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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
By SPECTATOR
This is J. K. Breedin, now renewing his admiration for
our neighbors to the North, the sturdy, steadfast Canadians,
whose vast country, the queen’s priceless Dominion, com
prises everything, from the rugged mountain peaks, to the
sublimity of the great St. Lawrence River.
I am quite prepared to stand in wonderment at all that
I see. In my early days in Peru I lived high in the Andes,
travelling horseback from the rail head to, and over, the
cumbre, the backbone of the Andes, thirteen thousand feet
up.
Then I was in frequent touch with the vast Amazon
River, which rises in Peru. Ocean steamers came from Liv
erpool direct to Iquitos—2700 miles up the great river.
Canada has more grandeur in her mighty St. Lawrence
than Peru has in the Amazon; and Canada has a splendor
of landscape transcending the juiigles of the Amazon.
The Canadian cities are English and Scotch, strongly flav
ored with Yankee customs, we citizens of the United States
—all of us—being the Yankees. In other countries we are
all known as Yankees.
If I were in Russia or China, spying out the land, as I’m
doing in Canada, the police would put me in jail, but Can
ada is English, or British, with Britain’s easy-going manner
of accepting sti*aqgers.
Of course the City of Quebec is still strongly, robustly
and unchangeably French.
When I speak of Quebec, does it carry you back to your,
school days?
Champlain, the great explorer, established a trading post
on a rocky cliff overlooking the majestic St. Lawrence and
named it Quebec. You may recall that the Colonies Massach
usetts and New York were bent on destroying Quebec be
cause of Indian ravafies inspired by the Governor of Can
ada, Frontenac. That Indian was lasted, off and on, sev
enty years.
To us, you recall, the most memorable happenings about
Quebec was the storming of the fortress on the heights and
plains of Abraham and the death of the illustrious General
Wolfe in the moment of victory. Does that refresh your
memory ? ,
Here I am at Quebec. The City is on a promontory in an
angle made by the junction of the Saint Charles River with
the Saint Lawrence. On a plateau about seven miles from
Quebec the renowned French General Montcalm stood with
his army of French, Canadians and Indians; not far away
the British and Continentals under General Wolfe scaled
the supposed inaccessible heights of Abraham, which had
been left unguarded, and fell upon Montcalm.
General Wolfe was killed, and in his last breath said
“Now God be praised, I shall die in peace.” General Mont
calm also was a casqalty and his last words were: “So much
the better; I am happy that I shall not live to see the sur
render of Quebec.”
Generals in that day were out in front on horseback. You
may recall the story of an American soldier in the First
World War; he was being carried far back to a hospital and
asked “Am I as far back as G.H.Q.? Well, then, I’m safe
How.’* ‘ ~
The body of the great Frenqh General rests beneath the
floor of the Ursuline Convent, in a grave partially made by
a bursting shell.
Montcalm is regarded by some historians as the greatest
Frenchman ever to set foot on American soil.
The battle of Quebec was one of the most important
fought in America in any w r ar.
All that struggle between England and France for mas
tery in the new world was ended by bloody and expensive
warfare; and the results were confirmed by the Treaty of
Paris, in 1763. That treaty stands out virtually alone and
pre-eminent for the magnitude of its land transfers. Eng
land, having taken Cuba and the Philippines from Spain be
cause Spain had aided France, now, under the Treaty of
Paris, ceded Cuba and the Philippines back to Spain, and
received Florida n exchange. France ceded New Orleans
and Louisiana to Spain for the loss of Florida—all that vast
territory west of the Mississippi River, later bought by
Thomas Jefferson for the United States—that magnificant
domain, known as the Louisiana Purchase. As you recall,
we bought it from Napolean, Emporer of the French. (About
828,000 sq. miles of land). France surrendered to Great Bri
tain, under the Treaty of Paris, all the rest of her North
American possessions, consisting of Canada, the Ohio Val
ley, Cape Breton, £nd all her islands except two.
The British are a wonderful people, but Quebec remains
French in language, thought and habit, though under the
supreme control of the government of Her Majesty’s Domin
ion of Canada.
Since Canada is British I am reminded of the steady de
pendability of the British, as I knew of them in South
America. I have been to England and Scotland, but far
away from Europe the British can be “sized up” by two ex
pressions: “Hora Inglesa” and “Palabra Inglesa.”
When a Sou& American wishes to speak solemnly, with
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exact regard for the “sober truth,” he says “Palabra In
glesa”—English word: and if he means to set a precise time
he says “Hora Inglesa”—English hour.
I was impressed by the confidence in the British when I
found that Hacendados of the Andean area invested their
surplus or savings in British gold.
Most of our people have forgotten that an American
Army, under General Richard Montgomery, pressed North
ward in 1775 into Canada and captured Montreal, the big
gest city of Canada, which I am now visiting.
We planned that year another attack on Canada and in
the second campaign, this one against Quebec, Benedict Ar
nold was Commander and Aaron Burr was of the expedition.
That ended disastrously.
Those two campaigns were before the Declaration of In
dependence. ’ '
Riding along the placid routes of travel today one forgets
the strife, struggle, battle, sacrifice and bloodshed which
paid the price for the peace and prosperity of both the
United States and the Dominion of Canada. '
It is said that General Wolfe repeated the sweet, moving
lines of Gray’s Elegy in a Country Church Yard the night
before his victory and his death, and declared that he would
rather be the author of “The Elegy” than the Conqueror
of Quebec. “The paths of glory lead but to the grave,” he
repeated.
Some foreigners don’t like us Americans; in the first
place, all nations of North, Central,, and South America are
just as “American” as we are. So we appear a bit presump
tuous in calling ourselves “Americans”, as though Cana
dians were not “Americans”.
Of course Canadians are not “foreigners”; they are neigh
bors who speak English, though not always as we speak it.
Quebec, I repeat, speaks French. <
I crossed Lake Ontario on the way to Toronto; and on
shipboard I had a taste of the scorn of some Canadians for
us.
While far out in the deep our ship rescued several people
whose little cruiser had wallowed in the lake for a day and
night, with a dead engine. The rescued people were taken
to the Bar and served with lots of hot coffee^ I asked for
a cup of coffee. “Coffee”? asked the man at the counter.
“Yes, Coffee,” I replied. “Why you people don’t drink cof
fee in the States; you drink chicory.” Well, now; I didn’t
know the difference; I learned the difference in New Or
leans.
Do you recall that the English had coffee-houses many
i
years ago and coffee became quite a fad? Someone introduc
ed a bill in Parliament, or started quite a movement, to pro
hibit the drinking of coffee. Well the reason given was
that coffee is so stimulating that it makes everyone quick
witted, bright, you know.
My remembered friend and critic, Colonel H. Gordon
Kenna, awill cut me off the air and exclaim in disgust,
“That’s a calmuny; no such rdiculous thing was ever consid
ered.’ ’ True though.
' Naturally I spen a night in Washington just to see if
President Eisenhov.' i- has destroyed all the foundations of
the Nation, as son._ j of my Democratic brethren believe.
Everything seemen about as usual, though the Solomonic
speeches are still i verberating. Even the Supreme Court
bulding didn’t shov the ravages I expected to see.
As long as Andre v Jackson sits on his horse across from
the White House 1 i.ope for the best.
Washington is a < "ty of such beauty that I shall not un
dertake to describe it; you must see it for yourself, friend.
When Congress i not in session Washington is so tame
you hardly recognize t. Of course the swarming hordes of
bureaucrats are the e, planning some great program to con
sume the taxpayers' money. If they can’t think of anything
else, I expect them to build a couple of artificial mountains
with a great valley between them and then start a clamor
to use the power-potential so as to get an appropriation of
a hundred million or billion, for power, any kind of power,
whether atomic or hydro-electric. Just so the boys can
make a showing and tell us poor fellows of the mighty ef
fort to solve our problems. Still, the boys must' have some
thing to talk about, or all that speech pent up, bottled up,
you know, would result in a catastrophe that would make
the eruption of Vesuvius seem just a small affair. Even
the air is still charged with the eloquence of paternalistic
dogooders.
I renewed my zeal for the Constitution in Philadelphia, al-
thoug hthe Constitution has only historical value now-
Q—Is a newly-naturalized citizen eligible to vote In all local, state and
national elections?
A—To qualify to vote the new citizen has to fulfill state and local require
ments, too. In 15 states he has to take a literacy test before he can
use the ballot. And like everyone else, he often has to establish a
state, county, city, parish or election district residence. The num
ber of newly-naturalized citizens this year brings to 104,600,000
the total of men and women eligible to vote in the fall
Q—When did General Sherman say "War is hell?”
A—Historians generally agree that General William Tecumseh Sherman
said, “War is hell,” when he was at the heighth of his fame during
the Civil War, but there is little substantial evidence to support that
assumptkm. One Iowa officer, aide-de-camp to General E. E. Win
slow of the Fourth Iowa Calvary, reported in 1918, 55 years after the
alleged event, that he overheard Sherman make the famous remark
as his troops were crossing the Feral River at Jackson, Mississippi,
soon after the fall of Vicksburg.
Q—What Is the eldest college in the United States?
A—Harvard University, which has been continuously operated since 1636.
From the Hunterdon County
Jemocrat, Flemington, New Jersey:
Since the chairman of the Atomic
Energy Commission called the
nation’s attention a few months,
ago to the fact that the Russians
are training more young men
in technological subjects than
America, there has been quite a
stir about this question. Large
corporations have been stepping
up their scholarship aid to the
colleges and educators have been
on the hot seat with respect to
lack of interest in mathematics
and the sciences oo the part of
students.
Scholarship aid on the collegiate
or graduate level is a splendid way
to assist gifted students who other
wise would lack the wherewithal
to pursue scientific studies. But
this puts emphasis on the wrong
end. If we are to have more scien
tifically trained people it is im
perative that we interest them
while they are at the high school
level. How better can this be done
than to make it possible to employ
superior teachers—men and women
who will inspire an interest in
scientific subjects — while the
youngster is developing an interest
in such hobbies as electricity,
chemistry and mechanical engi-
nWring.
It instead of concentrating their
grants at the upper levels the in
dustrial companies which are aid
ing education would give some oi
their money to the secondary
schools, the final result would be
more in line with America’s in
creasing demand for technol
ogists and engineers. For example,
a chemical industry might well
subsidize superior instruction In
that subject to the end that chil
dren who show special aptitude
and interest may be encouraged
to intensify their academic efforts
—not alone in chemistry but in
mathematics and the liberal arts
courses which will be necessary
if they are to qualify for college.
Many a student capable of superi
or college or technical school work
has drifted thru high school or been
allowed to fall by the wayside
because no teacher has challenged
Mm to get to work and use his
time in school to best advantage.
Where Industries have decen
tralized their operations, their
managers might well give atten
tion to the desirability of doing
more for the public schools
communities where plants are lo
cated than just paying taxes, ^hey
can manifest an interest in the
schools to a point where the re
turns will more than Justify the
investment.
The secondary school level is
the place where more emphasis is
needed.
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time by reading Patent Medicine advertisements and so
learn of the,efficacy of pink pills for pale people.
Since the days of old Ben Franklin we have built ma
chines rather than men.
New York is New York; I have memories of that unique
City. Some days ago Mr. Charles Walters of Greenwood and
I talked of our (jays in the universities there. That would
be one part of the City for me. And from there I sailed to
Europe and back and to South America several times. In
the great days I travelled a few times from Charleston by
adays.
O tempora, O Mores, as Cicero exclaimed, when denounc
ing Cataline. Instead of studying law a young man aspir
ing to a post of dignity on the Federal Bench might save
the Clyde Line. Upon returning once from South America,
in mid-winter, I walked along Broadway near Wall Street
and saw oysters and hot cakes in a restaurant window. I
hadnt thought of oysters and hot cakes for a long time, so
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2,«10 MILES IN » HOURS . . . H-21 light car** heUcopter (left)
Is refueled at 5,666 feet in first non-stop transcontinental flight, San
Diego to Washington, D. C.
1. Innocuous means (a) free from disease; (b)
unchanging.
2. Lassitude means (a) weakness; (b) endurance; (e)
ness.
3. The linnet is (a) a four-footed animal; (b) bird; (e)
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1X71TH the National conventions
W out of the way, the American
people may feel confident that the
Government of the United States
ivill be in good hands which ever
vay the electorate decides, to go
this coming November.
There is no question but that
both parties put forth their strong
est tickets. On the Democratic
side, Adlai Stevenson and Estes
Kefauver will make a strong com
bination of vote getters. Steven
son, this column believes, has
gained stature during the four
years since the 1952 convention
and he displayed this stature at
the Chicago convention when he
set a national precedent in leav
ing the vice-presidency wide open
and up to the choice of the dele
gates. It was a nip and tuck and
an exciting race between Senator
John Kennedy of Massachusetts
and Senator Kefauver, the latter
pulling away in the fading min
utes of second roll call Hereto
fore it had been considered that
the vice-presidency was a person
al choice by the presidential nom
inee. Stevenson had made such a
run-a-way race of the Presidential
nomination, that his electrifying
action before the convention, did
more to heal up wounds and sore
spots, particularly in the South,
than any thing which could have
happened. /
All-in-all the Democratic con
tention was probably the best that
party has held in modern politics,
insofar as unity and party har
mony was concerned. Certainly it
was in wide contrast to the ending
of the Democratic convention in
1952 which broke the party wide
open and resulted in the loss of
four Southern states.
At San Francisco, too, there was
apparent unity inspite of the pre
convention fight to oust vice-presi
dent Nixon, led by Harold Stassen,
the President’s peace ambasaador.
President Eisenhower’s decision to
attend the convention a day earli
er than he first anticipated did
much to pour oil over any trou
bled waters that were broiled, and
the Republican organisation, un
der control of National Chairman
Len Hall worked smoothly.
At Chicago, there was one man
who made a slightly pitifuh figure
of himself. This was former Presi
dent Harry Truman. Mr. Truman,
had he taken his stand against
Stevenson as he did, and for
Averell Harriman and lost his
fight on those lines, he would
have come through the con
vention, as a losing fighter., But
he went one step too far. He made
Adlai Stevenson mad when he
said that Stevenson couldn’t win
in November. It may be a true
statement, but not one for a party
leader and elder statesman to
make concerning the leading can
didate at a convention. It was pure
ly and simply another inept Tru
man blunder and he paid for it.
The Stevenson forces just walked
over Mr. Tniman, and then in the
general spirit of harmony, Stev
enson picked Mr. Truman up
again, took him to the platform and
tried to take the hurt out of the
whipping Mr. Truman had received.
It was a sporting move for Steven
son to make and the convention
recognized it, as did the chastened
Mr. Truman.
The forgotten man at Chicago
was Ohio’s governor Frank Lau-
sche. He is a perennial Governor
of Ohio, and the Democratic nom
inee for U. S. Senator against
Senator George Bender, Republi
can, of Ohio. He was an announced
favorite son candidate for presi
dent His name was never placed
into, nomination.
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DOUBLE WINNER . . • Mrs. Pat
McCormick, 26, of Los Angelee,
won her place on U. S. Olympic
swim team with victories In 3-
meter springboard diving and
16-meter highboard. Pat was
member of 1952 Olympic squad.
This an’ That
Jerry Reichow, Iowa quarter
back now playing for the Detroit
Lions, never saw a professional
football team In action until he
played for the College All-Stars
against the Cleveland Browns . . .
If he were still alive, the great
Babe Ruth would have been among
the fans pulling for Mickey Mantle
to hit 60 home runs daring the 1966
season. Babe died eight years ago,
but during his retired years he
never resented it when an athlete
posed a threat to one of his records
and nothing would probably have
pleased him more titan to have his
60-homer record matched or topped
by another Yankee. Whenever
questioned about his many marks
in the game. Babe often replied,
“Records are made to be broken,’*
and he believed it. In addition to
the 60 home runs in one season,
there are 63 assorted records still
on the book with Ruth’s name be
side them. The legend of Babe
Ruth is certain to last as long
as the game of baseball . . . The
purse for the October running of
the Garden Stakes at Camden,
N. J. is expected to be nearly
$296,606 by the time the field of
two-year-old thoroughbreds start
the event
I went in and renewed my taste for them and then had a
dish of ice cream! Think of that!! But if you spend time
far away in the Mountains you will be thrilled on seeing ice
cream.