May 6, 1961

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A young Canadian adventurer’s African diary, part 2

Hitch-hike to the Gulf of Guinea

Buying squatting room on the backs of native fish trucks, the tramp from Toronto followed the rivers from the Sahara’s edge to the sea. Then he began his malarial trek through the jungle to Accra By PETER STOLLERY25 min

HOW ROBERT MORSE III WAGES CORPORATE WAR

In a classic proxy battle, raiders ousted Robert Morse I, 11 and III from their multi-million-dollar U. S. company three years ago. Here's how Robert 111 is hitting back from Canada By McKenzie Porter18 min

IT WAS FUN TO BE POOR IN PARIS

now tediously well-to-do in Toronto, recalls somne of the snows of yesteryear. The girl from Winnipeg who kept a monkey has gone home, and the one with the orange hair has married a dentist. As for the girl from Cambridge who wanted a companion to walk with her to India . . By MORDECAI RICHLER16 min

TWO MILLION ILLITERATES: CANADA'S OBSOLETE TENTH

They can’t read and write well enough to hold most jobs, and they can’t learn because in all Canada there is no school for them. Their personal tragedy is beginning to make Canada an also-ran among industrial nations By BARBARA MOON16 min

CANADA'S A NATION OF DENTAL CRIPPLES

Already four out of five Canadian schoolchildren lack treatment for open cavities, and their general health is suffering. But to treat them we need three dentists for every one we have now — and fewer dentists than ever are in training. Here’s a report on an unrealized crisis in Canadian public health By SIDNEY KATZ15 min

Dilemma of a maverick politician: too many ideas to be a success

Douglas Fisher, the young CCFer who unseated C. D. Howe, is tough, eloquent, and infuriating to more conventional politicians. Here’s why a backbencher who stands out like a growling grizzly has a dubious future in politics By Peter C. Newman11 min

FOR THE SAKE OF ARGUMENT

We need the new Europe more than it needs us

THE MOST EXCITING and encouraging political movement of our time is the growing unity of the “Six” countries of Western Europe — France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg. Canadians, however, have shown little interest. They prefer to dwell on alarming developments, such as the crises in the Congo. Cuba or Laos. By PEYTON V. LYON SAYS10 min

MAILBAG: The price of gold has to go up / If teenagers must smoke, give them pipes

Ken Lefolii’s article, What the end of the gold crisis means (April 8), prompts me to offer a rebuttal of his theories. The terrific demand for gold means that sooner or later the demand will have to be satisfied, and the only way in which that can be accomplished is for the gold-producing countries to produce more gold.

April 221961