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Another Report Another report has emanatled he Cordon Commission, t is pi‘epared by Dr. D. Howland, a former Nova Scotia government ‘advisor, whose review of prospects in these Atlantic Provinces, accord- ing to Canadian Press, “seems.to edge close to Commission thinking in proposing that Maritimers ,be aided to shift from low-paying to :better industrial jobs, though he seems to suggest that it may be hard to get a lot of Maritimers to budge.” It is this kind of talk that we found most objectionable_ in 8.

pr 'ous Commission report. , ere does, however, appear to be a ood deal of constructive think-

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ing in Dr. Howland’s findings. To be,

welcomed is his emphasis on the need of a causeway between this Province and the mainland, of improvement in truck highways, of heavy long-term federal investments to aid expansion of Atlantic resour- ces industries and of a radical over- haul of freight rate structures in the Maritimes. ‘ w

The report runs to 300 pages and it would be idle to, comment on it .at any length. without proper study. One thingl we hope to find in it is a complete analysis of the pro- tective tariff policies which have built up Central Canadian industries at the expense of this part of the country, and which, are still handi- capping our farmers and' other basic producers. If there is-a problem here. of “long-term economic stagnation”, as Dr. .Howland suggests, he should

‘ have no difficulty in finding‘that a'

g00d deal of it» stems from this- source. "

Studying The Wind

A report from Ottawh says that

Canadian scientists aréw’

learn more about the wind sof-as'to

make it. possible to build safer.‘

structures at less cost._~The is being conducted by the Division of Building Research of'the'NatiOnal Research Council.

The Council believes‘thatvja bet- _

ter knowledge of wind forces Will help to reduce costs of building through improved methods: ofr‘d‘esign. “Results of the practical and funda- mental inquiries combined‘ should yield improved wind load require- ments for the use of structural en- gineers”, the Council says. ‘V

It is haped that‘- the study will

produce information to make pos-'

sible a reduction in the volume of materials and at the same time re- tain sufficient‘strength to cope with wind loads. This would probably mean changes in design as well as in the shape of buildings. .At present, the Council says, the force of wind on buildings is based on" records of maximum gust speeds in the last thirty years. ‘

Come to think of it, it is strange how little is known about the wind, “whence it cometh and whether it goeth”, despite all 'the advances which science has made in related fields in the past few years.

Inconsistent

On the eve of the special meeting of the UN. General Assembly last week, the US. State Department is- sued a memorandum, reviewing its stand on non-recognition of ' Com- munist China. A department spokes-

man said the review was made public *

in answer to requests for such a state- ment from “a friendly government” and from several American embassies abroad. It is an unconvincing docu— ment, and onlygserves to point up the inconsistency of American policy in the Middle East, where unseemly haste was shown in extending official

recognition to the new Iraqi regime. The leaders of that regime are the

same Whom President Eisenhower in his message to Congress on July 15

charged with having “murdered or

driven from office individuals com- prising the lawful Government.”

It is claimed'that U.S. recognition of Communist China is on a different f00ting, inasmuch as it would weaken the free nations of Asia that are striving to maintain independence. “They would interpret such action as

an abondonment of their cause by the United States,” says the memoran- dum. This despite the fact that of the nineteen non-Communist countries recognizing Communist China. today, several are in Asia. They are Burma, India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Afghanistan, Indonesia and Nepal. What does State Secretary Dulles have to say about this? It makes little sense to re- cognize virtually every other Com- munist regime and not China, es- pecially since the United States has had to negotiate with Peiping in the past and will do so in the future.

Passage Of A BiII

President Eisenhower’s Reciprocal ' Trade Act has finally been approved after being before the Congress for several months. In its final _ form it is not quite what the President re- quested. The renewal of/the measure . is for four years instead of five, as the President had suggested; and it gives Congress the final say over tar- iff-cutting decisions in cases where the President ignores Tariff Commis- sion recommendations for higher rates to protect domestic industries threatened by imports. This latter provision was put in against the Pre- sident’s wishes. But in the main the paSsage of the bill is a. victory for li- beral-trade advocates; and it ought to result in a further liberalization of United'States’ trade policies. ‘ Specifically, the bill provides that the President may negotiate agree- ments with foreign countries making tariff cuts 20 per cent below present rates. It also authorizes the President to raise tariffs, at his discretion, to a. maximum of 50 per cent above rates in effect July 1, 1934—that was when the measure was first introduced. This was a concesSion to the protec-r 'tionists in Congress. I only two months or so ago it seemed that the bill would either be rejected outright or amended in such

' a way as seriodsly to impair its use-

fulness. But Vice President Nixon’s hostile reception in certain parts of Latin America—caused mainly by popular dissatisfaction with Ameri- can tariffs—and protests from other free], world countries, ‘ including Can-

- undedthe‘Cohgress to take a secoh’ __ andmore realistic look at the need formore- liberalization in mat- ters of trade. -

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I. I Fisherman’s Association has

along the Nova‘fScotia shore of NOrthumberland Strait. .P. E. Island fishermen have an organization of their own'. No doubt, the two unions ’will co-operate in matters of com- mon interest. 5

bootlegging”, proclaims a headline. Unfortunately, that seems to be the story of prohibition everywhere; and it is a‘problem that neither rea- son nor law has ever been able to solve. Despite the failure of the experiment in Bombay, Indian Go- vernment leaders are reported deter- mined to try out the, idea on a nation-wide scale. Time will tell whether it can be successful or not; but the experience of other countries is not particularly encduraging. .

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first Indian to be appointed to the Upper House,~ thinks that the Go- vernment has taken so much re- sponsibility from the people of his race that they have lost their initia- tive and self-confidence. There is no doubt some truth in that View. A certain amount of paternalism may be a good thing; but care should be taken to see that it is not made a substitute for personal enterprise. # t t

The Federal and BC. Govern- ments have declared their willing- ness to pay out $1 million to expedite the exodus of the Sons of Freedom. 'Before signing the cheques officials had better make sure that the money will, in fact, be used for that pur- pose and not for buying explosives to blow up more buildings and rail- roads. The money will be well spent if it means an end to the séct’s sojourn in Canada.

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Ontario’s Deputy Minister of Education told a teachers’ conven- tion the other day that “money should not be the only object of the profession”. We doubt that one” teacher in ten is teaching solely for the money he or she is receiving or hoping to receive. What most tea- chers resent is the commonly held view that they should never under any circumstances seek to improve

their economic standing.

been organized by 100~’lobstermen" representing fishing communities:

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OTTAWA REPORT ' '

Ottawa: Polls show popular support for the Conservative gov- ermnent to be increasing, even above the level which gave it a record parliamentary majority last March.

Even higher public approval is recorded for the deeds of 'John Diefenbakor as Prime This is both cause and effect of the vulnerability of the present deceptively overwhelming conser- vative I

It has always been a myth to suggest that any but the mat me: diocre prime minister is in fact “the first among equals”. Ex— ceptionally so today, John Dieteti- baker is a giant overshadowing his cabinet colleagues, with no obvious heir and singleJhanded hoisting this party to its present ennnence. » ‘ I For this reason, the of our hard-working Prime Mini- ster to hurtle around this huge

count aeroplane gives many of this supporters grounds for ainx- iety. Less ‘obvlous but equal anx- iety is inwired by the ficlde pos- ition of the Conservative Party in‘two of our three largest pro— vinces. .

Without a truly inspiring pro- vincial leader in BC the Tories may miss the tide of fate beck- oning in the next election there. It is very possible that the Soc‘ red government my be succeed-

, ed there by a C.C.F. govrmncnt;

repercussions in the federal field would be grim for the Tories.

In Quebec, the great popular support for John Diefenbakcr re- mains unled and unorganized. The representation of that great pro- vince in the Federal Cabinet is too small and quite--unirrmessive. Above all, the Conservatives show no sign of learning the great lesson of their Liberal rivals: our English-speaking Prime Minister has no powerful , and popular French-speaking lieutenant at his side in the Commons. '

A NEW ROMANCE

Of course Quebeckers shunned the Tory Parry in their millions for half a century. Even last year, their. contribution to the Tory ranks in Parliament was numerically meagre, and Mr. Diefenbaker could not be expec- ted to create numerous minister- ial stalwarts out of few parlia- mentary delegates. Like a con- juror, he produced out 'of his em~ pty hat just what the spectators expected.

But the events of 315i: March last changed all that.

For the first time for three- quarters of a century, the Con- servatives substantially swept the province of Quebec, winning two- thirds of its 75 seats. In spite of clumsy interference by English- speaking elements in the party’s

of faithful Quebec conservatives were able to select good organiz- ers and good campaign mana— gers, and to persuade many citi- zens of a very high calibre to offer themselves for election to Parliament as Conservative can- didates. QUEBEC’s NEW LOOK

The result was that the Con— servative backdbenchers fro Quebec inow outnumber their Liberal colleagues by two to 0119,

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central organization, the handful,

Fresh Look At Conservatives

By Patrick Nicholson Special Correspondent For ‘ The Guardian

and outstrip them in the qualities which mice a good parliamentary party by an even higher propor- tion.

Among them no doubt will be found the able and eloquent man of dedication who could mature into a popular and successful Conservative leader, to match such Libelnal giants ‘of the past as Ernest Lapointe.

The strengthening of Quebec’s representation‘in the Cabinet will be a gradual process. Leon Bal- cer, the present shy and perhaps reluctant chief lieutenant, may seek to fulfil an ambition on th bench. Paul Comtois’ indifferent health may be less taxed‘by the more leisurely pace of the Sen- ate, which is held in high regard

Bruce Huichison

An odd cosmic coincidence has lately occurred on our mountain lake. The Russian Sputnik shot across the night sky and a Can- adian canoe shot across the wait- er. Of the two phenomena the canoe was the more remarkable and. unexpected. Everybody lmow about sputuiks these days. Very few Canadians know about can- oes.

We were all so surprised, in- deed, to see a canoe that we '~ hardly bothered with the sputnik. You can see a Sputnik almost

be full of them, but in these parts we had never hoped to see a canoe again.

These two man-made objects told the same story, the story of human progress and retrogres—t sion. A Sputnik represents man’s first grasp on outer space. The disappearance of the canoe re- presents the loss of his first grasp on Canada. We must always pay , a price for progress.

PRICE OF‘PROGRESS

In the case of the canoe the price, as it will seem to an old Canadian and canoeman, is pret- ty high. The young, however, who are accustomed to nothing less than -a speedboart of many horsepower will hardly under- stand why the old should regret the extinction of the canoe of one or We manpower.

Progress has been unbelievably rapid around here. Only a few years ago every boy knew how to paddle a canoe —— a skill in- herited from three centuries of canoemen whose paddles conquer- ed half a continent. Today not a single boy can paddle a canoe but every boy can operate, take apart and put together an out- board motor and, with the result- ing explosions, can turn a quiet lake into a fair imitation of hell.

The last canoe, survivor of an almost extenct species, evidently had been long hiding from its enemies. In daylight it could not hope to survive the preda- tory speedbcat. Under cover of darkness it ventured to slink ti- morously into the lake, hoping that the enemy would overlook it.

BY SPUTNIKS GLEAM

The night had turned merciful— ly dark, lighted only by the brief gleam of the sputnik. For once the speedboats were idle at their wharves, the owners’ eyes fasten- ed envioust 'on a still faster craft in the heavens. The canoe was detected by no eyes but those in our camp, the eyes of retired and despairing canoemen who had abandoned all hope.

If the young had seen the canoe they would not have re cognized it anyway, would probably have taken it for some prehistoric marine mon- ster, the latest of British

Columbia’s numerous fresh-wa- ter sea-serpents. No doubt they would have tried to photograph, capture or shoot it and the us- ual headlines would have follow: ed in the newspapers.

But we knew the thing im- mediately. It was a canoe all right, a genuine Canadian canoe

any time. The heavens will soon,

in Quebec. Postmaster Bill Ham-Y ilton, who worked miraclesundetr the Tory banner in the Montreal heart of Liberalism, may be re- placed in his controversial pont- folio.

The' representative from Eas- tern Quebec in the Cabinet—4a plum long ago promised by the Prime Minister—may well turn out, to be Noel Dorian, prominent and respected lawyer represen- ting Bellechasse. Quebec Jacques Flynn and Montreal’s Eug- fish-speaking Boss Webster may represegt the two great cities in the Ca 'net. Pierre Sevrgny as deputy speaker follows in the foot- steps of his distinguished father, new chief justice of Quebec; ‘he may well show that his indus- trious accomplishments and war record, added to his natural ad- vantages of presence and parent- hood, add up not Only to Gabi— net qualification, but to the raw material for the much-needed Quebec lieutcuarrt’to the Prime Minister.

- The Lost Conoe

in the Winnipe Press

of cedar strips and oak ribs, from Peterborou, gh where all A CANOE MAN The mom who paddled it was a Canadian, too, and a canoe man. Youcmrldtell tho/tamingth silhouette looked vague in the darkness — by his easy kneeling

stance, the stiff night arm grasp '

mg the paddle above the water like a fulcrum (an amateur-’5 arm would be clumsily bent and soon exhausted), the flexed left arm driving the blade downward, and giving it the necessary out- Ward twist. Man and canoe were one, like horse and rider, with the combined pchr that drove Mackenzie from Montreal to the Pacific.

A noble sight for any old Coin— adian to see. But the eyes around the lake, all but ours, were fixed on the Sputnikto ‘ a morsel of Russia, while a“ ue morsel of Canada was ignored.

The canoe slid, with faint gur- gle and splash, into the darkness, the ymbol of a disappearing age. Who paddled it we do not know and would rather not know. In daylight the paddler might turn out to be a very. ordinary fellow and a grave disillusionment. We prefer to think of him as a shad- owy presence, the successor to Champlain, La Salle, La Veren- drye and the others, a ghost of the great days.

{A BRAVE MAN

2' He had not revealed a contin- ent, to be sure, but he was a brave man, a worthy successor, just the same. It is no small thing to take a canoe into a swarming Canadian lake at mid- summer almid all the predators and certainly could not be risk- ed in daylight when the enemy is on the hunt.

That nameless man inspn‘ed' me by his example. I, also, have a canoe, which I have locked up under my cabin for its own safety and mine, never daring to launch it since progress came to our lake. There are two specimens of the species left.

Some dark night, preferably when the Sputnik is distracting the public gaze, I may summon up my remnants of courage, launch my canoe and paddl in- to the unknown. if I don’, re— turn you will know that the speed-

boaits, and progress, got me at last.

“We _ _.. _ CITE 13 UNIONISTS

WASHINGTON (AH—The Sen- ate Monday voted contempt cita-i trons against Maurice A Hutche- son, International president of the Carpenters Union, and 12 other balky or fugitive witnesses in its rackets investigating com- mittee’s hearings. The cases now go to the justice department for presentation to a grand jury. Cron- viction of the charge is punish- able by up to a. year’s imprison- ment and $1,000 fine. ’

The Age Old Story

Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow mo.

Co uses Of

Constipation

erman N. Bundesen, M.D. BIVIENY persons mistakenly believe they are constipated when in reality their bowels are func- tioning in a perfectly normal

anner. mThey worryy simply because they do not have a bowel move- ment every day. I’d like to em- phasize right now that some nor- mal per-sans in excellent health have movements only every third or'four days.

On the other hand, others who also are normal in every respect have movements as frequntly as two or three times a day. ‘ IDEAL SITUATION . Generally, though, the ideal sn- uation is for the bowles to move regularly either every day or every other day.

Many things may cause con- sti ation. ‘ I .

Kn organic disease sometimes is suspected if the patient has not been constipated prevrt ‘ously and develops increasing difficul- ty with bowel movements. .

- Lack of exercise, improper diet, habitudl failune to respond to the urge to go to the washroom, and taking too many catharth may cause loss of power for the bowel to function normally. FAULTY HABITS

If your codstipation is due to such faulty habits, your com- plaints probably consist of lack of appetite and difficult, or in- frequent, bowel movements. Now, what can you do about it? ‘ Well, for one thing you prob- ably can get more exercise.