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It will soon be over now but the shouting—or the gnashing of teeth. There won’t be any more political harangues, except in the Legislature, for some time at least. A last-minute spate of letters on campaign issues has reached our desk for publication, but We see no useful purpose in running them. By this evening the issues will have been resolved by the voters. Today is the day for action.

All that remains now to be said is to emphasize, once again, the im- portance of getting out a large vote. Not the partisan vote which will be forthcoming in any case. But the non-partisan vote, without which there will be no real assessment of the issues at stake, no true reflect- ion of the voice of the people. Par- tisanship is all very well in its place. It is the sparkplug that gets election campaigns under way. It is what raises campaign funds and provides all the fireworks. But un. less the mass of the electorate pre- serves’a judicial calm in weighing the rival claims of the candidates, and votes conscientiously for what it believes to be in the best inter- ests of the country, the whole af- fair will be a costly farce.

Weighing and forming opinions about the rival claims, we repeat, is not enough. It is the votes that will count. We need hardly add that this voting business has been a dear- bought privilege. We didn't have to pay the price, but our forefathers did. We can throw it away easily enough. We can be cynical about it. But after today, if we don’t exer- cise it. we had better keep our mouths shut about the kind of gov- ernment we may get for the next few years at Ottawa. We may not get what suits us in any case; but at least we shall have the chance, today, of making our views count.

A Peck OI Troubles

“For the first time since he en- tered the White House’" writes James Reston in the» restored New York Times, “President Kennedy seems to be on the offensive.” An- other prominent journalist, Robert J. Donovan, chief Washington cor- respondent for the New York- Herald Tribune, says the President is “strangely becalmed, and the high prestige of January is being eroded.” Stewart Alsop, writing in the Saturday Evening Post, con- cludes: “The mood of Kennedy's Washington today is a puzzled, frus- trated and—below the bland sur- ace—angry mood):

What's the reason for these and other pointed criticisms? Mr. Ken- nedy's difficulties are conceded to be not all of his own making, and come of them seem to be accepted as immutable laws of politics, like General de Gaulle's intransigence, and Congress’s lethargy. But the liberals seem to feel that he over- sold his administration in the 1960 campaign pledge to get the country ,"moving again”, and that he has failed,. somehow, to communicate ’his own sense of urgency to the public.

v Hitter: program is in trouble. .His foreign aid program is in trouble. Unemployment is growing. ,In Washington Congress is taking frames from the burden of not hav. ling Fused any of his bills. In Paris, . IPreaident de Gaulle keeps saying lun‘m" to his mud design. In Mm. leow. Mr. Khrushchev gives order; it” keep troops in Cuba. In Latin America the Alliance for Progress ’1! bogged down. And in Canada,

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as a Washington commentator puts it, “an election precipitated by a State Department memorandum Ia swelling to an uncertain climax over a McNamara statement.”

Quite a peck of troubles. It makes us understand why Wash- ington can be jumpy at times, even with old friends on this side of the border. Whichever way today’s election goes in Canada, and what- ever need we may feel for assert- ing our independence at times, let's hope that there will be no further deterioration in our mutual rela- tions. The causes of present friction may well be due to the fact that the political pot is beginning to boil in the United States. The heat is being turned on: the administration is beginning to sweat. Soon its oppon- ents will be going into their war- dance throughout the land, and neither side will have time to think about our injured feelings. We shall be wise. in the circumstances, if we forget about them too.

Ontario Farm Problem

In this Province we are much more concerned with the problem of unused farm land than with that of farm land absorbed by industrial and commercial expansion. But the latter problem is becoming acute in Ontario. A specialist at the recent annual meeting of the Ontario As- sociation of Real Estate Boards warned that. at the present rate at which Ontario farm land is being sacrificed for these purposes, the province may not be able to feed itself by 1980.

Ontario, it is estimated, has eight million acres of crop-producing land, of which some is merely mar- ginal. But that land is disappear- ing at an annual rate of between 500,000 and 600,000 acres. A repre- sentative of the Federal Department of Agriculture suggests that ARDA provides a remedy in the way of machinery for federal-provincial co- operation in land use; but, unfor- tunately, the elaborate machinery seems to be minus a motor.

This is the view expressed by the Chatham Daily News, which goes on to say: “The Metro jungle c o n t i n u e s to grow, unhindered, creating ever more monstrous prob- lems of transportation, supply and social communication. Each year the Niagara fruit belt diminishes. Each year more farmers are push- ed off their fertile land by suburban taxation, often to struggle with less fertile soil farther from their mar- kets.”

Will the expansion swallow more fertile soil? It seems likely. One Toronto real estate executive, who sees no decline in the present trend, predicts that “as inexpensive land in major metropolitan areas becomes scarce, many of these new industries will seek opportunities in rural areas. Space for industry will be a problem facing many commun- ities.” Needed, evidently, is a. policy that will encourage urban and in- dustrial growth on land that is not suited to agriculture, and the plac- ing of curbs on the now unrestrain-

ed spread of urban monstrosities.

But no one seems to have come up with an adequate answer to this problem.

EDITORIAL NOTES

A battle over a propbsal to fluoridate New York City's water supply is looming up. Unlike in 1957 when the proposal went down to defeat, some observers say it has better prospects this year. Their appraisal is based on changes in opinion and political climate that have taken place in the six years since. Mayor Robert F. Wagner predicts that fluoridation will win this time. In any case, the result will be awaited with widespread interest.

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Every year many Canadians move to'the United States to live and work. They do so for a variety of reasons. but especialy because of a wider range and greater number of opportunities. There is also, of course, a flow of Americans to Gen- ada. But the emigration of Gene- diana to the United States is, on the average. four or five times as great as the immigration of Americans.

And, as Mr. Cari Pollock, Preoident ‘

of the Canadian Manufacturera’ Aa- aociation said in a recent address. this must be considered an “adverse balance,” along with that which ex- ists in the field of Canadian-Ameri- can trade.

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OTTAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson Noteworthy Movement In PenoI Reform

The imprisoned law - breaker may soon become a highly re-

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ning a pay - packet at a civilian job. and almost indistinguishable in his daily life from you and

me.

Our penitentiary authorities have made a start on a broad- minded “pro-release program." to bridge the difficult gap be- tween the discipline of prison and the temptations outside.

The federal Department of Justice, the office of the Com- missioner of Penitentiaries. and the National Parole Board here are all moving experimentally towards policies of less repres- sion and less harshness towards our lawbreakers sentenced to imprisonment. 'Iihei months in prison are now in- creasingly being geared to the attempt to equip him to play a better role in society after his release.

But the greatest strides for- ward seem to have been made. not by our federal authorities. but by the government of British Columbia. under the guidance of its able and up-to-date young At- torney General. Hon. "Bob" Bonner.

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My curiosity was aroused by the news that a man in England. serving a 7-year sentence for armed robbery, had been sen- tenced to death for a murder. committed in a department store while he was living in a hostel towards the end of his sentence.

This was the first time I had heard of prisoners living in hostels, and being permitted to move freely in the local com- munity.

This post - war experiment in Britain permits prisoners serv- ing at least four years to qual- ify by good behaviour for spe- cial pre - release privileges. During the last months of their sentence. they are accommodat- ed in special hostels within the prison walls; they are assisted to obtain outside work commen- surate with their skills. as or- dinary civilian workers: they live a free life outside the prison from dawn until the 10 pm. curfew recalls them to the hostels. Their jobs may be as blue - collar workers in a plant or. in the case of female prl- soners. as cooks in private Item

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5. Police and the public in com- munities adjacent to these hos- tels have shown some anxiety

Another Hopeful Sign

By Harold Morris Canadian Press Staff

By HAROLD MORRISON Canadian Press Staff Writer

Soviet Premier Khrushchev apppears to be moving cau- tiously towards acceptance of the fact that no matter how profitable it may be for the Communists to deride and con- demn the capitalist world. closer relations between the Kremlin and the White House are essen- tial to reduce the threat of accl- dental nuclear war.

Khrushchev’a agreement to establishment of a direct Mos- cow-Washington teletype com- munications link is a step in this direction. No amount of in- stantaneous communications is likely to reshape the Commu- nist grand design of one day conquering the world. but a fast message could rhaps force one side or the other to pause and reconsider.

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ve. This definitely is not the case knowledge. In fact I can't understand how it could be done. The method of killing is to stun the seal. then bleed If and final- ly take the skin off. . In our company we bled three or four at a time and than pro- ceeded to skin. I don't think that any animal has life after It

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Instantaneous communications certainly would be helpful clarify a misinterpreted nuclear action that otherwise might bring Instantaneous nuclear re- sponse — and disaster. Both camps therefore welcome the teletype agreement.

LANGUAGE BARRIER

The language barrier still re- mains, tending to slow up the communications link. but U.S. authorities anticipate the opera- tion one day may be accompa- nied by a computer-translator that could turn a Russian mes- sage into English on its arrival In Washington, or an English message into Russian on arrival in Moscow.

These electronic developments may reduce the need of normal diplomatic channels. Just as Kennedy's direct negotiations with Khrushchev reduced the use of Britain and other coun- tries as go-betweena. so the tele- type operation may reduce the Intervention of the state depart-

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However, the state depart- ment has scored a point. At one time t re h tlon of a direct Khrushchev telephone line—a “hot” line—whereby the We could converse with the old of Inter-proton a reach sudden decisions without cou- aultlng diplomatic advises-I.

Some U.S: diplomats shad. dared at the thou tthal war might be decla tin-on a sudden fit of telephone tentper by the two leaders.

The teletype provides more time for reflection. , Another precaution ll but the teletype machine Ia not likely to be near a desk but probably somewhere in the Pentagon—Ia the national com-

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about numbers of convicted law- breakers roaming freely in the late afternoon and early even- ing. even buying themselves drinks in the bars. The murder just committed by one of these trusted and privileged "pre-re— lease” freedom-ties has inten- sified this anxiety. But liberal reformers argue that graduates of these hostels enjoy double the

normal record of subsequent crime - free life. CAMP LIFE FREEDOM

The Canadian penal system has not yet gone so far, except experimentally in BC. Inmates of some federal penitentiarie s are now sometimes escorted by warders to football games or shows - all wearing indistinguish- able civilian clothes.

British Columbia. however. has gone much further at the provincial prison at Haney, 35 miles up the Fraser Valley from Vancouver. The Haney instituv tion houses the better type of prisoner. screened from other prisons. Attached to it Is a spe- cial ore - release camp. to which selected inmates are transfer- red during the last weeks of their sentence.

This camp is like any B. C. forestry camp. At it. the men continue any vocational training they were undergoing in the pri- son. and they enjoy progressive gun-free liberty. They hear talks and participate in seminars run by the police and by private welfare agencies. They are re- gistered at the employment of- fice for jobs after their release. Many of them are permitted to take regular jobs outside the prison, in their chosen trades, which are made available by cooperative local businessmen.

The vocational training pro- vided atHaney for prisoners are so admirable that local citizens come into the prison to take night classes there, after the re- gular students have finished their work.

Tougher Lows Used To Combat Socks, Accidents

By Dr. More 3, Van Dallea MANY modes! and lay ax- perta hope to combat the prob- lems associated with alcoholism and traffic accidenta by a I}! means short of a new V act. Instead of prohibition, they pin their hopes on getting tough- or with violators. No one has suggested the firing s q u a d. which was faced by one foreign motorist who caused a death while tipsy.

Czechoslovakia has a new law ordering the'confirm er to consult a physician when his condition endangers the state or interiors with his work or fam- ily life. In some instances. the alioholic may be to un- dergo institutional care if the physician believes it necessary.

Bu h is only part of the law. The toper'a wages are paid in part or in full to his depe - cuts if he cannot control his aa- dlction and it creates a hardship for the family. In addition. be Is fired or transferred to another job for six months if he exper- iences an industrial injury or road accident traceable to dunk- ing. The Czechs feel the person knows what he is doing when he lmbibes and then engages in an activity that is potentially dan- gerous to his fellow citizens. The penalty may be a year's im- prisonment.

All Czech traffic policemen carry phials containing a chem- ical reagent through which any suspected driver is required to blow. If the material changes in color. the individual is taken to the police station for a more ac- curate test,

The drunken driver was de- scribed al the Third Internation- al Conference on Alcohol an d Road Traffic as egotistical, anti- social. unadaptable, and easily tempted. The only defence we have against this group is stiffer laws aimed not only at the viola- tor but also the person serving drinks to a driver.

Alcoholics have a high accl- dent rate. Moreover, the inci- dence of suicide among these old soaks is far above the na- tional average. Dr. Melvin L. Seltzer of Ann Arbor, Mich. be- lieves the automobile Is an ideal selfdestructive instrument, es— peciallf for those intent on con- cealing their desire to commit suici e

VIOLENT SNEEZING

E. D. writes: My husband al- ways has sneezed very hard- so much so. it fires him out. The other night he sneezed twice and fell to the floor_ What happened? Did he cut off his own wind, break a blood vessel. or what?

REPLY _

The sneezing reflex. like the cough reflex. may lead to un- consciousneSS occasionally. es- pecially when the sneeze is viol- ent. Now and then. stroke en- sues.

PARALYZED EXTREMITIES V. '1‘. writes: What is the dif- ference between paraplegia and quadriplegia? REPLY

Paraplegia is weakness or par- alysis of both legs and quadrip- legia involves both arms and legs. In addition, the muscles of the bladder and bowel are in- volved. Injury to the spinal cord usually is responsible. DIABETES DRINKING

R. C. writes: Is it dangerous for a man who is taking diabet- ic pills to drink alcohol?

REPL

No. provided he uses discre- tion and includes the caloric val- ue of the cocktail in the diabetic

ref. COFFEE IS COFFEE J_ F. writes: Does instant cof- fee coat the kidneys with a harmful substance? REPLY

No. Instant coffee has th e same effect on the kidneys as regular coffee. .

TODAY’S HEALTH HINT—

Good nutrition for oldsters can prolong the flame of vitality.

NOTES BY‘

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A clothing I val asked why woman's slacks are fashionable. He said, "Because they are the Iaahhioa," There's a reason for everything if you hard enough to find if. — Ottawa Journal. ,

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have to poetry to advise the public how to deal with minflnals. After reading a few of the jlngles, many a Can- adian will believe Canada's flu- eat have introduced a new crime in the country. — Fort William Times-Journal.

In case any wile should feel she has had to sacrifice a good deal to a husband's passion for curling, them-la recommended reading in the account of young Queen Victoria and the Palace Consort being intensified to title

a. - elastic curler. the Earl of Man- sfield, who gave the Prince a fine pair of Allan granite curl- ing stones with silver handles and suitable inscription. Th e u, when the Queen displayed inter- est in the techniques of the game, the gallant Earl damm- strated with curling stones on a polished oak floor in the palace. — Ottawa Journal.

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Nova: throw away drlaa - up bread crusts - that's for th. birds. -— Chatham News.

Ayuuuawifawhowaaoalm first filth“ trip kept working

over her line. “What you doing?" her husband final. 1y naked. "I'm changing corks, dear," aha answered. “This one keeps sinking." - Hamilton Spectator. , .