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PAGE 4 MONDAY, MAY 2, 1966.

No Explanation?

Had: he “any information indicating any impropriety or anything of a scandalous nature involving any MP 4n any party over the last 10 years?” That, swears RCMP Commissioner George McClellan, was one of the questions put to him by Prime Minis- ter Pearson back in November, 1964,

- and that was why he turned over to the Prime Minister a file on the |

Munsinger affair which, he says, he didn’t get back until after April 1 of this year, a couple of weeks after the Liberal. government ordered an in- quiry into the affair.

Opposition efforts. to have the Prime Minister explain the disturbing implications of this testimony were ruled out of-order inthe Commonson Friday; but surely that will not end the matter. Every member in the House has a right to demand an ex- planation. Nothing like it has happen: ed since Confederation. It reveals Mr.

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auly in conjunction with the senior of :

ficials of the corporation, “while i is more serious in some @keas than in others, it is not as serious as one would be led. to believe by the tele- grams and. messages coming to members of the House.” Further re- ports were coming in daily and it might. be a matter. of days before he could give further assurance. ; Mr. Diefenbaker then asked if the minister w ould’Say whether it was a fact that in the housing construction field this year-there wilt be some

35,000 fewer homes built than last

year. eae

Mr. Nicholson replied @hat “if things proceed as they are,” the situa- tion “‘is not as bad as the right hon. gentleman would indicate.” House building is not likely to” reach last

; year's record figure of 165,000 houses.

' oration who predicted tha

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It-might be down 10 or 15 per cent this year, largely because of the action of private investors; but nothing like

the figures suggested by the Opposi-_!

tion-_leader.

At this stage Mr. Diefenbaker point- ed out that it was the>president of Central Mortgage and Housing Corp- ’ S many as 35,000 fewer homes would be~ built’ this year as compared to last. ‘Did the

minister not agree with what the |

‘president of the corporation said?

Here the Speaker intervened, to |

suggest that the right~hon. gentle- man’s question: “to some extent is “argumentative.” It seemed, he said, “in any event the question has been answered in a general way by. the

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minister to whom it was posed in the }

first instance. So that was that.

____The Final Problem

‘In recent” years, “artificial~-heart~ pacemakers have been used to restore erratic hearts to regular, well-paced beating. Artificial heart valves have been put inside the heart to replace. natural valves-that were defective or

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In the “red mould’, Canada may be perfecting a truly new wonder drug. Called Myxin, it is a member of a group of soil

bacteria known as. —myxobact- ers. It_is-a-red }

wp resiit-of-the virtual stopping.of any —the—hack-of—our—present—niekel-and—

Pearson in a scavenger role that’even | his. own party followers must find -

nauseating. This took place about the time they were being lectured by him on standards of political ethics, and while he was charging his opponents with “scandal-mongering” on a/ de- plorable scale!

Writing on the Munsinger case be- fore this last damning revelation came to light, Peter C. Newman pre- dicted-in-the Toronto Star that it will |

he remembered-as’a turning-point-in—

by a succeeding government.

the conduct of Canadian public af- fairs. The-Liberal approach, he claim- ed, was destroying the tradition that the actions of cabinet ministers in a. previous-regime, short-of-felony,-are _ not subject to disclosure or scrutiny “By setting this precedent,” he warned, “surely the Liberals must realize that © whenever they leave- office, the

administration -which follows. them “will immediately search official-files;—

in an attempt to discover scandal. This possibility threatens the .whole area of ministerial discretion, because

—hindsight-is bound to be better than

foresight, and no minister can now - make any decision, without being ‘conscious of the fact that it may be reviewed years from now, by a hos- tile regime.”

Most people were prepared to be- Heve that Mr. Pearson was, at worst, — a reluctantly consenting party to

this pernicious witch-hunt. Now it . appears he was the instigator of it.

“Anything of a scandalous nature in- volving any MP in any party over the last 10 years,” was what he wanted, in secret, from the police. What more could Stalin have-wanted when he =

ruled the roost in Moscow?

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“Minister Nicholson the

Now We Know! It’s like drawing teeth to get concrete answers to almost anything

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ruined by disuse. Another develop- ment in this phase of surgery was attempted a few days ago in Houston, Texas, where surgeons of the Baylor University College of -Medicine implanted in a 65-year-old man dying of a heart condition an artificial pump

- to take over most of the work -of

pumping blood to the body. A su¢-

‘cessful use of such a booster heart

-would be a-step toward a true art-

- {ficial heart for man, a-seemingly in-

credible objective which many surgeons-believé will be achieved in the not too distant future. _ The operation in Houston was the third known. attempt to save a life by

from an. ordinary sample of Ot- tawa City soil panned on the here.

Although_the_credit_for.sepa- rating and developing this dis- covery goes to. scientists of the Department. of Agriculture, Ag- riculture Minister Joe Greene despite, as he explained to me, ing companies seeking licences to produce it. \

If, and it is a big “‘if’’, Myxin -fils every hope and _ expecta- _tion, it will prove. to be-perhaps the most powerful,most widely ‘effective and cheapest antiblio- tie drug yet known to man.

By a strange twist of fate, 20 years ago Flight Lieutenant J. J. Greene, D. F. C. was dis- eharged from the RCAF at war's

ed_mould,...

is playing it cool at this stage

--the-—arrival’ here of droves of.

OTTAWA REPORT By Patrick Nicholson _ | ~~New“Wonder Drug” Possibilities Foreseen

thing of this new discovery. “It looks better and gives more hope than any similar an- tibiotic at the same stage of de- velopment," he said. ‘‘But- it -has_a_long..way..to. could: be used. in- medicine, al- though agricultural use is near- er. Preliminary tests show that | it destroys plant bacteria ‘which | cause fruit ‘ fireblight, potato

destroys the fungi which rot | cereal roots, It may prove to ‘be the most powerful antibiotic” of its class ever: developed; it has a very broad spectrum, ; which means it can be’ used a- gainst many infections. It has | proved itself capable of destroy- | ing 34 different bacteria and species of fungi.” : MAY BE-OTHER_USES

| growth of organisms... which | cause crop disease. Might it eq- | ually inhibit the growth of malig-

-g0..before it.

Wiles. a --+.—"F_envisage that tt will -be~

The red mould has proved ft-* | self capable of inhibiting : the

nant animal organisms? It is | being tested as a possible wea- | pon in the war against cancer, and this work is being carried | on in the cancer research insti-

| versity at Saskatoon, But, stres- | sing the danger of raising false | hopes among mankind, Mr.

| Greene reiterated tous that_this ' work is-in its very early stages,

ring rot and alfalfa biight;~and-~~It-wilt-be-at-teast-another-year—

before the red‘ mould has been developed to the point where it ean be produced commercially for agricultural use; four more

veal its medieinal usefulness. But meanwhile, the red. mould has some other attractive ang-

cheaper than existing antibio- tics,"’ Joe Greene said.

ter is a substantial part of it. In fact you just pour water, any tap water, onto it, and it grows”

giving a patient an auxiliary heart.

‘This pump was not intended to. be: come a permanent part of the

patient’s body, but only to see him

through the crisis until his own heart

might again be strong enough te de. its—job_unaided. Regardless of the

otitcome, each of the three eases has

made a contribution to the future of

artificial heart research by assisting

failing hearts. One~ specialist has

noted-that as: many as 400,000: heart

patients each year might benefit from’ such devices—either auxiliary pumps or, in the more distant future, total

permanent replacements for disease- ruined hearts.

Artificial_heart-pumps-of-several—

designs have been tried on animals, and scientists:at many institutions are-~ pursuing these problems today. But as_a writer in the New York Times points out in this connection, the ulti- mate test and the only hope of saving lives must come through attempts to

tle strip of. ribbon diagonally striped in blue and white indicat- ing his recognized gallantry in action; but he was suffering from a staphylococcus which the RCAF - doctors had heen unable to cure. Today Hon.

| end. His breast carried that lit-

tarrying the tough load of the Agriculture potrfolio paradoxical- ly on his Toronto shoulders, ob-

in announcing -thatin-the—test- _tube- this new Canadian drug has proved effective against that very persistent —infection.-———-

DONT CHEER TOO SOON

‘When rumors began to circu- late about a new wonder drug passing all tests in the laborato- ries of the Agriculture Depart- “ment, Arnprior’s* new Cabinet Minister very wisely moved: —fast—To forestall wild specula- .tion which might end. by disap- pointing ‘sufferers, he called a press conference and ~ pointed out the very preliminary and largely uncorreborated tests yet made, and the need for thorough checking: =

Tiater, sitting in the Govern-

ment Lobby outside the Com- mons Chamber, Joe Greene told

use some of these devices in man. | Ralph Cowan and me some

And the surgeons who must try this ultimate test also face another strange and tragic problem—what to do if the pump proves more durable than the patient; how to decide when to “turn

at Ottawa these days. The “exercise | off” such a patient whose brain has

in semantics” which Mr. Macquarrie _

found so confusing in the explanations about the rescheduling of our cause way project was a case in ‘point. Another owe was given during the question périod in the Commons last week, when Opposition Leader Diefenbaker tried to get from Labor facts about w was going -on with Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation. Was it a fact, Mr: Diefenbaker askad the minister,if this corporation

,undergone irreparable damage but

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PUBLIC FORUM

This column fs open te the discussion by correspondent# of questions of in- terest. The Guardian does not neces- sarily endorse the opinion ef corres. pondents. All letters published are sub-

| Jeet to editing and condensation where

necessary. The Guardian ,is amable te enter inte any correspondence regard-

whose artificially bolstered breathing | ima letters submitted.

and blood circulation may still be maintained. _

A heavy responsibility to. assume in- deed! It is with a feeling of profound

at least, will never be called upon to make such a decision,

EDITORIAL NOTE

The Hamilton Spectator complains

i that-our--vaunted= Centennial--coins

now has stopped lending even on. pre-—;~-witl contain almost every well-known

gold houses and thereby has dried up the past source of mortagage loans for residential purposes? Would the min- ister say now, for the benefit of ex-

pected across Canada, that there is going to

| householders and builders | dove are.to be honored. and there is” | to be a fish on the hack of the dime,

member of the wildlife fraternity-ex-

| capt the beaver, the mink, the rae-

coon, and the gopher. The rabbit, the wolf, the bobcat, the goose and the

be some alleviation of the serious | Perhaps the beaver can't complain

gituation which has heen ereated as

additional amounts by way of mort- gage loans? oe

Mr. Nieholson erotte that he eould not give that\assurance.. The situation, he conceded, was “serious.” But he was happy toe say that as a

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result of studies he had made person-

of heing neglected, because he’s. on

probably_will’ get preferential treat-

ment again‘in 1968. But what has the —

government got against the mink? Why is it being ignored? “We: can only assume,” says the Hamilton paper darkly, “they suspect it looks .@ a Weasel.”

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_ thankfulness that we reflect that we, . ‘‘dieate an unlimited potential.

| er of a purse seine, I must com-. ment, however, that an industry

PRICES TO FISHERMEN Sir.— It was with interest that

I read the recent Fisheries Issue

of this paper. It painted a glow- ing picture of prosperity within the industry and seemed to in-

As a fisherman and part own- that was apparently unable to

pay more than two cents per pound for mackeral last su m-

_mer_can.handly_.be described as

hooming. Last summer, during a visit

| to. Saint. John, N.B., I personally

saw mackeral on the Saint John fish market selling for 35 cents per pound. These were unpro- cessed fish of no better quality or size. than the. mackeral we sold for two cents. :

We quote prices paid to the in- shore fishermen. for other fish also: split hake 3%. cents; eod five cents. These prices are no hetter=than those paid 10 years

-agecwhite-the pricéof boats and

gear has doubled ‘in that time.

Surely there is no room for.

complacency _ and certainly there is still room for Improve- ment if the fishing industry is to

remain a worthwhile and profit- | } able occupation € t

Iam, Sir, elec, : LEITH ROBERTSON

Kast Ballic, P.E.I.

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-J:-3--Greene;Privy— Councillor, -

viously took pleasure and pride~;

Time And

We call it daylight saving and we move the clock’s hands ahead, telling ourselves that we haye gained an hour of daylight. What we are doing, of eourse, is trying to hurry the season by altering our own schedule; the routine of our daily rounds. We indulge the notion that we can manage time, and we succeed -so far as our own affairs are in- | volved. We somewhat change | the pattern of our lives. — | But time and the seasons re- ‘main unchanged. The sun rises |on its own schedule and the stars stand in their places as | before. Neither the rise of the | tides-nor_the-growth of the leav- | @g is altered one iota. -Violets will bloom on a May morning and roses will scent the June afternoon with no concession to the circling -hands—of- any—clock. | Bees will haunt the blossoms

TheVears

New York Times

{and seeds will mature in their own time. Even the months as we have named them are un-

_ehanged. It is_ still April. May.

‘will not come until next-week.

Spring itself {s both ‘funda- |

mental and timeless. It Is a | pulse in the. earth, and that | pulse is a consequence of a thou- | sand things unrelated to. human | clocks. We cannot dominate it or

dictate to it. Yet we are particl- | pants in it, being a part of life;

' for life is time known, time ex- |

perienced. It shapes the mem- | ory of yesterday and the prom- | ise of all our tomorrow's.

We change the clocks, reach- ing for more time. And time flows, ‘endless, the substance. of all life we know—today,_tomor- ‘row, and forever. Time, spring,

| and_all the eonsequences of for-_

| ever.

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years before clinical tests re-—

“Tt, moulds more quickly, and wa- |

Inactivating. | Viruses.

+ By Dr. Theodore R. Van Dellen

Viruses elude most germicides including the sulfonamides and antibiotics. Recently it was dem- onstrated that many are inacti- vated by a 90 to 95 per cent so- lution of ethy! alcohol, sodium hypochlorite (200. ppm.), or & five per. cent concentration of carbolic acid.

Lord Lister selected the later as a microbe killer 100 years ago. This English surgeon used remarkable judgment and came the first advocate of ant- septics in the operation room jand for infections. He even sprayed carbolic acid into the. air during surgery and wohen-

open wounds. ~ Dr. Morton Klein of Temple university conducted labora-

tory tests with these antiseptics and found that-all-had- anti-viral. powers in the concentrations

alcohol should be standard | equipment in _ every. doctor's | bag. Sodium hypochlorite is ap-

cide for cleaning equipment in medical offices and laboatories. |

‘used in the laundryof families | with a viral illness.

-fectants--in--restaurants ~and--the food industry were ineffective }against many common viruses responsible for respiratory in- | fections.

| A protein jacket protects the active infectious genetic core of | the cirus and is essential to. the

|life of , the microbe. Anything |talks about prospects of a ne-j chance to stop them

‘that dissolves this coating de- | stroys the virus unless the crit- ter first enters a cell where it

ever it was necessary to expose |

mentigned. In his opinion, ethyl |

He found that most germicid- | -es_and detergents—used-as-tisin=+

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NOTES. BY THE WAY

A ‘father down the block, read- ing his little’ girl a ~ bedtime story was rather taken aback when she asked sleepily, ‘'Dad- | dy, are you coming to me live?’ ass Calgary Herald.

Family: associations are what | lend -antiques their real value — like having a living-room chair

| that four generations have de- |

| tested. —-.Edmonton Journal.

“What were those | “You remember, ma'am, you said those: gernaiums. in the

| garden looked so lovely you

could eat them?" —-‘‘Yes.” ‘Well | you have!*t — Windsor Star. A motorist stopped on the |

| main dtag during our last snow |

| storm to help a woman driver who had stalled at the curb. He

trunk of her car and sprinkling it around the front wheels. ~‘‘It ought to go under the back wheels,”’ he said. The woman

effective bactericide and ‘virU- | sneered at his stupidity and re- j | plied, ‘‘The back wheels go a-

round<all-right. It’s the front

Record.

By Arch Canadian Press

WASHINGTON (CP) -— The | word that Britain and the rebel |regime of Ian-Smith in |sia have agreed to informa

| | | b

| gotiated settlement was _wel-

|comed here.

|. The. United States govern: |

ya

unusual | be- | Sreens we Had .to-night Cook?"

found her taking sand out of the

Sphode—|

| Isn't it odd-that-the fellow who “has “the least privacy in the weeie is called a private.

Vancouver Sun.

Every time you graduate from the school of experience, some- body thinks up a new course. — New Glarus Post.

* Husband: | I've carried you safely over all ithe rough places of life, haven't 1?" Wife: ‘Yes, I don't think you missed one of them.” Montreal Star.

A son at college wrote his fa- ther: ‘‘No mon, no fun, your son.”’ The father answered: “How sad, too bad, your dad.” —_ Milwaukee Journal.

A Chilton teacher was drilling her class in fractions. ‘‘Now, Robert,’” she’ questioried. ‘‘sup- pose your mother has five child. ren to feed and has only three | potatoes ‘in the house for them and wanted to divide them ‘se

that each would get an equal share... How would she do it?” | “She'd. mash. the potatoes,” was

It-also inactivates—viruses-when | Wheels that won't turn.’ — Kiel | the prompt reply. — Chilton Ti-

| mes-Journal.

Welcomed At Washington

MacKenzie ° Staff, Washingtor

| But, at the same time, they claim they can't stop their ships -going_into North Viet Nam.

.=—-, then if they can't or don’t,wehave the means of stopping them.”

Russell, a Democrat, went on

| sheds its jacket and: is capable | ment: has morally’ backed Brit- about ~Rhodesia specifically:

of causing disease. Each viral | coating ijs-compased of different | chemicals and some are more | difficult to inactivate than oth- ers. Those with fatty and. pro- tein coverings are more easily destroyed: ee ee

None. have

proved practical but the potential

tute of the Saskatchewan Uni- tis there...We-need—an:.internal..

remedy not only to destroy vir- uses that cause infection but to eradicate those responsible for certain cancers.

|’. Mrs. M. writes: Will rubbing goose grease on the chest do any good in the case of a cold? REPLY This remedy went out of fash- ion’ with the appearance of sal- jcylates and the steam kettle. Youngsters of the goose grease’ era hesitated to admit to dis- comfort froma cold-because the- | smell, of the treatment was | worse than the ailment. ; NOT RELATED K. S. D. writes: Could a slight |trace of albumin in the urine | be due to gall bladder disease? ae ~—~REPLY

No. Our leaflet "on albuminu-"; "4, Congress resumed, a series |

ria describes the various eauses of albumin in the urine. RECOVERY PERIOD Mrs. B. writes: How soon after gall bladder surgery is a

‘normal activities? ‘3

- REPLY |

Three weeks for. a woman of leisure and three months for the | faintress who does heavy work.

PROSTATE AND DIET R. G. writes: Does prostate | gland trouble call for a diet of any kind? :

REPLY — : | No, except to avoid highly | spiced foods and alcohol, which |have a tendency to irritate the | bladder wall. ; ‘

| | TODAY’S HEALTH HINT—

Keep youngsters away from sick people.

|. GO0SE.-GREESE-REMEDY.—..

‘ |resolve Rhodesia | to the African (Negro) majority |

|ain in the prolonged showdown |—in trade embargoes, on the | British-Canadian-U.S. oil lift to Zambia and in the United Na- | tions. :

’ But there have been deep ‘reservations ranging” from the |danger of losing face among | African nations if Rhodesia muddles through, to alienating further -such white allies as Gouth Africa or ‘Portugal.

While British Prime Minister

bor party ire in. supporting the US. ein VietNam] Jolffison faces thunder from his right on Rhodesia.

Some of this reflects abut British-flag vessels trading with Cuba and par-

still

represents the conviction the white Rhodesian rebels are the | spirited 20th-century successors ‘of the ‘American revolution of 11776. eh | GOLDBERG’S WARNING

The U.S. has 20,000,000 restive

( Weekhes of its:own to keep in |

} dor “Arthur Goldberg's _ state- | ment. Wednesday that failure to “with justice

;would undoubtedly strengthen |the forces of extremism, vio- llence and racism in the heart of Africa.”

| of Republican- and southern Democrat members attacked Bebe support for Britain's Rho-

desian policy on. grounds Britain |

| woman healed enough to resume | persists er

Ss. ae : British-flag vessels calling at North Viet-Nam have: been ex- plained here unofficially as a

Hong Kong ownership that Brit- ain has difficulty regulating.

of Georgia, chairman of the armed -services committee, this

the weekly magazine U.S. News and World Report: ’

“In the case of Britain, we have fallen over ourselves to accede to their requests in their difficulties in Rhodesia—which certainly are minor compared

Wilson has invited left-wing la- | -

anger |

dwindling element, representing | But ‘Senator Richard Russell |

week told. an interviewer from-

‘with what we face in Viet Nam. '

“Of course, I: am opposed to our ‘having anything to do what- ever with this Rhodesian situa- jtion .. ‘ble commentary. on. present-day ‘history—when' men are sup- | posed to be getting” -soft—that | 220,000 people in a: nation of about 4,000,000 would undertake {to maintain themselves not only there: but against their mother |country and against the power of the UN and the U.S. as well. “Thelr courage may exceed | their judgment but they have ,at

wn...a...considerable...de-.

sire to run their own country ag they wish.”

MODERATE VIEW - be | Elements as moderately- 'minded as columnist Walter |ain may have burdened the UN ‘with a Rhodesian situation | which is~highly volatile just to lescape some hard decisions by itself. : :

\ “Father right, there is a newly-

{organized National Co-ordinat-

| seems to lump together assorted ‘elements including the John | Birch Society. ‘t | It has published full-page’ ad- | vertisements in. Washington | newspapers urging U.S. support to Break the Rhodesian trade ;embargo. '

Why Sell | Yourself Short?

Why do so.many people vol-

~.—untarily highlight their own

| Poor features and failings?

Why is. it that many of

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Twilight O

The famous (Celtic twilight | from those western outposts of | the British Isles where Celtic is still spoken tells us that the ton- gues of Brian Boru, Robert the | Bruce, and Dwen Glendower |are not holding their own against the speech of Hengist and Horsa. In short; the native languages of Ireland, Scotland and Wales are still being swal- owed in the vast sea of English like Celtic- speaking King .Arth- ur’s brand Excalibur in the mis- ty mere. .

Much is heard of this slow but steady retreat of the Gaelic

Our Yesterdays

(From ‘The Guardian Files)

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO 1 ‘(May 2, 1941) a he Lord Beaverbrook,

lisher, re ible for the wp: surge of Britain's aircraft pro-. duction “under - Prime’ Minister Churchill, was named Minister. of State which ntade him deputy Prime Minister and virtual dic- hei of all British war produe-

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British perial troops who ; fought the’ German invaders of Greece came back to Fgypt after ‘the loss of perhaps 8,000 tanks

|and troeks and many first-line |

| planes. -

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po “TENYRARS AGO _. (May. 2, 1956)

| FloydPatterson defeated Fng- land's Brian London in an 1ith | round knoekout in Indianapolis, Tomy: Lee, ridden by. Willie Showmaker, won the Kentucky Derby in-the 85th running of the race at Churchill Downs.

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jin Ireland and the Welsh in toa Notwithstanding struggl-

es as doughty as any fought-by ~~

' Conn. of the Hundred battles, the Irish Government has not suc- ceeded in stemming the gradual

| portion of the population.

| attractive eonditions of the Gaeltacht, the Irish- speaking areas of Donegal, Galway “and Mayo. Although Welsh is still m ey. Mn ra among its hills 8 »-its supporters are deeply concerned. cen- sus showed that hardly more | than’ one out of every four Wel- shmen spoke his home tongue. 191 figure. ' But far worse’ eff than either Ivish or Welsh ts the Gaelic of land, Thies same 1961 cen-

which a. century or so ago rang the length and breadth of the between 1951 and 1961

dropped by 14,500—and indica- speakers are older people. un all three tands the number

rsons who speak the home n alone is small (in Seot- land Jess than a thousand of the

_|-Gaelie-.speakers..did--not—a+-an~

now English). --|¥-We-know-that there is much to Said for linguistic oneness. Tt |

is one of the avenues of better understanding. among peoples and lands. But there is also something touching about the | Slow_drowning_of tongues so_in- | timately bound to the history of

such always valiant and often-~

‘tragic nationa t

This was.a’sharp drop over the |

gus showed that only 81,000 ‘per-~ pons still spoke the tongue _

Highlands ti: the number of such — speakers tion that most of the Gaelic.

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