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 Jebb, Sir Gladwyn, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1952), 13 Aug 1951, 1-13     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto. What the United Nations really is. Two extreme personifications of the United Nations; neither of them the true one. The practicable basis of the present United Nations: essentially, that no Member can in the last …

 MacMillan, Sir Ernest, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1952), 20 Dec 1951, 145-157     Christmas meeting with Christmas music by The Schola Cantorum of St. Michael's Cathedral, Directed by Rt. Rev. J.E. Ronan. First, an address by Sir Ernest MacMillan speaking on music.

 Wilson, Charles Erwin, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1951), 4 Jan 1951, 153-166     Some introductory remarks about the co-operation enjoyed at General Motors from the business men of Toronto and of others throughout all Ontario and Canada; about Canada's future and its potential. The dependence of the United States on Canada's resources. General Motors' confidence in Canada, now and in the future. Details …

 Gardiner, Rt. Hon. James G., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1952), 15 Nov 1951, 94-99     The speaker's belief that what Canada does in the next twenty-five years will have a greater effect upon the future of the human race than what is done in any other single country in the world in the same period. Canada as part of the British Commonwealth of Nations; the …

 Thomas, Joseph, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1952), 1 Nov 1951, 74-81     Introductory remarks about Canada and its relationship with the United States. Paying due respect to Great Britain which gave birth to the doctrine of "natural liberty." Giving proper credit to Adam Smith and his work "Wealth of Nations" and how his explanation became the brief for the doctrine of "laissez …

 McNaughton, General A.G.L., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1952), 6 Dec 1951, 121-136     Problems in relation to boundary waters and waters which cross the boundary between Canada and the United States. The difficult nature of the problems because of the technical considerations relating to the use of water; the complex nature because they involve matters which are of concern both within Canada, between …

 Rootes, Sir William, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1952), 14 Dec 1951, 137-144     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto. Important issues to be taken into account with regard to Britain regaining her balance of trade, including the subject of raw materials. The new Government in Britain. The contribution Great Britain has made to the …

 Costain, Thomas B., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1951), 8 Mar 1951, 282-297     The speaker's background. The speaker's belief that there are some things we must do for our future and his hope that we will get around to doing them. A cultural review. Changes in the field of the arts; freedom of expression for the author, the artist, the composer. The revolution …

 Pearson, Hon. Lester B., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1951), 10 Apr 1951, 346-358     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto. The complicated and difficult time for foreign policy. Reasons why that is so. Scientific achievements outstripping social and moral development. The special difficulties of the formulation of foreign policy for a country like Canada. The …

 Boss, William, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1952), 5 Sep 1951, 14-24     Canadian troops in Korea. First impressions of Korea. The attitude of Canadian soldiers to the Korean people and of the Korean people to the West. The need for education. The destruction of Korea. Material and personnel contributions to the war by Korea. Poorly trained Korean soldiers. Some illustrations of the …

 Heeney, Arnold D.P., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1952), 25 Oct 1951, 65-73     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The United nations Association in Canada (Toronto Branch) United Nations Day yesterday—the sixth anniversary of the coming into force of that great agreement between nations—The United Nations Charter. The conjunction of Empire Club and United Nations Association. The future of …

 Gregg, Hon. Milton F., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1952), 22 Nov 1951, 100-109     Some features of labour relations in Canada yesterday and today. The year in which the speaker became Minister of Labour; the year which marked the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Department of Labour; also the year of the railway strike—a labour stoppage of nine days which resulted in …

 Claxton, Hon. Brooke, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1951), 25 Jan 1951, 192-205     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto. Canada's direct and personal interest in world peace. The issue of topic is discussed under the following headings. "The Canadian People." A look at what Canadians have in terms of wealth, social security, and in …

 David, Donald Kirk, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1951), 1 Feb 1951, 206-218     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto. The decisions to be made by Canada and the United States in the months ahead to "determine whether we shall continue to advance toward or fall back from the positive goals which have made our …

 Howe, Rt. Hon. C.D., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1951), 26 Feb 1951, 252-261     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto. The purpose of preparedness for Canada and for other countries of the free world not war, but an effort to prevent all-out war. How war may be avoided. Sharing the view of General Marshall, expressed …

 Freedman, Max, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1951), 22 Mar 1951, 310-321     A review of American foreign policy. The attitude of the American government towards India. Being "proud within the British Commonwealth of peoples, that we have brought into our community the staid wisdom of the East, to reinforce our independence of the Commonwealth." The difficulty of understanding India's policy. Some temporary …

 Porter, Hon. Dana, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1952), 4 Oct 1951, 25-38     A look at Canada's Constitution. Reference to Sir Wilfrid Laurier's prediction that the Twentieth Century would be Canada's century. Vast changes since the early decades of the 1900's. Canada's development as a free Canada within a united Empire. One peculiarity of Canada's position: we have arrived at our present status …

 Baron Tweedsmuir of Elsfield and Lady Tweedsmuir, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1951), 18 Jan 1951, 179-191     Lord Tweedsmuir Russia's intentions. The British Commonwealth. The recent conference of Commonwealth Prime Ministers. Focus on the Far East. The most significant event in the last six years of Communism engulfing China and China in turn engulfing Tibet. Fighting in Korea, Indo-China, and Malaya. The concept of the "rice bowl" …

 Clutterbuck, Hon. Sir Alexander, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1951), 8 Feb 1951, 219-228     Looking ahead in the Commonwealth. Living in difficult times today. A review of 1950. A marked economic revival in Britain. Canada's economic expansion. A great new economic surge forward in Western Europe. At the same time, the sudden invasion of Korea which burst like a bombshell on the world. The …

 Whitton, Charlotte, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1951), 1 Mar 1951, 262-281     Strains and tensions in the world today. Two contributing factors: the acceptance, for more than a generation now, of a purely deterministic and materialist psychology that "man's destiny lies within his own will" and the natural pre-eminent importance attached to the acquisition of the means of livelihood and enjoyment of …