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The Ottawa Journal Publlihed bj 'tlw Journal Publishing Co. of OtU Ltd. .165 Uurier Artnue WM, Ottawa. Ontario WEDNESDAY, JUNE Mr. Goyer Has No Time To Read! 28.

1972 The first time was bad enough. Solicitor-General Coyer should have made it his business to see what an article in Maclean's magazine had said about the RCMP. His telling the Commons, almost as a boast, that he had not read the story was incredible. What does Mr. Goyer read? But after admitting on Monday that he was relying on second-hand opinion on the validity of the article and its charges, it was stubborn arrogance to stand up in the House yesterday and say that he still hadn't read the primary document.

A national magazine carries a fierce attack on the RCMP and the Minister in charge has neither the wit to know he should read it jior the curiosity to want to read it! In getting Goyer the RCMP, which deserves a better champion, sure didn't get their man. But Firrt Be Sure 'Denturists' Are Trained 5 The wisdom of the provincial government's decision to permit dental technicians to sell dental plates directly to the public will depend upon the qualif ica-' tJons which the technicians will be required to meet under the new legislation. Many of the dental laboratory workers now calling themselves "denturists" da, not nave the training to supply dentures without the supervision of a dentist. The province has chosen to reject a key recommendation of the Ontario Council of Health's task force, composed of three laymen, which said "we feel, strongly that the ultimate responsibility fpr the. oral health of the dentist must rjeside solely wih the dentist:" The task force also warned that any advantages of "a healthy competition is outweighed by the potential danger to tha 'public in the health aspects" of allowing technicians to deal directly kh the public without the supervision df a dentist lit overriding the recommendations dT those who have made a thorough study of the question, the Ontario government had better be sure that it guilds into its legislation all possible Safeguards so that technicians are bet-' 1 tier' equipped than they are now in de- tecting dental problems beyond the need "of dentures.

Certainly there is a crying need in dotario for greater dental manpower. understandable attraction of the nturists" wih their promise of lower prices without long waits for appoint-J iifcnts has demonstrated that. The 1 'denturists" have been able to exploit public resentment over the fat fees of $xrne dentists and the reluctance of the i profession to use dental auxiliaries, as fiit were primarily concerned with protected vested interests. 'J The provincial government is wisely waiting until fall to proceed wifh Its new legislation. That will give time to deter- mine what should be a proper course of training for dental technicians works', fcig on their own, and to hear informed response to the proposed legislation.

A Modem Lilburne I john Lilburne believed in manhood suffrage, political and religious freedom, and the redistribution of "wealth. For advocating such subversion he was Cned, whipped, pilloried and jailed. While in pillory, he used it as an agita-- tor's soapbox until he was gagged. That was in the England of Charles In" 1638. Lilburne fought during the civil 5 war in Parliament's armies against the Stuarts.

But he found little of the freedom and justice he espoused in the New Jerusalem of the Cromwellian state, and continued his agitations. Put on trial in 1653, he was acquitted, but Imprisoned nevertheless or, as we jwo 1 say today, put in protective custody. The Lilburnes are a rare strain, under-' ptandably, but one that recurs. For example, there is Andrei Sakharov, the Jjreat Soviet nuclear physicist, who last week proposed a sweeping reform program to liberalize and democratize his country's Institutions, with the prime aim oi protecting human rights against censorship and tyranny. Essentially, he asked: amnesty for all political and religious prisoners; freedom for the press and literature; and open borders for travel and immigration.

As he spoke, the secret police were arresting Pyotr I. Yakir, historian critic of Stalinist hangovers in Soviet society. Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Nobel prize -winner for literature, ncourts the-same Pavel Litvinov, gjpndson of diplomat Maxim Litvinov. is in prison for his criticisms. The brothers Medve-dev, historian Roy and biologist Zhores, are in official disfavor.

They are the most prominent of the Soviet scientists and intellectuals who have been in prison, or risk it, by speaking out for freedom. Some have been incarcerated in mental homes; there is more than one way to pillory a man, or to gag him. would be soothing to think that their idealism and bravery must be eventually vindicated by reforms in Soviet society. There is, unfortunately, no historical law which guarantees that. But without these Soviet Lilburnes, there would not be even any hope.

And hope, backed by courage, can be a mainspring of the better life. The Gospel According To John Munro Health and Welfare Minister John Munro could not have believed that he was telling the country anything it didn't already well know when he said last week that the middle class will have to be prepared Jo face the burden of increased taxation if poverty is to be eradicated in Canada. The dys comprises the largest number of taxpayers who together provide "the overwhelming majority of tax revenue," as Mr. Munro noted. This is old stuff.

It has been well established that there aren't enough wealthy persons around to make much difference in total tax yield, even if income taxes were doubled for the rich. Mr. Munro himself made that point. Why then the little homily? Mr. Munro' performance had about it the unmistakable implication that the selfish middle class was standing in the way of allowing the charitable and all-wise Health and Welfare Minister from doing all the things he would like to do to end poverty.

Mr, Munro doubtless would by now have put through a generous guaranteed annual wage. Family allowances would have been at least doubled. LIP and OFY programs would be bigger and better. Ah, that recalcitrant, unreconstructed, unenlightened, middle class! If only it could see the light as John Munro has seen it The truth is middle-income taxpayers have seen the way so many of the Government's welfare and handout programs are working and they don't like rt It is not that the middle class is heart-, less; it simply doesn't believe that poverty will be relieved by more tax money going to Mr. Munro's or Mr.Pelletier's or Mr.

Mackasey's notions of valid programs. It doesn't believe that the hundreds of millions Mr. Marchand is spending on regional development are being effectively spent It doesn't like to see its money going down the drain. And it doesn't need sermons from Mr. Munro.

Notes and Comment "I see a risk of the car being made so safe for its occupants that, with their being unhurtable whatever the car hits, the pedestrian is going to be exposed to greater risk." Lord Stofees, chairman of British Leyland Motor Corp. For all the slickness, sex and violence in new movies, en old-fashioned Walt Disney production will still draw the' longest waiting lines. "Junk mail" is a bother at the best of times. But what really irks is a letter, stamped "Personal and Confidential" addressed to "Occupant." The Ontario government has raised the cost of marriage licences from $10 to $15; but it won't stop anybody from applying for one. Some of us still think that $5 is a lot to pay for a dress shirt.

But a fashion-conscious friend tells us -he got a "real steal" on a dress shirt the other day "only" $12! Disarmament in Geneva: To Cease All Testing Of Nuclear Devices' i Written for The journal By J. KING GORDON Research Associate, Institute for International Co-operation geneva: JT IS sometimes embarrassing for the devotees of the new doctrine of big-power world management to hear the little people speaking out of turn. It is tad enough to have Senator Fulbright suggesting in the American Senate that arms escalation as the result of the SALT agreements does not a short-cut to disarmament. It is even worse when a private member in the Canadian House of Commons finds unanimous support for a resolution calling on nuclear powers to cease all testing and pointing the accusing finger at Canada's NATO partner who appears to be about to embark on nuclear mischief in the Pacific. After the first day's meeting of the Conference of the Committee on Disarmament in its summer session in the Palais des Nations, it almost looked as if the big two would be left lo bask in the warm, radiant light of the SALT agreements.

Neither had shown any urgent concern about getting on with the expressed wishes of the UN General Assembly, the Stockholm Environment Conference and the current ILO Conference to conclude.a comprehensive test-ban treaty. The only jarring note had been two urgent letters, one from Australia and New the other from Peru, calling for the ending of all tests and particularly the test planned by France for the South Pacific. gUT the second day's tag of CCD was quite different story. The two big powers didn't say anything of significance: in fact they didn't say anything at all. But others did: they all called into question the bland assumption by the two superpowers that nothing much of importance needs to be done in the aftermath of SALT.

And in one of these state-' ments, the people of Canada, through their elected representatives in Parliament, made their voice heard in the highest international forum concerned with disarmament The Canadian representative, Ambassador George Ig-natieff read into the record of the Conference of the Committee on Disarmament the unanimous resolution of the Canadian House of Commons calling on all nuclear powers to cease all testing of nuclear devices and particularly calling on France to cancel its upcoming test in the Pacific. His speech complemented those made by the representatives of Japan and Ethiopia. Japan's representative, Masahiro Nisiborir made a detailed rundown of the progress made in disarmament negotiations. He welcomed the relaxation of tension but: deplored the fact that two nuclear powers, France and China, were not taking part in present negotiations. He deplored the fact that they were continuing to test nuclear devices in the atmosphere.

He felt that everything should be done to persuade the two countries to take part in future nuclear talks and particularly in the proposed World Disarmament Conference. After congratulating the United States and the Soviet Union on the conclusion of the SALT agreements, he examined some of their deficiencies: it is far from, satisfying that nuclear disarmament is "limited to what is merely control or freezing of the 'total number of weapons, neglecting the early implementation of effective measures for eliminating the possibility of qualitative inu provement of nuclear weapons." (Mr. Laird, are -you listening?) He then made a strong appeal to the United States and the Soviet Union to no effort for the early realization of a comprehensive nuclear test ban must be our primary objective." If differences between the two states prevented imme-' diate pursuit of this aim then at least they should "give proof of the sincerity of their desire to reach a solution of this question in the early implementation of' interim-measures leading to a Comprehensive Test Ban." 'THE Japanese representative was very concrete in his proposals for the committee's procedure: a international network of seismograph stations which could be begun by a tripartite arran among Canada, Sweden and Japan; various possible intermediate steps to eventually reach a total test ban. He regretted with remark-, able candor that the two great nuclear powers "have not made any substantial contri--bution to the solution of this question from the conclusion of the Partial Test Ban Treaty in 1963 until today and that they do not give evidence of any intention whatsoever of taking any such initiative in the near future." The Canadian representative, Ambassador Ignatieff, who followed the. Japanese spokesman, also stressed the prime necessity of pursuing vigorously the search for the means to achieve a Compre-hensive Test Ban He recalled Canada's in- itiative with others in sponsoring the General Assembly res-' Then 25 Years Ago From Th Joumat of Jura 17, 1947 VISCOUNT BENNET, former Prime Minister of Canada, died at his borne, Juniper Hill, near Dorking, in Surrey, England.

liberal Senator Arthur Roebuck warned that Canada was drifting to government by order-in-counciL Solfcitor-General Joseph Jean was given the task of implementing the recommendations of a Cive-man committee of Liberal MPs seeking to increase die number of French-speaking civil servants. Rolla L. drain succeeded his late father as president of R. L. Grain Limited, vw olution calling on the CCD to assign the highest priority to the consideration of the Comprehensive Test Ban issue, recalled the concern of other forums such as Stockholm, and read out in full the text of the Canadian House of Commons resolution.

He associated 1 the views on the issue expressed by the Japanese rep-, resentative. He ended by saying: "The Canadian Delegation would wish to join them in urging this committee to give the highest priority to the Urgent need for the suspension of nuclear, tests and the formula- tion of a Comprehensive Test Ban ASIA, North America. The third and last speaker was from Africa. Ethlopa's repre-' sentative began by devoting a great deal of to the importance of SALT agreements. But then he threw out some awkward questions: "Is this -splendid new co-operation between the giants just for their interest or for the interest of all mankind?" There seemed to be some doubt Are mere other issues which may be neglected when we stress the' importance of this, ordered parity in deterrence nomic development, for instance, or quality of life? He was very disappointed in the omission of formal reference to the active pursuit of a Comprehensive Test Ban.

And there was a disturbing suggestion that no curb need be placed on the proliferation of nuclear warheads, almost as if there were some who still held somewhat outdated" doctrine that real security lies in the multiplication of overkill capacity." It was as if be had been reading the day's Paris Herald-Tribune report on the Fullbright-Laird debate in the U.S. Senate. How much significance in these speeches by the greatest -industrial power in Asia; the closest friend and neighbor of one of the two nuclear giants; the central African state that hosts the Organization for African. Unity? In the total world context, I should say. it was vastly significant that they should be made in this at this time, by these nations.

and Now and Today With Ben Wicks "Very nice. Henry! Atow how'd you make out business 'And by the rights vested in me by the Canadian Environment Minister, I hereby intend to board and take Can They Save Bluenose II? By GRAHAM COLVTLLE HALIFAX. A DRIVE to raise $175,000 for repairs to Bluenose II, replica of Nova Scotia's celebrated racing and fishing is running behind schedule. A. Patterson of Dartmouth, N.S., chairman of the Save-the-Bluenose Fund, says more than $80,000 was raised in the first eight weeks since the campaign began April 6.

But when he announced the drive Mr. Patterson said he hoped the target would be reached within a month or six weeks. Bluenose II was built by the Halifax brewers, Oland and Son in 1963 and was given to the Nova Scotia government last fall. The hull of, the vessel is afflicted by dry rot, believed to have taken hold following the schooner's first voyage to Bermuda soon after her launching. During the rough trip, the Bluenose was buffeted by winds of 45 miles an hour and 32-foot waves.

The force of the storm opened cracks in her planking where the dry rot bacteria flourished. By 1969 the condition was so severe -that the vessel was given a restricted ticket. In 1970, she was denied a ticket to carry passengers under steamship Inspection regulations. pRED RHULAND, president of the shipyard in Lunenburg, N.S., which built both the original schooner and her replica, said recently be could not estimate the hill cost of repairs without "tearing off the, planking and decking." But he thought $175,000 would cover the job. So far, the biggest contribution to the Save-the-Bluenose Fund has been $50,000 donated by John LabaiLtd.

jwhjch, took over the Oland breweries in Halifax and Saint John, N.B., last July. Captain Morgan Distilleries Ltd. has said- it will match any municipal donation to the fund up to a- maximum of $1,000 for each municipality. THE original Blusenose was built in Lunenburg in 1921. She gained fame in the 1920s and '30s by defeating a number of New England fishing Letters to Eagle and Fox? Sirs: It was a pleasant' surprise to find your editorial on chess (Journal, June 24); the royal game is usually neglected by the press.

'However, I disagree with your Fischer may be a chess eagle, but Spassky is no bear. On the chessboard he is as elusive and decisive as a fox. Thus the fascinating encounter: though fly, many bird has been tricked by the P. STARK. Ottawa.

v. Reading' After just completing an extension course offered by the Ottawa Board of Education called "Effective Reading and Comprehension," I had but one regret; that it hadn't been offered even as 5 schooners in a series of races on the East Coast, chalking up a record of nine victories in 12 races. Her honors include a place nn thm fanarilfln 1(lsnf nliv a special postage stamp, an appearance at the Chicago World's Fair, and a set of sails from King George on' the occasion of his silver jubilee in 1935. But Nova Scotians allowed the first Bluenose to slip away almost unnoticed. In the late 1930s her captain, Angus Walters, made a bid to save her from being sold to foreign in-' terests.

Captain Walters appealed for financial help, and -Lunenburg businessman R. C. any contribution. A special book was placed in a bank in the fishing town, home port of -the schooner, and citizens were urged to sign it and pledge money. Nobody signed the and the Bluenose ended up in the Caribbean where she foun- -dered on a reef near Haiti in 1946.

PROVINCIAL tourism mini-Garnet Brown, whose department Is sponsoring the Save the Bluenose wants to be sure the second Bluenose doesn't Buffer a comparable fate. "1 don't believe Canadians are ready to turn their backs on Bluenose II and repeat that trnofAv lift satH If the Bluenose is restored, the government plans to put her in the hands of a commis- sion which will operate her as -a tour boat Fees from con-vention tours and coastal ex-cursions would help pay for Mr. Brown has stressed that Bluenose will not be "a burden to the taxpayers" or restricted to use by "a privt leged few." He says the vessel is worth about $300,000 and would cost $500,000 to replace. Her cost on completion in 1963 was $200,000. The ship's builder, Mr.

Rhii-land, says it will take several months to refit Bluenose II if is unlikely to sad again until at least next spring. Canadian Press the Editors an option when I attended high school, Putting aside the printed'' matter each university inK limfr Lit. of pursuing a degree, the av- wage auuii consumes mou-sands of words dailv lust reading newspapers, maga-zines, articles and instruo, tions. What an asset such a course would be in the daily lives of all, if in their habit-f ormlng years they were taught and instructed how best to attack all reading ma- terial in an effective and constructive fashion. CHARLENE JACKSON.

209 Bronson Avenue. Animal Hints Sirs: About the time the anit-cat and anlt-dog writers 'were spouting off their regular invective against these two friends of the human race, a neighbor's cat began visiting my fenced back yard. Every morning when It opened the back door, there he was stalking around. My little do? ton. did coma sniff.

ing and digging. It was a very good bint All winter, trash and old 1 i I uica uau uccu ravuuimaung in a corner on the other side -of the fence. Thanks to the netgnoors- cat and my little' dog, I managed to get rid of one large rat and a litter of newly-born rats. Otherwise these rats might have grown to maturity and even invaded the premises of those cat and dog haters. A.

K. rvrvi I 3 Sirs: The Ottawa Senior Citizens Council wishes to ex- press ia sincere appreciation to the Ottawa Transportation Commission for its kindness and Consideration during "Se-. nior Citizen Week." me utc provided all Seniors with free transportation on Wednesday evenine and all day Thursday. Considering the inclement weather and the distance, we were much sur- rbA an1 nlaaaAl tkat ijvu uiiu luwunu Lira un auditorium at Lakeside Gar- dens was filled to overflowing FA' Aim Mnv nn4tmi Win Thursday. Hundreds more vnins UUI IV OCO mint UUL work the Seniors can do and what facilities are offered in Ottawa.

Mrs. EDWARD OLIVE. Ottawa Senior uozens' council..