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PAGE 4 weﬁhﬁifuif A Time To Remember

Winston Churchill was once ask- ed what name he would suggest for the Second World War. He replied: “The Unnecessary War." Of course. he did not mean that war was un- necessary on September 3, 1939; his voice was the trumpet i‘last that roused the free world to its urgency. He meant that if governments had taken the right steps several years before, then what everyone feared could have been avoided. And in a sense, all wars fall into this categ- ory. The wars of this century. with their terrible loss of life, afford the most tragic examples of mistakes, errors and delusions in human his- tory.

It is a paradox that this most senseless. brutish and wasteful of human activities has been produc— tive of such shining virtues. Seldom. save in time of war. have men been induced to forsake their pursuit of purely material ends~wealth. com- fort, security. and whatnot—and sacrifice them, and even life itself. in furtherance of an ideal.

Courage. fortitude, endurance. compassion, sacrifice; these. the noblest of human qualities. shine brightest against the dark in- humanity of war. The tragedy is that we have failed to channel them effectively. as yet. into the ways of peace. This is the great task ahead, a task to which such world organizations as the United Nations is dedicated. and to which. with all its shortcomings, it has been mov- ing pei'ceptibly. With each forward step. the prOspect of new conflicts is pushed back.

This is the only way by which we can hope to redeem the past. and be true to the memories which Remembrance Day evokes. The pledge of the living to the dead. which we solemnly combine today_ with our vows of gratitude. is to Work unceasingly for peace, for freedom toward a greater justice for all. toward a wider toleration. toward the increasing betterment of life the world over.

The Democratic Process

Premier Robarts has announced that while Ontario will consider constitutional changes, even radical ones. it will not be a party to under- mining the sovereignty of the fed- eral government nor prevent it from playing its essential role of holding the nation together. He rejects the idea that any province should exer-

isc veto rights over federal policies and programs which come within the constitution.

While commending the Ontario premier for his attitude in this ﬂatter, the Globe and Mail suggests Chat his reference in the same ipeoch to negotiations between fed- Oral and provincial authorities

'., II, 1964.

might benefit from a closer exami- '

iation. It refers particularly to his itatement that for such talks to be fruitful, there must be insistence hat, when a settlement of the is- iues is agreed upon, it will be bind- ng on all.

This. comments the Toronto taper, appears to be a sound foun- lotion upon which to build perman- int structures, but there persists ho danger that plans discussed by 1w two levels of government on Ibinding on all" long before they hm been submitted to the real on. of uninhibited examination in

one of Commons.

When provinciol premiers, rop- tutivo of all political parties - at present, the New Dumb- ' from a scent

with the federal govern-

. provincial Legislatures and the -

, on some proposal with national ap- l plications, the full democratic pro- ‘ cess is impaired. Can the Liberal opposition in Ontario (01' in Prince 1 Edward Island, for that matter) seriously challenge a policy which has the blessing of a Liberal Prime Minister in Ottawa. any more than a Conservative opposition in. say. New Brunswick, can challenge a policy of which Mr. Robarts (or Mr. Shaw) approves?

This is the question posed by our Toronto contemporary, and it has been put with equal emphasis by the Winnipeg Free Press in editorials from which we have quot- ed in these columns. These are two of Canada‘s greatest newspapers, and the warning they are sounding on this occasion has nothing to do with partisan politics. It would be well for government leaders to give some heed to them. before it is too late.

Costly Luxuries

Opposition Leader Alec Mathe— son's latest prediction about elect- ions is that in all likelihood there will be a federal one next June and a provincial one some time before then. We wish he'd tell us how much they‘re going to cost. That’s what the taxpayers are worrying about. and the prospective candi- dates. too. They are getting to be far too expensive for everybody.

Look at the last one across the border. for example. Dr. Alexander, director of the Citizens Research Foundation of Princetown, New Jersey. figures it cost the parties and their candidates—local. state and national—about $200 million. That is a 43 per cent increase over costs of the 1952 U.S. campaign.

Television costs are a top ex- pense item in election campaigns these days. In the States, a half hour on a network costs about $90,000. A network spot costs be- tween $24,000 and $37,000. depend- ing on the show it follows and the time of day.

There have been suggestions that the U.S. federal government provide some basic funds for na- tional campaigns. President Ken- nedy wanted to lift the legal spend- ing limit. now widely ignored through a number of organizational devices. But he also wanted com- plete and full disclosure of both contributions and spending. This, he felt. would be a guarantee of legitimacy.

There is a move on to limit campaign expenses at Ottawa. too; but if the election comes in June, the chances are that it will cost the country over $17 million. It's enough to take the joy out of Christmas, just thinking about it!

Short-Sighted Policy

The decision of the United States not to pledge any more funds for United Nations technical as- sistance has been greeted with dis- may in the world organization. A high UN source termed it “a bombshell." The explosion. suggests the New York Times, will be even greater if the United States carries out its implied threat: to reduce other financial contributions to the United Nations.

Cutting technical assistance is ill-advised because the sufferers are not going to be the Russians, whom the United States wants to punish for refusing to pay their ar- rears for the UN peace-keeping machinery. The underdeveloped na- tions and the poor people who need the assistance are the ones who will suffer.

A possible purpose of the United States move it to put the under- developed nation-members of the General Assembly under notice that they either vote as Washington wants them to vote or they will lose their share of the $60 million the United States was expected to contribute to the technical assist- ance program.

“This sort of policy.’ warns The Times. “inevitably boomerangs, aside from creating a deplorable image of the United States. Second thoughts are in order before the pledging conference meets Nov. 6."

Words in season. to which it is hoped President Johnson and his colleagues at Washington will give due consideration.

EDITORIAL not:

President Johnsoﬁ loot no time after his hectic elm nay-In in

getting a heart chm dud I chest X-ray. The results, it is Iii-ting to note, were m on both

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“A POPPY FOR REMEMBRANCE”

'I MeMORlE-s lent-fa ,9 On {9

THE PIG-EON WAR Firmly Enirenched Despite Man’s Efforts

v The war between cities and pigeons has. spread to Munich.

Two hundred thousand of the city‘s star boarders are to be caught with big nets. cages. and banished to a distant part of Bavaria. Since pigeons have proved extraordinarily ad: aptable over the ages, the Mun- ich city fathers hope the exiled birds will learn to like the coun- try as much as they like side- walks and people.

Many cities would wish Mun- ich good luck. but without con- viction. Berlin. New York. B.is- ton. Washington. Chicago. Lon- don. Paris. and Moscow have learned that pigeons can with- siand trapping. deportation. shooting. poisoning. scaring. and all manner of campaisns. The birds multiply instead of de- creasing.

Peoplc who happen to like pigeons enjoy their companion ship and beauty. But the birds

damage buildings. desecrati- public monuments. foul side- walks and streets. clog eaves

and drainpipes. Their droppings ‘

can carry dangerous viruses.

CROSSBOWS AND NETS Paris netted 100.000 pigeons earlier this year. Specially train ed catchers marched into the boulevards with crossbows. fir» ing nets upon their unsuspccf ing quarry. The birds were packed off to the country to be kept in captivity for some time Hopefully. they will forzef about. the City of Light and not try to urn.

Moscow used to be extremely kind to pigeons. Traffic signs ordered drivers to watch out for pigeons at the risk of 2.5-ruble fines: food could be purchased for pigeons at special kiosks on Red Square. Several years ago, however, ominous bands of men started skulking about with nets: the traffic signs disap- peared: food stalls vanished.

Even in Egypt where the written history of pigeons' be- gan some 5,000 years ago, the tide has turned against them. The Nile Delta city of Damictfa deported its pigeons to bright. clean, modern lofts erected at a cost of 514.330 in villages that did not resist the scheme. It was the same old story: The birds refused to stay deported.

A ledge nesting bird before man's time. the blue rock dove (Columbia liviai became the common pigeon of city streets in Africa. Asia. and Europe. When the great cities began rising in mediaeval times. pig e o n 3 found the ledges and crannies of buildings irresistible. and peo- ple could not resist feeding

put in l

l on the bough and the awesome

i in thankfulness that l are going South. If the Govern-

Nafional Geographic Society

. them. Emigrants brought ‘ eons to the New World. ll WELL ADAPTED

Few animal species have ad apted so well to man's environ ment without becoming whmly tame or dependent. In New York‘s Times Square. heart of the glittering Great White Way. pigeons have learned to sleep by day and fly by night. In Lon- don. officials suspect that per- haps 80 per cent of pigeons In the financial district. 3 dark emptiness after 5 pm. are [0.- lowing commuters to the suc- urbs at day's end.

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Elsewhere. despite all efforts to dislodge them. pigeons seem firmly entrenched in their own private municipal playgrounds —London's Trafalgar Square. Moscow‘s Red Square, Tokyo’s I m p e ri ail Palace: Venice's Piazza San Marco: and Lafay- ette Park. opposite the White House in Washington.

An exception to the anti-pig- eon trend is Brasilia. This re cenin built. made-to-order cap- ital felt something was missing. So city planners put up dovecot— es and imported a thousand birds to Three Powers Square.

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Here we are back in the sea- 1 son of the “Call of the Wild" when too many people hear the ,honking of geese on the way i South and begin mumbling about i the death of the year. the frost

mystery of the migrating birds More voices should be lifted the geese

ment wildlife people reported the geese were not going South the country would be in a panic. The Prime Minister would eith- er have authorized the spending of a fortune to force the geese to migrate before they froze, or he himself. and his ministers. would be packing their bags to migrate from the seats of power l in Ottawa. 1. The geese are doing what they i are accustomed to do and if is l agreeable to hear them signall- , ing they are on the move but not. surely. an occasion for fears, marvelling or sermoniz- n

Of Course The Geese Come

g. With a slight sense of guilt we have to report that the wonder

l of the geese flying all the s e

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thousands of miles is wearing thin. The only new thing we have heard about migrating

geese In recent times is that no one knows how the pass the signal for the bird in the lead at the point of the wedge. to give his place to another. This may be a real puzzle to ornithologisfs but it appears quite simple to Any sensible goose back about fourth place could

counted on to’see that old Joe out front is laboring a bit or has forgotten the way and any sen—

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sible goose would move up front and tell Joe to get back among the gals.

What has really taken th e down off the geese is the em- dence that humming birds fly just as far or farther and that butterflies too can span seas and continents. If humming birds and butterflies could honk they too woul sentimen- tal chatter as they followed Iky trails more familiar to them than Sparks Street is to us.

Let us now praise famous men, such as astronauts. or men who would like to go South but can't.

’G‘ombling A Disease’

In a characteristic simism the late ' Inge. clean of St. Paul's cathe- l dral in London. once remarked ,‘ that "gambling is a disease of 1 barbarians superficially civiliz- i ed." The disease. if such it is.

again is proving itself catching

in the United States. '

New Hampshire. which once prided itself as a puritan state. already has approved and held the first legal lottery of the 20th century in this country. Citizens of California. Arkansas and

_ Washington will vote Tuesday on

fit of pes- liam It.

Athletes

Guelph

A mild fuss is on in Toronto because one William W afson seeks a PC nomination. For W is Whipper Billy Watson. wrestler of more than average skill and income. Some of the burghers are as aghast as Tor- ontonlans ever permit themsel- ves to be of the thought of a wrestler in politics, Others stoutly protest that if he is ac- ceptable in other particulars he should not be spurned just be- cause he makes his living pro- fending to vanquish the villians (Mr. Watson's role is that of the hero.)

Just what all the agonizing is about it I trifle beyond the

0th.? gm! actors have tried their hand It politics in Canada. the U.K.'ond tho U.S. For instance, John Putt. who immomhoed the an iy, "You‘ll Get Used To I!"

u. buy snow cum; on war,

was Ill MP in the lust Purita- which

MOM Ald Charles T

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In Politics Mercury

the Ontario Liberal leadership. If one takes the broad a n tolerant view and recognizes wrestling as a sport. again Mr. Watson has precedent. In addi- tion to L.P. Kelly, MP. still a hockey Leaf. a number of athletes are in or have been in politics. Oddly enough. with the exception of the old semi- profeuional baseball player Pearson. most of them as from the hockey world: swonus Apps MPP. former captain of the Leafs: Senator Joseph Sullivan, a member of the Varsity Grud- hockey team which won the Oly- mpics championship in ms; “Bucko” Mucdomlu. ox- lP.ox- Detroit Red Vim. cl- Leaf: and ﬂown“! Medic who like Mr. Kelly was In MP it no- tween playing hockey for Tor- onto. Canada's mount oli- armnd athlete. [Ami Council ~ or, who starred of hockey. foot- ball. and boxing, among other sports, was elected to Parlia- ment and died m halibut

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whether or not to legalize forms I

of gambling.

California‘s proposition 16. ll approved, would amend the stats constitution and authorize a privately run state-wide lottery Income is supposed to ease the tax burden and help finance schools Organized church and business groups, educators and law enforcement officials are against the proposition. Private promoters stand to make up to $100 million a year as their cut. "We have no more reason to pay for schools a lottery than to pay for them with the proceeds of robbing a bunk." ob served Gov. Edmund G. Brown.

knnsas. a pro con- ltitutional amendment would legalize gambling in Hot Springs, whose thriving resort casinos were closed int March when state officials threatened to song in state police to do the job. Apologists say the casinos on essential to the Hot Springs

economy.

Voiorl in the state of Wuh- lngton will docldo not b in local ovornmonto ii- cenoo punchbou , bingo and other forms of gambling — when counsel-ed by nliclouc and char- liabl- organisations.

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IALUTE CAME LATE The bond solute and by not, in miles did not into unmi use until lb 1

~Bod Weather Road Hazards

By Dr. 'l‘hoodoro a. Van Dollon Winter increase: traffic prob- lems. accidents. injuries. and death. Ruin. snow, and ice add to the boards of drlving. More people go to and return from work in the dark because the days no shorter. The implica- tions are obvious but it is sur- prising how many people disre- gard those weather conditions. Accident records show a drivers do not slow up for rain unless it ll coming down in sheets. It is common knowledge that braking distance increases two to four times when travel- ing at 30 miles per hour. Snow makes conditions worse; dur- ing the first snowfall in Clu- cago last season. 100 accidents per hour were reported to po- llce— 10 times the rate for the same period with dry streets. Pedestrians also are vulner- able. Slippery sidewalks make the number of fractures mount. Many are hit by~automobiles when crossing the street at dusk. Everyone is in a hurry to get home after 5 pm. Pedes- trians take chances when cross- ing the street against the light. not realizing that drivers can- not see as well at dusk or when it is raining or snowing. Motor vehicles kill and injuie more persons between 15 and 24 years of age than does ill- ness. The incidence of diabetes and heart disease is low in this age group but we can assume that drinking and psychiatric disturbancts are factors in frai- fic casualties. What a loss of po- tential productivity this repre-

ents.

We can expect to hear more about unfit adult drivers in the future. These men and women have defects that. make them I source of danger to the public. For years we have stressed

NOTES BY

THE WAY

One of ﬁn crow of his lilo: chanced to pick up a first-cabin menu card. and seeing of the top "Table d'hote.“ turned to his psi and inquired: “What

oes this "ore mun. Joe?" "Well." said Joe. “it's like this 'ere. Them wells in the saloon have some soup, I bit of fish. a bit of this a bit of that, and a bit of summaf else. and call it ‘table dottie.’ We have ‘iable dottie.‘ only we mixes it all to- gefher and calls it stew." -— Montreal Star.

Who or. the also“. 5 o o k notion? Don't try to guns" you couldn't. They no the M. In Finland tho reading of book- has reached the astonishing fig- uno of four books per your. pot cupiu. I-n Enzllnd the popula- tiou reads about one book pet year each. In the Unlhd Shin. our figure is I dismal Math ofabookperynrforuehou of us.-— Washington (low I) Journal.

Soviet-Chinese Relations

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Mllkew

3 Canadian PM: sun Writer

The divergent make-up of the Communist world costs the big- gest obstacle in the path of a solution to Soviet-Chinese dif- ferenses and it is doubtful that these differences can solved in the foreseeable

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l ure. . New strains in Soviet - Chi-l nese relations as well as in re-; lotions among other Communist governments will no doubt crop up from time to time as the

Communist states take on more, d

mature complexions. . Communist officials from cl number of countries took ad- vantage of the anniversary of] the 1917 Russian revolution tol converge on Moscow to partake in festivities as well as to ex- change views on how to reduce or eliminate sources of irrita- tion in t'ie Communist Bloc. ‘ Notable among the visitors’ was Chinese Premier Chou n-‘ Iai. who took advantage of thei removal of Nikita Khrushchevi to try to find out how far the l |

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present SOVief leadership is, willing to stray from the poli- cies of the former Soviet pre-

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driver safety because of the I40.000 persons killed annually in 1 auto mishaps. More have died -‘ in this way than from all Amer . ica’s wars. dents are the

third ranking cause of death. If

a disease were responsible for

this many fatalities. we would

have some kind of a national

fund raising society with hun~

dreds of local chapters workinc

to find a rem .

Death is final. regardless of

how it happens. Injuries lead to

more cases of paralysis than

does polio and more limbs are

lost in this way than from lnfec~

tions, diabetes. and poor circuv»

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TINY PINKIES G. M. writes: Both my pinkies are very small. Is there a ny way I can lengthen them? I'm 23 years old. R

EPLY Let the nails grow and it will create the illusion of having longer fingers. At your age, more important things shoulo occupy youn mind. NEURITIS FROM ALCOHOL 0. L. writes: My husband is being treated for neuritis caus- ed by heavy drinking. Is cure possible. now that he is on the wagon?

REPLY Yes, if his neuritis is mild. (NOTE: All correspondence

to Dr. Van Dellcn should be addressed to: Dr. Theodore Von Dellen. co Chicago Trib- une. Chicago, Illinois.)

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Their

avoided trading insults since the removal of Khrushchev“ who often spoke loudly on So-' viet - Chinese differences. butl both Leonid Brezhnev. the newl first secretary of the Soviet Communist party. and Alexei, Kosygin. the new Soviet pre-i mier. have maintained they: will not alter Soviet foreign pol-, icy—of whic maintenance of} world peace is an important‘ plank. ,

The question of world peace* h 5 con a major thorn in So-l viet-Chinese relations for some- time.

er. . Moscow and Peking have i

'thought of war a

The Soviet Union hu man to improve relations with such Unmd Sta

lain leadership of the Commu- nist camp.

The Chinese, on the other hand, in trying to wrest leader- ship from the Soviet Union, con- tinue to argue t'iat war is in- evifable and have attempiod to orove.this whenever feasible. in Korea. Southeast Alia and In-

ll.

WITHDREW SUPPORT

Soviet - Chinese tension in- creased when Russian military and economic support was with-

. drawn in 1960 as the two Com-

munist powers pursued diver-

gent attitudes toward world problems China's growing population

and her inability to increase its food production at n satisfac- tory rate apparently leave the omowhut less in Chinese Commu-

repulsive ln the mind

nist minds than

r of the Soviet government which

is striving to increase living standards at the cost of ovoid- ing war.

It is therefore inconceivable that such independent policies can be reconciled. despite Chou‘s visit to Moscow, with- out one country or the other surrendering completely its bo- sic policies of the last few years.

But an effort at reaching some sort of understanding hll been launched. It is doubtful muc'i change in Soviet-Chinese relations will come of it—ex- cepf if the Soviet Union oc- cepfs war as the path to Com- munist expansion. or the Chi- nese accept peace.

A Curious Choice

Toronto Telegram

It is very curious that t he leader of the Social Credit Par- ty should be sent to Africa as special emissary of the Pear- son minority Government.

The assignment and the sec- recy which accompanied it have drawn the fire of opposi- tion parties. and rightly so.

While it is true that Mr. Thompson spent many years in Ethiopia as education adviser to Emperor Haile Selassie. this Af- rican sojourn ended in 1958.

Many dramatic and funda- mental changes have shaken the Dark Continent in the past six years and Mr. Thompson's background hardly seems Suffi- cient reason to choose him for this mission in late 1964

r. Thompson's appointment

Bright honor chose them And, beneath the radiance of

immortal hour.

'In silence we remember.

EATON'S OF CANADA

MEN’S WILL ll CLOSED WEDNESDAY (summon 9")

and his presence in Africa was confirmed by th

only after its arm had been twisted by opposition MP: who had read news reports of his I- rival in Addis Ablbl.

It is strange that Paul Mar- tin. the okilled and able Minin- ter of External Affairs and on. of the most sagacious politicians in this country. should be caught out in this situation.

It would have been for better —if. indeed. the Minister is wholly sincere in his explana- tions to the Commons—(or him to have announced beforehand that Mr. Thompson was tho right man for this job at this particular time.

The whole affair smacks of o squalid little political intrigue.

REMEMBRANCE DAY 1964