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PAGE 4 MONDAY. AUGUST 27. 1962.

5"? A Soviet Liability ’

;Washington officials are report- ed as being confident that, barring iieiyoutbreaks of violence such as 'the*anti-Soviet riots in West Berlin last week, the peak of tension in Ber- lin has passed. This may be true, de- spite Soviet refusal to participate in -four-power talks on how to avoid further incidents, and the closing down of the office of the Soviet commander in the city.

Premer Khrushchev knows, be- . yond reasonable doubt, that the Western Allies would in the last re- sort fight to defend Berlin. Doubt- less he will cmtinue to test, the strength and resources of the West again at this point, but his chief corlcern now seems to be putting his own house in order and throw- ing up a screen to conceal the evid- ence of his greatest liability—the Ulbricht regime.

This is the view expressed by the- Christian Science Monitor, which notes that with the excep- tiorrof little Albania, the East German occupation government is the last holdout of Stalinism in the Soviet system. Life for the average individual under Ulbricht rule has not been as bad as Westerners like to assume, as far as material con-

. ditions are concerned. But at the key___. points where brutality and tyranny crush their heel on the vital sparks of life that make a free com- munity live and breathe, this has been a peculiarly inept and unap- pealing version of Stalin colonialism and it was recognized by all the world as such. Politically it was ugly. And it has to be changed if Khrushchev hopes to have a satel- lite instead of a lump on his hands.

If this is the background for the series of manoeuversnow opening in Berlin, it is an admission of Sov- iet failure being covered by blus- ter. If by any. chance it is the start of another test of power, the safest course for the West would seem to lie in avoiding provocativ'é act- IOl"lS:3S much as possible, while standing firm on the decision of no retrdat under aggression.

;New Medicare Plan

Those who are aware of the need for expanding health services while retaining, insofar as possible, the valu§ of private initiative will wel- come the announcement of an un- restricted membership in a non- profit medicare plan, made possible by the co-operation of Maritime doc_t_ors and the Maritime Hospital Seryices Association. _

Elie purpose of this unusual ex- periment in the underwriting of health care is twofold. First, to make a comprehensive program of pre id doctor and hospital care available to everyone wh -wants it; secondly, to learn from the experience gained from this experiment, the public's wishes with regard to the type of protection desired, the need and use of services and the coat of such pro- grams.

The unrestricted membership enrolment offer is for the 8-week period Sept. 1-20. During this “easy- joining time” any individual or family may enrol." Two separate contracts are offered: one, a fully comprehensive -scheme providing for

, ' surgical and obstetrical

at'home. at the doctor's of- ’ _' .in the hospital; the other for tel care” along the same

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identical with those benefits even- able through group membership, the program is quite an attractive one. To enrol and obtain coverage. all that is necessary is to complete a simple application form and send it along with the first membership payment. It is expected that the public response to this offer will be widespread.

Arctic Renchzvous

The United States hasn't ren- dezvoused astronauts in outer space yet but as President Kennedy an- nounced at a news conference last week, U.S. nuclear-powered sub- marines recently made a historic rendezvous beneath the ice of the North Pole. This was not circus stunt but a valuable achievement which has been termed “highly

- successful" in collecting scientific

data and exploring a year-round submarine channel between Green- land and Ellesmere Island. ,

The two submarines. Skate and Seadragon, entered the ice area from opposite ends of the Atlantic Ocean. They first engaged in an intricate game of antisubmarine warfare with each other. under the Arctic ice pack, before meeting and surfacing at the North Pole. It was the first time the U.S. Navy had sent two submarines under the Arctic ice at the same time, although single sub- marines have several times travers- ed the area.

The Navy disclosed that when the two subs worked their way through a small opening in the ice on Aug. 2, they landed color guards on the ice and crew members took “a walk around the world” at what is the geographic North Pole.

The Skate, which became the first -submarine ever to surface at the North Pole (on March 17, 1959) started out of New London, Conn. The Seadragon left Pearl Harbor July 12 and entered the Arctic via the Beaufort Sea. It was the Sea- dragon which made a historic trip through the Northwest, Passage on a previous polar trip in August, 1960.

Softwood Exports

Important to all concerned in Canada’s lumber exports is the con- ference which will start today between officials of the govern- ments of Canada and the United States. Discussion will hinge on the competition offered by low priced Canadian softwood. U.S. domestic producers, mostly in the northwest, say this competition is too great. They are pressuring Washington to either raise the tariff or set a more restrictive import quota.

The Canadian government feels that its economy program might be jeopardised if the United States were to throw up a higher tariff on lumber. The Canadian market can- not absorb the home production, and American producers can't keep .up with the demand in their own coun- try. Why then all the fuss? It is pointed out that US. imports of Canadian softwood total only 13 per cent of U.S. requirements whereas for some products 50 per cent of manufactured goods requir- ed in Canada are from the United Nations. In fact 18 per cent of all manufactured goods used in Canada comes from the United States.

Canada -already is the world’s largest exporter of lumber, and lum- ber and the goods manufactured from it represent the nation’s great- est opportunity for bringing Cana- dian trade into balance with other countries. It is to be hoped that Washington will see the matter in this light, and throw up no fresh barriers in the way of import restrictions.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Finance Minister Nowlan made a good start in issuing the Govern- ment’s monthly treasury statement last Friday. He reported that for the first four months of the cur- rent fiscal year started April 1 there was a budgetary surplus of $66,800,000. '

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To help meet the shortage of nurses in the United Kingdom, scientists at a research laboratory there have produced a device which can register changes in a patient’: pulse. breathing. blood pressure or tetnperature and flash them to II central control panel. The purpose

01 11“! apparatus. they explain,- it’

not to replace nurses by electronic sndxets. but to free trained person- net for other tasks.

IN THE oooo oio SUMMERTIME OTTAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson

August Coilm Could Be Misleading

Those universal scapegoats “the Dog Days" have been blamed for lack of newsworthy developments in a national ca- pital apparently given over to tourists. The cooling off period suggested by the Prime Minis-' ter after the aggressively poli- tical atmosphere of May and June has indeed been experien- ced. But only outwardly.

No political general can take the chance of being caught with his troops undrilled and his ammunition unstockpiled. So behind the scenes the national headquarters of the four politi- cal parties. and the office of the Chief Electoral Officer, are preparing strenuously for Can-

General Election. which may come as early as Monday. and December. Or, yet within our laws but impro- bably. not until Monday 18th September 1967.

“I shall hold onto my hat for the first two weeks of t h e new session." one official here

m. “If the Conservative government gets through those, I shall relax until the budget de- bate next month."

FOUR KEY VOTES

That seems a fair approxima- tion of what may be expected.

The new parliament will meet on Thursday. 27th Sep- tember to hear the Governor- General read the Speech from the Throne, outlining the govern- ment‘s legislative plans. The next day, two back-bench Con- servative M.P.s will propose and second the address in reply to the Governor-General. On Mon- day 1st October will come Lead- ers‘ Day when the leader of the official opposition, Liberal chief- tain Lester Pearson. will speak and no doubt‘ move an amend- ment critlcal of the government

He will be followed by the Prime Minister; then the lead- er of the Social Credit party will speak and probably move as amendment to the amend- ment, which will bring the first vote on Tuesday. Then N.D.P.

House Leader Bert Hex-ridge will‘

move another sub-amendment, to be voted on on the Thursday-

PUBLIC FORUM

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said may have as much effect on the a promo s of this and "space race" as a flea bite would have on an ele-

phanfs hide. My last" ' . Godlsonlllatln-one.BelsstllI the Ruler of the ‘uni . will take care of things It is own way and in Ills own I . slr, etc., W. .JO!INS'l'0N

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‘food distribution services had .1 been “infiltrated" by me.-. revolutionaries.

the Liberal amendment will be voted on the following Monday and the main address on the Wednesday. Any one of those four votes, perhaps the most significant of the whole session, could see the government de- feated: and on such a major vote. a defeat would entail a new election. .

With so much at stake so soon, we would not be wrong in assuming that the apparent Au- gust calm here this past month has been misleading.

BEST PLANNED CAMPAIGN

The Liberal Party has been the most active in readying its battle plans. This is not surpris- ing, for starting last September it stagéd for the past election the most intensive and the most meticulously planned campaign ever seen in federal politics. in its determined endeavour to overthrow the Conservatives. In contrast, the Conservative orga-

ids

So thorough are the Liberals that they are indeed planning for after their victory. For ex- ample. they propose to create permanent Speakers of both Houses of Pailiament, and have already tabbed the name even

of the deputy speaker of the Senate — none other than the Conservative speaker in the past parliament. Hon Mark Drouin.

For the battle itself. cam- paign funds are being collected. and indeed in many cases of- fered unsolicited as never be- fore. Candidates are being hand-picked, and pledges over their signature to take three months vacation from their jobs, to be devoted solely to knocking on doors in their rid- mg. And to make sure that their best candidates are not again wasted in doubtful seats, they are preparing to open up seats considered safe for Liberal can- didates for them.

Thus Montreal 0utremont’s longtime Liberal M.P. would be promised some appointment. if he will stand aside to permit Mr. Pearson‘: economics advis-

or. Maurice Lamontagne, to run there. This indicates that the Liberals do not ex to

unseat the triumphant Social Credit from the traditionally Li- beral seat of Quebec East, the seat of Laurier. 'Lapointe and St. Laurent, where Lamontagne was badly beaten in June. ,

Mounting Crisis In Cuba I

By Car-man Cumming Canadian Press Staff Writer

A note of near panic has been apparent in the recrlmina- lions filtering out of Cuba re- cently concernlng that country‘: agricultural troubles.

The extent of the crisis made clear both by government statements and by the regime's decision to abandon coopera- tive farms in favor of more state-run “people's farms."

In announcing the dropping of the co-ops Carlos Rafael Rod- riguez, head of the National Agrarian R e f o r m Institute. blamed bad management and said production had fallen

sharply.

Earlier the director of Cuba's Consolidated Sugar Enterprise. Alfredo Menendez. had sub- mltted to the government a bit- ter. report on both the co-opera- tives and the people's farms. which together make up 38 per cent of the country's sugar pro- ductlon. .

"Everyone is well aware of the disorganization of these two sectors," he said. "There is disorganization and apathy and this is sharply reflected in the present harvest."

President Osvaldo Dortlcos admitted in a recent speech that there h “deficien- cies and errors on all fronts."

Premier Castro himself. ex- plaining the shift from coopera- tives to people's farms. said the “co-operatlvistaa"— had made themselves into "a class of semi-exploltera."

I-Iemay have offered a hint of the reasoning behind the change when he said the gov- ernment had been unable to control prices of privately pro- duced goods. speculators. try- ing to "make the peasant into a parasite." had bought produce at inflated prices andcorrupled the sellers.

A number of other reasons have been giveufor the farm troubles, which this you re

ted in the smallest sugar crop alnce IEO. _

The weather was not good-— drougbt was followed by heavy rains; waste was caused by in-

‘a great part of the managing class and in the inevitable chaos resulting from a cat complete reorientation of Cuban trade toward the Soviet bloc.

An estimated 250,000 people, including much of the upper and upper - middle class. have fled Cuba since Castro took over 3% years ago.

Soviet agricultural experts -- more than 300 of them by the government's own figures — have been brought in but they apparently have not been able to supplant the managerial tal- ent that fled.

The troubles are not confined to the countryside. In_ the cities industrial production has been reported declining, consumer goods are in short supply. bus drivers have been accused deliberately stripping the gears of their vehicles.

Even the laundriea have been accused of committing virtual sabotage on shirt collars — one area at least where the regime can be assured of deep sym- pathy from abroad.

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Vaccine. found. .

For Trachorrio DI’. ‘fliehfl R. Van Ddlll IN AP this your the

ts-schema vaccination program arno 400 Indian school chil- dren in Arizona. announce- ment meant little to most Am- ericans because they are not acquainted with this eye condi-

tion.

Trachoma was a serious dis- ease to our grandparents and a common cause of b eaa up to.a few decades ago. Nowa- days lt is confined in the United States to certain American In- diana: the mountaineers of Ten-

Nebraalra. and Iowa living near Indlan reservations.’

It has been estimated that 15 per cent of the population of the earth is afflicted and the scourge continues to be 1 com- mon cause of blindness in cer- ~tain‘ parts of Asia. Africa. and the m'ldc'|e east. If the vac- cine is successful it will be wel- come news to these men worn n . Trecbome is a contagious in- fection of the whites of the eyes and the inner lining of the eyelids. The disease is indis- tinguishable in the early stages from an ordinary eye infection.

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itch. they fear profusely. an the watery secretion teems with the causative organisms. This explains why the condition spreads. so readily a m o n 3 friends and relatives.

Many complain of twitching of the eyelids and pain when exposed to light. In time. the membranes become swollen, congested. and reddened. The lids thicken due to scarr . Granules of the inside of e lids give the surface a pebbly or raspberry like appearance. The popular term. granulated eyelids, is more descriptive of the condition.

The disease responds to the sulfouamides, used over a pe- riod of 8 to 20 days. When one of these drug‘: is given to a large number of victims in a community. the infection diasp- pears rapldly. But recurrences can be expected. unless the con- dition is eradicated completely. While the sulfa preparations do not cure blindness, the total number of blind individuals de- creases over a period of years.

(Dr. Van Dellen will answer questions on medical topics if stamped. self-addressed enve- lope accompanies request.)

SLOW TO AWAKEN

L.F. writes: When I awaken in the morning, why do I con- tinue to stretch until my bones snap? This goes on many times before arise and I c a no of seem t stop it. I am the only one in my family with this pro-

bicm. EPLY Just reading your letter re- laxed me so much I started to yawn. stretching is a common practice among those who are sluwto awaken. SPARSE BEARD » G.C. writes: I’m trying to grow a heard to hide a facial scar. So far. the growth a a been sparse. eve any substances that will encourage a luxuriant beard?

REPLY Give it time. Meanwhile, get out the family album and look

of your great and great-greet grandfathers. It It possible the best you can do is chin whiskers or sideburns. COFFEE AFTER CORONARY

T.S. writes: Is it safe for a woman who has recovered from a coronary attack to drink coffee?

REPLY Yes, in moderation, provided it does not make the heart heal faster or irregularly. WELL DONE IS BETTER

C. M. writes: Is is safe to serve chlldre rare beef? REPLY

Yes. but as a rule children do not like rare meats and exo- tic foods.

TODAY'S HEALTH HINT-

Traln yourself to keeep alive your sense of humor.

WET AND DRY

In Bahia Felix. Chile. rain falls an average of 325 days a

year. but Iquique. farther north. once went 14 years without rain.

Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island Hospital Hospital Accredited . .

Mr. N. D. MacLean, Administrator of the

Hospital. has received

word from the‘ Canadian Council on Hospital Ac-. " meditation. that as a result of a survey June 15

and 16th by Dr. A. L. Swanson, Executive Dir-

Hospitcil Bequest The Trustee Board of the Prince Edward Is- land Hospital have been informed their under her win. Miss Harriett D. Mccallum bequeathld to the Endowment Fund of the P. E. 1. Hospital,

the sum of $600. , Miss

Deeper causes of the troubles undoubtedly lie in the exodus

on Sunday July 15, 1962. of . . I .

actor of the University Hospital, Saskatoon, Saslc, the accredited status of the P. E. 1. Hos- pital has been maintained and that this status has been extended for another three years.

Mccsllum passed away

the pre-June 18 campaign still

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with youat aim In Britain. arms. What happens when they switch from ‘easy’ to erbcrt? - Windsor star. '

"Walter. I fled that I have

g:¢‘euough money to pay for

dinner but I have nothing

in the way of a tip for your-

self." "Let me add up that

bill again. air." - Montreal Star.

Complaints are already being registered about posters from

remaining on poles and tr e e s. Could be the campaigners s r e already planning something for the next few months. — Wind- sor Star.