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PAGE 4 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1905.
Are These The Issues?
“According to a news dispatch, Prime Minister Pearson got his loud- estcapplause in Quebec on Tuesday night when he referred—in French— to the Liberal government's work in
bringing about a national flag——‘‘our |
beautiful flag of which we are so proud.” Not so long ago, another equally authentic dispatch says he got his loudest applause in Newfound- land when he told of how his govern: ment had “saved” the flag for Can- ada. It wasrrt the same flag he claim- ed credit for in Quebec—it was the Union Jack, not the Maple Leaf em- blem. But is either of them an issue in this campaign? Shouldn't they both’ be treated with more respect than as electioneering gimmicks? ; In the same partisan spirit Finance Minister Gordon has declared that the outcome of the election would be interpreted as a verdict for or against the adoption of a medicare plan for Canada—this regardless of the fact that while a recent federal-provincial
_ conference made some progress to-
wards reaching a common accord on the question, there is no certainty as yet that the scheme as proposed by Ot- tawa will be adopted. It must have the consent of all the provinces, and that applies regardless of how the vote goes on November 8.” Mr. “Gordon knows this, but he must be hoping the ~ electors. don’t. - But when it comes to zeal of this kind who can beat Health . Minister
Tuesday declared that if the Liberals obtain a majority in the next Parlia- ment they will “adjust the basic flat rate of the Canada Pension Plan jf assistance proves insufficient to meet . pensioners’ needs”! This notw it h-
standing that she ignored Opposition ~
demands to include this provision in the plan when it was put through. Now she’s going to do it her way by “apportioning the benefits according to needs, based on the cost of living in _the!areas in which a pensioner lives.” To explain how this will work Miss LaMarsh went on to say that a “pen- sioner in Prince Edward Island doesn’t need in actual dollars any- thing like a pensioner living in
pay-as much but we won’t get as much down here because we don't need as mueh! Not “anything like as much” in actual dollars! Perhaps some hand- outs if we come round to the back door, but no payment in coin of the realm on a par with Toronto pension- ers! aoe Here’s a vote-catching promise for Not*very tempting ‘to Islanders put: think- of all the votes it could swing in the big industrial provinces! More than Mr. Pearson’s flag wag- ging and Mr. Gordon's befuddlement of the medicare program combined. Sinee it touches us so closely, we'll expect to hear more about it from the Prime Minister himself when he honors us with a visit on Saturday. —
Rhodesian Crisis
it seems that there are worse things in the eyes of the United Na- tions than British “imperialism.” Now Britain is being called upon by that august body to prevent minority- ruled Rhodesia from carrying out her thréat-to declare her independence against the wishes of the British gov- erninent. The vote carried 107-2 in the General Assembly, the only dis- senting voices being those of South Afnea and Portugal. .
Prime Minister Ian Smith seems bent on making Rhodesia indepen- derit by Christmas. But the indepen- derice will be for the country’s 225,- 000 white settlers only—not the 4. 000,000 black Africans to whom he re-
fuses eqtial fights” Britain will not ield grotnd om this point, but what is dhe to do if @risis comes to s head? f
Economic sanctions—imposed both» by Britain and other Commonwealth
| cussions could easily be global.
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members—might have some effect; but failing this, what? Britain is un- likely to send trops into Rhodesia to subdue a rebellious white Rhodesian government, even with the moral sanction of the United Nations. Either way, a crisis of major proportions could be precipitated. ;
if war broke out along the Zam: | besi River, which divides indepen- | dent black Africa from the last-ditch |
white redoubt at the southern end of the continent—the area comprising Rhodesia, the Portuguese colonies of Angola and Mozambique and the Re- public of Squth Africa—its reper- It would split the’ world along strictly racial lines; and its impact could be
unsettling within “lands. wherever |
black and white communities live.
It was this area that Britain’s am- bassador to the United Nations had in mind last year when he warned of
“the possibility of a color war in |
which the whole world will be involv- ed.” For Rhodesia itself it could not fail to spell disaster, and one must hope that this knowledge will sink in and have a deterrent effect upon Smith and his government. But on- the-spot observers are not optimistic on this score. They compare the situa- tion to a political time bomb that has been ticking ominously for 18 months and seems about to explode.
Canada’s Foreign Aid
The need for increasing Can- ada’s foreign aid expenditures is now generally recognized, and not on al- truistic grounds alone. As the Financ- ial Post points out in a leading edit-
‘orial, our efforts put little strain on
the national economy, all but a frac- tion of last year’s $226 million having been spent on goods and services in Canada. The’ soft loans and export credits will be paid back in due course. By any standard, this is a program that benefits us, the donor; nearly as much as the recipient.
Last year’s aid expenditure rep- resented a big increase from the $108 million in fiscal year 1963-64. But our “generosity” of last year includes $76 million in export credits or $34
‘million more than the 1963-64 and, $40. million in—
for the. first time, “soft” loans. These are repayable over 50 years and carry an interest. charge of less than 1 per cent. Both the credits and the soft loans can be used
; | only for the purchase of Canadian jidy-LaMarsh, who: in -Ontane on) goods and services. They account for
| most of the annual increase.
External Affairs Minister Martin predicts that our outlays in foreign aid will more than double between now and 1970, and the Toronto financial paper_hails this statement with satisfaction. “The proposed boost,” it adds, ‘still has to material- ize. Any promise made during an elec- tion: campaign is properly suspect. But all Canadians who care about the world thy live in will hope the aid in-
“creases are promptly forthcoming:
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The $8,700 million given last-year by-
the western world to development causes represented 1 per cent of ag-
gregate gross national product. Can*~
Toronto.” Of course, we'll have to | ada gave only about one half of 1 per | cent of its GNP.”
One thing we have a right to ex- pect from all our potitical leaders is
assurance of their concern in this
matter. As the Post well says, Mr. Martin’s estimate of $400 million to $500 million in aid by 1970 shouldn’t scare anyone at all. It won't. create much of a drain on our foreign re- serves. It promises to move Canadian goods and services into many parts of the world that couldn’t afford them
otherwise, and indirectly to be of | | political
mai i ic producers. major benefit to our basic p | somewhat revolutionary »olicies. |
What Next? ——Qur farmers” will-be~jolted- bya strange piece of news from the US. bureau of mines, which discovered some yeasts which live on chemicals
obtained from coal tar. The bureau says: “Several of the microbes that can
live on coal chemicals produce pro- tein 2,500 times faster than domestic meat animals. For example, one 1,100 pound cow, grazing in pasture, turns its food (grass) into edible protein at the rate of only 1.1 pounds per day. But 1,100 pounds of microorganisms, living on a ‘pasture’ of coal-derived chemicals, turns its food (paraffinic hydrocarbons) into edible protein at the rate of ‘2.750-pounds per day.”
We are indebted to the Milwaukee Journal for thjs information, which hastens to assure us that “it hasn't been proved as vet that a broiled patty of microorganism protein compares with a rare sirloin with. onions and sauce diable.” But it adds that “the threat is suggested and dairy and beef interests had better be alert.”’ As. if they haven't enongh to worry about
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BAREFOOT BOY FROM ST. JAMES ST.
MR. KENT'S CASE
Not Among Ottawa's Untouchables »
Tradition says that public ‘ser- vants are apart from politics and ought not to have their names dragged into election campaigns by politicians be- cause they are not in a position to answer charges made against them. It is a tradition which will bear re-examination, parti- cularly as the names of two public servants have already been injected into the present campaign.
|....Prime. Minister . Lester Pear son. introduced _ the of Chief Electoral Officer Nelson
Castonguay,..when he told some Newfoundland~~-university---stu- dents that Mr. Castonguay had not advised him that there would
| be a-difficulty with student vot-
ing before he called the election © for November 8.
The name of Mr. Tom Kent, director of the war on. poverty and policy secretary to Mr. Pearson, has been heard from on number of political podiums.
Conservative Leader Johan |
Dtefenbaker> has. *co that Mr. Kent has already won his war on poverty (his salary is $25,000 a year); and Mr. Kent's economic views have be- come a campaign issue, parti- cularly in York West, where Conservative candidate George Hogan (‘and presumably the voters) would like to know if Liberal candidate Robert Wint- ers agrees. with. them. ie The positions of these two publi¢ servants are so different as to provide an interesting test of the-tradition-——--- ~~
“DIFFERENT CASES —
Mr. Castonguay isa classic of the public servant, highly com- petent, universally respected and invariably careful not to in- vade the political sphere.
Mr. Kent is quite another case: He has himself been a pol* itician, running for the Liberals in 1963 and losing to New Dem-
_ ocratic Party Leader T.C’ Dou-~ glas. When the voters declined
to put him in the Government, Mr. Pearson corrected the om- ission by making him his policy secretary,.a position in which he has become an -unoffciial member of the Cabinet and wielded more influence than most Cabinet Ministers. He him-
self has said that he will con- |
tinue as Mr. Pearson’s policy secretary through the élection campaign. :
His policies are therefore a
issue, and they are
Mr. Kent outlined them in a
Our Yesterdays~ {From The Guardian. Files)
TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO | (October 14, 1940) j Tons of bombs rained from moonlit skies on London, rock- ing the capital early in the mor- @ing as German raiders deliver- ed the heaviest night attack since the air seige of Britain’s capital began five weeks ago.
Admiral Sir Matthew Best, 62, 4 veteran of the battle of Jut- land, and former commander in chief of the American and West Indies stations, died-—today-—in
Globe and Mail, Toronto
@peech. to the Liberal thinkers’ conference in Kingston in 1960, & speech which he later repro- duced in a book, Social Policy
It is hig theme that Canadians need more social welfare, schools and so on, but that they foolishly prefer to spend their money on consimer goods. He would correct this lack of judg- ment by eliminating the possib- ility for Canadians to make ‘such judgments. © ?
CHANGING THE LANES
He would do this by changing the tax laws so that businesses no longer deduct as a cost ng business the mone y spent on advertising: their pro- wi This would end most ad-
vertising (also most independent
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"Paying can ,be fun," This ena the "line now being. adopted by the Depart- ment of National Revenue. The tax-gatherer is no longer an ogre; he now wears a smile; he comes to you almost as an old friend.
Even a certain coyness creeps into the Department's advertis- ing. Last spring the. advertise- ments read: ‘'When you get. your income tax form in the mail, try to smile.” And this year the slogan is: “Is this the
-{ year you got your income tax
right?’’
|es are always open. Just drop in any old time ‘and have a chat. You'll find out how nice we real-
On-a crisp, breezeless. night” when the sky is blazing with stars and an orange moon sails serenely among them, you may hear the calls. |Few nature experiences are more poignant than the haunt- ing cries in the night.as wild geese wing their way along the sky trails to the southland.
If you are fortunate, you. may see the dark shapes flash across the moon, while their eerie calls fill one’s heart with the mystery | of a life form that twice each
year follows ancient trails in |
the sky.
‘The Canadian goose is a noble bird and one exults with them as the squadrons flash through the “night, “and “powerful ~ wings to an ages-old instinct.
~ As the cries drift down to an earthbound man, he knows the
London.
TEN YEARS AGO (October 14, 1955) Composer Harry Parr-Davies, who wrote many of the songs made popular by British comed- ienne Gracie Fields, was found dead in his apartment in Lon- don, England. He was 41: Among his song hits for Miss Fields were ‘Wish Me Luck,” “My Lucky Day.” “Smile When You Say Goodbye,” and ‘Sing As We Go”
Egyptian Premier Gamal Ab- dul Nasser told the New York Poat in an exclusive interview that he believed the Arab na-° tions are up against a ‘‘zionist conspiracy’’ rooted im the Unit- ed States.
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Dear Mr. Revenue
Montreal
The door of the revenue offic: |
Calls In The Night
Ottawa Journal
yellow | to the air arid return to theit
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news. media, which depend on- | advertising to survive).
The people would be ignorant ‘of new products, would not | therefore wish to buy them, and would be more willing to let the tax-collector take their money for welfare, schools, etc. ]
Many would not have much }money to be taken, of course, because they earn their livings- by making the products which Mr. Kent considers foolish and would abolish. ‘
The umbrella of silence which \rightly shelters the non-politic- al- public servant cannot be | stretched to shelter” Mr. ~ Kent |He may not be on the hustings, but his policies are; and the electorate has the right to judge a and those who espouse
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ly are. Mr. Revenue is now to be the man with the understand- ing approach, the ready smile, the sympathetic touch.
Such attempts by the tax-gath- erers to show a thoughtful sym: pathy for the tax-payer, before the tax-payer is devoured, is ra- ther too grisly to bee agreeable. It is too much like Lewis Car- foll’s Walrus, as he, with tender
for his dinner: i “I weep for you,” the’ Wairus
sf deeply -sympathize.””—-—~ {With sobs and tears he sorted ou
| Those of the largest size, Holding his. pocket-handkerchief Before his streaming eyes.
He knows that when a winter is passed, great flocks will lift in-
breeding grounds in the north, on the shores of Hudson Bay of around Labrador lakes. Sometimes one does not see them on a dark, cloud-covered night;but the calls from the darkness overhead teH us that nature's schedule is on time. Somehow the cries in the night are a challenge to man.
They tell of the sureness of an
kindness, sorted out the oysters |_
| Don’t Delay Treatment
By Dr. Theodore R. Van Delien Skin cancers are the easiest to detect because they are vis- ible and frequently located on enpoane areas. Delay in treat- ment occurs i a _ a malignant wait and see”. is ad ; It is safer to Econ ao Sonne cious lesion and send it to the boratory for microscopic
study. Basal cell carcinomas low. grade skin but they still are cancers. They
grow slowly but when un:
ee ete the skin. The bilicated! afd the raised a have a “shiny pearly” appear- ance, The central core may ul- cerate as the lesion expands. Cancer is suspected when the
is especially true when a4 scab forms, fails out, reforms, and again, falis off.
Most victims are fair, thin- skinned and in the middle to old- er aged group. The lesions are — wan the a part of.
> the head and} neck: “The cause is not known but we suspect irritation from. overexposure to the sun and the weather. More than 90 per cent of these cancers can be removed by surgical excision or X-ray therapy. It is a simple procedure but it is best not to delay.
Squamous cell carcinoma is a related skin cancer which occur to persons exposed to the sun and wind. It also occurs over areas irritated by soot, pitch, tar, paraffin, and radioactive substances. Many of the victims have thin, dry skin, with irregu- larities of pigmentation and dot-
al excision is curative when the lesion “is- recognized early.
‘A malignant melanoma is the most serious of all skin malig- marcies. These develop occa- sionally from moles and are suspected whenever the blemish enlarges, changes in: contour, or darkens in color. Now and then the growth itches or burns. Im- Mediate surgery is needed.
~~ (NOTE: All correspondence te Dr. Van Dellen should be
addressed to: Dr. Theodore
Van Dellen, CO Chicago Trib- bune, Chicago, , Illinois.)
established plan: they confirm the great of life.) Through the night the birds fly |. along their trails, and the calls
that fall to one’s ears bring a lift fo the heart... bist eniaicial
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geese are headed to their wint- it was 10 years ago. ering grounds in the southland. | it was 10 years ago.
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For detailed information regarding extent of responsibility, types of treatment covered, ete.
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