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Mr. Green’s Efforts

Canada’s External Affairs Min- ister, Howard Green, held the lime- light at the Geneva conference yes- terday with his outline of a six- point plan to break the East-West deadlock on disarmament and con- vince the big powers of the absolute necessity of making a “further ef- fort” to agree on a nuclear test ban. There can be no questioning Mr. Green’s sincerity, or the fact that he spoke for a large body of world opinion which wants the Geneva talks to keep moving at all ests.

Mr. Green believes that the ma- jor difficulties can be ‘resolved through detailed negotiations, and by keeping the discussions as in- formal and flexible as possible. This is what he told the United Nations last fall, when he pleaded for more patience and goodwill on the part of all concerned. His speech yesterday was to the same effect, and it is de- scribed as a “brisk and business-like one”, in which he implored the dele- gates to take advantage of an “un- precedented opportunity” to make a breakthrough on disarmament.

His seven-point plan placed em- phasis on possible areas of agree- ment and compromise between the

‘val plans tabled by Russia and the United States. He also suggested a streamlined working procedure which would involve a subcommittee operating on a continuing basis un- der alternating chairmanship of the two big nuclear powers. His pro- posals are described as the most constructive put forward since the conference opened last Wednesday.

Critics have dubbed Mr. Green an amateur in the hardbitten field of international politics—a vision- ary, who never really understood the nature of the stumblingblocks in the way of disarmament, and talk- ed as though they could be removed by moral suasion rather than by threats and counter-threats of nu- elear retaliation.

Well, after thirty years of fail- ure in making a start on arms re- duction the hard way, and piling up more and more terrible weapons of destruction in the process, per- haps there is something ‘to be said for Mr. Green’s point of view. Whether or not it will prevail at Geneva is another question. At least ft comes closer to expressing the aroused conscience of mankind.

Canada’s Involvement

When President Kennedy re vealed his bold plan to lower tariff barriers substantially and thus achieve a greater flow of trade throughout the free world, Canada’s Tresponse was encouraging. Finance Minister Fleming welcomed Mr. Ken- nedy’s program as the sort of “con- structive and imaginative leader- ship” needed to solve the world economic problems. He indicated, ‘too, that Canada was ready to make some contribution of its own to the Proposed liberalization.

Since then the United States has completed tariff cutting agreements with 24 countries, including Canada. The agreements cover items which, in 1960, accounted for $1.6 billions worth of purchases from the Unit- ed States. Concessions made by the

year. Total trade covered, then. amounts to about $2.8 billions an- nually.

Canada’s involvement in this Plan totals about $120 millions out total two-way trade with the

Hons annually. Reports from wWash- *agton indicate that the United States proposed much larger tariff cuts, but that Ottawa backed away from these and refused to make equivalent concessions.

This is disappointing in more ways than one. In his testimony be- fore the U.S. House ways and means committee, Mr. George Ball, undersecretary of state, said the President’s program was “designed expressly” to provide bargai © ¢ powers that would enable the Unit- ed States to maintain the position of its farm products in the “enormous- ly important market of western Europe.” He served plain warning on Canada and other nations that they cannot expect to profit from the negotiations of the United States with the Common Market, under the most favored nation clause, without making substantial tariff concessions of their own.

The discrepancy between the British and the American tariff would disappear if Britain joined the Common Market and accepted the common rates prevailing there, Mr. Ball said; but the United States would seek “reciprocity” in all fu- ture negotiations. It was not in the business of giving tariff conces- sions for nothing.

These statements point to the need of Ottawa taking another look at the Kennedy trade program, and adopting an attitude more in keep- ing with the challenge it presents.

De Gaulle’s Next Task

The Algerian war, which began Nov. 1, 1954, has cost hundreds of thousands of lives. Official French figures put the death toll at 17,250 French soldiers and 141,000 insur- gents up to Jan. 1, 1962, not includ- ing civilian casualties which rose to more than 300 deaths a month in Algerian towns. Unofficial French figures put the total dead at be- tween 200,000 and 250,000 but the insurgents say more than a million Moslems have died since the bloody struggle began.

With the cease-fire which went into effect on Sunday, Algerian in- dependence has been won so far as France is concerned. President de Gaulle has fulfilled his promise made in this respect when he came to power nearly four years ago. But there are still the European extrem- ists in Algeria to be reckoned with —the underground Secret Army Or- ganization which has threatened to do all it can to sabotage the peace plans.

By machine-gunning a crowd of Moslems waiting for a bus and executing six directors of social cen- tres, these European extremists in Algeria have shown their true colors. But revulsion against these latest outrages of the Secret Army Organization will find no expression unless the French authorities take the offensive in earnest. The long postponement of the cease-fire serv- ed to encourage these terrorists. Now there must be vigorous action to wipe them out.

All the top leaders of this secret army in Algeria are fugitives from justice and most of them are under sentence of death, passed in their absence by a Paris military tribunal last July for their parts in the abortive Algiers putsch of April, 1961. Why then have they not been rounded up and dealt with? Alleged- ly because of the complicity—will- ing or forced—of a large section of the European population in Algeria, including members of the govern- ment army and police.

As noted in yesterday's dispat- ches, the success or failure of the provisional administration set up under the cease-fire agreement to govern Algeria until a self-determin- ation referendum is taken, will de- pend on its efforts to foil and crush this secret army. This is the task to which President de Gaulle must now direct his efforts, with all the force and prestige at his command.

EDITORIAL NOTES

“Share it or.lose it.” That is the blunt warning given Latin Amer- ica’s landed gentry by Theodoro Mosoco, head of President Ken- nedy’s Alliance for pro- gram. Mr. Mosoco wasn’t calling upon the Latin Americans to split their land and wealth into parcels and hand it out imtiscriminateiy. He has pointed out that unless the wealthy get behind social and polit- ical reform and help the economic development of their countries they will face Castrolike revolts which

could strip them of everything.

KNOTS IN THE HOSE

OTTAWA REPORT by Pat

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To Help The Emerging Nations

Two interestingly significant Queen Elizabeth - in jail - was | nances were subsidised by the

visitors to this capital on a re- | cent day were a druggist from Minneapolis and a dentist's wife from South America

Both brought an important | message to our government; | both said the same thing, but in very different ways. This not surprising, for one was a for- mer Democratic candidate for the presidency of the largest and richest country in the New World, while the other was a former cabinet minister of per- haps the smallest and poorest country on this same continent.

Senator Hubert H. Humph- rey is the druggist; but he now fills prescriptions for U.S.A.’s health, as assistant Democratic leader in the powerful U.S, Sen- ate. Janet Jagan, who once spent four months as “guest” of |

PUBLIC FORUM |

by correspondents of questions of tm rd neces. th ‘of corres:

necessary. The Guardian fenter into any correspond ing letters submitted. — | CAUSEWAY PROMISES =| Sir, — We have been confined to the house with a severe cold, and have had more time tnan usual to digest the daily offer- ings of the Press. We hi

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‘Mr. Pearson and his Liberal predecessors since Confedet tion have had their opportunt- | ties to give permanence and continuity to our transportation | difficulties. We do not 100 much blame to either party, considering our difficult geo- | graphy with regard to transpor- | tation, however cognizant they may have been of Federal com- | promise, in the early days. But | since the of the Second | World War, when the knowled- ge of difficult construction, and the ability to move dirt had mul- | tiplied a thousandfold, we can see no reason why the Lib- |

1 governments in existence for such a long time did not do |

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WAR AGAINST DISEASE Senator Humphrey came here urge, eloquently and persuas-

ively, that we spend on a peace- moting alliance which

pro! e | calls NORDIC (North American

Disease Intelligence Command) no less than we now spend on the military NORAD (North American Air Defence), In the next five years, U.S.A, will spend a hundred billion dollars to put three men on the Moon; but in those five years six mil- lion Americans will die of can- cer and heart disease, two kill- ers which could be killed by the expenditure of that Moon-money ‘on medical research.

Today we spend a fortune on keeping communicable disease out of our countries; but would be cheaper, surer and more humanitarian to stamp

ese diseases out of the world, |

said the Senator; “preventive medicine is cheaper than cura- ive medicine,” he sai

‘Mrs. Jagan was and raised in Chicago. where she is said to have belonged to the Young Communist League. She married the Guianian dentist of East Indian blood 19 years ago. He is now the embattled pre- mier of that small country of 000 East Indians and Afri- cans, poised on a litoral strip of sugar plantations below sea level, and threatened by the en- croaching jungle from behind and the sea from before. Whilst British colony, its tottering fi-

Without

The view of a group of econ- omic experts that the world

out causing a depression direct- ly contradicts those who have

attach | could disarm completely with. |

been saying disarmament would

foster an economic crisis.

It is significant that the econ- omists— drawn by United Nations from both sides of the Iron Curtain and from four un-

derdeveloped count unanimous in their opinion that

their ive economic and social systems.

Mother Country. But Guiana’s disentanglement from the ap- ron strings has ended this, and Mrs. Jagan was here to seek a federal loan, and will go to the United Nations to seek techni- cal and financial aid to fill the gap. Failing such help, Guiana will accept aid from elsewhere, meaning Russia,

FANCY THAT IN CANADA!

A highly intelligent mother of children aged 12 and’6, Mrs. Jagan has resigned from elec- tive politics to her highly political abilities to being secretary of the People's Pro- gressive Party.

She described vividly to me the recent riots in Georgetown, the capital of her country. The mob was led in person, she said, by Peter Daguiar, a Por- tuguese - Guianian — business- man who is not only head of the United Force Party so the millionaire proprietor of a soft drink company and other busi- nesses. Her spectacular word picture conjured up the incred- ible image of Liberal Leader

Mike Pearson inciting the mob |

to hurl rocks at the windows of

Prime Minister Diefenbaker's

home, whilst millionaire brewer

E. P. Taylor set fire to the

buildings on Parliament Hill aid- y a screaming rabble.

If that is emergence into in- dependence, then indeed there is truth in the words of Sena- tor Humphrey, who said “If we don’t reach down to help the merging nations, then they will surely stretch up to tear us down.”

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pressive in the context of a study revealing that the econ- omy will not collapse if such emphasis on defence is remov-

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abnormalities by moving the |

infra-red detecting device over

the breast area.

When the heat scanning was

done on 57 women with known

breast cancer, all but three re-

vealed a hot spot over the mali- gnancy. Lesions other than can-

| cers, and abscesses, including cysts, were tested but all were

| cold |

(Dr. Van Dellen will answer | questions on medical topics if stamped, self-addressed enve- | lope accompanies request). |

BURNING FEET L. H. writes: My feet burn so much in bed I can’t let one lie against the other, Is there any | help for hot feet?

REPLY Erythromelalgia is a circula- tory disorder in which there is | an overabundance of blood in the tissues. The feet usually are red burning, especially when the legs are held in a de- | pendent position or warmed | | via heat or blankets, Some vic- | tims are comfortable sleeping | with the feet uncovered: others ply cold towels or take aspir- in

| | WHITE PLAQUES IN MOUTH H. C. F. writes: What causes leucoplakia of the throat and vocal cords? Is there a cure?

REPLY

These thickened, rough plaques that form on the mu- cous membranes of the mouth, throat, and vocal cons are caused by irritation. If the | | patches do not disappear when the irritant is removed, surgery or radium may be advised as this is a pre-cancerous cont

tion. Send a stamped, self-a¢ dressed envelope for leaflet on leucoplakia.

TODAY'S HEALTH Every pregnant woman should be diet conscious from the first month on.

As the report pointed out, the vast sums of money now spent| OUR YESTERDAYS on armaments could well be) From the Guardian Files toward programs to im- prove the lot of man at home . ARS AGO and abroad. It is not surprising (March 20, 1937) that aid to underdeveloped coun- | Mayor Robinson in reply to | tries was cited in particular. | the Committee from the Prince Sizable loans made by Canada | County Hospital Board, seeking certain countries te- | @ larger grant from the town of ly after World War 1 and Summerside, said at the meet-

: council had don deal to- True, the fruits of disarma- | Omarnee yore aout eee lanproving health cond ment may not be easy to obtain bie Not only do. such moves in ide. had oS ae a ara ic attention on at a =, * time when world leaders are a aueait oa the basement of the Civic {alee aues A eee mat eee had uish contrieted to foe Gas iscuss means Aare ay The story of efforts to f : The economists estimat- measures since the last war is penteed Ge nee bce nope 4 that the world is ‘a sorry one. Disarmament from the citizens that they takes Seen a year for free the world’s energies would be able to find a place in fal snom en improve the conditions of the estimate for a larger grant per cent of its total annual throughout the world. It is to the hospital. Sve S000Me0 ‘settons et tae ion a sheque I. preparation of the Adc for something over tary Pursuits, including armament report will also | 11 pounds made out to Mrs. ,000,000 in the armed forces. vail at the Geneva | John Simpson, Prince Edward These are staggering figures. @ meeting that is also | Island, has been sent to the And they look even more im-| auspices. ° Guardian office for the purpose + Shouts. The cheque is from the . The el Soviets Are Severe ficte's bay” Canpeny, Lot Chatham Daily News Oe anes hob In an era when theeffete west- | Stiff sentences were pre- (March 20, 1952) ern democracies are becoming scribed givers of bribes, K. R. Elliott has arrived in exceedingly tender in their | though no provision was made | Charlottetown to take over du- | treatment of criminals, the So- for capital punishment. ties of manager of the Bank of viet Union appears to be stif- | A second decree ordered capi- Nova Scotia here. Prior to his fening its attitude. tal punishment for rape or eight | arrival Mr. Elliott was with the | A recent report from Moscow | to IS~years fol- Nova Scotia Branch in Kings- discloses that the capital penal- lowed by two to five years in ton, Jamaica. He has-also serv. ty tes bein eo exile. ed with a number of N.S. banks See Under the third decree, at- | in the Dominion including Van- the crimes of bribe - taking, Letts on the lives of petioomen touver, Toronto, Edmonton, Re- | Tape and attacks on police of- or volunteer law gina and Ottawa. | ficers. | officers were made subject to han pthagecolbensngee ML fey getting ph hy In the space of two weeks, harsh new measures were | also increased the for | nearly $25,000 worth of food, ‘nounced in a recent official bul- failing to obey a 's or- clothing and medical supplies letin of the Supreme Soviet. ders, insulting &n officer and | and bedding, were delivered to A decree on bribe-taking pre- resisting arrest. victims of the flood area in | scribed capital punishment by Similar decrees last spring | Italy, from the Canadian Red ee ene eta | dae tie Cross Society. An example of from eight to 15 years imprisou- cases of cnn tee: the speedy and relief ment to be felowed by exile fr | forgery and teroriam which the Society for from two te five years. Prisons end work camps, emergencies.

NOTES BY

the progress theme of the 1962 World’s Fair opening 21 in the “Queen City of the North- west.” Travelers converging

From a revolving restaurant and observation deck at the can look

summit, down and see how Seattlers have used nature's gifts.

BEAUTY AND RESOURCES

The city’s setting is one of cool and verdant beauty. Sur- rounded and laced with waier, tramed by forested mountains rising to snow-capped peaks, the site recalis these lines from a Wordsworth poem: “Two Voic- es are there; one is of the sea, —One of the mountains; each a mighty Voice.”

But there are natural advan- tages and resources as well as scenery. A magnificent inland harbor and 193 miles of water- front have made Sez Pacific seaport — gat Alaska and the Orient.

The Northwest salmon indus- try centers here, Vast forests of fir, cedar, and other woods sup- Port a lumber industry that be- gan when the city was founded in 1851.

Late that year, a little group of home seekers landed on the broad cape reaching into Puget Sound southwest of present -day Seattle. The colonists had scar- cely built cabins for their wives and children when a brig from San Francisco appeared. o f f- ‘shore. |

The skipper explained he was

| Yooking for building materials |

to house the hordes of prospec: tors pouring into California's e settlers

agreed to supply wood, and in two weeks had cut more than m

ten thousand feet of timber fro1

‘surrounding forests.

They named the new settle ment “Seattle,” after the friendly Indian chief of the Du- wamish and Suquamish tribes. And luckily, too, citizens now declare, or the city might have been known as “Duwamps."

Seattle grew through ups and downs. In the 1870's it fully ex- pected to become the Northern Pacific's terminus. When Tac- oma was chosen, Seattlers built |

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waterfront, continuing the land extension that began inadver tently

ators to the bay.

Industrial firms prospered with the city, sharing advantag- €s of location and resources. The giant Boeing Airplane Company started in a shed youn! William Boeing to build his own plane.

After the World's Fair ends October 21, its spectacular pa vilions will serve Seattle as a permanent civic center, avaik able for sports events, trade fairs, art shows, drama, and national political convention: oeerneen ere,

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