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The Alliance & Cuba

Under the best of circumstances, the Punta del Este conference of Fees ’ foreign ministers will “make the road for President Ken- »medy’s Alliance for Progress* more difficult: The relatively. limited ac-

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| Chev has again hit out, alleging that / many Party agricultural officials | are guilty of covering up for one an- other in: attempts to conceal in- stances of incompetence and fraudu- lence, All such key members have now been threatened with expul- sion from the Party and their re- placement, if necessary, by non- Communists if they do not ensure that production targets are met.’ Among the drastic - practical measures initiated by the Party to

intensive campaign to substitute the so-called grasslands crop rota- tion system, with an “inter-tillage” system, involving the replacement of grass with corn, sugar beets and _ legumes, and the abolition of fal- low. It is this-program which has brought the poor experts into dis- repute, for it involves more than the Soviet bosses had reckoned on.

The main cause of the chronic backwardness of Soviet agriculture Hes not just in the type of sowing techniques employed but in the re- luctance of the peasantry to work on the collective farms. And it is . significant that Khrushchev, while blaming the specialists, has also been referring more and more often to the system of production in. the West. “We must learn,” he told the _Moscow agricultural conference in December, “from our adversaries, the capitalists.” :

At this ‘point, however, the Party comes up against a vicious- circle, Without a sharp rise in agri- cultural production there can be no building of Communism in the So- viet Union; yet the radical overhaul

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is the prerequisite ‘for increased output, cannot be carried out with- out departing from Communist principles concerning agricultural organization. The experts, of course, could have told Mr. Khrushchev this from the start; but that would have sealed their fate entirely.

These Decadent Times

- It may come as a shock to many Scotsmen to learn that about the | only thing Scottish in the modern bagpipes is the tartan cover—and even that is sometimes suspect. This dark secret is revealed in a retent edition of “The Onlooker”’, a BBC publication, which says: “The drones of the pipes are made from African black ‘ebony wood. The reeds come from Spain, the ivory from India, and the silk ribbons as often as not,” come from Switzer- land. Now the bag is being made from Australian kangaroo skin specially brought t¢ Scotland for the purpose.” _ In Scotland itself, says this authority, kangaroo skin was mak- ing slow headway against the tradi- tional sheepskin, but pipers in Can- ada and the United States, as well as in Australia, were going over to the new idea. The reason has been explained by Hector Russell of In- verness who makes and exports bagpipes all over the world. Puzzled by orders from : Aus- tralia for the components of bag- pipes, except for the bags, Russel had asked why and been told that, while the normal sheepskin lasted an Australian about two years, & kangaroo skin seemed likely to last | for twenty, Sheepskin, it appeared, | had more pores than kangaroo skin

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deteriorate with the moisture of the | piper’s breath. He believed that the | kangaroo versus sheepskin would | result in a fifty-fifty share of the + market, and In any case today’s +-bagpipes were of better quality than anything even the great Mac- Crimmons of Skye played.

A hard thing for Scotsmen to stomach, but there it is! They can take satisfaction, however, in the reflection that it’s:

that goes into their manufacture. That's still Auld Scotia’s. monopoly,’ Tedolent as ever of its banks and

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“YOU MEAN IT ISN’T FLAT?”

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BERLIN REPORT by Patrick Nicholson

Divided City Faces Troubled Future |

BERLIN, Germany: This city ; ous. Wages average one- third

was the capital of the powerful nation which twice this century has attempted to conquer Eur- ope. Today it is the niost sensi- ‘tive spot in a now divided na- tion which might be the cause of the third world war.

The whole of this bustling bee- hive of a country could be fitted comfortably three times into our province of Ontario, Two-thirds of this land mass now constitut- es the free “German Federal Republic’, qr West Germany,

| higher, and prices. are only one- half, of ‘those in East Berlin. So the standard of living is much higher than beneath the Red Flag the other side of The Wall. Pricing goods, I noticed that coffee in East Berlin costs about $2.50 per pound; a small German car is $4,000; tne cheapest standard TV receivér $800. But the rent of an average modern five-room apartment is only $25 per month, thanks to state subsidy. PRESTIGE AT STAKE

which is our ally in the. North Atlantic Alliance. The balance |

forms the communist-dominated | younger adults out of West Ber. | so-called ‘‘Democratic Repub- lin and into the less precarious |

lic", or East Germany. 52 ml-_ lion Germans live in the free | state, 17 million under commun-

ist rule.

The dividing line between |

“West and East Germany runs roughly north and south, and forms a part of the [ron Curtain surrounding the communist em--| pite. Approximately 100 miles to the east of this Iron Curtain — namely, deep inside communist territory — lies this city of Ber- lin. Ever since the war it has ‘been divided into, four sectors occupied by the US., British) French and Russian armies re- spectively,

anxiety to the West and resent- ‘ment to the East; hence it is a | dangerous powder keg. i There have been three crises | since the war when this keg | have exploded into war. |

There is a steady. drift of

cities of West Germany proper. The fact that West Berlin large- ly had to be rebuilt after war- time bombing has significantiy created a community of apart- ment dwellers, who _ inevitably feel less rooted than house owners. ; : ety

‘Will West Berlin become a ghost town and, as the Russians

hope, die on the vine? Will it be

satisfactory final séttlement be | | reached? One possibility has. | been hinted at by. Prime. Minis- | ter John Diefenbaker — that all | Berlin should be declared a free | eity under United Nations pro- | tection. . Anpther thought, reflected in | a small but vocal German min- | ority, is that- West Germany | might—withdraw from NATO; | then reunite with an East Ger- | many liberated by the Russians | on condition that the whole coun- | try become a disarmed neutral. The Communist building of ‘The Wall’’ seemed to be an aband- onment of this prospect, always vigorously opped by Chancellor Adenauer — but this pan-Ger- man nationalist dream is not) The future of Germany is of close interest to Canada, for | Germans make up our =

largest ethic group after British and French.

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First was the Russian blockade | could bring of West Berlin twelve - years | bound for downtown ago; second was the uprising | clear to Peoria before the against the communists in east |. le is found and corrected. More- Germany in June 1953; third | over, a passenger could not was the confrontation of Rus- sian and allied tanks in Berlin following the communist con- struction of “The Wall” late last ‘summer.

West Berlin has lost its status

’ as a capital, for the seat of the TT HAS 80 long been an axiom

that the conference of the

West German government is Common Prime Minist now at Bonn. . However it is ® | aeaas ae. in London cat prosperous manofacturing com- | + comes a8 a surprise to learn | munity, specialising particular- | tn9¢ there is mow a very good ly in electrical and electronic | Ghance indeed that the next one equipment and exporting 80 per | wit) be held in Ottawa. : cent. of its produce. Its people,| yt has: been kn for some

like all West Germans, are hard- working and competent and disciplined and prosper-

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nightmare, with painful or | threatening experiences. The | gifted schizophrenic sees the | world differently from _ otner | men. He has a_ heightened | awareness, perhaps through dread, that leads to markedly | acute perception. ‘ | This faculty was not availabe | to the gifted but sane artists whose perception was dulled by familiarity. As a. result, many of the early surrealists attempt- ed to paint psychotic imagery. It was difficult to do, ,however, because they had to deliberate and plan, which tends to -stifle spontaneous creativity. The sch- izophrenic was not bothered a- long this line, but as he became | saner, the ability to portray | fantasy diminished. This failure | meant he was improved mental ly, but his work usually was’ a x | (Dr, Van Dellen will answer | questions on medical topics if | stamped, self-addrtéssed enve- | lope accompanies request.) COCKTAIL AND PRESSURE | J.D. writes: Does a daily cocktail raise or lower the) blood pressure? | REPLY et It should lower the pressure | if the cocktail relaxés and raise |

| ft if the individual is stimulated. | , But in all probability the change

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original blood pressure reading. | A high reading is more likely to | be lowered whereas no change |

occurs when the pressure is for- | mal or low. |

STIMULATING THE BONE * | MARROW J. L. F. writes: How can a) lazy bone marrow be forced to make enough blood? REPLY Some bone marrows are #50 lazy,.that nothing will pep them | up whereas others can be stim | ulated with vitamin B12 or folic |

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F. L. writes: Is a person who has developed gallstones prone | to-develop kidney stones too?

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_ Sih S 6 ee The President of the ‘will be flying around the States warns that if we fail the in an hour. Maybe | cause of peace, this generation so, but he'll. need another | will be remembered with scora. hour to get to the aigport. — | By whom?— Calgary Herald. ; leader of extremist With the new additions bring- © = ing the total to 103, the United wing of oe Nations is more than ever a dis | ment im Quebec ‘says he wil orderly rabble of so-called na- deal harshly with all French tions, each armed with a vote | Speaking Canadians who oppose equal to that of the United Stat- | secession. If he’s typical of the @s. Anybody who would submit- movement, separation may be the vital conterns of the United. Siates to this crowd and feel | * ‘oust on Quebec as on tae bound by its decisions would be | Test of the country.— Ott awa daft. — Chicago Tribune. _ Citizen. ; * e J Britain’s Black Monday ‘By Alan Britain’s black Monday for; Subway and train employees . travellers marks another stran-| who took part in the one-day un- s official strike are mainly frus- trated men who feel their wages are the lowest in the country.” 211 and £13 for & 44-hour week. Many have’difficult and respon-_. had pride in their work and prestige in the community; sow for various reasons, they have lost status and self-respect. - “I don't know what the an- of P.E.L swer ‘is,’ mused a Piccadiliy- Pound ye waves upon the rock line ticket collector who. started banks; cleave the sand and | 0m the subway 47 years ago. - clay apart; __|__“You're not getting the class _ Run ye whitecaps on the wave | of men you used to get, that’s

thrill . | Clear enough. A man can get 3 me oe better money sweeping ‘a floor

Whom so often in his youthhood,. = @ aoe But the railways

stood along the Island shore— | re ‘losing money—so how are

As'the ocean pounded seacliffs, | You going to get higher wages?” with fis foam and rumbling PAY PAUSE A FACTOR

roar. | The hard, immediate cause of

| the present dispute .is Bnet core

Scream ye. seagulls in your sion, apparently at g ment

level, to refer to railwaymen's the wind and storm, | pay claim to arbitration. This . In the sunset of day's passing, | delaying tactic came just waen | or its wild tumultuous morn— | the man who runs the railways, As you glide and soar in rhythm Dr. Bichard Beeching, was he- in the clouds or in the spray; | lieved ready to recommend a hing out your joyed de five- or six-per-cent wage in- fiance,— on the coast, or im crease. s the bay. A powerful factor in official ° | parsimony is the. controversial Don r oilskins fishing sail-| “Pay pause,” slated to end im wer teioeh your parhaohe April. The pay-restraint policy, in the main: considéred necessary to provide Taut your muscles in the ten- | oe noe wn va : jonal wages policy, has already coe may. give you hey oF been breached by the electricity: workers. Another break coud hardly be tolerated. From the workers’ standpoint, + the flaw is that any interference with wage movements, whetrer designated as a pause, freeze or standstill and however neces. sary in the national interest, ale ways bears most harshly, om those at the bottom of thedn. dustrial ladder. Ministers may~say that in

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In the rolltops and the. breakers, that beset your labored | goal,

That will try your strong endur- er ; nd the courage of your soul!

As you tend the lobster catches, in the waters deep and cold;

You have fortitude and courage, and a spirit brave and bold—

In your contacts with King Nep-

tune, and his M hard times increased wages * deep eee # the | must be paid out-of increased

Astheg swim the tides and |,Productivity. But strictures om

lowlands, where the .crawfish ctivity just don't register ever creep. | On a motorman engrossed in an : ; intricate network .of warning

Or you “draw the lines for had | %8mals; a conductor coping with - dock, for the cod, or spiny | ®@8Ty passengers on a rust» hake, | hour bus; or an attendant iry-

In the multi-fathomed waters, | !0g to make change for a blix “where he roll-waves seldom | 74Td of pound notes at a ticket

break, Where the herring and the mac- kerel school the ocean off the

shore, The-Age Old Story

And the boats of sails and muvt- ‘ i i They desire a better country, _ or chift er by the that is, am heavenly: wherefore . God — hath prepared for them a So, here’s to you, the men of city.

Princy, from Cape North on | crescent curve— |. CHILDREN’S PETS

South and East and North to | -MONTREAL (CP) — A new © homeward; get the praise that | convalescent hospital for chil they deserve, | dren here will have a pet Ge,

And the honor of your calling, | birds, a garden and a wading on the Seas that you explore; | pool. With a bed capacity of 25

Sailing out to Portal Harbor— the non-profit Children’s Moun- and that Great Valhalla Shore. | tain Cottage will take children

up to age eight. Director is —Peter A. Reilly | Maeda Primavesi, a nurse and former art director. *

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