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FRIDAY.

Term Extended, In We feel that most Canadians M be glad U, hear that His Excellency Gmyemor-General Massey 1: loge; main in his iiiglh ”mC9.l'1"9l or ("I ha after the normal e-.xpiiatio:'o allotted term. certainly be as ca. rled out his VlCP'I'l3g3-l T95P0"51bm' H... in a way that brings great hon- our to himself and much credit to the nalioii as at Whole- M,-, Massey belongs,

if one may

my go. to that small official Bill? ,,,,,,.i, know: how to reflect the ,,.,-,,.-,.i-. of the Crown and. at tho g,,,,,,.- lime, retain an intellectual ;,.,,,,,.,-pg: of the. events and trends which shape contemporary s0Cl0l)v'- As the first native Canadian to. be i-nllt-ti upon to exercise the vice- ri-gal function, Mr. Massey faced I cluillciige of some considerable nmuiiltiirlu. inasmuch as it involved um r-.-.i;ihlislmicnl of a l"'9C9d""l '.,.,,,P,.,,,,: (1 Royal prerogative. The pv-pllelli and understanding manner in which that challenge was met sets

a line cxampic for other distinguish- ml tfanailians who may in the fulum be entrusted with the Personal "''a"' date of the nation's Sovereign-

Two Important Events

We build the scpulchres of the Ulvophpfg; and your fathers klllefl them". Some who stood by at N0 ceremonies in New York city a few days ago must have recalled these solemn words from Holy VV1lil-.'l'l19 one. event. was the formal unveiling of I bronze bust of the late Wood- row Wilson. preparatory to placing it in the Hall of Fame. Speakers, among whom was the General Sec- retary of the United Nations. refer- red to the former President in glow- lng words of affection and Praisi- He was called "the first and fore- most spokesman for true inter- national organization"; and other tributes, equally fine and noble. were paid to the memory of a great man who was far ahead of his gen- eration in his hope for a world so- piety based on law and mutual un- derstanding nmonll ill! ll90Plfi5 Of the earth. The fact is. Mr. Wilson died of a broken heart when he Saw his hopes and his great. work re- pudiated by his own countrymen. Now, another generation-we must hope, a more enlightened one-is

building the scpulchre of a mi? prophet. The other went. was the re-

dedication of an old, unpretentious house in which the Italian patriot, Guisjppi (laribaldi, look rcfugc. in the mid-19th century while in exile. to which he had been driven for his courageous stand for the freedom and independence. of his native

land.

A Sound Understanding

Clearly, the Soviet Union”s cur- rent stratcxzy of trying to Df'gl'Sll'rK'lP Socialist panics and trade unions in various parts of the world to make Iommon cause with Communism is not meeting with success. at least so far as British and American organ- ized labour is concerned. On his Irrival in the United States for I round of unofficial consultations with (low-rnmenl. and Labour lead- ers, Hugh (iaitskill. leader of the British Labour Party. declared that my collaboration with the Com- munists for purposes of Political Iction is out of the question. Said Mr. Gaitskill: "There are fundamen- taldifferences between us. We are democratic, believe in freedom, tol- ration. an independent judiciary. I two or more p'Irty system. We are Iulnst any form of dictatorship"- Incidentally. It in worth noting that the Russian leaders, when they re-

med home after their trip to Brit- - in, Itnted that British labour is inore "reacionary" thIn British Conservatism. Certainly, the rough . tlon they received It I gather- Im; of British socialists must have disillusioned them in their previous mun: respecting I "unltnd

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trade union movement. HI called current overtures for I united front "preposterous". Canadian l I b o u r leaders have made similar pro- nouncements from time to time.

This sound understanding of, and realistic opposition to. the latest Soviet attempt to divide the loyalties or. free world labour unions is per- haps the most encouraging single piece of evidence concerning the basic strciigth of free political and social institutions.

Shipbuilding

The day may come when sea- going transportation Will SW9 WHY almost entirely to airborne traffic; but certainly that day l5 V9I'.V far in the distance. Ac(:oi'r.ling to recently published figures, the building of ships is proceeding at-an accelerat- ed pace. At the present time, re- ports from 2:2 niaritime countries indicate. 1933 vessels measuring up- wards of 20 million gross tons are in the building yards. This compares with H00 a ycar ago. The gain is in mp E,-np,-,il (j;1l'g(I a nrl tankcl clauses; passiriigirit ships now in lime ccss of building are slightly fewer than at the same time last Seal-

li is interesting to note that more than 00', of the new ship building is being carried on by ten nations of which Great Britain, following in the good tradition. is far in the lead. with (nor our-qiiarter of the total. N”. i: ,1,-.p;m with about 1 million tons less. West Germany is I close iim-ti, Tlicn follow Sweden, the Netherlands. France, Italy, and Nor- way, in that order. Strangely en- ough, the United States, which is so powerful in every other way, is not one of the great shipbuilding na- lions, althougli American tonnage. is iiir-reasiiu: steadily. The Soviet Un- ion's building program i' c m a i n I small in comparison with that Of other countries. For a great power. its commercial sliipping is in a very low category indeed.

Canada is not mentioned speci- fically in the report: but. presum- ably it was one of the 22 countries reporting. As everybody knows, this country's mercantile fleet is al- most non-existent at the present. time. Whatever the reason for this state of affairs, it certainly is noth- ing to be proud of. It is difficult to see how any maritime nation can achieve maximum commercial and military importance without I first class fleet of ships of its own, on which it could depend in a time of emm-gciicy.

EDITORIAL NOTES

. A Reuters dispatch from Geneva as reported in the New York Times says that Mordecai Oren, a ”5-year- old" Israeli trade union leader was released recently from R Czecho- slovak prison. Now. therefs a pre- cocious yoiiniz.-:t.er for you, if ever there was one.

0 I 0

Those venturoiis pcrstins who liopc to be on the first satellite voy- age to outer space would do well to start saving right, now. Suggested rates for I one-way ticket. run up to as much as 3540.000. The return trip --for those who want. to come back -will be only about 010.000 more.

0 O O

Tlicro is nt..le.ast one country in the world whcre car accidents do not occur; for liw simplc reason that tiiere. are no cr-irs and. in fact. no wheeled vehicles of any kind. The country is Bhutan, a scmi-indc.pcn- dcnt slate of 600,000 population (its foreign affairs are conducted by In- dia) between India and China. An American has just concluded I six months stay in the secluded place. He says it's a wonderful country.

I I O 0

Going to Jail in order to get I job is not. I standard practice. How- ever I man in Richmond, Va.. has managed it. After being unemploy- ed for several months he found him- self in jail on I mlsdemeanour charge. While there he was put to work keeping books. He did it so well that when his time was up pc- lice officials took him on permanent- ly and mIde him I deputy sergeant besides.

Whatever may be said about the administrative ability of former President Truman, no one can say that fame made him Nmfcmpliiolls of his small town background. while ln Rania on his European tour he was IIkId by I foolish reporter:

. "H w does this city stack up with

Mlucuurlf" Mr. Tru- qufck Ind clear:

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PUBLIC FORUM i

Dill column II open to IIII discus Ilon by eorrenpondcnls of qucnflnu If fnforcll. The GuIrdlIn din.-I Id IIeIIII My undone IIII which I Iorrupondulll.

IllSTORlt' IIHLDINGS

5u'-Tile. Hihltllllidl Society wel- cruncs the t'i'itiri:-m and infor- malion nllm-ml by ilaior MacNull. in rnur issue of the 2.”lrrl instant. rr-latlvi-, lo the Stewart l-louse nl Malpcque. shown in your paper of the 212-! Tlicre is nccd for rarcllll compiling oi infornialion about ancient. .huildings which have I special interest, historical or otherwise. and correction and information about tiny of the suc- ceeding pictures will he welcom- F .

The lll,Kirtl'll' Silcs and Monu- mt-nls Board of Canada is seek- in: to awakrn inter:-st in old hmlrlings. which from their his- tory. functional lisp or archi- tectural rlcsign are worthy of preservation.

May I take this opportunity of inviting the public to send in to the Historical Society I descrip- tion of any building whose Iri- cieiit vintuizc or historic connec- tion would succcst preservation. evrn if only picloriallvf for the benefit of future generations.

i am. Sir. etc. ii. i. PALMER Presidcui PPLI. llistnrical Society.

OURI YESTERDAYS!

from The Guardian Flln Twl-'.N'l'i'-FIVE YEARS AGO

(May 25. 1931) Farmers in th 9. viciiiily .01 Mount. Stewart are busy tillinil

the soil. nutu-ltlislaiidinr. the drop in the price of potatoes. many are planting large Icreages tak- ing I chance on the markets of the future. The Dniiclas Bros. we

imrlcrsiand are planting forty ICTQQ.

Anglnfu of the llroviiicc who are boasting of H119. catches of

trout. during the holiday. will have. to tip their caps to two ynungslcrs when it comes to size. Teddy Duffy caught I beautiful four pound salt water trout. He was assisted in landing the monster by .lohn MacDonald.

TEN YEARS AGO (May 25. I046) firllllilfaltlllil their first Innivcr- s:iry of rccciviiig tlicir cliaricr the ltuismcn Club of Sunimcrside held a spcrial dinner and dance on Wednesday i-veiling. with pre- sident Harold E. Giiudel. presid-

ing. and welcoming the large group of uiicsts from Charlotte- luwii.

The l')raii'ics sucltrrcd today in the hottest weather of the year with temperatures reaching the R9 degree. mark in Winnipeg Ind Saskatoon. In Prince Edward II- lanrl pr-oplc in-ind it cool WIUI trinpnrtatiirri: in the upper 50s.

WHISTLING KE'l"l'LE The kcfflc used to sin: upon the licarlli. Proud as a cat ulm mousing ho-nl 1-lad drunk the lIirv'i- cream. now

p blinking. Purrcr! in his miatreuv lIp. con- tent

i but now it whimperii. walla. Ind whistles, "No time to waste or dream or

all. An water bulls It howl: in In-

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Each second lost adds to itti M.

llncr man ruiilil slum! Iiviall lhvvig: in beauti-

Now man 'I 'tmI'I-he fnliioiin bv the clock:

Instead of Iona III IIIWOI1 no I whistle-

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PIONBII LINK .. The flni telegraph lino bntwocn Weber City and Toronto in: con- Iktll h III.

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Eeiino some OPPOSITION

Commonweallfli Problems

By Robert Rice Canadian Press Staff. London

The Common wealth, world's larizcst school-room for student uniioiis expects an iniprr-ssivc run of graduates in the near luliirc.

lilill-.Nl'0Dm calcliwurds echo sig- nificantly around the llUl'lli-ll1ll'3' ration for Malta. EEli-dEli”l'll1llla- firm for Cyprus. "merdeka" drea- doml for Singapore. independence for Malaya and the Gold Coast. federation for the West Indies.

"The B r I t is ii Commonwealtli road tto self-government! is well- tried." said British professor C. E Carrlngton in I recent radio talk. ONE-WAY TRAFFIC

”lt now is rather crowded with one-ivay traffic. all trying to travel a little fastcr than the frat fit: cops lliliik wise. all ;i Iitilr implient. when traffic is held up. whatever. the cause."

What is the Commonwealth? And ivlin travels this road?

The Commonwealth is I club with eight sovereign ”members:" the United Kingdom,CaiiIda . Aus- tralia. New Zealand. South AfrlcI, India. Pakistan and Ceylon. The Queen ls recognized by all Is the symbol of the association.

British dcpendencic.. though not full members. are also within the Commonwealth. Together -- asso- ciates Ind members-they cover roughly I quarter of the world'I land surface Ind coiitIln I qunb for of the population. 38 "DEPENDENTS" .

At. present. there are some as "dependent" territories in differ- ent stages of political evolution. representing I population of nearly ll0.000.000. and In IreI of 2.000.000 square miles.

it is here. among this nssorlcd grouping of colonies. protectorate: and trust. territories. that the rev- olution of this decade is taking place.

Never before has Whitehall wit- ncsst-fl such I parade of colonlnl aspirants to. nationhood. Nor at any other time in Commonwealth histoiy has there been web I period of profound change.

Malta. rocky, riverlcss Mediter- ranean island of 320.000 people. traditionally Roman Catholic. strI- legically I naval base on the east- west sci-i lanc. wants closer unity with Britain, including the right to elect three MP5 to the British Parliament.

PLAN LEGISLATION

bcglslatlon will be introduced in Parlinrncnl. possibly this scssiun. in integrate Malta with Britain. yet leaving the issue of rciircsi.-nI- ntion at Westminster to the Mul- tese who since 1947 hav had the most advanced constitution of any UK rlcnem-lciicy

And Cyprus. third largest Mud- ltcrranean island. is constantly in British minds. This troubled is- land. 70 miles from Syria. 40 miles from Turkey. yet so keen on union with Greece 700 miles away. is I major sore spot .21 the Com- monweIltli.

Bncoura-zed by Green. Britain": NATO partiicr. and spurred by lhr lncIl Greek Orthodox Church. Greek-speaking Cypriots - 400,000 in I total of 518.000 people-Ire pressing for the right to choose between Bi-ltIin Ind Greece. and some Ire using violence Ind ter- rorism to gain their way. PEACE CHIEF FACTOR

Britain, committed to restoring law Ind order before talking pol- itics I Iln. bu not rejected the nrlnclpe of self-determination. and. in the menntlme. has offered only Ielf-government. with car- l.II.l'I TIIOIVICIOIII

Cyprul of come: undu- the wing of the c If office. but its future ll bound in wider lssucn -defence of U.K. nil interests in the Middle Elsi. Ind the role of Turkey Ind Greece in the Atlan- llc Illlmce.

Singapore Inks self-rule. but growing Inter-pIrty difference: in the flilnd of 1.13.”: People In

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broke as luhvzcx. din these gang 2 IH8dd imaged at in Ind our-II III nlcnyab INC! I .&HC II --a?iE'""-”

Britin the controls she wantei-I'Iii long as they were vested in the Rritisli Parlianiciit rather than the rolniiial governor.

He simlie for ills Labur Front party but other political parties represented in the delegation rc- fused to counto.-uIncI I com- promise.

Singapore was once nothing but an unhealthy. uninhabited swamp. Now I thriving entrepot port, world's 10th largest. it contains more Chinese than the rest. com blned. Malayans, Indians. Pakis- tanis and Europeans.

Geographically. Singapore is part of. Malaya. I federation of nine princely states and two scl- llcmcnls. but in recent months each has been izoing its own way, creating In urieIsy. difficult rela- tionship.

AUTONOMY OBJECTIVE

MalayI, rich in rubber tin Ind dollars. expects full self-goverm ment and independence within the Commonwealth to be proclaimed, if possible. by August. 1957. It: chief minister, Abdul RIhmIn. I prince who became a politician. won this promise from Britain last February. Ind went home to tackle MIlaya'I greatest internal problem - Communist.-led terror- lsls.

In preparation for independence, I new constitution is being written for Malaya. Ind Canadu has been asked to help. Ilonx with other Commonwealth members.

Closer to CInIdI geographically are the islands of the British West Indies. ranged Icroas 1.ooo.ooo square miles of sin and now pre- paring for federation by 1958. Before this year lfl out, BriiIin- ll expected to pnss lcglslaiuiin allowing general elections to be held Ind I governor-genenl to be Ippoliit d.

Then the sugar-Ind-Iolce empire -- Jamaica. Barbados. Trinidad and Tobago. the Windward and the Leeward islands -- ill be lust short of full sell-government. The fedc.-rI tion will still come under the col- onial office. but it ill! been pro- mised Dominion ItItuI when ru-

dy.

on the fringe. with the right to Jloln later. are two mainland col- onies, British Guiana Incl British Honduras. The Bahamas Ind Ber- mudI lo the north Ire not inter- ested If present.

It is hoped that the Caribbeln Federation will stand as I work in: example of racial harmony. for in the Wcst indicts are people nf African descent. Indians. Chl- ncse and many Europeans.

The ume type of mulfl-rIclIl lioclely exists in some of the 11 colonial territories of Africa. but friendly cooperation has not been so easily gained. Kenya hId Mau MIu difficulties. but is in the process of solving them. Ind II offering Africans I greater voice in government.

But in Kcnyil. Is in the other Fnst Africln lerrltorlos-TIn;In- .vllui. Uganda. Zanzibar and So- malilmd-BrltIln'I policy in not to grant full control until Ill actions have ruched "I lute of muhui confidence Ind lurmony."

Ccnlrul AfrlcI tI In odd com- bination. in I federation. of I self- govci-nlng colony Ind two protec- torates. The colonial office still Idmlnlsten Northern Rhode- sia Ind NyIIIlInd. but they In llnkcd conIt.ltutlonIlly with South. em Rhodesia. which looks Ifter Ill ll: own liitenill inuftersgln win! is called the Fedautloli of Rho- desia Ind NyIIIlIitd.

WEST AFRICAN PBOGIEH

Perluin tbI most important on-

Medically Speaking

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SOME D0'l AND DONT'l

F03 DIABETIC TRAVELER

If ynu'rI I dhbcuc ullu liiIii.l- ln. don't fun! without curyln: I few place: of unity or Ir. You can Iuver tell when you Irguht need them to coinbIt insulin to- Icllon.

You cut purchuo mint or unit- lhvond lounge: It just about Iny druutoro. bun. all or Ilr lor- mlnIl euidy counurn. EIch placc welnlu Ibout 2.5 gm. Ind bu I high Iunr content.

IDENTIFICATION CABD

. A diIbctlc Iliould IlwIyI cu-ry In ldciitlflcutloii cIrd. In Idditlon to your nImI' Ind Iddren. it should contIin complete instruc- tion: for the procedural to be fol- lowed in use of In insulin re- action.

It Ihould Ilso list your insulin dosage Ind your customary diet. I strongly Idviao Ilalnat trIvel- lng without such I card.

Don't worry about your insulin bottle leaking while traveling by plane. In sealed tightly. Your fountain pen is more likc'y to leak thIn your valued bottle of lnlulin

HIGH ALTITUDES

At high altitudes. however. you w:ll find that the insulin flows fi'.in the bottle to the syringe much more quickly than on tho ground. This is because the pres- sure within the bottle is greater tlum that outside. So don't be alarmed.

Administering insulin while trav- ellns shouldn't prove too difficult, although it may require I certain Imount of dexterity.

Even in In Iufo parked in front of a restaurant you can take it without attracting attention. .In- .lecting the insulin into your leg will keep the entire operation hid- den from public view Ind will re- lieve you of the necessity of lak- inz off coats and rolling up sleeves.

The American Diabetes Associ- ation points out that urine should be tested for sugar even while traveling. since this is the only way of determining whether your diabetes is Hing controlled Ide- qualcly.

A coniitnrl kit cnuuiimniz sci!- lieating tablets l.'- easy to carry during your travels.

QUESTION AND ANSWER

D.P.: Will moving south help I skin disease known In neuroder- matitls? .

Answer: This disease may be helped by warm. mild climate.

ntlfutional developments in Africl in recent years have taken plIce in the western part. where racial problems have not been In par- amount. The Gold Coast. with 4-000-000 people and In Ill-AfrlcIn government. is on the threshold of sovereign lndependeii . But then is squabbling between reglmgl leaders Ind the federal Idmln- fslratioii.

The same problem-how to sub ordinate regional Imbltions to fed- Gfll !0VEl'el8nfy - is hampering NlzenI'I evolution. But later this year. I Nigerian delegation. rep- representing Ill three regions. will come to London to lay the foundn. tion for I new constitution and. Pmbably. eventuII independence.

But there in doubt. in Ionui cir- cle: whether south Afrlcn. puc- tlsinc -, policy of rIclIl segrega- tion. will Iccept II equIl Coin- monwealth partners such territor- ies II Nlgenu Ind the Gold Coast. On the other hand, South Africa In nid to view the two In exImplII of "Ipurtlield" iapartneul in Ic- tlon. becuutie there isn't I while clashing with colored people. COMMON PATTERN