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Wm. i. A Cardinal Issue

if A spokesman for the Canadian Federation of Mayors and Munici- palities has indorsed the views of the Canadian Teachers Federation in stressing the need for more federal responsibility in the field of educau tion. This is a controversial ques- tion in some quarters. but what ques- tion isn’t in danger of running into this criticism nowadays? Accord- ing to Mayor C. N. Kushner of West Kilodan, Man., “It's time to look at the BNA Act. The education of Canadian children should be the re- sponsibility of all Canada.’ More voices could well be raised in sup- port of this contention.

Issues of much less importance have been usurping the limelight at the current session at Ottawa. This one is rarely mentioned, as if by common consent. Can we afford to accept as satisfactory a system that penalizes our younger genera- ation by failing to provide basic educational standards across the country? Is it not a federal respon- sibility to take the lead in obtain- ing provincial agreement in this matter, as was done with respect to pensions and other legislation in which such agreement is required? Why should the jurisdiction grant- ed the provinces under a century- old constitution be deemed untouch- able in this regard. and not in oth- ers? Surely it cannot be said that the disparity in educational stand- ards as between the wealthy and the less prosperous provinces is promot- ing national unity, or national inter- ests of any kind.

If agreement to amend the con- stitution cannot be obtained, that still doesn’t relieve the Federal Gov- ernment of its responsibility to do more than it is doing in this matter. As the Moncton Transcript points out in commenting on Mayor Kush- ner’s statement, it could provide financial aid under a formula which would ensure that the provinces were still sovereign in the field, just as it has done with technical training and other schemes.

, The Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities is inter— ested in spreading the cost of educ- ation over all the people of Can- ada because it would aid the sorely pressed municipal taxpayers. In many municipalities the point of diminishing tax returns has been reached. But there are whole prov- inces—such as Prince Edward Is- land—of which the same can be said. We have a big stake in this issue, and we should be hearing more about it from both our feder- al and provincial representatives.

Record Grain Movement The buoyant status of the Can- adian grain market is overshadow- ing everything else in our agricul- tural economy at the present time. We are aware of it in a general way down here, but for the Western provinces this is a matter of great importance indeed. The latest grain commentary by the Maple Leaf Mills contains an illuminating re- port on the subject, and it is one which merits wi d a publicity acme: the country. ~.From this report we learn that Western farmers' marketings, ar- rested by seeding operations, are unisble to keep pace with the dis- posal at home and abroad, a0 visible supplies continue their decline. They are now 100 million bushels below the’ level at the beginning of the era) year. From August .1 to May 20,,3the total commercial disappear- anon,“ trait! and famed had touched the huge figure of 623 mil- lléa bushels-«210 million higher

ind also to the local news published herein. All ‘

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than In the comparative period of 1962-63. Wheat alone accounts for 178 millions of this increase.

During the crop year to date, wheat marketings have amounted to 385 million bushels, but 387% mil- lions have been cleared for export and 100 millions used domestically ——for a total commercial disappear- ance of 487% million bushels. In the August-April period of 1963-64, wheat flour added 41.5 million bush- els in wheat equivalent to the wheat exports—more than double the com- parable 1962-63 figure of 20 mil- lions. This large grind of export flour is responsible for the jump in domestic use of wheatr—to 100 mil- lions compared with last year’s 69 millions.

In the 9-month period, the USSR. tmk 36 per cent of our wheat exports and a slightly higher percentage of our flour shipments. The wheat exports, August-April, are within a million bushels of the recort set in 1928-29 and could ex. ceed the record in the remaining three months.

This record grain movement is bringing prosperity to many parts of Western Canada, and is helping to swell the federal treasury as well. More attention, perhaps, can now be devoted to pressing agricul- tural problems in the eastern part of the country, where mounting production costs and unstable mar- kets are a constant bugbear.

We cannot hope for windfails such as Russia and Communist China have provided in the way of of big wheat orders, but there are other opportunities on which we could capitalize if existing tariff barriers with other countries were lowered. The freer trade movement is gaining impetus throughout the world, but it has been other nations -not Canada—that have been tak- ing the lead in this matter.

Beet And Politics

British Prime Minister Douglas- Home’s latest electoral difficulty has nothing much to do with his political rivals in the Labor Party, but they are capitalizing on it just the same, charging it up to lack of Tory foresight. it is a shortage of beef which has sent prices rocketing and caused a minor rebellion among the housewives of the nation. It could weaken still more the chances of a Conservative victory at the polls this fall, for Britain has long been a bargain counter for the cheap beef steak. Even today, government sub- sidized prices are far below Euro- pean levels.

That is part of the difficulty. For continental buyers are flooding into Britain in record numbers to take advantage of the government backed market. Experts calculate that international buying of Brit- ish meat has roughly trebled in the last year. Most of it is going to Holland and Belgium with less to France.

From Britain's point of View as a trading nation, this would nor- mally be fine. But the big rush has come at a time when Argentina— traditionally a major supplier of Britain—is unable to meet scheduled shipments, and there has been a decline in British herds. Leaders in the meat trade and catering in- dustries are now urging the govern- ment to slap a temporary embargo on continental beef exports. Such action, however, would represent a complete reversal of British trade policy.

In the United States, too, beef prices have attracted attention pol- itically—but for different reasons. Prices to producers there have fallen in the last year, so low as to wipe out the profit for many ranchers. They have complained to Congress, blaming imports, among other things. They also charge that the housewife isn’t benefiting, that the prices she pays have, if anything, been going up. A presidential commission is scheduled to examine these issues, which are getting livelier as the presidential election approaches.

EDITORIAL NOTE

The salary boost our MPs got was intended, as we recall, to en- courage them to spend all their time at their parliamentary duties. Last Wednesday, the Commons had al- most to adjourn prematurely for lack of a quorum. 20 members pres- ent out of 265, according to the of- ficial count! The attendance hover- ed at this mark until the House rose

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A GIFT FROM CLEOPATRA

SEEKING NEW SOLUTION

Communism In The Hemisphere

New York Times

The worldwide conflict be- I rally on the Soviet bloc that 1IS I

tween Moscow and Poking has been reflected in every Coin- munist party in Latin America. Some of them have split. ll. most countries the pro-Sov.el element remains in the ascend- ant, bill the prn«(‘hlnese groups are allraclin: more of lne yourgf‘r radicals as they cmnr along,

One of the striking features of the Latin-American Scene as a whole is. however, an absence of devotion to ideology. Foreign ldt‘as w democracy. Marxism

and Fast-ism. for instance have always dominated Latin political IIInll’ZIlI, bill never 1" extreme form. Today‘s Cuban I Communism the exception 1 that proves the rule. of the three major left-wing 3 social revolutions in the IlCITIle' l phere‘e history, the Mexican - and Bolivian never had any 2d- eology and even the Cuban had none at its beginning. DEPENDENT 0N MOSCOW Cuba. the only Cummulil'l Government in Latin America Is now so dependent economi-

"T'he Age Old Story"

“There shall not any man able to sland before thee all the 1 days of thy life: as I was with 3 Moses. so I will be with then: I will nol fail lhoc, thee." Joshua 1:5.

PUBLIC FORUM

Thla enlnmn Is nperl In the dlscusslnn by (‘flrrl‘spandcnis of questions of l

any rnrrrcspnm‘lrnco runni- Irlg lrlicrs :ubrnIIIr-d. #

THE FLAG

Sir,-~~ln your issue of Wednes- day we are informed that some vandals calling 'themsclvcs “Young Canadians" pulled doivn and burned the Union Jack fly- ing in front of The Guardian of- fice. It. is to be hoped that these vandals will be brought before the Court, and at least tauzlht what they call a “limey flag" is the flag which has protected this great country since 1759.

As many organizations and in- dividuals are expressing :hcm- selves as to what they consider should be our National Flag, perhaps I may be permitted to express mine. Here It is. as It appeared in The Legionary of November, 1962. and which opinion I still hold to.

“While the Union Jack is the flag ff personally hope will always fly in Canada, I can understand a special national flag may at times be required to fly on Canadian Embassies in foreign counlrles. Govern- ment buildings and other slices. The Convention. fvlz. in 1962) rightly I think. urged that such a flag should be the Red Ensign.

"Thus those of British descent would still represented by the three crosses in the Union Jack. The present coat-of-arms in the fly of the Red Ensign should I think be replaced by a maple leaf, on or about which there should be placed the fleunde—lis or other suitable emblem to represent those of French ancestry. There should also be 3 Suitable emblem to represent the Indians who first roamed this country. and whose descendants up to the present. have not even been treated as citizens." '

Your issue of Thursday In- forms us that the Indians are now thinking of a flag of their own. on which a Thunderblrrl would appear. That might well be a sultable emblem to place .on the Red Ensign. together with the Union Jack, Fleur-de-Lla, and Maple Leaf. .

I. am. Sir, etc. TE. MacNUTT, Charlottetown.

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to- , rcal wave of the future in Latin

ward Moscow; but "Fidelismo" i Ameri

as it is interpreted throughout Latin America ia actually more like Chinese Communism. Latin Americans distrust movements that seek institution- al solulions In their problems They do not like Communism or Fascism, even though e v e r y country has its small Commun- ist party and there was a period in the nineteen-thirties and 1...- early years of the Second World War when the appeal of Nazism and Fascism was strong In some South American countries. If North Americans tried to insist on a copy of the democra- cy of the United Slates. lhe La-

ca. SEEK NG NEW APPROACH

The important feature of La- fin America today is change. All of Latin America is groping for new solutions to a generally unhappy. unsatisfactory. social- ly unjust existence. Drastic ec- onomic and social structural. changes are needed. Commun- ism would not be a cause of these c h a n g e s; It would be a radical method to attempt to achieve them

This is why North Americans and a great many Latin Ameri- cans Iurn to the Alliance for progress, which would make the revolutionary changes by

1 tins would not go for that edit I democratic methods.

Prosper'ly Comes To Gabon

National Geographic Society

Large "p l y w o o d” trees brought prosperity to Gabon. Three mountains loaded with iron ore should help keep the small African nation prosper-

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Despite recent political dist furbances. Ill-P economic future looks bright for the Colorado- sized republic on the west coast of equatorial Africa.

Gabon. which became Inde- pendent in 1960, is one of the few nations in tropical Africa that has enjoyed a favoraoliI balance of trade. The excess of exports over imports grew still larger in 1963. The average per capita income. though only $110. is high by African stan- dards. COVERED BY FORESTS

Dense tropical forests cover most of Gabon, and the lumber industry is the country's larg- est employer and principal source of revenue. The forests yield woods with lilting names like ozigo, acajous, douka, lim- ba. and kevazingo, as well as the familiar mahogany and eb- any.

The most important three, however, is the Okoume, source of a soft wood that is ideal for plywood. Okoume is in great de- mand on the international mar- ket, and Gabon has virtually a monopoly. One of the largesl plywood factories in the world is located in Gabon; the princ1 pal customer is the Un i t c d States.

Felling okoume trees and roll- ilg the huge logs to a river us- ed to be a backbreaking job. It sometimes took 30 men an en- tire afternoon to wrestle one 103 a hundred yards through the tangled forest.

ractora now clear paths and pull the logs, making it possible to penetrate deeper into the forest for the valuable trees. Most of the logs, however, have to be floated downstream to seaports over rivers obstructed by rapids and falls.

Lack of modern transporta- tion is one of Gabon’s largest problems. It Is the principal ob- siacle Io exploiting the nation's vast mineral resources, such as the three iron mountains in the far northeast corner of Gabon.

Called Batouala, Boka-Boka, and Bclinga. the mountains hold an estimated billion tons of high- grade iron are. A survey Is un- derway to study the feasibility

of building a railroad from the mountains some 400 miles of rain forest, swamps,

and savanna to a deep-water port.

CABLEWAY CARRIES ORE Gabon 1: I r e a d y ls mining manganese ore from a jungle mine at Moanda, deep In rugg- ed mountains of the interior Buckets of ore are carried on a 47-mlle-long aerial cableway Io M'Binda Just across the border In Congo, where a new railroad was built to haul the-ore. Gabon also Ia lexploltin Im- portant uranium do alts, which afl’PPLV a lane France's

needs. Nearly a million tons of petroleum are produce each year in fields near Port Gentil

Though lumbering and min- ing provide work for many Ga- bonese, most 0 the nation's 452,000 inhabitants are farmers living on small holdings in scal- iered rural communities. Manic oc, bananas, yams, and nuts are the major. subsistence crops. The government encour- ages farmers to plant cocoa and coffee to sell.

Librevllle. the capital. has a population of 31,000. Port Gen- til, with 20,000, is the only other slzeable city. Gabon's popula tion density is only four per sons per square mile.

About 40 different ethnic groups live in Gabon. notably the dominant Fang tribe and the Eshira, Omiene. Ba k ot a and the pygmy Babingas.

Sweating Feet And Its Control

Dr. Theodore R. Van Dalian

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able. Prantal has been used or- ally to inhibit sweating, but the effect is fleeting and users com- plain of dryness of the mouth and blurring of vision. These symptoms do not occur when the product is incorporated in- to a dusting powder or cream.

Foot powders containing alu- minum dblmide also are useful. 0n the other hand. an attempt should be made to determine the cause of excessive sweat-

ing.

Some sufferers are high- strung or under an emotional strain, Others have a skin erup- tion on the feet. Contact der- matitis for example, 'may be due to one or more of the doz-

ness, rash, and excessive per- spiration develop shortly after wearing new shoes. Ringworm also is associaled with profuse sweating and here fungicides are needed.

Sweat, as secreted, is odor less. but it may acquire a fetid smell (bromhidrosia) as it mix- es with the products of bacter- ial decomposition. Various mi- cro-organisms growing on the wet skin produce pungent fatty acids and other compounds. Now and then the odor stems from food substances or chem- icals that are absorbed by the blood and excreted by the sweat glands. CARBON MONOXIDE G. wri ‘ Does chronic carbon monoxide polso ing leave lasting bad effects on the

ody?

REPLY

No. Chronic exposure does not produce chronic poisoning; it causes repeated episodes of mild acute pisoning. These in- termittent day-to-day exposures are not cumulative -— that is, the gas does not build up in the sysem and damage the

brain. SHAVING BEFORE SURGERY B. F. writes: Does a woman‘s face have to be shaved before pluslic surgery is started? .. only women with beards. If face life is to be done. for example. it may be necessary to shave the hair line of the scalp when an incision is made in this area. The halr grows back and hides the sear. . DIZZINESS FROM ALLERGY T. E. writes: Can various al- lergies cause vertigo

EPLY Yes. especially when the con- dition leads to obstruction of the eustachian tubes or swell- ing of the labyrinth (organ of balancel of the middle ear. NAIL GROWTH

J. M, writes: Will applying formaldehyde to the finger nails make them longer and

stronger? REPLY This Is “nubtful. even though formaldehyde is used occasion- ally In.‘ this purpose, TEST THE BLOOD M. M. writes: You say a per- son can have syphilis and not know it. How do you go about finding out? '

REPLY A simple blood test is all that is necessary. Today's Health Hint. — Active people are people.

healthy

His Favorite Book

Montreal Gazette

What could be a more inter- esting indication of a man‘s per- sonality than his favorite book? Many will be surprised, and some unbelieving, to learn that Kennedy's favorite book was Lord David Cecil‘s biogra- phy of Lord Melbourne. wao was Prime Minister of Britain for a few months in 1834, and again from 1835 to 1841.

However, there are quite a few similarities between the two men. For example, both be- came leaders of parties and governments associated with reform. Yet both were conser- vative and skeptical. It has of- ten been said thennedy that he did not really take the ‘ead in reform. As in the civil rights question, he waited until popu lar pressure made reform bola desirable and possible, or at any rate difficult to avoid.

This was much the same as

Melbourne‘s attitude towards the R e f o r in Bill; he did not agree with its principles, but said that “the popular demand

it had e so Wide spread that there was less dan ger in passing it than in turning

down."

There were other similarities too. Both men’s families wen ' of the "aristocracy", but only within recent times. Both fam- llies were tightly bound units Both men were the second-old- est sons. Both had a tremendous appetite for life In all its facets. And above all, both had a sinn- lar attitude to politics, govern- ment, power.

There were differences a. well as similarities. But the al- milaritlea are interesting eli- ough to make it understandable that "Melbourne" was Ken-

nedy‘s favorite book.