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_ A Sorry Mess_-

With the announcement: yesterday that a nation-wide railway strike had been called for noon on Friday, Aug.’ 26, came.a further statement froma spokesman of the Canadian. Brother- hood of Railway Transport that while the ferry service between Newfound- . land and Nova Scotia would not be discontinued, the railway ferries te Prince Edward Island would be af- fected because the crews are mem- bers of the CBRT. Coincident with this threat was an announcement -by Premier Campbell that after conduct- ing negotiations during the past sev-

_. eral days with federal and labor of- ficials and also with the CBRT, he ~was reasonably confident that should

a national strike occur the Borden- Tormentine link ,will be retained to

~ supplement the continuing service of ©

Northumberland Ferries Ltd. at.

. Wood Islands. © - ; ~==Mr.- Campbell says he expects a | final decision from union officials at. }

noon today, and in the meantime ex- presses hope that our summer visit- ors will await the final decision be

‘fore leaving the ;province ahead of “gehedule. So

It is to be hoped before-this-issue goes to press or shortly thereafter, that we shall get a forthright state ment on this subject, repudiating the report of the union spokesman above quoted and giving -firm assurance that the federal government will not, tolerate interruption of our Borden ferry service, which is a federal re- sponsibility under our terms of Con- federation and for which the railway fs but the operating agent. In the meantime, however, the issue has been left in confusion and the inter- ests of the province have been ser- fously jeopardized.

Confusion is the word for the whole sorry mess. Instead of calling Parli- ment immediately to deal with the emergency, the government proposes to have it meet next Monday, three days, after the strike has gotten under way. Already precious weeks have

_ been allowed to-pass in dilly-dallying,

but this is surely the last straw so far as a long-suffering public is con-

- eerned.

Actually, as has been pointed out on several occasions, the government has had in its hands intelligent pro- posals to rationalize Canada’s railway

system: for several-months.-These re

ports have gone unheeded, and so have the requests for a vigorous state- ment of government policy over the last critical weekend. Even for those me! of the cabinet charged with special responsibility for the strike, it was “business as usual.” They didn’t think it worth while to stay at their posts in Ottawa, but wandered off on junkets of their own, some of them as far as the Pacific coast.

Now there are to be belated ef- forts at “niediation”, the conse quences of which the taxpayers can only surmise from the inflationary re- sults accuring from previous ges- tures of this kind on the govern- mént’s part. A wretched example, surely, of spineless and gutless lead- ership! ee

Harmonious Interlude ‘The. meeting of Prime Minister Pearson and President Johnson at

‘Campobello on Sunday was a cordial

one; and for both leaders, no doubt, it was.something in the way of a brief

“bit welcome holiday from the beset-

ting cares of office. Mr. Pearson faced the crisis of the threatened rail strike on his return to Ottawa, and: Mr.

Johnson certainly hasn't far te look

for his troubles, both on the demestic and foreign fronts. },

' There is a price inflation in both countries, and it is said that this sub- ject drew special attention at the

“eonference, with Mr. Johnson making

a pitch for Canada’s support for his . é ‘ rs i!

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1966.

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} : ae : guidelines on. wages and prices, as well as for a better understanding of

his peace aims in Viet Nam. In any ‘case, for the U.S. President the com- ing weeks will be even more busily ‘occupied -than usual, for he -has

tical’ weekend journeys across the nation, using his ability to keep con- fidence strong in his government's policies.

His special. problem is that the na- tion has a midterm election in less than 10 weeks. The electorate falls by a third or so in offyear elections, and voters with grievances are most likely to go to the polls. The Johnson stake in the-election is: large, but as one Washington -cofimentator remarks, not widely understood even at home. It is predominantly to hold as many as possible of the 48 new Democratie House seats captured from.the Re- publicans in 1964. All but “two of

It has been these: 48 new: seats, time and again, that have saved: far-reach- ing Johnson social legislation from de- feat. A key vote involving medicare in April, 1965, for, example, was 191 to .263. Of the 48 new Democratic members who replaced Republicans, 46 voted for the administration. With- out these votes, the -Republican motion to kill the measure would al- most certainly have passed. President Johnson is well aware ‘that these seats are in grave danger. The normal ‘attrition of- House seats

election is around 40. He is aware that his own popularity rating needs refurbishing. It was around 65.a

going to 45. Hence his current cross- country activities. If he keeps -them up to November, as the White House indicates, it will be the longest series made in modern times by the chief executive before a midterm election.

It is recalled that in 1954 President

‘mid-August and in September made a 2,764-mile through the Pacific Northwest. Vice-- President Richard Nixon flew 26,000

likely to beat the Bisenhower record.

“Whethér Mr. Pearson wished him ‘luck on -these missions at their private meeting:on Sunday is not, of ‘course, a matter-for the official record. —~ pe

Student Loans A recent Canadian Press report in- dicates that borrowing under,the Can- “ada Student Loans Act has become entrenched in the financial structure of higher education in less than two years. The loans promise to climb to $100 million by the most conservative estimate before they level out. Last year, 47 per cent of university students outside Quebec obtained loans averaging between $300 and: $400. With final figures still in- complete for the 1965-66, year, loans for full-time students beyond the secondary school level are’ estimated at $37 million, comparing with $2614 million in the first year of the pro- gram. a ee The program had 41,000 borrowers the first year and 50,000 the second, : but the computer keeping track at Ottawa cannot yet say how many of the last number. were repeat cus- tomers. In any case, the loans are on ~—the uptrend-and are likely to continue that way. Any scheme now to replace them will likely cost.a:lot-of money. The federal government has not made clear what its long-range plans are in this regard. -—— : Provisions of the loan fund were - changed just before adjournment of -Parliament in July,- to cover the | heavy demand being experienced by universities from coast to “coast. Under the current system, students may qualify for loans interest free of ‘up to $1,000:a year and up to $5,000 during their undergraduate careers. Almost all borrowers still are under- graduates and federal officials have no indication yet of repayment trends. It is noted, however, that serious dis¢repancies ‘from province to prov- ince in administration of the’ plan _ have been largely eliminated.

EDITORIAL NOTES

U.K. poll shows the Tories slightly more popular than Labor. Except, of course, in the, House of Commons, where it really counts.

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A USS. congresstonal committee has ‘been going into the increase in retail food prices. It finds that they have risen on the average about 35 per cent since 194749. But, the farmers’ share of the retail price of food rose

| The big difficulty. of course, has been, the ever-widening gap between what it costs to produce a commodity and what the consumer has to pay.

embarked on a series of “non poll- —

these came from outside the South.

ofthe party in: power at a midterm . also |

year ago and now is around 55, after ~

. for all Canadians regardless of. “Eisenhowet™ “began “Campaigning “in

campaign trip by air.

miles...This year, Mr. Johnson seems. _|.

|. eared for in the finest of -hospi-

' ved. But no government has as

_| CANADA LOSING DOCTORS |The faster we graduate doc-

| doctored countries?

by only one per cent in that period...

NOW WHERE'S THAT PEACE PRIZE?.

OTTAWA REPORT

The Fallacy Be me Lawis Brand M.D,, €on-

‘discusses. -Medicare.--in- today’s: Guest Colunan: ee9 The prospect -of medical care.

status will be welcomed by most Canadians because of the intrin-. sic benefits suggested by such a plan. : Sheehy

It conjures up the ifdyllic pic- ture of the -average Canadian family no longer -saddied. with the crippling worry of medical bills, .with.a~benevolent~ phys!i- cian always at their beck and eall, ready, willing and—able to allay their slightest ill. The fa- ther can see his ehildren being

tals, surrounded by all.the glea-. ming paraphernalia of modern medicine. :

‘It sounds wonderful! Govera- ments are so carried away by the sheer goodness of what they -are doing that they forget the very necéssary elements of practicality and feasibility.

The sad fa t of the matter 4s ‘that emotions. have over-ruled eommon sense. It is true that medical care for all does many of the things it claims to do. It removes any financial barrier’ to care; it ‘makes it easier for the doctor to order extensive and expensive investigations, and, in theory at least, brings to the consulting room those who would never have ¢ome because of the fear of the expense invol-

yet come to. grips with the stark reality that provision of any me- dical care depends primarily on the supply of the-doctors;-nurs- es and other personnel necess- ary to provide it.

tors from our medical schools the more the number of our graduates remaining in Canada has declined. For years Canada has depended on immigrant doc- tors from Britain, the Philip- pines, Taiwan, India and other countries, to maintain our still _inadequate. population-_ physician ratio.

How long can we in Canada continue, and. how. morally right is it to continue, to attract doc- tors from other seriously under-

‘It is not just doctors but our nurses and other medical per- sonnel whose ranks are being seriously depleted. It is not good enough to say that if we bring in medical care the pro- blem will right itself. :

The experience Of the fast four years in Saskatchewan does not support such idealistic thinking. In that Prairie province, as a

Our Yesterdays

hind “Instant

result of the medical care- plan,

servative M.P. for Saskatoon, |.set up in 1962, several facts “have come’ to’ the “fore-primarily ‘that most citizens are happy

with the idea of medical care— but: unhappy with some of its

side “effects. .

WORK TOO HARD

~ Despite an increase of -10 to 15 per cent in the doctor popula- tion, largely from the immigrant sources mentioned above, there are. still many areas where there are _no doctors. The doc. tors are seriously overworked, particularly the general practi- tioner who now, despite a ‘bat- tle with his conscience, is forc- ed to give perfunctory care in a desperate attempt.to get through the ever - incréasing- volume of work. The avefage busy gen- eral practitioner is“seeing almost 50 per cent more’ new patients per year than previously. And

“ty- getting his patients into hos- pitals. oe, 4

We seem always to’ have an ally who is urging us to get into a war with Communist C hina. Now, it is Premier Ky of South Vietnam who wants. to attagk North Vietnam in force and de- feat it, an act—that surely would Tun great risks of bringing China into the fray. *

In the early. 1950’s it was Pres- ident Rhee: of South Korea who

ary” of the Chinese, extending the war to Chinese - territory. And all along President Chiang of Nationalist China has wanted to attack the mainiand— he keeps saying— and fight the Communists who originally drove him out. ; We have rejected these kind offers*in the past. we didn’t

Vancou Scolars may speculate in Jat- er ages: why-.so- much- attention was paid in the latter half of the 20th century to digging up the past. They may conclude that it was a: nostalgic, if: unconscious- ly formulated farewell, on the part of a human spirit unwill- ingly committed to the discip- lines of a scientific age, to a past which suddenly seemed idy- llic— for no better reason than that it was far from being scien- | tifie. | In England {t has been decid- /ed to dig up the remains of Cad- bury Castle in Somerset in the: hope of solving the riddle of King Arthur.

(From The Guardian Files)

TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO (August 23, 1941)

nalist and commentator, said the German people have . lost faith in their propaganda minis- ter, Dr. Joseph. Goebbels, “which is only one. step. from losing faith in Hitler.

Tran delivered to the—British minister a formal answer to de-

technicians. Informed sources said the reply’ was substantially the same as a verbal one which British authorities* had called’ unsatisfactory.

TEN YEARS, AGO » (August 23, 1956) Fighteen countries agreed to speed five diplomats to_Cairn. to try hringing Fevnt inta a world system ensuring intérnational access to the Suez Canal.

The appointment of “Mr. Fu- gene.M Gorman as Deputy Min » ister of Fisheries ‘and alsy that

position of Provincial Fire Mar- shal, was announced by Prem-

jer Matheson.

ae

Wickham Steed, British jour- |

, Was there a King Arthur and ‘his Knights of the Table Round? |Or even a Count Arturius, jalf |Roman, who took over the de- fence of western Britain against |the wild Saxons, following the ‘departure of the legions? Certainly. at Cadbury there was a large encampment: In the |5th aS tuk ee, 4D. The /comma it. was wealthy lenough to import expensive Me- diterranean wines and keep up a large establishment Not the

mands. tor expulsion of German . knightly court of Camelot with

fits jousts and troubadors’ and | fair Guinevere and Enid and Elaine. ‘No shining medieval ar- mor,. such as the knights of Ma- jory and Tennyson sported,

There was nothing at all idyl- lic about that rough period in {British history and men may question. whether it is worth- while to spoil the romantic pic- +ture--generations have ghad. and lwhich Hollywood has cherished, lof these paladins of old

The truth of the matter ie ¢hat the 20th century finds little’ Rin- | ship with the sugaK-sweet pictHir- les of a’ Tennyson The Arhur of the idvlls is unreal. the Galahad

ler, set.in a dying world It was @ civilized people's stand against

ee

he ts having increasing difficul- -

“thave you believe. :

Chiang, Rhee, Now Ky

oe Digging Up Acthur.

Medicare”

The Hall Commission Report emphasized on ‘its list of prior- ities that quality care isa prime requirement and points out that such quality care depends on an adequate “supply of dedicated

ed for one purpose only — that is to pay for physicians servic- es. It is a shortsighted govern- ment -indeed that cannot see that the mere_payment of a doctor’s fee-is no guarantee that people will be able to receive the care, or if. such care is received, that it will be of the -highest possi- ble standard. arias As soon as anybody brings up the points’ I have mentioned, he is usually accused of obstruct- ion. If that is the case then I would plead guilty to such a charge, -but 4t seems clear that you cannot fight a war without the troops to put into the field, yet that is what the advocates of—‘‘Instant Medicare” would

: Milwaukee Journal

cross thé Yalu. In spite of the semantic ‘unleashing’’ of Chiang we haven't let him involve us in war with China. And now wis-. dom dictates that we treat Ky the same way. | = dealing with Communist coun- tries the best way is to let them pile up their economic and other mistakes until they realize that‘ their way is wrong, at least to an extent, and begin. acting somewhat like normal nations. It is happening in the Soviet Un- ion and in eastern Europe. Com- munism {s failing in Cuba. The Indonesians have rejected it. Africa has been purging it. Give China time, and don’t get into, war with it, and perhaps com- roam will moderate there, 00.

ver Sun

the ontoming night of barbar- ism, and perhaps today's West- ern man finds a kinship with this

in a measure, threatened by barbarisms of difierent sorts, but just as terrifying.

This column is open te the discussion by correspondents eof questions of in. terest. The Guardian. does not neces- sarily endorse the opinion ef corres. pendents. All letters published are sub- ject te editing and condensation where) mecessary. The enter inte any correspondence regard- ing letters submitted.

IN APPRECIATION Sir,— I would like a small space in your valuable Forum to’express appreciation to an organization of which the public hears too little in my opinion. |

tion Centre and Crippled Children’s Camp which our son has been attending this past: summer.

I had never heard much about

tient there. when we went to take him home from the Crip- pled Children’s Summer Camp. I was amazed at the way those | people on the staff—hati looked / after hit and go my, wife and I would like to{ say a_ sincere

“thank you” t especially to/ Billy, MacMillan and -Mrs- Clapp RN-. who took

| our five-year-old son John under

who are sponsoring this great work can well feel proud of do- ing a fine fob and I wish them

of Mr. Earl MacLeod tothe insufferable. The real_history: of’ | every success in the future. Arthur, was rougher and cruel- |

I am, Sir, ete.,

| New Dominion, P.E.L

and _able- physicians. .The--pres-.. ent medical care plan is design-

Experience, has shown that, in |.

Arthur because he feeis himself, | PUBLIC FORUM |

Guardian is unable to

am referring to the Rehabilita- ,

the great work those people are | doing until our son became a pa- |

all the staff and |

her wing as if he was her very | The Rotary Club and those:

LLOYD. MacPHAIL

Hereditary — ‘Handiness —

By Dr. Theodore R. Van Dellen The 10 to 15 million left hand-

are a neglected lot. In school they have difficulty learning to write and in many classrooms the chairs are made for the right handed. Zippes on clothing the arrangement of violin strings and. the desigh of many tools are patterned for the right hand-

-|ed. Members of the military | forcgs are trained to shoot from

the right shoulder ahd to aim with the right eye. In fact, most of our standard.equipment over- looks he “‘lefy'’ entirely.» The development of handed- ness is a complicated process. One of the factors involved is the sidé of the brain that is dominant. The left hemisphere is dominant in the right handed and, in the southpaw, the right. Several tests are available to the physician to determine in the

ter hold a pencil at arm's leng- th and manipulate it so that it falls in line with the right eye of the examiner. The tendency is to place the pencil in front of the eye opposite the hand -used. for skilled acts. i Other tests include writing figures in a vertical “column with both hands and determin- ing the muscular strength of each hand. These. procedures help to ascertain which eve and which side is dominant, regad- less of whether the child. uses the right or left hand. _ Parents should follow the law ov averages ‘and teach all youngsters. to use the right hand. Those who rebel are the “‘lefties’’ and should not be for- ced to change. It does no harm, however, to encourage the em-

|} ployment of: the right’ hand as

well, provided the youngster does not object strenuously or show signs of nervous strain.

Handedness {s a product - of

tor or the other. Jf both par- ents are left handed, about one:

When one parent is a southpaw,

in 16 is a “lefty.” This explains

why 95 per cent of all adults fa-

vor the right hand. = B12 INJECTIONS .

J. 0. writes: Please tell. me what conditions call for the use of vitamin B12 shots.

: REPLY

Vitamin B12 is a specific rem- edy for pernicious anemia. Some physicians prescribe large doses (1000 meq.) as a tonic but we do not know whether this is of real or psychological value... =

GLAND ENLARGEMENT

enlarged glands in the neck -and armpits? EPLY

der involving thelymph glands. CATARACT EXTRACTION

dure is considered an extraction and not in the surgical field. REPLY

Yes. After: all, an n: must be made in the orbit tn = der to remove the cloudy lens.

RELATED DISORDERS F. B. writes: Could a. person

spastic colitis

Hina? _at the

same : REPLY

Yes, and many do. * TODAY’S HEALTH HINT— Don't dive from a movin g boat.

(NOTE: All correspondence to '‘Br. Van Dellen should be addressed to: Dr. Theod Van. Dellen, co Chicago ‘Trib. une, Chicago, Illinois.)

FIND BEET CHAMPION TABER, Alta. (CP)\Ronald

'|Revak of the local 4H sugar

|beet club is champion for 1935

of -his“region® in productivity. He~

|grew 20.44 tons of sugar beet

per acre last year, more than |

/460 other contract growers in the district. Bart aa sanndEnEREEENEEEEEEEEED

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T a ee dys NOTES BY THE WAY _

ed persons in the United States,

older child which side is in con- |

both heredity and environment | rather than the result of one fac- |

half of their Children follow suit. _ only one: offspring in” six is left-)

handed. By contrast, “with two- right handed. parents-one-= child:

Ley

- A reader writes: What causes-!

ee oe =

Glands in these areas may-en- | large as-a result of a localied | infection or a generalied disor- |

A. M. J. writes: Are stitches | necessary in a: cataract opera="| tion? I understand this proce- |

suffer from stomach: ulcer and |

= MASS

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He —‘‘What charming eyes you have!"’ She—‘‘I'm glad you like them. They were a birth- day present.’’—Montreal Star:

A romance between a 73-year- old woman and a_ 54-year-old man was broken up in Chatham when it was discovered that the bridegroom already was mar- ried. Someone said it served her right for robbing the cradle.— Chatham Daily News.

There is a book ‘coming out called “‘How to Get 20 Per Cent to 90 Per Cent. off on Everything You Buy" which is listed at $4.95. We can start by waiting for the paperback ed- ition.—Ottawa Journal.

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Unless the government takes aoe and abolishes. the tariff ote

. States may see the greatest — and possibly the most entertaining protest march of all time..

The Washington Pipe Band has thrown its -weight (‘and , some pipers are pretty, hefty) behind | Bill No. 1035, in the House of Re- |presentativés which has to. do jwith abolishing the tariff. | The band .is doing ‘this, a |spokesman said, “in an effort to head off growing tensions with- in the piping community of the | United States which could ex- plode at any ‘moment into bombastic series of demonstra- 'tions of pipe-ins on a nation. - wide scale. =

“Pipers are one of the most

~en

dissatisfied. minority . groups in

the country. Indifference by- the government may force pipers to jturn to their most effective wea- |pons — the bagpipes — there- by escalating formerly peaceful expressions of opinion into a- full

‘struggle fof total victory again- pe

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Mistress — “Can you explais why it is, Mary, ‘that every time I come into this kitchen I find you reading?"’ New Maid —'‘1y must be those rubber heels of yours, mum.”—Galt Reporter.

Times change. A candidate for the. office of Texas state treasurer is Jesse Ja Windsor Star. > sa

A welfare director gays thal “an oldtimer is a fellow who re- members when a man did his own withholding on his take home pay.” — ira County Mi- ner, Hurley. f

, The bést way to tell a wom: an’s age is in a. whisper.—Ply. mouth Review.

“Wi! A Hundred Pipe-Ins . . .”

Regina Leader-Post

st the reactionary forces of the high-tariff lobby.”

the ‘United States will take un- kindly to mass demonstrations | by pipe: bands.

| The majority of Yanks will | surely love them. For what ;}more magnificent sight can

| there be than, not a hundred, but ta ‘thousand pipers (along with {the drummers) marching if full | regalia down the streets of Was- |hington and wother centres?

| The martial music of the pipes jwill stir the blood and lift the \feet of those who are watching ‘and they'll be: bound to getin step and march along with the |bands to put fear into the hearts of senators and congressmen a- like. There should be few dis- senting votes and little discus {sion when Bill 1035 comes up

If the pipers. do rise in protest lit will be a refreshing.. change |from the usual in the United Sta- jtes, If the pipe-majors ,.have beards, they will be trimmed neatly, and all the bare knees, knobby or otherwise, will be well scrubbed.

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