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Putt-M even humus» by FIINIV Press. 3 amino ted Katina-Wanda. Record Li _ 3 mem' S! S Kama-er "Juana Wren W1!» Waterloo Square Kamila um Ten-puma n+0“ . Waterloo Chronicle, Thursday. Jammy 28, um The Commonwealth Conference in Singapore has come and gone, and the threatened break-up of the former British colonies has been avoided-not by resolving the problem but by postponing it. Britain's 'Prime Minister Edward Heath wants to sell arms to South Africa, on the ground that Britain has an ob- ligation to help that country guard against the threat of an increasing Soviet presence in the neighboring Indian Several nations in the Commonwealth, including Can- ada, have objected, on the grounds that South Africa has a tough racial policy and is capable of turning its arms on its blacks. A confrontation at the Commonwealth Conference was avoided in that tried-and-true democratic fashion, referral to committee for study. Among the questions to be stud- ied will be the reality of the Soviet threat that so concerns Mr. Heath. But although the confrontation ‘was avoided last week, Mr. Heath has indicated his position is unchanged. He still intends to fulfill his "obligation" to South Africa, and does not feel committed to await the findings of the Common- wealth committee. Mr. Heath claims that Britian's proposed sale of arms to South Africa concerns only those two countries and is nobody else's business. The British prime minister has erred on several counts. Mr. Heath sees the ever-expanding Soviet navy pres- ence as a threat to her shipping route around the southern tip of Africa, a vital link in Britain's supply route for oil and other vital products. But, unlike the Suez canal, which was in Egyptian do- main, the southern sea route, linking the Atlantic and In- dian Oceans, belongs neither to the Soviet Union nor South Africa nor Britain but to the world. If, for any political reason, the Soviet Union decided to blockade this route, the entire free world would respond to the challenge. If such a threat really exists, and, unless the Commonwealth committee finds otherwise we are inclined to doubt it, then the response will not be the comparatively tiny South African fleet of British-built warships, but the might of the free-world, represented by U.S.-built bomb- ers, submarines and warships. The Soviet threat of aggression is nebulous at least. But the South African threat is proven. For the South Af- rican policy, even although itis inward turned toward its own black people, has proven to be extremely aggressive. The South Africans call their racial policy apartheid. We use it, but it is not our word. Our word for such a policy is more damning: It is racist. It is a foul, hateful practice that has no place in an enlightened world, and it and the people who practice it or even tolerate it are worthy of nothing but disdain, distrust and pity. Certainly it is not worthy of an "obligation" to supply arms of war. The' Soviet treatment of its Jews is certainly no worse than the South African treatment of its blacks. When Mr. Heath says it is not our business whether he sells arms to South Africa and insists that Britain must "retain its autonomy," he is missing the point. We are not challenging Britain's autonomy, we are simply saying we cannot tolerate such support of racist policies and will not ships, which does. It the Commonwealth collapses as a result, it will be Mr. Heath that destroys it, not the members he forces in all honor to withdraw. That is the real threat. Why put off a decision until tomorrow when a mittee can take over your procrastination today! You wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you knew how seldom they do. Wife (to husband under her feet) "Why don't you arrange a game of golf with Sam? You used to play a lot to- gether." . - - A --- _ Husband: "Would you play golf with a fellow who didn't count all his strokes, and who improved his lies?" Wife: “I certainly would not." Husband: "Neither would Sam." Decision delayed Philomena Rutherford. editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES lnCanodt: new”; in tJttitedStates, and Foreign countries: one year 810 Member ot the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association of an organization, regardless of past relation- ESTABLISHED 1854 This column this week wants, on behalf of the Chronicle staff, to hand out a special bouquet to the staff of the Fairway Press plant in Kitchener which pro- duces this paper weekly. At the time of writing, there is no way of knowing how they came through this week's blizzard but the last word we had from them was that they were riding out the storm on the job so they could be on hand to put the paper to bed this week. what we call loyalty! Most or all bf them had aban- doned hope of trettiryr, to the_ir Elmira, Tuesday night. We un- derstand they headed, on foot, to Kitchener’s Holiday Inn and if it weren't for the same kind of weather that stranded them, we would have gone to visit them in their temporary roles of displaced persons. But, we as- sure them, we were there in spirit, and we salute them for getting out this week's paper. Ever notice how people drop their reserve when in a crisis? Take Tuesday's snowstorm, for example. Strangers smiled and spoke warmly to each other, friends got friendlier and ac- quaintances almost became friends. The common situation in which everyone finds themselves a part brings out our natural warmth and humanity which we seem determined to keep at bay most other times. People who have lived through wars or natural disasters often talk of the warmth of everyone around them at such times, of how much everyone wanted to help and console each other. Then, when the war was over or the disaster passed, everyone reverted back into their cocoons again. , What a pity we can't display an equal interest in our fellow man in the good times as well as the bad, when we seem to make that special effort to help him over life's bumps. You‘ll have to admit the new telephone directories are pretty jazzy and that Look in the Book bit sounds like the Words of a popsong. -- _ __ - "ht According to Jim Reid, Bell's public affairs manager in this area, the cover is designed to en- courage customers to consult the directory rather than call the op- erator for directory assistance. Apparently out of 255 billion ca ls throughout the Bell system 'iit', year for directory assist- an ' approximately 75 percent were for numbers listed in the Philomena Rutherford 's Bits and Pieces And that’s It's hard to grasp an opportunity with your hands in your pockets! _ _ _ telephone directory. And that has to show IS North Americans up as a rather lazy, helpless lot. The man who hid behind a woman's skirt used to be called a coward; today he is a magician! About 80,000 copies of the di- rectory are currently being dis- tributed in the Twin Cities-an increase of 3,910 over last year. Jan. " 4. YEARS AGO The school board will receive an increase of about $2,292 in 1931 grants from the provincial government to bring the total grant for the year to $4,128. Car clubs which offered a free service to party-goers on New Year's Eve reported after- wards the experience was full of surprises. The surprises didn't stop there, though, " one club discovered when it processed its returns prior to turning them over to the charitable organization to which it had pledged its dona- tions. One celebrant's $50 cheque wasn't quite as generous " at first it seemed. There just wasn't A new Waterloo company, the Kitchener Spring Co. Ltd., M Bridgeport Rd., has been incor- porated with an authorized cap- ital of $50,000 divided into 100 shares of $500 each. Dr. C. T. Necker was honored by his colleagues on the school board on which he has served 43 years. He received a hand- some cane and his wife was pre- sented with a bouquet of roses. 3. YEARS AGO The school board approved salary increases totalling $1,225 for 23 teachers and two instruc- tors. One will get a $100 raise, two get $75 each, 17 will get $50, two will get $40 and one an in- crease of 825. Town Engineer C. E. Necker and PUC Superintendent Eby Rush attended an engineer's conference in Toronto, Saturday. Ald. Edgar Gies. 52, died sud- denly yesterday of a heart at- tack. He was visiting Brodhagen when he was stricken. ‘ Files of Yesteryear The Kitchener-Waterloo minor track and field association in conjunction with Waterloo Legion branch 530 is holding a track and field clinic at the University of Waterloo sports complex Feb. Organizers point out that the clinic isn’t for experts but is in- tended to help everyone from beginners to the more advanced track-and-fielder; Parallel ses- sions will be held for coaches, officials and athletes. People who would like to of- ficiate. such as ex-athletes who would like to start coaching, and high and public school students who want to become better com- petitors will find sessions of in- terest at the event. any my there when the club , triedtocashit. Firemen have asked to be re- lieved of all, work except that which pertains to firefighting duties. At the present time they are responsible for janitorial work at the city hall. AU but two barber shops in the Twin City have raised the price of haircuts to 75 cents and shaves to 50,cents. A Saturday clip for children will also come under the adults' tariff. An indication of an early spring was reported this week by M. F. Dickson, 22 King St. s., who saw a robin in his garden. This is the second robin report- ed in Waterloo this spring. Jan. 26 Six workmen are busy tree- trimming, repairing picnic tables and erecting an arched pedestri- an footbridge over Laurel Creek at the rear o Waterloo Park. Council has approved purchase of 5.2 acres of land from Major Holdings (Waterloo) Ltd., for a sub-fire station. The property is situated on Westmount Road " YEARS AGO A record for property transfers was set in Waterloo last year. More money changed hands for property during 1960 than in any other 1 -month period in the city's history. 10 YEARS AGO