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“The strongest memory is weaker than the weakcst ink.”

SATURDAY. JULY 12. 1958.

The Siaius,Quo

The talks between President Eisen- hower and Prime Minister Diefen-

Edi s

'baker have ended Without. apparent- I

ly, having resulted in any definite commitment'on outstanding issuab—

save the generalized one of promising-

to work together in trying to'prevent surprise attack from the Arctic. This, however, has, been understood all along, so there is nothing new or u:- citing about it. ' ‘ _ V The one tentative agreement in the economic field—g-which, after all, is the only field in which there arslser- ious differences—was on the sub- ject of sales 'to Red China of com-

[Jnndities manufactured by American

subsidiaries in Canada. But even here there is.» muphsonfu’sion in inter~ pretation that it really means very little, if anything. The official‘gtate- ment from the conference was: “The Canadian and U.S. Governments have given consideration to situations where policies and laws. oi the two countries may not be in complete harmony. It has been agreed that in

these cases there will be full consults: ' tion between the two Governments.

with a view to finding through appro- priate procedures satisfactory solu-. tions to concrete problem as'. they arise.”

That just about leaves the dispute 1'

where it was when an American ‘suba sidiary in Canada wanted to sell 1000 automobiles to China and was pre-

vented from doing so by the U.S.

State Department. Finance Minister Fleming’s statemsnt‘that “the inten- tion of the agreement was that only Canadian laws would apply on para sons and corporations doing business in Canada and seeking" to"‘export goods to Red China” would appear, on its face, to be a remarkable ex-

, ample of wishful thinking. The hope , ‘ that out of the conference would come

American recognition of Canada’s rights in trading with other countries was, clearly, not fulfilled. It is easy to imagine what would happen if the situation were reversed and a Canad- ian subsidiary doing business in the United States were told by the Can- adian Government not to ship certain

goods to- wing particular 'countryl'

Ottawa would be told—in unmistake- able language-4° mind its own: busi-

' 11085.

Parliamentary Truanls , The 24th Parliament of Gsmda has been in session for less than tWo

months; and already, according to.

Arthur Blakely in the Montreal Gau- ette, parliamentary absenteeism has reached heavy proportions. The long-

weekendors,‘ composed for the most‘

part of Ontario and Quebec M.P'.’s, are’nt members of any one party. They form a. brigade of their own which has begun to operats'with its usual clockwork precision—leaving Ottawa for parts east and. west on Thursday, returning to the capital for parliamentary duty leach following Tuesday. The fact that they are skimping their duties and cheating their constituents of their well-paid services in the House doesn’t seem to worry them at all.’ r ' ’

According to Mr. Blakely, it is the veteran M.P.’s who are the pace- setters. Rookies of the classes of ’57 and ’58 haven’t yet assumed a lead- ing role in the .“brigade.” Many of them, in fact, have tended to remain on deck on Parliament Hill whenever

' the House is in session out of sheer

curiosity. But they are coming to un~ derstand that the long weekend is “an old custom.” ' "

The new session began on May 12. When a vote was held some two weeks later on Wednesday, May 28, no fewer than 238 M.P.’s were on hand to vote; that was the best at— tendance registered for a. vote at any time this session. The most poorly attended Commons voteof the seesion csme'on ‘June 9——-a Monday—when the total number of votes cast was 159. Absentees numbered 105. On at least one occasion, absenteeism creat- ed an embarrassing situation for the Government. This occurred during the Canadian visit of His Excellency Dr. Theodor Heuss, President of the Federal Republic of Germany. The distinguished visitor addressed a joint session of the Senate and the

Q

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' thinking about it.

Commons on June 2 -~ another Mon- day——to a. chamber Containing many

- empty seats. Fewer than 100 M.P.'s

were present, of 265. Senators in at- tendance numbered about 40. A good halfof the Cabinet were absent.

In theory, the personal service of members has been compulsory under the British parliamentary system from ancient times. The standing rules and orders at Ottawa provide that “every member is bound to at- tend the service of the House, unless leave of absence has been given him by the House," At one time stiff pen— alties were imposed upon absentees. But we'are living in a free and easy age; and what life freerer and easier than that of a parliamentarian who is unconcerned about his responsibi- lities? At Professor Norman Ward observes in his "The Canadian House

of Commons”: “All in all, the oppor-

tunities for members to draw their indemnities and other emoluments

‘ Withdut too much wearisome attend~

ance in Parliament haVe been re‘mark-

able,.and there is no doubt that many“

have taken full advantage of opportunities." 4 ‘ " We are pleased to add that meme hers from this Province have rarely

these

fallen into this category of offenders.’

For the most part they have set an excellent example of diligence in their attendance. This is as it should be. With the small representation that

. we enjoy,“ we can’t afford to have

any of Our elected members playing

truant from their duties, at least habitually.

More Work For APEC , It seems that the Atlantic Pro- vinces Economic Council has an un- expected task on its hands. Besides trying to attract new industries to the area, it has to make strenuous

efforts to keepthe industries we al-

ready ‘hsve from pulling up stakes. Should the Acadia-Atlantic Sugar Refineries of St. John decide to move to Central Canada, it will be a hard blow to the region. Not only will it result in a higher price for sugar; it will adversely affect other indus-

tries Which, inturn, may be persuad—

ed to go elsewhere. At least three

‘firms have already mentioned that

possibility; and, doubtless, others are

It is understood mittee of APEC is now studying the

. roilneries’ position tq see if there is

anything the Council can do to make the proposed move unnecessary. It-is

‘to ,be hoped that, withibe 60-03913!

tion of all concerned, including the company, some way will be found.

‘But it would be a pity if APEC’I

energies and resources had tobe ex- pended in helping one company after another to stay in the region. In that

/

that-a special com- . .

case, it would be seriously handicap— '

pad in its main function. that of at- tractin‘g new industries. ' "

EDITORIAL NOTES .

' A woman in Perry, Kansas, talked for 93% hours without stopping and received $1000 for her achievement. Almost any woman .WOuld do as much just for pastime, to say nothing of a

o a . 1' Little things like riots don’t seem

‘to bother some Governments very

much. An official statement from Colombo reports that in recent fight-‘ ing between- rival religious groups “only 158” persons were killed -— a more bagatelle. ' ' «I- ,4 * _. Whatever troubles the British may have, large scale unemployment evi- dently‘is not one of‘them. A late re- port gives thé number of workless as 429,000—1ess. than Canada’s, though the population is more than twice as large. 3 '

_, as 4, i v

The Newfoundland Hospital Plan, now in effect, provides for expenses at ward rates for people who have been referred to hospitals outside the Province. The only stipulation is that before leaving for hospital on the mainland or- elsewhere approval is given by the Provincial Department of Health.

To 4 t

The Provincial Government is to be

commended upon its ambitious pro-

gram of road building which will-

more than double our mileage of

paved roads within the next five -

years. The cost is estimated at $12,”— 000,000 and will be in addition to the Federal Government’s “roads to re- sources” expenditure. As Premier Matheson pointed out in his state- ment in yesterday’s Guardian, good roads are essential to our farmers and fishermen and no government need fear criticism in its efforts to meet these requirements. With the Trans- Canada Highway projects nearing completion, the prospect of greatly improved transportation facilities within the Province is now definitely in sight,

D.-

BIA?’

U..K. OPINlON , P.‘ M.’ Scores In, ' Reply To, Moscow

By'M. McINTYRE noon Specllil London (Ens-l Correspondent

for The Guardian.

LONDON —- Prime Minister Macmillan has expressed very accurately the views of the rank and file of the British public in dais latest letter to Prime Minis- ter Khrushchev of Russia on the subject of a summit meeting. He stated very clearly. the dllfiferen- ces between the British and the Russian viewpoint on such a meeting. He told Khrushchev that the Russian objective was sim- ply to hold a meeting, whereas the British objective was to no: gotiate a settlement at some of the differences between the two ideological groups. And heaskled the very pertinent. question of how any negotiations could be successoul if the two sides are unable to agree on the subjects for negotiation. ‘ .

, The man in the street has a

the Russian leader with the sug- gestion that if he wants to play ball, it is time the rules were set down in black and white. Now it may be possible to find out if Russia really wants 7a summit meeting that is likely to produce results. '

RESERVES GROWING

For the ninth successive month Britain’s reserve of gold and dol- lars showed a substantial increase in June. The inopese amounted to some 37 million dollars. brings the reserves up to the high- Iest point for the last seven years—to $3,076,000,000. This is higher by $700,000,000 than the figure a year ago.

In June, Britain made a pay- ment at $7,500,000to Canada on its interest-tree loan. Two simil. at payments will be made in September and December. A pay- ment of $6,000,000 was made on the United States Marshall Aid

city regard the increase in re- serves es highly gratifying in view of these payments. In June last year the addition to the re- serves was $13,000.000. STABILIZING ECONOMY Coupled with this is the state- ment made by the Chancellor of

feeling t'hat‘Maomillau has tick» . cd of! Ifihzrushchev very asvtIIl-tely. , He has passed the ball back to

This'

loans. Financial authorities in the

_ “NOTIALLCTHECPERFUMES OF ARA

the Exchequer, Mr. Amory, that Britain‘s economy is in better

balance that at any time in the

last few years. He expressed the view that certain reductions in prlcss, working gradually through the economy. have not yet, in all cases, hilly reached the consumer. He also sensed that stability in wages was be- ing achieved, and that there was a better balance between wages and prices than at any time since the war. ‘

‘ The levelling-of in commidllo’ prices, particularly in floods is quite noticeable to the British housewife as she does her week- ly——or daily shopping.» Lack of refrigerators makes daily shop- ping necessary over here. FLOODS MUET BUSINESS

The serious "floods; 'e-s’j‘s“ result .of many days of rainfall. have

hit some sections of Britain a hard blow, particularly the hol- iday resorts. For the last two weeks, there has scarcely been a day without pain. Manly vil— lages and towns have suffered from severe flooding. Crops are in danger from wet feet. . Down on till. coast, the hull- day resorts are. sounding a gloomy note. Brighton and East- bourne are showing heavy los- ses in takings from deck chair charges, pleasure cruises a nd their many outdoor holiday at- tractions. The day clippers to the coast on whom many summer entertainment attractions depend. have been almost entirely elim- inated in the past two weeks. Sports events. especially cric- ket and the Wimbledon tennis, have taken a bad beating. In the last two weeks, the New Zea- land touring team has had only two days play, and the test match opening had to be can- celled because of flooded grounds. Summer has not really started over here, and for once there has been something definite to talk about on the subject of the wea- ther. , FREE TV. SHOW SEATS Something new has turned up in union demands. Organizations representing motion picture thes-

ON PARLIAMENT HILL

Canada is fast becoming an lnr ternational centre and here in Ot- tawa we have many distinguish-

the world. Not long ago Presi- dent Theodor Heuss oi West Ger- many spoke to the joint Houses of Parliament. Shortly after the Rt. Hon. Harold Mac-Milieu, the Prime Minister oi? the United Kingdom, performed the same role. In a few days‘ time Prime Minister Nichrumall of the new A-rican Commonwealth member, Ghana, will be our visitor. , Last week a parliamentarians‘

of Nigeria was in Ottawa undw the auspices of the Common- Wealth Parliamentariany As— sociation. These legislators. are studing various forms of gov- ernment and the pracitces legislatures in a number of countries in the Commonwealth and in the United States also. Nigeria looks forward to re- aching Commonwealth status and this will be a great day in the history of this grand associ~ tion of which Canada is the sen- ior member. ' ‘ PRESIDENT ElSENliOWER

On Wednesday President Eisen- hower paid a state visit to Ot- tawa and received a great and enthusiastic reception from the members of the Senate and House of Commons who assem— bled to hear him. He spoke oi“ the long-standing cooperation be-

l

tween Canada and the United

ed visitors from various parts of'

delegation from the African state

of ,

' Distinguished Visitors

3] Heath Macquarrie, M.P.

States and rcfenred finansklo’ to the differences which some lime a. rise between our two countires. Burt tbs distinguished wartime leader is also a tribune of the people and. a champion of, De- mocnacy, and his reference to Canadian-American relations in- dicated what type of leadership 21 free countrylike the United States is able to give the Wes- tenn World. His closing para- graphs were most impressive: “Finally, there is no cause to

‘ be surprised or disturbed to dis-

cover lhat occasionally differen-

'ccs arise between us. The dis-

tinguishing character of the peo- ples of the free world lies in the fact that dillerences between them can develop, be expressed and amicably resolved.

“We in the United States have no more desire than you to seek in our relations with others the silent, sullen unity that else - where has been, purchased or imposed. The hallmark of Free- dom is the right to differ as well as the right to agree.

“We stand together at s piv- otal point in history. All that we Canadians and Americans, and those who went before us, have built, allytlhlal. we believe in, is challenged as it has never been challenged behave. The new horl» zons of competition range from the polar areas, and extend to the infinity of outer space.

“M: is for us to bring to the

to. owners. actors and muslelsm are backing a move to have the

BBC and the commercial tele- ,

vision operators make, studio on: diencss pay for their seats. The drawing spate of entertsinment provided by the free audience er. consonants for T.V. shows are hurting the box office receipts of the cinema. They estimate that nearly hall 1 million tree seats for radio and TV. shows

. are now being given away each

year. Their suggestion is that a charge of one shillhil I seat, the proceeds‘to go to entertain- ment charities, be made’for reats for such shouts. The feeling is that the practice of invltlnl au- diences, free, to T.V. and radio shows. has been abused and has become a menace to the en- tertainment industry. NEW ATLANTIC CABLES HMfl‘S Iris, a post of ice cable ship, is now on the Atlantic mak- ing a survey of a route for a new transatlantic telephone cs- ble. This new cable of a spe- cial post office design, is to be laid from Oban, Scotland to New— foundland. : On board the Iris, the very latest radio aids to M7

.vigation lava been installed, is-' eluding a receivgr lor long rouse ,

position findings. A.‘ specially vde-l

also on .

When the survey tor the new,

line lrmn,‘:“ofltbd to _swtouud- land has been compl ted, Iris will lay the shore ends in, Canadian waters of. the second transatlantic ~ telephone c s 1) ll 0 which will be laid from New- foundland to France next year.

The annual Dominion Day din- ner of the Canada Club in the posh Savoy Hotel, was one of the most-star-studded functions we have ever had the privilege to attend. We made a check from the guest and bead table lists. At the head table there were

five British cabinet ministers, 12 I

knights, one baronet, four lords and one earl, an archbishop and three bishops, three high corn» missioners and official repressi- tatives of five other dominion countries.

There was not room tor all the notable figures at the head tab- les. We noted that seated in the body of the banquet hall there were seven other knights, four baroncts, three lords. and I member of parliament;

We very much. doubt if any Dominion Day function held in Canada on July lst could boast such a galaxy of WP’s in at- tendsnce.

challenge a response worthy of '

ourselves and our nations.

“As we do. we shall. know the satisfaction of having built. in islands-hip, a seller and “Miller home here on earth for this gens

oration and those thatshall comé‘ alter us." '

CUASEWAY SURVEY

We were all very pleased the other day to see the supplemen- tary estimate of $160,000 in the Department of Public Works’ vote pass the House. This now amount. is in addition to $200,000 already voted for the survy 01f the pro: posed causeway between Prince Edward Island and New Bruns- wick. With the best of engineer- ing shill available and a thorough- going program of research and testing. we should know once and for all whether or not this pro- ject is feasible. The government, through the Minister of Public Works; the Hon. Howard Green. has given definite assurance that. if the survey result is favorable a causeway will be constructed.

It will be a tremendous boost. to the economy of this Prov~ lose if this longssought transpor- tation link is finally completed. Everything now rests on the re- sults of the survey currently be- ing carried out. It will, of course, take some time before the sur- vey itself is completed and if a causeway is to be built there would be some time required for the construction but considerable time. vilould be needed to build another boat. Therefore, There is every reason to press (or the completion of the present survey just as quick as possible com-

mensurate with thoroughnm

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OUR YESTERDAYS

(From The Guardian Files)

TWENTY—$111!! YEARS AGO (July 12, 1933)

The school house at Clearmont was filled to capacity Monday night for the presentation of a bronze medal and a certificate respectively to parties for con- spicuous bravery and lite saving.

Humane Association of Hamilton. Ontario. The model was awarded to Thomas Kelly of Clesrmont and the certificotb to Arthur So- njor o! Summons.

Mr. W. Ralph Brysnton left yesterday morning for Ottawa where he intends enlisting with the R.C.M.P. Mr. Bryanton will be the first person from the is- dalnd to be, taken into the service since the lormer provincial forc- es were climbed.

TEN YEARS AGO ’ (July 12. loss)

A resolution waldo: that tenders he called for the renovating and fitting of the Market Bullde baseman/c u a bus terminal for tin, I. M. T. was passed at the regulsr monthly meeting of the City Council last night. Coun. C. M. Cox said the plans and spec-