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“PAGE 4 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1966.
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Why The Obstruction?
The Pearson government's bill to end the countrywide rail strike may be defective in many ways, but it is regrettable if the opposition to it in Parliament should have the effect of encouraging the strikers to ignore its provisions in the event of it becoming
law. as the defeat of.the Cojiservative -
motion last evening would seem to in-
dicate. As the Montreal Gazette well
says in this connection, the govern;.
ment has been at fault in letting the
situation gat so far out-of hand as
-it has done; but no delays noted by its critics at this time are toler-
able. If any party leader or member
thinks he is likely to enhance his
standing by raising ~ disputatious
points at* this stage, he will have sheckingly mistaken the country’s
need .and have overstepped its
patience. : ;
The bill, as pointed out yesterday,
is aimed at getting the rail workers
-back on the job, with an interim wage
boost, and leaving the final froning-
__out of the settlement to negotiations between the parties: Whichever way
it is dressed up, it will not be satisfac- tory to the unions which are demand- ing an exorbitant 30 per cent pay raise. But let’s see what it does set out to do, in the public interest. “It-provides that as soon as it is ap- proved by Parliament and becomes’ law, the railway companies - “shall resume~.operations and, employees ‘now on strike shall resume the duties
_of_their-employment;. there shall_be_.
no victimization of strikers; unions shall cancel strike ‘orders to their members and basic pay rates for rail
____wofkers shall be raised by 4 per cent
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curiosity to be ‘catered to. Although it was the Americans who lofted themselves into space—not without a
help from British scientists and technologists—it wa’ left to Britain to prepare the iron rations for the astronaut meals: Working to a brief from Cape Kennedy, a Croydon, Sur- rey firm produced and shaped the tasty capsules which contained food for Astronaut Malcom Scott Carpen- _ter: They comprised vegetable . fat base and low fat milk solids, in three
and almonds, high-protein cereal and almonds,-and cereal and raisins. The space fare display is expected to be a big attraction when the fair opens on Sept. 2: = - And there’ll be braw edibles from Scotland to tempt the jaded palate. Scottish manufacturers are making a determined onslaught for more world trade through their exhibits this year, bringing crowdie cheese from the dis- tant island of Tain made to a 1,000- year old recipe, for one thing. They'll have herring dolled up as orange her-
croutes and what not. No mention of the haggis in the advance publicity we seen, but surely that will be there too! ;
Another Snap Decision?
Prime Minister Pearson sprung a surprise in. Parliament the other day when he said that provincial and federal finance ministers will discuss “next week possible legislation to con- trol wages and prices. The surprise was not confined to the general pub- lic, but was registered by — several provincial treasurers across the country. None,of the treasurers ap- parently had received an invitation from Ottawa; nor had they given any serious thought to wage or price con- trols. ‘
The only meeting the treasurers have been invited to, it seems, is-a Sept. 14 session of the federal-. provincial. tax structure committee called to discuss the—new federal-
appear this fall. This conference was originally set for Sept. 7, but it was “moved on until Sept:14 because of the elections in Manitoba and British
Columbia. Mr. Pearson, it now ap- pears, forgot the change in date. In | any_case, the subject of wage and price controls-was not on the agenda - Meantime, a spokesman. for the Canadian Manufacturers Association has protested that wage and price
great deal of technical know-how:and ©
kinds of space snacks—orange peel ,
provincial tax agreements: that will .
space. Not that. many people will be. . going that way, but there's a lot of
ring salad, caper pie and bloater |
~~ HORATIUS AT THE BRIDGE >
_ OTTAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson __
Parliament's Rights And Mr. Hellyer
-Defence Minister Hellyer: will ‘have “to practice a lot of self- defence when Opposition MPs in the reassembled ~ Parliament open up on him with their abun- dant ammunition.
The -most. serious which could be laid against him centre around the catch-all phrase ‘contempt of Parlia- ment.’’ Liberal governments are notoriously —illiberal—in—their—at- titude to the practice of- demo- cracy, and repeatedly they re- veal a built-in- preference. for contemptuously by-passing Par. liament and acting with the aut- ocracy which is normal,to dic- tators.-- .
The first. specific charge
to
‘which Hellyer is open is that he ‘is proceeding towards unifica-
tion of the three fighting ser- vices without. prior approval by Parliament, and indirect contra- vention of existing acts. ee
Former Defence Minister
Doug Harkness has protested to (Pt. boy to permit a~ major an-./ ment.
planned introduction: of-a-unified trade structure for the three services is ‘‘the first and major step towards full integration.”’
A_ specific act of -unification
back-dated to Jan. 1, 1966, and an additional 4 per cent back-dated to July 1 of:this year.’- Bas
~ The bill provides that the CNR and
CPR and the unions shall immediate- ©
ly resume negotiations to reach a new agreement«and that Labor Min- ister John Nicholson shall appoint a
mediator or mediators to assist in the -
negotiations. It also directs that the mediator shall report to the Minister by Nov. 15,. 1966, and if he reports favorably the government may grant more time for negotiations, setting a
. new date for a report. If the media-
tion and negotiations fail to produce a settlement, the. government can *jmpose compusory arbitration by a
board composed of three arbitrators. —There-is-provision-for-contipuirig.the
old agreement, plus the interim in- crease, until Dec. 31, 1967 unless a new #ateement has been reached in the meantime.. ~
The two conciliation boards, deal- ing with different railway unions, recommended an 18 per cent increase over two years. They suggested 4 per ment. back-dated to Jan. 1, 1966, 4
_ per cent, back-dated to July 1, 1966, another 4 per cent next Jan. 1 and a
final 6 per cent next July 1. The gov-
ernment, as an interim measure, has -
granted the first two-increases and set the companies and unions to bar- gain for further increases with com- pulsory arbitration as a final solution.
In the circumstances, we cannot see where tiiere was justification for Mr. Diefenbaker going on the war- path against: these provisions, what- ever reservations he may: have had with regard to their effectiveness. They spell action, at least; and that—
not acrimonious palaver—is What'the.
country is demanding.
UK. Food Fair
_ Britain's food fair opens in London this month, and it promises to be the largest of its kind ever held in the country. More than 1,000 British and overseas firms are supporting the fair, the main theme of which will be
a world’s winé and food festival—a -
“laste, trv and buy.scramble” well calculated to make.Britishers forget ‘their economic troubles for a while.
Bor the first time-.anvwhere,.the public is going to see what to’eat in
controls would strangle the economy by interfering with the free play of competitive forces, and has suggested - that Ottawa could take a more fealis- tic view of the inflationary problem by cutting its own spending. A spokes- man for the Canadian Construction Association, representing an industry which-accounts for 20 per cent of the gross national product, says it has been consulted by no government de-~ partment on the subject, though the
. matter is one which would require
consultation before any system of — controls was imposed. Trade -union leaders appear to be equally unin-~ formed as to the purport of Mr. Pear- son’s announcement; but they have ~tmade it clear that while they favor price control legislation, they are op-
posed to any more to freeze wages.
| One oftheir spokesmen caustically | remarked that “Members of Parlia- ment vote themselves an 80 per cent | by Hellyer it seems, was in the
pay increase—but there is no infla- tion until workers start asking for a few nickels.” ,
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has been playing it by ear again.
EDITORIAL- NOTES -
The summer issue of the Can- adian Military Journal contains ar- “ticles. on- veterans’ pension, NATO exercises in the Arctic and other items—but nary a’ mention of the dispute between the Minister of De- fence and the admirals.
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One government expenditure to which few Canadians will take ex- ception has been announced by ‘Hon. Paul Martin, Secretary of State for External Affairs. It is a $5,000 con- tribution from Canada’s International Emergency Relief funds to assist the Red Cross in aiding victims of the recent earthquake in Nepal.
Anat es ee Some 2,000 school children in the west of Scotland are, on supervised educational cruises three days a week _ this’ summer: The largest single group,’ from a Glasgow school, are making excursions to Loch Lomond, visiting the historic © Inversnaid countryside where Rob Roy once roamed, and climbing to the top of Ben Lomond high abowe the song-
famed loch—for geography lessons.
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was — to naval eyes — the
crime of placing an Air Com- |
modore in command of, our sea- going: Navy at -Halifax
“THREE FORCES ENACTED _
-Hellyer—of_course has: no par- liamentary authofrity--for either of these steps. The National De- fence Ac says clearly that “The Canadian Forces consist of three services. .namely the Royal Canadian Navy, the Can- adian Army and the Royal Can- adian Air Force.’’ That should be clear, especially to Hellyer who, in his one year of service wore the unifarm of two of those three separate and distinct ser- vices. Seane The only authority’ yet given
| Hellyer by Parliament, and yet
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| ing: unification.
sought by him, was to appoint one supreme-commander of the three services, one ‘‘Chief of the Defence Staff’’ in place of the former ‘‘Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee.”” His ro le
| is ‘to be charged with the con- | “trol—and—administration- ofthe.
Canadian forces’’ — note that last word, plural and not imply- The second offence committed
tradition of the. barefaced . arro-
| gance toward Parliament . pers-
|
a Cy ‘a It sounds as if the Prime Minister’ |
| Berlin district man cities.
on
ified by the late C. _D. Howe, which did so much to cause the 1957. defeat of the St. Laurent Liberal government. I refer to
-Hellyer’s alleged censorship of
the eyidente which Admiral Lan- dymore proposed to give before
the Defence Committee of the ~
House of Commons recently.
In a court of law, it is con- temptuous to coerce a witness, who is sworn to tell ‘‘the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.”
Bead
Our Yesterdays
(From The Guardian Files)
TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO (September 1, 1941)
The chief spokesman of the Japanese army warned that Japan is determined to use force if necessary to ‘break through the encirclement by the United States, China, Britain and the Netherlands.
An official announcement said Soviet bombers attacked the and other Ger-
TEN YEARS AGO ~ (September 1, 1956)
Trade between Prince Edward |
Island and Newfoundland gets a boost asa result. of a subsidy agreement just concluded be-
| tween the Federal and- Provin-
/ cial governments
The arrange- ment provides that fhe Federal Government will subsidize the service to a maximum of $80,000 and, the Provincial Government to a maximum of $20,000 depend- ing on what loss there may be on the vear'’s transportation business.
charges*|
Parliament is the |
‘highest court in the land: a |House of Commons alert to its status would on these grounds /summgn.-Hellyer to explain his conduct before its Committee on Privileges. : ; A third point on which MPs may criticise Hellyer is for per- |mitting’ a bureaucraft to speak for him on major policy state- ments. This was evidenced, for .example. in the ‘Globe and Mail", which earried the\head- line: “‘Tradesmen in Services— Hellyer denies pay move back door to unification." But it was ‘evidently not Hellyer who made that important declaration; _ it was apparently -his executive as- , sistant, Bill Lee, and the news- |paper story- continued:‘A | g:okesman for Defence Minister | Hellyer said...” | As one of Ottawa's old public {relations experts commented, + backroom boys should stay off- stage. It is the error of a green
nouncement te appear to come |from a mere appointed bureau- crat, when it is the elected Min- ‘ister who {s “responsible."’ The accepted practice is for the an- ‘mouncement, no doubt prepared ‘by an Edgar Bergen, to be at- tributed ‘to the ventriloquists’ ‘doll: and to say: “Charlie Mc- |Carthy today announced that. ”
These points are not concern- ed with-the merits or otherwise ‘of the policy of unifying the LNavy, Army and Air Force into one service, to be known as-the | Canadian Rangers and all to be
dressed alike in’ seasick- green
uniform, as is whispered. here.
ather, these points are -con- | veerned with Parliament and its |
,tights “and responsibilities. Any government should either play
|by the existing rules, or else cord or of the brain: acute in--' the
{come out. into the open, and ad- |vocate the abolition of parlia- j}ment and the setting up of a \dictatorial system of govern-
: | gait. stupid
of
Bromide Intoxication
By Dr. Theodore R. Van i
In the last 30 years the brom- ide compounds have taken a back seat for their newer com- \|petitors, the barbiturates. Brom: ides- have -not_-been forgotten, however, as there are more than 200 medicines on-the mar- ket containing this product. | They still are used mainly as sedatives and for the treatment of nervous disorders. The new law dealing with drug abuse also will increase the use of these products.
Unlike the barbiturates, the sale of bromides .is not regulat- ed by law and many believe, therefore, that the older chem!- cal is harmless and can be used with impunity. This is not so, be- cause bromides are habit form- ing,-and_in past years we have seen many instances their abuse.
Bromide intoxication (brom- ism) continues te occur. Occa-
detection because variable and subtle symptoms resemble the condition for which the
~ medicine {s being taken. (Most
users suffer from nervo mental disturbances, and
or the
intoxication consist - of mental confusion, irritability, slurred speech, ‘dizziness, tremors, early fatigue, headache, lack of ap- petite, and loss of memory. —
When these. manifestations arise, ‘the original disorder {s
signs of poisoning increase and, before long, confusion becomes disorientation with hallucinations and delusions. Many act as though drunk, with a staggering expression, dry mouth, and tremor of the lips, tongue, and fingers, On talking, - words are slurred and sometim-
‘tes there-is a rash that looks like’
acne .and..often: is. mistaken for it. i
Overdosage can be determin- ed by testing the blood for its bromide content. Figures of 250 or more are close to the poison- ing -level. But-shortly after the drug is discontinued, signs of in- toxication are likely to vanish. The good results are enhanced by taking extra quantities, of table salt and large amounts of |water. The chloride in the salt ‘replaces the bromide, which in turn is excreted by the kidneys. In Severe cases of bromism, dia- ilysis by means of an “artificial \kidney removes the brom ide ions.
STILLBIRTHS
Mrs. N. writes: What is the
sionally the diagnosjs escapes”
early manifestations of bromide |
likely to” be’ blamed and the dos- , age) of the drug doubled. - Then |
| He. undertook to“let them
;was-—-the | though i jbe having little effect in Janu-
“Now, when you wait on the guests at dinner, I want you to be very careful not to spill anything.'’ Maid — ‘Don't wor- ry. I won't say a word.” —Van- couver Province.
er that they enjoy many beautiful it contain- ed. ‘This, said the spinster,
| Showdown With Africans
‘
Each day shows that od Commonwealth . is facing its toughest test. since South Africa. left five years ago. :
President Kenneth Kaunda's | statement Tuesday that’ he is | ‘disgusted’ with Prime Minis- ter Wilson is taken with ex- treme seriousness in Common- wealth circles in London, where the Zambian leader is known as a man of generally moder- jate speech. The only comfort drawn. by \diplomats was that Kaunda did {not summarily announce plans. to pull his country out’ of the | Commonwealth as had _ been | feared ‘earlier.
Although. he refused to attend
ithe. conference— of Common- [wealth prime ministers openin ‘in London next Tuesday, he di lpromise to send a deputy. It, ‘appears that only about half of the Commonwealth's premiers. and presidents will be present, |others being represented by | deputies. }GAVE. WILSON TIME : | In-Lagos last January, Afri- jcan.-members- of the, Common- j wealth gave Wilson a breathing |space to deal withthe Rhode- {sian question. §
{know,: at a further. conference jin’ July, what effect his sane- itions policy was having on the lillegal regime. of Ian Smith.
| Implicit in his undertaking assumption—_that—al-
sanctions appeared te
ary, July would tell a different story:
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Could there now be a com mise by which the UN—w stopping —short.of mandatory sanctions on all countries — authorizec: Britain to punch off . Rhodesia’s overland oi] supplies ~~
from South Africa? ‘
Great dangers and difficulties. . are seen in. this ideg. Most ob- servers believe Wilson's best _ course is to give the sanctions . more bite and to find ways of - making his allies close their trade doors with Rhodesia.
It is reported that Rhodesian . chrome and copper are reach- * ing West Germany, Rhodesian
ig iron reaching Japan and -
hodesian tobacco reaching the Netherlands and Switzerland. bound oil on the high seas. That _was_a-measure of force.
What, ve take
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}accepting a draft for a seat on the United Nations Security | Council.
|..The. fact. that this country has.
“one two-year ferm, in 1957 and 1958, while other UN members. have vet to serve, is no excuse! to hold back.
The report that several Wes- tern European countries are “urging Canada to fill the seat © to be vacated by New Zealand, | beginning hext January 1, should | be interpreted in Ottawa as rec- | ognition of Canada’s stature tn | the organization.
The next two years will be difficult vears for the UN. The forthcoming session is expected to mark the opening of a concert- ed campaign by the African na- tions against apartheid in South | Africa and racism ‘in Rhodesia.
~ Vancouver.
The idea of schools without failures — because they don’t
have examinations — a0 dcubt |
will appeal to most children, es- pecially the lazy ones. But will it help or harm them?
A new non-competitive currt-
culum. will) be used at several schools in B.C. this fall, and ac- cording to a Cranbrook school principal. Dusan Tudey, its bene- fifs are many.
“Noone suffers the psycholo- gical impact of failure,’’ he told a conference of principals at UBC. But what about the joy ef
competitive success — the plea-
+ sure accomplishment. brings?
Mr. Tudey said. substituting | teacher's progress comments for j tests and exams “cuts out the element‘ of competition which |now causes embarrassment for | slower students.” e ~~ ~ |paring young peop or i challenges and hurdles of adult life? ; ; ' | Perhaps there {s' some need to reduce the emphasis on term examinations. ‘“‘Cramming for a single test on which success or failure depends may not be the best way for young students to absorb information and _frain their minds. *
But surely Mr. Tudey goes too far when he speaks of education | with no chance. of failure — of la system so easy and worry-frée that it must be every lazy school | boy’s dream ‘ i Until they can guarantee en- ‘tire lives of nothing buf’ moon-
light and roses, educators should °
keep at least a taste of achieve ‘ment and failure in the curricu- lum Otherwise a great many
RULER 18 ABSOLUTE
The Lamido of Rey Bouba. Cameroon, Africa, is acknowl- edged as personal proprietor of 40.00% people and all their pos- SESS) 0N5,
~ Take A Hot Seat.
Toronto Daily Star | Canada should not hesitate in |The 15 seats around the Secur-
| No Chance To Fail .~
jusual cause a Sena July came and went with People who want e EPL Smith still firmly in power fn RL Among the numerous causes Rhodesia. Kaunda's words gentle, overnight jare lack of oxygen because Of | about Wilson's-‘‘cleverness”” in- ~ —-telief from the compression of the umbilical dicate’ he feels- Wilson tricked oo Loe ta the imather i Africans: Wilson's-show-.|--... discomfort of. jfections in the er, espec- |down—if that is. what it turns | ipati | fally if: combined with high tem- | out to. be—with the Africans | ' , constipation. |perature; syphillis; tuberculos- ‘comes at—next week's meeting People who trusi jis; uremia, and the toxemias of ‘in London. What can jhe tell the medically- i | pregnancy. \ them: now?, 7 =" ean _ SPOTS ON NECK .—____In. London, three courses. of ___tecognised ingredient © We urites: All my life Tse action now are generally held} to helpthemback = gotten red spots on imy neck t) be open to the Wilson gov- . |when angered or upset. My skin | ernment. : i to regularity.
ity Council table will be hot ones and the Canadian government may not wish to be exposed so openly to the pressures arising
already -sat-on_the council for from these issues: It may. feel |
it more prident to remain“ in relative obscurity among the 117 members in the General As sembly especially if the conten tious in Rhodesia is up for discussian and decision.
But- to decline a council mem- bership at this stage in the life of the UN would be a retreat
| from the government's declared | policy. oon
SEE
We used ‘to believe this coun-
try had a useful-contribution to |
make, in keeping the peace. It we still believe it, we ought not
to duck away from a chance te serve on the security council.
og:
Province.
young, people will be tn for a
| shock -when they grow up.
issue of UN. intervention |
is fair and this {s very embar- rassing. Can anything be done to contro! this condition? ;
Avoid situations that lead to anger,. stress, or embarrass-
ment, THROAT LESION
L. M. writes: Is surgery ab- -solutely necessary—for—a—benign tumor in the throat? ¢ :
- REPLY
No, provided you are positive |that it is an innocent tumor and the lesion is. not blocking the
throat. : , LEFTOVERS
Mrs. K. writes: Is eating warmed up leftover hard on my husband’s stomach? REPLY : ! Ask him. There is nothing bet- ter than a beef stew prepared in this way. - TODAY'S HEALTH Fitness can be fun.
(NOTE: All correspondence to Dr. Van Delle, should be addressed to: Dr. Theodore Van Dellen, co Chicago Trib- une, Chicago, Illinois.)
.._MILK.,COSTS MUCH | Mouse milk, used-in-a~Swiss agricultural laboratory, costs ‘about $10 a quart.
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REPLY Te
{FORCE RULED OUT | The first is to go ahead with
even though they have yielded disappointing results. The sec- ond is to use force and the _\ third Is throw...the whole problem. into the lap of the +United_Nations’ : The last two are generally ruled out by Britons but Afri- cans see some hope of a com- promise. Wilson did set some- thing ofa precedent, they point out, by going tothe UN-in-A\ for authority. to stop Rhodesian-
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