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“The strongest memory is weaker |

than the weakest ink” PAGE 4 FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1966

All A Variorum

“Life,” said Bobbie Burns, ‘‘is all a variorum, we regard not how it goes,” He. was voicing the attitude of the jolly: beggars in Poosie-Nancy’s tav- ern, with no thought about any politi-. cal goings-on, least of all in this day and age and in Canada—of all places. But the antics of our parlimentarians are making a bewildering variorum of the business of running the country, and the taxpayers who seem to be the only ones -to be worrying about “how it goes,” are getting tired of the performance.

As Canadian Press reports the show at Ottawa, “the furious fan- dango the Commons had been dan- cing into a stately waltz. in the turned into a stately waltz in the Commons” after the Spencer affair had been disposed of by Mr. Pearson . waving the white flag of capitulation while his justice minister, Mr. Cardin, was still trumpeting his defiance and announcing his determination never to budge an inch. Later the minister confirmed reports that he had submit- ted his resignation but withdrew. it “under. pressure” from the party caucus.

He was. “rather upeel ! Mr. Cardin conceded, by his leader’s action in making a nonentity of him. But his

——_party_came_before national. security

interests—that is what he maintained | -

4 —-was-at-stake_in_this issue—and like |

—-for—_peace..Mr._Nathan__.was

a staunch party man he towed the

line. And, of course, he got rounds of *

applause from his Liberal colleages for being such a good fellow. It was felt that his noble gesture would do much to erase from memory the bumbling of a government that stig- matized a man as a traitor without a trial and then only consented to in- vestigate the case after ceaseless pressure«from a united opposition.

‘Abie’s Peace ‘Mission ~~} “To Abraham S, Nathan, a promise

fs a promise—and that includes the vow he made last November when he sought election to the Israeli Parli- ament as “‘Abie.the-Peacemaker.” His campaign pledge to the voters—that he would personally fly to Egypt and

“seek -peace~between-Israel-and--the--

ae world—was never taken serious- And few Israelis were surprised che thé” 38-year old Air Force veteran lost the election and went back to serving patrons in a res- “taurant he owns in Tel Aviv. Last week, the doubters had to eat

--their words. The New. York Times

describes what happened with. gusto, and we quote*therefrom. Armed only with a Bible, a parachute and a petition carrying 60,000 signatures, Mr. Nathan flew an ancient rented. biplane named “Shalom I” (Peace I") from Israel to Port Said, climbed out of the cockpit and told startled Egyptians authorities: “I want to see President Nasser and offer bare with Israel.”

‘The request for an audience with President Nasser was refused; but Port: Said officials, apparently taken by Mr. Nathan's daring, treated him to a fancy non-kosher dinner, showed ©

'. him some of the local sights and put

him: “up for the night in jail where -he played cards .withhis guards. The next day, his rickety old plane was repaired and refueled and he was sent back to.Tel Aviv.

The Egyptians press ridiculed the. incident as “a comic act which failed

to catch any laughs.” But in Israel at léast-——and, it was suspected. in some private quarters in ‘Egpyt- -there seemed a kind of wistful enchantment’ with the flight as a release from the grim tensions of the Arab-Israeli con- flict and an expression of the desire nearly mobbed by a cheering crowd when he--landed on Israeli soil and the

' government made only a half-hearted

atteifpt to punish him for violation of )

Britain’s Common Cold Research

> valiant effort is being made to reach

_trally heated flats andthe only real restriction is that they must not get | “within 20 yards: of-anyone-other than.

“ago scientists at the Centre discovered

| -vestigating the possibilities of a sort

- mental quantities, and when they are

* volunteers.

aecurity laws. After being arrested, he was released on. $33 bail,

History takes some strang turnings. It could be that future historiens will see more of significance in this |ittle incident than in much of the palaver that goes on in higher diplomatic circles. At any rate it was a‘ gesture that caught the ‘attention of the world, if only for a moment. The Egyptian press to.the contrary, it did catch some laughs, and some sighs as well after the laughter had subsided.

Don't Bet Against It

There is speculation that the prov- incial budget will be ready for presen- tation in the Legislature late next week. Then we shall have a better idea as to whether or not an election is in the offing. Government spokes- man have pooh-hooed this notion, but the Throne Speech gave every indica- tion’ of it, and Opposition leader Campbell may be right in his predic- tion that it will come sooner than most of us expect. ~ We recall a former incident, under a Liberal administration, in which the Premier..was at pains during the ses- sion to point out how_.ridiculous it was to imagine that the government, with a safe majority, would be think- ing of going to the country with almost two-years_of its term:unexpir- ed. He chided the Opposition for being so nervous and suspicious ‘on

the subject, and lulled-a good: many~ +. -~{--

of them to sleep. But the House had hardly . prorogued. before it was dis. solved and the election was held in the minimum time allowed under the act.

After all, it’s not a government leader's duty to tip his hand in such matters. It is for the Opposition to keep on the alert. We have yet to

hear of any definite pledge that an |. - election. will NOT be called in the

near future; and failing that we see nothing in the omens to prevent it. Why, we keep. wondering, should all those goodies in the Throne Speech be wasted on a no-élection year?

Seeking A Breakthrough

With all the progress that science has been making in recent years, it hasn’t yet gotten round to finding a cure for the common cold. But

ao near Salisbury (in the viciaity: |

diteent in the First World War was encamped in the winter of 1914-15) a

this desirable goal. Up to the present, 80,000 volunteers have acted as “guinea pigs” at the centre, spending 10-day ‘‘holidays”-there after getting inoculated. with fluid ae cold germs.

People of all sorts ok occupations are participating in the experiment. They live in twos and threes in cen-

the doctors or their flatmates.

The Medical Research Council thinks that there are at least 30 dif- ferent types of cold virus. Not long

sand

that they could grow a cold virus in the laboratory;~ this“ wasa~=major- advance and the result of 12 years’ patient work. From this they -were able to prepare a vaccine which pro- duced “antibodies” to the cold—in other words sparked off the body’s own . defense mechanism——without producing any cold symptoms. But the vaccine did not give protection from other kinds of cold virus. The search goes on for a vaccine which might produce better results.

The team at Salisbury is now in-

of ‘“‘cocktail” vaccine which contains several strains of cold virus. Pharma- ceutical firms are producing experi-

ready there will be more work for the

— EDITORIAL NOTES

In Barnes, England, the other day, a policeman was so surprised to see a car driving slowly along a road that he stopped it in order to congratulate the driver on being so cautious. One whiff of the driver's breath, however, and the policeman arrested him for driving while intoxicated!

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According. to an American. ex- ‘change, soundtracks at drive-in thea- tres areabout to bleat in through car dashboards instead of windows. In the old-type drive-ins, automobiles stop- ped alongstide a stanchion and hauled a speaker aboard. But the new sys- tems require only that cars drive up

to bein

on ramps and turn on their car radios or pocket transistors.

ter operated bv the drive-in. Several outdoor theatres in the C.S- have already installed the new-system.

‘

The | | sound signal comes in via a transmit- |

TAKES THE JOY OUT OF LIFE

| OTTAWA REPORT By Patrick Nicholson

Two-Tier Pension Plan In The elina:

7 recently described the hint dropped by Health and. Welfare | Minister Allan MacEachen, sug-

our needy senior citizens. Talking to me in an exclusive interview in his office, Mr. Mac- Eachen explained that this is: no distant dream. He hopes and confidently expects that legis-

| lation ‘will be passed quite soon

to set up at least part of a plan

_for higher old age payments in

cases of heed; and the effective

| date may well be April 1, even

if the legislation has to be made retroactive to achieve this. -

.The Cabinet, I understand is- giving intense and urgent study to possible methods of augmen- ting the $75 per month Old Age

| gesting a coming néw deal for |

|

| |

_ adjudged to be higher through special circumstances. NEGATIVE INCIME TAX

In a reversal af~the -kind- of -

talk we have heard from politi- cians, for so long, Mr. Mac- Eachen very properly asserted | “It would be a major blunder fo place a stigma on the needs. test concept. It has a well-ac- cepted and useful role in the

| humane administration of pub-

lic assistanc programs.’

The simplest and most equit- able form of meams.test, he sug- gests, would be to use income tax procedure. This would also be more .acceptable to the he- neficiaries than any other me- thod. -

It would work this way. Every

Pension, without imposing an | senior citizen would make out

payer. .A two-tier plan ~the—making.—__F

irst,the_| tions, he »

an income return. Hf his total .

| exe Ss

present universal $75 per month Tincome te tax “que. But i his in.

would be supplemented by (come is below the agreed mini- year.

whatever sum might be requir- ed in any individual case, to bring the total income from all sources up to the agreed mini- -mum desirable income. This is |

i t i ood likely to be in the neighborh eat

of $1,260 for a single person and $2,220 for a married couple.

The second step would be sup- plementary allowances paid under the Canada Assistance Plan to those whose needs are

‘PUBLIC FORUM.

mum desirable income of say $1,260; he would receive the dif-

-ference from the federal gov-

| generally acclaimed.

ernment, spread over twelve | months.

This novel idea is sometimes “negative inrome tax". | It is being widely debated, and It has been, especially lucidly explain- ed by Councillor D, B. Smith of Orillan, who is a chartered ac- countant. One obvious prere-

| quisite of this suggestion is that -the-basic. exemptions for tax pur-

This. calumn_is_epen te the discussion

by correspondents of questions of in _terest. The Guardian does net neces- sarily endorse the opinion of corres. pendents, All letters published are sub- ject te editing. and condensation where necessary. The Guardian is unable te

—enter inte any correspondence regard:

ing lettérs submitted.

- A TRIBUTE Sir,— 1 wish to take this op-

“portunity. to “write “a_few -words—

to pay tribute to the late Ernest D. Reid of Charlottetown

The first time I met Ern Reid was in the late 1940's, after he had returned from wartime dut- ies with the R.C.A.F., and when he became Assistant Manager of the P.E.I. Potato Growers’

Association of witch the late |about his intention of getting |

Mr. J. Wilfred Boulter was manager. _ ~ Mr. Reid who had | already

made his contribution in the area-of military service had been an outstanding school teach- ‘er in- this province. As it ‘aier proved, Ern was just beginning a most distinguished career in an area of business that effects cur economy to a greater extent than any other.

Not many 'years later, Ern. started his own business known as the FE. D. Reid Produce Ltd. Businesswise he never looked back and soon became respected and: accepted as a most depend- able and astute dealer in a very competitive field. He was indeed an authority on potato markets and transportation. and seemed a natural’ leader who was | al- ways ready to assist any in- dividual no matter what his soc- ial or financial standing.

His services to community. activities, his church, service chobs and other organizations are well known. He possessed a tremendous ‘Ability to assume and successfully discharge a wide variety of duties. His abi!- ity and friendliness were out- standing. He is one of the very

few peoplé T know who~ never~~

seemed sarcastic or bitter. - The attendance at the funeral

poses” Soke mere: to—be—raised..

| to the figure ultimately accept- led. as the minimum desirable | income The ...sociological _ implica- | tions of this suggestion deserve | Serious - study, and perhaps in- dicate an entirely new approach Ito all welfare payments. Our | present “welfare state’’ is_com-

iplicated and exceedingly waste |

| ful in administration The uni- [versal application of — negative | |income tax could eliminate the | anomaly of levying taxes to fi- | nance the payment of ‘‘wind- fall” welfare to persons who do

effect of this is vividly illustrat- ed by two figures accepted here to pay an additional $25 per ménth to all old age pensioners would cost $800 million a year;

who have no other income would

A wide use of negative in- come tax could save the non-pro- ductive expense on civil ser- vice manpower to effect this re- | distribution of income, and the | subsequent taxing away of much of it?

/¢és, insurance payments and subsidies could be greatly sim- plified in administration by the NIT m. Thus the waste- | ful ‘Windfall state’’ could more | aptly be made a true ‘welfare | State’, and at great savings to tall. taxpayers. il

It Pays To Be Honest

Guelph Mercury

If you can’t succeed yourself in high office, get your wife elec-

| decisions affecting the next ad- | ministration.” His wife is no

lit, too. That is the aim of Ala- bama- Governor George C.'Wal-_

‘lace, who announced last week

that his blonde wife, Lurlee, will be a candidate for govern- or, Under Alabama jaw a gov- ernor may not succeed himself after one four-year term of of- fice. And Governor Wallace’s |

| tempestuous term is about up

The governor. makes. no. aa | around the law in this painfully

| erude manner. He is ‘‘frank_and | honest’’ to say th his wife is | elected, ‘‘I sh by her. side

}and shall make. the policies and

and the floral tributes received, ©

serve as testimony of how num erous his friends were. He was _indeed a friend to everyone. I feel his sudden passing is a dis- tinct loss to me, as a personal friend, and to the business com- munity of the Province.

My sympathy goes onl to his Wife and two daughters ofwhom he was-so proud, as well as other ‘members of his family

I am, Sir, etc., LLOYD G.

| Charlottetown

husband ‘'to carry on his pro-

grams for. the People _ of Ala- -bama,” The segregationist governor,

| who has defied federal civil |

‘| breath,

not meed such assistance. The |

but to pay an additional $30 per |

cost only about—$200-mitlion -a————---

The whole paraphernalia | ‘of assorted pensions, allowan- |

“| addressed — to:

4 S

Inhumane Weapons

By Dr. Theodore R. Van Dellen |

Physicians for Social Respon- sibility was founded ‘“‘with the purpose of studying the dilemma

| develop a responsible course. of action.”’ In a recent issue of the New England ryote of 9 ine two of their)

dated us on eehiead ties ‘on oad biologic (germ) warfare.

Most. of the agents now avail- able differ from those used im previous wars. Some are incap- acitating, nonlethal, and relativ- | ely ineffective; others are Jethal

or crippling.

During war, military leaders usually select the most effective —the lethal varieties. This type of war usually is aimed at the civilian .population because more damage can be done by disabling millions of industrial workers in densely populated areas.’

Chemical and biologic. warfare is not new. The aborigines used poisoned arrows amd the Spar- j tans burned sulfur and pitch to form sulfur dioxide. Poisoning wine, ‘food, and water is centur- ‘ies old. Lethal gases were used

in World War I.-Smoke, flame, ; and incendiaries were used in | World War II, but not chemic-

als. The atomic bomb was not | only highly explosive, but killed | through radiation. Irritating, | nonlethal gases are being used | against the Viet Cong, as well as chemicals toxic to plants.

The newer nerve gases are colorless and odorless. organic | phosphates; some are tastelss.

| Small amounts produce sneez- |

|ing, tearing, and shortness of

Higher concentrations lead to vomiting, paralysis, and —

| death. They are 30 times as tox- |

| ic as phosgene and 14 times that of mustard gas. A single inhala- | tion can kill. | Biologie warfare “employs liv- ing organisms or their toxie pro- ducts. It,is aimed at causing death, disability, or disease in | man, animals, plants, or food supplies. Biologic weapons are excellent for sabotage. They have a delayed action and are difficult to detect. The best pro- tective devices include filters, sanitary measures, “immuniza- tion and medical treatment. Let'us hope that we never get | involved’ in such inhumane wea- ponry. = e

CHRONIC WORRIER Mrs. R. writes: What makes a | person worry all the time? I'm | 32, happily married, and a moth- er. My life is ideal, but I always find something: to worry about... - REPLY Don't we all? It is normal to have some worries, but when they take over and control and influence our activities, the sit- uation is considered abnormal. _X-RAYING CORNS T. R. writes: Can corns on the

| X-rays? 5 REPLY : X-ray therapy is effective but |

the remedy is too drastic. More-

over, corns are likely to return |

‘if pressure is not relieved: This | means that shoes must fit prop- | erly.

j LIVER DISORDER

tious hepatitis contracted? REPLY

the ingestion of con- | ruptly

Through taminated water, milk, or food. In some;.instances the disease is | transmitted through a transfu- | | sion or injection of infected | blood plasma, (serum hepatitis).

IT’S SAFE

Mrs. D.C. writes: Could ame- bie dysentery be caught from doing the laundry of a victim of this disease?

REPLY

The chances are extremely | slight and practically non- exis- | tent # strict sanitary precau- | tions are observed.

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

| TOURIST INDUSTRY GROWS |

LONDON (Reuters)—Tourism ‘became Britain’s fourth largest | export industry last year when 2,750,000 overseas visitors. spent more than £300,000,000 ($900,- | 000,0), L. J. Lickorish, © gen- eral manager of the of eal British Travel: Association,. Wednesday.

in which the world now finds it- | ance eelf, and if possible helping to

R. B. writes: How is infec- |

De Gaulle

And NATO —

By Arch MacKenzie ‘Canadian Press Staff, Washington

“WASHINGTON (CP) — Presi- dent de Gaulle of France wants the spirit of NATO preserved without French participation in | the es flesh of the alli-

I. The United States .is deter- | mined to keep the body intact, | with or without French muscle and at whatever cost, ahd ap-

The U.S. will’ proceed without encouraging any view that NATO is in crisis and will not

NATO on a nation - to - nation basis.

This is the picture drawn here after what seems to be de | Gaulle’s first shot in carrying out his long-signalled intentions,

He sought by letter to discuss

NATO changes with President Johnson, Johnson said this is an Alliance affair, deserving seri- ous consideration. . De Gaulle in: a terse statement Wednesday described any fur- ther ‘discussion about revising NATO as useless.

knows of no plan for immediate convening of the 15 NATO for- eign ministers and that the U.S. has no such plan. Consultations will proceed through normal diplomatic channels, including the NATO council.

PREPARE FOR CRISIS

But American officials con- firmed that the U.S. and its al- | lies for some time héve been | drawing up plans to meet ‘‘any | and all contingencies that might | arise.’

This means that in the event France withdraws her own | NATO forces and demands com- mand of American, Canadian

The Royal Canadian Air Force — im spite of a lack of manpower resulting — largely from defence department policy which required in the name of economy the compulsory retire- ment of so many men before | their time— is still maintaining

Europe and its- reputation for daring as well as skill in air- manship._

| Recent heretofore unpubliciz- ed disclosures in the -House of Commons very. clearly prove the | efficiency and standards of Can- adian pilots and reflect the eq- Serr. high quality of the ground

yea year the NATO allies | | send representatives teams to | competition in a -tactical weap- ons meet. On the last occasion | Canadians were top team, as “usual.

Our r Yesterdays |

i (From The Guardian

pears to nee -Alliance support. |

talk to France about changes in |

| its high rate of performance in |

and German forces, there’ wi be a wholesale NATO with- drawal from the strategically. ing rtant French nation.

it will. involve some 2,500 ‘Ca- | Radlener fal the air division | Split betwegn, France and Ger- / many, about, troops and some German sold- iers.

Supreme Allied Headquarters will go elsewhere with weapons and supply hardware—a moving job costing at least $700,000,000.

But there is expected to be extensive bargaining all around alliance to France and bilat- erally between Canada and France—before the removal ig carried out. .

Still not ruled out, despite the seemingly-rigid language of the French president, is the possi- bility iis intentions are some? what less sweeping than hig lan- guage.

WON’T YIELD

Both Canada and the U.S. have no intention of giving France command of their for-

French policy may have now or in future on West Fi NATO is essential, in the U.S.

needs the reminder of its exis- tence to ensure good behavior

many to 4 multi-nation alliance. There is a school of US. | thought that feels de Gaulle'’s latest moves are aimed at:

26,000 American’

what impact the go - it - alone

view, because the Soviet Union -

| smoothing his trip to Moscow -

later this year.

- Others, including Canadian | diplomats, tend to feel de Gaulle | merely is being consistent with the plan he has been broadcast-

i for a long time. ~

_The Best In The West

Victoria Colonist

Among the strike ae Can-

| adians took six of the top seven

positions; first, second, third, fit.

| th, sixth and seventh. On top of

| this the RCAF set a new record

|/among NATO air forces by fly-

| ing four perfect missions in a day.

The minister of defence, Mr, | Paul Hellyer, spoke of these ac- complishments with pardonable pride.

Veterans of the RCAF will re | member, also -that ever since Canadian ‘i and Germany as part of

the NATO defence’ organization they have consistently won the Guynmeyer - trophy, emblematic ‘of air combat superiority in

competition with the crack pil-~

| ots from allied countries, includ- ing the RAF and the USAF. | They have made these records

squadrons went to.

| flying Sabres and CF-100s, and .

| jt is to be hoped the new aircraft with which they will shortly be

| (FCS) will match with its capab-

“TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO tlities-the-capacity-of_its- pilots,

| (March 11, 1941) — coca than 500,000 Nazi troops were poised on the Bulgarian | | frontiers with Turkey and | Greece, and reliable reports

| Reliable informants said that Gen. Francisco ‘Franco had ab- | turned down a | demand for facilities to fly mil- | aoe

TEN YEARS AGO. _ (March 11, 1956)

“M. Ross Smyth, National Pre- sident of the Junior Chamber of | Commerce of Canada was guest | | speaker at a dinner meeting at | the Charlottetown Hotel. Mr. | Smyth was in Charlottetown’ on a presidential visit to the Char- lottetown Board of Trade.

| A glittering assemblage in St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome paid homage to Pope Pius XII. on the official celebration of his 80th | birthday and the 17th anniver-. | sary of his coronation as head ‘of the Roman Catholic Church.

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