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TUESDAY, SEPT. 9, 195?.

The Joint-Commlllee . _ A. US. Congressional delega- tion headed by Senator Aiken of Vermont has been in Ottawa dis- cussing with Government officials the establishment of a joint commit-

tee of Parliament and Congress to'

promote better relations between the two countries.

This is a good beginning. It is, however, only‘ a beginning; and it must not be thought that, because Senator Aiken and his - colleagues have. had friendly conversations with their Canadian counterparts, everything from now On in'United States-Canada relations will be of the nature of sweetness and light. It will take much goodwill and un- derstanding on both sides to make the new approach a succem. If, on the one hand, the Americans allow themselves to cultivate a “big brot- her" concept with respect to Can- ada orif, on the other, Canadians allow themselves to fret and com-

plain about every little American

act that might seem to offend our national sensitiveness, the proposed Commons-Senate Committee will be of little account.

Frankly, we do not think that Senator Aikenlstarted out particul- arly well when he told reporters that

. “the sooner such incidents as the

Norman case are forgotten, the bet- ter it will be for all concerned.” The Nonnan case was by no means a

trivial matter. It involved Congres- ,

sional interference in a. matter of purely Canadian concern. Worse, it, involved an unjustified “attack by a committee of Congress on a Canay dian diplomat in.‘ whom his own. Government had the highest con- fidence. The thing now is not to “forget” the incident but-to make

sure that it does'not happen ageing Historical and geographical fac-

tors make Canada and the United

States partners in an enterprise

peace and defence: It milsthbiif'a puff? nership based on respect for‘each other’s problems and institutions.

If the joint-committee can help to sustain that kind of partnership, it will be of inestimable service not only to the two countries but to th

entire free world. ‘

The 12-Mlie LImIt ‘ It is reported from London that the British people in general are a little disturbed OVer the Govern- ment’s action in providing gunboat protection for traners within Ice- land’s newly-proclaimed lZ-mile limit. This is not surprising. The British are noted for de'testation of bullying methods; and certainly, this can look like an instance of a strong nation bullying a weak one under the pretext of international law.‘ The fishermen themselves are said to be anxious _to leave the dis- puted territory. The official reason. given by ‘the Navy is the scarcity Of cod; but there is no doubt that the real reason, at least the principal one, is the desire of the fishermen to, disassociate themselves from further trouble resulting from the

dispute over what the Icelanders be-

lieve to be their rights. _

Evidently, Iceland’s action is be- coming contagious. China now claims 12 miles. Denmark is con- sidering extending the sea limits of the Faroe Islands. In all‘likelihood,‘ other European countries will fol- low suit. Canada, even, may haVe to take action eventually. It 5 was Canada, it will be recalled, that pro- posed the 12-mile limit at their re- cent International Conference on‘ the Law Of the Sea in Geneva. The pro- posal won a good deal of support from smaller nations but not quite enough to ensure its enactment into_ law. There is reason to believe, however, that at the next confer- ence it will will be approved. It would be a' good thing for the Can- adian fisheries. -

With Scorpions Those who thought that the late- Prime Minister Strijdom of South Africa was as racially intolerant as it was possible for a politician to be will apparently, have to revise their thinking if reports about his succes-

' distinctions have disappeared there

~ conditions - of our native Indians in

‘ avista-Twillingate‘ and”, former Im- . migration Minister,"~' “is mastering

his credit? :‘7- f‘

y the Government

‘ and 30th. _ '

. the lifetime of some now living——

advancing provincial

sor, Henrik Frensch Verwoerd, are only half true.

Dr. Verwoerd is so fanatical in his views regarding the total separ- ation of the races that, according to one report from South Africa, “by comparison, Mr. Strijdom will be re- membered as almost a liberal”.

The poor, unfortunate non-whites in South Africa—and they outnum- ber the whites 4 to 1—-will recall bitterly the words of Rehoboam, the ' upstart son of Solomon, to the Chil-

~dren of Israel; “My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions”. Erom now on they can expect their lot to be worse than ever. To make the situation even more grievous, the new Prime Min- ister is reported to believe the just- ification for keeping non-whites m 'a state of virtual slavery isfound in Holy Scripture]

Dr. Verwoerd, if he sucCeds in his policy, will be'creating anew a caste system such as that which has plagued India for many many cen- turies. Perhaps long after the origin; of'the various castes in the commun- ity have been forgotten and physical

‘will remain an arbitraryl‘division of tasks to be“ performed, places to go and even food to be ealten that even the most enlightened government. will be unable to abolish. ,

EDITORIAL NOTES

, It seems almost unbelievable thatthe United States Government will risk war over a few tiny pat» ches of land off the China 'coast.

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The Hon- E. 6?. Foley and the Hon. Forrest W. Phillips will be miss- ed in Provincial Government coun- cils. However, they have been s‘uc- ceeded by competent men.

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Canada, does well to increase the ' size _of its grants to the Colombo Plan funds. Most Canadians, how- ever,-would like to hear that living

the northle Were being improved. , t C

o' A report from Ottawa says that

J.‘W. Pickersgill, member for IBM-

the arts of opposition and making friends in the process’}. He certainly v. enough. if that’s anything to)

A q r’ n:

o if. a The Britis are in a' difficult position with respect to the1 trouble. in the Far Eas They believe that Formosa and all the off-shore is- lands rightfully belo’ng" to Com- munist China. On the other hand, , is on record as opposing Peiping’s use of force to take them away from Chiang Kai- _ shek. . I ‘ l ‘t I The extension of the trout fish- ing season to Sept. 30 will be good news for some anglers, of course. At the same time, it is not likely to worry the fish overmuch. Their ex- periences duringthe summer have. made them pretty cagey this time of the year. There will be very few big ones caught between the 15th

a: a: a: o

A “green valley” has been dis- covered in the barren wastes near Bathuf’st Inlet inside the Arctic Circle. Some day-perhaps within

the northlands will be noted for agricultural growth as .well as for mineral deposits. Developments in modern séienvtific' techniques will make many deserts blossom as the rose. # t It

The Railways are planning to ask for a 20 per cent freight rate in- crease. If granted, the increase would be damaging to Maritime ecopomy. We are of the opinion, however, that the Railways will have to put up a better argument than [any they have submitted so far be- fore they "can hope to bepermitt'ed any increase, let alone a 20 per cent one.

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We are grateful to the Hon. B. Earl McDonald for supporting our view that a new ferry is needed on the Borden-Tormentine run, regard- less of whether'or not a causeway is decided on for the future. If other responsible officials and organiza- ‘tions will add their support, a new ferry will likely be made available for next year’s operations. It is or- ganized pressure that counts in

» as . evidence,

claims for

necessary services,

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THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS .

OTTAWA REPORT

¥_ . Senate To The» Rescue _

By Patrick Nicholson Special Correspondent to The Guardian

Clause 22 (2) of the new Broad- casting ac’t Really got the Lib- eral majority of the Senate‘Com- mittee ou,Transport and Com- munications into a tizzyli

There'was Senator Ross Mac- -donald, the dapper and dignified former Cabinet Minister, plung- ing happily into the role of a Police Court prosecutor—Worse, a Hollywood police court~ prosecu-

.tor. Hectoriug and browb‘eating

the witness, quctiug his own ideas and asking ques- tions intended to “lead” the wit- ness—which as a distinguished Queen’s Counsel well versed in the law, and as an experienced parliamentarian, , he should have known was not proper procedure.

When Senator Macdouald paus- ed to draw breath, other Liberal

_ Senators shot ,questions at the witness.

The scanty Conserve. tive representation on the com- mittee were too heavily outnum- bered to help defend the witness.

It’s the heal-est thing to a witch-hunt by Senator MIcC'arthy

' ‘ I have ever seen; th'ere’s never

been anything like it in Ottawa, THE BOLD NEW LOOK

That is how one of the usual, meetings of a Senate Committee would be described by the bold new style of parlialhehtary re- porters wlio recentlyvie for, the headlines with their colleagues who dabble in nape, baseball and offshore islands. But it so happen- ed that the mere handful of jour-

nalists attending that unusually

interesting‘conunittee were such mature and ewerieuced men‘als Bob Needham of the London Free Press, Art McKenna of the Wall Street Journal, Jim McCook of the Ottawa Journal, Vic Mac- kie of the Winnipeg Free Press, and Harvey Hickey of the Globe and Mail.

Sure Ross Macdonald carried the ball with the questioning, and

'he put his opinions very force-

fully. But the witness, Revenue Minister George Nowlan, ducted' his own “defence? with ability and good humour.

By the end of 90 minutes, the committee of sénator-s had come up ‘ ith two excellent amend - ments to points which they crit- icized with validity—{points which, as so often happens, had slipped

PUBLIC FORUM ‘

This column is open to‘tbe discus-

sion by correspondents of question of

Interest. The Guardian, does not Ilene.

sarily endorse the opinion of corn: pondents.

TOBACCO GROWING Sir -,— I notice in the Guardian “Editorial Notes” Tobacco grow- ing is a new business in Nova

Scotia, and in.view of its no

parent success, the dueston is asked, isthere any reason why the plant could not be gl’own on the. Island.

I I can answer that question for the fact is I grew several thou- sand tobacco plants for Sir Ah- drew McPhail. I do not remem- ber the exact year, but it must

be thirty (or more). Sir Andrew '

plan-ted them on his old home- stead farm in Uigg, and the plants grow well, into strong sturdy tobacco, fully developed ,to ma- turity. The question arises of the curing of the tobacco. For this reason you must sow the seed early in the season, (under glass) about 1st. of April.

The early planting is made nec- essary to have the plants ad- vanced good sturdy plants, to plant outside about June 10. For before this there is danger of frost. -

This early planting is made necessary to have the plants ma- ture early the last week of Au- gust to secure good weather for curing the crop. As the success of growingthe plants from seed is of paramout importance, and as the seed is very minute, small, a novice would not have much success growing the plants or any inexperienced man.

i am, Sir, etc.,

‘ VON CLURE GAY.

~ troactive,

.against Negro children are en-

COIl- .

, congressmen.

" OPPOSITION .STRENGTHENED

undbserved'psst the less emper- ienced legislators who gave the Bill a cursory examination in the House of Commons. ( One amendment exempted from the provisions of the new bill- providing that no broadcasting station owned more than 25 per cent outside Canada shall get a licence—any existing station in that condition: ' Legislation which is made re- as that would have been, is bad legislation. And there would. no doubt have been widespread disapproval if existing stations, which have long been giving good service, were sud- denly to be'deprived of their li- cence. Especially if, as could have happened, itzwas only be- cause foreigners had bought their shares on a Canadian stock ex- change. PLEASE PREXY PLEASE Clause 22 (2) was something else again. As passed by the Commons; it provided that the President and Vice-President of the C.B.C. “shall be appointed to hold office during pleasure for a period of seven years." ' Senator Ross Macdonald drew upon his wide knowledge of pub.

1

lie sentiment to declare: “There is a feeling throughout the coun- try that this is a move where- by the govermnent can obtain co trol over the CBC."

To change this wording, he said would instil confidence in‘ tele- viewers and radio listeners all oyer Canada, that CBC is inde- pendcndent and not a lackey of the government.

\ Next time I am enjoying the Russian Ballet on the Ed Sulli- van Show, I shallrtly to remegm~ ber to feel extra pleasure be-

cause no foreigner owus the sin--

tion bringing me that magnificient. programme. And next time I thrill of thetelaplcture of a match-win- ning field goal attempt by that Toronto player with name that sounds like “Crisp Potatoes”, I shall thrill a little extra because no ghvemmenltcontrolled broad- cast is filling me With subversive

nonsense. .

Then too those Senators rolled out for inspection those “astrono- mical” figures of the cost of the CBC and they give George No Ian an opening for an interesting fact of our-financial history “the CBC. may soon be spending even more than the whole cost of ourgovermnent was not too many years ago". _ .

Think of that; and think of the days when there was no income tax at all—not too many years ago. Yes, as so often in com-

,mittee, the Senators did a good

days work I tbs-ti day.

' ‘iEisenhOWer PUSsnyOts

By David Rowntree '

7 Canadian Press Staff Writer

Supporters of racial integration in American schools are despond- exit at the attitude of President Eisenhower.

The president has declined to say what his own. opinions on the controversial question are. Eisen- hower sees it as his duty only to make sure that the United States Supreme Count rulings demand- ing an end to discrimination

forced.

It’s no part of his job. the pres- ident believes, to say whether ho thinks the court decisions, are good or bad.

This frame of mind—that he in; above the burly-burly of politics -Ihas been apparent most of the time since Eisenhower was also ted in 195;. ,

Critics ‘ of his administration complain that it is this Olympian- like defaulan that — among other things —- allowed the late Senator Joseph McCarthy to cull~ time his witch-hunting as long as he did and jeopardizes budget and foreign aid plans in the an- nual assaults against them bv

“In” the school integration con- troversy, it has been said that the bitter Little Rock riots of last Sep- tember might have been headed off if Eisenhower had taken a fimn'public stand. His last—min» ute decision to send troops to re- l

store order only served to strong- then southern opposition and won few friends in the north. ‘ The president now has hinted that he might use soldiers a sec~ 0nd time if a state fails to quell riotous oppositiofi to integration.

Reaction from ‘integmtion sup porters has been less critical than that from southerners trying to keep Negroes out of allawhitc schools, but they say Eisenhower should make more use of the pres- tige of his edifice to swing public behind the law. This is something bayohets cannot alone achieve.

At a press conference in Wash- ington Wednesday the president admitted he might have told friends that he thinks the rate of integration 5 h 0 111 d be slowed down. REASON AND SENSE .

“We have tolhave reason- and sense and education and a lot of

other developments that go hand .

in hand . . . if this process is go- ing to have any real acceptance in the United States,” he said.

It is this type of lead that Eris- enhower is being urged to take. Apparently he doesn’t feel that it , is his responsibility to help shape and influencepublic opinv ion. Franklin D.’ Roosevelt hall a mifferent idea. He said: “The presidency is not merely an fld-I ministrative olfice. That is the least of it. It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership "

‘ ForrnOSCI And The U5.

II By Spencer Moose.

America has poured more than $1,000,000,000 into economic aid to Nationalist Chilnla since the re- gime. moved to Formosa from the mainland in 1949. I _

Without this help, Nationalist China Would have been unable to sustaiin its economy or maintain it 600,000~man armed forces.

U. S. wartime bombings, when the island was held by Japan, in- flicted severe damage on For- mosa and the nearby islands, shattering their industry. After the Chinese took over from Ja- pan in 1945, a new Chinese pro- vincial government did little to improve the situation.’

With U. S. help, the National- ists who fled to the island from the revolution were able to reor- ganize their army and build up their economy to a point where the standard of living on For- moaa is recognized as second only to Japan’s in the orient.

Formosa’s main crop is rice. Through intensive use of fer- tilizer, the island grows enough

Associated Press

to feed (1 10,000,000 population

and even provide a surplus for

Export.

' Sugar exports, however, pro

vide the biggest individual source

of much needed foreian ex- e.

MOSTLY TEXTILES

The bulk of U. S. economic aid money Since 1951 has gone into

development of the textile indus-

try. Formosa, which once im- ported most of its textiles, new

produces an exportable surplus.-

The same, however, goes for ce-‘ ment and other products. Dollars also helped develop the

island’s power resources, com—

munications, transport, mining, fishing, public health and sanita- tion. _

Almost all Formosa's Arable area—«about 30 per cent of its to- tal of 14,000 square miles—is un- der cultivation. Besides the two main crops, rice and sugar, the island grows pineapples bananas and other fruits in abundance, a Wide varmt” v of vegetable: and

' factually with your prosepective

, stages he can take steps to safe-

Don’t Hide Heart Trouble ,

By Herman N. Bundesen. M-D. DON'T 1min the fact that you you have heart trouble. Many a young woman who has heart trou- ble and is planning marriage tries to keep it a secret from her hus- band-tube. _ It’s never advisable to start off a marriage with a lie or a sec- ret anyway, and heart disease is one thing you can’t hide forever. FACE THE FACT

Both of you will want children, and you probably will be able to have them, provinding that you face squarely up to the fact, that you do have heart disease.

You will need care before and I after the birth of any children. Therefore, discuss the situation

bridegroom and also your doc- tor before you are married. . . You women with heart disease who already are married, he sure to see your doctor when‘you be— gin thinking about making an ad- dition to the family.

DOCTOR’S DECISION I .

The factthat you may have had difficulty with an earlier pre- gnancy should not necessarily be a bar to increllsing the size of the family, but. this is .a decisioh tor your doctor. to ‘make. Per- haps your condition has improved in the intervening period. You won’t know for sure unless you consult your doctor immediately. If you see him during the early