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Ron 6 SATURDAY. MAY 18. I963. Monday's Holiday

Victoria Day, which is being ob- served for convenience on Monday in- stead of on the 24th. is one of those links with tradition which we have wisely decided to retain in Canada. We have made it also the occasion for celebrating the birthday of the reigning British Sovereign. Since the advent of Queen Elizabeth we can call it again by its old name, “the Queen’s Birthday”.

Formerly the school day preced- ing this holiday was observed as Em- pire and Arbor Day, affording oc- casion for tree planting as well as for emphasizing the fact that it was under Victoria’s reign that the Brit- ish Empire became a reality. The Empire has now largely merged into the British Commonwealth. and it seems that we are no longer inter- ested in the activities that Arbor Day came to represent. But Vic- toria Day remains, and as the first long holiday weekend of the year it is looked forward to by young and old. Prince Edward Island will join with Canada’s other nine provinces in its observance. though nothing of- ficially is planned by way of cele— bration.

Certainly we may expect a big up- surge in traffic on this occasion. Transportation officials are prepar- ing for extra business. and the Police have issued a warning to motorists to use extra care on the highways. We should like to under- line this matter as being of para- mount importance, calling for the fullest cooperation on the part of all concerned.

H “The Shape Of Freedom

The successful 22-orbit flight of US. Astronaut Cooper has been lauded even by Premier Khrush- chev. It was indeed a brilliant achievement, and a strikingly cour- ageous one as well. But if he shares the views of those who are pushing the space program at Washington, the Kremlin leader can hardly have been very sincere in his congratu- lations. For it is maintained there that the real purpose of this pro- gram is not to win out in a race to the moon before 1970, but to deter- mine the shape of freedom on this planet by determining which sys- tem—the Communist system or the democratic system—generates the will, the resources, and the stamina to do the job.

"This Is crucial,” says one Wash- ington spokesman, “as throughout history it has been crucial for every real power to demonstrate its mas- tery of the new. There would have been no Roman empire if the R0- mans had not mastered madman- ehip. There would have been no British Empire if the British had not been foremost in the mastery of aeemanahip, no British-American victory in Europe over the Nazis If the British and AmeriCans had not been foremost in the mastery of air- manehip.” ‘-

The United States, it is argued. cannot afford to be second in outer space if it wishes to prevent the Communist system front being first and from denying to the free world whether freedom or tyranny is to rule on earth.

If that is molly the Issue to be

decided, then it is time that the two ‘

big rivalpoworadroppedtbe hypoc- ' city of “Ch out" on thdr mlbchlevements. This ‘ clam to the tax- ’ -uaqulre-

race, but there Is an element of exaggeration in the argument. At best it is but a restatement, in modern terms, of the old power con- cept, taking no stock of the “winds of change" that are blowing through such organizations as the United Nations at the present time.

If one studies what is being said by spokesmen for the unaligned nations at this time. one will find that space shots. however dazzling, are of minor importance. The same amount of money put behind some grcatvhumaniiarian cause would do more to win converts to democracy than putting a do7en men on the moon. “'e are constantly being told that this is an ideological warfare in which we are engaged; in which case it will be in the minds of men, in their acceptance or rejection of what constitutes our ideals of ser- vice to humanity, that the race will be won or lost.

Seeking Closer Relations Why are the Christian Churches separated? What are the theological doctrines and historical pressures which keep them apart, and in what direction should they move to end their divisions? These are the basic questions which will be. examined by some of the world's leading theo- logians, historians, sociologists, church administrators and lay meh and women when they meet at Mc- Gill l'niyersity campus, Montreal, next July.

They will convene for the Fourth World Conference on Faith and Order sponsored by the World Coun- cil of Churches, an organization of 201 Protestant, Anglican and Ortho- dox confessions in more than 80 countries. l’i‘cscnt during the dis- cussions will be o b s e r v e r s from the Roman Catholic Church and from some Conservative evangelical churches which are not members of the World Council of Churches.

For the past ten ycarsw-since the last such conference held in 1952 in Lund, Sweden—four major theo- logical commissions and some eighty local and regional groups of theo- logians around the world have been studying these questions in prepar- ation for the conference. The decis- ions taken at the meeting are ex- pected to have a decisive effect on the churchcs’ work for unity for years to come.

At a time when there is a grow- ing ecumenical dialogue bet ween the Roman Catholic Church and other Christian churches and an increasing interest in unity on the part of churchgoing people every- where. the Montreal gathering is indeed of very special significance.

Should Be Remedied

A matter to which the Pearson Government could well give atten- tion has been noted in a brief pre- sented to the Carter Commission on Taxation by the National Council of Women of Canada. It has to do with the injustice involved in the hand- ling under the Estate Tax Act, of widows' annuities and pensions. As things stand at present, many an unfortunate widow has found her- self forced to pay heavy death du- ties on an annuity or pension, only to be required, then, to pay annual income tax on the remainder that is paid out. r

The death duty on widows’ pen- sions is the more unjust because it is calculated on the actuarial life expectancy of the recipient. It. can and does happen that a widow has been forced to sell assets to satisfy a duty on pension money she does not live to collect.

Here, obviously, is an area in which the Government, at very little cost to the treasury, can earn good will and remedy a longstand- ing cause of complaint.

EDITORIAL NOTE

A proud new father in Toronto was really swept up in enthusiasm .over Gordon Cooper’s space flight, reports Canadian Press. He placed this birth notice in two Toronto papers: “Ward—Well I see Cooper finally went into orbit yesterday. So what. Nora and I have gone through this count-down procedure seven times already and each one has been all go. Our latest capsule is a beautiful 6 1b. 14 oz. Venus model named Shawn Erica, launch- ed 9:13 am. Tuesday, May 14, 1963, at St. Michael's Hospital. She fol- lows five Venus and one Atlas type capsules now in a state of semi- oontrolled flight. I now retire from Timber research in this line. Eric."

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SQUIRREL CAGE

OTTAWA REPORT by

Authorities Worn Against New Rocker

.trade of the fly-by-night “im- r another and reputable contrac-

The poorer Canadians who can least afford it, especially old women living alone, are beingi milked by what government au- . lhoritics here call “The H o m e Improvement Racket." So flou- rishing is this get - rich - quick scandal that cases investigated by the RCMP soared in the first seven months of last year to I huge total equal to 2.500 per cent of all the cases probed in the whole of the previous year.

The irregularities in this field . centre around the government, provision permitting the private ‘ banks to make home improve— ‘ ment loans to home - owners. 1 backed by the repayment guar- , antee of the federal government. 1

But through a peculiar loop- . hole in the National Housing Act, It is the victim, not the building contractor, who ends up with a socking great fine and cash pen- ; ally. or even in prison. i

This column recently referred i to a "housing scandal." It was i

to this field of so-called home , improvements that refrence was made. As the figures of recent RCMP investigations reveal, it Is rampaging like a Spring flood 3 across Canada now. One very senior official in government housing circles cemented to me that “it is quite the worst. scan- dal we have ever had." CAVEAT EMPTOR ,

The old Latin phrase, so fa- . miliar in legal circles. empha- sises that “the buyer should be- -. ware." That is especially true‘i when the fast. - talking salesman, 1 generally a stranger in the community. knocks on your door 1 and suggests that your home , needs repairs or improvements . ranging from landscaping the ‘ lot to repairing the brickwork of the chimney. from installing alu- minum windows to building a room over the garage.

T h e government h o u s i ng agency, Central Mortgage and Housing-Corporation, tells m that there are many variations on the racket. but the most dangerous concerns the home- owner who says he cannot af- ford the work suggested. In this case. the "salesman" tells his victim that he can apply to a bank for a loan which Is large enough not only to pay for the work suggested. but also to provide additional cash which

borrower can use at this dis» cretion. Perhaps he has debts which he wants to pay off, and thus he can consolidate his bor- rowings at a low bank rate of interest with easy repayment terms. These Home Improvement loans carry interest at 6 per cent only, and may be paid off over from three to ten .

But the homeowner who thus borrow a sum in excess of the cost of his home improvements is automatically exposed to pro- secution for making this false declaration In his application for the loan. If found guilty. his punishment will be a fine of up to $500. plus the order to repay the loan with interut at once: If he cannot produce the money,

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prover", who frequently over- charges grossly for his work. .What. can the home-owner do?

'3F1rst. be wary of the door-fo- , mumt, . always , get a competitive quotation from t of prison!

Meeting In EthiOpia

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African leaders are gathering In Addis Ababa this week under the uniting drive of two forces: Geography and the powerful desire to end forever the con- tinent's colonial age.

The meeting in the Ethiopian 3

capital is designed to accom-‘

plish what has never before proved possible — an alliance; among more than 30 countries ' whose differences are almost as vast as the continent.

If the goal is achieved.

remaining white-ruled of the south-the

on territories

Portuguese colonies of Angolai 1 a nd 'Mozambique;

Southern Rhodesta and above all the apartheid regime of South Af- rica’s Hendrik Verwoerd.

The meeting comes at a time when these white regimes are Increasineg on the defensive Excluding South Africa. 32 Al: rican nations now sit in the United Nations. All but nine have entered since the end of the 19505.

Together with the Commulsl bloc they have put continual pressure on the white rulers. passing resolution after resolu-

Education

Education is being given a high priority in Bolivia. In this country. where nearly a quarter of the national budget ls allocat- ed to educational projects. a widespread movement to extend schooling has sprung up among all sections of the populatio n:

students. trade union and politicians. Literacy and adult education campaigns are being carried on all over 11 country.

A Uuesco mission which vis- lted Bolivia last year noted con- siderable progress in school con- struction: the number of rural

sdtools me from 951 to 5799 In 1962. According to the

mission, this achievement Is due in part to labor and materials supplied by local communities. December a teacher training seminar was held In La Paz. sponsored by Unesco and the Bolivian government. Partl- cipauts examined various meas- ures which would enable train- Iag colleges to Include m ore

he will go to prison In default. The Initiator of this fraud, the building contractor or his fast- talking saiesm a n, ba' touched under the National Hous- Ing Act. and long before bIs vic- tim goes to jail he skips Into ano- ther community to begin his de- predatlons all over again. OUT-OF-TOWN AIDE Canadians spend up to half a billion dollars a year on the re- pair and maintenance of their homes. Of this large sum. per- haps one-tenth Is borrowed un- der government - guaranteed Home Improvement. Loans. Most of this money is spent with hon- est building contractors who give . fair value for the work perform- But the concrete walk which , crumbles. the storm wlntbws 1 which don't open, the newly -. which yield a I harvest of weeds, the chimney x which does not need repair, ‘ the breeseway which drains to- wards the house, the aluminum storm door which .sticks..tha 1 aluminum siding l vecny af- t fixed m the Itock-Ia- 1

Better times are apparently ‘ In sight for Hungary. inlet Janos Radar. himself r a victim of the tanner terror re- tgime, Indicates a trend toward % kinder conditions In an effort to correct the mistakes of Commun- ism's harsh past. Following his one - ticket elec- Ilon victory In February. Radar

“I know that a large number of voters do not. accept com- munism and that they voted only in order not to be called be boys. Now It Is up to the party to prove to them that they have

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the change.

To wIn the confidence of the still-wary masses. Mr. Kadar's government il making visible

. efforts to better the people‘s lot.

The change has flooded the market with more food and In- dustrial goods than Hungary has seen la 10 years of Communist

rule. lt'brmbh swequu; amnesty tut month that freed mounds

It i , could lead to immense pressure 5

Unesco Features

New Hope For Hungary

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‘Ior; and most Important, deal lonly with well-established con- ‘ tractors long known Ir. the com- .

v. Caveat empior —- and stay out

Cumming 5 Staff Writer ’tion demanding an end to apartheid, Portugal's ousteri from Africa, British action to turn over ower to the Negro majority in Southern Rhodesia. COULD PUSH STRUGGLE

The Addis Ababa conference could push the struggle one

step farther.

A resolution bet 0 re this , week's foreign ministers confer- l coco—preparing the way for the l

j and training of liberation fight. '

rs. i The resolution. brought In by i

[a complete boycott on tra e

with South Africa and deny airspace and territorial waters to South Africa's ships and planes.

*med Kheir. also would set lap ‘

The big question now whether the 31 delegations at Addis Ababa can overcome the differences of race, religion.

d language—as well as lthose purely political and eco- nomic — that until now have ,dampened the dream of pan- l Africanism.

In Bolivia

science in their programs and to adapt them to present needs. One of Bolivia’s major problems at the present time Is the in-ser- vice training of some 18,000 pri- mary school teachers—who rep- resent 82 per cent of the coun- try's elementary teachers.

To alleviate the shortage of teaching staff students are lak- lng part In literacy campaigns. In March this year. about 50 of

versities. participated In an in- tensive training course organiz- ed as part of the national lIter~ acy campaign by their Natlonal Student Union. COSEC and Un- esco. At the end of the course. two campaigns are being organ- ized: one In the mining region of Polosl. the other In the Fun rural area. -

Last year. after a similar course. student: successfully carried out a six-month's adult education course In La Paz. Co- cbabamba, Santa Cruz. Tarija and Drum.

of prisoners Including most of the freedom fighters In the 1956 uprising.

The monthly per caplla Income has climbed In two years from about 8123 to 8150. This is still a meager sum for an average family of four. so more than so percent of Hungary‘s married women work In factories or offi~ cos. Thedollar equivalents used

cial ex- change rate.

Unlike other consumer count- ries where food prices were hik- ed to curb consumer demand because of shortages. Hungary has kept prices fairly stable.

Pork runs about $1.20 a pound, ens 13 cents each. and import- ed oranges $1.10 a pound. Butter at 2.91 a pound Is too high for

most.

H usury has a busing shortage, but rents are low. A two-room apartment goes for

month. It costs

i Sudan's Foreign Minister Ah- 5 is a hypeneactor and

85.” to 87.50 a about 814 for electricity plus aa- 81‘ for viola: infill. .‘

iVinegar Leadsi

To Pneumonia

By Dr. Theodore R. V- belle A CHICAGOAN writes: “

an overdose of drugs. into unconsciousnm and

one was able to bring me to un- til someone suggested vinegar, It was poured down my throat, some of It going down

sclotrsn‘ ess my throat felt as though I had gar- gled with sulfuric acid. I we! coughing. gag . and vomit- ing continuously and could not eat or drink anything. In time, a cough and shortness of breath became so bad I was unable to walk up a flight of stairs with- out becoming exhausted. “After two months of this I decided to go to the doctor. who x-rayed my chest and told me I had pneumonia, caused by in- haling vinegar. After 21 days in the hospital and being up and

sounds in my chest. The doctor says I'm making good progress but I'm somewhat alarmed and suspicious. Should I see anoth- er or?"

A consultation may be In or- der unless additional X-rays have been made and definite progress ls noted. In the cir- cumstances, you are doing as well as can be expected. You must be suspicious of all physi- cians. considering the length of time you waited after passing out and developing aspiration pneumonia. There might be some permanent damage to your lungs as a result of your procrastination or negligence.

everal lessons can be

learned from this reader's etc,

perience. so it has not been In vain. The first is not. to give fluids to an unconscious person. He cannot wwallow and some of the liquid is likely to go down the windpipe Into the lungs, Ir- ritating the membranes and leading to pneumonia.

An overdose of drugs that causes unconsciousness Is seri- ous enough to call a physician or a poison control center In one of the hospitals. In this in- stance. the contents of the drug must have been known and the best antflote could have been given.

SORE, WEAK ARM

L.S. writes: My husband baa had Buerger's disease for years Now his right arm Is painful and has lost much of Its mus- cle. Do you think the disease Is spreading? -

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It could be. If there is evi- dence that poor circulation is the cause of his distress. But Buerger's disease victims are not immune to neuritis, bursi- tis. or other painful conditions. HYPERREACTS T0 STRESS SN. wrtes: If a person's blood pressure rises during a