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A Good Investment

The architect’s sketch of the civic bandshell to be constructed in Victoria Park, which appeared in our issue of yesterday. unavoidably did not do justice to the lovely aetting in which it is to be placed. and which will enhance its value tenfold as a centre of entertainment and cultural activities during the aummer months-

The City Council. we are con- vinced, made no mistake in approv- ing this project as a centennial undertaking. The cost to the city will be $13,500, the balance of some $9,500 being met by ii grant from the provincial centennial committee. These figures seem high: but what isrft high these days in the way of construction expenditures? There is no likelihood of them coming down in the immediate future. The trend will probably be the other way; and, of course, if this opportunity were lost, the project would have to be financed entirely by the civic ad- ministration. One doesn't need to be a prophet to foresee that in that case it would never materialize at all.

“What of it '."' some may say. "It's not a necessity. There are more urgent problems, such as housing accommodation, water pollution, and other matters that need attention, and should be given priority.” We quite agree that these requirements should and must receive consider- ation. It will be disgraceful if the housing problem. especially, is not grappled with this year. But not all community needs are of a utilitarian nature. Are flowers of less value because we can't convert them into vegetables. or song birds because we can't market their eggs, or the shade trees of Victoria Park be- cause thcy don't supply us with plums and apples? The whole Park area could be written off as a dead loss, if we were to assess its value in terms of dollars and cents.

But of course we don’t do that. Nor did our civic forebears, who were harder pressed than we were to provide for the necessities of life; who saw the unique possibili- ties of this beauty spot for Char- lottetown, preserved it in its nat- ural setting, and left it to our citi- zens of today. We value it in the same way, but it is regrettable hat in late years more use has not n made of its facilities, especially the way of outdoor concerts and her midsummer attractions.

The new bandshell. with its at» tractive design and provision for many forms of entertainment of this kind, should prove a boon to all our citizens.

A Queer World Life, comments the Ottawa Jour- ml, is becoming peculiar. Our ar- mories have been successfully in- vaded by armed hooligans or worse;

munition, and got away. _ enae Minister has a plan to confound their knaviah tricks. He's goihg to remove the guns and aim- musritiion from the armoriea. "If they're not there how can they be stolen, dear Watson?"

Watson might reply by asking what the anus were doing in the as-moi-lea in the first place. As a matter of fact they were there to be used in the training of our re- eai-velforces. on thegtbaory that s soldierli-b¢Pl'rI¢W'!l*l'!?"”" toe-nvaaun-eye.’-Ito

in it. very’ old Ml‘. and ausstlnussourottewa

hot! i not how shall we use our armoriea or how shall we train our reserve soldiers. It is how can vve' keep the soldiers from being kid- iiapped and their firearms stolen! The answer had the clarity of genius to Mr. Hellyer: don't leave them in unprotected places, such as armories.

Watson might suggest (if this were a Sherlock Holmes case) that perhaps a more orthodox way might be to guard _the armories. The old maxim about keeping your powder dry presumably also meant to keep your powder where you need it. But in today's world that’s silly. Group Captain Lee spoke for Mr. Hellyer to prove it: “How many armed men would you have to have on guard to handle a band of six or seven who struck an armory?”

“We'd have thought, a year ago." retorts The Journal, "that the proper answer would be ‘enough’, and that if several of this over- whelming force of ‘six or seven’ got a bullet in the leg for their pains that would. prove only that our de- fenses were adequate. But that’s a year ago. The order of the day from Defense HQ now is to with- draw quietly and above all leave no provocation-—not even plum and apple jam-—that would unfairly tempt some band of six or seven. Should there be any untoward dis- order the forces are to rally at the nearest drive-in suburban theatre, but to leave their arms at home.”

This, of course, is editorial spoofing, not without provocation. But Justice Minister Favreau ap- peared to have been speaking quite seriously when he told Parliament the other day, anent Dr. Marcel Chaput‘s statement that the Queen would meet with trouble on her visit to Quebec, and how his depart- ment proposed to deal with such threats: "The House can be assur- ed, and I believe the question need not even be asked, that in relation to any statements made by any person or group, action is always taken, and is being taken by the re- aponsi-ble officials and officers to ascertain whether any measure ought to be taken, and to take thmze measures if necessary."

That, dear Watson, should settle everything!

Foregoing The Debate

At its last two openings the New Brunswick Legislature has foregone the customary lengthy de- bate on the Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne. lu- atead, the passage of the Address has been treated as a mere proced- ural motion, a routine feature of the mechanism of convening the House.

This, notes the Fredericton Gleaner, carries a step farther the current British custom which limits the Address debate to speeches by the party leaders. It is too early yet to know if dispensing with the Address debate is to become a New Brunswick legislative tradition. The test will come as another election nears.

“If it does become a tradition,’ says the Fredericton paper, “it may be a good one. Criticism of parlia- mentary bodies for dilatoriness and long-windedness is widespread. If New Brunswick foregoes two or three weeks of Address debate on topics to be gone over again in the Budget debate, it will go far to meet the criticism. If the corres- ponding debate in the Canadian Parliament drags on. the Ottawa legislators may be advised to look at New Brunswick.”

It is a. consummation to be de- sired. And if it did away with a lot of inconsequential non-confi- dence motions as well, the gain from the public point of view would be all the greater.

EDITORIAL NOTES

The Pearson Government in- tends to launch an inquiry into ways and means of limiting campaign ex- penditures in federal elections. An excellent move, deserving of the fullest public support.

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-An allowance of $10 every two years towards the cost of new eye- glasses is an unusual feature of a new contract signed by the union representing 1,800 Toronto garment makers and a group of sportswear manufacturers in that city. The justification for this fringe benefit is that it takes into account possible aye-strain because of close work.

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WINTER SCENE, GOVERNNTENT HAOUSEA

T OTTAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson Back At Their Parliamentary Chores

The Members are back at work on Parliament Hill, after an eight-week change of pace- during which some worked in th e i r constituencies w h i le of h e r s travelled abroad for ifheir country, some did both and most managed to squeeze in a short holiday.

Wally Nesbiii. the well - liked and hard - workiing bachelor .Vl.P. from Woodstock, Ontario. told me of the six - day Canada- UK-USA meeting of parliamen- tarians he had attended in Ber- muda — where it was "c old. raining and windy" ~— and the

week long (‘anada - USA par- liamentarians conference he had attended in Washington and 5 Cape Kennedy —— better known J as C a p e Canaveral — in 1710- ! rida, where it was also “co l d, l raining and windy."

Back in Ottawa. his first job for his constituents was to has- ~ ten the issue. of passports for Ken Orton and his wife, of Tiil- ; sonburg. Ken, an immigrant from UK, has worked as pro-ll gramme director at the locali radio stat i o n for ab 0 iii ten X

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years. But took up photography as a hobby. His first attempt making a film. in colour and with sound. won him a prize at the Venice Film Festival. So in response to a cabled invitation, he and his w'fe were flying to Italy to receive the award.

l l THE DISTAI-‘F SIDE 1 Some of Parliament's ladies, were occupi with woman’; ; work as well as political work. 1 .ludy l.aMzirsh. back from her official visit to the Olym pic Winter Sports in Austni's Tirol. and all set to launch her univer- sal portable pension plan. w shopping for green fell. A chess l buff “when I can find an oppon- l

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decorative set with tournament.-‘ size c a rved fimires in p a l el brown and pale blue - green onyx. The big heavy b0 3 rd needed a felt bottom to save‘ the furni i ll r e in her Oil a wa apartment from onyx scratches. Mrs. Zvlarg Konantz. the new yet already well - known mem- ber from Winnipeg. was busy decorating her Parliament Hi ll office in a Manitoba motif. A miniature Red River Cart and a

PUBLIC FORUM

column is spelt la the Illlcuslioss by correspondent: of questions of in

any aorrrrspondence regard- ing letters submitted. BRIEF OBJECTED T0 Sir. ' reference to the

Edward Island Tourist Assocsa- tion requeating the permjeeion of licensing bars and cocktail lounges in motels and hotels, may we say that this brief Wu not circulated among all bcieis and motels—we never heard or such a brief until] news of it was published in your paper. Having been in the tourist business for many years. may we say that tourists DO NOT come here to drink liquor, and those who want it can se- cure all they wish. What they come here for is to relax on our en-

h will be molled th e opening of bars and cockt all lounges.

Because other provinces have cooliitall lounges, is that any reason why we should have them? They also have much more crime and delta- qulncythanvrelmve.bsstdowe want them too? We will b ave diam when we have more linear outlets.

sheaf of wheat were the fl r at ornaments: a duck is being mountiai: and pictures are being framed.

Social C re d it leader B o b Thompson had as guests two of his constituents, Alvin Hand. who farms at lnnisfail. Alberta. and G a -r r y Jespersen. w h o

works in Red Deer. They h a d ' topped a c o n t 9 st for selling

memberships in the Social Cre- dit Association and for selling subscript. i o n s to the S o c ial Credit periodical “Focus". Their prize was a visit to the opening ceremonies of the new session of Parliament. TOAST BEFORE PABLUM Many MP5 and Senators ac- cepted the Governor General's invitation to his traditional re- ception on the cvonim: before

he performed the opening ritual s

of reading the speech from the throne. 0 v e r 100 izucs-is s a t dow n to the banquet at Gov ernment House. including Cabi- net Min-istcrs. Party Leaders,

ambassadors from the Com- monwealth countries. religious leaders and military b r ass: another 500 were individiu a l ly welcomed after dinner by Gen- eral Vanier. and crowded in to the ballroom to toast their re- assembled friends and foes. The drab black and white uniform of men's evening tails was enliv- ened by the gay dresses of wives and guests.

One of the most - travail ed visitors to iihis gala occaalo was pretty Mrs. . . “Pat' Boulding from Nanaimo. the guest of her f\l.P. Colin Crime- ron. Oakvillels Dr. Harry Har-

pily recovered from her recent illness: Dave Pugh. from the i Okanagan. iantalized Ottawa's l snow - hungry skiers with tales , of B.C.'s good sport: and Moose "Jaw's George Mr-Clellan was i resplendent in his scarlet . form as Commissioner of the

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Reward ”Good” Drivers

Guelph Mercury

Dominion Automobile Associa- tion, one of Canada‘s organiza- tions devoted to the welfare of the Canadian motorist. recently invited comment from members relative to suggestions for im- provement in the Canadian Mo- toring safety picture.

Among the replies was a con- structive s u g g e 5 tion from is member" in Western Canada. it would make public acknowled- gement of the safety record of Canada's good drivers. as op- posed to the publicity given the “demerii" systems now in force publicizing Canada's “Bad" dri-

W.S. Chalmers. manager, Members‘ Services. of the asso- ciation. has suggested a plan whereby the accident-free driv- or could be awarded a “merit" slicker. year after year. by his own insurance company. The color an type of the s H c ker would c h a n g e progressively. year after year. After a year acci nt free record a Gold Merit sticker would be awarded. It would be reissued year after

; year as long as the driver's rec- rd r e m a in ed unblemished by accident. A system of this type would . be comparatively simple to op- ‘ crate due to the Insurance Com- pa-ny's awareness of any change in the status of the driver from l year to year. issuance of a dup- licate sticker for a car purchas- ‘ed during a policy year would be made only on the surrender of the sticker issued previously to that driver. Accident - free d r i v ers are : proud of their records. and pub- ‘ lic acknowledgement of s u c h record makes an added incen- tive to keep them clean and tin- blemished. The "Good" Driver is more or ‘; less taken for granted, possibly « on the theory that virtue of this i type is its own reward. But it's ; only human to strive for recog- i[ nltion in any field of endeavor. land safe driving is indeed an ‘important field of endeavor in 1964. in a country which has an automobile for every three in- abitanis.

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Justice Warren's Remark

Detroit Free Prcsg

Chief J u s t l c e Earl Warren. who heads the commission sift- ing the assassination of Presi- dent Kennedy. has made a state- ment which calls for clarificat- lon—and probably amendment.

Answering a reporter's ques- tion about release of testimony. Mr. Warren said:

“Yes. there will come a time. But it might not be in your life- time. I am not referring to any- thing especially, but there might be something that would involve security. This would be preserv- ed but not made public." '

There should not be a releas- ing of commission testl m o n y piecemeal.

But the life expectancy of a re- porter interviewing the Chic Justice is ample to make it like- ly that he will still be around when the commission has heard every available fact and state- me .

W hen that time comes,

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Our Yesterdays

(Frans the Guardian Files)

TWENY - FIVE YEARS AGO (February 27. line)

A mild type of influenza con- tinues to keep up t0’0flO third of ChaI‘iottietown's school population on the sick list it was learned today front Dr. B. C Keeplna. Deputy Minister of Health. However. the Qidemie we.s‘ttiou¢h¢ to have reached its pe .

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Dr. J.C. Houston. speaking at t ."i'ii.'.°"i"'ii neessd so her iueeii oi'o,se is. die nine: toward T ,

wlllbetlse ¢,|I\e'arnora than taii years that-i-. iias isaessddlsitettesmapttal.

everything that had been learn- ed concernlng the murder of its president. Moreover. security considerations (legitimate ones) have a relatively short life. Concetvably Mr. Warre

‘America is entitled to know

n is that a

cumstancea make him appear to have been. or even less likely, the possibility that Lee Oewald wasn't President Kennedy's alayer after all. and that he was craftity saddled with eye 1-- whelming circumstantial evi- dence.

ut even if such an tmprobabi. lity proved to be the case, it um would not take a lifetime to

t could ever be solved. It was. in all. an inept remark by the Chief Justice. He lslmlled that concelvab

it t klllipoucy to —w a of l- icy being left to suaplcloua iiliog. ginatlon

Abo. he gave those who want to believe that 1'. Kennedy could only have been killed .5 the result of an international :¢'>nlnlrIcy words. which marry

them will ch to confirmation. 00“ "um u

ley took his attractive w'fe. hap- .

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Don't Neglect Hoarseness

By Dr. Theodore ll. Vusbellea Cancer of the larynx can treated successfully. small

radls tion or simple surgery. A more

extensive operation, is need e d.

dter cancer cells have invaded theeotlre larynx and spread into neighboring tissues. voice box must be removed and the nearby glands and lympha- tic passageways dissected

away. Complete removal of the larynx creates emotional problems. It is natural to be concerned about this ‘type of operation and the ultimate outcome. But other wor- ntes can be mlntmlud if the in- dividual la briefed in advance on what to expect. Following aurgery. breathing must be done through a small hole in the neck: this eliminates the ability to sneeze, swim. and smoke. e appearance is affected but the opening in the neck can be covered with a small piece of gauze. Since nomial talking is impossible after the voice box is taken out. the patient must learn esophageal speecn or use an electronic gadget as a

substitute.

The majority of laryngec- tomees prefer to m a ater th e knack of swallowing air and ex- pelling it through the opening of the esophagus in i o the tibroat. A-t this point, they make sounds that are then modulated by the palate. tongue, and lips. in much the same way as with normal vocal cords. Speech de- livery will not be as pleasa nt as a broadcasters but it will permit communication with fam- ily. friends. and others.

Group instruction and prac tice at a rehabilitation cent er are valuable adjuncts to train- ing. In addition. there are a number of laryngectomy clubs in the country where members get together to learn esopha- geal speech and swap experi- ences.

Various conditions cause a change in voice but thorough am-

at the larynx is in order when huslsiness or hoaraeness persists longer than three weeks. Not every physician has the equipment to make this exa- minaliion or knows how to use it, but these men usua-lly sug- gest a consultation with a speci- alist. if necessary. Take this

advice. It may save your voice_

and your life. DEVELOPMENT OF PREEMIES Mrs. M. writes: Does a pre- mature baby catch up with other children in development?

REPLY

Yes. One center conducted a followup study of the develop- men! of 100 prematures over a period of 11 years.‘Some in this group were too young to evalu- ate but. by age 8.80 per cent had caught up in height.

PRESSURE FROM GOUT

J. G. writes: Could gout cause pressure on the sciatic nerve, resulting in pain and spasm down one leg?

RE Now and then gout involve a the spine. But the diesase pro- cess would have to be well loca- lized to cause pressure on the sciatic nerve as it leaves th e