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~ Stil] No Explanation “Just why the Federal Government deems it necessary to state that it not intend to invite briefs or ; Revues at this stage regarding ’ the “eauseway project ts a puzzling : question Since there is still, appar-

* ently, doubt whether to construct it ‘with or without rails, one would

think that, any expression of inform-

ed opinion on the subject would be welcomed.

It leaves us with the uncomfort- able feeling that despite Ottawa's emphasis on the “preliminary” nat- ure of the present investigation— the results of which are to be ‘‘dis-

cussed with interested parties, gov- | prove to be the biggest headache for is made up already. discussing the plan's implications.

_ In the return tabled in the Com- “Thoris this week in answer

to

Why has there been no explana- tion of these mysterious meetings, if they occurred, and what bearing have they .on the situation today?

In view of Ottawa’s attitude it is | . time-that an emphatic, unanimous as- | _gertion of the need for rail facilities speeding up in construction of all- winter ‘roads t6 which reference was ‘made in the Throne Speech at Thurs- opening of tne Legislature— > forthcoming from our elected esentatives. Tf not now. when @ propose to get our views ac- ross in this matter? It may be later thah we think

_ Sweeping Proposals

The royal commission on health gervices, in its second and final re- pot to Parliament, has presented some sweeping proposals for co- ordinating health facilities across the try. The purpose, as set forth, provide a universal pre-paid care plan available to all Can- ims by 1967. -As Prime Minister n said in tabling the report on

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Oh. the causeway—along with the.

to medical practice recruits These councils. along with the health ser- vice commissions, would report to provincial health authorities which would be responsible for public health grants. training grants. and the traditional public health functions of provincial departments

At the apex in Ottawa there would be the federal department of heaJth. the health planning council of Canada. the health sciences re- search council, the federal-provincial health services co-ordinating com- mittee. and, finally, the federal-pro- vincial health ministers’ conference

Since the program would relieve the voluntary organizations of their costs of personal health services, the report suggests they could devote more of their resources to other pur- poses. or they could reduce their public appeals for money. All volun- tary organizations, it adds, should

, submit annual financial reports to

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| than the closure method, to which

the federal health department so the public could be informed of their’ activities and needs

Under the plan, health services might still vary from province to

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province, but ‘‘a proper level of ef- |

ficient operation’ would be aimed at and a crash program was recom- mended in this connection to train teachers, specialists and pharmacists, and provide new schools and research facilities.

Just how the provinces would be able to finance their added respon- sibilities is not dealt with in the summaries of: the commussion's re- port that we have seen. That may

King’s Secret Weapon

Government engineers at Ottawa are now trying to devise an air-con- ditioning system to fit into the Cen- - tre Block of the Parliament Build- ing. ‘The change, notes the Ottawa Journal, is a concession to the fact that. Parliament soon will be sitting

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the year round and the Centre Block is a most uncomfortable place once -the Summer’s heat gets into the stone walls. This was once described as Mackenzie King's Secret Weapon. | Mr. King was said to keep Parlia- -: ment sitting as the heat built up, then he would unload a bunch of leg- ~islation onto the House and tell the members they could adjourn as soon as they dealt with it. This invariably brought prompt action, and bills that would have been debated for weeks in any other session were pushed through when the heat was on. A much more diplomatic way of disposing of long-winded debates

both Mr. King’s Liberal successors in office had to resort! Indeed, that astute politician would have done a lot of head-shaking over the fumbling and bumbling that has brought the present session into disrepute across the country. He got away, in his time, with a lot more than Mr. Pearson ever did; but he was a master

of his craft, which Mr. Pearson isn't, and one misses the touch of the old pro these days at almost every, turn.

Launching Rural Study

Case studies of families in four rural areas of Canada are to be un- | dertaken by the Canadian Welfare |

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Council under contract with the Agri- | cultural Rehabilitation and Develop- | ment Administration. In making this | announcement on Thursday, Fores- try Minister Sauve said the Coyncil will do the rural study as part of a long-range study of poverty in Can- ada. m4

The four regions to be studied are the interlake area of. Manitoba, Lanark County in. eastern Ontario. Pontiac, Gatineau and Papineau coutt- ‘ties in western Quebec, and Inverness County in Nova Scotia. The project is to begin immediately, and is ex- pected to cost $23,000.

Just what bearing these studies will have on the problems of rural rehabilitation in this Province is not clear. Perhaps we shall get some light on the matter during the legis- lative dehate on the Draft Address.

a new ARDA agreement is being signed with Ottawa to become ef- fective April 1 next, and anything relating thereto would be. pertinent to the debate.

EDITORIAL -NOTE

Canada's Arctic region is perman- ently frozen, often to great depths. Yet a second edition, revised, of Dr. A. E, Porsild's “Ulustrated Flora of

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In-an address to the Federa- , ratic process, and Parliament | conscious of the need to demon-

tion of Lithuanian Canadians in

Toronto, Fiance Minister Walt-

er Gordon judged that Parlia- | ment ought to be able to deal with pensions and the minimum wage legislation as well in a matter of three weeks, if it were in a mood to do so.

The ‘pension plan ought to be approved quickly, he said, so that Parliament could get on with new social security meas- ures. He hinted that the plan

| was in danger because of oppos-

ition from certain pressure groups

Mr. Gordon was trying to ap- ply his own kind of pressure, in- voking the bogey of unnamed | reactionary pressure groups out — to undo an attempt at social jus- tice. The parliamentary Opposi- | tion, favorable in principle to pensions but doubtful on specif- | ie points of the Government plan, need not be intimidated.

_ The simple fact is that there | are questions to be answered _ before approval can responsib- ly be given. This may take less than three weeks, or more; the important thing is that Parlia- ment must be satisfied that the legislation is good.

It is just. for example, that the income- relation basis of the " proposed plan should discrimin- ate between Canadian citizens of nearly the same age, even if only during its introductory stage? And what of the huge fund that is to be accumulated in government hands? Surely this will haye a far- reaching ef- | fect on the financial structure of Canada.

as a whole, after the spectacle

of last year, should be doubly

strate that it can still carry it forward with dignity and effect

$159.34 Per Week

Brantford Expositor

BARGAIN - HUNTING hus- bands in the United States have the use of free merchandise in their own homes that would cost them $159.34 a week on the open market, according to a recent survey by the Chase Manhattan Bank. This figure is the esti- mate the bank places on the ser- vices of the average American housewife performed during a working week of 99.6 hours

The bank adds up wifely wages at the g oi ng hourly rate for 12‘of her household occupat- ions in reaching a total which, if the husband had to pay. would spell economic chaos for his salary packet.

To avoid this catastrophe. his only hope is to sit down to some family collective bargaining. He could, for example. strike out $11.80 assessed for main- tenance jobs, gardening. and chauffering chores by assum- ing the first two burdens _him- self and by finding his own way to work (or by making a ca- pital investment in a second car).

He might be able to halve the

$930. dishwashing bill and per- haps, by showing a braver front to his own ills and com- paints, be able to trim what seems an excessive allotment of $55.63 for nursemaid duties.

There's not much to be pared though from such items as housekeeper, $26.25: | aun- dress and seamstress, $11.21 and $3.25 respectively: food

buyer, $4.95: cook, $32.75 and dietitian, $3.00 . Husbarid's best course may be to submit .a rival claim for his contribution to the household economy, fetching and carrying the children to their social acti- vities. picking up parcels. at

' stores. baby sitting during mo-

ther’s night off. etc. Brt it is

totalling $159.34 or amounting to 99.6 hours of work a week. However, for the sake of ma- trimony as a social institution, the wise wife would do well not

' to present the bill. W she did, |

she ‘might have to consult the

Epidemic

By Dr. Theodore R. Van Delien Meningitis made headlines last year when it became so prevalent in a California train- ing center that officials closed the doors to new trainees. The disease was confined to recruits and occurred almost solely dur- ing the eight weeks of basic combat training. According to the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 25 per cent of the healthy recruits harbored the causative meningococci on entering the camp: 80 per cent were carriers by the seventh | week

Meningococcal meningitis al- ways is with us but tends to occur in epidemic proportions every five to 10 years. The germ can be found in the nose and | throat of 90 per cent of the pop- | ulation during periods of hizh incidence. In contrast. only five | ber cent are carriers at other times. We do not know why so few develop the disease. even though many harbor the causa- | tive agent

The disease is passed along hke an ordinary cold and ini- tial symptoms are confined to the upper respiratory passage- ways) The nose is congested and the throat is sore Duri | this time. germs multiply an gain the upper hand. shortly thereafter. the bacteria invade | the bloodstream, causing chills, fever. muscle aching, and weak- ness. A pink or bluish-red rash develops over the body These are hemorrhages under the skin “and Yeem with meninzococci The last step is invasion of the membranes surrounding the brain (meningitis) Stiffness of the neck. headache. restlessness and irritability occur along with

changes in reflexes. Diagnosis is |

made by removing a_ small | amount of fluid from the spinal | canal

Sulfonamides are most effec- tive and have reduced the mor- tality from 70 to five per cent.

some types of ungococe) are | becoming resistant to our best | remedy. Penicillin and other an- tibiotics are useful, but definite- ly second-rate

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' CEREBAL PALSY , E F B.. rites: Is it too late to help a 10-year-old child with | cerebral palsy”

REPLY

Possibly. The best way to

| solve this problem is to consult |

a clinic here various mental, aptitude. and muscle tests can | be done. If such a place is not available, write to your. local cerebral palsy ar © ‘’on. COMPULSIONS

EF. K. writes: ~“y 70- year-old sister has a peculiar habit. . When she t-kes a walk, she has to touch everything shc sees— | cars, walls, etc. Can this habit be broken? ~

REPLY

Yes, but why” This {s a com- pulsion, a psychiatric term for | an irresistible ,impulse to per- form a certain act. Many com- | pulsions st . from a fixed idea | that constantly fills the mind despite a concentrated effort to dislodge it

hard to see this collective list COUGH AFTER PNEUMONIA

Mrs W. writ - Is it the usual thing for cough to hang on for

; Months after a bout of pneum- onia?

REPLY It may persist for severat weeks. A chest X-ray is suggest-

bureau of missing persons to | ed when coughing continues for months

hope collect it.

Those College Joys

Milwaukee Journal

Not long ago four University |

one telephone booth and have

| bow! of cereal

SETTLES FOR CEREAL

Mrs. K. writes: My ll-vear- |

old daughter vill eat only a

for breakfast.

Can this practice be harmful? RErLy

provided she consumes

No,

Similariy, the proposed new | of Wisconsin students claimed a | held marathon play reading and the other basic foods at junch formula for federal - provincial | new world record by playing potato chip eating contests.

relations, making shared cost | programs optional, needs the | most thoughtful consideration. |

| Balkanization, the word used by |

some critical Opposition mem- |

bridge under a shower for more than six: hours.

. A sophomore at Southern Ii- linois university laid claim to another record— 6 hours under

These doings may be deplored as a prodigious waste of human

energy and creativity but they |

are nothing new. Not too many | years ago men were

college bers, may be too strong. Undou- | a shower, not playing ‘bridge. | swallowing live goldfish for di-

btedly, however, this is a propos- al of fundamental change in the constitutional relationships of | the Canadian Confederation. | Where is it leading us, and what are the limits? |

MUCH TIME WASTED

Parliament indulged itself in | more than a reasonable amount | of political passion during most of last year. Much of its time was wasted . !

Now let us have serious and dispassionate study and debate of the issues to be faced. The Opposition has a dutv to crit- ize and demand answers. The Government is bound to explain and justify every detail of its remaining program—fer the ses- sion.

This is the essential democ-

Such screwball antics in the halls of higher learning have become a familiar if ne part of the current col College students have lugged olkswagen autos about for

experimented to see how many

bodies can be crammed into

version. They managed to survive this lunatic phase and most of them

te scene. | presumably are now solid citiz- |

| ens, pillars of the community

| and fathers of children who will

| goldfish and play bridge under the shower.

Mr. Pearson And NATO

Montreal Gazette

In his recent statement on the future of N'° . Prime Minist- er Pearson went further in pub- licly stressing the need for re- form than perhaps any other Western leader except General de Gaulle.

Although Mr. Pearsan stress- |

Succumbed To Blackmail .

Montreal Star

+ 4 ed that he continues to lieve

in Western alliance and co-oper- | ation, he threw doubt on the con” |

*tinuing value of Canada’s over- seas contribution to NATO, and 8,«culated that the alliance may divide its responsibilities in two, with E:irope assuming most of its own defence, and “-xada and the ‘Jnited States copcen- | prating upon North American de- e..ce.

| tions. A concept of NATO divid-

West Germany has succumb- | chery on Germany's part. Het eq into two halves, albeit with ed to blackmail by Egypt ‘in its conscience is still far from the two halves co-operating,‘ is

undertaking not to ship further arms to Israel. Blackmail is not an unusual diplomatic weapon in the Middle East, and probab- ly elsewhere, but it has rarely

clear about the wartimé massa.

cre of Jews; the limited amount of aid given to Israel only eases

| conscience a little bit. Nevertheless Nasser has tak-

|G. ‘list policy. This ould im- | ply the withdrawal from Europe | not only of C " 4 forces,

It = be said with justifica-

been as barefaced as Egypt's | en advantage of West Germany's | tion that the United States has been too reluctant to give. Eur-

threat to recognize East Ger- many. unless West Germany: ceased sending aid to Israel.

fomatic recognition to East Ger-

| greater concern over East Ger- } many to force a concession. It being, made at Israel's expen-

ained = some

| and dinner.

| TODAY'S HEALTH HINT—

Give me calmness instead of panic in an emergency.

(NOTE: All correspondence te Dr. Van Delien should be addressed to: Dr. Theodore | Vam Dellen, co Chicago Trib- une, Chicago, Ilinojs.)

Our Yesterdays

| pleasure (‘Volks toting’): have | grow up, go to college, swallow |. (Prem the Geardica Files)

| TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO (February 20, 1940) | The Women’s Music Club met

| in the Charlottetown Hote! last |

| night with “The Story of Old | English Music” as the subject of the program. Miss Margaret

charming and comprehe paper on this delightful subject.

Mr. George Ayers of the Do |

Council for three months.

TEN YEARS AGO (February 20, 1955) - The early establishment of a processing plant for the purpose of handling packaged, canned tod by toe Eugene Cul. fon, dtinloee of Industry and

zon on the Draft Address .in | the Legis’ ture yesterday.

BELGRADE (AP)—An agree- ment has been signed.

Sterns read an exceptionally | nsive |

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a ——. Meningitis | NOTES BY THE WAY

There may be iittle harm the Beatles or Elvis, in the surf- | ing cult or the transistor craze, but there is a very real menace to society in the growing power

in|

and cynicism of the manipula- .

tors who promote them. — Galt Reporter.

To celebrate twelve and & | half years in office may seem a little odd. Reason for such a whing ding in British Columbia is that no BC premier other than the present incumbent, W. | A. C. Bennett, ever held office for that long a term. This makes twelve and a half years a rec- ord - breaker. Presumably pol- iticilans would not wish to wait for the number thirteen to put on a party. — The Printed Word

Dr. Paul J. ‘Davis’ statement in The Harvard Medical Alumni Bulletin that ‘ladies’ slipper: in the modern world are just 0

big to drink from” not only in.

dicates that some women today have big feet. It also indicates that some men have big mouths. — New York Herald Tribune.

Once upon a time the autemo- bile was considered. a luxury But not any more. As a matter of fact about the only thing left in the luxury class nowadays is a space capsule for commuting to the planets Everything else you can think of is becoming so commonplace as to be automa- tically listed as a necessity.

St. John's Evening Telegram.

Dedicated To His Art |

Bruce WYutchison in The

_ Winnipeg Free Press

Most likely you have never heard of Anthony Hawthornth- waite, America’s most anony- mous personage, nor had | until yesterday— by name, | mean | But all of us have heard his | golden voice, night after night }on the television commercials, extolling impartially in sleek, | rounded and gemlike syllables, “the merits of automobiles. soap. deodorants, toothpaste, pre-mix- ed cakes and everything else vit- al to modern life

Mr Hawthornthwaite ts known confidentially in the tele- vision business as The Voice {and the fact that his name 1s really Elmer Gropp doesn't di- | minish his stature as _ Holly- | wood's greatest discovery since | Rudolph Valentino

Naturally, I seized the chance to meet The Voice when he spent a few days of vacation in these parts, hiding from the newspapers. Then I learned the amazing truth about his unique

Dey seor gratin icc tay Seog ML dh WAS. &. Bhasily revelation... They eases ST eet “ahh gin with. it takes vears

| of rigorous training ~eag harsh | discipline to develop an accent good enough for television ad- vertising. Mr. Hawthornthwaite told me privately that he spent five years of apptenticeship: be- fore he was permitted to explain the virtues of the latest, auto- mobiles— a task requiring not merely smooth eloquence but a certain impressive and brooding status symbolism | as if a new car were a religious | experience

For that purpose Le. and oth- }ers like him, are first trained as Shakesperian actors, reciting ' Hamlet's soliloquy and Romeo's love passages to perfect the exact tone of elegance and au-

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thority needed to sell the more expensive, luxury models 4

In his spare time, said Mr. Hawthornthwaite, he must have learned to eat and‘enjoy, really enjoy, dog biscuits, cat food, bird seed. ready-to-eat fish cak- es and instant mashed potatoes.

For of course he cannot give these products the essentia! tone of authe ‘icity unless he

believes in them sincerely.

Mr Hawthornthwaite was io sincere, so passionately devot- ed fo his’ sponsors’ mc:;chandise, that he sobdn shattered his diges- tive system and now lives most- ly on infants ablum, but the sponsors never suspect his grm secret gas The Voice exudes, e-ery night, an air of gusty rel- ish and healthful, masculine ap- petite

Even more convincing ts his familiar praise of shampoos for ladies’ glamorous, glittering, lovely-to-touch hair, and gentle- man's tonic to cure baldness,

himself has been totally bald since his teens

LIQUOR CHIEF DIES HAMILTON, Ont. (CP)—Wil- liam G. Webster, 80, former On- tario cabinet minister and chairman of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, died in hospi- tal here Thursday after a

lengthy illness.

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