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fies s runsfisv. SEPTEMBER 11. 1962. ._'7__________——--————— ~---—

I Poet Frost 5 Tour

The Russians probably didn't

know what to make of Robert Frost, veteran American poet who has Just returned from Moscow after chat- fting informally w1th—-among 03191’ '_Soviet bigwigs—-Premier Khrush- chev himself. At 88, Poet FI'05"5 showed that he retains all the home- spun wisdom and puckishness which‘ his writings have reflected for for over half a century.

He was honored. it will be re- called, by being invited to read one of his poems at President Kennedy s inauguration. But that was an oc- casion. really, of the State honor- jng itself, for Frost's reputation had long since been established through- out the Englisil-speaking world.

But the Muscovites don't speak English, as a rule. This_didn’t deter Frost from readinlz hls P091715 t0 them, leaving the translation to an interpreter and to his own ability to get his meaning across. He spent ten days touring the Soviet Union, giving them. among other things, a good dose of one of his favorite Doems. “Mending Wall”. which pokes fun at the stupidity and futility of trying to maintain dividing walls between neighbors.

“Something there is that doesn't love a wall,” it begins; then goes on to draw the homely conclusion:

Before I build a wall I’d ask to know

What I was waiting in or wa‘ling out, And to whom I was likely to give offense.

The poem is about a wall in New England, really; but many in Frost's audience got the impression that he was talking about the Berlin wall. He didn't disillusion them. Before

’:_ his listeners could call for an explan- ation he told them that “people were frequently misunderstanding and misinterpreting it,” and that the real meaning was a secret he kept to himself.

Whether or not the Soviet poet Alexei Surkov, who presided at this gathering. got, the point, he express- ed the hope that President Kennedy would “send more such ambassa- dors to the Soviet Union and neigh- boring countries.”

Khrushchev struck the vi ," ' poet as being "rough and read said something about the Ame people being "too liberal to fig g and Frost, in his dead-pan way. sat he thought the Russian people were “humanizing a little down from the severity of their ideals—-easing off toward democracy.” _ g

Did he accomplish anything by his meeting with the Soviet Pre- mier? “No, not at all,”_Frost said cheerfully on his return to New York. "I just went over to assert myself.” » _ « H

H Perhaps, however, his’ way of ‘doing so may prove as helpful to an international understanding as more formal visitation: on the diplomatic level.

A Serious Matter

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, Tears will be just as unavatltng at Ottawa as in Lew Can-oll’s immor- tal jingle, in mapping up the mesa re- ‘ vealed in the Glassco Commission re- . port on Government Organization. The’ paper mess, that is. Half a

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work are required by the regulations, or have developed in the federal civil eervice—says the report—that last year they cost t h e government $500,000,000, or one-twelfth of the total Canadian budget. At least 100,- 000 civilian and military employees (one out of every eight clerical work- ers in Canada) are engaged in the routine operations of typing,, des- patching, recording, filing and stor- ing paper items. Each year 250,000 feet of filing space—the equivalent of 83 box cars-—are added.

Not only is the total cost of this production of pieces of paper un- known; its purpose is largely on- scure. Of those in the government service who design and control the forms, less than one-third have had any professional training in work of this kind.

Nor do any two government de- partments follow the same paper- work procedures. When 1,200 em- ployees were recently transferred from one department to another, so different were the forms being used that the equivalent of one employ- ee’s whole year’s work was needed simply to transcribe their personnel records from one kind of form to another!

Mounds of paper also go into making out reports. Too many of these reports only report that there is nothing to report. Many others are never used at all. “At every point,” said the commission, “your commis- sioners found reports which served no useful purpose, or cost more than the use justified . . .In one depart- ment, 44 reports, used by no one, are still preserved and widely distrib- uted.”

He had forty-two boxes, all carefully packed, With his name painted clearly on each:

But since be omitted to mention the fact, They were all left behind on the beach.

There we go again, quoting Car- roll instead of getting down to our proper business of moralizing on this outrageous extravagance! The funny side of it keeps striking us. The Glassco commissioners were made of sterner stuff, it’s their money as well as ours that is going down the drain, and they are not amused. They tell us, firmly, it will have to stop‘. and we quite agree with them. So, tossing Carroll back where he be- longs on the juvenile shelf, we say that this is indeed no laughing mat- ter. And we hope that neither Jack Pickersgill nor any other ‘humorist in the House will take our quotations as an excuse for levity when Par- liament gets round to discussing this serious matter!

Quebec Tory Losses

Rumor has it that the chief sutu- ject of discussion at the recent Con- servative post-mortem at Ottawa was the party losses in Quebec. Un- like those in other provinces, these were spread right. across the board. The Government might have been able to retain many of its rural rid- ings, but for the upsurge of Real Caouette’s branch of Social Credit. In the end, they lost 17 rural ridings, and of these 12 were won by Socred candidates. V

To stage any kind of recovery in Quebec, the Conservatives must regain city and mixed constituencies,

especially in the Montreal district,

from the Liberals, while recapturing rural seats lost to Social Credit fur-

- ther -east. It's a--tall order. But it

must be filled in all or in part if the government forces hope to improve

. their position in the next election.

Chiefly, however, the Tory

problem will be to enter the cam-V

paign as 9. farm party in-Quebec- a position to which they are un- accustomed. Across the nation, they hold 69 farm ridings, as against 33 urban constituencies and 14 in the "mix " category. By way of con- trast, the Liberala have 64 urban, 29 rural, and 17 mixed. Seventeen of the 30 Socred seats are in the rural category. But the NDP, once a straight farm party, won 11 of its 19 seats in city tidings last June.

EDITORIAL NOTE

Of general interest is the news

_ that a species of Canada goose be-

lieved extinct for many years has been discovered in huge numbers within the limits 'of Rochester. N.Y., by a U.S. naturalist. This bird la known as the greater ,'Can- eda Goose. The species is from 11,43 to three pounds heavier than t h a common Canada Goose, running about eight pounds for an average specimen. It was feared that it had my <1 the dado e a the

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”ETHlOP|A WAS NEVER LIKE THIS”

RURAL ELECTRIFICATION

Dark Age Neorly At An End

Nearly at end is the revolu- tion that has lifted American farms out of the dark ages — and the farmer out of the dell.

Not long ago. on a cattle ranch in New Mexico, a house- wife put away her kerosene lamps, her washboard, and heavy sadirons. The flick of a switch flooded her home ——for the first time — with electric

ht.

The event would hardly have been notewo by. if it were not the five millionth time it has happened since the United Stat- es Electriftcation Ad- ministration was established in 1935. Since then, power lines

Edison's miracle to more than 97 per ‘cent of all farms.

Today's farmer, as a result, is not much given to heigho-the- derry-oh‘ing in the dell, and the tall, many - bladed windmill probably sings a song of Tel- star. having been converted from a water pump into a TV antenna.

VARIETY OF CIIORES

Electric machines feed and milk cows. churn butter, sheer sheep,~cut feed, dry hay. load. silos. shell corn. incubate chick- ens. pick feathers. and —givlng nature an added nudge—shake the cherries from the trees.

A farmer can produce four

di . His efforts can easily keep the larders of himself and 25 other people well stocked.

The wife taken by today's farmer may know little more about milking and churning. than her city sister.

More than half of American farms, the Census Bureau has found. have milk delivered to their doorsteps. With supermar- kets h a n d y. only 60 percent bother to keep chickens. Not one in five grows potatoes.

The farm of grandma's day- wtth vegetable cellar, a smoke-, house redolent of hickory-cur- ed ams, its cast-tron apple parers, patchwork quilts and feather bcds— exists only as an

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anachronism. As likely as not, grandma has sold out to a sub- urban developer and serves Thanksgiving dinner from TV trays in her cooperative apart- ment in wit.

The barefoot country boy has swapped faded overalls for Ber- muda shorts, and he knows all about Paree. Unless he can go into partnership with his father when he comes out of high school or college, and the farm is big enough to families, he is not likely choose agriculture as a career. FARMS CONSOLIDATED

There are now only 3,700,000 working farms in the United States, National Geographic re- ports. Mechanization has caus- ed consolidation. Less than a tenth of Americans live on farms. as compared to a fourth in 1920. Farming has becomes tough, highly competitive busi- ness.

The American farm is no longer a placid, self-contained little rustic world. The family farm is vanishing so rapidly that the Government’s Agricul- tural Advisory Commission is pondering the possibility of na- tional policies to save it as a traditional agricultural unit.

It has been suggested th at farms taken out of production, because of the Nation's incred- ible efficiency at growing food and fibers. might be turned in- to recreational retreats for her- 1-assed city-dwellers.

sh - button farming has come in one generation. Hardly a farm in ten had electric lights in the mid-1930's when REA be- gen offering low-cost, Ion g - term loans to enable farm co- operatives and power districts to take light to sparsely settled areas that‘could not be profi- agly served by private indus-

Dr. R. L. F. Boyd, British physicist, has said somet ng original about the race to the moon. He thinks the Russians may be stringing the Americans

ong.

Moscow's plan. may be to get t U.S. fully to spending $20 bil- lion to $40 billion on putting a man on the moon, and all gear- ed up for the attempt, and then to announce that the Soviet Un- ion would not dream of spend- ing money so foolishly.

he suggests. he

tain's top space scientists, he belongs to the official Anglo- Amerlcan committee on space co-operation. - He is against moon shots as a waste of funds. He says 90 percent of the information they might yield is obtainable by ob- servation from e eaflh. He “ashamed" that space explorers can get all the money they ask for while medical research is,

erved. One of the cliches of this ar- gument is that man must eat-

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Financial Post. Toronto

isfy his limitless curiosity a n if use his inventive powers to the full. This is true as a theoreti- cal proposition but of course it is not the reason for the lunar

competition. The moon, conceivably. could be a base for ssllea and H-

bombs. Whether it could or not, getting to the moon flr st Will impress a lot of Asians and Africans. They are going to convinced of the technical sup- eriority of the country. and the economic system, that manages the feat. »

It seems quite certain th at, were It not for these military and political profits from the sclieme. neither Russia nor the U.S. would be bothering about the moon. They would be spend- ing the money on cancer re- search, irrigating deserts and a hundred other jobs waiting to be done on earth. .

What it comes to is that a settlement of the Soviet-Amerb can quarrel is necessary not only for peace but for the best use of humanity's resources.

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Aid Recovery . V’ v . -L, ‘ - WhensaColclst Hut ” D8. ,_ COLDB and othervreaplratory tract infections -are the largest single disease problem of man. Mosfofus have one to three bouts of sore throat. anlffles. or broncbltles a year. lasting five to eight days. Recovery is the rule but the complications may s. , \ Colds‘ travel tnalt circles of society and from one person so another within a short period of time. They are contagious and are passed along when the cau- sative vlrus is inhaled or car- tied to the nose and mouth via contaminated ‘fingers or food

This is the reasoning behind our plea to those with colds to avoid others. to cover the nose

9- toms are of more than average

severity.

We must rely upon establish- ed remedies until a preventive or a cure is found. But he sells- ible and «avoid nostrums th at make millionaires out of those who promise. “prompt relief or

Recovery is hastened by get- ting ample rest, additional flu- ids and moisture, and drugs that relieve congestion, throat, and other unpleasant symptoms. The wonder I should be reserved for compli- cations or the more serious in- fections. Call your physician for expert advlce——without fall, if fever persists more than two days. '

Most of us work to live and cannot avoid others who insist upon going to’ school or work despite everything.

can be obtained by remaining In top physical condition when colds are rife. Get enough sleep and avoid excesses. Avoid ov- erheated and dry rooms which lower the resistance of the na- sal membranes. Extra humid- ity cen be obtained through a commercial humidifier, turning on the hot water, or placing pans of water on the radiator. Get plenty of fresh air and ex- ercise.

(Dr. Van Dellen will answer questions on medical topics if stamped, self-addressed enve- lope accompanies request.)

PANCREATITIS W.J.N. writes: Can inflam- tton of the pancreas be cleared up without a doctor or medicine? REPLY There is an outside chance that the disease will heal spon- taneously. But pancreatltis is more painful and more serious than the majority of gastro- intestinal infections and I would recommend medical treat-

ment. DIET OR MEDICINE

D.M. writes: Can a g o uty person eat normally between attacks or must he remlan on a strict diet all the time?

A REPLY

He should remain on a strtet diet unless he takes Benemld to hasten the elimination of uric acid from the kidneys. A per- son with mt gout can allow himself several servings of meet a week.

FEELING N0 PAIN

H.S. writes: My neighbors are convinced an intoxicated

‘person cannot hurt himself. I

say he is more likely to do so because he can't see the d a n- gers around him. Please c o m-

ment. COMMENT

The drunk can and does hurt himself, despite the c o In In on notion to the contrary. He may be too numb to feel his Injuries and awakens in the morning with bruises and sore muscles.

. our vesrskoavs

will meet business men, parti- cularly exporters.

TEN YEARS AGO (September 11. 1852)

Miss Gladys Heron, Webster's Corner, P.E.I., has enrolled In the Household Nursing school for Attendant Nurses. Boston. Mass. This nursing school has- graduated 1130 women since its establishment 85 years ago.

Gerald Richards. Summer- slde and Cpl. R.L. Jones of the RCA!‘ station had a narrow es-

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Outed ‘tel tie a’ ban- azeetudent-down isgto use a t§.ie:'hopecom.—CumamDuly

The respectable clttsen hides the liquor bottles at the bottom of the ins bin: the hypocrite puts them in the bane] next -door.— Medicine Hat News.

To keep a paper napktal from wad It tool it to the farthest corner of theroorn. —-Welland Tribune.

“I'm afraid my charge his- double the usual fee,” said Ms- dame Clare. the seaside crystal gazer. .“I see you are goln to In twice.“ Montreal Star.

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Says Magistrate Woodhonse. of St. Thomas. 0nt.. "Nine out of 10 youths who come before me with ducktalil haircuts even- tually end up in more serious trouble." Sldeburns. maybe, or 2:181! goatees? —— Ottawa Jour- n .

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Mlnhgs: of ~ , ‘have been sold for H season. I7 it an awful lo loafers. — Sberbrooi Reco

truth. — Gait Reporter.

Someone asks what has be. come of the old-fashioned liter. ature that was suitable for reedlng aloud to your aunt .. but what has become of that

of aunt? — Brandon s u .1.

At the cost per ounce the av. erase man's bathing suit sells for. it is estimated that a man's ‘overcoat would cost $796 Gait Reporter.

The reason tin average gm would rather have beauty than brains is that the average man can see better than be can — St. Catherlnes Stan.

In many a case. the men who Plays golf builds up his mus. cies and a profane vocabulary, — Galt Reporter.

some men seem to have no. qulred a large vocabulary by marrying lt. -— St. ,Thomas Times-Journal.

Son: “Daddy. what's an op- era?" Dad: “That's where some guy gets stabbed in the

back and instead of bleeding he sings." — Hamilton Spectator.

Tobacco stoppers, after sud- denly golng out of fashion about 1840, a ba k in,t ac-

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in length from one inch to four, they are ornamented tempers for adjusting the draw of a pipe by correcting the "rise" of the tobacco in the bowl. The Times explains that tobacco stopper are replacing discolored fingers. pen and pencil ends and even

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