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Britain BIackbaIIed

France has succeeded in black- balling Britain from membership in the European (‘ommon Market. Af- discussion on this issue at Brusscls, “the confer- enr‘P is over." A French spokcsman insists that the lingotiatit‘ns have been “suspended”, not. broken off; but it seems likely that they will remain suspended so long as Presi- dcni. do (iaulle remains in power. After that. there is rcason to hope that his prejudices will pass with him.

Great importance has been at- tached by many observers to the Nassau agreement between Prime Minister Macmillan and President Kennedy as deciding de Gaulle on opposing a British role in Europe. No doubt this hclped to influcnca do Gaulle on the nature and timing of his decisive move. But there is every reason to bnliovo that his mind had hpén made up even in 1961 when Franco jainod in the unanimous vote of the Six to accept Britain’s wish to negotiate.

He wasn't prepared than to take the gamble that the other European members could be bulldozed into accepting his view whether they liked it or not. He bided his time. But his attitude has always been that expressed in his memoirs, namely that France much achieve primacy in West Europe by avoid- ing alliances that might involve “any kind of dependency" on Eng- lish-speaking nations of Anglo- Ssxon origin. The Atlantic concept had no place in his vision. and that Is what Britain stood for.

Nor does it seem to have. much place In the. vision of West, German Chancellor Adenauer. who recently stated that an Atlantic community “can nevor Work." Nover is a long time; much too long for two old men to dogmatize about. If world freedom is to be maintained it is in- evitable that Europe and North America will draw closer together. There is already a union in the mat- ter of defense, and closer union economically and politically is as necessary as armaments in meeting the. threat. of further Communist expansion.

There may be a period of isola- tionism while this idea of interde- pendence. is maturing. But it is too much in keeping with the needs of the time. and of the future, to be thwarted much longcr.

The Post's Misgivings

Noting that Revenue Minister Hugh John Flemming is to be des- Ignated as the minister to whom the newly established Atlantic De- velopment Board will report. the Cape Breton Post remarks: “All right. but Nova Scotians will expect Hon. George Nowlan. Minister of Finance. to he no less interested than Mr. Flemming in the board’s reports. Mr. Flemming formerly was Premier of New Brunswick. Mr. Nowlan is Nova Scotlan." We would apply the same comment to our own representative in the Cabinet. Hon. 3. Angus MacLean. Minister of Fish- eries, who we have no doubt will chow just as keen an interest as any of his colleagues in the board's activities.

In the meantime, W has already some undying! about the setup which wide! for a board membership of

our Sydney

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Neva Search, one Prince id.

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" TAGS—"6‘wl-zosssn/(v. JANUARY affirms .

the moat heavily-industrious“ section of Nova Scotia. This setup. already slanted in favor of New Brunswick, makes it inevitable, in The Post's opinion, “that the first project, and probably the only one which will be pushed with great eclat. will be the development of a totally unnecessary and wasteful en. terprise, the Chignecto Canal."

“No Cape Bretoner," says The Post. “and for that matter no other Nova Scotian, can subscribe in all conscience to the expenditure of nearly half a billion dollars on a projch which will bring no bcnofit whatever to Nova. Sootia or New- foundland. The Chignecto Canal pro- ject is a New Brunswick enterprise, pure and simple, and that province should bear the entire cost."

Our contemporary quite rightly refrains from making reference to the Northumbcrland Strait Cause- way project. As Premier Shaw has pointch out in reply to a statement by the new board chairman. and as Mr. Pickersgill made clear in the ('ommons debate on the board Icg- islation. this projcct involves a ch Inite federal commitment with which the board will only be indi. rcctly concerned.

Let us hopc that bol'orc its first mocting. the new board will have gotten this fact firmly in mind. Otherwise it will be heading for a lot of trouble. Let it remember that it has not been appointed to hold a post mortem on government pledges of any kind. It would be just as well. too. if there was less Chig- necto (‘anal propaganda talk and more emphasis placed upon other and more urgent Atlantic develop- ment projects. The unfavorable re. action to this propaganda. judging from nt'hcr commcnls and reports. is by no means confincd to the ("ape Breton paper.

Could AIIect Canada

It is hard to say how much Of President Kennedy’s tax cutting recommendations will get through Congress. But, as the Montreal Gazette points out, if US. taxes drop, it: is hard to see how Cana- dian tax policy will not have to be revised also. Competition in tax rates is just as effective a. form of competition as any other, and prob- ably more competitive than most.

The magazine Canadian Busi- ness raises some of the problems that would result for (Tanada in having tax rates, on both corpora- tions and individuals, that are con- spicuously high by U.S. standards. The decisions made by companies Conccrning sites for new opcrations Would be influenced more and more, nor it is just a. matter of discour- aging foreign investment. There would also he the problcm of trying to keep Canadian investment in Canada. A considerable problem of this kind already exists.

Further. how could Canada ex— pect to discourage her own people from moving to the United States, if. in addition to larger opportun- ities, were to be added the induce- ment of taxes crmtparativcly low? The exodus of highly skilled peo- ple. a problem even now, would un- doubtedly be aggravated.

Canadian ecmiomists are watch- ing the proceedings at Washington closely in this connection. Probably they’re keeping their fingers cross- ed. There is strong American re- pugnance to the idea of cmbarking on massive tax cuts on top of huge budget deficits, and Mr. Kennedy will have a hard job before him in selling what. he calls his program of fiscal stimulus.

IIIustrious Donor

From a Red Cross bulletin:

On Aug. 28. 1918. a. young officer was leading the 22nd Regiment in an attack at Cherizy. near Passchen- date. when he was felled with a. but. let in the arm and another in the shoulder. As he was being helped on to a. stretcher, a bomb exploded nearby. The stretcher bearer was killed and the officer’s right leg was so seriously wounded that amputa- tion took place in a field hospital a few hours later.

Twenty-three years later, in 1941. when there was a Red Cross blood donors' clinic in Quebec City. he was the first person to give blood. His name: George P. Vanier, now Governor General of Canada. His Excellency says that the blood he received In 1918 saved his life, endlthat he gave blood because he felt he waa paying off a debt.

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COULDN’T MAKE THE LAST LAP

OTTAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson

Britain’s Worst Winter In 88 Years

Canadians are being envied ‘ strikes to implement wage de- . could pass. “And all

by Britons who are suffering from the unaccustomed “Can- adian” weather of the most bit- tcr \\'IllI(‘l' rccordcd for 88 years. Wynn in thc county of Kent. in tho normally mild soulh- cast. cor-mar of England. snowdrlfts. gala force winds and sub— zero tcmppratures have caused con- ditions described as being “like thc Yukon".

Evcn the son is frozen on the. coast there: while across th channel. at the, historic Belgian port of Dunkirk. the sea froze for nearly five miles from the shore and no passenger ships could use the port.

Thc extreme discomfort of the unusually severe and unus- ually protracted cold spell has been aggravated by a shortage of fucl. Coal supplies are run- ning short. trucks cannot move on the drift- blocked roads to de- livcr frcsh supplies. and dumps of mined coal are freezing solid.

“What do you do about th a problem of frozen dumps in Canada?" Is one topical ques- tion askcd by British newspap- ers of their Canadian corres- pondcnts. The answer is fh at Canadian coal mines either clean their coal by air - blast rather than by wafer-wash. or elsc thcy front the washcd coal with oil: cithcr way thc coal Is not so wct that frost will vert it Into a solid frozen mass.

HYDRO SHORTAGE

Pcrhaps the worst 3 I n g l e causc of misery has been the clcctricuy slow- down. l-‘ccling throughout the country is very bitter that the operatives of this public utility havc chosen this uniquc mctcorological curse to reduce supplies and threaten

mands.

Buckingham Palace. h e

Low Salt Diet

Eases Tension

By Dr. Theodore R. Van Dellen

SOME GIRLS and women feel terrible and are hard to get along with for four to five days before their period. No one can do anything right or fast enough for them. They obvious- ly are upset, irritable, tense and nervous.

The condition Is called pre- menstrual tension, even though tension Is only one of the symp-

eadache, abdominal bloating. tender swollen breasts loss of a p p e t i t e. and nausea may occur. Many will show a gain of two or three pounds If they step on the scale every morning. Most of this a d d e d weight results from an accumu- lation of fluid in the tissues, due perhaps to an Imbalance of the sex hormones in preparation for menstruation.

A diet poor in salt. along with a diuretic, usually are recom-

strual symptoms and excessive water storage. Various drugs

including ammonium chloride. Correcting the hormonal im- balance la of questionable value

may help. especially when

eight pounds before the period. Here. progesterone or methyl- testosterone are useful.

Psychologic factors also en- ter the picture. Some women are quite sensitive to bodily sensations and may develop anxieties or other fcclings that bring on tension. demonstrated that those with psychic causes have varying atd tltudes toward the menses.

Some have disturbed familial relationships: others associate menstruation with stcss and unhappiness or be- lieve they 5 uffer more than they deserve. T he s e women need tranquilizers or therapy.

Now and then all of these fac- tors enter the picture and if is

these years. we In Canada have been laboriously moving the an ow

home of the Queen. was not hit with plouzlls and lb I o w or I."

by the black-outs and dim - outs i which struck hugc arcas of Lon- don. But nevertheless M ajor Mark Milbank. the Master of

the Household. Issued a candle fire and an oil stove In the lIv-I

to every member of the staff as a precaution. And then a com- nlctc powcr failurc did hit the Palace. and the Queen's dau-

0 , ghter was able to do her Imme-

work by candlelight. thanks to ‘the foresight of Canadian-train- ed Major Milbsnk. He was em- ployed in the same job at Gov- ernment House here after the war. And while in Ottawa, I re- call. he experienced the dire

commcntcd my friend.

Anothcr report etches an Icy picture of home life In the Frig- have an electric

lng room but have run out of coal and wood for the fireplace. We sit in fur coats. fur - l l n ed boots and mittcns with rugs round our knees. And then we are comfortably warm until

thcy turn down the electric

powcr.’

Power cuts. coupled with the overload of the unusual demand. dims the lights, slows the cook- ing. chills the heating and shuts

consequences of a hydro failure down televiston,

when he was a guest in an all- :electric labour-saving .which became a stagnant help- ‘ less “ice house" i an PREPARED . heard a report of British ingcn- uity in those unusual difficul- tics. Snow drifts 20 fcct dccp blocked a rail linc. An aircraft jet engine was mounted on a flatcar and back into the drift.

,Its hot exhaust blast sliced adians are prepared for auchr

.through the drift like a knife Ithrough buttcr. and the trains

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Another report says: "The ar-

we are having a bad time. Thousands of

old folk and the very young suf- fer intensely from cold housell From one Canadian official. I due to the electric shortages. | Thc shop ' . organised these wild cat slow -i is not contagious yet my wrfe.

stewards who

downs at this time should be shot.'

But from all comes the en- vious comment: "Of course Can- scvcrc cold and know how to dcal with it."

i Confederation Is Canada’s

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There is a lot of scarr- talk by Quebec separatists. and even by some in that province in positions of responsibility. about the breakup of Confedera- .tIon. But thla Isn't something

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about which ccrtain elements In Quchcc have the final say. and pcrhaps it is timely to let them know this. ' Confederation belongs to all Canada. It belongs to all Canad- tans. All Camdiiavne have to their say as to whether it will

‘ cndurc— and the great major-

lty of Canadians will be deter-

‘ mincd to see that It does endure.

MR. WHEATLEY REPLIES

Sir, w The Government of the day should be congratulated on the External Audit of 1959-60 In which it was minted out that

6 of e tampdyem’ money had been lost to Mr. Heeney during the initial development of his Frosted Food Plant at Sherwood.

However, Mr. Hceney's pres- v

ent strange statement points out that he did obtain $450,000 loan from Government. but that he gave a $35000 note in payment for thc Shcnwood plant which he purchascd from It m on a mortgngc sale. and that- this note has been lost for 2-3 years. Stranger things have h be. he should not shout "em~ phalic dcnial" bccause as chief ncgotlator for this loan 2 should havo known the facts: and why wait for the External Audit to publish them?

It has been admitted to me by Government officials th at Mr. licency's interest of $19,097. which be paid in full for $3.000. cannot be explained even by themselves.

Therefore an outstandlng note for 835.000 which had previously been lost for 2-3 years. and an uncxplatncd shortage in interest payment of 311.097. cannot add

Pry much sirpport (to Mr. Hem- ey's statement that P.E. Island taxpayer's haven't lost. “0.097

I am. Sir. etc, WOODRUW WHEATLEY VOICES COMPLAIN

Sir. —— I would like to have a small space in your valuable paper for me to say a few words In regard to Unemployment In- surance and the great investiga- tions being presently carried out in this connection.

Last July an investigator call- ed at our house to me about some irregularities In my claims

lto see me but stayed for some ‘length of time plying my wife ‘ with questions. Nothing more ‘ was heard for quite some tirme ; ’ and then in November he arrlv- I .ed at the house again and In- formed my wife that I would I have to pay back some of the i ' unemployment I receivcd th e , previous winter. Now I am very much against . abuses of Unemployment lnsur-i . ance as I think it is a wonder- ‘, ful thing and if this gentleman : hart crmc to mo in thc first ‘ Eplace I would have co-opcralcdi i with him one hundred per ccnt and given him all the answers

needed. As it was he wentl

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96' I to some of my neighbors and it

‘ ended up with the. Issue ver y 1

much confused and I am to have i , $00 deducted for an old buildinfl : la neighbor gave me to tear; ' down for wood. I m also charg- led with being not available for r ‘ other employment whereas if I I had received a call to go toi 'work I could have rcportcd at; the local Employment Office‘ ‘ within the half hour. I

Now air. I wonder if this Ges- tepho method cf investigation is i being carried out with the ap-i proval of the Dominion govcrn- j ment? lf so I would say that i some of the freedoms and libcr- i tics that several thousand Can- I adiana. Including mysclf. donned uniforms not so many years ago

went out to protect, a re j slipping away just a little.

I understand that the Unem- ployment Fund is getting very low. but If the Government has to resort to this to replenish It without dipping Into the Trees- ury. things are in a bed state of affairs.

There are rumors of an elec- tion in the spring so my family and I will have an opportunity to go to the polls and express our appreciation of this great

government that with one band and tho eh it away In the other. I am, Sir. etc, LIDYD lacPI-IAIL New Dominion.

‘ low - citizens

, rights and privileges

Canadians have a night to pro-

fact their country 333 frag- mcntation. If a h o w d o w n . comes they will exercise this

right. They just won't tolerate one segment of the country pill- lng up stakes. quitting the coun- try and going it alone.

Any thought of civil war is nonsensc and we believe our fel-

" in Quebec would regard it as such. But It Is well to remember that a bloody civil war was fought a century go in the United States to pre- serve the unity of that country. More recently there has been another example of civil strife. In The Congo. with the United Nations on the side of preserv- ing unity of that country and opposing the. secession of Kaun- ga province.

The British North Americ Act. the act of federation. tains no right .of secession. And Canadians. as a whole. certain- ly won't agree now. or in a future. that there I any a u ch

All Canadians agree the peo- ple of Quebec are entitled to the granted thcm in Confederation. T h ere

I will also be sympathy for the

desire of the populace there to play their full role as Canad- tans, equal In every sense to their fellow - Cenadlena. the separatist: should be that separation will not be fol- crated.

But told

MEET NEW ENVOY OTTAWA (CPl—Eeeda of the

11 United States conaular office-a In Canada outet Ottawa will 0

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in order to use a combination ‘tablet containing a hormone. a ,diuretic. and a tranquilllzer. In such instances. the remedy ls tailored to fit the Individual problc

1 questions on medical .topics If

gstamped. self - addressed en- velope accompanies request.) R T ART ATTACK

, A. l". writes: I'm 37 and have Ijust recovered from a heart at- itack. I always participated In ; sports. What are the chances I

will be able to resume playing .tennis. pingpong. and volley ‘ ball as well as go gskating. and skiing? i REPLY l

Anyone who has a bona fide . at