’ ‘ =. oy my oe 4 Lt a ae sat ae ae Pe ee ee “that::viewpoint? of. P an ot... ce a EN A ge OE ry Beene fare of-marikind its standard will need we say that democracy is our banner _ the more sure it is that.a single stand- ard of honesty, trust; probity is:need-~ ed to make good democracy’s claim to. leadership: nsume, it: their” hon ‘on’ 16 Ontario. reserves vation. agai “their everyday lives. Quite pre or’ lesser.” y are subjected to restrictions whic VICTORIA—Most of the women of’ Swit- “verland do not want the vote; they are quite content to let. the men run public - affairs. . Which probably means Swiss, women are more content, less bossy, than the women. of’ North America. Now, there are 'p nhappiness .started in earnest when, women eceived’ the franchise, and who is to gainsay Tp’ Switzerland ‘a large group of women are so determined that women shall not have the vote that they have banded together in The Federation of Swiss. Women against Female Suffrage, ee * a a : The Federal ‘president, Mrs. Gertrud Hal- dimann, brave soul, puts it this way: “To' make political ‘decisions, you. must. read ‘the news-: papers, and a woman who does her housework and looks after her children, has no time to read -thé-newspapers.” Such.a sentiment, of course, sets most North American women into a’ fury, but the truth - undoubtedly is that most’ women do not read will enrage all North American Tf, on the other hand, only a few. miles of tho diaputed frontier, the lot of men don’t elther..:° \: ‘Mrs, Haldimann, wise woman, woman’of. vision, then puts forth a view tha l women, and secretly please. thelr husbands, yes secretly,’ since In.a matriarchy which North American. society has largely become, no husband dares to express to his wife, or any other lady, what he really thinks, unless he knows they agrees. “Hero's Mrs. Haldimann's view, 4 slip at INTERPRETING THE NEWS. the serious. parts of the newspapers—and 4. . By STEWART MachEOD - ; Canadian Préss Stotf Writer = ” Border dispute result-of Red Chin _ Deapltg the aoriops Implientions of the India- Chinn ,Wordor, wrangling, there appenra to he no Indication’ that the dispute will boll Into 4 major, Warfare, -. TEE If Red:China's Premier Chou En-lal Intend: - od fulfilling Inrge-scale territorial ambiblona; _. foreign observers any, he would rendonably be - ‘expected. to assemble Invasion forces nen. the disputed nayeas, This hasn't been done, the Ohinose ‘want territory—rocka, Jungle and mountains—aeorits only.“ one. ‘standard;-,of - “An individual ig honest ihe ig not. If democracy as we cher- ish itsisto prevail for the future wel- to be tiiqtiéstiotied. and unquestionable. |The days of the false front. are-draw- Lng: toa close; demiocriicy. challenges. { ~..pind,men, but set them free. The more The question that, concerns.Nativts is) 7 US SOM ne cad oa ; ~ in the way of liquor-rig people’ in this country—in-_ perhaps, a r.de of Prince Rupert’ and Northern hmbia. -A member of The. Canadian: Press—Audit Bureau of Cirenlation’ » > Ganadian Daily. Newspaper Publishers Association (00 003! ‘Published. by ‘The Prince ‘Rupert, Daily News Limited... > JOHN F.,MAGOR "0 “president 30° cee ‘Class mail by the Post, Office Department O Jeyoted to the upbuilding | 2... and. Central British ‘Columbia. » G. P. WOODSIDE” General ‘Manager . ttawa... ee We BN wn “direction is being lost. and. paths | chosén ‘which can lead only to ‘dis: every single facet of life, seeking and’ probing for the truth that will. not. seach in his own place and station. On ‘that basis only can democracy hold its “West:are watched by millions in thé op the >. | “world one lapse, one exhibited wea - portion to its incidence. The excep then is taken for the ule, and demo racy suffers in consequence, =. Per ee gy ee pe ane Jo.) For thinking’ individuals there as” That standard must be the best. only one acceptable standard of: Hon- ‘The shock of what has happened south’ 44. sceptabl f hon: of the border on a few leading TV pro~: grams does not. rest so much: in. the. fact that some individuals have shown” a grave error of judgment: in lapses. tna only can ¢ | Ms a _ head up in the world, advance its pring ‘that it has found the and Honor in widen- ciples and plead: way. to freedom “ing human circles... End discrimination 9. of the’ right” to’ buy, liquo ‘and: are not imposed.on white citizeris.. is -in their’ homes by. some -. focusses - oak Strange, is itinot, that ‘even the is- wy! world to see how we behave. Tn the current clash of ideologies atoutid thé esty, in all of its: applications. Tels tof . me. ... Just. legislation requires that whatever /res- trictions the government “may. decide’ “on «be applied: equally to. white and ‘Natives ‘and. no “ false:concepts of “paternalism”. can excuse the "present: discrimination’ oo me ” "S“me fact that the Natives in Ontario decided: control: of liquor. is. another “self. Natives in B ritish (Columbia. should have yee . the! the Jadies of North America, which will start ‘them a-screaming:. “If North .American hus- ‘bands have to spend their time washing dishes, they have female suffrage to ng some women-—who insist that domestic "- . Liberal Mrs, Mary ‘to run: public affairs, spend’ their time at talky, ~ That -might well be trye} brought.to women ‘of the franchise and -if they can’t: get elected to:high office, and very few. can, they gossipy meetings,. and to get to the meetings on time; they rush off and leave the men to put the kids to bed, ’ wash the dishes, and sometimes mop the floor, and do the washing. Women will say this is not true, but very frequently it is, and -so ash- ‘amed are many of the men at'‘thelr weakness, that they deny it too. ame. opportunity :to..say. what they want _ ats;"—The ‘Native Voice.’ thank ‘for’ it.” this continent the urge ‘tions: only a warning. that. human. » sue.of.ethics should play a part in the - 2 international and political tefisions of the day. But that is so. We © the — " yequired only of a few but of everyone, ' _ The Vietoria Colonist. «in, the history of on Ee EBL tla 8 aD) a lot-of political storms, een - the question by referendum vote speaks for:it- fey resent ‘it. Whether. there -should.-be a Soe eee eae. pe Le ares VICTORIA REPORT 8Y James K. Nesbitt While. women in B.C. have had the fran-". chise for 41 years, only 10 have been elected to our Legislature, though hundreds have run— which leads this column to suspect that women, though saying women should have more. sty, actually vote against the women candidates, Here are’ the’ 10 who have made histoty: Helen Douglas Smith; C.C.F.’ers Mrs, Dorothy Stedves, Mrs, Laura Jamieson, Mrs, Grace Mac- Innis; Libefal Mrs, Naricy Hodges; Conserya-. € + {iveMrsy THly Rolston; §,C'er Mrs, Lydia Ar- sens; and now in the Legislature—C.C.F, Mrs. Lols Haggen of Grand Forks—Greenwood, and S.C, Mrs. Biida Brown of Vandotver-Point Grey. Odd, too; is the fact that British Columbia - _ voters will never have anything to’ do with a splnater whan it comes to elections to the. miler. wanted only Chou really wants Provinclal Legislature, we .. Sore. observers feel tho Tihot..!asuo, led Chow'to this needling of Nehru. There have been other suggestions that the Chincae pre- to attract some. attention while Khrushchev was: stealing headlines with his. American tour, Another, opinion is that the extra territory—Nehru sterma st “asfew mountaing’—and nt the same Reo barely worth the effort, India's Prime Minister admit it, Nohru Js the: first to : a en. ee : + On tho face of i, the aggravating Chinose | "Aetlons along the McMahon Nne—nccopted by t Indin as tho frontlor—appenr to be based on “\ttle more than arrogance. With Nehru matné _, tuning, a firm but philosophical approach . to tho threat, and Khrusahchov adopting thé una, ual role of pencomnker, a blowun should: be nvortod, . wy a . : ~ Rolgtions botwear: Chinn and India began . soteridrating sharply Int: March whdw Ohinore troops invaded Tihet:avid the Dhlal Lana found ; oan “—ghnetunry neross the Indian border, Nehru, who “ina alwaya shown a high degree of tolermhdo toward hid Chinase nolghhora ovontiially cons 'demned thelr’ nections, Then border skirmlslos -proke out between Indian and Ohinesa: troops “and the flow of protests hotweon Delhi and “Poking, turned Into n. flood, Pye ' ‘ ae ay oh ‘he ataring at Russian guns, At a time when," thno. test Indian realstance, : oo . Khrushchev may be trufy sincere in his offorts to got differences sditied, Russian has heow giving Indin extensive economic nsstat- ance to combat Weatorn ald; and when .Am- orlenn arma wore sold to Paklatan, Jehrush- chev wna reported to have offered Russian wonpons to India, 7 , . If the offor wore necopted—thore has heon no Indlention from ‘Nehru that it will ho—it ‘aduld mean that Chinese border pntrola would ‘Khrushchev: is anxious to maintain cosy rola- tiona with Poking, aucly implications could ha disnstrdus, 7 wo “Anyway, Khrushchev would never want In- did dtiven any closer to the Westorn eamp. Indin, fronically, was the country that: spon ‘goed u proposnl to have Red China adinitted to thé United Nations, Losing this atipport cole only bo construed as a Communist sot- ck, \ Bocause of this, it’s surprising China risked the dispute, ! ‘ t Ellen Smith; Liberal Mrs,“ a arrogance i 4, 4 d 1 4 fellow minister. T yer represe ~ lature. TORMS—When. Attorney-Generai nto Premier Bennett's Social Credit the: youngest’ man. to hold the. office. olumbia. Since then he’s weathered al i -inéluding Opposition demands. for. his © resignation over his“handling ‘of corruption charges against a he. Premier once called him the: best attorney: ° general in, Canada. A. skilled’ debater,’ the Vancouver-born: law- nts Vancouver-Point Grey constituency in the. legis- All Aboard. News .famous from “Don's suffering: and “and then’ let Don down with a - Margaret Li. Murray tfiade a. ‘fiame'fOr herself. as the pub- | “ lisher of . Canada’s liveliest “cs weekly.-Her Alaska Highway. : -..News was rich with slang, ins," sult and. rough, kindly -praise”’. - of.good. actions. . me “Mrs. Murray often used the columns of her. paper as a sub-. stitute for letter-writing. In- stead of replying: to a corres-. pondent directly,, she send: a. letter to the printer. - An unwary friend who wrote to Mrs, Murray ran the risk of having his letter appear in the News; ~ Some time ago Mrs. Murray . handed the Alaska Highway News over to the next genera- tion. But she wasn’t able to stay idle for. long. . Last month at the age of 71, Mrs..-Murray published the ‘first: number of another fron- tier newspaper, the Fort Nel- son News, 250-odd miles along the Alaska Highway northeast © of Fort St. John. She's running her new paper. in the same rip-roaring way that made the Alaska Highway coast to coast. ' Here’s an editorial from the Yort Nelson News that gives the flavor of Mrs, Murray's: prose, I. make no comment, one way or the other, on her opin- fjons:' © “This is an appropriate line for ex-mayor Don McKay of Calgary, who for 14 years whooped Calgary up from a mediocre cow town to the most publicized and loved city In all ‘Onanada. “Don got ulcers, from drink= ing’ elvice cocktails with the hol pollo! from Timbuctoo or to hel] ‘and gone. He got fnllen arches from standing In lino recolving civic functions, "We got hangnalls from truss” tration, ovor small-minded of- ficlals who took the kudos off BUCCCHS paltry expense account, a nig- girdly saliry and a jenlaus exceutive, . “Tye poople of Calgary havo “ good deal to answer for In the shabby loyalty they did not give Don, when he wos under. the gun for n few has of " cement, . -- “Don also got cansured for’ taking a trip some guy paid ‘for, who likely shunts’ feeling nfter cleaning up on some'dont after a million” had ao ‘eon, asntliafiod customers had como to Onlgary: to see Don Mekny nt! Stampodoe: time, ' "The people make thugs ont. -of thelr publla mon nowadays,’ Thay expect public mon to do. a job and then whon It ls done lh atylo Wie Don's, they porsce "-aute Kim for ta methods he Hind to wae on tholr hohall, “OALGARY WILL NIIVOR nwo THE SAMO." That's Mra, Murray loyal. frontior: publlahor who spentks “up for her friends and hav ho- would? nesday, December 16. ; -—CP photo. with G. E. Mortimore’ ftiad iiets’ with: tevival-meeting elo- quence. co “ “Tf the Publié Utilities could - only have taken: “over,” she. says: of Fort Nelson, ‘what a. sweeter winter ‘we could have. had,-but we'll just-have to hold’ our noses and congratulate ourselves that Tokyo: smells a darn sight worse.. 9-0 | “Look at all’ the conversa- tion pieces we are building up at the rugged . northland. of Mile -300,-All. the rest of’ our lives we.can. be telling how we roughe dit at Fort Nelson the winter of 1959 without plumb- ing, paving or pouring water. “.. Money... is tight.: . (but) there will be plenty: of folding money earned the next’ five months and everyone will ' forget about the uneasy wait- ing time. “Tyat’s all shove the corners up. Let’s smile for the joy of the ‘living, keep our, fingers crossed so that we will treat the workers well who will come to. Fort Nelson for the first time, Practise consideration and falr dealing. : “Let us make the most of the opportunities for ourselves, but let the other uy. get a break tao,” Civic questions “..and answers ‘This i one of a xerles of questions an elty affadrs, tems and projects an whieh Mayor Pood, Lester has offered to provide imawers, Questions should be sent to “Chvle Questions and Answers," City Fmt Prince Ripert, Phe Drswes do not necessarily. reflect the opinion of the whole or ie dy idunl members at Clty -Couneil, Q, I expect to be out of the Olty on alection day, wil) it be possible for mo to vote? A, Blection day this year ts on Thursday, Docaember . 17, There will be an advance poll on Tuesday and Wed- 6 1 erro en AWARD WINNER-—Dr, Marius “Barbonu of. Ottawa has. Reon awarddd nv, modal” from. the Onnndinn Association of Chil- dron's Librarians for tho. boat Canndinn hook of tho yony, for children in Wngiish,.Dr, Bar- henu, ratived hoad of the Nn- tlonal Musoum of Canada, won for “Whe Golden Pheontx, (IP fram Natl, Mim Board, a . ne i ye probe: and 16, AN old’ retired: postman of my acquaintance, “letter car- ners they are called nowadays, some of my fine guinea fowl feathers, dyed a lovely pale bronze color,- which I got from ' Scotland, and with which are tied a particular trout fly en- titled in my honor the Sneaky. "My old friend amuses -himself in the. winters tying. flies... ‘He was in bee when I arrived, I —was:that notabl ‘foul day last week with — sleet, - wil wind and rain fly-§ ing horizontally.6 When I came. int the sunroon where -he. lay, 1 immediately... expres sympathy... man, “I neve felt better. But . Talways stay In bed in weather like: this. I just love to lie héré - window at the rain ‘and. the lashing the. window glass. I leave that © window. slightly ajar so: the wind will moan and telephoned me to bring Him up - - through it.” {can call-it. “Heck,” said the old post-— was you. I thought. it ré-' someone I’d run over, py. the hour looking ouf- the , 9.0000. S——# | ot . wind a n th Wife: Now: you’ve.done it. . _ sleet: I.love to hear the rain. whistle, And I just‘lie hére and | ‘snuggle, thinking of all the thirty-five years I spent, six days a week, winter, summer, spring, fall, in every, kind ‘6f ‘storm and cold jand Heat, carrying..a, great. “big: bag ‘of mail ‘and marching my. route.” ~)» #And.thinking,”. T-added,' "of allof us tens of thousands’ éf people right now. who are-out in It.” cae . “Oh,” he. said, “nothing: is “petter than a blizzard, and ‘i ‘pet up at the break of day-to - sit-at my. window and w&téh “the. poor. creatures wading ‘ ah tek “The old postman’s payoft, we - The lighter side Policeman; Didn't, you ‘hear nie_holler. to you to stop?: - Woman: I didn’t know. it was + #- (. The ‘maid quit. She said you talked: to her insultingly over ‘the phone.) . “Husband; Ye Gods! 1 thought “T'was talking to you”. “EDITOR'S NOTE — Signed .articlés; and editorials credit- ‘ed to other newspapers do not ‘necessarily ‘reflect the views: ‘of The. 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