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Mr. Thompson's Itinerary

According to a. news item from Ghana. Social Credit. Leader Robert Thompson left the. capital of that country on Thursday for Ethiopia at the end of a five-day visit. Ear- lier he had called on President Nkrumah and visited the Univeiu sity of Ghana near Accra. He will visit: Tanganyika. Kenya and Egypt before returning home.

f His expenses are being paid bv the Canadian government and he is acting as a representative of the government. As explained by Exter- nal Affairs Minister Martin in the House of Commons. one. of the main reasons for sending him to Africa was to try to obtain the release of 26‘ Canadians now being held by Congolese rebels. He is also visiting the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Africa and the Or- ganization of African Unity.

Mr. Thompson had spent 15 years in Africa. knows many per- sonalities there and is “eminently qualified" to represent the govern- ment on this mission. Mr. Martin emphasized. Of course! But this leaves unanswered the question of Mr. Thompson’s status as paid leader of an Opposition party in the Canadian Parliament.

It was the Pearson gm'ernment that. made provision for extra pay- ment to leaders of Opposition groups in the. House. over and above the extra indemnity accruing to Mr. Diefenbaker as official leader of the Opposition. This was in recog- nition of the responsibility devolv- ing on these party leaders of dis- charging their dutics on the Op- position side.

.‘Isn’t it the democratic idea that an; Opposition leader's job is to study and criticize the work being done by the g0vernment. to bring to‘public attention any matters the government. may. for one reason or another. want. to ignore? Not. sure.- ly. to take on assignments on the government's behalf.

If it was Parliament that had sent Mr. Thompson on this mission. it would be different. But Parlia- ment knew nothing of the matter until it came to light in an item in the interim supplies.

.There is nothing. of course. to prevent Mr. Thompson from joining the government forces and relin- qulshing his present status if he chooses to do so. 'or the govern- ment from appointing him to the. cabinet. for that matter. Apparently it lis in need of a man of his quhlifications. But the position he hub been placed in in this instance isé to say the. least. an anomalous OIIB

Worth Study, But . . .

A good deal of the enthusiasm nvyr the revival of the idea of an Atlantic union has come. paradoxi- y. from sources outside the At- ] tic area. notably from Ontario is ‘ the Western provinces if we' are to judge by newspaper com- mints on the subject. It is difficult. afinrently, for outsiders to under- atbnd why there should be any ob- j ‘tione to such a scheme. It is h pful. therefore. to have a more anced view of the question ap- . r in one of Canada's moot wide— ‘ micirculated newspapers. the Tor- 4

. ‘l . '.’ s

o Globe sun. The author of 11:1? article In Dr."John 1". Graham.

._ h department of econo-

' . Dalhoosfe University. end hie

' merits careful study.

'., Frank Walker Editor

.I year off Island and U k 520 00 per

of the Charlottetown Conference,

I which was originally called to dis-

cuss it. Certainly in view of the economic similarities of the provin- ces. close co-operation among them would accelerate the formulation and execution of a concerted federal‘ provincial program of economic de- velopment for the region.

One advantage that would ac- crue from union. the writer con- cedes. would be a more efficient civil service. Whether or not there would be. any direct saving. there could be coisiderable economies in terms of better results from the expenditures made. There would likely be some reduction in the cost of the Legislature, as well, but more important. it might be possible to attract an abler group of legisla- tors to the larger political arena.

With regard to one of the chief virtues claimed for union by its ad- vocates. however—that it would enhance the region's political in- fluence at Ottawa. since it could then speak with a single united voice—Dr. Graham expresses grave doubts. Four governments. he ar- gues. can probably exert more in- fluence than one. Probably the num- ber of MPs from the. region would be reduced and. more important perhaps. so also would the number of ministers from the region in the federal Cabinet.

Moreover. there has seldom been much evidence that MPs from any of these provinces have. repre- sented its interests in a concerted way. They have. generally tended to fall into line with national party policy and discipline. There is no reason to believe that they would act differently if the region com- prised a single province.

Cited also as obstacles are the. competitive scrambling for new in- dustries. which might become more bitter with political union. and the differences in average income and therefore in fiscal capacity among the four provinces. Summing up. the writer says:

"Political union is likely a pipe dream. even for the three Maritime provinces. 'Provincial loyalities are deeply rooted; it is difficult to see how agreement could be reached on a single provincial capital. or to be- lieve that the. several provincial Legislatures would preside over their own liquidation in favor of a single Legislature. Nevertheless. it may still be worthwhile to under- take a thorough study of full polit- ical union. for such a study may re.- veal opportunities for fruitful co- operation and co-ordination of de- velopment policy that a more limit- ed study would fail to do and that might otherwise be overlooked."

Famous Quotes

The. next edition of Bartlett's “Familiar Quotations" will undoubt- edly contain those. much-quoted words of Senator Goldwater in his speech of acceptance at the Repub- lican convention last July. which did more. to discredit him than any- thing clse in the. election campaign: “Extremism in the pursuit of lib- erty is no vice: Moderation in the defense of justice is no virtue." They sounded so good at the time. and on analysis proved to be. so hard to reconcile with the respon- sibilities of office!

Undoubtedly. along with those words. the anthologists of famous sayings will quote President John- son‘s paraphrase of the Goldwater statement. made at Madison Square Garden just before the campaign ended: "Extremism in the pursuit of the Presidency is an unpardon- able vice: Moderation in the affairs of the nation is the highest virtue.”

Nothing could better sum up the major issue at stake in the cam- paign. or the reason why the world breathed more easily after the re- sults of the Democratic landslide came in. Nothing. perhaps, did as much to make the election a dis- aster for one party. and a resound- ing victory for the other.

EDITORIAL NOTES '

Mixing drinks. it appears. la less dangerous than mixing clean- ing fluids. The Boston Poison In- formation Centre says mixed clean- ers can be extremely dangerous. The Centre issued the warning af- ter it realized that putting differ- ent cleaning materials together-in the hope of removingsnm dirt has become a common m

housewives. K_ unchansea .‘rdlfilarof i

THE NEW PHONE

RUSSIAN ENIGMA

Future Soviet Policies Hard To Discern

It Is difficult to discern as yet any concrete shape of future So- viet polices. The meeting of all Communist par. ties that was to draw up an agenda for a congress which was to drum Ihe. Chinese out of the Communist ranks has not b e e n cancelled. Relations With Tito's Yugoslavia -- an im- portant weather-vane 1n the So- viet political atmosphere — con- tinue to be go .

Usually. relations with Bel- grade tend to become strained when there is a rapprochement between Moscow and Peking. which Ioathes Marshal Tito. Moreover. the fact that the new Soviet leadership selected the Polish Communist party leader. Wladyslaw Gomulka —— a close friend of Mr. Khrushchev —- as

Its foreign confidant. and that

meeting took place on the Po- . Iish border in the. same locality I

where Mr. Gomulka used to meet Mr. Khrushchev. is also taken to mean that there will be no change in the over-all line of ; Soviet policy. I

WHERE IS SUSLOV?

0n the other hand. there Is the mystery of the missing Mlk- . hail Snslov who. more than any- body else. is said to have engin- eered Mr. Khrushchcv‘s down- fall? is he truly ill. or is his a . diplomatic illness? Is Mr. Sus- Iov merely hiding his time be- fore he grasps the reins of pow- J or. or is he in Peking negotiating with Mao?

These are questions to which nobady has been able to provide a satisfactory answer. The fact remains that despite all the re- l assuring signs. the Yugoslavs remain perturbed They have noted that since Mr. Khrush- l chev's fall Moscow has been I emphasizing the importance ’II ‘. manifestos of 1957 and 1960. both of which led to a compro- mise with Mao Tse-tung. .

There is also the strange case. E of present Warsaw trial of the l

Polish popular writer Melchior Wankowicz. one of the signator— Ies of a protest. addressed in March by 34 Polish writers ‘0 the Warsaw government. -

Mr. Wankowicz. who Is a Un- ; ited Slalcs citizen. has been 1 suddenly arrested and put on trial seven months after the al- 1 leged offence. Some fear hat. i this may mean that Slalinists In I the salelite countries have tak- I on new heart from the events in ' Moscow.

In the Far East the only - indirect — casualty of the Chin-

He walked amid the to r e st trees

And sought the solace of hue

am.

Hel welcomed morning's golden I lit.

When day was done. he held Ine

. dream.

No stranger. he. to life around. Hts country. friends and famlly Remember well his will to serve Them all. with true humility.

Tliough soldier. servant of the aw. And Mountie from the rugged

to his work

was . As If in contrast , Great books poem he loved

the best.

The bugle's sounded o’er Ills bed In notes the autumn air have

ren. Helios within the Island‘s earth To rest. at peace. A life well WI. «Dart Poster

iversity and establish

is m m. the Um.)

Winnipeg Free Press ese. atomic explosion was

.Ia- l government believes that one of

pan's Prime Minister Ikeda. He the first moves to relax , Far

resigned. after four years successful premiership that took his country back into the ranks

of the great powers. because. ‘ _ ' H ‘without inststmg on conditions

ailing. he felt that in these un- certain times Japan should have a fit and resolute leader.

As to China itself. the British

of 1

Eastern tensions must be a new initiative in the United Na- tions to give China. a seat. but whether China would accept it

unacceptable to the United States is most doubtful. The issue of a

‘ nuclear China looms threatening

and enigmatic as before.

Premier Roboris’ Plon

Globe and Mail. Toronto

Premier John Roberts has an- '. would be academlc.

nounced an imaginative. prehensive. far- practical plan for the expansion of medical. dental and nursing training facilities in Ontarlo and the provision of new hospi tals.

com- i sighted and.

Mr. Robarts has also recog- nized the immediacy of the need. as his proposals for the training of nurses clearly do monstrates. There will be short crash courses to train nurses as teachers. increases in Go

For the proposals to expand i mentgranls for the construction

and renovate the medical school at the University of Toronto. es- tablish a new medical school and teaching hospital at Mc- Master University. renovate the medical school at Queen's ni- a n e w school of dentistry and teaching hospital at the University of Western Ontario. he is indebted to the Advisory Committee on University Affairs w h i c h through its chairman. Mr. Dana Porter. on Sept. 22 recommena

ed that the Government under

take these projects.

The plan is not small and it is not niggardly— it will cost the province $114 million. It places the greatest emphasis on the greatest need— not mere build- Ings.but the training of qualified sin to make these build‘nc. come alive and useful In the life of the community. Without such trained people any medicare plan Canadians may devise

of nurses' residences. three new regional nursing schools. and a Planning Council on Nurse Edut cation drawing together repre sentatives of all interested bod— ies and reporting direct to the Minister of Health.

In these nurses' residence~ that the nurse wIll be. recogniz- ed at last for what she ought u be. a student like any other stu- dent. permitted but not com- pelled to live in residence. spending her time in learning and not in providing cheap lab- or for hospitals. The new nurse must become a respected mem her of the medical team. no longer its Iackey.

If the federal Government and the. Governments of the other

} provinces will now emulate Mr. : Roberts‘ ,exa'mple.

C a n a d a might indeed. In time. have. the staff to implement a compre- hensive medicare plan.

Outspencling Income

Guelph Mercury

Goodwill between Canada and

flhe U.S Is all very well but

without "adequate understanding it may lack an adequate foun-

.dation. a New York audience

has been told by Robert Win ers. who was one of the bright er members of the St. Laurent cabinet.

An industrial executive evei since the loss of his riding in 1957. Mr. Winters referred to Canada‘s' disparity in trade and balance of payments posi tion in this country’s business relations with the U.S. In these particulars Canada is In the same position with respect to the U.S. as is Great Britain In tragic with Canada. Mr. Winters , .

"The United States Is our blu- gest customer and we are yours Yet year In and year out .ve have a balance on our trading account. Amerlcans are large Investors in Canada. now own or control aomethlng like so per cent of all our industry Nobody knows fer than you do that we cannot year In and year out spend more than we

'Imports or by

earn. With a country whose an. nual budget Is about $7 billions. you can well appreciate Ih e strain that a national deflclt 0’ one and a half to two billion do less places on our economv This must be corrected. Correction. however. would bring difficultles. whether re- medy was sought by reducing increasing ex~ ports. in either case certain sectors of the American econ-

omy would be opposed to .t h e.

measures. It was here that un- derstanding. which he sold Can. adtans were not sure they en toyed in the U.S . was needed to supplement. American goodwill of which Canada had no doubt.

Mr. Winters reminded Me and- lence of a fact still not fully ac- cepted in the U.S. —— "that dur- Ing the war Canada neither .e quested nor received any lend lease help from the United Slat ea“. Th was in keeping with Canada's pride In Its abIIity to stand on Ila own feet. He Im- plled that IhIs Is Canada‘s goa‘ in Its efforts to remedy Its S trade imbalance.

Skyslcrofle-rImCDhlim'l'I hem All

In a world constantly baller- ed by new wanders. a West Ber- lin architect h proposing anoin- er scum of nucleons—— a skyscraper our test tall. New flatma- an odor m

In; might be complet-

Visuals-uncom- would be “more In the sky for 8.0mm. twill Include museum. several them. oil-u. tunnels. pol- Iea and Humans. m re~

taurant. doctors and lawyers. churches serving five denomln- atlons and parking space for 4. am autos. High speed elevators would whisk from bottom to top In three minutes. although pas- sengers might have to budget three additional minutes for their stomachs to catch up..

ThIs world be nearly tin-ea times taller than New Yori'a Emil-e Stale building (1.47! feet with Its TV m). more has fair closes loftler Inn Mll- waukee’s m tour-In tower at H feat.

Treatment For Varicose Veins

By Dr. 'l'heodore R. Van Della

Varicoee‘velns should be trest- ed because they are not func- tioning properly and are likely to cause swelling. discoloration ‘ and ulceration

these enlarged. tortuous vessels flows down instead of up. When nothing is done. the condition usually becomes progressively worse.

There is no need to rush to a physician at the first sign of a- prominent vein. Mild vericositl es can be babied along by avmd- mg long periods of Standing. A clerk at a counter. for example should move about at. frequent Intervals because muscular con- tractions have a pumping action on the venous flow. It Is advls- able to sit. with the legs elevat- ed several times a day and. to sleep with the foot of the bed resting on six-inch blocks.

A supportive elastic bandage or stocking helps by collapsing the surface veins. which forces blood into the deeper veins These supports should reach from the toes to just below the

‘ knee— and they must fit. Use l garter belts to hold up the hose. ‘ rather than round garters. The

overweight ought to reduce.

Permanent results are obtain ed by means of surgery. An In- cision is made in the groin and the varicose veins are ligated and cut. Another incision ls made near the knee and— of ankle, A wire-like device is threaded into the vein from be- low and fastened to the cut end In the groin. It then is with-~ drawvn. pulling the vein Inside out along with it. (stripping). This is done until all the varic- es are remov .

The small remaining strag glers can be obliterated by In- jecting a sclerosing solution The injection treatment was a recognized remedy for varicose veins 20 years ago. It seldom I! done. today because it does not. provide permanent relief. es- cept in isolated instances.

Pregnancy creates a specnai

; problem. Dilated veins are first i noticed at this time in some. In

others. pregnancy aggravates the condition. At any rate. sur- gery usually is not advisable at this time. A conservative ao- proach. with the use of elastic supports. is better until later. when operation can be done. if needed. HAIR AND STRENGTH

E. M. writes: Is it true that shaving the legs w e a k e n 5 them?

REPLY

No. The old story about Sam-

son was not meant to imply that

‘ the loss of hair would prodm- l weakness in others. After all he lwas able to push _Iwo pillar"

apart after Delilah did him

wrong. SALT AND

I ARTERIOSCLEHOSIS 1 Mr. M.M.L. writes: What are ‘ the benefits. if any. of a nonssll diet in hardening of the arter ies? , REPLY

Unless your blood pressure Is

lhigh. there is no need to omit ‘; salt from the diet. It has no at . fect upon hardening of the arter and schools it is to be hoped ‘ i

es. ENORMOUS NEWBORN W. A. writes: Can a baby will weighed 16 pounds when born be considered healthy? REPLY

Yes. and if true. this is a we ord birth weight. According to Guttmacher. no child weighing more than 15‘2 pounds has been born alive.