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Mr. Massey's Appeal

In his eloquent plea for national unity before the Association of Can- adian Clubs on Monday evening, the Right Hon. Vincent Massey warn- ed that “if ever there was a time for patience and restraint it is now." He firmly believed that the major- ity of people in both French and Eng- lish-speaking Canada desire to work together for the well-being of their country; but there are extremists. and extremists on each side repro- duced their kind on the other. It is their harsh voices we hear too of- ten. If without patience on both sides we reach an impasse, there will be no retreat.

But to urge patience. Mr. Mas- sey insisted, is not to advocate sil- ence. In Canada individuals often suffer from a reluctance to state their view, to say what they think. “It is easy for us, when confronted by some controversial subject to de- clare an unwillingness to get mixed up in the controversy." he added. "But we should all get ‘mixed up' in discussions of great issues. If more moderate men would talk and could be heard in this national de- bate, we would move. surely, and ‘perhaps even more swiftly. towards a solution of our problems. The citizen's duty is to participate."

At one. point in his address the distinguished speaker was critical of the news media for giving so much publicity to the harsh voices of extremists. and to acts of vio- lence which have taken place from time to time. We appreciate his concern in this matter. but we do not think the criticism is valid. or that anything would be gained by underplaying or suppressing the kind of news to which he took exception.

It is not publicized, as he sug- gested. because “sensation sells well." but because sensation is un- fortunately inherent in the very concept of news. This is a fact of which the extremists are well aware. The concept. has been changed in totalitarian countries to suit the de- mands of the state, but in democra- cies this is not regarded as a desir- able objective.

Most Canadian newspapers, how- ever, have exercised a responsibil- ity in the matter that might surprise the casual reader. They have sought consistently. where they could, to give emphasis to the voices of mod- eration and restraint, and to give their own support editorially to what these voices are saying. But as Mr. Massey himself pointed out. they are too seldom raised effective- ly by responsible citizens. in reply to the more strident propaganda of the minority. When this minority suc- ceeds in getting sounding boards in Parliament, in provincial legislat- ures, and at various public func- tions throughout the country. it is surely not the newspapers that

y' should be blamed for the resulting

disharmony.

Peace And Progress The United States has announc-

‘ed that while continuing its pro-

gram of military aid to Nationalist

China it is terminating its economic ,jlaealetance after June, 1965. This

aaaietance took the form of grants

. and long-term development loans to

j. : growth the country has achieved.

The statement released front

1 Washington shows at. what flamen-

doua coat to American moans-e untIACominunie‘t?~ I _ « " Ina has been hr” mm 1949 the Un-

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China with $3.600 million In mili-

tary aid. $205 million in surplus agri.

cultural commodities and $1,200 3 million in grants and loans. I It is gratifying to note the ‘suc- I cess of this pump-priming economi- ‘ callj'. Since 1953 the country’s I gross national product has increas- ed at the rate of 6 per cent a year. Agricultural production has in- creased .1 per cent annually. and in- I dustrial production between 10 and 12 per cent. Reflecting this out- standing growth, the country's ex- port earnings rose ll per cent in 1962 and 50 per cent in 1963.

(‘hiang has not always shown gratitude for American aid by re- fraining from the kind of sabre- rattling that gives Washington. and Washington's allies, the jitters. He keeps vaunling his intention to in- vade Communist China, making pro— vocativc gestures and stirring up trouble. Castro in Cuba is a mere gadt’ly to this fiery old man, whose phantusies of revenge have never deserted him. But it is for defensive. not aggressive purposes that Amer- ican military aid is being continued, and it should be Washington's res- ponsibilin to see that it is so ex- pended.

Perhaps. with tho economic im- provement now achieved in Nation- alist China. its rulcr's thoughts will be diverted more to the welfare of his people. and less to seeking re- vival a struggle that could plunge the world into another war.

Safety Code Needed

Hon. .1. Angus MacLean has call- ed attention in Parliament to the need for a national safety code with respect to automobiles. It seems that the federal govern- ment is not contemplating legisla- tion of this kind because of the au- thority now being exercised under various provincial highway traffic acts. But the 4.367 Canadian fatal- ities from motor traffic accidents last year afford that many con- vincing reasons ’why we should have a national code, and why this matter should be a federal responsibility.

Mr. MacLean cited a movement underway in the United States to establish a code of this kind, and in both countries, it would seem, the ,need has become. urgent. One rea- son. in'the neighboring republic at least, is the extremely high horse- power cngines that are now being offered by the auto industry as options in compact and intermedi- ate cars.

Reference to the danger inher- ent in this practice was made the other day by President Nicholas Dekker, of the National Automobile Underwriters Association. Sales emphasis, he said. is aimed directly at the youth market, and “these speedy and p0wcrt’ul vehicles in the hands of drivers exercising poor judgment are a hazard to our al- ready crowded highways.” He in- dicated that the association. which represents a large number of stock- holder owned insurance companies in rate setting. was studying the question of higher rates to reflect this hazard.

This is but one aspect of a situa- tion that is tending to get. out of hand in both countries. If it can be remedied by a national safety code. surely the objections in the way could easily be straightened out. If, as Mr. MacLean suggested. it can be done in Canada by amend- ing the Criminal Code. the sooner Parliament gets round to doing it the better.

In Rhyme Appropriate on a subject of live- Iy current interest. are the follow- ing lines which appeared on the editorial page of the Victoria, BC. Times: I never thought that I would see

A flag with leaves from off a tree. Some pretty postage stamp do- ai

Now tdreplace the Red Ensign. That climc and many war-scarred

rag Henceforth will go into the bag. 'n pac

For I Its they mean to

hoist. That is, if they‘re allowed to fatal. That banner with the new device That some folks think Is Very nice. Now rhymes are made by any bard. But choosing flags Is mighty hard.

EDITORIAL NOTE

The West. warns an exchange, can pour billions in foreign aid into the eo-called underdeveloped nations and still lose the ideological strug- gle. The reason for this is aim- ple, but all too often ignored; there Is no necessary correlation between material efforts and the impact of Ideas. .

_ ISLAND SCENE: MONTAGUE RIVER HABEAS CORPUS

Important Step

Last Friday afternoon the House of Commons took an Im porlanl stop to extend the civil rights of Canadians. It passed a private member‘s hill which inserted thrcc words. "or habcas corpus". into Section

691 of tho Criminal Codc. and 1

thereby made possible from a habcas corpus decision by a judce.

Habcas corpus Is one of tux. most ancient wrils of English law. and an cssonlial

ch Canadians. perhaps. coulo define II. but they know that i! is lIlPll‘ final defense arbitrary imprisonment. Literally it is "have the body." It means that. whon it is suspcrtrd that a pcr~ son is ht‘ll‘l‘.‘ improperly detain ed. an application can bc math. to a high-court judge. and the judge can command the person in whose custody the prisoner is to produce lmmcdiatcly the

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living body of the prisoner be" I fore the court. The judge wul lthen inquire into the legality ' of the detention, and if he finds it to be illegal the prisoner will be released.

At one time a person making an application under habeas I corpus could, if the first judge l to whom he applied refused w I reléase him. continue to make I

applications to judge afte judge. Then an English deci- sion indicated that this was an incorrect assumption of the part of the law. lawyers and judzt's and five years ago Chief Jus- tice J. C. McRuer held. basing his judgment on the English view. that the law made no pro- Ivision either for the judge-Io- : judge procedure or for appca‘. This meant that thc judumczlt I of the first judge to whom the prisoner aovlied becamc final. ‘I and as judges. like other hu- mans. are capable of error. I the effect of habeas corpus In

Hydro In The Atomic Age

Vancouver Daily Times

A report Ihal Atomic Energy of Canada Limited and the On- “1110 Hydro Commission are on thc verge of an agreement world's largest nu- . in O n t an.) movcs tho atomic powcr age In this country much closer titan evcn the scientists would have guessed just a few years ago.

Nuclear pourr for civilian [Inc

has had its ups and downs since ‘

the end of the Second World War. Initial hopcs that atomic fission would provide a bound-

ful supply of rhrap power were I

dashed by the Iwm factors of safety and cost. Optimism was overtaken by pessimism and

there was a general belief that I

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nuclear powcr would not generally available before. 1980. If then. however. [he mi of producing nuclear power both safely and relatively inex- pensively has progressed grcal- ly in the last couple in years. One of the most import- ant advanccs has progressed greatly in the last couple of

years. Our of the most imporl- .

ant advances has been the real- ization by scientists that practi~ cal nuclear power plants must

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I be of large size. The idea that I small plants to serve individual I communities could be built has , now been dropped. The proposed Ontario project I for instance. would use indivi- I dual plants generating 500,001] I kilowatts. about equal to the ca- pacity of this province's Peace . River hydro installation. Tue I complete ntario installation I would comprise four 500.000-kil owatts. Initially two pl 3 n t s I would be constructed at a cost estimated at $235 millions. The initial costs seems low In comparison with hydro powcr but it does not take into account the high cost of the fashionable material which will be used as fuel for the reactors. Also not taken into account in the cost of constructing the Ontario plant is the vast amount of money ex-

pended by the crown-owned Atu- I pendants. All letters publlehed are aub-

mic Energy of Canada In re- search and design.

The impact of this proposal on

plans for constructing additinu- .

al conventional electrical gener- ating capacity will be consider- ed now. and those only in areas I where relatively low demand would make a large-scale nu- clear plant non-economical.

Needed: A Rainmaker

Milwaukee

The drrdze hurriedly scoop- ing mud from Milwaukee har- hor the other day. to let a ship get away from its berth with a pay load, was one small symp- tom of the worrisome tro if file that faces the whole vast basin of the Great Lakes. The record low water Is worsening not only ship channels but also power

supply and the effects of pollu- ‘

tion. all three.

In Canada the Conservative

opposition is absurdly trying to '

blame naturc's four year shori- age of precipitation on the Lib- eral government.

Act of nature though it IS, however ford just to stand by and watch and pray. He must do what he

can. Little can be done for im- I

mediate effect. but planning

now for better control works In 1

operate In future low water cy cles may hold some hope.

The United States and Canada do have a mechanism for in purpose. an International joint commission to study matters of common interest involving the boundary waters upon referral by both governments together.

Prime Minister Pearson has

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‘ treaties and the actual works. I certainly at enormous cost. The necessities of the case

are so far reaching that s o m e ‘

schemes deemed visionary in I the past must be seriously con-

sidered. The most likely such I scheme is to divert the Cana- I dian river systems now flowing I uselessly into the arctic waters mp them over the height of land to reach

I of James bay and

I Georgian Bay and the St. aw- l

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rence instead. Since this would turn Canadian water Into com- mon property of the two count ries. it would take a lot of diplo- macy as well as engineering and money. But it may be the most . feasible major approach.

Even so and e v e n then. how- ever much man may be able to I do In time. there will never be a complete solutlon that does not.

Include simply praying for rain.

NINE DIE IN CRASH

8A0 PAUUO. Brazil (Am- Nine persons died Saturday night In the derailment of a passenger train between the towns of Jose Bonifaclo and Teofilo Otonl. about M miles northwest of here.

announced that his _ will set this machinery In mu-

tton. I

It is a cumbersome process at best. Our government must weigh the proposed Canadian farms of reference. to prevent later misunderstanding. before the commission can even get Its assignment. Then the plennlng along will take some years. to be followed by Malamute!“-

QUAKE JOL'I'S JAPAN

TOKYO tAPl—An earthquake jolted the northern half of Japan Sunday but there were no re- porta of damp. the meteorol-

.oclcal agency . Re. I corded at 9:04 a.m.. the ualue's 'eflcenlre wes In the adflc

ocean of! the eastern tip of mm. ~

To Amend'CiviI Rights

protecting Canadians from Im- proper detention was senousd limited.

REMOVES LIMITATION

The amendment to the Crim- Inal Code which was passed or. Friday removes this limitation and permits appeal in habeas corpus matters. The measure must still pass the Senate which 10 years ago rejected a similar bill. At that time. however, the judge-to-judge procedure w a 3 still in good standing. and the Senate felt that It obviated he

need for appeal. In the present .

circumstances the need for it:- peal becomes apparent. and it is inconceivable that the Sen- ate will again reject the bill.

Canadians have been UCL- concerncd of late about the way in which governments or crca tures of governments have teuJ ed to invade and abridge the rig is of individuals. It was In. concern which prompted t“ e storm which defeated the DOIILE- state bill. The public has be- gun to fear that final decision on too many of its affairs has been handed to boards, com- missions and individuals. that the freedoms of citizens are being impaired.

What the House of Commons did on Friday was a most vici- comc rcvcrsal of this danger- ous trend. and it was an act of the House as a whole. A pri- vate member moved the amendment. all parties support- ed It. the Justice Minister gave the Government's approval. the bill was passed. and one of 0L“ basic rights was vastly streng- thened. The nation. which has not always viewcd this Parlia- ment with the greatest appro- val. can find no fault here.

PUBLIC FORUM

’l‘hle culumu Is open Le Ihc dlscunln by correspondents nf uueslnus of In- terest. The Guardian does not neces- nrlly endorse the o lulou of corresn

jest to edlilua an con anatlcn when necessary. The Guardlan In unable ta celer lnlo any corrrcspuadeuee rel-I'd-

fng letlen submitted.

THE SHUT-INS

Sir,——While I was down slrcet

yesterday, I met. and d a momentary chat with twu la- dies. Mrs. Ira Ross of Lyndale, and Mrs. Nellie Campbell ’ Lower Montague. Now these two ladies deserve recognition. for they are meeting as best they can. a very great necessity. In that they are providing homes for the, aged. and giving them good care. In the Ross Home. there Is a fine old lady in the person of Miss'MacPherson, who has pas- sed the century mark.

In Mrs. Campbell's II o m e there is Miss Kate Campbell who Is In her that year. I re- ceived a letter written In a good plain hand from M l a 3 Campbell last Wednesday. Some .years ago. while keeping house for the Misses Coles in Fram Inghem. Mass. Miss Campbell had the misfortune of falling and breaking her hip. She is ob- liged to use cr"‘*“°s. even to- day. to move about.

nday. .I . . is Shut-ln'a Sunday I believe. Therefore, let us remember them. I know you will. And let us not. only remem be:- them on that particular day but let. us keep them in m l n d the year round.

Sir, it's so good to get out III the warm sunshine after a long cold. and stormy winter. But what about those dear old folk who are confined to their harms and even some of them to their

Well. we can carry a little sunshine to them. We can visit them, and take a little 1 I It along with us to cheer them up. It be not be a costly one: just a little treat. It will do you load to see how their faces will light- en up with a smile.

God bless our aged folk. and the shut-Ina.

I. am. Sir. etc. W.D. JOHNSTON loam. P.l..l.

Psoriasis

N035 BY

Remedies

By Dr. Theodm R. VanDelleu

Victims of psoriasis h a v e patches of skin that works I

The outer. h o r n y manufactures so many cells that scales build up on the surface. The capillaries dilate. and when the scales aze removed. pinpoint bleeding oc-

curs. -

The plaques appear in Isolat- ed spots or over large areas of the body. The scalp, elbows. knees, and buttocks are favor- its sites. Treatment is discour- aging because it is unplas- ant, .time consuming and not always successful.

One of my patients wonders why, of all the diseases that plague man. he developed a toughie like psoriasis. But he adjustment his next re-

had dc to the disorder. as mark indicated: “Well. I guess that‘s the way the cookie crum- bles." He tried to be optlmlstlc I and admitted the messy pan. lea but a few weeks and‘ was repeated only once or I twice a year. I Some get along by exposing I their skin to sunlight during ‘ the summer months. For eslh etic nee s o n s. m do not want to display their disfigur lng lesions at the beach. An ultraviolet lamp for home Use In the answer. The best plan In to apply a salve containing tar. followed by regulated doses of . ultraviolet. The layer of oint- ‘ ment should not be so thick it screens out the rays. Then take a bath and scrub away the scales and other debris and reapply the tar product after aha bath and before going to ed.