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Federal Ante Boosted

The tax conference at Ottawa started-out..this_week with a brave _ declaration from Prime Minister © Pearson, asserting the federal gov- .. ernment’s right to act in the fields of manpower, culture and research—all

of which have been claimed by the —

- Quebec government as matters of. provincial jurisdiction. Ottawa, it was indicated, was offering the provinces $300 million a year in additional tax rights and equalization payments to meet the costs of higher education. It would pay the full cost of training” allowances for workers, the full costs of providing training plus help. in making amortization costs and provid- ing loans for capital costs. 4 It seemed like a generous new deal. But the joker in the pack was the provision for discontinuing next

March $1 the grants for operating [

costs of technical and vocational training programs and the phasing out by 1973 of grants for the capital costs involved. 5 ae There was.a great deal of confusion _ as to how this scheme would work __out. For the most part, provincial spokesmen were sceptical as to its advantages. What concerned us chief- ly, as Premier Campbell well said,

~--was’ the diversity -of- opinion: as--to~

how much Prince Edward Island would receive under the proposal and how much. it would lose because of federal withdrawal from vocational training programs. Yesterday, after two days of pres- sure from the premiers, Mr. Pearson — boosted the federal ante by $275 million, doubling the value of the phase-out arrangements and raising the payments to this province to

——$4;400,000,--as-against-Nova-Scotia's—-|—press—which-makes-no~bones~about—|~Sunday,- 18th November; for-the-}-

$40,300,000 ‘ and New Brunswick’s $34,400,000. The deal would leave Quebec > with $251,000,000- to be drawn in technical and vocational grants; which goes to show that there. still is something in the old adage about the squeaking wheel getting th grease. ‘ Certainly the new proposals repre- sent’an all-round improvement over the old, and the reaction from the provinces has been more favorable. The conference discussion has now moved into other fiscal areas, includ- ing the proposed equalization grants

formula which was introduced at last —

month’s conference, and which proved so shattering to the hopes of our Island representatives. This is another case where Ottawa has come up with some second thoughts, so far as recognition of its obligations to this province is concerned. We stand now to gain at least $3,500,000 under. _the formula, which is a big improve-_ ment over the original proposal,

though still not completely. satisfact-..

ory, as Premier Campbell maintains. Many. Pressing Chores —

* Premier Campbell may have rea- son to look back upon the present week as one of the most arduous and most important of his career.. His attendance at:the Ottawa conference is a full-time job in itself, for upon its outcome will depend our fiscal prospects for the months ahead. But he has had other important chores lined up as well, One of these has been his contact with the Nor- wegian and American interests ‘in- volved in the affairs of Gulf Garden Foods and Bathurst Marine Limited at Georgetown, and the arrangements for a full cabinet meeting here on Saturday to discuss the problem with these people. It is gratifying to note his statement, meanwhile, that the

“industries will be maintained and -continued if one way or another.

The Premier has also been seeking

assurance, and appare ntly with suc-_ cess, from : ter Hellyer with regard to the continuance of the

ed that efforts should be made to get more industry into the Summerside area in the event that the base may be phased out in future.

Yesterday he met with. the Secre-,

| tary of State, Miss LaMarsh, to dis- cuss the status of the Confederation -

Centre and‘ received an offer of help to solve the financial crisis, but not enough to meet the trustees’ require- ments. The Premier is hopeful of ob- taining ‘somewhat better terms” be- , fore an agreement is announced.

* And there is the obligation he has, as well, of reminding Prime Minister Pearson. and Transport. Minister ‘Pickersgill of their promised con- sideration of our claims for a guaran- tee. of- uninterrupted car ferry service between Borden and Tormen- tine. His hand has been strengthened in this matter by the strong resolu- tion passed this week by the Mari- time Provinces Board of Trade, urg-

+ ing that an agreement be expedited

between the federal and provincial

“guard both our vehicle and passenger traffic between these ports from being. disrupted by labor disputes of

making it public “without delay,” for

than the present of bringing this is- ‘sue to a head.

These are matters of cardinal con-

cern and importance to our citizens, and our spokesman on this occasion rates a salute for the efforts he is making to deal with them. They add up to about: as heavy a responsibili- ty as any premier of this province has had to shoulder in so short a space of time. -

inequitable Taxes. Finance Minister Sharp is to pre-

- sent his “baby budget” to Parliament

within. the next few weeks and in- creased ‘taxation is in prospect, large- -ly-for social-welfare purposes. Or,.as_

-Mr. Sharp expressed it, to prevent _any- inflationary effects from new. |.

welfare and pension programs to

which the government is already

‘committed.

“This theastire, of course, will serve |

to skim the cream off what the trade unions have received during the past few months.: This, in fact,.appears to be government policy; not to hold the line on wage increases but to permit substantial raises—and “then

_ with the other hand take the money,

or a large part of it, back in the form

of taxes. . This point is noted-by that staunch”

Liberal organ, the Winnipeg Free

protesting the unfairness of the policy. Those wage earners who have’ obtained healthy wage boosts, it con- cedes, will not be worse off, relatively speaking, than they were before, | though they are not going to be happy to see their gains immediately eroded by higher taxation. But what about the many wage earners who have not had an increase in pay of ‘the size given the Seaworkers, longshoremen, rail workers, and CBC technicians, to cushion the blow of higher taxes? The burden of new taxes will rest

one élse, but they have‘ no increase in income with which to meet a larger tax bill. -

It is axiomatic that taxation should be as. fair as it is possible to make it. It is never completely fair. But if Mr. Sharp introduces higher taxes for Canadians at the end of this -month, this, in the context of today’s

“economic picture in Canada, will be an inequitable measure—and the gov-

EDITORIAL NOTES ©

District offices have now been opened in provinces but. Quebec to provide information and: services on the Canada Pension Plan, accord- ing to an announcement from the federal health department. The dis- trict offices are located in all prov- incial capitals and other major population centres,.and will total 37

_ by the year’s end. There are no of-

. fices in Quebec because it has its own «plan.

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_~ Something awful has happened in Edinburgh—of all places. A new re- cord of bagpipe music was releaséd recently. It included four favorite Scottish tunes. But it sounded strange to experts. Finally it was discovered that the entire master tape had been recorded backward. What is so-humiliating is that more

than 1,000. records went out to

stores; four hundred were sold im- mediately=—and-no.one has complain-

ed!

“RCAF Base at Summersiae, at least. | for the present, though he has warn-

‘governments and the Canadian Na-~ tional-Railways-to-this-effect;to-safe-—|—

any nature. The brief stressed the _ -need—for-making such--a—pact—and_—_{

there is no ‘more opportune time |_

just as heavily on them as on any- |

“ernment can expect to hear about it:~~

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“MY BOOMERANG WON'T COME BACK”

Despite the advice of Senator Tom Crerar that a change in the leadership of both old par» ties would be good for Canada, and despite the one-man drive by Dalton. Camp— supported evidently by Davie Fulton and others— to have the Conserva- tive leadership ‘‘reviewed"”, Au-. tumn 1966 sees no change. -

Prime Minister Pearson, who has had his moments of intent to resign, is now sailing on the _other:tack and ‘intends to remain - as Liberal leader through Cen- tennial year. : ~-Conservative--Leader—-J3-0-h-2~ ‘Diefenbaker, whose leadership has. yet to face the potential challenge of a party. convention —in Ottawa in mid-November—

fact it has now been officially announced that he will still be at

vention ends, for it has been proclaimed- from ~Conservative headquarters that “the annual meeting will conclude on Wed- nesday evening; November. -16, with a banquet, with party lead-

Diefenbaker as guest speaker.” TORY GET-TOGETHER: | Between 2,000 and 2,500 Con- servatives, representatives — of every part of Canada, are ex- pected to gather in Ottawa on

four-day party meeting. This is

’ ealled the 1966 annual meeting,

because the party’s constitution calls for such a meeting to be held each year. But there has not been one since the stormy meeting in February 2% years ago, when one of the periodic “dump Dief’ moves erupted and was voted down.

There will be some vivid con- trasts between the October Lib- eral meeting and the November Conservative gathering; and j. there will be some similarities.

‘Both meetings will have re- sulted. in swamping Ottawa's Chateau Laurier Hotel. At both meetings, the delegates will be split into. groups: the Liberals

_ had “workshops” devoted to specific topics, and the Conser- vatives will have ‘‘sub-sections”’.

The total expenditure by par- ty and by delegates on each convention will.be nearer $1 mil-

|. lion than $% million— without

costing ‘the: delegates time off WOK: 45 <)

The. Liberal. “nieeting was somewhat more -highbrow than the Conservative gathering will be. Study papers on key issues were prepared by experts before hand, and circulated to all dele- gates, and the Liberal meeting was. addressed by prominent ex-

““perts suchas’ England’s*-Bar-~ bara Ward. The Conservatives

Our Yesterdays

(From The Guardian Files)

TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO (October. 27, 1941) : President Roosevelt asserted that: ‘‘the shooting has started’, that ‘“‘America_ has been attack- ed’’, and that the mation stood ready to face its newest and greatest challenge.

The American Senate began its historic! debate on neutrality revision, with Senator Tom Con- ‘nally urging the United States to reassert its right to freedom of the seas and Senator Arthur Vandenberg charging that troop transports would follow in the wake of armed American mer- chantmen travelling to belliger- ent ports. :

TEN YEARS AGO

(October 27, 1956) Budapest's anti- commu nist riots flared cross western Hun- gary spreading trail of death.

The United States has started eonsulting Britain, France and other allies to decide whether to cite Russia before the U n ited Nations on charges of brutal’ military intervention in Hun-

has no intention of resigning:-In: |

the helm when next month's con- | -

er Right- Honourable John G, |- -one Beason why advance

gary.

OTTAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson , | Tories Prepare For Big November Rally

melded with similar resolutions.

will— perhaps rightly— rely on

THE CURB REIN :

The Liberal meeting was the- first truly ‘“‘open’”’ political meet- ing either old party ever held in my recollection. ‘It was open in this respect; .delegates were permitted to introduce res olutions from the: floor in the -worksrops. If approved, these were then referred to the ap- propriate — resolutions —commit- tee and introduced in plenary. session. :

~The Conservatives;--on--t h-e- other hand, require all resolu--

tions to be submitted to the res- olutions committee-in advance;

by that committee, which one suspects in the past has “man- aged” such conventions by sup-. pressing or playing down any resolution which is anathema to the brass. This is the effective curb’rein on practising democ- racy. ee

But what emerges from these ‘high-pressure and too short’ meetings? Perhaps Prime Min- ister Pearson recapitulated it

-neatly, when he commented in: Parliament that © “convention

resolutions serve as a guide to

policy”; they are considered by |

the parliamentary leadership, but certainly not automatically

they will then be appropriately

adopted: 3 :

Saskatoon Star-Phoeniz

Shakespeare may -have. been mildly ‘concerned with ‘What's in a name?” but the directors” at Expo 67 should be vitally concerned. : : According to Time magazine,

ings for Expo in the form of “passport” tickets are being sold in the U.S. at an alarming- ly slow rate is that people don't know what the word Expo is upposed to mean} “It is exposition or expose? What is the significance of '67? Why are passports needed? Ask all three questions and the: an- swer comés up: Why bother? The organizers of Montreal's world fair have been planning on the basis that about half the 10,000,000 visitors they think the fair will attract next year will

be from the United States. The indications at’ present are that

only the upper-most inlelligent- sia, the most well travelled and the most well heeled of our southern neighbors wil make the trip. i

Expo had better be a big suc- cess or many of the Canadian taxpayers’ dollars will be left to rust in the Quebee rain. If the carnival bigwigs are going to win the toss of this national coin, , may have to devise

a new sales pitch for our U-S-~

neighbors.

Canadian and U.S.-people are

daily to sexy motion

picture ads; smash- bang tele- vision commercials and gim- micked written blurbs. They aren't conditioned to respond to dainty names-and cultural cog- ments.

At this late date, Expo may need a new approach.

Germans Looking East

New York Times

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Willy Brant drove from West to East Berlin the other day to talk and dine with the So- viet Ambassador to :East Ger- many. Until recently such a vis- it by West Berlin’s Mayor and the leader of ‘West Germaty’s Social Democratic. party would have been politically unthink- able.

_ Herbert Wehner, deputy lead- er of the. Social Democrats, has proposed creation of an econom- ic community of East and West Germany and a build-up of high- level contacts across the zonal border. In rejecting the Wehner ‘proposal, Chancellor Erhard’s Government came under fire

from...its.-coalition._partner, the.‘

Free Democrats. Even some Christian Democrats said the plan should be explored. ‘

The significance of..these events is clear: More and ‘more West Germans are accepting the

idea that reunification can come |

only in the context of East-West detente, and that a prelude must be more contacts and 11m ited agreements with East Germany.

No one says Walter Ulbricht has become respectable. He re- mains perhaps the most despis- ed of Eastern Europe’s Co m- munist. leaders. However, what Mayor Brandt and others are in effect saying is: Ulbricht or similar is likely to be in power for a long time; formally recognize him, but we may be able to make arrange- ments that will allow us greater contacts with 17,000,000 East Germans.

Sensible Instructions _

Guelph Mercury

There have been many confus- ing statements made about eat- ing proper foods and getting the right exercise in order to stay healthy and avoid-heart disease,

but we liked the: straight-f o r-

ward, no-nonsense message that came out of ‘an international sy- mposium on_ physical activity and cardiavaseular health in Toronto. recently.

The doctors were generally agreed that it really. does not matter a great deal what you eat as long as you burn it off. As Dr. Menard M. Gertler, of the New York University Medical Centre, said: “If you-are going to eat calories I don’t care what you eat provided you burn it off. If you don’t burn it all off, then you’re better to eat fats in the unsaturated form.”

Dr. John Durnin, of the Insti- tute of Physiology, Glasgow ni- versity, said there is_no evidence that one will be more ox less fit

if one eats more or less of any specific kind of food beyond nor- mal requirements. He added that walking is a satisfactory - exercise and that even half an hour’s walking in a day could cause a 10-pound loss of weight in a year. i

This is good news for “is. We had been . Now we can eat what we want. And we are

going to leave the car at home»

and walk to and from work. That ought to nicely get rid of our bulky problem. zi

REPORT INJURY ‘

MOSCOW (AP )— Gen. A. P. Beloboredov, commander --—-in- chief of the Moscow military district, was critically injured in an automobile accident in down-~ town Moseow, Communist sources said Wednesday. Both ‘the Soviet defence ministry and the foreign ministry’s press de- partment declined to comment on the report. ! a

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has a dozen boys, even though

this may not sound plausible. NOT HARMFUL

Mrs. 8. writes: I have arthrit-

is nearly all over my body. Is it

safe for my 12-year-old grand-

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me? REPLY | Yes, because arthritis is not

contagious. TODAY’S HEALTH HINT—

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(NOTE:- All correspondence te Dr. Van Dellen should be addressed te: Dr.. Theodore Van Delien, co Chicage Trib- une, Chicago, Mlinois. )

OPPOSE PROSTITUTION

BONN (AP) — Residents near the Bonn railway station have placarded their houses with signs saying they want freedom from prostitutes.’Police and lo- cal authorities. are baffled by

the problem. red prosti- tution is legal in West Germany and witnesses cannot be found

to testify that they: have been accosted, which is illegal.

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