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One thing the Lllt(‘;l';,ll5. for their peace of mind. should strive to (‘I0 when P.'irli.»ment icopells l3 gel ml of then‘ ob_<e_:_:iolI about -.l0l'IIl Dief- enbaker being still Prime Minister. So addicted have they llfi‘-“me m this hallucination that even in The closing week of the last P}ll'llli- ment-—to the amusement of back- benchers and the embarrassment of his cabinet colleagues—former Justice Minister and Acting Prime Minister Lionel L‘he\~ricr paid Diet’ the Prime Blinisterial honor aI:"rl1n-

Prime Minister Pearson made the same slip himself on several oc- casions. and External Affairs Min- ister Paul I\Iartin’s penchant for do- ing so has become almost prover- bial. The situation became so I21‘aVt' in the dying days of the last ses- sion that the Cabinet as a group felt compelled to set" up and follow a contrived formula when speaking to or of Dief.

It. was awkward. I clumsy mouthful. but to stop themselves calling him "Prime Minister" they addressed him. painstakingly. as “The Right Honourable. the Lead- er of the Official Opposition." But even that didn't always work, as noted in Mr. Chevrie.r's case.

Mr. Diefenbaker is said to he enjoying these lapses on his oppon- ents‘ part. and wouldn't think of objecting for the world. Indeed. he may regard them as a psychological index to their true feelings in the matter. He is so sure of himself and his political stars that he has no doubt. of making a comeback to the Prime Minister's office. and the fact that. the Liberals have difficulty in remembering that he ever left it may be because they are subcon- sciously anticipating his return.

Too bad Mr. Peter Newman didn‘t get round to discussing this phase of the Diefcnbaker myth in his book on the Diefenbaker Years! It would make a nice ending chap- ter. after his own mythological speculations on the niessianic nature of Dief’s mission, and its effect on Canadian public life.

Goldwater's Shadow

With Senator Goldwater of Arizona now a rleclrired candidate for the Rnpiiblican nomination in the coming pre.sidenti:1I election in the United States. added interest attaches to this contest. in the eyes of the world. For at n time when the great, nations and their leaders are seeking ways to ease world ten- .-‘ions and guarantee peace. this man is running off in the opposite direc- tion. If by any mischance he were elected to the office he covets, it would be a misfortune indeed.

As the Milwaukee Journal points out in I Iearling editorial. Gold- water's views involve a brinkman- ship far more dangerous than any- thing conceived by the late John Foster Dulles. He voted against the signing of the nuclear test. ban treaty and now. campaigning New Hampshire. he advocates suming nuclear testing in the at- mosphere. The proliferation of atomic weapons doesn't frighten him. nor their uncontrolled testing.

At 8. time when efforts to isolate Cuba are meeting with some suc- ceau and when Fidel Castro's efforts at" ‘subversion in Latin America show little success. Goldwater is advocating United States backing for an invasion of Cuba. At I time when there has been some success in finding peaceful accommodation with the Soviet Union, he is talking about withdrawing recognition from iiécountry. ‘

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Thls candidate for presidential honors is so Ill informed that be mistakes physicists for political scientists in his broadcast speeches. and has made blunderlng reference to the need for obtaining senate ap- proval for actions that are already vested completely in the president- ial prerogative.

Most frightening of all. prob- ably. is Goldwater's demand that the commander in chief of the North Atlantic Treaty be given complete power to use nuclear tactical weapons if and when- he chooses.

The chances are slim that the Arizona senator will achieve his po- litical ambition in this case, but they are there. And they will re- main. it’ he is nominated. like a bleak shadow. until after the elec- tion.

Cleaning The Ohio

At a time when water pollution has become a real problem here and elsewhere, it is interesting to note the success of a scheme launched in the Ohio River valley to combat this menace to health and cleanli- ness.

People in the Ohio valley called their river “an open sewer" not too long ago. Few persons could swim in it. Fish were almost nonexistent. Boat bulls and propellers were damaged by acids and other wastes. Today the situation has changed, to the extent that the Cincinnati wat- er works now claims it can produce pure drinking water without I “chemical lab" taste.

When the sanitation scheme started. raw sewage from 99 per cent of the population along the 963 miles of river was being discharg- ed into the Ohio. Through persuas- ion, pressure and court action. the sanitation commission has been able to reverse the situation astonishing- ly. Today 98 per cent of the “sewer- ed" population along the stream have sewage treatment works in operation or under consideration.

And in the'Ohio watershed-—a much larger area—the story is similar. About 86 per cent. of the industries discharging wastes di- rectly into streams in the region now have faciities for processing these wastes. More than a billion dollars have been invested in treat- ment facilities by municipalities and industries alike.

An interesting point about the story is that there has been general satisfaction with the results of this huge expenditure. No one now re- gards it as anything but a sound investment.

Out Of The Past

It is not alone the personalities of Prime Minister Pearson and President de Gaulle that count in this week's meeting of the two leaders in Paris. comments the Ottawa Journal. Nor even the long associations between Canada and France or the agreements brought about by common cultures and ideals. Beyond all such considera- tions is the obligation of the two na- tions to the invisible company of young men who died at Vimy or Dieppe. in trenches heavy with mud or in the flaming battles of the air.

They believed they were fighting for freedom, these young men, and they believed that the comradeship of allies would protect their ideals against petty prides and ruthless ambitions.

This is a practical world, of course. where the Common Market looms larger than an aging memor- ial. And yet Mr. Pearson, who has been a soldier and a historian, and General de Gaulle, who would re- store the glory that was France long ago, must be conscious of the debts incurred 45 and 25 years ago.

EDITORIAL NOTE

Ten years ago Industry. publish.

ed by the Canadian Manufacturers Association. announced sadly: “People don't pinch pennies any more. it seems. They just carry them around in their pockets to pay the sales taxes." The penny is even more insignificant than it was then and the problem of shrinking values is still with us. To under- line this point, Industry has recall- ed its comment of I decade ago, in which It. noted that even piggy- banks were being geared to take only nickles. dimes and quarters. “Just try sneaking I penny into I kid's penny-bank today,” it says. "It can be embarrassing if you're caught."

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OTTAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson

Tea Caddy Hall Instead Of Eornscliite

We are very short of bona fide national shrines in Canada. So many Canadians will applaud the decision of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board to recom- mend the purchase of Bellevue House. in Kingston. Ontario.

“Bellevue is one of the few remaining houses associated with the life of Canada's first Prime Minister," said Canada’I 14th Prime Minister. in announ- cing the government's Intention to oct on the recommeda-tion. “The house will be refurbished not only in the style of Sir John A's time but with some of the actual furniture used by him."

The purchase price of the house will be about $35,000. with an additional 530.000 required for renovation and structural re-

irs. This is not taxpayers‘ money well spent. REST AND PEACE Sir John A. Macdonaid was an immigrant from Scotland, who made his home at Kingston.

where he set up in the practice ‘

of law in his young days. He liv- ed in various houses in Kingston most of which were in the now unfashionable down-town area. In t.he summer of 1848. he decid- ed to move out of the town. so th . his ailing wife Isabella could enjoy e rest and peace and fresh air of the rural sur- roundings. About I mile from the town. he found I 12- r0 0 m house standing in more than two acres of garden sloping down to the waterfront. of Lake Ontario.

This house had been built nine years previously by a ‘red grocer named Charles who in his affluent old age had dreamed of living in an “Eyela- lian Willar." {he resultant grot- esquerie was described as being in “Tuscan Italian" style. and Sir John nicknamed this coun- try villa “Pekoe Pagoda." The locals. in tribute to the previous activities of its builder. irrever- entiy dubbed It variously Mus- covado ‘Cottage and Molasses Hall and. more commonly. Tea Caddy Castle.

So Sir John rented Pekoe Pa- goda. and in August 1848 he moved his family into it. Just

PUBLIC FORUM

‘I'hlI column II open in lhn discussion by correspondenlu of quullonu of in-

The Gulrdiln data not neces- Iho opinion of correl- I I published In Inb- Jccl In edlliu Ilul enndcnullnn when IIceIIIry_ The uIr Inn in um I In llllef Into Inwcnrrreupnndenco regard- lciiers submitted.

A SUGGESTION

Six':— The members of the committee charged with redec- orafion of the Provincial Build- ing are puzzled about how to re- move Ihe grime from the outside of the building. The solution of the problem is obvious." to ob- vlous that I'm surprised like members have not seen it them-

selves.

It is simply I matter of wall- ing I short time for the next session of the Legislative Assem- bly in that same building. Such a meeting of politicians always produces I tremendous quantity of hot air with heavy concentra- tions of acid vapor. the most ef- fective substance known to man for the removal of paint from the Inside of buildings. and eq- ually effectlve. so I've been fold. for removing grime from th e outside of buildings.

Surely the members of the committee could devise Iome means of capturing this marvel- ous product of political discus- sion and Ipplylng II II needed. The politicians would need no urging to plIy their part. and when they were through I h I it could bout that

Auembly to give this capital city I new look.

I am. sir. etc.. ALWAYS nnnerun. Charlottetown

I out again. no doubt gladly. after what had it one of the unhap- piest years of his ‘long life. He had been there only one month when his infant son. John Alex- ander. died there. And for a long period his wife was cofined to bed there suffering great pain.

MOVE TO OTTAWA

Nearly twenty years later. Sir John became the first P r I m e Minister of the new nation of Canada. He made Ottawa his home. and here in due course he bought “Earnscliffe". on cliff overlooking the Ottawa Riv- er and almost within the shadow of Parliament's Peace Tower. Here he lived and worked and ultimately died. I Today Earnscliffe is the most

famous and possibly the most impressive private home in Ot-

Itwelve months later he moved

I tawa. It is used Is the official : residence of the High Commis- ‘ sioner of Britain. whose govern- ment owns it.

Earnscliffe is the home which should be created as the nation- al shrine of our first P rim e. Minister. A former occupant of it told me that his government would certainly sell it if the

purchase it for this purpose. Located in the centre of o u r capital. Earnscliffe is the house where the furniture and belong- ings of the famous Sir J o h n

3 ' should be gathered—the whole

being thrown open to visitors.

Why. with this possibility be- fore it, did our g o v e r nment make the insignificant choice of , Tea Caddy Hall to “a proud ‘’ historical trust of the Canadian I

people to keep alive the mem- ory of I very great Canadian"?

Name And Number

i Winnipeg Free Press

‘I Most of us would rather be

known by our name than by a lnumber. During wartime. na- I tional registration was accepted 1 as I necessary evil: but there ‘ was general approval when reg- istration cards were dispensed with when the emergency was over.

ed that there would be criticism of the federal government's pro- posal to register all working Canadians and to give each I

will receive I card with his num- ber on it. This will identify him to the federal government in the many areas in which he may be invol ' security. pensions. unemployment insur- ance and Io on.

But while resentment against wholesale numbering is under- standable. it must be admitted that Ottawa ll going only one more step along I path we took I long time Igo. We may be name to our friends and relativ- es but. whether we like it or not. to many people and organiza- tions we are no more than I number.

We are I number to the tele-

It was. therefore. to be expect- .

number. Every employed person ‘

phone company. We Ire one

number to the motor licence I branch — as owner of I car — , and another as operator of 8. ve- I hicle. Most of us have In unem- I ployment insurance number. To lour bank manager we are an ' account number. And Io on. One ; more number (which will have many uses and which will re- : place our present unemployment I insurance number) is not going

to make much difference. I On the other hand. to have one number which Identifies us and us alone. has advantages. This is particularly true for pur- poses of identification. Perhaps the next step by some courag- oous government will be to re- quire each newborn child to have his social security number and blood group tatooed on In in- conspicuous part of his body. that when we turn up with I case of amnasia. or In police court on suspicion. or in In Ic- cident. we can be identified with- cut delay. Having gone II for as we have in the nhmbers game. we might I: well go III the way Ind use the system to its best advantage.

In the new motion picture Dr. Strangeways: or. How I Learn- ed to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. I familiar predica- ment becomes disastrous. ing to Ivert nuclear war. In American military officer rush- es Into I telephone booth only to discover that he hasn't enough change. and Washington won't take the call collect. ‘

Something of this nature hap- pened in Toronto when I Yonge Street bank wII held up. A cus-

from the bank to I nearby bulld- mg of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.. shouting that he wanted to phone the poiice about it. The CBC commissionalre pointed to I pay telephone. Mr. Marshall found he didn't have I dime. He was then told to call on I tele- phone upstairs. When he at-

tomer. Mr. Bruce Marshall. ran 3.

Panic Buttons

Globe Ind Mall, Toronto

tempted to do so. he was put through to another CBC office.

But CBC faces Ihould not be too red about this. Large. com- plex organlzatlons Ilways have difficulty in coping with ImIll. Ilmple emergencIeo—much II an elephant has difficulty In coping with I mouse.

At least. the man who rushed into the CBC finally got to Ipeak to the police. which II more than he would have mInIged in other Toronto offlceI. In Iome he would have been Isked to fil‘. I out four separate forms for I clearance by approprute execu- tives. It wo d then-have deve- loped that of the four executives. one was on holiday. one off Ilck. one In conference. Ind the four- th out of the building. Robbin: I bank. maybe.

Mr. Nehru’s Illness

Montreul Gueth

The illness of Prime Minister Nehru of India could be I very serious matter. For It m I y mean far more than perIonIl tragedy or temporary political dIIIocItIon. It could leave India II I ship without I helmsman. It I time when no replacement is In sight.

HII enormoul prestige and popularity hII helped greutly to hold together I country not by mIny dIvIIIonI Ind hIrIIIed by

by ems.‘ N

even If he were well kuowii, could Ivor put on Nolu-u'I mIn- tlo. III could Iucceod to the of- flcc. no man. The failure: or II-

IdequIcieI would no longer be blurred by I legend.

This. in Itself. would fIce the Iuccouor with gruve problemI. But. In fact. there II no well- known successor. The p I r I o II who replaces Nehru will I of only be without the legend: III will IIIo have the dlIIdvIntIge of near Inonymity.

Prime Minister Nehru may to- cover blI health for I tlmo. But It II doubtful If hII mtlrcment can be for off. And he could but IervI country. Ind the world. In the muinhu time. by doth; hII utmoct to In-Inge I Itable Ind Iffectlvu u-IIIitioI of pow- It.

Canadian Government wished to -

Refrigeration Cuts Bacteria

I! Dr. Theodore R. VIuDellen

A LoI Angela mother. be 1- two children, Ind I neighbor'I youngster developed food pols- onlng 3 to 5 hours after eat I as cold ham 'IIndwlchcI. All In I d nIuIeI. vomiting. cramping. Ind dlIrrheI. The reason? In- adequate refrigeration of the meat.

Accoring to the government‘: Morbidity and Mortality week- ly report, three days p r I o r to the meal the mother had refrige- rated the ham Immediately on bringing It home. The next mor- ning she boiled it for 2 h ou r I and served it to five person I It noon. None became ' .

The meat was left unrefrigerI- fed for two day: when It I g I I n wII Ierved. All w were poisoned. Health authori- ties examined Iamples of the meat and found it teeming with staphylococci. No other reports of polbonlng were.received on foods Iold In that particular

Itore.

The staphylococcus is I com- mon inhabitant of the nose. throat. and skin. It is diffi c ult to keep this micro - orga n ism from conmminuting food ex- posed to the air for any length of time. It is particularly f 0 rid of products containing milk. cream. rapidly cured h I m . potato salad. sausage. chicken and turkey gravy. hollandaise sauce. bread pudding, and chi- cken salad.

The bacteria themselves are not responsible for the poisoning. They produce I toxin to which man is extremely susceptible. Symptoms occur within 3 to 4 hours if food is kept at 86 de- grees F. The toxin is not inac- tivated by cooking or reheating

e food.

This type of poisoning usually is suspected when nausea. ret- ching. cramping. and diarrhea come on 3 h o u r s after eating. The condition seldom is fatal and symptoms subside in 4 to 6 hours.

B o tu I I s m. another typc of food poisoning caused by toxins. was more common when home canning was popu- lar. The more recent epidemics in the midwest were traced to smoked contaminated fish. Sy- mptoms of poisoning appear 12 to 36 hours after eating.

The term. ptomaine poison- ing. still is used by the laity. It was coined about 90 years a g o by I toxicologist who isolated 8 chemical {mm food. When this toxin was injected Into animals. it caused diarrhea. Years later. the experiments were repeated on animals and humans, except that the mater- ial was given by mouth. No- thing happened. End of p maine.

DOUBLY SUPPLIED

J.L. wrltest I‘m 26 and X

rays show I have two gall blad-

ders. Would this have any ef- fect on endurance?

REPLY

No. because the healthy gall bladder (whether one or twol has nothing to do with endur- ance.

SKIN PENETRATION

Mrs. V. writes: Can germs penetrate I person‘: skin there is no scratch or other opening?

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Yes. via hair follicles and scratches too small to see. STRESS AND CONVULSIONS

Mrs. L.T. writes: I'm an ep- ileptic but get convulsions only when I'm pregnant. Could you explain why?

REPLY

The added strain may be res-

ponslble. RESPIRATION RATE

B.L.T. wrltes:- I breathe 14 times a minute. Is this the nor- mal rate?

REPLY

Yes. The normal range varies from 12 to 20. Today’: Health Hint-

Treat the common cold like gossip —- keep it to yourself.

Our Yesterdays

(From the Guardian Files)

TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO (January 17. 1939)

LONDON. Jan. 16 (CP)— A British world-girdling Ilr ser- vice will move I step neuter reallzatlon next summer when giant Empire flying boau start carrying mall across the Atlan- tic and Canada's transcontinen- t.I.l service begins full operation.

OTTAWA. Jan. to (CPI— Miss Jean Macdonald. debutante dau- ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Macdonald of Charlottetown. was honored today when Mrs. R.J. Deachman. wife of the Lib- cl-II Member for Huron North. entertained at luncheon. MIII Macdonald was presented to their excellencies by her hostess. Mrs. C.A. Dunning. wife of FI- nance Minister Dunning.

TEN YEARS AGO (JInuIry 17. 1050

OTTAWA ICPl— George Drew said Friday Canada will hIve the highest pouage rates In the world If I proposed one-cent-Im ounce increase on first - cIIII mIll II Idopud.

Al I meeting of the CIledon- III Club of Prince Edward II- llnd MIC evening It was decided to hold I “ceilldh" on .IInuIry

complete the Irrungements.

‘ III SUIIRINDIIR NAIROBI (neuter-at -— About no more forest ton-lotmor

It mldnl W . cum from their forest to (in

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THE W757

noun: "Have you

for I cup of "on. I'll manage somehow. thank you."— indIor. Star.

The only wIy to keep from growing old would be to d I I young. but that would be doing gt the hard way.— 5 udbury

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now to get I good mark in historyzin answer to the ques- tlon: “Which character in his- tory do you admire?" the eight- year-old Ion of I Gulldford land Igent wrote this flattering re- ply: “My history teacher." -— Post. Liverpool.

some Itutlstlcl publiIhed in Britain about their export trade In Interesting. The nIport.I points out that in recent years Britain has warmed the feet of the Rus- sian people with thousands of British- made shoes. Now I re- port It the end of 1963 Ihows that the Soviet has spent more than 856.000 with British glove manufacturers to keep th hands of her people warm. Is it to end of the coid war?—Gue1ph Mercury.

A Corby man II recovering In hospital. after accidentally stab- bing himself ln the side while

watching an exciting wresflinz bout on TV on Saturday. Ray- mond Gribble. 27. picked up I table knife when one of his fav- orite wrestiers. Jackie Pallo.

’ got into difficulties. Then Pallo

gained the upper hand and Grib- ble stabbed himself with excite- ment.—Eastern Daily Express.

By Jim

Reading the significance of reports of harmony coming from the Cairo meeting of Arab leaders is I difficult task.

In the face of almost constant quarrelling among Arab na- tions, any agreement among their leaders might seem sur- prising.

However. most Middle East observers are more likely to point out that in view of the purpose of their Cairo summit meeting. the Arab leaders are to be expected to show I cer- tain unity.

The Arab leaders were brought together to consider means to challenge Israel‘; planned Jordan River diversion project. And if there has been any issue on which the Arabs have always been united. it is in their opposition to Israel.

EARLY OPPOSITION

Their unanimity in this area was displayed from the begin- ning—on the day after the Brit- ‘ish mandate over Palestine was ended with the proclamation May 14. 1948 of the Jewish state of Israel. Arab troops from Sy- ria. Lebanon. Jordan. Iraq and Egypt invaded the new indepen- dent state.

In light of the Arab hatred for the Israelis. few were sur- prised when all 13 members of the Arab League responded to Egyptian President Nasser’s in- vitation to this heads-of-state meeting in Cairo.

Reports from Cairo lay there have been no ripples of dishar- mony. They say there have been agreements. in fact. In areas not concerned with the Is- raeli issue. resulting from pri- vate talks among heads of state recently It bitter odds.

This sort of harmony raises the threat of renewed Arab- lsraeli hostility much more than it indicates I less - trou- bled Arab world. for Arab

ported agreements quickly fol-

I (hm coffee?" student:

lI’I only IIhu-Il that I pen... with I uIi~row mind often has . long fIcI.—-Gait Reporter.

Don’! waste time crying 5., cnuse your dreams don't com, true. Rather. be happy that you, ulgbtmares Don't. -— Chatham News.

A Toronto magistrate suggest. Ichools teach I course in honey. ty. Could they be Iure that none who passed the final test had copied the Insurer: from the chap It the next desk?—Ott-aw; Journal. .

The Iltecr physlcnl perils of the population explosion are Ifmmiing enough. Added to this II the depressing fact that it In the illiterate Ind economically unsuccessful nations with the: highest rates of growth. Cause and ef ct are doubtless inter- mingled hene. But it is the liter- ate and economically capable relation to the total world pun. nations which are Ihrlnkini in

i.lon.~Vancouver Sun.

Members of Parliament not sent to Ottawa to act as dummies for ventriloquists back in their home ridings. They are elected to use their own jude ment on public issues and to vote in Parliament in the hum of their convictions and princip- les. If questions were to be do- cided on the basis of public-op inion polls. then there would be no reason for Parliament or for responsible government nipeg Tribune.

Arabs Meet In Cairo

Peucoc

k Canadian Press Staff Writer

, owed by fresh outbreaks I bickering and fighting.

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'le , through which the Jordan waters flow. to irrigate the NO- gev Desert in the south. Only, Lebanon, Syria. Jordan and Is- rael have claim to the Jordan waters. but all Arab states in- sist they are involved in the is- sue because they share is com- mon policy against Israel. This policy would not be served by lsrae’.‘s strengthening its eco- nomy and boosting its popula- ion.

There have been proposals for a region-wide development of the Jordan. with outside fi- .nancial help, but the Arab League blocked these In 1955 on grounds that the plan would benefit Israel as well Is the Arabs.

The Arab leaders talked In 1961 of using military force or of cutting off the Jordan's head- waters to counter Israel‘: irri- gation plans. but no head-on clash resulted.

Today. the rivalries Incl di- vergencies wiLhin Arab ranks ‘lead outsiders to believe there II little prospect of agreement among the Arab leaders for joint military action. Israel has said it ' oppose with force any Arab plan to cut off the Jordan headwaters, but such obstruction of the river system would be so costly and compli- cated. the Arabs seem unlikely to undertake it without outside help.

These indicators. along with the general improvement in re- lation: among the big powers. have led some to suggest I Middle East campaign wou’.d be an unpopular cause at present.

With the uncertainties of the

League history Is filled with re- ‘

Middle East. however, few will wager that I club will be Ivoided.

Monlrul

No explanation has been given for Premier Khrushchev’: visit to Poland. Obviously. he did not go there just to s h 0 0! wild lynxes. A frequently heard g u e I I. which may well be correct. is that his visit is connected with the food shortag- es and agricultural failures in

F notonlythesoviet Union that has found Itself In I worsening agricultural situa- tion: Nor is it only Russia I h It has to Import grain to Ivert Ihortages and perhaps famine. A similar problem seems to exist. throughout Eastern Europe. in the Communist "III.- ellite“ states.

This II certainly true of Po- land. Czechoslovakia. East Ger- many. Ind other IreII. And It is Just as necessary for something to be done Ibout the food situa- tion In these countries Is in Russia Itself. If Ihortues bo- comc very severe. there may be riots Ind demonstrations. These could. and would, be put down by force. But th e y would probably cent attempt to Soviet - Western relItIonI. Ind would give the world I dark ptfture of Communist econo- m cs.

Even if the Ibomges cIn bI made good. by Importing food from the West. thlI will not change the fact that Igrlculturnl failure but been common throughout the Communist bloc. The cats ro hlc fIilurII in

st 9 Chin Ire well-known. RuIslI'I

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The Failure Is General

Guutte problems have been much pub- licized ugh its purchase: of

Canadian grain. But it is well to

member that the I I m I situation exists oven In Eas- tern Europe. an area that would usually be expected to pfoduce In Igricuitu:-II sur- p us.

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