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‘Extremely Serious'

A dark new turn has been given

'to the critical situation in South- east Asia through the Washington _announcement late yesterday of a ' second attack by North Vietnamese patrol boats, this time on two U.S. destroyers. Since this attack fol- lowed issuance of orders by Presi- . dent Johnson to naval forces in the Gulf of Tonkin “to destroy any force that attacks them”, the resulting situation is far more serious than the one produced by the earlier at- tack last Sunday.

The swift action of President Johnson in calling congressional leaders into conference last night has to be regarded as portentous.

That seriousness is intensified by the circumstance that something approaching a “trigger-h a p p y”

i mood has grown up among some Americans in the wake of the Re- publican nomination of Barry Gold- ‘water as candidate for the presi- dency. There are many among his followers who favor a policy of

“shoot now and talk later”.

It does not follow that either the present administration or the great majority of Americans are in this mood, or that it is likely to prevail.

But the test before the US. now is as much of its cool-headedness . as it is of its quickness on the draw.

Rights Of Editors

‘ Since MacLean’s describes itself l as “Canada’s National Magazine", it exposes itself to public discussion when the suggestion arises that its policies are undergoing radical , change.

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I the report that six senior members ; of its editorial staff have resigned, j five of them apparently on the ' grounds that the “magazine’s edit- orial independence is being inter- fered with by the owners”. Whatever difficulties exist seem to have followed the naming in J une of R. A. McEachern, formerly editor and publisher of The Financial Post. as vice-president in charge of the Maclean~Hunter magazine division. Those reported to have resigned in disagreement with Mr. MacEach- cm are: Ken Lefolii, editor; Peter zowski, managing editor; Robert ulford, staff writer; Harry Bruce, sports and reviews 'editor, and I vid Lewis Stein, assistant editor. , 3 Certainly the tone and character 3 of 'Maclean's will be greatly changed i if all these voices are going to be lost to its pages. OWNER'S SIDE—So far no ans- ; wer has been given by the owners, . 3 or byMr. McEachem. to the charge that “the independence of the maga- ‘: I zinc had been infringed by the re- } moval of control from the editor,” r , as made by Mr. Lefolii in resigning. '. There hasboonno comment ,. either upon the statement by Mr. 2 Fulford that “it Would be impossible i to produce llsclean's with a vice- president looking over the editor’s shoulder all the time." 5‘ Yet Mr. Fulford’a statement -' robebly is the crux of dispute, even . diorama than the one by Mr. Lefolii, ' ' or he. mums also recognized . filant is almost inescapable: - that ' out natumlly has h hadlse right to . . . change ' ,. sit-‘34“ all, it’s their ,' , .

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nachorn had an excellent record as an editor in his own specialized field, on The Financial Post. his newest position. as spokesman for ownership, calls for decider differ- ent talents. If he attempts also to edit the magazine, then the men who hear the titles of editor, manag- ing editor, etc., will become more figureheads and “yes-men”. It is a type of arrangement which or— dinarily produces few creative re- suits.

DIVIDING LINE—A healthy relationship on any publication re- quires that no editor should take up his duties without full awareness and acceptance of the policies of his paper. But with that estab- lished, and so long as he agrees with and adheres to those policies. an editor needs to be altogether free from interference by ownership.

Any editor who lets himself he put in the position of being “told” what to write, and what not to write, from edition to edition, be- comes little better than a conscience- less automaton—a literary and in- tellectual prostitute

This does not mean any editor should have an unlimited license to write anything that crosses his mind—that there should be no dis- cussion between editors and owners upon matters in disagreement. But there has to be respect flowing in both directions, not a test of power, if sound results are to come out of such discussions.

And if the flow of respect be- tween editors and ownership has dwindled at Maclean’s—if old divid- ing lines are being swept away—it will risk its standing as something of a national institution.

Collision Course

Since direct talks over the pres- ent parliamentary impasse began yesterday and are to continue to- day between Prime Minister Pear- son and Opposition Leader Diefen- baker, it is too early to entirely abandon hope that one or other of them, or both, can be turned away from their present collision course.

But the exchanges between them in the House, just prior to their brief meeting Tuesday, offered little direct support for that hope.

Right to the end, Mr. Pearson was charging the Tories with ob- structionism and filibustering, While Mr. Diefenbaker was hurling denials and accusing the government of showing arrogance in failing to answer questions raised by the op- position in the current interim supply debate.

Ahead of today’s meeting, how- ever, it appears that Mr. Diefen- baker is to present to a Conserva- tive caucus some version—perhaps an option to be accepted or reject- ed—of the compromise proposal presented to the Commons on Mon- day by T. C. Douglas, national leader of the New Democratic party.

In its original form, this would. among other things, call for swift action on the interim supply bill and on a Conservative motion call- ing for a plebiscite on the flag is- sue; postponement of further de- bate on the flag issue until after a parliamentary recess, and a one- week limit on that debate when it is resumed in the fall.

While Mr. Pearson has said he accepts in principle the Douglas compromise proposal, Mr. Diefen- baker has by no means gone that far.

Yet Mr. Diefenbaker certainly is in trouble over this matter, per- haps as much so as the Prime Min- ister, unless he is willing to risk losing the slim following he retains

in Quebec, and to accept respon- ’

sibility for forcing an election.

True enough, he still stoutly blames the government for the im- passe and insists that the opposition is simply performing its proper function, and not filibustering, in staging its protracted attack in the supply debate.

But if this stand is to be ac- cepted an explanation must first be given of why Conservative leaders once said they would agree to pass- ing the supply bill in one day, if there was also an agreement to drop the flag issue until after Parliament had a holiday.

if there would have been no need for the current attack, sub- ject to those terms. does it really have the importance Mr. Diefen- baker now seeks to have attached to it?

RUSHIN’ ROULETTE

OTTAWA REPORT

A Challenge To Ang Io-Soxon Canadians

(Pat. 1‘ l c k Nicholson’s guest columnist today . a Dr. Pauline Jewell, Liber- al M.P. for Nor-thumbs:- lsnd, Ontario.) The biggest issue in Canadian life today isn't the flag or eco- nomic growth or medicare. It's much bigger than any of these. It's the extraordinary inabil- ily of large numbers of English- speaking Canadians — particu- larly the Anglo - Saxons among us — to have any feeling to- wards or understanding of out French - speaking fellow citiz- ens

French - speaking Canadians comprise s third of our popula- tion. They have been here a long time, a very long time. They have developed an indi~ genous Canadian culture — a theatre, a literature. on an. music, a cuisine - yet the Anglo . Saxons among us know practic ally nothing about them, and c a r e less. A few of us care — the Editor of “The Trentonlan", for example -— but not nearly enough. EFFORT NEEDED

When we speak of our French - speaking compatriots we refer to “the tail wagging

e dog", we talk about how they have debased "pure Parts- ian French", we deplore their “patronage - ridden" way of life. Yet wh at do we really know of them? Just that we defeated them on the Plains 01 Abraham and it's high time they knuckled under. And we feel greatly provoked that they do not see the wisdom of our view . ' Perhaps this sounds like strong language. But 1 think we deserve it. I hink we h a vc made no effort to understand the French - Canadian outlook or to see their way of life as an integral part of the Canad- ian way of life. We have kept hoping that they would become absorbed in the great North American melting pot. the Eu:- lish - speaking majority of this continent. We are only slow beginning to realize that not only is this most unlikely to happen but that it is not all that desir s b l e anyhow. Cultur s l con ormlsm is also the curse of this continent.

The rejection of French . Cs- node has unfortunately been reflected in our political party structure, particularly in Progressive Conservative, New Democratic and Credltlslc par- ties. The lattcr, of course. ll wholly French in makeup s as sh a rp a reaction as one could get to the fear and the fact of English - speaking ma- jority dominance in our major parties. The New Democratic party on the other hand goes to the other extreme. it has no French - speaking members in its parliamentary caucus, nor is it likely to attract any as long as its deputy leader, Mr. Doug- las Fisher, is so unsympathe-

HOSEITOlITy Niagara ails Review

In this city of bustling tourist activity we are ve conscious of the importance of hospitality.

What is hospitality? Briefly, hospitality is cord ty. If our service is it hospitable.

Recently we were visiting a city in Southern Ontario and had occasion to ask a pedestri-

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with that got into our oer a accompanied us to on! destllr etion.

The trip took five minutes of his time. He said he wasn't at all busy. in fact. was on his way to the-barbershop and as assured us that we weren't isn- in. kind of unusual hospitality that is mother-ad.

tie to and intolerant of French needs and aspirations,

The Progressive Conserva- tive party fares somewhat bet- ter. It has designated a French- Csnsdian leader in its parlia- mentary caucus, Hon.

Balccl‘, and M. Balcer has a h a ndful of colleagues from French Canada around him. As the months so by. however, it becomes increas l n g l y clear that the national leader of the party. Rt. Hon. John G. Dief- enbaker. has no real u n d s r- slsnding of the uniqueness of Canada and no satisfactory relationship with his F r e n ch- spcaking colleagues. He mer- ely tolerates them. It would sp- pcar from the other side of the

House that Mr. Diefenbaker and M. Balcer have neither a speaking nor a voting total/loll-

hip.

Even within the Liberal party there is not always exhi~ bited among its English - spen- king members that kind of un- derstanding that Prime Minis- ter Pearson has, in the tradi-

tion of Macdonald and Laurier, of our dual heritage. in the de- bate on student loans, for ex- ample, many English - speak- ng members, while pleading for a national higher - educat- ion pollcy, made no attempt to consider how French rights would be protected in a nation- al endeavour in which they would be in the minority. Such m e m b e r 5 simply “forgot about" the French. Perhaps it is no wonder that only one French - speaking Canadian in the opposition side of the House,

. rcel Lessard, Social Cre- dit, 'voted for the Bill on third and last reading. it is no won- der. perhaps, but it is no joy either.

There is one challenge be fore us. Let us try to see Cana- da not only through own own eyes but through the eyes of French - speaking Canadians too. Such an act of imagination and will would strengthen us all. it would make us, in the long run, a truly great nation.

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Belated Recognition

Sernla Observer

Who said apartheid was new?

The word is, certainly. You won't find it in standard diction- aries more than a few year old. Even in recent ones, it u-s- ua-lly appears in the sddcnda at the back.

But the idea isn’t new. The South Africans didn't think up this idea of separation of races. There have been examples all through the world's history. It's just a new word for an ugly method dominant races have used on people they considered to be inferior.

Canada has practiced aparth- eid from the early days of her history. As the white settlers grew in numbers, they found the problem of the Indiana to be embarrassing and sometimes dangerous. The Indians couldn‘t. make much sense out of the white man's law, which took their lands, ruined their hunting

and gave them little in

return.

Finally the white men work- ed t the idea of reservations. where in theory the Indians were to have a chance to make a good life for themselves. They were guaranteed "treaty mon- oy", which was small enough then and now appears nidlcul-

ous, and a few other alleged benefits.

In return for these favors, the Indians were condemned to the status of second-class citizens in a developing society. It was a perfect example of apartheid at work.

The British colonial office, which set up the plan, thought it was the best that could pro- duced for the Indians, and per- haps at the time it was. The oh me is that we have continu- ed to live with it,

, at last. chore is to be a planned program aimed at improving the I-ndians' lot. It is a community development pro- gram thst is to include certain programs for technical assis- tance, but we'll have to see the details before we ow helpful it might be. One good sign is that it springs from rec- ommendations made by a com- mittee including the chiefs of the Indian bands. The proposed expenditure of $3.5 millions over the next three years isn't too on- couraging. roxim-

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There are app stcly 200.000 Indians in Canada now, and the number is grow- ing. That works out to $6.04 per

Indian pos- yees. but at least it is a stop in the right direction.

ls de Gaulle New Dulles? (In-lotion Sole-u “I

'llho similarity between the methods used by President do Gaullo and the late John Foster Dulles to formulate national pol- icies appears to load to strik- ingly similar conclusions.

The Secretary of State in the Eisenhower administration took little or no advice and reached his conclusions in solitude. So does General de Gentile.

Dulles was an advocate of massive retaliation, even after that idea for instant and anni- hilating nuclear attack on an aggressor had out of date. Evidently do Gorilla is still an advocate of massive retali- ation when most people ve begun to hope that adjustment between the Soviet bloc and the

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Goa. Charles Aillerot fol which he rejects the wmnf American military policy of fle- xible response to military at- tach. General Amer-ct is sonar- sllyhallevedtos skforPres- [dent do Gsulle in this matter. Fortunately the ideas be pro sents ase so diflaseaf from those

known to be motivsfl lclcs of the American

France. that result to SovlotaWostern rele- lions.

the pol- nd other for

There is an element of the hi-

bocsuso only or capa- bio of delivering the kind of st- tack his policy calls for is the United states. 'l‘hsre is

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doable lenient . variety of answers not able to meet a variety of threats.

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Typhoid Carriers

By Dr. 'l'heodose 3. VII

The typhoid Opiddmic in Aber- deen. Scotland. which continued throng e trol

A meat product canned in South America was suspected as the cause. In the United States of America 156 cases of typhoid were reported during the first five months of 1904. dernon- strstlng that we have no reason

to be smug.

The incidence of this disorder in large cities has been reduch greatly through the control of water supplies and other sani- tary momma. Carriers contin- ue to keep the disease alive and we suspect some of the arrivals from underprivileged countries help swell their ranks.

Carrion appear to be in good health, even though they harbor tho virulent organisms some— when along the gastnolntostl- nsl tract, usually in the g ai bladder or biliary tract. The old- eatonroco wa aw nof 101 who had been a typhoid car- rier for 30 year-L

We were a a he it recently; "Can a person be born a ty- phoid carrier?" This is doubt- ful because the majority be- come this way after an attack of typhoid fever. Many do not recall having had the disease cause it was 10 mild. For some reason. the causative bsc- torts find living conditions to their liking in certain people and set up housekeeping, Some of the bacilli escape into urine an stool. The careless carrier contaminates everything he touches. Need we say more if the individual is a food hand-

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The life of known typhoid car- riers is frustrating and unpleas- s-m. They are not allowed work as food handlers and are hounded by health departments as a potential source of trouble. In 1937, 165 were under surveil- lance ln the state of Illinois alone; now there are 218, due to increased vigilance on the part of public health authorities. Chloramphonical is the best remedy for typhoid but does not. eliminate the bacteria in the carrier. Removing the gall bind der does the trick in 90 per cent of these people and the results are slightly better when penicil- lin is taken before surgery.

BALD SPOTS

Mrs. R.P. writes: I am a mo- ther of 32. About nine years ago a bald spot appeared on 'the right side of my head. It never got worse but now I have anoth- er the left side. Can sy thing be done to make h s i r grow in these areas? REPLY

Alopecis arcata can be treat- ed with local stimulants or cor- ticosteroids such as ACTH. Con- .gratulations also are order if you are—as you say- a mother of 32

FOLK MEDICINE'

ers. F. writes: "My brother told me he read in a book that drinking apple cider and rub- hing cider vinegar on varicose veins every day will make them disappear. Will this treatment shrink these veins?

No, and rubbing may encour- age phlobitis. OPTIMISTIC OUTLOOK

M.S.V. writes: My 22- year- old granddaughter is in the hos- pital because of a recently disg- noscd case of diabetes. Is there any hope of cure?

REPLY No. but diabetes can be kept

under control with diet and in- sulin so that a normal live can e ted

xpoc . HYDROCEPHALUS Mrs. writes: Is there any hope for or baby born with a water head?