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114 F, (RO13) VON PIUS
One of the most, interesting
meetings we ever attended, was
>S h e farmer -labour conference,
held last week in the MacDonald
Hotel at Edmonton, Alberta.
Over one hundred leading per-
eOnalities of Agriculture and La-
bour had convened in closed ses-
sion to freely discuss- their wor-
ries, problems and headaches.
After some preliminary feel-
ing out of each other's position,
the two groups soonsettled down
to an objective and very matter
of fact discussion of the relation-
ship of farmers and labour,
The first conclusion reached
was that prosperity of one group
was dependent on prosperity of
the other. It was agreed that the
considerably reduced purchas-
ing power of the farmers was at
the root of increasing unemploy-
ment in industry and that both
reacted on each other.
Two Panels
The meeting further agreed
that there were certain spheres
in which tension between the
two groups could develop which
in the interest of both should be
prevented, e,g. in food irocess-
in g plants at times' of price er
wage negotiations. „`:: 4
In view of the limited. time at
the disposal of the conference, it
was decided to break up into two
panel groups, each to discuss one
of these subjects for one hour
and then to reconvene the plen-
ary session for an exchange of
views.
The main result of the discus-
sions was a recommendation for
closer cooperation between or-
ganized labour and organized
producers on a local level. It was
found that worker arid producer
would fare better if they would
coordinate their efforts to
prove working conditions and in-
crease financial returns.
Cooperative Action
It was reported by representa-
tives from British Columbia and
Nova Scotia that in these two
provinces starts had already been
made and joint committees es-
tablished. As the first field in
which attempts at cooperative ac-
tion should be made, the dairy
and the fruit and vegetable can-
ning industries were mentioned.
It was decided to contact the
labour and farmer organizations
concerned and to work towards
the establishment of farmer -
labour coordinating committees
in these industries, on a regional
basis.
The meeting also found that
one of the main reasons of mis-
understandings between the two
groups was lack of information.
To close the gap, a permanent
committee was appointed which
brought in as its first recom-
mendations a) the exchange of
speakers, b) the holding of reg-
ional conferences at regular in-
tervals.
Hopefully we shall watch for
further developments. This col-
umn welcomes criticism, con-
structive or destructive, andsug-
gestions, wise or otherwise. Ad-
dress all mail to Bob Von Pilis,
Whitby, Ont.
.Britain Moves Out
Of Famous Canal
Just below Port Said a giant
statue of the French engineer
Ferdinand de Lesseps towers
above the salt marshes of Men-
*alash. Beyond to the south a
!ribbon of his handiwork shim-
mers in the distance until swal-
lowed in the desert haze.
Millions upon millions of tons
of shipping carrying uncounted
wealth have threaded this link
between the Mediterranean and
the Red Sea in the 85 years since
The Suez Canal was opened. On
Nov. 12, 1869, its inauguration
was celebrated with Oriental
pomp and pageantry in the pre-
sence of many crowned heads,
who were far more numerous
then than now. That epochal
event marked the fruition of one
of mankind's oldest and boldest
dreams.
The canal had its forerunners
in ancient times. First the
• Pharaohs and later the Romans
devised and operated a circuitous
waterway between the seas via
the Nile delta, but this filled up
with sand long ago. The idea of
a direct route across the Isthmus
of Suez was first seriously con-
sidered by the Venetians in hopes
of relieving the growing pres-
sure of competition from the
Atlantic seafaring nations for the
trade and wealth of the Orient.
Realization of this project
might have saved • Venice from
decline and ultimate downfall.
Napoleon revived the plan and
actually had ground surveyed.
But not till the second half of
the 19th century did another
Frenchman actually start dig-
ging, having .first cut his way
through political and financial
obstacles quite as formidable as
the natural barrier he proposed
to. pierce.
The completed canal was not
only a tribute to de Lesseps'
vision, courage and sheer persist-
ence. In a broader sense it was
a triumph for private initiative,
as the capital which financed the
venture was subscribed by pri-
vate investors, who thus became
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"SWAN LAKE"—Phillies' Herm Wehmeir does an imitation of a
swan any danseuse might envy, tossing Dodgers Roy Campan-
ella's grounder to first for the out at Ebbets field. Flop which
followed throw wasn't in best ballet tradition.
"Snow" Fooling, It's Hot—Ten-yeareold Brenda Eyler took advan-
tage -of the heat to open her own business (selling snowballs).
She got the snowballs right out of her mother's freezer, and
they weregoing quickly at five cents each. First in line is
Jimmy Bush, while brother Chet, 2, waits his turn.
shareholders in the canal com-
pany.
While the company has re-
mained in charge of the canal,
"Operation Tug of War" for con-
trol of the canal zone started the
day after it opened. It culminated
in September, 1882, when British
troops stepped ahsore at Ismailia,
midpoint on the canal, where they
have remained ever since.
During more than threescore
and ten years of occupancy,
though always looked upon as an
uninvited intruder by the Egyp-
tians, Tommy Atkins in his
khaki became as much an integ-
ral part of the local scene as local
inhabitants in their flapping
galabeas, as dusty mud villages,
scraggy wind -scorched palms,
shifting sand ridges, and ships
gliding through the canal at a
top speed of six knots, writes
Edmund Stevens, Chief of, the
Mediterranean News Bureau,
Christian Science Monitor.
Ismailia was transformed from
just another mud village into a
restful oasis of western civiliza-
tion and amenities, with spacious
billets for officers and other
ranks, clubs set in cool green
lawns iin..the phade..Of• date: palms',::,,
and . tennis courts and cricket
grounds for those steadfast
Englishmen who refused to let
sweltering desert heat cheat
them of their accustomed forms
of exercise.
Only once during World War I
did fighting actually reach the
canal when a Turko-German
force tried to capture the rail-
way bridge at El Qantara. They
were repulsed by an Anglo-
Egyptian force under Allenby.
Canal traffic was interrupted for
one day only—the day of battle.
While the Suez Canal has
played a major role in almost
every war since it was opened,
it achieved its culminating stra-
tegic importance in World War
II. During the period when pas-
sage through' the western Medi-
terranean war virtually closed to
Allied ships other than heavily
armed naval units, supplies and
reinforcements for the entire
mideast t h e a t r e, including
British forces in the western
desert, came by the reverse route
around Africa, up the Red Sea,
and through the canal to .Port
Said and Alexandria.
Axis power in the area concen-
trated its main efforts on the
canal, which was within con-
venient striking distance of its
bases in Dodecanese and Crete.
Night after night planes came
over and dropped not bombs but
mines into ' canal lanes, hoping
vessels would hit them and sink,
thereby blocking the channel.
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COPS HAMBLETONIAN CLASSIC --- Light rig wheeling behind, Newport Dream crosses the finish
line, taking the first heat at the Hambletanian Stakes at Goshen. Newport Dream also won the
second heat and with it victory in the 106 -thousand -dollar classic. Del Cameron was the driver.
Time for the race was 2.02 4/S. Princess Rodney finished 2nd and Vicki Hanover placed 3rd.
It was a battle of wits and in-
genuity between rival techni-
cians. After every raid defend-
ing forces would drag the canal
for mines. Those which floated
on the surface were compara-
tively easy to detect and deto-
nate.
Accordingly, attackers resorted
to mines which ;would first go to
the bottom and lie there for a
period until sweeping operations
had ceased. Sometimes, especially
in the early peripd of the war,
they scored successes, and the
canal was clogged for as much
as 10 days.
But as the war dragged on the
defenders improved their detec-
tion. In the final period of the
North African fighting there was
virtually no interference with
canal traffic, for by then the
Germans badly needed their
planes elsewhere.
Because of its vulnerability to
nuclear weapons, never again is
the canal likely to play as im-
portant a strategic role as it did
in World War II. This, in fact,
is one of the main arguments
used by the British Government
to justify the present agreement
t`& ierl brit:. While this -is largely
valid, it by no means tells the
full story.
In the 'past, in peacetime no
less than in war, the Suez Canal
was the vital crossroads of the
British Empire—the gateway to
India, Burma, and other lands
now independent. .
Today the empire as such no
longer exists. New relationships
between Britain and its former
colonies and dominions no longer
require this form of physical con-
tact to enforce and reinforce
them. Thus Britain's basic ex-
cuse and incentive for holding
Dnto the Suez Canal is no longer
valid, especially in the face of
rising Egyptian nationalism.
During the next few months
until they go the British officers
and, troops can hold social
gatherings in Ismailia without
posting sentries with poised
tommyguns to guard all ap-
proaches lest some local terror-
ist try to toss in a hand grenade
or spray the interior with bullets.
The state of siege is being called
off, the barbed wire disentangled
and roadblocks removed. Sol-
diers and civilians alike sleep
easier.
But nobody, including the
British themselves, seriously
think they will ever come back,
even through the loopholes pro-
vided in the agreement—in case
of, attack on the Arab states or
on Turkey. For once the troops
have departed, the remaining in-
stallations and equipment soon
will be disposed of by that size-
able population which lives en-
tirely by pillage, mainly of
British Army stores, and which
even while armed troops were
there had developed their profes-
sion to a fine art.
Under such conditions no civi-
lian maintenance crew can per-
form its job without powerful
enforcement machinery, for
which no provision has been
made.
INGENIOUS
The Eastman Kodak Company
of Rochester, New York, has an
inflexible policy on pictures of
nude subjects. .If photographers
enclose such pictures for finish-
ing, the company refuses to re-
turn them lest they become sub-
ject to Federal Post Office cen-
sure. Transmitting indecent pic-
tures is a crime.
A man in Bridgeport sent in
some studies of nudity and, with
them, a brace of carrier pigeons.
'If you're the good sports I think
you are, you'll develop my pic-
tures." The pigeons came home
two days later with the pictures.
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Q. How can I prevent sticki-
nesss of a waxed floor?
A. Try washing up the floor
with ice water after waxing it,
and then go over the floor with
a dry cloth. If this does not help,
it is proably due to the fact that
the varnish has not dried proper-
ly.
Q. How can I remove grease
from trousers er other fabric?
A. Saturate with turpentine;
then place the spot between two
pieces of blotting paper and press
a hot iron over damaged part a
few minutes.
Q. How can I make lavender
sachets?
A. By mixing sixteen ounces
of lavender flowers, four ounces
gum benzoin, and two drams
oil of lavender.
How can I make a pineapple
plant?
A. Cut off the top of `a pine-
apple and place in a glass jar,
with water. It will soon take
root. Then place it in a flower
pot, and the result will be a
pretty, inexpensive plant.
Q. How often should the lawn
be watered?
A. During a dry spell of weath-
er it is far preferable to soak
the lawn thoroughly every two
or three days, than to sprinkle
it lightly every day.
Q. How can ]i remove water
spots from varnished furniture?
A. By rubbing the surface
with a cloth or feather dipped in
camphor oil.'
Q. clow can I distribute the
wear of a rug?
A. When taking up a rug for
cleaning, turn it around before
replacing it and the wear will
be distributed. So place a safety
pin in a certain corner, that you
may know this corner of the
rug should go to the opposite
corner of the room.
Q. How can I remove tar stains
from fabric?
A, Rub a little lard, kerosene,
sweet oil, or butter on the spots;
let them stand a few hours, then -
wash with soap and warm water,
Q. How should paint brushes
be washed?
A. A paint brush can be clean-
ed washing it thoroughly in hot
soda water and soft soap.
Q. How can I easily paint
screens?
A, Instead of using a paint
brush to paint the screens, try
covering a small block of wood
with an old piece of carpet, tack-
ing it securely to the edges of
the block, dipping this into the
paint and rubbing over the mesh.
NO SHYSTER
Two small businessmen were
arguing very loudly and very
excitedly over a deal. A third
happened to walk by and over-
heard part of the conversation.
He tapped one of the combat-
ants on the shoulder.
"Lee," he said "I've known
you forty years and never yet
have you paid a bill. What are
you trying to cut the price down
for- Whatever it is, you know
you're not going to pay it."
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"But he's a nice guy. I want
to keep his losses down."
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