10 The Guardian, Charlottetown, Thurs. Dec. 20, 1962. Many Englishmen Appear Sit U ndecided On ECM imitating

By RICHARD O’REGAN LONDON tAPn—The mass of Englishmen appear undecided

London

Rudolph Schmidt in Germany to pull up its socks and British England don't understand."

labor is going to have to stop 0 e A government white paper excessive violence, but also of 0 bedroom where Mitchell, ironstng modernization." {presented to the House of Com- excessive triviality in the treat- died at his Beverly Hills home. ~-\ W o: Sma“ British firms “ tmons also said an experimental ment of programs." H Id e | There was no minister. ' {pay-television service will be fighter c o n trol over pro. s e y “we 3“ hut some pray. ers:

may be forced out of business .when they get into real compe- tition.“ said a representative of

‘the Imperial Chemical lndus- T c I ‘tries as he flew back from nego— , V

that‘s all he wanted." said Lou Deak. the actor's business manager for 30 years.

Dealt said Mitchell wanted the

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formation of a special watchdog ters the privately owned com- ellh‘ras “Inducmd by member“ tcommittee responsible for the mercial television setup and of ‘5 fam‘ly 3b°“t.1% hours “1" Private sel‘VlCe conductfli as

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government has disclosed plans ance of the entire commercial ming companies. They in turn Monday of “nee” . and that it took place about 3 !Some of our plants are anti-Jo tighten control over the na-lteievision service. sell advertising time. 9 service was held m theip-m- PST- nt going to be so‘ tolerant. quatcd. our methods out of date. ; hion's commercial television net-i h government." it said. The white paper proposed a ity in future would take a moral Deak said there will be no what most people in work to improvc programt‘fis seriously concerned to pre- ‘widening of ITA's administra- positive role in the affairs of‘other service and burial plan,

financial abuses. vent the danger, not only of tive powers and said the author- icommerciai television. lhad not been completed.

“Francois Verdoux in Paris or British industry is going to have That‘s

whether the Common Market is a club to join. or a dastardly new invasion from the continent to be resisted at all costs.

For centuries England has sat proud. Protestant. uncon- quered and isolated from Eu- rope—surrounded by water on all sides and deluged from above.

Centuries of history have taught Britishers to fear and distrust. foreigners.

To simplify it, said U. W. Kitzingcr. Oxford don and pro- ponent of Britain's joining Eu- rope. "you can say without ex- aggeration that the continent is

sex symbol to the average Briton. There are strong moral overtones to any discussion of the Common Market here."

"I couldn‘t agree more." said William Pickles. Common Mar- ket opponent and Labor Party

theoretician. “T h e continent means sin and lust to most British."

CAN’T MAKE TEA

"It is absolutely truc.‘ said a London travel agent charged with taking Britishch through the pleasures and harrows of continental holidays. “France is a brothel. the Swedes are nud- ists. the Germans are health. through-joy types and the re- maining Europeans are oily gypsies. But worst of all. ti‘t‘yt are all foreigners who cannot make a decent cup of tea."

Belgian and German miners are glad to have Italian laborers take over their jobs underground while they seek better ones above.

“Ninety-nine per cent of Brit- ish miners are against foreign labor coming here." said Pick- les. “Every minute the English ‘ miner is down in the pits. he is L hauntcd by fears that Italians! may be up in the village seduc- ' ing his wife."

Britain‘s entry into the Com-. mon Market, explained a saga- cious Fleet Street editor. pon‘ dering his steak and kidney pie. I "wouldn’t be so awkward if it all didn‘t hinge on the Treaty of Rome. which set up the Common Market.

“If it were Worms. Waterloo. Versailles—anything would be better. What is the matter with Rome? It's associated with the Catholic church and the Pope. This is a Protestant country and there are so many Catholics in the Common Market. And they are foreigners to boo ."

ATTITUDES VENERABLE

English attitudes like this are so "id they have become ven- erable. Thcy arc hardly prejw "dices. They are traditions. The ‘ world revolves around London land it did for hundreds of‘ yearst. Fog in Channel—Conti-j Isolated is a legendary; newspaper headline. >

These are British ecentricities which aren‘t easily abandoned.1 There are other more concretw more understandable difficulties for Britain in joining the Com-‘ mon Market. ‘

What if it is a club? Is it a: respectable one for a nation of ; respectable clubmen and pub-‘ goers? What are the fees and. who is going to foot them?

The British housewife and the Commonwealth. say the oppon-‘ ents of Britain's entry. ‘

Entry may cost the housewife . in per cent more in weekly food prices. . Britain’s trade with the Com- ‘ monwealth has been somewhat‘ of a family affair.

FAULTS FORGIVEN ;

“If what is traded isn't quitel up to standard or is late in1 arrival. it. is to be forgiven be i cause it is all in the family.“ said U.S. businessman in ;

Dominican Crisis ls Resolved .

SANTO DOMINGO (Apt—AE church - political crisis that. threatened to upset the Domini» can republic's first free election in 38 years appeared resolved.

cavy turnout is expecter' in Thursday's voting with the retraction by a Roman Catholir priest of his charge that a front-runner for the presidency was .1 Communist.

Juan Bosch, 53. and his leftU of — centre Dominican Revolu-t tionary Party declared themw selves back in the race after1 threatening to boycott the clcc-1 tiop in protest against the accu- sation. , Rev. Lautico Garcia publicly? withdrew his charge that Bosch was a “Marxist-Leninist“ after. a five-hour television-radio de-fi bate with the revolutionary; leader Monday night.

Bosch. who has vehemently denied any Communist links. said he was satisfied with the young Spanish Jesult's retrac-i tion. .

Boch. directing his apppeal to ‘ the peasantry in rural areas. and Dr. Viriato A. Fiallo. 63. of the conservative National Civic Union. are the leading contend- ers in thc six-man field for the presidency.

The government went ahead with the plans for the election

if nothing had happened.

Provisional President R afael Bonnnelly. who took over as head of the ruling council set up seven months after the slaying eel Trujillo in

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