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1 Liberals Take Over

"The old order .changeth, yielding place to new." It is a law of nature, and when manifested in political af- _ fairs it is well that. it should do so i with the dignity and decorum that prevailed at Ottawa yesterday. All the amenities were scrupulously observed. The incoming Prime Min- ister first, went alone to see the Gov- ernor General and take the oath of office. then presented His Excel- lency with his list of cabinet mem- bers for approval. The ceremony was a reminder that we are living under democratic rule, and that for victor and vanquished alike in elec- toral contests. it is the people’s decision alone that counts.

Prime Minister Pearson is for- tunate in having around him a nuc- leus of men with previous cabinet experience, and others of proven ability—men like Mr. Martin. for example, who now steps into Mr. Pearson's, old role of external affairs

' minister; Mr. Chevrier. new minis- ter of justice; Mr. Hellyer, minister of defense; Mr. Pickersgill. secre- tary of state, who will also act as government House leader; and Mr. Gordon. who. as anticipated, takes over as finance minister.

There is a strong representation of cabinet ministers from Quebec,

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government. The precedent set by the Diefenbaker government of hav- ing a Woman in the cabinet has been followed in the appointment of Miss Judy LaMarsh as minister of health.

It is pleasing to note, too, that .Prince Edward Island will have an able and experienced parliamentar- ian in the cabinet in the person of Hon. J. Watson MacNaught, solicitor general. This, too, follows the ex- ample of the outgoing Conservative administration in which Hon. J. Angus MacLean held the portfolio of fisheries. Mr. MacLean was the first native Islander to hold rank as minister at Ottawa for many years. and it is to be hoped now that the practise will be continued :by suceeeding governments.

That, of course, will depend on the calibre of the representatives gwe send to Ottawa. There is no ob- :ligation on any federal government to follow this rule as a matter of course. It cannot make bricks with- out straw. In Mr. MacNaught's case, as in Mr. MacLean's, the appoint.- ment was made on its merits. We congratulate the Prince County member most warmly on this recog- gition of his service in public life, find are confident that. he will ren- a good account of himself. In- deed, we should have had something

' quite different to say about the new setup had his claims been ignored on this occasion.

‘7? ‘ A Neat Comeback Government departments at 0t- l flows have come under fire from a . royal commission for being poor é hands at running their own busi— peas. Waste and extravagance have been scored, and examples have been 9" I avail that have made headlines acroaa the country. Scathing com- ‘ments on the subject have been “made in Parliament. Reforms have ~ 2 been promised. Everyone seemed ' m that it was time the bureau- and were brought finder control, conducted themselves more the lines followed by private and eommmial enter-

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with fresh attacks on governmental inefficiency. But in the meantime the bureaucrats have refused to re- main in the doghouse. They’ve taken the slump in a. book issued by the Trade and Commerce Department to show how business should be com ducted. Nor. their business, but pri- vate business. The work has come out in a slick paper-back which markets at 50 cents and covers business from beginning to end, from organizing to bankruptcy. Both English and French editions will be sold.

The industrial promotion branch of the department hopes the book "will encourage new business ven- tures and increase efficiency in old ones.” It appears to be a very com- petent piece of work, and it may well achieve these aims. The items covered include tax laws, insurance regulations, choice of location, type of business. retail policies, accounts, credit business regulations and em- ployee and employer relations. 0n the other side. placed immediately before the bankruptcy chapter is a. section dealing with combines and monopon regulations, explaining them in easy but precise terms.

The title of the book? “How to Run a Business.” Let’s hope a copy will be sent to that nosey royal commission that has been so free with its criticism about govern- mental business, with the compli- ments of the staff, and the follow- ing sentence from the book’s key- note message neatly underlined: “Weight the evidence carefully be- fore reaching a decision 1”

Copenhagen Conference

Canada, along with other Com- monwealth nations, has a stake in the talks which opened last week in Copenhagen between B ritis h and Danish government spokesmen. Both countries are members of the European F r e 9 Trade Association (EFTA). Both Sought to join the Common M a r k e t (the European Ec o n om i c Community, or EEC). Neither could. Each has toward the other the greatest goodwill, but their difficulties as they seek to reach a fresh agreement cast a long shadow over the future.

After the breakdown of the Com~ mon Market talks, the EF‘TA set out to prepare a bold program of ac- tion to eliminate tariffs by 1966, and to include “arrangements re- lating to trade in agricultural goods and fishery products.” Denmark,

which is in the main an agricultural.

country, is asked to open its small home market for industrial goods before 1967 to the full and advanc- ed productive power of Britain. Un- less its own exports can be increas- ed, it faces a severe double trade squeeze. Therefore it is asking, u r g e n t l y, for “Commonwealth status” in the British market for its agriculture.

A key item is butter. As well as running butter quotas, Britain has a tariff on butter for non-Common- wealth countries. This gives the latter, notably New Zealand and Australia, a preference of 15 shill- ings ($2.10) a hundred weight. Be- sides asking to share this prefer- ence, Denmark also urges duty-free entry for cheese. boned ham. and canned ham. .

Denmark points out that removal of preferences would not injure any other trades where quotas still exist. But Britain's major difficulty is that the preference is of such a kind that Denmark cannot be given duty- free access u nless the Common- wealth countries involved give their consent. This the Commonwealth countries are unwilling to do unless they have some kind of compensat- ing advantage elsewhere in their trade. With other agricultural items the incomes of Britain’s own farm- ers, too, become a. major concern.

Meanwhile Denmark has put a lZ-mile fishery limit around the Faroe Islands, 51 major British middle-distance fishing ground; and Norway, another EFTA m e m b e r, wants British tariffs taken off fish like herring and haddock and off lobsters and prawns.

EDITORIAL NOTE A decline in the landings of no fish and shellfish in the Atlantic Provinces in March of 11 percent, to some 37,612,000 pounds from 42,310,000 in the same month last year, is reported by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. However, land- ed value roae five percent to $2,-

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' POST-EASTER REFLECTIONS

OTTAWA REPORT by

Patrick Nicholson

Awaiting Spring’s Symphonies In Color

This National Capital has been I enjoying the most spectacul a r i display of crocuses ever seen around the National War Mem- orial. and on the nearby “Laur- ier Slopes“ of Parliament Hill.

After one of the most consis- tently cold winters anyone can remember. the brilliant carpets of yellow and blue and white blooms gave an exhilarating lift to a morosely cheerless popula— tion of Ottawans. And the us~ ually short - lived Spring t'low- ers seem to have lasted longer than ever in this late and long- ed - r relief from winter.

y own garden I boast what are probably the very first floral harbingers of Spring: . masses of those delicate little white Snowdrops hanging bell-1 like from their short stalks. the crocuses of Capital Hill. r literally brightening the earth almost the day after the warm- ing sun bared it of snow. So on Easter Sunday. while show still lay banked in shelters of north- I ern aspect, my Snowdrops were I: celebrating their third Sunday,‘

FESTIVAL TO COME

In a month. Ottawa will once 1 again be celebrating its annual Tulip Festival. which now at-. tracts tourists from other parts of Canada and from across the border. Cars and buses parked along the Scenic Driveway bear licences from the northern Stat- es and from Quebec. while their . occupants kneel to photograph'

the prize blooms donated by 1 D

the grateful Queen of the Ne\h- ‘ erlands. as a "thank you" for the welcome accorded to her and her ChlldI‘C'l here during the. war. when her own country was i overrun by the Germans.

So with the tardy advent of warmer weather. Ottawans are beginning to forget the rough.. tough winter which sent our oil bills soaring. .

From Europe to Florida. in Japan as in New England. it has . been a savage winter marked by newspaper headlines on rare and bizarre happenings. Yet ‘ oddly enough the statistics in 01- ; tawa don’t make this out as‘ such an outrageous winter. The ‘ lowest temperature recorded was ; nineteen beiow on February 4: i 64 inches of snow to date are 22 ‘ inches below the average lb ut more may come). We have had over 100 inches of snow in a re- cent winter: in we have had

PUBLIC FORUM

nu. column is open lo the diacuslurn hy correspondents o lei-ea. The G sarily endorse the opinion at corr

oondente. All lettera published are aura

Joel I in. and condensation when

nausea" Ian la unable tr- r v concern to

la . In; teller-a auhmltted.

POOR INSPIRATION

Sin—Last year a replica of the P.E.I. House of Legislature was seen and admired by many I Cmadlana In other Provlnces. I wonder what those same Ca-n- radians would think if they could see and hear what has been so- ing on In this same "House" dur- ing this session of the Legisla- ture? Mam rlsluc to their feet (out of order) and going on with the moat sarcastic and stupid lines of dialogue that I’m 5 sure any House has ever wit-l neased.

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w 1- II ed with raapaet for om «Parlia-

meat. Let‘s make on- vdcee heard it mull.

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and “light to remit-ad!

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, tender way. The door is open.

‘ get as much time and space as

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temperatures of 39 below. But. this winter we had. as every; country in the northern hemis- l phere had. :1 persistent and bit- l ter north wmd whose chill fac- . tor frequently dragged our tem- perature :quivalent way way down. it New Year's Eve. for 5 example. it was fifteen below! by normal measurement: but the wind of 35 miles per hour pro- duced a wind chill factor mak- ing it as cold as sixty-six below in still air. MAKE WAY FOR SPRING

So it is with especial joy that. Ottawa is putting away its snow tires. raccoon fur coats. and those striking looking men's fur “wedges” or hats. and looking forward to mellow summer come the opening of our 26m Parlia- .

. ment next mont

eanwhile. with our heartsj lightened by the gay sea of col- ‘ our of those crocuses climbing up the grassy slopes surmount- ed by the statue to the great ‘

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Prime Minister. Sir Wilfrid Laurier. we should think on the memory of a popular Membe of Parliament with gratitude. For the late Rodney Adamson.

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crash at Moose Jaw nine years ago, initiated that wild prolifer- ation crocuses sprouti n 3

through the grass. ‘

Mr. Adamson, wearing khaki uniform 19 years ago although M.P.. sharrd the soldiers' strong feeling about conscrip- tion. He ventured into Ottawa's Byward Market. purchased a sack of mixed crocus bulbs,

and diligently in the dark of

night planted them along the . grassy slope beneath the Laur- ' ier statue. The sun of S p r i n g ‘ later spelled out the wo rd

"Conscription" in yellow andi blue and white blossoms ragged- : ly forming the letters. The mul- ‘ tiplied progeny of those Adam- ‘ son flowers of protest today

form a solid carpet. i

Becomes Sym pathetic

Montreal

“Paying taxes can be fun."

gan that the US. Internal Re- venue Service ithe Income Tax Departmentt has adopted. But it is making a big publicity ef— fort to give the tax-gatherch a better public image.

The idea is to make them ap- ear as “friendly folk." ready to talk over taxes with the citi- zen in a soothing and almost

it is said. Just drop in any old

time and have a chat. You‘ll

find how nice we really are. An effort is being made to

possible for those who will speak to the people about the Service. Each representative is to try to make himself Into a beloved public personality — “Mr. Re- venue." He is the man with the understanding approach. the ' the sympathetic

touch. The Internal Revenue Service

Gazette has also tried to gel the Post

Office Department to put out a; may

postage stamp. for use all over? the nation, commemorating the, 100th anniversary of the Inter-' nal Revenue, The Post Office Department was not receptive to the idea, so Internal Revenue had to fall back on issuing a commemorative revenue stamp

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ILS own.

This attempt by the tax - za- therer to show tender sympathy for the tax-payers, before they are devoured, is rather too grim to be agreeable. It is rath- er like Lewis Carroll's Walrus. as he. with kindness. sorted out the oysters for his dinner:

“I weep for you," the Walrus

said: “I deeply sympathize." With subs and tears he sorted

ou Those of the largest slze. Holding his pocket - handker-

chie Before his streaming eyes.

Volcanic Ouibursts

National Geographic Society

Searing lava. spewing from ‘ Mount Agung brings death to Bali. Hot ashes from lrazu burn j crops in Costa Rica. 0n the is-

; land of Paramushir. in the Rus-

sian Kuril chain. Mount Ebeko erupts after 35 years of inac- tivity.

Those are the news items; But what's going on?

Business as usual on the earth’s great "Circle of Fire,” the geologists answer.

On this vaat'clrcle, which gir- dles the Paclflc Ocean. lie 400

of the more 600 volcanoes classified as active or recently active.

Among them are such famed volcanoes as sacred Full Japan; lolly Popocatepetl .In Mexico: legendary Manna Lou and Kilauea on Hawaii: Merapt. the the mountain of central Java; and steaming Mount Erebua in Ice - covered Antarc- tlca. . MANY ERUPTIONS

0f the world‘s 41 major vol- canic eruptions recorded since

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talus Ire highest concentration

at volouoea In the world. There

have been 70 volcanic upheav-

als In Indonesia within historic

time, Including the cataclysmic of Krakatau almost

,tsunaml, destroyed a thousand

, 36.000 human beings to western

the l . Kllaue ‘ taln as "dark red -- the red of

bee

P - Volcanic dust carried on into

The explosions were heard as far away as western and sou- thern Australia. Ceylon, Thal- nd. and the Philippines. Par- ticles of dust from the eruption were borne by winds around the world. Awesome tidal waves, or

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villages and drowned more than

Java. SOME ARE TAMED

Not all volcanoes unleash their power with such sudden fury. In many areas of the world man has learned to employ the [town I er of steam generated In under- ground volcanic llaults.

ew Zealand has bulll a power station at Walrakel, tap- ping underground steam to turn power < generating turbines. Sl- mllar efforts have been m e in Mexico, Centnal America.~ It- aly. and Iceland. ‘

Maori villagers in New Ze land's thermal region use tzh natural hot water and steam to bathe and wash, eve cook and heat homes.

Eruptlng volcanoes can be fearful sights. One witness to 959 eruption of Howell'- a dcacnbed lta llery loun-

ta —— and It hurled Into the alt massive blocks the else at anoa."

the atmosphere" dllhtaaa ti: o sun's rays to create heauttl ul sunsets. Spectacular a n It a e t a

Increase In TB Alerts Officials

By Dr. Theodore R. Van Dellea

TUBERCULOSIS la a moo - able disease and health author. ltlea become alerted when there is a sudden Increase In the number of cases in a certain community. This took place 11 upstate New York in 1958 when the rate Jumped to 184.4 per 100,000 of the population. "The national average was an 19.7)

The increase was confined to one school district and it was obvious someone with active tu- berculosis was passing on also ' tion to others. According to Dr. Evelyn F11. Rogers of the New York department of health, the culprit turnedout to be the driver of school bus No. l

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The 226 pupils who rode this i vehicle attended five of the se- l ven schools in the district. Vi- tal statistics revealed that 32 ; per cent or these youngsters . had a positive tuberculin to st and 19.5 per cent had active tu- berculosis. This was in contrast to the outcome of the children who rode other buses. 01' these, the tubercllin rate was 1.8 per I

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cent and active tuberculosis was present in only 0.1 per cent. i What about the bus 'drlver? 3 The school district requires a! chest X-ray of e v e ry person I seeking employment for this I job. The man had contracted a l respiratory infection eight t months before his employment. I X-rays at that time showed a .- shadow that was considered 10‘ pneumanitls. Several X-raysl were taken at monthly inter- I vals, which indicated a progres- sive clearing of the lesion. It i was completely gone by the I time of his preemployment X- 5

Five months later. the driver : mug and veloped s w c a t s, latigahility. cough. and weight loss. But he wait another six months be- fore seeing his physiclan and having an X-ray. new sha- dow was present and tests of his sputum were positive for tu- bercle bacilli. He «has been suf- fering from the disease for sev- eral months and drove the chil- dren around. unaware of the i true nature of his chest condi- ‘ t.