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26 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Thursday, June 18, 1953 Time Running Out For Panama Canal Time is running out on the Pan- ama Canal. A major engineering operation has been prescribed for fabulous ditch whose 39 years of ains have resulted in % chmonic. case of oo - tightls," Benmett F. Waxse writes in The Milwaukee Journal. One of the decisive factors in shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacifie met war requirements with little space to spare. The best esti- mate experts is that in the dec- ade between 1960 and 1970 Con gress will have to make the critical decision of what the canal is to be like in the future. LARGER SHIPS One obvious gat » hat Ships are getting too or Crow waterway across the isthmus of Panama. Already merchant ships like the Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary, not to mention some of the newest United States warships, are too large for the sent locks. More important, re is the sustained increase of ships traversing the canal in both directions. Back in 1946 experts .in many fields began studies for Congress to find out how best to increase the capacity and security of the mighty water bridge. They con- cluded that the canal would be adéquate provided the average traffic did not exceed 24 ships daily or 8,760 ships annually. When that happened, it was believed, some delays to shipping would oc- cur on peak fraffic days when the locks were under repair. The number of delayed ships would increase with further traffic in- creases, and beginning about 1960 the delays during overhaul periods would become insupportable. The danger point was reached last October when the daily transit of large ships in the canal averaged 22.5 for a total of 674 for the month. A new record also was established for the fiscal year when 7,058 commercial ships sed through. This exceeded by Be ships the previous period. PLANS COMMISSION Alert to the approaching dead- fine, 'members of the new Repub- lican Con gress with bipartisan support have introduced a bill pro- viding for the creation of an in- teroceanic canals commission. This body, to consist of nine mem- bers, appointed by President Eis- enhower with the consent of the Senate, would be empowered to make a comprehensive investiga- tion within the next two years of all_problems involved in either moderniing the present canal or constructing a new one, at Pana- ma or elsewhere. Other proposals also have been made, Last week the directors of the Panama Canal Company, which operates the waterway for the United States, announced a two part plan to overhaul the canal in the next 10 years so that the vital two-ocean link can handle more ships. The plan, however, would not emable it to accommodate larger vessels. The project -- to cost. possibly 26 million dollars--is aimed primarily at modification that will enable traffic to move while locks are being repaired. The proposals still have to get an okay from Congress. A federal board studying the canal's facilities recommended in 1931 the construction of a wider set of locks or the digging of a new ditch in Nicaragua. Congress authorized 227 million dollars in 1939 for a third set of locks about a mile from. the present ones. Construction was begun, but the war practically halted the project. BOMBING EFFECT The development of bombing in the war outmoded this solution. As a result, the uncompleted locks were abandoned. Instead, Con- gress in 1945 authorized a $1,500,- 000 investigation to determine the best means of making the canal's operation safe from the hazards of war. After two years, the Panama canal commission recommended the construction of a sea level canal through Panama. This re- jected the suggestions that separ- ate canals might be built through Nicaragua. A still different proposal was made in 1952 by Dr. William H. Hobbs, University of Michigan geologist. It called for twin ship canals -- tunneling under moun- tains in Honduras to relieve heavy traffic in the Panama canal and provide a virtually bombproof Atlantic-Pacific waterway. He of- fered to estimate as to the cost of such an ambitious project. Most experts have agreed that the best and shortest route for the waterway is the Panama Canal. So what is likely to come out of the newly proposed survey is a settlement of the old controversy over the relative advantages of a lock canal and a sea level canal in that area. PAIN PREVENTION Even with all the advances made in research into arthritis and rheumatic diseases, neither has yet been conquered. But early diagnosis and proper treatment can often prevent or alleviate much of the pain and disablement that accompany these ailments. British Retfute Charges LONDON (Reuters)--The British government Wednesday night de- nied that British ships carried Chi- nese troops and strategic materials to Communist China. "All information indicates these allegations are completely un- founded," foreign under-secretary Anthony Nutting told the House of Commons in a written answer to a question. Britain, he added, is carrying out 'with rigor' the United Na- tions resolution embargoing the supply of strategic goods to China. "If any of our ships were to contravene these regulations they would be liable to be hunted down on the high seas by British naval vessels and their m s and i PC Victory Seen By Hees OTTAWA (CP) -- George Hees, Progressive Conservative member for Toronto Broadview, said Wed- nesday night the federal by-election trend in the last two years has shown that Canadians have confi- dence in his party. "If this trend continues--and public opinion today indicates that it will continue--the PC party will gain enough seats from the Liber- als alone to give it a clear and workable majority in the next House of ons," he said in a speech prepared for the annual meeting of the Carleton PC Asso- ciation. In the last two years there were 13 by-elections, said Mr. Hees, speak in the home constituency of his leader, George Drew. "The Liberal party lost nine of these by-elections. Of the nine PC victories, six were gains from the Liberals." masters would become liable to severe penalties." Nutting was replying to charges made by U.S. Senator Joseph Mc- Carthy's Senate investigating com- mittee. He said the United States government has made no represen- tations to Britain on the matter. But Britain will continue to trade in non-strategic goods with China, Nutting said. He added: "We can- not live without trade, and we con- sider that this trade in non-stra- tegic goods is to the advantage of the free world." Two Panamanian registered ships said to have carried Chinese: troops were not subject to British laws,' he said. Howe Says Drew Lacks Judgment WOODSTOCK, Ont. (CP)--Trade Minister C. D. Howe said Wednes- day night that Progressive Con- servative insistence on Canada's natural resources being processed before export 'shows a lack of judgment and lack of knowledge of what makes the economy of Can- ada strong." Canada's prosperity is based on exchange with other countries, he told a meeting of the Oxford Lib- eral A iation which nominat Clark Murry, MP, as its candidate for the Aug. 10 election. The Do- minion was rich in many things but deficient in others. The alu- minum industry, for instance, de- pended on bauxite, all imported. 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VISWANATH | Two almost entirely unrelated | ideas occur to every Indian when the name of Benares is mentioned | --the holiness of the place and the | beautiful brocades that have borne the stamp of speciality through the ages. These two attributes of the holy city have not faded with the passage of time, says a writer for | Government of India Information | Service. { about 30,000 looms, mel of which are throw-shuttles. Although main- ly concentrated in the holy city! itself, the industry is pursued in some of the neighboring districts also, but all the products are brought to Benares and soldsto the merchants there. BASIC DYES The dyes used are direct and basic because of their brightness and also because they help to main- As in the past, so at present tain the natural gloss of raw silk. also, there gould hardly be a better | choice of a fitting present for im- | ortant occasions than a Benares | rocade -- the latest instance was | the presentation of such brocades | by the president of the Indian| Union to "the Mararaja of the Himalayan domain of Bhutan at the latter's installation as ruler. WIDESPREAD FAME The sight of a silk sari with de- signs woven with gold thread raises, visions of a cavalcade of historic pageantry beginning with the epic ages. The fame of the Benares silk and brocades has spread not only to the four corners of India through the increasing stream of pilgrims through count- less centuries, but also to distant lands, so much so that they form- ed an important item of merchan- dise even in days when men crossed the seven seas in wind- jammers. The New World also took a great fancy to them and there has been a sizable export trade in the Ben- ares silks and brocades. Small wonder, because their bright hues as well as intricate and attractive designs are such as to attract femi- nine fancy in whatever clime or civilization. The Benares weaver's skill was and still is unsurpassed in creating these works of art. Before World War II, the annual output of the Benares product was valued at 100 million rupees. About 100,000 weavers and about 10,000 tradesmen are devoted solely to the Benares silk and bro- cade industry, which employs consists of independent Again, expensive parts are not mass produced, but each made in different colors. Since it would be quite expensive to make a separ- ate warp for each sari, different pieces on the same warp are brush-painted in various colors. The manufacturing organization of the sari and brocade industry weavers. manufacturers-cum- merchants and brokers. 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