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Khrushchev's Next Move

Berlin has been quiet of late, but Prcmier Iihrusbchev‘s attend- ance at the forthcoming congress

of the East German Communist Party may stir things tip a bit. The Congress opens'on January 15.

it is recalled that in Jilly, 1058, Khrushchev headed the Soviet dele- gation to the last congress of the East German party, and four months later issued his first til- timatllm on Berlin. This was a de- mand that Allied troops get out of

the city in six months. Dcadlines_,

have been passed on other Khrush- chev demands on Berlin. and in some cases the Premier has taken pains to assert that he did not in- tend to set a time limit. This time he may Content himself with re- iterating his recent proposal that a United Nations command should replace the allied occupation forces in West Berlin.

Western commentators are pre- dicting that, in any case. he will have other matters to worry about. There are mounting East (lcrnlan economic problems to deal with. If other states in the (‘ommunist bloc cannot supply the necessary raw materials and consumer goods. the alternative will have to be West Germany, which is prepared to grant generous credits but on political terms that Mr. L'lbricht, party chief and heart of the East German State Council. probably must first dis- cuss with the Sovict leader. High up on the list of these conditions is

the facilitating of traffic through'

the Berlin Wall and liberalization of Communist rule in East Germany along the lines followed in the Soviet Union and Hungary.

An intriguing proposal has been made by Willy Brandt, Lord Mayor of West Bcl'lili. who has invited Mr. Khrushchev to see both sides of the Berlin Wall for himself. There are some doubts whcthcl' the Soviet boss will accept this invita- tion. bllt who knows? There is no hindrance of any citizen of the East bloc state visiting West Berlin: and, iii any case, freedom of move- ment, throughout, all Berlin for of- ficial persons of the Soviet Union is guaranteed under the four-power status of the city.

If he is really prepared to seek an understanding with the West, this may be just the chance Mr. Khrushchev has been waiting for. Even as a propaganda move. he may Consider it favorably.

Plain But Not Easy

It is plain, notes the Montreal Gazette, that the Glassco Commis- sion wishes to change more than the techniques of doing government business in its recommendations for economy. it wishes to change gov- ernment, mentality. So long as it is felt that government services need not, he businesslike. or should not be like business, nothing will pre- vent inefficmncy, or spare the tax- payer. With the argument that government administration, unlike business, is not seeking profits but serving the public, the Commission- ers Would agree: bllt their criticism is that the public is not being well served by waste and confusion.

The Commission cannot under- stand, for example, why in prep school maintained by the Govern- ment at Esquimalt has a staff of 96 to serve an average of 70 students. In fact. it found the ra- tio of staff to students in the three service colleges is l to 1.1. The Instructional and other supporting Iteth totalled 000 while the num-

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ber of students totalled 999.

The Commission wonders why one person is needed at Ottawa headquarters for every 4.5 class- rooms of the Northern schools, while the Indian Affairs Branch has a ratio of one for every 23.5 classrooms. It does not see why the Veterans’ Land Act Administration has any reason for its separate existence. though it employs over 700 and costs $5,000,000 a year. It should be ended. and its work split between the agencies already in the field—the Farm Credit Bureau and the Central Mortgage Housing Cor- poration.

Other departments don't have enough staff. The Finance Depart- ment and the Bureau of Statistics have “serious shortages of profes- sional manpower." The Patent De- partment has so inadequate a staff that it has a backlog of 70,000 ap- plications. Plainly, there is a grev- ious want of balance between the number of persons employed and what they do. Too many persons are employed to do too little in some departments, while too few are try- ing to do too much in others.

Tragic Obiect Lesson

Despite its booming eConomy, South Africa’s fanatical racial polic- ies are threatening its future. It is running short of its most import- ant asset—talent. In three years it will be short 2,000 medical doctors, 200 architects, 1,200 engineers. as an example. In small part this is title to the same troubles other na- tions are having—not enough people being trained. in addition. however. there is a steady drain of its talented people to other nations.

According to The Observer of London, there are enough trained South Africans now in Great Brit- ain to staff a medium sized univer- sity. South Africa’s universities of Cape Town, Witswatersrand. Natal and Rhodes are increasingly unable to fill staff vacancies as teachers migrate. Some of the best univer- sity people have gone to Britain, the United States. Australia and Canada. Some have even moved to the so-called black nations of Africa.

Professors and lecturers. doc- tors, chemists, lawyers. architects, scientists—there has been a regu- lar flow of these trained men and women ollt of South Africa in the last few years. The reason was bluntly given by one senior lecturer who recently migrated to Brazil, and who stated before his depart- ure: “I am very pleased at the idea of going to a country where there is no racial prejudice. Polit- cal problems are very distracting. I cannot concentrate upon import~ ant work here."

In an age when the goal is growth anti progress, South Africa is almost deliberately turning back- ward. The natural resources of the country are great, hilt it is losing its best minds, and,‘with them, the initiative that will carry it over into the future. As Goldsmith well said, in a different context: “Ill fares the land, to hast’ning ills a prey, where wealth accumulates and men decay."

EDITORIAL NOTES

A nutritionist working with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has come out with a somewhat startling state- ment. It is to the effect that in Africa, Asia and Latin America, farmers are among the poorest fed members of the population.

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Frozen fish may retain its flavor for longer periods than at present as the result of experiments now being conducted by the Fisheries Research Board. This was indicat- ed at the board‘s annual meeting at Ottawa. The research is being con- ducted at the board’s Halifax tech- nological station.

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The Swiss are producing a small permanent magnet to be worn by skiers in the Alps. If an avalanche buries a skier so equipped, I rescue team can spot his exact position with a magnetometer and try to dig him out before he suffocates. This development, comments an ex- change, is almost as ingenious u that of the wife of a nuclear physicist, who sewed buttons to her youngster-’5 rompers containingfg harmless radioactive isotope.

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THE UNFATHOMABLE SMILE

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OTTAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson

Startling Contrast In Food Values

Just how far the prairies have I advanced. from sod house to, solid wealth. was vividly shown; by the conviction of a lunch counlcr .opcrntor in china for serving “unwholcsomc food".

At the samc timc, this fascin- “ ating prosccution lcnds v I v i d substantiation to all assertion l with which one of the best-known ' living Canadians rcccntly shock- ed onc hundrcd of thc m 0 st l prominent Senators and MP5.

“Sevcntccn millions Asians could enjoy a bcttcr standard of living than tllcy now have. they were pcrmittcd to come to livc and scratch on the garbage dumps of Canada." Speaking bcforc the Voluntary H e a 1 th ’ Committee of the Scnatc and the l, House of Commons, Dr. Broc Chisholm. formcr dircctor-gcn- , cral of the World licalth Organ- l ization. gave this vivid example , to contrast our plenty a nd waste with tho pitiablc struggle i for a more existence by thcl world's less fortunate nations. ‘

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The words of that distinguish- ed native of Oakvillc. Ontario, shook and shockcd his audience of parliamcntarians. Bill casual Conversation among that au- dicllcc rcvcalcd gcncral accept-l tancc of his argumcnt that Can- ,I adians are prodigal with their} bounty. t

We don't no as far as tho my- thical ’l‘pxan, who tradcd in his Cadillac bccausc its ash-tray l was fllll. Bill we do discard ma- .’ ny nrticlcs, not bccause thcy are l incapable of further effective llsc bill hccausc the acquisition of a later model would bcstow II pp it its somc prcstigc in the 1 cycs of my neighbours. Above all those parliamentarians agrccd. we are wanton in that probably I much less than half the food "consumed" in Canada is actfi ually “eaten”. ‘ GOOD GARBAGE PICKINGS

the case of the Rcrzina. counter highlights Dr. Chisholm's words

ly bcllcvcd that food is intend- ed to bc catcn by humans. not discarded onto the g a r b 3.51 e dump to foslm' rats. He said in the witness box, accordinz to reports, that he saved untoch- ed portions of butter. jam and toast from customers' plates, and rc-uscd them. ,

His formcr cook tcstificd that; her employer looked through,I the garbage every morning. and * gave to her food to be scrved to 1 the customers. She said he or- dered that food returned on plates should bc savcd and ser ed again. Savcd potatoes wer

That purveyor of food obvious- I l l

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browned and rc-scrvcd. Lcttucei and tomatoes were taken from»

the garbage. and El\'(‘n to the

dishwasher to be washed off bc- 5

fore being served again. Return-

in making breaded pork chops.

The people of the Prairies ob-I viously no longer practice tli el

all-consuming frugality of the scttlcrs. and their unused sur-‘ pluses can be re-scrved to bel ' othch with relish — or r perhaps with ketchup. , REMEMBER THE HUNGRY ‘

This case proves the point ofl Dr. Chisholm, that there are' millions of ever-hungry unfor- tunatcs In the world today. who‘ would improve their lot if they} were invited to migrate to a‘

: Canadian garbage dump.

But by Canadian standards, food served to one person is un- fit. for consumption by another.

“The story is so disgusting."

ed toast was crumbled and used

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said the magistrate. “that jail is too good for a man wh 0 would run a restaurant the way he did."

The moral of this story of the food too good to be wasted lies

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those alerted parliamentarians who heard Dr. Chisholm's stric- lures.

There should be no call to re- scrve surplus food left on th e

1 consumers‘ plates. Our national

o b e s l t y and our well-stocked garbage dumps. agreed those , parliamentarians, suggest that, we should revise our ideas. Over l generous servings of food are at Sign. not of generosity. but ofI foolishness. We would be health-i cir if we were to give away tol needy people the last 25 per cent 1 of the food we eat each day, commented one doctor in the audience.

Britain Ancl Indonesia

Montreal Gazette

The rcvolt lll Brunei, they ‘ col- 3

British island of Borneo.

small hill oil-rich any on the

seams to have been crushed, Its f

consequences, however. may be felt from some time.

It had been lntcndcd that Brunei, along with Malaya, Sin- gapore, North Borneo and Sar- awak, should form a new coun- try to bc known as the federa- tion of Malaysia. This Federa- tion would. it was hoped, be strongly anti~communist. The British Government may still procccd with its plans but, since the revolt was partly caused by hostility

troubled. This Federation may prove even less successful than the ill-fated Central African Fe- cration, which was equally logical in theory.

No Automatic Solution

By Joseph MacSween Canadian Press Staff Writer

Despite United Nations suc- cesses ln breakaway Katanga Province there are fears some quarters that conditions remain chaotic in the Congo for a long time.

As usual. Moise Tshombe, the wily president of Katanga. is at the ccntre of this speculation although he now controls only one of Katanga‘s six main towns.

The huge complex of the Eu-

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' ThisChonging World

Globe And MIII. Toronto

In this constantly changing world the mcn dealing in inter- national policy must acquire a convenient memory. Only then can they deal succcssfully with global problems. This is particu- larly true in Asian and Commun- ist nations.

During 1960 and 1961 the Chi- ncse and Soviet Governments and press were heaping abuse on General Phoumi Nosavan, the Right-Wing soldier whose as- sault on the capital of Laos torc'cd Premier Prince Souven- na Phouma to flee to Cambo- la.

Today Mr. Nosavan ls Prince Souvanna's Deputy Premier. As the person who was perhaps the most outspoken Laotian politii- clan on th e evils of Commun- lsm. General Phouml Nosavan was the obvious men to send to Poking. where he was received wlth due courtesy by Premier Ch'ou En-lai. and to Moscow, when the Russians treated him royally.

When he left Moscow recent- ly a! head of a Laotian Gov- ernment-trade and economic de- finitive he told the press that

somersault 1n Sim-Pakistani re- lations. An alignment between Peking and Rawalpindi would have seemed inconceivable ‘ few years ago. But during the past 12 months. and particular- ly since the Himalayan fighting between China a n d India. th e change in attitudes has been dramatic. « .

Pakistan. a conservative and Islamic State whose leaders have an open aversion for the Communist system. lately has talked to China in the friendliest terms. The two nations have agreed in principle on their fronilcrs. and Peking greeted the New Y ar b sending I Com- munist trade delegation to Pak- s . .

After In eloquent welcome by Pakistan officials. Peking‘s Vice- Minister of Foreign Trade, Lin Hal-yun. said his delegation was determined to sign Chlne's first trade Igreement with PIldIten. For I netlon whlch hII accept- ed million: or 0.3. done" In economic and military aid. lim- ed largely It premvlng the expansion of Communist power I nd economy, Fwd“ we: playing the game sitting on both Ill-I of the fence simultan- Icub m mum mean.

to association with Malaya. the road ahead may be

Even more itnportant, per- haps. is the Indonesian connec- tion with this revolt. The rebels were trained in Indonesia.

President Sukarno has not yet absorbed his most recent conquest — West New Guinea.

Lice Are Problem Even In This Age

By Dr. Theodore R. Van Dellel IT IS questionable whether many Americans are interested in lice. But! the little felle are Itill with us and could raise ha- voc If we had a war or lowered our standards of cleanliness. These parasites transmit dis- ease in addition to being an an- noyance. They are easily killed with insecticides and medicated shampoos are available for head lice. At one time it was believed that the louse originated in the perspiration of man and infes- tation was looked upon as a stgn of well being. Even a king could flick a louse from his bio u I e without losing prestige. of the children evacuated from the Mediterranean area to Eng- land duning World War II had to be deloused. Public health of- ficials c au ght the mothers putting live lice back into the hair of their youngsters “for luck." They believed vermin were natural concomitants of childhood.

Out attitude toward lice de- pends upon basic beliefs. In countries where these hitcth - ers are welcome. authorities have a real problem on th eir hands when louse-borne diseas- es arc pervalcnt. Superstitions must be overcome before any cleanup program can be succes- sful.

Lice are tiny but large enough to be seen and can be detected if a thorough search is m a d e. They lay eggs that become firm< ly cemented to the hairs and protrudc from their shafts as small. pearly, pear-shaped bod- lcs. Licc bccomc motionch when exposed to light but move slowly when stimulated.

_ no jump or leap. which explains why direct colt- tact with an infested person or his belongings is ncccssary to acquirc the post. The new v ic- tim is bothered by it c h i n 2 whereas those who always have harbored a colony or two never seem to be troubled. They may be immune to the bites.

It is doubtful whcthcr :1 school house cxistcd in any part of the world where one or more indi- viduals were not infcstcd w i lh head lice. A child so afflicted may disrupt an entire school. It is surprising how apatite- tic somc families can be about the infestation. They s h r u g their shoulders and say. “It was caught at school and should be treated by the so 001."

(Dr. Van Dcllcn will answer questions on medical topics if stamped. self-addressed enve- lope accompanies request.)

BLASTOFFS J.B. writes: Docs bl 0 win g your top all the time cause heart trouble and ulcers?

Yes. if such lack of self-discl- plinc is an indication of being emotionally dislurbcd most of the time. On the other hand. some people fccl bcttcr after blowing their top. provided this is us 9 d as a means for releas- ing tcnsion. In such cases the family or associatcs may deve- lop ulccr ov licart disease.

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W.i\l. writes: Do va ricose vcins lltltk any better after they are operated on?

REPLY

The appcarancc of the la gs improvcr as snow, as the vein: lose their wormy look — that Is. are removed or obliterated.

But it must be suspected that l despite his statements to tllel contrary. he intends to" make more annexations wherever he can. The British colonies on the isiand o orono, includ- ing Brunei. may be among his objectives.

The revolt In Brunei. which seems to have been extremely well conducted. raises two pos‘ sibilitics — that the proposed Federation of Malaysia may be dilficult to achieve. and that an Indonesian claim to these torri- torics may be difficult to pre- vent

ropean-owned Union Miniere du Haut Kalanga is divided into three important parts—at Elis- abethville. the Katanga capltal; at Jadotville and at Kolwezl. the latter being the only one now in Tshombe's hands.

Tshombe's threat to carry out I scorched-earth policy If the UN Congo force advanced on Kolwezl. which Is 280 miles west of Ellsabethvllle. may have been simply I desperate bid to force new negotiations with the UN commend.

DYNAMITING FEARED

But estimates In Brussels are that if Tshombe did in fact d yn e mite installations and power dImI he would interrupt the over-all operations of the copper and cobalt producing Union. Mintere for e prolonged period.

Some sources say that even with Ketanga integrated into The Congo along the lines pro- posed by UN SecretIry-Geueral U Thent the centrel- govern- ment's finenclel problemI would be fer from solved.

Katange's tax revenues from Union Mlnlere have been run- ning It the rule of Ibout 8m.- 000,000 I year while the centre] government he been hitting I monthly deficit of Irouud 010.- 000,000, these sources eItlmete.

They fly the! Ilthough It they be true The Congo will never reach I at degree of prosperity without Return. it II I serious minute to believe the end of KetIngI'I scene would meIn Intern-tic solution of Con ’3 problems.