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Hopkins, John J., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1952), 18 Oct 1951, 50-64     The threat to both Canada and the United States which has developed into a menace since 1945 and 1946. The tension that the two countries share in common. The speaker's opportunity to come into conta

Woodside, Willson, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1950), 9 Feb 1950, 198-210     Stalin's biggest headache: Titoism in the form of Tito's defiance. The speaker's pleasure at hearing Stalin's discomfort over the Moscow Radio. Titoism as a very serious heresy in the world church of

Dunton, A. Davidson, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1953), 2 Oct 1952, 23-32     What people say about television. Strong personal views of television. Talking about television in terms of what it will mean "to all of us in this room, as Canadians: in fact, what it will mean, sho

Rogers, John, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1953), 23 Apr 1953, 329-340     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Toronto Board of Trade. Great Britain, Canada, and some of the possibilities which arise from the relations between the two countries. Numerous at

Ambridge, Douglas White, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1955), 24 Mar 1955, 233-242     History of the forests and man's fascination with it. The forest as a mysterious place. Early man's veneration for the trees and forests. Groves of trees often the scene of religious exercises. An ac

Diemand, John A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1956), 29 Mar 1956, 306-313     The search for knowledge. How the idea of the search for knowledge was applied to the speaker's business in the spring of 1955. The Insurance Company of North America's interest in Canada not new. Wo

Lesage, The Hon. Jean, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1957), 13 Dec 1956, 137-151     Increased awareness by Canadians of the country's natural resources. The tremendous post-war world demand for the products of land and sea, forest and mine. Causes of the unprecedented demand for Can

Bowes, Lord Campion, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1953), 5 Jun 1952, 13-22     Some facts about the office of the speaker, the Clerkship of the British House of Commons, the chief permanent office of the House under the Speaker. The efficient working of a parliament dependent u

Martin, the Honourable Paul, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1955), 24 Feb 1955, 205-212     The beginning, tomorrow, in London, of a meeting of five men representing five nations on a matter vitally affecting the peace of the world, the question of disarmament. The urgency of the need for s

Pattison, Ethel Ely, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1951), 29 Mar 1951, 322-333     The speaker's background and experience. Some history pertaining to agriculture. The recent history of agricultural education at formal institutions. The work of the UNRRA and the speaker's position

Forsyth, Lionel Avard, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 22 Oct 1953, 29-40     The Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation Limited, more frequently known as "DOSCO." DOSCO's eastern Canadian origin. Some background and history of DOSCO, and of the speaker. A detailed description of

Eisendrath, Rabbi Maurice N., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1959), 4 Dec 1958, 128-141     Ways in which this is a wide, wide world: geographically, religiously, culturally, racially, with many examples. The speed with which Communism influence is spreading throughout the Far East. Reasons

Copland, Sir Douglas, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 4 Mar 1954, 230-240     Some personal background. Changes in the Commonwealth in the last fifty years. A great transformation between World War I and World War II when relationships on the periphery were of increasing impor

Duncan, James Stuart, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1957), 10 Dec 1956, 123-136     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada, The Canadian Club of Toronto, and the Toronto Board of Trade. The interest taken in education during the past eighteen months, and why. Canada facing an

Ford, Henry II, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1952), 24 Jan 1952, 199-210     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto. Some general comments on the state of the world today; the speaker's feeling that people are a little tired of the const

Diefenbaker, John G., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1956), 9 Feb 1956, 199-206     "The Spirit of Geneva" dissipated in recent months. Threats and policies of the U.S.S.R. and Krushchev. The Cold War supplanted by hot economic competition. An economic offensive everywhere in the wo

McGregor, Gordon R., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1955), 18 Nov 1954, 70-75     A description of one of the world's great Trade Fairs: The Farnborough Show. The Farnborough Air Display, with some history. Farnborough itself. Britain's aircraft industry. Successive Farnborough Sh

Morse, Wayne, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1951), 11 Jan 1951, 167-178     Reference to development of the St. Lawrence Waterway, and the speaker's intention at the next session of Congress to see what can be done to bring about its completion, considered by the speaker to

Long, Professor Marcus, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1956), 15 Mar 1956, 282-292     Speculation as to why people in the audience have come to hear an address on Ireland. A description of Ireland. What the tourist might see in Ireland. The Irish. The nature of the two religions in Ir

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 w