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 Merchant, The Honorable Livingston T., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1957), 7 Mar 1957, 263-277     The function of diplomacy to defend the vital interests of a country and to exhaust every means of honorably resolving conflicts of interest; resolving them by negotiation in the unceasing effort to establish an enduring peace with justice. The speaker's fascination with, and remarks on, the Congress of Vienna nearly …

 Colbert, Lester L., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1957), 10 Jan 1957, 154-164     Some thoughts on how best a working citizen can make a contribution to bringing about the kind of peaceful world we all want. A related thought on how Canada and the United States are functioning as the economic heart of the free world. Some background to traditions of both countries. …

 Brown, Dr. Richard F., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1958), 3 Oct 1957, 1-15     Korea and the Koreans today and the problems that confront them. The nature of the problems that confront them and their similarity to those faced the world over, due to changing conditions and world development in which the Koreans have been caught up. Korea as "essentially a backward oriental nation, …

 Romney, George, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1958), 31 Oct 1957, 60-77     Some background to the speaker's company, American Motors. Some remarks about the differences between Canadians and Americans. Conducting business in Canada on a Canadian basis. Some management details of Kelvinator of Canada and American Motors, especially with regard to Canadians on the Board. A pro-Canadian attitude. Some international problems that …

 Dewhurst, Brigadier Claude H., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1957), 17 Jan 1957, 165-180     An independent view of the Middle East based on 10 years out there and later on in planning Middle East Affairs at the War Cabinet Offices, and a recent visit. To begin, raising some pride. The Middle East as Great Britain's baby. A review of accomplishments in the Middle East …

 Wilson, Donald V., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1957), 21 Feb 1957, 243-251     Some world-wide problems confronting all of us today. The active participation of The Ontario Society for Crippled Children in the International Society for over 30 years. Gaining an idea of how individual citizens and members of organizations can participate more effectively in many of the international programmes that have been …

 Claxton, The Honourable Brooke, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1958), 17 Oct 1957, 30-46     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto. The origins of The Canada Council Act of 1957. A review of its activities, four months later. Support for the Arts in other countries. How the Council's funds will be used. Objectives of the Canada …

 Young, Scott, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1958), 28 Nov 1957, 112-120     The vital part that public relations departments have become in large companies, and why. The major aim of industrial public relations and whether or not the job is being done well. A discussion of management and labour problems. The issue of having speech-writers. Breaking down the legacy of stuffed shirtism …

 Lynch, Charles B., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1958), 24 Oct 1957, 47-59     Speaking both objectively and critically about the United Nations on United Nations Day. Yesterday as the first anniversary of the outbreak of fighting in Budapest. What the Russians did, and what the U.N. did not do, with regard to Hungary a year ago. Russia's influence at the U.N. The end …

 Fairclough, The Honourable Ellen L., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1958), 12 Dec 1957, 134-145     The speaker's view that there is no difference in one's approach to the problems of business or state because of one's sex. Changes in a woman's role in society. A brief historical look at the part women have played in public affairs. The difficulties faced by women in the new …

 McCulley, Joseph, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1957), 25 Apr 1957, 357-369     Some real challenges to all thinking Canadians, posed by Mr. James S. Duncan in his address to the Empire Club some four months ago, entitled "Education and the Cold War." A summary of what that speaker said. An examination of the idea of "the university" on which so much of …

 Frost, The Honourable Leslie M., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1957), 29 Apr 1957, 370-378     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto. The vast changes taking place in Ontario. Some remarks on the challenges, the opportunities and the burdens of concern. Population growth and industrial expansion and how they are transforming the Ontario scene. The problems of …

 Fulton, E. Davie, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1957), 11 Apr 1957, 320-335     "Parliament exists in order to ensure and to preserve the system of Parliamentary responsible Government." The word "responsible" as the key. What is meant by the first statement. Assessing whether Parliament is discharging its function. The speaker's belief that there are disturbing signs of a misunderstanding as to what are …

 Thomas, Sir Miles, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1957), 14 Feb 1957, 228-242     Some introductory remarks about the speaker's company, Toronto, Canada, and specifically Canada's great industrial expansion. Human progress. Advancing on the material front; exposing our moral and spiritual flanks to counterattack. Guarding against the side implications of new knowledge. The humanities, the arts, the moral sciences. Cultural progress in direct proportion …

 Williams, William E., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1958), 5 Dec 1957, 121-133     Three points the speaker wishes to make before detailing his recent travels. Briefly, they are that he will not simply state encyclopedia-like facts; that in almost 37,000 miles of travel he saw nothing of the "anti-American" attitude; and third, that throughout the world there is a definite drive toward nationalism …

 Garner, Sir Saville, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1957), 28 Feb 1957, 252-262     The background to the Suez crisis as it affects Britain. Oil and the Middle East. Four urgent problems with regard to the Middle East: Clearing the Canal; Permanent arrangements for the Canal; Israel-Arab tension; General security in the area, with a discussion of each. Other subjects are discussed under the …

 James, F. Cyril, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1957), 31 Jan 1957, 199-213     What is the future of the Empire for which this Club was named or, more precisely of the Commonwealth which is its modern embodiment. Looking back over history and Canadian history and asking ourselves some questions. The nature of the British Empire and how it has changed over the past …

 Grauer, Albert Edward, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1958), 10 Oct 1957, 16-29     Canada's traditional six, diverse regions. Looking at Canada from the viewpoint of its various regions to complement and illuminate studies of Canada as a national entity. The speaker's description of, and comments on, the three regions of Western Canada, that is, the Prairies, British Columbia, and the Yukon and Northwest …

 Bing, Rudolf, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1957), 28 Mar 1957, 302-307     Opera in Maple Leaf Gardens, and its success. The visual improvements from year to year. The Business of Opera. The finances of the Metropolitan Opera Association. The lack of shame over the deficit. The speaker's belief that opera has no business being a business. What the speaker means by that. …

 Stanfield, The Honourable Robert, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1958), 7 Nov 1957, 78-86     The Province of Nova Scotia as very much part of the Canadian scene. Some prominent Nova Scotians. Conditions in Nova Scotia today. A promising outlook. A spirit of optimism and of confidence in the province, one reason being the development of a real Maritime outlook and a sincere measure of …