a , “for the big: adventure. EPS Wa wew A Sa PRINCE RUPERT An independent newspaper devoted to the upbuilding - DAILY : NEWS oe of Prince Rupert and Northern and Central British Columbia. — a yo A member of The Canadian Press—Audit Bureau of | ner J. R. aYRES eo re Editor Cireulatlon—Canadian Daily Newspaper Publishers Association i Published by The Prince Rupert Daily News Limited | ve ee tee JOHN F, MAGOR Dn ee mm ne _ President ote, G. P,.WOODSIDE General: Manager Authorized as second clas mail by the Post Office Department. Ottawa FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1959 ‘Space monkeys toast of simian set : THERE can be little doubt that the doleful protest of the British League ‘against Cruel Sports against the amaz-_ ing..space-trip made by two monkeys, will fall.on deaf ears’ especially those » of Able and Baker the two girl simians involved. in the successful experiment. There are two. monkeys who will have. a-conversation piece that places. them -#wAbracket far superior to their mas- iters who so carefully’ prepared them It: is obvious twhy Able and Baker were. ¢hosen, al- ‘though: the United States goofed when they. didn’t name them Mable and Bon- _ nie. No two male monkeys would have ~ ‘been able to spread the good word about. space travel the way the two ‘girls. ‘Able and Baker will. They’ll be ‘the te toast. of the monkey tea and cock- tail se set and will be lionized in every zoo - ¥rom the Bronx to the Golden Gate. x 4 We can just see Able, ‘leaning up against a bar, long cigarette holder in ‘dainty brown fingers, turning to one ‘of her admirers and saying: odty was really nothing. Baker pan- ai ghtlessness for nine minutes was real cool! It was crazy, man, crazy!” Now, back on board:a navy tug on In choosing Mr. Ray Perrault as its new leader the B.C. Liberal party rejected the bid of a still young but experienced legislator and durned ‘to. an untried but, fresh. source .for its inspiration. On the face’ of it this might seem surprising, :but:several:factors would: be** bperative. Mr. Perrault is a protege of Mr. . Arthur Laing, the former leader, and. the in- ence of the. latter obviously is not spent. Where would be mainland sentiment in his sup- fort, also, as against Island persuasion. Mr. Perrault has in addition been the party. or- ganizer for the past year and thus has had phe : ‘chance to build ° strength among local groups. * It was noticable of course that Mr. George Gregory of this city, the Liberals’ able House jeader in recent years, did not try very hard Sor. the party leadership. There have been oc- wcasions in the recent past when this distinction . might. have been his for the asking had he > jpuinshed such ambition actively. Instead he was pn “eiGord | as declining. His entry into com- ee years hence. ee their way to Puerto Rico, “Able and Baker are probably chattering away, preparing their speeches for a press conference -in Washington Sunday. Grouped ‘around them are’'the scien- tists checking their heart beats, their blood. counts, and general - state of health. Yet the British League against Cruel Sports call this tender treatment a “fiendish fate”. ‘What the: two girls don’t realize is that after their presidential reception in Washington, tea with Mamie Eisen- hower: and several syndicated stories in the tabloids, life will become some- what tamer. N aturally after they talk “to their fellow monkeys. there are go- ing to be plenty of volunteers from their clan, but most interested in their idle chatter will be the seven men chosen to be the U:S.’s_ first human space. travellers. These seven boys will be listening to every monkey syl- lable, trying to pick up a clue as to _ what the experience was like, so they will be prepared for the big event two y e. After all, it is the first time,in thousands of years’ since the monkeys had an edge on .man, not counting the laughs they have watch- ing man watching monkeys a at the Z00S, that i is. Fresh inspiration petition at the convention last week was itself half-hearted, and. only after «he had pressed _ his House colleague, Mr. Archie Gibbs, to bid * for. the leadership. Taken together. these would suggest ‘Mr. Gregory: was..not. too anxious” ‘fOr. the: post. Undoubtedly ‘that * ‘told against ‘him. The new leader is very young, only 33' years - of age, but patiently ‘is berit on a political career. This will give him the drive and en- thusiasm needful if he is to restore Liberal fortunes in this province. He is now calling on Liberals to’ “come back. home,” a plain re- cognition that many of them. left the party to espouse the Sodcreds. With only two elected seats in the Legislature his cause might seem hopeless except that the Liberals polled enough votes: at the last election to encourage his hopes, The revival of federal Conservative in- fluence has to be faced, however, as well as the stronger position of the Socreds and the CCF party. It looks as though Mr. Perrau!t will require all his enthusiasm to succeed where Mr. Laing failed. —The Victoria Colonist. Bo A cautious socialist | For: many years, Prime Minister Jawaharlal» Nehruxhas regarded himself as a socialist. of Some sort, opposing traditional capitalism and the Soviet brand of communism alike. Up ’till mow, however, his socialism has been limited jargely to government investment In and con- dro] of some industries, ... Now, however, there is a cautious move- ment toward some. collectivization in agricul - ture. Mr. Nehru Is proposing farm service ‘co- operatives throughout India, This merely means that farmers would join together to buy seeds, fertilizer, implements and tools, to save money. After three years or so, however, the Nehru plan calls for a further step—joint farming, with the peasants pooling their lands for more efficient cultivation and greater production. This, Mr. Nehru emphasizes, must : ‘be. strictly voluntary, ve » Many supporters of past years are severely gritical of his plan for purely voluntary. pool- ing of lands, contending it wouldn’t work unless INTERPRETING THE NEWS | es? * Communist setbacks in Iraq indicate n mena- ‘vre of success for British policies toward the dmportant Middle East country, No one jis making rash predictions, but the “neutrality” being preached from Baghdad these days scoms to have leas leftist blas than previously, and more warmth toward the West, » The Iraqi Communists have hacked down— for the moment nt lonst——In thelr demands for représentation in the cabinet of revolutionary Premier Kassem, And they've pulled in. thet yioviig in other ways, Britain has shown more hope than the United Stratos in regard to Kassem, na was Indiented recently by the British decision to kell arms to obl-rich 104. 4 Bealdes his apparent check on Iraq's grow- JHE ,Cemmuniast influence, Kassom has gained new alature In the Middle Ernst by surviving “ ovisious propaganda campalyn from Onlyo, Tha United Arab Republic'a Proaident Nasser - sees In the Iraqi) premfor a rival Jenderalip, The Communists, who have long controlled street mobs in Baghdad and claowhere In Traq, heytn thetr real grab for powor last Mareh after the abortive Mosul revolt, Kassem has managed for the present to ror alst thelr demands for representation in the cnbinet, and he also haa forced the Reda for Aral , to baek down fram tholr demands for Immediate he pooling is mandatory. But the Prime Minister almost certainly has chosen the sounder course. He has seen enforced collectivization of farm- ing tried In various sattelite countries, with indifferent success, And he has seen his goad friend Tito abruptly reverse his policy of col- ectivization in Yugoslavia, after discovering that Yugoslavia was going to starve unless he let the peasants keep and manage their own farms, The Indians have tiny plots of ground, Con- sequently, their farming is especially ineffic- fent. There js an airtight case for pooling of farms, ona basis of sheer logic. But a new system is no good if people won't accept jt and try to make It work... This may be the first authentic example of ‘Titolsm” haying a well-defined influence in turning a neutralist country’s policy away from the pattern of communization by forer. —Cincinnatl Enquirer. teat mig) FEN SR ecRETE Ne Ne UREN Pe eee ere: Mite moana te ofsficind recogntiion of political parties, Kasaem says he ernnot encourage party no- tivity during what he calls Iraq's “transition” period—na period that bagan Inat July when hia revolutionary forces toppled the ragime of King. Faisal and Promier Nuri AsSaid, killing both these men, Britain had strong rensona to, gamble on the new ruler heonuse of its large all strike in the aren The Iraq Petroleum Comparly, with big British Interests, earns approximately $280,- 000,000 n yenr, Britain alao Js mindful of sts Important Intorests in Tran, Kuwait and other parts of the Persian Gulf, + + Britain thus followed q pationt palicy, hope- ful of oncournging Kaassem's professed nou- trality between Maat ane Wert and deaptia its onrilor disnatyous experience with another Middle Rast revolutionary figure, Nasser, and the Buez fracns, — - The UA, monanwhile, was more cautious, Allon W. Dulles, director of the U.S, Contral Intelligence Agency, deseribed Jraq ah “the most dangerous situation in the world today." Rogarding the arma decision, it ja undarstoad het the Britlah thinking went along these nos! If we do not acl] arms to Iraq, the Ruasinng | won't hoaltnata to fill the demand: if we do provide the arma, perhaps he'll be onenuragen to sinnd up to the Communlata, ' Red setbacks in rag measure of British success By JOSEPIT MacSWEEN Canadian Press Staff Writer _ iiners > ae NINA DIACONESCO (left) of. La “Compagnie Nina Diaconesco of Montreal receives the ‘Calvert: Trophy. and $1,000 cash at the Dominion Drama Festival ‘in: Toronto. The: company’s presenta- tion of “Le Milifaire Fanfaron” was judged best in the eight- play festival. With her. is. Mirielle Lachance, a member of. the “Montreal group, who. won the award for best’ supporting ac- _tress. Miss Diaconesco ‘also. won thé best director award. VOYAGE TO. THE ORIENT Europeans in Singapore wary | of move toward independence : By ERIC SANDERSON Written especially for the Prince Rupert Daily News (Mr. Sanderson, former: news editor of The Prince Rupert Daily News and a well-known’ ‘Vancouver newsman, is complet- ing a two-month, 12,000-mile voyage to the Orient aboard the _ Orient & Pacific liners Himalaya and Chusan. cerns, some of the Ports. he. has’ visited). This series con- FIFTH: OF A SERIES - SINGAPORE_When people think of Singa- pore they think of Raffles. And well they might because the hotel is the showplace of this Colony and the city is the leading distribution centre for the Far East. Raffles is an hotel with a world-wide reputation for service, food and enjoyment. Its spacious lobby, show din- dows, stores, gardens and open air lounge became the meeting place for hundreds of passen- gers from the Orient and Pa- cific Lines’ vessels Himalaya and Chusan when ‘the two met here while on round-the-world cruises, The Himalaya is enroute from Vancouver to London, via Singapore, after making the inaugural run from North Am- erica to the Orient and the Chusan is enroute from Lon- don to North America on her maiden voyage Into the North Pacific. While Chusan -has_ visited Hong Kong and Yokohama on many occasions during the past cight years, she docked In Manila for the first ‘time May 9. She received a similar wel- come to that accorded Himala- ya with pretty Filipinos board- ing the ship to pin corsages on the women and present the men with cigars. Fans were handed the wonjen as they left the ship to see the famous cily, But, prior to her arrival, travellers were still talking nhout their visit to the Colony of Singapore. A survey indjentes that the. Burapean population of Singn- pore--which ts both the name of Island’ as well as the clty— js not’too happy about Brit- ain's decision to give the col- ony Jndependence, (It Ix due to become a state on June 1), Some feel there will be a Violent reaction to the change. They say the People's Party, whieh Js the papular palitiant group, Is pro-Communist and could Jand the island = away from the Commonwealth, The dlreetor of tourism for the minister of commoree and Industry for the government of Bingapore---Robart A, Wowlett —snays tho elections hold the fate of the colony, — Howlatt, formar director of tourism for Fuji, has beon In Singapore for the past ten months, .. Asked about hla fue ture, TWowlott sald, "That da- pends an the- wishos of the gov- ernment.” Menanwhile, ho {a doling on firdt-rate job oof “selling” Bingapore and ita many ate iractiona. Althaourh only one and one-half! miles north af the Rquator Ino «the tropleay partion of Maldya, Une Iawns are green, gardens fresh-!ook- ing and flowers abound. The streets are clean and wide, dust - is unknown and the homes, with the exception of portions of the downtown area, are spi- cious and clean. Reason for the greenness is the fact that the island re- -ceives ahout 95 inches of rain each year. But, unlike Van- couver, the rain comes in the form of thunder and lightning storms. - to. meet her mother, Something | over a month from now, my wife and I and the two small boys will be on our way to England. My wife had planned to 0 last year, and: take the boys who had never seen them. But.I bor- rowed the. money she had saved for her passage, and spent it rambling about the province doing: some special articles. The money subsequently came back to me. But by that time it was too late to go, Now my wife nas accumu- lated another stake (mostly in the form of a loan) and she is really going this time. And T shall, go with her. We'll travel. by train and - boat. TL continue to write my column and send it in from - wherever I happen. to ‘be, as I did in 1951. T have a number of urgent things to do--before I leave. One task is to. accumulate a reserve of about 10° columas ahead, so that there will al- — even ways be some in hand, if the mail is late. On. the 1951 journey, I suc- ceeded .in getting. 20 columns | ahead by the time I came back.’ The reserve - dwindled away like money. from a sav- ings account..And it involved mein awkward explanations. ’. Since. I had -20 columns ahead, I was walking around: in Victoria and mecting old acquaintances while this col- umn continued to appear un- -der a London dateline. I tried to explain how ‘this - came about, and landed myself in ' more trouble. ‘The incident reached.a peak _of confusion when of a thing to say today. “Tm valiantly carrying on re-! ‘be. travelling - to offer before I leave, a reader . “ANS tty wh All Aboard with G..E. Mortinoté wrote a letter like this: 2 I have been told that’ yor never went to Britain at ay but wrote ‘all that stult wible.+ out leaving Victoria. Can you; tell me whether this is brue?"s People quite ivstly. are not! much Interested in the mech-+ anics of producing ,u- news-' paper column, a few writers, inspire such contempt as those! who beat their breasts and| say: “Look at me! I’m writ: ing.” ' There is only - one - othe breed of columnist who Is more, exasperating and that is the kind who says: “TI can't think} but gardless.” In any event. r apologize for} burdening: readers with shop: talk. 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