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PAGE 4 MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1958.

Entouragan Report While the quarrels among the world’s, statesmen,have been making the headlines in recent weeks, an in-

ternational meeting that has been

going on quietly in Geneva has re- ceived little attention. .l’et, it will probably have just as great effect on world issues in the long run as will the more publicized summit meet- ing—should one eventually be held. . »

Scientists from East and West considering technical means of detecting nuclear tests and policing any ban that might be agre- ed upon: The findings of the dele- gates have been summarized in an ins terim report. They show three things in particular: (I) that it is techni- cally possible to detect nuclear ex- plosions wherever they may occur? (2) that it should be possible for the nations to organize a safe method of control; '(3) that, despite political

pressures which necessarily affect

any international gathering these days, the delegates reached virtually unanimous agreement on most ques- tions“ that arose. '

, This is an encouraging report. It does not necessarily indicate, .of course, that agreement to ban ‘nu-

clear tests will be reached in the near '

future, or at all. The recommenda- tions have ’yet’ to go through a politi- cal labyrinth—always a hazardous process. But it does show'that mutual enmity is not necessarily the norm of

V East-West relations. What the scien-

tists have achieved in their field, the diplomats ought to be able to' achieve in theirs, given the szfme sense L of mission and the same measure of mu- tual respect. " ' ’ ‘ ‘s’

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' off—perhaps it would be well if sci~

entists, scholars, philosophers, econ- omists and specialists in other fieldsa—without' regard to political be:

vliefs and national cOnditions—were called together from many lands into .

a sort; of intellectual UN. to try and 2;“

get to the root causes. and not mere-‘- ly the political symptoms of theten- s'ionswhichr‘divi‘de the nations. It. may be that in friendly, thoughtful dis— , cussion they might find a fresh idea,

perhaps a, common viewpoint, to pass along to the' governments and thus ‘ ' contribute mightily'to the search for

a broader and more effective way of peace. ‘ - ‘ ' ' ' ~

The “CIOSUAre” Problem

The filibuster is such a deeply

rooted institution in the United St‘a— .

tes Senate that so far all attempts to m'ake it manageable have failed. Un- der present rules any controversial piece of legislation can be kept from coming to a vote' simply by a few sen- ators’ talking hour after hour on sub- jects not even remotely related to the point at issue.

At the present time a committee of the Senate-is V working on two possible devices . which might aue thorize closure of the debate under certain circums nces. One suggest- ed method woul allow closure by a vote“) of t two-thirds of the senators actually present and voting. : The other would provide that closure might be imposed after’fifte/en days of debate by an affirmative vote of a "constitutional majOrity” of the sen-

, ators. At present closure is possible

only when a “constitutional two1 thirds” of the Senate can be persuad-

. .ed to vote for it, whether the requir~

(id number of senators be present or not. I ' j

*Filibuster of the American type has not gotten a foothold in the Can- adian Parliamenet; and let us hope that it never will. Nevertheless, there is a problem of what to do about uri- necessary debate.- Prime ' Minister

[Diefenbaker is on record as opposing

closure under any circumstances and leaving the matter of debate'to the good sense of Parliament. It is doubt- ful, however, Whether thisis a work able proposition in all circumstances. What is really needed. is some method

which would permit free and full dis— .

cussion and at the same time prohibit

\ foolish bickering which often con-

tinu'es long after Parliament’s right to debate the issue has been‘ duly honoured. This, admittedly, is a diffi- cult thing to achieve; but it ought not to be impossible.

‘ Pending that happy state of: aft. 'fains—‘and it does seem a long way

The one thing that must be pro- tected in any legislation that may be devised is the right of Opposition members to criticize Government bills without unreasonable let or hind- rance. This is the very essence of the parliamentary system.

“Onlyf' Five Bottles

Agriculture Minister Harkness has been subjected to severe criticism in Parliament for his dismissal of an employee who had been found in pos- session of contraband liquor and cig- arettes.

We think that the criticism was justified; not," however, because Mr. Harkness was too hard on the em- ployee in question—assuming that the charge was substantiated—but because he was too lenient. “An em- ployee of the department”, said Mr; Harkness; “who in the course of his duties as inspector takes gifts from the people he is inspecting should be dismissed.” Certainly, he should—and without ceremony. And not'only dis- missed but prosecuted under the law.

‘ Mr. Harkness explained the depart- ment’s refusal to take action against the man by saying that “only” 5 bottles of liquor'and .6 cartons of pig- arettes were involved. Surely that is 'a strange interpretation of the: law and an unusual one. A man arriving at the, Canadian border after a visit to the United States and attempting to get by with ‘.‘only” 5 bottles of li-

_w_ou1d find himself in grave trouble, Why should a government employee be treated with special consideration?

make his offence: more serious, not less so, than that of a ,‘casual offen- der. '

EDITORIAL NOTES .

A mathematics expert say’s that “algebra is often taught as a ‘bundle of tricks’.” taught? A 3. ' ‘ o "1&ng I

West Germany has, surpassed the Netherlands as the World-Hi “greatest beer—experting' country. The two, countries, however, are on the best of

‘ tei‘fifiié‘f'IS-b this ' " 'deVeldpinsht- ' nWon’t . worsen the international situation.

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I Among all government g, “leaders nonélsisfito be less envied than General Fuad Shehab, the'newly elected Presi- dent of Lebanon. What with the re- bellion, the presence of American

‘fer‘hlly, "he has

plenty of problems to face. ‘ . 3 I.

, l 4 ' ' 4 , if '1 Strange are the ways of . a . When thekLiberals were‘in office .’ at ttawa the Conservatives urged them to remove the excise .tax on ' automobiles. The Liberals said “no”. _ N ow thatth‘e Conservatives are in, v‘the Liberals are making the same re- quest; and the Conservatives are say- ing “no” with much determination.‘

I 4 4 i * Mr. Charles P. Kelly, Irish trade representative in Newfoundland, said

Irish may have been the first Europ- eans to land in North Ame'rica. That’s possible, of course; anything is pos- . sible where the Irish are concerned. We doubt though that they'are going to take too kindly to the inference that they are Europeans. '

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Canada has agreed to take an— other 1',100 Hungarian refugees from the camps in Austria and Italy. The action is long overdue. It will add only about 500 workers (the rest being dev pendents) to the labour force—and that surely is nothing to worry about;

V while it will ease pressure on the countries where the camps are situat- ed and give at least a- measure of hope

,to the immigrants.

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The United States’ Government it has a heavy debt, too, one Of the highest per capita in, thefworld. The ceiling beyond which the public debt is not permitted to gounder existing

' law is $275 billion. The administra- tion is now asking congress to extend it to $285 billion. 20 years ago the ceil- ing was $45 billion. .

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On a farm in Italy cows are awak- ened every morning by the sound of soft music. They are then given show- ers-‘-—h'0t and cold water with lots of soap—and their food‘is conveyed to them by an electrically-driven belt, so that they don’t have to bend their-

hnecks uncomfortably. Water, too, is provided automatically. We are ra- ther" inclined to think that the aver- age COW wouT—l find all this luxury 8. bit annoying. But there is no question about the fine psychological effect on

' the farmer. '

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‘ The fact that the man was on official » service at the :time would seem to .

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marines and turbulent conditions gen- /

in! St. John’s the other day that the .

has a lot of money at its disposal. But.

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interest. The Guardian does not noses-

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WARM APPRECIATION ‘

Sin—May I take this means to extend the thanks and gratitude (if my officers and men for a most splendid welcome afforded them by the citizens of your

~ lovely city.

‘Your clubs your homes, and even your hearts were thrown open to make us welcome. Truly there...de not, be a friendlier clty. on the face-of,qu earth. ‘ . I aim“ Sir, etc, I am, etc, . ' “R. B. CRUI‘TY‘ Lieuit. Commander, U.S.N.R;

' 1' Comm-adding Officer U.S.S. 'I‘ills.

us. EXCHANGE RATE

, Sin—J In presenting Arnenilcan money to the stores in Cllilarlotte- tow’vn, I notice that they take 5 percent ,off jwhen purchasing goods, kg your ownpapergevery, day the/rate is published, which for the pest “week has been 4 _ percent and under. If business on this: Island expects American t-ollriststlo come here and spend

. _ , ‘. theg'r money they should not politici- I

charge" more than the market rate. Americans know what the rate is from day to day and shohlld not be when advantage of in the difference of exchange, Who is making the extra cent that is charged? 135 it the banks? Perhaps they don’t want Ameri- can‘money. If that is so, why do they advertise in Ainerican papers for tourists? If Island business Vandlbanks continue to charge moreeihan the establish- ed rate, they will lose in the end, and Amenicans will spend their vacation money elsewhere. . I am, Sir, etc, HAROLD A. MAOGREGOR Cardigan ' .

FEAR is THE ENEMY ._

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Sir~We do ourselves an in- jury and hinder the cause of world peace, if we picture Nas- ser'or Khrushchev as more ven- omous looking than they really are. It shows immaturity. We have seen 10 - year - old children _make hateful faces at their play~ ’mates to express their feelings. Many of us joined the mob on November 11,1918. We also had a bonfire ready and burnt Adolph Hlilller in effigy. We shouted in a frenzy as his image went up in smoke. We did_not realize at

that timetha‘t hunger for bread and butter was the main cause of the war.-

If we ask the man on the street, or when he waits his turn in the barber - shop. we find that fear of the future haunts many minds. His idea is that conditions in the world will get quse and worse till the end comes. “and the elements melt with fervent heal .” Another says, “I have no children or grand - children. I’ll try and save myself by living a good life.” He forgets that saving one’s own life means losing it. When he says that he cannot do anything to make matters better, he is forgetting about the leaven or yeast that does a perfect work in a quiet way.

In today’s paper we read that the British Government has con- sulted with 15 of her allies who have agreed to revise curbs on their trade with the Reds, or in other words to promote freer trade. They must be concluding that tariffs cause ill will.

There is certainly a way to eliminate the things that tantal- ize our so - called enemies. Then maybe we can look ahead f or another one thousand years on this planet and a safe place for our children’s children.

I am, Sir, etc, J. A. MACKENZIE Kensington

FLY LAW T0 CYPRUS LONDON (Reuters) Two DC-TIC airliners left here Satur- day for Oylprus with 143 Bullish policemen. part of the 300-stroug

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Despite stillomrinous rumblings from Lebanon's rebel headquar- ters and an apparent conflict in Western-suggested dates for a summit conference, the latest de- velopments involving the Middle East situation have had a gen- erally optimistic reception at the United Nations. .

P r i m e Minister, Maimillan’s new letter to Soviet Premier Khrushchev was regarded at the UN —— at least in preliminary views—«as offering an ideal solu~ tion to the current deadlock on the heads—Megovemmeut meeting. At the same time the overwhelm-, ing vote in the Lebanese parlia- ment lilor Gen. Fuad Shehalb, as its new president aroused some hope that American troops may be withdrawn gracefully from that pro - Western Middle East state. , . This development, coupled with the latest report from the UN’S observer group there which min— imized the role of foreign infiltra- tors in therebell-ion, could result in a lessening of tension and, al- low the summit . talks to go ahead in a relatively calm atmo- sphere. r

Mancunian was seen as break- ing the logiaim over Wes-tern par- ticipation in the big-power pone, ference when; he dropped in- sistence that the meeting be held at UN headquarters ——— under the

condition that the UN Sec lily»

Oduucil still be entrusted with set-

meetiug. _ N0 LEGAL BAR

There is no legal bar to an overseas loca‘tiloii for such a meeting under UN auspices. And if Macmil-lan’s suggestion is ac- cepted by the Soviet ‘ leader it would offer the United States lit- tle excuse for hanging back since Washington kept the loose term “UN framework” to the fore in its own communications with Mos- cow. 7

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Gaulle’s call later: Thursday for an Aug. 18 meeting is not ex- pectedto cause any intuit-Western disputes 'since there is general

agreement that the way should he .

carefully, Marco. ‘

On the local scene in- the Mid- dle East, where trouble'erupted' uly M with the over-throw of the Iraq monarchy, the Lebanese de- velopment appears generally fa- vorhlble. Gannlle Chamoun, the outgoing. president; is not favor- a:ny regarded in the Ar'ab world and there is some belief that his persona-I figmte had much to‘do with the revolt which has been going on sporadically since the wring. “ , new leader Saeb Salam issued a statement saying that hit forces

would continue their fight “until »

our demands are met,” but the decision 7 in' Parliament on ' a leader acceptable to all the par- ties there appears to put Leb- anon’s legislature on a more solidlooting. ‘.. 7., ,‘g UN chars EWDED i .

With the extension of the UN observer coups, ,Ou which secre- tuyflmenal Dag rskjold. has been working for rejthan a week since the, Security Coun- cil dialled to reach'avgreeinenlt on its Vrole‘, the American troops could how out of the picture under ,lllle assurance Hummer- skjold's group felt confident to oversee the situation.

The other affected country -

’ Jordan—«presents a different pic-

ture. There: «seems little 4 in the immediate future. that the British forces moved into that kingdom in July can be with— drawn without having a vacuum) which could swallow up King Hus- sein’s shaky government follow- ing the pattern under which Iraqi revolutionaries in that adjoining kingdom overthrew and killed Hussein’s cousin Faisal.

’One idea being discussed at the

UN—and one which Canada has ,

on record as favoring-4Won be a long-term plan under which Jor-

' dad would be neutralized and be- , come a kind of ward

of the World organization. . ‘

Letters Decontamin’ateci

James Reston In The New York Times

‘ WASHINGTON, -— At the re-_ quest of a lady reader in Kenne- bunk', Me, who says she has read the entire Eisenhower . Khrush. chev correspondence in The New York Times and still doesn’t. un- derstand. The Societytfor the Ex- posure of PoliticaleNonsense held an emergency meeting here this week and ran the official letters through its big electronic truth detector, Uniquack.

This remarkable machine, which can translate, decontamin- ate and summarize wordy official documents into clear, truthful American, produced the following clarification of what Mr. Eisen- hower and Mr. Khrushchev real- ly said: i I .-..ar Mr. President:

I am very annoyed with you for sending your marines into Leban- on. You deceived me. You led me to. believe during the Suez war, when you sided with me against the colonial imperialists from Britain and France, that you would not use force in the' Middle East even in your own interests.

Since then my friend Nessa. has been tidying things up in that area precisely to my liking. 1 real-

ly do w" you would go away and stop interfering with my plans.

Respectfully yours, Nikita S. Khrushchev.

Dear Mr. Khrushchev:

I have your letter of July 19. '1 can understand your s-urpirse at suddenly finding the American marines involved in Lebanon. I was a little surprised myself. We have definitely decided not to get involved in that mess, but the revolution in Iraq took us by surprise and we had to‘1do some- thing. -

Sincerely,

Dwight D. Eisenhower., P.S. By the way,’how are things going for you in Hungary these days? '

Dear Mr. President:

Thank you for your frank let- ter. I sympathize with your prob- lem. It must be extremely an» noying for you not to be told by Allen Dulles of your intelligence agency what trouble Foster Dul- les of your State Department is getting you into. .

Nevertheless,, we must deal with the serious situation in the Middle East. Our proposal is perfectly simple. We want you and the British to get out of there and leave us to deal with the Arabs for a while. Isn’t that rea» sonable?

At least, let us get together and talk about/it: I’m dying to see the United States.

Respectfully yours,

’ Nikita S. Khrushchev.

P. S. I’ll meet you anywhere that is convenient: Burning Tree, the Augusta National, Pine Val- ley, Pebble Beach, anywhere.

Dear Mr. Khrushchev: '

Foster and I don’t really like your suggestion. ,

Therefore, we don’t want to talk to you. Your changes should properly be discussed at the Unit- ed Nations, and of course, if you will read the Charter of that or- ganization you will see that any- body can represent a country. there, even you.

Sincerely,

Dwight D. Eisenhower.

P.S. When are you going to genout of Germany and Eastern Europe?

Dear Mr. President: Thank you for your cordial personal invitation to discuss