Address And Commentary

The members of the Canadian

than western nations have to pay. At the same time they receive 12 to 18 percent less for what they sell the Soviet Union than the Soviet Union pays in western markets for

Manufacturers Association have come 4¢ the same goods, The greatest price

and gone, and from all accounts they enjoyed every minute of their visit to Canada’s Garden Province on Sat- urday. We believe also that they will have found much food for thought in the address delivered at the govern- ment luncheon in their honour by Premier Matheson.

- While welcoming them courteously | to the Province, the Premier did not fail to point out the disadvantages under which we have laboured due to the centralization of industry in the larger Provinces, and the need of remedying this situation if we are to have a healthy nation. “We had,” he reminded the visitors, “manufac- turing in the seaside provinces when Canada was a young nation, but the. current expansion of our country, both in population and industry-wise, is resulting in a bulging waistline in our maturing nation.”

Our failure to share ‘in the pros- perity of the larger Provinces points t> something radically wrong in our post-Confederation setup. The Pre- mier did not pinpoint the trouble, leaving his guests to draw their own conclusions; but no doubt he had in mind, as one factor in our difficul- ties, the continuance of high tariff policies which. were adopted for the protection of infant secondary indus- tries in years gone by, and have been perpetuated to the serious detriment of our farmers in particular.

These industrial nurslings have Jong outgrown their baby clothes, and indeed have become the most domin- ant pressure group in the country. There is at present a strong agitation for increased tariffs on synthetic fibres, yarns and other products which would be detrimental to Bri- tain as well as the United States and Japan, and which apparently has been approved by Ottawa. This despite the fact that last year Britain accumulat- e¢ a deficit of $254 millions in its trade with this country, due in part to increased tariff boosts on British woollen goods imposed not long after the Commonwealth trade conference at Montreal. The British are now turning to countries like the. Soviet Union where they are sure of selling their goods, and who can blame them?

It is obvious that if we wish to maintain and expand our trade with other parts of the world, we must avoid pricing ourselves out of world markets. European countries have formed their own free trade bloc, and other countries are following suit. The industries vital to this country are its primary ones which cannot flourish in isolation. Tariff protect- jionists who cannot see the handwrit- ing on the wall are blind to Canada’s

’ future—certainly to the future of the industries which, in this Province at least and to a large extent in the

Maritimes as a whole, are vital to our wellbeing.

We may beewrong in assuming that the Premier had these complaints in . mind in addressing the Canadian | Manufacturers Association. €ertain- | ly he refrained from voicing them explicitly. But he left no uncertainty as to the problems with-which we are faced, and the need of remedy- ing them if the spirit ‘of Confedera- tion is to be maintained. ?

Tempting Soviet Bait

Soviet diplomacy is still active in South *America. Uruguay is be- ing courted now, under the bait of a credit of $120 million offered by the Soviet Union through its local dip- lomatic mission. According to re- ports from Montevideo, the credit is to cover “technical rehabilitation”, - which could include all commun-

_ tlisadvantage comes in satellite pur- chases of Russian grains, textile “raw materials and fuels. Some met- als, ores and chemicals are sold pelow world markets and satellites do get a slight price advantage. But the satellites can’t shop where they want. Russia dictates exports and imports, and builds up her ~~ economy at the expense of the ™ itries she has entrapped and to w.. ch she had promised an econo- mic Eden. Uruguayans will have to watch their step if they take advan- tage of this deal. Other South Ameri- cans, especially Argentine and Bra- 4illian neighbors, are reportedly con- cerned with this Soviet trade-and- aid baiting, and with good reason. All have had the recent experience of Communist political infiltration. much of which is alleged to have originated in the Uruguayan base.

Transportation

Our federal representatives have shown commendable enterprise in pressing our transportation require- ments in the Commons recently. Mr Macquarrie has been urging that consideration be given to having the ferries make more and later trips to handle traffic, and that the rail service between Moncton and Cape Tormentine be speeded up. Dr. Phillipssupperted the request for ferry service later at night, especial- ly for freight, and made a good point in suggesting that the operation of the new car ferry, plans for which were announced recently, be dis- sociated entirely from railway sched- ules. While the new boat will provide relief, he warned that it would not solve the Island’s transportation problem and that “immediate at- tention” be given to the consulting engineer’s report on the causeway project when it is referred to the department of transport.

Mr. Macdonald when and if the causeway becomes a reality, the present ferries be used to start a service between Pictou and Georgetown, also that consider- ation be given to a ship-to-shore tele- phone service at East Point for the use of draggers operating in the area, and to a landing strip in Kings County.

Meanwhile the railway has an- nounced its improved summer ferry

which really does constitute an im- provement and is to be commend- ed The Abegweit, Prince Edward ‘sland and Scotia II will be, in daily gperation between June 26 and September 8, the Scotia having been planked to give the vessel a carrying capacity of 22 trucks and the old slip at Tormentine rehabilitated to ac- commodate her. Altogether, the three ferries will make a total run of 26 scheduled trips each day. This will

matter.

cDITORIAL NOTES

to celebrate Canada’s centennial eight years from now, might well consult the Canadian Citizenship Council or the Canadian Association for Adult Education. A one-day con- terence sponsored by these two or- ganizations produced no less than 43 specific ideas ranging all the way from festivals and pagearits at the national level to projects suitable for the smallest local groups.

More and more future scientists

jeation, road and rail, power de-

are being trained in Japan where,

velopment, and general industrializ- | according to an International Bur-

ation. In return,. Uruguay would |

have to commit itself to supplying the Soviet Union with farm produce, especially wool, over a planned per- fod. Four years is the time suggest- This is how Communist infiltra- tion works. The Uruguayans could very well do with foreign aid at this

eau of Education survey, the num- ber of students studying science and technology is increasing far more

Japanese taking arts degrees. Last year, out of every fourteen Japan- ese students, nine were studying science and only five literature, as compared to 1957 when the pro-

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NATO And The Atom

By Patrick Nicholson

President de Gaulle has creat- ed one of the major crises in the history of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization by his de- mands this week. France, he has announced, will accept no more NATO commitments unless she is given Allied help in developing her own nuclear weapons. At the same time, he has refuseu to permit the stockpiling of Unit- ed—States—atomic and hydrogen bombs in France unless they are posi- tion which is now forcing the withdrawal of U.S. fighter-bomb- ers from France.

Proposals are being heard for =” mit meeting” of Genera de Ayaulie and President Pisen- to settle the quarrel. What is needad much more is a meet- ing of al the NATO members. The issue is not between the United States and France alone; it concerns the whole alliance. NO ATOMIC POLICY @ is a curious fact that de spite the crucial role of nuclear weapons in modern war, NAT. has never had an atomic policy. When the alliance was formed 10 years ago, the United States was still the only country which pos- sessed the atomic bomb. Kk was

fondiy imagined that this situa- tion would continue far into the

future, provided the U.S. did not give away its “secrets.”

In the last decade, the whole Situation has changed. The So- viet Union has developed its owu atomic and hydrogen bombs, and Britain has followed its example. It is now obvious that there is no real “secret” involved. A ny advanced countny willing and able to pay the tremendous costs can equip itself with nuclear wea- pons. At the same time, the failure of NATO to develop ade- quate conventional forces has made the West far more depen- dent on these weapons than was contemplated when the alliance was founded.

U. S. POLICY

Yet despite all this there has been no basic change in Unitea States policy. The U. S. still re- fuses either to give its Allies atcmic or hydrogen bombs or missiles, or to help theni to make their own. It is prepared to store the weapons on Allied territory, and to train NATO forces in their use, but the warheads must remain under American control. The result ‘inevitably is a stale- mate.

France is now trying to break the deadlock in two wajs. Her current revolt is an attempt to change US. policy. At the same time, she is busy with a program

Canada’s Defense Position

By Dave Mcintosh Canadian Press Staff Writer

In some respects, Canada’s ; present position in the North At- | lant'c Treaty Organization is not unlike that of France. .

France has insisted that it, must have control over American nuclear warheads stored in France before it will allow them to be stockpiled there. This has brought about a new division in NATO soon after the healing of the breach between Greece and | Turkey over Cyprus.

The Canadian government has announced that it will permit the United States to retain control over American nuclear warheads stored in Canada, as required un- der U.S. law.

QUESTION OF SOVEREIGNTY

But observers in Ottawa feel that the\ government st'll faces a hard choice between mainten- ance of Canadian sovereignty\and | letting the U.S. carry a major | share of the Canadian defence burden.

They say the government can- not keep resisting U.S. pressure to instal more American military | bases and Weapons in Canada. while at the same time leaning ! heavilv on the U.S. for defence expenditures.

The government, of course, has a@ good argument when it says that the defence of North Amer- ica is indivisible, that the U.S. is only defending itself when it spends money for defence instai- lations in Canada.

The problem was shown clearly last week in the disclosure that the U.S. in its fiscal year wh'ca starts next month has earmarked $182,400.000 for Canadian air de- fence. 80 per cent of the Caria- dizn figure for the same purpose in the comparable period.

VOICE IN DEFENCE?

Under cost - sharing arrange menis, the U.S. is paying two- thirds of the cost for instailation of Bomarc anti - aircraft micsile nnits, a SAGE Tonic control unit and new radars in Cenada.

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For some time scientists have been hard at work on a machine that will translate languages. The idea of a mechinical. trans- lator was first put forward by aa Englishman, A.D. Booth, thir- teen years ago. British, Ameri- can and Russian scientists have been working at it ever since.

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As matters now stand, scien tific jojujrjnals are piling up i every country and few people are able to read them. On this continent, the reports of the U.S. S.R. Academy of Sciences cost $40 a year for 36 issues; but the cost of translating them from Russian is $25,000.

This is only one of some 300 Soviet scientific _and technical journals that could be of much use to U.S. and Canadian scien- tists, but it would cost more than $7 millions \to have them all translated every year. Yet even at that price it might be cheap- er to translate than to have o duplicae the research they de- scribe.

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DIFFERENT STORY

While normal, healthy babies have considerable ‘‘built-in” pro- tection, it is a different story with premature infants.

Anemia, for example, is sel- dom serious in a full-term child. In a premature baby, however, it often presents grave dangers.

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QUESTION AND ANSWER J. V. U.: What catises frequent

and severe foot and leg cramps at night? Answer: There are many

causes: for foot and leg cramps. Most usual is an arteriosclerotic condition, which is a hardening and narrowing of the arteries, causing a decrease in the blood supply to the extremities.

It would be best to see your physician who can find the cause and institute suitable treatment.

OUR YESTERDAYS

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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (June 15, 1934)

The annual violin recital by the pupils of Miss Kathleen Hornby was held last evening in Roch- ford Square Hall before a large audience. Miss Frances Wood, soprano, assisted as soloist, and Mr. Albert Blanchard as piano accompanist.

Mr. George Lewis, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Lewis, Freetown, suffered a painful injury yester- day when he had one finger blown off by the accidental dis- charge of a gun which he was holding. In addition the second finger was badly damaged. The youth was rushed to the Prince

tention.

TEN YEARS AGO (June 15, 1949)

About 100 delegates from all parts of the Maritimes are ex- pected to attend the 15th annual conference of the Maritime Branch of the Canadian Postmas- ters’ Association which starts to- day. Six members attended an executive meeting in the Char- lottetown Hote] last evening when the finances of the Association were discussed.

The Green Gables house in the National Park at Cavendish is being fitted up to act as an at- traction for tourists this summer. Five rooms are being furnished with furniture in keeping with the period of Lucy Maud Montgom- ery’s “Anne” stories, and .other parts of the house will also be re- modelled.

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