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Now it's our whisky exports that are threatening disrupt friendly L'.5.—(.'anaoian relations, at least from the standpoint of American distillcrs. 'l‘hese gcnllc— n. i have complained before the tariff commission at Washington that Canadian whisky is t a kin g over the United States market (no advertiseman Itt‘t‘c Illli‘lltICtI). For this reason—and regardless of President Kennedy's i'rccr trade progrant——tl1e.v want the Commis- sion to quadruple the prudent $1.25- a-gallon tariff.

They charge that two Canadian companies—which logclher sell more than $1,000 mi;liou worth of liquor in the US. annually-—have used big profits to launch massive advertising campaigns. and that un- less the tariff is pushed up again “our industry will soon become the captive of the (‘anadian distillers.”

Arguments of this kind—accord- ing to the gentlemen who are main- taining Canada‘s go—gctting prestige at so high a level among our whis- ky-drinking neighbors across the line—are all wet. The US. whisky market, they say, is simply “grow- ing.” and those who don‘t share in that growth are poor business men. Poor sports, too, they imply, by making such a long mouth about a few hundred million dollars’ worth of Canadian exports.

But it isn't fair, comp ains a spokesman for the American inter- ests. One big Canadian advantage, he says, is that our distillct's can age their whisky in old barrels while the [3.8. industry has to use new ones or label their products as aged in “re-used coopct'agc." He says the US. industry pays about $22 for each new barrei and sells the old ones to Canadians for $1.25. But the Association Umpetage In. 'dustries enters the picture it 9. re by revealing that the Canadians actually pay between $2 and $10 for the old barrels—because of tar- iffs and transportatiou costs—and this gave an advantage of only about 20 cents a gallon on production costs; and this was more than off- set by the present $1.25 tariff.

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It would seeni that, in this line of trade. at least. there is no lack of Canadian initiative. ()ur wares are being pushed as indefatigany as even former Trade Minister George Hecs could have wished. We imagine, if he were at the helm of this department. today, he would I)(, calling another trade conference and citing this example to our manu- facturers generally, and urging them to go out and get inspired by the lame invigorating spirit.

Calls For A Showdown

Mr. Arthur Krock, for 21 years chief of the Washington bureau of .the New York Times and more re- cently a Washington Correspondent for that newspaper. has made some revealing comments on what he calls "management of the news" by President Kennedy and his Admin- istration officials. Mr. Krock‘s state- ments appear in the March issue of Fortune magazine, and have caused quite a stir. The writer cites, for example, i v the “informational directives” pres- __ tribal for‘thc Defense and State De- ‘ I mm when the crisis over Cuba b harden. The weapon of moment in this case, he ‘ him, was improperly used to in-

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“Direct and deliberate action in news management.” Mr. Krock says, has been enforced more cynically and boldly than by any previous Administration in a per- iod when the US. was not in a war or without visible means of regres- sion from the verge of war. But in the form of “indirect but equally deliberate action,” the policy has been much more effective in color- ing the several facets of public in- formation, because it has been em- ployed “with sttblety and imagin- ation for which there is no historic parallel known to me.”

And there is a "narrow twilight zOne between the direct and indirect methods” by which the Administra- tion gets its own side of news stor- ies across. “Vulnerable and/or dis- creditable acts in foreign policy-— such as forcing the Dutch to sur- render to Indonesian blackmail, pro- moting UN charter violation in the Congo, etc.—-are explained on the purely assumptive ground that they were necessary to 'prevent a con- frontation with Soviet Russia like- ly to result in nuclear war.’ Execu- tive decisions sure to be unpopular are explained as in line with or cmupelled by policies adopted by the Eisenhower Administration."

Mr. Krock then comes to a point of special interest to Canadians. “When the White House is the centre of such revelations of inept;- ness in the Kennedy regime as our public intrusion in the Canadian parliamentary debate on nuclear policy," he says, “his subordinates make oath that the President, though daily represented as omnis« cient, knew nothing about. it and is ‘furious‘. (But nobody gets fired)"

The New York Times was a supporter of President Kennedy in his election to office. Mr. Krock himself has an established reputa- tion for accuracy and impartiality. He does not. entirely blame the Ken- nedy Administration for what is going on; he says. indeed, that “the principal onus rests on the printed and electronic press itself”; but there is no question as to the grav- ity of his charges, and they will take some explaining.

Canadians will have no desire to enter into this controversy. Our political parties would do well to steer clear of it altogether in the current election campaign. But that shouldn’t prevent us from watching it with interest from the sidelines, and drawing our own conclusions.

Stress On Bilingualism

Whether or not Britain ever joins the European Market, its education- al authorities are convinced that. young Britons should become more proficient in the speaking of Euro- pean languages, particularly French, German and Russian.

Sir Edward Boyle, minister of education, is in the midst of draft- ing plans for drastic improvements in the teaching of languages in the schools of the country. His plans are far reaching and should be of interest to educationists in Canada, where bilingualism is taking on greater importance.

In Britain it is now planned to start teaching French, German and other modern languages long before the age of 11 years—and to make them regular subjects in the ele- mentary schools. It is believed that by increasing the use of the aural method, the s t u d e n t s will be able to speak foreign languages fluently. with six months with gram- mar and spelling of the foreign Ian- guages to come after.

EDITORIAL NOTES

When the Legislature opens on March 14 the federal campaign will be in full swing for the April 8 gen- eral election. It will be hard then to get away from the political smog. It could help, however, if our leg- islators confined themselves to their own business as much as pos- sible, without dragging federal is- sues in by the tail in their remarks.

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According to Mr Graham Tow- ers. former governor of the Bank of Canada, even with Washington’s vast. expenditures on defense, for- eign aid, space research, farm sub- sidies and so on, the cost of govern- ment is relatively higher in Canada than it is south of the border. The total spending by all governments in Canada represents 33 per cent of the country‘s annual production of goods and services.

Electronic Aid For Deaf People

By Dr. Theodore R. Van Dellen CHESTER Gould. the cre- ator of Dick Tracy. has utilized many electronic devices in his fight against crime. So far has not. invented a character supplied with an electronic brain, unbelievable vision, or supernatural hearing. All this would take is a clever surgeon to insert a microcomputer into the brain that would provide um limited memory. a radar device into the lens of the eye. or an electric scanner into the car.

This is not as farfetched as it sounds..'l‘he nervous system, including the brain and organ: of hearing sight. perception. and motion. have counterparts In the field of electronics. Never

ain waves can be de- tccted with special machines and muscle tissue will contract when stimulated with electrical currents. ‘

Dr. John B Doyle Jr. of Lot! Angeles recently reported on his experiments in which wires are threaded through the skull and attached to the cochlear nerve in the car. This organ of Corti picks up the nerve impul- 565 that are generated by sound and brings them in the brain. where they become intelligible.

The individual wears a in- duction coil resembling a tele- phone operator‘s head phone that picks up sounds from the outside. These are relayed to a second induction coil implanted beneath the scalp, which in turn

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OLD CHARLOTTETOWN Central Academy 1834. Became Prince of Wales College in 1860 Copied by Craswell Portrait Studio

This indwelling microappara- tus is not perfected but opens up possibilities for the den mute and those who lost their hearing because of meningitis or from the side cffec t s of

OTTAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson

5-Year Probe Into The Drug Industry

The Government's anti-com- ' cost is peanuts compared to his t creates new cures for old afflic- ' If the fruit of that cost- ‘ liquor. The sufferer who is cur- ‘ ly research is to be available t ‘ freely to everyone in the drug obviously its profits search from which it can gain no benefit ahead of its rivals. ‘Apart from becoming 'tional spongers. Canadians will be forced to die undruggcd and needlessly —— unless the burden of drug rcscart-Zt work is und: *- takcn by the state, ftnilltct‘d by a substantial increase in our .

bines agency has reported In its 5-year probe into the drug industry. The mouse which that labour has produced is the as- sertion that "the only effective remedy to rcducc the price of drugs in Canada" would be to abolish patents on drugs.

This report has predictably stirred up a mountain of critic- in medical and legal cir- cles. ,

For example, It assumes that . rug prices are intolerany high. without thoroughly exam— ining all sides of this question. Thcn‘ too. it assumes that pa- tents on drugs could be abolish- ed without. to use a relevant medical term. precipitating un» desirable side-effects.

As for the price of drugs, thcro are certain facts set out in the recent survey . Combines Director and sources THREE PRICE POINTS

First. the price of drugs has not risen as much as the prices of most daily needs during the post-war years of inflation.

Second. the cost 0” a pro- scription is seldom high. As the Canadian Pharmaceutical Man- ufacturers Association has cal- culated. nearly nine every ten prescriptions cost. less than 5

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Third, the biggest factor in the average drug prescription is not the wholesale price of the drug itself. but the retail mark‘ up of 67 per cent and the p r e- scription ice of 50 cents to $1.- 50 charged by the drug store.

The average Canadian buys two prescriptions a year. The

’ 30 for a bottle of scotch whisky.

expenditures on smokes and.

cd of his inconveniencmg ail- ment pays an average of $3.14 for 'his drug prescription, and complains of the price. But that protester gladly hands over $5.- '

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his imprudent consumption of which likcly involves him in the . further expenditure on a sto- mach scttler next day.

Our imperfect bodics can fall prey to some catastrophic ail- ments. which call for continual and costly drugging. Typical. of these are mental illnesses.. and arthritis in some rm. ‘ These rare cases should be fro- ed m the financial damage of their condition through cov- erage by mcdn-al insurance. is really in such cases only that the cost of drugs is a serious 1 factor; to cater to tiny“ minority. it would be unwise to tamper with the patent struc- ure and thus perhaps the means whereby new drugs are made available to help such sufferers.

. SHOULD BE KEPT

The case against the recom- mended abolition of patents on drugs In Canada is twofold.

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First, if piracy is to be permit- 1 led in this field, than why ‘ ' be .

should similar protection ' held valid in other fields, and why should everyone Presley to the Press safe against piracy by co y- night and be rewarded by roy- allies? Second, drug manufacturch devote a large portion of tlulr . profits to research; this in turn

PUBLIC

FORUM

LIQUOR LEGISLATION

Sir. —— We must protest the proposed relaxation in the Pro- vince’s liquor laws.

Let us not allow any political party to use the tourist as an excuse to promote the freer use of liquor. If we are to please our tourist guests.

give them attractive, well- cooked food in clean. pleasant surroundings. and et us wel-:

come them with Island hospital- ity and courtesy. We don't be- lieve the majority of them will be all that disappointed to find that independent - thinking Is- landers have turned down pub- lic drinking.

To adults who drink. this we. consent is their own affair and our present government has made ample provision for these people: but to place alcoholic beverages In public places, can the thoughtful citizens of our Province tolerate this?

a pea] to parents of Prince Edward Island. Do you want your children to have cc- cess to alcoholic beverages In our restaurants? Do you care if your child becomes a social drinker and perhaps ends up as an alcoholic? (statistics show that one out of every ten drink- ers becomes an alcoholic.) If not. now Is the time to pro-

test. Let not our legislators think that we are ready or more relaxed liquor laws be-

cause no one protests as was reported in Monday‘s Guardian. Let us flood the Premier's of- fice with protests now. We are. Sir. etc. ERNEST MUTCH MARION MUTCH Hazelbrook, P. E. I.

GOOD CHARACTER.

Slr,—In the February 18th Is- sue of The Guardian. you had on your editorial page a timely cr- ticle on Brotherhood Week. You mentioned the need of exercis- Ing more charity and under- standing In our contacts with others. Sir. that was u com- mendable cxhortction; and It ms into any age or generation. A man or woman of good char- ac t er will readily recognize these vi rt u e s in others. be- cause they possess them them- selves.

.I Brotherhood Week has come. land it has gone. but what about gthc weeks and months that lie ‘ahead? Will we as Canadians, ;in the present days. and in the ‘ days to come evaluate the qual- 3ities of a good character. For we shall have many opportun- ities to do so. If we fail to make 'the effort, we will be all the poorer ' In the weeks ahcad, some of ‘our citizens are going to meet t with temptations that will re- quire strength of character to I overcome them. There is a lost- 1 ing point. ahcad. There is a Fe-

ldcral general election in the

,offing. We are sorry to have to '

admit it. But it has been so I evident in the past, and it is un- likcly to disappear on this c om- ‘ ink occasion; that Is the pr a c- ltice of bribery: the practice of ; those of a weak character ac- | cepting bnibcs, whatever the i bribe may be. whether it be mo- iney or liquor. We know that no- ! ' made by

[ those bribes. But there is a val- ,uable principle here which should not be lost sight of. “A 0d name en than riches." Another thing which requires

consideration. and that is the y to belittle the op- ponents olwracter when con-

ducting an election campaign. The debates may be h at times; but let them be confined to the Issues inolved. and not to

personalities. “A word filly

wisdom once . ‘l 0 persons demean their character by offering a bribe, nor by accepting one. ‘ um. Sin. etc. W. D. JOHNSTON, :Montague, P.E.I.

UNITED FUND OBJECTIVE Sir. — A letter In your Pub- lic Forum column signed "Au Interested Parent" stator: "I notice that even In the United Fund Appeal there was no pro- vision made for retarded chil- dren’s welfare" un uote. I would be gratefu for mm c same column to correct the lmpreuionc tint could b0 gained from this statement. First. let me note that the ( tinned on we 0‘

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Those are the views cxprcsf scd by some critics of the “R0- . Ml" concerning turc. distribution and sale of whose 862 pages five years in the whilc eagerly awaited by doc- ltavc fa must of them.

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drugs. It will take an electronic gcnius to perfect. the device be- cause the sounds heard at pres- ent are not always intelligible.

Some victims of heart disease owe their life to a tiny. built-in , pacemaker that stimulates the organ to boat. These men and women have a defect in the nerve structures that initiate the hcart beat. To overcome the block. or broken surgeons inscrl an electronic de- vice u n d e r the skin w h l c h

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regular intervals. The instru- ment is attached to the heart by special wires. Some have been operating for years. The use of electronics in medicine still is in its infancy: we can expect al- most anything from now on. STERIIJZING SHOES AND HOSE .. M. writes: How do you sterilize hose and shoes? REPLY Why? ('otton hose can be boil- ed for 10 minutcs. Shoes may be placcd ' maldchydc and kept . overnight.

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: “Over 40 per of deaths in children between ,ages of one and nine years are ,

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NOTES BY THE WAT

Nothing you mentally tired quicker than constantly blinking about how physically titre: you are. — Sherbmoke Re- co .

Historical memtie'n tell u- that the ancient Celts went in for distinctive fashions. The males. for instance. were their hair long and smeared It down with sundry greases, thus pro- ducing an effect "like the mane of a orse.” They were also fond of “producing a terrific din on bronze trumpets." In view of this, we must conclude. from the hair-dos of some of our young men and the b I u re emanating from some so~called bands. that we are in the midst of a latter - day Celtic rev-Iva]. —Brantford Expositor.

t James Howard Meredith has 9 left the campus of the Univer- ; sity of Mississippi. He m ay 1 never return. .

It might seem that a great ef- fort was made to little effect. Meredith was there only a few

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(From the Guardian Files)

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I TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO = February 28, 1938.

, South African war veterans ’were guests of the Charlotte' flown Branch of the Canadian I Legion at a dinner at the Arm- jourics last night. About fifty ve- t terans were in attendance. thir- Itcen of them being Boer War .veterans. The dinner was serv- tcd at the Nobana Tea Rooms.

Ottawa. Feb. 28 — Legislation aimed at Canadian Millionaires ;who take up residence in the tWest Indies, to escape income land succession taxation, wa s turged in the Hausa. of Commons , today by Agnes MacPhatil. Miss gMacphail said parliament should ass a law taking from them {some of the money they made t in this country.

TEN YEARS AGO

February 28, 1953

' A presentation to Peter Rog- icrs featured the Kinsmen Club tmeeting last night at The Char- Ilottctown. Mr. Rogers is leav- ‘ ‘ to take up residence in

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p the conclusl that your neighbor's new carol: an Indication of what he emis- morc often it indicates what hé owes. — Chattham News.

A new and speedier race of humans may be deveIOping .13 the result of television comm . cials, We hear of a lZ-year-glld boy who on May 1 ast. st as a smiling figure had begun

1 the kitchen. bottle. was prepared a peanut butter sand. wlch. drank lhalf a pint at m‘lk

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0 again and had fight with his brother, all in 52.3 seconds. re- turning exactly at the right time for the resumption of the

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the caused by accidents," said Dr. j 0.W. Curtis. Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare. in addres-

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main show. —- Punch.

Student They Can’t Forget

Montreal Gazette

months. Though he appears by tests to have had Intelli. gence Quotient sufficiently high to pass his courses. he was an indifferent student.

And yet the coming to th e univerity for only a few months of a student who paid little at- tention to his work has brought about a big change. As one of the white students at Mississip. pi says: "They're not going t o forget him... no matter wh at; happens. They'll never forget."

For though the University has gained a victory or sorts in hav- ing this one Negro student leave so soon, the cost of the victory has been unfathomable. It is not only that there was rioting

which two were killed. It is rather that Mississippi has proved to itself, as well as to the world. that it is not really a university. This may always ave been largely true. But now the truth has been proclaimed.

This is seen most of all in the drifting away from the univer- sity of a number of its profes- sors, and they include some of the best. One of them is D r. James Silver, taught in the University for 27 years.

He is one of the few who has saidwhatisonhls mind. “Above all." says Dr. Silver,

"everybody forgets that James eredith is a human being." One estimate is that up to 20

per cent of the faculty m a

leave In the hope of finding posi-

tions that will have associations

less distressing or humiliating.

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