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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, MARCH 15, 1962
Youth Lacks Know{edge Of Canada
Is the younger generation lacking in
information concerning Canada ? Has
the average youth been brain-wakhed
by United States radio, TV and maga-,
tines to a point where he fails to ap-
preciate the heritage that we, as Cana-
dians, enjoy?
That such may be the case, and that
early action is needed to correct a
trend away from things Canadian, is
suggested by T. R. McLagan, President
of the Canadian Manufacturing 'Asso-
ciation, who, in a recent address, had
this to say:
I am - not afraid that Canadians
stand in danger of becomixg narrowly
nationalistic. The danger is all the
other way'.
We should surely be troubled that so
many of the younger generation espec-
ially are so ill-informed and so half-
hearted about things Canadian.
,A quite frightening example of this
was the recent television quiz involv-
ing first, second, third and fourth year
students of the University of Manitoba.
All of them knew that George Wash-
ington was the first president of the
U.S., but more than half of them were
unable to.. name the first Prime Min-
ister of Canada.
They could all identify Davey Crock=
ett as an early American frontiersman,
but not one of the 15 interviewed could
correctly identify all four of Cham-•
plain, Dollard, ' Hearn and La Ver-
endrye.
Again, more than half were able to
name at least ,one U.S. poet or writer,
but three out of four were quite un-
able to call to mind any one distinguish-
ed Canadian' in these categories. And
this in the land of Leacock, Bliss Car-
men and Sam Slick!
Again, not a single one out of the 15
could' name all four main Canadian po-
litical partied.
Worst of all, more than half did not
know the date of Confederation itself.
The sad thing about all this is that
these ,young Canadians attending one
of our centres of higher learnings are
not untypicahof their generation. That
is to say, where a knowledge of Can-
ada is concerned, they are no worse or
no better - than tens of thousands of
others.
In the face of this unpalatable evi-
dence, and the many other indications
of national carelessness—I might even
say ignorance — should we not. have
cause to wonder whether our history
books should not be revised' in such a
way as to place much greater emphasis
on the development of this nation and -
the contribution made by leading Cana-
dians in the various spheres of our
heritage?
Our history may not be as colorful
as that of some other nations but it is
our history.
This is not simply a criticism of edu-
cation and students.
As much if not more of the responsi-
bility for the kind of deficiencies rests
on parents' and those of an older gen-
eration.
We have no cause to be afraid of be-
coming ultra -nationalistic in the next
few years.
We stand in urgent need of a strong
injection of pro -Canadian fervor into
the main stream of our national life.
I believe that we, as the only official-
ly bilingual people in the western hemi-
sphere and by virtue of our political
traditions, have a real and distinctive
contribution to make to the future of
mankind. .
Mr. McLagan poses a challenge, the
acceptance of which might well become
a basic feature in the planning as Can-
ada prepares to mark her centennial.
Preserve the Past
(Kitchener -Waterloo Record)
The country general store is, still far
from extinct, but its significance has
changed radically with the advent"' of
the automobile and .the supermarket.
So the opening of a Museum example.
of a country general store at Doon
Pioneer Village is quite appropriate:
In a way it could be one of the more ...
interesting exhibits.
In its day this kind of store was all
things to all people. Itwas, of course,
the supplier of the .plain needs of . a
plain people. But it was also likely to
be the post office, and it was certainly
the only place where rural folk could
go during the week and expect to meet
.some neighbors.
In other words, it played a vital role
in the community life of Ontario for
decades, a role which fortunately has
not been entirely supplanted yet.
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• y REV.' ROBERT H. HARPER
HOME, SWEET HOME
Some years '"ago, when sur-
vivors of the battle, both Blue
and Gray, had a reunion , at
Gettysburg; one old soldier
from the South found himself,
after a half century or more,
in a spot that looked strangely
familiar. It looked like the
place where he had picked a
few wild berries early on the
morning of. the fourth day of
Gettysburg when General Lee
and his army began the return
on the road to Virginia. And as
he looked about, he saw a ber-
ry bush and he picked a few
berries.
And an old man approached
who had worn the Blue. The
soldier from the South told the
soldier from the North about
the homely incident so long
ago. And he said to me, "The
old fellow cried.". He was an
old Yankee soldier hut there
was no animosity between him
and the rebel he met on the
field of Gettysburg.
A poet has !written of two
great armies that lay on oppos-
ite banks of the Rappahannock
one night. Soon the bands of
both armies began a musical
duel yith Yankee Doodle and
Dixie setting the pace. At
length the bands had exhausted
their repertoirs and there was
a pause. Then one -lone soldier
began to sing, "There's no place
like home." And soon two
great armies united in one
mighty .. voice in singing of
home. And in the darkness
something trickled down the
soldiers' face to wash away the
powder stain.
Just a Thought:
Home is more than where the
hearth is; home is Where the
heart is; and the actions of
every man throughout life will
in some wiey be affected by the
home that'he knew as a child.
New Brunswick, the northeast-
ern tip of which it is. Miscou
is about 91,E miles long by 4%
wide. Its sandy beaches and
1pw' cliffs enclose wooded up-
lands great barrens, lakes and
salt lagoons. First inhabited by
the Micmacs, this forgotten cor-
ner of Canada was one of the
first spots discovered by
Jacques Carter, in 1534. Mid:
sions and trading posts followed
slowly overthe centuries. Some
exiled Aeadians lived there, but
the present settlement is of
Scottish descent, for the most
part. Fishing andlobster-can-
ning are the most important in-
dustries. The island is a great
centre of bird life, particularly
plovers.
* * *
Who Wrote "Anne of
Green Gables"?
Lucy Maud Montgomery, nov-
elist. Born in 1874 at Clifton,
Prince Edward Island, she was
educated at Prince of Wales
College, Charlottetown, and at
Dalhousie University. She be-
came a teacher, then a Halifax
newspaperwoman. Later • s h e
wrote stories and poems for
many North American periodi-
cals._ In 1911 she married the
Rev. Ewan MacDonald. Three
years before that her novel,
"Anne of Green Gables", had
launched the best selling "Anne"
series. Mark Twain called her
central character, Anne Shir-
ley, "the dearest and most lov-
able child in fiction since the
immortal Alice" (in Wonder-
land). The book was translat-
ed into five languages. She was
awarded the Order of the Bri-
tish Empire.
A #IACDUFF OTTAWA 'DEPART
Atm* IRRITATIONS IN U.S.
RELATIONS
OTTAWA—American legisla-
tors tried without success to
impress upo their Canadian
counterparts, during a joint
meeting in Ottawa this month,
that Cuba should be regarded
as an integral part of the free
world's struggle against the
domination of Communism.
The arguments occurred• dur-
ing the meetings of the Can-
ada -United. States inter -parlia-
mentary group. It was the sixth
meeting of the group and the
sixteen members of the Con-
gress of the United States re-
turned to Washington baffled
by the Canadians' attitude of
"business as usual" towards
Cuba and other communist
countries, such as Red China.
Trade Minister George Hees'
gaffe in reference to the dele-
gation of Cuban officials that
came to Ottawa last year seek-
ing increased trade, when he
said, "You can't do business
with better ' buSthessmen any-
where", registered in the Unit-
ed States. The Americans have
not forgotten that remark,
which got wide circulation in
the U.S. press. Mr. Hees' frank
admission "I goofed" on a na-
tional Canadian television net-
work never got the publicity
over the border that the orig-
inal remark received.
The interparliamentary group
met for two days in Ottawa.
Twenty-three members of par-
liament attended representing
Canada. The group held its first
meeting in Washington in 1959.
Since that time •meetings have
been held alternatively in Can-
ada and the .U.S.
The group breaks up into
committees. It gives the M.P.'s
from Canada and members of
the Congress from the U.S. a
chance to sound off. They can
also sound out each other.
They met behind closed
doors. (The committee discuss-
ed defence and foreign policy.
The other discussed economic
and boundary matters of con-
cern to both countries.
The team of congressmen
were a' bit miffed to find that.
the Canadians were not prepar-
ed • to give a sympathetic hear-
ing to their contention that a
total trade embargo is required
against Cuba to combat Com-
munism. The . Cuban question
provided a "warm" discussion
as did the talks about Canadian
sales of grain to Red China and
other Canadian trade with Com-
munist countries.
There has beenconsiderable
attention in the U.S. to the alp -
surge of Canadian exports to
Communist eountries. The Am-
ericans came to Ottawa armed
with statistics which showed
that in the -first 10 months of
1961 Canada's exports to Red
countries r jumped by about
$161,000,000 over 1960.levels.
This• was responsible for over
half of the • 7.2 per cent rise
in Canadian exports compared
with the same period in ,1960.
The U.S. delegation pointed
out that the 10 -month totals
showed that Red China's Cana-
dian -purchases were 13 times
as great as in the year before.
Exports to Communist Cuba al-
most tripled, those to Russia
tripled, these to Czechoslovakia
more than tripled. •
The .Communist trade issue
including the Cuban question
viewed by the Canadian, delega-
tion' as an emotional as`'well as
a political one in the United
States, caused considerable de-
bate in the economic' commit-
tee. There was no real meeting
of minds on this issue.
The official communique said,
that while there was no com-
plete agreement between the
two delegations, that there
should be no trade with Red
China in strategic goods, "the
two delegations were not • un-
animous ie their views as to
trade in non-strategic Commodi-
ties". This difference of opin- dates,
ion expressed i1 the tempered
language of th communique
took on sharp overtones in the
actual exchange.
;t'he 'Canadians were of the
opinion that by such trade it
was possible to keep open cer-
tain avenues of contact. They
questioned the effectiveness of
a trade blockade in weakening
the position of the Peking re-
gime.
The Americans were of the
view that trade with Commun-
ist, China in any form served to
bolster the regime and facili-
tated its ,expansionist. policies.
The U.S. members expressed
the hope that the free world
would be able to co-operate
with the U.S. to the end that
nothing be done which would
strengthen or hasten the devel-
opment of Communist Chirfese
military capacities.
What a hope! So long as the
Canadian government finds a
ready customer for Canadian
wheat and barley in Communist
China it will sell the grain
there. True the present Cana-
dian administration was wor-
ried that the Chinese Reds
might default on their first pay-
ments that fell due at the end
of February 'on- the credit pay-
ment plan for the wheat and
barley. But the Chinese paid
on the due dates and this Prime
Minister Diefenbaker and Agri-
culture Minister Hamilton will
brag about in Western Canada.
Had the Chinese Reds failed to
meet their payments, .Mr. Ham-
ilton's head would have been
on the block.
Practically the same theme
was struck in dealing with the
discussions on Cuban trade.
This was aired in .both the de-
fence and economic commit-
tees. There was agreement that
Cuba was a serious menace to
the western hemisphere which
"required careful control and
counter -action", but there the
Canadians and Americans part-
ed company,
The U.S. group pointed out
that Washington had terminat'
ed trade with Cuba except in
certain medical "supplies. The
U.S. members argued that simi-
lar action by -Canada and other'
western countries would serve
to counter the communist
threat.
The Canadians claimed that
they had long since cut any
exports of strategic goods to
Cuba. They said • Canada was
rigidly controlling others and
was preventing re-export of
American goods through Can-
ada. But in parliament it has
come out that automobile parts,
aircraft engines and ,parts and
even dynamite are moving to
Cuba from Canada. The Cana-
dian government explains that
this is "non-military" dynamite,
The' meetings of the inter-
parliamentary committee serv-
ed to emphasize that there are
a number of acute irritations
now in the relations between
Canada and her' big 'neighbor
to the, south.
* * *
Capital Hill Capsules
Hazen Argue, former CCF'er,
New Democratic Party member
turned Liberal, recently return-
ed to Ottawa from his Saskat-
chewan constituency. He said:
"They are Ieaving the New
Democratic Party in droves in
Saskatchewan". The defection
in Saskatchewan from the NDP
was on such a scale • that he
believed in the coming federal
election the CCF -NDP would
"run a poor third."
* * *
Dissolution of parliament
shortly after the budget has
been brought down in late
March was the subject of specu-
lation among the Tories' after a
recent caucus. This would mean
the long expected and often
rumoured -g e n e r a 1 election
Would take place in June with
June 11 or June 18 the favored
IN THE YEARS AGONE
Interesting items gleaned. from
The Expositor of 25, 50
and T5 years ago.
From The Huron Expositor
March 12, 1937
The former clerk's office, in
ieaforth, on the second floor,
djoining the council chamber,
las been cleaned out and re-
lecorated. Storage cupboards
lave been built in the room and
ecords and' papers of the town
nd PUC will be filed here,
vhere they may be easily avail-
ble.
Approximately 1,500 pints of
Wilk will be given to needy
hildren of Seaforth as a re-
ult of the Coronation Carnival
geld on Friday evening in aid
f the Milk Fund, being spon-
ored by the Seaforth. Lions
lub.
Seaforth will receive between
ight and nine hundred dollrs
s a result of the subsidy of
me mill announced by Premier
Iepburn inhis budget address
m Tuesday, according to town
reasurer, ' D. 11. Wilson.
Miss Beryl Ashton, of Corrie,
and Miss E. Sparks, of Strat-
ord, have returned to Mac-
avish's and Stewart Bros., re-
uming their duties as millin-
rs.
* * *
From The Huron Expositor
March 15, 1912
Mr. Russell Sproat,_ who has
ondueted a seed store in town
or some 'years, has moved on-
to phis ,father's £aria in Tucker,
$1tlxth,
Mr. Thomas Stevens has let
the contract for the new hotel
barn to replace the one de-
stroyed by fire last fall, to
Joseph Weisenburg, of Mitchell,
to be constructed entirely of
cement, with an iron roof.
Mr. Elwin White, who has
been in the employ of Bonthron
& Drysdale, hardware .mercb
ant, left Hensall this week on
a prospecting tour to the West.
With the continued good
sleighing, grain and other pro-
duce is Coming freely -into the
market.
* * *
From The Huron Expositor
March 18, 1887
At the Montreal live stock
TE, way FDMIla
AROLD-THAT CLOTHES LMH
HAS
•NIC$tSAGGt:t:ANC d D AOHESAAREMY
'TOUCHING tit GROUNC/ i
market this week, a• few head
pf the best cattle were sold at
from 4c ,.to 4%c per pound, but
pretty good steers could be
bought for 31/2c, and common
stock at from 3c to 31/4e per
pound.
Mr. John Dorsey recently sold
a four-year-old Clear Grit mare
to Mr. P. Keating for $180.
Mr. John Duffus has sold his
farm on the 8th concession of
McKillop to his .neighbor, Mr.
Irwin Johnston, for the sum of
$3,300.
The town auditors have com-
pleted their labors and handed
in their report to the council,
showing the total receipts for
the year amounted to $19,892. .
BY LLOYD BIRMINGHAM
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By Bill Smiley
In the big Commie
they are trying
now. They are
ent success, and
erybody panics
newspapers announce
Russians are now
22 or whatever
engineers than
*
• I'd like to make
Phecy. Mark
pass it along to
Here it is: Those
line education
are currently sewing
of their own destruction.
Why? That's
what happened
world when they
ing us peasants.
we're as good
topple governments;
cize kings; we
money for less
our collective noses
eral direction of
*
What do you
start educating
You get a .lot
Or smart !vans,
Wongs. Mark
of thesedays their
wake up to it,
too late. When
cated Commies
same old ideas
ing around for
there'lI be a
plosion. You can't
body in a concentration
•And with these
ing thoughts, let
to Education Week
sinks out of sight
year. And let
for my son Hugh,
this, of all weeks,'
home with his
card of the year.
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(Prepared by the
of Encyclopedia
• How High are
morency Falls?
r~ This remarkable
seven miles east
is the end of the
River, which drops
a ciiff into the
They were named
in honor of the
morency, then Viceroy
France....
* *
How Did Jack
Fame?
As a naturalist
wildlife conservationist.
in 1865, Jack grew
tie formal education
lioped a great interest
neeree. bird 19 sanctuary he
ville, Ontario, which
come world-famous.
banded migratory
painless tags, dating
so that when co
bird .sanctuaries
patterns
tablished. Jack
a famous lecturer
ed a migratory
to continue his
awarded the
Medal of the U.S.A.
the Order of the
in 1943, the ., year
died.
Where is Miscou
Off the coast
countries,
te do it right
having war -
that's why ev-
whenever the
that' the
"turning out"
per cent more
we are,
* *
a little ,pro -
this" "down and
your children.
production
systems we fear
the seeds
•
easy. Look at
to the western
began educat•
Now we think
as anybody. We
we criti
demand 'more
work; we 'thumb
in the gen-
authority,
, *
get when you
the masses?
of smart alecs.
• or smart
my words, one
leaders will
but it will be
all those edu-
get sick of the
and start look -
some new ones,
tremendous ex:
put every -
camp.
few eonfus-
us say farewell
as it slowly
for another
us spare a tear
who Chose
to come
worst report
{ a, s�
K...� , ,
Research Staff
Canadiana)
the Mont -
waterfall
of Quebec City
Montmorency
274 feet off
St. Lawrence.
by Champlain
Due de Mont -
of New
*
Miner Gain
and pioneer
Born
up with•lit-
.but devel-
,in wild -
artedd a pio-
at Kings-
was to be -
There he
birds with
the tags
-related with
elsewhere, the
could be es-•-
Miner became
and organiz.
bird foundation
work. He was
Out -Door Gold
in 1929 and
British Empire
before he
Island?
of Mainland
�::�
Well,
over for
goodness,
get back
horses to
urged on
the' newspapers
on television.
It's strange
be considered
topic in
a conversational
will throw
a verbal
can splutter
Chief ..reason
adult who
an expert
eryone•
for the
tem.
People
en mercilessly
ers for pure
there with
their hand
ly that today's
hound dogs."
Women
out of
were so
who quit
16 in order
declare
all "go steady"
girls these
all "go steady"
nothing
Men who
ging about
were at
erything
mission
teacher
dirty look,
to live<<,
reputation,
•
Then there
ple who
the school
people, but
to make
better. This
they teachn
Latin and
can never
I'm not
than -thou
these people
ed from
the weekly
blackboard
the veranda
and fired
I 'still
flaws in
process,
wilderment
in which
also aware
stades in
perfect.
Perhaps
lies in the'
manufacturing,
high quality
if certain
lowed; Obtaining
terials, using
ment; and
efficient
But in
coming off
is made
breathes
and rebels
can't mold
desired
size, cram
and peddle
pensive
ampaign.
And it's
you can't,
plenty of
who would
is all
thank
can
leading
being
in
panels
used to
boring
it is
tha
into
you
every
4 is
Ev-
.cure
sys-
beat-
teach-
back
in
earnest-
stagger
they
and
were
will
they
school
they
about
brag-
they
ev-
Com-
when a
a
tried
man's
peo-
job of
educate
how
the
do•
and
they
holier-
all
wander-
of
the
sat on
house
many
in the
of be
I am
oh-'
'it
these
In'
of
out
fol-
ma-
equip-
most
•
unit
line i
It !migration
fears
You I
the i
and
an ex-
sales
thing
are
world
that.
Education Week
another year,
and we educators
to the job of
water, without
by fervent articles
and dull
Education
the most
the world. Now,
gambit
any gathering
donnybrook before
"Egerton Ryerson."
* * *
is that
got past Grade
on the subject.
has • at least one
ills of the school
who used. to be
by their
sloth will sit
a big, fat drink
and tell you
keds are "lazier'n
-
* * ..*
who couldn't
Grade 9 because
absorbed in Joe,
as soon . as they
to marry him,
vehemently that
and think
days is that
and think.
else but boys.
spend hours
what hellions
school, screfim -for
short of a Royal
to investigate,
gives their Johnny
after he has
up to the old
* *- *
are all the
think that . he
is not, to
to teach them
a living, the bigger
being so, "Why
them poetryn
all that junk
use?"
adopting a
attitude. toward
Before I
thElysian• fields
-newspaper into
jungle, I too,
of my glass
rocks at the system.
* * *
think there are
it, many gaps
and a good deal
about the direction
it's going, but
of some of the
the way of. making
the biggest of
materials used.
a product
can,be turned
procedures are
the hest
,the best
following the
methods
* * *
education, the
the production
of flesh and blood.
and thinks and
and ]ouch.,,
or press it into
standard shape
it into a package,
it through
advertising and
a jolly good
because there
people in the
like to do just
ea24 o The week e
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HOME, SWEET HOME
Some years '"ago, when sur-
vivors of the battle, both Blue
and Gray, had a reunion , at
Gettysburg; one old soldier
from the South found himself,
after a half century or more,
in a spot that looked strangely
familiar. It looked like the
place where he had picked a
few wild berries early on the
morning of. the fourth day of
Gettysburg when General Lee
and his army began the return
on the road to Virginia. And as
he looked about, he saw a ber-
ry bush and he picked a few
berries.
And an old man approached
who had worn the Blue. The
soldier from the South told the
soldier from the North about
the homely incident so long
ago. And he said to me, "The
old fellow cried.". He was an
old Yankee soldier hut there
was no animosity between him
and the rebel he met on the
field of Gettysburg.
A poet has !written of two
great armies that lay on oppos-
ite banks of the Rappahannock
one night. Soon the bands of
both armies began a musical
duel yith Yankee Doodle and
Dixie setting the pace. At
length the bands had exhausted
their repertoirs and there was
a pause. Then one -lone soldier
began to sing, "There's no place
like home." And soon two
great armies united in one
mighty .. voice in singing of
home. And in the darkness
something trickled down the
soldiers' face to wash away the
powder stain.
Just a Thought:
Home is more than where the
hearth is; home is Where the
heart is; and the actions of
every man throughout life will
in some wiey be affected by the
home that'he knew as a child.
New Brunswick, the northeast-
ern tip of which it is. Miscou
is about 91,E miles long by 4%
wide. Its sandy beaches and
1pw' cliffs enclose wooded up-
lands great barrens, lakes and
salt lagoons. First inhabited by
the Micmacs, this forgotten cor-
ner of Canada was one of the
first spots discovered by
Jacques Carter, in 1534. Mid:
sions and trading posts followed
slowly overthe centuries. Some
exiled Aeadians lived there, but
the present settlement is of
Scottish descent, for the most
part. Fishing andlobster-can-
ning are the most important in-
dustries. The island is a great
centre of bird life, particularly
plovers.
* * *
Who Wrote "Anne of
Green Gables"?
Lucy Maud Montgomery, nov-
elist. Born in 1874 at Clifton,
Prince Edward Island, she was
educated at Prince of Wales
College, Charlottetown, and at
Dalhousie University. She be-
came a teacher, then a Halifax
newspaperwoman. Later • s h e
wrote stories and poems for
many North American periodi-
cals._ In 1911 she married the
Rev. Ewan MacDonald. Three
years before that her novel,
"Anne of Green Gables", had
launched the best selling "Anne"
series. Mark Twain called her
central character, Anne Shir-
ley, "the dearest and most lov-
able child in fiction since the
immortal Alice" (in Wonder-
land). The book was translat-
ed into five languages. She was
awarded the Order of the Bri-
tish Empire.
A #IACDUFF OTTAWA 'DEPART
Atm* IRRITATIONS IN U.S.
RELATIONS
OTTAWA—American legisla-
tors tried without success to
impress upo their Canadian
counterparts, during a joint
meeting in Ottawa this month,
that Cuba should be regarded
as an integral part of the free
world's struggle against the
domination of Communism.
The arguments occurred• dur-
ing the meetings of the Can-
ada -United. States inter -parlia-
mentary group. It was the sixth
meeting of the group and the
sixteen members of the Con-
gress of the United States re-
turned to Washington baffled
by the Canadians' attitude of
"business as usual" towards
Cuba and other communist
countries, such as Red China.
Trade Minister George Hees'
gaffe in reference to the dele-
gation of Cuban officials that
came to Ottawa last year seek-
ing increased trade, when he
said, "You can't do business
with better ' buSthessmen any-
where", registered in the Unit-
ed States. The Americans have
not forgotten that remark,
which got wide circulation in
the U.S. press. Mr. Hees' frank
admission "I goofed" on a na-
tional Canadian television net-
work never got the publicity
over the border that the orig-
inal remark received.
The interparliamentary group
met for two days in Ottawa.
Twenty-three members of par-
liament attended representing
Canada. The group held its first
meeting in Washington in 1959.
Since that time •meetings have
been held alternatively in Can-
ada and the .U.S.
The group breaks up into
committees. It gives the M.P.'s
from Canada and members of
the Congress from the U.S. a
chance to sound off. They can
also sound out each other.
They met behind closed
doors. (The committee discuss-
ed defence and foreign policy.
The other discussed economic
and boundary matters of con-
cern to both countries.
The team of congressmen
were a' bit miffed to find that.
the Canadians were not prepar-
ed • to give a sympathetic hear-
ing to their contention that a
total trade embargo is required
against Cuba to combat Com-
munism. The . Cuban question
provided a "warm" discussion
as did the talks about Canadian
sales of grain to Red China and
other Canadian trade with Com-
munist countries.
There has beenconsiderable
attention in the U.S. to the alp -
surge of Canadian exports to
Communist eountries. The Am-
ericans came to Ottawa armed
with statistics which showed
that in the -first 10 months of
1961 Canada's exports to Red
countries r jumped by about
$161,000,000 over 1960.levels.
This• was responsible for over
half of the • 7.2 per cent rise
in Canadian exports compared
with the same period in ,1960.
The U.S. delegation pointed
out that the 10 -month totals
showed that Red China's Cana-
dian -purchases were 13 times
as great as in the year before.
Exports to Communist Cuba al-
most tripled, those to Russia
tripled, these to Czechoslovakia
more than tripled. •
The .Communist trade issue
including the Cuban question
viewed by the Canadian, delega-
tion' as an emotional as`'well as
a political one in the United
States, caused considerable de-
bate in the economic' commit-
tee. There was no real meeting
of minds on this issue.
The official communique said,
that while there was no com-
plete agreement between the
two delegations, that there
should be no trade with Red
China in strategic goods, "the
two delegations were not • un-
animous ie their views as to
trade in non-strategic Commodi-
ties". This difference of opin- dates,
ion expressed i1 the tempered
language of th communique
took on sharp overtones in the
actual exchange.
;t'he 'Canadians were of the
opinion that by such trade it
was possible to keep open cer-
tain avenues of contact. They
questioned the effectiveness of
a trade blockade in weakening
the position of the Peking re-
gime.
The Americans were of the
view that trade with Commun-
ist, China in any form served to
bolster the regime and facili-
tated its ,expansionist. policies.
The U.S. members expressed
the hope that the free world
would be able to co-operate
with the U.S. to the end that
nothing be done which would
strengthen or hasten the devel-
opment of Communist Chirfese
military capacities.
What a hope! So long as the
Canadian government finds a
ready customer for Canadian
wheat and barley in Communist
China it will sell the grain
there. True the present Cana-
dian administration was wor-
ried that the Chinese Reds
might default on their first pay-
ments that fell due at the end
of February 'on- the credit pay-
ment plan for the wheat and
barley. But the Chinese paid
on the due dates and this Prime
Minister Diefenbaker and Agri-
culture Minister Hamilton will
brag about in Western Canada.
Had the Chinese Reds failed to
meet their payments, .Mr. Ham-
ilton's head would have been
on the block.
Practically the same theme
was struck in dealing with the
discussions on Cuban trade.
This was aired in .both the de-
fence and economic commit-
tees. There was agreement that
Cuba was a serious menace to
the western hemisphere which
"required careful control and
counter -action", but there the
Canadians and Americans part-
ed company,
The U.S. group pointed out
that Washington had terminat'
ed trade with Cuba except in
certain medical "supplies. The
U.S. members argued that simi-
lar action by -Canada and other'
western countries would serve
to counter the communist
threat.
The Canadians claimed that
they had long since cut any
exports of strategic goods to
Cuba. They said • Canada was
rigidly controlling others and
was preventing re-export of
American goods through Can-
ada. But in parliament it has
come out that automobile parts,
aircraft engines and ,parts and
even dynamite are moving to
Cuba from Canada. The Cana-
dian government explains that
this is "non-military" dynamite,
The' meetings of the inter-
parliamentary committee serv-
ed to emphasize that there are
a number of acute irritations
now in the relations between
Canada and her' big 'neighbor
to the, south.
* * *
Capital Hill Capsules
Hazen Argue, former CCF'er,
New Democratic Party member
turned Liberal, recently return-
ed to Ottawa from his Saskat-
chewan constituency. He said:
"They are Ieaving the New
Democratic Party in droves in
Saskatchewan". The defection
in Saskatchewan from the NDP
was on such a scale • that he
believed in the coming federal
election the CCF -NDP would
"run a poor third."
* * *
Dissolution of parliament
shortly after the budget has
been brought down in late
March was the subject of specu-
lation among the Tories' after a
recent caucus. This would mean
the long expected and often
rumoured -g e n e r a 1 election
Would take place in June with
June 11 or June 18 the favored
IN THE YEARS AGONE
Interesting items gleaned. from
The Expositor of 25, 50
and T5 years ago.
From The Huron Expositor
March 12, 1937
The former clerk's office, in
ieaforth, on the second floor,
djoining the council chamber,
las been cleaned out and re-
lecorated. Storage cupboards
lave been built in the room and
ecords and' papers of the town
nd PUC will be filed here,
vhere they may be easily avail-
ble.
Approximately 1,500 pints of
Wilk will be given to needy
hildren of Seaforth as a re-
ult of the Coronation Carnival
geld on Friday evening in aid
f the Milk Fund, being spon-
ored by the Seaforth. Lions
lub.
Seaforth will receive between
ight and nine hundred dollrs
s a result of the subsidy of
me mill announced by Premier
Iepburn inhis budget address
m Tuesday, according to town
reasurer, ' D. 11. Wilson.
Miss Beryl Ashton, of Corrie,
and Miss E. Sparks, of Strat-
ord, have returned to Mac-
avish's and Stewart Bros., re-
uming their duties as millin-
rs.
* * *
From The Huron Expositor
March 15, 1912
Mr. Russell Sproat,_ who has
ondueted a seed store in town
or some 'years, has moved on-
to phis ,father's £aria in Tucker,
$1tlxth,
Mr. Thomas Stevens has let
the contract for the new hotel
barn to replace the one de-
stroyed by fire last fall, to
Joseph Weisenburg, of Mitchell,
to be constructed entirely of
cement, with an iron roof.
Mr. Elwin White, who has
been in the employ of Bonthron
& Drysdale, hardware .mercb
ant, left Hensall this week on
a prospecting tour to the West.
With the continued good
sleighing, grain and other pro-
duce is Coming freely -into the
market.
* * *
From The Huron Expositor
March 18, 1887
At the Montreal live stock
TE, way FDMIla
AROLD-THAT CLOTHES LMH
HAS
•NIC$tSAGGt:t:ANC d D AOHESAAREMY
'TOUCHING tit GROUNC/ i
market this week, a• few head
pf the best cattle were sold at
from 4c ,.to 4%c per pound, but
pretty good steers could be
bought for 31/2c, and common
stock at from 3c to 31/4e per
pound.
Mr. John Dorsey recently sold
a four-year-old Clear Grit mare
to Mr. P. Keating for $180.
Mr. John Duffus has sold his
farm on the 8th concession of
McKillop to his .neighbor, Mr.
Irwin Johnston, for the sum of
$3,300.
The town auditors have com-
pleted their labors and handed
in their report to the council,
showing the total receipts for
the year amounted to $19,892. .
BY LLOYD BIRMINGHAM
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