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NATIONALISTIC UPSURGE
- Britain's Celtic fringes have long 'Further evidence of the nationalist
shown a stubborrrTefusal to fit neatly sensitivities these days of both the
into the pattern Of the two-party sys- Wlhlsh and the Scots can be :founa*1 in
tern. During the 1950's, for example,- their irritation at4 recent pronounce -
they remained the outposts of -Britain's ments by prominent figures in both the.
dwindling thi*party, the, -liberals. main political parties. Edward Heath,
the Conservative ' leader, made the rets-
'take when :touring the Scottish Low-
lands the other day of saying that Scot -
fish nationalists were ''flower people
with flower power."
And now no less a personage thin
the Secretary of State for Wales in the
But increasingly Scots and Welsh
alike seem to have come to the con-
clusion that, as . spokesmen for them,
the Liberals were not proving effective
enough. The result has been a growth
in support for the political parties of the
Scottish and Welsh nationalists. It would ., present Labor government, Cledwyn
still be unwise to overestimate the
strength of any nationalist tide in either
Scotland or Wales. Yet apparently its
swell is enough to have produced mut,
'murings in Scotland against the name
chosen for the new Cunarder being
built by Scotsmen on ,the Clyde and
launched by the Queen last week.'
It is not the royal name that gives
offense, but the "II" in "Queen Eliza-
beth 11." The first Elizabeth of •.Steak--
speare's day was never Queen of Got-
land. Scotland was. then an indepen-
dent kingdom with a monarch of- its
own; And so some Scotsmen are sensi-
tive about the "II" in 'the style of the
present sovereign..
•
Hughes, has infuriated Welsh national.
istsr despite the ' fact that he is himself'
a Welshman. Speaking in Denbigh
shire, he said: "I deplore from the bot-
tom of my heart the anti -English mani-
festation of some elements of the Welsh
nationalist party. I think it is wicked and
un -Christian. It is damaging to the belt
interests of Wales." .
Both Mr. Health and Mr. Huiphss
may ' have been influ . by the
thought that 'their respective pli ties
might lose seats in Scotland end Wiles
by the defection of erstwhile support-
ers to nationalist . candidates inelec-
tions. But the . reaction to their • utter-
ances in, both Celtic countries is at lout
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a sign of the times.
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PROPER. SPIRIT LACKING.
One essential_ingredient ,appears
to be lacking. in all the U.S. gestures to
'end the war in Viet Nan: the: -proper
spirit. Washington can talk all it wants
about its willingness to listen' to sug-
gestions from Saigon that the bombing
of North Viet . Nam be suspended.-
can
uspended. can engage in backstage .manoeuvres at
the United Nations supposedly to 'set
the machinery for- negotiations in
motion. But these are meaningless
gestures In the -face of the intensified
bombardment of the past .few days.
One has the' horrible feeling that either
'the U.S. government was uttering
sham all along 0
r that civilian authority
y
has lost out to the generals. The latter
is the more Likely explanation. Certainly
military strength continues to grow
while non-military projects are pushed
further into the background. For in-
stance,• $325,000 is spent to kill each
Viet Cong, as opposed. to the $53 to
make fife tolerable for an indigent at
home.
Obviously-, not even the adminis-
tration can enjoy this distorted use of
public money. But such is the perverse-
ness of the U.S. position today that logic
no : longer exists. First, -while saying it.
would -like peace, Washington -demands
peace .on . purely American terms.
Second, while saying that- the United
Nations is an appropriate- agency td
press for peace; it shows no willingness
to abide by the argument of the sec-
retary general of' the United Nations,
U Thant, and the vast majority of mem-
bers who contend- that the first step
toward peace must be cessation of air
Mom.-,
attacks.
This corruption of thinking -bothers
many leading Americans, , among them
Senator Wayne, Morse who► has intro-
- ducecl, a resolution calling on President
Johnson • not only to request an emer-
gency meeting of the Security Council
but to , pledge the United States it, ad-
vance to accept any decision on Vie
Nam. This would mean thatif there
was a',consensus to end thebombingof
r
h Viet
t Nam the U.S. -woo
North Id not'
exercise its veto.
Senator Morse has delivered a
cruelly suspicious judgment on his own
goe
er'nment
.,.
"The United States set out to keep
the peace alone. Instead of bringing
peace to Viet Nam, we have contribut-
ed 'more than Our share to tha steady
enlargement of the war, the steady in-
crease in death and destruction . The
United Nations deserves a chance. It
can't do worse than we have done
The _World Federation of United
Nations Associations has come up with
a plan for a.five:nation summit to pro-
mote peace talks. The New York Times
has published some 'fascinating -f igures
to show that the quantity .of supplies
required -by rnunls ae'cos
can be carried from North Viet Scharr on
eighty -bicycles — and all the bombing.
that has' gone on ' for the oast thirty
months has done nothing to cut routes
or reinforcements. But the statistics and
the well-intentioned proposals of sone
Americans and people abroad end in
limbo if they are unaccompanied by
Washington's own spirit of good will.
.A WOMAN
Since ;Betty Friedan wrote her
best-seller, Feminine Mystique, detail-
ing just how men brain -washed wo-
men into,staying in the kitchen for so
many centuries some women have had
the uncomfortable feeling that she may
be right. Now we have -in Canada -
the Royal Commission on the Status pf
Women. '
When the Commission became a
reality this spring, wades of doubt and
praise swept the nation's press --at the
idea of women having their very 'own
government study.
One of the plus facts hopefully
flowing out of the hearings, may be a
heightening of women's opinion of
themselves—a sense of, -their own im-
portance and contribution in -the mod-
ern world. In the past women have had
.a distressing tendency to downgrade
'S PLACE .. .
their, abilities and effectiveness both
inside and outside the home sphere—
and men have believed them.
- Much has happened in the 50
years since women -got the vote. Two
world wars, the atomic age, the pill,
enlarged job and educational' oppor-
tunities, streamlined housework, up-
heaval from rural to'urban to high .rise
• living, and the gradual disintegration
of traditional religious and moral values
have left their, mark on both sexes.
But setting up of the study Is
brilliant move. What is realty amounts
'to is a national. group :therapy session. -
For the nekt few months, during com-
mittee hearings, Canadia'n.l are going
think, talk, fight and read about the
many facets of women and the family.'
Perhaps in the end, wh3n'•the report
is published, we will all feel relieved
and cleansed, '
Royal ;arch •'Masonic Chapter 30 Goderich,celebrated its Centennial'
last Sunday with a church. Service at North Street United Church,
with members of : Royal Arch Masons of Huron District 6 in
attendance. '
Messages
from The Word
By Rev. Glen D. Wright
(Ephesians 2:)
Walls have many uses but we
forget sometimes ,that there is
a limitation to their use. Walls
were never very, effective in
� C ePiug�khe� goad-in..or thee- eviL..
gut or- vice versa -- whether -
they
they are made of brick and
mortar as in Berlin, or bar.
bed wire as in Vietnam. They
aren't 'effective even if we call
'them iron or bamboo curtains
and: - they. attempt . to. crutrol
thought.
The failure' of the wall is
really quite remarkable, It
didn't keep Joshua out of Jer.
'ieho or Nebuchadnezzar but of
Jerusalem. Moreover, when
these walls came down, we
are. told, it was God's will.
There were ideological walls
as well: one was race and the
other •law. If you. couldtrace
your family tree to. Abraham
or if you could keep the host
of laws and commandments,
you were behind a secure wall:
you had God''s favor. From this
exalted position you could look
down at or ignore anyone who
didn.'„t sha r , ouL,Samily his,
tory; or anyone who didn'tkeep-
the laws or believe what you
believed about God. ' •
This wall also failed in its
attempt .:to.; make people goo&
The second' chapter of Ephe•
sian' (2:14) tells of • its end.'
The writer speaks of those who
were outside this wall of good-
ness and says (2:19) "now you
are no longer strangers blit
fellow citizens with. the saints"
because this wall has now been
destroyed. •
There - thank heu Neta..- the
walls are gone .,, or are they.
Still there are walls „ that
divide and, not'just in Berlin or
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Vietnam; walls because of eco,.
omit or social position; wa.1IS
of color, race and oh yes creed
( we call them denominations ).
There are walls between the
Church and the world, between
the "good" and the delinquent,
heiween.....the,-..faithful_ and . the
faithIess;
We are not so naive as to be..
lieve that these walls can be
removed overnight. We don't
take the, power._ of evil sex._.
iously enough if we feel that
we can simply abolish these
walls that we have erected.
But- at. least we can remem-
ber that these walls are a
part of the evil in the world
and . not of God; and 'we can
remember that Jesus abolished
walls - and the• people in his
' day got so upset that -they killed
Him -- outside a wall they had
•built so carefully in the name
of God
Sir: This letter is with re.
ference to two letters which
were written by J. C. Hind..
marsh and printed .- in your
paper.
In both letters he makes an
appeal for reinstatement of the
Naviagable Waters Act - and a
recognitionof the legality of
public ownership of beaches up
to the high watermark.
He also makes the statement
that local politicians have their
heads in the sand on this ques.
tion in spite of the fact that Mr.
MacDonald ,the NDP leader and
Mr. Nixon , the Liberal leader
both support his point of view.
I write this Metter as an in.'
rterested citizen, as a cottage
owner and as the.NDP .candi.
date in. Huron. l wish to state
publicly that , I do not 'have my
head in the sand on this issue
or any other. 'I have discus..
sed this matter in depth with
Hi'ndmarsh-;and- I whole.
heartedly support his position.
I welcome the public present.
ation of his point of view as it
wholeheartedly endorses the re.
sponsible position of the NDP
on this matter.
Yours sincerely,
John C. Boyne,
NDP Candidate in Huron
xeter, Ontario.
Down MemOry . '� ►
55 YEARS AGO, 1912
Under a front page column
Of The Star, headed, 'Local
Topics in Brief,' appear these
items:
The editor was mightily
pleased this morning when .a
bright little girl brought him a
bouquet of dahlias which is now
gracing his desk.
The Paget Grain 'Door tom.
pany's machinery is UM run.
ping., They are prepared to •
supply flooring, siding, sheet.,
Ing. and general planing mill
work,' in carload lots or swill.
ler quantities. .
W. L. Horton is •having the
stores in his block repainted
on the exteriors, This improves
the appearance of the block a
great deal.'
A Literary Society has been
organized inconnection with
Brussels continuation • school
and Athol McQuarrie, formerly
of The Signal, is president.
W. A. Chisholm has received'
a carload of red brick. from
Norwich which he is using at
his new house on Trafalgar
Street, Joseph Griffin also has
received a ' car of the same
-bricks which are of extra good
quality. •'
15 YEARS AGO, 1952
A special.- meeting of Town~
Council, will be held tonight,.
Thursday, to discuss a 'sug.
gestion from the Ontario corn.
missioner of police to add an.
other constable to the Goderich
detachment, of the OPP, which
is at present composed of a
corporal and three constables.
The first meeting of the God.
erich Home and School Associ.
ation was well attended Tues.
day night, with the president,
`'"MrsrmA. F; Hill, extending -a:::
welcome, especially to the new
members.
A young Goderich township ---
farmer, .Elmer ,Sowerby,,is con.
fined to Alexandra Hospital, sof„
fering from severe back and in.
ternal injuries as a result of
the rear wheel of a tractor
going over his abdomen. Mr.
Sowerby. 'was inspecting' the
tractor on' the farm of Harry
Mitchell when it was suddenly
thrown into gear, causing it to
pass over him.
The. Goderich Bridge Club
held its first session of the
1952 -53 -season Monday night in
Mrs.' A. A. ' Nicol's apartment.
There . were 20 members
present.
Auburn is justifiably proud.,.
of its Midget ball team which.
has brought to that village its
first all -Ontario baseball crown
After capturing the WOAA Mid-
get "C" title, the Auburn'Mid.
gets eliminated Carlisle in two
straight games to take the OBA
Midget "D" championship,
Club's minor hockey week corn.
mittee. Nelson Hill, president
of .the committee, thanked all
members who had taken part
in the 1957 pee wee week hockey
tournament.
Boys of the .Goderlch, lMannt
facturing team, which won the
championship in the -town's pee
wee softball league this past
season, were ,.presented with
crests at a ceremony ,in the
Goderich . arena Friday after.
noon. •
Dr. R. M. Aldis, °HuronCeunw'
ty MOH, reports, that, the advent
of cooler. weather, "increases
our optimism for another polio
free year ' in the Amity.", In
speaking to the county health
unit, Dr. Aldis reported a mar.
ked increase in the number of
"Asian flu'," cases occurring
amongst Huron's population.
Town Council's "proceed
with caution" policy may 'be re.
warded with the saving of
$192,750 or more, in the con.
struction 'of a new water sys.
tern. Council learned Friday,
that an international- organiza.
tion,- 'Ramney Method Water
Supplies Limited', has offered
to construct a new town water
supply system for not more that
$190,000,
ONE YEAR AGO, 1966
The Ontario Housing Corpor.
anon, ,at the request of Town
Council, is conducting a sur.
vey, to determine the need and
demand ,for additional public
rental housing. This proposed
housing would accomodate
either' families or senior cit.
izens who are either living or
Working in Goderich and 'whose
present accomodation is now
inadequate.
W. J. Mills, chairman of God.
,00ricl>'PublicUtilities• Commis.:
sion, was re-elected director of
district No. 6 of the Ontario
Municipal Electoral Associa.
.tion. in Clinton last week. The
district, extends from Goderich
to Orangeville and Kitchener.
Al Selinger, comptroller of
Goderich Manufacturing Corn.
_ pany Limited)is one of 10 re.
presentatives of Canadian Wood
Industries who are touring
Israel, Cyprus, Greece and Italy
for three weeks. The trade mise
sion is being sponsored by the
department of trade and comm.
erce to investigate market pos.
sibilities for Canadian wood'
products.
A youthful Wingham -pilot and
his girl -friend passenger mil'.
, aculously .'escaped death and
serious injury when their light,
two-seater airplane crashed on
September 18, 1n theGreenock
Swamp west of Walkerton. The
plane belonging to Sky Harbour
Air Services, and ,piloted by
Ronald Hitchings, 19, toO f
from Wingham Airfield- `"n.
6:30 p.m.; Shirley Martin,
was the only other occupant oT,
the plane.
Doug Cruickshank has been
appointed conch of the Goderich
Siftos for the • coming hockey
season. A. product of the Owen
Sound minor system, Dougplay.
ed on two all -Ontario champion.
ship Junior "C"• teams from
Collingwood before coming to
Goderich in 1954 to. play with
the Samis Pontiac Inter-
mediates.
10 YEARS AGO, 1957
A well-known and lghly res.
pected Goderich couple, Mr. and
Mrs. George Johnston, celebra.
ted their 50th wedding.anniver.
sary at their home on Stanley
Street, Saturday. -
The many referees who don:
ate their services gratis during
,the .Lions Club's Young Canada
Week, together with 'press re.
presentatives, were banqueted
on the weekend by the Lions
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