AN independent : newspaper. devoted to. the . upbiilding ot Prince: ‘Rupert , and Northern and’ ‘Central British Columbia. A member: ‘Of: The Canadian Press—Audit Bureau of Circulation : “Canadian: Daily | Newspaper. Publishers: Association - Published by: The. Prince. Rupert Daily News Limited. .. JOHN-F. MAGOR 95 dQ aa President... a me ca : ee P, WOODSIDE | ; : 2 ates . General Manager , Se | WHETHER there. is” any effective. oon defence against. H-bombs Ss ques-. _ tionable; but if Canada ‘isto’ build: mass ‘shelters in large ‘cities, as has~ been. vaguely ‘suggested, | the. game holes. in the ground should be’ ‘design- | ~ ed to: serve a : permanent, : ‘Peacetime a “purpose. © The idea of total or ‘near. total evae: = “uation: ‘of population. centres, “which has long: been. official. eivil defence | -policy-in | Canada, is. not: a policy. at. all but. merely: whistling in: the dark. ma Defence Minister. Pearkes: has: just | “acknowedged its futility or.at least its» os “practical deficiencies, as a plan to'save . o large populations. _ oe _.. He now proposes that every. house ‘sage. advice. of. the | ‘president: of the’ Canadian | . Labor. ‘Congress : ‘ae -short: time:_ago,: the" ‘British “Columbia: federation, ‘py a far from: unanimous .- politically: -and- financially. - That decision by: -the - ‘parent. “organization “Of: ways: right—certainly. not * when it. ‘tends | fe. _infringe ‘on the political | ‘freedom: of. the. dividual, as it does. in this instance: action by means of: “voluntary: donations” of “One, of the several things that Britain may. be’ forced: to do under the pressure of the. Eurépean’ common markets will be to change her’ancient, charming and absolutely imprac- tical money system. oh One of the many wonderful things ‘which the early Napoleonic regime -accomplished— before Napoleon, like Mussolini after him, be- gan to devote all his country’s ‘energy to war— war the installation of the metric system. This system, with a basic unit of 10, has enormously simplified the measuring ‘chores in every coun- try which has adopted it, The young idealists of the United States had introduced the decimal money system in 1786, but they unfortunately retained all the other British measurements. From France, the complete decimal sys~ tem spread through Europe, from Scandinavig to Siberia, from the. Baltic to. the Mediter- ranean; it was adopted in Latin: America, in In 1961, adopt it. The British have clung to a system which, : INTERPRETING THE NEWS South Africa and Australia will Although the chances of a quick end to the war in Algeria are remote, both the French government and the Algerian rebels are slowly moving toward an agreement, Abbas, lender of the rebel “government in exile,” can afford to move too boldly, cheek. Both men know that any gosture that {those supporters consider too conciliatory fow wecks to stem, the flow of bload that. began in Algerin November 1, 1054, For this reason, Abbas felt compelled to deny an weokly Jours de France published Tuesday, vondy to ga to Paris to nogotinte v ‘Gonae~ re, such a concession—whiech ja one of de Gaullo's” Abbas Jet slip a possthio negotiating’ point efore he should have,’ Abbna Insiated enyiior thagwt peaco was recognition of tha} In-oxile. koverninent- the moat he could: afford fo; (alee in AL) behind de Chaulle hut thawed NM tn be wooed, ... ' T FRIDAY, OCTORER 16, ‘Should have normal peacetime use - ‘thousands. © ge ymay: a to ‘the chances of the: COF in’ ‘the’ next provincial ‘election. ‘Disregarding - the. vote,: ‘adopted’ the. recommendation ' ‘ofa com-).) - mittee. that ‘the. CCF. should be: ‘supported both . “convention of the CLC as arguments against ‘involving labor. ‘in| politics—there. is .in the provincial labor unions does. violence to the™ oo Sight of: the individual to. choose his own brand | “OE. “politics... It. doesn’t matter. which. political. “party the federation. decides’ to. “pack;’ *nor.,: is. ine - a: many> “times greater. ‘numberof “union: “members -were : ‘dgainst. ‘the federation. entering. a * politics. These men are not likely, to feel happy Ens. ‘a Case. in-which the “democratic ‘system’ of. voting. should: prevail. That. system ‘is “not. al-: -. about. affiliation. with’ The fact that union dues will’ ‘not: be ‘used ‘s to support the CCF does not. ‘make,.a wrong |. principle right. The scheme to finance political © Britain ponders. currency — - pound measures are complicated by the coinage below © Canada, in Japan and jin Nationalist China. ° Nalther President de Gaulle nor’ Ferhart Both have fanatical supporters to keep in: could undo much of the efforts of the Inst. interview which the conservative Paris The Interview reported Abhns as saylng he wpa | Abbas may have felt that othors In his: provisional govornment were not ready to make prime demands. There wore nlsq reports that. 18 price for. Do Gaulle's offer of itt-dotonml\ alten’ Will rhe army Unt ins French settlers in Algeria and. vitiraeright- » Wing depulies Jn. the National Assembly did not. want free elections, but Integration ‘of Algerin with Franco—meaning . that at any 7959" used. ‘Aside from that,. ‘the “yormal mind can’t take, without. despair, the notion that human salvation’ is to be - found in going ‘pack to the cave. | But shelters might conceivably make sense if they. provided, ag their “main: justification, an answer to the ~ parking: problem or even, with tun. nels,. the urban traffic problem. © | the | ‘London’ blitz of 1940-41 the stir ; vast. subway. system turned out. to: be the favorite sanctuary of, hundreds of. Their occupation | of sta-- tion platforms, though both unplan- ‘ned and illegal, Was © accepted _ by. authorities. and undoubtedly saved many: lives. | Atomic: disarmament, now ‘ooks ae barely. possible ; and the idea of mass __ shelters may, vanish like a bad dream. ~ Meanwhile: ‘every study of the ques-' * tion’should begin with the assumption ‘that: the deep excavations will have a normal, rational, peacetime use. _ o oe —The Financial Post. "Serving we masters . $1 each from. union members. is equally - repre- hensible. No man ‘should be asked to’ disclose ‘by inference or “otherwise what his political views may. be;-and.a.- request, for a donation to’. ‘support: any’ named | political party: is tanta--. . mount: to’ a~ ‘request | for 2 statement as .-t0.° “ whether or not the:person approached suppor ts - that particular. ‘party. , ‘Apart -from”: these’: ‘matters of: principle—so » ably ‘and pointedly - ‘expounded at» the’ recent action at Vancouver’ serious risk to organized “Jabor of internal disaffection. Although politi-> ~ cal action: wasendorsed. by ' ia “majority, it IS ‘noteworthy: that. some 50 delegates” represent- : an. organization “now. pledged to. support. a political . party. in which ‘they as individuals ‘may not believe The ‘‘vol-'_ untary donation”. device’ in no. way. removes’ - that: conscientious ‘objection. | : ~The Victoria Colonist. like so many things British, is a ‘compromise between several systems. Twelve pence ‘nake a shilling, but it takes 20 shillings to make a ‘(and 21 to make. a guinea). These the coins three-. the first paper money (10 shillings) ; are the farthing, half-penny, penny, ' pence, sixpence, shilling, florin (2 shillings), and half-crown (2.5 shillings). What is proposed now does not involve really great changes. The guinea = would: dis- “appear and there would’ be’ 10,.pence ‘to the shilling, 200“pence to the pound, The . pound would be’ worth 1,000 “mills”; a’ “Penny would rate 5 mills, a shilling 50 mills. This change might easily’ prove superior to the older decimal system because 20 is a better number to work with than 10; ft can be divided by two, four, five and 10, though 10 ean be divided only by. two and five, -The changeover would be a tremendous job ~ and tremendously costly, but Britain might ‘wind up with the best money system in the ‘world, —The Montreal Gazette, Y France, Algerian rebels moving toward pact By DAVID ROWNTREE Canadian Press Staff Writer time 30,000,000 Frenchmen could outvote 0, 000,- 000 Algerian moslems, When Abhas supported de Gawile on self. determination, he also criticized other aspects: of the general's plan: That if Algeria voted for independence it would lose Sahara oll, that the.vote would be taken under police and army pressure, that the Algerians’ de- elsion would have to be ratified by the Fronch, Evorne now. seems to hinge on nothing happening: in. Paris or Algiers to upset the present calm or Impede ench ide f from modi- ying {is attitude, ~ Proper aid From. The (London): Farmer's Aiivoonte ‘ ornment is an attempt to turn back tho cloak, “We nagroo that in tho fast-changing condl- tons of \farming today some help ahowd ha offered Yarmers In making, adjustments, But it ts important that such help should not ba somothing that.may got farmers Into an oven worse altuntion in the future. : — Special. fares welcome _. Special. fnyos on the rallronda aro welcome, Tt Ja rofreshing to see tho railways. atrlying. to : holp themap}ves with whnt Ja a vory ren! acon- omie problem, They. cannot, of course, offer the speed. which is. the main, although not the ony Attraction of the alriines, but thoy can offer the public o firaternte, efficient Rervice with courtesy and comfort tho flrat, conaldornation, —The Onlgary Wornld, 4 4 The doficiency payment of the federal goy~: Ste DR. JOHN P. ZUBEK,. head of” the University of. Manitoba's ‘psychology department emerges ODA OOOO DOE alla el al lt al ed a le OS wo Ba ean ay . : oe) . . rien vf cia we a nie from. aplastic capsule where: he spent 10 days in ‘darkness and. silence testing . the: reaction. to isolation. He apparently suffered: no’ ‘ill. effects. , AM Aboard with G. E. Mortimore | _LONDON—I still’ say: ‘that ‘the " state- owned. British’ Railways are reasonably efficient, des- _pite the insults that are flung “at them by. the ungrateful Brit. : ‘tish. public. ° ‘However, the ‘British railway system,. like other institutions, is subject to: the national: foi- _ bles. Some of: its. administrat- ive machinery is ancient, run- down and cranky. -For:-example, the - _ for checking luggage. Recently .T arrived, in. Paddington . -sta- tion car rying: two heavy. cases. - Where’ could‘ I’ park them? ‘In, “front of me was a bank of. ‘stor- -age lockers—but. none: “of, them chad any. keys- ‘They were: out I ‘searched. the> “ station: ‘and } found the ‘place which British ‘Railways, call. “Left: Luggage” --a storage room. “Left «Lug- * gage” is one of the weak points in British Railways.” : At the One of my. “neighbors suf- fered a heartbreaking exper- ience when one of -his sons, who has been a. bit of a problem even in his schooldays, became involved in a most. dis- graceful incident including car theft,'an attempted hold- up, anda trip to jail... - It was one of ‘those CASS in which a youth at mand family starts e ms running with a gang of reckless’ youngsters of: varied back- - grounds tn which good background scoms to be so easily swamped. There is an ele- & s ment of rascality in all of us which {s easily: ignited by one real rascal,. . With another nelghbor, T . called on the pnhappy man, “Well,” he said, “we've had two weeks In which to try - facilities oS Cheers dB , cw | FACT =: aes In 1708, the Britlah govern . * ment ordored o regular janie of ima juloa to, anilars in'an attempt ta curb seurvy, ing tho days of sailing. ships, en a vonse) might not touch Port for months, the cligcone was common among sailors, It wos nat until tha discovery of vitaming in the 20th century, however, that it was lenmed that scurvy results from the Inck of Vitamin C, in which 7 citrus fruits abound, | Duyr- | "bigger st&tions, there | is‘ often — “inva hurry. sometimes - take the chance of leaving his © luggage there, because he may miss a train or an, appoint- ment’ while:he is: waiting | to pick it up.: “But .I- didn’t have to wait’ “ this time.-A cheerful uniform-. ed attendant: ‘took my ~bags. . and .my: money: immediately. _ All right: so’far, But. after I.° left, I realized that it. would be. fairly late in the day before t:eould ‘pick’ up the cases. So-I : “telephoned Paddington’ station “to ask.what> ‘hours the left lug- “page” department ‘was open... “THs: open. 24 hours. a “day” sdid the person who answered ‘ the- telephone- OP aBe ae sfe : when I came to fetch ‘the cases. the left luggage wicket... was closed,’ and its shutters. drawn down. I asked an. offi- cial’ what time it would. be open. * to accustom ourselves to . facts, though “it is like a. bad ‘dream, At. first, we thought ‘we. couldn't face the music, ‘and” we immediately started ‘planning to pack up and move .to some strange city and start all over again. But the night ‘watchman down at our plant is a wonderful old philosopher. {He set me on the right track, He explained to me that, I lam so indebted to so many ipeople, hundreds -of them for letting me feel superior, that ‘I owe them their turn to feel superior. This disgrace will. ‘make so many of my relatives, ‘friends and acquaintances feel superior to me that I am paid off, in full, for all the times t have felt so smug‘and su- _perlor to so many others,” _ He-has promised to take me down. some night this - week to. meet the night watchman; and do you know, I am, loak- ing forward to It. emer remmnen One in 10 civil servant- Trom The Winnipeg Tribune 7 Almost one wage onrner out Innere seveteoem tet te of every ‘ton in Canada tna alvi] servant, Thore Js no use hewalling this fact since tt Is the direct outcame of the leval of. services damanded hy Cana ‘diana from thelr. governments, There may be sone slack that ould bo'.takon up in the civil gorvice but even the utmost. efficiency probably, wouldn't reduce the number, of govorn- mont employees a grent den), « qememe erwonrien samt anmnanee Tan wirtan wre Rememeeseremy ateE Plumbing g tops From the ’ Twgorsoll (Ont) Tribune “. aatting the moon and other anode AelantiNie fonts. aygh . ine anhievementa ee radia, TV ‘and. auparefonia apeod nye. all ory. woll pul we alll} balleve that indoor plumbing hes 4honi al) beat as far da the day to day Wie of tha average hie man halng is eongernod, — * 4 can’t — mg OP. photo. _ a long queue: ‘of people waiting to check: their bags. A person’ | __ “It’s open 24 hours,” he said. — “Just ‘rap on the shutter.” I followed instructions. The || ‘-shutter rolled ‘up and a face. | oe peered ‘out. “We're: closed, ” the’ ‘man said.” “But the ‘teleppone. ‘operator | said you ‘were open 24 hours a day : “we don’t take any notice ‘of what. telephone operators say. |. We close at. this: time: to add up our accounts. Pre But.'after ‘grumbling: an little to assert -his rights, he fetched my cases after all-* British Railways, like many. other British ' enterprises, are. fe: an odd blend of high efficiency and crotchety, | stubborn slow-" ness. a ad Ta be ge “an DO asl ee aE " ‘Labor, ‘th both: terms with management: power if: it ‘made © party. anada and , “the United States.-had ;made ” vast gains and: secured formid-. -able:power by its independence’ - ‘of-the state, by its. freedom to. pick. and’ choose’ between gov-. -ernments, parties and: ‘policies, '~ ~~ by its right to bargain.on equal’ re-.-* gardless of any: government's.’ - convenience. It would ‘surren-» : > ‘der most*of that independence. d Atself.- first the’ ally. and: then, ‘ineviteo.' - “ably, the toa) of any. political | He GEE UR Tia Madar yet a ME! . a . woe . ls bor! 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