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No Easy Answers

A year ago, President Kennedy was speaking confidently about get- ting his country’s economy going. To aid him in his enterprise he raid- ed the faculties of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology for economists and scientists: Last week he spoke again to the American people, his mood of con- fidence gone. For the economy had remained sluggish, unemployment had persisted. and there was talk of another recession.

Writing of the President's. dis- illusionment, a New York Times columnist states the trouble vividly: “How,” he asks, “do you absorb three million new Americans every

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year while labor-saving automatic.

machinery is knocking off 1.25 mil- lion jobs every 12 months, and whole new competing mass pro- duction industries are rising in Europe and Japan? This is the cen- tral question before the nation."

Quoting this statement, the Ot- tswa Journal points out that Can- ad:i‘s position. in a degree at any rate, is that of the United States. The world's tides of change affect us. too. and for our troubles there are no easy P.I‘.SWel’S, no short-cut domestic solutions, and small help from slogans and cries that have long since lost all meaning. “Politic- ians holding otherwise," says our Ottawa contemporary sternly, "of- fering cheap, easy escape from our tribulations. are little better than the medicine men and witch doc- tors of another age.”

True as these reflections may be, we cannot help thinking that they could have been made to better pur- pose before the last federal elect- ion. All parties took over the role of medicine men during that cam- paigning period, crying their own wares with little thought to the hard economic facts. The indecisive result came partly. it is said, because the voters couldn't be sure which party they could get the most out of in future.

Then came: the chastening after- .

math. We ard all wiser now, after the event. But none of us can af- ford to do much preaching at-ovit it. Let's hope that. our anguished, distracted world settles down into something better than what we see today, and that we ourselves, and the politicians who reflect our views, will’ be prepared to work harder and sacrifice more for the things we say we believe in.

Aramaic At McGill

Some students at McGill Univer- sity, Montreal, will soon be speak- ing the original tongue of the Ser- mon on the Mount, which is now being added to the curriculum. The news is of sufficient importance to be taken note of by the National Geographic Society, which devotes an article to this revival of Aramaic, the ancient Semitic speech related to Hebrew and Arabic which flour- ished throughout the Near East from about 700 B.C. to A.D. 700.

In Jesus’ tirrie, Aramaic was the popular t on g u e of Palestine. A devout Jew of the first ca 11 t u ry prayed and read the Scriptures in Hebrew, the scholars’ medium; but he conversed with his friends and conducted business in Aramaic. The Old Testament books of Daniel and Ezra were originally written in this language, as was the New .Teste- ment Gospel of St. Matthew.

for A1'IIm,(n0w Syria) rarely made any conquests. Traders made it the ‘lingua franca’ and diplomatic ton- gue of the Near East. Gradually it supplanted Phoenician, Hebrew, and other Semitic tongues of the region. It; characters and inscriptions have been discovered from Asia Minor to the Great Wall of China.

In the seventh century after Christ, Islam's armies swept out of the Arabian desert, eventually con- quering the world from Spain to India. Along with their swords, they brought their language, Arabic, which overwhelmed Aramaic. Very few people speak it today, although Assyrian Christians continue to use it in their church services and im- migrants have brought their liturg- ies to this continent. It can also be heard in remote villages of its Syrian birthplace, and in isolated hamlets of northern Iraq, south- western India, and western Turkey. Villagers of Ma’lula, -near Damas- cus, speak an Aramaic dialect, though it is somewhat degenerated and mixed with Arabic words. Philologists say, however, that the people could easily have conversed with the people of Jesus’ time.

Biblical students everywhere will be interested in the efforts to re- vive the teaching of this hallowed tongue at McGill. It bridges the centuries in a very human manner, and will certainly add impetus to scholarly research into Christian origins.

Sir Winston Home

The grand old man returned home from Middlesex Hospital in London on Tuesday, “flashing a big grin and waving a big cigar.” We all stood in spirit at the curbside as he went by, joining in the saluta- tions: “God bless you !” “Good old Winnie!" What more needed to be said?

The greatest man of our time, the most admired. the most beloved. the most deserving of the gratitude of free men ever_\'\vhere, had sur- vived another close call, had come through again with flying colors. Once again the crowds saw the blue- spotted bow tie and the flower in the buttonhdle, the beaming smile and the fingers raised in the famous V-for-Victory sign. Then he had passed. and they dispersed. happy in having glimpsed him, in knowing that he was going home, safe and sound, fresh’ as a daisy.

We all feel that ‘way. The trouble about writing about Sir Winston is that we can’t do it without a lump in our throats. We owe him too much; we love him too much. Like the London crowds, we'll just say “God bless you” on this occasion, and let it go at that. We realize that in the nature of things we cannot have him with‘ us much longer, but we’ll follow his own ad- vice and let the future's bad news take care of itself. Today he's well again, back home where he belongs. It’s an occasion for joy and thanksgiving.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Radio and television stations still finds newspapers a fine medium through which to build an audience. They spent nearly $21 million on newspaper advertising in 1961, ac- .cording to la t e s t Media Records figures. In addition millions more were spent for newspaper advertis- ing featuring television and radio sets.

0 O C

An Ontario milk marketing plan, hammered out by representatives of each of the four major milk pro- ducer groups in the province, an d released by the Provisional Milk Marketing Board for study by pro- ducers at large, has been getting a mixed reception. The plan, if ap- proved, will bring the marketing of all Ontario milk under the authority of one board. Dairymen are to be asked to vote on it this fall.

I O 0

Liberal Leader Lester Pearson has put one controversial political issue at'rest. He says there would be “no national interest served" by members of lhe opposition parties attending the Commonwealth con- ference with Prime Minister Diefen- baker. The idea of other parties be- ing represented, he says. is “both impracticable and wit h out any merit.” It would run counter to our

. parliamentary system “in which the

government takes responsibility for policy which the opposition can

then support or oppose as required."

AS ONE CABINET-MAKER TO ANOTHER OTTAWA REPORT'by Patrick Nicholson i Need For National Development Fund

For two or three years there has been talk around Parlia- ment Iiill about the creation of’ a National Development Fund, which would attract investments from thrifty Canadians and thereby provide capital to as- sist the future development’ of our natural resources.

Like the vision of Northern Development and our new com- prehensive national farm policy this imaginative concept was triggered or fostered by one of the surprise successes of the Diofenbaker Government. Sas- katchewan's Hon. Alvin Hamil-

ton.

When he was Minister of Nor- thern Affairs and National Re- sources. Alvin Hamilton be- came quite distressed to note how the venture capital seeking to develop our resources came predominantly from foreigners. During the exciting early stak-

to become financiers instead savings-account misers.

OUTLOOK BROADENS Colncidental with his trans- fer from that portfolio. his idea of a National Developrrent Fundi broadened from our natural re- sources to all our industrial fields. This perhaps was promp- ted by the‘ series of m a s s I v e take-over bids by which foreign- ers are trying to buy up our industries. and recently espec- ially to in most of e new

in those high-living years ‘from

1945 to 1961. when instant money’

was available to pay our insis- tent bills, we all preferred to act like Admiral Nelson: at the battle of Copenhagen, you will remember. he put the telescope to his blind eye so that he could not see a signal which he knew would be unwelcome.

But we were told that. in Ill- 59, foreigners controlled 97 per cent of our automobile in- dustry. 75 per cent of our oil wells. 61 per cent of our mining and 57 per cent of our manufac-

turing industrles. Today those figures are undoubtedly higher; no other nation suffers this degree of economic colonialism.

Canada suffers two damaging consequences of this foreign do- mlnatlon. First. businesses con- trolled by foreigners are operat- ed by them primarily in the interests of themselves and their country, rather than of Canada and Canadians. Second. tax revenue from their profits is substantially funnelled away from the Canadian treasury. Ex-

amples are recurrently reported 3

in our newspapers. and require no repetition here in proof of my assertions.

TAKE-OVER BIDS RISE

Can we afford any more of the massive take-over bids by foreigners buying up our indus- tries? Those may be “-*‘Ding‘ us to bridge our huge balance-of- payments gap caused by ou r extravagant living standards; but they are nevertheless slow- ly. bleeding us to economic death.

Many countries have la w s which prevent foreigners from holding control of native com-

l

panies. Successive Canadian governments have shied away from following this practice. but in typical Canadian compromise fashion Ottawa is edging

wards a policy of “Voluntary compulsion". Big business of course counters this trend with talk that we must have that foreign capital. and should not frighten it away.

Of course we can use foreign capital. and we do and always should welcome it — but in the form of borrowed money. not ownership. And it would come on those terms. .l\ist as it read- ily flows into other countries on the same rms.

Meanwhile, this constructive thinking seems to be crystalliz-

ing on" setting up that very;

worthwhile National Develop-I

ment Fund. so that ‘Canadian capital can replace foreign ca- pital in aiding the development of Canada. Individual Canadians would subscribe the m o n e y: the qovernmnm wnlllrl ~zuar:m- tee its security: business would be able to obtain needed capital from that all-Canadian sourse, instead of selling out to foreign- ers.

At Checkpoint Charlie

By Harold Morrison Canadian Press Staff Writer . -

The ambulance the Western powers plan to station at Check- point Charlie on the Berlin bor- der may ease but not eliminate the West Berlin emotional storm that spewed anger not only on the Communists but on Ameri- cans as well.

Providing medical aid for est caplng refugees wounded’ by East Berlin guards may save some lives but it may compli- cate the crisis without solving the heart of the problem for West Berlliiers—elimination of the w I that as become a black symbol of German dis- unity.

The U.s. has made rlear, for example, that the medical aid to be provided would not -en- courage the wounded refugee to escape. In the case of another

Facing Extinction Nlllond Geographic Sedfl

The rat-tat-tat of the ivory - billed woodpecker and the soft, melodious whistle of the Eskimo curlew may soon fade into all-

once.

The two birds are among some 120 species that face ex- tinction. At least a doses are native to the United States.

Slaughter for pleasure a II II profit by former generations of Americans e ‘ the pea- senger pigeon, heath hen. Caro- lina parakeet, great suk. a an Labrador duck.

Today, the main threats to the wildbird are clvilizatioirs highways and homes. meciianie ed fame and rise. umcasr ,wooni»acxs:is ,

Only two ivory-billed ~woo‘d- peckers have been sight the United States in ten The largest member of the woodpecker family once popu- lated the dense cypress swamps of the south. dining on -wood borers beneath the bark. Lum- bermeu felled the age-old lor- ests. destroying the bird's priv- acy and pantry.

ed in years.

family Eskimo curlews. plump shore» -wing

birds that are too tasty for their ewn 3 . bred numerously in the marshes of western Canada. The flocks migrated eastward

coasts to w is fine.

Curlew: were ,ehot mark- eted by the csrlued until they all but vanishedxln lI§:‘Fertee- aiely. the curl ll llllbried re- ;ppel1'lII| in smallelmhers la

exas

The Everglades kite. a see- time common over southern anarslsiands. sow numb:-sleseihaaihh the

United States. The few surviv- ors lnhabli a single swamp near Florida's Lake 0k bee.‘ Ex- tensive swamp drainage de- stroyed tbe klte’s natural habit- at and its sole source of food. a species of fresh-water snail. The bird still thrives In South America. \

The bald eagle, official bol of the United States,

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still runs deep in

tragic event such as that which occurred last Friday when 18- year-old Peter Fechter was left dying by the Reds. the Western ambulance would seek to go ‘into Soviet zone and give the victim medical attention. TRY. ANYWAY V What would h a p p_e ii. an American diplomat was asked, if it is found the victim needs immediate hosni-‘al a"---1‘i~.vi'.’ in that case, it was stated, the vic- tim would be taken to an East Berlin hospital if the Commun- nisis approved. And what if the Communists refused to allow the ambulance to enter East Berlin: The dip- lo then replied: "Nothing. I guess. The ambu- lance would reium to West Ber- lin. We don't want a shooting war. but the world will see that we tri ."

This fear of stirring up a shooting war lies at the heart of U.S. diplomacy on Berlin. As long as U.s. rights in West Ber- in are not threatened, e Americans will bend over back- wards to prevent a fight. And the Russians probably are well aware this.

CONSIDERED FORCE

When the Communists first erected the wall the question debated in the U.S. government was whether the wall should be challenged by using tanks and guns to knock it down. The de- cision reached was to let it alone, despite the concern of

en.

no

And it is this concern that

the minds of the West Ber cl . Whl tbegotinz arose from the death of e German youth last Fri- day. the cries at could be heard from the angry mob was: ,'‘The wall must go."

Now the Western Allies are seeking a our-power conference with Russia to find ways of eas- in 'Berlln ten s u

Arthritis Cause Said Unknown -

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sive but I'm glad to s my money on it and do without oth- er thin " '

gs. The cause of rheumatoid arthritis not known. At one

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hypersenslt in immune bodies

In such instances, the “causative. .

organisms initiated t disease and then disappeared from the body. Careful studies failed to find huch micro-organisms the involved joints or other tissues. As a result, rheumatoid arthritis cannot be passed along ‘during contacts with other members of the family

ful, swollen joints represent a reaction to internal changes. No one knows.why the smaller joints usually are involved, es- pecially those of the hands. wrists, and feet. Other joints and tissues may be affected but ii . e same ex eiii.

The relief of pain following the use of corticosteroids such as cortisone is dramat . It unfortunate that these products do not cure the disease.

(Dr. Van Dellen will send leaflet on rheumatoid arthritis if stamped, self-addressed enve- lope accompanies request.)

LE_SS ZEST FOR FOOD

J.F.W. writes: For some time I have wondered whether the sense of taste becom-s blunted with age. Now that I am in the 8th decade, foods don‘t have the flavor they used

REllLY

There are psychological rea- sons why oldsters don't enjoy eating as much as they us to. Many live alone or the cook is depressed and lacks imagina- tion. In addition, the sense taste is not so keen. chewing is more difficult, the amount of saliva is reduced. and many elderly men and women have dental nrohlems.

IRRITABLE COLON

M.A. writes: Is X-ray, needed

to diagnose a spastic bowel?

No. particularly when the in- dividual is tense and abdominal distress fol I o w s periods of stress. fatigue. or emotional ‘rp- seis. In addition. pain is locat- ed over the areas correspond- to the large lowel. X-rays a r e advised when the condition per- sists orgother symptoms devel- on that are "oi associated us- ually with ordinary spasm of

e colon.

BORN WITH ASTHMA

M.B. writes: My 6 month old baby was born with bronchial asthma. I have seen older peo-

Is there any hope she will out- gorw i

REPLY ,Time will tell but bronchial asthma at this age requires a thorough Investigation of the breathing apparatus as well as allergyrstu

L.S.B. writes: Can anything be done about a cauliflower ear caused by frostbite?

REPLY

This is an unusual cause but there is no reason why a plastic surgeon can't be consulted. frostbite has affected the circu- lation, healing might be de-

layed. TODAY'S HEALTH HINT-

Abandqn your electronic kit- chen occaslonally and cook in the country

OUR YESTERDAYS

(From the Guardian Flies)

‘I‘WEN'I‘Y-FIVE YEARS AGO August 83. 1837 Heavy squall: caused minor damage to craft participating in ‘a snipe-boat race staged on Georgetown harbor. Dr. cm- from Montague won

's boat first place, followed so seconds

tag r lid Bob Beck was in fourth posi- tlon after losing the rudder on the course’.

prominent physician Jr Tuft's College professor has served two two-year terms.

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