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PAGE 4 SATURDAY, JULY 19. 1958.

A Mailer, Ol Prudence I

West.

There is, understandably, some

public apprehension regarding the possibility of Canada’s being involv- ed in hostilities, as a result of the current upheaval ' in the Middle/ East. This uneasiness was given impetus by the Prime Minister’s announcement in Parliament_ that units of the North America Air Defence Command, including a number of Canadian squadlrons, have been ordered “into an increas- ing state of readiness”. '

In making, the announcement the Prime Minister stated that there is no cause for public alarm, the order to NORAD . being the -‘€course of prudence,‘ caution and commonsense”. It was, in other words, a purely precautionary mea- sure. ,

'At the same time, it would be wrong and unrealistic to assume that there is no risk to Canada .in the fast moving events in the Med-

iterranean area. Canada is a ‘mem- .

ber of the United Nations as 'well as a partner in NATO and, therefore, Could not help being involved in any development which‘umight com- pel either organization I to take up arms. At. the moment,_ it seems to be generally believed thatthe Soviet Union’s opposition to “American and British intervention in Lebanon rand Jordan will be limited to ver- denunciation in the United Na- ;_tions Security Council. This, how-

}:eyer, is only supposition. Should the ‘ .Ttussians take a chance on invading _,

Turkey. say, that would be a direct challenge to N ATO and all its members. And, of course there is always the possibility of a direct attack on this continent byway of {the Arctic. This, automatically, {Would put Canada at War.

It seems likely that the present storm in the Middle East will blow itself out before it has time to spread liar afield. But there is no assur- nance of this. Meanwhile, worrying

L‘I'about possibilities serves no .pur- '

pose. Canadians can be sure that the Federal Government is joining With Western Goveinmefits in strenuous efforts to. keep the thou,-

zble from spreading.

News From Vlrglnla * We have just received an enter- taining. circular from a gentle- man in Falls Church, Virginia.,lt was

not intended to be entertaining—at

least we do not think so—nor was it intended primarily for us. It is addressed chiefly to Virginians, and "its theme is the preservation of A14 aska. Alaska once belonged to Rus- sia, and our friend in Falls Church is afraid it will fall into Russian hands again if drastic action is not taken. “We cannot hold it,” he says, .“except by political amalgamation. with Canada. Now that the charmed Circle of ‘48’ has been at last broken, ,what harm if we make it 59 States and two more territories, instead of

“merely 49—with a good prospect of

getting back to 48 ‘2” Why not, indeed? “We have lived,” _

says our friend, “next door to Can-

ada for a long” while, without serious squabbling—with growing mutual ad-

'vantage—in the double-house we call - North America. Why not marry the

little lady—by mutual consent, of course, and with full benefit of cler-

igy—and make an honest woman of

'her and" an honest manof Uncle Sam; take down the artificial party wall and build solidarity on mutual safety, Welfare and progress ?” I , “Of‘course,” he adds, “there will be objections to any major advance—— from the stupid and the timid.” The

"fact remained, however, that “With- ,out Canada, we cannot hold Alaska. ‘ ';..3With Alaska lost, Canada cannot re- "sist Russia. The threat is to both,

“equally, and its stopping requires

fcompletely unified co-operation. This '

is the first step toward the United

IgNations of Earth—U.N.E.~—definit‘- ' . ely U-N.n

“Meanwhile,” (and here’s the

point) “do you care to Sign a petition

for placing my name on the ballot in November, as inlependent, non-part- isan candidate for United States Senator from Virginia?”

We are sorry that our name would be of” no value on a petition of this

q .

kind; but we wish our friend well in his campaign. Our only suggestion would be that he enliven his argu- ment still further by proposing, as an alternative to Canada joining the United States, that the US make ap- plication to join Canada. After all, it was British territory once. Virginia itself (named after our first Queen Elizabeth) was‘the first permanent British settlement in North Ameri- ca. The United States could return to the fold .as full-fledged Canadian Provinces, with all the rights and liberties we enjoy in this Dominion 'under the. British Crown. Their re- volutionary past would be forgiven them, and even the Empire Loya- lists. would put out flags for the oc- casion. Alaska would then be safe, for the Russians—if they are con- templating “tearing it rudely from

Uncle Sam’s grasp” as our friend -

suspects-i—would be so astonished ‘at this turn ofyevents that they would throw up their hands in despair. Our Canadian politicians are slow fellows. Why didn’t some of them run on this ticket in the last federal campaign? Then we could have sent their circulars to our friend in Virginia—just to show that we too have ideas about building “solidar- ity on mutual safety, Welfare and progress”! ' r

‘ Why Not In Charlottetown? . A disappointment to all our stock ,

breeders is the announcement from I

Amherst that the Maritime Winter Fair will not be held this year because of the fire‘ that destroyed several of the show buildings earlier this month. It is estimated that it will cost $500,- 000 to replace the buildings and in any case it is doubtful if this could be done before the} scheduled opening of the fair on November 1.

Would it not beI‘feasibleI, however, to have the Fair held in Charlotte- town? If the facilitiesat the Exhibi- tion grounds were freely offered to the Maritime Stock Breeder’s Associ- ation, perhaps they Would reconsider their decision to‘ cancel this year’s activities. 'No doubt arrangements could be made for special trips of our car ferries to accommodate the

, exhibitors. Surely it isdesirable that I the Fair be continued without inter- ;ruption; and with the exoellent aci-

commodation we now have at the Ex- ,hibitiongrounds. there seems no rea- ‘son'why this could not be done. Main- land members of the Association, we believe, would welcome the opportun- ity of cuming to Prince Edward Is- land for. this purpose: Certainly our

" own breeders would give them a cord; is] welcome; and this goes for all our

citizens. '

EDITORIAL NOTES

- Officials in British Columbia are

should or should not take precedence

\ in functions honouring Princess Mar-

garet. The Princess herself is prob- ably amused by the whole thing—if rumours of discord have Come her way, as most likely they have. ,4 * a '

Washington officials are said to be wondering why the loca. residents atacked a number of American fly- »ers when they were forced to land in a Russian village.‘ It is being suggest-

7ed that perhaps the Americans were

mistaken for Turks whom the Rus- sians heartily dislike. It is just pos~ sible, of course, that they were taken to be Americans. ‘ 0 ° iv / «Ir

Prime Minister [Diefenbaker has told Parliament that the Government hopes that United .Nations forces will be made available to relieve the

British troops now in Jordan. That,

will suit the British well enough. They have said all along that they will take their troops out of Jordan just as soon as the UN. can guaran- tee that country’s security. It is to be hoped, however, that the Prime Minister’s statement does‘not mark‘ the beginning of another anti-Bri— tish attitude in Ottawa. We had enough of that from the Liberals at the time of the Suez crisis. 4- e i

.An amazing machine, the “Per;- ceptronf’, has been designed at Cor- nell Aeronautical Laboratory, Inc. When completed it will be the first 'el- ectronic c0mputer' to operate similar- ly to the human brain—or so it is claimed. Preliminary tests have al-

ready demonstrated some of its ex-'

pected capabilities. For example, the Perceptron system can instantly re- cognize objects by their general out— line. It can “learn” from experience to, distinguish right from left. If carried to the forseeable eXtent of its development, the system could lead to a translating machine for spoken language. In fact, it is ex— pected to distinguish between the music of Brahms and Mozart.

' said to be at logge‘rheads as to who .

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' ‘ OTTAWA SHAKESPEARE

u. K. OPINION

Vole M.P/s Letters Not Privileged-

By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent for The Guardian

LONDON —- In the House of Commons this week, a great blow was struck for the protection of the rights of individual citizens against special privilege for mem- bers of parliament. By a major- ity of five, in a free non-party vote, the Commons rejected a proposal, presented by its own Committee on Privileges, th at letters written by members of parliament to cabinet ministers

, were part of the proceedings ‘of

parliament, and were privileged from the standpoint of libel. The debate arose because of a letter written by 3. Labor M.P. George Strauss, to the Postmas- terdGeneral, charging a scandal in the operations of the London Electricity Board. The Board de- manded that Mr. Strauss with- draw the charges, and when he

declined to do so, threatened to

sue him for libel. He complained that this threat was a breach of privilege. The Committee on Pri- vileges upheld his complaint, on the ground that in writing to the Poastmaster-General he was en- gaged in a “proceeding in parli- ament” within the meaning of the Bill of Rights. \

DANGEROUS T0 LIBERTY. .. .

When the committee’s report came before the Commons; the debate which ensued was one of great importance. The opposition to it was‘led by Herbert Morri- son, Socialist, who proclaimed it was dangerous to the liberty of p e o p 1 e outside parliament. It could, he said, do grave injustice to humble individuals.

Sir Reginald Manningham-Bul- ler, a.ttorn=ey-general,general, sup- ported Mr. Morrison. He said to a d o p t the committee‘s report would favor unrestricted freedom for M.P.’s to defame and injure members of the public in the ex- ercise of malice and would de— prive the public of redress.

These arguments won the day. Mr. Morrison’s amendment, nul- lifying the committee report, was carried by the nonapanty v'ote. And having secured affirmation of its view that the letter in ques- tion was not privileged, the Lon- don Electricty Board announced its withdrawal of the proposal li- bel action.

DOCKERS AGAIN THREATEN

The dock workers of the United Kingdom are again threatening to tie up the country’s economy with another strike, ghis time ex- tending to all ports n the coun-

try. A meeting of 84 delegates is to be held in Loud-on in the near future to decide whether or not to call a general dock strike. This move follows a rejection of their claim for a substantial in- crease in wages. There is no pro- vislbn in the constitution of the dock worker’s union for unburn- tion, and the doc‘kevr’s represen- tative would be within their rights in calling a strike without first resorting to arbitration. Should there be a strike, it would be the most serious in the industry in the postwar years.

But right on top of this an- nouncement comes the statement issued by the London Dock Labor Board, representing both employ- ers and lalbor, to the 30,000 Lon- don dock workers. This statement is a blunt warning to the dock workers that any further strikes in that port would inevitably lead to diversion of more ships from London and consequent unem- ployment among the dockers. EQUAL REPRESENTATION

The significant thing is that this statement comes from a board on which employers and employees have equal represent- ation. It is a warning from the union representatives as well as frdm the management group. G. A. Tonga, chairman of theboard, referring to the recent strike, said, “It would be deplorable to halve a national strike on top of what we have just gone through in Londonlt just will not do. We cannot afford any. longer to have these unofficial stoppages. We must have some continuity of work in the Port of London.”

Mr. Tonge cited several instanc— es of shipping -firms diverting their cargoes away from London because of the uncertain labor conditions there. The views of his board may. therefore carry weight when the national dock laborlbody meets to decide on whether or not to strike. FIRST PARKING METERS‘

London has just installed its first parking meters, as an exv periment in the value of the Cana- dian and United States systems of traffic control in cities. So far, the meters are confined to one area of London, the Mayfair dis- trict, the parliamentary secretary to the Ministry of Transport, G. R. Nugent, officially opened the system by placing his Sixpence in a meter on Grosvenor Square.

The metered area is in a zone

bounded by Park Lane, Oxford Street, New Bond Street, and Grosvenor Street and Grosvenor Square. Charges are Sixpence for an hour, one shilling for two hours and ten shillings excess for a further two hours. Anyone stay- ing for over four hours Will be committing an offence.

There is one variationfrom the Canadian system. There is an at- tendant in charge. When a yel- low violation indicator 5 h o w s parking has elapsed, he places a yellow ticket on the car. and the owner must pay the ten shillings excess charge to After two hour’s excess,’ four hour-sin all, a red ticket is plac- ed on the car to show an offence has been committed. The police may then remove the car, and the motorist will have to pay to recover it, in addition to. the court penalty.

In its first days, there were many uiolations, but the police were lenient for a start. And the first official reaction is that the new system has improved traffic conditions immeasurably. I

POSTER 0]“ QUEEN

The British Safety Council may have got itself into aspot of trouble with Buckingham Pa-i” lace. When in Scotland recently the Queen went down a mine. wearing a very attractive white suit of safety clothes. The Safety Council has produced a poster, bearing a photograph. of the Queen in her safety suit, and bearing the sloga, “Follow Her Majesty’s Example - Wear Safe~ ty Clothing.” This poster, in a fairly small size, was sent out to 2,000 member firms by the Coun- cil, without going through the formality of asking the Queen’s permission. A request to allow the poster to be distributed in large size was refused by Buck: ingham Palace officials.

Now the fat is in the fire. The Council has made the very lame excuse that it did not ask for permission to use the picture in the small poster because a simi- lar picture of Prince Philip wear- ing a miner’s safety suit last year was refused. And now the public is waiting to see what will hap- pen as a result of this flagrant breach of protocol.

PEACEFUL ANNEXATION

The London Star the other day carried the following paragraph:

“A lay preacher at'Lewisporte, Canada, told an audience, “Our animals could make a better job of governing the world than some of our politicians.” ,

Since Lewisporte happens to be in Maine, 3 Canadian over here sent us this paragraph with the comment, “Of course it is well- known in Canada, especially Que- bec and New Brunswick, that the huge northern hump of Maine

should really be inside the Can- adian boundary.”

Site 'For' Atomic Tests National ' Geographic Society credited to its namesakePOap-x

A lonely, closely guarded frag- ment of Pacific soil, important for years as a United States air station, has a new job.

The Government recently dis- closed that short-range missiles will be fired from Johnston Is- land, a coral atoll 825 miles south- west of Honolulu," in the 1958 “Hardtack” series of nuclear tests. ‘

Though Johnston has long fig ured in international affairs, 8 less hospital-Ibo island. could scar- cely be found the National Geo- graphic Society says. The atoll is made up of two low, sandy is- lets surrounded by a coral reef about eight miles long. larger is only a thousand yards long and 200 years wide.

There are few trees, no rain to speak of, and ,no fresh water. TOXIC FISH IN LAGOON

The offshore waters abound with hungry shark and barracuda.” Many fish in the "lagoon, includ- ing puffers trigger-fish, and skipjack, are poisonous to eat.

Johnston's only-long term in- habitants have been American servicemen, Hawaiian civilian workers, lizards, hermit crabs, and countless sea birds that have always resented the intrusion.

The island‘s discovery in 1807 is

The

tain Johnston of HMS Cornwal— lis. But it was known to Am- ericans, somewhat unfavorably, 11 years earlier. The brig Sally- of Boston went aground. The crewmen were so joyful to get away with their lives they didn’t bother to name it.

Folldwing Captain Johnstbu’s call no one came near the place until 1858. Crewmen of the Uni- ted States schooner Fenimore Cooper landed explored the sun- baked islets, and planted the American

Close in- their wake came a party of Hawaiians who took down Old Glory and claimed John- ston for the Hawaiian Repub- lic. Within a month, the Amer- ican schooner reappeared and left two men to gather guano.

The islandls ownership was not settled until 1898 when the United States annexed Hawaii. A guano concern leased the island from territorial adminlslpators but soon folded its tents and sail- ed away.; For some time the is- land was left to the birds, liz- ards. and crabs.

Scientists from Hawaii descen- ded upon Johnston in 1923. As a result of their study Johnston was made a federal sanctuary for

the sea fowl which had bred there since time immemorial. Birds of a different species were soon to take over. As planes began to fly the broad Pacific, the island's value as a landing sta- tion was promptly recognized; it was placed under the United states Navy’s authority. As re- ently as 1953, a crippled air- lner with 42 persons aboard had a: make an emergency.landi:ng ere.

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To n’rrums Not For HotDovys

By Hermand N. Bundesen, MI). KEEP COOL, man. keep cool! It really doesn‘t pay to get hot

under the collar during these

warm summer days’.

A temper flare - up at any time of year can cause your body temperature to rise. These tem- per tantrums produce a heat that is often slow in COOllng. Thus, you only add to your hot weather discomfort by becoming

N0 y AL TEMPERATURE Warm weather alone will not make your body temperature rise. Under normal circumstan- ces, your body temperature is standardized at about 98.6 de‘ grees Eahrenheit, give or take a bit.

Now changing weather condi- tions tend to cause your temper- ature to rise or fall. But a little

thermostatic control located in your brain immediately starts mechanisms within your body which help maintain normal tem- perature.

In this automatic adjustment of your body to outside temper- ature changes, perspiration plays an important part. EvapOration

, of sweat helps reduce body heat.

PERSPIRING HELPS

Thus, if you perspire freely you will be more comfortable in hot weather than those who do not, because, as the perspiration ev-

body.

High humidity, of course, means there is more moisture in the ,air. This impedes evapora- tion of perspiration and, conseq- uently, less heat leaves your body on these days. That’s why 11qu weather is generally more uncomfortable than warm, dry Weather.

CLOTHING AND FOOD

‘You can help evaporation of perspiration by wearing light, loose and porous clothing. An- other good idea is to cut down on, the amount of food you eat during these hot weather days, since body heat is‘ produced .by metabolism, or the burning ,of foodstuffs. ‘

Be sure you get proper nour ishment, however.‘ You can’t blame that feeling of being entirely..on the heat. If you are tuckered out all the