Anti-US Sentiment Scarce in Canada
By William Neville
OTTAWA, Canada —(UPI)— Despite recent differences, there is little sign of genuine anti-American sentiment in Canada.
Fears of the "little guy living beside the friendly giant," always close to the surface here, remain, however.
And there was widespread criticism of the U.S. State Department for the tone and handling of its criticism of Prime Minister John Dieffenbaker's stand on the explosive nuclear defense issue.
BUT THERE IS NO concrete evidence to suggest that these factors produced a significant decline in U.S. prestige in Canada. What evidence is available indicates, rather, that American stock here is at a new high.
The popularity of President Kennedy, buoyed by his handling of the Cuban Crisis, is unabated. Even amid the government's criticism of an "inpeet and heavy-handed" State Department on the nuclear issue, Canadians applauded an air of leadership and decision in Washington that they found lacking in their own politicians.
Newspaper editorial and letters to editors that began with criticism of Washington's handling of the issue, wound up almost without exception with talk of "justified U.S. impatience" and the hopeful suggestion that the State Department note would spark Canadian leaders into taking a clearer defense stand.
PUBLIC AND PRESS reaction to the specific nuclear defense controversy seemed conditioned by desire for leadership and by two other factors that have tended to give this country's relations with the United States a new place in Canadian thinking.
First, from the Cuban crisis came a previously unexpressed recognition of "our common peril." At the height of the crisis, the majority of criticism in this country was directed not at Uncle Sam for his stand on Cuba, but at Canada's political leaders for their tardiness in lining up behind Washington.
Secondly, Britain's strong desire to join the "new" Europe has been interpreted as at least the beginning of the end of the traditional commonwealth association. Canada had relied on this to balance social and economic pressures from the U.S.
MUCH, IF NOT ALL, of these developments were lost, however, in the headlines surrounding the State Department press release and the Canadian political crisis that followed.
Segments of the Canadian press now are trying to set the record straight. The influential Montreal Star said: "Americans are feeling much too sensitive . . ."
The Montreal Gazette saw the situation this way: "The blame lies not entirely on one side . . . it must be fairly admitted that Canadian policy on defense has long been incoherent."
"The United States has shown remarkable patience and forebearance over a long period of time in this most vital issue," the Winnipeg Free Press said.
'Use Pop Records' — Home
LONDON — (UPI) — Foreign Secretary Lord Home thinks the West should be alert to even social aspects as means to fight Communism.
"We can improve with culture. We can subvert with pop records," he said.
Architect Senior Wins 1963 Reynolds Award
Roger L. Stover, Independence, Mo., senior in architecture, has been awarded $200 as winner at the University of Kansas of the 1963 Reynolds Aluminum Prize.
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The prize, now in its third year, is given an architecture student for the "best original design of a building component in aluminum." Stover submitted a system of sunshading based on aluminum sheets.
At KU Stover has received a number of awards in design, painting and sculpture competitions. He has been on the dean's honor roll each semester.
The Reynolds Metals Co. established the prize to encourage creativity in architectural design and to stimulate interest in the design potential of aluminum. The award is administered by the American Institute of Architects.
He completed requirements in the fall semester for the bachelor of architecture degree and will be awarded the degree in June.
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Busy Ducks Outsmart Cold
LONDON — (UPI) — The Ministry of Works said today one end of St. James' Park Lake has been kept ice-free during the sub-freezing winter months because ducks and other water birds "have an instinct which tells them that if they paddle and keep the water moving it won't freeze."
Dog Thin, Goes on Diet
HALLFIELDS, England — (UPI)
— Biddy, the Irish setter which recently was judged too skinny at the famed Crutt's Dog show, is on a diet of meat, buttered toast, salted peanuts and lemonade.
Brian Greaves, Biddy's owner, said yesterday the diet was his idea to make the dog fat.
THE CURSE OF THE CAMPUS: NO.1
Hate me if you will, but I must speak. We college types are far too complacent. Sure, we've got plenty to be proud of. We've got atom smashers, we've got graduate schools, we've got new peaks in scholarship, new highs in academic honors. And yet, in the midst of these triumphs, we have failed dismally to make any progress in solving the oldest and most horrendous of all campus problems: we've still got roommates.
To be sure, all roommates are not bad. There is the well-documented case of Hilquit Glebe, a student at the Manhattan College of Agriculture, majoring in curds and whey, who admitted publicly that he actually liked his roommate—an odd admission when you consider that this roommate, Mervis Trunz by name, was frankly not too winsome a fellow. He practiced his tympani in his room, he kept an alligator, and he collected airplane tires.
But, on the other hand, Mervis bought two packs of Marlboro Cigarettes every day and gave one of them to Hilquit and—Iask you—who can stay mad at a man who gives you Marlboro Cigarettes? Who, upon tasting that flavorful blend of Marlboro tobaccos, upon drawing through that pure white Marlboro filter, upon exulting in this best of all possible cigarettes, Marlboro—who I say, can harden his heart against his neighbor? Certainly not Hilquit. Certainly not I. Certainly not you, as you will find when you securify to your nearest tobaccoist and buy a supply. Marlboros come in soft pack or Flip-Top Box. Tobacconists come in small, medium, and large.
But I digress. Roommates, I say, are still with us and I fear they always will be, so we better learn how to get along with them. It *can* be done, you know. Take, for instance, the classic case of Dolly Pitcher and Molly Madison.
Dolly and Molly, roommates at a prominent Midwestern girl's school (Vassar) had a problem that seemed insoluble. Dolly could only study late at night, and Molly could not stay awake past nine o'clock. If Dolly kept the lights on, the room was too bright for Molly to sleep. If Molly turned the lights off, the room was too dark for Dolly to study. What to do?
Well sir, those two intelligent American kids found an answer. They got a miner's cap for Dolly! Thus, she had enough light to study by, and still the room was dark enough for Molly to sleep.
It must be admitted, however, that this solution, ingenious as it was, had some unexpected样例e. Dolly got so enchanted with her miner's cap, that she switched her major from 18th Century poetry to mining and metallurgy. Shortly after graduation she had what appeared to be a great stroke of luck; while out prospecting, she discovered what is without question the world's largest feldspar mine. This might have made Dolly very rich except that nobody, alas, has yet discovered a use for feldspar. Today Dolly, a broken woman, squeezes out a meagre living making echoes for tourists in Mammoth Cave.
Nor has Molly fared conspicuously better. Once Dolly got the miner's hat, Molly was able to catch up on her long-lost sleep. She woke after eight days, refreshed and vigorous—more vigorous, alas, than she realized. It was the afternoon of the annual Dean's tea. Molly stood in line with her classmates, waiting to shake the Dean's hand. At last her turn came, and Molly, full of strength and health, gave the Dean a firm handshake—so firm, indeed, that all five of the Dean's knuckles were permanently fused.
The Dean sued for a million dollars, and, of course, won. Today Molly, a broken woman, is paying off her debt by walking the Dean's cat every afternoon for ten cents an hour.
© 1963 Max Shulman
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