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_ ‘_Mernbar Audit bureau of Circulation. AGE 6 FRIDAY. OCTOBER 5. 1962. Micawber Tactics I The British Labor Party's adopt- n of a. “\vait and see” policy on firitish negotiations with the Euro-

n Common Market is interpreted as meaning that the party rejects entry into the market under the recent terms, but reserves final

ecision pending completion of the negotiations for entry. This is in line with many of the views expressed at the recent Commonwealth Con- ference in London, and is regarded as a victory for the party's political wing which has become predomin- stntly antimarkct.

Prior to this meeting the trade unions, always a powerful force in the British labor movement, had been stressing “the immense danger of Britain's failure to secure ad- mission to Europe.” Many labor members, however, were sensitive to any suggestion of American in- fluence on Britain to join Europe, and this may have been instrumental in swinging support to Mr. Gait- skelI’s negative stand at the party conference on Wednesday. The anti- marketeers also maintained that if Britain entered the Common Market it would be "goodbye to socialism" in Britain.

This group seems to have had its way in the party, for it is ex- tremely unlikely that the terms so far negotiated at Brussels can be improved. The party's insistence on Britain remaining free to have her own foreign policy is, indeed, in- compatible with the plans for polit- ical co-operation of the Comm on Market countries.

The decision reached will be em- barrassing to the Macmillan Govern- ment if it seeks a mandate from the British people on this matter. Gonstitutionally, an election would he in order. But, as the London Times points out, "as in the case of so much else in our political life the issue is practical and not constitutional. It cannot be decided until the final terms of entry are ltnown."

Then, it is likely, the Labor Party will take the long and dan- gerous chance of plumping outright jgainst the scheme.

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;The Unemployment Fund 1 Among the announcements in the Throne Speech at Ottawa was one o the effect that “appropriate easures" wculd be taken to pu‘. he Unemployment Insurance Fund on a stable basis. This rightly falls into the category of urgent business which, in the event of a lllovernment defeat in the House at ilhia time, would be relegated to the Iackground for an indefinite per- lbd, with unfortunate results for dll concerned.

For it is quite evident, from the Unemployment Insurance Advisory tllommitteda annual report, that a

. big caah transfusion will be needed

keep the fund alive this winter. committee finds that the fund

. ,- insolvent In the sense that, as ‘ administered and at present . ‘of unemployment, payments

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that the complete exhaustion of the fund now seems a certainty for 1962-63.

When the fund wasestablished in 1941 it was intended to cover occasional unemployment only. Con- tribution and benefit rates were'ar- ranged so that it would be self- sustaining on the assumption that, in any given year, 12 per cent of the Canadian labor force might be out of work for brief periods. And for several years it did better than hold its own.

Then, in 1950, the Unemploy- ment Insurance Act was changed so that seasonal benefit, roughly 80 per cent of the level of the ordinary benefit, could be paid to workers who hadn’t made enough contribu- tions to the fund to qualify for or- dinary benefit. Since 1956, the fund has been linked to increasing ex- pansions of seasonal benefit to more people over longer periods of time. And, in the last five years, the fund has dropped an average of $160.- 000,000 annually. It’s just about reached bottom now.

So, if the Government does main- tain unemployment insurance pay- ments this winter and the amount of money required is of the same order as that of the last five years, $140,000,000 will be needed over and above the $20,000,000 in the bank at the end of May.

The Advisory Committee has recommended, among other things, the increasing of contribution rates and elimination of groups of mar- ried women, retiring persons and seasonal workers from the fund. But these are politically unpala- table measures. The most likely ar rangement ahead is believed to be some plan of splitting the fund into two parts. There could be a sea- sonal workers' unemployment in- surance scheme, for example, which would require Government financ- ing; and an ordinary unemployment insurance fund for the old. actua- rially sound, which would maintain itself by its contributions.

Hungary Today

Reporting to the United Nations General Assembly the other day, Sir Leslie Munro of New Zealand, the U.N. special representative on Hun- gary, revealed that while political terrorization has been somewhat reduced in that unhappy country, no change has taken place in the basic situation since the 1956 revolt. “The denial of the Hungarian people of the elementary right of seIf-deter- mination” is being rigidly main- tained. They are still under the heel of Soviet troops, and there is “considerable evidence of contin- uous repression on certain groups.” The number of persons still in iail for political sentences is estimated at between 8,000 and 15,000.

The core of this problem remains the issue of the withdrawal of Sov- iet forces from Hungary. It is well that this matter should be put on the Assemblv agenda, as has been done at the request of the United States. But, alas, the Assembly dis- played considerable coolness toward its implications. It is doubtful if a resolution on the s u bj e c t will get the two-thirds vote required for its adoption, no matter how mildly it may be worded.

If this tyranny involved a new, emerging nation, it would he view- ed with much more concern by the uncommitted Asian and African delegates. That is probably natural. given their I:-itter memories of white-race predominance in many in- stances. The Western powers, how- ever, have a duty of keeping the Hungarian tragedy before the world. If they can do nothing else they can at least keep on exposing it as an ugly example of Commun- ist “colonialism.”

EDITORIAL NOTE

It is shocking to learn, on the authority of the Canadian Pharma- ceutical Association, that 100,000 Canadian children were victims of accidental poisoning last year, and that over 200 of them died. These deaths could have been avoided, and unless parents are constantly on guard they will show an increase in the next twelve months. Cardin storing away medicines, cleaning and polishing liquids,-paint and other ‘material that could be injur- ious lfltaken internally, is neces- sary in every home when there are

youngsters. "Prevent -

Poisoning” is the

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STORM WIN'DOW TIME

THEY'RE REALLY THANKFUL lg B.L.

P.E.|. to Welcome Moior A.A. Meeting ,

(Editor's note: This article is based on material prepared for broadcasting over CBC.)

Just how much of thanks can be packed Into the observance of Thanksgiving Day is due to be demonstrated in Charlotte- town next weekend, with the holding of the 15th annual con- ference of the Atlantic Provinc- es Assembly of Alcoholics An- onymous, and the conference of AI-Anon Family Groups.

Few persons can have a clear- er idea of their cause for thanks than those who have arrested the ravages of alcoholism...who have recovered from what was

r em, a sickness which threatened their lives and san- ity... who have escaped from despair and moved toward scr- enily... and who have found their way to an effective and satisfying place within society after living too long among the despised, the distrusted and the deplored.

THINKING TRANSFORMED

Still, it is not the desire to jubilate over such things within their experience. but the effort to share them, that will bring to the gathering here some 400 or more men and women, drawn from around 100 Alcoholics An- onymous groups in the four At- lantic provinces, and from Al- Anon Family Groups.

They are parts of a still larg- er fellowship comprising al- most 9.400 active AA groups in more that 80 countries. Togeth- er they are credited with enab ling a half million or so compul- sive drinkers to escape from the punishing effects of what was, for them, a dire disease.

The movermenit—it isn't real- ly a formal organization-— has been in existence a mere 21 years, and much less than that in Canada. No matter h ow much of its work passes almost unnoticed. it has served as the basis, the inspiration and the -seedbed of ideas for a virtually complete recent transformation of the world's informed think- lng about alcoholism.

WORTH HELPING

Al modern approaches to this problem, whether by medi- cine, psychiatry. religion or government. spring from dia- coverles established or made possible through’ AA'a work.

PUBLIC FORUM

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This is a matter of high impor- tance, since it is now estimated alcoholism touches fully half of North America's families, many

them most intimately, and is ranked as Canada's fourth larg- est health problem.

It is AA that has spread rec- ognition of the proposition that compulsive drinking is not a mere gutter-bum cond ltion which trips only the weak will- ed and morally depraved, but a

sickness that has to be tackled ; I erly suffered, to stick to that Emaln purpose; but it produces

and treated in those terms. It is AA, too, that has shown how this sickness strikes at all

levels of life, and not merely, or even chiefly, at the depraved, i ; expected to stand forth at th i a

the rag-tags, the decadent.

All this has been part of the even larger AA achievement of proving that the alcoholic can be helped, and that he is worth zheIiping——-a fact which has al- most universal acceptance now

‘ch -was almost univer- sally rejected in the days be-

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such developments 3 little more than fortunate biy-prod- ucts, and incidental to the main purpose and activity of its mem- bers. What they concentrate upon, as they describe it, t h e i 1- experience. strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help oth- ers to recover from alcoholism.

It takes members who are not only recovered alcoholics, but who remember what they form-

human beings who are unusual- ly mature and attractive when they do. These qualities can be

weekend’: conference sessions at the Charlottetown Hotel, and at the meeting to which the pub- lic is invited, Sunday night at the Prince of Wales auditorium.

Meanwhile, how fortunate R is that the things AA members do in their own behalf accom-

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Wiser U.S. Cuban Policy

By Car-man Cumming Canadian Press Staff Writer

After months of feverish de- hate, the United States appears to be working out a consistent, two-part policy with regard to .2“ .

Simply, the aim Is to contain Communist influence within Cuba, further isolating it from the hemisphere, and at the same time quietly to work for the overthrow of the Fidel Cas- tro regime.

This would be done with co- operation of the other hemlo- phere nations wherever possi- ble. Falling that,‘ it would be done by the United States alone.

These points were reported to have been spelled out by Presi- dent Kennedy before the 20-na- tion inter-American Conference on kcuba in Washington this

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They also form two of the three points recently passed congressional declara- tion on Cuba.

WOULD ACT ALONE

The third point declared U.S. determination to block a mili- tary buildup of Cuba which might threaten U.S. security. President Kennedy also has de- clared that the U.S. would act alone against a clear threat to its security, although he has ruled. out military action In present circumstances. . Congress did not spell out ex- actly how the U.S. should go about blocking a Cuban mili- tary buildup. some senators on

the far right have called for a‘ bi do-a

_ocka policy that clearly

istration has spelled out pre- cisely what would be considered a threat to U.S. security suffic- ient to warrant unilateral inter- vention. Nor they made clear exactly how they would legally justify such action.

The congressional resolution invoked the Monroe Doctrine and the Rio Treaty of 1948- both rather tenuous bases for a lone attack.

WORK TWO WAYS

The Monroe Doctrine. as put forward by President , James Monroe in 1823, warned Euro- pean nations that any attempt to extend their power In the Western Hemisphere would be regarded as "dangerous to our peace and safety." ~

It also contained a less-often quoted corollary renounclng any U.S. interest In European cou- flicts.

Even the U.S. administration‘ the

recognizing that doct;-mg has no status as an Interna- tional instrument, has careful not to base lfa case too heavily on it.

The Rio Treaty. charter of one Organization of the Amen. 9811 States. specified that an attack on one member would be considered an attack on all. But ‘United

United hotels from unilateral military action.

any event. the apparent-

U.s. aim now to avoid .- outrlght clash. while at an lame time into further

Isolation and au-

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source in most cities and coun- tries are extremely sensitive to adverse publicity. Bad weath- er, dirty living conditions, and epidemics» of serious diseases head the ilist of unpopular oc-

eurreaces.

T h e I e civic organizations would have had the honors had they lived in London . when the sweating sickness was rampant. According to Humes, "ltwaa a species of malady unknown to any other age or nation. the sweating sickness, which occasioned the sudden death of great multitudes." authorities thought ‘the new scourge was not contagious but arose from “the general dispo- sition of the air."

t -continental Eurweane elr own ideas. Kenneth Walker, in “The Story of Medl- clne." says the disorder was called the “English sweat" and it was blamed on the English climate and lack of hygiene among the people. A rumor was started that it had rained con- tinuously for five years prior to the first outbreak of this dis- ease. Apparently John Bull’: weather gave rise to as many jokes then as now.

In addition, thoa‘e living on the continent deplored the filth and the gluttonoua habits of the English. No cal writers in that country pub- llahed little about the disorder

dies and vexed their blood.

with a most ardent heat, infest- ed the stomacke and the head grievoualy - being not able to suffer the ixnportimata heate, they ‘c a at away the sheetea lain] "all the clothes lying on -the

A contemporary account of the last epidemic (1551) was written by John Calus (1510- 3). He was living at Shrewsbury where 900 persons died within a few days. He wrote that “—fun- eral bells tolled day and night."

Calus said the disease came on suddenly with chills, fever, headache, abdominal pain, and profuse perspiration. y vic- tims died within a few hours af- ter the onset of symptoms. A character! or occurred and at times, a rash.

Sweating sickness is no more. What was it? We suspec a viral infection, a malignant form of typhoid, or an over- whelmlng streptococcal disor-

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(Dr. Van Dellen will answer questions on medical topics if stamped, self-addressed enve- lope accompanies request.)

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INKERS P.H. writes: Do vitamins help an alcoholic?

REPLY Yes. especially vitamin B. TODAY'S HEALTH HINT- Dletcrsz between meal snacks.

OUR YESTERDAYS

(From the Guardian Flleal‘

TWENTY - I-‘IVE YEARS AGO (October I. 1937)

Twenty-flve members of the Gaelic Society of "Cean ombh el“ and Klnross assembled in "Ceilidli" recently at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.D. Ross, Klu- roaa. Rev, D.M. Sinclair, form- er minister of Valleyfield. and now of Sydney, C.B., was a n honored guest. Mr. Sinclair was Instrumental in reviving, in a good deal of enthusiasm. the beautiful language of our Scot- tish forefathers. - ‘

His ‘Honor, the Lieutenant Governor, gave a dinner in honor of the Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett at Government House last evening. when 25 guests

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A sweeping endorsatiou of the and orders of the P.E.I. Potato Marketing Board was rellatared last night at a public meettnfof the Pl-I. Federa- tion in Agriculture held in the Prlad of Wales College Audi-

"Drlvd-la vim «iss- llahod." thejllher-explained to n30

his sun. cars could ace their real owners." -- Wall Streetulourual.

“I know I'm not re much to look at." her fiance admitted In , “Oh. well." she phil- oaophlaad. “You'll be at work most M the time." —- Gall: Re- porter ..

An anthmpologlat says the man of the future will commu-

marriaees. — Ottawa Journal.

You can't choose your ances- tors. But that's fair enough. They would probably not choose you. — Niagara Fella Review.

Wlllywaa sobbing hitter- ly. Between sobs he told the teacher. "I .don't like school,

, I have to stay here until I am 18." "Don't let that worrylyou," consoled the beach- er. “I have to stu here until I'm 65 " — Toron Star.

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If q'venue.made e of mllldlnl their own when a peaceful and stable world this would be. — St. Catherine: standard.

lt's claimed that our remote ancestors had no chins -— which is a good reason why, if you have one, you should keep it _up. - Chatham News.

Asa variant on new-car no- the

t I. a I181! recently observed on a dowager car in ’ Wimbledon said: Wearing out. Please pas."

--London

souui Africa's apartheid pol- icy is so strict that the movie “Anatomy Of A Murder" was banned because In it was a one- mlnute -scene showing a t a 1' James Stewart seated at a pla- no alongside Negro band leader Duke Ellington. And we think we have censorship problems.

amllton spectator.

Last July 1, the Census Bur- eau estimates. Canada's popula- tion was 18,000,000, an increase of 331,000, 1.8 per cent, from the same date last year.

If growth continued at th at rate, Canadians would number 20,000,000 by July 1, 1966, one year before the Centennial of

2096' « LEAF ON MY DOOR Cast your shadow on my door,

0 heart-shaped leaf. Darken my door

With the heart of the tree. First the leaf, then twig, T

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< earth's floor,

Twine your leaves across my door

Strike deeper and deeper

Into the heart of the earth. Cover my house with flawless. Stainless growth of fruit and flower. H

Hide my name upon the door With moss and heavy foliage, New buds and blossoms.

—Ryath Tumor-kin Goodman

In the Christian Science Monitor

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Confederation. But, the Census Bureau says, although it is risky to make any predictions at all. two per cent a year should be a conservative esti- mate of the rate at which th a population will grow in the next three or four or five years.

That would bring the number of Canada’: people to 20,000,000 by about the end of 1085.