T H E G U A R D I A N 'Lynde McCormick who was Supreme Com- imander, Atlantic Command, appears not to

have slipped into an over-confident frame of mind. Admiral McCormick, according to the NATO publication, reported to the

.,.,,'.1"'&';,:';':,'f',.':')f",,,,,,,,, Standing Group in April 1954 what con-

kllel Jlcos Is Iummsrnde. Montague and Alherton. Auuio siderable pPOgX'9SS llfld been made within bod II Isaac duo Hall by the Pan Office Department.

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”0IvuI Prhsa Iiwurl Island lilo III Dew"

, Ottawa. his command in the two years since he took I........ '. .;?i"::7.:: .:r.:::'i'.r:;?:..:m."t.s over-and in referring to the NATO Naval per --mum lexercises, emphasized that while they pro-

yided the means for solving many inherent

problems, they also indicated the substan- tial inadequacy of the forces for the At- lantic command.

It is disturbing to read in this report

the figures which are given regarding the Soviet build up of armed strength. Lord Ismay tells us that within thirty days after mobilisation, the Soviet and satellite ground forces could be brought tip to 400 divisions: that the numerical strength of their air forces would be in the region of 2(l,0(l0 aircraft; that in the past three years they have tripled the number of alrfields in Eastern Europe that will accommodate jet aircraft: that the Soviet navy has 300 sub- marines alone, and that its large scale naval programme lays emphasis on the continued .production of large ocean-going lubmal” lines and that, moreover, the Navy's sur- face forces include three battleships. twenty-four cruisers and one hundred and fifty destroyers.

The Right Name

In the course of recent discussion in the Canadian House of Commons on two Bills ratifying I double-taxation Agree- ment between Ireland and Canada I 'query was raised as to the correct name of the Irish state. A Progressive Conserva-

11" batch tor May Day.' always E five member stated that the Bills were in- big occasion behind the ha; lmtnnmrlgect u they referred to that country out for some time. Tlll()T.St;wl'll g It (ciimreniie-ms ulrelandm The proper designation, tic slant reflect, as mngi. :x1;:C eK.mq me argued. was the ..Repu,bnc of South, hlinvy tlindmtrilv el'ir:'l:S'aSfll;llQOlK i In change 5 em Ire1and'" c ev. e per , - r

b M M I no 9 me when In reply, Mr. Lester Pearson, the "m" the F am V Y E i . Canadian Minister for External Affairs the hiirdcn was on consumer goods. It-

is the foreign policy slogan however that sum that H was thatl tlhendtwenty; 'i ' . 'i .' '. 'l r re "wer T M "N Main imprpgt m numdp”: and.i:(1:0l:l)lu:;l::19ogI'lSflOt;'I'9: nstate afrom 1921 lo ' "”"" dpzrpp man Hi.” "mm. m.OdPIS' luntil 1937. But under the Constitution of "M 79”" slogan lmks hkp mpndlyl-1937, the name of the State was Eire or, -"ml" inwards fhe wesif This in how in the English translation, Ireland. In ll '0”: "Long We the imindshlp a,m.0m"Yl1949, he continued, Ireland severed her me peoples of Great. Bm.m.m' the Lnmici last remaining link with the British S""”' md the Soviet Ilnmn in. mm lCrown by the Republic of Ireland Act. 'm'”mk for the relaxamn of mtemalilt was also true that the Act declared

tionsl tension. for peaceful 00-Pxislenc-9 Oil . . .. . - th d . t of the State to be the Re- Itates. and for safeguarding of lasting enCeg3'ph:)!:nd."

, .. . - pub pea” throughout the NW1d" Them is ml "However." Mr. Peaison sated, "I be-

in lo be "xenon: .9i:Ecl(:::ill6l'Q that Act does not change the name m "W M . W u ' lot the State which. was established by

.nyTemS” had be?” inclllidpd wi1;,1,”r::(,).:.'the Constitution and which could only be 9'” l" H". 0.99"” p."W' 1. ,1 changed by constitutional amendment. It ha.p:1:he O.::Ss'0r;0V:?i:aJll1: nunclxlllimeijds would be extremely difficult, indeed, for misa e, wi no . - ' '.' -

ed 11 1 t be hoped .0 Vow if W. us to negotiate agreements with I coun- . I o .. . . .

. . v " does not ac- ., ,, .” h try in I name that country

0 v "

'(ied by ite-everything could he won-

ilielitful. Unfortunately, Communist slogans 9f pe3cl(ehllhl"le”ti:nsh-Sr? ntxd pf:l):t'Pa:J3 Anzac Day in New Zealand. any rae- ave no 1 . . . convertibility into definite political action.-

"He stooges! memory is weaker than the weakest link."

H(K)AY, APRIL I. 1055

Soviet Slogans

Ilogans are part and parcel of the political art here, there. and everywliere. Ever since the first politician set out to win an election they have been used to confirm the faithful and to convert the wayward. Whether they are as efficacious now as they were in less cynical times is open to question, but in any case the politicians still swear by them. Among Western democratic nations sloetalls are pretty much confined to election seasons: in between contests they are usually kept under cover and improved. as ma)” 09- ff” future use. In Russia, however. they seem to he trotted out for almost every occasion of note. Perhaps they are in- tended as a sort of psycliological replace- ment for political action from which, of course, the people in Communist states must refrain. Nor are they hit or miss gffgirg by any means: on the contrary they are well planned in advance and pub- lished in the newspapers. so that all con- cerned may take due notice and shout accordingly.

A distinctive politician nowadays is ,one who does not insist that he is "mis- ;quolcd" every time his speeches are re-

. ported. The signing of the Norlli Atlantic 'I'rea1y I o O

in April, 1919. started a i'cyol1ilioiini'y and constriictive expcriinniit in intornzitionzil re- lations. The story of this acliieyeniciit is told in a i'ciii'.iI'lx':il)l0 history enlillcd ”NATO The Fll'.s'l Five Y4Vrll'S lfllll-l9:'i-1", by Lord Ismay. the .ql'L'l'l'lEll'y General of the (')rganizallon. The wrllcr points out that on VF day in Nlny, lill3. (Iaiimiinii, British and American :ii'incd strength nlonc accounted for just unrlcr fiyc million men in Europe, a you later it had dwindled to sonic 800 thousand all Pniitisli and Am- erican. The Riis.si:iiis, liowcycr, maintain- ed their forces on a war footing and kept their armament production going at full blast. Tlicy had, by lll-l?s', also sivalloiycri up lll0?ll of Central. Norlli lti&lSl(ll'll. and Eastern Europe which had given them an additional twenty-five million people and about three hundred tlioiisiintl sqii:ii'c miles of land. which prolmlily prompted .Vl. Paul- "0 ha-V Wm”-?0e'V9rv and receivedv lnsteadv Henri Spank. tlwn Bclgian Prime Nlinislcr 50 pmlnds daily Of flmt 91355 K7333 51389- to tell the United Nations General Assom-'1 , O O I hly in 1943. "There is but one gr.-nl power A hm now before the United States that emerged from the war haying con- Cong,-ens Wm give Dr. Jonas E. Salk n qucred other tcrrilorics. and that power is 310000 annual pension for me. It is m. the Il.S.S.R." It was not until Sir Winston 09 pnongn for the Service he has renden Churchill's famous spccch at Fulton in ed; and it would not be out of place for March 1946 that tho idmi of a defensive 0". Governments of an civilized countries Killiance within the Western democracies .to take similar action. The bulk of the had earned public utterance from a lead- money wouid find its way in medicai re. int! s'l8lPSmr'U't- search, anyway; for that type of scientist Lord lSm8.V FPPONS "lit? in June. 1954-its more interested in advancing medical General Alfred Gruentlicr. the Supreme Al- nimowkadge than in personal richm lied Commander of the NATO forces, toldj the English speaking llniorNn London that

h h d ho t 100 d" 'ons in varying dc- , , P a H U "N ,a Senate Committee raised questions

grccs of rcadiiicss. i.e. about four times as ' much land power available as when Gen-J”h"”l S”""0r M599” Mccarthys "'

eral Fiscnhower fiist took command. Grin-l """”S' The qumtmm we" "mi ”"5w"' em, G;,uemh", went on to gm, ..Tne M-red at the time because the Senator de-

l ' . build up has been even greater." He also,c""9d '9 testify” It "gviwcgegzgtidlefxg

. t lduthe Internal Revenue xdghmnm l::v3::,;t'd;:af:g'?: zoztglthe record after I lengthy investigation. '- i .-.wn'.ufn Pom” m 1954 .n)I's.One reportenot confirmed-ls that the

Nalo's First Five Years

Margarine makers in Great Britain are now turning out a margarine containing '10 per cent cream butter. and a new mix- lure which contains not less than 25 per cent cream by weight.

It seems hardly likely: but there is still plenty of time for a heavy snowfall. Newfoundland, on one side of us, and Al- berta. remotely on the other, are both digging out from 16 inches, the worst storm since 1955 came in.

O O O

A report comes from England that the new world champion Ayrshire cow, Bridge Daisy lst, produced 30,143 pounds of milk.in 33f) days and was still giving 73 pounds per day at the end of the period. During her test she was given

To every man his due. Back in 1951

l and fast-growlii

' u l

- means his brain and heart are , not getting enough blood. To In- ” courage the flow of blood to his

OTTAWA REPORT

' OTTAWA: A clergyman, an e- vangelist, I hardware merchant, I journalist, I lumberman, I far- mer and five lawyers will meet here on April 26 for I poker game. Its stakes, the highest ever play- ed for will include millions of dol- gar: and hundreds of thousands of obs.

This unusual gathering will be the Dominion-Provincial conference of all Canadian Prime Ministers: one federal and one from each of our ten Provinces.

Officially, this meeting will have as its purpose the preparation of the agenda for another similar conference to be held later this year. This was disclosed in the letter written by the federal Prime Minister, Mr. St. Laurent, to in- vite each of the provincial prime ministers to attend this conference in Ottawa.

''I suggest that the purpose of this preliminary meeting should be to reach some conclusions on the broad outline of the agenda for the main conference, and to de- cide upon an opening date", wrote Mr. St. Laurent.

Later. the Federal Prime Min- ister grew more discursive in the House of Commons. He admitted that this purpose of the preliminary meeting is "not exclusive," and he added that he would be "great- ly surprised" if the subject of un- employment is not discussed while the provincial premiers are meet- ing together and with him here this month.

TRUE OPPOSITION

The purpose for which I meet- ing of the eleven Prime Ministers was originally planned was to review the whole matter of the division of taxation fields between the federal and provincial govern- ments. Ths arose out of the bat- tle royal between the two French- Caiiadlan prime ministers, Messrs. St. Laurent and Duplessis.

ernment has appeared to be hog- ging tax revenues, piling up the series of Abbott surpluses year af- ter year. At the same time, the provincial and municipal govern- lments have been short of money. ,This unhappy situation is em- phasized by I comparison between the debts of the various govern- ments. The amount by which th National Debt has been 1 ” ) paid off by the post-war surpluses. is almost exactly matched by the amount by which the total of the provincial government debts have Ihad to be increased by borrowing in those same years. This situation certainly shows that there is an improper division, at least at those two levels of gov- ernment, between the tax fields, For the first time in his Parlia- mentary career, Mr. St. Laurent will find himself, at this high-level meeting, not leading a majority. of the ten Provincial Prime Min- isters gathered with him. only three will be of his political per- sunsion. These are the Maritime group. Joey Smallwood from New- foundland. Nova Scotia's Premier Hicks - who at the age of forty will be the baby of the party, and P. E. Y: Premier Matlieson. As fellow-traveller - not used in he derogatory sense - will be the Liberal-Progressive Premier of Manitoba. The opposition. ' ' I" the solid phalanx of right-of-centre Premiers from our biggest

est in office will be Quebec's Mr. Duplessis. Those most in the eyes of the curious will be the Social Credit couple from our wealthy west. 3. C.'s Mr. Bennett Ind AbertI's Mr. Man- ning; the latter well-known to Canadians to all provinces through his weekly "Back to the Bible" i-Idlo hour.

TROUILE IYMPTOM

With the decline of politically ef- fective and numerically impressive opposition within the Federal-House of Commons, the role of critic of the Federal Government has pass- ed more and more to the provin- clai premiers. This has usually been observed as I battle fought It long range. For the first time, the opposition In this form will be lined up solidly face to face with the representative of the federal government, when they meet here this month.

The battle will range chiefly

A&nu1nSenator received ii 51000 refund for the

1

around the question of unemploy-

Unusual Gathering

I By Patrick Nicholson

Since the war, the Federal Gov-,

and - richest Provinces, will include the , remaining six. The oldest and long-

mcnt. Tlie 600.000 lost jobs can- not wait until the full-dress Prime Ministers conference; they must be discussed this month, the op- position feels.

It has caused considerable sur- prise here that the principals of the main conference must. meet in this preliminary conference, just to prepare the agenda. Even in Big Four internzitionl meetings. this stage-setting job is done either by corresponden c or by lesser officials. It is I sign. say poli- ticians here. that the broad rift between levels of government in Canada is widening.

Prices Fell Then. Too

(Country Guide)

The prices of farm products have always been I matter of great concern to farmers. And right now, Canadian farmers are concerned again about falling prices, II they have been for sev- eral years. .

In this connection. we received some time ago from Mr. F. V. Sargent, Central Butte, Saskatche- wan, I clipping from the Wiltshlre Gazette, England, which gave prices for principal farm pro- ducts, as recorded by his great- grest-great-graudfather and his son, over I period of nearly 70 years, from 1756 to 1822. Thus, 200 years ago the price for winter- ing cows in I straw yard was eight penue (lldl per week; wheat was 30 shillings (305) per ton: barley 2)-Sb per quarter (8 bu.- W lbs.); oats 20.215 per quarter (8 bu.-40 lbs.). By 1758 wheat was down to 16-21:; per sack (4 bu.- 68 lbs.), from 32-345 Hie year be- fore. In 1786, wether lambs were 10s each and ewes 165 each. Fowls were 1s 4d "a couple." In that year, too. wheat in the early part of the season was 22- 28s, but is October it was 55-565 per sack.

The years between 1700 and 1812 seemed to have been fairly good. Wheat ki 1798 was 48-545 and barley 42-47:. The year 1812 was probably the best year dur- ing the entire period. It was I good wheat year and wheat sold

for 60-705. Barley was G9-755, ewes

L ISVA drowhar lip ' means ' extra pull power

1. Fool-Hitch saves hitching sime and gives in. plement control

8. Fsnnull Hydro -Touch

controls implements hy- draulically ' '

field--Terms In Ivsilobloask g Purchase Pb.

W. ll.

DIII

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Aftcf oii've seen Ild uiediieoswhnllb-l You'l find there's nothing Ike I h the 5-plow

7;... new

THE LAMPLIGHTER Here to the leisured side of life.

Remote from traffic, free from soon as the victim revives, you

strife, A cul-dc-sac, I sanctuary

where old quaint customs creep half I glass of water. This Icts

die And only ancient memories stir. At evening comes the lighter;

with measured steps, without I 1.0; .5 can 1,. (punk with mm.

sound. He treads the unalterable round. Soundlessly touching oneoby one The waiting poststthot stand to take The faint blue bubbles is his

wake; And when the night begin: In wane He comes again Before the chilly dawn can blight The delicate frail buds of light.

-Seumas O'Bullivan.

were worth in and lambs 14s to 25s.

By 1815, wheat was down so 26--ills, barley to 28-29s, but ewes and lambs were still selling fair- ly well. ii 1319 what was still 25-88s Iiid barley 35s, but ewes were up lo 491 Ind lambs M-36s.

By mas, prices were down sub- stantially (10 years Ifter the Sel- kirk settlers first came to the Red River settlement Hi what is now Manitoba). Wheat was 20-32:, barled 18-Ms. was 18-266. lambs I-10s, lambs' wool Dd. and flocks wool ls 4d per lb.

Even iv 1047. the last entry. John Gee It Chippenham sold 24 sacks ofiwheat in May It los per suck (thrashed by the flail). and h August of the same year sold son: It 383 per sack, as well Is some potatoes It Is per sack.

(Note: A pound sterling at par value is 04.8, I shilling IA cents. I penny two cents. Today, Is Canada. s pound is worth 91.15, I shilling just under 14 cents. and I penny one and one-sixth cents.)

to take them back

BIG RAFT .

LONDON (CP) - The Admiralty has p-oduced I new-typo roft oa- pable of carrying ll men, with food supplies for 45 days. I radio and I'tent shelter.

You're ahead 6 ways wmiANEWsiccoIisia:

FARMALL 300

4. Vovqso-Major boast pull row 4! imam 5. Completely hdspondoof poo Iieoos ooo-uqi kg; was II hssvy cops 6. New handling use I each job with has ostdisn ever before

” vacations or

E is over. . upon I serious automobile Ic-

y Knowing First Aid

f necessary to get him out of dan- . a few newspapers will serve as I

l head sideways so nothing will be

i often suffers shock. You'll easily , recognize shock symptoms.

1ImD- fee and tea. Make sure that which-

Speaking Ilu N. Illlllekl. MD.

snowmnos or rins-r AID ' or-rsu i-iusvs.-N-rs riuosnv

It won't be long before you'll be out on the streets and high- ways again.for those Summer Sunday afteruon drives. Sometime before the year you'll probably come

cldent. Unfortunately, some of you might be involved in one.

Now whether you're involved in I wreck or merely I witness, you should know what to do to aid the injured. Maybe you can save I life.

Don't move him unless it is

ger. Let him lie flat on his back, if possible. Keep him warm. Evan

cover if nothing better is handy. If he begins to vomit, turn his

drawn into his windplpe. Even if he isn't seriously in- jured,,In auto accident victim

His skin will feel cold and clammy. he'll be listless, his senses will respond slowly, and he'll gasp for breath. His pulse heat will be weak and rapid. He might be un- conscious, too.

When I person suffers shock. it

head, place him so his liead is slightly lower than the rest of his lwlv. Don't try to get the pa- tient. to sit up. And never give 41.. iiconsclous person any liquids.

To Revive Victim

Probably the quickest way to revive an unconscious person i with aromatic spirits of ammonia soaked in I handkerchief and held under the victim's nose. Smelling salts can be used instead. As

can give lilm I" leaspoonful of aromatic spirits of ammonia in

Is I stimulant. other good stimulants In cof-

over you give the victim is Is

fort. Give him only I spoonful It a time until in has had I eup- ful.

Questions and Answers

Mrs. W. N.: Both my llvs-yeah old child and I have excessive perspiration on the palms of the hands. What is the cause, and is there I cure for it?

Answer: All normal individuals do not excrete the same amount of perspiration. Some perspire I great deal. others tend to per- spli-e but little. It would be well to dub the affected ports with I 5 per cent solution of aluminum chloride every other day, for I short period of time. Should the skin become irritated, I bland ointment, such as oold cream may be Ipplied lo the affected skin.

I003 PAYIII

CANBERRA (OP) - Agricul- tural loans to Australian war vot- erans since the and of the Second World War reached 33,700,000, of which 515,660,000 had been repaid by the and of 1954, " U to current figures. The government described the results as I remark- Ible demonstration of how veter- ans had been helped to establish themselves on the land.