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Abroad And At Home

We are fortunate in Canada to have escaped the ravages of floods that have left thousands of victims homeless in Oregon, California and other western states over the week- end. with the death toll still mount- ing and damage running into a bil- lion dollars. Entire communities have been wiped out in some. sec- tions. and parts of five states have been declared disaster areas. Amid the harrowing details given in a San Francisco dispatch was a foot- note about battered Christmas trees floating among the surging debris. symbols of the wrecked hopes of many who had been looking forward to joyous family gatherings at this

of CIrCLan'ton.

season. We have indeed reason to be thankful to have escaped s u c h

visitations of nature. But com- placency is another thing; and it is worth noting that. nature isn‘t a]- wavs responsible for conditions of widespread hardship and suffering. I'hey elitist right in our own favored land at this season of cheer and goodwill. and throughout the year. for that matter. They exist because we have chosen. by and large. to ig- nore them.

They don‘t make the headlines as a catastrophic storm would do. But according to Hon. J. R. Nichol- son. the federal minister in charge of this country‘s main housing agency. nearly 100.000 Canadian families live in conditions that are a disgrace to their communities. He told a federal-previncial symposium of housing and urban renewal that greater attention must. be given to those Canadians who are living in "forgotten pockets" of urban pov- erty. in surroundings that are unfit for human beings.

Apart from the despair and deg- radation which such eon d i tio ns create. neglected areas impose an unnecessary drain on the civic economy. Mr. Nicholson said. Mun- icipal services become more costly while assessments decline. He called for a broad Coalition of federal. pro- vincial and municipal forces to at- tack the problem.

Such projects may in fact now be undertaken within the frame- work of the National Housing Act and the Central Mortgage and Hous- ing Corporation. Canada is fortu- nate that it has the machinery at all levels of government to attack these problems. and it is to be hop- ed that the year 1965 will mark the beginning of a concerted effort to do so.

Mr. Thompson's Overtures Many people will agree with Mr. Robert Thompson that the Conser- iyative Party is passing through a grave leadership crisis. It is threat- fled with the loss of all its French- ;Ganadjan support. and it is tragic Sgthat a party with its traditions and ;_background should come to such a 5. However, there is irony in the “act that the Social Credit leader éahould be so solicitous about the Wree it is taking. % .' Indeed. the Globe and Mail haz- fiarde the guess that he must have ' n speaking with his tongue far his cheek when he undertook, . ently. to analyze the malaise af- ’ ctlng the Conservatives. During “ i. pal-my days of Social Credit ~ly in this parliamentary session, H recalls. Mr. Thompson was chal- .- - -. to join his fellow Socreds in hours to discuss party policy—in Much. The embarrassment ended

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he separated .or waa i from his French Cana- ‘membare who followed hie

“ leader, Mr. Caouette. into

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revolt and thereby left Mr. Thomp- son with a corporal’q guard to call a party.

“The Social Credit leader might therefore be regarded as something less than an authority on political unity." says our Toronto contem- porary. “And yet. there are reports from Ottawa that Mr. Thompson would like to lead some of his Socreds into a political marriage with Progressive Conservatives. ls his tongue still in his cheek?"

Not necessarily; but it is a. fact that Mr. Thompson lost no time in heaping prazse on Mr. Bal- cer when Mr. Balcer announced that. he might leave the Tories. “Canada.” Mr. Thompson said at that time. “needs a coming to- gether of men of like mind. dedicat- ed to the preservation of the country. . . I believe that Mr. Balcer is such a man.” He. also said that Canada is in a sorry mess and that what is needed is a “realignment of political forces in terms of prin- ciples which affect the unity of our nation."

Plainly. Mr. Thompson is put- ting the welcome mat out for any defectors from the Tory party who may feel themselves lonely sitting as independents. His selfless will- ingness to give up leading a dis- tinctly minor party that isn't going anywhere for the job of leading a major party if he can just string one together is what is most obvious at this time.

We don’t think he’s joking at all. It‘s his deadly seriousness that makes his overtures most disquiet- ing. for those at least who be- lieve that. the Conservatives haven‘t. completely lost their marbles and are still capable of settling t h ei r differences in the national interest.

The Death Penalty

There is a good prospect that during the c. 0 min g year. capital punishment will be abolished both in the United Kingdom and in Can- ada. Recently. by a massive vote of 355 to 170. the British House of Commons approved abolition. and a similar bill is scheduled to come up in the Canadian Commons early next year.

In Britain the bill to replace execution with life imprisonment now awaits debate in the House of Lords. which rejected abolition of the death penalty in 1956. But that was when a Conservative govern- ment. opposed to the measure, was in power. It is a “free vote" this time and the expectations are that. the bill will be passed and cleared for royal assent in the near future.

At Ottawa. too. party ties will be removed when the vote is called, and every member will be at liberty to vote as he chooses.

The only concerted attack on the death sentence in the Canadian Parliament has come from the New Democratic Party. But it is believed that a similar opinion is widely held in Liberal and Conservative ranks. Indeed. under both party governments in recent years, com- mutation of capital sentences by Cabinet order-in-council has been the rule rather than the exception. Nor is there any doubt as to the trend of public opinion which has been building up against the death penalty in this country.

It is not surprising that news- papermen. for the most part, are strong supporters of the proposed measure. It is their grim duty to cover the details of hangings when they occur. We have yet to know of one who has done this personally, and is able to look back on his ex- perience with anything but horror.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Keep slush and ice off head- lights, tail lights and direction sig- nals in winter. Check them every day. advises the Canadian Highway Safety Council.

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Zambia. like other African na- tions. is getting rid of British names and monuments and substituting its own. It has been having trouble in renaming the famed falls that David Livingstone was the first white man to visit. It plans to change Victoria falls to Mosiotunya or Shongwa. But Zambia owns only half of Vic- to ria falls—the boundary with Rhodesia goes right down the middle of the Zambezi river and splits the falls inltwo. Tourists have long traveled to see Victoria falls and have left a welcome lot of money in their wake. The Rhodesiana have too much sense to risk losing all this by renaming their half of an established tourist magnet.

EURDPEAH FORCE

CANADA’S NATO WEAPONS '

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OTTAWA REPORT By

Sees Need For Business Men In Politics

The Dollar Curtain between: business men and Parliamentl i'ill is an undesirable fact of Canada's life. Neither the prc- sent Pearson Cabinet. nor its predecessor the Diefcnbakcr Cabinet. would compare favour- i ably with the board of directors . of any mulli-millinn dollarl Canadian cnmpanv. I

, measured by the yardsticks of efficient an‘ I min=stration and coolly-judged‘ priorities In fact neither Pear- son nor Dipfcnhakcr have ever operated a peanut stall—and

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one wonders whether either could do so profitably.

Yet the experience and abili- iy and judgment of a number of successful business men could make an invaluable contribution to Canada on Parliament Hill. Official income tax reports show that there are nearly 4.000 m' lionaires in Canada—most of them self-made financial suc- cesses.

Patriotism suggests that many of these should be prepared I.)

For Eager Tourists

Hamilton Spectator

The many permanent advanl-. ages of holding 3 World's Fair‘ or a an- American Games in one‘s own backyard are almost numbcrless. Montreal. with its: World‘s Fair lExpo 'GTI sched-l uled for 1967. and Winn i p e :3. scene of the 1967 Pan- American . Games, are finding this out al- ' ready.

True. considerable debt will‘ probably be incurred in the pro- . duclion of both cvcnts. but in the ; long run the two host cities will be lastin: bencliciaries of the government and private busi— ness silhsidizaiion that made the . Fair an the Games possible.

Montreal. for example. will 5 have the man-made island inf the St. Lawrence that cost. mil- ‘. lions of dollars to construct. It I will alsp have the new roads' and tunnels built to serve the

air. And. it will havc a giant l.- 066~foot tower that will rival the

than 100 million tourists have visited it.

It is conceivable that the tow- er to be built ln Montreal will become almost as great a tourist attraction as New York's Em pire State Building. Command-

ing a magnificent View of the *

mighty St, Lawrence and the olis. it should attract welcome tourist dollars.

A. for Winnipeg. it will reap lasting benefits from the con- struction of the stadium that will be used for the Pan-Ameri- ca'n Games‘ main events. In ad- dition. the thriving Western metropolis will benefit from the swimming pool. roads. and var- ious buildings that are beinc constructed to take care of the competitors and the influx of visitors.

More than anything. a host city is rewarded with valuable publicity that pays rich divid- ends for years after the events

Eiffel Towcr as a tourist al- - have passed into mothballs. traction. ‘ That is why cities spend mil-

The Eiffel Tower. incidentally. lions of dollars pressing their was built for thc Paris Expnsl- . claims for World's Fairs a nd

lion of [889. Since then. more.

Olympic Games.

Postal Peephole Ended

Fort William Times — Journal

The battle against post office peepholcs has been won. Cans ada‘s Postmaster-General Nich- olson has announced that all of them in operation are suspend- ed “indefin‘ioly.”

Fort William hcrame the cen-

ire of the controversy when plans for pccpholcs were being installed. In their protest. pos- tal Workers received a vigorous assist from Fort William's mem- ber in the Housc. Hubert Bad. anai. and a great deal of public- ity on the matter ensued.

With public attention focUScd on the questioned merit of 1 sec- ret eye on the dishonest cm- ployee. the pendulum of opinion swung in favor of the protesting employees who disliked having their honesty questioned. The feeling grew general that to have an inspector watch a man

in the privacy of a toilet was ul- terly distasteful.

, Concerned primarily with the ‘ protection of public money en- ; trusted to the. care of the posr ‘ office. officials at Ottawa were reluctant to alter the escablish- ed method of detecting thievery. I It has been suggested that in .’ addition to the arguments pre- .scn ubert Badanai. the i decision of the United States postal authorities to do

with peepholes had its influence on yesterday‘s announcement at Ottawa. Were this so. it

would Just be possible that the I

furore over the question in Fort William reached the cars 0 Washington and set a change in motion.

At any rate. the vast majority of Canadians will agree that we are well rid of the peepholes.

Mr. Wilson’s Ruse

Montreal Gazette

Prime Minister Harold Wil-l he put on a dramatic show that .

son is a clever man. His Tory opponents might be inclined to say he is too clever by half. But the uproar he deliberately caus-

ed in the British House of Com-l

mom was a brilliant stroke.

Mr. Wilson launched a furious assault upon the idea that Brit- ain has an independent nuclear; deterrent. Giving what he re- garded as facts and figures. he tore the concept to shreds. ‘ direct result of course. was to infuriate the Tory Party. even to i the extent of making it issue al public. statement denying Mr.i Wilson's claims. The indirect re- . suit was to unite the I. a ho r 1 Party behind Mr. Wilson on his nuclear policy, ;

It was undoubtedly the in- direct result that Mr. Wilson wanted. He had pledged his par- ty to abandon Britain's ‘inde- pendent' deterrent. The left-wing of the Labor Party. strongly un- v llaterallst in sentiment. might. have risen in revolt if Wilson-ii had simply reversed himself. So

i enraged the Tories. and united l Labor behind him. ' What is the reality? The Lab- i or Party. including the left-wing has now supported Mr. Wilson's 1 nuclear policy in a vote. And ' that policy does not include the scrapping of rttaln‘s nuclear weapons. The largest portion of these weapons will go into an Atlantic Nuclear Force under NATO. if one is ever formed. In theory. they will be given to NATO for good: In practice. they could no doubt be With- drawn in a national emergency. since their crews will presum- ably be British. and will probab- ly be under British operational command, Some will be kept out of NATO entirely. and will probably be based cast of Suez to protect such countries at in- dis against the Chinese nuclear rea .

Amaterdaman. became Ma‘s”! sea level. can

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' l His name is Malcolm Wallace

i London. Ontario on this subject.

. in." he told thcm.

| contribute their ability for a few i years in later life to the counlry which has made their success fpossible. But of those 4.000. the 'number of such practisinu pat- riots now on Parliament Hill could be counted on the thumb of one hand

McCutchcon,

lOTTAWA NEEDS DIRESTORS ' The most respected and active

of Canada‘s younger Senators— .

.Wally McCutcheon is only 58 years old —recently spoke to an

‘audience of business men in

"The water IS fine—come t Bellyaching about the policies tor attitudes of your provincial or federal government won't do you. your party. your province or your country a bit of good. he said. “Politics needs a lot lew- ler Monday morning quarter- ) backs. and a lot more Saturday I afternoon linemen and ball car- riers."

“Business mcn. whether they .are small 'I' liberals or small ‘0' conservatives in their poli-.

,tical leanings. have not been . playing their full role in our . principal political parties.

and hence in the government of out I country. Far from it.‘ ' "What I want In convmre you of." said the Senator. "is this; fFirst. that more busmess men should involve themselves act—i ively in politics. either as can- didates and members of legisla- tures and parliament. or active workers and supporters of a political party. And second. that in any event business men

should encourage rather than discourage their friends. as- sociates and employees to be-

ccme active in politics as can didates or supporters: and that business men have a duty to promote, foster and encour- age political awareness politi- cal education. political interest and activity." FROM BAY STREET Senator McCutcheon madc his debut in politics when he was 56 years old. He spent years of his life in private business. but significantly he gave much time to active work on behalf of many charitable organizations. He won fame and fortune as one of "The Four Horsemen" who built up the El". Tayor indus- trial empire. expert in organization and management. he was an out standing success in fostering the development of successful bus- ,inesaes. and thus he helped to I create many good jobs for Cana- dians ln resource industries. In manufacturing and in service

industries.

Late in the Diefenbaker years. he was appointed to the Cabinet. where at once shone as a tower of strength through his ability. his experience and his judgment. But the ship was al- ready bound for the rocks. and struck before he had time to emerge as a later and greater C. D. Howe. However. at his pre- . sent age. he has many years of useful service yet ahead of him. Not the least of his services to Canada is his latest plea to I other business men to come on

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Ulcer Freezing

By Dr. Theodore R. Van Dellen

The treatment of peptic ulcer by freezing the inner lining of the stomach was started in 1961 at the University of Minnesota. Three years and 15,000 patients later we are not certain whether the method is worthwhile. Dr. Owen H. Wangensteen. pioneer of this technique. continues hove faith in it and believes fur- ther improvements will better the results.

T procedure requires a spe- cial freezing unit that circulates alcohol in and out of a balloon swallowed by the patient. The temperature of the alcohol is minus 20 degrees C. and the bal- loon remains in place 40 to minutes.

The immediate results often are dramatic in that pain dis- appears and the ulcer crater starts to heal. Acid secretion is depressed but, within a short time. returns to the pre-ifreeze levels. With each passing month more and more encounter a re- turn of ulcer and discresa.

Dr. Wangensteen treated more than 600 ulcer victims. After a period varying from 12 to 30 months. only 14 per cent were free of discomfort. But he re- mains optimisric because all of these patients had an intract-f able ulcer that did not respond to diet. pills, powders. and equ- animity.

They were candidates for sur -gical removal of part of the sin mach or the bypass operation. Only 4 per cent of the group re- quired surgery. Freezing was justified because it is safer than surgery. 0n the other hand, the proce- dure has been abandoned tem- porarily in many institutions be- cause more’and more of the fail- ures ultimately nced operation. l’r‘rcczinty must do a better job than existing methods before it can be accepted as an effective remedy for recurring peptic ul- l

ccr. OVERWEIGHT AFTER STROKE

SS. writes I had a stroke 31‘; years ago and can walk with a cane and have learned to write again. My problem is that I weigh almost 50 pounds too much. due to inactivity. Would it be safc for me to go on a di- et'.‘

REPLY ch. even though it may be difficult to lose weight because