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Thatcher Takes Over

The Liberals under Premier Ross Thatcher have finally taken over in Saskatchewan. after toppling a CCF administration on April ‘22 which had been in power for 20 years. As was to be expected. Mr. That- cher‘s new cabinet is composed of pretty green timber. While some of its members have had experience in the opposition benches, none has had experience in government. Mr. Thatcher is fortunate, however, in that many of the Liberals elected last month are men of high calibre.

The new government's campaign

pledges included a promise to lower the provincial sales tax from its present five per cent to four per cent immediately. and to three per cent as soon thereafter as possible. If Mr. Thatcher reduces the tax as prom- ised, he will reduce provincial rev- enues by some $8 million. This will pose. quite a financial problem. " Like Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan was hoping for a bet;- ter financial deal from Ottawa than it received at last November’s fed- eral - provincial conference. Mr. Thatcher may be anticipating a bet- ter one now. having brought. his province politically into line with the controllers of the federal purse- strings. But. as the Winnipeg Free Press sees it. another factor enters into the picture, about which he may have cause for concern.

This is the fact that in recent years relations between Saskat- chewan Liberals and the Liberal or- ganization at Ottawa have been less than cordial. and that enthusiasm among federal Liberals at Mr. Thatcher's victory last month was more than a little restrained. They distrust him because he was once a. prominent member of the CCF; also because. in his fight against the CC‘F-NDP in Saskatchewan, he was forced into taking a right-wing position which is equally at; odds with federal Liberal trends.

The federal organization’s dis- dain for the Saskatchewan Liberals was shown by its failure to give Mr. Thatcher any help in the election campaign, and by its appointment of a federal organizer in the. prov- ince without consulting Mr. That- cher or his collcagues. Since his victory Mr. Thatcher has let the federal Liberals know that. he in- tends that thc provincial party shall be master in its own house. His urgent need. it would seem. will be the wlicrcwithall to support this independent attitude.

Gen. Foulkes' Reply

One of the complaints made be- fore the Royal Commission on Bi- culturalism and Bilingualism was of discrimination against French Canadians in the armed services. A vigorous rebuttal of this claim has been made by General Charles Foulkes, who was chairman of the Chiefs of Staff from 1951 until he retired in 1960, and who writes in the Toronto Telegram to say that "nothing could be farther from the truth." The exact opposite. he con- tends, has been both the practice and the custom over the past 40 years. Owing to the chronic short- age of French-speaking officers In all services In both peace and war, they have actually received prefer- cntisl treatment. -

General Foulkes states that dur- Inig the last war, lower standards of military proficiency had on some oc- enelm to be accepted in order to obtain the number of thmk-

glugdflooflnqulndSaneFrench-

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nr I new cadet college was set up in St. Jean, Quebec. for the purpose of assisting and encouraging more French Canadians to qualify for commissions in the armed services. The courses of study were especial. 1y designed to assist the cadets from the French classical colleges, where much more emphasis is plac- ed on instruction in languages than on mathematics and science.

At the same time cadets from other parts of Canada are given special training in French so as to become bilingual before they leave the college. In the later years of the course French and English are used exclusivly on alternate days of the week.

The requirement today for French~speaking officers Is continu- ing to increase. Not [only are they needed in the three French-Cana- dian infantry batallions, but are also required at NATO headquar- ters as attaches in European coun- tries, in the (‘ongo where French is the second language and also in former-French Indo-China w h e r 0 Canada participates in the tiruce commission. These increasing de- mands for French-speaking officers tend to prolong the length of ser- vice of the bilingual officer and not shorten it as has been contended before the commission.

These statements by a respon- sible military authority are reas- suring. They can be checked as to their accuracy, and no doubt the commission will make it its busi— ness to do so, and embody the re- sults in its report.

The Money Problem

The convocation exercises at our institutions of higher learning are a reminder of the fact that despite a substantial volume of scholarship and bursary aid and easy-term loans. there is still not enough to guarantee that every qualified stud- ent can go to a. university, and that this problem will get worse as the hordes of youngsters now in school start knocking on university doors, and as more students pursue gradu- ate studies.

This point is made in a recent article in the Financial Post, which notes that summer employment-— once the obvious way of paying for a college education—is becoming less effective every year. Automa- tion is eliminating many of the jobs once done by university stud- en-ts. And unless more money is available to universities to Cover their mounting operation costs, fees will have to be raised substantially.

Right now, cost to the student of a. year at university ranges from an average of about $1,352 in an arts or science course to $2,465 in dentistry. according to the most re- cent DBS report on student income and expenditure. This cost includes fees, books, room and board and other living expenses.

According to this report, based on a s ample of Canadian univer- sity students in 1961-62, about 65.3 percent of male students and 63.7 per cent of female students did not receive scholarship assistance. Of those who did, more than half re- ceived less than $400. The percent- age of male students reporting some interruption in their university edu- cation because ot’ insufficient money ranged from 8 per cent to over 35 per cent. Only 18.2 per cent of all fees for arts and science stud- ents were met through scholarships, bursaries and loans of all types. Pharmacy was even lower with 17.1 per cent.

It seems that if we are to grapple with the question of higher education realistically—not only in this province but across Canada— funds on a great deal more gener- ous scale will have to be made available. The problem is where to get them.

EDITORIAL NOTE

Shortage of domestic staff in Britain is reflected in the growing pers-uasiveness of advertisements for them in many newspapers. But few offer such unusual attractions as the following advertisement from the London Times of 50 years ago, quoted in a BBC broadcast recent— ly: "A good cook is offered a mag- nificent view from the kitchen Iwin~ dow of main thoroughfare with eon- stant arrests, small accidents, am- bulence calls, and other interesting incidents at all hours of day and evening."

WHITE HOUSE SUPERMEN

BRITISH COMMENTARY

NATO’s Role In A Changing World

By W. N. Ewer United Kingdom Information Service

It has become a habit to cast l

NATO Ministerial Conferences

for the role of “crisis meetings" -

This year's Spring meeting of the NATO Council was no ex- ception. And in the event commentators were, as usual. wide of the mark.

re was no attempt at The Hague to call in question the

structure or purposes of the Al— '

llance. There was general agreement that Its existence Is essential and of enduring impor- tance.

Nevertheless, there we re signs of changing interests and viewpoints In the exchanges be- tween government. And NATO is none the worse for this. Every political organization. like every biological organism, needs adapt itself continuously to changes In its environment.

NATO's environment. the cir- ‘ sion in Europe faded. n has fad_ 1

the ‘

to:

l

cumstances in which It exists, ;

PUBLIC FORUM

This column II open to the dIscunieI by correspondents of questions of In-

nerrssnry. The outer Into Iny enrrrespondence rel-rd- lng lettern Iuhmllled.

NO OTHER FILL?

Sir.—0n driving around Vic-‘

toria Park on Monday, May 18. and viewing the damage done

4 sectors of a world front.

to the hreastwork and railings, :

I was very much amazed to

find the City of Charlottetown ‘

using tombstones as (ill for the sections where clay has been washed away. The names. dates. etc. were quite distinguishable.

and noted in particular the date , 1864

To me. Sir, this seems like an act of desecration. and unnec~ essary. Surely. if we can spend 320.000 on arches. we can at- ford to buy a few tons of fill for

lUnion and China,

Victoria Park. instead of break- 1

ing up the tombstones of de-

ceased citizens of early Char- ‘

Iotletown. I am. Sir etc.

and with which it is devised to deal. have changed since its’ foundation fifteen years ago. and are still changing. i In 1949 the outstanding danger was that of the threat to West- 3 cm Europe _v a massively armed, expansionist-minded So—f viel Union. That dancer has dwindled largely because of the I existence of NATO and of the ; new balance brought about by‘ its existence. ' The turning point was Khrushchev‘s peremptory mand. at the close of 1938. the withdrawal of the Western powers from Berlin within six. The NATO Alliance stood firmly in face of the im- ‘» plied threat. DEDUCTION DRAWN I And the Soviet Government:

Mr. '

1 the early twenties.

“drew the correct deduction“.

The danger of a Soviet aggres-

ed almost to vanishing point. And it is likely to remain there ; so long ATO exists. is strong. and is visibly resolute. So the "NATO area" in 1964 is , no longer the danger zone for world peace that it was in l949.

‘ In this respect NATO has achi " ievcd its purpose ‘

Soviet hostility to the “West”, l as we are occasionally sharply reminded. remains. But Soviet pressure lnow mainly express-

‘ ed through subversion and infil-

trationi has been transferred from the “NATO area" to other l

I speak of it as "Soviet" pres- ; sure on the West. rather than as “Communist” pressure, For it is. I am sure. a profound mis- take to regard Soviet policy as * purely an instrument of Com-l munist ideological aspirations. ‘

That may have been true 40 1 years ago. Today It is true no , onger. For in both the Soviet ‘I Communist ' movements have become pre- dominantly the instruments of national power politics. Which; is why there are now two Com- 1 munlst Ideologies reflecting the nationallsm of these two rivals. , SOLIDARITY SACRIFICED ‘

And indeed, in the past when- l

“ ever there has been conflict be-

A snocxno CITIZEN ‘

THE CANADIAN FLAG

Sir.——The Canadian Legion Dominion Command with the

rime Minister as guest had its meeting at Winnipeg on the past Sunday; the delegates repre- senting the various locals from across Canada formed meeting.

These delegates. I feel sure. were selected because of their ability to do Legion business as required and theIr Conduct rould be proper In all meet- n .

The Prime Minister brought forward a distinctive Canadian Flag. his thought being that it would aid in the unification of Canadians. But to my amaze- ment and puzzlement the Prime Minister was shouted down for what I am at a loss to know.

The flag the Prime Minister had was not I Union Jack. Fleur De Lis. Stars and Stripes nor any other country's flu: but one for us Canadians.

It baffles me that there are here in this country. especially Imong legion members. one whodo not wish I distinctive flag, for It Is one step in the proper direction that will unite and bind us as one cou try This country of ours was made by our foreIIt I who came here for their betterment and yours and mine Ind It Is to this Canada of m we owe our loyalty, not to any European nst'o .

When the Queen comes to our country on her visit give her all . honor and the respect due her. Put to her flag and play God Save The Omen but please gIve us Canada,

1 Im, Sir. etc. 6. [ON

I ChIrloueton.

the‘

anal

tween Soviet policy and Com- munist solidarity. Communist so- lidarity is quite ruthlessly sac- ’ rificed. Thirty years ago. when Stalin was already trying to come to terms with Hitler. Ma- I xim Litvinov. explaining the de- ' sertion of the German Commun- , Ists was very frank. a

“We. of coursa. sympathise ‘ with the sufferings of our Ger- ‘ man comrades but we Marxists are the last who can be re- proached with allowing our feel- ings to dictate our policy".

Communist political prisoners In Egypt today must be realis- Ing that Mr. K'Inushohev could say the same.

Soviet policy is. as Stalin once said. "directed to the interests of the Soviet Union Ind no- where else".

In the same way. It Is not. for 4 all the current profeselone. "In- ti-colonial". It could hardly be . . . or. of a the 19th century European Colonial powers. Rus- sia Is the only one which has not

TWO ESKIMOS DROWN ST. JOHN'S. Nfld. (CPI-Two Labrador Eskimos drowned early Wednesday on I dogaled trip between Iron Bound Island and Makkovlk. according to I report reaching hem. ROMP said Wilfred Seka and Dan-

Iel .lIrIuse. both of Makkovlk. were travelling by dog sled with t childth Mien they Ippevr- ently broke through the Ice. The children escaped Ind continued ‘ on to Maklsolk to Inform nesI- l dent: of the accident.

menu WIIIGIIT

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SHOES

l

Those New British Blades [Adda Free Prue

In shaving, II In tree-felling the blade II slowed II It slices .by friction which, «Inferred to the microcosm, nukes It tug at the whiskers. This gives rise to the familiar feeling of hav- Ing been cthed with I rasp. Gillette found I way round this some years ago by coating the

edge of Its Extra Blue blade‘

with I gel of pheny. silicone: that act I: I lubricant.

Other lubricating films were also examined -— an by other companies: Wilkinson Sw ord Company and Gillette both found that a coating of fluoro- carbon. I tough plastic with I very low co-efiflclent of frlctlon. did an even better job than the silicones. It lasted longer_ for one thing. but the process of melting In on to the blade des- troyed the tempering of carbon steel. This did not bother Willdn. son. which was using the coat- ing on stainless steel blades.

Recently Wilkinson admitted that Its fluorocarbon coating pa- tents had been preceded by Gil- lette's by 6 months and that the company would henceforth have to pay a royalty to Gillette for using the process. But. as Wilkinson‘s chairman said. _ the company was still first with stainless steel blades. Wilkinson has set I pace that forced Gil- lette reluctantly to follow or see be massive markets gradualy

eroded.

Now Gillette Is In the unen- viable position of having to pro- mote In self-defence stainless steel bl nice on I scale that must cut Into its own razor

sales tit holds about three-quar- l

ters of the market In Britain) and to aid the process with massive advertising. This Is having an effect; Gillette now sells 40 per cent of stainless blades sales. But in the months It has been on the market since November last year, the stain- less share of the total has in- creased by a half, to 20 per cent. so that Gillette's have been largely at the ex-

relinquished a square mile 0 territory, and which has not; granted self-determination to a; single one of Its subject peo- ples. ‘

This Soviet policy Is in fact an imperialist policy. THE BIG BARRIER

The Western powers are the' great barrier to the extension of Russian Imperial domination tthough China now. has also to be reckoned as an opponent‘. i

They cannit now be frontallv

:attackcd In Europe But they

can in various ways be attacked elsewhere. It is. incidentally. a thesis laid down long ago by Lenin and Trotsky when the first bid to over—run Europe failed in

There have. of course. many other changes. calling for l

pense of Its older. carbon steel blades A royalty from Wilkin-

f ‘ son will hardly sweeten this.

"The Age Old Story"

“God forbid that we should

rebel agalnst the Lord. anu turn this day from following

I, the Lord. . . ."' Joshua 22:29.

DERAILMENT KILLS MAN LANDOVEER, Md. (API

‘ One man was killed and at least

five others injured Thursday when two Pennsylvania Rail- road locomotives. each pulling a string of freight cars. appar- ently collided. An explosion fol- lowed by I spectacular fire took place some three hours

! after the wreck when gas. spew-

ing from a break in a tank car

‘ said to be loaded with liquid

NOTES BY THE W?

There II I um. pet'th Ip- ocryphIl II to hode town-

.up. of mm: me- thon got their mm". It ll IIId l that the curve sun In Irish

plunging through the to- leden IWImpI be all“ use

Ihlpe the want new could think oft—Winder! Stu.

People with the to nu well be lcu annoying If they would only ltlck Io ill-Ital on. —¢MootroII Stu.

TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIJI Id West New GulneI tits on

m they Ire Ir . 1y. 'Ihoy the been broadlceann‘l. In. propaganda but the New GuInIInI In uanppy With the Menu. oneIlIn Innoua. cen cIn't IpeIk pddan proper.

Ire rd understand, But tint isn’t the main com.

The results of BrItIln'I “little general election" Indicate thIt neither the Conservative gov- ernment nor LIbGr II golug to have In any time new I national mandate In the mIIu event this Iutumn.

Byelectlonl In four widely II- pareted Ind representative con-

‘ do to LIbor that the pn- ty's leaders had Irdently hoped for and expected. The govern- ment held on to three seats and lost one. a net gain of one for Labor. w re It had anticipat- ed It least two.

'llhe most IlgnlfIcInt return:

we from Devlm. I to farm and IndustrIIl riding of Southern England. and I mar- ginal seat. Here the Conserva- tlve candidate withstood I eer- Ious Labor challenge.

II II the first real sign of I turning of the tIde in favor of lSir Alec Douglas-Home's gov- l ernment. ; On the other hand. the results

continue to p t Labor's cI- l pacity for making major gIlnI 1. in the general election, proba- l bly enough to overturn the Go- l vernmen

stituencIeI did not produce the. an M lIndlll

John Bull’s Mind

London Free Prue '

ed I gain from the Conserva. (Ives In I by-electlon It Luton I prosperlng Industrial fowl; north 0

o . I laid to be 100 rIdIngs In Brltal: which present urban fighting ground llke Luton. Ind one or

m me be the Glasgow con. Itltuency of Rutherglen. It was he” gIIned Its seat from on on Thursday. Government margin In the House of Commons today Is 100 seats. Labor will have to take more than 50 of thess. whlle holding what it has. to w n.