Published ‘by The Prince. oe R. AYRES’ _ Editor — roe “An . independent: newspaper ‘aevoted ‘to ‘the’ r tullabae ne ot, ui of Prince Rupert'and Northern and, Central British. Columbia. — h . -A’ member of The Canadian Préss—Audit Bureau’: sof - Cireulation—Canadian Daily. Newspaper Publishers ‘Association “Authorized as ‘second . class, ‘man, by, the Post Office Department Ottawa Rupert ‘Daily News Limited JOHN F) MAGOR » President “ wee oy G. P. WOODSIDE » General: Manager. : WEDNESDAY, ‘SEPTEMBER 30, “1959 a insurance fund should get their money - back sooner or later provides an illus- j tration of the: curious quirks of wel- ioe expect. ‘or hope t to “cash in on ore covering him for burglary, onapy ver | - | Yet ix actual practice, s some work- _ ers, chie iéfly young. ones, manage their “lives: on the Vancouver member’s un-: sound ’principle.. ~ Insurance. payments, which of: course defray only.a fraction of the benefits, as savings for holidays. If they do not. of ll out of work i in the ordinary ¢ course vents, they tend to leave jobs. pur-, L original 3 idea Ras come out: of the y race in. Calgary, where the ‘integrity. y officials has recently been the sub- Vof a. public inquiry. integrity in office”. if. he -is elected. He: hopes oe that: other. candidates.” will do likewise.) .. “hus the good ‘citizens of Calgary: would be ee insured. up to $100,000 from: the loss. of money Oy Or: ‘property ‘by the mayor “through theft, em- “.. pezzlement,.. forgery, misapropriation, wrongful ge abstraction, wilful: misapplication, ”: etc. The oon premium on. the’.$100,000 bond is $400° a year. - oe The candidate has been scolded by a Calgary. 2 “newspaper. for equating integrity with. restitu- “@ould be “used, with. much’ political: i fields’ wider than: ‘that. of. 2 Celgaty. “Civ! : tion: tion let’ one.of the ‘political | ‘parties: bond: their - on leader (who, if the party. is. elected,. would. be- ais : “Mr. Lester’ Pearson is reported to have. said. with a chuckle when talking. about. defence. matters: ¢e minister.” But why should he’ chuckle? as his own, former, government. which in- rdduced the system of associate defence minis- -that Liberal example bad? If there biguity in his mind about the res- pec horities of Mr. Peaitkes and Mr. Walker,it=should be dispelled. In this respect the -Die aker regime will follow the. same pattern as its —predecessor. ‘The federal opposition leader seems not to’ Hike the continuance by the Diefenbaker» govrnment of measures initiated by the Liberal government. He complains that the Conserva-' tives are taking credit. for welfare policies initiated by his party. These policies were inev- itable over the years as society changed its concepts .of responsibility, and the Liberals would have been remiss in not promoting such . tf. Jegislation. Did’ he expect the Conservatives to ae abolish welfare schemes? One doubts that they are. making foolish claims. What they have INTERPRETING THE NEWS _U. S. preparing They think. of their . | even made plain in the law is hard to see, especially. if MPs are going ‘to. mis- . represent the whole aim and philos- phy. of unemployment insurance. _ Underwritten integ rity One of the candidates. for. mayor has posted : 00, 000 bond at the..city hall to. “guarantee , tion. for theft. But surely here’ is an idea. that a : ‘ present : government’ “For instance, ‘before the “next: federal - elec-’. ~. ‘No room for chuckles | | done is improve on ‘Liberal bounties, as old-. - “They have: appointed. another de- posely to collect what ‘they think | ‘is. | “eoming to them” for the stipulated: “number of weeks. | ae 4 _ . This being common: pr actice, there may. be no point in complaining. trouble is that a so-called - fund, if. misused systematically in ‘this: way, ‘cannot be actually sound. > not. be equal to an emergency in which | the number of workless rises far above. normal. It becomes a government — ~ hand- ‘out slush fund, not: an insurance, scheme, | ; The insurance fund ‘should serve | only the purpose for which it was'es-— : tablished—to tide workers through — periods of involuntary unemployment. — But how this rule could be enfor eéd or. rothe Financial Post. . 4 “come prime minister) for, say, _ $100, 000, 000: or: 'so, And ‘let’ the party tell the ‘electorate that the bond” is there: for their protection against loss of any kind ‘for. which the government — is. ‘responsible. oN. Sozif Mr. Watson’. Sellar’s ‘successor should | The - insurahce _ It will oe hope. » After 20. years ‘many, of. ‘them me ‘Thousands’ m ‘growing up in ‘the ; -,, camps. of Europe. These. pare, " dingy batracks, . with’. ‘outside ..», toilets .and cold- water washing sheds, are ine: ‘only, home: ithe, _ know. . cgrmmeineren of the. co .. who fled: from Communienees’ and “the: “slave aor re ee: | ar ‘es “ = . . ee es . in the: 193046. war. is not a shelley fund oe --ago—long - before they.. were. “born, ‘Their elders, ‘many of whom - - old homes. .They are, fettified of .; the. Comimunists, . * and: [ap Som man “Getr of.’ ‘ehildre were. Kidnappeti by th > They’ ‘pie! the victims: ore a war that broke out. 20 years were torn away from*them by’ , | froce when they. ‘wele abarcely = . “more ‘than > “selves, have been leading. drah;- ‘rootless lives fof.a generation. children’. thern-; They will never return to their tle “AM them. look to the ‘West, ‘ond 'Pliey hope: tor decent. homes jobs in Getmany,. or Canada, the ‘United - States or Australia. But “hope long: de- fered maketh the heart: sick.” have given up Hopifg ana try= - ed to drink and prostitution: : ing: Some of: thein: have: turn-. oe At camps near. ‘Stuttgart’;T met. families of six afid’ eight -whose ‘mother the parents. unmarried, some of the children from. different ~ fathers—sleeping | ‘in. two . bare ; put clean-swept. rooms. I was introduced'to:a’ ‘boy of « vs about. 10 whose» ‘father is .in * hospital with 4 uberculosis ahd ; mentally. uh-- ears. the: boy balanced. For ~ lived with’ his: ‘Ynother and. his Oe at a school in; ‘England; finan¢c- _turn “had a habit of "wawa, ‘the. bonding” company would make. an appropriate, paytiient. into the treasury to com- | pensate the’ country for. the loss. Or if) the .dollar.-should. continue to decline as a- ‘result Of: the. government's | monetary policy (which “isthe same-thing'as taking money out of. the citizens’ pockets). full restitution would.be made each year to the people. for | the losses: they had incurred. On. second thoughts, : Pa 000,000imight’ not! be “endugh Bt worth: ‘investigating;.and‘in;the’ mearitime: ‘there » Will: be much public interest in how the Calgary ve candidate. makes out. oo The ‘Winnipeg. Free Press, age pensioners have cause to remember with gratitude, It is the job ‘of ‘the, opposition leader to make hay when he can. by criticizing the reigning government. Mr. Pearson is much more free with suggestions than he was while in office, however. He indicts existing defence policies, blandly overlooking that these in. the’ main were a legacy left on the doorstep of the Diefenbaker administration. The Conservatives have been in office only two years; they are , and: in light _ of. the /- ig . « : them?’ ~ have been settled. : countries, and’. are now: lead- © "27 was «told, -- well-fed: ahd English a little He appeared. ‘clothed, But he only. said “Yes? . cand “No” in’ a ‘monotone, and looked at me with cold, empty. eyes, as ‘though’ the. spirit had ‘been driven out. ‘Of him:: I saw. other: children ‘playing. in the dust, or filling . pails - ‘from ‘the taps. that: ran’. into | we er a classes in ‘German ‘schools. But - . they Jived in an atmosphere of | “ pitterness, : ‘moral decay. dank concrete troughs, in the” regular ~ frustration | -ahd “Why | were these children: and their parents” and grandpar- ents. - so" long’ ‘after the war? still, in. refugee camps, And what future *. was there for Great — - in many: ing normal lives; But the. na- tions drew off the healthiest and. ‘most vigorous of them. coping with problems created largely by the " Liberals before them. The Arrow program, the Bomarg issue, the radar defence lines, the Norad command— all matters of delicate decision tied up with the sovereign responsibilities of Canada—were a heritage to which the Consérvatives fell heir. So was the appointment of an associate de- fence minister, In some important respects also the Conservatives had to unscramble sit- uations brought about by initial actions of their Liberal. predecessors; --The Victoria Colonist. giant effort j in missiles race nos By NAROLD MORRISON Pee ge Canadian Press Staff Writer ' ithe United States Is apparently preparing fora massive effort to overtake Russia in the missiles race,- eee vAnd it would appear, on the basis of the he existing continental concept of defence, Canada vo) May also have to plunge deeper in the costly and ar complex business of rocket operations, oon The stepup in U.S, effort and efficiency is Pass keen in the bold atep by Defence Secretary a Neil H. McElroy to reduce Interseryice rivalry. ol) find bickering ond designate the air force as * the master service power not only for launching _ ofall military space rockots, but also for dovel- “.)" apment and production, eo Tle move may be a bitter pill tor ‘the ‘2 army and navy to swallow,.but:it. could open wy. fhe way to a greater central. concentration mo Ofleffort and funds to find waya of entehing me ofr and moving. ahend of Russia in space rock- , 6 ry. sy ah ¥. a “sae Pao Coupled with’ ‘the move ds the ‘dealaion to ae enneol a multi- millon-dollar: prdgram for pro- Interceptor, h design’ sean by some observers as'algnalling the end’ of the ine" for manned Intercoptors. | “That js to provide moro money, tor ‘apnes rockets; less for manned nlroraft. The am. e @pment of the automatie procossos of defence Ss inte loss on the use of manpower for aly fight. ne, t Nor this: awakening to the {ncvonsod pba. AIBItlon of push-button watfare, Ruaaia rather than the U,8, may he reaponatble, Over the ponte, the U.8, made prograks In apace defonete — ut Risslan ndlontiats showed the U8. that aven with Jess national wealth, they could -match and exceed U.S, rocket development, Pa duction of the 2,000-milosean-hour M108 jet: phasis appenra definitely on Yneronstd - ddvel-. | The Pentagon has been persistently sube, jected to increasing criticism particularly af- ter Russia hit the moon with a rocket two. weeks ago, Shocked by Russia's brilliant effort, some U.S, military officials predicted it would be two or three years before the U.S, could close the missiles gap, providing Ruassta made no further progress, + cy | ot And there is:no indfeation Russia will be content with just hitting the moon, Both Rus- ain and the U.8, want to get mon, into spac, perhaps looking to the day when atomie wea- “pons may not be land-based but directed at some enemy country from an enrth satellite. orbiting In space, It !s also undoubtedly true that in talking 4 the atep to concentrate military spnen effort ‘$n,the aly foree, tha Elsonhower Ropublican administration is also looking to the 1960 presl- dentin) election, The Domoernts already have IndJonted thay will wago a major battle against the Pontagon. ‘Nine months ago, Senator Stuart Symington Dom, Mo.,,‘alr secretary In the Truman admin- fatration, accused tho Wisanhower administra. _tion of allowing Ruasin to pull away in the ‘nlasilos race, Think in advance A good- chess playor and'n good driver always think out thelr moves In advance. To act on jmpulse Invites disaster, A ton of hurtling jng- god metal is, no respeator of human fe, A A:b Thought fw Today “JT have no grentor joy than to henr that my obtldren walt in truth, TY John 34, The ones: who~- fremaln in German camps. hre-. the sb- called “hard ©: croe’: ‘cases— many of them: si¢k of injured, © or staying ‘loyally with their sick or injured: relatives, tty- ing to keep the ‘family to- gether. Some of them have ho education ‘and no skills. Some have a erlminal record, ‘Some are just: unlucky. « * I remembered what a woman in Victoria had sald’ about ref- ugees. “If they haven't settled after all this time, there muat be something the matter with them. We should look after our own people at hore. first." © She was:a womhn of: about average intelligence and iver- age goodwill, But she had been well fed all het fe, How would. she have done, I wonder, if she had been kidnapped from: her home at thé age of 16, made.t) | countty, ; work in an élicn) turned loose to steal or starve and then herded into a dismal cnmp to live on charity, How much: integrity and self. reli- -ance would she have left? Tatimates of the numbers of “the world's refugees vary fiom 2,000,000 to 20,000,000, There are nut least 1,000,000 In Wong Kong; 180,000 in Wurope, of whom ‘moat are. in Germany, 40,000 of tham Ilving ftv campa, 110, 000 oking out A threadbare existence a8 “free-livera" aute aide, “This is world Refuges Yenr,- It Is o tino when apecitl ate tention ja directed toward the homelesr people. To get nn iden how some of theae people Ive, I made n brief visit to sonmie of tha camps, . More . nbout whnt I saw, . t LWGuTEen sine | A mat stroiied Into at: axe’ ponalve redtaurant, sat down, unwrapped a pitakhye Of anid. - wicher ‘and ronohinig over to a ‘entiafo, poured Innnelf i gleas of whiter, Whon ‘the matittter tuahed over to protoat Ne Wha hiked “Who are you? am the manager,” he ropliod "Just the man I ‘want to. soo," sald the charactor, "Why jan’ the orchestra playing?" a “refugee “masses: of. refubees A tomorrow . ote f yee want to ‘ehiow why. shoé stores cariy |so you. pass on. the: ‘street: or -sit': fading in the bus. There are as. many . ‘Kinds’ of feet. as there are | fates. In teceht weeks, I have: been trying to: see if I~. could detect two persons, male’ or® fernule, wear- ing the same type ‘of ‘shoe. .A newspapelman in his. limited spare time, has to take exercises in ‘ob- servation . like You. ‘thought: all’ Cn a: newspaperman hat was attend the city | hall, ‘the cdtirte, the. parliament. puild- ing, the police stations and ‘the motile. No, .inded....A>-news- paperman ‘has to. keep: looking.» ab. . People. People in. Bul, their “mahy. kinds and styles of shoes, just. - look at. the feet of the: people “ fantastic: variety. ‘You. can bet that you shave. often been “looked at. by. a’ newspaperman,. though you, would .never know: it; they are’such quict, modeat, ‘homely guys looking. at. you~ ’ under: their ‘eyebrows and. won- . dering. | Like: me, he may have looked . “only. at your. feet. And’ you wonder. if maybe he was a shoe ‘salesman. No; like me, he was he could. see any two people. at the same time wearing . the ‘same type of shoe. - And like me he never does something about .their feet that soon. changes the look. Feet are like faces. And faces, and strange and are’ inscrutable and forever mysterious, “no two are alike in a long day’s 1 seeking. : oe = FIVE. ‘STERN-WHEE trying to ‘see if-in six weeks | oe and never will. For even if two . ® people do buy the. same style ‘ and: pattern of’ ‘shoe, there is . Sch6ol- Principals’ Association produced. somé thought- pro- ° voking statements indicating “the -restless: probing of. educa- tionists to discover weaknesses . inthe’ educational system. Roy .c, Sharp, chairman. of the Toronto Board of -Educa- tion, .believes’ that. a genius such... as. curriculum . Toronto school. . - Undoubtedly, there is bovine comfort ‘in chewing the same ‘cud with the herd, but it would be a.fatal day when. univer- sities: with packing house ef- ficiency produce strings of in- distinguishable, contented - sausage, of. 8 -As Dr. G. Murray Ross,’ vice- - president of the. University of 'rordénto, told the conference: “The challenge to thase in ed-_ ucation, who are concerned with democracy, is —. will need them, . issues of our. day Bertrand. Russell... would: have been stifled by the . d sausages. ean. “do. to. stimulate. students. ‘to- come: .tozgrips: With | the. great . the stan- dardized text, the standardized . lesson, ‘and the teacher trained in standardized methods: con- stitute the great evil and dan- ger of our day.. : The’ world: is. changing too rapidly for the painfully. slow routines which produce the standardized -pro- |: duct ever to catch up.” me rvivors. of'a once proud 25- ship fleet othat plied’ the: Yukon Rivet's 2,200- mile length when ‘gold fever “was cat-.its peak, are ‘beached’ and‘ boarded. up at Whitehorse. A road providing year- -around transportation put them out of _ business in 1960..The department of northern affairs is to take . - over the Klondike (foreground) and the Keno for use ina plan- | - ned park, | ‘One has been sold for scrap and another, the Casca (background, with. bow cut off), will become a dance hall and bar. 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