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Why The Haste Now?
~ Since the Pearson Government chas gotten itself into such a rigid position that it cannot—or will not— remedy the basic faults in the Can- ada Pension Plan, it is plainly the duty of the Opposition to force. its hand in the, matter, and resist any attempt to prevent a full-scale debate on its implications.
This is one of the most complicat- ed—and certainly one of the most im- portant—measures to come before Parliament, and the fact that it was held over until the dying days of the session is an intolerable piece of ef-
_ front on the Government's part.
Plainly it needs all scrutiny that can be given it. The Government's offer to
the age for old age security to 65 was a step in the right
tion (17 per cent income tax plus ber cent old age security tax.) This
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officers and the Department of Citiz- enship and Immigration at Pigeon River on the Ontario-Minnesota border. These buildings, without the land, cost in all $143,000. When, be- cause. of the building of a bridge over the river some miles away, they were no longer of use, all these build- ings were sold for a total of $8,145.
Or take the case of the damaged coast guard vessel. Here was a ship eoming down the St. Lawrence from Three Rivers to Quebec City “in fine clear weather with excellent visibil- ity,” and running aground for no oth- er reason but “the negligence, major in character, of the officer in charge.” The officer was transferred to an- other position and assessed the max- imum penalty of $250. The taxpay- “ers of Canada paid the penalty of $147,671, the amount of the ship's damage.
“The foregoing,” the report states in its deadpan manner, “is an ex- ample of the losses borne by the Crown under its policy of acting as its own insurer.” It adds the recom- mendation that such losses be record- ed for Parliament's attention in the Public Accounts.
And after that, what? The easy- going attitude to the handling of pub- lic wealth seems to be all-pervasive in governments these days. In another report, Members of Parliament, we are told, racked up a record total of “free” air trips in a four-month per- iod, several of them spending well over $2,000 each on this form of travel, all of which comes from the public purse. At one time demands for plane seats were so heavy that trips had to be limited to one a week. That--must-have -been ~ a- real-incon-.. venience!
In Alberta, Now...
While we still can’t get to the bottom of the plan to “phase out rail- way operations” in this province, and are being reminded, from time to time, that the. railway is “doomed” anyway and that we should reconcile ourselves to the enevitable, we find from the Speech from the Throne at the opening of Alberta’s legislature last week that quite different ideas prevail in that part of Canada.
Out there, it seems,. they're plan- ning on railway expansion for the purpose of developing Athabaska’s oil sands area. “Supplementing this large-scale development in North- eastern Alberta,” says the Speech. “my government believes that far- reaching additional economic bene- fits would accrue if the resoyrce areas in the western part of the prov- ince north of the Canadian National
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headlines, with scare sugges- | tions that this great internation- al hope for world peace might go broke: or worse, that it might disintegrate through quar- rels over meeting its expenses. The trouble has arisen over disputes about financing the UN peacekeeping operations.
Canada has an excellent rec- ord; we are the only country which has voluntarily particip-
ing operation, and we not only pay our assssments in full, but also make temporary payments to assist in covering the deficit caused by the non-payment by Russia, France and other na- tions.
There are four classes of. con- tribution which member- na- tions are asked to make.
The first covers the general administrative services of the United ’ .
international law, and the con-
totalled about 80 per cent of the regular budget of $101.3 million
paying these costs. economic and social
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Financial. Woes Threaten UN Shipwreck
agreed with the legality and set- ting’ up of these ‘operations, and haye sefused to contribute to the cost. UNFICYP {United
ions Forces in Cyprus) has
| been financed on a. voluntary | basis, with no general assess-
ment.
Article 19 of the Charter of the United Nations says that no member-nation may vote in the general assembly if its arrears
| exceed two years assessment
ated in every major peace-keep- —
tional programs, such as the | English. One is that codification and development of | languages is English.
last year. No country objects to |
A further 16.3 per cent of the | regular budget was devoted to |
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position.
EQUITABLE ASSESSMENTS A committee on contributions
works out the proportion of the
budget which shall be assessed
against each member. This is
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Nutrition © For Elderly
By Dr. Theodore R. Van Dellen It is difficult. and offen un- wise to change the life-long ha- bits of oldsters. My philosophy is. to let them alone unless they are doing, something detrimen- tal to their health “ Most prob- | lems along this line center about diet and almost every day I re- ceive a letter from a_ worried daughter: ‘What shail I feed my 70-year-old mother who lives with us?” | The aged need fewer calories because they are less active. In addition, their basal metabolic rate is 10 per cent less than that of younger adults. There is no need for concern when they ask for smaller servings, provided they are not undernourished. There is no foundation for the
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THE WAY
It is indeed clever of nature to it so that no two snowflakes alike, but does she have to several billion of them to proveyher point? —Cal- Herald... .
A dog is said to be still man's best friend—which says some- thing for the loyalty of animals. —Ottawa Journal.
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Women complain when their turn grey, but most men are happy if they can keep some of theirs, no matter what color it is— Vancouver Sun.
They say that, before science should be able to wipe out the major killing diseases. But the resourceful human race
belief that proteins should be lessened beeause they are ‘hard on the kidneys.” It is true that the rate of tissue growth is slow-
needed to replace worn-out tis- sues. Meats. liver, fish, chicken, skim milk, cheese, eggs, and cereals are excellent. nutritional building blocks and should not be decreased with advancing |
years.
Fat consumption should be re- | duced because of its high calor- ic ‘¢ount and its relationship to hardening of the arteries. But this seldom is a problem be- | cause most senior citizens eat | less of everyth'ng, including | fats. Carbohydrates are less ex- 2, available in a variety items, and are easy to chew and digest
There are some special consid- erations. Oldsters need calcium and the dairy products are a | good source. Iron deficiency is | noted frequently ‘but can be cor- rected by increasing the intake | of green vegetables, cabbage, | brussels sprouts, peas, beans, lentils, and meats. The vitamin need is supplied through var- iety.
Roughage helps prevent con-
; country's economic: strength and | before dinner and brandy as a ; population, subject to a-ceiling | S@dative.
| and a floor. Thus last year USA was assessed at the ceiling, ap- | prximately 32 per cent of the
total budget, or about $32 mil- | 15 | two inches?
| per cent, Britain seven, Francé™|
lion; Russia was assessed
six and Canada three per cent. The floor was 0.04 per cent, or $33,000
Arrears to date total $136 mil-
SHORT STATURE K. V. M. writes: Can an oper- |
will find something else to’ die of.—Calgary Herald. _
Quebec Liquor Board employe- es have voted to end their strike. Their decision will be a giorious headache to thousands of thirsty Quebecers.—Hamilton Spectator.
“I was not impaired your Honor!" the defendant insisted. “But the officer has just told the court you were trying to climb a hvdro pole.” ‘‘Well— what would you do, your Honor, if an elephant and two croco- diles were chasing you?" — Fi- nancial Post.
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Were the question still worth only 64 silver dollars, as once it was, today’s quiz show contest- an, wouldn't even bother to an- sWer it.—Boston Globe.
Hear about the Texan and his .wife who dropped in at a fancy art gallery and bought up all the Van Goghs, El Grecos, Gau- guins, Monets, etc., in the place? “Okay, honey,” he beam- ed with a relieved sigh, “that takes care of our
| cards. Now let's get started on
our shopping.’’—Montreal Star.
Certainly you know about the scientist who concentrates on a single problem, learning more and more about less and less until he finally knows every-
| thing about nothing. On the oth-
er hand, the economist knows a little about everything, learning less and less about more and more until he finally knows nothing about everything.— Wall Street Journal.
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A death with honor decision was made by the North West Sussex Water Board at Horsh- am yesterday. A directive to the board's bailiffs allows them to shoot cormorants suspected of eating any of the £1,700° worth of trout which are to restock Crawley's Weir Wood reservoir at Forest Row. But ‘‘to be fair’’ to the dead birds a post- mor- tem examination will be made to establish their guilt or inno- cence.—Manchester Guardian
Power Struggle At UN
By Carman Cumming Canadian Press Staff Writer
The long opening battle of the United Nations “‘article 19 war' has subsided into armistice, and the question arises: Who won?
Washington, Moscow and Pe- king might al! claim a small slice of victory out of the power struggle. All of them suffered setbacks as well, but the big
stipation. The excessive use of | ~~n—=b-gmtt=-shoult be~taitibe, And. there... loser.seems to.be the paralysed ..sessments.. approximately based on each + #%-no harm in a glass of sherry | UN itself.
Washington has hacked up| step by step ever since last Dec. | 1 im its declared resolve to bring the Soviets to heel under
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REPLY Yes, but it is safer and much easier to be content with what he has. After all, many success- | ful and influential people have |
lion, but this has so far been fi- | been shorter than average. |
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Repeatedly the US. insisted it would challenge the Soviets’ right to vote in the General As- sembly at the first opportunity because of their refusal to pay peace force assessments.
But last Thursday the assem- bly was blackjacked into a vote by Communist China's ally, Al-
nanced by the issuance of Unit- | o¢ increasing heizht but, for | bania. The Americans, in a dis- ed Nations bonds, taken up by | practical purposes, they are too | Play of intricate ‘egal contor.
about 60 member- nations, in- cluding Canada who purchased ‘$6.24 million of bonds.
There are strong \ \argurbents in favor of Ca’ childs | learning “to write’ and sp¢ak this \copn- try is bilingual and one\ of the ‘Uni-
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| The fact is that the contrary ~ is réquired.-The final grade of high school is an excellent time for all who would’ take advan- tage of higher ‘education to equip themselves to be able to do so.
English, in an English-speak- | ing country, is not a specialty— | it is an indispensable tool for | all, whatever their sphere of ac-
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Every Canadian needs as thorough training in his lan- guage as he can get—ang this applies particularly to those who
and to refugee | any mastery whatever of the ba- go in for advanced learning.
Ideas can only be communic- ated through the medium of writing in English. This sets out | in black and white any fuzziness | OF confusion of thought or error | of judgment.
In a society such as this in which we live, the value of pre- cise, logical and accurate ex- pression cannot be overstressed.
It i a pity, therefore, to see academicians making this fund- amental blunder.
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| stick. ‘There are times when | freshness is more important | than heaviness. | Even assuming that value can be expressed in ounces, how does that protect the consumer? | If a manufacturer wished to | be unscrupulous it would not be difficult for him to increase the moisture content of his product, which would reduce its price per | ounce: Or, if that is impractical, | he could use heavier (and per- | haps lower quality) ingredients | to make sure he offers more weight for less money. | All this is silly before the
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your. column? REPLY This condition represents an enlargement of a kidney caused by an obstruction. Infection and |
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tion, explained that it was only a procedural matter so the Rus- sians could vote. BLUFF CALLED?
The Albanians said that meant | the American bluff had been | called. |
To some extent they were | right, since Article 19 says clearly that countries whose ar- ears total more than two years’ assessments “shal! have no | vote” in the assembly. It makes |
| no distinction between proce-
dural and substantive matters.
But the result was far from a clear victory for the 13 debtor countries — who include France, Belgium, South Africa and Al- pania itself besides the Soviet bloc.
The 13 were stymied when the assembly refused to free them from the threat of Article 19, even titough the Russians had promised an indirect payment if the body would do so.
To Western eyes, that indi- cated support for the assembly's right to levy ce-keeping as- : lt. also... meant that the Russians, while contin- uing to insist on exclusive peace- keeping control by the Security Council, were seriously looking for a way out of the tangle.
BIG TWO EMBARRASSED
Peking’s role in the battie— and its motives — are much less clear. ;
Most Western delegates as- sume that the Chinese regime, barred from the UN itself, di- rected A'bania's manoeuvre in trying to force a showdown vote. They believe the aim was to embarrass both the Russians and Americans and to damage the UN.
If that assessment is true, the Chinese had some success. The Americans and Russian were indeed embarrased andthe as- sembly had to stumble through the most dismal meeting of a dismal session before managing to block Albania.
But the outcome was just what the Russians and Americans had agreed on — a summer -. long adjournment to allow examina- tion of the whole peace-keeping setup.
If the Chinese aim was to dis- rupt these negotiations, it failed. Conceivably, it could even back- fire and prod the big two inte their first meaningfu' talks on
the problem.
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