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PAGE 4 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1965.

More Scuttlebutt?

of Circulation

At the press Conference at which °

he announced his cabinet changes, Mr. Pearson sharply defended his right to accept the hospitality of an old friend. David Rockefeller. at whose holiday home in the Caribbean he spent» his vacation. They had known each other since 1947 when they met at the United Nations, and there had been frequent exchanges of amenities. One can readily ack- nowledge the sincerity of the Prime Minister's motives while regretting that he did not give a little more thought to the possible embarrassment which might accrue from.accepting favors of this kind. Opposition spokesmen have not been slow in pointing out that there are amendments to the Bank Act to be taken up at this session of Parlia- ment, which limit the assets of for- eign-owned banks and are aimed at

preventing American interests from |

taking over the Canadian banking sys- tem. The one U.S.-owned bank now in Canada is the Mercantile. James ~ Rockefeller, a cousin of Mr. Pearson’s

holiday host, is chairman-of the First °

National City Bank of New York,

which owns the Mercantile bank in .

this country. And David Rockefeller himself is chairman of the executive committee of the Chase and Manhat- tan Bank -which has, in the past, sought to become involved in Cana- dian banking.

It is maintained that while Mr.

Pearson, as a private citizen, could

accept Mr. Rockefeller’s offer to use ‘his house and count himself fortun- -ate to have an acquaintance in such a position to- make it;-his position -as Prime Minister is something else again, and that he has needlessly ex- posed himself—and his host—to ~criticism. Other government mem- bers have found themselves in diffi- culty as a result of similar lapses of

. thought; and it is only a yearago that

Mr. Pearson issued his own warning on this point in the ‘code of ethics” he prescribed for his colleagues.

'. The code contained this passage, which we have no doubt will be cited _by the Opposition when Parliament meets: “In order that . . . impartiality may be beyond doubt, members of

ministers’staffs, equafly with minis-__ ters, must not place themselves in a |

position where they are under obli- gation to-any person who might profit from special consideration or favor on

their part, or Seek in any way, to. gain, |

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“special treatment from them . : Shakespeare is rarely quoted now-

adays by our politicians; but some of | _them may recall, to’ Mr. Pearson’s an-.

noyance, what the immortal bard had . -to-say in this connection. It was about

the preacher who, while thundering

exhortations from the pulpit, “him-

self the primrosé path of dalliance |

treads. and recks not his own rede.”

Election Expenses

Under the Canada Election Act, complete disclosures of campaign ex- penses is supposed to be obligatory on all federal election candidates. The provision- appears ‘to be more

honored in the breach than in the ob-_|

servance. So much so, indeed, that John Munro, successful Liberal can- _ didate in Hamilton East on November 8; ‘has hit the publicity jackpot by fil- ling with his returning officer a com- pletly itemized statemeht of-all mon- iés received and spent by him during the campaign. They amounted to $19,329, in contrast -to his expendit- ufes of $9,300 in the 1962 election. ~ But it seems that Mr. Munro did more than comply with the letter of

the law in this matter. The federal. and provincial Liberal ‘party organiz-_ ations were told that Hamilton East |

in the matter,

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purchase $25 a plate tickets to a special fund raising dinner, and even | there a limit of four tickets to a cus- tomer was imposed. Thus the max- imum for any one person was in practice $200. ‘ |. Mr. Munro says he lost’ money because of these. limits, and also be- cause some supporters declined to give in the knowledge that their names might become public. The col- lections in all amounted to less then | $15,000, leaving a deficit of $4,733 | which the candidate says he will pay out of his own pocket. Y

| | It is easy, says the Hamilton Spec-.

| tator, to sympthize with Mr. Munro's | Stated reasons for doing what he did. He wanted to place his campaign fin- ances fairly on the record as a count- er-attack on the rumor and innuendo that attends a great many honest men | in Ottawa in-the wake of the scandals __ of the past 18 months. His action in pointing up how unusual it is for a | candidate of a traditional party to do what he is supposed by law to do is a useful contribution to public af- fairs, although’ we are still a long way from a solution of the underlying __problem. Since October, 1964, a special | committee on,election éxpenses, ap- pointed by the Pearson government, | has been studying. the question of campeign funds and how they may ‘be limited and controlled. It is gen- erally expected that this committee will recommend that election expend- | itures be covered by the federal trea- sury. Transport Minister Pickersgill | has long advocated such a step. So | have MPs from all the parties. The committee will likely’ present its re-

ample,may help to ensure that it will not get sidetracked. -

Formosa Again

A mood of desperate optimism is

said to be spreading throughout For- mosa as a result of the Viet Nam war. The Chinese Nationalists, in lonely refuge~ there, are reviving their dreams of returning to the Chinese mainland, ousting the: Communists, and taking up the reigns of power again as the rightful government of China. It is,a dream which, even if attainable, could not be realized with-

| out American blessing and participa-

tion; and Washington, fortunately, has given no hint that it is inclined that way.

Aside from the momentous. polit- ; ical and.moral implication of unteash-

| ing Generalissimo Chiang_Kai-shek’s_ |

Nationalist warriors in this manner;

ported across 100 to 150 miles of open sea. American military experts

say this would involved alanding

operation more complicated than the D-Day assault against Germany. Once

ashore, the Nationalist soldiers would

be vastly outnumbered by the Com-

munist divisions, and Washington has

enough trouble on its hands without

underwriting a campaign of this kind.

But the Nationalists, reportedly,

are anxious to gamble everything on

| Kai-shek is nearing 80, and when he

cause will have lost its rallying point. | At the United Nations, too, time is | running out. This year’s:almost-level | vote.on: the. admission of Communist China jarred them badly. The whole

} thrust of their campaign now . is to |

urge the U.S. to move against Peking. He

, With nuclear. capability, they see the Communists becoming daily more | dangerous.

This was the argument advanced in Washington recently by National-

| ist. Defense. Minister. Chiang Ching-.

kuo, son of the generalissimo. It is

ofthe United States. But even on Formosa itself, the ationalists have failed to capture the enthusiasm of the 10 million na- tive Formosans. That doesn’t seem to worry the government, which. brooks no_opposition. to_its rule from the

it suggests that a good way for Chiang and his regime to-do battle

| more of it at home.

EDITORIAL NOTE

“The Soviet in 1966 will devote | 12.8 per cent of an increased over-all

| budget to military expenditures,

‘+ about the same proportion as this past

year. This probably is the heavy cost | to the Russians of military aid pro- vided to North Viet Nam. Kremlin concern over this increased economic

would require none of their money. burden partially may. explain ‘its wil-

for campaign purposes, Then cor-

porate and individual supporters — in.

the area learned that no donation in‘ excess of $100 would be accepted.

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port early in 1966. Mr. Munro’s ex- -

there are complex military problems:— ‘The troops would need to be trans- ©

this last’ chance of success:~-Chiang=

departs from the political scene their

the theme being developed by Mme.

Chiang Kai-shek on her present tour -

local people. To outsiders, ‘however.’

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OTTAWA REPORT by. Patrick Nicholson

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If Junior finds a shiny new silver dollar in his Christmas stocking, he should not melt it down for the silver

One dollar today is no longer, as it was in our fathers’ days,

‘fashioned from Sterling Silver

which is by definition at least

92.5 per cent pure silver. To-

day our dollar, like our other

silver coins the half- dollar, the

two bits and the dime, is made

of Pdi alloy of four parts silver to The

one part copper. copper | content of a silver dollar is in- |

significant, but the silver is ‘worth about 84 cents only. Any bank will give Junior 100 cents if he keeps it carefully.it may become worth more than that fo coin- collectors in future years.

I recently commented in this column that Canada’s Royal Mint makes money out of mak- ing money.. Fashioning silver end copper and tin and zinc and nickel into the coins which we

se every day, it sells those

coins.to.the. Bank. of Canada. for.

their face valie. And that value . “is im every, case higher-fhan the cost of the metal contained in

the coin, plus the cost of manu-

facturing it..

FAST-GROWING HOBBY Numismatics, the collection

and study of coins and medals |

, is the fastest- growing hobby in ‘many countries today. Most collectors don’t worry about me- dals, but in coins they are col- lecting articles which are far more durable and have a more realistic intrinsic value than, for example, postage stamps: It was no doubt because of the great new interest in coins that ‘some readers have written — to

ask for more details on my | remark*that-our-Mint “sells: coins

at a profit. Our silver dollar weighs three-

quarters of a Troy ounce-. which

is nofthe same as the Avoirdu- pois ounce which we normally use in our’ daily life - buying candy or |measuring its effect on our weight, for example. Qne pound Troy weight, which is the measure of weight - nor-

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CANADA PENSION PLAN — Sir,—Noting press releases on’

_ affairs in- other provinces one

notes that there are but fifteen | days remaining until the inaug- uration -of-the- Canada Pension Plan. her this new. scheme will be su- perimposed on or integrated with the pension plan now in

force for provincial government’ |

employees remains hanging. The

procrastination with regard to |

this important matter leaves

one fearful that the eventual an- |

swer will not-be the one’ more favourable to the employees in- volved.

At present those in govern=

Yet the question of whet- |

mally used for precious metals and stones, consists of 5,760 grains and is divided into 12 ounces; our. Avoiddurois pound, as T am sure all my rea- ders remember from their consists

schooldays, 7,000

grains. This makes the Troy | ounce slightly heavier than our |

normal ounce, so don’t use sil-

ver dollars to weigh airmail |

letters if you want to know how many stamps to use.

three quarters of a Troy ounce. It. is four- fifths silver and one- fifth copper. So it contains six- tenths of an ounce of silver, to- , day worth about $1.39 per ounce (Troy). It also contains three- twentieths of an ounce of cop- per; which costs on the market | about 40 cents per pound. The metal in the- dollar is worth | about .84 cents, and as our other silver coins are exactly propor- | tionate in weight to their value,

we see that a half dollar i ke Al

tains _metals....worth_. about cents,and..the .dime's_ intrinsic worth is about 8.4 cents.

- Manufacturing costs are not |

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Joseph G. Harrison In The Christian Science Monitor

Sometime in the Second Cen- | tury. B.C., a young man in Fay- um on the Nile wrote his moth- er. begging her forgiveness and asking to be taken back into the family. Apparently he had run away, fallen on misfortune, and become penniless. He wrote: ‘‘I know what I have brought upon myself. I have got a lesson, as _was needed. I know that I have ‘sinned.’

a remarkable likeness to Jesus’

great parable of the prodigal | son, -but_it also, in_it entirety, casts new light on the moral and -| ethical ‘standards of the time and the place where the young | man and his mother lived. It deepens our appreciation of an- tiquity and of the great distance

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“WAGES AND LIVING COSTS — Sir,— Very often we pick up

the paper to read of a survey | being made or a commission be- |

| ing set up for some purpose. ; These usvally result inthe’ poot householders paying out more money from their meager pay.

Never do we read or hear of |

| any action being taken to lower the high cost of living or to raise the wages of the poor lab-

| fact that we on Prince Edward Island hacve the lowest wage rate and the highest cost of living in Canada or the United States.

Why is ft that the Civil Ser- |

ment. _employment _ apparently... vants or the City Council or

enjoy the lowest rates in pen- sion premium (5 per cent gross salary) in this country. Not so fortunately they also have the lowest government wages in Ca- nada. However, it would not put undue strain on government | resources to leave the present. plan as it stands and superim- | pose the federal plan. The yield im better pensi would give our citizens on rement | in future a standard offincome | more in: line with the cost of liv- .ing atid these benefits would out- weigh the small cost for them. Apparently the government looks only at the cost to it where- as the employees are willing to on their share in view of the benefits. Perhaps with bet- ter salaries to come and a bet- * pension scheme in force “some justice might eventually | “be derived for the inadequate | salaries that civil servants now. receive. "Tam, Sr, ete. MENDICANT_ | “Charlottetown. —

members of Parliament cam say « “We need a raise’’ and immed- | ately it is handed out to them

without any protest whatsoever. But let the laboring man, no | matter how skilled he may be, ask for five ov ten cents an hour | more and it’s years and years before he gets it.

Why ts it that in thie agricul- | tural, fishing and dairy prov-, ince, we Islanders have to pay more for our produce than they

do abroad? Why are we buying

| fish-from- Halifax and paying | - “| out 65 cents a pound for it?

I would like some answers to these questions as I’m sure would a lot of others striving to survive: these injustices. =

Conditions such as these, where the rich get richer and the

poor get poorer are the very oot that breedComimunism. | what are the

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Not only don this letter beer {

oring man. It i¢ a well-known |

| their ‘search for higher principl- of conduct... - .

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This letter cal of the ‘records which have come to | light wherever ancient civiliza- |

tions throve. It also stands as a .

testimony to the skill, eagertiess, and. - often, good - fortune of a particular branch of archaeologist—. the - seeker after antique documents. + Comitig along behind the dig- + ging -archaeologist—~— and-—-often- | treading on his heels— the docu- | ment-hunter. Jooks for those writ- fresh roaghgp ig the potsherd

single word to a complete scroll) which will tell

peoples of antiquity | thought. felt

and acted, and | what they said.

Although we: tend to believe | which the ancients had come in that haeology m all its §

so. As long ago as the middle | 1300's, the great Italian poet

ee art, this is not

’| Petrarch scrabbled everywhere _

| to find anything he could by the Latin orator and writer, Cicero. From those days to the pres- ent, the search ‘has gone on, .becaming...wider;. more

ur a s (From The Guardian

. Germany’s raiders gave the Merseyside area around Liver- pool its worst pounding ‘of the war last night and early today.

choice for the British ambassad- orship in Washington.

(December 21, 1955)

Leading aircraftman M. J. (Crash) Green, 22, of Albany,

equipment op- erator with the RCAF at Goose Bay; Labrador, will be home on. leave over the aan uissomend _ days.

The northeastern United Stat- es was gripped by the worst win- ter’s eve cold wave in years. Temperature as low as 47 de- | grees below zero were reported.

| P.E.1, a mobile

stand es typi | roll of written |

The Press Association's Par- said

TEN YEARS AGO

| Treatment

Of Colds

drug to shrink the pespivotany membranes. Many also contain a salicylate to relieve pain and lower fever as well as including caffeine and a cough inhibitor.

None of these products will prevent, abort or cure a cold.

nee ause the acute respiratory illnesses’ are not caused by bacteria. They | have no effect upon viral | tions but may be helpful when

Severe allergic reactions occur when the antibiotics lead to sen-

and wonderful to waste on a cold; save them for a serious in- fection.

Colds often aaraein em mph | me sema, bronchiectasis or c sinus trouble and can trigger an attack of bronchial rheumatic fever.

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The antibio- cumstances.

Vitamin C is included in some shotgun mixtures. To my. knowl ' edge there is no evidence that it

helps in preventing or relieving | a cold. | j LESSENING DRYNESS

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has been reducing the Aptbbitien “aie ia pesicitia | 28

| or the tetracyclines are seldom |

“majority of | a

bacterial complications develop. . i

sitization. They are too potent |

asthma. or |

R:.T. writes How can humid. |

‘ity in the home be raised with-

| out expensive equipment? | REPLY The easiest ways to increase

| stand ‘it, but are willing to take

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humidity are to put pans of wa- |

| ter onthe radiators, keep the

eel ees eam kettle going in the kitch- | 4 | en, or turn on the shower to full.| . nie: hot in the bathroom. If you have

; an electric hot plate, place a | pan of water on it and keep it ‘boiling. There are commercial | humidifiers that are inexpensive.

Mrs. A. writes: Why are so many people bothered with - -nasal drip?

REPLY

and are forced to inhale irritat- ing dusts and chemicals. ' . TRUTH SERUM :

T. S. writes: How authentic ts

conclusive? REPLY T assume you refer to the

‘| truth ‘serum. No ‘test: ts conclu- 4 sive, but_certain information can |

proce. Place —they’'re just

| be obtained. when , this dure is done properly. FACIAL NEURALGIA 0. B. writes: What is tick- ta-

la-rue? REPLY

I'm no Frenchman, but I ae | sume you meantic douloureum, |

a severe facial. neuralgia. Loans PARALYSIS R. M. writes: Is’ there any | helpful treatment for paresis? REPLY Yes, but the answer depends

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| Minister Paul Hellyer announced that his

| had- been tics may: be usaial in these obs [07 tone vee

- | Brooklyn. College came up with * Most of us live in dirty cities

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NOTES BY THE WAY

With much fanfare,

of the armed forces to 110,000. /10,000 in military annual

almost 7,000 were staffs of the other government

‘| Liberals took office, there were ebout 350,000 employees in fe

sctaaily doesn't give the taxpa- defense cutback are being spent yers much to rejoice about: just as quickly —and more so—

Hellyer was in other fields. Even as Mr. Hellye at The ayer just-can't_wia.

ds ‘New Morality’ Next?

Bangor Daily News “New math’ is an innovation i oe in the best. poe si ight. quite under- Under this ‘new morality” # is quite all right to be dishonest. Fix up the marks so-the ‘kids’ — get into college, .whether earned the privilege or td the capacity for a college

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the word of the experts that it és an improvement on the old | way of teaching mathematics. We are crag disturbed a Bom ever, by what seems to a | educ “heed csatmet! that has infilt- | It sure sets a fine example: for rated the New York City school. | the young people. Why wouldn't is was recently brought to light they conclude life is a “rac a dozen of the city’s high ket” and that moral principles a ls uperade student's mzrks are to be followed only whes ' convenient?

and hide failing marks in order ae peop! Frankly, this jolts us.. We S eines. ce _— lack sophistication. We have ea-

old-fashioned idea that there are eternal verities which young person should be taught, , We believe that honesty and other virtues never go out of

| style. We also believe, and the dic-

The ‘application center, for

the practice and offered no apo-

| logies or showed indication ef tionary supports us, that educa-

a sodium pentothal test and is it

schools

-/ upon. the cause of this form of |

| muscular weakness. | (NOTE: All correspondence _to-Dr: Van Dellen should be addressed to: Dr. Theodore

_Van Dellen, co Chicago Trib- ing

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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) Sweden's Communist party be- came the first in the non-Com- munist world Wednesday to get annual government subsidies. A

ies of 22,980,000 crowns. ($4,438,-

chamber. It was approved by |

~the upper House Tuesday.

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being shocked. - > | tion is not limited to the mental In fact, a spokesman for the development of pupils, but alse lopment.

-| board of education excused the -to moral-devel

administrators of the offending May the practice of a ‘new with -these - words: “morality’*- in: those New -York “Their hearts are in the right | high schools be wiped out be- trying to fore it has a chance to spread.

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