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NEE 4 MONDAY. OCTOBER 19. 1964.

Parliament's Answer LN At the suggestion of Opposition {Jeader Diefenbaker—-a suggestion speedily indorsed by all political parties and presented in the form of a resolution moved by Prime Minister Pearson and seconded by r. Diefenbaker—the House of Commons on Friday expressed its “deepest loyalty, affection and re- spect” for Her Majesty Queen Eliza- beth. Then the members rose from their seats and loudly sang “God Save The Queen.”

Originally the proposal would {have affected the Commons alone. But the Senate took steps of its own to associate itself with this timely gesture, and did so unanimously.

‘ This was the answer of the Par- liament of Canada to the crude hos- tility manifested by separatist groups during the Queen’s visit to Quebec. It is significant that only

one Quebec m e m b e r—Lucien Plourde. Creditiste—remained in his seat while the anthem was

dung. His leader, Real Caouette, who “also represents 8. Quebec constit- ‘liency—went all the way in support- Ing the demonstration. “Her Maj- "gsty," he said, “represents for all of {is a way of life which has enabled us to achieve our desires according to our means.”

The other party leaders were equally warm in their expressions loyalty, but Mr. Caouette’s at- titude is deserving of special com- mendation. It is clear that he un- derstands what is involved for his province in this issue, which was pinpointed recently by a writer in the Montreal Gazette. This writer "recalled that from 1763 onward the Crown has stood for the symbolic and practical protection of the French minority on an English- speaking continent. Without that Constitutional and political fore- Sight and sympathy, it is a nice question how far French-Canadian society could have avoided being constantly overrun by the vast Eng— lish-speaking numbers that soon comprised the hemisphere.

Far from being an oppressive symbol, the Crown in Canada and in Quebec has stood as the guardian of the integrity of a French-speak- ing remnant left by a departing France to fend for itself in North America.

Surely, as The Gazette writer says, it is for those who reject the Crown to say how they will fare better with some other mechanism. Perhaps if they were to apply their exuberant and sometimes violent political imaginations to a realistic assessment of Sovereign and Que- bec in Canadian history, they might discover that the Crown has helped to preserve and further the very development of Quebec into a self-regarding society, into one that is able to express todaY’s Esper- ationa, now so near to realization.

Let's Get Gomg!

We are now getting into the homestretch in our United Fund campaign, and the results, to date, are not as encouraging as they should be. Of the $258,000 objec- tive, some 50 per cent has been at.- tained; but the campaign ends to- morrow and a big spurt will be necessary to reach the goal in time. Surely this Is something about which we should all be concerned.

The welfare services involved in this appeal are of vital importance to the community. But that is not it" the youth training well—the

with some 2,000 mm- ,: h

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am Guides, numoertng some 1,800: the YMCA, with about 700 par- ticipants in its activities; the Red Cross water safety and first aid programs, reachings about 9,000 in- dividuals; the Navy League and other organizations which also pro- vide services of proven value to the younger generation.

Penny-pinching here would be a poor piece of economy. There isn’t one organization represented in this campaign that hasn’t justified its existence many times over. We should be thankful to the public- spirited citizens who have been carrying them on and who now ex- pect our co-operation in this way in order to keep them going. Sure- ly we can't let them down, without losing a good deal of our self-re- spect in the process.

Fine Achievement

Congratulations to our energetic citizens of Cape Wolfe, whose suc- cess in winning first prize in the 1964 Rural Beautification Centen- nial Competition gives them the right to call themselves the Centen- nial Community of Prince Edward Island! It was a. magnificent effort indeed, in the face of keen compet- ition from 28 other Island commun— ities, many of them carrying out similar programs but not being able to match “the startling and specta- cular metamorphosis”—to quote the judges’ words—which Cape Wolfe achieved.

To Colonel Johnstone and those who helped him pioneer the rural beautification movement in this province a warm salute is also due on this occasion. It was hard sled- ding at first to get the movement under way; but its advantages soon became apparent, and the compet- itions that have since been held have been so outstandingly success- ful that they have attracted favor- able comments all across Canada.

It has been a competitive game in which there are absolutely no losers. Everyone benefits, and the net result has been to add immeas- urany to the appearance of our rural areas, to the pleasure which one takes in visiting them and the pride and satisfaction of the oc- cupants.

This centennial year especially the contest attracted widespread in- terest, and the results will be of permanent value to the province.

Attack On Pollution

Among the events of importance last week was a meeting of federal and provincial government repre- sentatives at Ottawa to discuss plans for a national conference on pollution. This gathering, which will amount to a sequel to the 1961 Resources For Tomorrow Confer- ence. is to be held in Montreal about a year from now, and it is expected to formulate a uniform set of reg- ulations to cope with the problems of contamination in our air, soil and water.

This will be the first conference of its kind to be held in Canada—- “the first time," in the words of Na- tional Resources Minister Laing, “the problem will have been tackled in an organized manner."

The Prairie provinces are expect- ed to press hard for measures to attack the problem of soil pollu- tion, and to study the effects of pesticides, insecticides and sprays. Thus says an Ottawa report, which makes no reference to what the other provinces may be planning. In any case, it is hoped there will be a meeting of minds on the sub- pect, which will lead to the adop- tion of measures that will be bene- ficial to all concerned.

EDITORIAL NOTES

They don’t waste time in Britain making a governmental change- over. As soon as the election re- sults were in last week, the Queen received Prime Minister Douglas. Home’s resignation, called Mr. Wil- son to Buckingham Palace, and ask- ed him to form a government.

The story is going the rounds that Premier Khrushchev once told the Red Chinese: “A country that strains itself to produce atomic bombs will find itself unable to slip into its own trousers.” To which Chinese Foreign Minister Chen Yi is supposed to have replied”: “We will produce atomic bombs even though wemthanotruuamto weer.” Poor Khrushchev, alas, has

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THE RIGHT BROTHERS OTTAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson

Fisher Critical Of Parliamentary Practise

The winds of change must blow around Parliament Hill, in

the belief of Port Arthur's con- 1

troversial New Democratic MP. Douglas Fisher.

Resistance to changes aimed at streamlining the procedure in the House of Commons com- es chiefly from the older deniz- ens of our no longer august Green Chamber. he believes.

rJen he was recently asked how this could be overcome. he replied that every MP should retire from politics after ten years on Parliament Hill. and none should sit here beyond the age of 60. This remark. he tells me. was thrown off in part fac- etiously in response to his questioner.

Doug Fisher. himself 45 years old and an r P or only seven years. agreed with me that cir- cumstances vary in individual cases. For instance. Winnipeg's Senator Tom Crerar is 88 years old, and first entered Parlia- ment 47 years ago: he has been the outstanding example in re- cent years of the great contribu- tion which can be made b parliamentarian of that exper- ience and mature judgment. LESSON 0F HISTORY

Douglas Fisher gained his unl- versity degree in history. Now as a parliamentarian, he is rea- ching back into history to dis- cover what has gone wrong with our political system. In conver- sation with him, I heard his bit- ter criticism of today's strong party discipline. He describes this as “The Star system" To- day‘s parliamentary pa r t l e e build up star politicians, on the basis of their seniority it their loyalty. rather than their

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Hence we can see some rea- son behind his quio about com- pulsory retirement at 60 or af- ter 10 years in Parliament.

The rewards of politics are In the exclusive gift of the party leader. hence loyalty is compell- ed in all who seek to climb the ladder. Loyalty to he party leader is so deeply entrenched that fear of the loss of rewards can be the major factor in die— tatlng the course of action of any party member, whether front bench near-star or back bench newcomer.

Doug Fisher is quite right in this. The very rare exception, the courageous independent - minded MP who will place prin- ciple ahead of loyalty to his party leader, reminda us of the kind of politics which our grand- fathers enjoyed. Today's spec- ious priorities tend to convert MP3 info that much. critic! type of Yes Man, the "perform- ing seal."

SEEK BE'I'I'EB MP!

He might have pointed to Ralph Cowan. the Liberal MP from a Toronto constimency, as the outstanding example of a brave individualist in Perha- ment today. But in fact he did

quote to me. as an example of the opposite, the namele 55 group of Cabinet Ministers who lost their nerve during the Dief- enbaker crisis and allowed Dou- glas Harkness to resign alone. “they could not face the tempor- ary wilderness of the back benc‘t," he commented. Parliament today requires many drastic changes, he told me. The winds of change should loosen ministerial responsibility, and offer an accretion of power to the back bench MP5. Above all, a serious effort should be

made to attract good candidates of ability, rather than just the local “good fellow" who can win election through his friendships rather than his abilities.

As an immediate step, Doug Fisher advanced this drastic change as his suggestion: Prime Minister Pearson and Opposition Leader Diefenbaker should agree to retire from politics on the same early date to permit the House of Commons to make a fresh start without the mutual ill-will which he senses.

Latest Kremlin Doings

By Arch MacKenzle Canadian Press Staff Writer

The Russian power-shift dom- inates major w orld events crowding in now swiftly on Washington.

But if there is considerable surprise at the suddenness of Nikita Khrushchev‘s fall from grace after 10 years, there is little apprehension. His appar- ent successors may be tempo- rary, some believe.

The official view is summed

up in President Johnson's first public c o m m e n t delivered Thursday night when he said the events “may or may not be a sign of deeper turmoil or may be a sign of deeper changes to co ." Efforts to heal or at least nar- row the deep rift with China may have been a major cause for the firing, observers be- lieve, although they feel other reasons probably played a part too. They need further details to be sure.

Both the U.S. and the USSR. the two most powerful countries in the world have moved wiftly to pledge adherence to contin- ued efforts to promote peace and relaxed tension.

TEST WAS PREDICTED

Besides the Russian develop- ment, Red China’s nuclear test -—predicted as recently as Sept. 29 by State Secretary Rusk—la of limited interest. "No set prise," President Johnson said. adding the military importance should not be overemphasizen in view of gap between out. and nuclear stockpiles or delivery capability.

Similarly, Labor’s thin win in Britain is of minor importance comparatively. To the . means a new relationship With a new team although undoubt edly the U.S. would have pre- ferred a substantial victory e. ther way to' facilitate planning in defence and other matters outside the shadow of another election soon.

There is an elem.“ of domes- tic curiosity about tbe latest Kremlin doings.

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Just Like Today

Montreal

Prime Minister Pearson was referring recently to the critic- ism being made these days against members of Parliament -—the criticism that "there is

much niggling opposition either on the part of the ov- ernmenf or on the part of the Opposition."

And he then made a quota- ti -

on.

"Our pollflca, our public life and thought, rile not to the lav- el of our opportunity... The mud- bespattered politicians of the trade. the p party manager-a, place of patriotic eta sordid traffic of a tolerated job- bery.’l'heygiveuebreed fora

atone. ~ “Hal-ah kimono? of the

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t theee'cruel words true written back in 1w: by Stephan leacock. and they were written

Gazette

about those two great states- men. Sir Robert Borden and Sir Wilfrid Laurler.

But in looking back through old quotations, Mr. Pearson might have found another one. In 1900 Sir John Bourinot, the learned Clerk of the Houae of Commons. was saying that he had noticed a decided decaden-

the previous years. Sir John remarked. "Members make long apeec for Hana

them. no one hate it " la a certain plquant t in I: sort of thin

blast momentarily at least have taken play away from the Nov. 3 U.S. election campaign. They have dulled the impact that the Republicans might have har- vest from the morale case of Walter Jenkins, long-time John- son intimaie and presidential aide who resigned this ween after disclosure that he had been arrested twice on morals charges

The resignation hit Johnson where he is weakest, observers agree, and where the Republr cans have been hitting increas- ingly hard at "scandal in the White House." GOLDWATEB HURT

Second. the Russian transfer

of power could strengthen Jobn- ‘

son's appeal as a man of pru-

dence and he swiftly took the ;

opportunity to say as much. A]- legations that Republican Barry Goldwater is trigger happ)’. by the Arizona senator's own ad- mission, have hurt him wors' in the campaign.

Observers note major world events usually tend to help the government of the day and for mer P r e a l d e nt Eisenhower picked up an unknown amount of support against Adlai Steven son in the 1956 Suez crisis.

The Democrats also are be lieved to have prospered in the 1962 elections from the Cuban missile crlsla. '

But the lack of public appre henslon about the Russian shifts is indicated by a front-page cartoon in rrld ay’s tabloid Washington Dally Ne w a. It shows a slum New York Yen» kee fresh from World Series do feat saying to woe - begone

Khrushchev with a suitcase: .1

“You too?

President Johnson and Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobryntn. :1 meeting for 4s mute: Fri- day, said they both extended pledges of continuing policlea of

peace. WHY WA! I! mam

The kn question now for U.S. authorities is just why Khruao chcv wee fined.

One auuastion ie that his )0 altion was seriously undermined by - Cuban missile crisis in which—to many U.S. oberven at lent—he and Ronnie am- fered a carious loae of face

That epiaode also bated in an its bitterness the Soviet-Chinese

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Peanut Therapy

In HemOphilia I! be. More a. Van Dolle-

matlon Recently Blawdl of Mount Vernon, N.Y.. told of hismexperiencea with five

bleedere. 1 had been under his care for six to 15 years and he knew how much trouble they were having.

A boy of 6, for example, had 10 hemorrhagic episodes in less than a year. He had bled. from a lacerated tongue when months old and had his first tramfualon u a tyke of 2. He waa given peanut flour and had no trouble during the next five

months. Then the child developed a

slle, which from a small throat. The boy was hospitaliz- or 14 d lved the , he ing'well. be other hemophiliace in the a

they rebelled against swell ing seven to 22 level tablespoons of peanut flour daily. The sub- stance was compressed into ta- blets, which were more accept- able. Tlme will tell whether this plan of treatment will prove to be the answer to hemophilia. Considerable progress

been made in the management of this hereditary disease

its victims need not live in fear of bleeding to death from scrat- ches'or ses. Those surviving childhood can lead a near nor- mal life by selecting a suitable career. Manual labor is not re- commended because of the pos- sibility of injury. It is better to learn a profession or other skill that carries little risk of acci-

dents.

Twelve factors play a role in blood clotting, hence various bleeding disorders are possible. T'te hemophillac is born with a deficiency of one or two of these blood clotting factors. He- mophilia A results from too lit- tle VIII and hemophilia B from too little IX. Treatment is alm' ed at supplying the specific de- ficiency by giving fresh blood or plasma containing the lacking substance.

Dr. Van Dellen will answer questions on medical topics if stamped. self-addressed enve- lope accompanies request. TODA ’S HINT— Coddle your feet.

CAPREOL, Ont. (CPI—Coun- cil here is studying the possi- bility of trading in metal gar- bage cans for plastic bags. In line with other communities in e province, an are has bee set up to test the plastic bags for economy and sanitation.

SKELETONS IDENTIFIED

TORONTO (Cpl—Three skel- etons unearthed behind a sub- urban church here have been identified as s of early white settlers. The attor- ney - general's laboratory said the bodies, believ to be al- most 200 years old, are of a young adult and two children.

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neon lalcer'a auueetioa that a federal capital diatrlcs be created out of Ottawa and null

is most interesting, If not new. While‘lt la unlikely that either Ontario or would be

willing to give up such valuable pieces of read estate. stranger things have been known to hep- pen in expensive momenta. -

Mr. Balccr's Imitation- that giving the district an admin!» nation made up of equal Eng- lish and French representation would make it a model of bicul- turalism for the rest of Canada is also an tereotlng one— al- ways providing that the admin- istration didn't spoil w ole thing by splitting culturally on what might well be pimple poli- tlcal or economic roblema.

Mr. Balcer said that French Canadians tend to look on Que— bec as “their capital while English- speaking Canadians look on Ottawa as "their" capl- tal. Making Ottawa a blcultural capital might make French Can- adians feel more at home there. he felt.

MmlghtwellbeacJthh not an eventuality we can look' for In the future. Lit- tle. but meaningful. things such ~ as street algae in both languag. as could make French Canada lane feel more at home in Of..- tawa right now and they could ‘ make Ottawa reflect much more: than it does the blcultural na-- ture of the country. It, ea May-. or Whitton has said, the city. lacks the power to erect bilin- gual street signs. eurer Ontario f could set that right in short or- der. This would at least be a step in the-right direction that could be taken too