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Slate,
when
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st.it
us
nilsi
il
liimi
that
.if
civil
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to
Cabinet
Mm-
breach.
The
Hccrrlary
of
Hiate
did
so,
ami
his
replies
to
tin.
panel
of
news
men
who
Inlerru-t..ilcd
him
made
luli
ly
important
political
listening.
The
news
men
pulled
no
punches
in
their
.
barrage
of
questions.
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cjeult
hliihlly
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aa
second
class
mall
by
the
Post
Office
Department,
Ottaira
ickeispill
was
the
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se-
that
of
Mr.
Ptckeistflll
himvlf.
Affairs
Minister
he
lacl.,.,1
,
J'1
Beat
the.
Crippler
"
vlHir
.
He
said
as
much
the
other
ninlit
when
pinch-hitting
i
a
local
radio
program,
The
Secretary
of
Sl-ite,
whose
i
prouiolion
to
cabiurt
rank
lrom
aslly
wmld
t4
""""
ii
Jim,
"we
liishly
lUiillly.
leu'ioii
of
the
Prime
Minister
as
a
Cabinet
colleague
made
hiui
the
'sfrown
Prince"
of
the
Liixr-M
Party
Mr.
Pii
ker
still
dis-claiinetl
any
such
status.
The
reporters
then
asked
him
direct-ly
if
lie
had
any
expectation
or
thought
of
possibly
being,
the
next
Prime
Minister
of
Canada.
The
Secretary
of
KlaU-'.s
reply
again
was
n
straight
and
emphatic
negative.
personal
.assistant
to
the
I'riine
Minister
pleased
ahnn.t
everyone
in
the
Capital
with
the
exception
of
nmrhlne
politicians
of
the
Liberal
Parly,
is
the
sort
of
all-round
Individual
In
whom
experienced
people
on
Parliament
Kill
turn
when
they
are
in
difli-
i
BKMgt.W.t.r;i.ltnrlA
.
There
was
no
vlouhtimr
Hie
IS
NOT
A
LW
AYS
TEMPtl
,
Who
Lives
on
$10
TIIEltE
are
over
700,000
Canadians
'drawing
old
age
security
pensions.
At
times
I
think
they
must
all
be
Writing
to
me,
because
numbers
of
older
people
w
rite
me
a
b
o
u
t
their
trials
and
tribulations.
In
a
way,
this
Is
like'
sending
coals
to
Newcastle,
because
I
am
entirely,
in
agreement
with
the
arguments
made
by
the
writers
though
1
am
delighted
to
get
the
letters.
Many
of
them
give
facts
and
figures
to
f-.how
that
a
person
cannot
live
cn
I
ha
forty
dollars
per
month,
which
is
the
basic
old
age
grant
all
across
Canada.
But
it
has
occurred
to
me
cullies.
Consequently,
when
the
si
nee
ri
IV
lrom
win.
n
uie
hecre.
Ottawa
Press
Club
suddenly
lury
of
Slate
spuko.
And
the
foiiiui
Itself
without
t:!ent
fr
'
."
ii.r.M-mert
circles
on
Purlin-:l
radio
broaden.
L
which
was
le.vi'ment
Hill
don't
expect
seriously
in
...
:.,
hour
i.wav.
it.
annealed
that
he
will
take
over
the
I.ib-
if
and
when
io
Plckeisedl
to
sleii
into
the
eral
Chieftainship
"THIS.
WEEK
and
next
the
Kinsmen
Club
is
ask-I
ing
us
to
help
in
its
fit'hts
against
tho
proat
crippler,
jjolio.
This
is
a
disease
which
we
all
fear.
Not
only
are
its
effects
often
terrible,
but
so
far
we
have
found
no
protection
against
it.
It
may
choose
an
isolated
victim
or
it
may
sweep
through
a
community,
killing
and
maiming
at
will.
Many
who
do
not
die
are
'left
in
a
condition
which
is
barely
more
than
a
living
death.
Their
limbs
become
meaningless
attachments,
and
their
world
a
metal
cylinder.
Others
more
lucky
may
still
have
to
go
through
life
at
a
painful
pace,
strapped
in
a
framework
of
braces.
Rut
thanks
to
financial
assistance
such
as
that
provided
by
the
Kinsmen's
B.C.
Polio
Fund,
these
Victims
are
spared
much
suffering
through
better
care.
This
money
also
helps
to
promote
the
research
which
we
expect
will
one
day
discover
the
-secret
of
preventing
the
disease.
The
Kinsmen's
appeal
offers
a
chance
now
to
lelp
others
and
to
protect
ourselves
by
speeding
discovery
of
that
secret.
10.
Hon.
St.
Umrent
decides
to
call
It
a
day.
But
they
always
quality
anything
they
say
on
the
-
iniect
with
the
rider
that
a
great
deal
will
deend
upon
the
Pm
ii.l
ny
ri
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.
then
1ul4tU
w
tivt
ufwsm.Ma
,t,t
No'
'li(y"it)(ltt
Mild
Weather
Prolongs
Floods
i
TORONTO
ft"
ConUnumf?
HRKi.-fiKV.
David
.Sariidff.
chairman
of
the
Ixiurd
of
RCA,
taps
out
a
message
iisIiik
power
troni
an
evjei
Inn
nlal
IH'A
atomic
battery,
which
for
the
first
time
converts
atomic
energy
into
small
but
usable
quantities
of
electrity.
Current
from
the
atomic
battery,
which
is
inside
the
plastic
box,
operates
a
transistor
tone-producing
device
i
telephone
ear
piece).
circumstances
under
which
the
selection
is
inhcle
In
other
words,
as
muttt'ts
mna
weamcr
c
t
,
Flnttnce
Minisier
.,U1,H
to
prolong
the
flood
Is
ejected
,s
th(
,awU(f
that
for
every
old
person
wh'j
troubles
of
a
score
of
southern
i
Two
Frenchmen
Descend
Into
Ocean
was
unable
to
.get
by
on
the
s
forty
dollars
grant
i
$50.00
with
Ontario
communities.
Creeks
and
rivers
rose
after
unseasonably
mild
weather
Mon-
day
followed
Tuesday
by
rain
and
sleet.
Fifteen
families
are
evacuated
from
their
homes
on
the
south
branch
of
the
Thames
river
In
south-central
London.
In
the
pelting
rain
and
sleet
storm,
described
as
the
worst
in
three
years,
rescue
workers
removed
more
than
35
families
from
threatened
homes
In
Churchvillc
and
Meadovale.
Deeper
Than
Man
Has
Gone
Before
DAKAR,
West
Africa
(
Rcutersi
.bathyscaphe
30.000
feet
under
Two
Frenchmen
who
wont
the
Pacific,
where
forms
of
life
deeper
under
the
ocean
this
week
:
unknown
to
man
may
be
sighted
'han
man
has
ever
been
said
to-'
in
the
sunless
ocean
bed.
This
is
day
that
they
met
a
10-foot
farther
under
sea
level
than
"sharky-like"
monster
more
2'J,002-foot
Mount
Everest
is
than
2U2
miles
down
on
the
floor
above
the
sea.
of
the
Atlantic.
What
does
the
ocean
bed
look
Excited
by
their
success
the
like,
13,287
feet
below?
What
do
:t
J
the
B.C.
supplement),
there
must
be
dozens,
or
scores,
or
even
hundreds
of
people
who
are
managing
somehow.
What
I
would
like
to
heir
from
readers
is
this:
Is
it
true
or
not
true
that
an
older
person
in
Canada
simply
cannot
live
on
fifty
dollars,
much
less
on
forty
dollars,
per
month?
SO,
Mr.
Senior
Citizen,
or
Mrs.
Senior
Citizen,
if
you
are
living
on
less
than
fifty
dollars
per
month,
would
you-
please
write
and
tell
me
how
you
do
it?
Do
not
be
afraid
that
I
will
use
your
name
in
the
paper,
without
your
consent.
But
anyway,
put
in
all
the
details.
Most
of
the
letters
I
get
from
people
who
are
trying
to
eke
out
an
existence
on
the
old
age
security
in
places
like
Vancou
ive
mean
1
1
"Slimy
sand,"
said
Wlllm.
!
The
two
explorers
lunched
in
their
yellow
steel
sphere
in
temperatures
'
just
above
freezing,
hungry
after
the
3'2'
hours
of
descent.
;
On
the
sea
floor
they
alternated
between
looking
out
from
their
porthole
and
checking
the
explorers
said
they
now
hope
to
plunge
nearly
seven
miles
under
the
Pacific
to
the
lowest
spot
on
the
world's
surface.
Naval
commander
Pierre
Willm,
27,
said
he
saw
the
grotesque
creature
when
he
peered
through
his
thick
porthole,
with
eoweiful
searchlmhts
probing
the
ink-black
mystery
land.
3anks
and
Mortgages
to
the
Bank
Act,
to
permit
chartered
AMENDMENT
banks
to
lend
money
on
new
housing,
will
mean
these
established
institution's
will
have
opportunity
to
contribute
more
widely
to
the
welfare
of
the
Canadian
people.
They
can
be
expected
to
jonduct
their
new
services
with
the
same
efficiency
they
have
conducted
existing
ones.
,
Canadian
banks
are
conservative
institutions.
r
r
S
(PllDW
"An
Independen'
many
delicate
Instruments
In
the
In
their
plunge
to
the
ocean
cramped
cabin.
v
f
ii
r
ver
show
that
the
rent
eats
up
most
of
the
money.
I
see
that
o
distinguished
doctor
in
Mont
Insurance
(y
LISTENING
ENJOYMENT!
floor
Willm
and
Cmdr.
Oeorge
llouot,
40,
penetrated
more
than
MOVl:i)
AHOliNI)
-half
a
mile
deeper
than
Swiss!
"We
'-started
the
motors
and
Prof.
Ruguste
Piccard's
record
i
moved
around
a
little."
Willm
dive
In
the
Mediterranean
last
!
said.
year.
I
"But
the
water
got
troubled,
so
j
Houot
said
he
and
Willm
now
we
shut
her
down
ngain."
hope
to
take
their
weird-looking
i
The
sphere
was
pulled
down
r
real
says
that
vast
numbers
of
people,
who
are
over
seventy,
are
dying
of
slow
starvation
because
they
cannot
buy.
or
will
not
buy.
the
proper
food,
i
But
.surely
there
is
another
AvahI
a
Mava!
.
by
heavy
weights
stuck
to
the
ii
p
j
cabin
by
electromagnets.
When
t
;
lr""y
decided
they
had
had
en
n
side
to
this
argument,
surrly
iw-
,
iezrr
5
.'j
J
'
'
-
'
'
-
!
i
r
':-
1
1
the
fact
that
we
already
have
ough.
Willm
pressed
a
button
to
cut
the
current
hi
the
magnets
well
over
700,000
people
dra
S
oC
ETTERBOX-:
ing
old
age
security
is
proo
dropping
the
weights
into
the
that
they
are
alive
I
think
HgClll
Ii
lllVK
than
a
...
Salesman?"
i
111
(ocean
bed.
r
Above
the
sphere
was
a
huge
;
..cigar-shaped
tank'
filled
with
.
i-ji.'oline.
which
is
more
buoyant
lo
Mr
'
,.,,...
...
The
Kdiior,
Tlie
Daily
News:
I
would
like
to
reply
lrom
my
letters,
alive
and
kick-
:
ing
I
am
not
trying
to
lease
anybody,
nor
treat
In
a
frivolous,
way
such
a
serious
and
impor
Payne's
letter
of
a
few
j
jT-iiiJii
.nil
wiiiri,
vYiiro
in.-
weights
weiiji
i.shcd,
the
tank
il.il.
1
ll.ivt-
I
,u
i
u
I'll
iu
...
.
..
I
.,'0,
.i,hC.
I
,.
I""1'''
"
That
has
been
partly
because
of
the
limitations
imposed
upon
them
by
the
Bank
Act.
They
have
not
entered
into
certain
fields
in
which
United
States
banks
have
been
active.
And
this,
of
course,
is
a
major
veason
for
their
stability
and
safety.
THei
government's
own
statistics
explain
why
the
hanks
now
are
to
be
given
the
privilege
of
making
mortgage
loans.
Up
to
date
the
Central
Mortgage
and
Housing
Corporation,
has
financed
2:50,000
housing
units,
and
also
has
built
42,000
houses
for
veterans,
on
its
own.
-
This
certainly
suggests
the
private
lending
system
was
unequal
to
the
task
which
confronted
it.
One
reason
for
this
failure
is,
of
course,
clear.
High
building
costs
aggravated
the
problem
of
financing
construction.
Even,
though
bank
mortgage
loans
wi'.l
be
underwritten
by
the
Central
Mortgage
and
Housing
Corporation,
and
the
loans
insured
against
loss,
if
the
banks
avail
themselves
of
their
new
opportunities
it
should
mean
a
great
deal
more
private
money,
and
less
public
money,
going
into
housing
The
financing
of
housing,
nd
other
developments,
by
priyiatHther
thnrv
'iHific
$rK4!l
sjiehing
to
be
encouraged.
The
government
is
recognizing
that
by
the
amendment
to
the
Bank
Act.
Windsor
Star.
He
in
an
independent
iMtn
tant
matter.
But
it
doe:;
occur
to
me
that
there
must
be
a
considerable
number
of
people
who
depend
entirely
on
the
old
age
.security
grant
who
'do
manage
somehow
or
other.
Perhaps
if
Ihey
let
us
know
about
it
we
will
be
able
to
pass
the
good
word
along
to
others,
even
pend
6
YOU'LL
APPRECIATE
man.
,
THESE
before.
!
Mr.
Payne
seems
to
have
the
idea
lhat
I
blame
the
people
who
came
to
this
country,
I
don't.
I
know
a
good
many
of
them
and
1
can't,
see
thai
there
is
mm
It
dill,
reiice
between
them
and
.!..
They
are
looking
for
a
belter
uv
of
lite.
Are
they
finding
U?
Take
the
father
of
the
girl
who
made
a
doll
for
t.'lu
i.iliiia.,.
lie
could
have
done
the
same
in
hi,
iiome
laud.
I
don't
think
that
Mr.
Pavh',
Became
lie
is"
not
limited
toff
one
oinpany,
he
tan
aelert
tk-polii
ie
ami
l
oinpanie
ibt
1""
mil
your
requiremr
nln,
tlapttu.
ing
the
time
that
we
are
able
to!
convince
th?
government
that
I
the
presei.t
forty
dollars
ir.onth-
ly
grant
should
Increased
j
substantially.
j
WHEN
you
read
back
the
old
debutes
which
took
ljlace
when
thes;
present
ol
age.
security
sysEem
is?
Mi&tetL'you.-
foake
an
interesting
discovery.
Neither
this
government,
nor
any
previous
government,
has
so
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OF
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CARS
TO
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of
the
imleprmknt
initiW'j
agent
has
just
hepun.
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.
HI
REFLECTS
and
REMINISCES
Ray
far
come
out
four-square
for
the
principle
of
old
age
pensions
sufficient
to
pay
the
ful!
living
costs
of
older
people.
The
present
grants
were
frankly
intended
to
supplement
other
resources.
Hence
the
argiunent
that
one
usually
gets
from
senior
citizens,
who
realize
the
pitiful
inadequacy
of
the
pres-
If
he
lakes
the
trouble
to
..o
arnjutdjs..
can,
dispute
the
fVcl,
thalioiiie
of'
them
are
talcing
th.'
Jobs
that
Canadian
men
would
be
flad-
to
have.-
-
-
-
Mr,
Payne
writes
of
hin-small.
I
admit
I
am,
where
Canadians
are
concerned,
if
thai
is
bplng
small.
As
for
"throwing
bullets"
wr
were
told
that
someone
els
slartcd
the
throwing.
I
know
liat
it
is
very
unpleasant
to
hear
them
whistling
by,
especially
if
the
ground
is
hard
when
you
start
to
dij
hi.
I've
never
had
a
barber
in
the
family,
but
we
had
one
blacksmith.
I
respect
both
trades,
My
family
are
juf
t
ordinary
Canadians.
One
side
of
the
family
was
Just
plain
English
from
London's
east
side.
The
other
was
United
Empire
Loyalist
Dutch
from
New
York
State.
GEORGE
F.
JOIINSOM.
.yon
M4.p44,nM,i,:,,r"-'f
offorfl
year
'round
persons'
f
rvl"
her
"Liz."
As
for
the
duke
he
was
called
"Phil."
Each
easy
to
spell,
as
well
as
remember.
I
fin
scale,
uoeg
not
come
iu
Louis
St.
Laurent
is
about
to
spend
the
next
Jew
days
in
.and
around
Pakistan
and
If
harmony
in
and
around
India
does
not
develop
within
a
reasonable
time,
it
should
not
be
the
fault
of
Canada'
P.M.
w
lien
you
-
V0
i
In
your
interest
serving
fi.i.1
a
!:
FLY
.
.
.
the
instiratu-
n
von
grips
with
the
intent
of
the
legislation.
My
short
experience
In
Parliament
has
made
me
more
than
ever
convinced
that
sooner
or
later
we
will
have
to
adopt
that
principle.
But
I
find
very
few
people
around
this
Parliament
who
really
believe
that
there
will
be
any
really
substantial
Increase
in
old
age
pensions
and
so
forth,
until
the
government
thinks
it
possible
to
reduce
the
expenditures
on
armaments.
would
represent
matters.
,
Penny
Wise
and
Flora
Kyle
are
back
home
after
vacationing
in
near
roval
style
and
they
look
the
part
that
is,
happy
and
hearty.
Resuming
their
newspaper
duties,
they
will
be
that
much
more
eapable
and
valuable.
Anyone
can
see
a
lot,
roaming
over
Mexico
and
South
America.
Some
Vancouver
newspaper
readers
are
already
suggesting
that
other
staff
members
be
sent
trailing
more
stories.
The
world
is
wide.
Fnrs
worth
many
thousands
and
thousands
of
perfectly
good
dollars
burned
In
Montreal
recently.
But
this
isn't
November.
It's
next
door
to
March
and
April.
,
with
HIGH
POINT
Highest
point
in
Quebec's
upper
town,
the
crest
of
Cape
Diamond,
is
333
feet
above
the
St.
Lawrence
river.
And
remember,
yon
g"n
ii
indeocndeni'""-
henefil
of
your
"
ELLIS
iff
anre
afient'ii
or
broker
NOW
Ol'T
OF
STYLE
at
no
extra
eof-t.
BRITAIN
AND
SALMON
.
This
Is
real
news
at
last.
British
Columbia
has
sold
a
huge
quantity
of
salmon
to
Great
Britain,
and
this
will
be
first
class
business
for
both.
The
Frailer
has
long
been
a
traditional
market.
And
besides
who
doesn't
like
salmon,
1
RECORDS
P3
(?
AIR
LIN
Housing
shortage,
did
you
say?
Of
course,
but
it
does
not
apply
away
down
here
In
the
State
of
Maine
for
the
Btotesbury
mansion
Is,
after
many
years,
being
pulled
down.
It
was
here
the
owner
entertained
his
summer
THE
tNSimNTE
ACIJ,lMgl
to
Coffee
in
Prince
Rupert
is
not
costing
15cent8,
or
possibly
more,
but
it's
a
fact
elsewhere.
There's
a
reason,
of
course,
doubtless
In
Brazil.
....
POPULAR
MUSIC
BY
POPULAR
ARTISTS
New
Long-Play
Selections
Albums
and
Accessories
All
at
KETCHIKAN
guests
at
Bar
Harbor.
There
wert
80
rooms,
marble
fireplaces,
28
gold-plated
bathtubs,
62
telephone
lines
and
a
.
miniature
power
station.
Loot
for
tkit
lymbol
brfuft
you
iuy
inavrant
HOLIDAY
TIME!
Londoners
are
rocked
as
well
as
chocked
at
the
news
from
Melbourne
and
Sydney.
Hard
boiled
correspondents
are
sparing
nothing
and
nobody.
In
fact
"the
rude
public
actually
tried
to
touch
the
Queen
and
called
with
connections
to
SEATTLE,
WHITEHORSE
and
all
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1
a
It
ln
Ontario's
thunder
bay
district
was
named
from
an
Indian
word
meaning
"deep
clear
water."
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