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Election Forecasts Ottawa rumors are now to the effect that Prime Minister Diefen- baker is planning a national election before Easter, the favored pre Easter date being April 16, the

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age and other Some this legislation already been passed; some has not. Meanwhile, reports are current of high-level meetings of Conserva- tive Party organizers and advisers. Even such a careful commentator as Arthur Blakely, of the Montreal Gazette, is taking the pre-Easter omens seriously.

And, according to Mr. Blakely, the election, when it comes, wil! a'most certainly be won and lost in the Province of Ontario, Strategists of both the major parties, he says, lean to this view. They are alike convinced that the New Democratic

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’ Mr. Powers. They wil! also want to

and did he then descend to ordinarv rocket range in an effort to r...ari the engine of his, strange craft? What was he doing at 68,000 feet when his norma! flight pattern called for cruising at a higher alti- tude? Why was he unable to de

parachute? Why, to put it bluntly, didn't fe commit suicide rather than allow himself to be captured at all?

These are the kind of questions the Central Intelligence Agency and other United States Intelligence 4roups are anxious to put before

‘now how he was treated after the crash, how he was prepared for the Moscow trial, whether he was “brainwashed” at all or received any. Soviet indoctrination. Event- ually a news conference will be ar- ranged for the airman, after the government has carefully question- ed him and perhaps put certain answers off-limits to the press.

When the fliers from the RB-17 plane returned to the United States in January, 1961, after their air- eraft was downed in the White Sea, they received something of a hero's welcome. There seems no disposition to treat Mr. Powers in this manner, and the question has even been raised whether he will receive the $50,000 or $60,000 due him in back pay.

Whatever value Washington de rives from the Powers investiga- tion, the Soviets will likely get more from having thefr arch-spy, Col. Rudolf. Abel, returned to them in exchange. But. we're not likely to hear any details of that inquiry; it will go into the Soviet secret files, for use in other espionage activities. As for Powers, they had long since got their utmost sensational pub- licity out of him. They used his capture to break up the Paris sum- mit meetings and to damage Presi- dent Eisenhower’s image in the world. No post-mortem is needed to establish the fact that, from their point of view, the whole incident has been a propaganda triumph.

Consumer Credit

Perhaps because it was loaded with too many political implica- tions, a bill which would have made. it a crime for sellers or lenders to — fail to reveal true interest charges on credit purchases or loans was “talked out” in the House of Com- mons recently.

The bill, brought in by Edward Nasserden, Conservative MP for Rosthern, Saskatchewan, contained penalties for failure to disclose in writing to the debtor the .cost of credit, calculated as a tota! dollar amount and also as a yearly per- centage of the credit amount to be granted. The arguments against the bill by two of Mr. Nasserden’s party colleagues were that its terms” were too vague and that it was the responsibility of the provinces to pass laws forcing disclosure of in- terest charges.

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“JUST A LITTLE OFF THE TOP"

OTTAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson

More About That Economic Survey

We will hear a great deal about: the “Hidden Report’ in the near future.

. This is the famous economic

survey, prepared by senior civil servants, which secretly warn- ed the former Liberal govern- ment early in March 1957 that Canada was about to plunge in- to the worst post-war recession.

That Liberal government was terrified to tell Canadians, on the eve of a General Election, that its policies and leadership had brought the country to this de- plorable crisis. So the St. Laur- ent ministry swept that unwel-

~ come forecast underneath the

rug, and hoved that it would re- main “hidden.”

The Liberals took no step to avert that pending slump; they failed to warn Canadians that it was coming: Three months af- ter receiving that warning they were beaten at the polls, yet they even failed. to tell the in- coming ment that this detailed study was in existence.

So too, and this raises the whole question of the duty, loy- alty and responsibility of very senior civil servants, did those servants of the state fail to warn their new masters.

DIEFENBAKER ACTED Nevertheless, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker soon got hold of that warning, which the Lib- erals had so carefully hidden. And his government promptly took steps to stimulate Canada’s largest job - creating industry- home-building - and to foster employment by other emergen- cy means. Then, when.the year covered by that report had ex- pired, he related to Canadians

in January 1958 how the previ- |

ous Liberal government had jeo- pardised Canada’s economy and

tion, both major parties are in urg- ent need of plenty of winners in Ontario. The Conservatives need them to offset substantial losses in Quebec and the marginal losses they may encounter elsewhere. The Lib- erals need them to add to their anticipated Quebec gains, because of lack of evidence that they,.ean sweep the Maritimes, the Western Provinces or both.

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It is not often that an espionage

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However, the matter is not dead. yet. Senator David Croll—who twice in recent years has introduced legis- lation requiring businesses which extend credit to reveal their

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same objective, but in simpler

bills would have required all ex- tenders of consumer credit, loan companies and mortgage holders, etc., to reveal interest charges, the

consumer the cost of the pressed both in dollars and in terms of simple annual terest. It is argued that lation would impose no pet honest merchants. The consum would know what he was bein charged and would.be free to act accordingly. There is no suggestion that interest-rates becontrolled.

tures of recession.

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EDITORIAL NOTES As farm communities become more mechanized, the accident toll among. the rural population also — grows. This was made evident at the Ontario Farm Safety Council

| wheat sales is predicted, are

| likely to result in a decline in |

éash income in the Prairies | again. A net decline of $150 mil- lion, or ten per cent, is predict- ed.”

On unemployment, the Hidden | Report was especially gloomy: “Since October, the numbers of persons withoyt jobs and seek- ing work have undergone in- creases that are clearly greater than seasonal.”

“In summary, a definite eas- ing in demand for goods, ser- | vices and labour is indicated for 1957."

Although he had already re- ceived that warning, along with his’ Cabinet colleagues. Finance Minister Walter Harris declar- ed in his Budget Speech on 14 March 1957: “On the present

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| evidence we can expect a con-

tinuation of the current high le-

| vel of economic activity through- | | out the coming year.”

sertion was even more cynically

| brutal to the Canadian people | than the hiding of that report. |

But I believe that we will hear much moreXof that “Hidden Re- | port” in the near future.

Conservatives brought on a re- Wall this possible?

| cession as soon as they assum- | ed governmental power.

Snow Avalanches

National Geographic Society

The snow avalanche, a phen- omenon that recently engulfed nine Peruvian villages. is one of nature's most destructive forces. Snowslides approach the energy of tornadoes, earth- quakes, and floods. They are not so widely feared, because most occur in remote mountain | fastness where no one lives. | But an avalanche that strikes |a settled area is awesome. Mil- jlions of tons of wet snow roar \down a mountainside, sweeping |up earth, boulders, and trees, | smashing houses like matchbox- es, erasing railroads and’ high- ‘ways, blocking rivers, crushing |concrete- and - steel bridges. |MOVES VERY FAST

Wet-snow avalanches are rel- atively slow, but dry snow may | whistle down a steep slope

up the opposite slope. avalanches drive a

{ of compressed air ahead of them and create a va-

distances from the slide path. A few years ago, the air pressure accompanying an Austrian snow- slide blew eight freight cars off

| of Blons, Austria, was destroy- |ed. by an avalanche eight years |ago, the suction actually pulled from their

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worst avalanche disaster recorded occurred on De- 13, 1916, in World War I on the Austrian - Italian front. A killed 10,000 sol- armies. Avalanch- at least 60,000 lives in

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TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO (February 15, 1937)~

An unusual entertainment is

| occurs also after using aspirin.

®stamped, self-addressed envel-

| this line are so deeply rooted ‘| will change their mind. Colds

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Aspirin Doses Cause Bleeding In Some Cases

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but only a few become bleeders. Other studies have shown that some types of aspirin are solu- ble whereas others are quite in-

likely to produce oozing of blood. Some physicians have looked

into the stomach of bleeders af- ter they used aspirin, and in. many there was-no redness or other evidence of irritation of the lining membrane. These stu- aspirin must do its dirty work after be- ing absorbed. : In all probability, the drug al- ters the clotting time of the blood. ‘The salicylates also make capillaries more fragile, which could explain why bleeding from areas other than the stomach

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Who are the greatest aspirin users? Individuals who are emotionally and ‘physically un- der stress. They have more headaches, pain, and nervous- ness and many have peptic ul- cer. Perhaps these factors are responsible for bleeding. Who knows?

(Dr. Van Dellen will answer questions on medical topics if

ope accompanies request.) THE WINDOW ARGUMENT Mrs.. H.B. writes: My- hus- band claims he chokes up from having the bedroom window open at night, and that his at- tack of pneumonia last spring was from the open window. Is

REPLY In some people, ideas along that nothing you or I can say

and pneumonia are caused by and bacteria, not by fresh_air._On_the—other—hand, your husband should know whethef he - chokes up when the window is open. SUGAR AND ENERGY

T. M. writes: I’m 82 and tn good health but I tire easily. An 86 year old friend advises me to do what he does to pep up. He eats four lumps of sugar a day Do you think this advice is good?

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It will do no harm, provided you are not a diabetic or over- weight. The stamina of older | people varies considerably and your more energetic friend may | be giving the sugar more credit | than it deserves. '

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