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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT., JULY 29, 1948 WHAT GOES ON IN THE (_^NorrnatiBlair Portugal A country not often in the news is Portugal where, for more than fifteen years, Antonio de Oliviero Salazar has ruled unopposed, nominally as Premier but actually as absolute dictator. Salazar's methods were unspectacular as compared with those of dictators such as Hitler and Mussolini. As one foreign correspondent puts it, "Salazar's own temperament and the lack of interest of the Portuguese people have led him to assume the role of headmaster rather than tyrant; and although he has been accused of making undue use of his political police, there is no state of terror in Portugal." This month--for the first time since 1928 -- there was talk of an opposition candidate. General de Matos, former War Minister, announced that he would run against Carmona and, if elected, abolish the Salazar regime and institute a liberal democracy without any political police or censorship. But no one in Portugal appears to have become greatly excited, by the announcement. For one thing, General de Matos is eighty years of age. For another, the chances are he will find plenty of road-blocks and detours on his way to the Presidency. As one citizen put it, "If the General appears to be making much headway, Salazar will probably call off the election altogether." Malaya Situated on the southeastern tip of the mainland of Asia is Malaya --a country consisting largely of jungle with a population of around five million--but a great producer of rubber and tin. Since the early part of the 19th century Malaya has been a British possession. Then, after three and a half years of Japanese occupation during the last war, the people started agitating for self-rule. Britain reorganized the administration of Malaya and made certain changes, but the real controls remained in the hands of the British High Commissioner. But the Malayans were not satisfied. Prices kept rising while wages remained at a low level. And for the past few months the Communists have been exploiting this discontent to the limit. A wave of terror has been spreading. Landlords and industrialists have been murdered -- industry brought to a standstill -- and the country's only coal mine put out of commission. British troops, backed by native police, went into action and there were pitched battles near Kuala Lampur. the capital. A casual visitor to Mexico City on a recent evening might have almost imagined that Mexico and the United States were at the point of war. A crowd of between five hundred and a thousand had gathered in front of the United States Embassy and there were loud shouts of "Death to the Yankees" --"Mexico is not a Yankee colony" --"Down with Yankee imperialism" and the like. looked and sounded. The whole thing started when, on July 2nd, a plane carrying members of the Mexican-United States foot and mouth disease Commission crashed on a snow-capped mountain. Sixteen men were killed--eight Americans and eight Mexicans. But Mexican newspaper reporters and photographers claimed that the United States troops and officials hindered them in their coverage of the story and wouldn't let them take pictures of the wreck--also refused to give them shelter and food during the four days it took to recover the bodies. The United States Xo matter what happens to him on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, President Truman, with his call for a special session of Congress, got in the first healthy punch of the election campaign. It was a punch that really jarred the Republicans. In spite of their immediate charge that the president was "merely playing politics," there was real confusion in their ranks. Truman's dramatic move of calling Congress into session not only to discuss but to act upon such matters as housing, prices, minimum wages and social security--matters which he claims they left undone during the regular session--has put it right by the President's move--which wasn't wholly unexpected but still one the Republicans were hoping Truman wouldn't make--is Governor Thomas E. Dewey. From his point of view it will mean that the Republican majority in Congress-- rather than he as a Presidential candidate--will be called on to interpret the party platform. And with the position of so many influential Republicans in Congress so sharply divergent from his own, the special session would appear to be full of hidden dangers for Dewey. Harness Horses Coming Down to the Line For a Quick Start--Harness horse racing--trotters and pacers--is booming as never before in many parts of Ontario, as well as throughout Canada and the United States. One of the chief reasons for the increasing popularity of the sport with the general public is the use of a variety of starting devices which eliminate much of the tedious "scoring", false starts and recalls which were so boring to all except the real harness horse devotee. Seen in action in this exclusive picture taken at the New Hamburg, Ont., track is the Climie-Whitesill starting device. The barrier or "gate" is built into the rear of the starter's car. When the horses are lined up behind, the car moves off, slowly at first then with gradually increasing speed. When the starting point is reached the car speeds up, the wings of the gate fold, and the horses are on their way, generally to a perfect start. PY A SlXBlTCftUTlC If mechanical ingenuity and inventive skill can do it, there shouldn't be a single squabble or dispute in connection with the latest --and it might prove to be last-- renewal of the "Olymping" Games, "currently being held in dear old Lunnon. For the sportsmen who foster these things have gone to no end of trouble dolling up the affair with scientific gadgets and contraptions designed to eliminate all human frailty and guesswork from the various results and finishes. There won't be any be-ribboned Badger for instance, precariously perched--tape in hand--on top of a shaky ladder, measuring the height of a pole vaulter's leap while the crowd looks breathlessly on, pulling for the ladder to break and the Badger to land on his crumpet. The pole vault uprights will be rigged with a pointer and sliding scale which can be clearly read without the use of ladders. A so, somebody continues to take all the joy out of life. We vividly recall one track and field meet where the pratt-fall taken by a pole-vault judge from the top of an untrustworthy ladder was the biggest hit of the entire afternoon-- the only happening, in fact, which roused the occupants of the Press Box from their slumbers. They're going to fire the starting gun for the flat races by remote control. In the one hundred, two hundred and four hundred meter events--run in lanes and with the starting positions "staggered"--the as much as ISO feet away from the one in the pole position. The latter would hear the sound of the starting gun as much as a tenth of a second before it hit the ears of the mtside -and ii :nts such a But while this remote control stuff may be an improvement, still there was something to be said for the old method where the starter stood--loaded gat in hand--an impressive figure if ever there was one. And Man, Oh Man, didn't some of them know it, too! We remember one of them who used to stand there posing for what seemed like hours in order to make sure that the eyes of all present -- and especially the feminine ones -- were properly focused on him, while the n rvous sprinters, crazy to be off, remained on the track rapidly developing severe cases of the fantods. i this But there came a day wh gent got his come-uppance. Some miscreants whose identity was never divulged--and which we, for one, aren't going to reveal--managed to gain access to the bag in which this self-important starter kept his gun and blank cartridges. For the latter they substituted which contained charges of about four times the normal power and noise. The first time that afternoon the starter pulled the trigger he not only started the race--he startled himself into taking an unintended leap into the air of near-record proportions, and it was months before he was his old-time master-of-all-I-survey self again. No wonder, either. When that gun went off it sounded more like a H.E. shell than a blank cartridge. However, if it did nothing else, the incident served to enliven for a too-brief moment an afternoon of track-and-field which -- devoid of such happenings -- can be about as deadly dull as anything you will find in the entire sports almanac. Other innovations to be introduced at the 1948 renewal of the Games will include a camera which will not only picture the exact order of a close finish but mechanically time the athletes as well; special sand that will retain art exact impression of the jumper's hind heel until a hairline device measures the leap more exactly than any human can do; new-type starting blocks that can be adjusted to suit each individual runner and so deprive sprinters of one of their favorite alibis--that their foot slipped at the start; hurdles of aluminium so weighted that if a lepper hits one with an ounce more than the prescribed eight pounds "topping weight" it will topple as surely as a six-horse parlav; and--but what's the use? I Enough is enough; and we have already told you more than sufficient to prove the plausibility of our opening statement which, as you have doubtless forgotten, was to the effect that "if mechanical ingenuity and inventive skill can do it" the Olympics at London should be entirely without the customary squabbles, disputes and such-like goings- But although that would seem, on the face of it, like a resonable enough statement we wouldn't advise you to go making book and offering too liberal odds that it turns out to be a strictly truthful one. We have too vivid a memory of track-and-field meets of old, and of Olympic Games of bygone years. And while they may introduce mechanical devices for starting, timing, measuring and deciding the order of finishes, there still seems to be one essential lacking for a reign of peace, perfect peace. nouncement of a gadget or mechanical contraption guaranteed to gag, muzzle or otherwise render speechless the horde of coaches, Badgers and other official hangers-on who always clutter up the track and field picture, and who can be observed--and heard at their deadliest--when in the interests of international good-feeling and friendliness the Olympics are being held. ----★----- - Unforeseen Results "Did you give your wife a lecture on economy?" asked the friend of the brand-new bridegroom. "I did," was the grim reply. "What results?" "I gave up week-end golf and started a vegetable garden." Can't Win Elections On Just Plain Wind It is not extravagant yammering on the hustings that wins elections, but a party's success in giving voters the belief that they are getting good government, wary for the best interests of the people, says a writer in The Financial Post. The old parties should think about that. Between elections their political organizations are pretty much in dormant hibernation. The CCF is everywhere at work every week, solidifying interest, building loyalty, exploiting the human and al!-but universal desire of people to be part of a group. And whether it's CCF tea parties, euchres, picnics, study groups or bingoes that interest them most, the political result is the The aid rganizations aren't worth ice cubes in Alaska. They sleep most of the time, then wake up screaming. They don't do anything effective to win the Canadian voters' interest in or loyalty to either of your parties. They bore us with last minute oratory and waste money on cheap election tricks. Most Canadians want democracy to survive in this fine and noble country of ours. Some have the belief that it will or can survive if a socialist government takes over. It won't. This country's fate depends not only on the quality and wisdom of government it gets, but on the success of democratic parties in bringing home to the millions in warm compelling human terms, their relationship with the individual and his personal problems. That is not now- being clone. If must be and can be if outmoded methods will be abandoned in time. New methods of rice-growing, using less water, have been successfully used by Australian growers in New South Wales. Woud-Be Assassin -- Antonio Pallante, 25-year-old Sicilian law student, was seized in the attempted assassination of Italian Communist leader Palmire Togliatti. "I considered Tog-liatti an enemy of my country," Pallante told police. 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