TUXAY. SEPT. 10. I31
Psychological Damage
Perhaps the worst thing about the strife and turmoil in the South- ern United States is the psycholog- ical damage it is doing to the chil- dren of both races.
For the Negro children as they try to enter classes, the jeers and taunts of bystanders, even when there is no actual violence, must be as iron in their souls. Many of them, of course, are too young to understand the deep rooted pre- judices which are making their lives miserable. For them the ordeal must be particularly galling. It is to the credit of the older children and their parents that they have in almost every instance conducted themselves with calmness and dig- nity. Some day, when they are old men and women and the torments of the present have passed into an unpleasant memory, they will be able to tell their grandchildren of the part they played in helping a great nation find its soul. Mean- while they deserve the pity and the admiration of just persons every- where.
As for the white children who are found in the pro-segregation mobs, they, too, are to be pitied, since in most instances they are merely following the example and, often, the urging of their elders. The damage that is being done to their minds and characters is per- haps even greater than that which the Negro children themselves have to suffer; for it is an evil thing in which they have been forced to share. It has been proved many times that when the Negro children and the white children do get to- gether ln classes and playgrounds they get along well. it is only when adult prejudices and hates are in control that the young participate willingly in the iniquitous taunting and lawlessness.
What chance have these young people of growing into good cili- zenship when they see the Governor of a State. not to mention other lesser officials, leading in a cam- paign of persecution and openly defying the law of the land? The mature law-abiding and rit:hi-mlnd- ed white citizens of the South - there are still many of them-must shudder with horror as they wit- ness the immeasurable harm that is being done to the boys and girls and young men and young women among them.
British Politics
British Lahourites are said to be divided on the issue of re-nat- ionalizing steel and trucking serv- ices (which the Conservatives put back to private control on attain- ing officel in the event of their forming a Government after the next election. Mr. Gaitskill and his moderate colleagues are reportedto favour the State's buying control of these industries on the stock market in the regular way of busi- ness, while some Trade Union lead- ers prefer the old-fashioned, doc- trlnaire program which the form- er Labour Government put into ef- fect on a limited basis.
Q-. Gaitnldll in Opposition lead- er in the Home of Commons: and.
,position to fluoridation there is re-
It is an interesting thing that, allowing for extremkls on both sides. Conservatism and Socialism seem to have come ii bit closer to each other in post-war years. The present Government has shown that it has no intention of weaken- ing to any noticeable extent the apparatus of the Welfare State, for to do so would mean certain defeat; while the Socialists have come to see that the virtues of moderation outweigh the alleged attractions of rigid state control of the econ- omy.
Sale, Practical, Eifeclive
Advocates of fluoridated drink- ing water will be interested to learn that the World Health Organiza- tion, the. United Nations' health agency. has given its unqualified support to the process. A report issued at Geneva, headquarters of the organization, calls it "safe, practical and effective."
The report is based on the study by a committee of experts of 700 fluoridation programs. It reveals that in the United States 32 mil- lion persons in more than 1500 communities are drinking the treated water and that in 16 other countries the program is in various stages of development. In all in- stances covered by the survey den- tal decay in the permanent teeth of children was found to have decreas- ed at least 60 per cent, while in primary teeth the reductions range from 50 to 60 per cent. In addi- tion. children who drink fluoridated water were found to have better formed teeth. on the whole, and more resistant to decay than those of other children.
The report states categorically that no ill effects have ever been detected in areas where people have been drinking naturally fluor- idated water, although there have been a few cases reported where an excessive amount of natural fluorine concentration has caused mottled teeth. This amount, how- ever, is much above the 1 to 1 mil- lion ratio recommended by health authorities.
It is noted that what public op-
suits from "misinterpretation. tests conducted under inapplicable ex- perimental conditions and illogical interpretations."
EDITORIAL NOTEb
It is reported that 2,000 makes of motor vehicles once in use in Canada and the United States have disappeared. The Model. T, though. is not among them. Some say that nothing has ever been built to equal it in enduring qualities.
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Two Canadian Insurance Com- panies doing business in Ceylon have decided to close their offices. Other concerns are said to be con- sidcring similar-action, as a result of the Government's declared pol- icy of nationallzing all foreign companies.
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Canada's population is 15 per cent greater than it was in 1951 when the last full census was taken. This makes the growth 6 per cent higher than that of the United States in the same period. it is in- teresting to note. too, that at the present time young people under 15 make up 3214; per cent of the popu- . lation. The ratio in 1951 was a little over 30 per cent.
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Keen competition is expected in all classes in the Provincial Plow- ing Match at Dundas tomorrow. 'l1'iere are many added attractions this year, including a plowing,dem-
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NEW York: Canadians will en- vy two provisions of the Ameri- can welfare state which I have discovered here. These are the generous social security pay- ments to old people. and the easy- purchase in-nngementa offered to home-buyers.
Our Old Age Pensioners can look back on only five years of state pension. it was as recently as 1952 that the Federal govern- ment instituted the pension for all at age 70. at the rate of -40 per month. This Spring, the for- mer Liberal Government raised this inadequate monthly figure to the still insufficient rate of 346 per month.
in contrast. a social security plan to provide pensions for old talk was instituted in the U.S.A. just 20 years ago. The rate of pension has been repeatedly rais- ed during the subsequent years. Today the maximum benefit is 8108 per month for a single per- son and 3162 for a married cou- ple. Yet New York City's Mayor Wagner insists that average fam- lly pensions should be at least 7430 per month.
Recently. the pensionable age for women was reduced to 62 years.
This social security plan, like our own. is-contributory. Pay- ments are made out of a fund. intended to be self-supporting. which is created by payments from wage-earners and their om- pluyors. Unlike the American plan, our old age pension start- ed out by being fully comprehen- aive. covering every person old
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GIN nous MORTGAGE! Would-be homeowners in the
States have Just been given a
magic pass-key to happiness by
the us. government. it has made
its attractive home mortgage
Last Saturday. preceded by the small sound boat POGO and two helicopters. the Canadian patrol ship Labrador moved through Bellot Straits to com- plete a new chapter in a long brave story.
she was charting a deep and safer Northwest Passage through the Arctic ice newly discovered by her navigators.
The star 's first chapter was begun rat cr more than four and a half centuries ago. in the year of our Lord 1407 to be exact. and o the day when John Cabot. s Venetian, and his aonne Sebastian with an English fleet set out from Bristol on a naviga- tion intended for the finding of a Northwest Passau.
John Cabot, his son Sebastian and the sailors of their English fleet were but the first of many fellows who sat out upon that
OTTAWA REPORT ' Welfare Provisions
By Patrick Nichollna plan even more attractive. by lo- .
wering the down payments called
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To make this step possible. the government said, it would be ne- cessary to increase the interest rate on such gove- '-insur- ed mortgages. But even after this warned increase. the terms still look like a aive-away pro- grnmme to Canndisn eyes. for the interest rate was raised to W: per cent; the comparable rate of interest on similar gov- ernment-insured mortgages in Canada is now the much more onerous 6 per cent.
The scale of down payments required on those American mort- gages has been reduced to a lev- el which now surely puts home- ownership within the rench of every American couple who on afford the wedding ring. MAKES YOUR MOUTH WATER
On a 810,000 house. the down payment required now is only SEN. On a similar house in Can- sda. likewise financed by a gov- arnmant-inaurad mortgage. the dow n payment is 81.400. But it is fair to point out that this is rather a hypothetical case. for there arc not many houses be- ing sold at such a low price in Canada today.
On s 815.000 home in the stat- es. the down payment is now only 81.050. On I similar house in Canada. the down payment is 32 Ill) ”
on a 8M.000 home in the stat- es. the down payment has been reduced to 82.400. On a similar homo in Canada covered by a
varnment-insured or National
ousins Act Momnsa. the down payment is an almost prohibitive 87.8!)
u.s. mortgages may be re- paid over M years, a further point whlchvassists the buyer short of cash and which offers
Into Uncharted Seas
Jndth Rahlasan in the Toronto Telegram
way of duty.
The echo-sounding equipment the littls expedition carried re- valed a clear channel with a minimum depth of so feet. Tha new passage will serve the ships that every year must coma this way to bring supplies to the lil- ty U.S. DEW-line slollons esta- blished in the Canadian Arctic. SKILL AND RESOLUTION
Helicopters and a small sound boat named P000 would un- questloaably be a help, but the main ingredient in this sort of navigation are still the same as
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more aid than in Canada. where mortgages must. be repaid at an accelerated rate over 25 years.
Little criticism is heard to the effect that this homebuying - made-easier will prove to be an inflationary influence. Yet in Ca- nada home-building has been de- liberately curtailed. for the de- batable reason that such cur- tailment was expected to milli- mise inflation.
In fact. the States has I much better record that we have in combatting inflation. Over the past ten years. the purchasing power of the American dollar has dropped only M cents: our has had 29 cents lopped off it.
Whether or not Canada's cau- tion will prove wiser than Amer- lcan open-hnndedness. at the pro- senl time that open-handedness is making these two generous gen- tures today to retired old folk and to just-married young cou- pins.
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NEW OIICIIAID in oven rows ha plants young sp- ple trees Starting an orchard for the years
to come.
A flowery place for questing bon- ey bees.
Filling the air of May with steady
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Ha places roots with care down in the earth
And coves them with d of fragrant loam,
To him a Joyous task of simple
worth.
An orchard added to his count-f! llomn.
Looking ahead he sees bright apples hero.
The sculet fruitaga of another
trees have grown up tall -- Irnnch touching branch. out- spread in springtime light. Forming a can ,, of pink and white. - Louise Darcy la lha Christian Science Monitor.
OUR YESTERDAYS
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
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ildren with eye difficulties generally make poor renders. there's no disputing that. Often they confuse similarly shaped
letters such as o and I. a and c. n and in. h and n and r.
While it is true that some of the mistakes are caused simply by poor spelling ability, some are the result of poor seeing ability too.
Eyesight tests of some 2,100 children in Grade I through 12 show that, in general. children who see work well; those with poor eyesight do poor work. VISUAL FATIGUE
Unless it is corrected. poor eyesight will cause visual fati- gue. This. coupled with the ins- bility to read as well as others in the class. may well cause a child's mind to wander. He's apt to become a daydrenmer and his studies will Miller.
:The emotional world that sur- rounds a child is an extremely important factor in his develop- ment. If he lags too far behind in his studies. or is much older than the other kids in his class. he is ripe for development 'inl.o n fullacale delinquent.
The answer to this phase of the delinquency problem. is. of course. to detect eye and car tmuble promptly and to take. steps to correct it.
QUESTION AND ANSWER
C.F.: I have henivi that even once it is cured. mental illness will recur and can never be per- manently cured. Is it true?
Answer: There have been many instances where men' illness has been permanently cured.
MAXIMS
The Inn who starts out with the notion that the world was hiin a living generally finds that thaws:-ldpnysitndohtlnthn pulsantiary or the poorhenu.
SOUTHERN LAKI
Lake Okeechobee. largest in Florida. covnrs 1.110 hqunra mils.
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