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"The strongest memory is weaker than the weakest lnk."

TUESDAY. JULY 19, IDS

Momenlous Conference

An important point to be borne in mind in reading reports of the Big Four "sum- mit" meetings now in progress 51 Geneva ll that the sessions are being held in priv ate. This is one of the rare cases where ex clusion of the.press would seem to be justi fied. The principle of the United Nation "open debate" has been found impractic able when top-level political plans are be- ing hatched. The 1,200 reporters covering the conference must work from press re-

leases which are made available after each:

-'PSSl0n. The release of formal speeches is no guarantee that all the bargaining be- tween East and West will become public knowledge: much of any progress that may be made is likely to come in private con- versations. At last year's Geneva confer- ence on Indochina and Korea, the daily briefing to newspapermen often degener- ated into propaganda handouts. and in the present case the press officers have agreed to avoid such polemics. So long as the read-

ing public is fully aware that the rcports& are being published at second hand, so to

speak, and represent merely the formal re- leases, there should be no misunderstand- ing as to their purport. The conference it- self is one of tremendous importance, and there is no question but that the utmost latitude should be given to insure free and frank discussion, which would be impos-

mal lines.

World hopes as to the outcome were well summed up in the opening speech of President Eisenhower. "We cannot." he said. ”expect here. in the few hours of H

was the good party discipline apparent In the ranks of both the Conservatives and the Liberals. The lengthy debate droned on in temperatures as high as 95 degrees. but a remarkably large percentage of mem- bers stuck it out. The amicable settle- ment. reached through compromise, has also reflected creditably on Prime Minister St. Laurent. i One of the amusing incidents of the de- bate was furnished by Miss Margaret Alt- ken, Conservative member for Toronto. Fed up with Liberal interruptions as she tried to continue speaking in the filibust- er. Miss Aitken read from AP. Herbert's veise ”The Interrupter", the following lines for the benefit of her hecklers: He never made a speech himself. they But how he interrupts the man who He could not argue with a load of hay: But hear him crying "Rubbish!" "Bosh"! or ”Boo!" lie sits there like a frog among the birds: And every time be utters ”Bosb!" or "Boo!" Great Hansard solemnly records his words- And it's repeated in the locals too. He is as vocal as an old tin can: lie is as useful as the old cow's ”Moo!" But Bogton thinks ”Our member is a man!" He's always saying ”Rubbish!" ”Bosl'i!” or "Boo!" The success of the Conservative fili- buster. of course, does not indicate that eleven days of speechmaklng. with no other object than that of filling time, constitute an example to be followed except in rare cases. As another Ottawa correspondent points out. one rather strict set of condi- tions has to be fulfilled before an Opposi- tion tecliniquc of this kind can succeed., -The condition is that the Government must have introduced a measure in which it does not wholeheartedly believe.

Circles Oi Learning

Sixty classroom teachers, representing every province in Canada and chosen by their own Provincial teachersl organization will attend a period of intensive discus- -sion-at Ottawa from August 8th to 12th. This group of seminars is sponsored by the

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Canadian Teachers' Federation and willl sible if conducted along the customary for- l deal with the Sub-lectsz aims M educauoni

;for the classroom teacher; social studies; and teaching of communication skills.

I The seminars will be followed by the I34th annual conference of the Federation. lThe key-note address of the conference will

Life Saver

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this column in en i an by correspondent . of interest. The an I as no ; necessarily endorse the opinion -"respondents.

NEUROLOGICAL TREATMENT

Sir.--A recent tragedy which occurred in Charlottetown, while receiving minimum space in our local papers, is none-the-less sig- nificant of a maximum need for greater energies and expenditures in the field of neurological treat- merit.

While our government has done, and is doing wonderful work in this field, it would appear that tlie need of a neurological hospital is of vast importance. A place that our competent doctors could send

to the them I q eltlon

few days, to solve all the problems Of the b9 Ewen by D13 Malicl-15 Long Of "19 Unl',and care for their patients.

world that need to be solved. Nevertheless, we can. perhaps, create a new spirit that will make possible future solutions of prob-

.'versity of Toronto on the subject, lstatus of the teaching profession. The conference seems to be much like

the I

So much has been done to .bring the sickness of neurosis, lnervous disorders. etc.. into an understanding light, that neurotic persons. at least, are considered

lpms whigh arg within our responsibilities. any other of the teaching profession in 011? ill enough to require hospitaliz-

And equally important we can try to take here and now at Geneva the first step on a new road to a joint and durable peace." The President called for an end to the "dreary exercises" of the cold war and urged East-West negotiations on a unified Germany. with special safeguards for the ”legitimate security interests" of Soviet Russia. If the leaders can agree on the meaning of that word ”legitimate", there are hopes that this objective regarded as of prime importance by the Western pow ers-may be attained. The French spokes- man. Premier Faure, went farther in his speech with the proposal that Germany be reunited and Russia given guarantees from the West against a new rise of threatening German power.

Canada is not represented at the con- fcrenre, but our stake in the issues is no loss vital than that of the participating p0iK'PPS.

What must be the thoughts of Sir Win- ston (Iliurchill. idling over his easel at his

hmnc in Westerham. as he ponders the sig- be discussed. but they indicate that the; meeting which sixty teachers propose to do some serious-

nifivr-nce of the Big Four he had proposed two years ago in the Bri-

tish HOIISP Of C0mmOT1S'.' HIS Warnlflil. at : opportunities. In recent times all and stin-!

lmist. might well be heeded. "This confer- niicr-." said the great man. at that time. ”.-'lluuld not he overhung by a pondcroiis or rigid agcnda. or led into mazes or jungles of technical details, zealously contested by hordes of cvpcrts and officials . . . it might wcll he that no hardfast agreements would bc reached but there might be a gen- eral fccliiig among those gathered together that they might do something better than tear the human race. including them- selves, into bits. If there is not at the sum- mit of the nations the will to win the great- --st prize and the greatest honour ever of- fercd to mankind. doom-ladcn rr-spnnsiliil- ity will fall upon those who now possess the power to dccide."

Parliamentary Highlight

The Conservative filibuster over the Defense Production Bill will go down in parliamentary history as a model oper-

riemaily.' the car group backed the wrong horse. They are reportedly none too happy about it. Frequently the CCF

the Government, but this time the Con- eervstive strategy put them in the shade.

siucceeded in rebuilding his prestige with- ? in the Conservative party. He demon- 5-strated-in making two speeches totalling gnore than seven hours in length-that his liilcent lllnem has not reduced his strength

iilefollowei-s that be is well able to It-ryuneetlielrleader. oneaspecrofthe

line. dealing with professional problems the status of teachers, professional. econ- lomic and social; reports of committees and so forth.

The seminars which precede the coil-

jference, however. will go into such ques-.

itions as, whether in efforts to meet the de- mand for the education of ”the whole child" ltlle curriculum has been overloaded to his detriment? Are the interests of the gift- ed child being sacrificed by concern for the average or below-average child? Are the personal aims of classroom teachers being frustrated or stifled? Are there oppor- tunities for the classroom teacher to have an effective voice in local and Provincial leducational policy-moking? Life is now too complex to furnish pu-

lpils with a ready-made pattern to meetl

every emergency. Should the primary

aim. then, be the creation of an attitude:

fof mind? Can education for conformity be reconciled with education for freedom. t These are only a few of the questions to

thinking about their responsibilities and ldry have entered into the discussion of the ,rolc of education and the teachers them- lsclvcs are not shirking the questions.

EDlTORlAl NOTES

Yesterday's opening of the Big Four summit meetings at Geneva coincided hap- pily with the visit of twelve Soviet farm officials to the United States, en route to Iowa where they will study American corn- growing techniques and other phases of U. S. agriculture.

Juvenile crime is to be deplored, but it is to be hoped that in the case of tho desecration of a Naval ensign in one of our local churches the offenders were too young to know what they were doing. Vandalism of this kind is fortunately in- frequent, in this community, and every ef- fort should be made to keep it so.

I O O

The rebuff Hon. Mr. Howe received on the Defense Production powers bill does not seem to have curbed his aggressive spirit. To the Port Arthur city council, in his own constituency, asking that he ar- range an immediate meeting of the Fed- eral Cabinet with a northwestern Ontario delegation on the Trans-Canada gas pipe line issue, Mr. Howe wired curtly in the negative. His explanation that Parliament was now on the verge of closing afforded a

ation in a hospital, not an asylum. True enough. through lack of knowledge. and not having a gen- eral hospital staff large enough to give these nervously Ill persons the amount of care they need, an asylum was thought to be the only lanswer. But those of us fortunate enough to escape the disease of fnerves' were too quick to assoc- late asylum with mental unbal- jance. and thereby attached a .stigma which clung to. and dis- .couraged anyone unlucky enough -to be sent to a mental institution. lOver and above this was the ygnawing doubt set up in the mind tof the patient. V I Now however. with our vastly tenlarged knowledge of nervous tensions. etc.: our experienced doctors. and the awareness of our I government as to the need of ad- lvancing this department, is it not ttime to provide separate housing lwilh adequate care? Where ten- .sions may be relaxed. underlying causes may be delved in to. brought to the surface. explained and dissolved. and the patient re turned to society. to lead a happy illfc. minus the brand of llunatic'. l With the uncertainty of life to- .day. thc worries that beset us. yand the stepped-up pace in the struggle for existence. more and more people are finding the need of helpful directions andladvice to overcome tension. For those rnecdlng hospital treatment (they are equally as sick as a person with pneumonia or some other similar disease) let us consider a scparzite ncurolorzical hospital. I am. Sir. etc.. R.E'l.AXI-ID

ROCKY POINT SERVICE

5Il',---I uuuld like space in your Dapcr tor a few timely comments. lltllrst and foremost is the ques- tion ot the llucky Point lorry which has been off the run for the last seven or eight weeks. It has been a great inconvenience to crcryonc in this section of the Island. The people owning cot- tages here from town have a lot of h.'ll'flShlp. as they have to travel almost 32 miles in order to go to work and also get their groceries. whereas if the boat, was at least in service it would only be a small matter.

Another thing is the roads in some sections of the Province. which are a disgrace; so rough. and all torn up; also with such prior directional signs; and all the dust. Tourists have a hard timc finding out where the roads arc. and this does not make for good publicity.

The South Shore people are vcry proud of the scenery on this side of the river. but with such transportation it Is impossible for people in cniny it. Being a tourist myself. I find it very incon- vcniciit.

I son in your lntcrcstlng paper lbal there is trouble with regard to llie Hlllsboro Bridge. If If is not tmnwt there, Itjhll not trans- fer ll 8 little way down in Roclvr Point? The people certainly could

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plausible reason. but the message ended

with ii gratuitous jibe. "It is my under I standing," it said, "that you were electertl to represent our citizens in Port Arthur air" I was elected to represent them at Ottnwu Hope you are doing your job as I am try

in: to do." 1

:day. Papliig radio reported. Alh- lng congress approval of e cinn-

TOKYO min CommmIuaf' China must speedily adopt com- pulsory military service, Defence Minister Peng Teb-Hue! told the National People's Congress satur-

Dulsory draft. Pong said voluntary eiilisimcnls ”l) i "av :' "'3 cut- rcnt and future requirements."

OTTAWA REPORT

By Patrick Seven months ago today Roy Th . the founder of Can-

ada's largest newspaper family, headed an eight-nation delegation to the North Atlantic Treaty Or- ganizatlon in Paris.

Mr. Thomson's delegation had the active support of hundreds of prominent citizens of Canada. Britain, France, the United States, the Netherlands, Belgium, Den- mark and Norway. These in- cluded prominent Political lead- ers and public figures such as ex-President Truman, John Die- fenbaker. Dr. N.A.M. Macl(enzie, General George Marshall. Miss Barbara Ward, Edouard I-lerriot. Paul Van Leeland, Prince Bern- hard, Anire Maurols and many others.

The delegation urged the mem- ber governments of NATO to broaden the basis of allied co- operation beyond tlie present merely military phase, to include cooperation in the peaceful fields of trade and similar keystones of the private lives of ordinary citizens like you and me.

One step suggested to this end was the creation of an unofficial North Atlantic nuliament, which would meet periodically to dis- cuss matters of common concern.

Today this suggestion is to be dramatically implemented when 250 parliamentarians of the fifteen NATO member nations meet for their inaugural gather- ing in Paris.

This week will be one of Hie great turning points in world history. From the events of this week in Paris. our future path may take one of two routes. Either NATO will be reborn; the deformed baby treaty, whose whole development has to date been channelled into the military field, will be remoulded on the suggested basis of cooperation in the economic. social and political fields. or alternatively, the whole Thomson proposal for this broad- ened treaty will be squashed; in that case the spirit of the treaty will be embalmed ready for in- ferment.

:NATO was proposed our years ago by Canada as m alliance for peace. The lmlnent Russian military threat caused it to set out on the right foot, as an al- liance for defence.

In the early post-war years, Churchill was in Opposition and played the role of the great in- ternatlonalist. Then Churchill as Prime Minister, Britain recalled from any such suggestion. Britain was the nigger in the NATO

woodpile. Britain, it appeared. wanted to use North American military strength, natural re-

sources. and atom bombs as an Umbrella: something to shelter under during what she saw as merely a temporeiy shower of rain interrupting the march of history. Britain did not want to find herself wedded to that um- brella when the rain stopped.

GET ON OR GET OUT

lsolationism is. paradoxically enough. the main plank of the

use it. as I understand the pro- posed bridge across liere is to he built at Weetvllle. Why so far up, and with West River Bridge only about two miles further? Why should Rocky Point people have in go up one side of the river and down the other to go to town when there could be a bridge It York Point across to Brighton shore? g I am. Sir. elc.. TOURIST AT ROCKY POINT

4The Rocky Point ferry in now back in service.-Ed. Guardian

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policy of the British Foreign Office. This contagious disease! has spread severely among NAT01 nations recently, especially since the Russians started waving the olive branch. Some of the more vigorous members of the Canadian del- egation to Paris therefore intend to demand that all nations dis close their hand. Each has signed the North Atlantic Treaty, under which all pledge to cooperate in these peaceful fields as well as in the military field. They are to be asked at Paris to fish or cut bait. With NATO it should indeed be all or nothing. These Canadians, with the whole-hearted approval of the American del- egates, want Britain and the other European allies either to do all they have pledged to do under the treaty, or else to abandon the whole treaty and cease its one-sided use as a military al- llance. NATO in its original Canadian form offers in its member-citizens these four freedoms: freedom from war. freedom from unem- ployment. freedom from high taxes, and freedom from high living costs

So it will be of intimate inter- est to all of us to see whether the same Canadian view or the narrow British view will prevail at Paris this week. I suspect that history will take the wrong turning, just because the public. in Canada and in our allied na- tions, have naler been fully and accurately educated about the Canadian plan, initiated by Prime Minister St. Lauren! and Foreign Minister Pearson, for an earthly Paradise of peace and plenty. This is part of the price we pay for disregarding politics, which is now the management of our country's biggest bushels and the spending of the biggest rlice of our annual earnings.

GOLF CLUB ROBBED

OTTAWA (OP) -Two masked bandits forced a golf club owner at gun point to open the club safe and escaped with between 34,000 and 85,000. The men pushed their way into the Glenlea club, on the Quebec shore of the Ottawa river about three miles north of here. through a rear window. One held down the Janitor J. Mackie. 02, while the other forced William H. Stewart to open the club's aafe.u

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WOULD-BB RESCUER MAY

ENG-ANGER Ills OWN LIFE

It doesn't always pay to be a hero. but if you must be one. you should at least know how to go about it.

With millions of Americans at our beaches this Summer there are going to be many drownlngs. It's distressing. but it's n fact. Discounting boating accidents. most drownlngs will occur within a short distance of the shore. Usually, many people witness such tragedies. You-might be one them.

Special Training

We all admire gallantry and despise cowardice. But before you go dashing into the water to ef- fect a heroic resuce. you'd better consider a few things.

Without special training in mah-I ing I . swimming to a per son'a aid can be dangerous fol) you. It usually requires a skilled approach, hold and carry to com- plete the operation.

Don't Strike Elm

Despite common belief, it does little good to strike a struggling drowning person to bring him to his senses. In fact. such action in inadvisable.

'Donit try swimming to the res- cue fully clothed. Thus. it's going to take you a little time to dis- robe. And it's going to take more time to approach the victim. Popular Fallacy

In considering all this. remem- her there is little chance of sav- ing a victim who has been under water for more than five or six

i And again. contrary to popular opinion. a drowning vic- time does not regularly come to the surface three times before going down for the last time.

In short, it's risky to swim out to rescue a drowning person. You've got to get back to shore. just keep that in mind. Weigh the chances of successfully com- pleting the rescue and then com- pare them with the risk before you attempt it.