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Should Be Discussed

(lne thiug the deft-at of the (luv- ernment at Ottawa has done is to put an end to the members' salary- hOnst scheme. the present at least. This issue should be. brought into the when the elec- tion campaign gets under way. Let the candidates say where they stand on the maltor and lot the taxpayers decide. All parties reportedly were in on this scheme. Now is the time for them to tell us all about it, so that we‘ll know what to expect when the next Pariament meets.

Outside Parliament, people who earn $10.0th a year must prove every day that they are worth it. And to prove that they are worth a raise, they must work harder. be more productive. more efficient. imaginative and energetic. H a v 9 those elected in the last Federal cou- test proved. as a body. that they do— serve the massive pay increase pro- posed?

Many of them spent their time in petty bickering and manoeuvres designed to gain some little political edvatage. Others made week-end recesses an excuse for playing truant from their duties. Their per- formance. as a whole. suggests that. they were more concerned with party welfare than with national problems. A balance sheet of the work accomplished is a pretty un- impressive document, by any reck~ oning.

'T‘his Parliament, of course. was something quite out of the. ordinary. There may be good grounds for the argument that. generally speaking, the present scale of indemnity is inadequate, and places a hardship on members with heavy family oh. ligations particularly. But these are, legitimate matters to be brought before the electors, not sidetracked and then used as excuse for a salary grab when the. v o ices are safely in. '

De Gaulle And NATO

We gather from a reading of American newsaper comment that. it is not, Canada’s attitude toward its NATO defense obligations. one way or the other, that is really worrying Washington at this time. The Canadian Government: has been a convenient whipping boy; but the real source of Concern is President de Gaulle and his highhanded deter- mination to go his own way in the Western alliance. Consider. for ex- ample, the following facts in con- nection with France's position. as outlined in the Milwaukee .lourna’: v France is the land mass upon which NATO centres. the core from which it spreads. When NATO was formed, France was chosen as its headquarters and Central base be- cause it is the heart of Europe. is more defensible than its neighbors and has the space for the NATO complex.

NATO pipe lines stretch acru-xs France and carry the vital fuels to NATO bases over Europe. At Ev- reux lies the central base for the American air lift. in Europe. The tremendous, complicated Communi- cations system NATO has built— rwdio. telephone, telegraph—reaches out. from central France to all NATO pertnera and bases. Without France, than, NATO would lose these bases.

Loss of French cooperation

for

(3]l('ll

would make America’s continued military presence in Europe difficult.

It could bring withdrawal of a good chef. of US. forces and weapons A?“de toput them.

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France is vital. too, to the growth of the t‘ommun Market. It is vital the political growth of the European community as well. And France plays an important role in trade throughout the free world. Without France. liurope would be of less help it economic cooperation and trade with Latin America, Africa and Asia.

I‘ICtlllHltllt'llily France has the to severely hurt the United

power States. [is central bank c a r r i e 3 $1,000 milli in. or 30 per cent. of its

reserves in dollars or short term American notes. It France demand- ed gold these holdings. US. gold losses would rise sharply. “It. is important for all these reasons," says the It‘lilwaukce paper, “that do laulle's intransignnce not be met by angry and violent retaliation. Patience. calm and efforts at com— promise must be ttsed to salvage all-important Atlantic unity.”

1' n d o u bt e d ly. Washington is working under severe strain in try- ing to salvage this unity. Even while smartng under its display of petti- lauce toward last week we should keep this fact in mind. It explains a lot of things.

A Tough Assignment

When the royal commission on taxation was appointed, it was not expected that it would be doing its work in the middle of an election campaign. However, the commission is scheduled to start its hearings about a mouth from now, and its investigation will touch literally every aspect of the Canadian econ- omy. Perhaps it will decide now to wait until political tempers cool.

()ther commissions have studied this or that taXos. in some form, at't't-(‘t every- body from the. largest Corporation to the poorest taxpayers and even the indigent who lives on publifi revenues. Hence the unique import- mice of the new tax inquiry. Its terms of reference are extremely broad. but its main purpose is to Consider “the effects of the tax system on employment. living stand- ards. savings and investment, iri- dustrial productivity and economic stability and growth."

As seen by the Winnipeg Free Press, this inquiry will raise two principal questions: First, how much taxation can the economy bear and still expand rapidly enough to meet. the nation's needs? Second, if tha three levels of government can agree roughly on an optimum tax total. how should the load be dis- tributed'.’

But. as our Winnipeg contem- porary says. the central issues im- pinge on the field of practical politics because taxpayers are vot- ers: and our whole system has never been bast mainly on eCoa- omic principles but on votes, on what the politicians think the elec- toral traffic will bear. In this case the. commission. though ostensibly limited to "taxation imposed by the Parliament. of Canada.” will of necessity be drawn into the areas of provincial and municipal taxes as well. Federal taxes cannot be set entirely apart. since the same tax- payers support all our governments out of the same purse. To do its work adequately. therefore. the commission will have to go over the whole field.

Even from the federal aspect. alone, the commission will have. to give consideration to the fact that cutting taxes in one place must in- crease thom in another. For which- ever party government is in power after the election. it will need at least its present income to eliminate the uninterrupted budgetary de- ficits that Contributed to last. year’s exchange crisis and will produce another if they continue.

EDITORIAL NOTE

Three. hundred sportsmen in October returned from a hunt ar- ranged as an experiment in Laur- entian Provincial Park, Quebec, tak- ing with them 127 moose from an overflowing park population. Six per cent; of these individuals, Chosen by draw, were experienced hunters but it took an average of between five and six shots to bring down a moose. In one case it ’cook 20 bui-

for

ourselves

specific problem but

lets. “Any hunter," comments the,

Ottawa Journal. "who has to spray the forest, with bullets to kill 1 moose is a menace to other hunt- ers and I good subject for investi- gation by the Society for Prevent- ion of Cruelty to Animals."

HOLD ON TO YOUR HATS

OTTAWA REPORT by

Patrick Nicholson

Highly Treasured Scrap Oi Paper

The most highly — treasured , management of railroads. alr-

poeket- size scrap in Ottawa is a five-uu-h by three-inch of card h e a r i n g the caption "The Press GallPry '

This admission ticket costs $10. Around 400 l them arel . ll admits the happy ~— and proud bearer to the sel- ect. off the record annual din- ner at which members of the Press Gallery on Parliament ". are hosts to their raw ma- , terial. .

c proceedings begin with a reception in the Railway Com- mittee Room in the Parliament Building. This is always flams hoyantly decorated with eut~ outs, cartooning prominent poli- tical figures and depicting topi- cal political events. Though one year we did have a live moose grazing bewildered among the? highballs.

There follows a dinner in the Parliamentary Restaurant, gen- erally a substantial five-course meal which miEht equally be described as a four-bottle meal (wine. scotch. rye and vuml.

Up to that: point, all is gallery and bonhommtie. Nothing so far has been roasted except fh e

But then comes the "enter- tainment". This consists of songs, sketches and dialogue, of original composition 9 v e it though old favourite tunes are. often borrowed for the localized lyrics. The theme is topical, . political and himth specialized to the audience and performers: the mood is still of bonhommie: but the politicians selected for roasting end up "well d ne".

Speeches from the head table guests usually follow. Then the gathering disperses, back t the Railway Committee Room which is well stocked with re- , freshmcnt. or to the parliamen- l tary offices of hospitable M.Ps. OFF THE RECORD

There is a lime- honoured tra- dition that this annual party is off the record. The guests in- clude. the Governor General. the Prime Minister, the leaders other parties. cabinet ministers and ambaSSadors. They can all be confident that nothing (that they say or do will be reported in the press: the hosts likewise I know that nothing that they say . or do — excepting only probeb- ‘ 1y any infraction of the Crimin- al Code of Canada — will there- after be publicised.

A great deal of skill and ‘ knowledge goes into the crea- tion of the entertainment:

O n,

plan t h 9 whole party so that it goes off smoothly.

Sn outstandingly witty and popular was this year‘s show that most of the guests, and the 2 well- entertained hosts. agreed ‘ that this was the best perform- ‘ ance and the smoothest party staged by the Press Gallery at

least since the war. The print- . sheet. carrying all those'original lyrics, will long

remain a treasured souvenir. While it would be breaking the traditions surrounding the oc- casion to do more. it would in- terest readers to learn of th e unheralded brilliance exhibited in this unfamiliar field by those who are widely nawn elsehow, such as radio and TV commente— for Geoff Scott. joumalilst Walt- er Gray, TV newsman Norman DePoe, writer Jean Paul Chur- bonenu. and many others. ALL- 01'I‘AWA FAVOURITE ft is a yearly source of won- derment to see how many politi- cians and civil mulls end wt-of-fown vldfors and news- men end just plain Canadian

tiles manage to squeeze i 5

into a party which only holds 400 h total. One small bomb 0- , ploded in the middle of thef‘ gathering would wipe out th a cabinet. the newspaper end broadcasting fraternity of the federal political field, the top m the .fhe cream d the civil service. and M e

mous referendum victory weekend for the Shah“: reform

' merely a further push

had led him into a senies of ad- ,

lion 1 trance a

lines, and other crown corpora- tions ' ' The only person never sees at the Press Gallery Dinner is Eve. for of Course it is a stag show. Especially to those

and private bllSlflf‘SSCS.‘ whom

who do not labour daily aroirid Parliament Hill. an invitation 1

st atus short

remains a sought-utter symbol. always in very supply.

That is why that scrap of pastehoard is so highly treasur- ed here, and of course literally worth much more than ill weight in gold.

Momentum In Tehran

Christian Science Monitor

Reform has started at well

after the eleventh hour in Iran. And, like other matters long do-

layed, it has suffered from iner-

t a. In this context the near-unani- last.

program must be looked on as away explosion

from revolutionary

rather than as a vote signifying national satisfaction.

The nation's minister of agri-

culture has been ably and per- sistently carrying out land reform program. which in- evitably is the base for

whole reform program. The overwhelming referendum

his new

vote is a mandate for continuing this program energetically.

The question now ls one of

time: whether indeed the refer- endum which followed years of never—quite fllltliit‘fl promises will itself be fulfilled tanginy before the eyes of peasants torn between cynicism and expecta- tion. And whether qulc kly enough.

The force of religious narrow- ness. which ong has lent sanc- tity to vestcd interests resisting Change. may have been diluted considerably by the granting of votes to women.

The danger of far from over. Neither promis- es nor popular referenda c a n replace the need for continuing. visible action. The 99.93 per cent of referendum voters who backed the reform program rep- resents too large a group to dis- appoint.

The Crown Jewels

Montreal

One of the Crown Jewels has disappeared. But apparently it is only a minor jewel, perhaps ,- wortih no more than $140. A nd that is very peculiar. W h e it someone sets out to steal th 9 Crown Jewels. it is very unex- pected that he should contentl himself with one so unimpress-

Ive. When Col. Blood stole th e

was not satisfied with thing that would scarcely be missed. This Irish adventurer took only the best. And when he was captured. he had the cour- 3 age and daring to insist that he be brought before the K 1 n 3, Charles II. His personality 5 o

A impressed the King list. he was t

pardoned Furthermore. his Irish estates. which had been seized in 1663. an event which

School to Castle

News Of Britain

As a bold and imaginative ex- oeriment in international Much- tion. the massive Huh century. castle of St. Donut — complete with battlemenfs end drawbridge —— standing high above (the rocky coast of South Wales and over- looking the Bristol Channel, in now a n ue boarding school named Atlantic College. Its aim is to provide advanced . p unlverslt.v on- level. for boys from the

E

to 19 yen-e. drawn 1 from countries on either side of ‘ tfhe Atlantic. Brut]. Denmarlm

Canada. West Germany. th 1! United States of America. chd- en. France and Britain are but; some of op '

Although the academic level to him and the dosku eon- cenfrltcd, Atlantic Cullen also sets out to toughen up the boys physically Ind expose them to a variety of men-ed dangers and her The

d . y are unfit in all boats. to learn lifeboat drill on the often Bristol

Chennel. to practice cliff rescue lone linden-Inc Ian 1

ere. wab

foul matter of teeming. also to satisfy their boylfl hem adventure,

Gazette

ventures, were later restored to

im.

Even today there must thousands who visit the Tower of London. gaze upon the Crown Jewels, with their splendor en-

hanced by the grimness of their :

surroundings, and wonder how

those fabulous objects might be 1

carried away.

But it seems there is some- where a thief, who succeeded in carrying one jewel a w a y

while they were all being clean- ‘

ed. And he satisfied himself with one of the most insignifi- cant. There will be no fame for him. whoever he is. People who

explosion is ‘

be‘

Glue Sniffing _ I Is Dangerous

By Dr. Theodore R. Van Delleu

MORE than two years ago we . wrote on the dangers of sniffing the plastic cement used in con- structing model airp l a n e 5. trains. and boats. The British . Medical Journal recently pub- lished an account of how a 20- year-old man became addicted to glue sniffing.

It is worth repeating because it demonstrates how addictions begin and why it is difficult to quit after the habit is fully es- tablished. The story could ap- ply to morphine. heroin. or any other habit producing substance.

The man obviously was emo- tionally immature, with th e

addiction to drugs. He had rea about glue sniffing in an Amer- ican magazine. One of his hob- bies was plane modeling. Ac- cording to the details mention- ed in the article, he s q u cczc

D.

chief. which he rolled up andi placed in the mout . He inhaled until he felt dopey.

. the typical response that these

people are looking: for to escape reality. During this dazed state he experienced dreams in color. mostly pleasant and enjoyable.

At first he inhaled one- ' d l of a tube before falling to sleep at night. The amount was in» i creased gradually until he need- ed two tithes every night to gel .the desired effect. It is I‘lCl‘f‘ that the dangerous aspects of addiction are noted.

He tried to stop but developed ‘ what he called the d. t. s. The withdrawal reaction consisted of cramps in the hands, tingling of the hands and feet, and pains across the abdomen. adi lion. he had horrible hallucina- , tinns: he saw spidery figures on I the walls and the arm of his ' chair turned into a rat.

His anxiety and fear became so great be consulted his phy- sician. By this time. he sniffing six tubes in one day. The man was hospitalized and later discharged as apppareutly cured but returned two weeks ‘later because he had glut- sniffing. lie was despond- cut and in need of psychiatric ca re. His philosophy was, “There is no point in settling down because we are doomed by the Chinese atom om

Youu: pe n p l 9 who lend to- ward addictions ought to get psychiatric care early. to save them for a productive FxlsanCP.

BODY SINI'SES

.I. M. \tt't s . sinuses located anywhere else besides the head?

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REPLY

Yes. in the strict sense. the word stints means cavity or pas- sageway. of w 11 i c h we have. many in the body. Certain ab- normal passageways also a re known as "sinuses." They are. created by burrowing pus that

is trying to escape to the sur-

face from an abscess deep in ‘ the body or beneath the skin. THE LAXATIVE HABIT J. F. writes: Are. all laxatives 5 habit forming? REPLY None is habit forming when lused only occasionally. Daily usage makes the bowel lazy and the habit develops when the in- .dividual believes a daily laxa- tive is absolutely necessary. NIPPED EARS

. M. S. writes: My ea s are so sensitive to cold they puff up and itch. 1 can hardly wear my glasses. Have you any helpful suggestions? . REPLY i Wear earmutfs or a

stocking

ULCER

J. K. writes: What is the

,cause of an ulcer on the cornea 3

of the eye?

REPLY l Injury from a foreign body, infection. and urns are the chief causes. TODAY'S HEALTH HINT— Tetanus can be licked.

OPP CHIEF QUITS

TORONTO ICPl — Attorney- General Cass announced Mon- the retirement of W.

type of personality that invites‘

some of the glue into a handker- i

resumed :

NOTES BY THE WAY“

Anxious passenger: "Wouldn’t it be a good idea if you wiped all that mud and rain off your windshield?" Cab Driver: "It wouldn’t do a bit of good boss. 1 left my glasses at home.” —- Galt Reporter.

Marcel Chapuf, French Can- ada's separatist leader, says 1967 is the target date to estab-

, lis'h Quebec as a republic out- ‘ side of Canada. Mr. Chapuf ap- parently wants a place in his- tory as one of the Fathers Deconfcderation. —Ham Spectator.

British scientists that a by- pr under certain condi- tions, results in a waxy ru- fein substance that could en hunger in the World. Putting aside childhood memories of castor oil and similar consider- ations. and remembering f e billions of tons of crude oil which still lie below the sur- face of the earth, it may

a.

report‘ oduct of crude oil ‘

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of‘ ton¢

t that the scientists have discov- .

l cred a new and important food r source—Victoria Daily 'Ilimes.

If you happen to be on a plane that makes a crash-land- ing during a blizzard in the wilds of Canada's northland.

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Eskimo Know-How

Cape Breton Post

you couldn't do better than have .

a few Eskimos for fellow- pas- sentzcrs.

Despite one of the most inten- sive air searches in the annals of the Canadian Far North, the

first news of the whereabouts of .

a lost plane came when th e plant‘s pilot and an Eskimo ar- rived in Fort Chimo. Que. after a 60 mile trek.

The outcome is that the pilot and his aircraft's passengers now are safe and sound after surviving two weeks of below- zcro temperatures in the sub- arctic wilderness.

‘ passengers included a 67- year-uld woman. a 35-year- old woman going to a hospital for l a medical checkup, and year-old mother with her three children aged 17. 14 and 12

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A ‘5’

One of the first things a golf

professional tel l 3 his pupils is, l we are Considering Canadian

“keep your eye on the ball". The golf course scenery may be

beautiful and there may be u want to go and then direct our

very attractive female golfer on

the other fairway but, if you are goals. Somehow or other a myth ' admiring the view as you swing has developed that v at i out

your club, the results will be pit-

iful as far as your golf score ed.

is concern

Our Yesterday’s

(From the Guardian Files)

TWENTY - FlVE YEARS AGO ' thhruury 8, 1938) PARIS. Feb. 9— (CP Havasl i—— In a mounting chorus of praise for Great Britain. the. i Royal Family. and the bonds of ifriendshlp that extends across ‘prcss tonight heralded the for- thcoming visit of King George lVI and Queen Elizabeth as an ‘omen of peace and strength.

Margaret Prowse. daughter of ‘ urd of living now but we want t

Hon. T.W.L. Prowse and iProwse succeeded in winning

Lthe second prize for photograph , Work and live in a free sorrow.

‘albums of the coronation in

London last May. ada who attended.

TEN YEARS AGO (February 8. 1953)

: 1W YORK. (AP — The lglant liner Queen Mary. on her lsecond try. pivoted with the i grace of a ballet dancer. :1 nd iwas cored to her pier Friday lwithout the aids of tugs. e :whole operation took about 90 minutes.

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The St. Dunstan’s University ‘building fund will receive a ‘helplng hand from the Alumni

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Goals For Canada

Canadian Chamber Of Commerce

l

the English Channel, the French i see full employment. By that M

. . in competl-i cal“ (“n-“I” " 5}“ 9h“? {01‘ the tion with all the girls in Can- ,

t l

l

. against each other we should he

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l l

tAssociation of Boston when the 1

'The proverb says two can live, as Cheaply as one. w h don! they?— Ottawa Journal.y

The mid-winter fostna: "the gateau“ which was intro. duced into the province in the early Acadians, was re-intt'odue. ed in the Canadian Legion ffom. munity Centre at Tignisli. after being dormant for a quarter at a cen ury

Cluflon rurai‘. council. Sum”. set, has refused to increase it, annual contribution to the hour.

neinouth Symphony Orchestra

from fiVC to 15 guineas. (l ne council member said: “I think we should call a halt to a”

this subsidizing now. As the cost of living keeps rising. the cost of running the orchestra ix bound to increase. It is not .‘l.

if the type of music the Bourne- mouth orchestra plays would he lost. The scores are still there for posterity if anyone wants to ear them."—Manchester Guar- dian.

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Their being Eskimos sat rd them.

After the forced landing ol itin ski-equipped aircraft in tha snow, these people didn‘t to se any time in building an i:lo~ to shelter them from the hillt‘!‘ wind. They ltad a stove, seal meat. tea and fishing lllt‘iilf‘. They dug a hole in lake ice and i started to fish. “We weren't worried at any time." said one of them cheerfully after hein: rescued by helicopter.

What does Ein‘ 0110 solemn thought is the information that while they were stranded in '- wilderness a w a t in: they saw eight of the planes pass overhead. they did to their utmost. titty failed to attract the llttt‘lllmll ut the smart-hers. It does not do '0 get lost in the northern \\|ittt‘l'- ness unless one s an Eskimo

d even then it's exceedincly dangerous.

The SRmP rule holds lmc whrp

economic growth First of at, we have got to know where an

efforts towards achieving these

groups in Canada are tryut: to achieve different goals and therefore we‘re pulling against each other. This just isn't m! here may he a few individuah 1 who are out of step and who take a delight in hon: against everything but, for the most part. Canadians, whether they are employers. employeo‘, farmers. presidents, c l e r k <. housewives or any other elas~‘- ication you can think all want three things.

First. we are all anxious to

mean the Canadian who want! to work should be able to find employment. S e c o n d. we all want a higher standard of In inc.

9 know we have a high stami-

fo keep getting better and no! slipping back. Third. we want to

e recognize the need for law and order b at. beyond what ‘f necessary for the common flood. we don't want to be pushed around.

Only we recognize that these are common goals. surer “9 can see that instead of pullinc

working together to achieve those goals. Let‘s combine on.’ efforts to train for the available jobs. to wor ard in our own jobs to produce a higher stand- ard of living. and make surf that leislafdon is aimed at M- Daniding our freedom and not re stricting it.

t t

steal the Crown Jewels are not day H- Woo...“ supposed to bl. modest Thev Clark, commissioner of the On- llatter holds a benefit dance and l 1, ' : me supposed to be made 0‘; tarlo Provincial Police. effec-1 whist party at the Omlx , The c sterner 5mm ’ five Feb. 6. Duties will con- , Hall. Roxbury. Mass, next Frl- ' ———:—— i tinuc to be performed by Eric t day night. A former Islander, lo RESTAURANT : I Iraq s_ Derbendl dam. lnclud-. Silk, assistant deputy attorney- Richard Johnston, lawyer of 0 ' Ill! 8 7n-square-mile lake to ital general who as been acting ' Boston takes an active part in l: “Where COOking '5 I rigate 900,000 acres, cost about: commissioner while Mr. Clark ' the annual dance in support of i 0 A Work of Art" ' $73,000,000. I was on leave of absence. this Alma Mater.

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Charlottetown to: Sackville, $2.10 Moncton, $2.80 Truro, $3.80

Saint John, $4.80 Hali

Ant Syd

fax, $5.20 igonish, $5.60 ney’

Quebec, $11.25 Montreal. $12.50