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NOT THE NORMAL REACTION Famed comedian Bob Hope fails to cheer up a Vietnamese child being treated for eye cataracts at the U.S. Army $rd Field Hospital in Saigon. Hope and his Christmas troupe of entertainers visited the hos- pital after a show at the Saigon airbase. --AP Wirephoto U.S. FORGES AHEAD OTTAWA (CP)--The winds of change to the metric' system of WEIENWS anu measures Bull are in the. doldrums in Canada but already are stiffening to a light breeze in the U.S. "Canada seems to be asleep," says Dr. L. BE. Howlett of the National Research Council, a leading advocate of a change to metres, litres and grams from the present yards, quarts and pounds, if le are talking about it at times but nothing is happen: ing." But in ise U.S. people are doing more than just alk- ing. Ford Motor Co. already has announced an internal study of its manufacturing plants to determine the effects of a pos- sible change-over. "This is @ very significant change . . . representing a pol- {cy decision that this is the way the world is going," Dr. How- lett said in an interview. "The machine tool industry always has resisted change BLULUN By WoLaUDE vw yuT wen ja volved," STAYED WITH OLD SYSTEM English - language countries throughout the world have stayed with the old English sys- tem for common usage and in- dustry followed along despite the fact their scientists all use the world-wide metric system. The reasons are self evident at first glance when you con- sider the conversion problems, To change from one unit to the next larger or next smaller in the metric system you simply multiply or divide by 10--or just move the decimal place one figure. In the English ssystem you multiply by 12 for conversion of feet to inches, by 40 for quarts to ounces and by 16 for pourids to ounces--or 12 in the case of 'CANADA STILL ASLEEP' Troy weight used for precious metals. ' rae dbdbisi. igh Vidhan dean dah A aaa tem «used. in Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the U.S., Britain finally has conceded that it can't afford to ignore the advantages of the metric system and already has started 'a nation-wide conversion program that should be com- pleted by 1975. The British also have decided to adopt. the decimal system for currency, and will make this change even sooner. NOT TOO COMPLICATED Dr. Howlett, director of ap- plied physics at NRC and presi- dent of the International Con- ference of Weights and Meas- ures--a scientific body organ- ized in 1875--says the change wouldn't be as complicated as some people fear, Industry could stick to its present sizes and just express ae Change To Metric System Foreseen measurements in metric units, or even in both units. education for the average pere gon but it isn't difficult." Canada's official measure- ments, already are expressed in metri¢ equivalents for official purposes and some scattered in- dustries already have.-taken advantage of this. Northern Blectric Co., for instance, uses the metric system and Dr. How: lett credits the switch for part of the firm's increase in export trade. ' He said some Canadian in- dustries will have to convert in part at least--if they hope to maintain markets in Britain. Once Britain changes it prob- ably will insist on lumber and paper products in metric sizes.' But it's a good bet that some thing won't change, especially in football where the yard is an integral part of the game. Quebec Press Mirrors French-Canadian Views Montreal La Presse--Fran- cols Aquin, Liberal member for Dorion, no doubt feels a deal lighter since he in- formed the country that he . id be unable" to partici- in celebrations marking Centennial of Confedera- that unworthy old dame back now is being pum- with a stick, Yet in his to the legislative as- , Mr, Aquin declared: not towards the past, its injustices and its er- , that one should turn in 1967, but towards the future and the Quebec which we should create." No doubt he will wait until the stroke of midnight Dec. 31 stop returning to the past, its errors and its injus- » because a good propor- tion of his statements touched on these old griev- ances which we are fairly of hearing rehashed. Furthermore, all these speak- ers are preaching to converts since no one is opposed to a change of the constitution. . . . "T will not fall for the myth that Quebec protects its cul- ture and leaves the money to others," Mr. Aquin took care to mention in his speech. "There is only one road for Quebec: the possession of all the powers necessary for the transformation of its eéco- nomic, social and cultural sit- uation." However, he falls for a different myth, one which holds that if Quebec frees it- self from Ottawa there would no longer be my limit to its well - being. Yet everyone knows that Quebec, just as Canada as a whole, is eco- nomically dependent on the United States and that if Can- ada cannot shed this yoke Que- bec . . . will be even less able \40 do go. . . .Renande La- pointe (Dec. 15) Montreal Le Devoir--News concerning the health of Mr. Guy Favreau, president of the Privy. Council, has revived rumors that there will be a shuffle of the federa) cabinet in the near future. Newspa- reported that not. only r. Favreau, but other minis- ae hb ters as well, will soon leave the cabinet. The spread of the news was sufficient to give rise once again to the rumor that Mr. Maurice Lamontagne (former state secretary) will soon re- enter the cabinet. Several ranking members of the gov- ernment, including Mr. Pear- son himself, are said to wish, in effect, to see Mr. Lamon- tagne play a leading role once again in the government. ~Phere are many arguments which could be Invoked to support such a move. Of all the Quebec parliamentarians in Ottawa, Mr. Lamontagne is probably, with 'Mr. Sauve (forestry minister), the one who knows the workings of the federal government most intimately. When in the cabi- net, he was... ..one of the most effective defenders of French Canada in the govern- ment, In addition, he has un- questionable intellectual au- thority and solid competence in the field of economics, Fi- nally, in the wake of his short stay in the government, he left a record . . . of very posi- tive accomplishments. Simply as examples, let us mention the establishment of the royal commission on bilingualism and biculturalism and the cre- ation of the Economic Council of Canada. Despite all that, we feel that Mr. Pearson would be committing an error in invit- ing Mr. Lamontagne to return to the cabinet immediately, and that Mr. Lamontagne would do wrong to accept such an invitation. Following his resignation from the cabinet, Mr. La- montagne has undertaken to write a book on Canada's cur- rent problems. This was the best way for the former min- ister to make people forget almost completely about the unsuccessful first phase of his public life and to reshape the image of the real Maurice Lamontagne who was held in high esteem by those who got to know him well. It would be regrettable if this project were set aside, or even de- ferred, in favor of an immedi- Canada Lacks Constitution Through Centennial Year OTTAWA (CP)--The absence of a truly. Canadian constitution now appears destined to last throughout the 1967 centennial celebrations. Nearly 100 years after Queen Victoria gave royal sanction to the British North America Act, Canadian politicians still have not found an acceptable formula to remove the basic document of Confederation from the hands of the British Parliament. Prime Minister Pearson termed this 'situation "an in- creasing source of embarrass- ment" in 1965, but he indicated tn the Commons Tuesday that o0. solution is in sight. He told Heward Grafftey (PC -- Brome - Missisquoi) that "a great. deal' of preparatory work must be done by the federal government before new consti- tutional proposals can be an- nounced. ' STUDIED BY COMMITTEE Federal officials said later the long-term -preparatory work is} being carried out by an inter- departmental committee headed Z cabinet secretary Gordon The committee consists of) several deputy ministers and) other senior officials with spe- cial qualifications in the fields of federal-provincial and Eng- lish-French relations. The federal officials are awaiting voluminous reports be- fore reaching definite conclu- sions. Reports are expected in| 1967 from the Laurendeau-Dun- ton royal commission on biling- jualism and biculturalism, the | Carter royal commission on tax- jation, the Quebec legislative | committee on the constitution iby the Ontario advisory com- jmittee on Confederation |DREAM NEARLY REALIZED | The old dream of bringing the |BNA Act to Canada and amend- ing it without recourse to West- minster was nearly realized two years ago when a federal-pro- vincial conference approved the Fulton - Favreau formula to amend the constitution in Can- jada | However, the formula was de-| nounced for various reasons Quebec and in Parliament. The Quebec government decided a in| year ago to shelve it. ate return of Mr. Lamontagne to the cabinet. . . .Claude Ryan (Dec. 16) Quebee Le Soleil--Since the Union Nationale took power, nothing has been more curious than to watch Premier John- son navigate through the mud- dle of his vagueness, his half- truths, if not his untrue state- ments. On the one hand, he says he is for moderation, but on the other he tosses ulti- matums at the central gov- ernment: Give us 100 per cent of direct taxes or we will separate. On the one hand, he urges citizens to respect the law (on the occasion of labor conflicts, for example), on the other hand, he rejects in ad- vance the authority of the highest tribunal in the coun- try (the Supreme Court). The most recent of his untrue statements concerns Prince Edward Island, According to Mr. Johnson "Quebec can no longer be satisfied with the doubtful honor of being the eqral of Prince Edward Island within the present framework of Con- federation." Going on from there, Mr. Johnson concludes that there is a need for con- stitutional reform which would assure French Canada equality. To say that Prince Edward Island (120,000 population) 1s the equal of Quebec is a gross blunder. At the federal level, Quebec has 75 members in the House of Commons, compared with four from Prince Ed- ward Island. In the Senate, Quebec has 24 representatives against four from Prince Ed- ward Island. In the federal cabinet at the moment, there is no representative of Prince Edward Island, but there are nine French-language minis- ters, including six from Que- bec. . . . (Dec. 17) Sherbrooke La Tribune-- The question of French immi- gration has finally interested Ottawa. The federal minister of manpower and immigra- tion, Hon, Jean Marchand, has just returned from Paris where he particularly studied this question with Fench au- thorities. When asked in the Commons at Ottawa what he planned to do about French immigration, Mr. Marchand made a remark which boils down to this: If the Quebec government could formulate a precise policy on French im- migration, it would be easier for Ottawa to act without ex- posing itself to the possibility of hurting certain Quebec susceptibilities. . . . A practical man, Mr. Mar- chand . recalled that he had had discussions with cer- tain s of the Queb cabinet, that he invited them to establish an immigration service, and even to step up the pace in this field. Mr. Marchand even submitted to the premier of Quebec a re- port on his recent visit to Paris, On different occasions he has communicated with the premier on the subject. But the government of Quebec has not yet given any sign of life, Faced with the immobil- ity of Quebec on the question, one can understand why Mr. Marchand was unable to pre- vent himself from crying out: "T am not the first clerk in an eventual Quebec immigra- | fion service. We are ready to collaborate, but Quebec must also show some interest and REGINA (CP) -- When Prime Minister Pearson an- nounced last fall that s new system of equalization pay- ments had placed Saskatche- wan among the "'have" prov- inces, strong protests were lodged by the provincial gov- ernment. The thought of losing more than $30,000,000 a year in payments wasn't exactly pleasing but there was s cer- tain amount of satisfaction mixed with the displeasure. It wasn't just that Saskat- chewan was in the middle of reaping another bumper wheat crop, it was also in the process of expanding its eco- nomic base so that it would never again be faced with the prospect of living or dying with grain alone. The key is the province's bustling mines which in 1966 poured an estimated $187,000,- 000 into the provincial econ- omy. And the key to the min- ing success story is potash, a potassium-based mineral es- sential to the fertilizer indus- try. Also assuming increasing importance are copper, lead, zinc and helium, "Not a cloud on the hor- zon," said Mines Minister A. C. Cameron, With prices and markets good, there are no signs of a possible setback, he added. NICKEL IS KING The optimism was shared by Manitoba's minister of mines, Gurney Evans, who said "the future of the min- eral industry in Manitoba has never looked better,'"' Nickel is the big mineral in Manitoba with lesser developments in gypsum, copper and gold. In Alberta, emphasis is on oil and natural gas, The prov- ince has no metallic minerals and finds in the near future are unlikely, but coal pro- duction was up in 1966. In the North, huge deposits of iron, lead and zine are VANCOUVER (CP)--There's no business like snow business. This year, ski industry execu- tives in British Columbia and Alberta predict that devotees of the winter sport will spend $20,- 000,000 to risk breaking a leg at any one of the dozens of glit- tering resorts that dot the Rock- jes from Banff to the West Coast. Business is booming. Retail prices are up, equipment.is be- coming more specialized and expensive and ski clothes have added a new impetus to the clothing industry across Can- ada and in the U.S. Industry spokesmen say Ca- nadians will spend $95,000,000 this season, while Americans will spend about $1,000,000,000 during the winter months to pursue the sport. Competition in the various segments of the industry is get- ting fierce -- especially among resort operators, many of whom have invested millions in antici- pation of outdrawing a neigh- boring area. COSTS ARE UP Lodges are getting more pre- stigious and it's becoming more and more expensive to equip a mountain for skiing. Developers, at Whistler Mountain, northwest of Van- couver, are making a concerted formulate a precise policy on matters of immigration." ... (Dec. 17) Ottawa Le Droit--Specula- tion is rampant on the ques- tion of a new Liberal leader in Ontario, One thing is cer- tain, the candidature of Rob- ert Nixon, now Liberal leader in the Ontario legislature, is really serious. For many, his age--38-- half - way between inexpe- rience and retirement is an asset. For others . . . the fact that his father was premier of the province in 1943 is an encouragement in light of the fact that the Liberal party has been losing speed in Ontario for a long time. On the other hand, Mr. Nix- on's recent statements are greatly to his honor. In effect, has he not just taken issue with "the racial and religious prejudices which prevent the teaching of French in certain rural regions of Ontario?" According to him all the chil- dren of this province should have an opportunity to learn French, because, without this language, the students of seéc- ondary schools will be handi- capped. ,.. . Religion should not te an obstacle to the educaiion of children, Two official lan- guages exist in the country | and both are rich and use- ful... . Gerard Bernier (Dec. 17) A. E. JOHNSON, 0.D. OPTOMETRIST 14 King St. East 723-2721 B.C., Alberta Ski Business Sees $20 Million Intake effort to lure B.C. skiers away from Mount Baker, an impress- ive resort across the border in Washington state. One of the men involved in the development says Whistler has the potential to become an- other Sun Valley, Idaho. "All it needs is about another $6,000,000 spent on accommoda- tion, chairlifts and T-bars," Whistler already has cut deeply into Mount Baker's tra- ditional popularity among B.C. skiers, but parking lots around the U.S. mountain still draw large numbers of Canadian cars, Lodge operators have launched a campaign designed to stretch weekend skiing into a week-long affair. They provide special week - long excursion rates, throw in the transporta- tion and encourage young, sin- gle persons, as well as famil- les, to head for the hills. In Alberta and B.C., costs have shown a general increase this year, Lift tickets generally are up 50 cents to $1, skis that cost $107 last season now cost $112 and top line ski boots are up to $125 from $100. Gus Arnett, a leading Van- couver dealer in Japanese and European equipment, says a family of four can expect to spend $300 this year for the minimum in equipment and clothing--and up to $1,500 de- pending upon personal taste. The $300 price would include 'wooden skis and fairly good boots." Skis themselves are changing. They're now made not only of wood and metal, but plastics and combinations of other syn- thetics. Some of them are coated with the same substance that prevents your scrambled eggs from sticking to the fry- ing pan, to provide extra zip for getting down the slopes. silver and gold mining oper- ations in the Yukon. Falconbridge Nickel Mines Potash Mining Bolsters Saskatchewan Economy more than offsetting losses in Ltd, has announced it will gradually close its United Keno Hill silver mine in the Yukon, the mine that has been the best silver producer in Canada, The reasons are rising general production costs, growing labor costs and a labor shortage. GOLD MINE CLOSES The Yukon Consolidated Gold Corp, Ltd, ended large- scale gold mining in the Klon- dike in the fall when it tied up its dredge No, 6 which had been operating on the Yukon River south of Dawson. But these losses are mini- mal when compared with the gigantic Pine Point develop- ment which produces lead and zinc and with huge iron ore deposits in the western por- tion of the Northwest Terri- tories and on Baffin Island. Reserves in the western find at Snake River, astride the N.W.T.-Yukon border, are known to be 3,000,000,000 tons, and may be as much as 20,000,000 to 30,000,000,000. tons, There is no end in sight for Saskatchewan's potash boom. Production in 1965 was worth $124,000,000 and increased to about $146,000,000 in 1966. And Scurry Rainbow Oil has an- nounced development of a new plant in the Foam Lake area east of Saskatoon which will cost about $80,000,000, In addition, Western Nu- clear Co. will have a copper, lead and zinc mine in produc- tion at Hanson Lake in the northeast part of the prov- ince early in 1967 EXPAND HELIUM PLANT Expansion also reached into the Lac la Ronge area where Anglo-Rouyn's $4,000,000 cop- per mine went into production early in 1966. At Swift Cur- rent, in the southwest, Inter- national Helium Co, has sepnt $1,000,000 for a threefold ex- pansion of its helium plant and has announced plans for a& $2,000,000 plant at Wood Mountain, 25 miles from the Canada-U,S. border, Although the total value of mine production in Manitoba showed a marginal decrease in 1966, both nickel and coper production increased and In- ternational Nickel will bring two more mines into produc- tion in 1967 in the Thompson area, Inco has also announced a third mine which will be in production in about three years, with a 45-mile rail line connecting it with Thompson, Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co. Ltd. has three copper-zinc mines in various stages of development in the Snow Lake area with the first scheduled to begin production early in 1968, Also in the Lynn Lake re. gion, Sherrit Gordon. Mines Ltd, has begun work prepara- tory to sinking a shaft at Fox Lake in another nickel devel- opment. And British American Con- struction and Materials Ltd. is sinking a shaft at a new gypsum mine near Amaranth, 90 miles northwest of Winni- peg, which is scheduled for production early in 1967. DAY -- WEEK -- MONTH 58.00 PER DAY PLUS LOW MILEAGE CHARGE 725-6553 RUTHERFORD'S CAR AND TRUCK RENTALS 725-6553 14 ALBERT ST, Oshawa NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. (CP)--A prison guard and his young son, severely injured, in a pre-Christmas booby-trap ex- plosion, were recovering slowly in a hospital Monday while po- lice intensified a search for the person who sent the parcel, Frank Newton, 42, had both hands blown off. His son Nor- man, 10, standing beside him when he opened the Christmas parcel, suffered severe injuries from flying metal and. will likely lose the sight in his left eye. Both were in fair condition. in the hospital here Monday. The boy had been in eritical condi. tion since Friday's explosion at the Newton home in nearby North Surrey, Authorities, meanwhile, were working in force to uncover the sender of the booby trap, They believe it may have been a for- mer inmate of the British Col- umbia penitentiary, a maxi- mum-security federal prison located in this city about 20 miles east of Vancouver. The prison houses 570 persons, including some of the country's most dangerous criminals. DELIVERED TO HOME The Christmas parcel was delivered to Newton's home Friday afternoon, Newton, his son standing beside him, opened the parcel when he returned home from his job at the prison. The explosion tore off his hands and sent fragments of metal into his face and stomach. His son was hit in the face, arms, neck and chest. Penitentiary officials immed- Unionist Urges Safety Points PITTSBURGH (AP)--<An offi- clal of the United Steelworkers of America proposed today that the federal government enact & seven-point program to guard against tragedies similar to the sinking of the ore carrier Daniel J. Morrell with the loss of 28 lives in Lake Huron Nov, 29, Steelworkers Vice - President gjoseph P. Molony called the sinking "'a needless waste of hu- man life' and said, "the present archaic safety requirements ive the seamen of the Great Lakes less. than a 50-50 chance of survival in the event of a ship disaster," Molony said the union's pro- posal for hew safety measures were based on an investigation of the Morrell incident by Mat- thew Armstrong, director of Steelworkers District 4, Weekend With them goes Jordan Gold Seal Sherry, They like its velvet-smooth taste. So will you. Try all seven Jordan Sherries. You'll enjoy them. Hunt Intensifies For Sender Of Booby-Trapped Gift iately telephoned the homes of more than 200 other guards warning them not to touch un- opened Christmas parcels until they had been checked. No| other bombs were found, RCMP released on Monday a former prisoner théy had picked ¥ for questioning in connec- ion with the incident, A second man, also a former prisoner, still was being sought. Newton's wife Eleanor, a bank teller, was at work in nearby Whalley when Newton opened the booby trap, and their in- fant daughter was being cared for by a baby sitter. sesinbhiakassseattstcidiaiadh sor's new Be of ppl es applied a and technology, i Also' announ' the pointment of Cat dachaon vice-president, Mr. Jackson ni is principal of the Western On- tario Institute of Technology here. Dr, Quittenton will assume his new 'post Jan, 1. MEL KRUGER Representative SUN LIFE Assurance Compan' of Canela , HOME: BUSINESS: 723.7900 725-4563 OVER $8,500.00 IN PRIZES! 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