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Eisenhower And Congress In view of the exlril0t'fl'-n31l)'

pressure that Repiblican politic- ians liuvv exviwiscti on P1'tH-'1fl0l1t Eisclllirmcr in tlu'u' almost lull:1tl- cal wish in hm w him run for a scri-

ond term, it is surprising that they

have not lrcntcll him better in the

Congi-vssiminl S('.Kil0fl now in pro-

cess of ll(lJ0llI'l1fllCIll. The 8011001

construction bill, u n d e r w h ic h

nearly 52 billion in federal funds would have been made available to school dlstrl-Is; the civil rights pro- gram; liherulizauion of immigration laws-- these measures were par- ticularly recommended by the White House, yet none of them will be enacted Into law this year. Some of the blame for this stale of ai- fairs must, of course, be charged to the Democrats, but by no means all of it: and it is not too encourag- ing to the Prczidcnt, from a poli- tical point of view, to know that the one important piece of legisla- tion that did win Congressional ap- proval, the Foreign Aid Program, was saved from near disaster hy the support given it by Democratic leaders.

On balance, the record shows, Republican Congressmen in both Houses disregarded the Presidentls wishes in matters of legislation as often as they honoured them. Yet, they are insisting that he run again, even at grave risk to his health; the sole reason, of course, being their conviction that no one else could win for the Party. In the event of his being re--elected. they can return to their habit of paying scant attention to his recommenda- tions.

Complete VlClOl'Y

On May 12th last we referred in these columns to a dispute be- tween Robert Mfoses, New York's Park Commissioner. and mothers living in a certain area of the city. over plans to turn a playgmund into 8. parking lot for a nearby de luxe tavern. When Mr. Moses sent bulldozers into the area to root up trees and make the ground ready for parking facilities the mothers went to court and obtain- ed a temporary injunction against the Commission. This injuncton was later upheld by the Court of Appeals; but until recently Mr. Moses seemed determined to carry his case right up to the Supreme Court of the United States. Now, however, after considering the matter further and discussing it with other city officials he has de- cided to call a halt to litigation. which means that the mothers' vic- tory is complete. In addition to retaining the' old playground, they have becn promised another in the same vcinity to cost something like 350.000. Evcr)'l'0dy is happy again; and Mr. Moses, gentleman that he is, has acknowledged that the whole thing was a mistake which he rctzrcts very much.

It is. of course, true that Mr. lllnses changed his m'nd only when he became convinced that the courts were on the side of the mothers. But that does not in any way detract fmm the importance of the victory. It shows what alert citizens can do. provided they are firm in their resolve, when lawful authority gets out of hand and re- gards a commercial enterprise as more important than the wellbeing of young children.

Knowlancl's Appointment An interesting recent appoint- ment by Presldant Eisenhower was that of Senator William F. Know- Iand, Republican of California, to the United States delegation to the United Nations General Assembly. It lI interesting for two- reasonl. First, Mr. Knowland is closely II- Ioclnted with the "right wing" of tho Republican Party which hII oppooed tho PrIIldInt'I' foreign I -nurnber of importunt

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frowned upon or directly criticized by Mr. Knowland, with the notable except'on of the order to the Sev- enth Fleet to defend Formoan against any attack by the Chinese Communists: with this he was in complete accord. Second. Mr. Knowlandi is generally regarded as le I n i n g towards isolationsm in matters concerning American par- ticipation in world problems which do not directly involve the security or interests of the United States. That may be an unfair inference; but his congressional record cer- tainly has shown that he is not particularly enthusiastic about the necessity for his country's vast foreign commitments.

Scuutor l(nowland's admirers 53,- hp mix appointed to the U. N. dplpgatlon simply because of his ability which is admitted generally to be of a very high order. His critics fear that the appointment indicates an offical loosening of United States participation in the activities of the world organization. This. of course, is a possibility, since there is undoubtedly a fairly large section of the American public which believes it would be better for the United States to withdraw from the United Nations. It is hardly a likelihood. however; since another new delegate is Mr. Paul G. Hoffman, I well known liberal and intcrnationalist. Perhaps the

idea is that one will act as a sort Of counter-balance to the Other and thus help to continue the middle course which the administration feels is the best policy.

New Scientific Interest

About I year ago I number of scientists met in London to dis- cuss whether or not there Is any basis for telepathy, clai1'v'0yH-nF0- and other extra-sensory activities which have been subjects of C0"- troversy for centuries. The discus- sions have now been put out in book form by Little-Brown and Co., and they make interesting, if not very illuminating, reading- Much of the language isvabstfuse and some of it is unintelligible to anyone who has not been schooled in the intricacies of psychological and physiological research. But the gist of it is that the scientists are not as sure as they once were that everything concerning the mind and spirit can be understood and explained by established scientific methods.

Evidence seems to have been presented showing that in certain cases and under certain conditions, mind reading, fo retelling the future, and even controlling objects at a distance by a supreme and un- explainable effort of the will, are possible. What gives rise to Such cases and conditions and the tal- ents-using that word for want of a better one - apply to relatively few persons - these are questions which remain unanswered, if in- deed there may be any answer for them.

It is perhaps of some signi- ficance that scientists will now sit down to give serious attention to the unknowable, whereas in the past they refused to recognize the possibility of anything that could not be made the subject of mathe- matical inquiry and exactitude. It may mean that the materialistic concept of life is slowly losing its grip. And it may well come to pass that. the hitherto unexplored reg- ions of the mind and spirit will provide intensive research leading to rcvelalons and disclosures he- side which the splitting of the atom. with all its intriguing by-pro- ducts will appear as mere ch'ld's play.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Fluorescent bees at the On- tario Agrlcultural College, Guelph, are giving data on cross-pollination of fruit. trees. Marked with I special powder at the hive exit. bees have I fluorescent trail wher- ever they go, and their activities can be studied.

When I Newfoundland fisher-

man of the old school uses the word "fish" he means codfsh: and when he talks about codfish he has in mind the dried Iolted variety on which the economy of the country depended for hundreds of yoIrI. It hgoodtoknowthnttho prlcofor the product II better than it has been for many yesu. It will give new hope to thousands of Now- who hlvo had little

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The Buried Talent

Richard Gordon hi the Wlnniprg Free Press

Schools have taken unto them- selves or had forced upon them I great variety of additional re- sponsibility lately, l)ut the main purpose of their existence must continue to he the training of clul- dren's minds Their role is first and foremost an academic one. They are not being allowed to ful- fil it to the extent they should.

In recent years many highly scientific tests have been design- ed to measure such things as "mental ability." "scholastic Apt- itudc" and "learning capacity." In the last analysis what all these tests attempt to uuuge is the ex- tent to which a boy or girl may Drofit from his or her schooling. That they are able to do so has now been reasonably firmly es- tablished. they can be useful tools. There is a danger. howevcr, that 3195' m-"LV come to be regarded not as aids used in achieving an end but as ends in themselves.

WORTHWIIILE WORK

The reason for estimating a chilcls ability to do somctlumz is only mild if the task you want the child to do is worth doing, To ascertain for work is of little value unless there is worthwhile work for him to do which will use that capacity. Tp orvcthat. a child's mind is capable of deveolpment is not the samt thing as developing it. This fact must be understood in any discussion of academic stand- It-ds.

Except in the eyes of the law we are not all born equal. Some children arc born with great abil- ity and some With little: some children are horn into wealth and Snme into poverty. some are born with strong, healthy, bodies and some with weak. frail ones. Th? Va-St mujority. of course, find themselves somewhere between the extremes and are known as "average children."

It is to meet the needs of the average children that our educa- tion program must rightly and inevitably be dcsianed. What is lnsultim: be designed. What is program. howevcr. is that the au- thoritics consider the average to be so low.

Let us look briefly at some of the results of too low stalulardn in our clcmculary and high schools.

One is that the universities are forced either to accept students not really qualified for university Work. with a subsequent lowering of thcir own standards. or a dis- proportionately high failure rate Bmlnll first .vc:ir students. Another consequence is that a vcryi large number of lugh schools students. because it is possible to "get by” with I minimum of real effort. develop something approaching contempt for academic effort.

STAY T00 LONG

A third consequcnceg is that Iome children, urged on by well- meaning teachers Ind ambitious parents. stay on in school for too long. They have. perhaps. passed some of their Grade XI and they remain on carrying and half a load. hoping to complet I matri- culation they should never have been encouraged to start, and in so dolmz delaying and confusing their entrances Into the world of work and wages.

Beyond there. and surpassing them all in importance. is the con- Ioquoncz of untrained minds and undisciplined Ihllltles. Goethe IIld: "There is nothing Io dang- erous as energy lgnorantly ep- plled." We spoke in I previoun article of some of the problems which confront us now and which will confront us In the future. One thing would seem certain-the de- mlnd for the man who Is morn

DANGEROUS TENDINCY Then is tendency. which is ap-

porent today. for Icolutle

Iran to fall II deuuul

but for to type of skilled labor whlch can only be provided in quantity by high and reigorously. applied educational standards.

The reason for higher standards in our schools. aside from the prac- tical ones we have suggested above. may be found in the par- able of the talents. the verdict his talent in the earth was I severe one.

"Take therefore the talent from him, and givg it unto him which hath ten talents. For unto every- one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath."

Our children are the possessors of very real talents-we must al- low them to be buried.

The Age Old Story

lie that hearelh my word. and belleveth on him that sent me. hath everlasting life. and shall not come Into condemnation. but is passed from death unto life.

ALWAYS THE LINE Always the line Leaning through life Dlvtdlng the dawn from darkness.

Call it horizon

severing the known from wonder Where nearness deepens into day Impaled on In azure summit.

Call it laughter

Spraying from pleasure

Rising to fall a thousand walerfull ways

And none of them as cool again.

Sea solves this demarcratlon

To froth over sand

Her fluid motion meeting immo- bile rock.

Hue footprints bleed with water.

Always the line

Locking intangibles

Breathing from the safety of now On the cold glass of never.

-Bernice Ames. In the New York Herald Tribune.

While I am on my feet I wish to tukc this occasion to say some- thing about the Canadian Geo- graphical Society and the month- ly magazine published under its auspices, namely the Geographi- cal Journal, The Canad- ian Geographical Society is one of the most public spirited and unselfish organizations in this country. Its ambition is to make Canada better known to Canad- ians and to the rest of the world. Its chief purpose is to distribute information on the geography. resources and people of this count- ry. To assist in this task. and as its primary object. the Iociety publishes the magazine to which I have referred. The Cunadlan Geographical Journal in my view is one of the very best periodicals issued anywhere in Canada. In a sense it is the eyes of this nation. because through its illustrated and printed pages it enables Canadians and other people to see this coun- try as an entity.

MEANINGFUL PICTURE

The Journal writers take threads of fragments of Canada”! history and geography and over the years weave or blend these into a neantngful and informative picture of Canada as a whole, in all its interest and variety. In I word. it serves to present I mem- orable lmage of Canada.

The Canadian Geographical Society was founded 27 years ago. in I929. I believe. to be exlct. Its first president was that great friend and native Inn of the Can- adian north. Dr. Charles Comnell. C.M.G. Today its yI9!ldCIIt II Ino- that great workor In f '

Canadian Geographical Society

James Aubrey Simmons. M.P. for Yukon In I speech In the House of Commons

ulive secretary and editor of pub- llcations in the person of Gordon M. Dallyn. Incidentally. all direc- tors and committee member! serve without remune atlun.

The society does much more than publish its worthy .louruIl. It sponsors public lectures and awardrscholai-ships as well Is granting financial aid to explor- ation projects and other research. Its sponsored lectures have been given by such men as Sir Hubert Wilkins. General McNaughton. Dr. Mackintosh Bell, Edward Shackle- ton and Gordon Robertson. deputy minister of northern affairs and national resources. In addition the society awards scholarships were awarded amounting to a tot- nl of 37.400.

FINANCIAL AID

In the matter of expenditures to assist exploration. financial aid was contributed by the society to the Baffin Islands expedition of 1954) and 1953; to Dr. Williams for Geographical investigation in the Churchill region: to Dr. Kimble and associates for I survey of the St. Maurice Valley; and to I Mr. Laforest with the upper Orinoco expedition. In addition to sponsor- ing the production of several docu- mentary films with geographlcol themes, the society has ubllshed Ind distributed-over 5 mil ion pam- phlets containing Irtlcles from its Journal on 153 separate subjects. It is an astonishing fact that when the Canadian Geographical Socie- ty first came into existence there was not one professional geograp- her in Canada. Today there In over 300.

the best interest of northern Can- IdI and other parts as well. Major General H.A. Young. who Is also deputy minister of public works. is president of the society It the present time. -

Throunh good times Ind bad the society bu managed to keep the Journal Ilfvo Ind luued reg- ularly. How they do this on the funds availubl to the Iodely thus (Ir. baffles mo in the United States the corr in: publication hu the benefit of vary largo IumI bo- quealhed by wealthy, public spiri- Id citizens.

HIGH CALEB! '

In CanIdI there is nothing re- sembling this type of large-IcIlo financial llilstance for 9 ga- grnphlcal publication. NevIrldie- less the Irtlcles in the CInIdlIn Geog:-Iphleol Joui-III Ire of I

high cIllbrI Ind III as In If- uya lundlomely lulu-Itod. Iomotlmeo In Ieva-It colors. Color

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Inga. of nouns. are I prlmnry reason for much of f.hlI troublo. But there Ire other cIuIeI. too. If you have diabetes, you're likely to have Ichlng feet.

arruun CAUSES

Just being overweight mIy Iluo result in painful feet. Warm wooth. er sometlmeo cIuIoI foot to Iche.

what can you do?

If your foot roolly bother you. I strongly Idvtno that V01! 10 to I09 I podnltrllf.

There are. howovor, Iome things you cIn do before you develop Iuch trouble which might help pro- vont it.

Despite III the walking you do, your feet still need exercised-the right kind of exercise. Ilor Ire I few exercises you can practice in your own home. Perhaps they will help keep you from becoming one of the 90 per cent.

PICK-UP EXERCISE

Try sitting on a chair, your bare feet on the floor in front of you. Then. using only the soles of your feet. pick up I bIlI from the floor. Try tluI several times.

Another Ilttlng exercise is to walk bnrefooted on the outer rims of Your leel..Your toes should be curled in. your feet pointed straight ahead.

Standing exercises Ire good. too. one of the easiest ones I know lI 30 Blind Ital! I book Ind curl your toes down its side.

Y0l-If feel. remember. do I lot f0l' You. Take 300d care of them.'

QUESTION AND ANSWER

L.P.: I am pregnant and have severe leg cramps. What can I do?

Answer: During In attack, mas- uglng the legs or standing on a cold floor is sometimes of help. The taking of vitamin B-1, or thiamine hydrochloride. is also of help.

Durlnz pregnancy. your diet Ihould contain adequate amount. of calcium in order to help pre. vent leg cramps.

OUR YESTERDAY)

from The Guardian Fue-

TWENIY-FIVE YEARS AGO (July 23. 1931)

At the opening session of the Supreme Court the Grand Jury reported that the situation It the Queouls County Jail was not on- tirely tisfnctory. in that of three Inmates imprisoned there, one Ihould be in the luflrmary.

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Among the promotions. lppoint memt elm. the Canadian Militia recently gazetted. Ippeu-I the following : P.E.I. Highlanders. to be Lieutennnts, 2nd Lleuls. .7. II. Morrissey, J.E. Arseunult. C. E. Hynes; P.E.I. Light Horse, to be Lieut., 2nd Lleut. .I.E. Andrew.

TEN YEARS AGO (July :3. me)

The ChIrles A. Dunning suffer- ed damage to her rudder while entering the dock at Wood Islands It 4.30 pm. on Friday.

GreIt enthusiasm is being dio- pllyed in the Red Cross swim- ming and water safety programme with more than 350 children re- ceiving daily instruction of Bright- on and Kenslngton ” t I.

An increased catch of approxi- mately 2.447.500 pounds of lobster In the Province during the season over the same period last year is indicated by figures released by the Department of Fisheries.

Maxims

Ilnpplueu lies In the ('onIcIolIl- neII we have of If. and by no means in the may the future keeps Ito promlIeI.

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The avenge cloud welgln 800.- we poundl. That must include the Itlvsr lining.-London Free Full

lone men imitate an owl- they got I repuutton for wisdom by booting It everything-!:dmom hon Journnl

"Good gull." sold Aunt Annlo. looking up from the nswsmper In lllrfn. " 'm thirty years older thon sliced bread."-Brandon Sun

Mon Il'e Inclined to any In hos- pital: ion or than woman. says I doctw. T Itls I nice compliment to our nurIos.-London Free Press

Toronto mIn home from-Rum III says he saw a Russian alr- crnft travelling at 1.600 miles per

It's hard enough to pick out I jet It 500 mph.-Ottawa Journal

In Detroit I man is suing his wife for divorce because she hIs been throwing things at him for 13 years! The danger is that soon- er or later she may get him with a wild pitch.-T.D.F.. in omw. cu-

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Education cannot be postponed to some future and more conven- ient time. Learning. on Ill levels. must be made available to the nation's youth from five years of

penditure has priority over all other government costs except for the maintenance of law and order.-Farmer's Advocate

Next to ShIkeIpoIre. what. man would you say had the most man- uments and other memorials? It is Robert Burns. The Scottish bard has had 14 monuments erec- ted in his honor in his native land. Also three in England. Also mon- uments in Sydney, Melboun.-. To- ronto. Vancouver. Chicago. San Francisco. Boston and New York. -Vancouver Herald

Girls who believe that high heels let them off It I higher social level will be gratified to learn that two English doctors approve of such elevating trivia. After tests on the calf and leg muscles of I number of young ladies in Eng- land. they announce that high heels do no harm provided they Ire not more than two and I half lllcllal high.-London Free Press

A locomotive known II No. 12- 91. which was one of two locomo- tives built in the St. Thomas shops of the New York Central System, is at present rustling on I siding here "waiting disposi- tion". She was built in 1899. no that she has reached the vener- able age of 57. This old granny has been running between St. Thomas and Courtright. and she deserves I long rest.-St. Thomas Times-Journal

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