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August 14, 1966 THE THIS WEEK AND NEXT AC A Neh A s) Mid-summer hung like a shim- mering veil over the nation this week, and Canadians went about their daily affairs conscious that this "quiet time" of year would soon give way to the bustle of fall. But for the moment, fall seemed light years away. For this has been a long, hot sum- mer for most Canadians and there seemed little respite from mercury-melting temperatures whether in the backyard or on the beach. On The Beach. To Canadians in this summer of 1966, that phrase has none of the ominous portents of Nevil Shute's novel of a few years ago which fore- told the end of the world in nu- clear fire. Vietnam, for all the escalation brought by U.S. bombings and Hanoi's expressed willingness to "fight, fight, fight," seemed fur- ther away than ever. If Canadians' thoughts were turned to anything other than their private affairs this week, it was to purely domestic mat- ters. The kind of matters which concern Canadians but are of little moment to the world at large. For senior high school stu- dents whose summer jobs earn them money which eases their dependence on Dad, July and August give them an escape into the adult world. But youngsters not of working age might be better off -- and happier -- back in the classroom during at least some of these hot weeks. The long summer vacation, it must be remembered, is a relic of our wholly agricultural past when child labor was needed on the family farm and "book lear- nin' '" was something to be con- fined to the unproductive 'win- ter months. How all that has changed! Manual farm chores for children have become fewer and farm prosperity today hinges on ma- chinery and fertilizer, plus rain. This summer's' near-drought in Eastern Canada put new wrinkles in the worried brows of Ontario and Quebec farmers. But the West, still lush from heavy spring rains, looked for- ward to a mammoth 700 million bushel wheat crop which could even reach 1963's record of 723 million bushels. Ontario farmers were indeed restive, and to express their dis- pleasure at milk prices and other grievances they sent hundreds of slow-moving trac- tors onto the province's high- ways. The Ontario Farmers' Un- § ion made it clear that milk prices (despite two increases in the past nine months), weren't the only thing they were unhap- py about. They also wanted af rebate on education tax paid by § farmers, care. But for most Canadians, the most unsettling news of the summer was on the prices front, and universal medi- } where the cost of living contin- § ued to climb and a spate of § strikes threatened to prices higher if many more un- ionists gained substantial wage push | boosts. But who could blame the § unionists? And labor economists were able to cite, with consider- | able evidence, that wages were not always the main factor in § determining price levels. Along with rising prices, defi- nite signs were beginning to emerge of a slowdown in major § consumer purchases. New cars were the first to feel the pinch. Just as the Dominion Bureau of Statistics was reporting that car sales in Canada reached a record 830,000 units in 1965, auto makers were reporting de- clining sales throughout this § spring and summer. The case of Gerda Munsirger was back in the news with the release of Mr. Justice Spence's report on what the RCMP had somewhat intemperately de- scribed as a "classic case" of se- curity risk. But even the Spence report didn't stir the excitement which had been expected, and the Seven Days escapade be- came an almost forgotten chap- ter in the continuing serial of CBC hi-jinks. The only major political squabble of mid-summer blew up over the intergration of the Canadian Forces. The revolt of the admirals caused a brief sen- sation but with our usual apathy toward things milita most NEWS Canadians (except perhaps resi- the comment, "Don't worry, dents of military or port towns) Dear. There's always the batb- couldn't care less. One cartoon- tub to play in." What better way ist depicted an unhappy admiral to spend a hot day? being soothed by his wife with SPARKS (Continued from page 8) More than a thousand delegates as well as leading public, scientific and industrial figures from all parts of the Free World will attend the 1966 Inter- national Water Quality Symposium to be held in Montreal August 24th to 26 th. Page 9 BIOGRAPHY OF GEN.McNAUGHTON COMING The family of the late General, the Honourable A.G.L.McNaughton has announced that an official biography of the General is in preparation by author John Swettenham. Swettenham was commissioned to write the life story of Canada's first Army Com- mander before. the General's sudden death on July 11th and had, in fact, been working with General McNaughton on the project for some time. The book will be a detailed biographical study of the General's career which, in addition to military life, covered many fields of public service. It is expected that the book will be published =arly in 1967. Approval of the latest group of Centennial projects brings the combined total of federal and provincial centennial grants to $8,700,350. The Ontario Medical Association have recently released a pamphlet 'Your Doctor and Omsip' which answers questions patients have been asking their doctors about OMSIP. Distribution is through doc- tor's offices. aaa A ABCC Tm elt You don't even need to step outside your door to enjoy the best in dry cleaning service. Let our driver. call for your clean- iD SSwE L | pe rd nae ot TELEPHONE 155 SCHREIBER