Wt OHN. a R. “AYRES: - Editor a : Qo em La cee Sa cette sol Seb pa caret taal ORS a TL ea ae . Bh we toi he Eg OF ris an : | | Firm sta nd a : - Te time. has. come for. the federal } _and. d provincial governments to stop | GQronet the liberties with. the Cana- dian lam as® do. the Doukhobor ‘Free- Asa ‘whole: ‘and ‘one ‘by one: — e entire Canadian system : this 1 ete date,” cot Caner o ‘ofa lame-brained: scheme ‘of: an. ‘eqtially : sqft- -headed: Mackenzie King,’ in allow- “ing the: Doukhobors such wide: priv-- “ileges, ‘is beyond. compréhension ae From the’ outset, ever. since’ : the. a days when Peter Veregin | “ruled: this “rebellious sect, the Sons of Freedom — ~ have made no ‘effort or. showed no sign” .of wanting to. ‘become: Canadian citi- o> om. the e day they: entered. Can- S ons of ak have. defied Gan. rity, , brooked no inert way. toa v | Lé They. awe shunned our. “schools, cour | a ie, | to confusion and ee eamiation | in the VICTORIA. REPORT VICTORIA—One of the great ‘political crises . in the history of British Columbia. came in. 1932-33, in the height of the depression, when Conservative Premier. S. F. Tolmie was pressing Liberal leader T. D. Pattullo to forma “Union : government—but with Tolmie in. the: ‘driver's ~ seat. oe Pattullo wouldn't go for it, “whieh: caused: “ Polmie to hang on to office ‘until. the last - '“spossible’ minute, thereby ensuring his own ‘defeat, even if the restlessness , and discontent. i of the times would not. have ‘done it. oO As early as September of 1932,, a worried Tolmie wrote to a not- too~- worried Pattullo, asking him to join a Union government. “under my leadership”. Pattullo refused; .He’ was” far too smart a politican to get caught’ in any such marriage of convenience... And he was right. Had he joined Tolmie he would. never have become Premier, any more than.Con- servatives R. L. Maitland and Herbert Ans- comb could become Premier, once: they became junior partners to the Liber als in. the coalition of 1941-42, In March of 1938 Talmie again wrote Pat- tullo with the union government suggestion: “In asking you to do this I am placing the interests of the province and the welfare of our people before any political consideration, Such a union, I feel, would do much to meet the present unrest—I think this. is one time when we should forget partizanship for the present, and associate ourselves for the benefit of the people.” To which Pattullo gave Tolmie a loud "No", Tolmie was so determined to enlist Pattullo in a union government that he sent two of his. top ministers, Harry Pooley and Sam Howe to personally interview Pattullo, to beg his ta ~operation, INTERPRETING THE NEWS . The findings of a soaret inquiry Into vio-: Jence between white and black may. have a deelsive influence on the future of n territory: thal hopes to became an Indopendent member of the Commonwealth. Tho political status of the ‘Contral’ African Vederation js fav outside the terma of refar- ence of the commission headed hy Mr. Juatice. Patrick Devlin, It fs salely concearnod with the strife that haa tnken the lives of some h0' Africans jn Nyasnland aince thei start of the yenr, The Jnextucable Mnle is provided. py. the , neknowledged fact that the rioting took pince boenure thore are Africana in Nyaaninnd who ‘want no part of the proposal for radial part- noraship, offered by Prime Miniator Slr «Roy Wolonsky as the basis for tha federation, Wolonaky himaelf is subject to confiloting pressures, The 220,000 white inhabitants of Norther and Houthern Rhodesin and Nyas- Innd norvoualy cling (o palitical power ovor 6,090,000 African residents wit. wham: thoy nut somohow live n harmony. Many of thom aupported: *wolunaky's. United Federal Party Jn its partnership plan with no eleay iden of what it moant be ‘ond the firm conviction that the whiter would remain tho ra have come. | ‘should be. allowed to practice a sep-° _ ~ “arate way of life, fighting ‘all efforts”. to. integrate them and. their. children - into our type of living, has: become in- ‘tolerable. . gos vas geets: | masse. ee “An “sdependent 1 “newspaper. “aevoted: to. the. , upbuilding ole Of Prince Rupert and Northern and Central’ British: Columbia. “A member'of The Canadian Press—Audit. ‘Bureau of... _Cireulation—Canadian Dally Newspaper, Publishers. “association: we, Published: by, The Prince Rupert, Dally, ‘News’ Limited | ee BOP ONES “president Kootenays. _ Apart from the mass - jailings in a. a provincial government camp on Pier’s Island in the 1930s and later imprison- _ ns ment of their leaders nothing has been. - done during the last 20 years to curb. - their, lawless passive resistance. aS. RP, WOODSIDW: ; General. Manager pt Post Office ‘Departnient. Ottawe Sake with Freedomites | ~Jt is time action was taken against the sect.as a whole.. 6 doesn't want them, 's0- that their claims: ~ f about the Soviet Union offering: them a better way of life have fallen flat... actions have also_ cast. a “Their . _ shadow. over . ‘from. whom some of our finest. citzens T orthodox “Doukhobors hat: any . racial “group “Concessions achieve only. momen-. A firm This majot By Varnes: m-". Jemoeratic way. of life. os ity has. clearly indicated - S hoose. to follow:. The’ reedom ought: eithei ese. wishes or be deported e en- K. “Nesbitt - Pattullo gave his reply ina letter: to: ‘Tolmie: “phey- (Pooley and Howe) ‘suggested an appeal should be made to the electorate conjointly by - yourself and myself, ‘under your ‘leadership, © and that following the election you and I should conjointly select a cabinet. I informed your representatives that I could not consider such @ proposal, and expressed the further opinion - that such a union would insure, and deserve defeat, ” Pattullo: told his mind to Tolmie: of. dealing with the immediate present, you appear to be mostly concerned as to the pos- sible. outcome of the approaching election. I do not share is. the business of the people to express their ~ wishes, . your alarm, In any event, it Russia apparently, : - mn tary peace. This has-been documented — “throughout. the stormy history. of the stand, calling “on: ‘the. ), .: Freedomites. to declare, finally, their -- intention to: accept citzenship- with all the resulting responsibilities . or. get out appears to be justified. ~ Cane -. Both provincial and federal gov. . ~~ evnments have an obligation | . great. majority of Canadian citizens to — protect their wishes for a free . and, party Hine. ‘to the °. « “Instead _ “Tam not questioning the sincerity of your intentions when man inthe stre I tell you frankly that the et. looks upon your proposals as°a means to hang on.to office, - “There are groups and individuals who agree with: neither you nor me, and I do not think that it’ would ‘be in the public interest for you and men to join in an attempt to exclude legitimate minority Interests from having rep- resentation In the LegisInture.” Here was Pattullo’s advice to Tolmic in March of. 1938: "T respectfully suggest to you that the best service that you can render this province at the present time Is to immediately call a general election, and have the Issue settled.” * The olection, however, didn’t come’ until nearly elght months later, and out went Tolmila and in wont Pattullo, Curlously, Pattullo became Premicr hecause . he wouldn't join the Conservatives, and he ‘was ousted from the Premiership eight yoars , Inter for the sa f me ronson, omer Probe in Nyasaland violence may please few hy. ED SIMON = ‘Cannadinn Press Staff Writer sonior partners. Welonsky ‘nimaelt haa heon daliberately vague In’ his definitions, |: His jmmediata concern Js not the aequies- conce of the African majority but the approval: of the British govornment, w plans for Independence in 1963 cannot go for. ward. ' Somo of tha evidence to bo alfted: In camern without which his by the Dovyiin commission will como from men aceking to convince it that the rota were fomoented by a dangerous minority of Afyicnns seeking the violent overthrow of na ‘plan supported by. the majority of thelr country. mon, Other witnasses are equally Intent on cs- tablishing the Incidents aa attompts to suppress 1 non-violent effort by the majority to realat . white domination. The commission {a dealing: with o dispute that is basically politica ans no torma of rof oreneo, however roatriative, koap politics out of It, # Tho ‘aoerooy "of Sta hearings ts intontad to. protoct witnesses giving controversial c from reprian}, a contingency that could apply. + ¥ eo nl aun bidance | oqually to informers on both aides and that will ndd ito the commission's difficultins in ad- tablahing thalr cradinility, “: : FORT: ae WILLIAM . ‘pelling . telephone - -party-line -hogs can be. sum- ... monsed ‘before the magistrate.. “once. from: her: doctor. + Cesys s ey ah te ties am ey rTryry * as PORT: oS [a CHICAGO '€ . LEAVES: TRITANNIA” \ AT CAKEHEAD JULY 9 SARNIA DETROIT. Bi ZOR yw? and once, when her husband ‘be- --gan to change color; for; the - respirator’ crew of the | fire de- _ partment. Ae a * She pleaded and cried hys- ~ terically,.but could not get the line. When the‘doctor and fire department arrived, her hus- band was dead.” see _ That's one thing I have no- ticed about party-line hogs. - They're stubborn... .The more often you lift the receiver, the - longer they keep talking, They feel that they are be- ing bullied, They make up ' their minds to hang on longer, so'as to show thelr independ- ence, The party-line: ‘hog is a sel- fish. and. unpleasant kind of -animal.. Ordinary decency lead ‘a telephone-user: to hdng.- up after there had been two or three clicks to indicate that “someone else wanted to talk, To the telephone - hog, how- ever, decency is an unknown word. What need is there, in any event, for a, telephone conver- sation to go more than five or 10. minutes? . A women's magazine recent- ly printed a handy tip to housewlves; install a black- board in your kitchen, 8o you ean write questions and an- swers silontly to the children without interrupting your tele- phone conversation, Why not ring off, talk to the children or cuff thom. smartly, nnd let someone elso use the phone for n while? Things have come to a and pass, when a magazine advisos housowlves how to ‘hog the telephone, There are two ways to check the telephone hogs: Poss a Inw similar to those in the United States, laying down heavy ponnltios for people who refuse to yield the Ine in omorgonelen;. and put a time HMmit on ordinary calls, Any~- thing over five minutes would have to be paid for, at a rate growing prograsalvoly atoonor, A system alinilar to this, 7 wolleve ja in use In some paris of Britain, , Sharp mensures may be necdod to pry telephone barn- nelon loosa, of. the. ~ On. Skeena’s flood . - should “TIME and -FOWNSITES- By Sperry. “Dutch” Cline” Early: in. the townsite boom, the editors of*the local papers: . took: sides in the raging: town- “ site. controversy . and. 300on . there was a bitter rivalry, One» editor hinted that his rival was _ not always. truthful. ‘This led’ to: a. retort: by the accused, in’: --which he referred to his ac-. ‘cuser in a more definite and ~ less. polite term... This caused’. the: first-mentioned editor to — appeal ...to™. the: ‘local «poet laureate of that day for a skit on the general. situation. He stressed the faet that it must not be persona! as he had no desire to’ libel anyone, but that. ‘it must’show that untruths re- garding the townsite battle were of common: occurrence. : nightmar ear gument. with. ‘the. Some. days” later, he published : “the: following: “Pwhere Rocher De’ » Bolile’ s peak | ~. looks down, ~ with icy frown, , Where giant cliffs repeat each _.- sound, f ‘Lie rival villages .. Like actors all well-taught and versed, “-Each.with;stories oft — ‘rehearsed, Their. village striving. to make .-first,. “Lie rival villagers, : Like’ Ananias, known of old,” "With ads and stories oft retold, with | visions of ill-gotten gold, ‘Lie rival owners. Serene and calm each village ‘4 Ties, ‘Life soft’ white clouds ‘on » summer skies,, ' Too many signs ‘From The West Coast Advocate ‘ Improvement in the high- ways. of the province has re- ‘sulted in the demand for: ,mupsh., and we change was ne the best inter- ests, however, and set the Hmit on al] open highways at 60 /mp.h,, not just some sections, ‘and thus eHiminate all but necessary signs, By eliminating the signs, a ,dpiver is enabled to concen- trate his attention on driving ‘his vehicle, The only signs needed aro those cautioning a driver to reduce his speed at curves, bridges and the lke, A driver needs all his atten- tion for the road and the mul- tiplicity of signs and other dis- tractions tends to defeat their purpose of Increasing highway safoty, SOE gee HENTAI ANE ETD OIE SEI PATON Hat Only salvation Fram The Ladysmith Chronicle 4 The authorities are much too itax when they do find that a young driver is lacking In judgment. Thora are innum- ernble cases where young men have been permitted to con- tinue driving after they havo demonatrated that thay lack this ossontin) quality and oven when thalr Hacnces nro sus- pendad the periods of auapen- sion'are often much too short, - Both tho ‘courts and parents muat came to reniize that got- ting tough with there young mon during the oritien! yours from 16 to 26 may he tho only way to xnve them and others from sorlous Injury or dlenth, Historical ctyle From the Ottawa Tee It was the grent fnahion “adapt historion! styles to: now pulldings, 0 fashion in Cannda almost to the preaont day, been honored nt the wen, of tho contury to that jag Wo hove, therefore, classical railway atations and banka nada after the Grann and Roman ident of nlagana, ite ! - the: 60 | ‘agree that the CP. Newsmap. | - Or ‘the. live ‘that lies: in a woman's ‘eyes, And. lies. ‘and hhes and’ ies: ‘The public did: ‘not: “think “much: of. .this. but.:the: editor consideréd’ that: he had scored a triumph. this townsite ‘tight -While © was interesting. from: a. by- -stander’s ‘point..of view, “and some of it may. have ‘seemed humorous, it was. disastrous.to country. .When | railway consty uction was. compteted, none. of: the new. towns. had made any substantial. progress. It had been expected that the - ald town of Hazelton: would move and form the nucleus of a new town on’ the railway. There had been such a muddle: and so much hard feeling that the: people of Hazelton stood pat and refused to move. Peo-. ple. who had’ invested in the: new. towns also grew tired of: ‘the “strife "and moved to‘ other: locations both east and west. Hazelton went for a good many years. How- ever, I-am optimist enough to ‘believe that if the northern portion of British Columbia is ever allowed to develop as it should, Hazelton will then come into its ¢ own. ° oO : commanding* general ‘of Unita a States forces. in Japan, learned on its *way into eclipse LA three- stax ‘general . with a: _ single order and a single. act. . won the er atitude: of seven.en- ..- listed men: and “deserves the’ ' gratitude of the entire defense -establishment—whether :: every.” ’ corporal: and commander ADs : preciates it or not.. Se Lieut.’ ‘Gen. Robert. Ww. Bui that: the. men, all on emer ‘gency leaves, had been “pumped off!) os a Military Air. Transport Serv- " fee plane to make room for a. Heutenant colonel, and~ ‘his. family-bound on ordinary leave —presumably “vacation.” The plane was already half an hour. from, Japan Hawaii? General: Burns ordered ° the.. plane recalled,.’ and then -drove from his quarters tothe airfield and personally saw to. a that the, men got aboard. AS quick ‘Air Force — inquiry — found that: Lit. Col. Charles: H-. Platt had “not” dntentionally “pulled rank"—. dent ‘stemmed ‘from “adminis: ‘trative eyror”’ Barring some | “future ‘disclosure “it: is: likely. that . all: concerned. were vic- . great * composer, “tims of that ancient military — adage: .“If it ain’t in the book, it can't ‘he. done’ ‘unthinking - to: ; that ‘the incl- - a -brand- new top. Sergeant, - Rank and civcumsta nee en oS Prom, The” Ce os . Christian Science Monitor 8 adherence to - regulation and pr actice.” It makes ‘sense that in ‘the “armed. forces pre ee dence should keep step. with” respon- | “ sibitity in‘Hne of duty. ‘And ‘it is’ pot Hlogical that the rule. : shold carry into. off-duty af-— ‘fairs, ‘permitting © ay host.’ Of. small} but.:patentially:. ‘embar-:": rassing | ‘situations” to: be solved’. ‘by rank instead of by, person. “But sucha fule, serves’ only: tf . tts. broken | for” good. ‘COUSG; . “And: it: is healthy’ ‘for national - as’ well. as*armed: force morale to have it broken by’an officer with three star's on his shoul- a ' der. oHOw. aid General. Burns learn: “of the situation?’ One. of the” seven. ‘enlisted | men, telephoned « “him personally. 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