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@9_ Electoral Changes

One thing to be said for the new Election Act now before the Legis- lature is that it will abolish one of the grievances about which so much has been heard in recent years. The Desroches Commission on Elec- toral Reform, in its majority re- port, had recommended retaining the property vote, but only where exercised once in any election by a voter, in respect to property situat- ed in his electoral district, in which the property was of a minimum value of $1,000. The new Act would go fur- ther than this. It would wipe out the property vote provision alto- gether, thereby giving every voter the privilege of voting for the two candidates of his choice in his con- stituency.

It is difficult, in the circum- stances, to see what point there is in retaining the old terms of “coun- cillor” and “assemblyman” since they would now be meaningless. They are being retained, apparently, as a polite gesture to historical tradition. But if the tradition is to go by the board, as being incompat- ibe with our modern democracy, why not let its ghosts rest in peace? The old distinctions served their day and generation; but fut- ure voters—if the new bill becomes law—will only be confused on seeing these obsolete terms on the ballot paper.

However, this is a comparative- ly minor point. The Government has acted on the assumption that if equal voting powers are the rights of every taxpayer, then the com- promise proposed by the Commis- sion was only a half-way measure. and would fail in its purpose.

It is surprising, however, that the bill makes no change in the number of electoral districts. In view of population disparities, the Com- mission had recommended the abol- ition of one district in Kings and the division of Fifth Queens into two districts, each with two members. This was a major recommendation i“ the Commission’s report, and the reasons for it are just as obvious as were those given for limiting the property vote.

There will, of course, be full dis- cussion on this and other aspects of the legislation when in goes into committee of the whole House. Cer- tainly it is one of the most import- ant measures with which the Legis- lature will Concern itself, and we have no doubt that, there will be a desire on both sides to make it as equitable in its provisions as pos- aible.

U.N. Peace Dues

The committee of 21 countries that for several weeks has examin- ed tha knotty and complex problem of financing United Nations peace- keeping operations will report to the special session of the U.N. General Assembly meeting May 14 that no decision has been reached. Indeed, the committee is expected to ad- mit—explicitly or implicitly—a total deadlock on this issue.

In the past, the problem of emergency financing had not reach- ed major proportions because of Un- ited States willingness to pay more than its share. It was tacitly un- dersde that the U.S. would assist the countries receiving technical as- sistance to pay their contributions. Quite often Washington would foot half the bill. Now it has said, “No more”. It will pay promptly what It owes, but. make no more voluntary lontributtons in behalf of the un- derdeveloped countries.

The U.N. committee had been entrusted by the Assembly with the task of devising means of com- pelling state members to pay their share of .he expenses of peace-keep- ing operations. At the moment, they concern the Congo and the emer- gency force set up in the Middle East to prevent or discourage a direct confrontation between the Arabs and the Israelis. The Sov- iets, all along, have contended that only the Security Council has the right to vote the expenses and their apportionment among members, and have shown no inclination to ac, cept the ruling of the Assembly in the matter.

During the debates in commit- tee of 21 the Soviets have stuck to their position. accepting no com- promise whatever. For different reasons but leading to the same re- sult, the French have taken a stand very similar, and refuse to pay their share of the Congo operation.

Thus the situation stands. The U.N. Secretariat is preparing for the forthcoming General Assembly debate with understandable misgiv- ings. For unless some compromise is reached, the United Nations will no longer be able to fulfill its man- date. Its capacity to act in an emergency will be placed in danger- ous jeopardy, and the work of the whole organization may be stultified thereby. The U.N.. in short—as one commentator expresses it—“will be stymied."

Brief Interlude

To get momentarily away f r o to political issues, let’s take a look at what the astronomers are doing as they peer through their telescopes at Mount Wilson and Palomar Obser- vatories. They’re formulating new theories about the heavens. Peering at objects so bright that, until re- cently, they were thought to be stars in our own Milky Way galaxy, the astronomers have discovered that these objects are themselves distant galaxies, involved in tremen- dous explosions.

At least two of these objects ap- pear to be 100 times brighter than our galaxy of 100,000 million stars. Their surprising brightness, says Dr. Jesse Greenstein, professor of astrophysics at the California In- stitute of Technolgy, “gives us the hope that we can optically identifv with present telescopes very much more distant objects than was ever thought possible.”

He and his associates believe it may be possible to see objects that are 10,000 million to 12,000 million light years away. A light year, in case one has forgotten, is nearly six million million miles—the distance a 186,000-mile-a-second light beam travels in a year.

This is thought to be as far as man will ever see from earth, be- cause distant objects in the universe are receding so fast that light from any source beyond that distance would never reach earth. Never? Well, that’s the “expanding uni- verse" theory. Astronomers have found that the farther away an ob- ject is, the faster it seems to be go— ing away from earth. ' '

Now back to what our candidates are saying, and the overriding im- portance of electing their respective parties to power on April 8!

Vandalism In Quebec

An act of vandalism that is causing a great deal of concern in Quebec was the shattering of the Wolfe Monument on the Plains of Abraham. It is not an act, says the Montreal Gazette, that can or should be held against any responsible group in the province. It was quite evidently the Work of a few utter extremists, but it may serve to dis- tort and exaggerate issues that need to be reconciled.

According to The Gazette, there is reason to believe that acts of this kind are Committed by those whose main objective is to prevent any rec- onciliation from taking place. They see the gradual growth of insight into Quebec aspirations by Cana- dians elsewhere as holding th e frustration and doom of their own drastic aims. What. they seek is to create the impression that any rec- onciliation must be regarded as be- yond all possibility.

The Acting Mayor of Quebec. Mr. Maul Mecteau, says it is “crazy to do these things," and the leader of one of the secessionist groups, the Republican Party of Quebec, has denounced it in strong tat-ma.

AN i'DOL FOR A DAY

LOOKING INTO PRECEDENT Parliament’s Opening Date Uncertain

Ottawa Journal

Party leaders speak of calling] Minister. The 1958 election, for

an early session of Parliament ‘ after the April 8 election. Howl soon can it be? ‘ The election machinery began to roll when the Chief Electoral Officer, Mr. Nelson Castonguay, issued writs of election to re- turning officers across the coun~ fry. They must be returned on or before a date decided by Cab- inet which is May 8 in this elec- on

ed reports to Mr. Caston-

The election writ when return- 1 guay the name of the candidate t

example, was on March 31 and Parliament assembled on May 12: in 1962 the election was June 18 and the session began

In 1963 the various party lead- ers say they are most anxious to get on with the nation’s work promptly and any one of t h e in would be open to criticism were there delay in calling Parlia- ment to deal with such urgent business as the Budget.

Liberal Leader Pearson says that if he has the chance he will

elected. in the constituency. the l call P arliament on May 16. statements from polls and other ‘5 which he considers the earliest

information on the vote. The Chief Electoral Officer, having received the writ, reports

1 practicable date.

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Mr, Dicfenbaker has not yet stated a date. although the for-

it to the Clerk of the House of mal date for the resumption of

Commons, Mr. Leon J. Ray- mond, and makes formal an- nouncement of the céndidatc’sl election in an issue of the Can- ada Gazette. This is done when- r ever the writ is received, which I may be before May 8. L

The candidate then is able to present himself to the Clerk and , take his oath. pledging truc allc- l glance to the Queen. He is then entitled to claim his seat in the House.

NORMAL COURSE '

In the normal course of events l the MP takes his seat when Parliament is assembled on a date announced by the P r i m e

Parliament in the election pro- clamation is May 16. Mr. Pear- son's choicc. The formal date given for resumption when an election is announced is almost never the actual day when Par- liamcnt resumes. but this year for a change it might be so.

SLAVE 0F TRADITION Parliament is a nervous slave of tradition and the Canadian tradition has been to wait for the Prime Minister. or the man who thinks he has enough sup- port to be Prime Minister, to announce a date of meeting. This t r a d ition may not be worth two strokes of the Black

PUBLIC FORUM

TOURIST ASSS'N BRIEF g

Sir,—The tourist brief ed to the Government of this province. is. I am sure unworthy of the tourist or any other as- sociation.

Their plea is they must have freer liquor in order to meet the demands of the tourists. And of course the real reason is so they can make more money in a le- galized way.

I to sure there are other things that are much more im- . portant to tourists than more li-

Then they go on record as op- posed to the Causeway. They for- get that they are a minority in

this Province and are trying to hinder transportation to the def-

niment of all our Island people, ‘

They try to pull a fast one on all Islanders. wanting the Gov- ernment to build dams and stock

em with trout and only allow tourists to fish in them. We see now what is happening to our fishing and shooting by tourists in this province.

I am. Sir. etc., FRANK JONES Charlottetown.

Sir:— I find it revealing that the Tourist Association brief did not in fact express the views of the full directorship. Their Mr_ Linkletter has said so. T h a brief may in the end have full directorship support but at the time of submission it did not

ve. Igeta bad odor from this brief. dealing with liquor. The In- dividuality of this Island Prov- ince is given scant thought. To conform the g. The rmr-el issue they disown and will not enter into deliberations a n d face the moral implications. Enters now the Causeway pro. feet and enters now a moral is- sue. Have we the right to de- e people alter“: a boat sail? This the association feels is a heavy burden. Is it

all! little

this earth a boat sail to or from P.E.I. if they wish it? Certainly lot a causeway.

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Some funny thinking went into

present- ‘ this brief. Scratch a builder of

this brief and you'll find under-

I neath not solicitude' but FEAR. , Fear that the Causeway will al-

ter the visiting habits of our tou- rists, Fear that he'll not stay as long or s pend as much. Fear that even if the turnover greatly increases this must inevitably mean more washing. More wash-

f ing is hard on sheets and pillow- | cases. Let's face i .

I reduce the real Causeway at- titude to a pure and simple do- mestic problem which the op- crators must be brave and face.

am. Sir. etc.. CAUSEWAY SUPPORTER Charlottetown.

ABUSES 0F MANY KINDS

Sir, — Would there be space in your publication for another case of scribbler's itch. regard- intgs?the question of liquor out-

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It appears most of the com- ments are from a minority group. Why are those people so sure their views are so right, that they'should be everyone? It not appear the group which have oppodta views are trying to force theirs on them.

True there are abuses in the use of alcohol. and they sure point them out, but a great many other things also have Many people overeat and do harm to themselves. A how about the privilege of car driving? A great many of us abuse it by breaking traffic rul-

es.

I wonder if this group so op- posed are really as earned about the so - called Wayward Brethren. or Just want to show the world that lit

, ey possess a ' great imagined virtue, non-rue

of alcoho.

As to t quotations from the Bible to back up their argu- ments. I believe you can

CE CHAMPION

Rod. For all the rules say 20 or more m e m b e r 5 may legally claim their right to take their seats in the House by April 24. it being anticipated that writs cer- tifying elections will begin to reach Mr. Castonguay in substa- ntial numbers about April . Who is to stop them if they do claim their seats? The Governor General summons Parliament on the advice of his ministers. If things in the country are nor- mal the Governor G e n e r all would doubtless decide waiting until May 16 or even later would be normal. B u t were there a threat of war or bankruptcy or some other na- tional emergency it is presum- ably within the Governor Gener- al's power to permit those mem- bers who wish to open Parlia- ment at once to do so. even if the ministers were reluctant.

Our Yesterday’s

(From the Guardian Files)

TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO . (April 4. 19 8)

MONTREAL, April 3 —(CPl— To those “seeking e so a pe" through reading Lady Tweeds- muir suggested “there is noth- ing like a good murder" to take one's mind off his troubles. De- tective fiction was recommend- ed for this type of reader by Lady Tweedsmuir in an "infor- mal couserie" before members of the Maritime Womens Club yesterday.

A celebration at the Canadian Legion Home next S a t u 1' day night will mark the let anniver- sary of the capture of Vimy, by the Canadians during the Great War.

TEN YEARS AGO

(April 4,

Six Island airmen will be in the group of 213 officers, airmen and alrwomen to represent the Air Force at the Coronation, it was announced by Air F o r c e Headquarters. The list includes 16 RCAF personnel who will travel from Canada.

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Zion Church Mission Guild en- tertained the patients at the Pro- vincial Infirmary recently with films and music, also a lovely afghan was donated to the la- stltution.

Miss April tiptocd an the stage Tqbtha wild fanfare of "finial!

Irresolute aha tekee IIII' flute and plays

Nowla mansionmthemaor mode.

A timid bloodroot hides its snowy head

Behind a green-gloved hand

And shudders at the sound.

The curtun falls as Heaven ep-

p as a l-Ier music with a thunderous

Leading Fatty Hits 1,000 Lbs.

m, the individual has all he can do to consume enough to feed his excess blubber.

The scientific cxplanstlon re- volves around heat production, which is in direct proportion to

men generate more heat than their leaner counterparts. Heat production also is increased by overeating -- like putting more coal in the furnace. Thus the calories dissipated through heat loss soon equal the caloric

intake of food. But there is a possibility of becoming elephantine. A 300 to und man or woman is ex-

the calories consumed in the diet are used for muscular ex- ercise or work output. This adds to the storage of fat and In- creased poundage.

Despite the fact that the heavyweight spends most of his time sitting and eating, much energy ls being produced to me- tabolize the enormous amount of food. This tends to even the caloric intake and output and may explain why so few hu- mans have exceeded the 500 pound mark,

According to Gould and Pyle, the largest person on record came from North Carolina. He tipped the scales at 1,000 pounds and was 7 feet 8 inches tall. But this man is an exception. Most of the remarkable instances of obesity reported in medical jour- nals were between 400 an pounds, but the exact weight can be questioned.

Marie Francoise - Clay was one of these baby blimps. She lived in poverty and followed her husband, an old - clothes dealer, on foot from town to town. She gave birth to six chil- dren and was celebrated for her obesity. At age 40. Marie was 5 feet 1 inch tall and one inch greater around the waist is trim 62 inches). Her neck was obliterated by the b‘ubber and her breasts were over a yard in circumference. She he so much fat in the armpits, her arms were permanently elevat- d

to

TENDER DANCER

Mrs. T. L. writes: Every time anyone touches me harshly I develop black and blue marks. This is embarrassing since I’m handled quite a bit. Every time my partner lifts me or tries a hrow, I bruise so much I have to use a good deal of make-up. Is this anemia?

REPL

A disturbance in the clotting mechanism of the blood or in- creased fragility of the capil- laries may be responsible. ~A routine set of blood tests is available to determine the cause of your condition.

ITCII FROM JUICES

J. D. writes: Could drinking too many fruit juices cause rec' tal itch?

REPLY

Yes, especially when allergy exists or the citric acid changes the acidity of ‘the bowel con- tents, Send stamped self-ad- dressed envelope for leaflet on rectal itching.

, IMMUNITY T0 COLDS

M. M. writes: A neighbor claims she never has had a cold or other respiratory infection. Have you any information on why some people are immune in this way?

EPLY

R The reasons for a natural im- munity to colds are not too well understood. I hope your neigh- bor knocks on wood when she brags.

RIDING FATIGUE

Mrs. K. Writes: Why does rid- ing in a car tire some people and rest others?

REPLY

It is a matter of relaxation. In time, almost everyone gets tired, depending upon the dis- tance traveled.

Today's Health Hint.—

E very human needs an ar- ray of reclprocated loves and loyalties.

po tremer inactive so that few of.

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