1 l l None of the three major party lead- ers fin their pie-election statements I made a point of emphasizing it. Conservative Leader Martin Peder- sonisaid it was not a major cam- paign issue, and the Liberals. who vigorously 6511...: (Sundials Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dow 2 WJ. Hancox. Publisher Burton Lewis Executive Editor Publiahed every week day morning (except Sun- Frank Walker Edit .deya and statutory holidays) at 165 Prince Strea., ‘ by Thomson Newspapers Ltd. ‘ Charlottetown, P.E.l. Branch offices at Summerside. Montague, Alber- ton and Sou' Represented nationally by Thomson Newspapers Advertising Sarvrcas, Toronto, 425 Unlverslty Ave. Empire 3-8894; Montreal. 640 Cethcart Street: University 6-5942; Western Office, I030 West .- Georgia Street. Vancouver (MA 7037). ‘ Member Canadian Daily Newspaper Publishers . Association and The Canadian Press. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use for repub- lication of all news dispatches in credited to it or to the Associated Press or Reuters and also to the local news published herein. All rights or republication of special dispatches harr In also reserved. Subscription rates. Not over 35¢ per week by carrier. $12.00 a year by mail or rural routes and are. not serviced by carrier. $15.00 a year off Island and U.|(. $20.00 per year in U.S. and elsewhere outside British Com monwealth. Not over 7: single copy. Member Audit Bureau 0 CerUla‘lon- PAGE 4 Upset In Saskatchewan The election in Saskatchewan on Wednesday looks like a Lioeral vic- try. though both Liberal Leader Ross Thatcher and CCF Premier Woodrow Lloyd warn that. it. will be up to six weeks before the re- sults are knmvn definitely. Enough is known. however. to inc.cate that the Liberals made phenomenal gains since the last electoral con- test. four years ago, and the CCF-w “the only socialist administration in North America." suffered im- preesive losses. But ‘30 years is a long time for one party to be in powder. and perhaps. the electors lust wanted a change. What was striking about the campaign was its absence of fire- works. In the first general election since the government .ntroduccd its medical insurance program in July. 1962, the great medicare contro- versy was but a flickering memory. opposed the original medicare legislation. said they would I l l l l l H! At the Weehington We. end Wildlife Service and not only maintain the present scheme but would expand it by in- :‘luding drug costs among the bene- fits. In explanation of their attitude. the Liberals said toe Saskatoon :ompromise that broadened the nethods of payment of insured ser- vices—particularly by permitting )ayinenl through approved private real‘th agencies—matched their con- :ept' of what. a medicare program mould be. "What seems to have paid off nost in the Liberal campaign. how- .ve1_;, was not this alibi but their arguments against. splitting the inti-socialisl. vote. The Tories were eminded—in more or less diplo- nafic terms—that they hadn’t a hailce of unseating the government xcept by supportino. their tradition- 1 opponents. That didn’t prevent the Tories. from putting 43 candidates n the field. as compared to 59 gov-- rnment and 58 Liberal candidates. rut it may well have influenced he overall vote. The Social Cred- te'rs, with two candidates. were i nlfy shadow boxing: and there was he optimist. we note. who ran flat ut. as a Communist. The election served to underline he fact that, many Saskatchewan ocialists are still obviously uncom- nfitable about their party's trans- )rmation into the New Democratic 'ai'ty. Government candidates. were ermitted to choose their designa- ons. and all but. two of the 59 filed olnination papers as CCFers. It ould be interesting to get NDP ender Douglas' exrlaniation for Us. l U.S. Pesticide Probe ( lThe late Rachel Carson, in her 1'}:er publicized nook “The s11- nd Spring", argued that with I suicides and other chemicals man I as not only in danger of upsetting ie balance of nature and killing ildlife but was endangering his syn. Now 3 full-scale inquiry is un- it way at Washington to deter- e how far this contention Ia iptified. It should be of special tat-est to our local parliamentar- Ihe, in view of the contmversy For the banning of toxic potato top "m in the tantalum leet see- or ‘9 Us. thls paper ‘ FRIDAY, APRIL 24. 1964. l i the Public Health Service people are releasing a lot of hitherto un- known data about these chemicals. One thing not widelyr appreciated is the extent to which pesticides are used by American farmers. Last year. for example. over 10,- 000,000 pounds of aldrin were used to control soil insects throughout the middle West. In Illinois over 4.500,- 000 pounds were spread by farmers on their fields. In Iowa, over 3,000.- 000 pounds were used. Missouri accounted for about 1,000,000 pounds: Indiana, 326,000; Kansas, 467.000; Nebraska, 000,000; and South Daku:a. 375,000. Similarly large quantities of endrin were used in the cotton-growing states to con- trol insects and pests. These are the pesticides whose residues apparently are finding their way down the tributaries of the Mississippi and into the Gulf of Mexico. They are charm-d by many of the witnesses with having killed some 10,000,000 fish in the last four years. What is not realized, according In one scientist, is the small amount of a pesticide that is capable of ex- terminating the fish in an area. Three drops of endrin in the Poto- mac. this specialists says, would do the Job. That. would be a concen- tration of only 4 parts in 10.000,- 000.0003 Pesticides, according to the re— cords. not only can and do kill fish and wildlife: they affect them in other ways. They affect the fertil‘ ity of certain fish and the plumage of some birds. For example, the bright feathers of the male pheas- ant go dull as a result of eating in- sects killed with these chemicals. The male ends up looking more or less like the female. The same thing has been known to happen to male mallard ducks. The pesticide res- ponsible here was kcjione. an ant control chemical. According to Fish and Wildlife Service officials fish are the most susceptible to the lethal effects of pesticides. birds next, and mam- mals next. The US. Department of Agri- culture. which has the interest. of farmers at heart. now is wrestling with its con=cience to decide wheth- er registration of these chemicals should be modified or cancelled. Of World Importance Britain‘s—and the. world's— first international :ongress on food processing is due to open in London in June. Eighteen countries will send delegates, while tnc Iron Cur— tain countries, including China. have also expressed interest In what is likely to be the greatest gather- lng of food processing scientists and technologists over brought to. gether under one mof. It is the first film an attempt. has been made to bring the research- ers of food processing. including pas. turization. sterilization, and air dry- ing, freezing and dehydration, pre. serving and packaging. from the scientific plane to the level of those engaged in the actual food process- ing. So complete is the congress. that. even the Computer and Its usee of handling and storage methods will be discussed. with a sessmn on automation concluding the confer- ence. With the impetus that. has been given to food processing.r in this Province in rccent months. this big conference in London will Irave special intercst for all of us. The fact that. the gathering has assum— ed the proportions of an interna- tional congress is indicative of the remarkable progress the industry is making, and of its prospects for further expansion. It is stimulating to feel that We are in stride with this great movement. and with the possibilities it holds out for our basic producers in the years ahead. EDITORIAL NOTES According to information given recently in the House of Commons, the Canadian Government has, 'through the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation. lent $74 million for student residences to various universities. Of the total. Nova Sootia received 55.500.000: New Brunswick $1,800,000; Quebec $29,771,000; Ontario $12,000,000: Manitoba 85.700.000; Saskatchewan $2,980,000; Alberta $8,821,000 and British Columbia $7,508,000. The Natural Housing Act wee amend- edin1960 in ordertopnovidefor loans for unlveaalty housing pso- jeota. l ' £12 / W W “N 95‘ WHAT HAPPENS '16 Your: PAY / if II In] I . " / 1’19; i "I TWO-MAN SPACE VEHICLE IN ORBIT QITAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholscm Is A United States Of Canada Feasible? Our Canadian Confederation is at h a 231' ally develop~ merits make it more possible -— as this column suggested many months ago — that our muc'n - planned centennial birthday will not be celebrated by a Can- adian Confederation as we know it today. Some voices suggest that Quebec will sepa- rate. to form “The Independent French Republic of North Am- erica." Less strident and more , realistic voices speak of a re~ written — and repatriated constitution, which would Scotch est of the three sides in popula- tion and wealth. although the largest in area and potential. To become comparable in pt)- pulation. we must attract not a tric k I e but a flood if immi- ‘ grants: this w o u I d inevitab- ly buIId up our wearh. I This is a controversial con- cept. But nobody can applaud our modern slow growth and 1 loss of sense of purpose. These logical developments inspired by the under - ecognized Quebec l protest. c o u l d provide a new stimulus to the whole of Canada Blinkered Thinking Globe and Mail, Toronto It is disappointing to see Sec- : retary of State Dean Rusk re- the aims and acts of the ccnlra- ‘ lizers. and restore and streng- Ihtn the powers of provinctal governments. thus creating a "United States of Canada" — and equally attractive to all provinces. Lest the similarity of our net- gbor's name should be mislead- ing. we must call to mind the. far - I the Chinese newing pledges of unwavering support by the United State; for Nationalist regime on Formosa. This is the type of blinkered thinking that is hope- I out of date in a man in In a form welcome to Quebec 3 g g When the cold war was at its ’ height and the United States was statesmen of the Old World who . strive to create a “United States 3 primarily an which might e appropriate of Europe" -- economic union. prove lhc m o r model for Northermost tca. THE CANADIAN DREAM 0f the any possible sequels to such a development here. Amcr- ’ most fascinating is the likelihood V of crcatin: d‘stinctive cultural patterns in most of the new Can- adian States. This would encou- rage and be encouraged by an accelerated immig r a t i o n. whose pattern is predictable: French settlers to Qut‘bcc. Bri- tish settle r s to Ontario and B.C.. eastern Europeans mov ing into the Prairies. Thus the U.S.C. might achieve more ('0- lour and satisfaction than the materialistic a l I y conformtsl U S A The most c e r; l a I n predic- tion about Canada‘s future is that we cannot indefinitely re- main underpopu l ated in the coming decades of world - widc exploding population. We are the third largest country in the world. bigger than USA. and almost double the size of Eur- ope. Our land mass is not all 0 habitable. but it is capable ofi supporting many times our present population. and in the years ahead it will have to do so. Thus looking ahead. A Union of Canadian State is more realistic than a Confeder- ation of Candian Provinces. But i let entitled. “A ’Handbook (Innovation ‘ perhaps . as we may move towards grea- ‘ fer local self - government in certain fields, we have to recoil- nize the world trend towards larger groupings for trade and of the post - war era Is that brain ~ child of Prime Minister Pearson - "an economic and perha p s a political common- wealth of the Western World." to quote his own words. Bri- tain's former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan expressed It. slightly differently when he said that events have forced the na- tions of the Atlantlc Basin to be ' "Snterdependentf' PRESERVING CANADA - President Kennedy launched a somewhat similar concept. which however entirely over- looked Canada. ThIs was his “Operation bell" — a dumbbell - sh co - - massive United States of Eur- ope at the other. Where would we fit with these two blg grou- plnla? Monty. In American eyes. Instde USA. To we“ our identity _ it we want to preserve It — we must he Mon not a Kennedy DMD 1 Pearson trian- , 8 United States anode our form the third IO. amend" present con- wenld he the small Canadian Dream - sighted and brilliant j “'3” in effect. at war with the Chiti- ese Communists In Korea, there case to be m porting the Nationalists. his considerable armed forces and constant threats to Invade llie mainland, President. Cliiang Kai'shek kept Communist frops tied down. and even— y a stretch of the imagination—had some claim to be recognized as i an alternative to the revolution- ary Government installed in Pe- king. Those days have passed. The Nationalists now represent Ing to maintain the fiction of the "two Chinas". the United Slacs merely discredits itself. It invit- es 3 major diplomatic humilia- tion when. as eventually must happen. the Nationalists are kicked out of the United Nations. This is not to say that For- mosa should at once be turned over to the Peking Government. The legitimate inhabitants of the island— the Nationalists are in- } terlopers m must at some time ; be given the opportunity to de- . (ermine their own future. and j they may very well choose indc- . lpendence. or association with g Japan. rather than integration l with the mainland. Toward this end, Mr. Rusk , and his colleagues should now I be gently disengaging from their 1 out-of-date alliance with the Na- l tionalists. For Bad Spellers Milwaukee Journal It has been the plainl of some educators and most employers that this nation has raised a gen- eration of abysmal spellers who. In their more creative moments. might come with a wr.llen sen: I fence like this: “My naybor. a sharlatin and a lurk. soled me half a seudo shamy and sum. fony jewla". Translated roughly into English. this would read. "My neighbor. a charlatan and a jerk. sold me half a pseudo chamoig and some phony Jew- ls." These are actual misspellings. plucked by a pair of curious New Yorkers from hlgh schwl spell- ing tests and compositions. busi- ness correspondence and news- papers. They took the boners or- currlng most frequently and put ‘ them together In a 48 page book- Terrible Spellers" 9 normal dictionary 3.: of little help to the terrible speller. ‘ Even Stone Montreal One wonders what can be hap- penlng to people's lungs when one coneldera what ta happening to stone. Around the world atone statues. and other outdoor art works. are deterlorating under the polluted air of the Industrial age. In New York the statues that have survived from the Middle Ages have had to be taken m- doora at the museum at the Cloisters: the New York air was toomuch for them. In France statues outside the cathedrals have also had to be brought in- side. West Germany's state of North Rhlne - Westphalla Is weeding 84 million a year to try to keep Its monuments from fall- Ina apart. Seemour Igwiy. the professor of chemistry at. New York Unl- Verllty. says: "The rate of de- cay has increased greatly. The situation ls getting serIous. and more serious all the time. It's at Its worst In highly Industrializ- ed cities. Many bulldllla have noticeany deteriorlated In the last 20 years." a a happen!“ to people's lungs Is very easel as might be amend. eclectic“ of sev- en Patholoalcal Institutes of me North Rhine - Westphalia state have conducted a massive Inves- ‘ He can’t look up the correct spelling of a word If he can‘t even begin to spell it. This ver- sIon lists word. alphabetically“ ,in their most frequently mis- ,spelled forms. The concept ls l revolutionary. a refuge for the l phonetic speller. a haven for the l casual scholar. I A quick tour through this vest l pocket wonderland will set the reader‘s braln splnnlng. Here are such misspelled gems as Al‘- gen (Afghanl, lood (lewd). Epl- 1pm (Oedipusl. foksel (forecas- tlel. ‘jagwar (jaguar). passifist (pacifist), peak (pique). swnir I (swear). vain (vase) and zylopll i one (xylophone. This is all a notable service to 3 humanity but our Imperfect world could be made even more habitable if some klndly genius . would produce similar band ‘ hooks for terrible income tax fil- ers. speech makers, bridge play- ] ers. home handy men and absent minded husbands. Crumbles Gazette ligation of the causes of lung cancer. They conclude that Ine polluted air of cities Is the main cause. And a West German In- ventor has devlsed a method of sucking exhaust gases at strat- egic traffic Junctions through grids In the ordlnary under ground maln systems. Certainly polluted alr in cities has become one of the biggest problems that men. modern man. has created for himself. He can see what is happening before his eyes. by looking at the stone work that Is cmmbllng FIVE KILLED IN JEEP SA-IGON (Reutersl—Two US. Army h South Vietnamese soldiers were killed heIr jeep hlt an electrically-detonated land mine northeast n Tho. the offl- cial Vlelnam. P r e s 5 news agency said Wednesday. TAKES OVER U.S. RUBBER JA. ' RTIA (Renter-st — Five Unlted States rubber estates in West Java have bee placed ll under the control of Indonesia’s agriculture minister. Dr. Sad- )arwo. :he Communist newspa- per People'e Dally reported Wednesday. no- i body but themselves. and in try- . In the same air he breathes. Hard To Hide Parkinsonism By Dr. Theodore R. Van Dalian Perkinsoniem ls difficult to hide. Recently, while waiting for the arrival of a plane at Chi- cago‘s O'Hare airport. I notic an older man walking into the waiting room slowly. He sealed himself on the edge of a chair opposite me: his shoulders drop- ped and the right hand began to shake as he tried to relax. , He stared in my direction dur. mg the next five minutes and not once did his expression change. This is understandable because in this disease. the facial mue~ cles are too stiff or tense to per- _mlt a smile or any other change in the features. Infrequent blink- Ing causes the fixed stare. Shortly thereafter. a compan- ion joined the victim of parkin- sonism and It was obvious he was mentally alert despite his blank face and slow monoton- ous speech. I gathered from their discussion that arrange- ments had been made to board the plane early. But the man l made it clear he did not want a l wheel chair. I Takeoff time came: the man ? stood up with some effort and finally got going toward the ramp. He leaned forward and‘ shuffled along as though he had I glue on the soles of his shoes. I But in a short while his steps m- t creased rapidly and he gained so much momentum I thought he would not be able to stop on reaching the door of the plane. ; The old term for the disease. I paralysis agitans. seldom is used today as these people are I not paralyzed. In addition. they , usually remain shrewd, under- standing and observant. The l muscles are so rigid bodily ‘ movements are slowed. clumsy. and less efficient. Tremor invol- ves the hands and feet and be- gins on the right side in right 3 handed persons. ‘ modern surgical treat- ment consists of destroying a small area in the brain via a wire loop. electric current. ra- : dioisolopcs. heat. freezing. or . the injection of various chem- . icals. This type of operation is recommended when the victim becomes disabled 'by tremor and muscle rigidity. Best re- sults are obtained when the in- dividual is in good health and symptoms are confined to one side AL‘LERGIES AND VACCINATION Mrs. A. writes: My 8-year-old daughter has various allergies and. for this reason, never has been vaccinated against smalls pox. She has no skin outbreak and the doctor says this is a good time to vaccinate. Do you think it will be safe? REPLY Yes. The best time to have it done is when the skin is clear of eczema. SCAR REMOVAL B. B. writes: Could acne scars be eliminated by plastic sut- REPLY Shallow scars can be planed down with a wire brush. Deeper scars could be. treated by skin grafts but the plan Is not prac- ‘ ticable. COUNTERACTION E. G. writes: Can a nervous : stomach get beyond control? R Pull the reins tight and yell. I Whoa. when you feel control slipping. RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS M R. writes: Does rheuma- ‘toid arthritis ever affect heart” the REPLY Yes. in a small percentage of victims of this condition. KIDNEYS AND ALCOHOL W. S. writes: Is gin harder on the kidneys than bourbon? REPLY No. Both contain alcohol. Al- cohol is not hard on normal kid- 9 n ys. TODAY’S HEALTH HINT— Cry'babies often are sick hab- es. «NOTE: All correspondence to Dr. Van Dellen should be ad- dressed t.o: Dr. Theodore Van Dellen. co Chicago T rib u n e. Chicago. Illinois.) WON’T SEEK ASIAN LABOR CANBERRA tAPl—The Aus- tralian government will not en- courage Australian firms in seek skilled labor In Asia. La- bor Minister William McMahon told the House of Represents-i lives Wednesday. He was re-l plying to government whipl Peter Howson who drew atten-' tion to a report that some Ce. nadian firms are considering taking this action. McMahon seld he did not think Asian countries. because of their great development needs. could afford to any of their skilled tradesmen. Home decorating- te eaey with pro-pasted 9W lust wet, apply and sponge smooth- You'll get the MM of it, tasll mere 8: Reload Ltd. ' CHAILOTTETOWN demands by righowinn political . NOTES BY THE WAIT” A splinter rushed la la the house and conflded excitedly to her old maid sister. “Oh, Alethn, I’m going out tonight with a used car salesman!" “What's the difference." Aletha assured her, “so long as he's healthy?" Montreal Star. Little Kay had come home af. ter her first attendance at Sun. day school. “Well. well," asked her father, “and what did my little girl learn this morning?” “That I'm a child of Satan." was the response.— Gall Report- er. New Cuban Situation By Harold Morrison Canadian Press Staff Writer Within a few weeks the So Viet Union likely will withdraw, a large portion of Its remaining . soldiers and technicians from. Cuba, turning over to the Fidel i Castro regime Increased con-. trol over some 500 aurface-to-i air missiles and other weapons‘ ringing the Island as a defence. against US. penetration. . This prospect has heightenedl speculation that some danger-l oua entanglement between thel US en Cuba might ensue.l with the US. persisting in con- . tinuing aerial surveillance of} the island and the Cuban gov-: ernment warninc that these1 conventioal missiles may be. used to shoot down [1-2 spy- planes that violate Cuban air space. ‘ ' uba and the US. fact have exchanged views which. lend to emphasize the critical: period that lies ahead. esoe-l cially in the light. of growing In Our Yesterdays (From the Guardlan Files) TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO (April 24. 1939) Mr. F.H. Flynn, assistant sup- ‘ erintendent of the Canadian Na- ‘ tional Institute for the Blind. is ., visiting the Province in conncc- t (ion with the campaign starting tomorrow. Mr. Flynn is also Governor of District No. 7 of the Kinsmen's Club. elements in the US. that the Castro regime be crushed our-e and‘for all by sending in the marines. Should Castro make good his threat to destroy American spv planes. Presi ent Johnsoh might find himself under in- creasing pressure in this elec- tion year to respond with more than just a protest or another Important attempt to tighten eco. nomic sanction against Cuba. INVESTMENT HUGE But this speculation. which finds expression in some LES. newspaper columns does not. take into account that the l-i. viet Union has invested hun- dreds of millions of dollars in strengthening Cuba as 3 Com- munist base in the Western Hemisphere. It is not liker that the Kram- lin would be willing to see Cuba go up in smoke. Soviet Premier Khrushchev Is ‘ well aware that given the ox- cuse and proper circumstances, the US. would be tempted 'o rip the thorn from its side and crush the Ca stro regime. Khrushchev also is aware that Castro is somewhat emotional and militant and might be tempted to knock down Ameri- can planes to display the gran- deur of Cuban sovereignty. Back In 1962 when Khrush- chev agreed to withdraw llll- clear - tipped ballistic mlssilcs from Cuba. there was an un- _ dcrslanding that the withdrawal The Summersrde Lodge IOOF‘ of Summer-side celebrated their Natal Day today with a large number present. Members from the Charlottetown Lodge attend- l ed. Chief speaker was Wilbur MacFarlane. noble grand of the ‘ Lodge. 1 "IN YEARS AGO (April 24. 195“ Mr. David Peacock. well - ‘ known to countless Island farm- i are as one of the fieldmen of Provincial Department of Agri- culture. has resigned his post to accept a new position with the Federal Department of Agricul- . lure. Sixty-two ()ddfcllows. Rcbck- alts and friends attended the an- nual banquet in the IOOF hall. Montague. Atwood MacDonald. noble grand of Hillside. acted as toastmasler. and Rev. J. M. Fraser asked the. blessing. ' would be witnessed by one-site inspection. The Russians re- ported that the Cubans refused to agree to this Inspection method and the late president 3 Kennedy then ordered that the 3 inspection be continued by sea the air. PENTAGON SILENT There is a difference. of course. between high - altitude and low-altitude surveillance. The Pentagon declines to say whether any recent alt patrols skimmed low over Cuba as was the case during the 1962 nuclear crisis when one of the U-2 planes was shot down with the loss of its pilot. The extent of Soviet control over Cuban military policy can seen by the fact. that until the current situation developed. there was no great Communist show of protest over previous surveillance and no report of any American plane being mo- lested during reconnaissance. and from lll iii. 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