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Cabinet ‘Changes Needed
- With Canada’s longest parliament- > ary session about over and-a-new-one—+ scheduled to open. next week. per- _ haps we should be thankful that the ‘Government ‘while stumbling from | crisis to crisis has succeded in keep- ing on its feet. Who wants an elec- || tion at this inopportune time? There 4s much business to be done, and the Booner the néw session gets down to & the better. : = Nevertheless, there is urgent. hood eo a stronger ministry at the head of eo and it should be Prime Minjster; Pearson’s’.chief. concern at™ this time to provide jt}: “Otherwise, as the Winnipeg Free Piéss‘! warns him, . the-prospects ‘for an improved’ Parlia- ment and*for an effective handling of | the nation’s.affairs seem bleak indeed. The Winnipeg paper is friendly. to _Mr. Pearson, yet it finds his present... “cabinet setup-a poor affair... “The whole government,”- it says, “has given the impression of being— accident- prone, of being unable to see ahead or to circumvent the pitfalls that strew the way of any administra- |
SATURDAY, APRIL 3; 1965.
tion. And as if this were not enough, ~ there have been instances of:a much, more serious lack in higher govern- ment circles—a lack of honesty and integrity. One minister has gone, the
-Prime Minister's own_ parliamentary secretary has resigned that position,
‘ and the judgment of other cabinet
«members has been prought. serious- ly into question-”
Admittedly it would be difficult for-the Prime Minister to move some - ministers, or to, relieve them of their responsibilities, until the Dorion ‘in- quiry’ has finished its work, and made its report. But there are other chan- . ges urgently needed. that do not touch on any of the, ministers who may -be involved’ in these affairs—changes in such fields as finance and welfare.
Where the replacements of those ministers. who have failed to meas- ure up will come from is a matter that should, says the Free Press, be engaging .Mr. Pearson’s : attention.’ There should be reasonable material on the government benches in the shape of younger members who. have shown promise. For the others, he may have to go outside Parliament
‘and approach men of known quality who command public respect, and persuade them to stand. as~ govern- ‘ment candidates in the next election. Unfortunately, against the showing of ~ the government so far: this “‘may not prove easy.” But it is necessary, nonetheless, and the sgoner its neces-
. sity is realized the better.
Friendly advice, and very much to the point.
New Ferry Service
_. ab is encouraging to have Trans- | port - Minister Pickersgill’ S assurance. that “the most careful consideration” will be‘ given any representations from Prince Edward Island or Nova Scotia'in the matter of a new ferry service linking Cape Breton with this province... Our representatives on both sides of politics have been pres- sing this matter at Ottawa, and it has strong support from the Cape Breton members as well.
We publish in today’s issue an in- teresting letter in this connection from President A. S. Reynolds of the Port Hood Development Council, which was accompanied by the Coun- cil’s resolution. to which reference ‘was made in a recent Ottawa dis- patch. This resolution sets forth that ° Prince Edward Island. is distant only some 30 miles from the west coast of Cape Breton; that under present travel arrangements all traffic is di- . verted in a roundabout way; that an auto ferry running from Georgetown ot Souris to Port Hood would give a direct connnection to the Cabot Trail, increasing the flow of tourist traffic there and throughout Cape Breton generally; and that much farm pro ‘duce consumed in the industrial areas |
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| ernment’s refus ' ing major changes: in the plan’s third
“curtail their gambling.
| sary personnel to work in conjunction with the government. of Pririce Ed- |
ward Island in the _ making of any
| survey. essential to. the éstablishment
of the above mentioned automobile ferry service.” .It has been suggest- ed in the Commons, however, that a | ‘feasibility study by the Atlantic’ De-
'* velopment. Board “be undertaken in
this connection. . This might prove “to be the more practical. method of: getting’ results.
. In -any case, the cooperation of all _|
Concerned. is both necessary and de- ‘sirable. There should be no delay in © getting the initial studies under way.
Pension. Plan Prospects - * As noted in an Ottawa dispatch ._xesterday, it is doubtful whether ‘any, ~
s “piece of legislation’ has required so
much effort to’ bring into effect as the Canada Pension Plan. It was also one of the most. controversial measures to come before Parliament. Yet in the’ final voting that carried_it through the Commons, a third of the _members were absent. Perhaps it was because of the gov- - lto budge in mak-
revision that there was such lack of enthusiasm, among the Opposition groups. It was’ another case of Par-
“Tiament's hands being tied by prior
agreements reached at secret feder- al-provincial conferences. Perhaps, too, after 26 days of Commons debate over minor changes, it was felt that there’ was nothing ‘more. to be said.
..Yet-even its proponents. concede that
the plan. falls considerably ‘short of.
being perfect.
~~ According toa health department estimate;.about - 362,000 Canadians will received benefits ‘from thé-plan: fund in 1975. This is: an-important. segment of the population, but it. leaves a still larger. segment which will receive no benefits because it will not he eligible. Everi"20 years from | now, there will.be pertiaps a million old people in this category. They. .|- number nearly two and a half million today. And they’all have votes. ~ This means that the-issue has not been resolved, but only postponed. There is no question but that it will crop up on the hustings in the next political campaign. It will give rise
-to another spate of election promises,
to meet the demands of those , who feel that they have been ignored. And if the Liberals aren’t in there at the auctioning, promising with the best: of- them, we shall be surprised.
°
.» General Crerat.”
It has been said of the late Gen- eral H. D. G. Crerar that he was “not as flamboyant ‘or spectacular” as some of the great army leaders of the Second World War, but he was “an easy man to, be loyal.to.” This tribute comes from General Foulkes, former chief of the general staff who -was corps commander. under Gener- al Crerar, and it carries: a profound meaning. Loyalty is all-important on
| the field of battle, and it must be
earned before it can be commanded.
In the climatfe attack across the Rhine in February, 1945, General Crerar had half a million men under
—his-command,- including eight Brit-
ish divisions sentto bolster the three Canadian divisions. By early March he had turned the Siegfried Line and cleared the west bank of the lower Rhine in an operation that received high praise from General. Eisenhow- er, the-supreme allied commander. He gaitied a reputation among his . troops as a battlefront leader. He - frequently visited the combat units by jeep of armored car—sometimes in a small spotter aircraft—determin- ed to check personally on actual con- ditions. Nothing “flamboyant or spectacular,” just a burning “dedica- tion to duty and to seeing that his men took no unnecessary chances. A great soldier and gentleman whose- passing will be. deeply mourned. ,
EDITORIAL NOTE
Nothing succeeds like ° success. Now a branch of Gamblers 'Anony- mous, which is modelled on the lines of Alcoholics Anonythous, has been., opened in London. It numbers over 20 Tegular .members, many of whom have been- helped to stop or greatly A weekly meeting for wives and fiancees_ is
ey
More than. three thousand | in writing to the’ Govern me nty _ Since the beginning: of this mar- athon session of Parliament. ,Individual MPs pose these ques- tions on a wide range of~topics, varying from* matters of local interest to points of wide nati- “nal cern — with far - fet- ched dreaminess or tar-out ,cu-
sure. These are some matters { which questions have recéntly. been asa f W. He Conservative MP. for Middlesex West, asked the value of the . Metal or metal’ alloy used ‘in our--common coins, and © the cost of manufacturing: each. He learned that the best intrin- sic value is in our “silver” coins; if you buy one. dollar's ‘worth of newly - minted dimes
_ lars of one silver dollar in each ‘Case you ‘will.receive 83.9, cénts worth of metal.
~ The-cost,of manufacturing ten |
“questions have .been submifted |
riosity® an in for good ‘mea: |.
A., (*‘Bill’’)- “Thomas, |
or of .quarters~or-of half dol-~
one silver dollar is 2.359 cents. One hundred cents contain metal worth only 28.6 cents but cost 26.7 cents to mint; twenty nick- els contain only 18 cents worth of metal and cost 20.38 cents to make. does best on nickels, making: a profit ‘of over 150 per cenht. COSTLY ENQUIRY
.Raymond Langlois, the* Cre- ditiste-MP--for ~-Megantic; ** Was:
ism has Cost the taxpayers 15 424,640 up to 3lst January; it, has 125 full time employees plus’ | 24 part - time workers, in addi- | tion to the ten commissioners. ‘The commissioners are paid $100 for each day they work: the five commissioners are French - Canadian and - live in Quebec averaged sil. ~570 each for:the first.ten- months of the ‘current’ fiscal .year,.while other™:cémmissioners _av-
| ROADBUILDING - Costs “”’*
L. R. R. Southam, Conservative,, Canada was 74,586, while an
‘MP for Moose Mountain, Saskat-
dimes is 3.49 cents; of four quar- | ewali, asked about the total mi-| grated from Canada. Man ters is 3.116 cents; of two half- leage of Trans - Canada High- | Canadians will be astonished dé dollars is 2.522, cents; and of way completed to date, and its learn that, in the middle of the “4 century which Sir Wilfrid Lau-
2 PUB LEC
‘ - JNHUMANITY Sir—In reading your article ‘ on the inhuman treatment of the |
‘in the East Wiltshire area, one ‘wonders just how far ‘mankind has advanced from barbarism.
I note that the SPCA is inves- | _tigating this matter and I trust that through the efforts of this Society the perpetrators of this
justice. The SPCA is doing a/| wonderful work in alleviating | the suffering of our dumb anil- | mals "but: is greatly hampered both by lack of funds and the apparent indifference ‘of many | of our citizens to the suffering of our less fortunate creatures.
I have deposited $50.00 with the City Police as a reward to | anyone giving information lead- ing to the conviction of the party or’ parties responsible for this |
outrageous act. I am, Sir, ete., J. L. CURRAN Charlottetown. -
dastardly act may be brought to |
P.E.1..CAPE BRETON FERRY
Sir — Years’ ago, in the early spring, a vessel from P.E.1. carryinga cargo. of. pota- toes would-dock at Port Hood Wharf,’ and many of: the farm- ers from miles around, believ- ing that a change of seed would give them a better crop, came -in to buy some of those P.E.1. ‘spuds’ for planting.
Times have changed and we | do not ‘have any of those vessels docking at the Wharf now; but, they are still raising ‘spuds’’ in P.E.1., also many fine garden“ vegetables, etc. In Cape“Breton, however, there has been a change in the seed of thought and we have come to. realize that between P.E.I. and Cape Breton we have common ground at work on for the betterment of
' We believe that a more vigour. ous trade between P:E.I. and Cape Breton can come about; also that many tourists who annually visit Cape Breton, after seeing the famous Cabot Trail can enjoy the beauties of the “Garden Province” on their way home, and many of those who visit P.E.l. can easily make their way home by way of Cape Breton.
The enclosed copy of resolu- tion sets forth some of the thoughts which.we have given to
,this matter and no doubt there will be other advantages, s uch as more local travel between Cape Breton and P.E.I. which is now discouraged by the longer, round-about way. i
We .have discussed the pro-'
held separately.
posed. automobile ferry many
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FORUM -
Thus the Royal Mint
eraged earnings of $7,630.- each.
ON THE OTTAWA STAGE STAwA REPORT By Patrick Nicholson
— Questions Cover Wide Range Of ae
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, cost. He was told that miles have been . completed under the agreement; this does not include sections of the route which: were paved prior to the programme: and - h have not” been” reconstructed. The total cost for 3,645 miles is 18 552,625, or an average of 278 per mile.
Only. three provinces find
“toad = building-costs above’ this:
told that the*Royal_ Commission. national average. Quebec has' on Bilingualism and. Bicultural-., been granted $457,000 per
milé: British Columbia, “which oe had very costly construction k in the Rockies, $372,000
mile; New Brunswick $287,+.
500 per mile.—At the low end of, the scale;-Saskatchewan recei- ved .only $66,125 per mile and
rte ee $81,096. per mile.
LAND OF EMIGRANTS . Henri Latulippe. ‘ Creditiste (MP. for Comptog.. + -F rontenac, asked about emigistion and immigration. He was told that ‘in the calendar year. 1962 the humber of ‘immigrants. entering
estimated 75,000 persons
em
rier said would be Canada’s Golden Age,.we actually lost, on balance through migration.
| times. and our view is that the-| OOD HEALTH IN PENS
advantages to. both. PEL and, ape Breton are many and there
vantages. : I am; Sir, etc.,
eo eo REYNOLDS
Port Hood Litre ee Council |
“THE DEATH PENALTY se
Sir,— Here is a matter of grave concern to every Canad- ia
p citizen. We should ask our- |
selves the question. Is it right for me to kill another man?
That question demands a jot | of sincere consideration in all | | its aspects. Volumes both Po | and con, could be written o
Spéte will not permit = =
| touch on but a few salient points. | I may be mistaken; but I believe | it-is going to be given consider- ation in our Parliament here in Canada in the near future. No doubt, our representatives in Parliament will endeavour to feel the pulse-of their respective constituencies in order to aid
grave matter. _ So'I_ appeal to the highest au- thority on the subject; ee Sete. tures. The sixth of the Ten Com- mandments reads ‘Thou Shalt . Not Kill’. (Exodus 20:13). When we come into the New Testa- ment we find that Jesus said: “Thou Shalt do no Murder’. (Matthew. 19: 18.)
You may- say,: war? Do you not kill another man: in warfare? Yes! You do. You-kill the enemy who is bent on killing you. That is: self de- | fense, and justifiable. In the history of the Israelites, we find that God sanctioned war against — their enemies. Even the stars in, their courses fought against Sisera. (Judges 5:20).
Is it right for the state to kill | a man? Let us put it this way.
or a bank; his motive is rob- bery. If he is resisted, he will shoot to kill. Now suppose he > shoots and kills-a bank teller or — a man who defends his home. What is to be done with him? The law demands that he be | put to death.’ Is it right then to
to life i Nossibility. of a ee en mind the derer éscaping from Fo ei and committing another murder, as has happened in the past. I be- - lieve the powers that be, should take a long look at it, before they think of abolishing th death penalty. >.
Iam, wb ete.,
IN Montague, P. hes .*
ot
What about |
An armed robber enters a home
commute the sentence of |
John Matheson,. Liberal MP | for Leeds, .asked some . quest-
‘ ;dogs whose bodies were found | are ‘not likely to be any, ‘dised- | ions about prisoners in penitent-
iaries. He was told that 252 are '| Mow. .serving sentences of life imprisonment. The average
total cost- for“ custodial supervi-
| Sion and care is $2,722 per. year, | and the gross value of work
| the past five years totalled 845 per 100,000 for the penitentiary population, but a much higher 3.597- per 100,000 for the civil- ian population at large.
Lil:
it
| done by a prisoner is $810 per | year. The mortality rate over
Our Yesterdays .
(From The Guardian Files)
[TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO |.
; (April 3, 1940)
The Earl of Athlone, brother of Queen Mary and former Gov- ernor General of South Africa, was appointed Governor Genet-
| al of Canada to succeed Lord Tweedsmuir.
them in their decision on'this |
Strong protest against the in- | auguration of a pick-up-and-de-
‘+ livery freight service by - the | Canadian National Railways in |.
Cliarlottetown was voiced at a special emergency meeting of the City’ Council. by Charlotte- | own truckmen.
TEN YEARS AGO (April 3, 1955)
After rehearsing since last | fall, the newly formed: Queen | Charlotte High School Band will make its first Par hee pearance on the night of ‘Avril 5th under the leadership of Mr.
Wve Cpdmore,
The estimated revenue for the
| City of Charlottetown for the
. year 1955 was set at $959,910.29
by the City Conncil at a special
“wmeeting in the Council Chamb-
ers on Saturday afternoon. The estimated surplus is $2,172.94.
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3,645 these products. Most of us get
along without thé need for vita-
VP. writes: Is there a cure for muscle spasms? Are they serious? :
REPLY Cramping usually occurs when. muscles are over- stretched _injured,_or irritated. Poor ‘circulation also plays “a role, as-well as disorders of the ‘Nervous—sytem. Heat and --ma- sage are helpful, as well as qui- nine and mucle relaxant drugs. The cause ‘must be found when cramps are recurrent .and both- ersome. °- : * Mrs. H.P. writes: Does consti- pation. occur during pregnancy?
b . REPLY ee — béfore,. during, or aft- . It can be corrected with
.that a happy established
for two Democratic
retires with a special niche in Canadian regard.
The U:S. secretary of the
Canada, the treasury and de- artment
icies quickly in the £ economy which has an American investment
tary of state and diplomatic trouble-shooter
In January, 1961, the late president ‘Kennedy brought ‘him into his new cabinet as treas- ury secretary.
In Canadian he became
eyes a staunch friend in court in a period during which some seri- ous difficulties arose»
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Why should ‘the’ ‘Federal _ Gov- ernment departments’ bill for ‘telephones, telegraplis- and oth- er communication services be $14,199,619 in 1955 and no less than $42,776,870 in 1965?
And may the taxpayer —_ new trend been bythe fact thet the $42,776,870 is a- reduction compared ye the $48,185,495, required-in 1964? .
Of course the parliamen- tarians* say they go over the és- timates every year.and alight like hawks on any item of are ordinary ¢ re. But
ture, common in most depart- ments,-is not so startling when taken.year by year as when it is examined over, say, a 10- year period.
_In the 1965 blue book of esti- mates is a summary of “‘stand- ard objects” which can be.com- pared with a similar summary for 1955. -
It shows, for example, that the cost of publication of depart- mental reports. and cg sMater- ial has increased from $6,796,- 295 to $14,315,670 in 10 years.
‘broadcasting and displays, cost the Government an. estimated
$29,560,750 in 1985 compared with $10,171,290 in 1955. :
¥
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fr
MAGAZINE. and Colored Comics
port- | lationship” with
‘ :: = aa Breton could. be “amporvea ”. . \ . a . ‘Che Guardian % fon ts pertiees Vitamin | Canadian-U S. Relations : ; im. By Arch MacKenzie
Covers» = It. also points out that the ferry Pp i onin Han Prose Staff Writer ’ "W. 3: Hancox, Publisher : --would open a short direct “route to- O's g- { The’ Lee iay of} For example, there was ‘the P te Saws Frank Wens,_| Market for a portion of the product- __ |By Dr. Theodore BR. Van Dellen | Douglas C. Dilon from the of- | spring, 1962, Canadian foreign -Pubjlighed every week day morning (excep! Sux 10n from the new automobile plant r A. ’S. writes: “V aré the fice of Unifed States secretary - leading to de. fm and statutory holidays) ef 165 Prince Street--.- now planned for Point Edward: Gape symptoms, of vitamin A and D | of the treasury is of special valuation of the Canadian dol. : P-E1., by Thomson Newspapers Lid. _ a intoxication?” These conditions | significance im Capadian-Amer- | lar and: temporary tariff in. ae ies at Summerside, Montague. Alberton Breton, and would make for conven- are not common in the United [ican relations. ~~ creases ‘on many . and i iencé ir the importation of certain” States but they occur occasion- | Little change in course is ex-| The U.S. chipped in with other
Represented nationally by. Thomson Newspapers .| d d d oth od & ally in children of vitamin-con- pected from his su » | countries to give Canada finan- Advertising Services Toronto 425 University Ave . C2mned gods and other products scious, overanxious parents. Hy- Henry H. Fowler, 56, who |cial backing. . , Empire aco Montreal 640 Cathcart Street Uni : from Prince Edward Island. a pervitaminosis A occurs in | served for a tne se Dillon’s | Then, in 1963, oom after Fi- versity *6-5942, W t Gedrgi adults when undersecretary | known so | nance Minister Walter Gordon | S00 Wiesecter Ona or an The*resolution ‘requests that the _|doses in s far chiefly . as 'an- administra- | had attempted to reduce the ex.
Member Canadian Daily Newspeper Publishen | Sovernment of ‘Nova Scotia “immed- ‘| Too much “A” for youngaters ee = at he a? tent + A erat Association and The Canadian Press. The Canadian j , “lis suspected when to Dillon, 55, a : pai control some sectors
an Press sradin | jately proceed to appoint the neces- pngran pow eR hi ge en Ne nome te [eeee See
| for i barrow A and ©
meeting international payments deficits. made.
broader program to cut the dol- lar drain. There were other Ca- nadian exemptions in this. Dillon repeated his view then that a, hawt a special re- the U.S He said he could see no logic in cutting off U.S. dollars to Canada at once source and forcing Can-' ada to get them some. or
—Pway.
Dillon's’ retirement puts a new.
‘| look at the top’ of the treasury even with Fow.
department,’ ler's_ptevious us experience there.
‘Robert V. Roosa, who as Dil- lon's undersecretary for mone-
dian admiration, returned to
progression ‘of high oe oe
‘Exhibits, advertising, ree 4
Wall street inte “lest yeor,
_10- Year Spending Spree
Ottawa Journal
And so on: Large gains are ‘common and perhaps Novilabis in a growing country. But among other things we wish a parliamentary ‘committee would tell us just--why the depart- ments’ stationery, equipment and-furnishings ill should have
risen from $19,640,785 to. $29,- .
035,480 in these 10 years. - Was the extra $9,395,000 re- quired to ‘provide -paper,—type-
writers and desks—for_an addi...
tional 20,000 emplovees, the tot- al being 184,000 in 1955 and 204,- 000 at the start of this year?
Zhe-- -Glasseo -- -Commission-
tions for efficiency and econ-.
omy in the public service -and?' ‘| assurances ‘are given they are-
being implemented. It is possib- le that the Government now is a very model of economy ‘in keep- ing the stationery bill low. It would be pleasant to know, to be informed on the dollars ‘Sav- ed. Meantime the figures give the impression of a 10 « year, spending spree.
, FREEZING BAKED GOODS Bread should be frozen a8
soon as it is cool,’ if'it is to be
kept for long, but it is the speed
‘Prime Minister.
Such provocative issues as _ corruption in government, ~ Quebec and co-operative ~ federalism and Canada’s defence role ina nuclear age are featured in a recorded interview with Prime Minister _ Pearson by Terence Robertson in Weekend Magazine,
of freezing which retards stak ing.
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