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THURSDAY, DEC. 29. 1355

Need For A Statement

Is this country about to extend recognition to the Communist Gov- eminent of China? No official wold has come from Ottawa on the subject, although External Affairs Minister Pearson has dropped an affirmative hint on a oouple of oc- casions. At least, he has intimated that reconsideration of the maltter cannot be delayed indefinitely. It seems, however, that in the United States, such action by Canada is being taken for granted. A recent dispattch from Washington said bluntly: "Canada, which originated the membership deal (in the United Nations) and one or two countries that worked to get it through are virtually on the verge of recogniz- ing Peiping.”

It would seem reasonable to ex- pect the Canadian Government to declare its intentions with regard to the controversial matter at the earliest possible date. It is difficult . be see how it has anything to gain it by withholding continuation of the it neport-or denying its authenticity, " II the case may be. Assuming that the rumour is founded on fact, it will in no sense imply official Cana- dian belief that the present Peiping - regime is giving good government , to the Chinese people, but only the ' acknowledgment of an unfortunate fact of modern history. Commun- lots are in control of China. The re- fuaal of some Western countries to give formal recognition to the sit- nation does not alter it in the slightest degree. That, presumably, h the airgument behind Britainls Ittilbude.

Nor would diplomatic recog- nition of Peipilng on the part of Canada necessarily mean Canadian bupport for its application for mem- bership in the Uni-ted Nations. That in an entirely different matter, though the two questions are some- times confused in public opinion. An official statement by the Prime Minister might help to clear up the confusion and help forward an ob- iective consideration of the respec- lttve issues.

More Vigorous Opposition

Undoubtedly, one of the reasons why Hugh Gaitskill was chosen leader of the British Labour Party in sllcccssion to Clement Atzllee, now Earl Attlee, was his reputation for moderation in his socialistic ap- proach to political and economic problems. In this respect semblcs his predecessor. It. is a for- tunsitn thing

nor: but" perhaps he is inclined to go '0. bit further -in trying to meet it half-way. This is not surprising, since every change in leadership, whether in' pOllti(S or anything else, makes some alterations in methods and tactics. In this in- stance, judging by the initial evi- dence, the promised stiffening of opposition in Parliament will have very little adverse effect on the counsel of moderation so firmly es- tablished by Mr. Attlee.

Foreign Aid Appropriations

A conflict is shaping up in Un- ited States political circles over the President's announced intention of asking for greatly increased ap-'. propriations for foreign aid, both military and economic. This, of course, is a direct result of the hardening of Soviet foreign policy, following a brief period of seeming relaxation. The proponents of the President's plan say that it is ab- solutely necessary to strengthen mightily all those countries which are outside the Soviet bloc if fur- ther Soviet aggression is to be head- ed off. They argue rur”thei-, that nothing will be able to accomplish this objective but the threat of heavy reprisal for any new military adventure. Hence, the imperative need for more funds for foreign aid, even though it will mean little. chance of tax reduction in an elec- tion year.

It seems that this position is be- ing supported by some Congression- al leaders of both parties. It is be- ing stoutly opposed, however, by a number of influential congressmen who, understandably if not praise- worthlly, are complaining that to double foreign aid appropriations on the eve of a presidential election would be an act of suicide for the Republican Party which is going to find the going hard enough in any event. Whatever the result of the controversy may be. it does point up the seriousness of this new and irritating phase in international re- lations. It will probably come to the fore in the new session of the Cana- dian Parliament, too. There is not much to be gained by thinking wishfully about lower defence costs as long as international tension shows no sign of abatement.

EDITORIAL NOTES

House of Commons rules are be- ing revised to try to reduce the lengthy sessions of recent years. This is a reform which might well be introduced in our Legislatures as well. There are few speeches which could not be improved by curtailing them to thirty minutes, and far too many for which a shor- ter period would be quite sufficient.

I U C

Canadians generally, irrespec- tive of political affiliations, will be glad to hear that Mr. Solon Low, national leader of the Social Credit

he re-

lor Britain-and. in-

directly. for the entire free world. which is coming to rely more and more on Britain's leadership in dif- ficult diplomatic circumstances - that organized labour is following a middle course, not dominated by the rim-lrinaire cliaracter of Europ Pl-in mcinlism on the one hand or the umoinpl'omising position of An- eurin Bevan and his fellow left- wingors on the other. it is hm-oming increasingly evi- dent, however, that under the new leadership the Labour opposition in Parliament will take on a more ag- gl'o.ss'rv9 tone. One of the first state- ments made by Mr. Gaitskill, follow- his; his election. was: "We will main tainga consistent and lively opposi- tion to the Government's policy, exposing its weaknesses from day to day and from week to week." Under Mr. Attlee's leadership, par- ticularly in the last few years, the Labour press sometimes complained that, while the opposition was gen- erally consistent, it was frequently not lively enough. This may have been due partly to Mr. Attlee's per- sonal political philosophy which, in some respects, was barely disting- uishable from that of the moderate Conservatives. and partly to his ab- Mfrehce, (of, any form clem- -- - . fie was in

Party, is on the road to recovery i following

his serious illness of I i month ago. Mr. Low's parliamen- talents are well known. His ab-

sence from the new session of Par- liament would have been regretted

on all sides. I I O

The Progressive Conservatives of Vancouver are to be congratulat- ed on inviting a citizen of Chinese extraction. Douglas Jung, to rep- resent the party in the Jan, 9 by. election. Whether he be elected or defeated. his nomination is a fin" gesture. Mr. Jung himself calls it a "gamble". So it may be: but the same can be said of any other poli- tical venture.

C I I

For the third consecutive year, Canadians h a v e "distinguished themselves" as the world's greatest telephone talkers, according to a telephone statistics publicavtion ls- sued by the Bell Telephone Com- pany of Canada. The figures show that in 1954 Canadians maintained a lead established in 1952 by aver- aging 417 telephone conversations a person last year. Iceland took over s etc 0 n d in conversations against 393 for the U. s. Canada again ranked third in the number of telephones in use and in the num- ber of telephones for each 100 per-

sons. The U. S. has 52,806,476 tele- phones in service, the United King- dom 6.483,040 and Canada 3,857,- 400. Twelve countries have more than a million telephones, but Ice- land which was runner-up to Can- ada for the- most telephone . calla

our person haeonly, ,,25,457. which

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LET'S A FINISH is WAY

PUBLIC FORUM

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BRIDGE BUILDERS

Sir.-In a magazine recently is- sued I saw pictures of two men who have given of their time and strength to others. One. the late Canon Quintin Warner. whom i first. read abnul as being called to I penitentiary in London, Ont.. to visit with a life convict and treacherous murderer. He had expected to just talk to the man through the bars of his cage. But the warden threw open the door, allowing the two men to walk arm in arm along the cor- ridor. Soon they were in con- versation and the convict was told that hate and violence would nev- er give him freedom, but that love could open prison doors. also that the New Testament is more than half taken up with the writ- ings of one who had been a shed- der of innocent blood. The result of this and more visits. was, that this "lifer” came to be used as a missionary among the others of his own class and later to be taken from that prison to one in Western Canada, for the purpose of changing the lives of those who live in hate. to a life of love. Those who do this may be called bridges, or bridge builders.

The other portrait I saw was of one who is yet going strong. He makes alcoholics his speciality. Retired and living in Ottawa, he made a namp for himself as a friend of the airmen during the second World War. A layman and posessed of means. he and his wife Muriel invited the boys to spend their evenings in their spacious living room. So with a bright fire, piano. hot coffee, dis- cussion of problems and prayer. fear was turned to faith. that they in turn passed on to their pals in the war services.

Father Keller would call them "Chrislopliers." meaning (lhrist. bearers.

The Onr wlmse birth in human flesh we have been celebrating. calls Himself "The Way" in thp Father's love And it is not ir reverent to say ”the Bridge.”

I am. Sir, etc. ARCH MacKENZlE.

cell V

OTTAWA REPORT

Canada's biggest and surprising- i est Christmas gift this year was the unexpected billion dollars of extra productivity laid on I silver platter before the Minister of Fur- ance.

Closing a year of record growth and record achievement. our boom- ing national economy yielded the Minister a windfall of unexpected tax revenue. and this has Pulled his national account: into some- thing very near balance

It couldn't happen to I belief man. For, come Budget Day three months hence, be will then be able to repay our kindness by reducing our taxes.

Last April, I-Ion. Walter Harris rose nervously in the HOUSE 01 Commons to introduce his first bud- get. In that ninety. minute speech. he rose, period: In stature as I politician. and in the estimation of all Canadians.

Standing amid the economic shambles of I country just pulling out of I winter of very severe un- emplo ...e..: after a year of mild business recession, he boldhr de- cided to gamble on our national capacity to recover and even to boom.

Rather than forecast static med- iocrity and cautiously budget for balanced accounts on that basis. he cut our income taxes by 'lb0lll twelve per cent. Thus he delib- erately budgeted for I deflcll should we fail to recover. But the additional cash spendln money left in all our pockets ould. he reasoned, help to encourage our economic recovery.

OUR RECORD YEAR

At the then current level, the gross national product of our goods and services w this Year Im- ount. to in total of 325.250.000.000. be estimated. The tax cuts w result in I budget deficit of . 000,000. But, he hinted. if his shot in the am: should prove effective, our gross national prodllet 11118111 increase to m.ooo,ooo.ooo. M lhll level. tax revenue would be 3148,-

.000.000 higher. Then the deficit

would be negligible, he told Parl- iament. ,

in fact, our productivity almost all along that line has soared

Kensingtnn.

thrnmzh the summer. Our G.N.P.

News Events

” By The (lab

Two stories l'l('lI in hum;in in-I (9;-est top the list of world news events for 1955

Princees Margaret's decision not to marry Group Capt Pctcr Town- send was picked by telcgr:-lph ed- tors of Canadian daily newspap- ers as story of the year.

Voting in a Canadian Press pull. they selected President F'.isenhnw- er's heart attack as (-lnsv sm-and in news impact.

The editors were asked to choose the top six world and Canadian stories.

Their selections:

World: l, Princess Margaret's decision; 2, Eisenhower illness; 3, Salk vaccine: 4. Churchill's re- tirement: 5. Peron downfall: 6. Geneva Big Four talks.

Canadian: 1, Vancouver police scandal; 2, Richard riots; Ii, Grey Cup show; 4. Marilyn Bell's Chan- nel swim: 5. Commons filibuster: 6, Banff snow.-lllde.

ALMOST UNANIMOUS Denouement of lhe- Mar- garet - Townsend romance. an- nounced Od. 31, wu.the nearly unanimous choice for top spot. with the president's illness I close second. interest in science generally. and particularly medical news. is reflected in choice for third place of the April 12 announcement of the Salk vac:-lne'.-r effectiveness. Chum-hlll'a retirement and Palm's Iuoceulou. April 5. market! the dose of I great an in world If- felre and appealed to the editors

g II rlv':;t"," rnwjer than P"'.'0lI'l

Of The Year

arhan Prau Puzzling moves by Ire Soviet hirh command. bealnlllni With

.'llalcnkov'a demotion Ind continu- ing through two Geneva confer- ences ta July and "November. minded out the up Ill world stories.

The Vancouver police scandal. which be con- tinued thg'1a):gll1.uaw:tliIllz-umfxllhed mmmlsalon tlon, head: the list of Com

ice Richard. place over the Grey Cup IIIOW pill In M Vancouver-Ind, the winning Ed- monlon Eskimos - II the ulna war played in the will In the first lime.

CHANNEL SWIM Marilyn Bell. whose anuu

Lake Ontario took second

hurricane Hazel in the

Emergency Power: Act. slightly more vote: then the July snowsllde on Mount Temple ll which seven youths were killed. other Canadian atoriee men- tioned included Saskatchewan storms and nooa. Film is he flnt Canadian Icon power int.

the 'n.c-cm. merger. (lea. monds' rem-ement, the Peannn trip tn llobct '

uaeeow, sunk: plane crash death. the Dempsey

mlltlcal mm. In an mana-

An Unexpected Billioln -

By Paltlrlck Nhhdsu

was hitting I marry clip equival- ent to an annual rate of S27 bil- lion by the Fall. After making good the poor start. our year'I total should show I G.N.P. of about one billion dollars above Mr. Harris' low base of S2595 blllion.T his should put. his acounts in the black. The planners and forecas- ters are now looking for I further increase of half I billion dollars in our G.N.P. during 1956. Such an increase would provide Mr. Harris with an additional revenue, at pre- sent tax levels, of about one hun- dred million dollars. This sum would be sufficient to permit him to reduce our personal income tax- I by I further twelve per cent next year: or to reduce that infur- iating sales tax by two per cent; or to reduce the corporation income tax by one-tenth: or to halve the exercise duties hidden in the price of so many pieces of household and hobby equipment

nrrv nsran

Whatever method Mr. Harris may choose to lighten our tax bur- den, we will feel welcome relief in our pockets. The prospect II as- Iured by our determined economic spurt.-

There Ire only two small clouds on the horizon of our sunny econ- omic outlook. The llrlt is that Mr. Harris in decide not to reduce taxes in 1 to match the rising revenue. but to save up that plum for 1967 at election bait. The sec- ond cloud could become serious by late summer next year, though no! sooner. This II that our galloping economic advance may lead to price inflation. and thus wipe out our gains.

The all London church linked with Dick Whlilinzlon. St. Mary-le- Bow, in Ip g for 19,150,000 so that lta be may ring again.

It: peels. Illenced by Nazi bombs Mapped during an air raid in May, 1041, date back to the

curfew bell of Bow which is motioned in "oranges and Lemon." the Enghsh nursery rhyme about the church bell: of London:

"Pm use I don't know,"

8IyI the big bell of Dow.

It was the curfew bell which, in the year 1374, was heard by t' legendary Dick Whlttlngton la brought him back to be thrice lo mayor of London and I pantomime hero for centuries to come.

It-IAI. WIll'l'l'm0l'oN There wee I reel Richard Whit-

Slw. the historian. say: uouia abut lie legend of the lll-trea trlaatwlzpx-entice achieving fin tulle the help of his cat. which, incidentally. ll commm h

is 2: E: El 5':

really deaf, the ones who can't hear ins. are in the minor- ity. But for those who have faulty hearing, some of the numerous hearing devices now available will be very helpful.

Now, don't just go out and buy any hearing aid which strikes your fancy. Consult your physician. Let him determine the cause of your deafness and pnvent. if possible. the condition from getting any worse.

CHECK WITH DOCTOR

Then, take his advice on the type of device suitable for your degree of deafness. Before you buy one, better check with him again to see If it is the right kind.

Once you have I hearing aid. wear it.

About 40 years ago. when the ear trumpet was first introduced. it caused some amusement among thoughtless persons. But today hearing devices are I0 small. Io compact, they are hardlylnotice- able and their wearing attracts no more attention than't.he wearing of glasses. If you suffer from severe deaf- ness, you canft hear the sound: about you. Because you can't take an active part in either work -or play, you tend to remain by your-

self.

And don't think that by avoid- ing the use of I hearing aid, you are hiding your deafness. If you don't hear well you will probably develop a sort of a blank mask or facial expression. This can be avoided in most cases simply by using I hearing aid. So, treat yourself in I belated Christmas. If you need I hearing aid, see your doctor about one right now. Then the new year will bring you an entirely different. out- look on life.

QUETION AND ANSWER

G.U.: Is there any value in eye exerelses of tthe muscles of the eye in cases of uearsightedness? Answer: Although certain eye exercises can train I person who is nearsighted to see a little better, the actual deformity in focusing in not corrected.

7&6

BURIED SONGS Buriedintheanowarelliesenll pf spring

In silent drlfla on I Iilent field. Waiting, waiting for cues to bring Breath of life and the spirit”: yield. The moon in I cold and casual way Paints the sweep of the frozen scene:

with silver, blue III I deb If

I"! Crystal-gland lo II in sheen.

only I lighted window halls Tflgel enchanted night with I golden ow

Sending Ihlmmer of tall-tale trdla Likedrlpples of hope on the cover

mow, Undleirghihe warmll of the window A drowsy world seems hearkenlng

To I flute cadenn calling the night. Memory - mad for the songs of Irma

-Ilu uebei-man in the New York Times.

London's Bow Bells

By 8 an uumymm Lenin

The Age Old Story " It

squire: for thou who large towns.

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-Edmonton Journal.

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and is much more: obvious. "ri-1:3 person heading into the northwest wind or waiting at a breezy coma- for I bus feel: at one with an stranger similarly suffering. Each man is no longer an island isolated from his fellows. but like I jag" crystalwvhlclr, though sepu-Itg, 1; part of all the others. When seeing I nipped ear on I neighbor or a frozen car. one asks not for whom the bell tolls. One know: too well, and kllowinl. helps the neighbor no that one may be helped in tun when the time comes. -Ottawa Citizen.

The Colcbester Count H i in Truro finally 1... gig ;'.':.'”:l more than two tom of canned fish that the lnItltutlon'I dietitian and patients alike found inpalat. able. This seems to be stating the situation mildly. The fish. 4.700 Pounds of I surplus bought by the Canadian Government, arrived at the hospital without advance notice, six years ago. A hospital com- mission offer to sell drew no bid- ders. The problem of disposal wu solved the other day when the com- mlsaioner presented the whole lot to their chairman. I m l n k ranch- er It Stewlacke. The iesponae of the mink to thlI offering has gone unrecorded. - Sydney Poet-Record.

one experience has convinced Canadians that this country must never again face plralygig of (I33 national economy by reason of I rail strike. Nor in it denir-able that labor dispute: in the railway industry bl settled by government intervention. Compulsory gettlg.

in I democracy. Loglcally, there- fore. when railways and rail union leaders are unable to reach agree- ment by collective bargaining. 3 would seem but ” , common- sense in their own interest; In well I: lnrtbe interests of the pub- 110. to lime to arbitration, rather to have arbitration imposed on

It some later date. -Sydnq

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