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The Throne Speech

Like man_v of its predecessors, the Speech from the Throne in the Legislature .\'esterdii.\’ \\."riS a 801118- what long-winded one. The 38 par- agraphs could have been reduced in number without affecting the content materially. .\'evertheless, a helpful review of the past year's activities was presented, with prop- er emphasis on the programs which are being continued or initiated this year in the promotion of new industries. highway development, forestry. senior citizens’ housing projects. education. agriculture, and other niatlcts.

In education, most important is the aiuiouncement of a Royal Commission to be appointed to in- quire and report on organization and financing‘ at the university level. In view of the alarming increase in highway fatalities. the Government has conimendahlv rlecided to estab- lish a. Safety Coiiitcil. The services of town and p)'ofPSSlOtlHl planning are to be amalgamated, and action is to be taken to promote uniform- ity in motor vehicle insurance cards.

Under an agreement between the federal and provincial aiithor- ibies, better provision is to be made for the custod_v of persons senten- ced to imprisonment. A probation eervice is to be instituted for the re- habilitation of first and young of- fenders. Roth these measures are overdue, and should be welcomed.

A master plan for the overall development of the Province is being prepared. The services of the travel- ling mental health clinic are to be expanded. Lcgislatioit is to he in- troduced restricting the use of cer- tain toxic spray matorials. also to provide for positive identification of livestock—~prcsiimably b.V bl‘3Y1d‘ ing or tattooing‘. I

We note no reference to proposed l:iquor law anietidrnents, though this has been a much-discussed question during the past year; nor to the problem of water pollution. about which a good deal has been heard. There was also some talk. before the sessioii. ot' amendments being introduced to the Electoral Reform Act. and possibly of a new civil service salary scale. Action on these and other matters. of course, may be in the (‘1overnnienl’s mind though not mentioned in His Hon- or’s Speech.

In any case. we may expect the Opposition to call attention to any omissions it deems significant, and generally to act the part of parlia- mentary watchdog. not only during the debate on the Draft. Address but throughout the session. It is a role, under our democracy, as important in its way as that of the Govern- ment itself. We look forward" to a good performance on both sides.

. Montreal Byelections Everybody except the Creditistes appears to be satisfied with the re- Iults of the two federal byelections in Montreal on Monday. The Lib- erals, of course, because they suc- ceeded in retaining the seats. Op- position Leader Diefenbaker be- cause, in a light voting turnout in two Liberal stmngholdn. the Con- servative candidates made a good «showing, polling a bigger vote in St. Denis than in the 1963 general elec- tion and displacing the Creditiatea in second "place. As for Social Credit Leader Tltornpeon, he sees Monday's night's - results as spelling the doom of the pstllaunant dos Credltistea as a

force. "They were an in- .

Oeouetitie as e netitonel party lead- er doesn't go over even in Quebec and that his brand of separatism d0esn’t either. It was reassuring to see that in both cases the Montreal voters turned their backs on Cam- ette.”

And. indeed, most Canadians will feel inclined to agree. Mr. Caouette’s brand of Canadianism isn't acceptable to the great major- ity of our citizens. A week ago he claimed the conscription of French Canadians to fight in the Second World War was far more reprehen- sible than the recent raid by teen- age terrorists on a Montreal armory, That the Montreal voters turned down this kind of demagogy is to their credit..

Mr. Caouette and the l2 other Creditiste MP3 made an all-out effort in this contest. visiting in- dividual houses. attending “kitchen meetings” and helping out in the committee rooms as well as speak- ing at public rallies. In addition. the Ralliement brought in 400 crack organizers from all over the prov- ince—a.s far away as Abitihl and Gaspe--to help in the final days of the campaign. They failed. and it could well be that in this failure they are seeing the handwriting on the wall.

Civic Voting Today

The civic elections today are confined to three wards, but. it is to be hoped that this will not affect adversely the turnout at the polls.

It is no disparagcmcnt of the Councillors who have represented Ward-s 1, 3 and 6 that. they should be faced with keen competition, for it is the lifeblood of every enter- prise. It is indicative of the public interest taken in civic affairs, and on that ground should be welcomed by all concerned.

Nothing is worse for an admini.~:- tration, or for the public, than to have public offices go by default. so to speak, because of public apathy or complacency. And this applies quite as forcefully to civic govern- ments as those of wider _iiirisilict.ion.

De Tocqueville, the celebrated 19th century French statesman and author of the classic work, “l)emoc- racy in America", had this to say on the subject of civic politics:

“A nation can establish a system of free government but without municipal institutions it has not the ‘spirit of liberty’. Strong intermedi- ate-and local institutions are demo- cratic necessities. They encourage men and women to take an active rather than a passive part in the business of government: and while there must be many limitations on local freedom, especially when the economy works on a narrow margin, it is healthy to have a division of power between the centre and local- ity. The ensuing tensions and ac- commodations are in ‘thcmselvesi productive of life and vigor.”

It occurs to us that we have quoted this comment before in con- nection with civic affairs. Well, let it stand. We haven't been able to find a better one: and it may help to impress on some of our readers who have a vote in this contest that the exercise of their franchise is just as important. here as it would be in a provincial or federal elec- tion.

Japanese Farming

We think of Japan as a highly industrialized country, but it is also a land in which a remarkable revolu- ition is going on in the science of farming, as indicated by a recent report from the Tokyo Department of Agriculture.

During 1962 more than 700,000 workers left farms to take jobs in Japanese factories and offices, but in the same year agricultural pro- duction reached a new high. a fact made possible by the increased use of modern machinery and farming methods.

In Japan, 25 per cent of the fam- ilies are classed as agricultural al- though less than one-third of these are full-time farmers. Adopting the practises of his western counterpart, the Japanese farmer gets more out of his land while at the same time cutting down on the amount of lab- or required. He is a heavy purchaser of fertilizer.

The production of rice, the main crop for Japanese farmers and the main diet of the people. has risen from 9.000.000 tons ten years ago to 12,000,000 tone in the last report-

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OTTAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson

Returns Enthusecl From Winter Olympics

Canadian sportsmen have an £‘l‘IlllllSlZl.\'li(' new champ n in Hon. Jiidy l.a.\iarsh. Minister of .\'a(ionaI Hr-alth and Welfare. She has _lllSl returned from Inns- bruck. '\ll.‘~ll‘l3. where site rep- resented (‘anada officially. not ('omp(‘tiii\‘ely — at the open- in: cert-nioiiies of the Winter 0]- result of what she saw there. she is deter- mined in do all she can to en-

sure that lack of facilities shall t

never acain handicap our en- trants in world competition.

mo "(‘aiiada had one of the lar-

post L‘.l‘Ollf‘lS of competitors there. ‘

.-\nrl their entry in the opening parade. dressed in their official uniform of Hudson Bay blanket coats, was the most striking. ex- celling even the Argentines in their dramatic red poncho cap- es. But they haven't had the op-

portunity to train themselves up .

to the standard of the uro- peans."

The armchair quarterbacks of all sports in Canada are too lit- tle enthused by our country's ef- forts and too little confident in its pntcnliallties. Miss LaMarsh believes.

“We seem to think that if it's

Canadian. it is certainly second ~

or third rate." she charged.

MORFJ FAl\ll-I ABROAD

Then she illustrated this with an little episode which happened on her travels to u '3 She got into conversation with some (icrmau policemen who. al- though far from Innsbruck. were very well informed about the competitors and the coming Games. in the hockey competi- lion. they assured her, the vic- tory would lie between the pluc-

k_v iiiidcrdogs. Canada. and Rus- -

Slit.

“What a contrast." Judy quip- pcd. “I expect that 90 per cent of the p n l ice men in Canada know much less about the fine team of Father Bauer’s boys

and the hard route they had. to ‘

work themselves up into a te m of winning Olympic standard." To help young Canadians through the costly process of ti-tiinlnc and practising under competitive conditions, she would likt to see a system of national sports stlluted. she ol any Canadian boys and girls. who have the fibre and the admit- ness to shine at sports. simply cannot afford to embark upon the wholctime unpaid job of to international standard. Sports scholarships would put Canadians on a or with the youth of other nations who are subsidized by the state, by colleges or by rich fathers. Another possible aid, she sult-

scholarshlps in- t d e

i "We are of course very mat- ierialistically minded." she said rruefully. “I think it is a shame , that our kids become lured into the professional milieu at the 1 age of 12 or 13. I would like to see a lot of Canadians prepared ' and able to play amateur l-sport."

Where did our Minister Health and Welfare get her in-

-i terest in sport?

“I had to start wearing glass- ,‘ es at the age of seven, so I could ,never tackle a sport such as iskiing." she told me. “But as .Mlnister of Welfare. I am re- lsponslble for administering big

nds to promote physio fit- ness. And don't forget. I have ,some talented advisers in my

fin.

’ IMPORTANT To cur THE RIGHT END

lparty in Parliament. There‘: ,Jack Roxburgh (MP. for Nor-

folk, Ontarioi. who was presi- ‘dent of the Canadian Amateur i Hockey Association. Th e 11 ‘there's Kelly. "Red" Kelly. And

'-Lost Lung Elasticity

tuberculosis in frequency? How is it treated? Can it be avoided?

The condition has been defin-

part of elasticity of the internal

who blows up balloons con- etantly or plays the trumpet. Normal lungs are ron; enough to take this punishment. Butltiatoomuoh fox-bronchi and other air passageways with an inherent weakness or lu rigs that have been damaged by if- altatiou, infection, or degenera- on.

Bronchitis of long duration is the greatest offender. Irritation produced by heavy smoki over along period is respon- sible for so - called smoker‘: cough. with constant backlnl and subsequent weakening of the lungs. Less common origins of emphysema are asthma and bronchitis caused by infection or air pollution. Senile emphy- sema stems from the effect I of years of wear and tear.

Shortness of breath. cough- ing and wheezing are the usual manifestations. victims make th e mistake of blaming these symptoms on respiratory infections but the bar etc cause is loss of elasticity of the lungs.

Emphysema is difficult to treat. so prevention is impor- tant. It consists of avoiding bronchitis and stopping amok- tng when clgaret cough devel- ops. Varioua medications are employed to relax the larger alr passageways, llquefy the spu- m so it can be expelled, and to eliminate infections. Breathing exercises are rec- ommended to remove the stag- nant air that accumulates in the inelastic and enlarged spaces. Some physicians instruct the patient in the use of a hand neb- ulizcr to dilate the bronchi with Isuprel. w h l c it will less is n

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Jim McNulty. from Lincoln, On- = tarlo. And of course a man call- led L.B. Pearson. a real sports

baseball with my fathcr. Canada, she hclicvcs. can be- . come more competitive in lnter- l national sport. And as a proh- l iable filllp. she expects to see- l the 1972 Winter Olympics Games iattracted to Banff. which might l ,5 stir among Canadians some of ’ the keen interest which 5 h e sensed among European mun-' ' tries.

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The Cerecil Box Potential

l Christian Science Monitor

With all that wheat going to the Russians, we hope someone lis sending them a few Americ- 3 an b r e a k fa s t cereal boxes. l Somehow these boxes seem to -have bigger and bigger outside:

and smaller and smaller insides.

They would make the wheat 10 : a long way. As far palatlability statistics 3 show. or ought to, that four out ‘ of five small children prefer cer- . cal to steak. if the cereal box is

left on the table. We're working

on a theory that if the pictures . and words and free offers on the ‘ box are interesting enough. it i doesn't matter what is inside it.

Of course. at tables of two or more children. there must be an equal number of interesting box-

‘ es, or a single box must be plac- ed at the proper angle for view- , ing by all.

However it is the box itself. so wide. so thin, not the children. which should be exported first. Back of the ltule hoop ware- house there must be one full of

K Buck Rogers boxes from 25

years ago. when the American ! 1 comics were so timid as to p (Buck and his spaceships in the 325th century. That would give; i the Russians a laugh right there. , But would they be amused ' ,' when they sent in the box top l and a ruble in stamps and found 3 {that their full-size dislntegrator E l ray gun. arriving by return mail N 3 threc weeks later, was made i cardl)oard'.’ i With the present day boxes ft lseems children have to send in ; more money and fewer box fra- , gments. But they have to wait just as long. even It plastic , has taken the place of card- , board in the free premiums field. What brought all is to mind that one ccrealmeker has paused in appealing to the risk- ‘ ed greed of youngsters. Its offer was that. for every box bit turn- ed in. it would make a contribu- , tion to the needy. We hope the 3 Russians. well knowing that charity begins abroad. will a - plaud with us this new exampe of enlightened capitalism.

Whaling has come a long way since Captain Ahab chased Moby Dick from sea to sca.

Nowadays. the ships are steel. the ltarpoons as lethal as modern artillery. the hunt both highly organized and interns- tionally controlled. century ago. men dogged 100-ton whales in rowboats and threw harpoons by hand. To- day's Moby Dicks are tracked by radar and helicopter. Swift "catcher" ships are armed with explosive weapons, and factory ship: can process 50 whales a

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gests, might be the creation of =

sports cabins in suitable as yet undeveloped terrains.

fiedémot

-—... .._......—.—-—-- j A TRIBUTE TO MAE

You might have met her

In the Golden Age;

When all the Muses

Had their way.

A valiant woman she. learned;

Yet not a Princess Ida,

No, a g warm heart.

She was so interested in wom-

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unkind; She could sympathize. and com- fort. Give her opinion, State a case, And smile with . God was her Father Her strong love for H1 Bore her through dark and

Itorm. Through light and mist; Yes. she lived her four score years, and more; - One of the Bright Souls: She took the High Way. Yet to those who tolled below She had I helping bend. --Wm. B. Doucette. CSSR Rollo Bay and Charlottetown.

always; in

us. WHALES ABSENT

Last year. 17 whaling fleets roamed the iceberg- stud d e (I scan of Antarctica where 70 per cent of the world's whales are caught. Only five nations - Japan, Norway. Russia. Great Britain, and the Netherlands- reirularly send out large expedi- tions. The United States hasn't had a whaling fleet in the An- tarctic slnce 1940.

But past slaughtering in the North Atlantic. Arctic, and all South Africa has decimate .1 those once-rich hunting grounds. The Antarctic is the last major whaling area, and even there an international treaty limits the catch.

In the 1962-3 season. a quota of 15.000 blue-whale units (two smaller fln whales count as one blue-whale unit) was apportion- ed among all the whaling ne- tlona.The population of h l u e whales-— largest mammal on earth—- is now so low that some experts believe only a total ban for eight years can save them from extinction.

The romance of whale hunting has been replaced by factory ef- ficiency. When a whale ll eight- ed. the c e H: h e r ship quickly move: in, elm: ti swivel cannon. and lets fly a 200- nuns! steel liarpoon. A small charge in the

Hunting Moby Dick

National Geographic Society

i head detonates on contact, en- . suring quick death. The carcass is inflated with

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! air so it can be towed later to l the factory ship. Some fleets at- : !ach a "whale transmitter." a I tiny radio which sends a fixed signal for quick pick-up.

On the factory ship. steam winches haul up whales through an open ramp in the stern. Bri- tish whalers have called th e opening "Hell's Gate" ever since the crew on a passing merchant ship saw the strange hole a n d radioed, “What the hell sort of ship are you?"

lory ship work around the clock. F-lensers in spiked boots stand atop the carcass with long. cur- ved knives and slice it gridwork pattern into which they insert hooks. Then slabs of blubber are peeled off. out into ohunkl. end fed through manholes to giant pressure cookers which convert fat to on. Power eawe cut up tihe bones

Thirty years ago, whales were an numerous that only the most valuable parts were used, the

precious, musky embergria of the sperm whale brings sky-hlgh price; from perfume rneken.

Whale steaks and stew are Dlcklted for importers. rioteb Japanese, whose clients consid- er the protein- rich meet a dell-

racy. Fickle fashion has not recent. i n

tracts from the whale ingred- lente for cold cream, vitamins. tleterlenu, margarine, machine dl. pet food. e and glue.

MEBCUIY mum lot-ih America’: is located

(I rgeet usiicave a. em, llllmcmy llc “P 14,000 feet dove sea level .

Some 500 men aboard the fac- t°

more elaborate and effec tilve type of apparatus is utilized to

of , fan. who used to play scmi- pro i give miarmmem pmigiye pres.

sure therapy. This supplies aer- osolized medication, combined wth oxygen.

PRESSURE AND FAINTING Mr . . P_ writes: Could high blood pressure cause lain ting opens? REPLY Yes. although lightheeded- ness is more -common than I true fainting spell. Now and then the anti - hypertensive agent is responsible. especially when the blood pressure falls low. The sensation occurs moat frequently when rising from a sitting or lying position. BABY'S BIRTHMARK rs. S. Q, \\' tes. My 4- month - old baby has a small hemangioma on her back. How ll this growth treated? . Y Some birthm a r k s be treated with carbon dioxide 5 n o w. cauteiry. or sur ge ry.

’ Olhcrs ought to be left a l o ne_