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PAGE 4 THURSDAY, AUGUST 13. 1964.

Mr. MacLean's Appeal

The Commons has given final approval to the new tax sharing arrangements under which the fis- cal needs of this province are brushed aside as a matter of no consequence. A last-minute appeal was made by Hon. J. Angus Mac- Lean, who confessed that he was not naive enough to believe that anything he said now would bring about any material change in the legislation. But he appealed to Fin- ance Minister Gordon to “once more consider the position of Prince Ed- ward Island to bring about some improvement in the payments to the province."

All the provinces are getting something extra under the new ar- rangements, and Mr. Gordon seems to think that on a population basis we are doing pretty well. He is fully aware that this basis of calculation was thrown out years ago in fiscal negotiations with the provinces, and that it doesn’t make sense at all. Nor does the allocation of an extra 4 per cent of personal income taxes do anything to redress the balance between the wealthy and the less prosperous provinces. Rather, it widens the gulf between them.

And, as Mr. MacLean pointed out on Tuesday, there are the shared-cost programs, which may be very well for provinces that have a good taxation base and can reas- onably raise their share of the costs involved. It is otherwise with such provinces as Prince Edward Island, where the tax base has been exploited to the limit and where it has become almost ruinous for us to pay our share of these fixed charges.

Mr. MacLean’s contention was that the percentage of a shared- cost program to be paid by a province should be in proportion to the province's ability to pay. “In other words”, he said, “the share of the federal government should be in proportion to the equalization payments made to each province; otherwise a proportionately greater load is placed on the poorer provin- ces, thus throwing their future budgeting completely out of bal- ance.”

Surely this is a reasonable state- ment. And it should be within'the competence of the Finance Minis- ter of Canada to do something about it, even at this late date.

The Cyprus Crl5ls

Canada will participate in a meeting today to discuss the ob- taining of wider powers for the United Nations peace-keeping force in Cyprus. At present, this force 1 no power to disarm either

or Turkish Cypriots, nor to prevent the landing of arms or men on the island.

Unfortunately, any agreement for wider powers must have the approval of Cyprus, the "sovereign power” and host country of the UN force. Its government headed by Archbishop Makarios has shown no intention of yielding ground on this paint.

, How limited the role of the United- Nationa has become was

seen, when Maker-ice prohibited the

‘ mops of the UN from even mov- lflflflely about'the island in their 5 “ties of supervision. Once the ‘.,WNatiouahedceaeedtoact «an as observers, the

-waacpau£ort.haoutbreakof

flow, as the Mont- ' me, that the danger

' ‘ ~ be moved so , 3 left in Arch-

bishop Makarloa’ hands. Hie repu- tation for plotting and scheming, long on record, has only been con- firmed by his latest manoeuvres. Unless the matter can be adjusted by world opinion coming to bear its weight on the governments of Greece and Turkey, hope must dwindle.

In this connection we note that the British government is support- ing plans for a ministerial meeting in Geneva of Britain, the United States, Greece and Turkey—all NATO partners—to discuss the Cyprus problem. Such (meeting would bypass Makarios, and there- in may lie the best chance of eas- ing the present tension.

Quoddy Scheme Again

From Washington comes news that the Passamaquoddy bay tidal power scheme is in the limelight again. Hearings on the scheme are being held this week before the U.S. senate rivers and harbors sub- committee, and from the favorable reports we may expect that there will be a stirring of interest on this side of the boundary line as well. Certainly the Maritimes would. have a big stake in the project.

An American exchange recalls that Franklin Roosevelt became in- terested in Passamaquoddy long before he became president. The idea was to build a series of dams between islands in the Bay of Fundy ——where tides rise 40 to 50 feet and have reached 62 feet at the bay’s head—to hold tidal waters which would flow in. The water would be released to generate electricity. But the U.S. senate killed the plan in 1936.

In 1954, however, the Eisen- hower administration sought funds for a feasibility study which the senate approved and with which the house agreed two years later. The international joint commission, representing the United States and Canada, found the project feasible at $500 million but in 1959 it re- jected a proposed $700 million pro- ject. Two years later U.S. Secretary of Interior Udall told the president the plan was economically feasible. Now, according to Mr Udall, U.S. planning on the project is nearly finished, and a move for congres- sional action will be made next year. .

Perhaps this time the scheme will really begin to materialize. In any case, it serves to recall the optimistic predictions the late Premier Jones used to make about it in our Island legislature, two decades ago. He was put down as a. visionary at that time, even by his own colleagues. But it may be that his predictions will yet come to pass.

Why The Secrecy?

The studies conducted by North- umberland Consultants for the federal government on our cause- way project have become so hush- hush that even the provincial authorities are not allowed to see a report prepared several weeks ago on “the various types of cross- ing that might be used.” At least, Mr. Heath Macquarrie could get no reply in Parliament on Tuesday to his query whether the provincial government had received a copy.

An answer is “expected soon”; and it is expected to state, accord- ing to an Ottawa story in yes- terdayfs Guardian, that the federal government regards the report as simply “a working paper for the use of the department of public works, and hence not a document that will be made public."

This is a strange state of af- fairs indeed. Why ahould there be this secrecy about a project, the feasibility of which was established two years ago? Amounts have since been included in the parliamentary estimates for continuing the en- gineering studies, and it has been maintained by the present govern- ment at Ottawa that these studies are going forward uninterruptedly. Why, then, can't we have a: prog- ress report that will show what is being done?

It is time, surely, that we heard from Transport Minister Pickersgill on the subject; He was our most vocal causeway champion when in Opposition, and we hava' thanked him on many occasions for pressing the government of that day for inforrnation about the progress that was being made. We are yearn- ing for a chance to thank him again, in the same connection!

SMOKE RINGS

OTTAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson

Still Leaves Much To Be Desired

The journalists and broad- casters. whose job it is to report the performance of Parliament to the people of Canada, h a v e been exposed to some healthy and welcome and sharply criti- r" “ants recently.

In effect, it has been alleged that members of the Parliamen- tary Press Gallery in Ottawa paint members of the House of Commons collectively in an in- accurately derogatory light. ‘

It is of course true that many comments, my own among them have been less than complimen- tary on the subject of Parlia- ment's performance during 1964 to date. But even MP5 will agree that there has been plen- ty to be uncomplimentary about. On the‘other hand, theHouse contains able and conscientious MP: as well as aerve criticism.

Where should the balance of comment be struck?

PARTIAL WITNESS

I shall call to the witness stand no less an authority than the Spea'loerofthe House, the widely respected and l i k e d Hon. Alan Macnaughton, QC. His evidence can be found in a pamphlet which is handed to every visitor to the galleries of the House. This contains a seat- ing plan of the Chamber, a col- oured photograph showing part of the Chamber and part of the galleries during a sitting, some comments in English and French, etc. It also carries the note: "Published under the au- thority of the Honourable Alan A. Macnaughton, QC, MP Speak- er of the House of Commons."

One of the comments explains —“The photograph pictures a typical sitting of the House. All Members are not presence since many other essential de are made on their time...’

What does this photograph show, of this “typical sitting"? It shows, as I said, a part the chamber. One can count the seats of 94 Liberal MP5; 46 are absent. One can count the desks of 66 Conservative MPs; 25 are absent. There is nothing sinful about being absent; as Speaker Maonsughton explains, “ocher essential demands are made on their time". They may be at- tending committee meetings, dealing with correspondence in their offices, preparing speech-

es, meeting their constituents,

The B.C. Bonk

Calgary Herald

Parliament should unhesifat- charter

tlsh Columbia as long as the B.C. government has anything to do with it.

The principle of any provin- cial government having partici- pation in this form of enterprise iswromlntheflrstplaceJtis even worse to contemplate the Social Credit government Premier W.A.C. Bennett being involved in one.

It is necessary for the federal government to control national fiscal policy and to determine the lines along which the na- tion's banking system operates but that Is as far as government should go. operation of banks should be divorced utter ly, beyond that, from political Influence and manipulation

Premier Bennett is

nationally mulled for

financial dreams and scheuies.

So much so, in fact, that invest-

ment capital has been discourag-

ed fromtakingtheriskoflolng into the coast province.

No one can object to western capitalists establishing a new bank in SC. on the regular charter basis.

But it should have no govern- ment tie whatsoever. indeed, It Is difficult‘to imagine why any investor or depositor would want it to.

or consulting in various govern- ment departments.

But what of the loo MP5, in- cluding Speaker Macnaughfon, who appear in the photograph? DEBATE MOCKED

Fifteen of the Liberal MP3, including Prime Minister Pear- son, appear to be working at their desks, and so do 14 con- servatives. Many others seem to be sleeping, gossiping together, or 'far away in thought. B ut this, as Speaker Macnaughron asserts, "depicts a typical sitt- ing of the House." The on thing I can note which is not typical is that not a single MP lb hidden behind a newspaper.

To maintain the debating chamber of the House of Com~ mono costs the taxpayer is lot of

‘<

money. ls its purpose that MP5 shall be given the opportunity of presenting arguments to their fellows, to sway their opinions and to modify government cies? Or is the Chamber provid- ed as a communal office where MP5 can write letters or read?

From the public galleries, the chamber at “work” presents a shameful image of Parliament, which is commented upon by most visitors in very unfavour- able terms. 50 this photograph, kindly endorsed by S p e a k e r Macnaughton, certainly substan- tiates some of the criticism lev- elled against the MP5. The en- swer, quite simply, is to remove those silly desks and preserve the Chamber for the oration for which it is intended.

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_ Down To Mere Billion

3. non” Times-Journal

It has been announced that U.S. government aid to Europe, once as high as $15 billion a year during its heyday, is now down to below $1 billion a year.

This seems a pal enoug sum the way the A me ri cans throw their money around these days. It is less than one per cent of last year's budget. But when It is recalled that total govern- ment expenditures did not ex- ceed $1 billion until the war year of 1917—- not very long ago in the memory of millions of the fantastic economic expan- sion of the world in this century of which foreign aid is only one measure, begins to sink home.

According to the Agency for International D e v e lopm-snt (AID), which handles all U.S. overseas aid programs, total aid

- beginning of the Marshall Plan in 1947 un‘l 1983 was $45.8 billion. This Is slightly more than all govern- ment. expenditures in the first

135 years of the nation’s exist- ence — from 1789 to 1924. Of this $45.8 billion, $34.8 billion was in outright grants, $11.2 bil- lion in loans. Repayments on the latter have reached $6.4 billion.

Today, most of the aid is in the form of loans, surplus food and military assistance to the NATO forces.

Another sign of the recovery of the nations of Western Europe Is the fact that their own foreign aid programs now exceed what they are receiving from the United States. They granted or loaned $2.4 billion to other coun- tries in 1962, for instance.

Compared to the cost. of World War II, and stretched over 17 years, the U.S. investment in Europe shrinks to mm compre- hensible proportions. Compare it, for example, to what might have been the cost had Europe been taken over by commun- ism.

Not Hoax, But Murder

Milwaukee Journal

Philadelphia is an honorable name, linked in greatness to the birth of a nation. But Philadel- phia, Misa., is now become an ugly phrase, tied In blood to lynch law and brutisll anarchy. Near Philadelphia, three bodies have been found in cmde nav- es and have been identified as those of the civil rights wonkers who varnished six weeks ago.

The federal bureau of Investi- gation, at President Johnson's order, had marshaled a mighty

All 'Doesn’t Lost

Winnipeg Tribune

The records of mankind are loaded with evidence that peo- ple don't scare easily. Threats of punishment over the millenia have failed to turn men into angels; threats of death or phys- ical injury do not deter men from being shot out i! «um. fixing their own roots or orbit-

' arm d Insert.

failure and lung cancer do not stop peep m overeating or smoking. And threats of dea- tructlon and sudden death do not seem to have much effect on a majority of car driven.

The Greater Winnipeg Safety Course is to make of streets safer hr

trlaua. One

traditional approach

mica. Unfortunately there are

serious grounds for questioning

its effectiveness. Boner may i

slow down some motorists em- porartly but Ilse diock dfect

search for the three men, one covering hundreds of square miles In 10 counties. Many sou- thamera scoffed. The men hadn't met with foul play, they said: they had ducked out of sight to atlr up sympathy and

said the imperial wizard of the United Klaus of America. Knights of the Ku Klux Klan

This was no hoax; it was mun- der. The FBI, which has func- tioned swiftly, and efficiently in theeunhmowwlllpresscuto find the killer or killers.

ill the alaylng was designed to slow the cause of integration In Mississippi, It filed. The flow of northern intonation workers into the state has not b es I checked. The drive to register Negroes has been accelerated. The shameful Incident appears to have helped many southern Nam overcome their ice of white integration volunta- ars and so accept their help.

l‘So‘me Origins Of Bad Breath

By Dr. Theodore R. Van Dellcu

So many people worry about

breath odors that gas-gle- and be tolls

Some ,

along this line, even them there is no basis to: the belief. Over-use of certain preparations damages the membranes of the nose and throat.

Foul breath may be a serious handicap, especially in those who work In close contact with the public, such as beauticians, barber‘s. dentists, and phyulc- lens. For those individuals, It could make the difference be- tween success and failure.

Many are aware of this fac- tor and do everything to ward off halifoaia. They avoid foods such as onions and garlic, as well as medications that pro- duce unpleasant odors. Th know the penalty for smok- ing too much and excesses in ‘alcu‘iol are out of the question. Minor digressions usually a re nullified by the use of mints or

ive measures eta r t with clean and healthy teeth. Food particles, unless eliminat- ed by brushing after each meal. stagnale between molars and incisors and at the gum mar- gins. Cavities and “1- fitting deu- turee also contribute to the dis- order, and n pyorrhea co- exists, a more marked odor ap- pears because lnflammatlon is prose t. ‘ other infectlons of the gums and oral cavity must investi- gated. SOme people have a small indentation in the back of the tongue. This cleft acts as a food trap and must be else out after eating. Food particles also collect in the crypts of t tonsils. Infections of the and sinuses should be treated. Disorders of the lungs also give off fetid odors but cough, weak- ness, and shortness of breath are more prominent symptoms. So e of the worst examples of offensive breath oc our in those suffering from digestive and liver disorders. In such in- stances, the intestinal gases are absorbed by the blood and ex- creted into the air from the lungs. Anxiety, grief citement also affect but t kn

. and ex- the breath he mechanism is not e is no better test for

halitosis than your best friend. —if you can get him to tell.

HAZARDS 0F OBESITY

. . writes: Is overweight serious in a healthy person who does not have diabetes, high blood pressure, or heart dis- ease?

REPLY Time will tell. Overweight Is not the cause of these condI- tions but it aggravates diabetes and high blood pressure when they are present. The a d d ed blubber also creates a strain on the heart which is bound to suf- fer with increasing age. BRONCHIAL DAMAGE P. P. writes: What is the rela- tionship between chronic bron- chitis and emphysema?- REPLY

Empriysema usually is preced- ed by chronic bronchitis, often caused by smoking. Bronchitis persists and in time shortness of breath occurs—the two most common symptoms of emphy- aema.

THE DUMB DON'T CRACK U‘P

E. A. L. writes: You may think this question silly but I'll ask it anyway. Are uneducated

e more susceptible to mental breakdowns than edu- cated people?

REPLY No. It takes brains to develop an emotional crackup. TODAY’S HEALTH HINT— Arteriosclerosia is a lifetime process. -

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Interruption of electric

gover- on the Cauelco Services Limited lines on . unday, August 16, 1904, weather permitting, between the hour: «31:00 pm. and 4:00 pun. Atlantic Daylight Saving Time.

The areas affected will include Freetown. aqua.

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NOTESBY THE WAT

W as Mary chain of events was set off by the Brbwnie who found a $10 bill as the gutter. She took it me. Her family called the police. The officer was sum as such unheard-of honesty. The police reporter thought it worth a human interest story. The news editor played It on fit a front page. Thank you. Gina For-tanned 9, not just for be- ing a good Brownie, but also for shocking us into the realisa- lion that in our curious society honesty is news.— Vancouver Sun.