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PAGE 4 WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER filial?

Paging Mr. Pearson

One thing Prime Minister Pear- son neglected to include in his letter to his cabinet colleagues. admonish- ing them as to the ethics of their political conduct. The Civil Service Federation has repaired the omis~ sion. in a statement in which it ex- presses alarm over the increasing tendency of federal ministers not to accept. full responsibility for the actions of their subordinates.

An editorial in Argus. the fed- eration‘s newspaper, says these ministers should not be allowed to remain in office. Several Liberal and former Conservative cabinet ministers. it complains. have broken the tradition in recent years. It cites two recent cases involving Im- migration Minister Tremblay and State Secretary Lamontagne who named civil servants in the Com- mons when questioned on the re- moval of pictures of the Queen from citizenship court rooms.

“We feel very strongly." says the editorial, “that the traditional immunity of civil servants from being blamed in the House of Com- mons for mistakes which they may or may not have made must be maintained as they are quite un- able to defend themselves from these accusations."

The editorial adds, drily. that cabinet ministers are not reluctant to take full credit for the good work accomplished by their staffs. The system. it implies. should work both ways.

Indeed it should. and Mr. Pear- son would do well to add a foot- note to his epistle aforementioned, covering this ethical question.

Just Suppose...

A writer in the Winnipeg Free Press raises an academic, but in- teresting. question in connection with the debate now going on about Confederation. He complains that if the Prairies and the Mari- times are considered at all in this debate. they are given the position analagous to children in a divorce action. Ontario and Quebec are re- garded as the mainstays of Con- federation. They. it is assumed. could get along without the rest of us ( and perhaps without each other) for we depend chiefly upon them. and would be cast helplessly adrift if they went their own ways.

On the contrary, suggests this writer. the prospect of “dc-con- federation” is probably less terrify- ing to these outlying regions than to the two central provinces. A chal- lenging statement. and worth ex- amining for a change.

In Confederation as it now stands. Ontario has great bargain- ing power. The location of protect- ed industries inside thc province in effect gives it the power to tax the rest of the country. Economically, Quebec shares most of these advan- tages but. in addition, the real and imagined grievances of the French- s _ ing Canadians provide Que-

" statesmen with an audience

. which is both sympathetic and con-

earned.

I But let us suppose that Ontario ahd Quebec both decided to leave Moderation and go it alone, and that the Prairie and Maritime re- gions were obliged to, form single governments. Each .would, in its

own interests, join in a common

market ‘ with the United States. Under such an arrangement. the "external tariff” of this common would be very largely that ill-8- and would my nun-t

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This redrawing of the tariff boundary would be the main factor in reshaping the lives of people living in the Prairies and the Mari- times. We would be exporting more products of our resource-based in- dustries—agriculture. mining, for- estry, fishing—and importing more manufactured goods. The .goo d s which flowed into Canada would be cheapest at their point of entry and more expensive as they moved in- land because of the cost of trans- portation. This is the very opposite to the present arrangement where manufactured goods are. by and large. cheapest at their point of origin in the centre of Canada and increasingly expensive as they move to the outlying regions.

For the resource-based indus- tries. on the other hand. the story would be just the other way around. Those industries located on the ex- tremities of Canada would obtain the highest realization and those in Central Canada. home market. would have to absorb a larger freight bill to ship more of their output to the Canadian ports of exit.

It is no coincidence. certainly, that the introduction of tariffs saw

the rapid expansion of industry in _

Ontario and Quebec. Exactly how

much this has affected the cost of '

production in Canada—or reduced the Canadian standard of living—— is a moot point. It is undoubtedly in the hundreds of millions and has been estimated as high as two bil- lion dollars. This is the price which all Canadians have had to pay for maintaining the present setup.

A state of affairs that deserves a good deal more consideration from Ottawa. in its Confederation-sal- vaging efforts. than it has been getting.

The Right Altitude

A salute to our Kings represen- tative in the House of Commons, John Mullally, for his candid state- ment about the changeover at HMCS Queen Charlotte, as reported in yes- terday’s Guardian.

This move results in the turning over of the station to the military branch of the services. and it is in- dicated that the two sea cadet corps will be maintained. But Mr. Mul- lally didn’t attempt to represent the change as desirable. On the con- trary, he exprmsed his regret at the discontinuance of the naval reserve division. especially in view of its distinguished record over the years and the fact that Prince Ed- ward Island has maintained a long and honorable maritime tradition.

Mr. Mullally is a supporter of the government in power, and it could be argued that he shares some measure of responsibility for its actions. He hasn’t denied this, nor has he sought to justify the change in anticipation of such criticism. He simply says that he tried. and failed, to persuade the minister and the department to make a decision more acceptable to the people of this province.

Such frankness is refreshing. It leaves us with the impression that he meant every word he said, and that when other occasions arise for forthright speaking, he will not be found lacking. He won't always have to confess to failure in his endeavors. but better that every time than unconvincing alibis of a partisan nature. We’ve had too many of them for as long as we can remember.

Playing It Sale

. Where is Nikita Khrushchev these days? Diplomatic officials in Moscow confess that they don’t know, but have guesses. They be- lieve that the former boss of the Soviets is living quiter in a "dacha" in a Moscow suburb. and that he probably lacks even a- tele- phone.

Furthermore. knowing the Soviet Union, they assume that his former friends avoid the slightest contact with him and his relations lest they come under suspicion.

If Mr. Khrushchev is judged guilty of all the mistakes with which he is now charged, and if he is a possible nucleus for a power trouble. why is he being spared? No doubt because the new rulers of the Kremlin want to continue a precedent—established in the case of Premier Malenkov’s dismissal— that a transition can be made in Moscow without executions or blood- shed.

And well advised indeed they are in doing so. After all—who knowe‘f Some time it may be their turn.

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"NOW, THEY TELL ME!”

OTTAWA REPORT By Patrick Nicholson Statement Of Quebec Cose Welcomed

The monologous mumble of discontent in Quebec has been continuing. sometimes crescen- do and sometimes pianisslmo. for more years t h a n we have known Confederation. In th past two years, its increased vol- ume and its echo of the violence of 1837 and of the off - forgotten 1838 have been heard and heed- ed as perhaps never before by the rest of Canda.

Wh a t exactly does Quebec want. and why? This question is answered more lucidly a n d more persuasively than ever be- fore in these words by an Eng- lish-speaking professor in our French - speaking province:

"The most general answer to this question is that today's de- mands are shaped by the social revolution in Quebec. This has to be elaborated. however. if it is t a comprehensible reply. The social revolution is. rough- ly. the sum of industrialization. urbanization. expanded educa - ional opportunity. and the im- pact of mass communications. especially television.

” i has led to a transformat-

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ion in the image of the good life . and the good society that most 1

French Canadians hold. Instead of a vision of self - suffic i n g farm families linked together by parish institutions. asking only that the slate protect them from outside influences. there h a s been substituted a basically ur 1: model: one that resembl- es substantially that held by North Americans from Texas to Toronto." QUEBEC EXPLAINS

That quotation is taken from the introduction to a select i o n of extracts from speeches a n d writings by French - Canadians. just published in book form under the title Quebec states her case by Macmillans of Canada. The introduction was written by Mi- chael Oliver. former professor of political economy at McGill University in Montreal. and now head of the Research Depart- ment of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Bicultural- ism. His co - editor of this sym- posium is F. R. Scott. forme 1' clean of McGill's Law School. and now a member of the B and B Commission.

he 23 selections admirably

cover the b r o a d spectrum of Quebec's views. from ‘ calm and reasoned to the emoti- onal and extreme. T h e i r au- thors range from Premier Jean Lesagc to Separatist lead 5 r

Marcel Chaput, from the wide‘y »

respected financier Marcel Far- ibault to the FLQ Manifesto. WE NEED EACH OTHER Marcel Faribault. Presideni of the General Trust of Canada. d oe s not minimize Quebec's ambitions. but insists that she is not Separatist at heart and that e is geographically essential Confederation. He points to

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THE SHEARWATER' Swift arrow of the sea. Sldmmlng the curling brine. Sheer balance of beauty-motion Creating the, waiving ocean!

Never ceasing your steady fly- 5

Seabird of Neptune, never—dy- in,

Onward flitting o'er billows purl-

! 8 Child of the blue sea. white flag Curling.

Crest of the ships whose seas

. are air. Strong and free. bird without r

on e. Symbol of mote. proudly home. From the sunset seas to the may morn. -W.H. Daacette. can. m 'l'ha Shearwater. is the erect of the Naval Air- Itatlon. mos “Shearwater.” NJ

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Quebec's pride that Expo '67 shall be staged in that province. and hopes that together we can make it an emblem of Canada‘s economic, social and intellect- ual realizations.

English - speaking Canadians will be surprised to ‘ that they are accused of arrog- ant domination. the bonds which must be shattered by the enslaved Quebecois. But they are perhaps not aware of th e extent to which French - Canad- ians have always been on t h e receiving end of orders in their own province. For this history may lay more blame on an edu- cation system near perfect to r 18th century intellectuals. but

War About

(.uelph

.Two 86-year-old Liberal sena- tors. each attorney-general of his province many years ago. are trying to pilot a Social Credit bill past heavy opposition including some from fellow Lib-

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e .

The bill would launch a pro- posed Bank of British Columbia. It has been held up for several months because of Senate op- position to the proposal that the 80ch government of B C would own up to lo per cent of

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The sponsoring senator is J. W. deB Farris of B.C.. who will be 86 next month. He is aided by Ontario‘s Senator A r l h u r Roebuck. whose 37th birthday is next February.

The latter caused a flurry by predicting that if the bill did not go through. British Columbia

disastrous in the context of s 20th century materialistic soc- 'et v.

Language has alas prved to be a barrier fatal to comprehen- sion — the extracts in this book are translated into English—so in other parts of Canada there has perhaps been less than a full comprehension of Quebec's just complaints. "Quebec states her case“ is welcome as helping to break down this barrier: its good purpose is to explain the hitherto unexplained. o u l d that someone would complete the dialogue by writing the plea of innocence of the Nine Provinc- es. and their commitment to Confederation with Quebec.

Mercury

might secede and join the Unit- ed States— a prospect which B.C Premier W.A.C. Bennett quickly disowned.

.‘ The hassle over the BC bank ' l

'has sidetracked an application ‘ to charter a Bank of Western Canada. whose chairman would be ex-Bank of Canada Governor James Coyne.

The breakaway Socreds who follow Real Caouettc. who was backed for federal party lead- ership by Mr Bennett several years ago. served notice s 0 me time back that other bank bills would be held up until the road- blocks againsi Mr. Bennett's banks were removed. So far they have succeeded.‘ E ach time the Bank of Western Can- ada bill. now through the Sen- ate and on the Commons order

per. comes up for considera- tion. Caouette MP's talk it. out

The Hidden Slums

Montreal Star

There is something about rur~ al poverty which makes it parti- cularly hopeless. worse even because of its bitter loneliness than poverty in the city. The

routes of escape are fewer. the 5

possibilities of help less. the humiliations which it imposes more severe. lt degrades by its intimacy in a way the city never can; and because it is so often invisible and inarticulate i‘ has

been overlooked in a way the ur- 1 fo r ,

ban poor have not been many years.

Now there is a glimmer of hope. Mr. Sauve. whose respon-

j slbillties as Minister of Forestry

include ARDA. is moving quickly and with force to do something about it. He has be- gun by finding exactly , how

widespread and serious the pro- v

blem is. It is general across Canada—95.000 rural families in this country operate farms with gross annual sales of less than 32.500: Quebec has 24.000

inf them. Ontario nearly 18.000, j the prairies more than 42.000.

1 They are. of course. in mod- lern terms not really farms at ' all. but centres of persistent and grinding poverty from which i there is almost no escape. Those 3 who are there are committed to stay because they are not equip- ‘ ped for emnlnvmcvt in a wnrld iwhich requires special technic- ial skills and a higher standard of education. Education is the pro-hie”. Twenty "er ' t of irural Canadians of school age .i and over have no more th s n ,‘ Grade 4: 64 per cent have n at . gone beyond Grade 8.

I Last week‘s ARDA conferen- ice in Montreal spelled out in general terms a five year plan to do something about it. and allocated $175 million in federal funds. The provinces too will have to put up their share. but the real hope lies not with the present adult generation but in doing something for the chil-

TV Image Problems

boulevllle Courier-Journal

Recently the chiefs of police were in convention here. a nd they said they don't like It a bit the way the chief in Fear 1 e s s Fosdick is always shown taking pay - offe and briba from un- derworld characters and kick- ing poor Foedick into garbage cans when he tries to jail th e wrongdoers.

And we don’t blame them.

We get sick of seeing newsman on TV who are equal parts of sex fiend. alcoholic and nut

Lawyers we know any th at Perry Mason should be shot and doctors have a mild fit if you mention old Doc Ben Casey.

You can also get some pretty bitter laughter from a register- ed nurse by mentioning the gla- morous doings of the televised versions of her call. '

you I real

,Madlson Avenuera on the tube J he is likely to ru it you up the agpole. l No one thinks his trade gets an even shake. a it isn't easy to understand why. is it because we’re bitter when television shows our dull pro- .fesslon as more glamorous than be?

is it that. in a grey flannel lacsrch for status. we think our lcalling should be treated with l more dignity?

Or do we just think better of l ourselves than do others?

We've n meeting to ask a ;psychlatriet friend of ours about ,this. but after what we've seen ; of psychiatrists on TV. we don‘t { trust them.

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Hearing Loss Operations

form of a loss. has early adult life; 70 per cent of the victims first notice the im- pairment between menses of 11 and 30. The disorder is heredi- tary and twice as common in women as in men.

The person afflicted with oto- sclerosis usually is able to hear better in a noisy environment

peo le with norms hearing speak louder. In tins of d fness. the hull klua]

t

hears the full volume of his own voice via the conduction in somld through the bones of the skull. This makes him think he is speaking with normal loud- ness but. to the listeners. th e voice is very low.

Chewing sounds are transmit.- ted to the inner ear and inter- fere with hearing. This does not bother people with normal hear- ing but it explains why tho ae with otosclerosls find it difficult to carry on a conversatiin while

ea ng.

This type of deafness is caus- ed by changes in the bony cells of the labyrinth in the car. This organ house the nerve centers that change vibrations into im- pulses that are recognized as sound by the brain. The stapes also is involved. This is one o! the three bones in the inner ear that transmits vibrations from drum to labyrinth. It resembles the stirrup on a saddle and fits into an oval window in the labyo rinth. Hearing loss occurs when an overgrowth of bone prevents the stapes rum vibrating nor- mally. It becomes stuck in the window of the labyrinth.

All operations devised to re- store hearing centers about this area. In the first (fenestration). the fixed stapes is bypassed. and the sound transmitted throw gh a small Opening. It proved helpful but dizziness often ensu- ed and the tube had to be clean- ed out repeatedly.

The second procedure is elm- plier; the fixed stapes is pulled away gently from the oval w'n-

ow. The last and most success- ful of these ear operations lnvol~ ves removal of the entire stap- es. replacing it with a stainless steel wire or polyethylene strut. Sound can be transmitted from the inner ear bone to the oval window. which is sealed with a strip of fat. vien. or Felfoam.

DILUTE THE ACID

Mrs. B. writes: (an too much

uric acid eat up the kidneys’ EPLY

No. but uric acid may crystal- lize to form kidney stones. Drink more water to dilute tht urine. Too much uric acid in the blood lead to gout and any- thing strong enough to “eat up the kidneys" must do the same to the brain. eyes. and other oe- licate tissues as it flows through different organs.