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tism which prevailed in government appointments. It has cropped up again, with all its unsavoury as- sociations, in the House of Com- mons investigation of the Civil Ser- vice Commission. Mr. Pelletier, Ci-

vil Service Commissioner, frankly told the committee that he would be “foolish to deny that nepotism does exist in some of the depart-

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What it means is that in “some” departments of government, (un- specified in the report) promotions have been so “arranged” through the “tailoring” of exams that “family eompacts” of husband, wife, son. daughter, uncle, aunt, and assorted friends and relations have been built up. This was a practice, Mr. Pelletier said, that the Commission “looked on very darkly indeed” and

‘had made “continuing strenuous ef-

forts” te stamp out.

The committee was given statis- ties having a bearing on its previous- Iy voiced suspicions that some de- puty ministers, executive and -per- sonnel officers had been turning their departments into “closed

shops” by rigging promotion exams ' for the benefit of favorites. Lack-

ing adequate staff to supervise these exams, the Commission had been leaving them in the hands of de- partments, with the resulting ap- pointments subject to review and approval. Last year, for example, there had been 4,802 promotion exams in the Federal Civil Service and the Commission ‘had been able

te supervise only four per cent of.

them. Appeals, which were intend- ed to provide another hedge against favoritism, appear to have been treated with the same casualness. Of the 664 appeals that had been filed last year against the manner in which exams had been conduct- ed. only twenty-six were sustained.

One Conservative member, Mr. Pigeon, Joliette, raised a pertinent point. “Why,” he asked, “bother advertising that Civil Service jobs are open and -examinations are to be held, when, in fact, the appoint- ments already have been made?” Mr. Pelletier’s reply was that “even when a candidate is chosen in ad- vance, the examination must be held.”

Thus the outward forms are ob- served, while the old “family .<ompact” game goes on behind the scenes. Everybody in the “know” knows all about it, apparently, and

its head sadly, and asks what it can do. It has now undertaken, at the suggestion of the committee, to step up its schedule of meetings from two to three a week to handle its load of investigation work. That may help, but it will strike the public as a pretty inadequate move in the circumstances. Not much bet- ter, in fact, that the Walrus’ sug-

gestion to the despondent Carpen- ter, in Lew Carroll’s woeful ballad.

Dairy Industry Drive

Canadiz.ns, will be reminded during the month of June that the dairy ‘Industry is still one of the nation’s Jargest, most important and most ‘complex businesses. Over the years dairying, in all its manifestations, has become highly efficient, begin- ning with the production of milk and carrying through td the delivery of the finished product to the con-

it is estimated that 60 per cent the beef and 40 per cént of the veal consumed in Canada comes from dairy herds. In a country which sometimes becomes predccupied with the, importance of wheat it is worth remembering that in a given year the farm value of the products of Canadian dairy herds exceeds that of any other single farm product, in-

; cluding wheat. .

A comparison of the investmen per man required. in farming with that of other industry reveals one of the real problems facing a young man who wishes to start dairy farm- ing from scratch. In many industrial firms the capital investment per man is $5,000, or less, while on a specialty

000 per man and very little lower for the general dairy farm opera- tion.

More promotion should be put be- hind Canadian dairy foods. This is the opinion of the advertising man- agement committee of Dairy Farm- ers of Canada, the national producer organization which will spend $367,- 000 in advertising and promotion in 1959. The 1958 per capita consump- tion figures for dairy foods, says W. B. Rettie, president of Dairy Farm- ers of Canada, show consumption of fluid milk and butter falling off after several years of steady in- crease. On the other hand, per capita consumption increases were noted

products and ice cream.

Mr. Rettie points to a population of over 17 million persons as the dairy- man’s best market which must be cultivated continuously. With about 160,000 new homes coming into be- ing each year and about 1246 new faces appearing at the dinner tables of the nation each day, the producer president has called upon dairy pro- ducers for strong support of the ad- yertising fund this year. The pro ducer advertising program which has heen in operation since 1950 is fin- anced by dairy farmers who make an advertising set-aside of a cent-a- pound on all butterfat marketed

during the month of June.

- EDITORIAL NOTES

Britain bas decided to increase its subscription to the Internationa! Monetary Fund to nearly $2 billion, about 50 per cent more¢han its pre- sent commitment. The Chancellor of the Exchequer says the action emph- asized the importance the British Government attaches to the LMF. It also reflects a big improvement in the country’s ecooee petoes

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sors pay only $20,671. The CBC pays the remaining $23,142. But the CBC official declined to name the pro-

know what two programs they are subsidizing at the rate of $1,217,424

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General George C. Marshall join- ed a distinguished company when ne recently received the Charle- magne prize of the ancient city of Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle). Previous recipients include Winston Churchill, Konrad Adenauer, Robert Schuman

was established in 1949 by ‘leading citizens of Aachen, ancient capital of the holy Roman empire and seat of the Emperor Charlemagne. It is -awarded for “signal services to the cause of international understanding and co-operation in Europe.” Gen- eral Marshall's award was in recog- nition of his contribution, through the Marshall plan of economic. aid,

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RUSSIAN BALLET EXERCISES

OTTAWA REPORT

The first Atlantic Congress will

formally opened by Queen in London, England, on Sth of Jurie. It will consist of citizens representing the fif.

teen allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization The deciared of the

purpose Congress ts “‘to bring together the ablest and most distinguished cit- izens representative the prin- of national ‘life in

With great farsightedness, our Liberal Government ten years

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of the nations around the North Atlantic basin. Nothing less, he bravely but wisely asserted.

By Joseph Canadian

of Smator Lyndon Johnson, United States Senate majority leader, for a “‘summi meeting of the many” compete: in some ways with an earlier proposal by President Nasser of the United Arab Republic.

Nasser and President. Tito of Yugoslavia are reported already working on a plan for a “‘little summit’’ meeting of the so-called neutralist leaders, including Prime Minister Nehru of India and President Sukarno of Indo- nesia.

The Arab chief and Tito are worried that the Geneva confer- ence of Big Four foreign min- isters, and a possible East-West summit meeting to follow, may make decisions against the in-

sop “sponsored” TV shows cost $44, | Oinrr ¢ weep eer | 983 a week to produce but the spon- | the Civil Service Commission shakes

countries. And apparently they are unwil-

| ling to concede to the great

grams. Since it is the public that | foots the bil, why shouldn’t they |

and Paul-Henri Spaak. The prize.

} tothe -postwar—recovery—of_Europe—

power chiefs sufficient wisdom to avoid stumbling into a war that would engulf all. ; STRONG VOICE ape

The reasoning is that a meet- ing of India, Indonesia, Yugo- slavia and U.A.R.—whose com- bined population totals 500,000,000 —could speak In a voice strong. enough to make the great powers listen.

Diplomats mention other pos- alble motives for: Nasser. His Propaganda campaigns against such rival figures as Premier Kassem of Iraq and King Hus- sein of Jordan have not dislodged those Arab leaders and hé may see in a “‘little’ summit” an op- portunity to restore his sagging prestige.

Johnson's proposal, made dur- ing the weekend in a speech in Texas, his home state, was out- lined as a blow to Soviet diplo- macy and a pitch for support from the uncommitted countries as well as from anti-Communist smaller powers.

Johnson, too, is fascinated ‘by figures, and commented that two- thirds of the world's peoples are “either committed to oppose us er uncommitted to our support.” He added:

“Where the Soviets have sought a meeting of the few. let us in- itiate a meeting of the many: Let

First Atlantic Congress

By Patrick Nicholson

ago insited that the North Atlan- |

| present standard of living, let

Senator Johnson’‘s Proposal

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, would do. Largely through American op- |

| position and Canadian inertia, | this economic clause of the treaty has been . Our European | allies grew tired of NATO’S fail- | ure to take that urgently-needed

ship, have gone ahead without North American participation. to form a huge customs union of 162,000,- 000 souls. The other European allies wil] certainly form a séc- ond “common market”, or else join the first. The 175,000,000 cit- izens of the U-S.A. already con- | stitute their own huge “common | | market", large enough to support a comprhensive range of man.

Atlantic Congress. This of course is not a new or unforseen crisits. i CANADIANS AWARE, IGNORED | Mr. Pearson foresaw this need ten years ago, when he made that famous statement. Five years ago, a group of Canadians, already worried by lack of action towards an economic partnership wihin NATO, played a promin- ent part-in drafting “The Dec- laration of Atlantic Unity” urg- ing immediate implementation of “The Canadian Clause’’; and they played the leading role in organ. izing an international deputation to present The Declaration to the Counc. of NATO

Approximately % prominent Canadians have endorsed that Declaration, including Prime Min- ister Diefenbaker, Liberal Lead- er Pearson, C.C.F. Leader Cold- well, all our prominent labour leaders, as well as university pre- sidents, religious leaders, bankers

publishers and writers,

| ufacturing industries. Those developments will leave | tiny Canda isolated cn our high- cost economic plateau. i Already trade rivalries between these groups are intensifying, and | | seen likely to assume proportions | which will spit the very foundat- | ions of the Atlantic alliance. ‘What steps can we take to enable the NATO allies to wage successfully the ~-!d. or etc >> 1 | ic, wer against the communist bloc, and to enable us to main- tain indefinitely the heavy cost of deterrent against nuclear ag- gression? Above all. what can we in Canada do to enable our | isolated economy to support our

alone one which will rise stead.

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; ok at the summit here in thd new world.”

He thus apparently excludes Communist Yugoslavia. There appears to be little or no com- mon ground hetween the plan of Nasser and that of Johnson.

Both the proposed meetings would lose much weight if Nehru stayed away — which is likely. Nehru has consistently steered clear of formal associations, with the exception. of the Common- wealth, and there is no reason to believe he would feel more kindly toward Nasser’s neutralist bloc than to any other bloc.

OUR YESTERDAYS | |

(From the Guardian Files)

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (May 29, 1934) Twenty-one students graduated from St. Dunstan's. Uriversit« yesterday afternoon at the eig tieth annual commence: ont. Th graduates were addressed by Rigit Rev. G. J. MacLellan, D.D., | VG., Other speakers inched Rew Dr. J. A. Murphy, Rector; | IA. Governor DeBlois, Premier MacMillan, Hon. W. M. Lea, and Councitior B. Roy Holman, | Dr. J. H. Ayers arrived: home last evening from Toronto. where he ‘was attending the regular meeting of the Dominion Dental Council, which holds a session | every two years. It was firet or- ganized in 1904 in Toronto, and of those present at that first

W. D. Cowan of Regina were

meeting. only Dr. Ayers and Dr. |.

and ‘industrialists

Against that background. it comes as more than a shock to learn that Canada’s 45 delegates to the Atlantic Congress predom. inantly of backbench politicians and of equally undistinguished private citizens; very few select- ed for their leadership or for their knowledge of, and interest in, Atlantic afia.is, bux err gi because they have rendered some small service to the Conservat- ive Party. Only one signer of the Declaration is included.

The chartered airliner carry- ing Canadians to the Atlantic Congress-largely at the taxpayers’ expense-will be ‘‘one for the boys”, taking not a truly repres- entative and distinguished Can- adian d- ‘d speak up presuasivély and with knowledge. but a Conservative

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