of (WOO—bigger than the turnout for Mr. Diefenbaker in the federal campaign last year, which returned solid Conservative support from Saskatchewan—and said to be. in fact. the biggest in Saskatchewan’s history.
The 12-Mile Limit
The federal Minister of Fisher- ies, Mr. Robichaud, sees no difficulty in enforcing the new 12-milc limit off (,‘anada‘s coast that the Govern— ment intends to proclaim. “We will use the means at our disopsal,” he says. “We have an enforcement fleet now."
(‘anada has already notified the I'.S. that fishery rights, protected by tradition and treaty, would not he curbed by Canadian extension of territorial waters. Mr. Robichaud has told the Commons that there was no indication that any measure of retaliation would be taken by the l'.S. when the limit is extend— ed on May 15. But. as the Montreal Gazette points out, the matter may not prove so easy.
It is one thing to enforce a law that has international recognition; it may prove quite another to en- force a law that Canada has her- self proclaimed. Tho Canadian Gov- ernment has fallen back upon it own proclamation because it failed to win international recognition for the 12-mile limit from the United Nations in 1960. Canada and the United States combined to sponsor a qualified l‘Z-mile limit for all na- tions, but it failed by a single vote to win the two—thirds majority that was needed.
Canada‘s three-mile limit has been generally respected. But in the distance between three and 12 miles a great number of nations have been active, including Rus- sia. and Russia's interest Is not confined to fish. Despite Mr. Robi- chaud’s assurance that there is no indication of any [7.8. retaliatory measure, It Is very difficult even for Washington to recognize Can- ada's claim—as the late President Kennedy asserted.
It is easy, as The Gazette says, to understand the importaan of exercising control over tho fishing areas off the Canadian coast, as these arc in danger of being ex- hausted, especially with modern scientific fishing methods. But an international agreement (discourag- ing as it may now seem) would still be far preferable to trying to enforce a new regulation with the sort of fleet that Canada has at her command, supposing that a powerful nation chose not to rec- ognize Canadada’s new claim.
EDITORIAL NOTE
Now being carefully reviewed by the US. federal food and drug administration is a petroleum pro- duct known as "mulch", that can be sprayed over crops or garden plants to form a protective film which hugs the soil. The mulch is said to reduce soil evaporation, pro- tect against erosion and warm tho soil by absorbing solar radiation. Seedlings easin break through the film. and It can be plowed back into the soil once its work is done. So far it has been found to have no det- rimental effect on people, animals. em and soil
WINGS? WHO NEEDS WINGS?
AN HONEST RETURN Ma king Out TholTox Report
Bruce Hutchlson In The Winnipeg Free Press
Those new computing machin- es in Ottawa are now grappling with the only honest income tax return filed by a Canadian cili- zen. The author of this unique document is my neighbor. Mr. Horace Snifkin. who admits that he has long been defrauding the department of national revenue.
in former ycars he reported only his visible cash income of about $8.000 but. as he now real- izes. this sum represents a min- or fraction of his wealth. or the wealth of any normal Canadian.
Resolvingy to tell the w h ole truth. Mr. Snifkin put down a
round sum of $1.000.000 for the .
privilege of living another full year. with fairly good health. at his advanced age. Actually he thoushl the ficure rather low considering that the survival of the human species had becom so improbable and modern life thus so interesting.
On second thought. he insert- ed another million as a kind reasonable prerogative of living in Canada instead of anywhere else on earth. and the supplementaryi right to denounce the Canadian i experiment as a total failure. ' MANY ADVANTAGES .
Many other items of solid ln< i come usually omitted by the tax- payci‘ were added to Mr. Snif- kin‘s return, including a rough estimate of $100,000 for air. sun- shine and the occasional society of children: a similar amount for a brief view of the R 0 c k y . Mountains scen from horseback .
at 1 the public treasury, surcharge for the I
on an autumn day: and $75000 , for a fivepound Rainbow troul caught in a certain secret river ‘ Mr. Snifkin acknowleducd the ‘ receipt of only $6.000 for the sal~ i isfactzion of harvesting his own I vegetable and fruit crop but. an ‘ he argued. the potatoes were of poor quality last ycar, the appl- es scabby and of them stolen by small boys anyhow.
Altogether earned income i came to about $1000.000 The 1 return on Mr. Snifkin's invest-
ment, however. was more diffi- cult to calculate. in fact. his capital. all unknown to the un- . suspecting government. is he-‘ yond calculation. making h i m . probably the richsst man in the nation.
It was ImpossihlP. for instan- 1 cc, to estimate the dividends of careless rapture paid by a canoe which be purchased. second - hand. for $50. He reckoned them at $10.000 at. the risk of cheating
An investment of $10 in daf-
fodil bulbs yielded interest of a thousand per cent at least in the pure gold of springtime. Var- ; ious new tools of carpentry at 1 his summer camp enforced the same sort of outright usury. The i returns of fuel and bodily vigor t
from his woodlot to virgin timb- er were so large that Mr. Snif- kin could not expect the govern- ment to believe his sworn evi- dence.
On the other hand. he rightly claimed a large fam- ily of impoverished dependents whom he had supported gener-
ously out of his taxes—the Cau- .
adian Broadcasting Corporation, the Canadian National Railways, the entire Sonic and 265 mem- bers of Parliament at $18.000 per head.
Mr. Snifkln then claimed as another legitimate expense his time wasted on the boring mari- tal adventures of Mr. Richard Burton and Miss Elizabeth Tay- lor plus the many hours of his leisure ruined by the speeches of Mr. Canticltc.
s a medical expense he not- ed a substantial item for th alarming rise in his blood pres- sure induced by Mr. Gordon’s budget and Mr. Diefenbaker‘a a pearanccs on television. Fin- ally Mr. Snifkin charged th 0 government only $17,000 overtime work in compiling his tax return on the new. simipli-
Lung Cancer On Increase
By Dr. Theodore R. Van Dellen Cancer of the lung causes more deaths than any 0 t h e 1' form of cancer. The evidence is overwhelming that clgaret smok» ing is responsible but this infor- mation is of little value when it. comes to solving the problem. Smoking is here to stay for ec- onomic and political reasons. Removing the cause of any disease is more newarding than any treatment. no matter how good. This puts all of us on the spot. when it comes to reducing the death rate from cancer of the lung. Millions do not want to quit smoking. They are willing
to take their chance, believing the other fellow will get lhc malignancy. Surgery is the best remedy but is of little value af- ter cancer cells have extended beyond the confines of the orig- inal tumor.
Can a man have his cake and eat. it too? No, but he can be- come so lung cancer conscious the disease will be discovered early enough to be cured via surgery. A chese X-ray over-y three months is advisable for every heavy smoker.
Any man older than to. who has been a heavy smoker and who develops unexplained o t persistent chest discomfort. should get a chest X-nay. other suspicvious symptoms Include lo- calized wheezing. uncontrollable coughing. sudden breathlecsness and blood in the sputum. Lung cancers are tricky and have been found to be responsible for Joint. pain and even difficulty a: shaking a cold.
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If the X-ray shows a shadow the next step is to determine whether infection or tumor ' responsible. This means special studies on the sputum or a bron- c-hoscopic examination. Now and then removal of a gland in the neck tells the story.
If these tests or procedures are negative. a chest explore tory operation must be done for verification. In six out of 10 lung cancers. early diagnosis can be made only through this type of surgery.
TISSUE RESPONSE
Mrs. M. writes: What is the cause of rheumatic fever in chil- dren?
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REPLY This disease is the result of a specific response of the body to a streptococcal infection. CHILDREN ARE SUSCEPTIBLE J. T A. writes: My 314; year old son just broke out. with pity- riasis rosca. Last year he ha impetigo. Do you think this child has unusually sensitive skin?
No, Both these conditions are
relatively common in the young. ROID AND PRESSURE
K. R. writes: Could a sluggish
ityroid cause low blood pres. .ure?
occur without any relationship between the two. An overactive
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SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION
Sir.— in rcply to “Truth and Honesty's" recent letter re ' school consolidation. it Is ob- ; vious he did not receive h i 3 early education in a mom i country school. and might have been well for him if no had. as his letter shows he does not know tlte meaning of truth and honesty, and we feel some other en-name would he more suitable for him. "Chip on the Shoulder" might bu more be- coming to him.
First of all. we would say the Kensington Region i 2 School has a radius of 10 miles. much the samc as suggested for elementary regional schools by our critic of Dundas. Upon con- sulting two bus operators, we find their route takes one hour each way or two hours travelling time per day as suggested by our group in our previous letter. May we ask “Truth and Hones- ty" what type of transportation he would suggest. whereby this time could be cut to one-half hour travelling time per day? It must be remembered that speed and safety regulations must be complied with and also such ve- hicles make a large number of time-consuming stops to dis- charge pupils.
Our group realizes (the serious- ness of the alcoholic situation. but we do not make any contri- bution to it. On the other hand. we have always stood up for those who try to lessen the temp- tations of strong drink to the people of our province. and are very much against the loosening of our liquor laws.
In regard to young people leaving the Province. we doubt if any city of 100.000 population with the best of educational fa- cilities as compared to our pop- ulation and facilities has turned out as many capable and trust- worthy cilizcns. Prince Edward Island is sometimes spoken of as "an exporter of brains". and young people going to Central Canada or the Eastern States have usually very little difficul- ty getting a good Jab. We recall many of our citizens. V II o s e names will no down In the his- tory of our Provnce and Domtn- lnn as making an outstanding
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' their grade X education In a W
Mrs. William Cotton, secretary.
; and it. comes to our ears as we
contributIon. and who received
oneroom country school. e would be the last to wish our youth to leave our shores. but. unless the economy of this re- gion improves. why should we wish them to stay?
Besides the anxiety that would be caused by the suggested sys- tem of elementary schools, per- haps our greatest concern is the burden of taxes that would be imposed. We do not. believe In buying this century and paying next and we agree with many of our citizens who say. “Where is it all going to end?" At the same time we wish the general public to know that. we continue to be a group of well-intended women working, "For Home and Coun- try". interested in the education of our children and all matters pertaining to the well-being of our community and province.
We are, Sir. etc.
MEMBERS OF CLINTON WI
ENCOURAGING CRIME Sir.— There are very few per- sons who will dispute the fact that crime is on the increase. The evidence of it comes before our eyes every day in the press.
tune in on our radio and tele- vision sets.
It alarms us. and It disturbs us. Furthermore, it annoys us, the way the courts deal so ien- lently with criminals: for in do- .ing so. they encourage those parasites. We do not wish to be too critical of our law courts. But we do look to them for pro- tection against the criminal.
Judge Claude Wagner of the Montreal Sessions Court has pointed the way to deal with criminals. when he said recent- ly. “it is high time to remove criminals. from their pedestal and take them for what they are cowards, bandits. and murder- on."
There must. be a stronzer ef- fort made to impress upon the minds of those who have a ten- dency to crkne. I mom whole- some respect for the laws of our land.
I am. Sir. etc. W.D. JOHNSTON
Montana. Ell.
Motorists
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who did not carry public liability and property damage insurance.
An amendment. to the High introduced by
Utilities Ministcr Steinkopf re- ‘
quires applicants to produce either a pink card showing fi- nancial responsibility or to pay an extra $25 into the Unsatisfied
. Judgment Fund.
The Unsatisfied Judgment Fund is a reserve built up in the past by levies on all car owners.
It is used within strict limits to compensate innocent victims of hit-and-run drivers and those injured or killed by uninsured motor vehicle operators.
The proposal to charge unln- cured motorists an extra a step in the right direction.
It merits support. in the Legis- lature from all MLA
The innocent victims of car accidents should at least be giv- on protection from the financial consequences of death or injury resulting from mishaps which they were blameless.
The extra 325 may persuade more motorists to carry public liability and property damage coverage.
At worst It will help keep the Unsatisfied Judgment Fund sol- vent at the expense of those who should keep it solvent.
But the extra levy on uninsur- ed car owner: is In a sense sec- ond best.
The ideal. and probably in the long run the most effective me- thod of dealing with this prob- lem, will be to require all appli- cants for licence plates to pro- duce I pink card or some other proof of financial responsibility before issuing the plates.
The $25 extra levy proposal has one serious defect.
The Unsatisfied Jud enl Fund legislation places a strict ceiling on payments to victims of hit-und-run drivers or unin-
operators—ceilings that have little relation to the II- mncial loss resulting from acci- dents.
Another weakness may he fraudulent application: unless effective steps are taken to pre-
Some motorists may be temp- ted to obtain a pink card for purposes of getting licence plai- n and then cancel the lnsun- once.
Penalties In the new legisla- tion should be made stiff enough to discourage this sort of fraud.
But on the whole the $25 ex- tra levy is to be welcomd as another move to crack down (I Irresponsible motel-MI.
pressure.
REPLY 1 No. but, bhe combination may ‘
thyroid may increase the blood .
NOTES BY
Hone sen-c b that added sense I horse has which keeps him from betting on people. Gait Reporter.
Why h If that the generation can't understand one another when they all make the same mistakes?—Calgary Herald.
Some people will fight at the drop of a but; others, at the drop of the suggestion that the local watcr supply be fluoridat- cd.-— Timmins Press.
A local young couple are wor- ried. If they quit smoking. what will they do with all the ash- tray: they got as wedding pres- ents7— Toronto Star.
A: Soviet propagandists see it, East Germany's economic ad- vance since the war has been nothing short of phenomena]. In speeches and writings, they like to picture a vast industrial ma- chine throbe just beyond the
ibe.
There has been substantial progress since 1945. of course. Most objective observers agree that East Germany now enjoys a standard of living at least
Our Yesterdays (From the Guardian Files) TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO (April 28. 1939)
The Little Theatre Guild of Charlottetown held its fourth “studio night" when the three- uct. comedy “The Dover Road" was presented. Members of the cast included: Sam Vail. w. Beckett, Dorothy Dumont and Morton Dew. Charles Jenkins was director.
Hon. 8. S. Hessian. Montague and Mr. John Mustard. Cardi- gan. were renominaled at a meeting of 3rd district of Kings County Liberals to represent the. party in the provincial election in May.
TEN YEARS AGO (April 28. 1954)
The First Aid Course in Geor- getown has been completed un— der the direction of Miss Char» lotte Gordon. Public Health nurse and was instructed by Mrs. Henry Peters. Charlotte town.
The Gist annual meeting of the New Glasgow Dairying Com- pany was held with the presi- dent. Henbert Stevenson. presid- ing. The entire slate of officers was re-elected.
THE WAY
An association In like a wheel. ‘
barrow- not much good unless
you get behind it and push. .. Financial Post.
Never kiss I dollar bill good- bye. It could be unhygenic as well as a sorrowful parting. Stratford Beacon-Herald warns.
Judge (to woman In divorce casel~ “Is it true your husband led you a dog‘s life?" Woman— "He did. He came in the house with muddy shoes. leaving foot- prints all over the carpet. He took the best place near the fire< place and waited to be fc-J. He growled at the least provocation and snapped at me I dozen tim- es in day."—- Hamilton Spectat- or.
4 Weeks To Clean A Cool
Milwaukee Journal
equal to any other socialist bloc country’s. People earn relative- ly good wages. There is a health service comparable with Bri- tain's. Many other “cradle to grave” services are provided by the state. In east Berlin. long rows of drab apartments are ris- ing out of bombed ruins.
Beneath this veneer of well- being. however. remain formid- able economic problems and much discontent. A correspond- ent for the London Economist. who spent the last few years in East Germany, told recently of some of the little frustrations consumers face there: Razor blades ace nearly always blunt. ball point pens do not work. en- velopes will not seal and match- es often do not light.
“People are well fed," he re- ported. “but quality. choice and selection compare unfavorably with the west... Queuing for half an hour is common and a very long queue is a sign of a sudden delivery of, say. lemons or ba- nanas. Many essentials. fr 0 in toilet paper to onions, are near- ly always missing. People natur- ally hoard. and this increases the shortages."
It can take four weeks to act a coat cleaned. And a plumber is usually obtained only after a strongly worded complaint to communal authorities and per- haps a bribe.
“Two fundamental problems now face the East German re- gime." the correspondent con- cluded. “The difficulties created by shortages and inadequate scr- vices must be overcome; and. on a political plane, the people must be allowed more personal liberty." I
These are problems which East. Germany as well as the en- tire Communist world may to. solve.
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