aa dap onsen ae W. J. Hancox, Publisher Burton Lewis Frank Welker Executive Editor Editor Published every week day morning (except Sun days end statutory holidays) af 165 Prince Street, Charlattetown, P.E.1., by Thomson Newspapers Ltd. Branch offices at Summerside, Montague, Alber ) Deity Associaton end The Canadian Press, The Conadien | hr. All rights on republication of specie! dispatches | reserved. < + Not over 1 per single copy. ' ' Member. Audit. Buresu of Circulation: PAGE 6 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1962. 1) Identical Tenders ” |" Reference was made in — columns to some items in the ‘Auditor General's report submitted to Parliament recently. These items 4nvolved expenditures in the armed services, But there were other find- - 491.16. This caused some surprise gm the department and letters went to the firms observing that it “most difficult to understand in a tender call involving in a g i a Ti Hi \@ truly remarkable added up exactly as wy 3 OS Mr ee o> fi y other than the one which had the contract previously. It thus a corny little matter of tak- TE "t action. started un- bines Act in a case of branch responsible administration of this act Tuled, in two cases in- lamps, that “the fact that tenders are submitted is conclusive evidence that | been collusion, in the #3 ve ~ fees ? Pa > * > ? * d : ¢ - ‘ 4 . ” > & . - yf t | i 4 i of z i oe 7 portrait of “Judas-Trotsky” 8 me icarnation of all evil, a man by ‘eomparison with whom Benedict Arnold and Vidkun Quisling were sky was of Jewish origin, the myth included the worst features of Dickens’ Fagin and Shakespeare's Shylock. Trotsky was the effective or- ganizer and moving spirit of the Bolshevik revolution, second only” +-to Lenin as its head. He was the first Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union. In March, 1918 he became its first War_Minister and in that role created the Red Army from al- most nothing, mobilizing and direct- _{jag the force which saved the revo- lution against the attacks of its many armed enemies on Russian soil. As Lenin neared death, it was generally taken for granted that Trotsky would be his successor. But he had two weaknesses that were fatal to his ambition. His very pre-eminence was one, for it in- duced all his rivals to eombine against him as soon as Lenin died. More serious was his major blun- der in underestimating Stalin,“whom he saw as a crude non-intellectual from the Georgian backwoods. ‘ Trotsky’s vast ability proved to be inadequate against Stalin's skill in intrigue. He was exiled in 1929, and went from place to place seek- ing refuge, aiming barbed sentencés at Stalin, defending himself against _ever more terrifying accusations, and hoping that the tide of history would turn his way. The tide never turned while he lived. Instead, he suffered the agon- jes of seeing his children become the victims of Stalin’s vengeance,, of being accepted in his own land as the arch traitor. Finally, he was murdered in his own home by an agent Stalin had smuggled into his bodyguard. But his ghost never was laid. Stalin himself, by ting his theories, became, so to ‘ ereatest Trotskyite of all. And his fanaticism and “holy war” mental- dty are still alive in_Red China’s brand of Communism, unaffected by the change which thermonuclear weapons has made in the whole oncept of war since Trotsky’s time. Mr. Gordon's Statement In a statement of Liberal policy made in Toronto the other day by Mr. Walter Gordon there was refer- ence to a medical insurance project newspaper, the Ottawa Citizen, needs some clarification. Apart from the method of financing the. plan—contributions would evidently be based on ability to pay—Mr. Gordon said the support and ¢o- operation of the medical profession would be needed to maintain high standards and to aid in the ad- ministration of the plan. _ What. puzzles’ The- Citizen. is , the | which, in the opinion of a friendly— unsullied patriots. And, since Trot- |} TOUCHE OTTAWA REPORT by One of the most interesting * political battles, which would | be unique in Canada’s election | history,.may be shaping up _ among the busy fruit farms and that attractive Shangri-La of tourists and retired folk, Bri- tish Columbia’s Okanagan Val- Sometimes within the next 12 months there must, in accor- | dance «with our laws, be a gen- eral election campaign. Judg- ing by the ptesent direction of the wind, it will come sooner rather than later. So every M.P. here is actively assessing his probabilities of re-election, and taking stock of his likely opposition. : David Pugh, the present Con- servative M.P. for the riding of Okanagan Boundary, tells me that there may well be a four- way contest for that seat, fought out between four former elec- tion winners representing each | | of our national political parties, , Other candidat- | , be Elmore Philvott | (Liberal, Owen Jones (N.D.P.), s ¥ & | and Fred Shaw (Social Credit), TOP-FLIGHT TORY ] Mr. Pugh hopes to run again | under the Conservative colours. by his achievement in hen he captured the seat party, and attained the | majority ever recorded t young riding, he is con- that the policies of the Diefenbaker Government to- + is a And Okanagan Boundary is a. swing . riding which, in the three ‘elee- sense, in -arriving at the bid by HE A Trotsky’s Spectre. According to Harry Schwartz of the New York Times, who special. . ines in wri m af -Leon Trotsky. In all the Communist- Tuled nations and in all the Gom munist parties of the the thoughts of men - to the Mephistoph : whether this means that the Lib. plan until they first had the sup- port of the medical profession for it, or would they institute the plan is in operation? tawa contemporary, is vital. If a support of the medical profession little prospect that such a plan would be started in the foreseeable future. For the medical profession across the country. ia, in more or. less degree, opposed to government- The point should be cleared up. Mr. Gordon is, We understand, eco- nomic adviser to the Liberal party as well as Liberal candidate in Tor- onto Davenport. He has either subject of lively concern. .erals would delay their medical care’ ‘first, and assume that it would re- | ceive the necessary support. once.it_ The difference, argues our Ot-— . government were to wait for the . before instituting a -medical care. administered medical care projects. said too much or too little on this distribution, has returned C.C.F., then a Social Credit, and lastly a Conservative mem- | The Liberal candidate’ may well- be the former Vancouver newspaper columnist, Elmore Philpott, who won Vancouver expressed his hope to be a chn- didate. ; - Owen Jones, the 72 year old proprietor -of a local furniture * store and a former mayor ‘of Kelowna, first captured the dis- 7 tion in 1948. He held it for the fi: iil be ite Ee. 3 ed YEE | Patrick Nicholson C.C.F. in 1949 and 1953, defeated in 1957 by a Cre- | dit candidate, Frank Christian, | who flitted across the Ottawa | scene for one short parliament only, made his mark as one of the best Social Credit members, and did not run again because he could not afford the econo- mic sacrifice. : The Social Credit candidate may be Fred Shaw, a 52 year old Alberta schoolteacher, who won Red Deer, Alberta, for his party.-in 1940, and held it until 1958. when he was defeated by a Conservative. He has retired to live in the Okanagan, and has been working as a Social Credit organizer in B.C. FOUR GOOD M.Ps Pugh, Philpott; Jones and | Shaw all proved themselves above averagé as members of Parliament, although none has yet attained political prefer- ment. I have’ watched them all in the House.of Commons, | and in the years ‘1953-1957 all of them except Pugh sat here as | political enemies. : Pugh has proved himself the best orator, and the was > Coming Battle In Okanagan Valley tas ‘shown the most active and successful concern for his riding. He has notably succeeded in | obtaining many benefits which | had been sought unsuccessfully | for many years: the series of | breakwaters on Okanagan Lake, | the post office at Oliver, the hard-top runways at Kelowna | and Penticton airports, and so on. Philpott was well-known here as a strong supporter of build- ing our western alliance into a closer, richer and more effi- cient partnership, and for this he deserves’ great credit. | Jones, born a Welshman, was | one of the commonsense non- | doctrinaire socialists among the | loyal supporters of the respect- |ed C.C.F. leader, M. J. Cold- well. Fred | first as a member of the New Democracy Party - far removed | from the New Democratic Par- ty of today - and was a staunch | | member of the small core of Alberta Socred M.Ps for many years. If expectations are fulfilled, | Okanagan Boundary will have one who a great election battle. Se The Bastile Riots. By Canadjan Harvey Staff Write The Bastille riots in Paris -Jated—and.ied” by the Commu- pear certain to add to the in dealing with Algeria. - : The average Frenchman, al- “ peady bewildered by some as- pects of the Algerian struggle, side the government. is on. the Secret come out into the streets to pro- test against the secret army, po- lice and security forces acting South in 1953 but was defeated —"2th government sanction sup- press the demonstrations with ed 65, he has now retired and liv... "a" Severity. es at Okanagan Ealls. He has _,/”, ‘he Thursday night clashes; eight persons were killed, in- | hurt. MAJOR QUESTION | nist party and its aides, though French government's difficulties | reports suggest those taking included members of non- part | Communist trade unions. Whatever the element of Com- , munist participation, critics of must wonder sometimes whose | the government — and there are plenty — will be sure to argue piéomised harsh penalties against. is merely adding to his enemies against demonstrators whose motives, at least nominally, are similar to his own. DANGER FROM CENTRE How can the government judge the strength of anti-secret army sentiment, it may be asked, if ! ‘tion of it is restrained on grounds that some people tak- part are Communists? 5 | frlet_when it_was_a part of | countered_by-representatives of —made—to-order—for illegal ele- | Constituency in a by-elec- a government that is fighting for ments like the secret army. ; 2 haw came - here~ et every over manifesta- - Exercises Aid Injury Victims | ers done by weight lifters, who develop tremendous muscles for only one purpose — to lift weights. The basic principle of the re- sistance procedures’ is exercise in which the muscle is shorten- ed during the contractions (iso- metric contractions). It is well known that strength can be aug- | mented significantly by con- tracting against a degree of re- sistance that calls forth maxti- mum effort. Many modifications |EEREE : i i t i RE fs f gs af . : i i FE f f LEEEE K rez Hi | i e : ; hy : F i i! i's j "& tH f uf 3 a es iH ; + ct i i i E 'f | vel ie i 3 Framework Maritime reactions to the of the MacPher- Trans- have produced a variety of simple home exercises having | the same effect. We wrote several years ago | about _ hidden exercises that could be done by everyone al- | most any place: A driver or clerk, for _example, can | | strengthen his abdominal mus- | cles by ‘“‘sucking in” his abdo- men many times during the day. Making a fist and con- tracting the biceps (as in show- | ing off the arm muscle) is an- other example. Squeezing a hard rubber ball sterngthens hand and forearm. Sitting in a doorway, with the | arms raised and resting against the door jamb and pushing out with the backs of the hand for six seconds, does wonders - for’ the trunk. Lock the fingers be- hind the neck and force the head | back while the hands push for- | ward. This is for the neck and | arms. The hundreds of varia- | tions of these exercises are de- signed to increase strength. | They can be done in a_ short | time. ‘ (Dr. Van Dellen will answer | questions on medical topics if stamped, self-addressed ‘enve- lope accompanies request.) BRAIN WAVE TEST F. M. writes: If an electroen- cephglogram is negative, is this proof that epilepsy is not pres- ent? REPLY No, A normal brain wave tracing occurs in 15 to 25 per cent of individuals with epi- lepsy. CHUNKY GIRL J. K. writes: What would cause a sudden weight gain in a nine-year-old girl? Her waist and legs are getting thick. REPLY This may be the onset of pub- erty or she may have a glandul- ar- condition. REPLY. As dangerous as falling off a log into a bed of feathers. STRETCHING BRINGS ’ TREMBLING G. T. writes: What causes trembling after stretching the spine? REPLY Irritation of stiff or taut mus- cles. ¢ OUR YESTERDAYS From the Guardian Files highly icy cannot be quickly and sure- ly estimated in relation to the many and varied interests con- ADVANTAGES We believe that our first and | favourable comment as express- ed the day following publica- tion of the report will be justi- fed. Certain advantages stand out clearly.: The 30 per cent “outgoing” fre’ subsidy, re- Maritime Freight Rates Act, will continue, according to the re- commendations, and will be ap- plied to all traffic moving west- ward out of the Maritimes area by all types of transport, includ- ing road and ship. The 20 per cent “internal” rail freight subsidy will cease, it being the opinion of the Com- | mission that the new competi- tion on level terms between rail Farm Districts And Politics New York Times One reason President Ken- | medy’s proposal for a Depart- | ment of Urban Affairs lacks popularity in the House is that House membership is heavily overweighted in favor of farm— districts. The 1960 census indi- cates that nearly 70 per cent of the country’s population now lives in urban areas. Yet a sur- vey by Congressional Quarterly. | shows that 250 Representatives come from districts that are predominantly rural, as against 126 from central cities and 60 from suburban districts. If the districts in each state were reapportioned so that all contained the same number of | people, the rural districts (those these would go to the suburbs, which have benefited most from | population shifts in the last de- | | eade, and seven to the cities. .In the East the cities and the AT CLOSE OF DAY I've found this pilgrimage’ pleasant rodd | And have not looked. folk I've met. —~ ; . PWENTY-FIVE,-YEARS AGO | or evil tendencies or unclean its life against the secret army? Some outside observers feel-| (Feb. 12, 1937) hands, _ One answer is that the dem- France's great danger is not so | fast night in Prince of Wales Nor weighed ‘their deeds with onstration had been declared il- much from the extreme left as College auditorium, the third of prejudiced regret. legal, and that the organizers from lethargy and indifference the season's series of Commun- I have not sought the glittering defied the fe a im the centre, whieh enable an ity Concerts was given to a thoroughfares ‘Perhaps more pertinent is that aggressive minority on the ¢x- jarge and enthusiastic audience, Nor craved a place with men of | the government contends Go | Some righ to creme Summons | introducing to Charlottetown, | high estate; demonstrators were “manipu- | of near-anarchy. | Mildred —Dilling, harpist, and) My joy has been in sweet com- Marcel Hubert, French cellist. | panionship pein: 12-Mile Fishing Limit Mra RA. shaw, Uper | made them grea Prince St., recently entertained The gentle hearts that lived be- Ottawa Citizen é at a miscellanéous shower in | side the paths ~ + The proposal that Canada uni- | Canada has, quite » al oe ee Gees Dee ean : I | formerly ss Emma - | laterally establish a 12. mile pkg pear ot . During the evening Mrs. Dennis | My imperfections ‘neath the fishing limit off its coasts mercial fishing countries that was presented with many lovely | eyes of men, should remain a live issue, even have traditionally worked 1M | gifts. Mrs. Louis Goff assisted Nor voice derision as I journey- though a private member's bill ee Se Cone ee the hostess in serving refresh-| © Past.’ 4 to set this limit was allowed to the United States, for example, | ments. nnows in @ie-in the Commons the other or Britain — are friendly na- eames S 2 day. The broad principle that a tions and in some instances al- TEN YEARS AGO Teme, mit against commer les. (Feb, 12, 1952) ‘—Geme fishing reasonable was if : Along trails given almost agreed-upon at the re — | euenat Ss venmiea, tose, leita ales cee nes. the sunay ont cent law of the sea conference two ws: unlimited | ing that the right foods must be one wit to seek a mote endur- in Geneva. ‘explltation of ie with caten every day im order to | The,"juy? seek * ® Sain certys be Sima teie et, Toners Vital RBS a: 3. O'Meara, Director of ‘And then were gohe, still hold on dental he th while Miss haadie ws ceetaand gamle, the Rowland, of the | Division explains the me with the sun- ae "| que palgtion te the wap, ‘th : way, . The near my open folk, Have made this pilgrimage a Pleasant road. : \ # i gy 3 z gh SBE i d ‘ E z i ; ty i 3 y le 3 ! Hh f yl . 3. g & 18 gE q L af ‘ of stimuli, infectious or not.” | To anyone who has all the symp- | toms of a cold, that’s cold com- | fort. — Ottawa Journal. For A Policy Frede-icton Gleaner | and road systems will stimulate | competition | portation costs. SECONDARY INDUSTRIES This would save about half ot the total of the present subven- tion, about $7 million our of $14 million. The vital thing to under- stand—and this does not appear to be receiving the attention it | warrants — is that the region must assume that this saving would be applied as a con- tribution toward a new special subvention on the products of secondary industries, leaving the region. The definition, for this pure | pose, of secondary industries is urgent, as is the scale of the special assistance necessary to sustain them. The MacPherson Report clearly Anvisages the- need for these two decisions by the Government of Canada. It clearly indicates them, pointing out that transportation, as an in- strument of national policy for internal trans- overcoming economic - regional '. lag, is perfectly practicable, but outside the Commission's Terms of Reference. - The Commission has provid- ed the framework. It now be comes the urgent need to me bilize regional opinion to the end that an agreed policy may be reached to fit into it. A unif- | fed approach must be made | without delay to- Ottawa. rural districts would each lose four seats while the suburbs picked up eight. The most sub- stantial shuffle would be in the South, where the cities would gain nine places, the suburbs would get two more and the rur- al areas would lose eleven. In the Midwest an increase of two urban and six suburban seats would be offset by-a rural” loss of eight. In the West the city count would remain une changed while the suburbs pick- ed. up four seats at the expense of the rural districts. Would such a reapportionment result in any marked switch in the: liberal-conservative balance in the House? The analysts |-doubt that much would change, oa Ce TD) i taf pele Sit) < J some old - line Democratic com- mittee chairmen from the South ' might find their seats pulled out from under them. NEW LINE UP |. The important thing, however, is- not how the new Congress- men would line up. What is ime-- portant is that they be repre sentative. Since 1950 the thove- ment of population has been so to a pitch that. | cold-like symptoms to all sorts rapid inte-seme-areas-and-out_of others that the nation’s most un- der-represented district, Califor- nia’s Twenty-eighth in Orange |} and San Diego. counties, - now has over a-million people. This. is. quadruple the" population of | nia and nearly six times that of | ~ the ‘smallest in the country, Mi- | a a Twelfth, with less than —_—_—— THE PROVINCIAL BANK OF CANADA il fi “A i FE ei. ¥