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Trailing His Coat?

Before the bustup in Causewa- tive cabinet ranks over the nuclear weapons issue, it is no secret that there was feuding going on between Defense Minister Harkness and Ex- ternal Affairs Minister Green, whose views on this matter were irreconcilable. Are commentators right now in suggesting that in the Liberal ranks, and on a. quite different issue, there is a. buckeroo on the loose who Wouldn’t mind starting a feud with one of his saddle mates?

Speculation of this kind has been prompted by recent criticisms of Mr. Mitchell Sharp, a former dep- uty minister of finance who is re- garded as probably the most prac- tical mind on finance in the Liberal party. “We Liberals look good only by contrast," he told a leadership conference of Young Liberals in Toronto. The party’s machinery for discussion and formulation of policy was “as outdated as the horse and buggy" and could not cope. with the complex problems of a modern Society. He was particularly critical of the party‘s backward attitude to- ward finance.

Mr. Sharp's criticisms have re- portedly angered many of his party colleagues, including Mr. Walter Gordon, who is now official finan- cial critic for the Liberals. While Mr. Gordon has not made any com- ment on Mr. Sharp’s detraction of his party’s machinery for formula» tion and discussion of policy, the Gordon report on the future of Canada is regarded as one of the handbooks of Lib eral politicians. This report purports to be an ex- haustive study into the future of Canada, based largely on financial policies

Mr. Sharp maintains that there Is “urgent need for channels of communication to let party leaders know what Liberals in the con-- stituency organizations are think- ing"; which sounds pretty much like a challenge, if not a reproof, to Mr. Gordon in his capacity of of ficial dispenser of communiques on Liberal financial policy.

Some commentators hold that this free expression of opinion is re- assuring. There is likely to be not a little weariness, they say, with parties who present themselves as perfectly wise, without fault or failing. And they suggest that Mr Sharp has done his party no harm by admitting that it is human. Not- a line that Mr. Gordon isgoing to accept with any enthusiasm: but. with the dire example of Conserva- tive feuding in mind, he’s not likely to be too hasty in reaching for his gun and having it out in the old Western tradition.

U Thant's Warning There is need in this troubled world for the spirit of tolerance. And It was for this spirit—“still lacking in regard to political Jr ideological issues"-—that United Na- tions Secretary-General U Thant pleaded last week in a major ad- dress at the Economic Club in New York. He could have used the sound- ‘ ing board of the United Nations for his message. but he chose to speak, ‘ not in his official capacity but “as a human being, a member of that species, the homo sapiens, whose continued existence Is in the be!- anee.” "The plain fact.” said the speak-

er. “is that all of us—Amerlcans. Russians, Romans—are in peril, f 7“ K the character of this peril L“ h'wtbereishopathatwe

may collectively avert it. We have to learn to think in a new way. The most pressing question facing all of us is: What steps can be taken to prevent a military contest of which the issue must be disastrous to all sides ‘2"

Elementary, isn’t it? But Mr. Thant referred heavily to UN. docu- ments to remind his audience of the frightful spending armament en- tails, the “almost total devastation of the earth” a war would bring in its wake, and the effects of radia- tion upon “every atomic-age child."

He asked that we learn from the first two world wars that war solves none of the world’s prob- lems. “That the problems which they leave in their wake are usual- ly worse than those which they were intended to solve.” He urged that what is most needed in these tense times is the will to com- promise. This applied to the nego- tiations on disarmament in general and the number of international inspections—that "game of arith- metic"—in particular.

U Thant's speech showed how much the United Nations is today involved in the have-not parts of the world—the Congo, the Middle East. Southeast Asia—in their problems of economic development. He spoke for mankind because as an Asian he is emotionally identi- fied with those two-thirds of human- ity in Asia, Africa, and Latin America who feel that their future hangs In the balance of the contest between the two superpowers.

This majority of mankind Is also represented by a majority of countries in the UN. A large num- ber of them are unaligned in the cold war. and nonnlignment is a political perspective that U Thant, the Burman. has embraced com- pletely. It permeates his whole ap- proach to world issues. and is sum- med up in his statement: “There is no peace in the world today because there is no peace in the minds of men.”

Adopting Fluoridation

It is interesting to note that ten Latin-American countries will soon be making use of fluoridation of community water supplies as an aid to the prevention of tooth de- cay. Paced by Chile and Brazil, 59 municipalities in nine countries of South and Central America already have this system in operation. It will shortly be introduced in the tenth country, Argentina, where flouridation is planned for three cities including the great metro- polis of Buenos Aires.

This city of four-and-a-half mil- lion people is the largest in the southern hemisphere and will then be the largest fluoridated city in /the world, replacing Chicago in this respect.

In the Caribbean, fluoridation is in effect on two islands of the Netherlands Antilles—Curacao and Aruba. In British Guiana, it has not been considered necessary to add fluoride where the water from ar- tesian wells already contains the element in protective quantities.

Slowly but surely, this health measure is making progress throughout the world. In the United States, as at Dec. 31. 1962, pre- liminary-figures showed 2,314 com- munities using fluoridated water supplies, serving a population of 48,803,000—a net gain in 1962 alone of 124 communities and of 6,688,000 people. In addition, there are over 1,900 US. communities with seven million people using water supplies having fluoride naturally in pro- tective quantities.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Robert Louis Stevenson isn’t read so widely now as he used to be. But the Financial Post has been browsing through his works and has come up with this timely quota- tion: “Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary."

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Those politicians who are promis- ing to end unemployment in Canada are surely serving their country at a sacrifice. If they really have the key to this problem, they could make better pay then they’ll ever make at Ottawa by moving to th a United States. The unemployment rate there rose in February to 6.1 per cent of the Work force—the highest point in 14 months. This notwithstanding the fact that the February employment figures were

the highest in history.

CAESAR ON HIS WAY To THE. SENATE

THE IDES OF MARCH

OTTAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson

The Soft Approach In Polilicol Propogondo

“How to sell political propa- ganda without apparently try-

. ing." That is the problem which

is teasing the Ottawa “backroom Generals” of all the parties In this election campaign.

They want variety from the threadbare and unimaginative harangue, delivered by a single politician, no matter how high. who bores his audience while fixing his stare just above the

camera. where the tele-

prompter offers him someone ‘

else's words to read.

“The Leader" chatting "infor- mally" with local candidates has been tried. These round - table talks are too often stilted and

cold. The Liberals are the most I

adventurous explorers into this new field. In the last election.

on. L. 3. Pearson was shown discussing Liberalism with a well-known actor, Mavor Moore. Last week several men-on-the-

street were interviewed on the .

Mike Pearson Hour - and they were not surprisingly all for Mr. Pearson.

JUDICIAL GOVERNOR

When does fiction take over from fact? When is a broadcast rigged? This problem in honesty has been energetically tackled by the ever - watchful Board of Broad c a s t Governors which. among its many duties, is the

umpire over electronic election ;

battles. Thus the quostlon ls asked:

I Was Mavor Moore a typical Can- ; adian expressing his own views? i Or was he just an actor per- forming the paid role of reading his employers' script? And were those men-in-the-strect speaking their own minds. or somebody else's words?

Mr. Carlyle Allison. ex-news- paper editor who is vice chair- man of the Board of Broadcast Governors. has some vivid sus- picions.

"The Board does not approve of character actors being used 0 impersonate members of the public supposedly picked at ran- dom." lc tod me in his office here. There Is a chance of this r bein I: done in political broad- casts. but it would be minimis- ed, he believes. if the people in- terviewed were asked to give their name and address. So tins week every radio and TV station

will receive orders from the EEG to this effect. The CBC radio pro-

gramme last week. Interviewing

O t t a w a n s on Confederation i Square. and very interesting it

was. One wondered whether the . revealing comments would have I been as frank if they had been ‘ asked to give their names and addresses.

“The voters don't cane. they ‘ don‘t know who to vote for, as , thcy don‘t think much of the two main parties - there is so little ‘ between them." said one man, I whose thoughts were echoed in

PUBLIC

FORUM

COLLEGE GRANTS

Sir.—-—In a recent Issue of a ‘

Charlottetown paper. St. Duns- tan‘s asked the Provincial Gov- ernment for a grant of $300,000 per year, which they seemed to think was very moderate. We must not forget that this would have to be topped by a similar or larger grant to the Institu- tions serving the Protestant population of the Island. We al-

must remember that our government has a debt now of about .Im.000. so I think. we all should be very careful what demands we make upon

m

Would some official In a posi- tion to know please Inform u

e press, just what as-

sistance is paid has been paid out to our Roman Catholic and Protestant Institutions at the present time.

lbelieve that it Is very Im- portant that business of this na- ture should be discussed and ar- ranged In a way satisfactory to all.

I am. Sir. etc. GEORGE P. DUNSFORD Hampton, P.E.I.

TIIE LIQUOR SITUATION

Sir. — Once again th e liquor situation 'in P.E.I. s been brought to our attention through the media of our Island news- papers. The subject matter was headlined “Change in Liquor Laws Mootcd". ooted by Whom? The public might like to know.

It is estimated that 75 percent of the world's population are tectotallers and we do not pre- sume that they are "dying for a drink". Thls fact presupposes that If 75 percent can live with- out alcoholic beverages. then It Is logical to assume that the re maining 25 percent could do the same. With every stage of re- laxation of liquor laws. con- sum rises sharpl ich of course ls hIghly pleasing to the

breweries.

ThIs corresponding rise In orni- sumptlon always coincides with a relative Increase of Highway fatalities. It is a and yet never- theless true fact that to g more freedom In obtaining liq- nor to satlafy our lustful thirst. we are in truth giving our ap- proval to an increased rate of deaths of Innocent women and children whose contribution to society Is an unnecessarily de-

riled. Mans canola boast "I can take

I

I a drink or leave It alone". All beginners can make that boast. All alcoholics at one time could truthfully make that statement. Those people who today are ca-

can take a drink or leave it xalone” can be divided into two I groups. The first group will in time bacome alcoholics.

The second grou p will con- tinue on without losing too much

group which causes much more ham 0 our civllization. Their example is admired by certain teenagers who assume that the

themselves likewise could “take a drink and leave it alone" but alas! the example of the social drinker Is the direct cause of more and more lost lives through alcohol.

the success of our tourist in- dustry is dependent on easy ac- cess to alcoholic beverages. Vis- . Itors come to our shores because

our Island beauty. climate and the friendliness of our peo- pic.

I w o are clamoring for wide open sale should at least be honest and admlt that they themselves want more relaxa- tIon and not use the tourist, to gain more and easier access to liquor. V

For the protection of our chil- dren. our senior cItlzens. and all potential victims of the drunken driver. for the protection of our home life for the protection from irrcreased acts of crime and violence. for the success of our secondary and unlversl. ties In graduating young men and women worthy of the pro- fessions to which they aspire. 0 you Mr. Premier your associates of both political pertIes to “Rise up as men of God, Have done wIth lesser thlnga. give heart mlnd and strength

Kings."

In the name of humanity we make thls appeal: Please do not relax the present liquor laws. May we all unite In one great to save our youth from all the many and varied disasters that InevIIeny resu from alcohollc consump tion.

I am. Sir, etc.. JAMES A. MURPHY

. tern. Kenslngton and Summertield. Official Board. United Church

similar disinterest and bewilder-

many others. “I’m not

pro Conservative: I'm not pro

anything; I don't want to vote

for Pearson either: everything's e

SS:-

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m SYMPATIIY RISING

The strain of “Poor Johnlsm" repeatedly showed up, expressed well by one man who spoke his sympathy for "an obviously sin- cere Prime Minister who was brutally obstructed in P 8 rl i a - ment and cruelly smeared on the hustlngs." “He could have been there for life." comment- ed one unnamed Ottawan. add- ing " - if only he had d one something. but he didn‘t do any- thing."

The BBG‘s emphasis on fair- ness in politics aims at compar- ahle treatment for exm part. Thus, some private stations in Quebec are giving free time to Liberal Premier Jean Lesagc, to permit him to answer some questions which he selects from among those submitted by Its- teners. Equal treatment must be given to other parties, the EEG insists - quite fairly.

Fairness and honesty in poll- ‘ tics is an admirable ambition by the EEG. But it raises the inter- esting question: e man with that familiar TV face really mean what he says In the ad- vertising plug about those cigar- ettes? Or is he too merely an actor paid to express thoughts written by someone else.

Americans who bravely set out on 0 - mile hikes these days are fortified by encouragement

pable of making that boast. "I .

self control. But it is this latter I

Finally we do not believe that I

from at least three Presidents and a major poet. ’ T h o m a 5 Jefferson declared, "Of all exercises walking Is the best." Theodore Roosevelt. a : hearty advocate of the strenuous 3life. ordered Marine officers to ‘prove their fitness by making ISO-mile marches. When President John 1". Ken- ;nedy challenged the Marine l Corps to obey the -year-old or- ;der. he touched off a national .[hiking fad. Serviceman. college ' students. Boy Scouts, and secre- taries embarked on long-distance walks In the spirit of Whitman's lines: Afoot and light-hearted. I take to the open road,

Our Yesterdo ’s (From the Guardian Files)

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO March 12, 1938

Ottawa. March O—Ueut»Col. Ernest J. White of Bathurst, NB. was re - elected president of the Canadian Postmasters Associa- tion at the annual meeting here today.

Hollywood, Calif. Mar. 10 - Luise Rainer and Spencer Tracy were given the Academy awards for the best motlon picture per- formance during 1937. Miss Relu- er. for her work in “The Good Earth," and Tracy for his per- formance In “Captains Courage- ous "

TEN YEARS AGO March 12. I!" Legislation extending the pre- sent boundaries of the City of Charlottetown to Include the whole of the Incorporated village of Parkdale. together with a por- tion of the Spring Park area Is recommended In the report giv- en yesterday by Judge C. St.

Clair Trainer.

Wlde expansion In mbllc health actlvltles durlng the past year Is shown In a detailed Inter-tin report of the Health Branch. De- partment of Health ond Welfare. which was tabled In the Legisla- ture yesterday. by the Minister. Eon. A. W. Matbeson.

Walking

National Geographic Society

Leprosy Bacillus Can Be Grown Outside Body

By Dr. Theodore R. Van Dells-

IT IS possible to grow the human leprosy bacillus outside the body. In certain white mice. these mlcro - organisms prefer the rear foot pads. which Is lod- cal because they grow in a cool environment. This may ex- plain why tbe disease involves the skin. mucous membranes. and the nerves outside the brain and spinal cord rather than the deeper sues. The rear feet are chosen because they are larger and provide more space to culti- vate the leprosy germs.

The dlscovery opens up two Important avenues for those spe- cializing In this ancient disease. Mice can be given drugs to deter- mine theIr effect on leprosy bacilli in the foot pads. This offers an excellent and rapid screening technlc for trying large number of antiseptic che- mlcals and antibiotics. Different anti-leprosy vaccines are '11 tested against the organisms cul- tivated In the mouse foot pads.

Most of the present vaccines

r red m tubercle

bacilli because the bacteria «that cause leprosy and tuberculosis belong to the same family. The disease is contagious but prolong- ed contact usually is needed to pass along the condition. Fewer than five per cent of those lIvIng in the same household as an In- fected person develop the dis- ease e malady starts as a small round slightly elevated spot. lighter In color than the sur- rounding skin. The no ulea grow larger and newer blemish- es appear. The causative germs live In the cells of these Infected areas and spread slowly along the nerves to the spinal cord.- Most of the destruction to hands, feet. and other extremi- ties stems from nerve damage rather than from direct Involve- ment of these tissues. When ner- ves are affected, the skin becom- es numb. The colorless spots and changes in skin sensitivity are early manifestations. Leprosy Is a world-wide prob- lem but 30 per cent of the cases are said to exist in Africa and Asia. There are fewer than 2.000 victims in the United States but leprosy could become a more serious problem because of our increasing contacts with tropical nations. For this reason we need better anti-leprosy drugs and vaccines.

BLOOD COUNTS

B. M. S. writes: We were dIs- cussing blood counts at a friend's house. One woman has a count of 82 and another said hers is nine grams. How can there be such a difference In blood counts?