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Ontario's Example

While unemployment is still a source of concern in the Atlantic Provinces, Ontario is suffering from if shortage of skilled and profes- sional workers; so much so that positions are said to be standing open across the whole range of busi- ness and industry.

I This disparity in opportunity may be remedied here, in time, through the efforts of such organi- zations as APEC and the Atlantic Development Board; but at present .it in more apparent than ever in die drive which Ontario is launch- ing to obtain more immigrants from Britain, West Germany and Italy. Eremier Robarts is now visiting Europe in this connection. He is concerned about the fact that for the past. few years, immigration into Ontario from these countries has fallen off. and this is one of the main reasons for the province's lack of skilled manpower.

The Globe and Mail goes so far as to say that. this may well be On- tario's most important. problem. It urges Mr. Robarts to make immi- gration his prime concern. One of the reasons for the province‘s indus- trial progress, it is that through the substantial immigra- tion of the past two decades, it now has a home markct—the province itself—of 6.6 million people. against the 5.1 million it had in years ago.

This is not the whole story, of course. But it. is no doubt true that progress and immigration of the right kind are complementary. If we hope to achieve self-sufficiency in this part of Canada we too must build up a population that will pro- vide a substantial home market for our producers. Meanwhile. however, our concern is with establishing an industrial momentum that will take care of the population we, have. It isn't easy. under a national policy that has favored concentration of industry in the central provinces since the days of Sir John Mac- donach

T Fodder For Goldwater

Complaints have come from Almerican fliers in South Vietnam that they have to use antiquated planes in their peace-keeping opera- ti’ons there, and critics are demand— ing why. with faster than sound jets on hand, the most modern planes aren‘t being sent to south- east Asia. This is the kind of news that is providing fodder for Sena- tor Barry Goldwater in his cam- paign in the Republican presidential primaries, where he has taken an alarming lead over more moderate opponents. As the Milwaukee Jour- ylpoints out, such complaints have a strong emotional impact and the

says,

i explanations have difficulty catch-

ing up with the charges.

I The war in South Vietnam is a guerrilla war. It is waged by small, hard to identify bands in mountain- ous and jungle covered country. There are no enemy planes to be destroyed. In fighting like this, jet speed is a handicap. Ground forces need slower planes that can give them close support and do not miss targets.

’Washington is purposely using World War II vintage planes, pro.- peller driven and slow by jet stand- ards. They are also easier for the Vietnamese—whom the Americans are advising—to learn to fly and to

maintain. Old though they are, they '

ere said to have better safety rec- ords than modern jet fightem in _ United States.

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Moreover, by using older air- craft the United States ls abiding by the “rules of engagement" agreed to at Geneva in 1954 and designed to keep the fighting from spread- ing. These rules forbid nuclear wea- pons. jet aircraft, guns larger than .50 caliber and sophisticated rocket systems. Washington was not a party to that agreement, but it has seen fit to abide by the terms as long as the Communists do.

This is a logical and reasonable explanation. but it hasn’t stopped the talk about American fliers be- ing forced to use rattle-traps dub- bed “widow makers" that lose wings and disintegrate in the air. Families of fliers are worried, and the policy followed by the government may develop into one of those nasty campaign issues which have be- smirched the history of politics in more countries than the United States. We are fortunate in being to leeward of it here in Canada, but we are not t00 far removed to be indifferent to the outcome.

Potato Prices

While it is regrettable that more of our growers are not able to take avantage of the current high price for potatoes. the increase in the price level to $3.00 per 75 lb. bag is to be welcomed, and it is to be hoped that the provincial marketing director. Mr. Sangster, is right in his prediction that the market will stay strong. He bases this hope on the fact that potato holdings both in Canada and the United States are smaller than they were at this time last year.

It is reassuring also to note that the emphasis placed on quality pro. duction by Island growers is con- tinuing to pay off, in the premium which is being paid for Island po- tatoes by Ontario wholesalers. This premium is of long standing. but we Could lose it very easily by neglect- ing the requirements involved. both in production and packaging. It doesn‘t guarantee stability in prices, as our producers know very well to their cost. but it does give us a margin over competitors that it is most important to maintain.

This is worth remembering in the current dispute over marketing legislation, and the demands for a producer-controlled board to direct the whole marketing process. Whichever way the forthcoming plebiscite goes on this issue, and whatever improvement it may ef- fect in the admittedly unsatisfactory system now prevailing, this ques- tion of maintaining production standards at the highest level must not be lost sight of. It was basic in the minds of those who established the seed potato industry here and made it famous throughout the con- tinent. And despite the vicissitudes through which the industry has passed in recent years, it has been worth all the cost and trouble to keep these standards as a hallmark of our product.

Hazards To Children

A timely warning to parents about the additional home hazards brought on by the gardening season has been issued by the Health Lea- gue of Canada.

“To prevent accidental poisoning of children some parents should be reminded that the chemical they use to spray, dust or paint their rose bushes, shrubs, trees or hedges can be very dangerous to people and special precautions should be taken to keep them away from children," the Health League says.

Some commercial fertilizers, it notes, are a pretty color and if left open in garages or basements where youngsters can get into them to make “pics” or "castles" the result could be very serious.

These garden products include warnings about care required in their actual use or handling, but if people are careless about drugs or pills around the house—and there is evidence they are—they need a special reminder about garden sup- plies. And that includes safe storage of containers of gasoline for lawn- mowers.

EDITORIAL NOTE

A g'roup of perSOns in Toronto, ‘notes an exchange, are asking for a dry temperance hotel in downtown Toronto. It adds that an inspection of the existing hostelry in the met- ropolitan city would convince any- one that the proposed establishment would stick out like an oasis in tho descrt.

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THE FLAG TRICK

Where The 0 position Fell Down

Rlchard Jackson in

This is the sad story of what i

still persists as a blind spot in the. Opposition operation in Parliament.

f the Opposition ever wa s really serious about leading a national rally around the Red Ensign in the fight for the flag. it was a lost cause almost from the start.

Organizationally. too m a n y things are lacking.

And while it perhaps wasn't the most important of the many missing links. the Opposition‘a sell-imposed isolation from the

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Working Press here in Parlia- mcnt could have been a key actor.

Except for a small handful of Opposition Backbenchers such as Robert Coates from Cumber- land and Clifford Smallwoood from Cattle River — Camrose. the Press Corps was kept at a cool arm‘s length.

Opposition doors were shut ln

5 face.

Those of the Press Corps who took the trouble to ring on the phone or call in person at on- position officcs. hoping to find

- Symbol Of Courage

New York Times

Farmers call It the hard maple -— that dignified tree of

the woodland fairiin that gives'

its sap to man. Some call it the rock maple and others the su- gar maple. but the name is not important. the Boston writer be-

h u g e. gnarled. r o ugh-

e barked trees in the sugar grove ‘

remind one of elderly patriachs that look with tolerance on the .‘o.oies and blun'ferings of man» kind. Somehow a card maple is a sacred tree to the coun- tryman: he retard! it as the News-men think of thcir ch- nrssiil. That fablc" a-h is im-

portant in history and legend -

but no ash ever yielded say that could become sweet syrup.

In 1791 when Thomas Jeffer- ; 1. look to a hard maple on the hill- .

son travelled to Vermont. he

was so interested in the hard j

maples and. their sweet prod- ucts. that he ordered 60 trees transplanted to his estate in

Albermarle County. The trees did not grow. Jefferson did not I realize that a hard maple wants : highland ground. studded with 1. granite rocks. and on a south

slope where March breezes can

, play tag in warm sunshine af- ‘ fer a frosty night. i Rich soil and easy living

is not good for either a hard

maple or a man.

. The maple that produces the most syrup has its roots in roc- ky soil: it fights for the nourish- ment that bring: sap, blossoms

, and leave.

And when the time of autumn

' has come and the flaming glory

of the foliage lights a bonfire

on the countryside. one thinks

I of the struggle that a tree has

i made to achieve its great mo-

ment. And a man if he will. can

side. and take courage.

It is always the ‘ against odds that best in achievemen .

Busy Bankrupts

Globe and Mall. Toronto

Too many debts? Just go bankrupt and let your creditors do the worrying. Then. free of debt. you can go back into bus- iness under a different name. This was the course followed by some of the 3.700 business firms which went bankrupt in Cana a last year. with total liabilities of close to $200 million.

Action should be taken to stop it. says Mr. Donald H. Jupp. president of the Canadian Con structlon Association. He pro- tests “the ease of re-entry into busineSs by bankrupls. and the apparent existence of preme- dlated fraud In some bankrupt- cy proceedings". Mr. Jupp told 8 CCA luncheon in Montreal:

"By declaring bankruptcy. a debtor can receive an absolute discharge from his business debts with. his creditors b e l ng left to divide the realdure of the business assets. Then. without

any further debt restrictions. i the bankrupt can set himself up in business again under a dif- ferent name. obtain credit rela- tively easily under present-day credit competition. and go on his way with a clean sheet eith- er to succeed or once again go bankrupt.“

Many such complaints have been coming from Canadian businessmen over a long period. Some have suggested formation of a bankruptcy fraud squad op- erating under the Department of Justice. Mr. Jupp proposes that there is an indication or fraud. the Crown Itself should initiate and carry through tile necessary action. Parliament should take another look at our bankruptcy legislation and pro- cedures particularly since the people mostly badly hurt in any bankruptcy are the small, unsecured creditors.

Vigilantes In New York

Milwaukee Journal

Within the very shadow of New York's world fair. thal glittering panorama of Ameri- ca's material achievements, a drama of terror is being enact- ed that more befits a frontier society.

Bands of citizens. most n: them members of an orthodox Jewlsh community in BI'OOK- lyn's Crown Heights section, have formed vigilante groups to protect themselves from a rc- cent wave of robbings, mug- gings, beatings.

Every night. from sunset in sunrise. the Maccabees. as they call themselves. after the fear- less wan'iors who roamed the middle east in inc-Christian days. patrol their neighborhood in cars equipped with two way radios Six husky young men oc- cupy each car. Their task is to provide escort for those who want to get safely home from synagogues. aubwey stations and meeting halls. They carry whis- tles and flashlights and n of lfy police when trwbel develops.

"Have we really come to this in New York city?" the New York Times asks. The paper pi the blame on inadequate p o lice protection. Yet. according to the Municipal Yearbook. New York Times asks. The paper plus lice ratio than many large Am- erican cities. There was one policeman for every 318 first- i dents. compared with a l to 333 ratio in Chicago. I to 514 Los Angeles. 1 to 379 in Deli-cit. Milwaukee‘s ratio was 1 to 416.

The shocking events in Brook- lyn are further symptoms of true inferno stirred up in the metro- polis by growing racial tensions. poverty. overcrowded l I v i ng conditions. etc. Additional po- lice protection alone will “(It solve thla kind of problem. Re- quirements are better reccrea- tlonal facilities. more employ- ment opportunities. better edu- cation and something which money cannot buy -— greater tolerance for and acceptance of the differences in people.

struggle 1 brings the 3 t ..

on William Tlmea-Journal

out how "The Other Side" felt in the Flag Issue were rebuff- ed

Often rudely. Not only were they refused information. the: were ordered to report nothing. for the good and simple reason there was nothing to report. Not even. so help us Hannah, 3» much as a safe "no comment"

THE CONTRAST

Nobody in a position to offi- cially speak for the Opposition would be quoted.

Anything the Opposition had to say. It was made bluntly plain. would be said in Parlia- ment. not in the Press.

Now this might be the be st sort of Parliamentary proced- ure.All very proper and fitting. Just as It should be. according to the Parliamentary book of rules ~ but that was written in another: day. and age. before the explosive expansion of what has become known as 'mau communication” ~ high speed presses. multiple editions. fast

trucks, good highways, radio, television. So the Opposition saved what

it had to say for Parliament.

h was. the REAL battle. the battle for the hearts and minds of the voters. was fought and lost by default by the silent Opposition before it ever men- ed Parliament.

For while the Opposition play. ed it with tight buttoned lip. lIlG Government aide of the Flat; Question was coming up with the answers -— a lot of them even before they were asked.

The story was leaked — and few will deny it-by the Prime Minister's office that the Maple Leaf was 'it“ for the flag and that the Government would run it up the pole no matter who saluted or tried to shoot it down.

Wisely it was leaked or "flooded", might be a better word for it — to anybody who cared to show an Interest —Li- beral: Conservative or non-pai- tisan — among the nearly 110 men who daily write the run- ning story of Parliament. PRESS CORPS TIPPED

Before the House of Common:

w — perhaps even befoni the Liberal caucus was told - the Press Corps was tipped off.

The PM had his flag.

0n lt he would stand or fail.

Better still. from the way the Press Corps sees such things, phones rang here and there.

On the other end of the line could be Dick O’Hagen. the Prime Minister‘s Special Assist- ant. or James Regan, hls Press Secretary. both personable men' on a familiar. and often first name basis with the newsman.

"Thought you'd like to know how the mail ls running." the) would offer, and then tell that the letters, phone calls. tele- grams were pouring in. All in hearty support - or almost all. that is. except for a negligibic m or 20 per cent or ao — of the PM and his fla .

"Thought you might like to know pictures of the flag -—- all unofficial, of course — and not of the flag. really, as such. but simply of ideas for its design - will be available if you have your cameraman on deck to- night.’

And so It went.

"Thought you‘d like to know

Now there's nothing wrong with this kind of thing. It makes only good common modern day sense that if you have a sin to tell. a cause to sell. you tell It and sell it.

nd If you make It easy and pleasant for the people whose business It is — like the Press Corps' — to tell. then you make it just that much easier for yourself to sell.

"The Age Old Story"

Well, there's one an every man can do better than anyone else: Read his own handwriting. - Wall street Journal

Lipstick Dermatitis

By . oodore R. Van Della

How often does lipstick lrrl- late the lips? Not often. consid- ering the vast number of wom- en using this cosmetic several times daily. Five years ago a survey was conducted among aeveral thousand American der- matologists and allergist;

most 90 per cent of the wo-

n with dermatltta and in- flammation of the lips applied lipstick regularly. But tests showed that lipstick was respon‘ Ilble in only 14.4 per cent. Hair dyes were the culprit: in 23.8 per cent.

The typical manlfeatatlona or contact dermatitis are dryness. cracking. scaling, and swelling

mmon are blistering. peelln . and weeping. The caus- atlve ingredients in lipstick usu- ally is eosln. a chemical that. makes the cosmetic more lil- dellble. Hypoallergenic lip- aticks do not contain this prod- uct. Fluoresceln dyes and other constituents are less likely cau- ses. lipstick dermatitis is deter mined by doing patch tests on the skin with the victim‘s own lipstick.

The first rule of treatment is to stop the cosmetic and apply a cream or salve containing hydrocortisone. Complete reco- very may take a few wmks be cause eosln remains in the cracks of the lips for some time. A hypo-allergenic lipstick is us- ed thereafter.

The llps are exposed to many types of injury and irritation such as lip biting, exposure to sunlight, and contact with den- tifrices. perfumes. drugs, and food. Chronic inflammation heals slowly. especially when scales and fissures are present. Healing is delayed by pulling or biting off shreds of tissue and moistening the lips wlth thc tongue many times daily.

The lips also are a favorite spot for fever blisters (herpes simplex). They blossom out dur- ing fever, prior to menstrua- tion, and following exposure to the sun. Chronic fatigue. undue tension, and allergy to certain foods may play a role.

ANEMIA AND ARTHRITIS

D.W. writes: Are iron tablets

good for arthritis? R I

Yes. Provided an iron defi- ciency coexists, which often fiap- pens in rheumatoid arthritis. TODAY’S HEALTH HINT—

Put aside your worries at bed- ime.