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A Great: Opportunity
There has been little discussion {n ‘Parliament about the movement toward a Free World Common Mar- ket, and none at all to indicate that
. Canada is giving leadership’ in this
matter. Yet it is one of grave im- portance to this exporting nation.
| Great Britain ig mov ing toward freer
* 30,000 ton range.
trade both within and without the’
- Commonwealth, but neither she nor the dollar world can afford to hold aloof from the general trend toward an international new deal. Mean- while, intruding into most major markets, are the dumping programs
of the United States in which Can- |
~ada is both directly and indirectly
eoncerned. Aa
At Oslo recently, 18 cabinet min- fsters from Norway, Sweden, Den- mark and Finland. mee to revise plans for the Nordic Common Market. This
on “‘pesulted from an agitation among an
ish farmers who wanted to join the already ' established six-nation Eyropean Common "Market. The 18 ay igters are now. making a “major
étive” of, combining their four- Pe Common Market with that of the existing six-nation group. Suc- eess in this venture would join nine of the 17 nations which Britain pro- . posed for the 17-nation Free Trade Ates: in a different grouping. In the meantime, Britain has ef- fected a trade agreement with East
Germany; the West Indies Federa-..
tion is committed to a customs un- ion between its widely separated components, and Continental Latin America is moving in the same direc- tion, One consequence of these var- fous trade movements is that the dol-
Jar world is being threatened witif™
gradual isolation. This threat is less serious our American neighbors, with their large consuming popula- tion, than it is to us. We must export or perish economically. That goes particularly for our farmérs and other basic producers, whose inter- ests have been sacrificed too often in the: past by tariff pressure groups.
When the National Policy was established in 1878 under Sir John A. Macdonald for the protection of
secondary home industries, these in-
dustries were in an infant state and there was justification for the en-
- gouragement ‘given them. They soon
outgrew their baby. clothes and no longer needed to be bottle fed; but unfortunately with their growth has gone increasing political power and influence, and today Parliament. That was
embarrassment of the Government when the ish offer of free trade was mM: some time ago. It was hasfily put on the shelf, in cold stor- age, and the Finance Minister and others have been doing their best to forget it ever since. That was when our high-sounding offers of “freer
trade” with the Old Coantry “came
to an inglorious end.
The time surely is ripe for a ehange in Canadian policy that will Place us in line with the great Com- mon Market movement in Europe and elsewhere. But where, shall we find the men with the courage and vision to seize the opportunity?
Bypassing Suez Should President Nasser of Egypt close down the Suez canal in another
4 fit of anger or pique, he would not
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oil supply as he did in 1956. Pre-Suez tankers were mostly in the 20,000 to In new tankers, 50,000 tons is a minimum. A 106,500 ton tanker has beén ordered from the Bethlehem Steel Company yard at Quincy, Mass., by the Stavros Niar- chos group of shipping operators. The United States maritime adminis- tration recently agreed to insure the mortgage on the $26 million vessel.
Meanwhile, at ‘Kure, Japan, the other day, a 104,520 ton tanker, Uni- verse Appolo, started on trial runs. It will carry 1,021, according to euters despatch in the Athens (Greece) News. At the launching ceremony, it was explained that a 100,000 ton ship was as much
trating the sound barrier was te air-
barrels of oil,.
a challenge to shipbuilders as pene-~
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' The Universe ‘Apple is too big - te pass through dither the Suez = Panama canal. It is oe feet po Aes feet widé and 67 feet deep. Built by National Bulk ‘Carriers, Inc., it will
‘transport crude oil from the Middle
East to Japan. There, where labor is cheap, new and efficient methods are
| in use; and the same company is . Planning to start another 100,000~
tonper at Kure in. September. Canals will always be useful, of course; but the days when they_con- stituted the lifeline of a nation so far as oil supply is concerned have pas&- ed. More and more dependence is
, being placed on floating behemoths,
which find adequate docking facili- ties at only a few world ports— safely removed from. aepenenne on me dictators. *
No Cause For Joy _ Unaer the above ding, the Fin- ancial Post, Toronto, says:
“Hundreds of thousands of On- ‘tario children have no cause what- ever for joy over the Ontario govern- ment move which, in effect, halts further fluoridation of municipal water supplies.
' “As a result the youngsters are doomed toa lot of tooth trouble they need not have...
“The overwhelming body of re- putable opinion in medical and dental circles flavors fluoridation.
“It is opposed mainly by an ex- tremely noisy group of laymen, who, to be logical, should be equally voci-
‘ferous in their opposition to ehlor-
ination of water,-vaccinatigqn, against smallpox, and to the manufacturing processes imposed by wisdom and the pure food laws on nearly all food packagers. —
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“Ontario’s minister of health was «
on TV trying to defend his stand. He talked about ‘pure and wholesome’ water. What he should know is that ‘pure’ water. is distilled water and it's extremely unpleasant to the taste. No community would tolerate
- it. To make pure water ‘wholesome,’
salts would have to be added.”
We quite‘agree with the Post’s at- titude, which reflects informed opin- jon generally. There is one other point of importance in the fluorida-
tion issue. Not only does inaction by
authorities “doom the youngsters to a lot of tooth trouble they need not have,” but it is those whose parents are least able to afford costly dental treatment for their children that are being penalized thé most. This is the tragic part of it, which those vested with responsibility for a public health measure should consider seriously,
EDITORIAL NOTES
The United States may produce more guns, planes and bombs than the United Kingdom does. But it certainly does not produce as many literary works. Last year, accord- ing to “Publishers Weekly”, 16,172 new titles were brought out in the United Kingdom. On a comparable basis the United States should have produced mor? than 50,000. Actually, it produced daly 10,000.
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A bull recently slaughtered ws
Burlington, Vermont, is entitled to posthumous distinction. In its stom- ach were found half an inner tube, 2
+ plastic bags, a rubber doll, a toy
wrist watch, & fishing spinner, 5 clothespins, 6 can lids, a stack’ of
bobby pins, 24 bottlecaps, 2 earrings, °
2 needles, several cartridge casings, 2 rubber heels, a key chain, a pop bottle, safety pins, a gold watch band, 16 nails and a set. of. dental bridge-
* work.
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The Federal Government has an- nounced that “disclosure of inten- tions” on the McNair Royal Commis- sion’s recommendations on New- foundland will be made “before too long.” The commission Fecommended Federal assistance of $8 million a year to the Province; the Province had asked for $15 million. A reason- able guess is that the Government will meet the Province about half- way with an.offer of something like $11 million.
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One of the earliest organizations in Charlottetown was the Benevolent Irish Society, which has been going strong éver since and which has con- tinued the time-honored custom of parading on St. Patrick’s Day. This year will be no exception, but the parade will be to the Holy Redeemer Church instead of St. Dunstan’s Basilica, as has been the practice. Not only those of Irish. descent ‘and tradition, but all our citizens, look forward to this observance. Doubt- , there will again be a very nce at the St. Patrick's “Laughing Irish Eves,” at
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| OTTAWA REPORT
' Ministerial Helpers
By Patrick Nicholson
dozen” or more of promis- ing back-bench Conservative M. Ps appointed to serve as Par- liamentary Secretaries to Cabi- net Ministers. Fhose. will be the
’ front shop aides to Ministers: but
there are also very powerful back-room boys-—-and girls—who work onthe personal staff of every Cabinet Minister.
These behind-the-scenes work- @rs are numbered in many cases among the most influential per- sons in Ottawa. If a visitor wants to make an appointment to see a Cabinet Minister, it is the Priv- ate Secretary or the Executive Assistant to that Minister who can magically open even the busiest door. If some matter has been held up through pressure of other work, it is the Private Sec- retary or Executive Assistant who can slip that all-important file onto the top of the pile. If a Minister is invited to. address the Boosters’ Club at Chipmunk Crossing, it is the Private Sec- retary or Executive Assistant who is the most important fac- tor in the reply of acceptance or regret.
Some of hens backroom help- ers have achieved immense im- portance and influence in past years and their names have be- come household words far from Ottawa; others never, rise be- yond the state of being colourless little mice, whose names are un- important even on Parliament Hill. ono
The most powerful Minisier’s Secretary known here during the post-war ra has undoubtedly
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We will soon see a “baker's days when he was the Grey
Eminence behind both Macken- zie. King an Louis St. Laurent. “See Jack’’ was the advice given to anyone whose pet project or personal ambition had got bog- ged down in bureaucratic red
‘tape. From the wrong side of
the Prime Minister's green baize door, Pickersgill stepped in one stride into the Liberal Cabinet. Later,’ by a process’ of domestic emigration, he became a New- foundiander politically. THE 1959 CROP
Our present. Prime Minister has a compact but variegated gtaff, headed by a young Toron- tonian-become-Vancouverite jaw- yer, Gowan Guest, one time pre- sident of the B.C. Conservative Association. Mr. Guest, in his early thirties, has long had a powerful political ambition, and his aims will certainly be for- warded by the knowledge and ac- quaintanceships he is quickly picking up here. With only six months at the job yet, and hav- ing been accompanying the Prime Minister on trips for more than one thifd of that time, he has not vet been able to build up the immense knowledge of poiitical history, the nation-yise acquaip- tanceships, and the reliaole and comprehensive informational_pipe line system which made Pickers- gill so strong in his own posi- tion and so valuable to Prime Ministers. But still Gowan Guest is the most valuable mina Mr. Diefenbaker has in his immed- iate entourage, and he is already one of the oe back-room boys.
Matching Gowan “Guest's sal-
ary of $10,000 is Grey Hamilton. the ex-newspapefman who has been appointed to serve as ‘‘Spe- cial Assistant to the Minis 4 of Finance”. Cynics say tha his task is te “humanize’’ Hon. Dona Fleming, but practically-minded observers wonder how on earth this new and unique posi ever won approval from the watch- dogs on the Treasury Board. NO TIME AND A HALF - As a general rule, each Cab- inet has one Executive Assist- ant Yai between $7,500—$8,000, one Private Secretary paid between $6,000-$7,500. Most of these hard-working helpers are newly-appointed by the new Con- servative Ministers;a“very few, such as the Finance Miaister's perennial secretary Miss D. L. Bentley, date back to the Lib- eral regime.
The outstanding Ministerial aide in Ottawa today is the Execu- tive Assistant to Transport Min- ister Hees. Mel Jack used to work for top Conservatives in the Ontario Government; he was ask- ed to. move to Ottawa nearly twenty years ago, and has. work- ed for several Conservative lead- ers here. This column has pre- viously recounted how his valu- able services were lost to the Conservaiive Party during the leadership of George Drew, but since the 1957 election, he has been working*for George Hees. Mel Jack's very fertile brain and immense experience puts him in a league all by himself among the government's backroom boys, and he is proving of immense
to Transport Minister Hees, but Mel Jack's great and de-
served fame is apt to detract,
from the great credit due to George Hees for his. own mag- nificent performance on the ad of Parliament and on - able public platforms around
North America.
PUBLIC FORUM
This column is open to the discus
sion by ‘correspondents of question c.
rest. The Guardian does not neses
sarily en‘orse the opinion of corres pondents.
DANGEROUS CONDITION
Sir,-I would like to draw the attention of the City Engineer the Street Committee or whoeve i$‘in authority to the disgraceful, dangerous icy condition of the walk on the Old Jail Square lead- ing to the Charlottetown Hes- pital.
Hundreds of people: uce_ this
daily to. visit friends and loved ones. Part of the walk is shovelled bare to the pavement, but the rest of it is dangerous. :
I am quite\ sure the hospital authorities do not wish any mcre broken limbs than our citizens do. There is unemployment. Let those responsible put men to work with salt and sand and remedy the dangerous icy con- ditions that sow exist.
I am, Sir, etc., - TAXPAYER Charlottetown.
HOSPITAL INSURANCE
Sir—I wish to write a few lines in connection with the hos- pital insurance plan. I don’t understand the poor class of people, that they don't have more to say. about it. As far as I-can see, the only ones to bene- fit will be those who could pay a hospital bill. I think the plan should be financed by a tax. or in some other way that poor, people might be able to partici- pate.
I know some of these people who have had plenty sickness, both, husbands and wives, a!so their families—opreation after operation. Who needs free hos- pitaP care? I would say those who make $100 or less a ‘month;
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Macmillan At Bonn
By Ken Metheral
Canadian Press Staff Writer
Prime Minister Macmillan’s talks last week with President de Gaulle and Chancellor Adenauer have gone a considerable way to- ward breaking the ice generated in Paris and Bonn by his re- connaissance journey to Moscow.
In both the French and West German capitals he appears to have been able to allay fears that the United Kingdom might be ready to back some sort of deal with the Russi&ns over Berlin and that she was turning toward a policy of ‘‘disengagement"’ in Western Europe. .
The talks in Bonn seem to have gone particularly well, possibly because the German chancellor gave up two full days to discus- sions with Macmillan. In contrast, de Gaulle set aside only two 15- minute periods in which to be alone with the British leader. _
Much of the talks with Adena- uer were devoted to Macmillan's plans for a limitation of military forces in central Europe, in an area still to be determined. LEADERS AGREED ’ At the end of the Bonn talks a
think of those pensions for the needy. Somehow there is no worry about the person who is able to be on his’ feet, whether able to work or not.
There are jobs that people like these could handle, but: who has them? T could name some people who have been left with homes and money and who just couldn't make a go of it, and now with good jobs, leaving lots of their wages with the vendors. Well, I think the poorer people, who don't drink and carry on should be entitled to a living.
Actually the politicians only know the most of us when elect- ion is close; then you see them with their sweet smiles and pro- mises. It will not always work their way. because some day the Lord will come and take over and do His bit. Then the big fel- lows will know who is boss. The poor people in general~are used much like Lazarus was used by the rich.
* Lam, Sir. etc.. A DISGUSTED WOMAN Bradaibane
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German spokesman said the two leaders had agreed the West should seek Russian approval to a thinning out’ of military strength in a ‘‘sufficiently large as a\first phase toward general disarmament.
British spokesmen have been at pains to emphasize that this does not mean “‘disengagément,” a phrase unpopular in 7 The British the planned limitation ld Sainte no discrimination against either NATO or-Warsaw-pact countries. It would also involve no digcrim- ination on the type of weapon em- ployed, including nuclear weap-
reason for the initial Ger- coolness is understood to that Britain
Adenauer’s willingness to de- vote all his energies to Macmil- lan’s visit indicates that ih Bonn, at least, there is no feeling of pique over the British le assumption of résponsibilities on pehalf of the Western alliance.
Sources close to the ae minister say he. is unworri about reports of “‘irritation’’ in
some American quarters over the |-
“act he has, at least temporarily, ‘aken the diplomatic lead from he United States.
Macmillan is known to feel nat his personal relations with President Eisenhower and the U.S. state department have n no way been impaired by his Rus- sian visit
HEADS UP
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May Be Eased Pe In Many Ways
‘swelling. ng that reach-
: are overweight, doctor, in all probability, suggest that you reduce. Don’t stand for long periods, and don’t sit in one spot for-hours.
your will
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any length of time, such as dur- a long plane, train or auto , make sure you get up every half-hour or so and walk around
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When you are home watching television, keep your feet elevat- ed on a chair or gtool.
Cross your legs at the knees as little as possible since this hampers circulation. . ELEVATE LEGS
When you sleep, keep your tess elevated: Placing ea 12-inch block under the foot of the mattress is better than using pillows. Better check with your doctor about this, though, since elevating the feet all night should be done only if you have good arteries.
Lying on your back performing the well-known ‘“‘bicycle exercise” might be of help. Walking or swimming in deep water is fine for persons with varicose veins becduse the pressure of the wat- er helps push the blood up through the veins.
And, of course, avoid round garters. They tend to hinder cir- culation.
QUESTION AND ANSWER
Mrs. J. M.: I am very ner- vous ‘and shy in front of crowds of people. Could you tell me if pregnancy would relax me or make me worse?
Answer: Pregnancy would pro- bably make+no great change in your nervousness and shyness. ft would be best to consult your doc- tor in this matter.
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Like a hugé green crocodile, the Republic of Cuba lazes in the Caribbean less than 100 miles from the Florida Keys.
Though presently rocked by pol- itical upheaval, the 750-mile-long island has few peers in $emitro- phical scenery, the National Geo- graphic Scoiety says. Its first ‘tourist was enraptured. He wrote, “A thousand tongues would not suffice to describe. . .the beauty I saw, for it was like a scene of enchantment."
That visitor was Christopher Columbus, who discovered Cuba about two weeks after his first landfall. the island of San Salva- dor in the Bahamas.
INDIANS FOUND SMOKING
Columbus found -the Cuban In- dians inhaling smoke through a Y-shaped pipe inserted in their nostrils. They called the pipe a tabaco. Europeans took up the smoking habit, and Cuba has been famous for its tobacco ever since.
But today growing tobacco and making cigars is only the second ranking industry. Sugar comes first. As the world’s largest cane sugar-_producer, the Island devot- es more than two million acres to the- crop. In addition it pro- duces coffee, pineapples, and bananas,
Despite its beauty, Cuba has | experienced ugly phases in its history. During the conquest i the Spaniards in the 16th century, the Indians suffered cruelly.
When the Indian leader, Ha- tuey, was finally burned alive, he is said to have spurned efforts
better to go to hell than meet | his captors.in heaven.
After its cenquest by Europ-
rica. The importation of Negro slaves, begun in 1522 in the be- lief that they could withstand the hardships of slavery better than the Indians, continued until 1886. In the last half-century, Cuba has roughly qu.rupled its popu- ‘ation, and the Republic now has about 6,500,000 people. Their capital, Habana, 1s a bustling me ‘ropols of more than one millon. With sports and nightclubs, olush ‘hotels and handsome arch- ‘tecture, Habana lives up to its reputation as one of, the world's iveliest capitals. An attractive ‘eature is the near absence of wxious insects. For this, visitors
nay thahk a 19th-century Cuban hysician. His name was Dr. Carlos
luan Finlay, and he would have lied unknown except for the fact that about the year 1872 he con- ceived the unheard-of notion that a variety of mosquito was re. sponsible for the deadly yellow fever, ther’ plaguing Cu + Fia- lay stated his theory to anyone w > would listen. But few would.
to convert him to Christianity on the grounds that it would be).
eans, Cuba received a.new in- flux of blood, this time from: Af,
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lar? The quotation is ascribed to Socrates, the Greek philosopher, = died in 399 B.C.—Farm Jour-
The Age Old Stor |.
For if a man think himself to.
THE OPOSSUM It lay on its side across the gar-
path, .
I saw it, and stopped short. there in the fading light,
Its long grey hair was baby-soft, like silk
Its eyes were shut, and its aed mouth agape,
With the teeth showing, long and
sharp and white. ‘
I took it in my arms, so limp, so dead;
Still warm, not a mark on it. that I could see.
Down in the ferns I dug it a shallow bed,
And marked the place with a branch from the willow tree.
Three days later I met it again. on the path, Again at twilight. We. looked at And the ‘possum smiled and went
on. I gaid “I'm sorry—I just forgot’’—but I can’t get out of my head, The feel of that shy, wild body, playing dead.
—WINIFRED DUNCAN in the New York. Herald Tribune
ent History
National Geographic Society
pot, and he became a joke on the island.
But one man did listen. Dr.
Then Major William C. Gorgas cleaned away the insect’s : breed- ing grounds, and: the disease scourge was ended. The way was open for Cuba’s growth as \@ ve- eation paradise.
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OUR YESTERDAYS
(From the Guardian Files) TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO ; (March 17, 1934).
Mr. C.R. Rogers, vice-president of the Summerside Board of Trade, received word yesterday that the first class mail for Sum- merside coming by the Maritime Express would be held at Monc-. ton and upon the arrival of the Ocean Limited would be brought ip to Summerside by the aeroplane —~ which arrives here about 5 o'- clock.
The home of Mrs. C.C. Dickie, on Milton Avenue, Summerside, was the scene of a happy gath- ering Wednesday evening when about twenty-five of the friends of Mrs. /Chester Palmer were the guests of Mrs. Dickie on the oc- casion of Mrs. Palmer’s fortieth wedding anniyersary. The ad- L dress was by Mrs. C. B. Jelly. Mrs. Dickie and Mrs. A.P.
‘| Jamieson presented Mrs. Palmer with a lovely gift. \
‘ TEN YEARS AGO (March 17, 1949)
For the second time,in less than three weeks Pringe Edward Islanders yesterday wére digging themselves out huge snow- drifts as a nor’easter roaring in from the Atlantie struck with fury early yesterday morning. Accompanied by winds that rea- ched 40 miles per hour, the -fast driven snow fell until] noon and once again traffic throughout the province came to a stand- still.
Mayor J.F. Arnett of Summer+ side leaves this morning to at- tend a meeting to be held in the Mount Royal Hotel, Montreal. Canadian delegates will leave there to attend the annual con- ference of United States Confed- eration of Mayors to be held in Washington on March 2 to 23.
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