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Thb Ottawa Jouknal sary. In hours of anxiety a TIM Journal PublUhlns of Ottawa. Ltd J1 QuMn SI. 234 SparlM St Ottawa. TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1964 The Federal-Provincial Conference Continues been deliberating since the Rowell Sirois Report and long on essentially the same issues: What governments among the governments will do what? How will the corporate and personal incomes of Canadians divided among the competitors for tax revenues? Political climate chances.

For the practical problems of transferring authority must ba met. The federal pension plan, however, is more in the spotlight and more i com found neces- nd suffering. the unity of Canada 'becomes a self- evident fact. We stand together against the unknown, and the blows of fateTio men and no nations escape. Holiday Can Wait The Government's bungling of its Almost every Federal-Provincial con- rspons.b.l.ty to handle-the business of ference in the long series of such gath--4nCmM resulted members 'erings since Confederation has been ttmg a few moments on Good Fnday heralded, it seems, as a conference to and for a sesslon on onW.

end all conferences, a meeting to solve The question on every tongue on the in two or three climactic days all the Hill now is whether estimates will be problem our founding fathers 1 t-' passed sufficiently quickly to enable the undone. Commons to take half a week of holiday. Whether it is because the conferences The answer on the tongue of most come more is, after Canadians not "on the Hill" will be all, only four months sineeahe last that having muffed things so badly all meeting here or that our problems around, and with so much important seem bigger, no -one is making any- "rk to be done, it would be better if thing so dramatic out of the session the Commons forgot its holiday and beginning today in Quebec settled down to redeem its reputation No talk of ultimatum fills the air. No in the public mind, time limits have been set for accepting Having behaved childishly last week provincial demands. Here at least is one the Commoners will not conference not being hailed as "the last- redeem themselves by this week rush-chance for Confederation." There is a "8 pell-mell Into passage of $240,000,000 refreshing and salutary absence of of supplementary estimates.

prophecy. 1 If Federal Provincial conferences have taught us anything. It should be that no one conference or even a single What We Owe A citizen with courage and a sharp series of meetings is going to "settle all Pncil ca" produce appalling informs the nrahlema of Canadian tion. about hisjiebts. Xrom ItovGordon.S The provinces.andjhe Dominion have uaKei papers The gross debt of Canada on March 31 will be $25,872,000,000 and a divided among 19,000,000 Canadians, gives them a responsibility of $1,360 each.

The Dominion, however, has assets it counts against the gross debt and Mr. Gordon' estimates the net debt at 135,800,000. The net responsibility of the example, the meeting of 1945 had the ciwn then becomes $790 but before he task of rearranging the general tax throws hls bal fiver the re' Whatever the specific issues" all such faction from he gross debt he should Warn raiMinlail that hi naf HcsKt (- rvtri- be reminded that his net debt raspon- a federal state. How does the national rown frcm $635 ln 1960 t0 government retain enough resources to take care of the national issues de fence, unemployment, a reasonably ForHthe single year ending- at March 31, the increase in the net debt will be equal standard pf living from coast to J1, vid5 amon toast-yet allaw the provinces to be the fa'thful 19.000.000. add.

$64 aptece Coast yet allaw the provinces masters in their own houses? to their, dues. This dvnamic nmress An escapist-and who isn't-will say and no tingle conference will ever say lhat no on generation can pay off a the last word debt such as that and why should he One of the main issues of moment in "ut of children yet Quebec City appears to be the transfer unborn- of shared-cost programs, such as un- It Isn't that easy. The generation now employment assistance and hospital right here repays interest on debt. The Insurance. Into the provincial domain.

interest charge shown in the The provinces, want Ottawa to turn it accounts is Thatdivided contributions over to them so they can amonipW 000.000. is about $41 a head, run them in their own way. Agreement PaybIe this year, in principle has been achieved but What Every Young Hunter Should Know-" It is cheering news that the qualifica- plicated. Quebec is out but ir it is to hun ljcence receive' Federal co-operation it faces w- i. ISSgiL ot ame raw.

and Premier Robarts, on his part, should ba ready to state Ontario's position once the Federal plan has been fully declared. Again, however, the issues are re- regulations; rights and privileges of landowners and elementary game recognition. It Is also a mite surprising, just as it would be to hear that the elementary schools were going to en- Hi.rihi.'.o ih. nf large their curricula to include read- that desirable national goals are ln' and But it achieved without trespassing on provin- explains the long casualty lists that cial rights or unfairly distributing the have been coming out of the woods, and burden of suDoort no Federal oroerams. au Today's meeting is being spoken of as a continuation of last November Ottawa conference.

That it is. Confederation is essentially unfinished busi- Confederation's founders. Aid to the Albernis The tentacles of the tidal wave came of nature'! fury be- giventadequte What's past is past and perhaps it would be pointless jlow to wonder what it was that hunters were: required to know when they didn't have to know ness. Indeed, it should continue to be 'he 8are the rights of the -unfinished business in the sense that owners of the-land they shot over, or we should never cease keeping its prin- now fo recognize what they were sup- clples jn step with changing times, posed to shoot. There have been few occasions in our Instead let us look forward "to the history when it was more vital to first course on elementary game recog- bresthe new spirit Into the work of nition.

Imagine the surprise of the young hunters when they find out they are to be taught, -now how to tell cribbage from poker, but that it is possible to tell a man-from a moose (by counting the or even from silently into. the sleeping communities a duck (by counting the The oi Aioerni and port Aibemi on van- wooas win never be tne same again. couver Island in the wake of the Alaska earthquake. Born ln the depths of the Pacific, they, were followed by the Notes and Comment crushing power of great waters, rolling One of life's little In op the 40-mile channel from the sea to Spring is that last, tiny patch of snow -fteat houses from their foundations like on the lawn that seems as enduring as toy boats In a bathtub. a temporary building.

By a miracle no lives were lost in British Columbia but the damage has The British Safety Council urges male been severe and the nation, as well as industrial workers to wear hairnets for the province and the municipalities, is safety because long hair in the Beetle concerned that the victims of a stroke style can be caught in equipment. To suggest haircuts would be too unkind? assistance. In the record of recent years is the account of disaster wrought The spirit of Easter has survived the by hurricane, fire and flood far- 8'-inch Easter eggs offered oy a U.S. scattered communities of The toy manufacturer. When opened they.

Dominion has been pleased to help when disgorged eight pieces of military equip- it was clear that the work of restoration tanks, tank' carrier, was beyond the means of local troop truck and-Red Cross truck. ties. This is more than the evidence of sympathy. It is recognition of the fact A proposed ban on cockfights in that disaster often comes where least France has aroused the fear among expected and that the' resources of all some that France's national symbol, the Canada must be available if required fiRhting cock, will lose status." Said to heal wounds. Deputy Arthur Moulin: "The fighting In the building of a nation It Is vital cock, that proud battler, deserves not that the offer of help in catastrophe to die like a stupid fowl." should be given promptly by the central i government.

This has been done in the The Ku Klux Klan is trying to be so case of the Albernis, as ln other cases "respectable" that it has turned away of recent memory. After the damage members from lis meetings because has been assessed, the requirements they failed to wear tie and jacket. In wilt be examined by the authorities con- the bad old days a dirty sheet was good earned and the Dominion Government enough. "HERE'S ANOTHER CARD IT'S FROM OUR ADMINISTRATOR." Cabinet Committees Useral By Robert Reford in Canadian Churchman far ihi nation r.ann. routine matters.

Side Lights Critic Finds Suicide' Stratagems West German Correspondence It is interesting to not that family disputes and love problems are far more frequently cited at motive for unsuccessful suicide attempts than for successful ones. When the saicide candidate has. been saved, he often attained what he wanted in "the first place. This indicates that he often included the rescue In his plans and that his family and associates actually needed such a shock. The suicide attempts of old, sick and lonely people usually succeed, be- cause they, more reliable methods, of which hanging is.

the most -frequent one. Suicide methods, however, change durt ing the course of the years. The number of gas poisonings has.dropped. while the number of drug poisonings has Moorlngs la the Park Manchester Guardian Members of- the ever-growing army (or should It be navy?) of small-boat enthusiasts can now sail their motor- cruisers right into Regent's Park In London and moor near ATHEN the Prime Minister an- may have opposed them minister concerned to the ap- Df lne Nash terraces. Mrs.

nounced the cabinet withln th. Privy proprifte standing committee. Maty Turner, who has leased changes, he also made public CCJ k. The committee members, will the rnberknd Basin from The existence of cabinet k- the British Waterways Board, details of a reorganization of commltteel been known T' T. wiMhe bMrd' de" the Internal work of the cabi- for some time.

(The cabinet cerned veloped itnto a marina for net which may prove more itself, of course, is a committee ned ,0 iv thorough cons id- cruisers, narrow boats, arid Important than any shuffle of of the Privy Council). The most eratlon. other canal craf. The basin is the ministry. notorious is the -Treasury The cabinet at whole would part of a disused arm of the Cabinet deliberations are Board, which was created by still have the final responsible Regent's Canal hich once shrouded In secrecy.

When a lfislation and which has its Ity for decision. However, the stretched around theNpark and nun becomes a member, he own permanent secretariat. Itt hope is that in most instances. cros to wharves atEuston "lakes an oath never to divulie chairman has been the Minis- the recommendation of the station. During the warit was details of its diKussions.

The ana us lasn standing committee wouia oe minutes of iu meetings 10 PProv government spend- accepted. almost without ques- section in the parkNs urhh ina. tion Inthia wav. the work of now used for car parking. But nil)ra( HIVMWIIMIIIJf HVlf UV kept prior to 1940 art noL the cabinet should be speeded near the zoo a few hundred published.

One 01 th changes announced 1' might not have meet cutt were left open. It. decision, are reflected in by Mr. accept- bf.tt. meetings Mr Turner had thj.

stretch the legislation presented to nc the Glassco Commis- be shorter and more clearer built a concrete moor- pVrliamenT bJ th. create busine could b. dealt with surround and a workshop ordei taua or an- ne 0- Pretident at ion. It should alw be enable owner, to do small h. Tre-ury Board, who wiU to devote more attention ment How these were reached.

the arguments which may have Any step which wiU a -nd not told. Uoder-the convenUon Another committee whose load on ministers is more than of cabinet solidarity, a minis- itence was known is the one welcome. It 1. true. that the ter must thm decut wnearead with defence.

How- department, of what on. might to ions once taken even though ver' tt atatutory basis call an administrative nature 11 es at the end or 27 mile. even "wugn. t. nwi i.

of lock-free water reach ini to 'Impertinent Puppy And 'Cheeky Pup Unparliamentary JtZtZ' take over this responsibility to the prime task of formulat- provided water, electricity, and The man Mr, Pearson selected ng national policy and les. to About 15 craft between 20 and 25 feet in Prime Minister. Peter Newman do hot make excessive Cowley, near Uxbndge, and in his book Renegade in Power demands. One minister told Slough. From the Thame, it wrote that It met an average me he was able to com- reached through the of at least once a month under plete all his pa ental Regent's Canal dock at Lime-Mr, St.

Laurent but only 17 administration In a morning, house, six mile, away, times during the Diefenbaker On the other hand, portfolios jvmtm. ujiibnireu will, ngu wii.jr auvu ik. fcn.u Ad hoc committees have been finance, national defence or Other VlCWiS fREITGeorge Wigg, mem- created from time to time with a external affair, place an al- Mr ot the British parlia- specific purpose In Mr. most impossible burden on a ment, called the secretary of Diefenbaker established one on man. state for air "a cheap skate and emergency plans for instance.

The establishment of stand-. SILENCE FIRST Vancouver Province Dul in. uwiany one. Wg committee, should help As our' scientist. House of Commons, some ob- and once they have completed ease the burden.

For the pres- look for new worlds to conquer server, were astounded. Such their work, they come to an ent. it is an administrative ar- they seem to be ianorMx an an- eh7sfrt UOh x- 'W. rangemrt only, with no noying problem that ougV to be -a nent "nctKn uiU Mr. compared to making a The incident sent a repre- to organize formally stand- Pearson's style of operation, spaceship- Noise aentative of the Sunday Tele- ing commiUees.

They wiU be but It might not olease his h- graph off to the record book, concerned with external affair, successor, and theyS not th to determine whether the and defence; legislation and ihH 0UM n' phrase was on the official par- sessional questions; finance and a cannot or wUI not liamemar, bV.ck list. He found economic policy; trade and re- JJ' ntT 'uately muf- "guttersnipe, hooligan anj sources: communication and made 0,4 pertinent puppy." "behaving like works; social purity and 2 whoPr- a and "cheeky young labor, agriculture, forestry and J-r'l'sh Whi lh pup" were there. But no "cheap fisheries; cultural and related led inner nd 'tronic bram not able to quiet skate and phony." m.uers; and federal-provincial i of The effort uncovered some relations. The Prim. Minister motorcycle? inieresiing other findings, how- himself will be chairman of the CA1-neMu" an ever.

Britain and most of the first and the last "mister of Commonwealth countrien. it "Since September, the use of htv "bl" seems. maintain long lists of cabinet committee, ha. been forbidden parliamentary senti- developed to a greater extent "ments, phrases and words. than in the past," he said.

Southern Rhodesia forbids "This development will now be THE present siz. of 28 mem- "bloke who was sacked" and carried further In order that ber in th. Canadian "cut down the enormous amount the cabinet of humph." Canada banr "pom- tration may FLAG NEEDED Windsor Star So much has been said, and so many jokes made, about the lack of a Canadian flag, that many Canadians regard the sub ject as a joke. It Is no joke. form of cabinet doe.

not m.k. for IJZ SL iLu-SW" sSr Prtrgn" th. need, ofmod- Mr. -Pearson i. pous hats" (a.

t6 adapted to corociou. of rithScT "rily-the defence staff). Austrairk ern government In Canada. this and he said recently It is Seeded national unitv frowns on "gutless wonders;" "Greater us of committee ootn too large and not large Trinidad on "Yanke." speaking i th. bet way to obUin.

enough." However, th. British p.lot fish;" South Africa on "I under th. Prim. Minister', pattern would be difficult to i believe him. but thousands leadership, thorough consider- dapt for thu country.

1 wouldn't." ation of policies. cMrdin.Uon There, with a unitarv state a 18, 8 It is ou, M. of government, and timely de- ara. and S2L? t.0,.U.k land for on. parliamHary manner consistent geneoui the pn1 'eU before member to anaths.

rttat biMt "Jnr can play le attention fhTdUn a rlnHlM. l.L. responsibility. tO woarnhiral cat or that "his brains could in his revolvi Inside a peanut shell lde any matter in the present government, tor a uiousana year, wunout requiring caoinex Decisions ivir. Pearson, as well is his mm- IP "XT touching.the will first be brought by th.

iaters of External Affairs. Fi- AO 1 AgO or MOPSY IKAYE MY DRIVER'S UCENSE.NOWlfe 1 I 00HS TO TAKE RARK1N5 LESSOkS i.i.ir. n.ae ana wommerce, whom would presumably quail- DREM1F hpd ty lor th. inner circle come M1JCHELL HEp-from Ontario. lit Mr Diefen- URN th.

baker'a cabinet at one time th. year reported kev departments of External budget. The surplus Alfaira, Juatica. National De- for th 2M-M. fence and Agriculture jwer.

H. W. Kelland succeeded A. headed by men from west Of Mordy as chairman of the the Lakehead. Ottawa Bankers' Lecture Chib.

An imbalance of either kind David Barr, Renfrew, won th. might well lead to anutcry. championship for his peas of the Quebec would insist on a fair Chancellor variety at the Ot-proportion, and in the Progrea- tewa Seed Fair. John aive Conservative adminiatea- McGili. Pakenham, won the ration ah.

was not represented aerva championship, by men of outstanding calibre. Ther. were 700 small arm. Yet the purpose of splitting registered by Ottawa police, the cabinet into two levels Dividends paid to shareholder, would to. create a sort of by Ontario mining companies elite within its ranks, with men in 1918 totalled J6S.SO0.00O.

of great talent In the Inner Ner earnings ot th. T. and circle. Ability should be th. O.

RsHway tor the fiscal year only consideration. The diffi. totalled J9M.000. cultiet for Canada ar. form id- Tri Birmingham, Alabama, a man presented a credit card and This is not to say it will credentials to a hotel cashier, never happen; In the mean- It bora the of W.

E. time, the establishment of Unfortunately for him standing committee. Is an In- th. cashier was the wife of novation which should prove Scruggs who had been robbed invaluable. and ha was arretted.

U.S. Actors 'Narrower! By HOWARD TAUBMAN (Cl tMt N.w t.rk Tion Hwt Smla SENSITIVE balanced organ-Lvm like an integrated acting company cannot be called into being by waving a wand. Nor can it be created in a month or a season. It be nurtured by years of individual and group and dedication. Because there have bwn weaknesses in casting by the repertory theatre of Lincoln Centre in its opening season, there have been outcries, some maliciously gloating, that the fundamental idea has been discredited.

The superior way, we are told, is typecasting. No doubt typecasting is the only way for aJheatre of isolated productions. If you Want a grande dame for high comedy, you scour the American and English Sstag'es and find a glamorous actress. If you want a volatile, magnetic leading man, you canvass the field and the fellow -who fits your role and budget. If the right arfnr it rrt asailahf thia season, you put off your play until he is.

It sounds logical and occasionally is. The laissez-faire system is fine for for he need not invest anything in training actors. Let the actor worry about his own development. The main thing 14 to have a great reservoir of skills waiting to be tapped. Someone who is right always turns up.

in short, is the source of so 'many of th. de- -ficiencies in American acting. compared with a Renaud-Bar-. rauji toinpwny. many oi our performer, are limited and gauchev Is it conceivable that many Americans could accommodate themselves to an English-language, group of works as divers, in tyn.

and style as the lonesco. Moliertnnd Offenbach that the Tbeatr. de Franc, performed atNuie city centre with such peneuauon and verve? The more I compare Ameri can actors, either stars or bn players, with their counter-N parts in England and France, the more strongly I am convinced that our generally ic naiiuwcr 111 range sv- though theyi have a. much talent as other actors, they lack similar opportunities to cultivate their potentialities. Begin with th.

most elementary ingredient th. voice. For an- actor not to be in command of it is like driving a car with a rigid steering wheel and no brakes. Yet more American -performer, than I rare to mention are desperately handicapped by incredibly bad speech habits. Over and over I have bean shocked to hear a famous American performer who with the harsh accent of New York or the flat intonations of the Midwest.

Regional speech Is excusable, of course, when the actor has been typecast, but it is bizarre in th. mouth of a Shakespearean character in doublet and hose. Even more ludicrous is a melting pot of accents in a clanic drama that requires a unified style. Nor is speech the only problem. Many of our actors are painfully limited in scop, and of movement, in responsiveness to character, from different worlds, in capacity to adjust to lightness or.

fantajv or grandeur or any number of difficult styles. "THE importance of repertory is that it encourage and forces actor, to stretch, their powers. Grant that Alec Guinness and Margaret Leighton an performers of great personal is. But as you watch him "Dylan" and her in Chinese Prime Minister" you realize that the- fundamental 01 ai-una; nave oe- come second nature, like'the mechanism nf the piano to Rubinstein and th. violin to Heifetz, and that the emphasis now is on communication of character, thought and amotion.

The object of repertory Is not to be the servant of actors. The principal aim is 4o serve the drama, It la the plays and -in the end the public that gain when ther. are actor, to do them justice. The repertory theatre of Lincoln Centre need not be di-cou raged if not all of its player, have been right in every role. It mint fliir that II nr.

srmnel has th. possibility of growth Then it must redouhl. ita'efforts to develop complete actors, not only for role for which they are the type but also for a challenging, wide-ranging repertory of past, and' present. The American theatre needs more repertory, not less. Shortcomings in any company do not justify unvarying attechreenMo typecasting; they merely mean that the repertory Job is not being don.

well enough. X..