E112 @tiardiuu Coven Prince Ede-um Island Like The Oe-v l ‘ W. J. Hqiicox, Pubnsho' thon Lewis Funk Walin I Executive Educ! EdllOI 1 Published every week day morning (euepi Son- V dsys Ind statutory holidays) I1 I65 Prim. Street. ChIrlottItown, P.E.I.. by lilClliSOI. Ncmospcn Ltd. 1 Branch offices at Suttuitelsids, HtOI-iflgua. icn Ind Souris. AthI- 5 . Represented mucus“, L»; lilD:l:)Cl£ Newspapeu ‘ Toronto, 425 University Avg. EmpiII 3-8894; l/lOitilecl, oat) Cathcsii Strut, UNiVIrsity 6-5942,- V.’EStE‘llt office, l030 Goorgis Street. Vancouver WA 7037). Member Canadian Daily ileivspbpei Publishus Association and the Canadian Press. the CanIdiIn A‘vulising Services a o the local news published but in All rights on iepubtiraiimt cl suILiIl displtzhos heroin also reserved Subéuipiion lanes: Not ave: 3:). per week in earlier. 0 I yea! by mail a: rural iooies and II.” not sIrvtced by name: “4.00 I year all Island and U.K. $20.00 poi your in 0.5. and elzeuhere outbid. British Com- monweslth. Not Over 7L per smgtu cop/ Member '4’l1 lune: i' (willing:— PAGE i'WiaiixizsoAi', t'icnnt'snv 6, 106-3. The Government Falls Havng succeeded in combining long enough to dct'cat the llief'cn- baker Got'crmncnt last night, the Opposition littl‘lii's‘ will now be ask- ing tl‘icmscltcs: "Where do we go from how?" llit’tcrcnt ways, of course, but which ways‘.’ 0 So far as the ovcl'shadmviug issue of defense is conccrncd, only the Nlll’ lcadci‘, .llr. llouglas, scents to have set a definite course. He is against the acquisition of nuclear arms, period. Mr. Pearson claims we have commitments that must be honored, but he would immediately begin to negotiate for their aborga- tion. He hasn’t attempted to say how he would do this, in the face of Washington's rigid attitude on the subject. As for Mr. Thompson, the Social Credit leader, he Would strad- dle the fence by having warheads for our NATO weapons in Europe, but not for NORAD in Canada. ‘ Since D e fen s e Minister Hark- ness’ resignation, rumors of a big- ger cabinet split were rife. Certainly Mr. Diefenbnkcr appearcd like a lonely stag at bay in the Commons last night. His speech was a spirited defense, but it wasn’t enough. His reminder of the Government’s un- finished legislative program wasn’t enough. Nothing was enough. His hour had struck. and down he went. His followers with him, of course. But how many of them were truly his followers in this hour of crisis, we shall probably never know. Whatever Mr. Pearson may say to the contrary. it was \l'ashington’s finger that tippth the scales. The coincidence in the chain of events was too striking. All over the World this fact will be noted. and taken stock of. The big question now is what the next election holds in store. Our best hope is for a return to stable major- ity government, and a chance to get the country back on an even keel in more ways than one. Hospital Rebates The Hospital Association has in- dicated its intention to promote a. campaign to have the $600,000 re- bate of insurance premiums, which is about to be made by the Hospital Services Commission, assigned to the association, which will in turn distribute the fund to each hospital in the province on the basis of the number of patient days’ care each provided in 1962. The reason given is the urgent need of funds for maintaining hospital services and for retiring existing hospital de- ficits since the inauguration of the Hospital Insurance plan. .i It is well to understand that the proposed campaign is of the same nature as any other public appeal for funds, except that the appeal is being made to each subscriber who is qualified for a rebate on prepaid insurance premiums, who will be » asked to assign his rebate to the Hospital Association. This rebate was pledged to the subscribers by the Government in the last provincial campaign. In view of the financial straits in which the hospitals find themselves under the Insurance plan, it is question- Ihle whether either of the political pIrtieI acted very responsibly when they offered pledges of this kind in return for the electors' votes. However, that's how the game of politics is played Ind mm was the way the issue Wu presented, with no concern It Ill expressed about the need. for more moronsly re- Imbursing on hospitals. I \ WII’ . now 11: in plum mar mo hal- pitals cannot carry on without more financial aid, and they are appeal- ing, through their association, to the subscribers to whom the rebates have been pledged. There is no cont- pulsion in the matter, so far as the subscribers are concerned; but hope is expressed that the Government will see fit to lead off the cant- paign by offering to pay the prem- iums, on the subscribers’ behalf, to the Hospital Association. It is sug- gested that this Would give “an equal opportunity to the public to respond to their resptmsibility with- out further contribution of monies." Each subscriber will be contact- ed, in this Connection, for what amounts to I free will offering. (in this basis we trust the response will be favorable and that the emergency itt hospital deficits will be met. The Government must, how- ever, tread warily lest it give the impression that it is reneging on I pledge which was featured so prominently in its campaign promises. Civic Finances We recall, not so malty years ago, the storm that would have been raised in the Legislature had it been revealed that the Province’s net debt had reached the alarming amount of $6,928,993. That, at Dec. 31 last, was the net debt of the City of Charlottetown. It increased by $1,135,265 last year alone. But before uttering a loud and piercing cry about the extravagance of our civic administration we looked at the other side of the ledger. as shown last eventing in the report of the finance Committee chairman, Conn. Hyndman, and were reassur- ed. Cxtravagance. if there was any, we couldn’t find. As for the debt increase last year. it is noted that three new schools were completed in 1962 at a cost of $1,300,000. Streets, side- walks and parking areas account- ed for $160,000, sewer and water provision $190000, and procurement of lands for playgrounds and park- ing areas $56,000. And as against the total net debt we have assets of over ten and a half million dol- lars, and our standing last year was reflected by a. favnrable $1,150,000 bond sale at 5 per cent. In current account, where ex- penditures are controllable, the City had a surplus of $16,722 last year, which exceeded by $6,091 the amount budgeted for. This surplus was achieved after allocating $25,- 000 to help defray expenses in the coming 1964 Centennial celebrations and placing an additional $10,000 to the Employees’ Pension Fund. Emphasis was placed in the com- mittee report on the need of main- taining tax collections at a high level. Continued efforts will be made to collect outsitanding taxes and fair warning is given to all and sundry, that after due notification, tax delinquents will be dealt with by the courts. That is as it should be, for there is no reason why any- one should evade this prime obliga- tion of citizenship. The committee was commended by Mayor Gaudet on its excellent report, and the various other com- mittees on keeping within their estimates. This always calls for commendation, and deservedly so. EDITORIAL NOTES Congratulations to Dr. Orville H. Phillips, MP for Prince, on his call to the Senate in the dying hours of the Government last night. He has earned his appointment politically, and there is no doubt that he will , represent us well and faithfully in the upper chamber, as he has done in the lower house. 0 O 0 One of the choice specimens of bureaucratic hair-splitting in the Auditor General’s report to Parlia- ment is about an RCAF officer who died of natural causes while serv- ing in the United States. Shortly before his death his wife obtained an American divorce and remarried. But because her divorce was tech- nically not recognized as legal in Canada the RCAF considered her I “widow”, paying her the officer’s cash termination allowance and supplementary death benefit. The Auditor General concedes that the payments may have been legally cor- rect but suggests, with character- istic understatement, that “they appear to be unrealistic." They re- sulted, It Iny rate, in $8,428 being paid over to the “widow”. Cold W IVI Still Grips Continent- _ THE FAlTHFUL ST. BERNARD COULDN’T MAKE IT OTTAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson The Plight Oi Canada’s Lawmakers The plight of Canada's law- makers is like theI dilemma pos- ed by that oldtime song: “Who takes care of the carctakcr's daughter when the caretaker Is busy taking care?” Our lawmakers are so incom- petent in taking care of their own problems that they Ind they alone are second-class citi- zens in one important respect— thcii- payment of income tax. Men and women elected to our House of Commons devote long hours. far longer than any working week tolerated by any union. to the affairs of Canada. They face considerable expens- es in battling for election to that assembly: they meet. substantial costs year after year whilst members of that assembly. In return. the taxpayers pay them each $8.000 per year, which is subject to income tax. plus I tax-tree expense allowance of $2.000 per year. For some years it has been truthfully reported that MP: have to live very frugally, or else enjoy an independent source of income, to avoid go- ing into debt. Now a literal bliz- zard of criticism greets the sug- gestion that their remuneration should be doubled. Typically. the “Times” of Osh- awa and the "Examiner" of Barrie suggest that $20,000 would be u‘ircasn'vblo and th'" cur- how they are falling to do the work for which they are paid $10,000 I year. Otir constitution says that “ll shall be lawful for the Queen, by and with the Advice and Con- sent of the Senate and House of Commons, to make Laws for the Peace. Order and good Gov- ernment of Canada." Even the best friend of our 25th Parliament must admit that it is offering little advice or con- sent. and even less good govern- ment. Its squalid and sordid re- cord to date makes it seem less I legislative assembly than I cockpit of partisan politics, in- tent not on govrr‘ng a but on continuing the election campaign of last Spring. On 1‘ "z t those indisputable grounds. Con- servative, Liberal, Social Credit and New Democratic MP5 all equally must plead guilty to the charge that they are failing to provide the good government for which they are . Nevertheless. the present tem- , porary criticiSm of our legislI- l tors does not excuse the fact ( that tho" In" ""‘Tlli' 0 law to make them second-class citizens in the eyes of the in- come tax collector. ALLOW TRUE EXPENSES I Each MP. has a tax-free ex- pense allowance of $2.000 per year. But the brutal dollar and cent fact is that the average MP. has expenses. unavoidable and directly attributable to his job as an ., amounting to perhaps $5,000 a year. On the excess of $3,000 expenses over and above his allowance, he must pay income tax. No other Canadian worker is thus penalized. Nor, I can say for the guidance of our foolish M.Ps. is their British counter- part. The British High Commission- er‘s office here informs me that the remuneration of I British MP. is $5,250 per year “with deductions for allowable expen- ses identical to those available to every other citizen." Note those words carefully. if our .\l.Ps n Fr” ’l"dlll'l cv- penses identical to those IVull- able to every other citizen. they ("v-1:0. ‘ an cost of telephone calls between their constituents at home and their office in Ottawa, the cost of office space and secretarial and organisation staff at home, the cost of bed and board when away from home (namely in Ottawa) on business, the cost of taxis. subscriptions to clubs and organisations, etc, etc Ind again etc. A British M.P. whose consti- tuency is outside London may. for example. deduct all expens- i es in connection with mainlain- , in: a second home adjacent to the Parliament Buildings. If our M.Ps would give I little PUBLIC FORUM IN COMMENDATION Sir,-—- We thank you for your - courageous and well-consiner- ed editorial on the nuclear Irms question, which we saw quoted in the “Vancouver Sun". 1 Canada's “physical aid" is generally acknowledged to be 1 relatively neglible in the nuc- lear field and is certainly not required by the U.S.A. ' now has the potential to destroy half the world. But they require 5 3‘ to exhibit us to the world I s . their "allies". or. to put more bluntly, as under their control in our foreign and our defence policy. The only “na- tional dishonour" for Canada would consist tn complying with this kind of pressure, against what the majority of our people believe to be right. We believe that, Is CInIdlIns. we have I special Ind distinc- tive point of view which (1.8. does not the, Ind we be Have it ll our duty to try to use It for the benefit of others. In spite of Napoleon's cynical dictum. God is NOT on theiIlde of the biggest bIltIliouI. He Is certainly on the II of the pen- pc w o Ire honestly and soul- Ieurchlngly trying to do what is bee use Again thanking you on behalf well that at. of my husband. many friends. Im, str, elc., MRS. DOROTHEA EDMOND, VIucouver. 3.6. o mums: 0 Hottest str. — The old llbrIry which really wII not old bII Iud In Iwa. It Ill reIlly I flue edi- fice Ind med the public well. , Another building, the old Post ' OfficI m: «I! the CIboli a Building, has been demolished and also is I rte d away. This building was somewhat vener- able. I remember very well when its predecessor was but-n- ed down in the winter of 1885. It was a sad sight which I shall never forget. Very little effort was made to save it, Ip- parcntly because it was I Fed- eral Building Ind therefore would have to be replIced by money provided by the Domin- ion Government. Those were the Mn wh I u knighthood was in flower Ind when r John A. MchonIld piloted the Ship of State. And now in the IpIce formerly occu- *pied by these building! it lI in- tended to erect I building of ’mIgnificeut proportions to but I the Mine Confederation M I m- lorial Building, to commenter-Ito t the first steps leading to the II- 9 ,tubllshment of the Dominion of a CanIdI. These luillIl I to p I ; were tIkeu In the old ProvluclIl tBuildtng lu 1m. 4 Now this project will be I . very costly undertaking I n d Iquy people Ire In you doubt Iboul the wisdom Ind VIluI of the pin, but there seems to be no complIiut on the put of the Government or tho Opposlllou. pIrIlII know quite Dmnlnlou Govern- myulf Ind ment will supply I lIrII part of the expenses Involved. Now tht I suggest my sound foolish but I do bellIvI huh I [rest University Ihould be one young people of thlI kind In opportunity to ample“ their now educItlou Ind thus ted In Iqulro do- thI Arts. Medicine Ind Philosophy. “I an “on C. I. MACDONALD Wood IIIIIdI. Ell. . thought to this obvious injustice inflicted upon them. they would not be paying their banks inter- est on the sums they now bor- row to keep going. And where- as an increase in pay is ques- tioned. this could not be. ' “T” ""‘l gar; MARY LOU Our furniture seemed old I n d Scuffcd an ‘ ed And no one complimented admired A single piece. Sometimes our friends would shrug And wonder why we kept the same old rug. One day we had a call from ary Lou And everything we 0 w n e d seemed bright and new. Her movements and her eager eyes gave spice To her unspoken words: home is nice. She climbed up in the creaky rocking chair _ And settled back with contented air Reserved for little folk. She ’ i 01‘ Your that W 3 :I. .— e lot to have this chair back where i live. We bowed before the little Miss \ll aws Otir thoughts away from folk who look for flaws. When we remarked the daffodils were heat, ‘A little voice announced: vase is sw My Mommy nook “The re . says. in almos‘ any There is a rose— you’ll find it if you loo . She glanced among the books along the wall And smiled: Someday. Daddy comes to call, when He‘ll read about the blind man ‘ in the wav ‘And then he‘ll slowly close the in Boo nd ra , y. ,With folded hands, she told us ‘ . In detail, l The story of poor Jonah and the whale. I wish you could have seen the way she smiled As she sang of the lowly man- ; er Child. lOur happiness knew no I t her | want nor lack 1thn she said: Bye for now— but I'll be back. ’ —-s. Barlow Bird i Freetown, P.E.I. r I I Varicose Veins Cause Ulcers By Dr. W 3. VII Della VARICOSE ulcer on I III is closed by I VIrlchc vein thIt Is not working properly. It makes sense to the the offend- ing vein removed, If cure II to follow. But it is surprising how many persons will try IIlveI Ind Intiblotlcs. yeIr Iftcr year. just because the ulcer closes for I few months. But the lesion returns. II I rule. Most varicose ulcers will heIl if the lndlvidusl remIiuI In bed or while weIring I firm ,com- presslon bIndIge thIt extend! from foes to knee. An Intisepllc ointment. including than c o u- tIlntng In Iutlbtotlc. me be applied to the open sore Some 'Iuthorltles cover this with an ordinary piece of gauze. Others utilize I foam rubber pad which is flexible Ind tendl to “milk” the rIw surface. This In turn promote: healing. ut the elastic compression bandage or stocking II the most important factor. It collapses the VIrlcose vein lo the blood no longer flows In the wrong direction Ind crates the un- wmted stagnation In the tissues surrounding the ulcer. A Brit- lIh physician prescribes I combination of I diuretic Ind In antibiotic to radon t we! in . The ulcer is likely to remIln healed so long as the qudIu is worn. As stated previously. surgical elimination of the vari- cose vein leads to permanent results. This procedure is never recommended when the lesion is open: consequently, the more 1 conservative approach must be tried first Not every leg ulcer is I vari- cosc ulcer. Some Item ram poor circulation. usually from hardening of the arteries. This cause is suspected when cratcr- like opening develops in the skin of an older person who 5 no varicose veins. Healing 1 often follows improvement in the circulation, along with re- moval of the ulcer and replace- . l ment of the are: with I sk 15 Some ulcers are most tant to treatment. Skin c a n- ccr does not heal and must be : removed as I life saving meas- ‘ure. The ulcer that comes after an electrical burn Ilso resists treatment and so does the open sore that follows inflammation of a deep vein In I leg. Elastic stockings must be for many months before the lesion closes. SPINAL CYST E. A. writes: Should I piloni- dal cyst, present since birth but giving no trouble until recently. he removed by surgery” R PL Yes. but there is no hurry be- cause thlI is not In emergency operation. Once these cysts It the base of the spine become active, they are likely to cause more and more trouble. EFFECT OF DEFORMITY G. G. writes: Can I physical defornilty lead to I psychosis? REPLY Yes. provided the abnormal- ity so disturbcs or depresses the individual, breaking point. I assume the person in question does not have a brain lesion. HEART DEFECT. A. P. writes: Is leakage of the heart serious in I man of i 77? REPLY The answer depends upon .\.‘hat the defect is doing to the heart and w et er It has existed for years or developed as a result of the aging process. B FOR CONSTIPATION S. C. writes: Why are doctors c a g c y about recommending bran for constipation? r . REPLY i rnisa good form of troughage and there is no rea- son why it cannot be recom- mended except for those with an irritable bowel. TODAY'S HEALTH HINT— OVfi-weight overwork: th e ear. RESTORE! RIGHTS . y LIMA. Peru (Reutersl—Tho Peruvian government has restor- i ed constitutional guarantees sus- l pended Jun. 5 when I country- ‘wiide roundup of Illeged pro- Communists was staged. A gov- ernment quouncem . Tuesday that 211 ringleaders of 1 an alleged pro-Communist plot ihad been put down for trial before civil and military courts. Another seven defendants III fugitives. fl NOTES BY THE WAYfi "Mymlolonlulobclu the hoIpItIl for I long. long tlmc." “Why?” HIVI you seen the doctor?" “No, but I've seen the hum." - HInuItou Specu- for. Another touch I qu night to drive cIrefully II thIt blIck misht not be becoming in his wife. — GIlt Reporter” A unit never knows how wou- derful life wu until he ha I cold. - OttIWI JouruIl. Gibraltar is only two miles 10121 Ind three-quarters .of I mils wide. but 25,000 people, lIrgely British Army personnel. live on this giIut rock thIt lutI up 1,200 feet from the us. For men and may other foods they Ire largely depeuent on frozen Ind tinned supplies from Bri- tIilu. AuItrIllI Ind New IcIIud. As In my camp or other lustf- tutlon catering for numbers of men. there is I considerable Imount of wute food. Ind in 1957 the Army decided to resis- 1 he reaches the put it to productlve use by on- i com-Icing I pl: fIrmtuz scheme. . They called for tenders Ind i Laurence Dswllnl, an Air Min- l‘ istry clerk. put in the successful one. I l The area he was given was 1 the site of In old gun bItfery used in the first world war. The “ battery had been cemented into rock on a slope of 60 degrees. But Mr. Dowllng got to work with I pick and shovel chipping out the cement. It took him three , years to clear a surface of I . quarter of an acre for his “farm” and build a safetv wall and sties. using stone taken out of the rock. Since there was no one on the spot with any farm- ing experience. he relied on ibooks. and plans sent him by the Department of Fisheries and Food in London. In 1960 he killed his first two 1 pigs. and ' ,l morning of each month in Wash- ' lignton In official of the United g state: 'I‘reastuy goes to I small " safe in the office and takes out i two mottled-green cheques. They are worth $12,900. Then he sets s off to pay the President of the ‘ United States for his month's ork. Forming On Gibraltar BBC London Letter provrded some of the l fellowmen of e i n g endowed people of Gibraltar with the first 1 with natural Height Oi Generosity Guelph Mercury Our Yesterdo ’s (From the Guardian Files) 1 l l l TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO | (February 0. 1038) l The need of providing for rec- ‘ relational tratning as well as I treatment of physical handicaps : in the case of crippled children, 1 was emphasized by Hon. W.J.P. ‘ MacMillan, n e w l y elected president of the Prince Edward Island Division of the Red Cross 1 Society, at the annual meeting l of the organization. Dr. MacMil- l. Ian commended this suggestion 1 advanced in an address given ‘ earlier by Miss Mona Wilson. ' Miss Kathleen AM. I" I l 1'- Prince Edward Island has tak- en the oath in supreme court at oston to become I full-fledged attorney, and the first Canadian woman to become I member of the Massachusetts bar. M i s s Fairchild worked as secretary prior to studying law. TEN YEARS AGO (February 8, 1053) he Rainbow Club held I highly successful white elephant sale It the YMCA Monday eve niiug in aid of the Sunset Lodge. The large crowd attending eu- joyed the fun of the auction. and I cInteen service provided cof- fee Ind doughnuts. J.H. Sturdy, who for some time has been manager of the Metropolitan Store here, h I been transferred to the Halifax brunch of his firm, Ind iI Iat- Iduled to law for his new lo- cation today. John Dup, form- erly of Fredericton. N.B., will take over the ChIrlottetowu branch lu succession to Mr. A Charlottetown to: Sackville, $2.10 Moncton, $2.80 Truro, $3.80 Saint John, $4.80 Halifax, $5.20 Antigonish, $5.60 Sydney, $9.20 Quebec, $11.25 Montreal, $12.50 child. a native of Georgetown, 1 JuItIIInodmIIy i oddly rem Iso - Ilihougii 11’ were I enoughd the deaths noun: several (in s befo chlorlnItlou proceuy wu guill- ‘ i ly begun so In Toronto, which re. mtly voted for fluorldItlon but hIIu't yet heIled lts water sup. ply. people «I complain; of tooth trouble. — VictorlI Times. Inc from some people II more difficult than try- ing to smuggle dIyllght put I rooster. — ChIthIm News. fresh, unfrozen meat they hI d hId since supplies from Blen were cu]: off In 1990. By the end 1062 I was Iupplyln l I l A the rIte of 160 I your. ‘v'. .( Longevi Windsor DIlly stIr IttIIomIthlugofIcllchethIf the but WIy to keep liIIlthy II to have healthy pIreuts. Certain families have trul- tlous of longevity, Ind being of tum We note I letter in In English newspaper wherein the writer states that his parents celebrat- thelr diamond wedding Inni- versary on Christmas Day. and his wife's parents had I similar observance In 1961: also thIt his wife's grandparents had their 60th anniversary back in 1932. The youngest member of this ‘ family connection has four great grandparents still living. These now elderly people. how- ever, spent I large part of their lives when the pace of life was somewhat easier and more re- laxed. wonder how the pace of modern living will affect the longevity. even of those fortun- ate enough to come of healthy stock. At any rate. they still will have an advantage over their h good health. The President receives Ibout $162,000 I year. but gives most of it away in charities. How doel he do it? You will out. He ha I very wealthy father, oseph P. Kennedy acclaimed Is one of the richest men In the world with I fortune estimated at v sure. and Joseph P. Kennedy Is very close-mouthed about tht he is worth. CAME FROM ENGLAND His father came from England and started his immense fortune in the traditional way by selling newspapers in Boston, where he lived. At 25 he became I built manager and then I dock brok. or on the New York Stock Ex- change. He made vast sums Il- so in real estate, oils. and In the motion picture Industry. Joseph Kennedy seemed to have the ml- das touch — because everythlnl he handled turned into gold. Finally. out of his enormous accumulation Joseph P. Kenne- dy put aside $9,000,000 Is I trust fund for his seven children. The money was Invested in real estate, oil, and other gill edged securities. Each child is to receive on barter of his share on reach- ing 40. and the rest at given in- tervals. President Kennedy ll now 45. and has already been Paid $5,400,000 of the sum dut him and will ultimately recelvo I total of about $16,200,000 when put in . WITHOUT A DIME The President carries lltllI mimey about him, and once In landing at New York’s La Guar- dia airport, he was without I dime and borrowed from 8 Pl? sing workman to make I tele- phone call home. President Kennedy gives most of his salary to charities and ll fo ced draw you hls personal fortune quite heavily. It is cost» him a lot money from his own pocket but he 81V” generously. Ind Is the fiche“ president’to be ever elected to the great office he holds. Ila scale of livlul in the Will“ ouse very mun "10 President Ind his wife do mucl containing. .n