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The Huron Expositor, 1963-03-14, Page 4, `77,77 Since 1860, Serving the Community First Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by MCLEAN BROS., Publishers ANDREW Y. MCLEAN, Editor 0::#•1 E D A Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association J , „ Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association • / 1 n n� o Audit Bureau of Circulation Subscription Rates: ✓ Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year o Outside Canada (in advance) $4.00 a Year • RJ L P P . WAIF -PAST TEEN. SINGLE COPIES.- 10 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post (Ace Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, MARCH 14, 1963 Weekly Editors Look At Defence Directors of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association recently visit- ed the North American Air Defence Command (NORAD) Headquarters at Colorado Springs. Concerned about.. the conflicting stor- ies being told about Canada's role in continental defence, the editors, through the RCAF, arranged a visit so that they could learn first hand just what the sit- uation was. The conclusions they reached are il- luminating. What is particularly in- teresting is the fact that while mem- bers of the group come from all parts of Canada and represent every shade of political opinion, the conclusions they reached were as one: Canada must act quickly to fulfill her com- mittments to NORAD. Typical of the reaction of the week- ly editors are these comments: I believe that most Canadians are virtually unaware of the fact that a vital project -NORAD -is holding ov- er their collective heads a nearly show- er -proof umbrella of defence against the foreseeable approaches of nuclear de- struction. The same Canadians are not aware of the fact that the reluctance of their own leaders to take an affirmative stand on the employment of purely de- fensive nuclear weapons by the Cana- dian components of NORAD leaves a most dangerous gap in the aero -defence plan -an avenue of easy approach to our heartland -and a soft link in an otherwise solid chain of defence em- placements which is our most practical guarantee of continuing peace. -Barry Wenger, The Advance -Times, Wing - ham, Ont. Our government should arm with nuclear warheads with alacrity. It is the morally sound thing to do. -Wer - den Leavens, The Bolton Enterprise, Bolton, Ont. It was "crystal clear" that Canada must play her full part in this deter- rent organization if the whole NORAD set-up is not to be weakened. Canadian NORAD weapon systems must be • equipped with nuclear war- heads -since the threat of nuclear bomb- ing .from manned enemy aircraft re- mains,. and will remain for some time to come, the major threat.-. R. Mc- Lachlan, Virden Empire -Advance, Vir- den, Man. What amazed me most was the rev- elation that the Canadian Government has shown so little interest in this vital operation ; that less than half a dozen Cabinet Ministers have visited NORAD in five years ; and proportionately few- er members of parliament. I was impressed by the efficiency of the organization, the dedicated spirit of its personnel and the evidence that nothing is being left undone to main- tain and improve its effectiveness. - Arvid Lundell, Revelstoke Review, Rev- elstoke, B.C. The most significant thing about the NORAD trip was the fact that, if our forces were given nuclear arms, this would allow them to destroy potential enemy nuclear bombs, by neutralizing them, and they would explode without . damage, possibly over our own coun- try. -Art Stanley, Arrow Lakes News, Nakusp, B.C. If Canadian voters knew the true facts on NORAD there would be no doubt in their minds how they should vote on April 8th. They would vote for the party with a .clear cut policy on de- fence. It seems impossible to form any other conclusion. This being the case, what are the facts. It would be found that NORAD is for defence only. It has no other func- tion nor could it be used in any other way. Warheads for the carriers ( a,n- ada now has, can not be used for any other purpose than as intercepters. An atomic bomb destroyed -by a nuclear warhead could be non -effective, while destroyed by conventional warheads, it would explode at a predetermined height. -K. E. G. Patrige, The Cam - rose Canadian, Camrose, Alta. I was very impressed by the tremen- dous sincerity of the NORAD staff at all levels, not only to do their jobs, but to see that we had every opportunity to get as much out of our trip as possible. -J. L. McKena, Kings County Record, Sussex. N.B. The most surprising revelation in my trip to NORAD was to learn that only five Canadian Cabinet Ministers have ever visited the installation, with- out the Prime Minister or the Minister of External Affairs, being among them. This being the case, is there any wonder there is such gross misunder- standing in government circles and laymen concerning our immediate ac- ceptance of nuclear warheads for our Bomarc ground -to -air missiles and our Voodoo intercepters? - L. Lashbrook, Pfercury Sun Publications Ltd., Rod- ney, Ont. If Canada is to accept her responsi- bility as as full partner in the effective defence of North America, then she must accept nuclear warheads as an essential part of the overall defence program. It is something entirely apart from politics and must be accept- ed to insure the safety of the nation. - E. A. Spence, Age Dispatch, Strathroy, Ont. Further, I 'am now fully convinced that Canadian Defence Forces acting as an arm of NORAD cannot work to maximum efficiency, nor can they be an effective deterring force unless equipped with nuclear warheads. Would suggest that M.P.'s quit wrangling amongst themselves about merits of nuclear defensive arms , and visit NORAD Headquarters to obtain factual information regarding same. - Walter Migowsky, The Maple Creek News, Maple Creek, Sask. My visit to NORAD has shown me the extremely intricate method by which North America is geared for defence in case of enemy planes approaching or entering our continent. I now understand fully -the need for NORAD and the necessity for Canada to participate fully with the United States in the operation of the North American Air Defence Command. -C. G. Hawkins, Western Canadian, Mani- . tou, Man. The single most indicative fact, un- covered ^ during the CWNA tour of NORAD Headquarters was the almost unbelievable lack of communications between our military specialists and elected parliamentarians. The published erroneous statements by many parliamentarians can only be justified by their lack of understanding of the situation. We cannot justify their ignorance of the situation when they have made little or no attempt to broaden their knowledge of the basic concept of North American Air De- fence. - David R. Dills, Acton. Free Press, Acton, Ont. I am certain Canada must accept de- fensive nuclear weapons. If we fail to act in this regard we in effect fail to act as a responsible nation . .. . we in effect fail to exercise our sovereignty. When a nation fails to act as an adult it is in real danger of losing its free- dom. If our visit to NORAD Headquarters taught me one thing, it was simply this : Canada by accepting nuclear weaporfs for defensive purposes only, would be safeguarding the best interests of her people, by doing anything less, our lead- ers fail in their duty towards us. -C. I. McIntosh, The North Battleford News Optimist,- North Battleford, Sask. A month from now it will be all over. Have you decided yet which way you're going to vote? It's tough, isn't it? The experts tell us there's only one real is- sue in this election -,that of nuclear arms. Well, I'm telling them right now, if they can't think of some- thing a little brighter than that to .vote for, or against, they needn't expect me to vote at all. * * M Let's say, just for the sake of argument, that I'm an ordin- ary Canadian voter, which I am, who is ffatly opposed to nuclear arms for Canada, which I am. Who the heck am I go- ing to vote for? Diefendummer says we won't have any of these atrocities in Canada, sort of. But if a war starts, he'll blow his whistle and stop the play while we send a couple of trucks down to De- troit or somewhere and pick up, nuclear noses for those Bone- heads, or whatever they call them, that the Yanks unloaded on us. Makes me go all "hot and cold when I think that I voted for that fellow one time. Then there's Lesser Person. Lesser reminds me 'Of the girl who sang in the choir and taught Sunday School, but took a drink one night on a 'sleighride and now dances third from the left in the chor- us line at the Purple Garter. Lesser, who once remarked sensibly that he'd rather be red than dead, who once won the Nobel Peace Prize, now wants to press those hideous heads into the hot little hands of our gallant lads in uniform. How could I vote for him? And of course we have that new party. Tweedledum vows that the party wouldn't touch nuclear arms with a 10 -foot Tory. Tweedledee says the par- ty will accept limited use of nuclear a r m s. Tweedledum says to Tweedledee, "Comment ca va, Bob?" (English transla- tion, "How's that again, Bub?") Tweedledee informs Quebec audience that the party wouldn't touch nuclear arms with an 11 - foot Tory. I'd like them to be a little more explicit. Is it to be no nuclear arms for any- body, or just a sprinkling here and there, or no nuclear arms for Quebec? There's only one party left. It's been left for years, and will be probably be left again on election day. The grinning leader of the Indeepees, some- where in there among all the jokes, has stated unequivocally that his party is against nuclear arms at home •or at school, at work or at play. Does this mean that, because it's the only party that agrees with me, I have to vote Socialist, whatever I want to or not? I told you this one -issue busi- `I'IM HAMBY FAMILY CA� ER FIND Aj PAPERCLIP WHEN Z NEED ONE! YOU NEEDS A~ PAPER CUP MOM' SUG AR and SPICE By Bill Smiley ness was ridiculous. The sooner the politicians get back -to some good, old-fashioned election is- sues, the sooner we'll all know where we're at. You know the sort of thing I mean: higher salaries for everybody and low- er taxes for aII; free dentures for everybody who believes in fluoridation; government subsi- dies for credit card carriers; free twist lessons for all over 80; a month's supply of oil, free, on April Fuel Day. We want something the voter can get his teeth into, not this tasteless, rubbery nuclear non- sense. What about a shot in the arm for bilingualism, and thereby Canadian unity? More French in the schools would do it. And I don't mean' text books. The party that promised it ,would import a few thousand Parisian models and -plunk them on our teaching staffs would be doing more to create national unity than all the shredded wheat boxes printed in French and English between here and Trois Rivieres. What I'm looking for is a straightforward party of the old school that will offer a solid program of the type we're fa- miliar with: outlawing liquor and lowering the legal drinking age; free medical care for ev- ery man who can prove, in tri- plicate, that he's dying of an incurable disease; polygamy, with all household expenses to be shared equally by the work- ing wives; a chicken in every Jaguar. Nuclear arms, my foot! 'If they keep up that foolishness, I'll vote (and I think 1 can swing my wife) for Mahatma Ghandi. QUICK CANADIAN QUIZ 1. What was the origin of the name of Great Slave Lake? 2. The total of Canadians with non-farm jobs was 5,057,000 at mid-December, 1959. What was the mid-December, 1962, total? 3. In area, does Newfoundland rank 10th, 7th or 4th among Canada's provinces? 4. The combined spending of all governments in Canada on social security and health and welfare services amounts to $750,000 per week, $3.5 million per week, or $6.5 mil- lion a week? 5. In order, name the five lead- ing manufacturing provinces. ANSWERS: 5. Ontario, Que- bec, British Columbia,' Alberta and •Manitoba. 3. Newfound- land ranks 7th in area. 1. It is named after the Slave tribe of the Athapaskan Indians, who once lived along its shoes. 4. More than $6.5 million a week. 2. Non-farm job holders 'total- led 5,578,000 at Dec. 15, 1962. 8Y LLOYD IMIMBIGIMM JUNIOR. MADE. A PAPE!* CUP TREE '0 i'NSEI T BAR MAGNET INTO HOLE DRILLED INVO CHILD'S BLOCK OR OTHER SUITABLE eA6a. IN THE YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from. The Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. From The Huron Expositor March 11, 1938 A hydro power line has been established on the 4th and 5th concessions of McKillop, and many of the farmers are now making use of it. "At the inaugural meeting of the newly appointed Old Age Pensions and Mothers' Allow- ance Board for Huron County, held in the office of the county clerk at Goderich, William R. Archibald, former reeve of Tuckersmith, was appointed chairman. Members of the Listowel Bad- minton Club were guests of the Seaforth players Thursday eve- ning. Scores were tied in both ladies' and men's doubles, but in the mixed doubles the Sea - forth players defeated the visi- tors 9-4; final score on all games being' Seaforth 17, Listowel 12. To qualify for a gold award in the Dominion Marksmen com- petition, entrants must submit 10 targets scoring 98 or over out of a possible 100. Shooting is done with .22 calibre rifles at a range of 25 yards, and no rests, may be used. This calls for accurate shooting and to date four members of the lo- cal shooting club have quali- fied for the gold award. They are Ferg Van Egmond, Elwood Epps, Reg Smith and Sid Thompson. From The Huron Expositor March 14, 1913 Mr. W. R. Cole, of the head office staff of The Robert Bell Engine & Thresher Co., Sea - forth, has been appointed man- ager of the Winnipeg branch and general manager of the Western Provinces. The Egmondville Brewery- is to be closed down and it has been disposed of to the Brew- ers' Association. - R. B. Govenlock and L. O. Charlesworth recently purchas- ed two extra fine standard bred stallions and a colt at Chicago. At a recent meeting of Sea - forth council it was decided to make inquiries as to the pos- sible purchase of a street sweeping machine: - Mr. James Cowan held a very successful sale of thoroughbred Shorthorn cattle on his farm near Seaforth on Thursday of last week, despite the fact that In a recent television inter- view, Viscountless Astor, the first woman member of Parlia- ment to take her seat in the British House, reported her rea- sons for the long history of Bri- tain's influence in the Common- wealth and Empire. "Because, I think, they translated the Bible, and read it, and under- stood justice and mercy," -she stated. Many distinguished people have given their witness to the effectiveness of the Holy Scrip- tures for the personal as well as the national life. Queen Elizabeth II, whose ac- cession to the Throne was on February 6, eleven years ago, has Visited Bible House in Lon- don on at least two occasions, showing an intense interest in the work of translating and dis- tributing the Wdrd of God in many languages throughout the world. - Field Marshal Lord Montgom- ery once remarked: "Gentle- men, I read my Bible every day, and I recommend you to do the same." Suggested Daily Bible Readings Sunday -Hosea 4:1-10 Monday -Amos 5:18-24. Tuesday -Amos 8:4-10 Wednesday -Matthew 25:1-15 Thursday -Matthew 25:25-26 Friday -Matthew 23:2d-36 Saturday -Matthew 27:15-23 TO THE EDITOR: London, March 5, 1963. Editor, The Huron Expositor: Dear Sir: The 25th annivers- ary of our Farm Show held here last week was very suc- cessful. I feel th,at we had a good show and certainly good attend- ance from ,the farm folk throughout Western Ontario. Much of this success we' can certainly contribute to our friends -in Western Ontario. Our sincere thanks to you for the help and co-operation that you provided us with at. our Show. Sincerely, 0. GORDON BROOKS, Advertising and Promotion Mgr. A young mother was looking at a, toy for her small child. "Isn't this awfully complicated for him?" she asked the sales- man. "That, madame," replied the salesman, "is an educational toy, designed to .prepare the child for life in today's world. Any way he puts it together is •wrong." it was the coldest and stormiest day of the season. Mr. John Lorimer, of Hensall, has been awarded the rural mail contract from Hensall and Mr. William Lammie has been awarded the mail contract from Kippen. From The Huron Expositor March 16, 1888 At the last meeting of the McKillop council, tenders were presented for furnishing timber for a bridge at Winthrop, when the tender of Lewis McDonald was accepted for $250. Mr. William Habkirk, of Mc- Killop, has sold his farm on the 5th concession to Mr. Wil- liam Johnson, of the same line for the sum of $5,000. It con- tains 100 acres, except what is taken off for the manse grounds of Rev. Mr. Musgrove. Material for the construction of the Rogerson chair factory at Blyth is being laid on the ground. The site is adjacent to the flax mill. A MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT THE PLEASANT SURPRISE OTTAWA - A pleasant sur- prise of the election campaign has been the stability of the Canada dollar to date. The pos- sibility that the two months of uncertainty following dissolu- tion of Parliament might start another run on Canadian ex- change was considered serious- ly, even by the politicians, be- fore the final decision was tak- en to bring down the Diefen- baker Government. There was indeed a flurry that lasted three days. The Cana- dian dollar dropped by about half a point (IMF rules allow a margin of one point below or above the 921/2 cent U.S. peg) and to keep it there a with- drawal of about $40 million in Canada's reserves of gold and. U.S. dollars was needed. Since that time there has been nothing more than the nor- mal outgo of Canadian dollars for interest, dividends and oth- er purposes. In the winter months when the wheat move- ment and other exports drop to a minimum this is always rela- tively heavy. In January, contrary to all expectations, the actual deple- tion of reserves was only $2 million Heaving them at the end of the month at the healthy to- tal of $2,662.5 million. Then Parliament collapsed and over- night we were plunged into an election campaign with more uncertainty and more interna- tional implications than any- thing Canada has experienced since 1911. Yet in the first month of that campaign , total depletion has amounted to only $68.6 million. This 4effectively eliminates any danger of a serious run on the dollar between now and April 8. Even irresponsible statements by leaders on the hustings promising high expen- ditures or engaging in the popu- lar Canadian sport of kicking our neighbors to the south is unlikely to produce anything that the reserves can't take care of comfortably. It requires little more than a second glance to spot the rea- son for this marked contrast from the situation a year ago when a blindfolded Canadian population was being pushed nearer and nearer the preci- pice. For months the Govern- ment had keen keeping legiti- mate investors as well as spec- ulators guessing. Finally, Fi- nance Minister Fleming had announced a policy of 'devalu- ation (something he had pre- viously said should never be done) but nobody knew where he intended to stop. Then with the Canadian dol- lar hovering around 95 cents (U.S.) word leaked out toward the end of April that Canada was discussing a fixed dollar with International Monetary ,Fund authorities (again some- thing Fleming said should nev- er be done). The plan was to get the election out of the way and then peg, but a run on the dollar that started on April 30 forced the Govern- ment's hand. The dollar was fixed at 921/2 cents on May 3. That was' a temporary brake but foreign as well as Cana- dian investors were still jit- tery. Canadian securities ''were being sold at an unprecedent- ed rate. Investors were look- ing not only at the devalued dollar, which no one' then be- lieved could be held at the fixed level; they were becom- ing aware of the huge Cana- dian deficits piling , updomes- tically and internatidnally. Finally on the eve of polling day the. dam broke. That is all history. Between May 1 and June 22, Canada's reserves were depleted by $600 million. But the specula- tor had ignored one fact. By pegging the dollar in May the Canadian Government h a d brought itself within the IMF- rules MFrules and had the right to out- side support which was im- mediately forthcoming. That fact is all important today and by itself will pre- vent any speculative dollar selling. The door is still op- en. The Canadian dollar has backing in London and New York any time it is needed. Under the circumstances any speculator would lose his shirt. ' But certainly that the Cana- dian dollar will be held at 921/2 cents (U.S.) does not mean that basic confidence in •Canada itself is unshakeable. April 8, in more than one way, will be a crucial day. What. Canadian and foreign inves- tors would like to see -and at a guess in order of'prefer- ence-is: 1. A Liberal majority Gov- ernment. 2. A Conservative majority Government. An indecisive result could make it very much more diffi- cult for Canadians to borrow abroad and possibly even at home. It might also affect plans of American parent com- panies for direct investment in Canadian subsidiary plants. . This would be the case par- ticularly if there were any strengthening of Social Credit ranks. Deservedly or not, there is deep distrust of the groups. Another Parliament in which a Conservative Government was depending on the whims of Mr. Thompson and Mr. Caouette would be all but intolerable. Far worse than that in the opin- ion of the business man is the possibility that the Socred tail might_ get big enough to way the Tory dog in any undercover arrangement. In this at least there would be no worry with a Liberal min- ority Government, that is, if Mr. Pearson has anything to say about it. In these circum- stances he would form a Gov- ernment only on one of two conditions. He would either make an open and firm arrange- ment with the NDP group as- suming they have enough mem- bers to provide the needed ma- jority, or he would declare the intention of his Government to stand or fall by itself. The terms of any near coalition would be known,F The one ob- stacle to such an arrangement would be nuclear arms but it might not be insurmountable: Capital Hill Capsule The Trans -Canada Airlines deal with Transair Ltd. to take over the so-called prairie milk run (Calgary, Lethbridge, Medi- cine Hat, Swift Current, Bran- don, Winnipeg) as well as the northern Regina, Saskatoon; Prince Albert route can, be nothing more than a stop gag. So long as Transair can oper- ate the DC 3's that TCA is giv- ing iving them they might make ends meet. As soon as they need re- placements they will be back with a demand to abandon the routes, 1 YOU SOUND GAY, MOTHER. WHY 50 HAPPY? 1 HAD THE MOST WONDER - PM. AFTERNOON- BUMPED FTERNOONT BUMPED INTO MY.._._OLD SCHOOL CHUM,MABEL. HAVEN'T SEEN HER' IN TWENTY YEARS__ IT WAS SUCH A PLEASURE MEETING SHE'S PUT ON MUCH MORE WEIGHT THAN I Have. rcusgroriri