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“The strongest memory is weaker than the weakest ink.”

SATURDAY. MAY 10, 1958.

RecIprOcaI Trade Program The real source of American mis- understanding of Canada’s trade problems, as stressed in a report com-

;, piled by two US. Congressmen_—Rep-

resentatives Hays of Arkansas and Coffin of Maine——-is not the Eisen- hower administration but the Con- gress itself. On several occasions the administration has suggested ways and means of strengthening relations between the United States and Can- ada, only to have its efforts frustrat- ed by the protectionist wing of the Legislative branch; and on those oc-_ casions when the President has au- thorized increased tariffs on Canadi- an products, it has been evident that he acted reluctantly.

In this connection, the long drawn out negotiations between the admin- istration and the Congress on the subject of a renewal of the Recipro- cal Trade Program may be cited as a signpof disagreement between §I3l'l8 two branches of Government. The President and the Secretary of State have done everything possible to re- new the act for another five years. But, although the proposed legislai tion has been in committee stage for several months, it has notyet been referred to the floor of Congress, and the latest report is that it may be de- feated or, at best, subjected to such amendments as would destroy its value as an incentive to more_liberal trade policies. I

The Hays-Coffin report may pos- sibly do something to change this sit- uation; but it would be unwise to bank on it.

The Late Mr. PicI<a'rcI

Prince Edward Island has lost one of its most prominentbusiness men in the passing yesterday morning of Mr. Alfred Pickard. For over half a. cen- tury Mr. Pickard’s name was associa-

ted with the coal business, and lat- .

terly with the machinery business in which his company was equally suc- cessful. A former director of the Bank of Canada, former _chairman of board of trustees of the Prince Edward Is- land Hospital and past president of the Charlottetown Board of Trade, his executive ability was shown in many other ways in which the com- munity benefited.

Mr. Pickard was also active for many years in the affairs of Trinity United Church, and set a fine ex- ample of courtesy, fairness and in- tegrity in all his dealings. The Guar- dian joins in extending sympathy to his wife and family in their bereave- ment. ' -

British Butter Market

According to the London cor- respondent of the Christian Science Monitor, Britain and New Zealand are in an economic tangle over butter. British housewives have been buying New Zealand butter at around half a. crown a pound (or 35 cents). This is the cheapest since butter‘ rationing ended after World War II, and it is causing the New Zealand government serious concern. Deputy Prime Minis- ter Clarence Skinner, now in London, has warned that if New Zealand farm- ers cannot get a fair price for their butter the whole trade structure be- tween the two countries may collapse. Mr. Skinner has named £50,000,000 as the value of exports to New Zea- land which may be lost to Britain. . How has this butter situation J‘ arisen? Partly, it is claimed, be- cause of overproduction of milk in Britain. New Zealand spokesmen claim that there have also been dump- mg and unfair competition by pro- ducers in Sweden, Finland, Poland, Ireland and Argentina, who have un- ln01:C::d surplus butter onlthe British _ et at Drices lower than those llflld at home. Stocks of butter have pplled up in Britain and the mice has been falling since January 1956 For some time New Zealand farmers‘ Su1._ vived the falling prices because they had built up a £29,000,000 stabiliza- tion fund. But this fund has been vir- tually exhausted.

To make a pound of butter in B1-1- tain costs at least six shillings, or more than twice the price of New Zealand butter in the shops today. English farm butter from the factor- ies costs three shillings to three shil-

lings and sixpence a pound in the shops, but then it is a suhsiclizerl pro- duct. The milk markeliiig board has bought the milk from the farmer at the guaranteed price and sold it cheap at the factories. The cheap price of the New Zealand export is helping, of course, in the fight against rising liv- ing costs and inflation. But the im- plications are serious. If prices paid to Commonwealth producers of pri- mary products were generally below cost of production the whole sterling area currency and trading system would be endangered. Britain, in that case, would most likely be the biggest sufferer.

A “Success"

From headquarters of the United States’ Civil Defence organization in Battle Creek, Mich., comes word that the “biggest mock-nuclear attack” in the history of the organization was a. “success”. /

The “success” arose from two facts: that millions of Americans theoretically died in the three hour imaginary assault of more than 500 bombers and a few scattered submar- ines; that uncounted others were theoretically marked for death by simulated radiation fallout from 291 bomb blasts, swept across the country . by prevailing winds.

Whether or not these simulated nuclear attacks serve any useful pur- pose, as far as indicating some meas- ure of safety in time of war is con- cerned, is a debatable question. Some experts say they do; others, equally competent, say they are a waste of money. that in a nuclear war there would be no protection, save that af- forded by anti-nuclear weapons, if such be practicable. ‘

But isn’t it a sad commentary on our 20th century civilization-—the most advanced in the history of the world, or so we think—that mock ex- ercisesdesigned to kill and maim- theoretica1ly——mi1lions of men, wo- men and children are regarded as rou- tine and called a “success”?

. EDITORIAL NOTES

A report from a certain South Am- erican Republic says that the new President was elected “virtually with- out violence." What’s coming over these people?

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The killing of sea lampreys, a vicious type of eel which destroys fish by the thousands in the Great Lakes, is expensive business. Lastyear, ac- cording to ‘a U.S. Congressional sub- committee, 122,000 of the creatures were killed at a cost of nearly $1 mil- lion. ’

‘h 9 . i The Chairman of Elia C.B.C Board of Governors sees a eat future for television if public and private enter-

casts include color t.v., more sta- tions and more sets. Let us hope that some of the programs will come in for‘ a little overhauling. I 0 ‘

Premier Duplessis has called a by- election for July 2. Some political commentators see this as not quite cricket. in view of the Liberal Party’s having no leader at the present time. However, since a leader is to be elect- ed on May 31, we can’t see that it is a very serious matter. Four weeks should be long enough for the new leader to exercise 'his persuasive in- fluence. ‘ -

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c Q o _ A circuit Court-in Kentucky has declared inoperative a new state law

judge ruled that the State Govern- ment has no outhority to tell indivi- duals or businesses what time refer-

~' ence to go by. In his judgement it is

a matter,-of individual opinion. It will be interesting to see what happens when the matter comes to a higher court on -appeal. 1 i Q

The other day in Ottawa a‘ caller asked a government telephone opera- tor to connect him with Mr. Lester- B. Pearson’s office.’ By mistake he was connected with the Prime Min- ister’s office. The operator had con- fused Mr. Pearson’s_secretary, Miss E.M. MacDonald, with one of Mr. Diefenbaker’s secretaries, Miss M.E. MacDonald. Something will have to be done to straighten this ‘out, if protocol is to be kept in good shape. I U Speaking of Britain’s new turbo- jet bomber, the chairman of a British

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aircraft company said: “Clearly we are ahead of everybody else by a very 10708 chalk. We have opened up a gap 0f.at least three years, whatever Am- 91'1C‘<l might C10." This is a delightful (leparture from the traditional policv of understatement. It's time they crowed a little bit about their achieve- menis. The lfniied States has had a 11101109013‘ of that for too long.

”WE WANT YOU TO FEEL RIGHT AT HOME”

I UNITED KINGDOM OPINION

Youare liable to have 21 ‘‘I’ve been here before” feeling if you have_ known London over some years and you happen to be here right -now. You would be apt to sense an attitude among the Lou- doners which would take you ‘back — the attitude of “It may never happen.”

I sensed that attitude at Mun- ich time, ln 1938, when the “it may never happen” attitude was justifiedl. It happened again in 1939, when it proved false. Then, when the ar did break out, Lon- doners were mighty optimistic a- bout the invulnerazbility of Lon- don against Nhzi air‘ raiders.

On the whole, though, this at- titude is not a bad one to have. It gives the British some weak- ness, but in a.-‘ strange way it gives them some strengthm as well. '

a u c . prise continue to co-operate. HIS fore- ~

banning Daylight Saving Time. The I

They seem to adopt the atti-

PUBLIC FORUM

This column ls open to the discus-

sion by correspondents of question of

interest. The Guardian does not neses-

sarily endorse the opinion of correl- . pondents.

MOTHER'S DAY

S_ir,—-Once a year we come to the cross roads and as we con- sider what way to go we look to the glowing sunrise of another May day, and our thoughts turn again to Mother’s Day, that one special day of love and honor to all mothers, for every human soul has a mother here or bask- ing in the sunshine of eternal happiness in mother's eternal home. \Who is this wonderful sweet soul we call mother? She is the mother of all sorrows,‘ the one who’s heart we have stabb- ed with our deeds over and over again; she is the one who’s heav- "lug breast we so often rested on in times of little troubles. She is the one with whom we walker‘ hand in hand along the pathway‘ of life and learned to’ see God, and all His glory in nature; and when we were in youth she was the one to warn us over and over again that we might be hon- est, respected and loved by oth-

_ ers; and when in doubt she said

“Come to me; I,am the one_

whose hair you have turned to sil-

ver, the one who’s brow you have wrinkled with your care. I stand with you no.matter what you do, when youhave failed, when those you trusted as true friends have left you and you stand stooped and bent with sickness, sin and shame.”

No man knows the true moth- er’s love for her own; no one knows what mothers suffer in sleepless nights as they slip into darkened rooms at night to see if their loved ones are all rlght. True, you may say, some mothers have failed,—and fallen 310118 the wayside of life, but in our ignorance of their love we never know the cause. God alone is their judge. How. many of us, especially young women in their

,_ hours and days of married trials, 1 come back to mother for her

kind words; just to be near her again in this hour i-s_ all we need. Even those of us whose mothers have gone to rest, will hear again their voices,’ in the murmur of the wind at night as if sending us a warning of the danger we face. ' '

No matter where you are, in some high position or in some prison cell; not matter if you are a hopless drunkard or roiling away in a hospital for incurable diseases, she is still your mother, pleading for you before the very throne of God: and her prayers and her heart throbs and tears will in lime oil the hinges of hea- ven's gates and swing the doors open where a sea of mothers a- wait their very own, where pain and sorry are no more. Tomor- row is l\Ilo1‘ner‘s Day, so let's re- member her.

I am SII‘. etc \‘.'.—\I.'l‘l£l{ A. O'BRIEN Cliarlotteto-wn.

It Moy Never Happen

By “onlooker” Thomson Newspapers, London, England. Bureau

‘rude to various crises —— like the threat of London's bus strike. It has been hanging over their heads for some weeks now.

What does a bus strike mean to Londoners? It means that no less than 2000 square miles of roads in and around the capital would be transportless. At peak records, Loud-on’s bus transport system supplies some 8500 buses for the commuters. Ten million people are served by them. On the whole, the bus system over here is good. ‘And as for strikes -- well, “it may never happen. .” OFF THE RAILS

And the at-ttitude extends to the possibility of railroad strikes which I talked about last week. If the rail men came out, you can bet that they will not strike in sympathy with the busmen. Between them, no syimpathy ex- ists.

But it does seem as if the rail strike threat is diminishing._ Cut operating costs, said Prime Min- ister Macmillan to the railway- men, and you’ll get your pay ‘in- crease. ,

And the railroads have already worked out a plan which, they es- timate, will save $29.70 million. It may not be much, but it is a start. . . .

MEMO

Memo to Me — and to anyone else living among Londonders: if you find any skeletons, don’t get over-exicited. .

A friend has just told me that just outside the one square- mile’ that makes up the City of Lon- don (as opposed to the huge area of what is called Greater Lon- don) a mass grave with some 40 skeletons in it had just been found. It was a story the national papers over here had not even sniffed at, and in my innocence I pursued it.

After a few visits and a few phone calls it turned out that I need not have bothered. Skeletons are now turning up all the time as rebuilding work goes on in the City and just around it. If the skeletons are found immediately outside the City boundaries, where the Romans once had a wall, they are probably 1000 years old. I-f found in odd spots — as those

40 were -— they are probably part of “plague pits” that were used after the epidemics that used per- iodically to wipe out a few thou- sand Middle-Age Londoners at a time.

The skeletons are now turning up so frequently here that unless they are accompanied by other relics historians are just not in- terested any more.

So if you come over here and discover some skeletons don’t get agitated. It’s probably just ano- ther old plague pit.

FIRST CLASS

I’ve just sampled the first “two class” aeroplane put into service by British European Airways, the State-run organization that hand- les Br.itain’s traffic across Europe and which aims to get on the London- Moscow run very sodn.

The new plane was a version ofthe Viscount tunboprop liner, which took me from London to Zurich" in two hours flat. There are a dozen first- class passen- gers, 47 tourists. First- class com- muters get a five-course hot meal, unlimited free drinks and cigar- ettes, and a lot more leg room in the rear of the aircraft.

But although British European Airways were the first off the mark with using the Viscount, they have been pipped by foreign operators — like Holland’s K.L. M. — in introducing a two-class plane over Europe. Cost of First Class return to Zurich. It is al- most double the night tourist rate. BREAK FOR CANADIAN

Up to now it has been difficult finding any nun-of-the mill movie goer over here who could tell you anything about Canada’s film in- dustry. The documentary enthus- iasts could speak of Canada’s film

ducers like Norman McLaren or veteran John Grierson. But only when British or American move- makers visited Canada did most in Britain have a chance to see Canada on the screen.

Now a Canadian feature film — the first, to my knowledge, to be imported at least, anyhow, since the war — is having a break in London’s West End. It is the pro- duct of 24-year-old Sidney Furie, who wrote, produced and direct- ed “A Dangerous Age.”

The film has gone into the Aca- demy Cinema, which ranks as an “art house” over here but is the most successful of its type in Town. It has built up a reputa- tion for good films. Let’s hope

that Furie’s piece clicks there.

‘OTTAWA REPORT

_ Ottawa: The leather medal for the least inspired election slogan is merited by the rhymed tribute to C. C. F. leader M.J. Coldwell. This verse, somewhat less than Mr. Coldwell deserves, evidently was created “somewhere in Sask- atchewan."

sold well

Sing Utopia a la Coldwell. How much more can people ask?’ RHYME FOR ‘BAKER”

The Prime Minister’s name proved as difficult to campaign poets as it d.oes to newspaper headline composers. A cob of corn would be an appropriate ward for thiseffort: “Canada’s a sleeping beauty.

Hear profundo Diefenbaker

'er.” JOYCE FOR CHOICE

One of the Prime Minister's chief lieutenants Transport Min- ister George Hees, roused a strict non - political -Sleeping Beauty in Ottawa. Making what is perhaps the only recorded ges-

tive Minister to the often pro - Liberal Broadcasting Corporation. busked the attractive star of “Tabloid," Joyce Davidson. This noteworthy event took place at the animal Sp1‘iI1g1ime Party. held here each year to raise funds to support the Olt:-Iwa 'Philharmonic Orchestra. I-l'IglI- llighting an evening of frolic at

Canadian

‘Though our products havent

West or East of dear old Sask,-

re- I

Who will rouse her to her duty? ,

Sing “The Maple Leaf” and wake i

ture of affection by a Conserva-= evidently .

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A Little Nonsense

By Patrick Nicholson Special Correspondent for The Guardian

'side-shows in the Capital's Cow EPalace, the pantomime “Snow ; White and the Seven Dwarfs" was I presented. Wrapped in a dashing

pseudo- military uniform in gor- , geous technicolor, Prince Charm- ing Hees awoke Snow White Joyce with a kiss. Then, fascinated by

the throbbing which he mistook for applause, he rendered an en- core before transporting his be- loved to eternal happiness on his white charger, in real life a splay hairy-heel which was taking an evening off from towing the milk cart. . HOW TO TMISE $12,000 N, The Springtime Party Was a greater success, than ever this 1 year. The gates were closed af- lter admitting 500 paying custo- I mers more than the previous rec- .) 0rd of 3,500 and a further 3,000 were turned away. The resource- ful chairman, Mrs. H a 1' old (“Belle)” Shenkman, wife of a well-known Ottawa real estate man. raised more than $12,000 for the orchestra, by her efforts covering months of organisation for the one-night show. '

0ttawa’s frequent gin-and-gossip gatherings, masculine conversa- tion touched on the luck which attended Hon. George Hees good deed in the cause of philhar- mony. Liberal leader Lester Pear- son turned one of those wry phrases which slip so easily off his sense of humor: “lf it had been me playing Prince Charm- ing, with my present run of luck.

board and of documentary pro-'

The following evening, at one of

Not Generally Known By Public

By Herman N. Bundcsen, MD- EVERY now and then some readers apparently €101” hke the way I write some of my C0IUm‘“5' They complain that I should ‘not discuss specific Symploms Of Var‘ ious diseases.

They’ argue: _ “You don't want readers diag- nosing their own illnesses, (10 you?”

DANGER SIGNALS

said so repeatedly- 3}” I do “'31” to drum these various danger signals into YOUT mmd ‘tn’ til you recognize them as dis- tinct warnings to see y011I‘_ doctor- It is astonishing how little the average person knows about his own body.

Recently an extensive suI'_v8y was made among 274 medical out-patients at New York Hospi- tal. The test was devised to de- termine just how much the$e D81‘: sons know about such common conditions as diabetes, Ulcers: I11‘ berculosis, asthma, C0I‘0n31‘Y I-h1“°' mbosis and other ailments._ ANSWERED INCORRECTLY Only about half the‘answers—- 55 per cent—-were correct. About one-third of those filling. out a mulitple-choice questionnaire ans- wered 70 percent or more of the questions correctly. However, a- bout one-third answered less than half correctly.