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_~ Mr. Churchill’s Words | ‘Speaking recently in Winnipeg, ' Trade Minister Gordon Churchill - made some hopeful statements with regard to freer trade prospects. After | noting that, in the new grouping of _ the Six European Common Market countries, outside countries would _ face tariff disadvantages relative to their competitors within the Six, he expressed the hope that the general enrichment, fostered by a_ larger market would create new trading opportunities outweighing any ad- verse effects of trade diversion. It was important, he said, that the de- | tailed economic arrangement of the Common Market should be “outward- ' jooking rather than restrictive and protectionist.” Canada, he promised, would. “continue to use all the in- fluence at our command to ensure that opportunities for our exporters are in no way diminished.” Mr. Churchill lamented the fact _ that behind a “protective wall of re- strictions” vested interests grown up in many countries—inter- | ests “which are reluctant to face nor- 'mal foreign competition.” We have evidence of this in Canada, in the activities of numerous secondary in- _ dustries—textiles, jute, _ rubber belting, etc—clamoring for _ higher. or “modernized” tariffs at the expense for our basic producers.

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one flick of its tail the fish produces an acceleration that it could not pos- sibly sustain. It has been. estimated, for instance, that some fish can ac- celerate from rest to their maximum speed in as little as one-twentieth of a second, and at the same time develop a thrust of ‘four times their body “weight. In this way a salmon jumping six feet out of the water at an angle of 45 degrees might reach a speed of nearly twenty miles an hour for a very brief period, as it _ leaves the water. Ve

Other scientists experimenting with sharks some of them six feet long, found.the maximum speed to

racuda, four feet long, was found to register twenty-seven miles an hour —the highest authentic record of any fish. So far the speed of the whale family has been estimated only from ships at sea, though it is now pos- sible to keep porpoises in captivity. The propensity of porpoises and dolphins for having races with ships is well known. Dolphins six feet long can swim at twenty. miles an hour at least, and the blue whale, perhaps ninety feet long and weighing a hundred tons, at the same speed. Research into swimming speeds, and how long they can be maintained, has immediate practical value. The results can be used in the design of fishing gear, and for deciding the optimum speed for towing trawls in order that the greatest number of fish may be caught. They can be used in the design of fish passes and ladders, and for calculating the max- imum speeds of water in the intakes of cooling plants of power stations. In fact, they may come to play an

- important part in fishery research,

from the point of view both of cat- ‘ching fish and of conserving them.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Despite lower food prices, living costs in Canada rose in October for the fourth consecutive month, push- ing the consumer price index to a record high of 128.3. It will take _another royal commission to solve

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OTTAWA REPORT

A Nationwide Rally

By «Patrick Nicholson

Ottawa was the scene of a na- tionwide facsimile of the Grey Cup victory celebration last

week when the Progressive Con- |

servative Association of Canada convened here for its first post-

‘election meeting.

Not for four years have the Tories met for their ‘annual’ meeting. About two hundred members used to attend this formal — get-together. But this year it seemed like ‘“We—the People’ as nearly. two thousand made the management of the Chateau Laurier wish that they,

_ the manner jn which the Government has yielded to this pressure. It has even, in the case of Japan, forced the Japanese to impose on themselves

et very- quantitative restrictions

_ against which Mr. Churchill is pro-

P. Biting. +o he

= We trust that the Minister's Win- nipeg statement indicates a stiffening

_ in the Government’s attitude toward these pressure groups. As the Win- nipeg Free Press points out,.we have a great stake in the countries of the Common Market and an even larger one in the Free Trade Area planned by the “Outer Seven.” We should certainly do everything in our power tp induce both groupings to follow liberal trading policies in their deal- igs with the outside world. *~ we The prospects are hopeful. At their Strasbourg meeting the foreign ministers of the Common Market countries agreed to permit outsiders to share in the benefits of their in- tramarket tariff cuts which take ef-

‘feet on’ July 1, 1960, and declared their willingness to reduce their common external tariff very sh&rply if they can reach a reciprocal agree- ment with other countries at. the

\TT conference of 1960-61. » Canadian export business with the Common Market countries in 1958 Was worth $420,000,000. There was, ~wOwever, a very pronounced fall-off inthe first six months of 1959—a decline of some 37 per cent—and this

_ With’ the Common Market still only in .its formative stages. This trend may very well destroy our trade with Europe if remedial action is not taken

at Ottawa. We can’t expect those

. countries to be “outward looking” in their trade policies if:we ourselves remain “restrictive and protection- igh.” '

Piscine Speeds

How fast do fish swim? Scientists have bee? studying this matter and have developed ingenious .methods for measurement. At Cambridge University they have found that the speed of fish varies with the fre- quency of the tail beat-and also with amplitude, that is, how far the tail fin sweeps from side to side. The highest freshwater speed recorded was ten miles dif hour for a trout twelve inches long. The maximum speed recorded for a goldfish ten

inehes long was three miles an hour.

fe length of the fish; the maximum fish up to one foot in length being put ten times the body length in » second. But performances of this ‘occur only under great stress ‘over very short periods. With

The annual statistical-year—book- issued by the Communist govern- ment of East Germany could not suppress the fact that the country’s population has decreased by about one million in the last few years. This figure reflects the continous flight of large numbers of people to West Germany.

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Like Germany, Korea is a victim of mutilation in the struggle between the Communist and non-Communist world. The armistice line of 1953 is still a line of division. The U.N. Com- mission for the Reunification and Rehabilitation of, Korea _ reports, gloomily, that any prospect of reunit- ing the northern and southern por-

tibns of the nation is “remote.” * * =

According to the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the amount of money being absorbed in taxation by all governments in this country is enlarging at a faster rate than the taxpayers are increasing their incomes. This means that what is called the “private area” of the ec- onomy (as distinct from the operat- ions of governments) will grow com- paratively. smaller, while the operat- ions of government grow compara- tively greater. We will be edging to- _ wards a state-owned society, in which freedom of choice, action and enter- prise might steadily diminish. The

-,In general, speed increases with

only solution, as the Chamber of Commerce sees it, is for the: Fed- eral Government ‘to “hold the line” on its spending, or, better still, bring its spending down. .That is what Mr. Fleming says he is doing, and what all the argument is going to be about when Parliament meets in

January. * * *

The other day, in the United Nat- ions Assembly, Arab and Israeli dele- gates were trading tired accusations.

All speakers agreed that the Arab refugees’ plight was deplorable, that

someone should be doing something *

about it, but there the agreement ended. Then the delegate from Cey- lon, Dr. G.P. Malalasekera, rose and quoted this parable which he attribu- * ted to Buddha, the founder of his religion: “When a man is mortally wounded with an arrow, it profits nothing to try to investigate what make arrow it is, where it was fash- ioned and by whom, whether the mati who shot it was black pr fair, ,had curly hair or ingrowing toe- nails. What is needed is that the dart should be pulled’ out, healing balm applied, arid other necessary measures taken to restore the man to life and health.”

like Toronto’s Royal York Hote in Grey Cup Week, Had cleared the lobbies of furniture before fever infested their: staid hotel. The ‘highlight of this unprece- dented invasion from all across Canada was the banquet when the Grass met all the Brass. Overflowing the huge ballroom and two equally large dining rooms a@§ well, supporters heard four provincial the Prime Minister

isters and

address them in a marathon of.

which many overspent. POPULARITY POLL

ijcard in the

; tive Association”

premiers—anoth- , er was sick—and 22 cabinet min- |

new _ constitution, resolutions

drafting a

thrashing out

the * Wo- ; men’s” and the ‘Young’ P.C.’s. Lome LOYAL FIGHTERS

/ ness of the “National”,

The ladies were very evident ‘among the representatives of the | thousands who had toiled through | the long, lean years, during which

such a gathering could almost |have arrived in one chartered coach. : ”

| Typical of The Faithful, and so delighted to celebrate this long- | postponed success, was a great-

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| has been_an active Tory. worker

‘for 40 years. Mrs‘ Lily Page even showed me her aged membership “Liberal Conserva- of Toronto. She is now honoured with the | post of president of the Ontario | Wemen’'s Association: she was the proud winner of the silver |

‘tray once awarded by the former |

Party leader, George Tew, for the local association which ach- ieved the largest proportionate gain in membership. She _ took |

{over the Orillia group when it | fee: just the eight members. She

built it up to a staggering 3.112 |

and |. | generally conducting the busi- |

PUBLIC FORUM

This column ts open to the discus

sion by correspondents of question c.

interest. The Guardian does not seses

sarily ex‘orse the opinion ef corres pondents. ;

“And they beckoned unto their partners, which’ were in the other ship, that they should come and help them.”

Sir.—Your editorial in The Guardian on Thursday, Dec. 3rd., concerning the plight of the Re- fugees of the world ought to in- cite all readers to action.

Canadians are being asked to lend a hand to some of the sad- dest and most helpless people in the world, the refugees still living wretched, frightened lives in a dozen countries. Many thousands

bern stateless in the terrible re fugee camps.

There are two good things Cai- ada can do. One is to receive some of the homeless Europeans as immigrants. The second is to subscribe to funds that will feed, cicthe, shelter, treat medically. and perhaps educate other re- fugees, mainly no n-Europeans, who will inevitably stay where they are or nearby.

Rich in money, living space and opportunities, Canada can be generous in both ways. To date our official respomse to the cry for help has beem kind but not

A vivid contrast in popular ap- per cent increase. Then she help-.| excbssively so.

peal was the cheers greeting each guest at the top table, which per- force had to wind round one end, as well as along the immense length of the ballroom. Vancouvers Howard.Green was an easy winner in the decib- el contest, excluding the Chief. P.E.L."S Premier, Walter. Shaw, in years the oldest but in office the youngest\ was near the top as a speaker, with Manitoba's Dave Walker and Oshawa's Mike Starr. The latter was only one who spoke a few words in Ukra- inian; a surprising number spoke partly in fluent French; only one failed to speak any English. Most Tory Senators and M.P.s, every aspirants, and many party workers toiled long hours in committees and in plenary sessions,

Eisenhower’s Tour.

By Ken

Canadian Press Staff Writer

dignity and unquestioned sincer-

President Eisenhower, off on a jet-propelled tour of 11 countries, has a lot of prestige—both per- sonal and national—riding with him.

He has. stated repeatedly that

he will visit that States wants peace.

“We- have tried,”’ he explained at a press conference Wednesday,

. to emphasie this, point in every possible way, through diplomatic |

contacts, through speeches of the | | parts at

secretary of state, myself and others, and still it doesn’t come through.”

NOT CORRECT

That statement of his purpose, however, is not quite accurate. The alternative to the U.S. want- ing peace is wanting war, and few if any of the officials of any of the countries Eisenhower will visit believe that the U.S. is eager to start a world conflagration.

What the officials may have some private doubts about is what kind of a‘peace the U.S. wants. A common feeling in many of these countries is that the U.S. wants a peace that will be to its advantage.

To countries such as India, Tu- nisia, Morocco and Pakistan, any dealing that would give a major Western power such as the U.S. any advantages smacks of ex- ploitation.

This suspicion, of course, is one of the keystones to the Afro- Asian neutralist policy.

The depth of the féeling can be judged by the fact that India, facing a possible war with mighty Communist China, has said that any U.S. military aid would have to be on a strict no-strings-at- tached basis.

' Eisenhower hopes his personal

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electing new officers, | lia’’.

| fine-sounding speeches made in

ed her friend, Mrs. Caswell..form and build a similar association in nearby Midland. And thus she

| played a key role in the Conser-

vative capture, after 22 years,of the riding of East Simcoe.

Mrs. Page's story is tynical of | the unremitting effort which ul- | timately brought her party té the | highest summit ever known in Canadian politics.

Many immigrants will know the | phrase “Born with'n the scucd / of Bow Bells’, which describes | this remarkable and young great | grandmother,‘ as well as_ her father who now lives with her in| Orillia, where her manifold ac-

Without decrying the need and valid reasons for defense expendi- ture and the stabilizing of prices by stockpiling of our over-abun- dance of farm produce, should

| not the heart-rending need of so

many people stir our so-called Christian consciente? Are our actions fully just in the face of another's. need?

Each Government for admitting families of the ‘hard-core’ type who may never be useful citizens in the sense of being able to earn their own living because of their iliness and age

But—if-crowded Britain, having

tivities, including four presiden“Palready received 250,000 refugees,

cies and running. her own real | estate business, should qualify , her for the nickname “Mrs. Oril-

Smith

ity can succeed in overcomine this feeling where diplomacy avi

Washington have failed. No doubt remembering the en-

the people on his European tour this summer, Eisenhower appar- ently is confident he again can win friends and influence people.

NATIONAL IMPORTANCE

U.S. national prestige will be put on the line when Eisenhower meets with his Western counter- the Western summit meeting in Paris Dec. 19:

If Eisenhower is successful in the personal part of his trip, it will add great stature to his po- sition at the Western summit.

Britain, France and West Ger- many have been busy building up their international egos during the last year. ‘

Prime Minister Macmillan, for instance, has taken credit for eas- ing international tensions by get-

ting East and West leaders to start talking to each other. President de Gaulle has been calling for other Western coun- tries to féllow France's advice in

Chancellor Adenauer suspects

the Russian threat, and indicates that the Western alliance needs a new, vigorous policy.

Whatever the justice to these views, Eisenhower needs some-

position as the .strongest power in the West. If he can sit down at the conference table and point to newly-won solid support from the countries he visited, his pro- nouncements will have a new weight and authority that will be

international affairs. j

that the U.S. is backing down on |

thing to re-emphasize the U. S. |.

extremely to ignore or over- ride, nie

can sponsor 200 tuberculars; if small and crowded Relgium will lock after 1.000 refugees im all, including invalids in 1960; surely Canada could do more officially in World Refugee Year than Ot-

tawa seems disposed, up until now, to do. It will be a credit to the

human race if we end the re- fugees’ terrible agony. And, I think; the Canadian public wish- es to sce our Country earn honor and renown for friendliness to persecuted, homeless people. Public opinion can sway the Gov- ernment.

Why not write your local mem- ber, Immigration Minister Fair- Clough, and do something through your churches and organizations? Miss Muriel Jacobson, at 113 St. George Street, Toronto is national director of the Canadian Com- mittee for WRY (World Refugee Year). No doubt your respective Churches have their Social Ser- vice Departments that are active- ly interested in such matters.

I am pleased that the Woman's Auxiliary of the Anglican Church of P.E.I. are actively engaged in this work. Many of our branches have adopted. families to whom they send clothing; and for whom they ‘provide money for their medical needs. I commend their efforts to all. May .we as churches -and communities adopt individuals and ¢amps with the deliberate pyrpose of emptying

_and destroying these ‘hell-holes’

of human misery. I am, Sir, ete., ‘Rev.) W. ERIC INGRAHAM, Rural Dean of P.E.I. Kensington.

| coldest days. - | If vou can’t trace your allergy

HELL-HOLES OF MISERY ®

Not All Aided By Cold Weather

CAUSES 8KIN ERUPTIONS Cold also can cause skin erup-

High humidity, no matter what the season, can cause an asthma- tic some difficulty. And a cold at any time of the year may bring on an asthmatic attack.

Naturally, house dust; one of the chief causes of allergy, can be troublesome all year long.

ALLERGIC TO PETS

If you are allergic to cat or | dog hair and you have one of | these animals, as a pet, you might > be prettv miserable even on the

‘directly to the pets, perhaps the | cottonseed meal dust used in some animal foods is the offend- ing agent.

FOODS AND DRUGS

Foods and drugs can cause dis- comfort to a sensitive person whenever they are eaten or ad-

tions in allergic individuals. . to mind by an announcement that

—desks, chairs, counters, etc.— are on small ‘scale so that the young customers may fevi per- fectly at home. The purpose of the bank is to encourage chil- dren to save part of their pocket money.—Unesco News

The keepers ang cleaners of public buildings are not notably pigeon enthusiasts. This is brought

Britain’s Ministry of Works has come up with a coloriess liquid

believable slickness. ‘“‘The pigeon alights and is surprised to find himself skidding three feet’. The now hard-scrubbing ministry has high hopes for successfully pigeon proofing some of London's more venerable structures without harm to the birds —New York

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The Age Old Story

Be careful fer nothing; but m every thing by prayer and sup- vlication with thanksgiving let yeur requests be made vote Ged.

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An Atlantic Trade Area

Glebe And Mail, Taronte

The idea of an Atlantic econo- mic community in which Canada anti the United States would link up with Europe's new trading groups. — the Common Market Inner Six and the Free Trade

ministered.

+ While an allergy may be trac- ed to just about any food, wheat, | ,eggs or milk aré most apt to cause infant’ eczema: wheat is | often to blame for chronic asth- ma and nuts, shell-fish, peaches | and strawberries sometimes are responsible for urticaria.

QUESTION AND ANSWER

Mrs- H-S---1s there; any eure for large white spots on my large white

Answer: These

spots are a disturbance in pig- | mentation called vitiligo.

A skin specialist can help this condition.

BELL WITH SWALLOWS Suspended high, the great bronze blossom told : The hour. Asway and ponderous, it shed Eleven circling waves of deci- bels, Invisible, expanding overhead.

Area Outer Seven — is being in- creasingly discussed in Europe. It was raised during the recent talks between Prime Minister Macmillan and Chancelor Ade- nauer and is expected*to be on the agenda when U.S. Under Sec- retary of State Douglas Dillon visits several European capitals this month.

European leaders, particularly in and Bonn, have been preoceupied until recently with

two economic. blocs .would pro- voke a vicious trade war and split Europe beth economically and politically. This fear has been lessened if not removed by ing isolated from a tightly organ- ized Europe.

This danger {is of great concern |

to Canada; our exports to the 13

weit” early yesterday mornirg when two. empty refrigerator cars on the outside track of the boat upset and fell on their sides on the centre track. The accicent cecurred ‘after the ferry had left ‘lormentine. A wrecking crew from Charlottetown met the boat and cleared the track without in- ter:uption to passenger traffic.

Suspended high, the cast umbel- late bloom

Returned to stillness when the

hour had rung.

It gave of neither nectar nor per-

one can commend our | 100 | | The rafters where it hung. Sus-

fume, But tall it was, lived among

and swallows |

pended high,

The flowering metal gleamed within the tower;

At midday once again across the sky |

Its bronze vibrating tones reveal- |

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unison, |

And all the city's clocks agreed on noon.

; —Victor Howes in the Christian Science Monitor

OUR YESTERDAYS

(From the Guardian Files)

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Dec. 7, 1934)

Rev. T. Owen Hughes, minister of Knox Presbyterian Church, Halifax, will dissolve his relat- ionship with that ¢harge 2 ‘Le end of this month to acecpt a call from the congregation at Montague, Cardigan and Dundas. The call was extended to Rev. Mr. Hughes some time ago and he announced his decision fol'cw- ing a meeting of the presbytery in Halifax.

Hoh. Lewis Smith, minister of Agriculture for New Brunswick, was a visitor to Charlottetown | yesterday. the: guest of Mr. and | Mrsv P. W. Turner. Hon. Mr. Smith reported that conditions in New Brunswick were showing con tinued improvements especially in the lumber industry which is al- | most back to normal. Mr. Smith | is~a_brother of Mrs. Turner, and | has made several visits to this province.

TEN YEARS AGO

' (Dec. 7, 1949) -

Rough weather caused an ac- cident on the carferry ‘Abeg--

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TRAFFIC MESSAGE To The Parents;

ards present your child to be careful. To the Drivers: \

, Be on the lookout for children . } ,. extra caution is necessary NOW!

OF CHARLOTTETOWN

time of the year special haz- themselves . . . advise

—~@. W. MacARTHUR,

The new Borden School was of- ficially opened last night and pre- sent at the opening were D. L. W. Shaw, Deputy iniMster of Ed- ucation; C.B. Jelly, school sup- ervisor; trustees, teachers and pupils. Mayor Willard Leard pre-

| Sided. The present structute re-

places the one destroyed by fire in September, i1H8.

| arrangements for consultation be-

tween the blocs and attention is now being given to the long-term danger of North America becom-

BAN FAUNA EXPORTS

CANBERRA (Renters) — Cus- toms and Excise Minister Nor- man Henty Friday announced a complete ban on the commercial export of all Australian fauna from Jan. 1. The export of live koala bears, duck-billed platy- puses and lyre birds will not be permitted for any purposes. Their skeletons, skins and plumage will be exported for scientific re-

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countries in the two blocs last year totalled $1,309 million. If we become isolated economically from Europe, this large propor-

‘tion of our foreign trade will

suffer and our -standard of living - will. fall. -

The European trading groups, however, have been formed ex- pressly to bring about tariff re- ductions and an Atlantic com-~ munity arrangement aimed at. associating North America with these organizations would pre-- sumably require us to lower tar- iffs also Our high cost economy would then be more exposed to lower - cost competition.

It is obvious that the reorgan- ization of trade within Europe - wi avi of Canada’s export business.. The idea of an Atlantic community, therefore, deserves serious con- sideration. It would be encourag-- ing if our Government in Ottawa showed more signs of appreciat~ ing the importance of the mat- ter; and enlightening if our busi- ness and labor leaders gave us the benefit of their views.

‘MAXIMS

Most people spend more time and energy in going around prob- lems than in trying to solve them,

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