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“The strongest memory is weaker than the weakest in " PAGE? SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5. 1964.

A Dead End

Regardless of whether Mr. Pear- son—as one Conservative member complained in the House of Com- mons—is “a petulant and perverse Santa Claus” who would rob many Canadians of their cherished Red Ensign before Christmas, it is evident now that debate on the sub- ject has reached a dead end and that there is no point in prolonging it. The fact that the Government drew support from all four Oppos- ition parties Thursday night in de- feating, by 129 to 55 votes, 2. Con- servative motion in this connection is proof of the fact.

The same member who made the comment above quoted said, in the same address, that he expects the Commons will approve the new flag and defeat the amendment for a plebiscite. before Christmas, be- cause the Prime Minister has “a pathetic obsession" to bring this about. Another member of his party said that when they voiced their sincere \‘iews, members on the gov— ernment side had closed their minds on the subject.

He could have added that other Opposition groups, and some Con- servatives as well, have shown by their votes that they accept the situation and have closed their minds against prolonging a fruitless and bitter controversy. It is as sure as anything can be in politics that the single red maple leaf design on a white background with a red panel on each side, as recommended 10 to 4 by the Commons inter-party committee, will be approved. The alternative, in view of Mr. Pear- son’s commitments on the subject, would mean another election. That is not wanted at this time, and the sooner Mr. Diefenbaker and his fol- lowers realize this the better.

They have made their protests. They have staged one of the most protracted blockades in parliament- ary history. When the electors do come to vote they will be in no danger of forgetting it. What more can the dissenters hope to achieve?

Fantastic Journey Launched a week ago today from Cape Kennedy, the latest American spacecraft, Mariner 4, is speeding on its 134,000,000-mile journey to Mars. If all goes well—a big if— by July 14 next it will be within 8,000 miles of the earth’s nearest planetary neighbor. It will take three weeks after that to accom- plish its most spectacular mission —-that of transmitting back to earth 22 TV black-and-white pictures. Throughout its journey half way around the sun, Mariner 4 must beam back a stream of other scientific data as well. It hopes to measure solar plasma boiling up from the sun’s atmosphere. It. is supposed to plumb interplanetary radiation and cosmic rays. It will try to determine if Mars possesses a magnetic field and what it is like, and it is scheduled to measure dust-particle momentum and dis- tribution from Earth to Mars. Immediately following its pic- ture-taking flyby on the evening of July 14, it is supposed to bend slightly behind the planet for one further experiment: To see what happens to radio signals passing through the, Martian atmosphere. Mariner V4 is, the second United States attempt tor-shoot for Mars within a month. The first, Mariner 8, was lotihohed November 3. but failed to fatal!!! proper trajectory. things that could

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n subsystems and 188.000 open- tional parts, it was a major achieve- ment to get it into the air at all.

If it follows its preplanned course, it will give man a 10 times better look at Mars than ever be- fore. The planet Comes close enough to earth to show features that hint at some form of life. Yet it remains just too far away for scientists to know with certainty whether or not something is really living there. Mariner 4 is not expected to settle this question, but it could fore- shadow the more extensive explora- tions that will lead to this achieve- ment.

It could, on the other hand, veer off course and disappear into the great unknown. One part of its chore is to “lock on" to the star Canopus in order to stabilize itself and thus be fit to receive orders and send back data to earth. Already, after hitching on to some wrong stars first, it succeeded in doing this: but it is again. reportedly, “temporarily out of control.”

And it has yet to prove its en- durance. No planetary probe ever launched has functioned for more than 3.5 months in space. Mariner 4 must function for eight months, and across tremendous distances.

No doubt the. uncertainty is part of the thrill which scientists get in making these fantastic ef- forts to expand man’s knowledge.

Mr. Wilson's Mission

British Prime Minister Harold Wilson flies to ll'ashington tomor- row, chiefly for discussion on the proposed Atlantic nuclear force. Recently he attacked the American plan for an allied fleet of nuclear- armed surface ships in a public statement, which was somewhat softened by subsequent British dip- lomatic assurances. But both the Tories and Laborites in Britain are opposed to the American policy, and it is said that Mr. Wilson hopes to persuade President Johnson at least to defer any firm decision on the matter until next spring.

The British government. leader is also believed to have a counter plan to propose. for a permanent American-European cabinet to shape nuclear-making policy for the free world. The cabinet, as the British see it, would consist of representa- tives of West Germany, Britain, Italy, Holland and some other At- lantic alliance nations with France, if President de Gaulle or his suc- cessor cared to join.

It would have the right to con- sult, and be consulted by the U.S. President or his delegates in all emergencies inside and outside the NATO area. The American execu- tive chief thus would have every chance to hear the views of his al- lies up to the moment, if it ever came, when he Would have to de— cide whether to press the nuclear trigger.

Emphasis is placed in London on the fact that the Prime Minister does not intend to make any hard and fast propositions. Certainly he will be under no personal illusions about the ability of Britain to “go it alone" at this stage in its affairs.

Britain has just got out of its sterling crisis by allowing the Bank of England to appeal to the central reserve banks of the other trading countries of the Western alliance. Had Washington chosen to be less than friendly and considerate. the pound sterling would have been de- valued by now. And as one Ameri- can commentator rather crudly puts it, Mr. Wilson will be ex— pected to express his thanks in tangible form. Whether this will cover his attitude toward other issues remains to be seen.

EDITORIAL NOTES

As noted yesterday it, was plan- ned, as a protective measure, to shield Pope Paul from sights of poverty in Bombay. But at his own insistence he has visited slum areas of the city, comforting the destitute and ill.

II! t * Electronic Computers in 1946 were a science fiction writer’s dream. In 1950 they were in oper-

ation, though a large room was needed to store them. This year they can be made small enough to fit a suitcase. In 1974, it is pre- dicted by an English scientist, they will fit into a pocket. He predicts also that they will be used as in- terpreting machines; so that one can talk English into one of them and an instantaneous translation in, say, Chinese, will come out of the other end.

"I WON’T PULL UNLESS YOU DO”

Faults

NAVAL PROBLEMS

Facing Another Manpower Crisis

No organization can hope to survive and maintain efficiency if its ranks are being steadily1 drained of personnel.

Hamilton Spectator

The Royal Canadian Navy has l a desperate need for personnel faced one recruiting crisis after “ in the air branch; at the time of

another for yea-rs. Immediately

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Floiling The Beans

Ottawa

On a sunny. brisk - wind Sat- urday it was certain to happen After a hearty breakfast tamp- ed down with a p i e c e off apple pie or a few of mother's crisp gingersnaps. Father would say. “Wouldn't this be a g o o d day to flail the beans?"

Half a century ago farmers. were proud of the strains that had been passed down in th is family. Many of them had imag- inative names: Red Valentine, C o a c h Dog, Jacob‘s Cattle, Pink Eye. Hidasta Red. Ground Bird. and Molasses Face

The barn floor was swept: the big bulky stacks were to rn apart and the leathery, brittle vines and were spread. Then one went to work with the flail. The swingel. the short sec- tion that hit the beans, was atta- chcd by the toggle to the stall or

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handle, It seems a sinple device but many a lad has given him- self a smart thump on the hen until he has learned the techni- que of bringing the swingel down flat. At each blow. dry 5 popped high in the air,

After the first going - over. the layer was fluffed up with a pitch- fork and the process repeated. Eventually the beans were flail- ed. Then the beans and debris were poured from one fin to another while the wind whisked away dirt and extraneous mai- eria'l. A lie 1' the red kidneys, Yellow Eyes and Soldier beans

were put in the Wooden buckets :

to be stored under the elf 1n the buttery, Father always said, "I guess we have our Saturday suppers and Sunday breakfasts for another year."

Comes The Night

New York

Day ends, dusk comes a n d darkness and night, and th e world belongs to the stars an the nocturnal creatures of this earth. Man. a iurnal being equipped with daylight eyes, is essentially a stranger here. He sees. but dimly, and without ar- tificial light the colorful world he knows has become the un- familiar other side of the day all grays and blacks and whites.

Now the owl possesses tha. darkness. and the bat and tlk whippoorwill. Now the fox, the cat. the mouse and all th nighttime prowlers are abroad, making the world their own. We hear them, and sometimes we see them. ut we cannot reallv enter their world. We are crea-

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Night is not hostile, but It is enduringly mysterious The owl flies on silent wings, hoots eer- ily. The fox is a quiet shadow and a sharp, hoarse bark. The. mouse is a scurry in the grass. The bat is a fluttery presence nothing more; and the whippoor' will. though we know it is a bird. is primarily an echoing re iteration of that of a hoarse crow or an arrogant jay, Yet all of them are a part of the night. as true a part as the stars and the moon and the rustle of rest- less leaves.

We look and listen, trying to understand. We can accept, but that is as far as we can go; for this is a strange world, a gray mysterious world, and we are

tures of daylight and color. Even their voices are strange creatures 0‘ the day and "-5 to our day-tuned ears. bright dimensions. I I Who 5 To Blame? Montreal Gazette landscape

What is the difference between "grilled" steak and "broiled" steak? None, really; it all de- pends where you are.

An American would call it ‘hroiled' steak, an Englishman ‘grilled'. This was one of the ex- amples of differences between British and American Engl l s it given in a discussion between Professor Albert arc wardt of Princeton University and Professor Randolph Quirk of London University in the series 'A n Manguage’, produced jointly by the BBC and the Voice of America.

Professor Marckwa'rdt a n Professor Quirk divided the dif- ferences in vocabulary into four classes: the real things, for example, the plants mals; words for different ways of doing things (such as grilling or broiling); terms referring to different social and political in- stitutions. and names of new in- ven bus. I

In the.class of real things ‘, Professor Marckwardt pointed out that the flora and fauna of England and the United States were by no means the same and the early settlers had ha to supply names for unfamiliar species of plants and animals

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SPREAD CHRISTIAN WORD

LONDON (APl—A round—the- clock reading of the New Testa- ment began in some Anglican churches Wednesday as part of a campaign to spread Christian literature throughout the world.

both and leaders of various ohm-nit damn-tinn-

and features of the At times they ade up e w words such as ‘mockingbird', ‘rattlesnake‘ and ‘egg plant' Occasionally they used a famil- iar name for something differ- ent. In the United States, for example, the name robin is ap- plied to a rather large bird, 3 type of thrush; whereas in Bri- lain it is a small red - breasted one. A good many words were borrowed from the American In- dian language, for example, 'hi- ckory'. a kind of tree, ‘squash'. a vegetable. and ‘moccasin'. The French settlers contributed such words as 'carlbou' and ‘pralrie'. and the Spanish 'canyon’ and 'bronco' to the American variety of English.

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the United Nations action in Ko— rea there was a need for exper- ienced officers. A few years ago there was a crisis in the seaman branch all the recruits wanted to be technicians.

Once again the RCN is facing a crisis in the technical branch- es. This one is so serious the navy has placed six ships in what a spokesman called a "re- tired" state in order to release technical personnel for instruc- tional duties ashore and man- ning new construction ships‘.

The removal of six ships from an active status is serious but not so serious as some reports are hinting. The ships affected are old workhorses from World War II and. with age, their aux- iliary equipment (radar, sonar. gyro-compass, firing circuits), become more difficult to main- am.

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Though these six are part of the RCN‘s commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza- tion, they are not being placed in a state that will make them inoperable. The maintenance party aboard could have them at sea, as effective units, in very short time...

It is to be hoped the RCN will grasp the nettle now and make firm and continuing plans that will bring technical recruits into the service and, more important, tgep them when they are train-

The booming Canadian econ- omy continually provides jobs for highly trained people and the technical training in the na- vy is excellent. Higher wages and a life ashore has attracted personnel from the navy ranks. It is up to the RCN to make ser- vice in the navy equally as at- tractive as a life ashore. It must realize it is in direct competi- tion with industry.

LIVING CONDITIONS

Defence Minister Paul l-Iellver spoke in the House of better liv- ing conditions afloat and rota- tion of crews is sensible but it is difficult to imagine how living conditions could be much b er without the ships being convert- ed to luxury liners.

he navy discovered some time ago that the adventure of being a sailor no longer appeal- ed to young men. T on it em- phasized the career approach; security. pensions an educa- tional possibilities. It seems this hasn't worked either.

No doubt a contributing factor to the RCN‘s nersnnne‘ omb‘cms among the ranlns are derogatory statements attributed to senior officers about the organizalon of the navy. Each of the senior officers had an axe to grind and the 1men in the ranks should real- no t.

The RCN must come up with a solution to its manpower pro- blems. If the country wants a navy it must support the solu-

lion without reservation.

Food Myth

lntoleronces

By Dr. Theodore B. Van Dellen Food dislikes are common ex- cept among those with a cast iron stomach. Many of these preferences are based on child- hood experiences and folklore but some lntolernnces have a physical basis: various sympt- oms of indigestion occur after eat' certain foods. The victim of cellac disease for example, develops distress after consum- ing any product containing glut- en. Some persons are allergic to milk or eggs. Aside from problems of this e subject of f o o d not well under- oston physicians, P Koch

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Dr. James . Robert M. Donaldson, carried out a survey on 655 hospitalized patients in an attempt to deter- mine the effects of food on the digestive tract. In the series, 390 had gastrointestinal disease, 120 had digestive symptoms but no demonstrable disorder, and 145 had neither symptoms nor disease of the intestine.

Cabbage. baked beans, fried and spicy dishes, onions. orange juice, coffee, nuts, milk headed the list of food intoleran- ces. No particular pattern could be found. Patients with or with- out peptic ulcer or gall bladder disease often complained of the same foods. Some documented gallstones did not mention distress from fried or fatty foods.

Nor did specific foods give a characteristic pattern. Some at- tributed diarrhea to milk or baked beans; others asserted these products were constipat- ing. The New England medico; concluded the symptoms were characteristic of the patient, ra- ther than of the f th t it virtually ls impossible to in-

rpret meaningfully the asso- ciation between certain foods and gastrointestinal symptoms

foods continue despite all the educational ma- terial published by newspapers. magazines, books, and various groups interested in nutrition. Some people insist that w hite eggs are more nutritious than brown. that wine makes blood, that oysters and raw eggs in- crease sexual potency, that a hot meal is more nutritous than a cold one, and that hot bread and biscuits should be coole before eating. These beliefs are fallacious.

Frozen fruits and vegetables are prepared shortly after picking yet some housewives in- sist that fresh produce is better for the health. They do not real- ize that urban dwellers seldom get fruits and vegetables less than a week old. Modern myth. ology is agrowing on food addit- ives and everything new th at comes along These prophets of doom do much harm.

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a Vitamin defic1ency. HEREDITY AND HEADACHE Mrs. L. S. writes: Are head- aches inherited? REPL Migraine headaches often run in families. BROKEN HEART Mrs. E. E. writes: Is there anything in medical history about dying of a‘ broken heart? REPLY

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