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De Gaulle's Long Shadow

The reference in Saturday‘s Lon- don despatches to “the 1008 811350“ of Charles de Gaulle” falling across the Commonwealth prime ministers’ conference in London was opP°1‘t1m°- It is just another indication of the fact that the time on the Common- wealth clock may be later than some of the conference members think- De Gaulle is determined to play the leading role in setting the pattern for Europe's political f u t u r e. He wants Britain to have no Voice in it» and the more stumbling blocks H16 Commonwealth prime ministers put in Britain's vvay the better it suits his purpose.

The warm welcome the French President has been receiving in West Germany is evidence of ‘the -long way Europe has come since World War Two. While the free world hails this happy outcome 01 a centuries-old feud between the two nations, there is reason for grave concern in the attitude of both db Gaulle and Chancellor Adenauer to- wards Britain's entry on the Euro- pean stage.

Addressing a group of West German army officers last week, do Gaulle said the armies of both coun- tries must. have an "Organic 59-" This was essential to “the Union Of the two countries" and Would form the nucleus of a large European union. Those who listened under- stood his words as a plea for West German aid in developing French nuclear striking force. West Ger- many is barred by treaty from having nuclear weapons of its own: but de Gaulle apparently would like its financial and technical help in developing such weapons.

All this tends to make Brit- ain suspect that it is being held at arm's length as far as the Common Market is concerned until de Gaulle and Adenauer can shape EUTODG W their own design. It indicates that they are not satisfied with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and want a new ali8‘Dm9lTt-

Where would this leave the Com- monwealth? As the Milwaukee J our-

nal points out, de Gaulle and Aden- ‘ 0‘ euer are old men without much

time before them. They are deter- mined men. One must admire their strength. determination and tenac- ity. But one must worry that the ticket they would write for Europa gggy not be the best suited for the alliance, for the future of the Atlantic community and for a. mo European unity.

Britain's Warning Note ' 3;-juin, as a rule. is very care-

’ 131 in pr-offering unsolicited advice so‘ its allies. There may be more

than meets the eye. therefore, in the that it has reportedly caution- .“ the United States that an attack .. on Cuba at this time might merely Fidel Castro into is martyr in ».a.’,,.”g of his own ‘people and those Ad} th. uncommitted countries, and that even . an economic blockade ' be hithli complicated and ..-gfipnctical under current circum- ,gg'..’.us.1twouIithadlfriculttoget ill--Tihe ‘’° W“ t” ififilo " A ' it 3

left by this re- visits the -U.8. ' ’ ‘ {gas 11:‘ should treat

. ”fiildup in Cuba as

sure to rake retaliatory action, and that opposition politicians are busy manufacturing evidence of adminis- trative softness towards Commun- ism. Its caution at this time may well have been intended to buttress his position in the eyes of his own countrymen.

The fact is. of course. that Cuba, whether we like it or not. is a sovereign state. entitled to conduct its internal affairs as it sees fit. Its military buildup, according to Wash- ington sources, is defensive only. Russia offered assistance and Cuba accepted it: but a similar right was exercised when the United States offered assistance to Formosa and Formosa accepted it. Cuba’s claims to sovereignty are a good deal more clearly established than those 11 Formosa. The United States. more- over. has established many bases in foreign states. with offensive as well as defensive capabilities.

President Kennedy has stated, clearly, that an attempted Cuban of- fensive against other Latin Ameri- can countries will be frustrated, by force if necessary. That is as far as the United States has the right to go in dealing with another sovereign state. The British note underlines the importance of this policy. leav- ing inferred the hope that the Ken- nedy administration will go no fur- ther, however ciamorous its oppon- ents may be between now and the November congressional elections.

' Scallop Success Story

We note that American consump- tion of scallops has increased by leaps and bounds in the past few years. and the reason for this may be of in- terest to those concerned in fisheries promotion here. It was due to an in- tensive promotional campaign aris- ing out of a test made in Hartford. Conn., which cleared the way for a national drive that is still going strong.

The drive got under way when boat owners and fishermen through their union agreed to contribute 1 per cent of their profits to advertising the food value of scallops. Careful, selec- tive advertising, press luncheons in major cities. recipe contests, and in- formation to food editors were some of the means employed in spreading the scallop story.

As a result. by 1961 New Bed- ford’s scallop fleet was landing a re- cord 20,600,000 pounds of scallops valued at $7.800.000—$1,100.000 above the 1960 figure. San Pedro. Calif.. was the leading American fishing port in 1961, with $36,200.- 000 worth of fish landed, but. New Bedford was in second place with $14,800,000 worth of fish landed, beating Boston which came a poor third with $9,500,000.

This success has spurred New Bedford leaders to further effort. They have secured a $100,000 federal grant for a New Bedford Institute of Technology study of the scallop and flounder industry and have request- ed a. vessel-cost study from the Bur- eau of Commercial Fisheries. State help is being sought for a freezing plant that will make the whole New Bedford industry more competitive.

A good example, this, of imagin- ative leadership and co-operation in an activity that seemed, a few years ago. to be headed for a prolonged de- cline.

EDITORIAL NOTES

The Canadian trade commissions in New Yorw report that the mar- ket for Christmas trees is becoming smaller. which is somewhat surpris- ing. At any rate, buyers are becom- ing more discriminating, and Cana- dian exporters are being warned to select their evergreens carefully as to size and species.

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In Germany is n aw “babysitter microphone" is finding its way on the market. This gadget will pick up and transmit any sound from the nursery, and thus spare the busy housewife many unnecessary trips to the room where baby sleeps. The electronic “Nanny" will work with any modern radio set.

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The ubiquitous U-2 spy plane has now turned up in China. A Peking broadcast claimed that the Chinese Army shot down the aircraft while it was engaged on a spying mission over East China. The Nationalist re- fill" Mlmowlvdced that one of the U-2 planes it had purchased from

. the United States’ was missing on a

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THE WALL THAT WALKS LIKE A MAN

STILL seems REMOTE The New Conodi Slrnla

One of the surest ways to get into the newspapers. in case one is not active enough to ove hospital beds down highways or athletic enough to toss chunks of ice back and forth until they melt. is to design a new flag.

For some unknown reason it is considered news when some- one with a yearning for Canad- ian sovereignty end national greatness takes an evening and mixes some red. white and blue colors, with maple leaves. beavers. pine trees or other strange devices and offers it as a means of spurring the descen- dants of men. deprived of such inspiration. who made Canada a proud name in all the were

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since General Wolfe and men climbed up the cliffs to death and glory on the Plains of Abraham. _

Latest to be heard from in the Flag-For-Canada sweep- stakes is the suburban town Tecumseh on the outer fringes of Windsor. who sold the On- tario Municipal Association the idea th e t Canada's greatest need was a new flag.

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There is no necessity for Ot- tawa to go looking for a flag. The Town of Tecumseh has it ready for them. This new “glor- ious standard" to be raised has three diagonal sections of red. white and blue from left to right. There is a union jack on the blue section, a maple leaf on the white section and e fleur-de-lls on the red section. The flag, in all its glory. was unfurled by Deputy Reeve Hec- tor Lacasse the loyal sons of Canada at the OMA gathering whose cheers must have blend- ed with the roar of Niagara Falls just outside the conven- tion room in the hotel.

From the pictures of the flag in the newspapers it is no more and little less attractive than 2,409 other designs gather- ing dust in Ottawa where th have been graciously acknow- edged and speedily forgotten. The Tecumseh effort appears no better or worse in its ame- teurlsh symbolic presentation than those which preceded it gnld those which are bound to 0

aw. Even though Canada needs a

flag (and at least 2,410 people

OUR YESTERDAYS (from the Guardian Files)

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO September 17. 1931 An awefd of a provincial ec- holarship to William MecPhall Martin. Heetherdele. to

added to distinction of Prince Edward Island's students entering Univeuittas. This scholarship covers a three- rear . . Me

Kine: County" scholarship an- ‘treat to Prince of Wales col- ege.

Alpbonaue Campbell who gra- duated from at. Dunsten's Un- iversity last year. and received his B.A. from Lev ‘ yester-

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believe it does) it does not nec- essarily follow that one is com-

ee .

al part of it is that if the federal government heed- ed the resolution of the Ontario Municipal Association and ac- cepted the Tecumseh design the welkin would ring from New- foundland to Vancouver Island with the sounds of protests from the other 2,409 flag designers who will naturally insist that

on Flog Controversy

Canada deserves only the best. and the best is what they have designed for it.

one will not argue. Perhaps Canada does need a flag of its own. But in times ‘like today there are several things we can name offhand that need do- ing before we get set for the Kllkenny cat battle which is

mid to ensue when Canada's flag designers begin among themselves.

_ rold Morrison Canadian Press Staff Writer

Open ‘Split On Cuba

The Cuban issue has become deeply enmeshed in United states politics and while Presi- dent Kennedy's “keep - your- head" speech may cool tempor- arily Republican demands for a Cuban invasion. the call for attack likely will be heard again and again before the November Congressional ale c t l on cam- paign ends.

Normally. Democrats and Re- publicans try to show a meas- ure of unity on foreign policy but the two parties are sharply and openly split on Cuba. Re- publicans are convinced that in the present mood of the Ameri- can voter. the Kennedy policy is ripe for political slaughter.

Americans want Fidel Castro eliminated. They are surprised and frustrated that such a po- litlcal upstart could cause the powerful United states so much trouple. They are concerned and angered that the Soviet Un- ion is able to build up a mili- tary machine just 90 miles off the U.S. shore. And they are puzzled that with all the power at his command, Kennedy can- not find some way of sweeping the Communist menace away.

This is the political pot the Republicans have been stirring. ALLIEB SURPRISE!)

The strong sense of U.S. pub-

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Wlsen American elementary and secondary echoolteachers step into classrooms this fall, they will find approximately 1.- 700.000 new faces.

The Office of Education of the

earthbound niece race.

new the schools appear to be losing: They were -127.000 class- rooms

The space problem is compli- cated by the nation's shifting tion. it some QM classrooms ave been ed annually in the peat aevu geese thousands of rooms are still needed in areas receiving a constant flow of new residents. none rroex while schools are meeting the inner-space problem with tens- porary classrooms and split

. outer space continues to ma pressing . nice the world inn-tied into the Space

U.S. School Problem

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short last year. and little, - relteflsinsighttortiiatm-es

lic frustration over Cuba sur-

prised and - liamentarians who recently toured U.S. military establish- ments and conferred with Ken- nedy and his advisers. They had no idea the Cuban issue had such a deep impact on Ameri- cans. They concluded the Cu- ban crisis had become so grave the« danger of war could no longer be dismissed.

Fully aware of the impor- tance of the political stakes and well aware of the public mood, Kennedy might have been tempted to heighten his own popularity by satisfying the publlc hunger for some sign of action.

But Kennedy must necessar- ily face a period of paralysis. Au attack on Cuba could bring is soviet response in Berlin and the beginning of a war no one wants. The Allies. including Britain. have cautioned Kc - nedy to be careful. In the Brit- ish viaw. the Communist threat in Cuba is just part of a “war of nerves."

Kennedy has had to adopt a wait-and-see attitude. He will act. he said, if Cuba shows abil- ity to wage aggressive war and in the meantime the us. will maintain increased vigilance over Cuban smliiary activity.

themselves taking. and compre- hending, calculus in the twelfth

grade.

Earth - shrinking communica- tions and continuing interna- tional crises have gi us to foreign language instruc- tion. Uuillngual paren have

been cases: y

bear their giggling fourth-¢rad- er: swapping secrets in Span- is .

sraateught snsitlibns-g. U “M” wbetted appetites

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old person with pain in

Drugs Relieve Muscle -Sposmps

or one of the 1: other names gi- ven this disorder. ,

Regardless of the name, pain stems from the white fibrous tissues surrounding the muscles nerves. ligaments. tendons. and other st:-uc . ‘a usually is microscopic in extent and results from chronic mue- culsr strain. unusual exertion.

chilling, dampness. s u d d e n changes in temperature. gener- al fstique, chronic infections. or emotional stress. -

Theend reaultis esl:lffshoul- dar. neck. back. arms. or legs. Pain may be sharp. dull. or burning. It is worse on getting up in the morning but decreas- es as the person is up and about. Aspirin gives relief and so does best. Any type of heat will do so long as it is applied for 20 minutes two or tbre e times a day. Message of the stroking type is helpful. Rest is advisable when pain and ten- derness are intense; otherwise it is better to lirnber up.

Several drugs relieve m u s- cle spasms, including methocar- bamol. carisoprodol. and tube- curarin-2. The injection of a lo cal anesthetic into the tender area also eases distress. Spray- ing the skin with ethyl chloride is perhaps the easiest way interrupt the pain cycle.

Many victims of chronic fibro- eitis also develop tender nodules over the involved one. '1‘ contain fat that bulges through the fibrous structures. Removal of thest cordlike ewellings is fol- lowed by variable results. They disappear occasionally follow- ing deep massage.

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

ABDOMINAL EPILEPSY A.G. writes: I'm.taklng Di- lsntln for pain in the abdomen which the doctor says is due to an epileptic equivalent. Please

ex ain. REPLY

Not everyone with epilepsy develops blackouts or convul- sions. some experience dis 1'- tlon of the thought proces I: hallucinations of smell. sound, sight, or perception: or distress in the mid-abdomen that ex- tends into the breastbone. assume the latter is your prob-

LOOSE BODIES W.H.S. writes: What can be done about mice in the knees? REPLY

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Have them removed from the

trap. Joint mice are small fragments of bone or cartilage that have

become detached. They should be taken out if they cause irritation or pain. NECK PAIN

D.S. writes: Could a 54 year t h e back of the neck have cancer or tuberculosis?

REPLY

Yes. but there are a dozen more likely causes of neck pain, including arthritis and muscu- lar rheumatism.

FAMILY s'rnnn.mr A.T. writes: Is it possible for stcrillty to run in a family? REPLY

Not for long.

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gdaldgwe brats.

Few decisions testify as isn- Dlloitlytotlsesorl M summer we've badfhan that of arrears in

nual E" . that if a f day came , would- n't dare‘ take time we I r em

hay-making to go pic citing.-

Cape Breton Post.

Last July! the Census Bur- eau estlmates. Canada‘: popula-

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N.000.000 by July 1. year befone the c ten of Confederation. But. the ‘Census Bureau. a e y s. although it is ris to make any predictions at e .iwo per cent a year sbould be a conservative esti- mate of the rate at which population will grow in the next three or ur years. . That would the number of Canada’: people up to 20.000.- 000 by about the end of 1965.

over the past 30 years the an- nual growth in population has averaged about two per cent a year. It was about one per cent

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The FirsL20;Og0,0QO A

year in th mile. two per cent a year in the luosteaad a

unit of immigration the use: made the rate unus- tillly high. ' '

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ads‘: population proximately. us! that of the, Unlted Ste 1840. It would be about equal to the count or estimate of the as It Argon Burma. woul East Germany u7.ass.ooo) but less than the most recent count or estimate of of Ethiopia

persons. Can-

would a p-

.“ (flf 453.000).

Some of the songbirds are blnging again. a kind of last sa- lute to summer. though without their springtime volume or en- thusiasm. But the air of late August really belongs to the in- sects. parflcularly the fiddler: which reap one roughened wing against the other. The chltinous chorus is rising to its climax, in- stlnctively warned that time in

sect terms is running out. Meadow grasshoppers and field crickets celebrate the h at afternoons. ‘giving all other sounds in the open country a vibrant undertone. And at dusk the katydids take over. they and the pale green treecrlckeis so loud and so insistent that the first stars seem to quiver. es- pecially if the night is warm.

Like all insects. they are in- exorably governed by the tem-

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peraiure around them. the tempo of their calls as well as every other action. are as responsive as mercury to and cold: count a cricket’: chime in a minute, divide by four and add forty and the re- sult is very close to the air tem- perature at the time.

They chirp and reap and stri- du‘ltate. and their females co m

mer. And their calls add up to

the season‘: summery. as un-

mistakable as the ripening this-

tle head or the millsweed . This is their

equinox, toward frost and the

As the Sons of Freedom Donk- hobors take to the road. there

erness. or disappear into some naver- never- land. few Canad- ians would miss them. Certainly the other inhabitants of their native Kootenay district will be little inclined to welcome back these fanatic terrorists, should they return from their long trek.