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What are the lesser fears of a
thermonuclear war?
Notes are exchanged so , Fundamental conflict of interest
quickly between one country between peoples? Deliberate
and another that one cannot set war? Possession of specific
down who said the last word. weapons? Our internal
The truth is that. every Free weakness?
Nationalist knows that his I do not know the Russian
country will never 'use the *people, but Tolstoy's "War and,
thermonuclear bomb, unless Peace" makes it clear enough
provoked bycomparable sell------thrat-profound-profound-to native -
byZ another nation. The land is a spirit we •have in.
government of 'the U.S.S.R. common with the •• Russian
mal,�es similar statements about people. But the. real problem
its desire for peace. Similar centres on one basic issue
between our people., and the
statements of intention, Russian people. The entire
honestly made in each country, weakness or strength of the
and supported by genuine acts, national structure depends„ on
which could, be, believed in the' whether the will to act is
other countries, could write off voluntary or involuntary. If
most of the "price" for a involuntary, then the structure
pittance and go a long way to ,exists for its own sake. If
putting the word "NOW" into voluntary and the structure
stopping war forever. :.. • exists for -the people then the
traffic"
Highway
act amendments'
When he introduced these
amendments in the Legislature,
Transport Minister Irwin Haskett
said they "are calculated to .be ..
more realistic in the light of
present-day conditions" and to
draw a sharper distinction
between serious and minor
violations.
"The penalties of the past for
serious traffic : offences have
tended to be too mild," Mr.
Haskett said.
The following are among the
changes that will become
effective September 1:—
`'� * A sliding scale of fines for
speeding convictions, with the
penalty rising sharply in relation
to the speed.
A similar sliding scale of
' fines fdr convictions for the
overloading of commercial
vehicles. '
* A minimum fine of $100
for a careless driving conviction,
instead of the present $10
minimum. The maximum fine of
$500 remains.
* An increase in the
discretionary jail . terrn fors a
careless driving conviction to six
months from the present three•
months — a jail, term that may
be in addition to, not instead of,
a fine.
* Elimination of the present
provision for • more severe
penalties for second and
subsequent •offences, since this
principle 'is rarely used by the
courts.
* The addition "of two
offences for which police may
arrest a driver without a warrant,
and the elimination of the power
of arrest for three other
officer w
Some amendments of the ",
Highway Traffic Act, enacted
during the ' last. session of the
Ontario Legislature, have now
become law. •-
Other changes will become '
effective on January 1, but most
of the new provisions including
-stiffer penalties for speeding and
other infractions will come into
force on September 1.
The 'following is a guide from
the Ontario Department of
Transport on the new traffic
laws. and their effective dates. As
'of now, these- are changes that
are in force:—
* New residents have up to
30 days 'to obtain an Ontario
driver's licence. Previously, this
step had to `be taken
immediately ` upon taking up
residence. •
* Self-propelled implements '
of husbandry may • be operated
by farmers between farms
without registration. Under the
new amendments, a
self-propelled implement of
husbandry is defined. as,:. �. a
self-propelled vehicle
manufactured, designed,
redesigned, -converted , or
reconstructed for a specific use
in farming. -
* A "slow moving vehicle"
sign is required by a tractor or
other vehicle only when moving'
along a . highway, not when
crossing directly. from one side
of a road to the other.
* The allowable maximum
length for a combination of
vehicles has been increased to 65
feet from 60 feet.
- On September 1, the bulk of
the changes will take effect,
W.O. school.
to open at
CFB Clinton.
whole is equal • to its parts. This
latter is the strength of, our
traditional way and the one on
which we must capitalize. -
What are the 'immediate,
threats of a thermonuclear war?
The irresponsible madman.
Perverted propagan' used as an
excuse that your enemy will
strike first. The genuine fright
- -by-another people -that we -might
strike first. Our problem is that
we must somehow get .through
to the Russian people. It could
not change things for a long
time, nor the material scope of
the cold war. What is needed,
and 'all that is, needed is the
simple plan: A PLAN. A Plan by
which the heads of these
governments can, with honor,
concede to the mutual desire of
their peoples.
[At this point we leave the
conference, so dramatically
addressed by Francis Porzel and
use 'the proposals made by
George F. Keenan; a former U.S.
Ambassador to the Soviet Union
'in his book: `American
Diplomacy. 1900 to 1950."1
THE PLAN
The sort of Russia we would
like to see before us is -one in
which 'Ave have as much
confidence, unquestioning faith
and belief as we have in our
close allies, Britain and the
United States. A country with
the same liberal/democratic
institutions as our own.
But Russia has hardly known
free enterprise, even in Tsarist
days. The great domestic
business was trade, rather than ,
manufacture. The Russian
language never acquired a word;
comparable to our
"businessman." It had only the
word for "merchant" arid this
did -pot always have a pleasant
connotation. Today the young
• Russian generation has no
comprehension of anything but
state -enforced capitalism.
Agricultural enterprise is the
Achilles, heel of the Soviet
system and their forced
collectivisation of farming is
probably the , greatest single
cause of discontent.
Politically we shall never see a
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replica ' of the western
liberal/democratic pattern, and
this cannot be too strongly
emphasized. But there is no finer
liberal tradition than the strain
which has existed in the Russia
of the past, and many
individuals and groups.will .do all
in their " power to make it a
dominant element in the Russia
-4)f-the- -future. However,. we will_
do them no favour ifowe permit
ourselves to expect too much to
happen too fast. These Russian
liberals have no easy path to
walk.
Above all we mist extinguish
our inveterate tendency to judge
others by the extent to which
they contrive ' to ,be like
ourselves. Forms of government
are forged mainly in the lite of
practice; not• in the vacuum of
theory. In our relations it is
vitally important that we realize
that our institutions may not
have relevance for peoples living
in other climes and conditions;
that, there can be social
structures and , forms of
government in no way
resembling our own, yet
undeserving of censure. •
Give them time. Let them be
Russians. Let them work out
their own internal problems in
their own way, for the ways by
which peoples advance toward'
dignity and enlightenment in
governinent are things that
nstitute the deepest and most
The official opening date of
the newly established Canadian
FdrcesrWarrant Officer School
(CFWOS). at CFB Clinton has,
been set for Friday, November
47. The event will be marked by a
ceremonial parade and an
aircraft fly past. It is expected
that senior military officials
from Canadian Forces
Headquarters, Ottawa and
Training Command
Headquarters, Winnipeg, will be
in attendance for this occasion.
Lieutenant -Commander P. A
Scott has been selected as the
first Commandant of, the
Warrant Officer School and will
head a staff of approximately 26
instructors and administrative
personnel.
Students attending the
six-week course administered by
'the school will be' of Warrant
Officer and Sergeant rank. They
will receive instruction in
management and supervision
techniques, service 'knowledge
and leadership — subjects which
will prepare them to meet the
responsibilities inherent in the
higher rank levels of Master or
Chief Warrant Officer.
Approximately 100 students
will be in residence during the
-training-season,-
W. J. Denomrne
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offences. A police
have the power' to arrest a driver
'who fails to identify himself..
The final two amendments to
the Highway Traffic Act. twill
take effect next January 1.
These are;—
* Authority to require futher
vehicle inspections.
*An increase from $100 to
$200 in the amount of property
damage requiring that a collision
be reported to the police.
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We hope for a Russian
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None of this• is to deny the
urgent and overriding necessity
for a wise and adroit foreign
policy, designed to release those
forces which , can serve to
convince the masters * in the
Kremlin, that their grand design
is futile, persistence in which,
promises no solution to their
predicaments and dilemmas; that
they, can only remain sterile and
negative unless they are given
meaning by "something" which
goes deeper and looks further
ahead than the frustration of
"imperialistic expansion."
What is this "something?" It
isnot propaganda,'but primarily
what we urged upon ourselves,
The spirit and purpose of our
national life. This "something"
must be sufficiently `impressive
to compel the confidence and
respect of the world, and ready
to recognize , that spiritual
distinction transcends material
opulence. If our taper is a stong
one we may be sure that in time
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As rays will penetrate the
Russian room and dissipate its
gloom.
No Iron Curtain could
suppress .the news that we had
shed the shackles of disunity,
confusion, and doubts 4d had
taken a new lease of hope -and
determination; that we were
settling about our tasks with
ent nsiasm and clarity of
purpose. r
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and have the courage to pu
aside his narrowness to do,jl e
intelligent act of realizing t t it
makes more sense to live
together in concession, than to
die together in the obsession for
power, then the Mike Shot was
indeed the morning of a new day
for man. No generation has had
the hand of a kind' but just God
upon his peoples. -
Meanwhile the great Fear
remains: That man has some
fatal quirk within him which
makes him blind to
self-destruction and incites a
blood -purge every quarter of a
century; that whole peoples can
never see themselves as others
see them, or as they see others,
because the mirror into which
they look turns left to right and
right to left; that only the insane
cannot see' their insanities. It
could be that the Potter's hand
did slip and God Himself could
ask that question now. Man has
the Bomb. The finest and biggest
experiment of them all started
with MIKE, but the price tag
which came with it reads:. "FOR
PREVENTIVE USE ONLY."
This could be the master joke of
Nature upon us. Or it could be
an opportunity like cars. Our
children and our childrens'
If man can rise above himself
children for centuries could
come to remember 'us as the
generation which liberated man
from the insanity of War, and
'thusopened the way to utopias
he has dreamed about from time
imrnernorial.
Look into the face of MIKE!
You will' find that it offers us
Life or Death; Peace or War. The
choice is ours.
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