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THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 1, 1954
Jottings By J.M.S.
Ottawa Visit
Two Hours
In The House
(The writer visited Ottawa over the
weekend and, through the courtesy of Els
ton Cardiff, MP for Huron, witnessed Fri
day's debate in the House of Commons from
the members’ gallery. Subject on the floor
was external affairs, wlfich began Thursday,
On that day, External Affairs Minister Pear
son reported on the Berlin conference of the
Big Three; and Prime Minister St, Laurent
discussed the recognition of Red China. The
debate was continued by a number of speak
ers, the last of whom was Colin Cameron,
CCF member for Nanaimo, B.C., who ad
journed the House Thursday and reopened
debate Friday. Before he spoke on Friday,
however, the customary orders of the day
were dealt with by the speaker, Hon. L.
Rene Deaudoin. The following account sum
marizes speeches made in the house from
2:30 to 4:30 and includes incidental details
of the activities in the House.)
2 :30—About three-quarters of the mem
bers are present. The atmosphere is noisy
with shuffling papers, movements of mem
bers and the young page boys. Speaker
Deaudoin. a dapper, quick, iniddle-aged
French-Canadian, handles the orders—which
include committee reports, questions by
members, by ministers and deputy-ministers
etc.—-with confident dexterity. Each time he
rises, dressed in his black robes, the six
gangling page boys, also dressed in black,
jump awkwardly to their feet from the lower
steps of his platform. Most of the cabinet
members are present to answer questions.
Members Leave
2:45—Mr. Colin Cameron resumes de
bate on External Affairs and all but one-
third of the members leave the house, salut
ing the speaker as they do so. Fifteen of the
23 members of Mr. Cameron’s party, CCF,
listen intently. They are only a smattering
of Liberals and a few Conservatives left and
many of these read newspapers.
Leadei* of the Opposition, George Drew,
leafs through papers, apparently uninterest
ed in the speech. Mr. Pearson is similarly
occupied. Mr. St. Laurent leaves the cham
ber; Transport Minister Lionel Chevrier arid
Justice Minister Garson confer; Conserva
tive John Diefenbaker and CCF leader M.
H. Coldwell read books.
2 :50—Cameron criticizes the Western
Powers for "sabotaging” the Berlin confer
ence by presenting proposal which they knew
the Russians could not accept. He spoke
against the rearmament of Western Germany
and warned that Nazis would again be
aggressors if allowed to prepare for war.
The House remains noisy and most members
ignore Cameron although he has a few heck
lers.
Appeals For Sympathy
2:55—Cameron appeals for sympathy
toward Red China because of the exploita
tion of that country by western nations.
3:00—Cameron suggests that the gov
ernment of Red China is no worse than dic
tatorships in Spain, Portugal, Greece and
South America. Prime Minister St. Laurent
comes back into the chamber, crosses the
Hous,e to the opposition side (saluting the
speaker as he does so) and talks to Drew.
3 :05—Amidst derisive' remarks and con
stant noise, Cameron calls Canada's role in
the United Nations a "shabby” one, without
honesty and decency. He charges that Can
adians are "ashamed of being Canadians”.
Conservative David Fulton, MP for Kam
loops, B.C., talks to Drew. Pearson stops
reading and listens to Cameron, as do Con
servatives Diefenbaker, Brooks (Royal,
N.B.), and Pearkes (Equimalt-Saanich,
B.C.). Four members leave.
3:10—Cameron suggests that, in view
of the U.S. H-bomb, Canada’s defensive Wea
pons are about as effective as slingshots and
that the defense budget should be reduced.
Boy brings in newspapers to Diefenbaker;
another takes portfolio to Drew. Speaker
Deaudoin talks to membet. Only six news
paper correspondents arc left of the 20 that
assembled earlier.
3 :1S—Cameron urges the government
to reduce defense expenditures, spend more
money on aid to those parts of the World
"which may very well fall victims to com
munism , through internal collapse and dis
order”. Speaker Deaudoin leaves the cham
ber and his deputy assumes the chair. Boy
brings in silver cup of liquid for deputy
speaker. Drew and Diefenbaker talk,
3 ;20—George Drew takes the floor, his
French cuff caught in the sleeve of his coat.
Attacking Cameron, he says "Let no Can
adian rise here and say he is ashamed of
being a Canadian”. Liberals, Conservatives
and Social Crediters thump their desks in
approval. A very effective speaker, Mr.
Drew immediately commands the attention
of the members of the House. The noise sub
sides; members who were outside the cham
ber take their seats; Liberals who had been
reading The Globe and Mail drop their
papers. St. Laurent and Pearson listen to the
Leader of the Opposition.
3:25—Drew attacks Cameron for his
sympathy towards Russia, saying that this
attitude has not been heard in the House
since the departure of Mr. Fred Rose (the
communist organizer who was jailed). Mem
bers thump approval throughout his attack.
Cameron, who listens intently, remains un
moved. Drew fixes French cuff; it catches
again in the sleeve of his coat. Always turn
ing, always gesticulating and inflecting his
voice, Drew commands almost complete at
tention. Exceptions are Justice Minister Gar
son and Liberal MP who confer.
3:30—The opposition leader says re
duction in costs of defence is impossible be
cause the Russians are continually increasing
military strength. Social Crediters shout
"Hear, Hear”. Mrs. Ellen Fairclough (Ham
ilton West) and Miss Margaret Aitken
(York-Humber), only ladies in the House,
discuss something. More members appear be
hind outer curtain of chamber, most of them
smoking.
“Disappointed” At Ambiguity
3:35—Drew adjusts' his French cuff
again. Through with Cameron, he turns to
the main debate and is "disappointed” in
the ambiguity of the Prime Minister’s speech
on recognition of Red China. Both St. Lau
rent and Pearson play with their glasses.
3:40—Still talking about the govern
ment’s attitude toward Red China, Drew re
fers to speech by Pearson early in March.
Pearson looks through Hansard to check re
ference. Cameron leaves to smoke a cigar
ette.
3:45—Drew graciously accepts explana
tion and apology of Prime Minister for what
St. Laurent called his "unfortunate” state
ment on Red China made during his recent
trip to the Far East.
3:50—For the first time, the Opposi
tion Leader refers to notes. He quotes
speeches of Pearson on recognition of Red
China. While he is talking, Drew looks for
another document, rifling through papers on
desk and in seat beside him.
3:55—Drew warns against appeasement
toward Red China, stating that appeasement
does not bring peace but is one sure way to
invite a. tyrant to start a war. Several Lib
eral backbenchers thump desks.
4:00—Mr. Drew criticizes Pearson for
saying Canada will consider recognition if
the community government of China gives
assurance there will be no further aggres
sion in Korea. He says an communist gov
ernment will give deceitful assurance to serve
the purpose of communist activities.
4:10—Pearson and Drew clash momen
tarily over interpretation of Pearson speech.
Drew reads press quotation again and appar
ently wins the point. Pearson taps pencil
nervously.
4:15—Drew says China cannot be ad
mitted to United Nations because it is not
a "peace-loving” nation. Pearson receives a
message from page boy. He and St. Laurent
confer over it. (
4:20—Drew claims that if Red China is
admitted to U.N., that body would be less
effective as a deterrant to aggression. China,
added to Russia, would mean "double trou
ble” in the United Nations. St. Laurent, who
had been taking notes earlier, doodles on his
pad of paper,
4:25-—Drew continued his argument
against recognition of Red China. His French
cuff gets continually caught iri his cOat
sleeve despite his efforts to put it in proper
place.
This was the end of our two hours in
the House of Commons. Whether typical of
democracy in action or not, this w'as what
I happened in parliament in one particular
day.
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Courtesy Code Of Road
Best Safety Measure
By CPU. N. R. CHAMBERLAIN,
Ontario Provincial Police, Grand Bend
A great many people believe
that passing laws against obvious
driving faults will solve the prob
lem of traffic accidents, but no
thing is farther from the truth.
Strict enforcement does weed
out the flagrant violators if the
morgue or hospital doesn’t get
them first. But the sad truth of
the matter is that most accidents
% are caused by ordinarily nice
people whose motor manners dif
fer greatly from the way they
aec in normal society.
Courtesy Needed
In our daily personal contacts,
courtesy makes for a more pleas
ant way of life and represents
the difference between tension or
relaxation. On the highway, cour-
.tesy makes for safety and repre
sents the difference between life
or death. Insistance on right of
way, impatience with other driv
ers and all the other discourteous
attitudes lead to taking a chance
—and chance takers are accident
makers.
Even if a motorist doesn't com
mit a single specific traffic viola
tion his rude driving habits will
endanger every other motorist on
the highway as well as himself.
I know I wouldn't want to pick
out 500 people at random and
trust my life with them. Yet
every time I drive a car, my life
is at the mercy of every other
driver on the road.
No Place
Good drivers and bad drivers
pass us a dozen times a day with
only a few feet between our car
and theirs. They trust us to abide
by the rules. We depend on them
to do the same, So there is no
place on our highways for any
one who for any reason does not
live up to this agreement. As
Police Officers we enforce the
laws and regulations which were
enacted for the protection of
everyone. But we cannot police
the minds of individual motor
ists and too many of them have
to learn the hard .way.
For this reason, I urge every
driver to honestly re - examine
their driving attitude and resolve
to make COURTESY YOUR
CODE Of THE ROAD.
Meet Old Friends In Florida
Last week Mrs- Seuthcptt and
I returned after spending several
weeks in Florida and a number
of my friends have enquired s
to how we enjoyed the trip and
also about the weather.
This was our second trip to
the sunny south. Two, years ago
on making the 15'00 mile trip by
auto, after being on the road
about four days I said to Mrs.
Sputhcott "Never again will I
make a trip like this.” Jt seemed
Foo tiresome. It wasn’t long be
fore I forgot the trip and began
to enjoy the warm weather and
the pleasant surroundings and as
they say down there, you “get
sand in youi’ shoes" and want to
return,
fhe Weather
There has been considerable
complaint down there about the
cold weather. It was possibly one
of the coldest winters they have
had in years. But, did you ever
see perfect weather? It Is one of
the things we grumble about the
most, We found the weather ideal
—usually comfortably warm in
the daytime and delightfully cool
for sleeping at nights. On two
following days the temperature
was over 80 and was uncomfort
ably warm. There were several
elderly ladies in the apartment
house where we stayed and for
that reason the house was always
kept warm.
Friendly People
You are never a stranger in
Florida because so many, like
yourself, are there for a holiday
and are particularly friendly,
the green benches, for which
St. Petersburg is noted, line the
streets and are used by throngs
of people sitting on them and en-
joying the sunshine. There are
widows and spinsters, widowers and bachelors and j wouldn’t
want to say that they were all
there for the sunshine. The story
goes that ft man and lady were
engaged in conversation on one
of the benches when another lady
came up and started to talk to
the gentleman. The first lady told
the second lady, jokingly, to go
away that she had seen him first.
"But I saw' him 50 years ago"
said the man's wife.
We met a number of old
friends and it is a great pleasure
to meet someone, from home
when you are many miles away.
My brother, T.O., and ‘sister
■Stella joined us a few days after
we arrived in St. Pete, and Witli
them we spent several pleasant
visits with Mr. and Mrs. E. D-
Bell. We visited with Mr. and
Mrs. William May at Duneden
and they spent a day with us.
It was like a family reunion
when Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Allison
arrived in St. Pete the second
week we were there, They se
cured an apartment close by and
for 10 days we attended ball
games, took in the interesting
sights of the city and played can
asta in the evenings, the women
against the men. The only argu
ments we had were as to who
were the winners.
One of the first pesrons we
met down there was Dick Ether-
ington and his father, Albert W,
We met them at the Chamber of
Commerce. The day before we
noticed a picture of Dick and his
son in one of the St. Pete daily
papers. They were examining a
blossom on a very rare tree.
On one occasion we weye in a
gents’ furnishing store when a
gentleman with a broad grin and
an extended hand came trooping
towards us. It was Gep. Wright*
formerly of Exeter. We were
sorry we didn't get to see Mrs.
Wright and the family.
On another occasion Orv and
I were standing outside the post
office when a gentleman came
up and said: “I believe you are
from Exeter". It was George
Powell, who 40 years ago was
on the staff of the old Sovereign
Bank that did business in the
building now occupied by R. E.
Russell.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Brown and
Mr. and Mrs. Brokenshjre drop
ped in to see us while on their
way to Miami.
Another pleasant surprise
came when we met Mr. C. E.
Shaw, manager of the Bank of
Montreal, who with Mrs. Shaw
and relatives from Shawville,
Que., were spending a short time
in the city and we spent a couple
of evenings together.
On another occasion while
visiting the Bok Tower we were
surprised to meet Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Spencer from Hensall and
Mr. and Mrs. Harry West, of
Windsor. We ran across them
again at the Passion Play at
Lake Wales.
On our way home we visited
Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Francis at
Mt, Dora and Bert took me out
to an orchard and loaded my
car up with grapefruit.
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50 YEARS AGO
The robins and bluebirds have
made their appearance. As har
bingers of spring, they are thrice
welcome. J
Mr. and Mrs. George Harton
left here this week for Manitoba
taking with them a carload of
household effects.
Mr. A. Q. Bobier left today
■for Detroit where he expects to
meet capitalists in connection
with the building o.f a sugar beet
factory here this year,
This week sees the advent of
another drug store in our vil
lage. Mr. W. C. Howey has re
cently purchased the building
north of Molson’s Bank and has
■had it fitted up into an up-to-
date drug store. Associated with
Mr, Howey is his brother, Mel
ville.
Owing to scarlet fever in the
home of Mr, J. C. Fleming, prin
cipal of our public school, and
the near approach of the Easter
vacation, the board of health
deemed.® it wise to close the
schools one week earlier.
25 YEARS AGO
S. A. Popelstone, Of Blyth, was
presented, with a 40-year vete
ran’s jewel and E. M. Dignan
with a 25-year jewel at a meet
ing of the I.O.O.F.
A number of hydro poles were
blown down near London by a
storm and this community was
without power from Monday
morning until the following
morning.
Exeter will play ball this sea
son in the W.O.B.A, League with
London, Strathroy and Sarnia.
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Medd
celebrated the sixtieth annivers
ary of their wedding on Sunday,
March 31.
Three large touting buses
which ply between London and
Kitchener, are mired in the mud
at Whaley's Cornets between
Woodham and Elginfield and all
efforts to Release them have been
fruitless, Officials say it may be
two oi- three weeks before the
roads are Improved ehough to
remove them.
15 YEARS AGO
A meeting was held, in the
town hall to consider plans for
taking Exeter school children to
London in June, on the occasion
of the visit of the King and
Queen.
The ice and snow have practi
cally all disappeared during the
past week.
An essay wAtten by Arthur
Hern, high school student, on his
visit to the Highland Hill Dairy,
won for him a cash award of
$5 donated by N. Stanlake and
Son.
The Exeter Concert Band pre
sented a , program at Leavitt's
Theatre. Trombone solos were
played by Gerald Skinner.
South Huron Ministerial As
sociation has made arrangements
■for special Holy Week services
throughout the district.
Two teachers of Hawaiian mu
sic, who spent a couple of weeks
in Exeter Soliciting, pupils, were
arrested in Walkerton on charges
of conversion and obtaining food
and lodging fraudulently.
1
IO YEARS AGO
A pilot, whose name was not
divulged, made a crash landing
on the farm of Mrs. Jacob Wal-
per/ west of Dashwood, in a
heavy snowstorm. The plane was
badly damaged but its occupant
escaped injury.
Mt. Glen McKnight has accept
ed! a position as express agent
for ■ the C.N.R. Mr, ’ Art Little,
who resigned, has taken a posi
tion with Carin arid Sons,
Mr. and Mrs, G. W. Walker, of
Stepheii, received word that their
cousin, F/S H. M. Penliale, son
Of Mr. J. E, Penhale, of Toronto,
has been reported missing over
Germany.
Mr. Harry Gldley, a life-long
resident of Exeter, died March
2G in his seventy-third year.
Thames Road neighbors
■gathered at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Rundle to make a
presentation to Pte. Earl Frayne,
Of Crihip Borden, son Of Mr. and
Mrs. Clayton Frayne,
Letters To
The Editor
Should BeThankful
To The Editor:
This is a reply to Mr. Frank
Whilsmith's letter of Thursday,
March 11, 1954.
Sir: The loss is distinctly your
own, if you will not accept any
kind offer which is given, and
that’s a pity,
We should always be thankful
for small mercies as they come
from God’s Hand. If you can’t
afford beef, buy something you
can afford and enjoy it. Pleasure
is only gained by doing some
thing for someone else and ask
ing nothing in return. Being self
centered will only bring you and
those around you unhappiness.
One is never "mad at the
world" unless one feels it owes
them something instead of realiz
ing that we, under God’s guid
ance, owe it all the virtues,
which under Him, we are sent
to use.
It is not necessary to suggest
improvements as long as we liye
out God’s Commandments. He
will, as the Bible says, “make all
things right”.
Also, I have always thought
you, yourself, an honorable man.
Surely you wouldn’t wish to put
your wife’s name, or your neigh
bors’ to a letter you wrote would
you? If so, I’m disappointed with
you.
I take it, in regard to your-
quotation, ie. “Even a fool, when
he holdeth his peace, is counted
wise", is one which you^ have
practised yourself. If so, may I commend you, as unkind words,
when spoken, can never be taken
back.-
And I agree with you that
different opinions, in a Democ
racy, are ’ fine. In this way, we
•learn a great deal. Yes, it is
quite all right for people in a
town to know what you do if you
always do what is honorable!
Although wrong construction
may bejput on actions done, that doesn't"*matter if you know you
have done right.
If people hadn’t used their
thinking capacity, there would be
■no T. V. sets at all. As regards
tq laziness, you might visit one
of their factories where these
are produced, I’m sure you will
find hard work and originality
there also.
I remain,
Eva M- Penrose,
Mitchell, Ontario
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A Smile Or Two...
Senator (during a debate):
You talk like a jackass.
Congressman; I've got to talk
so you can understand me.* *: * *
John: "So Jane broke your
engagement. Didn't you tell her
about your rich uncle?'
Jim: "Yeh. Now she's my
aunt."
Rastus: Suttinly Is a shaky
business.
Sleepy: What Is?
Rastus: Playin' with dice,* * ♦ *
Local lady: "Doctor, Is there
something wrong with Diet1’
Doctor: "Yes, but it's trifling,"
Local lady: "Oh, I don't think
that's so very wrong, Is it?"
Objects To Picture
Dear Sir:
Here are some answers to your
questions of recent date—a little
mixed perhaps, but your readers,
I think, will be interested and
enjoy them.
I would like our Mayor and
Councilors to pass a law urging
all citizens to attend church, a
place of worship, oti the Sab*-
bath Day, which is Sunday. And
wouldn’t it be great If we could
get a man like Billy Graham to
speak to us in the Arena? Guess
all the local sky pilots would be
In favor of that.
By the way, what are those
young women up to on the front
page of your last edition? Ard
they fighting rheumatism, reach
ing for the ceiling or luring some
simple young men, void of under
standing on the way that leads
to destruction? Such pictures are
detrimental to society at large
and lower the tone of any news
paper. -
I read the sporting columns a
bit, and when that Russian terim
beat dur boys at Stockholm, I
hope it will be a lesson not to
play on Sundays. I am against
Sunday sports and there are a
lot more like mo in that respect.
J. NORMAN COWAN
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