Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 25, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free july 1973 Nixon Brezhnev Chart new course for relations Adam ulam is a pro Fessor of government at Harvard and an associate of the russian research Centre he is the author of a number of books on the communist among them the Bol she by Adam ulam the los Angeles times its been almost two week since president Nixon and Comrade Brezhnev finish their Summit and i am still cautious about Labelling those discussions As necessarily opening a new Era in relations Between the United states and the soviet Union though something important Doe seem to have if you take a Quick look a previous youll tin de stand the genesis of my the modern Era of sum Mitry began with the Geneva meet ing Between president Eisen Hower and Nikita Ever each announce ment of a forthcoming meeting has been greeted by the Gener Al Public with High expectations for a decisive break through in East West the actual to be have transpired in a fairly amiable atmosphere though not in Vienna in when president fresh from the Bay of pigs was subjected to some brisk bully not to mention the Summit of horror in in when in the Wake of the u2 in Khrushchev ranted and raved at everybody talked a lot about peaceful coexistence and the unto inability of nuclear then went Home without having agreed on anything of sub the spirit of or Camp or each time proved Mere brightening of the sky before new and even More dangerous thunderhead cropped but one must not be too cynical or deprecatory of past summits for All their Public relations posturing and Bunsub Stative they were still genuine efforts to Lessen the tension and misery of International life in the Post second War the two most recent exercises in sum Mitry Moscow in and in the United states last month exhibited a significant difference from the past to be the if one the Public relations Motif was still an important element in president Nixon visit and Brezhnev return a septic might even observe that most of the agreements signed on both occasions did not require an actual encounter of the highest officials of the two super Powers these agreements had been negotiated and All but sealed before the in our septic might 1972 was a presidential election year and Nixon knew he could not possibly be harmed by an apparent lessening of International for his needed a similar show As Visi ble proof to his people that after some eight years of Mere Primacy among he had now achieved Ascendancy Over the politburo and had added relations with the noncom m u n i s t previously handled by to his sphere of competence and Power the fact remains that a number of significant agree ments were signed in the pres ence of the two most important political leaders of the most of them Are of secondary or what might be termed declamatory charac but at least the mos cow agreement on limiting nuclear was of consid e r a b 1 e actual while the recent agreement that the two Powers would hold urgent consultation to head off the danger of no Brazil under fire for social injustice by Irving Whynot up business editor Brasilia up brazils Economy is but there Are growing questions about social inequality and continued concentration o f Power in the hands of the Gen government officials Are sensitive and impatient with such when Robert president of the world criticized brazils growth be cause it had brought greater concentration of wealth into the hands of the top 10 per cent of the country the finance minister replied everyone wants to create a Fabian but no one wants to us the world Bank has urged us to but has not told us How to Celso a Brazil Ian economist and longtime critic of government econom in policies now living in exile in the United attacked the government in a recent Book for failing to Transfer the benefits of the economic Boom to the people in the form of higher wages and More of the niceties of he argued that concentration of wealth in Brazil will Lead eventually to a new Era of Industrial those in control of the Bra Zilian Economy have a Stan Dard reply give us they argue that worker in come has increased during the last five years and that distribution will be smoothed out in due but before any Radical approach can be Remote and untapped regions of the country must be made a productive part of the there is a Basic concept of the brazilian economic plan that makes any immediate redistribution of wealth in the main preoccupation is with the authorities argue that if More in come was available inside the consumer demand would take some of the goods destined for if exports the country growth would there Are Points in favor of both boosters and there is no doubt growth i a s been Economy has grown 50 per ent in five medical service and housing Are in cantors 2202 Gallagher brisket picked la 99 Blade roast la 99 Chuck Steak la 99 Cross rib roast cd i Ken fresh u Grade Cut do spareribs Side la 99 Canada first Grade limit 2 per customer with Purchase of la butter 68 Macaroni cd Ruutti Macar Spaghetti constant 5 Box 2for29 2 for noodles detergent fit my Paramount 41 a Salmon Tiqua flaked Light n for tuna All Good 6 for j Kool Aid 20 for 89 soft drinks bleach tide Keg of Ketch up or a do k4ybartlett n a pc pears 14 of 3 for 0v toilet tissue baby food 4 for 79 Orange flavor crystals 3w Tang baby shampoo Cantaloupe calf for i pears oranges Coffee Maxwell prices in effect july 28 we Reserve the right to limit quantities proving the country has controlled inflation to a major degree and Learned to live with what still but the critics Point to the problems they say have been ignored in the headlong Rush toward economic develop inequitable distribution of income is the main five per cent of the Popula Tion receives 40 per cent of the income and two thirds of the 100 million population still Are not involved in the work the minimum wage in Sao Centre of the country Industrial is Only a month but it is not uncommon for top executives to make a More than they would be paid for the same Job in North the average income is about a but the top five per cent of society averages the country has one of the highest illiteracy rates in the developing world with More than a Quarter of the people unable to read and Progress is being student population now totals 21 roughly the popu lation of the drive to industrialization has brought concentration in the with its social at its present growth Sao Paulo with its nine million people might become the largest City in the world by pollution in the City area already is so bad that some workers Wear Gas masks to work and the crime rate has almost tripled in five the latest census shows Only 53 per cent of City dwellers with piped water half the remainder use Wells and the rest go to the Rivers or water Only a Quarter of the City dwellers Are served by Public sewage systems and Public transportation is Clear War anywhere in the is of vast potential Sig while summits prior to 1972 had in the exercises in oratory and International the last two witnessed some important business being transacted As Well As some really Momen Tous new initiatives being Dis cussed Between Heads of the two what accounts for the change in the first a More realistic approach is being taken by the two govern ments to their Mutual rela As Well As to world poli tics in the soviet Union has if it has not acquiesced the split in world the Krem Lin has pursued its foreign goals More patiently and cautiously than during the Khrushchev for its the United sobered by the Vietnam has abandoned its posture it has not been an Active policy Ever since our acceptance of the Berlin Wall of disapproval of the soviet Post War gains in and Cen trial americas reduced coupled with the soviet unions increased troubles with China and on its own Domestic eco nomic thus argued for a but the catalyst of the so rapprochement was undoubtedly the new relationship Between Washington and once this relationship became amicable and threatened to become Moscow hastily abandoned its if not indeed attitude toward americas internal and Exter Nal troubles Over and threw its considerable influence in Hanoi on the Side of a peace in sped the agree ment on a number of issues outstanding Between the United states and the soviet and Laid the As yet somewhat for future who has won and who has lost so far one can but must also Khrushchev verdict after the cuban missile peace and the worlds Security have let us change the verb to a More cautious have there is no question that the agreements recognize the changed balance of not Only military but diplomatic Power As Between the United states and the soviet Union the nuclear arms treaty establishes a virtual parity Between the two something that neither a administration nor Public opinion would have acquiesced in up to a few years beyond Nixon and Chancellor Brandt have acknowledged the division of Germany Over which the United states and West Ger Many were almost ready to go to the Brink of War rather than to accept that division in Prin while those Are not conces Sions of but rather recognition of Faits a they Are still of great importance in a world where the psychological ingredient of superpower relations is As significant As the Quantity of weapons and troops at their the communiques As Well As the agreements signed during Brezhnev visit open up the Prospect of the detente broadening into eventual collaboration and in More important Fields than just a joint space thinking of fixing up now is the time to Call Alcan for that new Home look our siding comes in Many colors insulates your Home eliminates painting puts savings in your pocket Call today to find out How Little it costs we also feature continuous aluminium eave troughs in Black and our soffit system eliminates the Back breaking Job of painting your its worthwhile investigating a lean building products 1496 Church Avenue Telephone 5896327 Oison Canad Eer that the ;