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It must have given Prime Minis- ter Diefenbaker pleasure to announce ih Parliament the other day that Canada is actively participating in the “Food for Peace” conference called by President Eisenhower at Washington. In his address to Con- gress the President proposed that a new approach should be made to the problem of making better use of the
’ free. world’s agricultural abundance. The object is to obtain a better dis- tribution of food throughout the world and in the process to help “have-not” countries without injur- ing farmers in countries where sur- pluses are produced. ‘
‘In stating that the Canadian
Government is “wholeheartedly in _ support of the objectives outlined: in ‘the President’s address”, Mr. Diefen- _ baker recalled his own suggestion, made on other occasions, for the establishment of a food bank, direct- ed to very much the same objectives as those outlined at Washington. The Washington meetings, he said, will provide an opportunity to exa- _ mine™ these suggestions as well as others that may be put forward. The meetings will take place in two stages. Officials will meet from April 27 to April 29 to prépare mate- rial for consideration at a ministerial meeting on May 5. The composition of the Canadian delegation to the two meetings will be announced shortly, and Parliament will be given full information as to the results of these meetings.
It is to be hoped that this time the scheme will really get off the
_ ground. It has been debated for years, ever since Sir John Boyd Orr, first director-general of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Or- ganization, sketched his tentative concept of a world food board_ in 1945. A few months later he de- veloped his proposal, suggesting an international organization with power to buy, hold and sell import- ant farm commodities entering world trade, and to set maximum and mini- mum prices, with a revolving fund
sufficient to take care of storage
costs.
Perhaps the forthcoming Wash- ington conference will succeed where other gatherings have failed. The food bank scheme has consistently been championed by Mr. Diefen- baker, both as Opposition leader and as Prime Minister. With the initia- tive now being taken by the U. S. President, and with serious food sur- plus problems facing both countries, the prospects for some measure of success are at least hopeful.
Last “Dry” Strongholds
; When Prince Edward Island ab- andoned Prohibition, other provinces had already made the plunge and this applied, for the most part, to the United States as well. But there were still a few dry strongholds left. Oklahoma was one, whose eciti- zens—according to the\late Will Ro- gers—would “vote dry as long as they can stagger to the polls.”’ Ro-
+ gers turned out to be a poor prophet. Oklahoma has now voted wet, leav-
\ ing only one officially dry state— Mississippi. Nevertheless, about 14.7 per cent of the nation’s population continues to live in dry areas—in
--gounties and municipalities scatter- ed over the country.
For example: 162 of Texas’ 254 counties are officially dry. In Ten- nessee, 88 out of 95 couYities are dry; in North Carolina, 62’ out of 100; Kentucky, 86 out of 120; Geor-. gia, 132 out of 159; Arkansas, 41 out of 75, and Alabama, 47 out of 67. There are seven local option states with no dry areas at all—Delaware Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, Missburi, _Montana and South Dakota. Wiscon- sin, a local option state, has scatter- ed communities that are dry—and that vary so much from election to election that they’re hard to’ keep track of.
Although Mississippi is now the _ only officially bone-dry state, it col-
- Jetts about $2,000,000 a year in taxes on liquor. That, no doubt, is from the same class of invalids that pro- vided liquor revenue for our own Provincial Government in prohibi- tion days. - |
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_ ‘Next week .is being observed as Nationa) Mental Health Week throughout Canada, and this fact is indicative of a great change that has come about, not only in the treat- ment of mental illness in recent years; but in the attitude of the pub- lic towards this problem. Sparking this movement. has been the Cana- dian Mental Health Association, of
a branch organization in this Pro-
a aemnense One of the most encouraging
the improved standard of care given to mental patients, the wider understanding of psychiatric treat- ment and the recognition of mental
there is a great deal of work to be
scourge of mankind. Most mental hospitals are still too large and too overcrowded, and there is particular need for an organized and well direc- ted research program. In this con- nection the Association is providing a fund designed to provide careers in mental health research to talented Canadians, which has received the warm approval of the Federal Health Minister. As the Minister says, every citizen has a stake in this. important work, for mental illness plays no fav- orites.
EDITORIAL NOTES
U.S. Vice President Nixon is to visit the Soviet Union in July. He will be the highest American official] to visit that country since President Roosevelt went to the Yalta Confer-
ence in 1945.
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Speaking of conditions in the Middle East, Lieut. General E.L.M. Burns of Canada, Commander of the U.N. Emergency Force, said the other day that “we sorhetimes find that those with whom we have to deal think that the U.N. should be ‘kept in the dark, as if it were an enemy.” It is not an easy task that the force has on its hands.
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Copies of an unusual little book have been sent out from Britain to fifty mayors of cities and towns on the route of Royal tour of Canada. The book, entitled “Proud Heritage,” is a series of thumbnail | sketches
‘and portraits in color of forty fa-
mous Britons, many of whom have left an indelible mark on Canadian history. ° s
The Maritimes are to get the low- est share of the Federal subsidy to reduce freight rates. Of the $20 million to be allocated, the Western Provinces will receive $11,300,000, Ontario $5,300,000 and the Atlantic Provinces $3,400,000. This was the estimate recently made by a mem- ber of the Board of Transport Com- missioners.
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The first memorial to a member of Congress on the capitol lawns in Washington has now been dedicated. It honors the late Robert A. Taft, senator from Ohio beloved by admir- ers as “Mr. Republican.” It con- sists of a bell tower and statue. Per mission to locate it on the capitol grounds wag voted by Congress in 1955. President Eisenhower and for- mer President Hoover presided at the dedication ceremonies.
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The Moncton Transcript, in an editorial republished on this page, strongly supports the drive which the people of this Province are mak- ing for immediate attention to our Borden-Tormentine. car ferry re- quirements. This support is most welcome, for it points up one phase of the problem that is too often ignored. That is the fact. that our ferry service is not just for Prince Edward Island only—it is an inter- provincial highway, linking us with the mainland and servicing the pub-
lic generally.
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Canada’s first national survey of farm and farm home safety will be conducted over the next two months. In making the announcement, Mr. Jack Whyte, chairman of the agri- culture committee of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, said that the 73,000: enrolled in. 4-H Clubs ; across Canada will be playing a key role through reporting the accidents on their home ‘farms. The survey it- self has been co-operatively organiz ed and is being carried out by the Canadian Council of 4-H Clubs, the Provincial Departments of Agricul- ture, the Canadian Chamber of Com- merce, the Federal Department of Agriculture and the Canadian Feder-—
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which it is hoped shortly to establish-
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THE SAP IS RUNNING
Was it really a “regrettable error’, as the \ Canadian’ Broad- casting Corporation claims, when its television news broadcast dub- bed in a picture of Liberal Lead- er Lester Pearson applauding Newfoumiland Premier Joey Smaliwood’s assertion that he would not tolerate “‘union gangs- terism”’ nor “threats by Cana- dian Labour Congress president Claude Jodoin’’
To show a picture of Mr. Pear- son out of context like that was the pictorial equivalent of asser- ting in words that Mr. Pearson gave his endorsement of Mr. Smalliwood’s condemnation of a recognized C.L.C. union. The C. B.C. claims that this was an er- ror. But whatever the explana- tion, there can be no denial that the C.B.C. news broadcast in fact told a lie to its trdnsCanada au- dience.
It is hard to see how a film can be “accidentally,”” cut in such a manmer that an event is put so far -out of context in point of time. The picture of Mr. Pear- son applauding was actually pho- tographed during the general ap- plause at the end of Mr. Small- wood’s speech; yet on the FV re- production, that picture was inser- ed many minutes earlier, at that very damaging juncture in the
middie of Mr. Smaliwood’s speech. But still, let - one the C.
B.C.’s assertion that this was, on that occasion, a regrettable error. LEANS TO BIAS,
Mf this assertion had not been made, would have suspected that this was yet another exam- ple of the unforgivable and un-- desirable slanting of news which we hear continuously over the CBE:
I quote two other recent com- ments:
Mr. Andrew Glen, of Locust Hill, Ontario, points out that, in reporting a 90-minute speech by the British politiciaa Sir Oswald Mosley, the C.B.C. picked out two
_ sentences dealing with the racial
problem. This was done, asser- ted Mr. Glen, “no doubt with the intention to arouse prejudice’. - Is it the purpose of our pub- licly-owned broadcasting system, which is costing the taxpayers many tens of millions of dollars this year, t® arouse prejudice Or should it inform public op- inion fairly and impartially
The transportation services lin- king New Brunswick with Prince Edward Island have in recem times, to put it mildly, béen most unsatisfactory. As a result the commercial relations between the two provinces have perforce, suf- fered, while auto traffic and tra- vel by persons were also adver- sely affected throuh the dislo- cations which ensured from break downs aboard the old carferry
The situation has become so discouraging that protests from various sources have been made to the authorities in Ottawa de- manding that immediate action be taken to maintain a satisfac- tory service between the two pro- vinces by acquiring another car- ferry or similar serviceable craf' to make the Cape Tormentine. Borden crpssing in addition te the regular vessel ‘‘Abegweit” and the more than 40-year- old auxiliary carferry ‘‘Prince Edward Island’’.
NEW SHIP NOW
The Charlottetown Guardiar has become constrained by the dislocations to direct some straight from the shoulder criti- cism towards the authorities in Ottawa responsible for the cross- \ strait service. It scores the ‘dam. ing with the causes of these dis- ruption realistically, and deman immediate action to remedy the adverse conditions by providing a new ship now.
Earlier this week one of the
members of Parliament represen- ting Queens, P.E1. Mr. Heath
Shown Out Of Context
By Patrick Nicholson
Then the Toronto “Globe and Mail commented editorially: **No- body wants the C.B.C. to show bias in favor of the Government we had quite enough of that un- der the Liberals—but does the C.B.C. have to show bias against the Government We get the im- pression of such a bias in its handling of the bu¢fZet."’
My own experience confirms this impression. It so happens
mentators discuss the budget ov- er the C.B:C..Three of these were journalists who write for Ot- tawa's Liberal-leaning newspap- er, the “‘Citizen’’ none were from Ottawa's Conservative - leaning newspaper, the Journal. Two were writers for Macleans Mag- azine and the Financial Post, which is published by the Mac- lean company, neither of whom |are regarded as being exactly ‘admirers of the Conservative Government.
LET’S HEAR BOTH SIDES
It is admirable that certain sec- tions of our press are alert enough to-~point -out what they consider to be faults in our gov- ernment. It is equally admirable that other sections endorse what they consider to be wise actions by our government. Thus, by pre- senting both the good and the bad, our press gives the pubiic a reasonable opportunity to form its own conclusions about the manner in which it is being ser- ved by Ottawa.
But do we, the taxpayers, pay tens of millions of dollars a year, to the radio system which we own, to be brain-washed by hav- ing only one viewpoint presented to us in questions of Public con- cern
Would we happily pay taxes to support our Defence Department if it only protected our west Coast, and left our Atlantic coast unprotected? Would we wil- lingly pay taxes to enable our Welfare Departmem to pay pen- sions only to left-handed septua- genarians, while leaving ri gh t- handed old folk to starve?
Surely every federal agency should cater impartially to all sectors of the population I re- main of the opinion that the C. B.C. despite its repeated and bit- ter but unconvincing attacks on my comments, is wantonly and inexcusably failing to do this. The facts support my opinion.
Cross - Strait Transportation
Moncton Transcript
Macquarrie, speaking in the House of Commons criticized the cross-strait transportation facil- ities. He declared that a third carferry was required immedia- tely on the Cape Tormentine - Borden route.
And he urged the Government to go ahead quickly with the con- struction of the projected cause- way to link Prince Edward Is- land and New Brunswick, if the study by engineering and other experts presently going on should prove such an undertaking feas- ible.
VITAL IMPORTANCE |
The need for greatly improved. more adequate and more transportation service between New Brunswick and Prince Ed- ward Island has been stressed time and again over a lengthy period. And it must be said that the lack of remedial action is deplorable. Inasmuch as it is vi- tal in the interests*of these two provinces and of their people that an up-to-date cross-strait service be operated at all times, surely Ottawa authorities respon will realize the necessity of th by providing for the addition of another carferry or equally ser- viceable ship without further de
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WHO’S MISLEADING WHOM?
Sir,—I have been accused by the Minister of Health, according to the press report, of attempting to create a false impression in the minds of the public. This is a serious charge and one, to which I plead not - guilty.
The O'Leary Hospital, to which he sees fit to make exemplary reference, has accounts owing by the public after eighteen months operation of $25,000.00. Like all other hospitals on the Island it accepts all emergency and acute cases irrespective of the patients’ ability to pay. This tradition of charity and mercy the public hospitals of this Province must continue to maintain come Hos- pital Insurance—adequate or in- adequate—if they are to receive
As the Minister has apparently little regard for the bowels of compassion, let us consider his“ position in this matter from the legal and legislative angle. if his memory is not very short he will remember that at the 1959 session of the Legislature, he pro- moted a bill called the Hospitals Act, and asked the Assembly to pass it, where in part 1, section 12, it is stated:
“Except as may be otherwise provided in this Act, and provid- ing that accommodation is avail- able, admission to any public hos- pital other than a hospital for the chronically il. shall not be denied to any person who from sickness, disease, injury or oth- erwise is certified to be in need of hospital services by a quali- fied medical practitioner.”
I shall leave the public to de- cide who is trying to mislead whom, and who is trying to scut- tle what.
I am, Sir, etc.
L.G. DEWAR, M.P. O'Leary.
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of impotency. In this particular study, which
-| was reported in the ‘Physician's
Bulletin,” the iqcidence of impo- tence, as a rule, gradually in creased with age from about 3 per cent in the 3% to 34-year-old group to almost 7 per cent in the 60 to 65-year-old bracket.
A rather puzzling factor is that, in general, the severity, compli- cations and duration of diabet- es does not appear to be related to the incidence of impotency. INCOMPLETE PREGNANCIES
Among the wives of diabetic men. in the study, 16.6 per cent of the pregnancies ended in the nondiabetic control grou p.
However, no difference was noted between the wives of the diabetic male and the non-dia- betic male with respect to pre- mature births, stillbirths, malfor- mations, sex or birth weight of the children. .
The principal result of this ‘study, it seems to me, is that we still have a, lot to learn about diabetes and its effect on our bodies.
QUESTION AND ANSWER
J. P.: I am an elderly man and am troubled with excess mu- cus in my throat, and am also told that I have catarrh. Is there any cure for this or is there any- thing which would alleviate the condition
Answer: There are various medications which would relieve the described complaints. I would be best to see your physi- cian for advice.
OUR YESTERDAYS
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(From the Guardian Files) TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (April 25, 1934) ~ Members of the Warren Pav- ing Company of Toronto arriv- ed in Summerside yesterday and leave today for Portage where they have their gravel pits. They will begin immediately to put the plant in order for the. summer's
work.
The roads connecting Charlotte- town with outhkying centres are drying up rapidly. Several cars have come through from Sum- merside during the last two days, and the road is now open Mo- rell. Several muddy areas on the road prevent .traffic opening be-
Makes Impression
By Joseph MacSween
Canadian Press Staff Writer
Fidel Castro's English is some- thing baffling, but he’s managing nevertheless to get across some plain talk in his visit to the
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Canadians will find him a vividly colorful personality when he visits Montreal Sundfiy. The bearded Cuban revolutionary pre- mier is not the type to inspire neutrality. Es
He demonstrated his particula charm and wit Thursday when he appeared before a meeting of the Overseas Press Club in New York. Club president Thomas P. Whitney said the audience of more than 1,800 in the Hotel Astor on Times Square was the biggest in the club’s 2-year history. :
While Castro spoke, newspapers were sold on the streets with ban- ner headlines proclaiming that hired killers planned to slay the Cuban leader. He joked about the reports. appearing genuinely amused and confident. MINGLED WITH CROWD
At the luncheon head table he carried on an animated conversa- tion with a boy scout who was led forward to be presented. It wasn't a chat between premier and youngster but a man-to-man affair—or perhaps boy to boy.
Castro caused consternation among a small army of escorting police by insisting on mingling with the crowds that watched for his movements. One of the more unfortunate incidents of the visit occurred earlier when New York's finest arrested in their zeal the chief of the premier’s Cuban guard. -
Despite his beard and shaggy hair, Castro, 32, has a distinctly youthful mien anc bearing, re- sponding to verbal sallies with a boyish, mischievous smile. But he has developed a paunch since coming out of the Cuban hills to topple ‘he dictatorship of Fulgen. vio Batista. .
ing. noon and night,’’saidCastro with a smile on his speech Thurs- day. “Sometimes it’s better, sometimes it's worse. In school, nobody «id me how much I would need English.”
SERIOUS THOUGHTS |
At other times his words were sermon-like. Stressing the role of the press in preserving freedom, the premier declared:
“I’m doing here what I do in Cuba. I meet the people and I
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answer the questions of newspa- per men. People cannot be fooled. To know the truth is good for you and ‘good for us.
“I am a man of more faith be cause I have found there is no difference between you and the Latin-American people.. You feel like us. You love like us—,you love ideas, ideals. ;
“‘We won our war through ten- acity and faith—not through the strength of arms.”
In Washington, Castro de- clared:
money. Many men come here to sell their souls. We want only un- derstanding and sympathy.”
He followed up this in.,New York by denouncing Generalis- simo Rafael Trujillo of the Do minican Republic as an ‘‘interna- tional gangster’’ and urging the press club to invite the Domini- can dictator to New York ‘to ad- dress reporters and answer questions about his regime.
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