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PAGE 4 Fearful Responsrbrllly The United, States Congress has authorized over $1 billion more than the President requested for defence appropriations, with the proviso that the eXtra, money be spent on “con- ventional” weapons, as distinctfrom nuclear power.“ /, This rather unusual step reflects a wide difference of opinion between the Administration and the Congress on the type of war which the United States might be forced to wage in the future. The Administration’s thinking appears to be based on the supposition that war, if it comes, will be fought with nuclear weapons of all kinds. This, in turn, is based on the belief that ‘the Soviet Union is vastly superior in conventional forces. The thinking of Congress-— and it certainly appears more realis- tic than theother—is that, should the Russians decide on war at all, it is reasonable to suppOSe that they ' would start out with conventional weapons—if, in fact, they do have superiority in that field: The Con- gress, reasonably enough, wants the United States forces to, be in a posi- tion to confine themselves to the same type of weapons. Also, the Congress argues, it is foolish to equip the nation only to fight a war that would be utterly destructive, and therefore unlikely, while reduc- ’ ing the "capacity to fight “limited” wars Which, in the opinion of many military experts, are likely to occur. 01‘ course, the policy of the United States and or the West in general/is to use nuclear power,” a “deterrent” to war. That is ’all right as far as it goes. But, suppos- ing it does not “deter”, what then? The West, without superiority in conventional forces, would be power- less before‘ Soviet_ might and be forced, in these circumstances, to resort to nuclear retaliation—a fearful and almost unimaginable. decision. Spring Potatoes One disadvantage that pptato' growers in these parts have to put up with is the necessity for shipping the bulk of the harvest in the fall or earlyspring before softening and sprouting set i in. This, of course, means market congestion with, usually, falling prices after a month or two. If shipments could be ‘ divided about equally between early fall and late spring, it is probable. that prices would fluctuate far less 1 than they do now. Prices are usual- ly higher in the spring; but the spoilage which takes place cuts deeply, into the quantity which farmers have at that time. A team of experts at thé Uni- versity of Maine in Orono have been trying to get over this difficulty. Last fall, a new type of sprout. “in? hibitor” was put,on an experimental quantity of potatoes, after ‘which they went into /storage for nine months. In‘ July there was not a sprout among them. When shipped to market, ,they were of as good quality as when they were dug. This information is revealed in a semi-annual report of the Bangor and Aroostook Railway, which of course is interested in the» potato business, since it provides much of its traffic. Arithmetical Errors AnAmerican organization, Opin- ion Research, has made a nation- wide survey of what happens when a shop clerk figures a customer’s bill on a slip of paper or'a “brown paper bag" instead of by cash regis- ter. The findings show that mistakes in arithmetic cost the public “mil- lions of dollars” annually. In most instances, however, the mistakes are genuine and not sly attempts on the part of the shopkeeper or his, clerk to “make a fast buck”. In fact, in a great ,number of cases, the clerk shortchanges himself. This is the way the test went: “A customer makes a purchase costing $1.39 and hands over a 5 dollar bill. How much change should you give the customer?” Two out of every five clerks came up with a different/answer. The survey showed that the big- ger the bill the more likely it is to be computed wrongly. In totaling 5 items, few errors were made. But 3 out of 10 “flunked” when con- fronted with a list of 15 items. The moral, of course—4f there be one—is that a shopkeeper who does his figuring without benefit of automatic devices should not be of fended when the customer asks to have a look at the bill. He—or she— might be doing the shopkeeper a good turn, since as likely as not he is defrauding himself. We should add that this survey was sponsored by the National Cash Register Co., whose business it is to sell cash registers. That, however, does not detract from the value of the find- ings. . We should add, too, that the sur- vey was conducted among American Canadian counterparts are more ac- curate. On the other hand, of course, they may be less so. It will take I another survey to determine that. The American Side So much has been said and writ- ten about United States allegedly unfair trade practices as they apply to Canada that anything that can be said for the other side of the con- troversy deserves equal considera- tion. I/ In an address before the Amcri- can Club in Toronto a few days ago, Lording K. Macy, director. of the United States ‘Bureau of Foreign "Commerce; declared that his coun-' try is “steadily lowering its barriers to trade. The long term trend has been strongly in the direction of a more" liberal cudtoms- regime.” Mr. Macy cited specific instances of the preference shown this country by the United States in trade mat- ters: The average ad valorem rate on ‘dutiable imports from Canada is only 6 per cent. Since. 1950 Presi- dent ‘Eisenhower has granted only 10 of 87 applicationsfor relief under - the escape clause in the Trade ,Agreements Act; and in only one lease, involving alsike chVer seed, was Canada affected. The President ,roieded a bid to put quota barriers and higher duties on Canadian fish . crease tariffs on lead and zinc. In the ,vlewl of the United States Government, import limitations on oil have 'not done any harm to Canada. In this field, long-term. prospects are encouraging for an increase in the'U.S. market. 9 EDITORIAL NOTES Prime Minister \Diefenbaker has ' predicted “vast changers”, in Ottawa in the next nine years. 'It isn’t likely, though, that he includes a Change from Conservative toLiberal rule. it i I I What is the latest style in churches? Well, one has been built in Plymouth, Eng., with a. covered drive-in for cars and under the/floor wiring to heat it. ' II! t i \ Further racial troubles can. be ex- pected in various Southern ‘ States this fall, following an Appeal Court’s ruling that integration at Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas, must not be delayed. Virginia is even considering closing all public schools rather than accept integration. * ll * A new political party—the Civic Action League—has been formed in Quebec. So long as it confines its cam- paign to provincial politics, no one on the outside will complain. There is no place for it, however, in the Federal field where there_ are too many par- ties already. ll t 1 Once again Indra has supported the Soviet bloc in the UN. Geneva Assembly. This time"the Indian dele- gation has repeated Russian argu- ment that the first need in the Middle East is the withdrawal of American . and British troops and that the U.S. and Britain want the UN. to protect their “imperialistic interests” in the area. How much longer can the fie» tion of India’s adherance to free worldpolicies be sustained? * t It a So far this year six tuna have been- landed by sportsmen in the Con- ception Bay waters of Newfoundland, , while only- one has been seen at Wedgeport, N.S.; and that one got away. Newfoundlanders are ‘already suggesting that the international tournament be moved to Conception Bay. Their argument that there is no point in holding it at Wedgeport if the tuna have deserted that area seems unanswerable—except, of course, by the citizens of Wedgeport. shopkeepers. It is possible that their , "for example, have been reported fillets and recently refused to .in- , 'vorce bills and immigwtéw ‘the government and the general 60516, COME MN, now couto Tue ' . 8AeK eéNCHERS Re“: 1' H612 £51006" ROOM FOR “membrane IT Is AN M.P.‘S DESK IS Hrs CASTLE newsrooms? ‘ M'exiémomueaue' ‘ «smoke DON‘T HAVE m‘fne .. wane _ News Knows A MWBER NEEDS are REST—— 1pm; on! 1’0 mono» \ TlMéTABLEs fie oTuoz PAY THE Peme Mmrsres Succesfeo ‘filAT memcerzs snouw ewe up Tue": vesss (N THE House OF COMMON6 AMP FOLLOW THE BRlTISH MODEL‘.’ “sneer/N6 REWFEM OWAWA OTTAWA REPORT Riding The Gravy ‘Trcrin By Patrick Nicholson Special Correspondest for The Guardian E Ottawa: When a government is spending llive billion dollars Ia year, some elements of1 the pop- ulation of counse try to ride that rich gnavy train. In past years, rumours have repeatedly been heard here of large and small scale. corruption Subsidies to shipping lines and contracts to dredging companies, as unwarrantably high, with the suggestion that the beneficiaries wore financial supporters of the government in power. There is a red hot story now of the government of one of our eastern provinces making a pri- vate deal for a kickback with a private eutenpriser interested in that province’s natural resources. That government is not said to be winning under a double- cross by the developer who has reneggeld on the legally unenfor- ceable kick—black. ‘ There have been, and still are, stories of large sums of money. being made out of human suf- fering; of politicians receiving black market payments for assis- ting in the provision of rights pro- vided under our laws, such as di- ner- mil-ts, 1' OPEN CONTRACTS OPEN But throughout all thi suspi- cion of graft, there has always run one ray of faith. That was the system of the contract awar- ded by open tender. It had al- ways been assumed that the a- ward of any government contract Jordan’s to the lowest tenderer was the one sure way of obtaining econ- omic efficiency in the spending of the taxpayers’ money by the“ government. But the famous Printing Bureau scandal has shattered that faizh. The excavation of the building site was tendered for by nine commandos. inhomation was given to the Parliamentary com- mittee examining this no wid- ely-discussed case. These com- panies were in Ottawa, Hull, and as far away as Montreal and Ni. argon Falls. Pricos submit-ted ranged mm $55,000 to $140,725 for the job. The low tenderer was Miron andFreI-es of Montreal. But the continuitier heard that they were Paid, not the $55,000 which they bonds-red, but $238,695, or more than four times the amount of their tender. , This commons increase came from hiring them to continue ex? salvation beyond that originally specified. And this subsequent work was gmarnted to the contrac- tor without tenders being called, any comparative prices being caught. 0n the initial tender, Miron and From undertook to extoalvatc 110.- 000 cubic yards at 50 cents per cubic yard. 0n the extra work, they excavated a further 105.011 cubic yards, or slightly less than the initial volume, but were paid more than three times as much, namely $175,695. The price per cubic yard on this additional work was not as originally 50 Uncertain Future By Ken Metheral .Canadian Press Staff Writer Of all the myriad problems of the Middle East, the most per- plexing and confusing concerns the future of the tiny kingdom of Jordan. The one uncontestarble fact about this country, mainly desert, is that it cannot support itself; Yet—and is the crux of the problem—no one, least of all J or- dan’s Arab neighbors, really wants to pay the price of support- ing the country. - This probably explains Jordan's suilrrise announcement at the United Nations that she would op- pose the sending of"a UN force or UN observers to replace the 8,000 British paratroopers now guarding her troubled borders. N0 OPTION The Jordanian action is‘vienwed in London as a bargaining ma— noeu-vre, designed to allow King Hussein to extract the best pos- sible terms from Britain and the United States. Jordan is believed to neerd‘about £20,ooo,ooo ($55.- 000,000) a year and, even with the latest U.S. offer of economic aid to the Middle East, that may takesome getting. There is little doubt that both public in Britain would welcome United Nations action that would allow the British troops to be withdrawn from Jordan. But the Jordanian announcement has caused little comment. In Whitehall, it is dismissed as of “little importance” and none of Britain’s national newspapers deemed it sufficiently important to rate editorial comment. The general feeling appears to be that in the end Jordan will have no option but to do as she is told. UN ROLE OBSrC‘L-RE The British weekly. The Econ- omist, however, expresses some concern over President Eisen- hower’s suggestion that US. and British troops in the Middle East he, in effect, replaced by the “presence” of the UN. The Economist says the role of UN forces remains obscure. ‘Are they to exert the direct influence which in the past belonged to the great powers? A special and per- manent United Nations agency in the Middle East migh'r be taken to have further implications: Does it mean that the members of the UN, including the Arab members, are being asked to recognize that the capacity of the Middle Eastern countries for in- dependence is limited, requiring tho presence of a policeman from outside"? - The Economist says the Arab cents, but $1.50 and even $2 for routine digging. Rock was of course priced at a higher fig- ure. . DEPUTY NONPLUSSED’ ‘I find it difficult to find a reason for that change of price,” General ILA. Young, the deputy minister of Public Works, told the Committee. not justified by, risrug costs, for the excavation was carried out continuously. It was negotiated apparently between the then Min- ister of Public Works, Mr. (now Judge) , Alphonse. Fournierr, who was also the Liberal M.P. for the constituency whore the new Printing Bureau was being built, and the contractor. “Now is that what you call smw-lballihlg a contract?” asked Conservative admittme Dav vlid Walker. ‘ A _ ‘.‘I have a stronger term to; it than that”, interposed Nil. Spon- cer, M.P. for Windsor, Ont. Thin the low tenderer was per: mitted to quadruple his bid for additional work, without the oth- er tenderens being permitted to bid competitively. This revelation has completely undermined faith is the, of open tender. It raises the suspicion that in such cases a oommrar‘ctor triendly to the government be told to l\:l low to get the contract, the assurance that he will later ob- tain work at ridicul- ously increased prices without competitive bids against him. This would enable him to make a financial killing: it could1 be that it would also enable himi to make handsome contributions to the campaign lunds of the party or individual thus helping him. Is this snowballing, a contract? or feathering whose nest? countries have tended to reject suggestions for poncertcd defence partly from a dotmnatiqo to ‘ remain neutral, partly because every defence plan' smeared to them an attempt to re-establish outmoded controls. “'llhey may. regard a ‘standby’ force as lust such another out- morin control; thev may even begin, if the United Nations looks favorably on the plan, to enter- tain suspicions of the organiza- tion’s neutrality.” Who Are The Arabs? National Geographic Society In popular fancy, the Arabs are sloe-eyed nomads of the Arabian deserts. In fact, however, only a. nunority would fit that descrip- tion today. The Arabs are those people of many lands whose first language is Arabic. Their common 11a. - guage unites people who are vas- tly different in other ways. The Arabs include in their number ‘ both blond Presbyterian shop- keepers in Beirut and dark-skin- ned Moslem herdsmen in the Sudan. In addition to the language they share most Arabs are united by their faith in God as revealed by the prophet Mohammed. In many cases, they are also bound by ties of customs, blood, and his- torical alliances that reach over may political frontiers, the Na- tional Geographic Society says. DESPITE RIVALRIES r The common language and cul- ture give the Arabs considerable cohesion in facing the non-Anal) world, despite their many rival- ries. An old Arab proverb says. “My, brother and I will flight my cousinemy cousin and I will fight the foreigner.” . Much is heard of the Arabs to- day, but 13 centuries ago they were a little known people. Tribe- smen of the Arabian wastes, they lived in the backwashes of civilization. Judaism and Chris- tianity had filtered through to them, but many were still staun- chly pagan. In the 7th century, A.D., Mo- hammed, a resident of Mecca in what now is Saudi Arabia, heard a voice speaking to him as he meditated in a cave. This voice, identified as the angel Gabriel, was a sign to Mohammad that he was to give mankind a new revelation of God. l Mohammed disclosed his calling to his relatives and friends, and began urging submission (islam. in Arabic) to the will of God. At first he attracted few disciples, but after leaving Mecca for Med- ina, he rose swiftly to power. Before he died he left a large number of revelation-s, which we collected to form the Koran. With the faith preached by Mo- hammed, the Arabs forgot their \internal quarrels and embarked on a path of conquest almost un- rivaled. in history. In a few ore years, the Arab armies sWept westward across North Africa, turned into Spain. and pushed. into southern France, In the east, they overnan vast territories as far as China. 'Dhey Arabicized h u g 6 areas from Iraq to Morocco and from Palestine to the Sud-an, ‘ PRESERVED LEARNING As scholars replaced soldiers in the great empire built by the Arabs, Moslems of many back- grounds became the leading sa- vants of mathematics, astro omy geography, and medicine. - lem scholars also preserved the writings of the Greeks that were later to stimulate the minds of Europeans emerging from th 6 Dark Ages. As the centuries passed, how- ever, the great empire built by:' the Arabs fell into decay amid religious splits, dynastic quarrels and general corruption. Today lit- tle is left of the, glories of the empire, except such structures as the Alhambra of Granada, Spain. The OttOman Turks, whom the Arabs had converted to Islam, rose to power over the Arabs themselves, but their empire, too, declined in the late 19th century. and the Westérn powers moved into the Near East. The West’s new ideas and tools ‘ Chinese have an especially high _mcal. ‘ CHRONIC IRRITATION Jchnonie of the mo- ‘ This much higher price was ’ Diet May Have Cancer Bearing By Herman N. Bundesen, M. D. A confirmed clgarot smoker asked me recently whether re- searchers ever considered the possibility that some foods might be a contributing factor in var— ‘ us t as of cancer. wor gopurse they ought have. As a matter of fact, there has been. a good deal of investigation of diet relation to causative factors 11) cancer. DIET STUDIED Every time it is noted that the population of a particular area has either an unusually high or low rate of cancer, studies are immediately begun into the crty diet of the people. Food prepara- tion also is investigated. And a high or low incidence of cancer is a specific age of group, sex, or race generally touches off similar inquiries. rate of cancer of the esophagus and carthra‘ ' of the stomach. A study into the situation resulted in the suggcsbion that habitual commotion of “pai kan," a strong nativé drink, ought be reSponsilble. ‘ RACIAL DIFFERENCE Cancer of the stomach occurs more than twice,“ frequently , among the Dutch as among th e English. . . . , A study of fire di habits of patients in Dutch and En g- lish hospitals, determined th at the main dietetic differences were that the Dutch ate more vege- tables, cheese and bread, especi- ally rye bread, their the British. The Enchile however. ate more More of the D at c 11 patients preferred spiced food ‘and food and drink at higher temperatures The Dutch also drank more al- ohol and used more fobacco. The researchers, a He r study- ing all their data, decided th at passibly a higher degree of cons membranes of the stomach might account for the higher incidence of stomach ’ cancer ammgthe Dubclr. Closer to home, I butter yel- low dye was discovered to pos- sess carcinogenic properties. To also was fiouud to be toxic. It hasnot been used in the coun- try ior many years. Research also indicates th at there is a definite relationship between Vitamin B deficiencies and development of pro-cancer- ous conditions. 80 you see, we have consid- ered the poo s i ble connections behweenfiood and cancer, but as yet we haven‘t me up with no really Wine discovery. QUESTION AND ANSWER B..T.: My slain is extremely thick” and rough and scaly. What is the cause of this? ‘ Answer: You are probably authoring from ichthyosis. This disorder is present at we some bearing on the cause of the disease. " ous YESTERDAYS (From The Guardian, ' . Files) TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO I (August 32, 1938) A resolution urging that no in- vestigation of the Royal sing on Wild be can» plate wit-bout a sitting in Edward Island was drafted at a meeting held in} the Confedera- ttion Chamber last evening and will be forwarded by the Pro- vincial Government to the Chairs main of the Commission. The re- sollmon points out that‘lhore are rural problems of a special no- turc' here which require investiga- tion by the Commission. Summerside Town Coudcil met on Maul-a3! and decided to go a. head with the laying down of a permanent street on Notre Dame Street, connecting the concrete streets from Central to Granville. The cost including all founder tion work will be in the vicinity of $8,000. The contract has been awarded to Warren Paving Com- pany. TEN YEARS AGO (August 22, 1948) Mayor B. Earle MacDonald last night extended on behalf of the citizens of Charlottetown a cordial welcome to members of the Florist Telegraph Delivery Association who arrived in the city last evening on the eve of the opening of a two-day school of floral art. The School, which is being held at the Charlotte- town, is under the direction of, Mr. Eugent Dandel-in of Chi- cago. John P. Nicholson, LL.B., was called as an__ attorney and ad- mitted to the bar yesterday morn- ing at axSpecial sitting of the Su- preme Court before Mr. Justice G.J. Tweedy. The motion to ad- mit Mr. Nicholson as a member of the Bar was made by Attor- ney General F.A. Large. SPY FLEE‘S SWEDISH JAIL _ STOCKHODM (AP) ~ A Turki rsh - Armenian engineer servurg ~10 years for spying for Russia escaped Tuesday from Stock- holun’sxllangholmon Prison. Po- lice believe Bodnos Zartaryran 33 hid in one of several hampers of dirty laundry which were taken out of the prison. A countrywide alarm was sent out. Zartaryan tried to escape last September but a guard caught him. The Age Old Story He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life; and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. helped awaken the Arabs from their slumbers. Their populatlorr‘I skyrocketed with new medicine and sanitation. The formation of '01,“th seems to ‘ NOTES BY It's too‘bad pedestrians cannot be like Australian Kangaroos which have been known to clear 30 feet in one leap—St. Thomas Times—Journal To anyone who has ever es. corted three children through a major art museum, “Exit” is the loveliest word in the language.— Hamilton Spectator ' Learning the hard way was the case with Archie Enzier, 4,5 of Spokane, Wash, who held a paint spray gun to his ear to try and hear if it was working. It was, and a hospital stewart and a doc- tor took turns cleaning the fluid from his car. How stupid can you get.—St. Thomas Times-Journal One of the major problem so! large, congested cities at pres- ent is the exhaust from motor vehicles. Los Angeles experts, for instance, attribute much of the smoke difficulties there to the fact that one-seventh of the gas- oline poured into a car’s tank is- sues unburned from the exhaust pipe along with the gases of com- bustion—Gall Reporter According, to. a. , compilation made in Washington by a re- search organization, the Canad- ian population, at present some 17,000,000 souls, is growing at a faster rate thanks both to its high birthrate and to immigra- tion. Canadians reach the number of 54,000,000 by the year 2000 if the expansion of today is maintained, the agency states:- ' r Presse, Montre‘al‘ Bilingual hadldon was slink,“ ~ gently when SenatorlJames GIM- stone was porth to speak in Blackfoot in like Red Chamber. It’s a different thing iron: that late Hon. Ian Mackenzie was not allowed to speak in Gaelic—ab? for all, Blacth was the orig. inal language of at least part of Canada before French or Eng- lish stepped to the shores of the St. Lawrence—Ottawa Journal It is illegal}. sell. buy, or have tickets in your ’possossion on the Irish If you are caught youwilipayafineor no to jial. If you have a ticket which the law doesn’t know any, thing about and it proves to be a winning number, their'tlre story is different. You recpixve wide- spread publicity and are honored; —Port Arthur News Chmoniclo MAXIMS, There are far better places than a train for talk, bit few places an s brain’s equal for reading. I. incident some years 3on when the " Husband: Wife: “I [o in the car. again with The Dominion Department with the Provincial rain or shine. Eagles. Farm of Hugh I. August 26 at 2:00 p.m. .Cudmore; Eagles. A,tour will be made of the various varieties of out: and plots, chemical will be observed. work that is inprogress. 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