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Another Debate Looming Parliament reassembles today with the flag issue finally disposed of, but with another controversial de- bate looming on the report of the committee which has been hard at work, during recess, on the Canada Pension Plan. It is reported that the Government would be reluctant to accept further major changes in- viting the charge of “another re- treat” in a plan now in its third version, but there are factors in this case which might oblige it to do so. As noted previouslf in these col- ne of the most disturbing

to be found in the brief submitted to the committee by the government of Ontario. This is, in sum, that the scheme discriminates against a very group of Canadians. It is that only 131,000 of the 1,481,000 persons aged 65 and over in 1965 will ever receive any bene-

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nationalist leader cannot visit the nearby market to transact business or talk to his friends there. He can- not speak out on political affairs or write about them.

The government, says this re- port. seems immune to all protests. It apparently has the backing of most of the country’s whites. The 13 million non-whites have been more effectively silenced politically than ever before in South Africa’s history. :

How long will the reckoning be deferred for this dominant minority which chooses to live unto itself alone, lording it-over the “lesser breeds” in luxury and complacency, and as indifferent to the winds of change blowing across the continent as to the warning voices of its own Cassandras? No one can say. But that the reckoning ‘will come, in its own time and with appalling con- sequences, is about as sure as any- thing can be in this uncertain world.

* Cluttering Up Space

We talk about being in the space age, but few of us realize how liter- ally this is true. Tabulations prepar- ed by the Goddard Space Flight Cen- tre in Maryland show that more than a thousand man-made objects— satellites, spacecraft, capsules and assorted bits and pieces of them— have been placed in orbit since Octo- ber, 1957.

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satellites are still in orbit, along with 16 made in Russia. Those no longer in orbit number 14 of Unit- ed States and 78 of Soviet origin. But many of the satellites separat- ed after launching into two or more space objects, or broke apart ac- cidently or by design, to produce space junk. One of them broke into 204 pieces of metal, and still in orbit. Also, still in orbit but around the

” gun and not the earth, are seven U.S.

spacecraft and six pieces of junk, and six Soviet spacecraft.

The Soviet Union has orbited and recovered five manned spacecraft,

that while the law is severe, and properly so, with automobile driv- ers found to be impaired by alcohol or drugs, it is strangely tolerant of the vehicle impaired by age or deter- iorated condition. If we must die on the road, it seems, we would rath- er be the victims of slack steering than the blundering reflexes of a drinking driver.

A number of authoritive voices have spoken against this inconsist- ency,,the most recent being that of

at an Ontario department of trans- port road safety workship, he referr- ed to a departmental check in 1963 which revealed that of 83,000 vehi- cles examined, only 52 per cent were in good shape. The remaining 48 per cent he described as “potential

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examining private bills, prob- | and Commerce commitee met | ing technical bills such as the,

Circulation Treatment

By Dr. Theodore R. Van Dellen

A new technique for opening up hardened leg arteries was by Drs. Charles T. Dotter and Melvin P. Judkins of the University of Oregon. They insert a cathet and stretch the narrowed seg- ment mechanically. Six patients improved markedly, three were not benefitted, but none was worse for the experience. Those with g..grene had little to lose and much to gain; amputation was avert_d in four instances.

The method does not require the talents of - specialized vas- cular sutgeon. It is recommend- ed only for overcoming arter- ioselerotic narrowing and occlu- sions in the arteries of the leg. The procedure is’ ah out, of a method used by radiologists to visualize arteries (cine arter- fography). They make an open- ing into the wall of the vessel and under fluoroscopic view thread a guiding catheter into the lumen of the artery. Con- trast material is injected at in- tervals to visualize the site and severity of the narrowed or ob- structed segrvents.

Drs. Dotter and Judkins go a step further on reaching the ob- struction. They pass a larger or dilating catheter over the guide catheter and advance it until it traverses the blocked part. This | stretches the narrowed segment allowing more blood’ to flow through the artery. The entire procedyre takes 15 to 20 minut- es. No harm was done when they failed to stretch the vessel because the obstruction remain- ed as before.

One patient was an 82-year- old woman whose left lower ex- tremity was cold and pulseless, with gangrene of the toes. Am- putation was advised when the gangrene progressed up the foot. She refused surgery, but agreed to catheter dilation. The proced- ure was carried out and the pulse returned as soon as the

operation and she has been free of pain and able to do her house- work. Time’ will tell whether the good results will continue.

ON A PLATEAU Mrs. J.M. writes: I went on a diet 14 weeks ago. I lést weight

clause through bills amending | estimates of government spend- | at first bt not in recent weeks.

tax acts. The 25-member Divorce Com-

as many as four tees, each serving as a divorce court for Quebec and Newfound-

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es Wallace McCutcheon and | Lionel Choquette, are infinitely

| Why the slowdown when the diet is the same? REPLY This is not unusual, especially when the original weight loss was caused by the elimination

land, processing perhaps 500 di- superior to any group of five | of water from the tissues. You

vorces a year. That undesirable judicial work has now very pro- perly been removed from the Senate. TOP-FLIGHT LEGISLATORS Some senators, especially the senior and older men, are very experienced and competent in committee: they do yeoman

work, generally non-partisan, |

Coll Winniper

University student conferenc- es can usually be depended on to bring up something that is controversial, and this year’s annual meeting of the Canadian University Liberal . Federation has been no exception. Using the time-honored tactic of wait- ing until near the end of the conference when only a handful

of delegates was present, rep- |

resentatives from Sir George Williams University, aided by the delegation from the Univer- sity of Western Ontario, pushed

through a resolution asking for |

the abolition of the monarchy in Canada and advocating that the ' 1 be the sole head of state. The resolution was passed on a 36-29 show of hands.

We can’ imagine the students

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| being exceedingly pleased with themselves. If their aim was to attract attention they have cer- | ainly succeeded. Their triumph | and the publicity surrounding it, however, will probably be short-lived. Already student rep- resentatives from the Maritim- es and the western provinces are dissociating themselves | from the decision and question- ing its validity on the grounds that less than quorum was present. This is a reaction that those who engineered the coup un- doubtedly expected. In the

| moment which, as is usual in | such matters, is all they really | desired.

Librarians’ Conference

Nearly 1200 librarians have

workshops changes in literature and libra- |

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special programs in euch fields as adult services,

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To solve it determined librar- jams and a continuing public awareness of the dangers of censorship are necessary. The ALA has provided leadership on both fronts and is in a position

to strengthen its efforts.

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To Harold White and our

| need a further reduction in food and more exercise. GOU- ND FOOD E. K. writes: Are there any eating habits that will ward off a second attack of gout? REPLY There is more to gout then the type of food eaten. Our leaflet | on this disease offers some diet- | ary suggestions. OVARIAN CYSTS L. L. writes: Is there a drug to shrink an ovarian cyst in a 20-year-old girl? REPLY Not to my know'-4ze. There | are several types of ovarian | cysts and additional informa- tion would be needed to answer your question intelligently. MENINGITIS K. W. writes: How is ordinary meningitis contracted? REPLY | Like the common cold it be- gins in the throat but we then selects the membrane covering the brain and spinal cord. SETTING THE DATE Mrs. S. writes: Does the term ‘babies by appointment” refer to caesarean deliveries? REPLY

Not necessarily, because phy-

time it is deemed necessary TODAY’S HEALTH HINT— Drink sufficient water each

day.

(NOTE: All te Dr. Van Dellen should be addressed to: Dr. Theodore Van Dellen, co Chicago Trib- une, Chicago, Ilinois.)

DAVID A WRITER

A scroll from the collection discovered near the Dead Sea in 1947 says King David wrote 4,050 psalms and songs for temple services.

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Mr. Pearson, coining no phrase, says the times are out of joint. Are they ever in joint for a politician? — Ottawa Journal.

A new record containing. ex- cerpts of Winston Churchill's fa- mous phrases has jumped into the ‘top ten’ in Britain. That is

public faste, the fact that just above it in po- pularity is the Beatle record A Hard Day’s Night. — Fort Wil- | iam Times — Journal.

A teacher asked her class- room, ‘ can tell me what George Washington was noted for?”’ There was a moment of silence among her young charg- es and then a little boy in the rear piped up, ‘His memory.” ‘What makes you think his me- mory was.so great’ the tea- cher asked, somewhat puzzl- ed. ‘‘Well, said the boy, ‘they

grected a momument to it." — ancouver Sun.

Mr. T. George Street, chair- | man of the National Parole | Board, has said that a harden- |ed crimina] can do a two-year | prison sentence ‘‘standing on | his head.” Mr. Street backs up | his metaphor with crime figur- |es that should stand the rest of us on our ears. * He says that 52 per cent of serious crime is committed by only 28 per cent of the crimin- als, but that 90 per cent of the sentences in this cquntry are for less than two yeat’s. He suggests these persistent criminals should be given longer sentences. “One basic fact of penological life is that a man having serv- ed a long sentence is less likely |to offend again than one who

A long sentence means a con- vict must measure up to the standards for parole if he wants to get out of prison. Mr. Street says that 90 per cent of parole- es have completed their proba- tion time without returning crime: ,

| AN INCENTIVE

A long sentence is thus an tn- centive to reform; a short one, a brief rest from the outside world—and. more crime. | Another impressive statistic | from Mr. Street is that the cost | of parole is about one-tenth the | cost of imprisonment, which, in- cluding possible public support of the prisoner's family, can reach $4,500 a year.

The need for some kind of na- tional planning co-ordination, or at least consultation in Canad- ian education, is becoming stea- dily more emphatic. Those who urge it, like thee Canadian School Trustees’ Association in a brief to Prime Minister Les- | ter Pearson last week, are not | thinking of the bogey of cen- tralized authority, but only of the establishment of national

| Some progress has been made | especially in the field of techni- | cal training where even Quebec is prepared to accept a large measure of federal Government

| .sicians_can induce labor at any | their

individual provincial education departments. In its brief to the Prime Min-

ister, the ‘rustees’ association.

~ ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

WE WISH TO PUBLICLY OPFER SINCERE APPRECIATION— To the Charlottetown Fire Dept. who did their best in a losing battle.

To Mr. Klark Cantwell and the staff of Cantwell’s Pharmacy whose assist- ance was immeasurable.

To Mr. Hugh Simpson of H. quarters at our disposal

Simpson Ltd., who has placed his entire service to his ser vice staff who worked many hours on

many friends who assisted so much. “To my staff for their loyal support and efforts on my behalf. And to the many friends who called with offers of quarters and assistance to help us back into business. To our former tenants we express sinc ere sorrow for the loss of furniture and personal possessions and hope they find new ‘To our customers we wish to say how mu eh the past and look forward to seeing you in the future. New stock is ciready on the way. We are temporarily located at 100 Queen St. (next to island

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THE WAY

Don’t tell the tired-looking person he needs a vacation; chances are that he just return ed from one. — Florida Arcadmj}

_ People with their first cam- era are to be pitied, for theirs is usually a dim view of things — St. Catherines Standard.

It’s fortunate that we have free speech, but it’s deplorable that the supply of it always ex- ceeds the demand. — Woodstock Sentinel Review.

The small boy interrupted his father, who was reading the newspaper. “Pop,” the boy said, ‘I’m supposed to tell you there’s going to be a small P.T.A. meeting tomorrow night.’’ “Well, if it’s just a small one, do I have to go?” the father asked. ‘‘Oh, yes,” his son re- plied. ‘‘It’s just you, me, and the principal."’ — Hamilton Spe- tator.

Longer Prison Sentences?

Ottawa Journal

By discouraging crime longer sentences ultimately could ease the space problem in prisons. | But Mr. Street emvhasizes that parole is not lightly granted— only one in four who apply are successful

Of the 7,400 men in our feder- al prisons, more than 80 per cent of them have been there before, says Mr Street: His con- clusion: in spite of the best ef- forts of dedicated prison authori- ties, ‘imprisonment is not bene- ficial for the majority of inmat- es.”

CRIME PROBLEM

Mr. Street relates his cal!) for longer prison sentences to the Canadian crime problem. He notes a recent five-year rise of

offences—from 260 100,000 population in 1956 to 330 in 1961. ‘‘The rate of increase in crime and criminals,”’ he adds, “is far in excess of the increase in the population of the coun- try.”

The quality of mercy plays its part in the hesitancy of courts to impose longer sentences. But Mr. Street reminds magistrat- 'es that the National Parole | Board reviews such cases regul- arly. long sentence has a practical in- |centive for parole and the | chance to receive it Magistrat- es should not hesitate to give persistent criminals that strong incentive to change their ways.

Thus a prisoner under

National Approach Needed

Globe And Mail, Toronto

puts forward the much-discuss- ed idea of a “national office’ of education to carry on research and maintain regular liaison with the provinces.

The association points out that nine departments of the federal Government are already engag- ed in certain aspects of this work. A national office might begin by co-ordinating their ef- forts.

It would be better, however, if such a national officer were to emerge from a federal- p >vin- cial agreement, rather than as a federal initiative in the ficld of education’ In the past, federal intervention has been resented, and not only by Quebec, be- cause it tends to impose unt- form policy on provinces that are at different stages of pre- paration for it and that some- -times-cannot: afford their share

polic periodic federal- provincial edu- cation conferences could oper-

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