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PAGE 4 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1964. Grave Repercussmns Belgian paratroopers dropped

from United States military trans-

port aircraft have rescued upwards of a thousand white hostages from rebel forces in the Congo, but more than 50 whites were killed in savage rebel reprisals and the death toll of foreigners since the operation be- gan has neared the hundred mark. The whole story is a tragic one, notleast because of the fact that it has given rise to a new wave of hostility against the United States on the part of other African na- tions. Disputes and conflicts in

Africa, they contend, can best be

handled by and through the Organi-

zation for African Unity and the

United Nations.

Even American newspapers are expressing grave doubts as to the wisdom of the course followed. They grant that American lives were at. stake; but direct American military intervention in Africa not only inflames African opinion but also invites a corresponding move from China or the Soviet Union. Both these nations are involved in many African trouble spots. Yet they have apparently learned the advantage of a more subtle game.

Moreover, this was the first time Belgian troops had openly re- turned to the Congo since their de- scent on the country only a few days after the formal granting of independence to the land in the sum- mer of 1960. The reason given then for their return was the mutiny of the Congolese Army. It was a move which precipitated the up- heavals which led to the breakaway of Katanga and the murder of Premier Patrice Lumumba.

To most Africans outside the Congo, the present Premier Tshombe is an outcast because of his reliance on white mercenaries recruited from Rhodesia and South Africa—lands which symbolize out- ward hostility to the black man. Nor is it forgotten that Tshombe himself was not above using hos- tages for political ends. It is this that makes the promptness with which Washington and Brussels have moved to support his thrust toward Stanleyville frought with embarrassing consequences for the future of United States policy.

Some Canadian as well as Ameri- can lives were involved in this in- cident, and we can fully appreciate the humanitarian motives which prompted the American govern- ment to act as it did. But unfortu- nately the political aspects cannot be dissociated from the operation, and it is these that now threaten to put U.S. diplomacy on trial in Africa as never before.

No Place For Drunks

The drunk at the wheel is a problem for Western and Commu- nist countries alike, and according to a survey recently conducted by Reuters news agency, must of them are doing something about it. Most nations have either stiffened their penalties or are making plans to do so in the near future.

Top credit in this regard is given to Sweden, which helped to pioneer the worldwide movement against drunken drivers, which first took legislative measures against the of- fense in 1920, introduced blood tests in 1934 and now provides a maxi- mum of one year in prison for. a “first degree” offense and six months imprisonment for a. "second degree" (less serious) offense. Fines, payable in installments, are fixed on a percentage of the con- victed We salary.

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In the Soviet Union, a driver convicted of this offense for the first time is banned from the roads for a year; for the second time he is banned for two years, and for the third time for life.

Frenchmen convicted of drunken driving face a prison sentence of up to one year or a fine equivalent to $1,000, or both, as well as the suspension of their license. A blood test is carried out on the ac- cused, and the results of this analy- sis are submitted to a special traf- fic court.

West Germans face sentences of up to five years’ imprisonment and the loss of their driving licen- ses for life. But since the imprison- ment of drunk drivers who do not cause accidents is a. controversial issue, the treatment varies from court to court. To prove “public danger,” police use special balloons which change color when blown up with alcoholized breath.

In England, if convicted by magistrates, the guilty are liable to a fine of 100 pounds, or four months imprisonment—or both. If the case is considered serious enough to go before a judge and jury in a higher court, there may be a fine or imprisonment of up to two years—or both.

Canadian penalties are not list- ed in the report that we have seen of the Reuters’ survey; but in many provinces there is complaint that they are not heavy enough, or are not being strictly enough enforced. But at least we can claim to be more severe in this respect than Argentina, where, ironically, being drunk at the wheel can save a driver from going to prison. If a sober driver accidentally kills a pedestrian there, he may be im- prisoned for up to three years; but if he can prove he had a few drinks at the time and is not a habitual drunk, the court rules he was not in full possession of his senses and lets him off free!

Ominous Portent

More than 30 million Italians went to the polls this week to elect new regional provincial and com- munal conncils. The turnout was 90 per cent of the voting population. The election was generally regard- ed as a test of the political feelings of the country. It was the first op- portunity the voters had had to show how they viewed the year and a half of their centre-left govern- ment, and the result was anything but promising for the country’s political future.

Between them the four parties that make up the government lost 3.6 per cent of the total vote. This would not be a. matter for undue concern, were it not that the Com- munist vote showed a 3 per cent increase.

Several factors, such as the re- cent happenings in Moscow and the unpopularity of the continuous Com- munistdnspired strikes, had led many forecasters to expect a de- crease in the popular support for the Communists. But everywhere in the industrial north and centre, where prosperity is greatest, ex- cept in the province of Turin, Com- munists made noticeable gains.

The result will make the work of the government more difficult. It has not received the clear man- date for which it hoped, and pres- sure from the left is bound to in- crease. Its own support from the Socialists has been whittled down, while the Christian D e mocrats themselves, bulwark of Italian democracy, have once again lost further popular support.

Italy’s NATO allies cannot af- ford to view the situation com- placently, though there seems nothing they can do about it.

EDITORIAL NOTES

“Of 84,835 immigrants to Can- ada in the first nine months of the year,” notes the Ottawa Journal, “45,835 settled in Ontario, 19,757 in Quebec and 61 in Prince Edward Island.” That's almost as bad as the way they divided up the hand- outs at recent federal-provincial conferences.

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Canadian scientists will attempt this winter to establish whether Hawk Lake in Manitoba was creat- ed by a meteorite. They plan to drill 3,000 to 3,500 feet below the lake bed and study the core remov- ed from the drill hole. Scientists estimate that it would have requir- ed a 1,000,000-bon meteorite travel- ling 36,000 miles an hour to have created a crater the size of the lake.

ME AND MY SHADOW

despite the absence of official confirmation, Ottawa | has accepted as gospel these 15 l years and more. In August, 1947, a vacancy; was created in W.L. Mackenzie King‘s postwar Cabinet by the death of Fisheries Minister HP. 1 G. Bridges. one of the junior but i promising members.

His death left New Brunswick without cabinet representation and Mr. King, often none too hasty in calling byelections, acted promptly.

The story has it that he tele- phoned New Brunswick's Liber- al Premier John B. McNair and asked him if he had any ideas about a good replacement. Mr. McNair. after turning the mat« ter over in his mind, is said to have replied with a question of his own: “What about Greg?" The man he had in mind, the story goes, was Gregory Bridg- es. brother of the deceased Cab- inet Minister.

Mr. King is supposed to have thanked him for his “interesting suggestion" and terminated the telephone conversation to give it some thought.

But Mr. King. never quite as omniscient as his contempor- aries believed, wasn't nearly as well posted on New Brunswick matters, or the Bridges family for that matter. as was Premier McNair.

The New Brunswick "Greg" who leaped to his mind was Mil- ton F. Gregg, VC. a Canadian war hero. who had been appoint- ed Sergeant-at-Arms ln th House of Commons by the Ben- nett Government in 1934 and had served in that capacity until the outbreak of war and who had left the army to become President of the University of New Brunswick.

OFFERED RIDING

Mr. King remembered the former Sergeant-at-Arms as a quiet, pleasant. mild- mannered. quiet—spoken man. To be added to this were substantial assets. An authentic war hero... 8 dis- tinguished educationist . . . sound knowledge of the opera- tions of the House of Commons.

1'. King, for once, didn’t hes-

itate.

He offered Mr. Gregg the Lib- eral nomination in Mr. Bridges‘ riding of York-Sunbury, and a Cabinet post if he were elected.

The invitation was as prompt- ly accepted.

The announcement that fol- lowed created at least as big a stir in New Brunswick Conser- vative circles as it did among the local Conservatives. And no one, it is said, was in prised than Premier McNalr.

Mr. Gregg, who had owed his Commons appointment to Con- servative Prime Minister Ben- nett, was known to provincial Liberals and Conservatives 3- like as a man of Conservative background and meanings.

Once local Liberals had re- covered from any surprise that they may have felt, they rallied behind their new candidate. Lo- cal rva v , eve didn’t forgive and forget quite as easily.

In the event. Mr. King's blooper proved a masterstroke. Mr. Gregg seemed strong Lib- eral backing and also, it is said, picked off the votes of quite a few innocent Conservatives.

ENTERED UN SERVICE

e won the election easily and went on to become Minister of Flsheries (1947), Minister of Veterans Affairs (1943» and Minister of Labor (1950). He held this last Cabinet post until he was defeated at the polls in the same 1957 general election

which toppled the St. Lament Government. ' After his defeat. he entered

the servxce of the United Na- tions. and, more recently, join-

ed Canada's diplomatic service at the earnest invitation of

GREGG CAREER RECALLED King’s Blooper Proved A Mosterstroke

Arthur Blaker in The Montreal Gazette

It is one of those stories which Prime Minister Lester Pearson, l proof or an old Cabinet colleague.

And whatever happened 0 Gregory Bridges who, but for a

have entered the King Cabinet 3 in 1947'? His fortunes have prospered. By an interesting coincidence. he was appointed a judge of e , King's Bench Court of the Su- preme Court of New Brunswick in June. 1948, only a few months after the fateful error in names is said to have occurred. In 1955

he was appointed to the appeal division of the same court.

On Oct. 10,1963, he was ap- pointed Chief Justice of the

1 Prime Ministerial blunder might I Queen'sBench division.

And Just last week, he was named Chief Justice 0 Brunswick, the highest post in his province.

And whom did he succeed?

By yet another interesting coincidence, he succeeded the Hon. John B. McNair, former premier of New Brunswick, who retired on attaining the age of 75 years.

f N e w judicial

It is an easy matter for Mr. Stanley Knowles to rise piously in the House of Commons, as did last week, and urge the gov- ernment to increase the pen- sions paid to retired civil scr- vants. Some government pen- sioners, though probably not as many as Mr Knowles implies, are having difficulty living on their present pensions: if com- passion were the only factor an increase might be call .

But what about the thousands of other retired Canadians who have not worked for the govern- ment but whose taxes support it? They too are on fixed pen- sions. If Mr Knowles‘ sugges- tion were accepted the govern- ment would be placing its own pensioners in a favored posi- tion at the expense of the ma- jority of retired Canadians, who cannot expect such treatment from their former employers

e truth is that civil service pensions, by and large, are eon- siderahly more generous than private ones. Many are as high as two-thirds of the salary paid prior to retirement.

Since 1958, when the Diefen- baker government set a preced- ent by raising their pensions. retired civil servants over 70

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have also received an increase of $240 a year in the general old age pension and, like everyone else, become eligible for hospi- tal insurance.

In deciding to turn down the request for increases. the pres- ent government correctly took the position that “it would be unfair to the great majority of retired Canadians who have not worked for the government to make s is] provision to pro- tect the former employees of the government itself against in- creases in living costs.“ Th e government's reply continues:

"Pensions... must looked upon basically as part of the re- muneration received by em- ployees for the services they rendered when they were em- ployed. They are not payments

are subject to increase on com- passionate grounds.

0 e them such would be to favor this minority of retired people by comparison with the majority of other retired Can- adians who cannot expect such treatment either from the gov- ernment as such or from em- ployers for whom they had work- ed in the past.

.John Birch

News that the John Birc h Society has as mem rs “gro- wing numbers of police and per- sonnel in sheriffs’ departmens throughout the country’ more than disquieting. It goes contrary to the role of the police

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democratic society as it IS commonly understood and practiced'

The quotation is from J oh n H. Rousselot, national director of public relations for the society He can '

press conference, “Police mem- ?ershfp (in the society) is a pri- vate matter can 1' educate themselves to th e threat of Communism."

The press conference was no- casioned by the announcement that 12 members of the Philadel- phia police force had said they joined the JVOHN Birch Socl

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its version of the Commun- ist problem, protect them against civilian groups interfering with the kind of stern law enforce- ment that they call for, a n d against court decisions limiting police techniques. With all respect to the rights c society ex- rs of the John Birch Society to organize and seek to influence others in the free market of ideas, under proper rules of law and political conduct, we cannot accept that police should any organized way, me members of of any other strongly committed political group.

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Soviet Union claim they are more than I nearly 22,000 have passed the 100 mark.

20 years old and

“became they were concerned over Communism and what they considered public resent- ment of the police.” Two or three other policemen were also said to be members.

Mahor James Tate of' Phila- delphia said this was the way the Nazi an Communist parties got started, and that policemen could not join gimp; that are “against certain ’ in the big cities." Mr. Rousaelot said the Mayor was conducting a "smear campaign" against the society, and had made “ab- aboul it, and that “there is ab soluter notihng wrong with pol- ice beinglmembers of the John

Birch Society." The New York Times, in the

a Callfsmna, charging that a local chapter of the society made up exclusively of policemen had been "hora sing" their chief. The Bitch Society apparently aims to educate policmen in

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Undue Concern About Health

By Dr. Theodore R. Van Dellen The hypochondriac thrives on poor health. His preoccupation with bodily symptoms

great he cannot think clearly or work satisfactorily. Most of his interpretations and fears are ex- aggerated but nothing can done to convince him he is free from isease, even when con- fronted with firm evidence.

The term was coined more than a century ago to describe abdominal symptoms of nervous origin. A typical example is the 54-year-old bachelor who, for years, complained of fullness. belching, and nausea after meals. He was certain he had cancer and this fear kept him from working 75 per cent of the time. He had been X- rayed um- pteen times. On three occasions physicians looked into his stom- ach with a gastroecbpe. The an- swer always was the same—nor- mal stomach.

e wanted more X-rays. and when I suggested a psychiatrist instead, he walked out of the of- fice. I understand he went to a large clinic where X-rays were negative. When he refused to ac- cept this opinion, the clinic staff said they could open the stomac under a local anesthesia and let him look for himself (with mir- rors). He left them in a huff.

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ed serve lleve maladjustment to the en- vironment is responsible for hy-' ochondriasis. The victim con- verts his worries into bodi'y symptoms. They may originate in any part of the body and si- mulate almost any organic dis- ease. Dlstress is bizarre and in- consistent. Some victims are restless. irritable, nervous. and poor sleepers; others are de- pressed.

A hypochondriac is difficult to treat because he uses e con- dition as a defense measure to bolster his self-esteem and ex- plain his shortcomings as a worker. He rarely has the in- sight to realize his symptoms are of emotional origin. If this could be developed, the victim would shed his minor aches and pains or not worry too much about them when his physician assures him there is no organic disea e

HEART CONTRACTIONS L. W. writes: What causes a higher pulse rate in the neck than in the wrist? REPLY

An error in counting. In aurl- cular fibrillation, many of the contractions of the heart are not felt as pulse beats at the wrist. The physician listens with the stethoscope over the heart and may record 120 beats whereas

only 80 are counted at the wrist.

THYROID TESTS D. S. writes: A metabolism

test I took gave normal results. But a PBI shows a thyroid defic- icingy. Which test is more accur- a e.

EPLY The FBI, provided it was done

proper y. SPINAL CYST AND JUDO R. H. writes: Would it be dan-

gerous for a 22-year-old girl with

s pilonidal cyst to take up judo?

REPLY

Yes, because any blow or in- jury to the lower spine in a y cause the cyst to act up.

(Note: All correspondence to Dr. Van Dellen should be addressed to: Dr. Theodore Van Dellen. co Chicago Trib- une. Chicago, Illinois.)

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