Physician,
heal thyself

By LESLIE MORRIS
‘There are few Canadians who do not hold doctors and
S in high esteem. Deep in the human tradition lies
pect for the hand that heals. At times the popular imag-
tion is thrilled by the battles for Man and against entrench.
: Prejudice and superstition waged by heroes of medicine.
T. Semmelweiss of Hungary suffered agonies, and fin-
ally death, to liberate mothers from child-
bed fever.

Dr. Simpson in Edinburgh administ-
ered anaesthetics to himself, to prove that
humans could undergo surgery without
pain.

Our. country is respected throughout
the world, not for the Diefenbakers and
Pearsons, but for her doctors — Osler,
Banting, Best and Bethune.

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: All of these men practised the ancient
yi: Physician, heal thyself! Before they could heal others
"Y had to heal themselves of the diseases of their time:
Nicism, conservatism, superstition, fatalism; fear of the

pews. fear of the bastioned fortresses of privilege and
“Wer,

te The Ordinary people know this, sometimes better than,
Rees themselves. How else can the lasting popularity
Nclai.
TOnin’s

r Lewis’ novel, Arrowsmith, be explained? Or A. J.
The Citadel? Or the television programs, Ben Casey,
Cize Fe udaire? It is easy to say that these stories roman-
ude , € medical profession. But doesn’t such a smart atti-

°Verlook the fact that they appeal to the humane in man,
Shan basic instinct for healing, for devotion to the common,
y eer ben these qualities are laughed at, civilization is sick

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ae sometimes this instinct for healing is exploited, as with
ital Nurses who have been lectured about their ‘“‘public
nk When they organized and sometimes struck for decent
TRing conditions. There have been times when the physi-
oe not receive his due. But always this social injustice
é temporarily obscures the truth that of all the professions:
“ealing of the sick is the noblest and the one which makes

"© greatest demands on both intellectual and human qualities.

hee “sickness of the acquisitive society’, the incurable
ary... the profit system, is that it puts everything on the
sin, counter, bemeaning innate human qualities and im-
a the dollar stamp on public service.

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is is to be seen now in Saskatchewan, where the CCF
“nent’s attempt to introduce public medical care is
lit attacked by the medical association, the great metro-
Ory rg, ne WSPapers and all the forces of conservatism and
Ption, :

The Medical association has called a ‘“‘strike” of Saskat-
doctors. The flag of ‘free enterprise”’ has been
ot On July 1 a little boy could not be admitted to
Ta because of the “strike”. He died of meningitis, on

®s 95th birthday. He also died of ‘free enterprise’.
rd 1S is not really a strike. Saskatchewan doctors are not
Dloit BP, They are not in the position of low-paid and ex-
Bien Workers. Their association has become the vehicle of
~"€ race for the dollar which has corrupted the economy,
eet the theatre, book publishing, journalism and all
-€Xpressions of social life and culture.

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win the doctors of Saskatchewan forget their social duty?
Ofe, rely many; if not all of them, entered the medical

eon for reasons other than purely economic ones. Will
Reet the dreams of their student days?
@ | the government of Saskatchewan also do its duty to
ote and so refrain from making any further appeals
Binge not to hold public meetings to voice their indignation
2 Wh © doctors? ;
isey at the Saskatchewan doctors need, it seems, Is pre-
5 ee @ public criticism, a reminder of their duty, of their
function as healers.

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The doctors of Canada, especially the GP’s who o
an. the people, face a test. Will they stand sae
for her people, for the humane traditions of ae
Or will they succumb to the rank individuals
: ’S the enemy of society?
ein they insist that the dollar stamp be impressed on

 escripts se f money, that. Canada
a a Ption, that health is a matter 0 soto fa
“Use

Main among the most backward countries i
™ has no state medical care? des

i. au they remember Fred Banting and his iat

tee tting through the slick “professional Bree age

i etetPrise” hypocrisy, take a stand for the people

ae Of access to the practice of healing? eee:

Yeay si Yoctor should be with his patient, not o y

A Kness, but in social sickness as well. ae

Tr and patient together should ‘unite to renee,

to pecmP of “free enterprise” from medicine and-Te

id in People, for whom it was intended. They will be we

*aneially and morally.

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; Frbine, as with art and music and literature, comes

People and goes to the people. Without the people,

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Is Canada pricing its products
out of the world’s markets?

By AN ECONOMIST
Maybe the spotlight of
the dollar crisis will help

more people to see that -

there is something basic
wrong with Canada. For
trouble with the external
value of the currency is
merely an expression of
something more _ funda-
mental,

Government and_ business
spokesmen keep on saying we
are in difficulty because we
have priced ourselves out of
world markets. Yet since
1954,-each successive year has
seen incrased Canadian ex-
ports! Exports in the first
quarter of this year were up
11 percent again.

No, the trouble is on the
other side of the accounts.

In each of these same seven
years there has been a deficit
of more than a billion dollars
in the current balance of pay-
ments because payments for

imports, services and income
transfers abroad were too big.
The reason for this is the
continually spreading U.S.
domination of Canada, nour-
ished by the cold war mili-
tary policies of successive
Canadian governments.

As the United Electrical:

union, in a press statement
released on June 28, describ-,
ed it:

e “Canada has concentrated
on production of raw material
for the U.S. war machine,
neglecting development of
Canadian manufacturers.

e “Parts and finished goods
have been imported from the
United States in mounting
volume.

e “Canada has followed in
the wake of U.S. trade poli-
cies, inculding most of the
cold war embargos, instead
of expanding mutually bene-
ficial trading contacts with
all countries.

e “In the 16 years since
World War II, ‘Canada has

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In an open letter to Colin
Cameron, N.D.P. M.P., the
Nanaimo Constituency Com-
mitte of the Communist
Party urged him to take steps
to help mobilize action to
prevent ratification of the
Columbia River’ Drait
Treaty.

The
Cameron’s

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Communist Party support in
the election. “As most class
conscious workers believe in
exercising their hard won
franchise, by your action
would you imply they should

_vote for the parties of mono-

‘poly capitalism?”

The statement welcomed
Cameron’s election despite his
red-baiting stand.

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spent $20% billions on’ mili-
tary affairs. Had these funds
not been poured down the
more and better economic de-
velopment without the post-
ample available to carry on
drain there would have been
war increase of $16 billion in
foreign nvestment, 78 percent
of this from USA.

© “Because of the integration
of United States and Cana-
dian industry, our. imports
have increased, payments for
business services, interest and
dividends have gone steadily
up. Therein lies the cause of
the contnuing balance of pay-
ments. deficits with the
United States, and finally of
the dollar crisis.-The results
have ben felt throughout the
economy in high taxes, high
prices and high employment.”

The Diefenbaker govern-
ment cannot get away these
days with the open transfer
of the whole burden of its
wrong economic policies to
the backs of the workers.
But it can try — as it did
will the dollar crisis ‘‘cures”
and increased import duties
and exhortations to step up
productivity.

Of course these measures’
do not get at the root of the
trouble at all.

In the present situation,
where unemployment re-
mains high there is unsued
capacity for producing nearly
everything one can think of,
and the current upswing is
probably at its peak. Diefen-
baker’s program for the dol-
lar is exactly opposite to
what is needed to stimulate
economic activity. t

The real need is to put the
Canadian economy on a new
track, not just a little pres-
sure on the brakes or the ac-
celerator.

The basis of this new policy
must be to regain our inde-
pendence in a world we help
to make peaceful. Successive
steps in this direction are the
following:
® Cut military spendng that
is wasteful both of resources
at home and of foreign cur-
rency abroad:

e Trade with everbody, not
mainly U.S.A.;

® Directly stimulate manu-
facture in Canada of things
we now import and of raw
materials we export;

e Expand our home market
and hence jobs by higher
wages;

® Control capital movements
undermining our dollar by
placing them under permit.

The dollar crisis is another
signal that Canada must re-
verse past trade and military
policies.

Bon Voyage
Dinner & Dance:

Honoring

John Chitrenky

AUUC HALL
805 E. Pender

Sat. July 28 - 7 pm

Good Food - Music
Refreshments

Admission - $1.50

Everyone Welcome

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