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Maloney, Arthur and Sedgwick, Joseph, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1955), 25 Nov 1954, 76-92     The case against the death penalty: Mr. Arthur Maloney: First, some humorous stories in connection with this discussion. Some facts and figures. Motives that lie behind the murders committed in Canad

Goldring, Dr. C.C., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 11 Mar 1954, 241-250     Confusing statements about schools and educational work. Reasons for those confusing statements. The contradictory implications of the terms "School" and "Curriculum." Recent controversy about tradit

Brockington, Leonard W., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 22 Apr 1954, 322-341     Beginning with something typically British—talking about the weather. Talking about April and St. George being born on April 23rd, as was Shakespeare. Imagining being in Warwickshire in April. A deta

McCaffrey, John L., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 11 Feb 1954, 191-201     The creation of a separate company to serve Canada one of the first important acts of the present International Harvester Company. The United States company formed in 1902, and International Harveste

Wemyss and March, The Earl of, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1955), 2 Dec 1954, 93-106     The National Trust for Scotland: a private organization and charity. Concern with the preservation of an important part of the Scottish scene, for the past, and also the present. The special aim to t

Creighton, Luella; Berton, Pierre; Penfield, Dr. Wilder, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 1 Apr 1954, 279-298     A joint meeting with Smith's Literary Luncheon. Mrs. Creighton: Some comments on writing and fiction. What it is that makes the writer operate when he is concerned with purely imaginative fiction. A

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Hammarskjold, Dag, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 25 Feb 1954, 220-229     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada with The United Nations Association of Canada (Toronto Branch). Hearing from Canada the voice of reason and enlightenment, rejecting the extremes of parti

Litchfield, Paul Weeks, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 25 Mar 1954, 266-278     Some introductory remarks about Canada and the speaker's relationship with it. The rubber business as the central point in the speaker's life for more than 50 years. The rubber industry's record of a

Buchan, Honourable Alastair, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1955), 9 Dec 1954, 107-121     A journalist's report; a personal interpretation of the trend of American policy. The change in the world scene over the past two and a half years since the speaker last addressed the Empire Club. Pr

Baillieu, The Lord, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1955), 28 Oct 1954, 40-55     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and the Toronto Branch of the English-Speaking Union. The English-Speaking Union. A brief picture of the personnel of the government of the Union. Raising

Thorneycroft, Peter, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1955), 11 Jun 1954, 1-5     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and the Canadian Club of Toronto and the Board of Trade, Toronto. A look outside the field of Canadian-United Kingdom trade, and see how jointly we should

Drew, The Honourable George A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1955), 21 Oct 1954, 27-39     The meeting now taking place in Paris. The bright prospect of a European partnership, out of the discouragement which followed the repudiation of the European Defence Community plan. The unintentiona

Rogge, Herbert H., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 18 Feb 1954, 202-219     Being future minded in Canada. The speaker's company celebrating its fiftieth anniversary by sponsoring the Conference on Canada's Tomorrow held in Quebec City last November. Some of Canada's importa

Stewart, James, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 14 Jan 1954, 146-156     A backward look at the Canadian business scene where much has changed since the outbreak of war in 1939. The speaker's view that under the insidious influence of inflation and international uncertain

Parker, Cola G., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 18 Mar 1954, 251-265     The Emerson definition of a friend: "A friend is one with whom I may be sincere." The speaker's responsibility in enterprises which have invested a great many millions of dollars in Canada. The basic

Daniell, Raymond and Long, Tania, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 21 Jan 1954, 157-170     Tania Long: The speaker's understanding that "it is rare that meetings of this group are open to the ladies." Her hope that the members will not regret their decision to make this occasion an excepti

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

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

Keppel-Jones, Professor Arthur, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 15 Apr 1954, 312-321     Today the anniversary of the hardest fought election in South African history. Some background to this event. The second Nationalist victory and why it was momentous. The problem of the division of t