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PAGE 4 FRIDAY. OCTOBER 29, 196.

*-Grave Civic Problem

~ Charlottetown is indeed facing a strious financial problem in the new educational setup, as reviewed in a

press statement by Mayor Cox and fie city council’s finance chairman,

Mr. MacNeill. It is a statement chal--

lenging careful study and considera- tion by all our citizens.

The new million-dollar high school will be a great acquisition. It will be needed to replace the facilities now in use at Prince of Wales College but which have to be given up next year when that institution becomes 4 de- gree granting university. But the ex- pense will be a heavy burden and it is one with regard to which the Civic taxpayers’ elected representatives have no option. The school board de- cides on school construction needs

and the type of building to be erected; |

itis for the council to find the money requested by the board. The council {s also faced with the problem of pro- viding greater recreational facilities for the youth of the city, and with heavier operating costs to the city in its water department.

This on top of a civic expenditure for educational purposes this year of $1,157,618—over 54 per cent of the city’s revenue—m eans only one of two things: very heavy additional civic taxes or more substantial relief from the provincial government.

It is pointed out, in this connec- tion, that while the federal govern- ment pays taxes to the city on prop- erty it owns in Charlottetown, the provincial government does not do so on the vast amount of property it has acquired in the city and for which the city must provide all services it gives to its taxpaying citizens. | :- We are not unmindful of the fact that our provincial authorities have their own grave financial worries. These are of concern to all-our tax- payers, rural and urban. But there does seem a strong case for recon-

sidering Charlottetown’s predicament .

at this time, and for meeting it on a basis that will be fair and reasonable.

« Claims He Can't Lose ; According to press reports, the strangest contest in this election cam-

paign is in the Quebec riding of St.-

Jean - Iberville - Napierville, which $praw1s southward from Montreal. There the Liberals are trying to -de- feat Yvon Dupuis, former MP for the riding, who still claims to be the ‘‘of- ficial’ party candidate and says that Mr. Pearson is still my leader.” It is hard work convincing the elector- ate that he is wrong. If anything, his party-indorsed opponent, Jean Des- marais, is more on the defensive than he is. Mr. Desmarais was mayor of St.-Jean from 1961 to. 1963, and his organizers have their hands full ans- wering charges that he was a ‘‘do- nothing” magistrate. . Mr. Dupuis is described as con- ducting himself more like a national hero seeking re-election by plebiscite than a man who was evicted from the Liberal cabinet. He faces trial on in- fluence-peddling charges but draws

_Cheers with two main arguments. One

that his ‘plea for his trial to be held efore the election has been ignored. Instead, the trial has been moved out the riding and delayed until early xt year. His other point is that the eentral Liberal organization in Mont- feal refused to hold a convention in the riding and imposed Desmarais on it in an arbitrary manner. ; Dupuis is quéted in a Liberal paper. the Toronto Star, as pointing fo Liberal figures from former Jus- tice Minister Guy Favreau to Secre- tary of State Maurice Lamontagne whose names have also been linked with alleged scandal. “Were they ask-

ed to resign?” he/ shouts. “Was their house ransacked’ from attic to cellar three times by the RCMP? No! Why? .

Because they are lawyers. economists

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{ and statesmen who travel from one university to another while Yvon Du- puis is a man of the people.”

He deplores the “temporary dif- ference of opinion” he has had with Prime Minister Pearson and speaks proudly of the Liberal program, which, he says, “I helped to write.” He’s addressing a meeting every night until the election and two on Sundays. During the day, with his wife, he visits the riding’s rural areas where | 53 per cent of the voters live. Con-

tributions from “friends”, he says,

have given him plenty of money for | his campaign including enough to pay his representatives $15 each in the riding’s 165 polls.

Pencil in hand, Mr. Dupuis ex- plains why he can't lose in St.-Jean. In 1932, he took 14,656 votes to 7,081 for the Creditistes, 4,461 for the Con- servatives and 1,599 for the NDP. His vote has been remarkably steady: | 14,147 in 1962 and 14,332 in 1958 when he captured the riding for the first time despite the Conservative landslide. This time he claims to have lost only-a few organizers who are working “because of pressure” for Desmarais. On the other hand, “a lot of Desmarais representatives are my men. But. he won't find that out until polling day.”

The “official’’ Liberals are said to be pinning their hopes on help arriv- ing from headquarters in Montreal in the form of a last-minute blitz of money, organizers, and big-name speakers; but time is running out and the situation is getting desperate.

Soviet Farm Problem

A senior Soviet agronomist,° V. Zhulin, has been making some revo- lutionary statements behind the Iron Curtain. Previous criticisms on So- viet shortcomings in the agricultural sector have tended to bear down on administrative errors, or the alleged- ly nefarious Khrushchev “influence,” as the causes of the system’s chronic under-production. But Zhulin goes further; he suggests that under-pro- duction is rooted in the nature of the system itself.

This expert does not go so far as to recommend a system of private land-ownership, but he does criticize strongly the present brigade-team form of organization, in which the land is cultivated along lines that sug- gest a factory. In its place, he pro- poses that large tracts of land be placed under mechanized teams of between four and six men, each team given broad, long-term discretion, with little direction from above apart from broad guidelines,

Zhulin’s criticisms, published in an influential Soviet newspaper, in- dicate that the Russians are closer than ever to realizing the basic weak- ness of their farm system. The coun- try has imported on the average about..10_-million-tons- of «wheat an- nually between 1961 and 1964. It will be able to reduce its need for wheat imports only when it retreats from the iron collectivism that has so long been idealized as a central Soviet achieve- ment. If the country wants to become more prosperous, it must become more free. ee

Meanwhile Canada, along with other countries, is reaping benefits in substantial wheat sales, which would seem guaranteed for some years to come.

Worth Remembering

Were the average citizen to be asked what is the largest income earner for Canadian farmers the re- ply most likely would be wheat. But that answer, as the Windsor Star re- minds us, would be wrong. The dairy industry is the greater.

As of last year $531 million was earned from the*sale of milk. And another $200 million. was obtained

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on the meat market, for a total of $731 million. Even this is not all, as it ignores the’receipts ftom the sale of cattle for breeding purposes.

There is another aspect to this, as the. Windsor paper points out:-The dairy industry gives employment to ‘far more people than does wheat growing. This includes those on the farms, in the dairies, creameries and cheese factories, as well as in the retail trades:

EDITORIAL NOTE

world’s biggest junkyard. Ocean ex- plorers report that empty cans, bot- tles. and waste of all kind litter the floors of the Atlantic Ocean, the Red Sea, and the Indian Ocean. Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau, whose ex- peditions are supported by the Na- tional Geographic ‘Society, said _re- cently that he would never forget his first deep dive in a bathyscope: “I landed in front ofa spread-out news- paper.” :

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from the sale of dairy cows and calves,

| ‘likeness’ was in it.

OTTAWA REPORT By

Ottawa has a sizeable for- , eign population of the exper- | ienced and sophisticated elite. | These are the diplomats, the | journalists, the military brass, . the trade representatives and similar visitors who are to be

“Surely they know that the | standards should go with the | job?’’ commented my friend. “It seems to me that, if this were say London, more than half of Mr. Pearson’s .Liberal Cabinet would have had to re- | sign, on account of their acts which did not measure up to the | required standard: of honesty, and, more important, of what can be seen to be above sus- picion of dishonesty.”

I asked him to explain.

“Well,” he replied, ‘“‘Profumo was forced to resign from the British Cabinet, not because his*sex life was improper, but Canadian Partiament.’’ because in parliament he lied about it, and lies cannot be tol- erated in Parliament. Yet there have been several cases of Liberal Ministers speaking less than the whole truth in the ALICE IN OTTAWALAND

“For example, Justice Min- ister Favreau asserted in Par- liament that "Nobody in _ this (Rivard bribery) case is a mem- ber of my deépartment;’ and it late became clear that this was not true. Labour Min- ister Allan MacEachen, when asked if the Canadian taxpay- ers would have to vay fer frl- page advertisements carryifig his picture, asserted that ‘There is no picture of me in the adver- tisement at all.’ Yet later he | was forced to admit that —his— Other sim- |

ilar cases occurred.”

| Sea, - The sea floor has been called the |

* British forces speeding aid 4o

In Britain, several ministers | have had to. resign because they revealed budget secrets to outsiders. Gordon decided that he could not find adequate help among the 192,845 civil servants, so he brought in three outsiders from | Toronto’s Bay Street to plan his budget with him, my friend | pointed out. I

“Northern Affairs Minister | Art Laing made an announce- ment about an oil company | which caused a wild speculat- ive .apree on the stock market; shares priced at $5.9 were re- | ported to be traded at $12. ‘I ap |

ed it is not dominated by ex- | * | may require a new approac’ - | eliminate the ‘‘stuck needle’’ and

Our Yesterdays

(From The Guardian Files)

_ Minister of Defence, Col. J-L. Ralston, arrived in Summerside by Royal Canadian Air Force flying boat.

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Greece were reported in Athens today to have got the jump on Italy landing on ancient Cor- fu Island, the one sentinel deem ed important in control of both the Balkans and the Adriatic

TEN YEARS AGO : (October 29, 1955)

Mr. A.M. MacKay, chairman of the Maritimes Transportation Commission, announced the ap pointment of Mr. Howard Allan Mann to the position of execu- tive manager of that commission to succeed Mr. Rand H. son who haa fesigned.

Plainsclothes policemen with dogs guarded a house in the lit-. tle village of Uckfield, in the¥% south of England, where Prin- Peter Townsend were believed to be spending the weekend

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INDIAN SUMMER

Patrick Nicholson

“Standards Should Go With The Job”

ologise to the stock market,’ org” later said; but he assert- ed that he had no intention of resigning ffrom the Cabinet for his gaffe.” |

TORY SCANDAL TOO

My foreign friend catalogued of ministers who stumbled in- to positions where their conduct was liable to suspicion. These, he suggested, would all have led to forced resignations in Britain; but here we only had one resignation.

He could have pointed out that the previous Conservative Government was not entirely blameless. One French-Cana-

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dian former minister was faul- ted; but Mr. Diefenbaker swif- tly and decisively obtained his resignation from the Senate.

Some of these cases show a

do not express. Like’ Humpty- Dumpty fn ‘‘Alice-in Wonder- land.’’ those ministers seem to say: “When I-use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.” That echoes the arrogance of the powerful Liberal majority government before 1957, whose | most arrogant minister boast- | ed: ‘Who's to stop us?”

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en coop and suiphus enough to rid | “te tom se sik Gt case ‘0 ee we add insecticide to kill a bug, and sufficient radiatéon to sterilize a ghat. : ot UNSOCIABLE LAD Mrs. T. writes: My 15-year- | old boy is an unfriendly person and has no pals. He never cared to associate with boys his own

him? | REPLY Your son may be an introvert or have an emotional problem. But if you have reason to sus- | pect that his attitude and per- sonality need investigation, why not consult your family physi- cian? If psychiatric consultation is called for, he will advise you. BATHS FOR HEALTH J. E. writes: We are studying in our hygiene class about differ-

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Toronto Telegram

Just when people are taking | in their stride the nation of a | two-nation country. and feroc- | iously learning French in a spi- rit of bon entente, they're told that the British beat Cartiér to the shores of Canada This is a far more ominous revelation than Wolfe's discovery | of.the Plains of Abraham at an inconvenient moment ‘for Mont- calm. It = implies—brace your | self, Bi-Bi Commission — that instead of two there was only | one founding nation.

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explored the Gulf of St. Law rence. |

All this research into trans- | Atlantic fs very up- setting. Americans of Italian de- scent were Colombus Day, of all days, Yale scholars announced ‘that’ Norse- men explored North America well before Christopher reached the scene. :

Now Mr. Mowat’s investiga- tions. suggest that. the ‘Norse- men, in search of loot, were fol- lowing the wake of British ships supplying British settlers who had crossed the Atlantic to es- cape the Viking plundering of the British Isles. {

Perhaps, the Russians, who haven't been backward in claim- ing priority, will be good enough to divert from the British the combined indignation of the , Scandinavians, the Italians and the French by -contending «that= they were here first.

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Needs Helpful Critics

London Fregs Press

_ Obvious uneasiness at home over the -position of the United States in Viet Nam and other | world trouble spots raises at |

action of extremism. Or it could

lead to a searching and con-

structive re-appraisal of United | States policy-in a changing

world:

Demonstrations and counter- demonstrations across the coun- try must indeed be a cause for sober consideration in Washing: ton.

The current criticism of U. 8.

‘foreign policy by Americans’| A*# was entirely consistent with

may be a healthy and construc- tive sign in a democracy provid-

been saying there are myths and

rigidities of U.S. policy which must be eliminated.

Lauding the wide scope for a variety of discussion which was

pointed out how hard i5 some times is to separate a well. meaning giant from an evil bul- ly. The allies of the U.S. can help by being wholly construc: | tive in their approach to the vit- | al and sensitive facets offoreign | policy.

This does not imply subserv. | ience. President Johnson recent ly said his policy in Southeasi

presidents before him. But perhaps that is of the trouble. As John Ke h Gal braith says, U.S. foreign a

get American initiatives in step - with reality. .

Reform Needed . _

London Free Press

Kan-Tineta Horn, the Indian from. Quebec, may be a long bow in her de- the Canadian gov-

Sones en tor an s.cn mre f an all-out pro-

assist the nation’s In-

But in shafting her arrows for reforms that include technical training, better housing and

dian maid is ‘‘on target’. She is bringing to public attention, re- peatedly and persistently a legi- timate case founded on- long- term national neglect.

While Miss Horn pleads for | segregation for the Indians in these words: ‘We need a safe place for our innocent, honor- able people to retreat — ffrom the white man with his cunning “and confidence games,” it can be asserted that governments

| fusing them with* community

historically have done far too little to develop and elevate In- dian living standards

In this connction, the acknowledgement by the Indian Affairs, branch of the Depart- ment 6f Citizenship and Immi- | gration that it largely is respon- sible for poverty, inertia and hopelessness prevalent on re- serves, is perhaps augury of better things to come.

The department has plans un- der way to help make reserves.

“community conscious,” by in-

spirit. Government -handouts of any magnitude are not the an- swer, however much some may regard the Indians as “wards | of the state’’. : The department at long last may be on the right track— ff it | does not flag along the way, Bet: | ter education, greater induce _Ments to self-reliance, improv-- ed sanitary and health stand- ards and improved medical ser-

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Weak French Opposition:

The Canséian Frese Bal! Writer

The political opposition in France seems to be going out of its way to provide President de Gaulle with new reasons for a of the old-line par-

With Jess than six weeks to go

| before France's presidential

elections, the opposition parties once again have plunged into the old practice of making inter- party alliances and jockeying for position which de Gaulle so frequently derides in his public

| statements about the pre-Gaul-

list era.

At stake is the leadership of France for the next seven years. While the opposition is unani- mous in seeking an'end to what is commonly called the “regime of personal power’ under de Gaulle, it has made few strides in its attempts to unite in prac- tical opposition.

A classical example of the continuing division came during the weekend at the national con- vention of the Radical party, a once-powerful group whose vot- ing support has dwindled since de Gaulle’s arrival in power in 1958.

After hours of debate, Radical delegates” ended up supporting two separate candi- dates for the presidency.

To satisfy middle-of-the-road elements, the party expressed appreciation for the ‘‘signifi- cance and value” of Centre party candidate Jean Lecanuet but in the same breath it called on its members to work for the election of left-winger Francois Mitterand.

SHADOW BOXING

As the other pledges of sup- port thrown to various candi- dates in recent weeks; the Radi- cal party’s action falls under the heading of shadow boxing oe as de Gaulle remains

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