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PAGE 4 TUESDAY, SEPT. 29. 1959.

Warmer Weather Forecast

Premier Khrushchev has returned to Mo&cow after publicly~stating his convictiofrthat both President Eisen- hower and the American people wish to live in peace and friendship with the Soviet people. In a joint communi- que issued after a forty-four hour discussion with the President at Camp David, he stated his agreement to settlement of all pending interna- tional problems, including the crucial Berlin issue, “not by application of force but by peaceful means through negotiation.” A full summit confer- ence, the communique states, will probably take place at Geneva in the next few months.

These assurances do not mean that we are in for a: period of un- ‘slouded weather internationally. Mr.

Khrushchev’s whole record is against that assumption. But they do indicate a marked improvement in the climate, and something of a revolutionary change in the Soviet Premier’s atti- - ’ tude towards the American govern- ment, which he has frequently de- nounced as capitalistic warmongers. Whatever reservations we may have. as to his motives for seeking peace, it would be unrealistic not to meet him

no reason for looking for fleas where fleas do not exist,” he warned before taking off from Washington. If he applies that maxim to himself as well as to the American government, and to the free world generally, he will have really gained something from _his tour of immeasurable benefit to us all.

And there are practical reasons | why the Soviet leader wants - peace- full co-existence at this time. One of . them is Russia’s manpower problem. The Soviet Union lost, during the Second World War, roughly 10 mil- | lion men in uniform and about 15 million civilians, and the full weight of these staggering losses is begin- ning to tell. For the next decade the | USSR..will be increasing by only a few hundred thousands as compared

“with one to two million annual in- crease during the previous decade. At the same time, the crude birthrate is going to fall to 20 per 1,000 from the 1938 peak of 38 per 1,000. This is more than enough to justify the cut- ting of the number of Soviet armed forces carried out within the last two years. At the present time in Kiev

the significance of discarding it? The Maple Leaf_is all very well for de- -eorative’ purposes, but to foreigners it means nothing and to most of us it has no more significance than, say, the floral emblems of our respective provinces.

Our own emblem in this Province is the Lady’s Slipper. How about a campaign to make that into a na- tional flag design? It is very dainty, carries noconnotations of British “imperialism” and can by no stretch

of imagination be associated with war drums and conquest. No one could conceivably be inspired to “rally round” it, or salute it with patriotic fervor. Besides, it would be a nice gesture to Canada’s smallest province, the cradle of Confederation and—by long odds—the, province ‘which has profited least by fat military defense contracts and things of that kind. On second thoughts, however, we had better leave well enough alone. Mr. Mackenzie King, that shrewd oid strategist, paid lip-service to the urge in some quarters for a flag without the Jack, but carefully kept the issue from coming .to a head. Mr. St. avrent did likewise and we have no doubt that the present Liberal lead- -er, Mr. Pearson, has similar inten- tions. The Young Liberals Associa- tion resolution will be respectfully re- ceived and placed in cold storage along with other resolutions to the same dreary effect. Meanwhile, let’s have out the old flag on every appro- priate occasion, and be thankful we are living under what is represents!’

Getting The Whole Truth

+ It is interesting—and reassuring— to note-that, for the first time, the West German ‘schools _are informing their pupils about Adolf Hitler and — his era. Up to now, the period since 1930 has been kept like a skeleton in the closet. Parents didn’t want

“their children to know the truth about the Nazis, and their own shameful participation, actively or passively, in the atrocities that were perpetrated. . Now the skeleton has been dragged out at the instigation of the state governments, which direct education in West Germany. New history books are in all schools. According to An- tony Terry of the Sunday Times (London), they tell of the concentra- tion camps and the millions killed in them, they detail Hitler’s diplomatic and military mistakes, they explain that the Nazis set the Reichstag fire, and they state that under .Hitler “Germany sank into a period of hor- ror greater than she ever experienc- ed before.”

There has never been cause to wor- ry about the democratic future of West Germany as long as its present leaders are in charge. There was, however, reason to have fears about the future, particularly with young people knowing little more about Hit- ler than that he had a mustache and built. the first autobahns. It is a good thing that this inexcusable gap in German education is to be filled.

EDITORAL NOTES

Professor Clyde Auld had a bril-

and Kharkov, details of the Soviet Army are being used as a special la- bor force to spur civilian construction.

"There is hope therefore that the

liant scholastic career and was for many years a leading educationist and professor of law at Toronto Uni- versity. Here, in his native Province,

“common ground” which Mr. Khrush- | he was well known and highly es- chev, professes to have found in his-"| teemed, and his death, which occur-

talks with President Eisenhower really means what it implies, and that a foundation has been laid for easing | cold war tensions and reaching bet- ter mutual understanding. Even the cynics must admit that this is more than could have been expected from

_ the chill atmosphere prevailing a

few months ago.

-Good Enough For Us

i We don't think the Young Liberals Federation will enhance:its prestige in this part of Canada by going on record as favoring a national flag displaying the Maple Leaf in 'pre- ‘ference to the Union Jack. It looks too much like a political manoeuvre to gain the support of the anglopho- bes. Prime Minister Diefenbaker fa- vors retaining the Jack, and what’s wrong with that? It is on Canada’s Red Ensign, as a symbol’ of our mem-

-, bership in the British Commonwealth and allegiance to the Crown. It has associations with our fallen in two world wars and other conflicts that we value beyond price.

These may be sentimental reasons;, |

but what, after all, is a flag but a symbol, of natiofial sentiment? We cannot understand the mentality of people. who complain that the Union Jack, or its presence on the Red En-

\ sign, is a cause of disunity. It comes down to ts as a token of glorious achievement in democracy and free government. It is known and honor-

ed throughout the world; and what,

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red at Toronto on Sunday, will be learned with deep regret. * * +

Federal assurances regarding \the brighter economic situation whuld seem to be ‘barne out by the presid-! ent of the Ford Motor Company of” Canada, Mr. Rhys M. Sale. Speaking in Montrq@al the other day, he ex- pressed confidence that sales of new cars in Canada in 1959 will set a ‘re- cord ‘unless the U.S. steel strike

affects us.”

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One of the more macabre incidents of Premier Khrushchev’s tour of the United States, says: an exchange, oc-: curred during his visit to Des Moines.. Before he partook of a hot dog, se- curity agents gave the. delicacy— frankfurter, roll, mustard and all— a therough check with a Geiger counter, to make sure no one had slipped anything radioactiveyinto it! * * ; 7

A great figure in the labor. move- ment in this country has passed with’ the death of- Mr. A.H. Mosher. He was chiefly noted for his activities as president of the Canadian Labor Congress and for his part in merging

| that body’ with the Trades and Labor

Congress. He was also chief founder

of the Canadian Brotherheod of Rail-

way Employees and remained its

president until 1952. Mr. Mosher

strove for moderation in labor dis-

putes and was. respected by all par- | ties for his integrity and sincerity,

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in these troublesome times, would be |

GOING TO THE COUNTR’.

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OTTAWA REPORT

We have excellent ship¥ards: in Canada, Maritime Commission chairman Alec Watson tells me;

| yet the world’s two largest liners

are not to be built in Canadian Shipyards. The reason is seen

49 per cent above typical Euro- pean prices.

Hyman B. Cantor, a U9 fo tel operator, has plans for two

lantic service. He is negotiating

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to have these twin ships built in a West German shipyard, at a cost of $160,000.000. To be ramed “Peace” and ‘Goodwill’

from midsummer 1962 they will

offer Atlantic crossings at the

| amazingly low figure of $50 one-

Way:

The 56-year-old Mr. Cantor cur- rently owns and operates | two hotels in New York City, and several elsewhere. But as he him- self says, “they come and go, because I'm a dealer, in ‘hotels’. As well as being president of his hotel company, he is jboss of the new “Sea Coach Transatlantic Lines Inc.""—long a sweet dream to him, but now a horrible night- mare to other shipping men.

FIVE-AND-DIME TRAVEL The cheapest fare to Europe on

| one of the luxurious Cunard Line

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“Queens” is $207 at the mer peak, dropping to $181 the winter. On smaller ships, it is slightly less. By air, the cheap- est summer fare from Montreal to Paris is $274. The proposed

sum-

here as high Canadian costs—.

$0,000 ton super-liners for the a |

May Change Tourist Pattern

By Patrick Nicholsea

} $50 trip could knock the bottom out of the market—but spark the , biggest invasion of Europe ‘since | D-Day.

Mr. Cantor has three gim- micks in his plan, all brilliant and all novel to sea travel. Yet

all so obvious that their novelty |

proves his theory that shipping executives have little between their ears. i

First, his $50 fare: will be the fare only. The passenger who | wants the trimmings, whether ,cinema or swimming pool or even food, will pay extra, just ‘as a hotel customer does. If. the passenger prefers to take a car- , ton” of canned foods, and eat | them in his cabin during- the | fast 4-day Atlantic crossing, that is okay by Hyman B_ Cantor. If the’ passenger prefers a lux- ury meal / or a snack in the cafeteria, or a | shore order at one of the six lunch counters, or, even some- | thing out of one of the. many vending , machines,. that will

mean extra profit to the “Peace*

or the “‘Goodwill'’Y

Second, his ships will carry a |erew cf only 1.350 to look after ‘his 6,000” passengers. contrasted to the nearly one-to-one ratio under the présent ception of ocean travel. Ser- vice will be at the minimum, as in a hotel: extra services, such as baby-sitting or maid service other than room cleaning, will ‘be available at extra cost from

in the dining saloon, |

luxury con- |

“ship hostesses”.

Third, Mr. Cantor has taken ‘a k.ng hard look at government taxes and tariffs, comparing Nerth American prices’ with | the Utopia of a Free Port. A

| Ship. once outside the three mile | more often among Mchammed- British and French

limit, can, like a free port, sell everything from Scotch to cam- eras, from china to cigarettes,

free of duty and taxes. So an! entire deck of 90.000 square feet will

be made into a shopping o ais o

}money for me.” tor. “Think of it, a floating shopping centre, with the cus- | tomers locked in.” PROFITS GALORE é 6.000 passengers will be able to make the Atlantic - crossing on each trip, at rates scaled from $50 up to $125. They will be accommodated in 2.730 ca-

quips Mr, Can-

bins, each with twin beds, some |

also with sofa beds folding into the wall. Each cabin will have private bath, air conditioning and _ closed circuit television.

| In the winter season, the scal- 'ed-down demand would not make Atlantie crossings. profitable, so hotelman, Cantor plans to use his suips. just as hotels are ysed in the off-scason—for con- ventions. Then the free port prin- ciple should really come into its own, With Scotch at $1.50 per i fifth, Rye at $1.25 per 4-ounce bottle, there should be.plenty of

| “Goodwill” among conyentioneers |

and their wives and secretaries, but perhaps very little ‘““Peace.”’ Other shipping lines are now

studying the Cantor plan as aj

| likely means to attract Canadian } travellers back from our air- i ports to our seaports. It could make a biz change in our tour-

istic pattern.

es are <seicating” business, that budget hich ‘enough to pay

for good schools and hospitals

|e

May Help To | Prevent Cancer

: Further study indicates that

‘immunity since they are just as act to develop skin cancer ~ in ether body areas as is anyone

that circumcision does helo to prevent this one specific type of cancer.

Oher studies support this con- tention.

SOON AFTER BIRTH

Most young bovs born in Am- erican hospitals_are circumcised within a few days after birth. The rite is_performed on Jewish males within eight days after they are born..

phave the matter taken care of.

seme prophylactic effect that ear-

‘| Her circumcision does.

AT LATER DATE.

also perform ritual circumcision,

| Generally the rite is performed

| when the boy is between six and | met

| 14 vears of age.

Jewish persons have no ethnical

e'se. It seems logical therefore, |

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NOTES BY

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THE WAY —

Safer teys for children is the objective of a newly formed in- ternational group. And we have yet to have a disarmament con- ference that can agree on less dangerous weapons for grown-

ups.—Brantford Expositor

It’s like turning back the pages of history to read that four New Guinea tribesmen have been tak- en to hospital with wounds suf-

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fered in a bow-and-arrow en- counter with other natives. -Im-

‘'agine! Bows and arrows in this

Mohammedans, for _example, | but usuaity at a much tater date--

advanced age. Those benighted savages have been denied the

It's probably advisable not to | YeTY essentials of civilization. We wait any longer than this to Tifles, pistols, machine gums, | Queen Elizabeth II. the sailors

‘We figured that the bro'n p~v- er of a car’ owner was in ect opposite ratio to the rucyzcr ef rabbit tails and geiccts b> bs hanging on his car, — Meilcn Weekly-Record

Next te a recket en fc moon we are most imoressed wih the cord. What must a toad do to pe famous?—Oitawa Journal

The collapse of a large grain

‘| terminal elevator at Port Arthur

has caused an estimated less of $10,000,000 to the building and its contents, but fortunately there

; was no loss of. life. Seme 2,590,-

000 bushels of wheat, oats ard barley were dumped into Lake Supcrior, This is not quite the best way to reduce Canada’s grain surplus.—Ottawa Citizen

About the only piece of real es- tate picked up by Britain’s shrink- ing empire since World War II appears to be threatened. The Admiralty announced that a me-

tal plaque s_znifying Britain's an-

ember, 1955. In the name of

tanks aircraft or bombs whether | rehoisted the union jack and fix

Suez Three

After the age of six. you see, conventional or atomic.—London | ed a temporary tablet on the

this techniaue does not have the Free Press i site —Fort\William Times-Journal

Yeo rs After

Toronte Telegram

Prime Minister MacMillan has head on Labor criticism

, Quickly sought to consolidate fts

position with Arab opinion, by

| of his government's part in the threatening Britain and France This particular type of can- | 1956 Sucz crisis. He accepts the | with atomic war. Only Nasser } cer, according to studies, occurs | three-year-old controversy over | won, in the end.

intervention

The pacifists and appeasers

jans than Jews. This also tends in the Israeli-Egyptiah conflict | have had their innings with the to support the belief that early as an issue on whith the Octo- | syez crisis. It will be interest-

circumcision is advisable.

NOT PREVALENT IN US. Cancer of this type is not

ang of all cancers in males | But even this sma!! percentage

ber 8 British election can be won or lost. His challenge to Labor: “T still

valent ‘in “the United States. It believe that we were justified and from-one-to five per cent that history will take this view.”

He added that “the temptation. to

is too great when apparent!y it is the urge to act. So,. often, age

so easy to prevent it entirely.

GUESTION AND ANSWER

| B.G.H.: I have been taking Bi- cillin tablet; daily for brenchitis |and have been told that this ; treatment must continue _indefir j ely ‘ Can dangerous effeets result from consuming so much of this drug?

Answer: The continued use of Bici!lin should be supervised by your private physician, because not orly could reactions occur. but certan organisms might become resisiant to penicillin and the drug fail to be effective.

We ge Vocts Corner)

THIS

This summer world reveals to me. 6

More clearly than a printed page

Or eloquence of oratory,

The marvel of man’s heritage.

Here: thifigs' diverse as seed: and sun, /

the dangers.” The British government stand

at the time was that the Anglo-

French iptervention was a police action, in keeping with the spirit of both the Charter of the United Nations and the conventions governing the operation) of the in- ternational waterway. This newspaper agreed.

Events since then strengthen this view. President Nasser of Egypt continues to defy U-N ex- hortations and solemn Egyptian

‘undertakings that. the canal be

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As oppositg as rock and rain. |

open to international shipping without discrimination. He bars Israeli ships and goods.

The Suez crisis of 1956 will fascinate historians for many years. Britain and France acted decisively, but miscalculated the military job to be done. Ameri- can policy, quick to undermine British and French authority in the Middle East, was asleep at

the switch when the region threa-,

tened to burst into flames. And now the U.S.A. carries the bur- den of maintaining peace. Russia

ing to see what the British voters say about it on October 8.

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Maritime Problems Report -

Ottawa Citizen

When fhe Roval Commission

on Canada’s Economic Prospects, |

in discussing the special prob-

| lems of the Atlantic region, sug-

gested that there might need to

be federal aid so that some of |

the pepulation could migrate to other—parts of the coqntry, there was quite an unfavorable’ reac- tion among Maritimers. Now, -however, much the same idea has been put forward, by a group of experts who are’ themselves Maritimers.

This group has just made pub- lic a report prepared for the \At- lantic Provinces Economic Coun-

| cil. If isa study of the Atlantic

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regions ecofiomy during the past 17 years, and has been describ- ed at the council’s -annual meet- ing as an important contribution.

discrepancy between the average income of urban and rural dwell- ers. The gap amounted to -37 percent in 1955. It also finds per- sonal income of city folk in the Atlantic provinces compare quite well. with those of urban people in the rest-of Canada. The Gor- don commission had noted the same thing — that people who

| struggle to make a living on ¢ ‘ | subsistence farms, with ee ie pcople of the Atlantic reg- ion.

fishing or logging on the side,

tare to be found in. every pro vince, but are more common pro- portionately in the Atlantic reg- ion. : :

| The APEC report believes the | Tegion can look forward to econ- | omie expansion through the de- }vclopment of its resources indus- tries. But it doubts whether all

i the people on marginal arms or |

who are otherwise unemployed or under-employed can be taken _ care of in this way. That brings | it to a-consideration of industries ‘of kinds not now prominent in . the region. Here, too, the report , sounds a word of caution, for it | points to the “serious locational

| disadvantages” of secontlary in |

| dustries.

The APEC report can't escape the conclusion that for new in- dustries to succeed there would likely have to be regional taxat- | ion concessions and also cheaper transportation to markets in Cen- tral Canada meaning, no doubt, further freight assistance.

This report confirms much of what was said by the Gordon commission and, because it is | strictly a home-grown product, it | may be found more palatable to

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and other vital services are “bankrupting” taxp&ayerrs.

Gov. the jeers philosophically, for the Staie treasury picked up $343,000 —10 percent. of the wagers—not a bad afternoon's take. Still, the ‘spectacle of 42.500 peonie kick- jing away more than $4,000,000 in- dulging themselves in one care- free Monday .tends to make one |eynical about the public sense of | values.

OUR YESTERDAYS (From the Guardian Files)

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO * (Sept. 29, 1934)

a

| Fire, which was discovered ‘shortly after three o'clock this morning, completely gutted . building at the rear of N.D.

|MacLean’s Funeral Parlors. The | fire was discovered by Mrs. Mac- | Lean. Two horses, stabled in the i

).ety. It was considered likely that j the funeral parlors would be da-

maged by smoke and water, :

Mr. F. McAusland and Sons, | Bloomfield, have added equip- ment to their Woolen Mills in- cluding a fulling mill, a washer and drying rack. A boiler house conveniently located on the bank | of the river so that hot water | may be siphoned to the mill be- |

Rockefeller could accept ,

j building, were removed to saf-

The hills rise up, to sing life's

praise. . Each rosebud opens like a door And light pours through the pe- _ taled maze,

And pours through me, ‘til pariake

Of ‘all the .joy that summer |. knows: !

In mind as tranquil as a lake, In heart receptive as a rose.

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in The New York Times

F ecocsieaciobe OFFER $2,000 REWARD.

TORONTO ‘CP! — The attor- | nev-generail’s department Friday offered a $2,000 reward for the arrest ef two young guamen who | have been on a 20-day rampage of kidnapping and robbery across the province. Twenty “police are } still searching the Cornwail-Mor- risburg area for the two who

i police dragnet.

have successfully eluded a huge,

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Milwaukee Journal

In New York City, where horse race betting is legal, the huge

| new Aqueduct track opened last

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weck. It attracted 42.500 fans

who“ wagered $3,431,000 on the first day. Average betting was al- most $81 per capita.

That spending was in addition to unreported sums for admis- sions, transportation and parking fees, meals and drinks at the track facilities. The total cost of the day's outing probably ~av- eraged closer to $100. It was a normal .,.workday, and doubticss some in the crowd also skipped work. apd lost wages or income opportunities,

Of course the lucky ones re-

| touped some or all of their out- lay at the, betting windows, and |

that was the gamble that every- body tock. But there's always a

for most \it was pretty expensive amusement. :

The incongruous aspect is that people almost everywhere today | complain bitterly that taxes are |ctushing them — New Yorkers perhaps more than most, for they got socked earlier this year with a stiff dose of state tax in- creases to make ends mect.

When Gov. Rockefeller took part in the’ opening ceremonies at the Aqueduct, he was jeered tas well @* cheered. What is fait to speculate about the rational processes | of people who will spend $100 in one afternoon for the privilege of booing the gover- nor who levied taxes that they “can't afford?”

For surely there were many, even in such a crowd, of the | same citizens Who complain, ‘pub-

| hely or privately, that govern. | lot more losing than winning, and | ment is “extravagant,” that (ax-| are never at a loss m talking. ‘

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low at any time, has also been constructed.

‘ TEN YEARS AGO

~ (Sept. 29, 1949)

Rev. John H. McCallum, B.A. of York, P.E.1., pastoral charge of the United Church, has ae- cepted a call to Epworth United Church in Glace Bay, N.S., and will be lIsaving shortly to as- sume his duties in his new pas- | torate. Mr. McCallum has been }in the York pastorate for the | past two years,

The G.R. Bradford, under: com: mand of Captain George- Lake, is at present at port in Mon- tague taking on a cargo of birch | cordweod for Grindstone, Mag- | delen kslands. This new ship re- | places the Fairmilé which was recently lost in a collision at sea.

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The Age Old Story |

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e Philistines, although |

God led way of th that was near...

Thank You

173 Great George St. Ed’s Slogan: “To maintain the goodwill of serve — the goal for which we strive!” ~

those whom we

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It will give: him other. activities . . . ciated.

FOR PAYING YOUR- CARRIER PROMPTLY

your Guardian carrier are timed to provice you convenient service and '| best meet his school and study schedules. He may begin collections Friday and continue

Your thoughtfulness in paying him the first time he calls to collect will promot service. It will save him extra work for which he would receive no additional profit. more time for school and be greatly ‘ appre-

encourage him in

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