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O. SWANSON Publisher Editor Associate Editor Published every day except Sundays and holidays at 136 Sparks Street, Ottawa, Ontario, by The Southam Company Limited MONTiAT, MAY 23, 1339 UNITED NATIONS Tee inter-natio'-ai figSi against the rld drug traffic is making gains. At the annual meeting of th UN. Commisson on Narcotic Drug which has just ended in Geneva, the chairman, Kenneth Hossick of Ottawa, reported mt-. MnuMw that I seizures la 1 1 9 5 8 ar down from the previous years, 1 i I eating as "a John Foster Dulles i a 1 re duction" in the flow.

He i warned, how-I ever, that the traffic remains at a and now the second verse brought to you by Algiers No Longer Speaks In Whispers By Sara White London Expreu Servict ship by the United States. Abroad, he logically built up a system of alliances In the Americas, the Atlantic region, the Middle East, the Pacific and he did not neglect the need for non-military economic assistance. In his intense concern with his task, however, Mr. Dulles kept his own counsel in crises when mistaken judgment could have been disastrous. Yet he was not a free agent, prisoner as he was of the rabid slogans ised by his party in the 1952 campaign.

He felt it necessary to cater to. Jingoism, disturbing friendly nations at times and making impossible such moves as recognition of the Peking government, which he had formerly favored. For expediency, too, he relied too much on certain undemocratic regimes abroad, though these can suddenly collapse, as in Iraq. Mr. Dulles underestimated popular trends and historic changes thinking, for instance, tnat the French could or should hold Indo-China, and expecting the Soviet and Chinese regimes to crumble.

He left the West stronger and more 'closely knit, but still far from the settlements that must yet be made if peace is to become stable, i By A Province the Japanese are both bewildered and outraged. And it is doing no good at all to those Canadians who make their living by mining and shipping ore. On the face of it, the B.C. tax appears to be an Interference and not too Indirect at that with external trade, which falls under federal jurisdiction. So thinks the Supreme Court of British Columbia.

Yet the Appeal Court of that province holds other views, and has declared the tax to be within the province's powers. If this decision survives the coming test before the highest Canadian court, there seems no end to the subterfuges to which a province might resort In limiting trade for whatever devious purposes. The resignation of Mr. John Foster Dulles as United States Secretary of State on April 15 was widely regarded as a personal and national tragedy. Mr.

Christian Herter and other able officials seem to have foreign policy well in hand, however, and it has become clear that Mr. Dulles, like any other man, was not indispensable. But the personal tragedy remains. A statesman of great force and skill, tireless and devoted, has been taken by death, having made history by his achievements but leaving his work for peace incomplete. Born in Washington, grandson of one Secretary of State and nephew of another, Mr.

Dulles took rapidly to his role as Republican consultant when the Democrats sought a bipartisan foreign policy after 1944. When he became state secretary six years ago, he was in his element. He brought to bear on his task knowledge of his field, strong convictions, the skilled advocacy of a brilliant lawyer and, when he wished, a charm of manner. Mr. Dulles, determined to check the spread and push of Communism, brought his own party from nationalism to the support of International leader- Limiting Trade The Supreme Court of Canada is being called on to decide whether a province can levy a tax that has an adverse effect on Canada's external trade.

The courts in British Columbia, the province involved, have disagreed with each other on this important constitutional question. The B.C. Legislature had imposed a provincial tax of $1 a ton on Iron ore in designated coastal areas. These areas are interested In shipping ore to steel mills In Japan. The purpose of the tax is to cut off these exports not that iron ore can be economically pro- cessed in British Columbia at present, but because the government of that province hopes that some day it will be.

This Is an extraordinary action, and i i J1 V- Burke high level and that control measures must not be relaxed. Ken Hossick is an oldtimer at international narcotics meetings and is recognized as one of tha world's leading authorities on narcotics control. At home in Ottawa he heads the narcotics branch of the Department of National Health and Welfare. The branch operates a system, often called the best in the world, through which every legal drug transaction in Canada in recorded. Every time you buy a prescription, it goes down in the records of the narcotics branch, making it possible for the branch to observe when there are unusual increases in consumption which might indicate a flow of drugs into illicit channels.

The narcotics branch in Ottawa has also attracted study from many countries for its filing system listing all known drug addicts, and most of the addicts in Canada are in this "known" category. The filing system is a catalogue of sorrows recording the tragic series of convictions interspersed by brief and not-very-happy periods on the "outside" which is the life of the average addict. Advanced Tte system used in Canada is far in advance of anything which can be used internationally but Mr. Hossick was able to report increasing effectiveness of the Irternational system. He reported on the "vigorous" methods used against drug traffickers by some countries, and on co-operation between countries, but he also reported that some countries do not co-operate even to the extent of providing the Nar tactics Introduced by General Challe.

The military successes, however, are counter-balanced by a revival of terrorism in the big towns. Even on the briefest visit one inevitably receives some personal and poignant impression of this tragic, and now largely senseless war. On Sunday I drove with some friends to a nearby beach. The road ahead, as far as the eye could see, glistened with cars in the brilliant sunshine. The sandy beach was crowded with bathers and the whole scene might have been taking place on the Riviera.

My host's 14-year-old son broke the spell by asking his father why the terrorists did not plant bombs. The company suddenly froze. Why not indeed? Or rather when will they think that one up? We drove back just as dusk was settling. With the dusk everyone grew noticeably edgy. The unending line of cars passed village after village, each one emptying of Europeans while lolling, expressionless Moslems looked on.

One had an eerie feeling during moments In that drive of being a member of an evacuating convoy. into being during the May revolution, is now a rumo from which all the Army officers, all the de Gaullists andfthe Moslems have resigned. What is left of it was boycotting the May 13 anniversary and proclaiming it as a day of mourning to mark de Gaulle's "betrayal" of their initial aims. The army officers who played such a prominent part in the revolution have almost all been dispersed. Only General Massu is still here, because he is considered an especially docile de Gaullist.

General Salan, who took over the leadership of the May 13 movement, must still be painfully wincing from1 the mighty kick upstairs he received when he was made military governor of Paris. Civilian control has been completely re-established and a remarkable new Governor-General, M. Delouvrier, the brilliant economist, has moved in here with his own staff, thereby putting himself in the position of being able to bypass the so-called administration. Unlike previous governors, Delouvrier has succeeded in making it clear that he is Paris's representative in Algiers. On the military side the situation has greatly improved, largely owing to more mobile General Massu greater and greater numbers into what were hitherto considered exclusively European quarters.

One sees more unveiled Moslem women than ever before, and even many of the veiled ones walk on arrogant high heels. On the political plane the change is even more striking. The former all-powerful committee of public safety, which came Hydro And The OTC although buses are required as a matter The excellent financial position of the Letter To The Editor Ottawa Hydro-Electric Commission, as-revealed In the Commission's annual report, has Inevitably lead to comparisons with the Ottawa Transportation Commission. But comparisons between the two publicly-owned utilities are quite Invalid. 4e a fmta mnnnnnlv.

Council Caucus Meetings City Public right to know how the different aldermen voted is upheld in the interests of good government ALGIERS This where it all started in this dazzling city on the bay of Algiers with terraced skyscrapers rising from it like some mammoth monument to French achievements. Here it was that a band of youngsters, whose rioting had for years reduced the Paris government to palsied indecision, stormed the building from which Algiers is administered, and later, joined by the army, overthrew the Fourth Republic and paved the way for General de Gaulle's return to power. Now, one year later, the crucial question is whether de Gaulle has tamed the tiger of civil and military revolt on which he rode to power. The answer is that he has pulled some of its sharpest teeth and pared some of its most menacing claws. The problem for de Gaulle is how to impose a liberal and humane solution to the five-year-old Algerian war on a European population 1,200,000 strong, which sees in any weakening of the tie with France a menace to its own existence; and on an army which bristles at a mere suggestion of negotiations with the enemy.

Purpose De Gaulle's immediate purpose, which he has pursued with consummate cunning, is: 1 To avert any possibility of another explosive fusion between army and civilian feeling which produced last May's revolution. Without the army the settlers are powerless; with the army they can plunge into civil war. 2 To split the settlers themselves and especially to isolate their Fascist-minded leaders. 3 By pursuing the war to convince the Moslems, and especially their educated elite, that this time France's promise of revolutionary reform, under which political power will pass to the Moslem majority, will be kept. The solemnity of the promise is underlined by the magic of de Gaulle's name, and this magic still works with the Moslem population.

How successful has de Gaulle been in these three directions? He has met with considerable success, and in any case has completely dissipated the great fear which hung over France last May that he would become the prisoner of the forces which' brought him back to power. The change in the atmosphere was noticeable from the moment we arrived at Algiers airport. As usual, on arrival, I carefully left behind on the airplane any Left-wing newspapers or periodicals, only to find them on open sale at the airport bookstall. Even in the hotel Aletti bar, the stronghold of rich settlers and army officers, which usually teem3 with police spies, people were openly reading so-called "treasonable" newspapers barred here under the Fourth Republic. A year ago, in this very spot, one dropped one's voice in conversation and was careful whom one met.

Now little trace of that police state atmosphere remains. A Moslem who would not have come into the bar a year ago pseprlv sueeested that we meet Editor, Citizen: Since some of public policy to serve thinly populated fringe areas of the city, the vehicles on these routes are often virtually empty. Yet they are just as expensive to operate when empty as when filled with passengers. Ottawa Hydro, on the other hand, when servicing fringe areas, can expect a steady consumption of power from these districts. Finally, the OTC is obliged as a matter of public policy to give special rates to children and students; Ottawa Hydro does not make comparable concessions.

Although the OTC has needed financial help from the city during the past year, the most constructive aid the municipality could give the OTC is to help the transit system meet competition from private motorists on a fair basis. That should be one factor taken into account when traffic regulations are laid down. Given helpful traffic rules, as well as new equipment and improved routes, the OTC should be able to service the community Ublawa iijruiw 1 The public has no alternative to the service it gives. That situation may change as natural gas Is Introduced into more Ottawa homes. But for a long time to come, Ottawa Hydro will not have to meet serious competition.

Consequently, it can operate at maximum efficiency, give excellent service, and keep its rates low. The OTC Is In an entirely different position. It meets heavy competition from private automobiles which not only carry persons who might otherwise be OTC passengers, but which also congest the streets, so that bus movement is slowed down and service Is not as efficient as it might be. Moreover, cotics Commission witn miorma-tion on drug production. Jean Nepote of the International Criminal Police Organization, better known as INTERPOL, reported that his organization, with its headquarters in Paris, now has a membership of 62 nations.

INTERPOL) works closely with the U.N. commission and national police forces in the fight against drug running. The commission discussed control measures for the traditional drugs which for centuries have been bringing men some pleasure and much misery. Hashish, for example, was the drug which gave bravery to the Assassins in the days of the Crusades, and of course gave the sect its name. Since the Second Woi id War, the use of hashish has increased and is now estimated to have 200 million addicts.

Cocaine, popular after the First World War, is now little used. Coca leaves are widely consumed in South America and in one small country alone, Bolivia, 20 tons are consumed every year by poverty stricken Indians seeking respite from the harsh realities of their lives. The World Health Organization reports that the use of coca leaves in Bolivia has become a "national scourge, for the Indian devotes a quarter of his resources to the habit." But of course opium, and its derivatives morphine and heroin, Is the real raw material of the international narcotics traffic. This Is the drug which makes 'astronomical profits for the Lucky Lucianos anr. thousands of underlings in the.

underworld distribution system. Ingenious Of all the thousands of ingenious means sed to smuggle representative has voted a particular way on any Important issue. Citizens and newspapers have strongly protested similar secret meetings of the city management in Vancouver, and Toronto City Council has protested such meetings of certain boards and commissions in Toronto. Recent disclosures from Toronto have shown that even boards and commissions, if meeting unnecessarily in secret, can produce disastrous financial consequences. The purpose of the letters that of drawing the unhealthy attitude of certain members of City Council to the attention of the public has vbeen achieved.

The attempts of such members of Council to evade replying, show how successful the letters have been. When the completed returns are assembled, the information, including the gaps in the returns, will be. made available to other public-minded organizations which have expressed concern about the existing civic situation. I am most grateful to all the men and women who have telephoned me to express support and to the press for the interest they have taken in making this matter public. (MISS) M.

E. RITCHIE President, University Women's Club of Ottawa. cil who complain about the "impertinence" of electors seeking information, are thereby identifying themselves more accurately than anyone else could do. Good members of City Couneil, like members of provincial Legislature and the federal Parliament, welcome representations from their electors. These self-condemned members of Board of Control and City Council show that they desire that the public limit its activities to three forms: First To vote for candidates without knowing whether the candidates are representing them properly on matters of public importance.

Second To pay the increased taxes that result from erroneous decisions. Third To submit to poor or even dangerous civic policies between elections because some members of City Council are interested in concealing the reasons for their actions. Those who live in this city or who have children here, have a vital interest in the conduct of public affairs, in the condition and safety of streets, the number of unguarded railway crossings, the caliber of housing, schools, and all other aspects of civic government. It is not only the right, but the duty, of every intelligent citizen, to find out how and why any particular members of City Council have strongly objected toany inquiry by the public into matters of general concern, it has become even more apparent that real public issues are at stake. The questions which were asked In the letter to which some aldermen took exception merely sought information on matters of proper public knowledge.

The City Solicitor early in February had admitted that caucus had no legal standing and that accordingly no member is legally committed by any decision reached in caucus. Then why do some members of City Council seek to conceal their actions, when others have replied to the questions? There are three obvious rea- sons: 1. Civic electors are better kept in ignorance they might vote against their representative if they knew how he acted on specific issues. 2. It might be embarrassing to justify all civic appointments if the qualifications of the appointees were brought to the attention of the public.

3. It would be embarrassing to explain to the public that women for whose higher educa-t'on the community has paid are being systematically prevented from returning to the community "Apartheid" Not Canadian Policy Canadians will readily agree with Mr. though permitted some participation In their own community affairs. Many Indians still live on reserves as wards of the government. But they can Robert Kirtsen, South African High Commissioner, that Canada's treatment of Indians and Eskimos has been discriminatory.

The South African diplomat was stretching his point rather far, however, when he said in a speech prepared for an Ottawa audience that Canada's policies amount to differentiation of races, or apartheid. And whatever the shortcomings of the past, today Canada alms at Integration of the aboriginal peoples to the fullest extent they may wish. If Canada were following an apartheid 'policy like that being developed in South Africa, Indian and Eskimo pupils would be restricted to schools of their own. Their own languages and original cultures would be emphasized. If outside their reservations, they would have to carry passes and use separate facilities separate restaurants, separate doors Into post offices, and so on.

Many occupations would be closed to them. They would, of course, have no share In the government of the country, leave whenever they wish and move freely about the country. They can vote anytime they choose to change status by paying the taxes levied on other people. They can train for and engage In any kind of work. Their children are encouraged to attend the publicly-supported schools.

Most Eskimos are already voting citizens, and much more than formerly Is being done to Improve their conditions of It is true that the process of Integration has not been uniformly smooth and without unfair discrimination. Very likely it would be far less smooth if Canadians of European origin were a minority among people of different race and more primitive culture. But conceding the gravity of South Africa's problem, most Canadians nevertheless feel that a doctrinaire apartheid policy defies reason and common sense, ignores high principles and Is an affront to Strictly Personal Chess Champions Die Poor Although Russia looks after its fine chess players other countries consider them freaks By Sydney J. Harris Little Bobby Fischer, the 16- an eaily age given a diplomatic Hhere. Patrols are less numerous and less menacing.

The curfew has been advanced from midnight till 1 a.m. and the whole city has the air of an American Middle West boom town set on a Mediterranean shore. New skyscraper flats are shooting up everywhere, every hotel bar is full of American oil men fresh from oil surveys in the Sahara, and the swaggering paratroopers have the air of characters out of Western films. The Moslems are moving in Two Canadian Women Golfers opium, at least one nas dccu eliminated. A World Health Organization report states that technology and the high price of used camels has ended one of the most picturesque means of transporting opium.

This was the system used by opium runners carrying opium Into Egypt who used to force their camels to swallow metal containers filled with opium. Later the container was recovered, often by killing the unfortunate camel. "However, the price of camels rose tnd the Egyptian customs authorities became suspicious and put an end to the traffic by radiographing the animals," sayl the U.N. report. THE BIBLE MESSAGE (From The King James Version) But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work today in my vineyard.

He answered and said, I will not. but afterward he repented, and went. And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not. Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first.

Jesus tailh unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the pubHcani and the harlots go Into the kingdom of God before you, For John came unto you In the wny of ami ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seon It, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him. (St. Matthew 21: 28-32.) singles golf, but although Miss Mackenzie qualified for the British Open four times and for the U.S. Open five times, these two prizes always eluded her. In that respect her younger compatriot has fared better.

To be playing tournament golf at the age of 65 against youthful competitors, and making a creditable showing In that company, Is something well out of the ordinary. Yet perhaps no one should be surprised at what this indestructible Canadian dees on th! the benefits of that education. Publicity The argument that the protesting aldermen are being generally thoughtful of the persons appointed is, of course, nonsense. All candidates for election voluntarily submit themselves to the glare of publicity, and 'public appointments are In no different category. The appointee, like the elected representative, acts for his fellow-citizens in matters of concern to them all, and his fellow-citizens are entitled to.

know his qualifications and the qualifications of the rejected nominees, so that the electors may be satisfied that their representatives have made a wise choice. The persons we have proposed have qualifications high enough to stand public scrutiny. Do members of City Council feel that the qualifications of the persons actually appointed need to be concealed from the public? These persons are making decisions which affect public funds. The public could not afford to be indifferent. Some members of City Council have done their best, despite their colleagues, to carry out their duty to the public.

Alderman Wall's 1938 report as chairman of the Air Pollution Control Committee proposed Alderman Ntckson for the veeancy on the committee, and this was later accepted. Alderman Wall and McCaulcy raised with City Council the question of the legality of caucus proceedings. Aldermen Groves, Nlckson, licit and others have likewise made major contributions at one time or another despite opposition. Those members of City Court- post by his Cuban government, for which he did little except play chess and build up nebulous "good will" for his country. And in Russia, Botvlnnik for years was given a handsome government salary as an engineer, although most of his engineering was performed over the chess-board.

One reason for Russia's latter-day pre-eminence in chess is thai it supports its fine players the vay North Americans support baseball and football figures, who are not supposed to do anything but contribute to the greater glory of the sport. Most of the first-rate American players have been so busy scrounging for a living that they have had neither the time nor the energy to prepare fully for championship tournaments. The Russians win not fcy brains, but by subsidy. I hope little Bobby has more sense than to try to make a careci out of chess In the United States. It simply cannot be done.

North Americans look upon chess as a freakish activity, not deserving the awesome respect they accord to baseball, hockey, football and six-day bike races. They are willing to pay for anything but a display of bm'ns. year-old chess champion, nearly walked out of an international tournament in Chile last month, when he learned that the prize money had been cut in half. "More trophies don't interest me," he grunted. If Bobby had read a few histories of the royal game, he would have been neither disappointed nor surprised.

Chess Is probably the most underpaid Intellectual profession known to man. and the total annual earnings of the greatest masters wouldn't keep a Hollywood starlet in brassieres. In the melancholy history ol chess, most masters have died In poverty. Steinltz, the finest playct of the 19th century, ended his life as a charity case. The man who took the crown away from him, Emmanuel Lasker, was so embittered by his meagre chess earnings that, in the 1930s, he applied to Ely Culbertsoa for a diploma as a bridge teacher.

And the most brilliant player of our time, Alekhlnc, spent his declining years in playing games for coffee and clfjaret money in seedy, sour-smelling clubs, Only io world's champions within memory have been able to live with a modicum of prosperity. Capablanca was A number of Canadian women golfers have been taking part In international tournaments in England lately, and among them are two famous players of the game. One is Mrs. Marlene Stewart Strelt, who the other day won a tour- nament In the come-from-behind fash-Ion that has been so characteristic of this great performer since she first gained renown as a champion at 17. The other is Miss Ada Mackenzie, who was a champion golfer before Mrs.

Strelt was born. In fact, she Is now 66. Yet, playing as a last-minute substitute on a combined Canadian-South Africa team against a team of British youngsters, she retained enough of the old maslc to win points for her side through helping In a pairs victory and halving a singles match. The record shews that Miss Mackenzie played in her first Canadian open In 1912 and won that event first in 1919, which Is 40 years ago. In addition to capturing numerous national trophies at home, this remarkable golfer also made a name in International team and z.zx-.tsn' tj Amsterdam'! Canals Everyone thinks of canals in connection with Venice, but Amsterdam has plenty of them, too, with hundreds of bridges, Perhaps the Dutch city, which Is built on piles, needs better publicity.

Much of 1U local freight la carried in 3,000 flat-bottomed covered barges, without which another 30,030 10-ton lorries would be needed In the narrow, crowded itrccts. 1 "With shorter hourt you jtut move Jartlicr out and spend more time.