Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 22, 1954, Winnipeg, Manitoba Freedom of Trade Liberty of religion Equality of civil rights Winnipeg free press printed published by the Winnipeg free press company limited 300 Carlton Street. Winnipeg. Manitoba. Authorized As second class matter by the Post office department. Ottawa. Victor s1fton president publisher Grant Dexter editor r. S. Malone vice president we. Lord general manager Winnipeg Friday january 22, 1954 crisis in Italy in the free world s Chain of defence across Europe Italy appears to be the weakest link and its weakness is increasing. Sir. Amintore Fanfani who has recently formed a new government in succession to or. Giuseppe Pella faces a scene of political confusion a growing communist movement and a restive Public. The immediate state of italian politics results from the general election held last june. The ruling Christian democratic party had hoped for something like a Clear mandate after Load ing the election Law in its own favor. It received 40 per cent of the votes. The communist party received 37 per cent. The grim fact is that in another election Only about 2 per cent of the National vote would have to change to make the communists the largest party. They would then be entitled to the Chance to form a government with the support of the left Wing socialists. While no Early election is in Prospect the communists Are attempting to Plant a Trojan horse in the government by persuading the Christian democrats to ally themselves with the Radical Nenni socialist. The new prime minister or. Fanfani is not a socialist much less a communist but he stands on the left Wing of his party advocates a new Deal and is confronted by deep divisions among his own supporters. The present Cri Sis certainly the most dangerous since the beginning of the postwar Republic arises from the obvious fact that the communists know precisely what they want and their splintered opponents cannot agree on any Basic policy. All this represents much More than an upheaval in the Domestic politics of Italy. The growth of the communist minor Ity there and the division of the anti communist majority Are the cause of deep alarm throughout the free world coalition. Even if an outright communist government is not in Prospect the shifting combinations which have tried to govern Italy in the last six months can add no strength to Europe s defences and could gravely weaken them in the vital Region of the Mediterranean. The press of the United states Points out that the govern ment of president Truman was greatly damaged by the loss of China to communism and that a similar development in Italy would damage the Eisenhower government. That however is Only a minor aspect of the italian problem. It cannot be Meas ured in Republican party votes but Only in terms of Western Europe s stability. Yet it is difficult to see How the United states or any out Side Power can solve the problems that the italians must them selves solve in the end. In 1948, when Italy seemed to stand shakily on the Edge of communism the United states gave it massive financial Aid the anti communist parties were successful in a National elec Tion and the Christian democrats of or. Aricide de Gasperi managed to govern not without difficulty until the elections of 1953. On Buffal berries. Others were Oil . J a i 1 my 4 a roosting and chattering in nearby or Del , Eden s Deputy during the sum i of a new look As possible. Mer when both the foreign Secretary and the prime min ister were ill. But it would be impossible today to have a for eign Secretary sitting in the lords. So the Choice Narrows to four Macmillan who has been an outstanding Success As minister of housing sir Walter Monckton who has so far been equally successful As minister of labor or. Selwyn Lloyd or. Eden s present Deputy at the foreign office and sir David Maxwell Fyfe the Home Secretary and the party s most highly trusted combatant in the commons. Of these sir Walter Monckton might Well be favorite were it not for one great fact. The Industrial front where the Battle of wages is being fought out is the most import ant area in Britain today and or. Eden would be very reluctant to move a minister of labor who has won the Confidence of both sides of Industry. Sir David Maxwell Fyfe s pres Tige has declined a Good Deal in recent months. He is getting a reputation for dullness and rigidity of mind. Stronger claims so the Choice lies it would seem Between or. Macmillan and or. Selwyn Lloyd. Or. Macmillan s claims As a senior politician Are much the stronger. Or. Lloyd would get the Post Only if or. Eden decided to continue in part at least to be his own foreign Secretary. This election would certainly follow soon after the change Over. Or. Eden would be anxious to secure a fresh Man Date. He would also be Well Spruce Trees. Evening grosbeaks form sizable flocks and Pine Holmfield Man. Three were noted at broken Hoad Man. By or. T. Mos the prime minister s great personal prestige his popularity even in the labor ranks since his Appeal last May for talks with Russia and a general National affection for the grand old Man have All combined to pacify politics in Regent months but with his going this will change. Labor will seek to seize the initiative to portray or. Eden As a pliable Man in the hands of lord Woolton and the party organizers and or. But Ler As the architect of High food prices. A these influences might Well produce a general election within six months of sir Winston Churchill s Resigna Tion. 1u1 111 him .1 i i. Grosbeaks Are present but not so i turn during the Christmas holi numerous. As Many As eight Blue Days. Jays May be seen at one time at a suet feeding station Black Cap chickadees Are plentiful and a few downy woodpeckers have been present since the first of the Pincock. 299 Truro St. St. James Man. Saw about a dozen snowy owls in the Warren District but farther North along the Highway and in the Gimli area but few Een s year three movies of hungarian were seen. Miss Susan Smith 1102 i. L a nip. Saskatoon. Partridge appear to be wintering or. Leslie adds i thought you would be pleased to know that Bird life is above Par Here where there Are 235 acres in Horti Cul More chickadees at Oak Lake or. P. Anderson Oak Lake Man., also reports More Birds. The Birds at our feeding station this Winter Are a Little unusual. We have the largest number of Black Cap chickadees we have Ever 30 daily. We also have 3 hairy woodpeckers 4 downy woodpeckers 3 White University drive Saskatoon sask., reports seeing a single one on dec. 6. The York ton census revealed two snowiest the Saltcoats count none greater Winnipeg none the Lakehead cities one. Uncommon City visitor a male Arctic three toed Woodpecker from the coniferous Woods was seen on Stafford ave. Winnipeg on Jan. 15 by Peter Walker a Pupil of Grosvenor school reports mrs. D. Mcdoug All. Tjimis is the yellow crowned Woodpecker with the solid Black Back. . Farm policy from the Golden books from the human seasons by John Keats four seasons fill the measure of the year four seasons in the mind of Man he has his Lusty Spring when fancy Clear takes in All Beauty with an easy Span he has his summer when luxuriously Spring s honeyed cud of youth Ful thought he loves to ruminate and by such dreaming High is nearest unto heaven quiet coves his soul has in its autumn when his wings he Purleth close contented so to look on mists in let fair things pass by unheeded As thres hold he has his Winter too of Pale misfeature or else he would forego his mortal nature. And death rates could be equal government As an Eden Butler i aware that the retirement of sized. It is suggested that with these measures maintained in Dia could support a population of about 450 millions. Or. Attlee browses from the Manchester guardian Winston Churchill and or. Attlee have both spoken on occasion of the things that unite so but Are they not carrying har Mony a Little far when As it turns out not Only do they share an interest in military history but they have both lately taken to Trollope As the Best Reading in time of illness this last bit of news comes from a pleasant article which or. Attlee has contributed to the National and English in it he surveys his Library which is just As it should Good sized various and slightly dog eared Here and there. What he says about his books throws some Light on his recent account of himself As a Victor Ian. First of All there is his Industry he never read Gibbon right through until i was prime minister and found a Fine Edi Tion at then there if his grounding in latin and greek mostly for w Ashington presi Dent Eisenhower s proposals for changes in the United states farm support program rest heavily on gradual Elimina Tion of the 90 per cent of parity rate existing system of Price sup Price support proposals by s. M. Two full years in which to adjust to the new system. To reduce the influence requirements for a year. The president is being applauded in the press for coming Forward with his program at a time when it might have been on easier simply to continue the the Market of those surplus present system for another brought the i stocks which the commodity i year and to avoid the inevitable 1 credit corporation has Accuu j Battle in Congress. Abroad he lated under the present system i will be commended for reject the president has asked con ing the counsel of those Agri Gress to authorize the . To i cultural extremists who adv set aside rotating reserves of a j Cate a two Price system for value up to billions these wheat and Cotton a proposal commodities to be disposed of which would have maintained ports to its present troubled condition. In place of the rigid supports now in Force the president would substitute a new Range 75 to 90 per cent of parity the percentage to be deter mined by Supply and in times of stress by the Secretary of agriculture. Most of the authority required to implement this a Raj Gram is already on the statutes having been placed there in the 1949 amendments to the Agri cultural adjustment act but the entire plan will nevertheless require the approval of Congress which must vote the necessary funds. President s program gotten now except for in French and italian in add j. The president s program outside Normal Domestic and foreign marketing channels. In addition Congress has been requested to raise attic c. . S present borrowing limitation of billions to Bil Lions in order to meet obligations during the remainder of the old program. The president is said to feel that his proposals would not be Given a fair test if these huge surpluses Are not in some Way insulated from the Market during the changeover. R in ton Symonds s work on the Renaissance special peas Well As in the webbs work on local government and so much else. Would Start by permitting the present system of rigid sup ports to expire at the end of this year or at the end of the individual crop years beginning will or. Attlee turn out to in 1954. Commencing in 1955, have been the last prime mini Price supports would be allowed to vary at the rate of one percentage Point for every two percentage Points of change in Supply of the commodities involved. The present calculation of which is based on buy ing habits and Price relation ships calculated from statistics taken Over a period of 40 years will lapse. Modernized As provided in the 1949 act is based on figures collected Dur ing the past 10 years and will be applied to All calculations j after Jan. 1, 1956. The old or j modernized parity whichever j is highest will apply during the will Ster who read Dante then there is his taste in English literature. His Jove for Jane Austen or Cranford has Noth ing to do one guesses with the time when he first started read ing seriously not so his enthusiasm for Meredith and Ruskin was through this Gate that i entered the socialist or for Swinburne and who burst upon him when he went up to Oxford. His mind indeed is stored with and on Long journeys or during Long nights in the trenches i have often set my self the task of repeating so Many Hundred lines of so Many he program has much to commend itself to thought Ful Farmers who must know that the agricultural Industry cannot continue indefinitely to receive More than Market value for its produce. The pre sent support system which was devised partly to induce heavier production of certain commodities now produces them far beyond Normal needs. The ., for example today holds enough Cotton and wheat to meet the entire United states costly supports at Home and offered Cut Throat prices in for eign markets. Encouraging today s scriptures whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it and who in Congress the initial res Ponse has not been encouraging to the administration. There have already been grumblings from the farm areas particularly from the wheat states of the Midwest and the Cotton states of the South. The Republican chairman of the House agriculture commit tee congressman Hope has been a perennial advocate of High rigid support prices and has promised Only that his com Mittee will hold extensive hearings on the president s proposals. Senator Ellender of Louis Iana the former democratic chairman of the Senate com Mittee has said that nine of the committee s 15 members favor a one two or three year Exten Sion of 90 per cent supports under wheat Corn Cotton Rice to Bacco and peanuts. The House minority Leader Sam Rayburn has expressed a similar View. The commodity credit Cor interim period. Producers thus have a period of almost Soever shall lose his life shall portion s accumulated stocks preserve it. Luke under the present system How Ever Are now close to s5 Bil Lions More than half of them wheat and Cotton and Are mounting at an alarming rate. An election year Extension of this costly program every member of Congress knows will merely postpone the Deci Sion which must be made. Birthdays w. Davidson Thomson Winni Peg Man. Born Perth Scot land january 22, 1886. W. C. Poyner Pelly sask. Born Mill Brook ont., january 22, 1868. Mrs. John Hall Belmont Man. Born Cumberland ont., Jan uary 22, 1856 ;