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Canada’s New Role. — There was a sugnuucent stem in the

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week. U.S. State Secretary Herter

¥ will fly to Ottawa on Saturday, it ataied, for a round of discussions with Prime Minister Diefenbaker and External Affairs Minister Green be-

fore going on to attend the adjourn-

ed Big Four conference, at Geneva._

the Canadian Government is known

D Pe; S hausting every possible basis of

_ equitable, East-West agreement be- | fore Western negdtiations with Rus- "gia are broken off. Mr. Herter, it is indicated, will be prepared to give

if ~~ Canada’s views earnest attention, | This underlines a relatively new © eoncept of—pavtaership ast exists among NATO powers. Up to the end of the First World War, therey

little questioning of the right of the “Great Powers” to settle world prob- lems among themselves. Even the Treaty of Versailles was on the old pattern. There were some 30 allies. They were allowed to present their —yariousclaims and cases; but the final text was drawn up by the “Big Three”—Wilson, Lloyd George. and

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| gations were shown it 24 hours be-

fore K was handed to the Germans. K is ‘now an accepted _rule that, | fm any matter which directly or even indirectly concerns the free world alliance, no ore power or group of " powers inside it should act without prior consultation and agreement on main lines of policy with all the _ members. The only exception to the pule eould be where the situation is ene of extreme emergency and ac- tion must be taken without consul- tation; but these cases are few and . “far between. Especially since last November, when the Soviet Govern-

- ment suddenly created the “Berlin * erieis”, there has been a continuing process of eonsultation in various ways between the NATO partners. So it is not merely a courtesy call that Mr. Herter will make at Otta- wa this weekend. Canada, moreover, has able to play a prominent in reaching means of arbitra-

-tion in- international disputes. Ameri- ean state department officials feel it is possible that she may again of- fer proposals helpful in the new roid of Geneva bargaining. At any rate, they have made it clear that -an exchange of views on the Geneva situation will undoubtedly be the first item of business on Mr. Her-

ter’s arrival.

*~ Fiscal Pact Revision Neither ihe finance ministers’ ’ meetings. at Ottawa this week, nor the meetings of the continuing com- mittee on fiscal relations which are te follow, will change the present tax-sharing agreements in afy

way, but they are expected to pro- |

vide the basis of a_new formula’ that

Clemenceau. The other allied dele

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‘Federal Government with pespect to taxation has had an adverse -ef- fect.” He referred specifically to the need for grants in aid of educa- tion and a system whereby the municipalities would be assured of a reasonable opportunity to dis- charge their. responsibilities.

the whole field, but it does coincide . with the main conference objective as outlined in our Island brief this week, namely of “assessing the needs of the provinces and arriving .at .a solution that will enable all

governments to discharge their | constitutional responsihjlities.” .

tal out of unemployment figures would be more favorably regarded if they also publicized the number of jobs that are open but unaccept-

‘ployment relief. An Ontario exchange

|and Kent counties farmers have been

forced te destroy their sugar beet ops and plant soybeans in their place because of a “critical farm la- bor shortage.” Farmers report that _attempts to recruit help in Quebec and-from the ranks of the unemploy- ed in major Ontario centres have largely proved unsuccessful.

In the Maritimes, also, farmers have had difficulty in obtaining hired help, and in the West the seasonal farm labor shortage ie proverbial. It would seem that any able-bodied man who wants work” today in Canada ean find it. He may not find it in the community of his choice-or in the

qualified; nor may he get the wages

That doesn’t alter the fact that jobs are going a-begging.. The “critical farm labor shortage” is but one evidence of this,

Unemployment insurance is a ne- @essary and humane system foy

’ pay cheaues of the worker’. It was never intended to encourage laziness - and destroy the desire to seek work, or to provide politicians with ficti- tious arguments against the govern-

ment of the day for not creating , opportunities for breadwinning. And |

so far as farm labor is concerned, ft not only offers sustenance to the worker, but activity far more con- ducive to health and wellbeing than _Indoor employment in sweltering faec- tories or offices.

EDITORIAL NOTES

The Junior Farmers turned out in strength on Wednesday for their an- nual field day at the Experimental Farm. Their fine organization is the best answer to those are sceptical

this Province.

Gréat | industrial advantages * are expected to accrue from the $4,000,- 000 power grid linking the electrical

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will,, eventually, result ih Canadians | “tm every part of the country having ; a similar standard of public services. .

That, we maintain, is the only

Pesult that will justify the elaborate | that has ,

program of conferences

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now been launched. It will be the .

' responsibility of the plenary session

of Premiers-and the Prime Minister |

of Canada, when it is finally called. ;. day.

It is' hoped to have this “summit”

conference somé time this year, though no definite assurance has | been given on this point. But we

shall be disappointed if it is delayed unduly, and if it dges not measure up to the expectations that — have been raised. .

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scope of the present inquiries, and Prime Minister Diefenbaker, indicating some of-the flaws-in—the present tax-sharitig arrangements, has spoken very much in line with representations which have been made from thi§ Province. Speaking —two years ago when the present agreement was under discussion, he said that while “ft was beffer“than if had been tn , the past, “it still constitutes: a failure , Ey

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power of Nova .Scotia and New Brunswick, which will be in operat- ing by December. Hope is held out : that this Province may: share in the benefits‘at some future date, “if and

when it becomes necessary and fed- —

sible.” Why all the circumlocution?

The Federated Womens Institutes of Canada are winding up their con- vention by a visit to Green Gables to- The delegates have enjoyed every minute of their stay on the Island and many of them are plan- ning a return visit next summer.

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P.M.’s At Close Quarters

By Patrick Nicholson

This column recently referred | ters from Alberta, Ontario, Que- te Gilbert Champagne. That un- bec, Vancouver—in fact from all } ung—yveteran of the prime Min- over. He was a very hard work- | ister's office here, although him-/er, and spent long hours in his | self unknown to most Canadians, | office; I guess because he had | lots of problems.”’ .

move prime ministers than any |' “Arthur Meighen was the ab-

| office of Canada’s Prime Minis-

ine of work in which he is best |

| fidential aide keeps confidentially

te which he thinks he is entitled. | % himself.

- gushioning unemployment against the

: by outpourings of rivers from the |

| time. The temperature

about the future of agriculture in |

| ocean animals and plants. It is the

- statesman,

The welcome mat is always out for |

them, individually or collectively. s * ‘?

Chicago’s tumultuops welcome to- Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip has made world headlines. Accord- ing to-press-reports, it was the greal- vst turnout in the city’s history, out- stripping the triumphs of Truman

‘ ur_in. the last twelve” “yedes as -bands played “Rule” Bri-. ’ tannia” most of the day and every

streethawker was selling Union

Jacks—right in what was once the heart of -mid-western’ isolationism

and anli-British sentiment. was a7

magnificent triumph for Her Majes-- tytvy, and she appears to have en-

joyed every minute of her stay.

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' mational leader”.

foreign -.ministers”~taiks. in Gen- says “Good old Charlie!”

lest of my former bosses. and a / great statesman. He could also quote Shakespeare from page one to the end If he. could have shown politically the ability which his shyness often hid. he would have been a very great politician too. I think his heavy smoking | betrayed his shyness: he used to | smoke as many as three pack- ages a day, I think, and I recall | the brand was named ‘*Millbank” Of them all, Mr. Meighen alone | was the father of small children | while Prime Minister, I remem- | ber him bringing in two little ones to his office, they were about se

other person in Canada over the past half century.

Since 1917 Gilbert has “worked as confidential messenger in the

ters or of the Opposition Lead- ers. There he has been able to observe our prominent politicians at very close quarters and form intimate .opinions—§which ‘the con-

But when he is in expansive mood, he can give vivid thumb- nail sketches of those great men for whom he has worked.

His first boss>-our World War T Prime Minister Sir Robert Ber- den, he recalls as ‘a very great |

est of them ali to get into his of- | fice each morning: ae

study. So I delivered his mail him inp his study. hand .and wished Christmas." “Then as I was leaving hi home, Laurier House. his

join the staff in a cup and piece of Obristmas. cake. While we were sitting eating, Mis- ter King came in: he walked round the table shaking each girl by the hand and squeezing a fold-

ed five dollar bill into her hand.

UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS ten worked at home. The pres-| Minister. I felt sorry that I could Of R.B. Bennett, Gilbert says: ent Prime Minister is the ear- not give him back his tea and

“He was a very kind man. MH iiest arrival.” cake, but I i i

he could have shown the pub- “Mackenzie King was a very | ask for his fi

ie kindness which let and hard man t work for:* Gilbert | Gilbert with

exercised privately, and his sym- -mused. “He was alwave ahsolu- | And go

pathy for the unemploved. tunes tlK punctual, and Hife worked | on. Gilbert f

would have been better for him like clock with him, but -he | with his personal

politically I remember how ev- was not very warm.” ; | people who

tens and fives a even in two “I remember one Christmas, flesh and -sometimes over-heated | dollar bills, in envelopes to stran- | he said to me: ‘Gilbert. vou don't blood tw their confidential mes-

gers who wrote him pathetic let- | celebrate Christmas like the rest | senger. K

The Sea Also Has A Crust

By Thomas R. Henry Nerth American Newspaper Alliance

The sea, like the earth. has a from the layers of the Intermed- erust. It is a thin surface layer of | water floating on water, averag- ing about 200 feet deep all over the world, continuously renewed

extending to the ocean bottom, | in which there are only gentle changes of temperature and sa-

slightly with depth d ~ Up and down movements of water within these deep

continents, by rain and snow. It is all the same kind of water — wind tossed, wave tossed, tide tossed, thoroughly mixed al! the is the slower than in the crust and izontal currents are very sl

The pycnocline, with its heav- | ier water, acts as a partial bar-— rier between crust and sea dep-

same from top to bottom. Within this sea-crust live 90; percent of the fish and most other

only part of the sea in which man has Had much interest throughout history.

Just beneath le a thick layer, the:earth. There is some inter- like the layer of rock under the |. change both of animals and ef | erust of the earth, in which tem- chemical elements. The continu- | perature decreases and density | ed existence of some sea resoure- | increases rapidly with depth. es depends on this interchange. This so-called thermocline, or SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE pycnocline, is one of the major, Knowledge of the pycnoeline is oceanographic findings of. the in- of special significance, the re- ternational geophysical year, as search council. report stresses, described in a bulletin issued by with present proposals ta dump the national research council. radioactive wastes into the deep

It separates the surface layer Seas. The wastes will largely be Adenauer’s Intransigente ; By Alan Harvey .

Canadian Press Staff Writer

craggy Gibraltar of a| Adenauer also has caused pain Konrad »Adenauer, is and surprise in Whitehall. by giving Britain's foreign office a harping gn the theme that the few moments of anxiety. | British people as a whole are At a time when British diplo- hostile to the West Germans. mats are exuding what, is, de-| Such Charges cause bewilder- scribed as qualified optimism | ment in London. Officially it is | about the prospects of a summit | feit_that Britons are more or less-| meeting, the doughty old West German chancellor continues te | there is any hostility, it is con- express distrust of British inten- | fined to a fairly smal minority. tions. ‘ é ' | Britons are too busy te worry Despite recent quiet effortste | about such things. convince the 83 - year - old Aden- Adenauer's reiteration of the auer that Britain's diplomatic | rather weary complaint against flexibility on the German question | Britain is believed to be causing i, not exactly the same thing as rrassment to his dwn. offi- | selling out to the Russians. the who are urging the chan- chancellor remains as unbending to accept an invitation te as ever. 5 visit ‘London in hopes of patching His intransigent attitude, which | the quarrel. So far, Adenauer has some British icials describe “as | not indicated he will go. “obsessional,"’ disturbs the for- KM is said that Prime Minister eign office in.its otherwise serene | Macmillan, confronied with an approach’ to a-summit meeting. | example of some particularly un- | SEF SUMMIT vielding. obstinacy by President Broadiyv. the feeling here isthat [de Gaulle of France, goad the resumption of the—Bic—Kour naturedly shakes his head and /

naturally is more permeable than

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eva next week will set the stage Yn the case of Adenauer, the perhaps good nature may be wearing & ’ Hittle thi + es

for a top-level meeting. ia August er September.

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iate and deep water, the latter .

linity, the density increasing only |

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slow disperson by bottom eur-

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Just now # seems likely. the re

port .says, that several tons of radioactive fission products—the amount likely to be produced for some years to come—can be de- posited with reasonable safety in

SAFETY NOT ASSURED But when it comes to the thous- ands of tona a year predicted for

and in- | the ocean depths.: ‘The sea crust termediate ocean strata are much oe protect life on earth. sh |

the future, safety is not so assur- j

ed. Far reaching investigations

ths. Being water, however, it are essential, i is stressed, to But when you leave us bleeding

learn just thow these waste

its counterpart. under the crust of | ™aterials behave im water solu-, We pray for

tions and the amount of radioac- tivity which eventually, perhaps within a century, will find ~ its way into the crust.

In The Face Of Madness

Financial Post, Toronte

The absttute folly, the utter madness, of nuclear warfare has been presented for the first time im all ite full, calm, terrifying de- tail. aoe

mh ts the most appalling story of death and destruction ever imagined.

Its possibility is invited by the unhappy lethargy of the public and by the attitudes of the mili- tary’ strategists who, it appears, don't want their big war plans interfered” with.

A subcommittee of the U.S. Ato- mic Energy Committee, -heard that a “limited’’ atiack on the

| indifferent to the Germans. If | U.S.—and by consequence oa U.S. and the U.S.S.R. are behind Canada—would mean death for schedule in

some 50 million people, ghastly injury for another 2 million, destruction for all cities of any size; fire storms that would re- quire nature 1,000 years to recov- er from; defective people for 30 generations. OTHER ATTRAC

Despite this ing report, more headlines at the time of its

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The fact that any one’ person can do so little in the face of in- ternational imponderables and horrendous weapons, helps ac- count for public lethargy

actresses

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