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PAGE 4 THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1958, l

Delays-Are Dangerous

There has been a good deal of discussion in Parliament of late about the unemplOyment situation. Government members are making much of statistics which show that the number of unemployed has de- creased considerably in recent weeks; while Opposition members, for their part, are complaining that little is being done to ward off sea- sonal slackness. I

It would be better.if both, sides were to stop behaving as if agenc- ral election were in the offing. and tackle the problem in earnest. The Liberals might be a bit more con- structive and helpful in‘their criti- cism; and the GOvernment would be well advised to take whatever steps are possible now rather than wait until winter hes arrived. .Labor Minister Starr has said, for instance, that certain changes in the un- employment insurance formula have been under consideration but that these will probably have tobe post- poned to the ‘next session. This, we think, ,is a- mistake. There is cer- 1‘ tainlyno compelling reason why the present session should adjourn next Week or at any particular time. It should be kept going so long as there is any urgent business to“ discuss; and certainly unemployment. and' how tolkeep it from getting out of” reasonable. bounds next winter are

I matters of urgency.

If these matters are not dealt with n'ow, it will be the middle of January or, more likely, the middle of February before they can touched. And that willbe much too late to render effective whatever measures are decided upon.

' Rea chlngyl'nio Space 1 The failure of the first ‘U;S.:mqon

rocket has been a disappointment; but perhaps “failure” is not the right word. The extraordinary thing, in the words of a British expert, is that.‘ the rocket was launched at all in this, edrly stage. A faint indication of just complicated the problem is re- v’éals itsclf in the bare description of What the rockets fired at Cape Cana- wsral were expected to do.

if The Thor firststage was to have dirhausted'its fuel and dropped away 2i minutes and 37 seconds after ' Launching. By then the total missile, E weighing some 100,000 pounds, would have been over twice as high as it actually got. Then the Vangard sec— ‘ end stage would have taken over and set the ro‘cket spinning, with eight sinall rockets-giving it flight stability. The second stage main engine would have given a mighty thrust outward. Atop the 4,000-pound liquid propell- secqnd stage was a solid fuel third stage with a thrust of 2,500 pounds— téfhough to accelerate the rocket vio- lenty to the 25,000—miles-an-hour ve-.. lbcity needed to escape the earth’s gravity. 1 I ' After the third stage had been ex- pended the rocket was to have coast- moonward for some five minutes while electronic computers‘ on the girouud calculated any deviations fiom the desired course and 'speed. These deviations, if any, would have

been corrected by the firing of small ‘

pairs of rockets. Thus aimed, the roc- l’get would have continuedtoward the moon for over 21/; days. » 4 ., fl ‘, As it came to within 50,000 or 60,- qbo miles of the moon, 3. 3,000-pound (Thrust terminal rocket in its forward he was to have been fired by, radio signal from Hawaii. This rocket was geared to adjust the probe to the

. ' cod and course required for an». or- _

bit around the moon.

If it had achieved an elliptical or- bit 50,000 miles from the moon, the docket would have taken five to seven days to get around that silvery satel- lite. Its batteries would have kept its fimeras going for about two weeks. It might then have become a perman- ent lunar satellite or escaped. into outer space or fallen back into the

Yearth’s atmosphere to be destroyed

by friction.

The trouble this time was in the rocket’s first stage, the modified Thor intermediate-range ballistic mis- sile, which exploded eight miles up

in the sky 77 seconds after the blast- off. In so incredibly complicated an undertaking men must try and try again. Clearly, it will be a scientififc achievement of the highest orders Just to put the apparatus together and get it off the ground was a great accomplishment.

e j I Mr. Eisenhowers Program

It is hard to see how any reason- able person could find fault with President Eisenhower’s suggested

T economic program for the Arab states. Although the President em- phasized that any program that might be put into operation should be managed by the Arabs them- selves, everyone knows ‘that the cost would have to be met largely by the United States’ treasury, with some help from Britain, France, Canada and a few other countries. It would run into hundreds of millions of dol- lars, perhaps billions.

Yet, there is hardly a chance of 'the program’s being accepted. Presi- dent Nasser of the United Arab Republic has called it a “cover for imperialistic aggression”. Russian leaders have used similar phrases.

How :can there be,any hope of allaying the fears and tensions of the Middle East so long as every constructiveg suggestion from the West, every plea for peace and understanding, every concession to Arab nationalistic ambitions, is treated with; suspicion. and soap?-

, Cattle Sales, . ‘2

According to Western cattlemen, ’ this is going to be a good year, for sales of Canadian cattle to the United States. Ross Thatcher, for- mer member of Parliament for Moose Jaw-Lake Center who has, a ra'nch‘ne-ar Moose Jaw, said the other day ‘that in past years drought in large areas of the United States forced many farmers there to unload cattle. Meanwhile, big crops in the Canadian Prairies forced farmers to buildup" beef herds to,use ‘the sur-

~have 'bumper crops and they .are searching for feeder cattle to rebuild herds. Canadian farmers, on the other hand—on the Prairies, that is —-are faced with the worst, feed

and will have to reduce their herds by selling unfinished cattle. “You’ll find the ,American buyers swarming

cattle back by the earload”, Mr. Thatcher stated. . '

f3, Thereis no great shortage of feed in this; part of the country, ac- cording to: late reports. Still, of course, any increase in American area as well. The emphasis here,

cattle, since that is where the West- ern. shortage will mainly lie.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Fresh testimony to the healthy state and progressive [mood of agri- culture in the Province is provided by

tion, 'which opened yesterday and con- tinues today. As was, stressed re— peatedly by those taking part in the opening ceremonies, the Alberton event is living up to its annual cus-

tom of being “bigger and better than ever.”"

a: a: a: - ,, warned that “a policy of appease- ment today would lead. to war as

States, he added, “rejects that policy.” He should have rejected it two y'ears ago during the Suez crisis, 'when there was some chance of cutting Nasser down to size.

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Once again it is announced that Britain and the United States will supply arms for the 6,000-man Tunisian Army. But this. time the French authorities have approved the move. This is encouraging proof that Allied consultation is working better than it used! ’ to do, under new pressure as Moscow and Cairo pursue their anti-Western aims in the Middle East.

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The Newfoundland Legislature is to resume on August 27 after a six—month recess. It is not expected that there will be any other business except the budget, which was held up in the hope that the Federal Government would decide on the McNair Royal Commission recom- mendations before the budget was completed. There is no point in waiting longer, as Prime Minister Diefenbaker has announced that the current session of Parliament will

not act on the report.

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OTTAWA I-- People 'here are talking of nothing but the scan- dal of the new government Print- ing Bureau, conceived and con- structed under circumstances of costly inefficiency and patronage by the former Liberal Govern- ment. '

“The underground stream” has

» replaced'that holiday lake as a pic for lunchtirne chatter “Snow bailed contracts” have usurped

for telephonic comment. And the Public Accounts Committee hear- ings are keapiug, oulookens out of the usual mid - morning coef- fee conferences in the parliamen- tary cafeteria. ~ :7 .

The story of therrinti, g-‘Bur- can is quite simple. Ottawa has long suspected that something wasvery wnoug concerning the transfer oi this government de- partment from Ottawa to a costly (new marble - halted palace in the city of Hull, Quebec.

Then the‘I-Iouse oi Commons Committee on Public Accounts, set up by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker to check on the spending of the taxpayers' mon- ‘ ey, decided to investigate these rumours. The committee made the laudable but novel decision to appoint one of its members to unfold the basic story by con- ducting the examination - in -

chief of the witnesses. This heavy task, which called for more than 100 hours of research work be- ‘ fore the open committee hearings could begin. was entrustedto a rookie Conservative MP. but experienced legal counsel, David

Walker of Toronto.

, Scientists are moving into a field that long intrigued fish— ermen: the psychology and ha— bits of trout. .

Psychologists have cleared up one mystery: willy hatchery trout were disappearing within a few days of bolus Tuned-weeds into streams.

Ilt was found that hatcherymen fed their changes by tossing food onto the water. for the trout. a splash came to be a chow—call. Released in streams. they con- tinued to surface at a splash. This was fatal, because the splash was generally made by an ot- ter, a. blue heron, or a fisher- man‘s flly.

Habelhcrymen were persuaded to give trout a mild electric shock when they sunlaced after a- splash Such training has made hatchery- reared fish as wary as their na- tive brothers.

RELATED TO SALMON

Trout are closely related to sel- mon, the National Geographic Society says. Like salmon, they genenaflly go ‘up streams to spawn. The eggs hatch in about our weeks. Each newly hatched trout carries a large yolk-sac for nourishment. After the sac is gone, the trout is on its own.

With abundant flood, the trout gnows rapidly. Sometimes, a-s With cutthroat trout, it may cyen reach a weight of 40 poundsel- though bohis is extremely rare. STUDYING TROUT ‘

'The cutthroat trout of 7,735-foot high Yellowstone Lake in Wyom- ing are justly famous among fish- ermen. These handsome fish take nearly any kind of bait in the springtime. sometim, " as an ang— ler can catch one in the cold water of the lake, and scarcely moving a step, cook his prize in a hot spring on shore.

The Yellowstone trout spawh in May or June in the smaller creeks to which the adults have migrated alter the ice has mel- ted. Yellowstone Lake is unique, according to an Interior Depart- ment report. in that one race of cutthroats swims downstream to spawn. Some Yellowstone trout even cross the Continenatl Div- ide during their migrations, and

visit the waters on the other

ng Bureau Scandal By" Patrick Nicholson - ' Special Correspondent for The Guardian

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Mr. Walker opened the subject with a series of questions design-

oi the planning and buildihg pf; the new government office. When he has thus. supplied the com- mittee' with the basic facts in logi~ ’cal se‘quen-ce, other members ’will be able to ask their own sup- plementary questions to elaborate their chosen aspects of the story.

Chairman of this Watchdog com- ‘mittee is Alan Ma-cnaughcon, a Liberal lawyer. ,His appointment ensures that the chairman’s rul- ings shall not favour the Conscr- vative government. This innova. tion was made at the insistence of Prime Minister Diefenbaker,

. who had so bitterly z‘. i so just-

ifiably resented the gagging of parliamentary committees by prejudiced government chairmen during the Liberal rule.

The Printing Bureau story re- vealed to date is just this. The Liberal Cabinet decided in 71948 to build a new printing bupeau; and the estimated cost Was $6,00 000. But the money spent up ‘to the end of this year, and the build- ing will. still be incomplete, will be not six milion but».in‘excess of sixteen million dollars.

There has been severe criticism

projects to move branches of. government out of Ottawa into Liberal strongholds in Quebec Province. For example, the Nao, tional Film Board was moved at unjustifiable expense into a cost- ly soundproofed building on a site adjourned a busy airfield in Mr. Maenaughton’s own constit- uency near Montreal. For the new Printing Bureau, the Liber-

Siudying Trout Ps chology '

National Geographic Soc cty

side of the Rocky Mountains. This can happen because the head- waters of streams going down op- posite sides of the mountains are occasionally joined. , \ WHAT TROUT EAT r Scientists are trying to deter: mine What makes a trout select a given site to build its nest. The distribution of gravel in the stream bed,, the size and shape of the gravel, the temperature of the water, and, the. flow of the stream may play a parr. lfrthe scientists learn what a trout con- siders an ideal spot for nesting, conservationisth may be able to

The potential opened up by the Western slash in trade restrictions with the Communists must be viewed against a background qt

ing about one-mind of the world's population. ,

But just because Canada and her allies have agreed to allow the Reds to buy a lot of goods previously banned does not mean tlhe Reds Willi ‘ swarm into the West with huge contracts.

No one in olfiiciall quartens ex- pools that to happen. Iike any other customer, the Communist, be'he Chinese or Russian, must be cultivated. There will have to, be‘more visits to Peiping, Mos- cow and other Communist centres by Canadian businessmen and government ofificials. PROPAGANDA WEAPON

In the battle for world markets there likely will be play and oouuterplay even among the Western powens as each tries to increase its share of Communist purchases. There may be entice- ments such as special barter deals, in which Canadian busi- nessmen may be at a distinct disadvantage. .

The Communists may attempt to exploit the Western desu‘e and need tor markets for political propaganda. Dififerences among the allies might be emphasized. A supplier tram one country

ed to elucidate the whole story

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fer decentralisation without gov-6

ernment offices haying to be mov-

ed into another province. By the ‘

same token, surely Quebec is large' enough for a printing works to be sited somewhere except ex- traVA-gantly upon ‘a running stream, where the multl - million dollar building be perman- ently afloat and the bilge pumps continuously operating. ‘

This was not enough. Work then'had‘ to be precipitato be-

.gup before plans were ready, be-

cause an electionwas imminent and‘the governmént wanted to u big work projects to attract v esJ Eight such large holemwere

dug in, Canada at that timeL

mostly in large cities. One was

filled in later, after the local vets.

ers had duly elected the" Liberal candidate. ‘ '

Hen-rings of the committee,

*whicb' Liberal partisans unjustifi- ably describe as resembling “the McCarthy witch - hunt in the States," are unearthing .de-’ tails of unsavoury transactions. These hearings haye been. re-

markably for the personal duel

between liberal ex - Cabinet Minister Pickersgill and rookie Conservative MP. David Walker. It is a one - sided dual, and with Walker’s, sharp mind (1 facile tongue winning every nd with a knock - out, observers are commenting that whilst Pickers- gill was-one of the brain - trust- ers of the former Liberal Cabin-

et, the more able Walker has not v

rated a seat in the new Conscr- vatv cabinet. This camarison evidences the superior ability of our new government, they say.

Could be. But the hearings sug- gest that the new government may also be better trusted with our tax money.

into desired areas. ’

How to catch the fish is till the angler’s‘ problem. scarcely

two experts agree, on the merits of dififereut kinds of lures. Trout nor~‘ mally cat insects, fish eggs, and"

young fish, but some will swal?‘ low'almost anything. One cap.- tured specimen had consumed a small piece of bacon. a. bit of wax candle, pieces of celery, onion, worms, and snail-s; a burnt matchstic'k, part of a shaving brush, and a hunk of coal. Though suspicious by nature, trout have been tamed and taught to on tricks. Two brothers in Aus— tria—alter two years of labor and countless wlonms — trained trout to jump over sticks and even allow themselves to. be pet-

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which recognises Red China, for example, may believer-ed against one whose country does not That is not to say that Canada could hope for orders from Chi-

nese Reds if she granted recog-

nition. It is doubled in officials quarters whether the Chinese have any large quantities of dol- lars available for Canadian pur- chases. though the officials say it 115 possible that some boost in Chinese trade could be expected to emerge from recognition.

RECOGNITION AN ISSUE '

Weighed against this possibility is strong United States opposition to recognition. Though some Ca- nadian authorities privately ques- tion the Canadian and American positions, Canada has gone along with the U.S. on this issue, prob- ably to demonstrate strong North American solidarity in defence co- operation. .

.lit is difilioult to see’v’the Cauca- dian government breaking away flrom this policy simply because of the possibility of getting a few more dollars in trade.

Nevertheless it is known that the Canadian administration will lose no opportunity to explore the Communist market, particularly for primary resources exporis, such as wheat and other grams and metals. The Communists have shown particular interest in getting more metals. such A;

Growing Need For Vitamin C

By Herman N. Bundesen, M. D.

WHILE we should eat plenty of fruits throughout our _ hves, they become especially impo - taut as we grow older.

As you advance in years, your need for Vitamin C becomes greater. Vitamin C is essential to help keep your tissues strong and healthy to prevent tender gums and to ward elf infections. SLOWS CONVALESCENCE

Convalescence oilben slows down considerably with aging, and here again Vitamin 'C is entrennely irnpomtant, since it hastens the healing process. “Now your body uses this need- ed vitafmin very nalpidly. It needs a fresh supply every day_ You can get an ample supply Simply by eating .plleut‘ y of fruits, espec-

All mltnus' ‘ ‘ fruits, such as orang- es and grapefruit , are rich in

Vitamin C'. alley can be trash or.

canned, whole or juice. Tomato- es also are good, especially the vine - ripened kind. Again, the tomatoes can be fresh, canned. or in juice form. AMOUNT NEEDED

Just one — half cup of citrus juice or a full cup of tomato juice each day will give’you all the Vitamin C you need.

The other ttesh fruits, “such 815‘ eansf apples and bananas, coring/in gm *, but in lesser amounts. While ey rant take the place of citrus fruits in fur diet. they can be used to and variety to your meals or they can be eaten between meals.