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PAGE 4 THURSDAY. OCT. 23, 1958.
Vice-Regal Post
The Prime Minister is under- taking an extensive “around the u orld” trip primarily to see for him- self conditions in 'the countries visited and to gather ideas on how Canada can help in countries which need economic and idustrial aid. He
will also take a look at Colombo ‘
Plan activities, especially those in which this country is taking a lead- ing part. In all this, Canadians will wish the Prime Minister well.
According to an Ottawa report, Mr. Dielenbaker may be on the lookout for a possible successor to Governor-General Massey. He has been queled as saying that it might be “a good idea” to bring a distin- guished statesman from 'some other country of the Commonwealth to fill the vacancy when it occurs.
There are still a good many Canadians who feel that the old practice of having a Viceroy come from the British Isles had special merit. But if that practice has been definitely and permanently discon- tinued—and it probably has been— the appointment of a distinguished citizen from somewhere else in the family of nations might help in an important way to strengthen Com- monwealth relations. We are rather inclined to think, however, that most Canadians would prefer to have a Canadian in the post. I
Another method of making the appointment would be simply to ask the Queen to name her own repre- sentative without seeking advice from anybody, and without particu- lar regard to his Commonwealth nationality—if this latter should be acceptable to Ottawa. Her Majesty has travelled widely in the Common- wealth. She knows personally most of the leading statesmen. She is, withal, a personcf sound judgement in her own right. Surely, she could be depended upon to name a com- petent Governor-General on her own initiative.
Law Ancl Charity
Lawyers and judges who seek some way of correlating the letter of the law and Christian charity could do no better than take as their guide counsel given by the late Pope in his last public appearance. He was speaking to 2,000 jurists attend- ing the International Congress of Public Notaries in Rome.
“Laws in themselves,” said His Holiness, “are not absolute. They must yield to the just and well- trained conscience; and one recog- ‘nizes the “true man Of the law, whether judge, lawyer or notary, by his skill in interpreting legal texts with a View towards the higher wel- fare of the individuals and of the community. Whoever pursues his claims to extreme limits of legality actually has already crossed the bor- ders of justice.
“Nothing will help you more in developing the sense of justice among men than the application and practice of genuine charity, the sub- jects of the teachings of the Divine Lord and the fruit of His work of redemption”.
Those words will be printed on the last page of the 19th annual volume of the speeches and broad- casts delivered by the late Pope. The documents of the entire Pontificate run to more than 3 million words. They range over the whole field of human knowledge and problems.
Future Atomic Power
By 1970, atomic power plants in various countries will be producing some 15 million kilowatts of elec- tricity—about 50 times as much as at present. This was the opinion of scientists taking part in' the second United Nations Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, held recently in Geneva. The confer- ence brought togethr 6,300 scientists and technicians from 69 countries to review the present uses of nuc- leon energy, and to consider how it might be used more fruitfully in future.
As regards the cost of atomic power, a subject of particular llll~
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portance discussed in the Geneva meetings, delegates from the United Kingdom estimated that within ten years this was likely to fall “well below” that of conventional power in their country.
In the production of power from nuclear fusion, speakers estimated that it would take 10 years to reach the “break-even” point in experi- mental devices (the point at which the energy turned out equals the energy fed in), and a longer period to develop industrial-scale machin- ery.
A “hopeful outlook” for nuclear- propelled ships was indicated by re- ports on the Soviet icebreaker Lenin, launched last year, and the United States merchant ship Savannah, now under construction.
Radioactive isotopes were being
I used in many countries as tools in
medicine, agriculture, industry and basic sciences. They were reported to be saving industry some $400,- 000,000 a year in the United States, and 1,000,000,000 rubles in the Soviet Union. In medicine, their use in diagnosis and treatment was de- scribed as “one of the brightest and most exciting developments in mo- dern science.”
Plans For Alaska
Atomic explosions may dig a har- bor in Alaska’s coast, about 100 miles north of the Arctic Circle. The har- bor would open the way to what may prove a bonanza of coal, oil, asbestos, zinc, tin, copper, gold, and other min- eral ores. The lack of ports has so far prevented extensive development of this wealth, but the US Atomic En- ergy Commission has announced that nuclear excavation of a harbor may begin in 1960, if surveys are favor- able.
The area under study is in Alaska’s Second Judicial Division, one of the four great territories into which 'Al- aska is divided. This Division, with headquarters in Nome, includes most of the western coast facing Siberia and the northern coast fronting on the Arctic Ocean. More than half as, big as Texas, it is practically barren in the upland country and mountains, but elsewhere vegetation grows.
The site of the harbor woud prob ably be between Cape Thompson and Cape Seppings, northwest of Kotze- bue Sound. The surrounding country
‘is‘sparsely inhabited by Eskimos, who
live largely by 'hunting and fishing.
EDITORIAL NOTES
The British ship “Sceptre” has had tough luck all along. First, she was beaten decisively by her Ameri- can rival. Now, she is in Halifax with a deep gash in her side.
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American troops have left Le- banon, and British troops will be pulling out of Jordan for the next couple of weeks. Look out for more trouble in the Middle East around the 15th November, if not before.
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Canada’s first “Social Register" is being kept out of the reach of everybody except those whose names are listed therein. That takes most of the glory out of membership. What on earth is the use of being
' numbered among the elect unless all
the neighbours know about it? * a: at:
The make-up of the new Board of Broadcast Governors is expected \to be announced within the next few days. It will be some time, how ever, before the governors really got down to work. We should imagine that it will take, several weeks for them to catch on to what it is they are expected to do. The legislation on the matter is anything but clear.
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Politicians are touchy people. Presi- dent Eisenhower and Vive President Nixon came very close to branding as unpatriotic or even treasonable criticism of the US. administration’s policy governing Quemoy. And now Premier Duplessis in Quebec has termed a newspaper report of his early retirement “malicious and dis- loyal.” Disloyal, one wonders, to whom?
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A new role for Premier Krushchev is that of temperance reformer. He now proposes to stamp out drunken- ness in Russia through a one-drink-a- customer limit for establishments serving hard liquor. Tipplers who want to go from one place to another for their drinks are welcome to do so. “Let them go,” says Nikita, “Those who want five glases will have to go to live restaurants. They'll sober up while hulking their rounds.” Excel lent idea: but. will he abide by this rule himself?
ANOTHER PLAY THAT LOOKS GOOD
Politics In
By David
For a quarter of a century, the coup d’etat has been the donnin- ant way of political life in Thai- land.
Governments rise and fall at the command of strong army men. There hasn’t been any vio- lence in the 26 years since Thai- land, or Siam as it was then known, ceased to be an absolute monarchy following the first of 13 bloodless revolutions.
Until last year, the chief figure in Thai politics for 10 years was Pibul Souggram, anlal‘my mar- shal. His undoing was to try to set his cabinet ministers to cut their connections with highly prof- itable business ventures.
BAD EXAMPLE
Police Chief Pthao Sriytanzond is said to have made millions out of the opium trade and other vices. as well as in legitimate busi- nesses. Army comander Sarit Thanarat had interests in about 30 lucrative companies and also is said to have taken a huge slice from the proceeds of the national lottery.
Songgram tried to end some of the corruption in high places that was worrying Thailand’s friends. The country is a strong supporter of the Southeast Asia Treaty Or- ganization, an American-inspired grouping similar to NATO, and it was embarrassing to have ’llhai- land pointed out by the Chinese Communists as an example of the West’s Allies in Asia.
STRAW PREMIER
Songgram c o u l d n’t override , Phao and Sarit. Both resigned and in the resulting struggle for con- trol behind the scenes. Sarit emerged the strong man. He took over the government and sent Premier Songgram—and the po- lice chief as well—out of the coun- ry.
Elections were held last Decem-
PUBLIC FORUM
This column is open to the discus.
sion by correspondents of question of
interest. The Guardian does not ueses‘
larin endorse the opinion of carrot pondents.
HALLOWE’EN PRECAUTIONS
Sir,—Hallowe’en night is ap- proaching. We should by able to see it come and go with feel- ings of happiness in it’s advent, as a time of pleasurable games and friendly visits from the young children of the respective districts.
However. durng the past few
years, in certain sections of the city this night has become a chaotic one; with petty rowdy- ism by such large numbers of .tecn-agcrs that it borders on “An unlawful assembly". as de- fined by the criminal law of the land. These conditions are em- phatically denounced by the re- sidents of the invaded areas; as there is unwarranted noise and a grave danger of injuries to persons and damage to property. Especially is this true where they are allowed to have and ex- plode firecrackers that are illegal at any time. _ With the sole object of abat- ing such nuisances, we of the Police Department, respectfully ask for the cooperation of all parents and guardians by having some con \91 over the move— ments of their teen-age children on that night and also by ad- monish’ing them as to their con- duct. This, we realize is a prob- lem, but well worth the effort and on the morrow will find you With no regrets for failing to have taken some interest in the young people.
Without any show of dictator- ship we must impress on all that our obligation to the citi- zens is to uphold their right. to peaceful tenancy of their pro- perties and in order to so do it may be necessary to he unseem- |.\' (lras‘u'. Again asking cooperation.
I am. Sir. etc. L‘, W. llacAR’l‘llUR ] t‘li.ct' of Police chat lottctow n.
for your
Thoflond
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Canadian Press Staff Writer
bar. A young army officer, Ll.‘ Gen. Thanom Kitti-loachoru, was set up as a straw premier for Sarlt who went off to England and the US. for treatment of a liver complaint.
Sarit slipped home quietly last weekend, ready to take over the reins of government himself. The premier submitted his resignation Tuesday.
A few hours later the Thailand radio announced that Field Mar- shal Sarit as head of the so-called Revolutionary Party—it is made up of the army. navy. air force.
There are still few of us, over the age of fifteen anyway, who expect ourselves to travel to the moon and beyond. But it. is over- whelmingly probable that most of us now alive will be around to welcome back men who have
successfully probed f ar into space. October 11, 1958 is a date
which, in the annals of man's conquest of space, will rank in importance with Decemkcr 17 1903. On that windy December day just after the turn of the century the Wright brothers made the first faltering, but success- ful, flight in a heavier-than-air flying machine. The flight last- ed for all of ten seconds and cov- ered 120 feet. But 16 years later the airplane had been developed to the point where Alco-c-k and Brown were able to fly non- stop across tihe Atlantic from Newfoundland to Ireland. And today it is as commonplace for us to fly halfway round the world as it was for the people of the Wright’s day to take a train five hundred miles.
ROCKET ATTEMPT
Last Saturday, man, for the first time successfully threw a rocket far out into space. True, the aptly-named Pioneer did not do all that had been hoped for it. It failed to reach the moon. But it went farther and faster than any object thrown off the earth had ever gone before. There is no more reason to be discouraged because the Pioneer went up on- ly 79,000 miles, instead of the hoped-for 221,000, than there was because the Wright’s brothers’
Iraq, a land that .» an 5,- 000 years of recorded history, is struggling to modernize itself in a time of violent political uphea- val. The new rulers of the Califor- ni-ansize nation have indicated they will continue the program of using oil profits for flood control irrigation projects, roads, schools, hospitals, and industries. One fea- ture of the development program is an effort by archeologists to
discover irrigation techniques used when Iraq was ancient Mesopotamia.
These long lost methods once made Mesopotamia the granary of the world, the October Na- tional Geographic Magazine says in a report on the physical, his- torical, and cultural aspects of Iraq. The authors, Jean and Franc Shor, toured the Near Eas- tern nation on the eve of the re- volution that swept young Faisal II from the thonre. ‘ GARDEN OF EDEN
According to tradition, the Gar- den of Eden lay near the con- fluence of the Tigris land Eu- phrates Rivers. which flow through Iraq. Modern lnaqutis believe the rivers are their coun- try‘s greatest natural resource. “Oil is a fine thing." and Iraqi told the Shors, “But you can’t plant it. Water is far more im- portant. Must natural resource». are replaceable. Grain. timber, fruit, cotton — all yield seeds and all reproduce year after
out cl the ground it is gone to"-
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Probing Outer Space
Winnipeg Free Press
.police and government officials— ha-d assumed control of the coun- try “in the name of the people . . because of pressure o“ in- ternal and external trees, espe- cially the Communists.”
PEOPLE AMUSED
Last September, Sarit explained his removal of Songg-ram as also being “in the interests of the peo- ple."
Newspaper correspondents say the T h ai people don’t take much interest in politics and can have little influence on the gen- erals’ power plays, The Thais also seem amused by Sarrit’s Eu- ropean-s t y l e explanatist for moves that appear designed to strenthen his personal political and financial position.
plane did not fly 1") yards in- stead of 120 feet.
If the development of space rockets parallels in speed and ingenuity the development of aircraft, who can stay where man will be in space 16 years from now? Or half a century from now? Most of the people who read about the Wright’s first clumsy conquest of the air were around to acclaim the first At- lantic flight; many , have lived to accept aviation as an every-t day part of their lives.
So it has become highly prob- able that most of us who are alive today will be on hand to welcome back to earth the first men to stand on the moon. And many of us may be here to read about the first landings on the plants and beyond.
That is the sort of world ,we' are now living in. and we have to adjust our mental horizons to it. We have only just got really used to the age of scientific ad vance that started long ago; but what we have now entered is the age of accelerating scientific advance accelerating at a rate quite beyond most of our previous imaginingts. It is a dan- gerous age, costly in human lives and perhaps even in hum- an life itself. But it is our age.
Today the moon is aimed with. in touching distance. Beyond the moon are the stars. We will trav- el farther and faster, into the unknown, with heaven knows what consequences. Philosophe-ns and morali-sts may argue whet-h- er we should. Most of us will gape. But it will happen, and
Irma In Transition
Natl nal Georgraphlc Society
year. But once you take the oil
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r... -i the centuries the Ti- gi‘is and Euphrates witnessed the rise and fall of some of the world’s greatest civilizations. In the north stood Nineveh, royal residence of Senntcoheritb when that Biblical monarch ruled the Assyrian Empire during its gol- den age. South of Baghdad was storied Babylon where Ne- buchadnezzar built the famed Hanging Gardens. .
It was in Babylon that Daniel Translated the handwriting on the wall and foretold the fall of Bel- shazzar‘s kingdom. And it was not far away, in a land called Sumer, that scribes of 5,000 years ago incised their records on clay tablets—the first known writing.
“The most famous of the early codes of law, Hammurabi’s ‘eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth,’ once ruled this country," Mr. and Mrs. Shor recall. “And there is as much to interest the romantic as the scholar. Bagh- dad, tlie burgeoning capital, was the seat of Caliph Harun al-Rash- id, and its main street still bears his name—synonymous with the tales of the Arabian Nights.
“Basra. the great southern port, teems with trade and. im- pressive s-tatistics~—but how much more fascinating is the legend that Sindbad the Sailor set sail from there ” PHENOMENAL GROWTH
The past, however, is only a prelude, lraquéts hut/z Dissatis- fied with their economic lot, self-
Food Facts For Mothers-TO—Be
By Herman N. Bundesen. M.D. Does an expectant mother eally have to “eat for two?" It‘s surprising how many rm) thers-tmbe convince themselves and their husbands of this. In most cases, however it is simply an excuse—often an unconscious one —— for overeating.
NOT NEEDED
A craving for certain f0 0 d s does not necessarily mean that your body needs them. Generally, no special diet is re- quired during pregnancy. If you ordinarily eat properly balanced portions of nutritious and easily digestible food, you probably don’t have to charge your diet simply because you become pre- gnant
No additional food will be need- ed during the first six mouths of pregnancy at least. During the last three months, you may have to increase your allowance of vi- tamins, minerals a nd protein foods, particularly milk.
PROPER DAILY DIET
The daily diet during pregnan- cy in most: cases should include: Four glasses (one quart) of milk. , Two servings of meat, poultry, fish or cheese. One egg. Three servings of fruit and three servings of vegetables. Four servings of /cereals, bread, potatoes, corn, beans or dried peas.
SUPPLEMENTARY AIDS
I’ve always advised supple- mental vitamins and minerals for just about everybody, and, of course, this is especially advisa- ble during pregnancy. Since most obstetricians recommend vita- min and mineral tablets, cap- sules or solutions for their pat- ients, this probably presents no great problem.
Now I know that many of you women firmly believe that cer- tain foods —- raw foods for exam- ples are harmful if eaten by a nursing mother. ' - Only rarely does a specific food in the mother’s diet disturb the breast-fed infant. Naturally, there are individual cases where this does occur, but you can’t ban any foods by a general rule. Each case is a different one.
FOOLISH IDEA
Nor, is it true that certain ‘oods eaten during pregnancy will mark the baby. This old wives’ tale still persists despite the fact that it has no scientific basis.
Just remember e the average nursing mother needs both a gen- erous and a varied diet that is high in protein. And she can get a goodly supply of it by eating raw vegetables and fruits. QUESTION AND ANSWER
L.H.M. I have had shingles for over seven weeks. The scabs dis- appeared but the soreness still remains.
Is there anything that will re- lieve this painu
A. Frequently "there is neural- gic pain for a long time following an attack of shingles in the area which was affected by the disor- der. In such cases, treatment with pituitary extra-ct might be of some help. ’
You should consult withyour physician concerning the most suitable treabrnent in your case.
hard to build a modern nation on the ancient ruins. Growth is phenomenal. The national in- come shot up from $442,400.000 in 1950 to a thumping $848,400.- 000 in 1956.
Baghdad. a city of 900,000 has more cars than camels. [and stor~ es retailing imported. electrical appliances are outselling suqs or markets displaying homemade copperwa-re. The city is studded with new buildings.
Occasionally a herd of sheep may joshle buses in Baghdad. and horse~drawn carriages—ban- ned in the melon—lighted business district~sttill ply the west bank (if the Tigris. Throughout Iraq draft animals outnumber trac- tors by the’thousands to one.
But the sons of primitive far- mers are studying cherl Ty and phyics in first rate labor- atories, and the signs of a new nation in the making are appar- ent. The Land of the Two Riv- ers has moved into the modern
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world.
NOTES BY THE WAY
Each woman feels sorry for
the other woman's henpecked husband—Kitchener . Waterloo Record
People who carry an open bottle of liquor in tncu‘ cm“ are inviting the police to mam a case of it.—b‘hcrbrocke Itecord
Meals in colla tible containers, designed for space travelers, may be the food of the future,
with the candidate of 1980 prom- ising a chicken in every too.h- paste tube—Chicago News
Mountain climbers rope them- selves logclhcr because there .15 safety in numbers~also it keeps the sensible ones from. stung home—Niagara Falls Revrew
Few stranger examples of the cycle of a changing world could be found than the fact that Spain—once possessor of moun- tains of silver—today has not a single coin of that meal.—40t- tawa Journal
A Missouri woman says her eyes are good at 90 because she always wore a suntbonnet. And it kept her from seeing things on the sides that were none of her business—Cornwall S‘tnadard Freeholder
A rather callow youth just starting out on his career of “dates”, remarked to a girl: “I a nurse yester- day.” “Never mind”, replied the girl. “Perhaps in a year or two your mother will let you out without one."—Ottawa Journal.
Six-year-old John was not at all enthusiastic when his mother told him to go and wash his face and hands thoroughly because his aunt was coming to tea. “Last time I got washed for Auntie, Joan,” said he mutin-ously, “she didn‘t come!”.—-Welland Tribune
Brief cases mean business re- ports? Atbout 40 per cent held lunches, it is reported; almost 60 per cent. carried personal it- ems, bhe very smalls-t percen- tage contained homework t“or busy executives—Toronto Tele- gram
Up in Northern Ontario, above Cochrane and Sioux Lookout, landholders who have domestic animals are now keeping them in the barns. For the hunting sea- son is open there’ until Novem- ber 25, and no horse or cow is safe abroad.—~Ottawa Journal
There was information the oth- er day about uranium activities at Rum Jungle. Rum jungle is in far northern Australia. It would be; Australia seems to pos- sess a higher proportion of pie- turesque place names than al- most any other country—Ottawa Citizen
Alberta place names provide some amusing comparisons. For instance, we have Freeman Creek and Slave River; Gloomy Creek and Happy Hollow: Hospital Creek and Doctor Creek; Young Creek and Oldman river. Then we have Social Plains and Sol- itaire Mountain; Sabbath Creek and Saturday Lake—with Satur- day Night Lake for good meas- ure—Edmonton J ouranll
Architects report . the old-fashioned Now if scmosne would back the old~fasbioned “’4 \llinui-pcg Tribune
Little Rock children ' educated by TV_ it? will but. by color ,. \‘uut-um or Province
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Sign in tailor’s win“ just stand there an, these prices. Come in». a. a good fit."—Galt
In the far-off day. . tales of noted beauties . champagne — but the u 0nt., man who told 1 soaked his feet in when charged with . is an entirely new 1 ~ alcholic ablution.—0tm£
nal _ . y MAXIMS ‘
Children need love, when they don’t deserve it,
OUR YESTERDAY
(From The Guard!“
(From the Guardian ' TWENTY-FIVE YEARS ' ' (Oct. 23, 1933) 3 Fire discovered only,“ day manning destroyed the barn, with contents, on the . ‘ of Mr. James Praught, r ' River. The loss included, ., the barn, the season's hay and grain, sixteen .-. cattle, five horses and' _ pigs. The loss is est" -72 over $4,000.
Mr. George Andrews met. a bad accident on F .., Robert Dewar‘s Garage, merside. He was working small stationary engine , , his hand caught in the cog t snapping off th first and " finger of his ri ht band. :.. taken immediately to the pital for treatment. 011 .., he returned to his home in, Eleanors. , j"
TEN YEARS m (001'. 23, ms)
The Federal Dubai-tum 1 Public Works has, that a contract has been Diamond Construction Co.» Fredericton, N.B., for the railway wharf at ‘.‘ , side and the construction‘ frost proof shed rep] ' shed new on the east wharf. It is expected m: j struction will begin as .. weather conditions perm. ‘
An interested spectator , Maritime Intermediate, A ‘, ionsth Baseball game It merside today between‘ side Combines and the ’ side AllAStars will be Lid; ernor J.A. Bernard. In through Sum-merside on to Tigvnish, Lieut. Gm m‘d called on Joe Star pitcher, and {new i with a baseball used infill v game of the 1948' World ~ 1 between Boston Bren: Cleveland Indians.
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