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It’s an old story now but it has, perforce, to be repeated every year "at this: season. That is the warning that safety otganizations, police and - fire chiefs are issuing about Christ- mas tree hazards, Trees, decorations and special Christmas costumes are all fire risks if not chosen and protected with special care. Now is the time to take the refresher course _ on this subject, and thoroughly learn _ the simple rules that will protect ~ our homes and loved ones from the heartbreak that eccurs when these _ symbols of gaiety and happiness are __ turned into symbols of disaster.
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«A Further Safeguard . -} ' » Radioactive fission products in éafly approached maximum limits set by the most cautious auth- orities as safe for human life. Never- theless, the disclosure that radio- _activity (strontium-90) was showing up in milk alerted scientists and nu- “clear fission experts to a danger that had not previously been suspected. When nuclear tests started the public © e pollution was so high above earth it could-not be dangerous to ‘humans. The presence of fallout at the ground level-revised that thinking. Then when it became known that grazing animals were picking it up the public also became aware of possible danger. As above noted, this danger, in the opinion of health authorities, has not reached proportions that should cause serious
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be made. Vigilant watch should be | kept by the Federation executive on an almost. day-to-day basis to see that no more bricks are added. sur-
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The rules are quite simple, and easily memorized. Select trees of vig- orous growth and recently cut. Keep
- the base in water and the branches ' - away from radiators, fireplaces, heat- ers, stoves, television sets and any- thing else that may set them ablaze.
) Check the tree lights for frayed wir-
ing, loose connections or broken sockets. See that they do not over- Joad the electrical circuits. Turn the lights off when retiring or leaving the house. Keep papers, gifts and other in- _ flammable articles away from the’ base of the tree until Christmas eye. - Do not use paper, gauze-like material or other highly inflammable cloths __ for children’s costumes. Check care- butts after every party or gathering in the _ home. ; «-. Small Christmas trees are less _ hazardous than larger ones. Candles are the most dangerous adorn- ments of all. They should never be placed on a tree or near one. The authorities are unanimous in stres- _ ging this warning in the strongest terms. : Now read the rules over again, _ ¢lip them out and keep them handy. Better still, get some bright member of the family to turn them into ryhm- ed verse and sing them lustily with
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the Christmas carols. Their inspirat-'
-. jonal value, we confess, will be nil, but as insurance against tragedy they warrant every attention that can be given them at this time.
CF.A.’s Protest
. We note with interest that formal protest against the growing number of restrictions on imports of Japanese goods into Canada has been made to Finance Minister Fleming by the
_ Canadian Federation of Agriculture. _ Speaking for Canada’s farmers, the _ gtatement said in part:
“It is a matter of great concern to the farmers of Canada, and es- pecially to the agriculture of West- ern Canada, that there has been a growing development of restrictions on Canada’s imports into Canada from Japan. In a period of lagging
agricultural trade in the world—and_
with’ few signs “orf’the horizon that in general, overseas markets for farm procuc.s are going to expand greatly, we find that Japan is one of the few bright spots. Not only has Japan become our second best customer for wheat, and an important customer for other agricultural products, but.
it ig an expanding market.” The C.F.A. did not in principle _ oppose the use of a quota system on _ imports from time to time. It did _ point to the danger that quotas might go too far in protecting particular segments of industry. Japan, it was emphasized, should not \be asked to establish quotas except in cases where it is clear that severe damage threatens particular groups of em- ployees and particular businesses. Jt should be made clear to Canadian _ industries that the purpose is not _ to guarantee permanent markets, but c* this is necessary. Also, it should be _ made clear to Japan that we ap-
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intend to permit and regular and substantial trade with this
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There is ground for further reas- surance in a report from the As- sociated Press that two University of Minnesota scientists have develop- ed a simple and inexpensive method of removing strontium-90 from milk altogether. This consists of using powdered animal bones as a chemical filter to remove the radioactive ele- ment. Strontium is chemically similar to calcium, which exchanges itself between bones and body fluids. When -cows eat crops grown in soil con- taminated by strontium-90, they pass on the strontium to their. milk in the same manner that calcium goes into
the milk.
less calcium
on a wide scale.
EDITORIAL NOTES
Prime Minister Diefenbaker has announced, with regret, the resignat- ion of Hon. C.P. McTague as chair- man of the Royal Commission on Transportation. Mr. McTague, who suffered a heart attack recently, will likely be succeeded by Mr. M.A. Mac- Pherson, acting chairman and former Saskatchewan cabinet minister who headed the Commission when it sat in
Charlottetown.
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A new collection of pocket books, the Science Study Series, which aims at providing an authoritative read- able survey of physics within the grasp of the layman and the student, has recently appeared in the United States. The books are rart of a new ‘program for the teaching and study of physics, drawn up by da group of , teachers, journalists, apparatus designers, film producers and other specialists who . in 1956 formed the Physical Science Study Committee of Educational Ser- ies Inc. tin the U.S. Available to secondary school students and teach- ers, they are priced at 95 cents each.
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The radio payola scandal is turn- ing up some amusing evidence at the federal communications commis- sion inquiry at Washington. One disc jockey confessed that in the past several years he had received “from listeners in appreciation for playing their favorite kinds of music” such tokens as: one. dozen home-grown grapefruit ; about 25 yards of boudin (a highly seasoned rice sausage) ; seven or eight‘muscovy ducks, some dressed, some alive; one pumpkin to make a jack-o-lantern ; several water- melons; half a case of open-kettle cane syrup; three messes of sweet potatoes; a pound of hog cracklings; a paper sack of kumquats; a wild goose, dressed; eight,pounds of head- ed shrimp; a bottlé of home-made orange: wine; a mess of turnips; about a dozen jars of fig preserves. Once he coughed and sneezed on the air, and an old lady sent him.a. bottle of home-made “mamou” cough syrup.
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The Minnesota scientists poured pulverized bone. The strontium ions in the milk were exchanged for harm- ions in the - bone, without affecting preceptibly the riilk flavor. The method is so simple that it is surprising it was not hit upon before; but this is not unusual in the history of scientific research. If the results are as represented in the news report, no time should be lost in adopting this safety measure
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AT THE U.N.
In looking back over the four- teenth General Assembly .one finds some difficulty in pointing out any overwhelmingly signifi-
‘cant item, This session has not
been marked by great and out- standing developments as was the case with some of its predeces- sors. Rather has the fourteenth session been one of unspectacul- ar accomplishment with a fair measure of agreement and mod- erate accomplishment on a num- ber of matters of universal in- terest. in the past the
Often delegates
the threat and tension of great. disturbing events. The twelfth session met when the Syrian crisis was at an alarming stage. Last year’s session followed close on the bombardment of Quemoy and Matsu across the Formosa straits,
This year the Assembly's com- mencement coincided with the
the Russian premier paid a per- son visit here early in the ses- sion. It is generally agreed that the Camip David spirit has been
helpful in bringing about
set up an outer space committee in which the Russians will this time participate.
* The old issues were once again to the fore but with less bitter- ness and denunciation than in the past. France was criticized for her planned atomic bomb test in the Sahara, the Union of South Africa was once again denounced for its racist policies within its own territory and in Southwest
The Western alliance appears to have one big task during the next year: Keeping in shape for a fight while trying to work for a relaxation of tension to make the fight unnecessary.
Reports from Paris on the eve of next week’s North Atlantic Treaty Organization conference indicate the West is not meeting the first of these twin require- ments.
NATO’s leading defence plan- ners, who wound up their secret
> military assessment Thursday, || are reported worried that the
present trend of military policies will lead to dangerous weakness unless checked immediately.
BLAME FRANCE
The reports said air force Gen. Nathan Twining, the United States military chief, singled out France as the major offender and by implication charged that rr, de Gaulle is the man
e.
This is’ the first fortright ex- pression by a high-ranking West- ern military leader of a view that was ining increasing promi- nence in NATO circles.
De Gaulle is determined to
push through his program to ex-
plode his own nuclear weapon and to develop independence nu- clear striking forces for France. He is convinced France must join the H-bomb club because of her “‘world responsibilities.”
He is doing this at a price that may run as high asthe West's co-operative military program at a time when Communist might is rapidly increasing. -
Russia’s conventional forces are far more powerful than those of the West. At the same time there’ is a frightening parity be- tween the ability of the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. to obliterate each other with H-bombs.
MUTUAL SUICIDE
Western policy, however, hasn’t changed since 1948. It still is based on the threat that any
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General Assembly Finale
By Heath Macquarrie, |
Africa. There was the ueual de- bate on Red China but this was pitched in a relatively minor key.
France ran into trouble on the perennial Algerian -ouestion and absented themseves from discus- sions but here again there was more moderation than heretofore, reflecting a desire to see what De Gaulle’s new plan will bring forth. .
All of these items were some- what moderated by the_prevail- ing winds of big power reap- proachment and possibly too they
‘are losing some of their sting be- -nations- have+cause-they~have= been discussed .and rediscussed so many times |
SOLID ACCOMPLISHMENTS
As always when the smoke and fire of debate dies away, the As- sembly has solid accomplishments to its credit, Much good work was done in the technical assis- tance programs and in the broad field of human rights. The Fourth Committee has applied it- self to the burning issues of col- onialism with much attention be- ing given to the great and long overlooked African continent.
At next year’s Assembly four new African members will take their seats, Somali, Togoland, French Cameroons and the great state of Nigeria. The composition of the United Nations is changing rapidly as new states take their place and make their conttibution to this great world body. This factor must be reclosed with in the years ahead.
In locking back over the last three months, I think it can be said that the Canadian record was of the highest. The delegation participated actively in many ma- jor and important deliberations. This is clear from the large num- ber of resolutions of which Can-
Western Alliance Problems
By Dave Oancia Canadian Press Staff Writer
ern wrath in the form of “mass- ive nuclear retaliation.”
This, as one of Br'tain’s most respected serving officers said recently, would amount to mutual suicide.
French military leaders, de- fending their country’s aim to get an H-bomb posed this ques- tion:
Can the U.S., in the future, be relied on to use nuclear ‘weapons to halt -Russian aggression in Europe if.it meant. the. destruc- tion of the American homeland?
This attitude, however, .does little to strengthen the Western determination to co-operate to meet the Soviet challenge. ~~
The danger if it 1s allowed to spread is that the West injthe fu- ture may become so weak, mud- died and fearful of a,nuclear ‘war that the Soviets could with im- punity launch a conventional war to grab Europe.
The best hope for disarmament would seem to lie in the main- tenance of Western co-operation and strength and in the develop- ment of larger conventional forces.
Then the free world would be in a position to counter Communist threats, while at the same.time striving to build up East-West confidence: sufficiently to brighten the prospects of\a gen- eral arms settlement.
‘MAXIMS
There is as much greatness mind in acknowledging a good as in doing it,
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very beginning and the final re- cult is hailed on all sides as a Canadian triumph. Our role in the disarmament discussions and on control of outer space was also extremely significant.
The dramatic and generous Ca-
bercular European refugees was warmly welcomed in all quarters. From other delegations we hear words of highest commendation about Hon. Howard Green, our country’s Foreign Minister,
Mr. Green has been: a popular figure here, friendly, unpretent- icus and approachable. At the same time he has shown himself as a man with firmness of pur- pose and a vigorous determina-
tion to have his country play a full, useful and independent role |
in this world organization.
That Canada has done this in a splendid way in this 14th As- sembly session is attested on all
sides in this interesting and tre- mefdously important gathering of world statesmen.
OUR YESTERDAYS
ws (From the Guardian Files)
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Dec. 18, 1934)
From the results of the com- petition between the infantry bat- talions in M.D. No. 6, as’ an- nounced by militia headquarters, Halifax, the P.E.I. Highlanders have won second place in the general efficiency competition. Lt. Col. E.H. Strong and other ranks were highly commended on their splendid showing.
While at work at the Summer- side Electric Light Plant, Mr. Ted Poole was burned about the face and Mr. Roy Durant also received burns when the large engine back-fired, while they were cleaning out the exhaust pipe. Lighted rags had been pushed through the pipe and caused a gas explosion.
TEN YEARS AGO (Dec. 18, 1949)
Orders have. been issued by the Canadian Labour Relations Board Ottawa, certifying the Labourers’ Protective Union, Charlottetown, to be the bargaining agent for the unit of employees of H. B.
Co., and the Island Fertilizer Company, comprising all steve- dores employed by these com- panies at Charlottetown in the loading of ships, excepting gang foremen.
Many friends of Calvin Bow- ness, formerly of Summerside, will bé pleased to learn “that he has’ been admitted to the Bar in Vancouver, B.C. Fifteen young men were admitted to the Bar in the ceremony at which the young men were introduced by G.. Roy Long, K.C., formerly of Tyne Valley.
‘She “4 Jocks Corner |
DRIFTING THEY SEEK YOU
If I should suddenly call to you, whoever you are,
That is waiting for me some- where in the world;
If I should cry out in my heart, in my mind,
Calling to you my need, would you hear, would you’ come? Amber sunlight squares the floor
Yof this room:
You would Know comfort here, whoever you are
That is lost without me, that is seeking me now:.
We could listen this morning birdsong together.
I have sent’ my heart into the world to find you: .
Rejoicing or weeping, it has em-
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If you don’t have a sterile
bandage available, you can scorch a piece of cloth with a hot \iron. The cloth should be clean and unstarched.
Remember that a dressing is sterile only as long as you don’t touch the portion that is to cover the injury.
DEEP WOUNDS
It doesn’t do much good to ap- ply antiseptic to a deep wound such as is caused by a nail, ice pick or scissors. The germs in this type of wound are lodged deeply and can’t be destroyed by an antiseptic painted across the surface.
These injuries should be treat- ed by a doctor. :
QUESTION AND ANSWER
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