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We're Saleguarcled

It is reassuring to know that

whatever changes the new bill for electoral redistribution will make with regard to the election of our federal representatives for Queens, there will be no change in our overall quota of members from this province. Q u e b e c, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Nova Scotia will all lose one or more seats, but we are protected—and so is New Bruns- WIok—because of the constitutional rule which requires a province to have as many members as the num- ber of its senators. That is some- thing we can thank the John A. Mathieson government for in years gone by, for it was through its ef- forts, chiefly, that this amendment to the BNA Act was put through. , In the new redistribution the average size of riding in provinces Which are not under special con- stitutional guarantee will be 70.000. The figure in Prince Edward island will be about 26.000, in New Bruns- wick about 59.000.

Saskatchewan will be the big- gest loser (4 seats) and Ontario the biggest gainer (3 seats) in the reallocation under the new act. By the mathematical formula Nova Scotia would have lost 2 of its l2 seats. but another constitutional protection comes into play here. No province may lose more than 15 per cent. of its members. Our sister province will accordingly lose one seat. leaving the number of its Commons membership still one above its statutory Senate repre- sentation.

The work of the independent commissions to be appointed under the act is expected to take up to a year. Once the new electoral maps are ready, any subsequent general election will be contested on the basis of the new boundar- ies. One thing that may be expect- ed as a result is that rural seats, which have traditionally been smaller in population than urban seats. will be affected most ad- versely.

In these circumstances, how would we fare if we were to throw away the safeguard we enjoy against loss of our present par- liamentary representation, and join the other Atlantic provinces in political wedlock? Almost certainly we’d come out at the wrong end of the deal. in this regard at least.

ENew ARDA Conference

‘ This province is particularly in- terested in a federal-provincial con- ference which will take place in Montreal Nov. 26 and 27, at which the latest federal proposals to amend the Agricultural Rehabilita- tion Development Act will be. dis- cussed. The provinces have report- edly received the new details for daily, but they are still being ti'eoted as confidential. The usually Vial-informed Financial Times of abode. makes the following guesses as: to their intent:

;1‘. Proposals for taking mar- Iands out of agriculture and using them for forestry or com- nfnnity pastures. This would be if i by purchases, with costs shar-

Ottawa and the provinces.

P 2. Proposals for creating eco- romic farming units through pur- chases of uneconomic farms and their resale or lease to those cap- able of managing them. This in- cludes assistance with grants and miss well as training in farm

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Mann‘s ; ' " ‘ kt mung off- W l ‘ m sector.

munlty pastures and tree planting.

4. Training and rte-establish- ment of farmers and farm families who leave the land. This would be done in close co-operation with the federal-provincial vocational train- ing programs under the Department of Labor. It would involve main- taining families on the farm while the father is taking training. Liv- ing costs would be paid by ARDA which would also assist in moving families to the jobs. It would be worked out also in co-operation with the Area Development Agency. The ideal would be to locate new indus- tries in rural areas where families would not have to leave their farm homes.

5. Investment in straight make-work programs. Ottawa has put this at the bottom of the list and is doubtful about it.

Since ARDA was begun about three years ago. nearly every prov- ince as well as the federal govern- ment has seen the need for changes. The latest federal proposals will be matched by proposals from each of the provinces at the Montreal meet— ing. In March 1965, the changes that are agreed upon will go into effect.

With so much at stake, it is to be hoped that our own provincial requirements will be presented in such a way as to Win a full measure of approval.

Mr. Balcer's Proposal

The subject of Senate appoint- ments was discuSsed in these col- llmns yesterday. Not touched upon was the recent proposal of Hon. Leon Balcer for changing the future personnel of the Upper Chamber by providing for appointments to be made by the several provinces. But it is doubtful how far this would promote the kind of reform we had in mind. As Leslie Roberts points out. in the Montreal Star in this connection. “what the Senate needs is a new kind of senator, not a new way of nominating the same old species."

The simple truth about this problem, as The Star commentator well says. is that neither major party wants anything done about it. excepting during the periods each party spends in Opposition. The vacant chairs are too important for the purpose of paying political debts. At present they are among the juciest plums in the Prime Min- ister's basket. There is no guaran-

tee that provincial governments wouldn’t use them for the same purpose.

Good men are to be found in the Senate, but they arrived by the wrong process. You couldn't make 96 purely partisan appointments and end up with nothing but duds or time-servers; the law of aver- ages is bound to intervene occasion- ally. But this doesn’t justify the system. It is still not good enough when one stops to realize that, since vacancies are in the gift of the Prime Minister of the day, he could, if he so wished, name some of the country’s best brains and men of great experience in a wide variety of fields to serve the na- tion in this area.

Under Mr. Balcer's proposal the Senate seats would become per- quisites of provincial office, where now they are the gifts of whoever happens to be federal Prime Minis- ter when vacancies occur. The basic objection would remain, the net re- sult would be the same, and the appointees would still be under the stigma of the political pay-off.

His Best Speeches

A timely announcement has been made from London. to the effect that wartime speeches of Sir Wins- ton Churchill, not heard outside the secret sessions of the British House of Commons before. are to be issued on long-playing records. The album will be released in Britain and on this continent to coincide with the great wartime Prime Minister’s 90th birthday. November 30.

The recordings during the. secret sessions are of speeches which some of those who were present re- garded as the finest and most stir- ring Sir Winston eVer made. They were never published in the press for security reasons. but were re- corded by Sir Winston at the end of World War Two from his verbat. im notes.

The records will also bring the opportunity to hear again the fam- ous broadcast speeches which rang round the world over the BBC and rallied Britain and its allies during the last war.

NEEDLE ROCK, NORTH CAPE, P.E.I.

OTTAWA REPORT By Patrick Nicholson First Earnings Went Into Empty Mine

Canadians who have lost money buying mining stocks may take comfort from the good company in which they find themselves. For Prime Minister Pearson once acquir- ed $50 worth of worthless “moose pasture." And sad to relate. in a lifetime of hardwork at many jobs -— soldier. pilot,

semi - pro baseball player. meat - packer, teacher. civil servant, ambassador and pol!-

Iician — it was the earnings from his first job—as a news- paper carrier boy—which went down the empty mine,

I picked up this story by chance when l was able to luck through some of the voluminous correspondence which busy Prime Minister conducts with children —— and conducts pensonally: no stereotyped letter handled by a mere secret- ary is good enough for Mike‘s friends. For he, like Peter Pan. has more than just his famous "boyish grin" in his make u up which savours of eternal youth. And this came out in one letter, to young Aldo Pichelli of Hamilton, which the Prime MI- nister conc ude : one newspaper boy to another. I extend to you my best wish- es."

PUBLIC FORUM

This column Is open In Ihe dlscusslnn by correspondents of quesllnns o III- terest. The Guardian does not neces- sarily endorse the opinion of corres- pondents. All letters published are sub. Jack In editing and condensation where

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0 any corrrcspondence regard- Inl Irtfers snbmllled.

READY FOR WINTER Sir,—— A few days ago we read where the city was already for trucks

the big bad wolf. Mr. Snow, to- day we read where the govern- ment has its cqi )ment ready for the battle of the storms.

Going home at night after work and looking at the hun- dreds of cars parked on the streets, we wonder how many of their owners are ready for winter? how many have drive- ways. garages, parking lots. etc. to go into if a storm strik- es.

Is it not time for the pol- Ice to issue a warning to all car owners who are using the streets as a garage all summer to get off the. streets before it's too late when a storm strikes?

Every winter we hear the call when a storm comes: ' “Clear ploughs dig- pushing and t h e

k a winter_nest and save trouble and money. Many may say: "Where will I put the car, there‘s no place to go?" That‘s It, you can‘t stay on the street: so think now. do It now, don't wait for the storm. I 3 Sir. etc. WALTER O'BRIEN

POTATO HARVESTING

Sir,— I imagine the educzuors will not be very well pleased about the resolution to close the rural high schools for the potato harvest. passed at the well at.- tended potato meeting In Sum- merside, but they should stop to consider the great difference between our experienced farm boys and girls and the uncertain Imported help—many fr om towns with no farm experience. and some who never worked a day in their lives. There is nearly enough money leaving the Island to pay our hard press- ed school taxes, more than enough to pay for tuition fees.

fun and t II a newly Invented friction belt at- tachment behind an elevator digger which separates the tops and eeds from the potatoes and does the. work of about. three men. leaving nothing to pick but stones and lumps of clay If. he only busy men is the one shift- Ing the begs). will put a great many small growers back in po- tafocs.

I used such a converted John Deere level bed digger this fall and found It highly satisfactory

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It was young Aldo —- "a pa- per boy for the Mamllton Spec.- tator" — who rem'n ex- paper boy Pearson of that gold mine that wasn‘t.

“Mv assignment for school was to write a friendly letter to some important person, so chose you. I was at the Parlia- ment Building last year with the Hamilton Spectator (panel boys) when you told us the story about when you were a paper boy. You said that you gave your father five dollars for safe keeping and never saw it again.”

Mr. Pearson corrects this “I naturally gave my father the $50 which I had earned de- livering papers one winter, to look after. l-Ie invested It In a gold mine in whic wasn't any gold. So I the monev."

That makes me feel better. So I did one time fall for the sucker bait of some glib talk by a share - pusher. but so did that worthy man the late Rev. Edwin Pearson

Naturally The Flag makes up a lot of the mail reaching the Prime Minister from children this year. Typically Lillian Simpson of Merigmish, Nova Scotia, wrote: “I am a Liberal and I am very proud to be one. Would you kindly send me your ne w flag with your auto- graph." To this . Pe son simpathetically replied that he could not send the new flag. be- cause “Parliament has set up

h there did lose

e Flag Committee which is reviewing the thousands of flag designs submitted. It is

hoped the committee will be able to present Parliament with an acceptable design for a dis- tinctive flr-g." But If he could not send the flag, he could sent his autograph. and thls he did on his letter concluded: "Warm regards and best wish- es for success in your studies."

LITTLE LOBBY

The pupils of Grades 3 and 4 at St. Paul's School. Sault Ste Marie. sound like a good cross section of unhyphenat- ed Canadians. T h I bod e a u. Roess, Verheyen. Bllich, Jolli~ neau. Boulanger. Schuler. Ayl- ward. McGrath. Zahradka and Villeneuve are some of their family names. They all wrote to support the Three Maple Leaf design.

"Dear Students". replied the Prime Minister, “I want to thank all of you for your letters on the flag issue. Your various comments show that you have given the matter much thought and I very much appreciate your sincerity. My best wishes to all of you for success in your stu- dies. Yours sincerely, (s i :- ned) L4 B. Pearson."

There's not a vote In a mail-

bag - full - neither this year nor next year. B u t our busy Prime Minister makes the time to reply from one and all. with his warm, human and individ- ual answers

Australia And Conscription

Globe and Mail. Toronto

Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies' announcement of a rab- pid buildup of Australian de- fense forces is a sharp remind- er of the dangerous tensions threatening peace in the Eastern Hemisphere. Previously plann- ed defense expenditure for the next. three years is to be in-

‘ creased by one-third. More dra-

matically, peacetime conscrip- tion for overseas service Is to be introduced for the first time in Australian history.

The total bill for the three- year program will now be near- ly $3 billion. putting Australia's defense spending far ahead of Canada‘s on a per capita basis The callup will take 4,200 30- year-olds about the middle of next year. and then 6,900 annual- ly for a two-year period of ser-

'Ice.

There is, thankfully, no Indi- cation of an immediate worsen- ing on the Asian situation that might have dictated such dras- tic policy decisions. Rather. the evidence is that Sir Robert‘s Government has been forced to move urgently In order I make up for the deficiencies of many past years.

NO RUSH 'ro COLORS

Earlier this year, the Govern- ment hoped that substantial pay

increases would s recrult- Ing and‘bring the army up to necessa strength. But the

Australian economy Is booming and wages are high. There was no rush to the colors.

The previous half- hearted at-

tempt at compulsory military service was. by all accounts. a costly and ludicrous failure. Be- ginning In 1951, 18- year-olds were drafted for varying per- iods of training. but never more than five months, after w h I c h they were put on reserve. They gained a sketchy knowledge of hand weapons and some mili- tary discipline. but. not much more. The chemo was absu- doned in 1960.

Like Canada. Australia Is not and never can be capable of de- fending itself. Like Canada '

American defense. Aus- tralia is a very junior partner in the United States Pacific strat- egy, with some additional Invol- vement In British policy.

Nevertheless, the Australians have specific commitments in Papua'. the eastern part of New Guinea which they administer as United Nations trustee. and in Malaysia. whose protection they share with British force. In both areas there is heavy pressure of Indonesian expan-

Ionlsm.

Obviously, real resistance to Indonesian ambitions can only he provided by US. and British power. But the British are hard-

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armmd the world. the United States does not want to be seen as the outside strongman Inter- venlng In Pacific affalns. 0n

ts he has been growing denund for Australia! to

accept a larger role.

When The Farmers Ruled

Ottawa

There‘s an old story about the Ottawa Valley chap who arrived at Toronto Union Station for the first time In his life. was asked by a red cap. “King Edward, sir" and replied. "Oh no. I‘m sound-so from Remew" (or any good valley town).

In a reminiscing mood. Eganville Leader recalls thls well-worn story was frequently told about United Farmers of Ontario MLAs back in the early 1920s when the party under Pre- mier Ernest C. Drury held pow- er in the province.

.“Thls no doubt Via a "Tory Trick‘... an effort to convince the Ontario electorate that a armor wasn't capable of lov- ernlng this province. . .," the leader says. and points out that

Mr. John Carly. who won elec- tion In 1919 In South fun for f Farmers.

yearn 0k! and living 31' Ottawa. Writes the loader d lie ms

Journal

election: Mr Corty of Bruden- ell. defeated If : Hon. T. W. Mc- Garry. Provincial Treasurer In

ver-tongued oretor.’ " II. was a spectacular defeat. and Mr. Carly was re-elec In 1923 while his party went out. of now- or

To most Ontario voters today. the Idea of a Iarmere' party formlng an Ontario government mu seem strame indeed. was, historians assure. a tIme of great political Interest and an Important chapter in the prov- Ince's story.

APPEAL FOR FUNDS VANCOUVER (CPl—A um, 000 fund drive wIll be launched by the Vancouver Festival So- ciety to wipe out its deficlts. 0f- fIcIaIs said It Is now operating basis but

on a social Is still faced with the debts of mm '0'.

'mey swell and hurt for a few

Easing Boby Into World

By Dr. Theodore R. Van Dellsn

Epislotomy Is a common stetrical operation that Is done to hasten delivery of the baby and protect the mother from In- Jury due to tearing of the parts. Just as the baby‘s head appears, an Inclslon Is made Into the low- er edge of the opening of the bIrth canal. This Increases the else of the opening and asses delivery.

Leceratlons In the birth canal are noted frequently following the birth of a child. They occur anywhere along the passsieway —occesIonaIIy In areas Involv- Ing Important structures that are dIffIcult to repair. This Is evoIded by doIng an eplslotomy. especially when a fear Is likely to occur. The physician selects a site that Is safe to cut and easy to repair.

Epislotomy Is essential when the exit of the bead Is delayed because the opening (perineum) Is thickened or scarred. or baby Is larger than average. The same can ssId when time Is Important and a rspld extraction ls necessary to pre- vent harm to mother or chIld.

Following delIvery end the re- pair of the Incision. the area

days. Heat and en analgesic are helpful at this time. Enzymes are said to be useful In reducinl swelling and Inflammation. Tab-

ported recently to be of value in cases of 59 women following delivery. Of the series. 44 per cent obtained marked relief; 44 per cent average: and 7 per cent none.

Papase is an enzyme extract- ed from the fruit of a tropical plant ICarica papaya) and Is used In the prevention and treat- ment of swelling and inflamma- tion resulting from a variety of injuries and allergies. Enzym- es have taken the place of beef- steak in healing a black eye. They also are given to liquefy thickened secretions in respira- tory disorders.