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Forthright Speaking

A- vote of thanks from thinking Canadians everywhere is due to Premier Robichaud of New Bruns- wick for his forthright address be- fore the Montreal Chamber of (10m- merce this week. As the first elect- . ed Acadian premier of his province. Mr. Robichaiid is in an excellent position to appeal for E n gl i s h- French harmony. He did so from the standpoint of his own ethnic group. r i g h t I y assuming that. “healthy conclusions" could be drawn by the whole country front a study of its history.

For 200 years. he pointed out. the Acadians and the descendants of the United Empire Loyalists who left New England after refusing to join in the American revolution against Britain had shared the ter- ritory of his province. There was a . marked difference at the beginning between the situation of these groups. which it seemed was des- tined to hold them in a state of perpetual hostility. But. understand- ing emerged and the "accent moved gradually from recriminations of the past toward the. creation of a better future." The results have been almost miraculous.

They were achieved through "the art of compromise.” without sacri- fice of ethnic rights or characteris- tiCs. It was a triumph for “the ir- restihlc iftl‘f‘f‘ of patient modera- tion." and it stood in marked con- trast. to the "small separatist group

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in Quebec in its dangerous and pessimistic. adventure.” Acadians wanted no part. of the “overpos-

sessive friendship" of these zealots. “They Would like to force me. willy-hilly. and without even con— suiting me. to move right. here with them." said Mr. Rohichaud. “I am referring. as you have guessed. to the recent paternalistic suggestion voiced by a lawyer connected with the Societe Saint-Jean Baptiste. that a part of my province should very simply. and without. any more ado be annexed to the province of Quebec. I am sure that all Acadians will agree that. the suggestion stems from a good sentiment—it is thought to be necessary to protect us from the big bad wolf. the Eng- lish. This brings to my mind one . of Aesop's fables whcre the elephant wanted to lie down on the chickens in order to keep them warm!" He went on to voice his con- iction that this was not “the true :e of Quebec." and that it was destiny of that great province be the depositary. the guardian. he maintenance and diffusion rich French c u I t. ii re in

n

‘9. tea . 2 Acadians have found a - spokesman for their views

subject. in Mr. Robichaud.

Pollution Problem '. air and soil pollution are together as subjects for i at the conference which Iian Council of Resources ms undertaken to sponsor ng of 1966. It may seem . amid our "ozone laden hat air pollution is of \i-iance; but this is not. larger centres. and it a problem of particular he United States. So i, it. is costing $11 bil- 1 corrosion. discolora- oval. slum formation, ‘ities. and increased it. to speak of its

111 health.

,9. Was given at a sting in Boston of ituto of Chemical h a panel of ex- a subject. From

this discussion It emerged that the caueitive factors of air pollution are the same in all cities. the major cause being the use of automobiles. incinerators. and open burning.

The technology to solve most air pollution problems. it seems. it al- ready available; but before that can be applied. the public and iii- dustry must be educated. The pub- lic at first will have to pay more for the products it buys: automo- biles with after-burners. blow-bys.

or catalytic converters; heating oil that has been disulphured: and products produced in factories

which have installed expensive pol- lution control.

However. companies are begin- ning to realize that it can be profit- able to control pollution; it leads to “good will" and in some cases to improved production techniques. as. for instance. in the removal of sul- phur from fuels which can provide a new source of sulphuric acid and prevent the depletion of sulphur re- serves.

The whole problem. of course. is related to urbanization and indus- trialization. In the United States. 50 per cent of the population is now living on 1 per cent. of the land. We haven't reached that state of congestion in Canada. but. the trend is that way. By the time the Re- source (Touncil gets round to deaI< ing with it. the problem will be more acute than it. is now.

Brave New World

Recently we carried a note about a prediction by an English scientist. Sir Leon Bagrit, that “conversa- tional computers" are in the offing. These electronic devices, small enough to fit into the pocket. will enable individuals to carry on a full conversation even though they do not understand each other’s lati- guage.

Already. it seems, man can con- vert human vocal sounds into'nu- merical symbols and has made some steps toward converting the symbols into sounds. So it's just another step to have the computers reproduce the human voice. Once they can do that a man will be able to speak into a computer and have his voice translated into electric symbols. And the symbols could res produce the proper words in any language "with which the sounds are compatible."

So the day will come when we can talk English into one of these gadgets and an instantaneous trans- Iation in. say. (‘hinese will come out. the other end. That. would solve. the bilingual problem for every nation: but the .Vlilwaukee Journal professes to sCP in this invention an even brighter future.

“The greatest. day of all." it says. “will be when the computers can carry on conversations of their own. Thcn you can go to a cocktail party and sit. silent. and in peace while your computer talks to the in- evitable bores." But think of its possibilities from the political point

i of view!

EDITORIAL NOTES

The new dolls for Christmas, notes an exchangc. are so lifelike you‘d think the stores would have to hire a baby sitter to stay in the toy department. at night.

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As announced in our nnwr. columns. Mr. W. E. Massey has been relieved. at his request. of the duties of Deputy Provincial Treas— urer for the purpose of taking a responsible new position. that of Director of Federal-Provincial Re- lations. His work will involve lengthy and exhaustive study. and we can imagine no one better fitted. by ability and experience. for such an undertaking. The province is fortunate. indeed, in having a man of his qualifications available. His assistant Mr. G. Douglas Dennis promises to be a worthy successor as Deputy Provincial Treasurer.

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Truth is hard to take in un- diluted doses. But a salute to Sena- tor Hugessen of Ontario for giving it that. way in the flag debate. A First World War veteran. he re- called that for the bulk of the four years of war on the western front the soldiers lived in trenches with- out ii flag to be seen for miles. If anyone had been so silly as to raise one. the only result would have been to attract the fire of enemy artillery. Anyway. he added. "we were more concerned with when the next rum ration was coming around and. more important, how we were going to get rid of our lice."

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‘ sion to an intcrnational confer-

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stsicrix on THE

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reassess or THE ?RO\IINCE DEPENDS

CLIMATE or SOCIAL I race THAT MUST PgEVAIL LesAce

POLITICAL WEATHER REPORT

OTTAWA REPORTByflPairick Nicholson

Western Alliance Now At Crossroads

thn the time comes to select delegates for an all-party mis-

ence. some of our parties make their c h oi c e on tho basis of "Biicgin's i ii r n" or ‘R n g e r

wants a trip to Paris " The Now I .’ belief that NATO is in real dang- .

Democrats. in welcome con- trast. develop their MPs as spe- cialists in selected fields;

last month Murdo Martin. fromi

'l‘immins. went to the NATO Parliamentarians Conference in

P a r i s v ith a background of much previous experience in that field and at. previous an-

nual conferences

Tic remarks he made on his return can accordingly be ac- cepted with confidence: he was not a neophyte makin: a super- ficial assessment.

“What a confcrcni-c? .\'\'l‘(l is supposed to be an alliance. but it seemed more like a of lions, The Crooks and the Turks wcrc at 030“ others' throats. the Bclgians disagreed quitc adamantly with the US dc- legation. particularly on th Multilateral N ii c Ivar

thus ‘

den .

Force. .

The Germans sided with the US. .and the Dutch. Danes. British. Norwegians and Luxemb o u rg with the Belgians. And of course the De Gaulle delegates were going like the son: says: ‘I walk alonc'. If this leads you to the

cc of disintegrating. that Is just the feeling I had from this year's conference." VOICE OF GOOD SENSE

Murdo Martin. the 47~year old cx-firc fig h t e r. has a men- tal stability which matches his stocky figure. He is being rea- sonable. not sensational. when he concludes: “If we find some answers soon. I fear that NATO will lose any effecti- veness it has. if it. does not dis- appear altogether."

This column has from its in-

should be mo re than a mere imilitary association. born

. the fcar of communist arms and . ‘ men were foreseelng exactly '.

nurtured solely for self ~ def-

NATO was conceived with the

Strange

Milwaukee Journal Consider those countries Hi independence now. Puerto Rico Cambodia. Ethiopia. India. Iran. has full control over all inter- lraq. Ivory Coast. Malagasy. nal affairs. ‘ Mali. Sierra l.conc. Syria. Tan- It has 3 habits of United Sat- ' . the Soizct Union. Biil- cs citizenship. is share in the ec-

and Yugoslavia.

would think that real troubles at home would keep them from fighting imaginary o n e s abroad Buntvhcy are busy in the Unitcd Nations insisting that the United Statcs “frcc” Piici‘to llico,

This indicates how lllllf’ some of Iihcse nations know about the world and how cagor some of them are to stir up troiiblc.

Rico has common- staliis with llIf‘ United Slates~ a situation again ap- proved overwhclmingly by the Puerio Ricans in recent elec- tions, They re~olcctcd the party which supports the common- wealth and opposes complete

Ffiends

onomy of the United States and protection of the United States

against aggression. And an_ ‘ time it wishes Puerto Rico can voie to become an independent nation.

Unlike most of the countries which are crying for its i-nde- pendence. Puerto Rico has been maintaining a rate of economic growth that exceeds that of western Europe.

It is able to food its people well and to keep raising t h at 1' standard of living. And. further. unlike most of those countries,

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dom and the rights all Ameri- cans share to the; people.

Logging For Behind

Hamilton

('anada lazs far bchind most Europcan coiintrics in provid- Iow-i-cntal accommodation.

In Britain. a country not. greatly addicted to hoinc-oivninc.

almost half the houses ci‘ccted‘

in the last docatlc have been goyci'iimcnt- subsidiycd. Muncipal housing has a Iona history thcrc. In the First. World War. Lloyd George promised the men fighting in the mud of northern Europe "homcs for homes". After the war ih csc turncd out to he sharply hud- geted. monotonoust little homcs in housing estates. There was nothing -"heroic"

about them. but the rents were 3 low and any stigma that might:

have been attached to living in them in the early days snon van- ished when lllf‘ll‘ numhcrs in-

dcsigned i

Spectator

creased and the designs improv- .

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Today. despite increasing building programs. the waiting lists In some municipaliies are so long that it is 15 years be- .fore an eager applicant's name reaches the top.

In our economic climate there is a real need for low- rental housing. As older homes are torn down urban renewal schemes. alternative accommo- Ldations must be found for ten-

Provision must be made for those whose income does not al- low them to buy homes or rent at the going rate. 1! homes are financed in such a way that rents pay for them over a se 5 period of years. there can be no Isuggestlon of "charity". tare social assets.

Southern Justice

Montreal Star

It was almost as though lb 9 voice of southern justice w a 3 giving its report to Martin Lu ther King‘s Nobel address in Its handling of the charges against those arrested in connection with the brutal murdcr of three civil rights workers.

The day before lhr Pvr‘nls In ‘

court. Mr. King accepted h l I

ace prize w‘th a ringing decla- ration of his "abiding faith In America and in the audacious belief In the future of mankind." We hope that his abiding faith is firm enough to stand the strain of what followed.

local authority demonstrated months ago that It was not Inter- eaied beiddtoiierthrmnlng wlim happen 0 nee missus civil elm menu. It was a massive

effort by federal agencies which uncovered what had hap- pened. it was a federal agency, i working under civil rights leg- . islatlon: which eventually arres- ‘ ted 21 person. But referral to a grand jury was refused. by local federal commissioner. . of course. a direct app"- 1‘ cation to a district federal judge to convene a grand jury will be made. However. the grand jury will be composed of Mlscioslp- plans. If trial is ordered. the subsequent prosecution will he in the hands of the state. and the jury will be a Mississippi jury. If the grmd ju ry toaace out the federal case. that's the i end of it. There to no appeal from l a (“M M! W-

not i

ception applauded th e thought . that the North Atlantic Alliance‘

they r

I long-term view of organis in g l the ethical and spiritual forces lof Western Europe. backed by ‘the power and resources of the Americas an Common-

wealth. to create a solid founda- ‘

lion for the defence of what. in its widest sense. might be cal- 1 led Western civilization. In these early days, some policy-formers .in Washington advocated some- thing much wider than a mere military alliance: a customs un- ' ion of the nations surrounding the basin of the North Atlantic ocean. with common citizenship.

THE CANADIAN CLAUSE This hopeful development was matched in Canada. where Mike 'Pearson. then our Foreign Illin- ister. predicted tha‘ NATO

should and could develop in to ‘ ' commonwealth. -

“an economic and perhaps ultimately a poll- '.al commonwealth. of the North Atlantic powers." Thus fifteen years ago. states-

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what Murdo Martin now says is coming to pass: with the reces- sion of the fear of Communist aggression. the North Atlantic

I “allies” would start quarrelli n g l

? among themselves. M i k e. Pearson's "economic ‘ commonwealth" would v e brought —- and still could bring — the highest material standard of life known to man. as well as

‘permit its members to afford economic assistance velop I n g countries on a scale

' of money. and fritter millions of i man-years of work. on defence. I Here is a field where Canada lance gave the lead. The Europ- I ean nations to s l m liar "lead" by the potentially dom- inant US: but today. as never

'before. Canada would be trusted : and followed In a lead to build “

tNATO as was originally propos I ed. and as Murdo Martin n o w

,sees as so urgently necessary. 1 it grants complete political free.L ‘

Monoucleosis Favors Young

By Dr. Theodore It. Van Dellen

Infectious m o n o n u oleoaia (shortened to mono) often is called the kissing disease. But this is not the only means of transmission. because it occurs in those who have not indulged In osculation. More than 90 cent of the victims are between 15 and 27 years of age.

The cause is not known but a virus is suspec-ted.'l‘he disease is becoming more prevalent. even though it t ta - ious. When a college student has the infection. it is most unusual for his roommate to “catch” it from him. Freshmen and sop- homores are more susceptible than juniors and seniors. sug- gesting that the older students have ' . an immunity. probably from an attack so mild it was passed off as a slight

cold.

The disorder begins. like most infections. with malaise and fever. The lymph glands in the neck. armpits. and groins en- large. The nodes vary in size and are neither painful nor ten- der. Sore throat follows the feel- ing of weariness for several days and may be the most both- ersome symptom. The spleen often doubles or triples in sire and liver involvement may be

re enough to make the skin yellow tjaundicet A blood test confirms the diagnosis. is no specific remedy. The antibiorics are not helpful. Cortisone- type drugs are said to be of value when administer- ed early in the course of the disease. But the lack of a g treatment is not serious because virtually everyone recovers. Now and then ‘th illness is pm longed by complications such as neuritis or rupture of the spleen. PAIN 0N DEEP BREATHING . L. Y. writes: Could chest

traced to tuberculosis?

Possibly. Pain of this type us- ually stems from pleurisy. This

job security. This in turn would - to the dew

which remains quite impossible; so long as we spend huge sums -

disorder is caused by a varieiy of pulmonar infections. includ— ing tuberculosis. Injury to the chest wall does the same. Now

and then. pain comes from the .

abdomen. especially when the diaphragm goes down and press- es upon a distended loop of the bowel.

NIPPED HEELS

Mrs. D.G.L. writes: As

a i young girl my heels were frost-

I bitten and now I am boihered with itching when I get warm. When I go to bed. they are es- pecially had .but itch at other imes also. Do you think frost-

. bite was the cause;

Yes. Frostbite may damage the capillaries or nerve end- ings. leading to this sensation. especially when the feet are cold or too warm.

SURGERY FOR BACKACHE

have had backache from a worn out vertebra. Is It better to live with this condition 0;- liave the operation? REPLY The answer depends upon whe-

ther the amount of disability is ‘ worth the risk of a spinal opera- ‘

iion. Firsthand advice is neces-

sary. Consult the physician who

i has examined you and seen the

X-rays.

H. W. writes: Is there any

help for an elderly bcdwetter‘.‘ REPLY

This disorder may be difficult to correct. especially when the valve guarding the entrance to the bladder is weakened. injur- ed. or paralyzed.

RED-EARED

. . M. wriiies: What would . cause an eight-year-old boy's . ears to turn red from time to i time?

I REPLY

i He may he blushing. [TODAY‘S HEALTH HINT—-

i Obesity lessens life expectan-

c . y (NOTE: All correspondence to Dr. Van Dcllen should be addressed to: Dr. eodore Van Dellen. on Chicago 'l‘rlb- une. Chicago. Illinois.)

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{ Those Wedding Write-Ups

Sarnia

Om of the braver newspaper editors has taken his life and future in his hands. This hard-

l skinned man of the quill has giv- en his readers. including moth- i ers of the brides, notice that he i intends to cut down on the space Iallowed for wedding accounts. ; Detailed descriptions of tradi- r tional gowns worn by the bride. bridesmaids and mothers of the ' contracting parties appear to be