Fz Sgt. J.L. MacLaugh- endured below freezing tures and arctic mist .fwirling off Halifax horbor te give the British submarine Awrochs a traditional Nova = sendoff. Sgt. MacLaugh-._

lin. played until hjs_ pipes | froze and his fingers numbed as the Aurochs sailed out to | sea, completing an 18-month commission in Halifax during which she steamed 40,000 miles _and spent 325 days” at

PIPER GIVES SUBMARINE SENDOFF

sea. Sgt. MacLaughlin, who ser- ‘ves on the staff of the Mari- time Commander Atlantic in HMC Dockyard, is a veteran of the army ‘and navy.

(CP PHOTO)

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Decision On Nuclear Arms :

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“By DAVE McINTOSH

AWA (CP)—The govern- ment's s year of decision on nu- clear weapons could be 1962. But: don’t count on it.

A lot of people thought 1961 would be the year in which the , t would announce fi- nal rejection or acceptance of American nuclear warheads for weapons such as the Bomarc ami - aircraft missile, CF - 101 interceptor, CF-104

‘Honest John artillery rocke “But as the year waned be-

military grounds, this ap t attitude was not un- . The two Bomarc bases at’ North Bay, Ont, and La , Que., are not expected ta he: in operational readiness well on in 1962. The five 01 squadrons will not be tional until the summer of The first CF-104 squadron scheduled te go to Furope

November, 1962. The four- ~

her Honest John missile joined the Canadian in Europe ins Decem-

United States has stock- of nuclear warheads in Under war conditions,

could be used in Canadian s whether or not there

use and control. - C DIFFERENT

authoritiés sd the situa- would be far different in of nuclear warhcads ~the Bomarc, Under war ‘ @amditions, it would be impos- to transport warheads the U.S. fo the Canadian sites. Thus an agree- would be required for and control of the war- in Canada—if this coun-

led to accept them. government re- from taking a final de- the Liberals and New : Party didn’t have of a ‘Plow te to shoot at except government

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Official Dies MONTREAL (CP)—Ross Hum tington McMaster, 81, chairman of the executive committee of the Steel Company of Canada’s | board of directors, died here week. He was an official the company whose _ head- oasartars are in Hamilton, Ont., since’ its -farmation in 1910. Mr. McMaster was assistant to the vice-president and general manager of Montreal Rolling Mills in- 1910 when W. M. (Max) Aitken, now Lord Beaverbrook,

last

The phrase was almost OA 000-man increase in the armed | brought together the leaders of

actly the same used -by” Mr. -Diefenbaker Feb. 20, 1959, and by former defence” minister

1

Pearkes July 2, Paul Hellyer,

started a ‘‘wear down” Cafhadian resistance to acquisition of nuclear war- heads<

said the Liberal party fll feels that nuclear weapons

in Canada are redundant. The advantage ‘of having them would be negligible.

The New Democratic Party

spokesman, Walter Pitman. said Canada can make its best contribution to world peace by

refusing to- join the nuclear club. A more interesting clash of

opinion on the subject contin- ued — behind the scenes, of

course. — between the external affairs and defence depart- ments.

Mr. Harkness favors acquisi-

tion of nuclear warheads on military grounds. He went about as far as he could go in his views when he said in a public speech at Quebec City that acquisition would not dam- age Canada’s position in the United Nations. ©

Exxternal Affairs Minister Green has taken the position that Canada must reject nu- clear arms as long as there is some hope of progress in East- ‘West disarmament nego- tiations.

He appeared to become dis- couraged when he said Sept. 7 _in__the Commons that ‘‘the world 4s hovering on the brink of nuclear war.

forces to 135,000 and ‘strengthening of the brigade and 12-squadron RCAF air divi- sion in Europe.

But later Mr. Diefenbaker said Canada didn't want to take any action that might impede a disarmament agreement. And at the. United Nations, Canada supported a Swedish resolution which. in effect, called on coun- tries not now having nuclear weapons to sok’ © them.

sistant general manager and, within’ three years, vice-presi- dent.

five Canadian and persuaded forces

The Steel Company of Canada was formed and Mr. McMaster was appointed Stelco’s manager at Montreal

Six years later he became as

steel companies them to join

He was appointed president in _ 1926, succeeding Robert Hobson.

Public Opinion In Russia

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If there was ene thing Jeseph Stalin didn’t worry about in running the Soviet Union, it was public opinion at heme. Now, an Associated Press reporter and student ef Seviet affairs reports, there are indicatiena, of a change that may well prove important te the West over the long run.

By WILLIAM L. RYAN Associated Press News Analyst

If the Soviet leadership's. past

performance is a barometer, the future will yield growing evidence of Kremlin concern with Russia npublic opinion. . Years hence, historians may consider the publication last No vember by the newspaper Izves- tia of an interview with Presi- dent Kennedy as the most sig- nificant event of 1961.

That strengthened a belief | among students of Soviet affairs that public opinion is increas- ingly important in a society go- ing through a long and agoniz- ing process of coming of age.

Soviet. public. opinion meant next to nothing while Stalin lived.

After Stalin died in 1953. ihe collective ljeadership had to break up the awesqme power ol the secret police army. This

meant more and mre reliance,

on persuasion. Russians quick to note the change.

USE PERSUASION NOW

Upon persuasion now depends _the amount of effort expended by Soviet people in the 20-yea) economic program, and _ the amount of effort expended by the manager-professional class | in directing it

In recent months there have been many evidences of the growing influence of publie opinion. Soviet leaders move cautiously.

News of Soviet resumption of nuclear tests last year was broken slowly and gradually. The full story of the extent of the tests was not given at all to, the Soviet people.

were

On Berlin, the Kremlin has (been careful to avoid the im |pression that th r has been | finally slammed’ on negotiations with the West.

In civil defence, the Kremiin has been cautious, as if wary , of, frightening the public too ;much. There is little public dis- i\play of defence measures againstt he possibility of nuclear | War.

EAGER FOR NEWS

In. the Soviet Union one de tectgs:among a Kjerate public a hunger for information about the outside world, particularly the United States. People seem to want information free from a suspicion of official tampering.

People on farms, in factories, at their jobs, at home listening to fadio, in public places, are subjected to constant lectures against ‘‘remnants of the past,” a catch-all phrase for all stray- ing from the approved lines.

There ‘are innumerable com- |-

plaints in the press about hooli- gans and ‘‘stillyagi,’’ the dressed-up beatniks of Russia— about crime, gang warfare, brawling, drunkenness among young people, manifestations of rtbellion against the elders The controlled press quently prints readers’

fre- com-

plaints seeming to express pub- |

lic moods from time to time Perhaps this is to provoke, ether outcries and uncoveragreas of dissatisfaction TIRED OF SPUTNIKS

In October, 1959, the newspa- per Sovietskaya Rossiya printed a letter from a yothg man who said angrily: “‘Fnaugh of cov ering ourselves with sputniks and airliners. Let's come down somew hat lower—to ordinary shoes.’

STEAK.

guaranteed good.

Kremlin Concern |

A little later, the youth news- paper Komsomolskaya Pravda printed a letter complaining th if it were not for the cost af rockets, perhaps there would be things like electricirons in the

stores. ‘Rockets, rockets, reckels!”’ !- moaned the letter. ‘The hell

with them and the moon! Give me better things for my table:”’

The renewed and furious de- +Stalinization campaign under- taken by Nikita’ Khrushchev seems a reflection of the symp toms.

Few who have visited the U.S.S.R. doubt the burning de sire among ordinary people for world peace.

Today's sifuation seems to re quire gestures, such as publica- tion of the Kennedy interview, to indicate that the Soviet pub- lic is getting some of the uncoa- trolled, many appear to desire.

All this does not mean there is any prospect for sudden reve lufion from below in the U.S.S.R What it can mean for the hopes of world peace is a_ gradual softening of the Soviet system and a concgmitant weakening of

the world movement as years go by.

MINING EXPERT | James Douglas, Quebee City

native who died in 1918 and who developed Arizona copper, was twice president of the American Institute of Mining Engineers.

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Machinery For Election Overhauled

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be held before that date An 1 would just mean the returning officers less tithe to finish

BOMB HOAX

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OTTAWA (CP) — The annual Monday after receiving a cle revision of polling division ar- iphone tip a bomb had on rangements in federal consti-' placed in the station. No bomb tuencies has been ordered |was found. It was the lates: of by Chife Electoral Officer several such hoaxes: in Que'ee Nelson Castonguay, who ia- City recently. one of which de structed his returning officers |ayed a Montreal:bound train for

to complete the work by April 1.

“This is a routine annual pro cedure,” "Mr. Castonguay stressed. The deadline for com- pletion of the revision was i no way connected with an elec tion date.

The oiling of election machinery

country's

intended

the is

to ensure it is ready for a gen- | minimum |

eral election in the amount of time-57 days from the issue of the writs to voting day

Population shifts make the re- vision necessary, Each electoral district is divided into polling divisions and the aim is to have 250 to 300 eligible voters in a division.

The April 1 target for com- pletion of the revision does not mean a general election—one is virtually certain | this yea

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