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. W.J. Hancos. Publisher Iurton Lewis Frank Walker I» . Editor

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7B§bA\’. BETETTBER ii;,_13i3.. Tmqic Occurences

[n a ralk ri-mriied for pi‘e.:cuta- tion on (“iii-i,;rm.=_.,: Prime Mui- jsfer Pparzrm rfn(,all(=(‘i l’\'.'€'t p3l‘llClI- larly tragic R\‘Pl‘lT-‘ of the year now can-nng to ifs ('Ii‘.=F.’. TI‘lt?.=9 “'3'” President [\'enu:=d_v'= do-‘ifh ill’ 33- sagsjnatirip, and l'llF' crash nf R TIVA plane near .\lr-ntreal in T\’overri.br-1' W1‘:-in the of 11:71 lives. There have heen other l‘ll‘~‘>l_=iFl'$. l‘.\’ Slf‘1‘l11. fm: and cartliqiiake, and indeed it w-nuld _:n*mr2t,l11tlg lll‘liql1P ill the annals of niaiikinrl if there were no ¢a]am.v.n..; \‘i:ll‘ai'lf‘l'l.= to be taken note nf at the year’: end.

7}... mngf 1-epnni harrowing re- minder of the unCerf.ail‘.If‘it>sI of life at sea iva: the fate that hefell the Greek impy [.;;l2,t'\‘nia_ \l‘I'|l_lI‘l'i burst 1-ntn fig 111 p. 2 and ¢\'pIf‘(i¢('I 011 8 i(jh1~j5hna_._=i lfiri.'_l1ri3.,\' ruulse hi the Eastern Atlantic. under circiim- gtan,-as not the less tragic because of c.l1.al‘g.=,= by rescued passengers that the creir had panicked. that discipline had c.racl-:ecl and that the pa.sse.ngei.~s had been comtwllfd *1’ take charge of lifeboats.

At this safe remove ii’ “"“lllt'i N‘ presiimptiozis indeed for its to com-

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n-ient upon such accusations: but it would seem. at least, that the best traditions of the sea were

maintained by the rescue Shifts in aavjng so many lives after what might well have resulted in the loss of all the thoiisand and more hu- man beings on board. u is said. too. that the Greek captain. in true 1-nayfifjnqe i‘,]‘a(i‘li'lOl‘l, Wa.i3 I3RI', t0 leave the ship.

The problem of human suffer- ing posed by surh di.=astr=1's has puzzled ix-israr heads than ours. and this is no time to make an amateur- ish attempt. at solviriit it in H1950 columns. But what A dreadful world it would be if there. vw>rs-.'no guid-

by in the troliblnrl waters through which we all have to pass, at. some stage or other!

There is courage to be drawn from despair while these lights even faintly flicker. And. in many cases. it. is when tragedy strikes the harrles‘. that they s hine the more brightly. This t.rut.h was known to our soldiers in two world wars. who made no pretense at be- ing able to define their feelings in theological terms. It was expressed by--among ot.he.rs—-an English poet killed in the first. war. whose name we have failed to find in any mod- ern anthology but whose four con- cluding lines of a poem about a cavalryman going into action in a tragic rear-guard engagement have haunted us ever since. They are these:

"The thundering line of ba.t.tle stands.

And in the air Death rnnans

and sings:

But Day shall clasp him with

strong hands.

And Night shall fold him In

soft wings."

For all of us there Is that as- surance. to carry with us through the storiniest earthly experience.

The Voting Age

In view of the discussion In Canada over the proposal to drop the minimum age for voters in fed- eral elections to 18. people in this country will have considerable in- terest in the proposal by a U.S. presidential commission that the 18-year limit. be adopted in that country. This is purely advisory. as the states act the voting quali- fications. Only two states. Ken- tucky and Georgia, new permit 18-

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In Canada, notes the London T

Free Press. one of the surprising developments has been the modesty of many young people who feel that they are not yet qualified to take on the responsibilities of electors. In this connection, the U.S. com- mission points out that it is well to start voting at 18, because by the time young people reach 21 they are “so far removed from the stimulation of the educational pro- cess that their interest in public affairs has waned.”

The report also calls for the elimination of poll_ taxes and liter- acy tests as qualifications for vot- ing. These have been used as road- bocks to prevent. negroes from exercising the franchise. But: the report does not concentrate on this factor. It argues that no American should be denied the right to vote hecaiise his formal education is limited.

This. as our London contempor- arr siiggests. appears to be extend- ing the democratic principle to the limit. l~‘~ui'el_v the voter has a re- spon:-ibility to do something to understand the issues Involved. and if he or she is not able to take in that information it is likely to put a question-mark on ability to vote intelligently.

Rut that principle applies to voters of 21 and over as much as to prospective voters of 18. Educa- tion of voters is a perpetual chal- lenge in a democracy. There has. of coin-se, never been any insurance that democracy would mean intel- ligent choices b_v voters: but. no other method has been able to in- sure intelligent. decisions on public matters either.

More Hopeful Prospect It is reassuring, at this festive sie.-a..=ori. to note that new attempts are being made. by Britain and the United States. to negotiate specific agreement; with the Soviet Union which might help to further im- prove relations between East and West. Even if these negotiations do not prove altogether successful. there is still reason in hope that. in-t.erna.t.iona.l affairs will remain quiet for some months to come. Since the Cuban crisis of a year ago. it is significant that the Soviets have avoided entanglement with the Western powers on any ypajor issue. The one important. crisis in which they have been involved has been the virtual break-up of the Riissian-Chinese alliance. They have suffered. besides. a severe failure in their agricultural program. and have announced that defense spending is to be cut. for the next two years. while spending on the chemical industr_v. especially for agriculture. is to be increased. This may indeed be a heaven- sont chance for reaching a concrete non-agression pact with the Soviet Union. or a treaty to prevent the disseminat.ion- of nuclear weapons. But it is emphasized that however valuable new negotiations may be, their failure should not be looked upon as disastrous, so long as the door is left open for a continuance of peaceful relations which will en- able them to be resumed in a still more favorable atmosphere.

EDITORIAL NOTES

It is reassuring to note that Can- ada's gross national product (total value of all goods and services pro- duced) rose in the third quarter of 1963 to an annual rate of 343.000 million. representing a rise of 1.3 per cent since the second quarter, 4114, per cent since the end of 1962 and 6 per cent since the and of September last year.

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The registrar general for Scot- land has been looking over birth registrations for the year 1858 and currently. and finds a definite Anglo-American influence govern- ing the names chosen for girls and boys. A hundred years ago Flora. Martha and Betsy were favorites. Today there is is trend to Jacqueline. Elaine and Sandra. There ie some clinging to tradition. though. Mar- garet was the top favorite 100 years ago as it Is now, although Elizabeth has moved easily into second place. replacing Mary, which is now third. When it comes to boys. John. James and William have steadily headed the list of choices in that order. But there has been 1 spectacular drop in the old Scot.- fish names of Donald, Malcolm and Duncan.

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wruei<ici< IN THE STOCKING

OTTAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson

Handsome Ministerial Greeting Cards

The season of goodwill to all men sees letter carriers bur- dened with messages of good-

will from cabinet ministers. j ii (1 g e s, ambassadors. poli- ticians. pubic servants. busi-

ness associations and of course from friends in the Christmas- lovin: Capital.

The MP5‘ own post office. sited deep in the bowels of fh e Parliament" Building. has had a record year. despatclilng the himdi,-eds of thmisancls of greet- ine cards to political friends and S‘lt‘pOl‘lP!'5 in all parts of Canada l certainly want to thaiik the taxpayers of (‘anada who unknowingly have paid for so many rhrisimas cards which I have received from some MPs; cards printed on House of Commons stationery. enclosed in House. of Commons envelopes, and mailed free u.«.*-- the frank granted to every

MP. CABINET VARIETY

A vivid and imaginative var- iety of greetiniz cards was sent out by Ministers this ye at. Health \1iiiister .ludy l,»aMarsh. for example. chose a sfri k i ii is coloured photograph of Niagara Falls appropriately part frozen and snow—oovered. Northern Affairs Minister Art Lainiz equ- allv appropriately ch.-.-e a black

and white screening of th re 9'

Canada geese by an E sk i mo artist. Mines Minister Bil l Beriidickson settled for th e

. family group —- elvravs a popu- .‘ lar choice for politicians l I showing himself and his wife and children grnii ped lu- formally in their home. This card was notable for 5he mas’- I nificenl quality of the colon 1' reprodiirlinn of the photograph

Paul M artln chose an ele- gantly simple card with Canadian coat of arms in red on which he added the appreciated personal touch of his written} signature -— as did July La-1 Marsh. ;

Finance Mini s t e r Walt e 1‘: Gordon and Mrs. Gordon chosei one of the increasingly popular‘ UNICEF cards. which on i sl year offered a good choice ofl spectacularly coloured cards.

s one friend commented to me: "It makes me feel good to use UNICEF cards when I think that each packet of th o sci cards which I buy will pay for‘ a week's supply of milk for ten. thel

children sornew h e r a world." ‘

Jean Casselman. the Conser-‘ vafive M.P. from Prescott. Ou- tario. was among the UNICEF patrons. as was the C.B.C. Mrs. Casselman’s father. the for-it mer Conservative Cabinet Min-. . isier. Hon. Earl Rowe, is now

Lieutenant Governor of Oniario.'.

and his card aptly depiciedl the Ontario Legislative Building. i photographed in colour in sum ‘ mer when the beds of calla lilies. I were ablaze.

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Stepping Up Immigration l

Toronto Star I

ltfs welcome news that the Pearson government is going to step up the flow of immigra- tion. (‘.anad:-1's growth and pros- perity require it.

In recent Wars. immigration has barely kept ahead of the number of people leaving the country, mainly for the United States. Last year. for example. 74.586 people came here to live. but more than 51.000 left. The net increase was around 23.000. The year before it was 21.000.

Immigration Minister Guy Gavreau has announced a pro-

gram to attract more than 100,--

000 next year.

Even if the plan succeeds. we‘ll be taking in only two per- 'snns for each one who leaves. And the target looks pretty mod- est alongside the inflow of 282.- 000 in 1957. the year the former Liberal government left office.

But even the 100,000 may not

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the door of vast numbers of un- skilled people for whom no job ppm-t.imit.ies exist here. T li at

lwould be cruel to the imml-- grants, and it would not serve the national interest.

and entrepreneurs with the capital and ability set up business which will pro- vide employment for themselv- es and for other Canadians as well.

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The government is not under- estimating the difficulties. It will launch vigorous promotion- al programs in France. Britain and the United States. Two new rlmml-gr-atlon offices are 15 e i 11 3 opened in France; others have recently been opened in Madrid. Cairo and Beirut.

I-Iereiare signs we are step- ping beyond our traditional sour- ces of immigrants.

But the important thing iirthat once again immi ration is being looked upon positively by Ot- tawa. It is being looked upon as a matter of self-interest as well of humanitarlanism. thing the country needs. not as something it has to endure.

Goldfish - Bowl Antics

Cape Breton Record

And so they did not. live lisp- pily thereafter. The lives of the film stars are not governed by the rules that apply to the ro- mances of Grlmm‘ii Fairy Tales. It is after they are married that the talk begins of the romances of film people falling apart.

Seemingly. there's no a u c ll thing as broken engagements in fllmdorn. only broken marriag- es. The impression repeatedly comes that they get married in order to fall apart. You may say it's their business. and it cer- tainly is their buslneaa or. let's say. profession.

eople who have no private lives. only public lives. are more to be pttied than scorned. A pub lie that avidly follows every quirk and twist in the tangled I fairs of these people. has no call int. a ecornful or admonish- tbern. They have been more encouraged than die- couraged by the public In their gold-fish-bowl entice.

Of the four pictures printed in tlile newpaper of the Iinsbflb h is aimed Ib-

dom mixup. the one of the four for whom the writer has sympa- thy is a blonde young m other named Mrs. Sybil Burton who has just been granted a Mexic- an divorce. We need not feel Irony for . Mrs. Burton is well rid of her spouse. and has received a financial settlement

lcr marry Ric Taylor is still Eddie Fisher. who in his own turn ran away from another film star wife named Debbie Rey- nolds when Taylor gave in l in that come-hither-look.

These people do not live hap- . plly before or after wedlock and divorce. They live frantically. (reedyily. chasing the will-ob ihe-wlapa of their illusions. A

it encourages

be legal wife ,

in proportion to the sire of the romantic mlxups.

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More than any other year. Canadian printers seem to have blossomed forth \\‘lIll in praise- worthy selection of cards deco- rated with Canadian scenes. I have merit io n e :- Marsli‘s photo of Niagara Falls. of course printed by the N122‘? Falls “l".vei--ig Re.- vievr‘ in her consiitiisncy Mac- millans. the Toronto publishers. chose a vivid coloured print or “The Bat t le of Queens t o n. 1813" in which graphic pictu re of the amphibious operation the choppy river is taking as heavy toll of the America is invaders as is the musket fire of the redcoals.

Peter Molson of Molsnn's Brewery. used a painting of a rural Ontario scene “sleeping under a silvery curtain of e n ow and mist". specially painted by the well - known Canadian

artist A. J. Casson. From faraway B.C. Premier W.A.C. B en n e t t sent me

his card decorated with an ef- fectlve water colour of 0kana- gan Lake. near his home town of Kelnwna. Another dis- flncfive and different piece of Canadi:-ma was the eski mo

screen of a kayak in wliicli an e e k l m o fishes. sucr-essfully. while three plump geese fly overhead anxious to swoop down onto the caught fish; this

- was the choice of former Trade

Minister George Hees. Th u a 1963 could be called the Christ- mas when Canadian cards came into their own.

Our Yesterdays

(From the Guardian Flies)

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO December 26. 1938 At Government House. Lieut- Governor DeBlois and Mrs. De- ‘ Blois played host to 925 needy 3 children for a Christmas party. His Honor presented each with a -bright new 25 cent piece, the boys with a hockey stick and puck. the girls with a doll, can- dy and lcecream.

In Rome. Pope Pius XI. aged and troubled Pontiff of the R0- man Catholic Church. tested and prayed after the exertion of celebrating three masses and delivering ii strong denuncia- tion of what he termed Italian disregard of the Papal concord- at.

TEN YEARS AGO December .

A collision involving a truck and three care occurred at Marsihfleld last: night when the driver of a truck who was re- ported blinded by the lights of an oncoming vehicle. crashed Into the rear of an automobile two other cars eeived varying degrees of dam-

age.

. The M1! number of Red and .W.hlte. the official publication ; of the student body lit St. Dun- lstaire University is rich in a diversity of contributed articles and editorials. College Chroni- cles. Student Orgaiuatlons and , Athletics are dealt with in de-

t.Ii.st'a the envy of many. i “l

Upon the announcement of the I dlvarce the immediate question 1 came: When will Elizabeth Tay- 3 hard Burton? Big; 5 f l

THE LIVELY ONES

NORWICH, England (OP)- Twelve young people have been asked to liven up Norwich‘: tri- ennial music festival next year. Already they an planning an open-adr Jess concert. a masked ball. barbecues and a fireworks display.

GET! TRIP HOME

WAVDRTREE. England (OP) Lance-Bombardier William Foe- the Royal Artillery. ste-

tloned in non: Kong. got a tree mp home to Liverpool for Giriatmas He won a rattle acri- ductad by his regiment and the ticket to

Hosp. No Place If Easily Upset

By Dr. Ttieodore R. Van Dellesi The outcome of a heart attack is unpredictable. According to statistics, eight out of 10 victims survive. t there is no way of telling ahead of time of which group the indi- vidual la a member. As a result. they are best treated in a hospi- tal. where lite-saving remedies are available and the man or woman feels more secure. Some persons panic at n 1' thought of going to a hospital They are best treaied at home. The same can be said of the el- derly and those with an obstin- ate disposition. The hospital is not the place for persons whu are easily upset when the room is noisy. the coffee ll cold, or medicine la delayed 10 minutes. This happens occasionally in the beat. institutions and is not con- ducive to rest for those easily disturbed by minor annoyances. The treatment of any heart attack begins with the prompt and adequate relief of pain. De merolox morphine is used most frequenty along with oxygen. Bed reef also is essential in min-

lmire the activity of the heart. Many physicians allow the indi- vidual to sit up in bed or sit in a chair for brief period: as soon as the painsubs ttles. More act- ivity Ls allowed after three weeks. A commode is preferred to is bed pan. ‘

The meals should be small In quantity during the first week because large amounts of food overtax the heart. In time the normal diet can be resumed. The need for a low fat (cholesterol) diet is debatable unless the Indi- vidual is obese or the level is ex- cessive.

Visitors are likely to be a pro- blem. This is no time to have crowds of talkative people who spend hours at the bedside. Most hospitalized persons tire easily of visiting relatives, friends. and business associates. They are LII no mood to talk and visits are exhausting.

The exception is the spouse. older child. or a close friend. Now and then. an urgent busi-

ness or family matter comes up. A conference in the room must. be arranged when the p lent cannot relax until it is settled.

SCRATCI-‘TING CAT

E. M. writes: Our young dau- ghter has a cat which scratches her frequently. Some one said she might get a scratch fever in this way, Is she likely to. if the animal is healthy?

REPLY

Yes. because cats often carry on their paws the causative or- ganisms that lead to eat scratch fever even though they are not ill.

FAMILY ARCRES

Mrs J. writes: My husband and his father's sister were born with extremely high arch- es. which the doctor calls cavus. Is this deformity Inherited. I'm concerned because I am pre nant.

REPLY Possibly. but why worry if the

defect has not proved a serious p_o_ Box 1503 ll d‘ t h b d h ' mal:nlclp 0 your us an or is o,n.‘wA, om‘ TODAY'S HEALTH HINT- Be fit. for life.