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Liberal Confusion

Ml‘. l)lt'lt'llliaki'i"s (‘It-ylpii] pp... mises ale causing the l.llit‘I.ll lit‘;- “llils H lltl Hf ('(lllt‘t‘l'll. 'l‘lit-re vvoiilti be nothing UllSt‘t‘llll_\‘ about il_,.i it they could agicc on what they ex pect the l’riiiie .\lllll.\li‘l‘ to do .llliit1i them. Straiii.;cl_v, [lit-re 15 1... 5([tH agreciiiciit.

.\li'. \\altcr ’l'iicl.ci'. .‘»ll' iv Roslhcrtl and one tiiim l_1lN‘l‘t! leader in Saskatclicvvaii \l.llt‘tl ivi the ('oninions that the t;ov«iu- inciit should not call an clwiioii "until it has carried out its t'l(‘t lllill proiniscs" -c\cl'_\ last one oi iii.-iii, 'l‘lie (Jovcrniiicut pi-olutlilv wont have any objection to that, pi«-vul- ed it can rctaiii the coiifitlciit-.~ of I’ai'liaincnt. 'l‘he sii\.:t_',estioii wiiiitls a little odd, all the same, coiniiig from a ineinber of a party which up to the day of its defeat last .liiiie

had left a promise or two uninllill-

ed; and it had been

more than ‘_’H _\t‘&tl‘S. Mr. Paul Martin. l()l'l‘.lt‘l‘ llcaltli

lll ol llL't‘ fill‘

Minister, apparently doesn't share Mr. Tucker's view on this matter. In a television address he caution- ed the C(l\t‘l'Illll(‘nl that “there is more to governing than carr_\liig out election promises" and gave

the impression that. in his view, a promise is not necessarily binding when it is made in an cleltioil cam- paign. So it seems that if the I’rime Minister doesn't carry out every promise this session, he will be scolded by one faction of the l.ilwr- at Party; and. if he does, he will be scolded by another.

Is it not a fair assumption that the Liberals are in a quaiidaryi’ They don't want an early election for the simple reason that they are not ready for one, having not _vet recovered from the mild shock they received in June. On the other hand, they fear that if the election is post- poned to. say, next fall or the fol- lowing spring—hy which time the Government can be expected to have carried out the bulk of its coin- mitments—they will be in even a worse position. So perhaps it is little wonder that there is confusion in their ranks. They profess to dislike the way in which the Government has started out on its responsibility. Yet, they haven‘t the courage to support the (i (‘ F “no confidence" motion which will be voted on short- ly.

Education In Russia

Educators have known for years

that the \\'e.-terii democracies are falling behind in the race to pro- duce enough trained natural scien-

tists. teachers of scientific .\lllt_]t‘t'l\', engineers and researchers. .\'ow comes the report of the I'niti-d Slates (llfice of Education on Soviet education. giving chapter and verse on just how intensive Sovict educ- ation actually i, di|ligcnt|_v young people in the l,'.S.S.I’.. are re- quired to stiid_v, and how much they concentrate on physics, mathema- tics. and engineering. The report discloses that Soviet college en- rollment has increased in 10 years from 160,001’) students to ],S67,ttt)0. that all secondary (high) school graduates are able to boast of hav- ing taken five years of physics, four years of chemistry and ten years of mathematics: whereas few- er than one-third of American high school graduates have taken a year

s how

in chemistry. only one-fourth have studied physics and one-seventh have grappled with advanced

mathematics. Project the results oi this Soviet’ training ten and t\\t'tll_\‘ years ahead in terms of trained nu- clear scientists. space researclici-s and all the rest, and it is very evid- ent that Soviet successes in lllt'.\‘t‘ fields will extend far into the future.

It 1| being widely remarked that Whit the United States needs- and Canada as well for that matter- II not merely more education in

natural science, crucial as this is, odunstion

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have a higher standing in the com- munity The quality of education should be raised, from early grades right through the universities.

In the Soviet Union. teachers and professors ale very definitely the t‘lllt‘ of the community. Advanc- ed students at the l'niv‘ersity of Illoscovv have the best apartments in the city and get special honor; and piivilcges. This shrewd en- couragcinent of learning is paying off lliill(l\t)lllt‘l_\, and it might well provide a lesson for the democratic couiitries. But it is worth remem- bering that much of the phenomenal achieved in Riissia is due to the loci that thy governiiiciit, as a dictatorslup, is able to decide the’ number of ~Jv'|llt‘(l persoiincl needed in vzirioii~‘ fields. from ballet stars or «'lllllI'lt'\ to science graduates.

[>l't t‘.( l‘i‘\.s

'l'lii-oiiuliout the whole system Hills the t'ouiiniinist party shadow. 'l'llc \t'l'lIT police maliitaiii surveil- lance on the political reliability of all \I‘llt|t>l pcrsoiiiicl, from teachers anal .itllllllll\llillItl’S to the huinblest .\lllllt‘l'l\ This is carried on with alinost laiitastic eiicrgy. the rcpoi't foiiud. 'l'li«-rc is no freedom, and tlicrc.oic no chalice for the fullest llltll\ltlllttl ’lt'\t‘lti[llll1‘f'il. The system has all the rutlilcss efficiency of

an illllll-.‘llP. and constitutes all the grcatt-i' iiiciiacc ‘.o the free world for that i't‘;l\tlll. The great problem is how to match this efficiency v\itli- out sacrificiiig our own democratic l(lt'lll.\'. .'\'o adequate answer seems yet to have been given, but is one which will have to be found and act- ed upon if we are to survive as free natioiis.

A Special Occasion

The (‘iii-isliiias Seals from Tllll(‘l't'lllt)<lS

the Association are here again in eight attractive designs, It's the fiftieth time (‘anadians have been asked to buy (‘hristmas Seals to raise funds for the fight against tuberculosis, and the chan- ges in the tuberculosis picture since the first seal sale provides evidence that this is an important occasion. \\'hen the first seals went out the TB death rate in (‘anada was well over 20 times what it is today. Were the rate still as high there would have been more than ‘.2."i,t)0tl deaths from this disease in (‘anada in this past year. What in host of families would have had a sad Christmas, had the march against tuberculosis not prospered!

But let us not forget that we haven't succeeded completely by any means. There are still a good many thousand Canadian homes where one or two members of the family vvon‘t be home for Christ- mas. They are in sanatoria, more than l.".,000 of them. And there are perhaps a thousand homes where they must face the fact that one member will never be back—he- cause TB is still a killer. There's still a job of prevention to be done. It's only a fraction of the size it once vvas,----hilt, that i! added rea- son for dealing with it. Anyone who vvauts to take a hand has a t'cad_\ way of doing it. Buy (‘brist- inas Seals from the Tuberculosis As- sociatioii.

EDITORIAL NOTES

l‘hcre probably no country in the world where religion is as

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free as in the Soviet L'nion." de- clared Moscow Radio recently in a broadcast ‘beamed to Moslcm countries. \'\'hich proves that the

big lie technique did not go out of use with the demise of Adolf Ilitlcr.

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A member of the (‘ommons who made no speeches during the elect- ion campaign has carried out his promise “to make one after the elec- tion was over”. He will now be an- xious to know whether his constit- uents will keep him in Parliament despite his speechmaking.

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Presidciit I-‘.isenhower has ex- pressed the opinion that "mans future is bleak indeed unless man's judgement and intelligence mea- sure up quickly to his inventive gen- ius". Some will question whether, in such circumstances. man can look forward to any kind of future of long duration.

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In spite of annual population increase of close to .'i,O()0_O00, milk production in the -I'nited States is showing a decline. The l'nited States (‘rop Reporting Board indicates that '..’0,ti4‘.’.00f) milk cows were on {aims in June. 19.37, a drop of 280,- 000 head from the 1956-mid—year report. This in the lowest level of milk cows on L'nited_States farms since 1930.

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Baby’s Pacifier Makes Comeback

Iy Hermon N. Inndesen. M. D. '

THE baby's pacifier is back. At host. it is now making a come- back

Several years ago. I distinctly ncull writing Ill article ndvlsing ' against use of n pacifier to keep l little Junior quiet and content. That's the way the vast majority I of doctors felt about it then.

A little more than a your ago, i I wrote another column explain- ing that some doctors were chun- ging their minds and were recom- mending usc of pacifiers. BETTER THAN THUMB

ow an article in one of the nation's leading health magazin-

. "Todny' Health." which ' published by the American Medi- cal Association, says that many pediatricians and dentists. claim the pacifier is better than the bsby‘s own thumb. reason. it‘s supposed to According to Peter

n American Den- tal Association staff member. ba- cteriological studies have shown that pacifier; are actually more sanitary than thumbs.

Moreover. because of their soft texture, pacific-rs are less likely than the thumb to force teeth out of position

There's even a more important reason for permitting infants to. use pacifiers. Gnuldiniz says kids 1 apparently f,Zl\P up p2it'lflt‘I‘.\ (‘RIC her and with less trouble tlia they do lliuinhsuclving. One study showed that ‘.28 children spontan- eously gave up the pacifier at an average age of I4 months.

How‘ many three and foiir-_vcar- olds do you know who still suck their thumbs“ There are many.

(‘hildr - sucking instinct Since this apparently is one of the reasons for lllllll - sucking. the pacifier helps satisfy th d

e nee . All in all. the pacifier now‘

scents to he at least a partial ans- wer to the age-old problem of how to pi in prolonged tliunib- sucking and the dental disfigure- men it often causes

UNITED KINGDOM OPINION Britain's Aging Population

v “On|ooker“

| Soundest comment (.;m,(. “-0,” A d,.g- ‘ Ql?l~2STl()N AND ANSWER

l ncy. anyhow ‘ lM : l have been told I have

‘ loving vvoiiiaii. who asked" "Vl‘hy lull this fuss about I dog‘? All l of us on eat-tli are on a satellite

wlii/,/lug Ilirougli space and we

Answer: A heart block is caus- ed b_v some dainnge to the heart

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from his control. VAGIJE AND 8llll'l'lNG

In the tan can

Thomson Newspapers. London. England. Bureau

Back to work go Britain's incin- bers of Parliaincnt and plunge into A varied brew of threaten- ed l(‘;.',l~lHll(ln The main spot- light is still on linance_ on the increased cost of living that has yet to find a cure

But although the current gov- ernment ovcr here wants to keep money "tight", they have lust released an additional 5-l?i.20fl.0tll. 00 I year for the aged. pensions. Old getting n pension of $7.00 a week for a single person, st] 50 for in married couple. The rise is just $150 a week --a help. but totally inadequate.

Some 4 34 millions will bene- fit from the increased pensions. Also being helped are the 130.- 000 unemployed. the 210.000 wid- owns. the 770.000 mothers-to-be who get a maternity grant. Bri- iain's- 38,(l00 war-crippled. her 150.000 war widows. and her 82.-

000 war orphans will also be get- ‘

ting more. Bl'T WH() PAYS?

To pay the increased pensions. n single man will now be paying $1.30 a week~~praclically a 2:’) pe c . . ' contri- butions, and the employers‘ con tribiitlon per head to the scheme

. to this that three fifths of the Bri- tish are working and paying for the aged fifth of tlic popiilation By the time a baby born today reaches retirement age over here the ratio of eiuployed to aged may be two to one '

Both the Labor Opposition and the Government speakers on the pensions issue ' welcomed the new scheme. although the

Almost The LotstiOi Them T

Lahoritcs have as one of tlieli election 'platforms" for con ple of years hence a pi-oinisc that $2.70 a week would he slapped on to the old age pensions.

But there has been oppontitin in another inatter. The Miiiisicr of Health over here has tuiiicd down increase fl(".!0ll.'i of his (‘ivil Scr- vice i‘lll])l(i_\t‘i'\’ and the Whitley Council, v\llll‘ll is the organiza- tion that fll‘lllll'a|(‘~ in pay claims made in the (‘ivil Service itself

The Minister had. ob \'ioitsl\. to low the line cliailkctl out by his (itl\‘(‘f‘nln<‘lll. Iiiii ilu claim. say the (‘oil Sci-vuiiis‘. had gone through the normal channels, and had been \ll‘l\lll_\' accepted The \1inistcr s \l‘ltI dealt with a retrospective case.

But the answer was still ). And a tactical error has been committed in the grand strategy of wage and price stability that Mar-millan's government is tr_v- , ing to push through. A lot of l people-- not the fiery types who

put in a wagcclaiin at a minute

rise in the cost of living. but re- sponsible folk with iiitclligcncc have been antagonized.

SPUTNIK NIMRI-IR TWO

How‘ did the British react to the appearance in space of Sputnik

Number Two’? Well, it would have been just another spuliiik had not the dog been aboard.

The Russian l'lllll)il~'R)' here was ocsiegcd by dog-lovers, and the main topic of conversation was not so much the fact that the Riis-iziiis, have tindcrlincd their lead hill the ethics of putting a dog in it Why not. they asked. one of the llerocs of the Soviet Union so many of us have heard about’?

Montreal Gunttc

may scem an e>.ti‘aoi'dinar_v thing that the eight ships of the (‘anadian National tWf‘s[ lndiesl Stcamslups I.td should be trans- ferred from ('anndian registry to the registry of Trinidad. But this move has been made necessary by something even more extrao- ' Demands have been

seamen on these ships rates so far removed from competitive conditions in ocean shipping that they would plunge the ships into deficits.

To understand this transfer to Trinidad registry. it is necessary to see it as almost the last stage in a long process. Since the end of the war the demands made hy the Seafarers‘ International llnion against ships under (‘an- ndian registry have been so l1l"1ll that it has become no longer ee- onomic to operate them. Ships rivate ownership have

under p gradually disappeared from (‘an-

adian registry

In this pr(i('t‘ss there lliix‘ liceii little attempt on the part of the SH? to reach those coinproiiuscs

that might have kept those ships , l

under the (‘anadian flag. I953 DlSPl’Tl-I

n a dlsplllf‘ of l'.t.'i.'l the con- ciliation board. in its majority re port. said ' have come to the conclusion that grant this demand we would t)(‘ doing harm to the men themsel-

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‘ because thi

der the Canadian lag The demand was pressed by the Sill nevertheless and wa ‘ substantially won. As the result. the privately-owned ships under Canadian registry have continued to dwindle away In the present dispute. the (‘a- nadlan National Steamship: can l Icnrcely be said to have acted

Oil Sought ln Muscat

National Geographic Society

The sweet smell of oil is stir- ring the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman more than all the per- fumes that made the land famous

vv here forms the southeast

gro corner of the Arabian peninsula . Despite its strategic location at

the entrance of the Persian Gulf. '

and I new outburst of strife. the

Sultunale is one of the world’:

least-known land The interior of

the Kansas- ls 9

ng . inhabitants of the interior are nom ds. who sometimes switch their allegiance. the Sultan retain: their loyalty. the regions they room may pass

trees '

, yearn cont gion. the Sul- allegiance to t generally maintain full l fused to obey the Sultan When ‘ gers in silver sclbblrds. In is In & inn: Donsnwonr guise

transportation is difficult., and . the boundaries of the Sultanate are vague and shifting.

American companies are exploring for oil, and bar- t rcn land may soon be leased for millions of dollars. _ l The Sultan of Muscat and 0 man has maintained close ties ‘with Great Britain for the past

north. The lmnm tnrchprlest) of 0- lnnn is n leader of tho devout lotion nt

. many tribesmcn pledged he Imam and re-

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P.'f~\IIllZ illl'£ll‘,_'ll

been Paul lleiiri Spaalv, Secre- tary-(icncral of the North .\t lliiuic Ticaiy tlrgaiiilalioii. who

muscle which conducts the con- tractiniz impulses nf the heart. In most cases. it follows a heart at-

plymg ['SU8ll_V

Is paving the way for the \’AT() damage lSrD¢"|"]lt‘|“‘l“-V_

chiefs-of i:ti\t'l‘llllll‘lll\ talks

to open in Paris on l)et-einhcr lti. I'll\t‘lllltI\\‘t‘l‘ will be aitcniliiig, and the l.'lll(.\ -- in view of the "sputiiiks" and the ol)\'ltilI\ de-

velopment of ltiissia's guided "'33 A0 Wish um‘ Pf|'5‘“‘ l

we.-ipoiis [)l‘t‘-.Ll'.'llllllll‘ will be ro bzihly the most important in the

eight \‘t‘&ll\ that '/ .\ I‘ t). h a 5 been in existence

I’articiilarly will it be impor- ianl for the lirili~li_ who have

been fiutliiig tlicir lll‘ll'll(l‘ midget overloaded and want to get guid- ed missiles into their .'dI’lllOl‘_\' as soon as possible so that man - power can be saved.

RA ISING Tlll-I PAY

The Age Old Story

To love anyone In nothing else

OUR YESTERDAYS F

rom The Guardian Files

TWENTY-l"I\’E YEARS AGO (Nov. 16. 1932!

Four hundred and fifty pounds of mail were brought over in the initial flight of the air mail sier- vice which commenced yester- ;day. The large Fairchild plane . of the Canadian Airways with n icupacity of carrying five hund-

ritain is committed to finish red pounds “ax mpd‘ pm,” p0w_

with .\ational Service within the next two years provid gets enougli mcn recriiiiing lint

as Itcgular soldiers for three years to get better pay for that time instead of serving at a reduced

rate their two years compulsory .

stint. \'ow' that source of supply is dr_viiii.i up and so far recruiting-

flL{lll‘t‘\ are running at about halfl .\l(l‘€‘ pay is pro’ ‘

the l5l.3ti‘s ll)I.‘il mised (‘\‘(‘fllll.'lll_\' to the British T0mm.\'. and Opposition politic- Hills here are already talking a bout the need for having 3 $27 00. a-wcck private soldier

At the moment a lil‘lll\ll armv recruit l_'l'l\ SI Zti -a da_y_ mg pay- in I939’? 27 cents luirridly. or without a painstak. Int-I (‘Llort to real it a coinpron~.is'e.

In this dispute 5 h('l’fl han

als included increase of 9"!‘ cent in \\;lL1l‘\ and an (‘I‘(‘iIsc of .ltl ccnls per hour overtiine rates.

The (‘anadian '\'ational

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Steam-

tlicin, (';in;idian National Steainsliips went further. It went hcyoiul vvliat the board had pro- posed it offered a wage increase of IT: per cent 47‘. the date of the old contract and

2 percent effective from the date of Slflnlnfll. It also offered an increase in overtime rates of I5 per cent. This offer was also rejected by the Sill lthough it

was made on October I3 and was l

open until noon last Saturday).

LAST MAJOR FLEE1‘ l These eight vessels of the (‘an- udian National Stcamships form ,arate Oman state. the Sultan in . I955 personally directed an ex- pedition into the interior to sub- due him. The Imam fled to Saudi Arabia The sultan‘s capital is Muscat. I seaport having only a few thou- , sand inhabitants It is one of the smallest capitals in the world. The Sultanate trades mostly with

India and Pakistan. It exports dates. pomegranates. and dried ' . fish: and

It imports rice. coffee, i cotton goods

ONE OF WORl.D‘S HOTTEST Muscat Is one the hoitclt l towns on earth. with an average . year-round temperature in ‘NT. A traveler from Sumnrk- i and. who visited the town in I441. l claimed that hunting “was a mat- ter of perfect cue. for the dos- ert was filled with roasted gu- ones." The Muscntl — I mixture of Arabs. Negroes. and Bnluchls . from what is now Pakistan — ’ mow the influence of India l and

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l ctutnmnrll slung scrim their backs and dog- some

housings.

ler and George were at the can-