Evening star., 1953-12-06

l941 was refused permission Dy
his Government to accept a
teaching job in q Canadian
university. Not even an ap-
peal from the highest Of Ca
madam officials succeeded in
getting Washington to relent.
This despite the fact that, all
along, Canadian scientists have
been free to come to the United
States for employment. One
leading Canadian conserva-
tive magazine has since re-
ferred to our atomic energy
policy as Uncle Sans Iron
Curtain"
Troubles With Dollar
For many years the infiu-
ential American dollar suffered
a bad reputation only in Latin
American countries, where
American holdings were vast.
But Canadians also have had
their troubles with the Ameri-
can dollar. After World War
II, Canada reasoned that one
Of its first economic problems
was to help get its customers
back on their feet. This, it
was decided in Ottawa, would
be done by granting generous
credit to these customer-na-
tions. AS a result, Canada
reached a peacetime peak in
export trade-the bulk of it on
credit. On the other hand, the
United States, whose best GUS
toner has long been Canada,
stuck by policy Of cash on
delivery. Needless to say, it
was a policy that didn't gain
this country any admiration
from the Canadian business
man.
The decades-long dilly-dally-
ing over the proposed st.
Lawrence River Seaway is
another sore spot in Canadian
American relations. Exasper-
ated Canada has finally de-
cided to proceed with her part
Of the project without our CO.
operation.
Prohibition Disputes
Enforcement of prohibition
laws by the United States
often was more than irksome
to official Canada. Rum run
ners under Canadian registry
were shelled and sunk by our
Coast Guard. Prohibition
agents pursued Canadian
liquor runners far into Canada
to make arrests. Canada,
where liquor was legal. pro-
tested. The United States
answer, in effect, told Canada
to pass a law barring export
of liquor to the United States.
The law was passed. but with
some degree of bitterness. In
presenting the matter to Par
lament. Prime Minister Mac
kenzie King warned of "the
dangers of possible delicate and
difficult situations that
at any moment may arise on
our international frontier"
Six years ago, when the
United States Army requested.
and received. authority to set
UP military courts in Canada
to try troops stationed on
Canadian soil. one member of
Parliament, j. F. Pouliot,
commented: The worst form
of annexation is blind accept
ance of the laws of another
country"
FronkIin's ProposoI~>
These neighborly squabbles,
always irritating to the Cana
dians, but never really threat
ening a serious break between
the two hard and fast friends.
have been going on since
Americas early days. After
the Revolutionary War, Ben
jamin Franklin proposed that
Britain cede Canada to the
new United States, and dur
ing the War of 1912, the cry
of the War Hawks in Congress
was, "On to Canada"
President Pierce. in 1858.
sent American warships of
the coast of Labrador to back
up New England fishermen in
a controversy with Canadian
anglers.
After the Civil War, there
were the armed raids on Can
ada from the United States
by the FenianS, a secret Irish
brotherhood organized to free
Ireland. Using the United
States as q base, they planned
first to conquer Canada. thus
embroiling America and Brit
ain in war.
In later years; the thorny
problem of fishing and sealing
rights has been fought over
and settled numerous times.
These intermittent squabbles
over the years might conceiv-
ably have resulted in war had
they not been like the argu-
ments of two contentious
brothers who never seem to
get along between themselves.
but never fail to stand to-
gether when either's safety is
menaced from outside the
family.
The situation could hardly
be different, for the welfare
and security Of the United
States is so interviewer with
that Of her northern neighbor
as to be almost identical.