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An independent newspaper devoted to the upbuilding
of Prince Rupert and Northern and Central British Columbia,
A member of The Canadian Press—Audit, Bureau of
Cirewlation-—Canadian Daily Newspaper Publishers Associalion
Publshed by The Prince Rupert Daily News Limited

JOHN F. MAGOR
President +

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G. P, WOODSIDE
General Manager

Authorized as second class mafi by the Post Office Department. Ottawa

PRINCE RUPERT DAILY NEWS - ~ 1959

 

vey Seas _ MONDAY, JUNE 29,1959 oy

Public “catitledt to know about hospital

Hk Prince Rupert Hospital board is
+to be cangratulated on two vital
matters (a) on reaching a satisfactory

settlement with the Civic Employees ©

Union and (b) on opposing a move that
would ban the press from covering its
meetings.

The somewhat delayed settlement
was made along the limes of a unani-
‘mous report of a conciliation board
and gave the hospital employees nearly
60,ner cent of what they asked in cost
items. The removal of the free coffee
clause was a good thing, for it must be
admitted that it was a luxury item,
Kew companies, firms or industries

supply their employees with fr ee cof:

fee, However, the employees won a
$10° a month wage boost and introdue-
tion of a health plan for them i is an ex-
callent thing.

> The’ hospital board's personnel com:
settlement and the union too for its
reasonable bargaining. :

That is what makes all the more
amazing, the attack on The = Daily
News by KE. A. Williamson. Mr. Wil-

nel committee and as such reports to
the board on the activities of that
; group.

Far from the board experiencing
repeated ambarrassment at the hands
of The Daily News, the hospital board
has been saved in many instances from
! embarrassing situations. The Daily

News, in-order that the public. would
“not lose confidence in the: hospital,

-—___kept silent-at-thayr equest of the person-
nel committee while the hospital went -

through a change of matrons, account-
ants, administrators, dieticians. It
soft-pedalled the “loaded” hospital as-
sociation meetings at which nurses,
nurses and hospital employees’ ' hus-
handg and wives, doctors’ and doctors’
wives, lobbied and argued to get their
points across because the still-unap-
proved constitution has flaws in it ae-
cording to the British Columbia Hospi-
tal Insurance Service,

As for the greenhorn Mr, Wil am-
son’s charge that The Daily News has
used hospital board meetings to play
politics”, the claim is so much non-
sense. Idither My, Williamson has un-
mitigafed gall in suggesting such a
thing or it is because he ig new to pub-
lic life. We choose to think the latter,
hecause the only recent editorial writ-
ten about the hospital board which also
wdeall with the provincial government
was one on June 8, which supported

Jiamson is the chairman of the person-

thé brief to the cabinet of the B.C. Hos-

-pital association, an organization to

which Prince Rupert General hospital
belongs. |

It is true that this newspaper is
somewhat less than enchanted by the
Social Credit government and its taec-
tics, par ticularly in regards to haspital

‘financing, Any editorial taking Health

Minister Martin or BCHIS to task has
been strictly dedicated to alleviating
the financial crises of our hospital. .
As for suggesting that hospital
board meeting activities be reported to
the press through a summary or
“handout” prepared by the hospital

board, that is a typical Social Credit,

government tactic. It was suggested
in Alberta when that province tried to
introduce its anti-press law. The in-

troduction of such a motion by Mr.

Williamson makes him extremely sus-

hospital board, the people of Prince
Rupert or the Social
ment.

What makes us hope that it is Mr.
outburst, i is the fact that he has the
novice trustee’s habit of wanting to be
“on and off the record” and wants the
press to “leave the room.” A chairman
of a committee reports his group’s ac-
tions so that the board, the body elect-
ed by the people, can learn what has
been done. That report, unless it deals

: specifically with staff problems: or...

' changes, is reported by the press. The

City Council and District. 52 school
board, whose budgets are somewhat
higher than that of the hospital, trust
the Daily News, with information for
background, that will serve when com-
mittee actions are completed. This has
been routine for years. No confidences
have been violated. ,

Only equal to Mr. Williamson’s
amazing statements is the fact that
the board chairman did not apologize
to the press for his.committee chair-
man’s action, But for the fact that the
hospital board as a whole voted down
the personnel committee chairman’s
motion, it would have seemed that a
conference between the board and the
editorial staff of this newspaper was
called for to clarify both the board’s
and the newspaper's responsibility to
the public, one of which is to keep the
people. of Prince Rupert informed. As
it is, the hospital board took the wise
move and quashed any proposal that
the press be muffled.

pect as to who he is representing on the-.-

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INTERPRETING THE NEWS —

The principle of the non-nuclear elub \s
casy to dismiss on the grounds that itp qimgs
are unlikely to be fulfilled,

Its chief proponents, Hugh Gaitskell and
Aneurin Bevan, are quick to agree with Sts
" erilies that Gen. de Gaulle probably will nat
» Pe swayed In his determination to give France
vil nuclear weapon by a British decisjon to
' renounce It,

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nuelenr powers, the growing atmogpherle pally.
Hon of thelr tests and the mounting possibility
of atomic war,

“That is that

the situation
fo happen uniess statesmon
Nbout It," Bevan argues, “At lenst we haya
the obligation to try,"

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The force
Hig)jy nullified by the knowledge af the split
Within the British: Labor party over nucleny
Matrmament that preceded the unyelling of In
new paliey,

"Short, of the Matant prospect ef an over-all
Infaienational nARYeoment, no plans currently

xR, io prevent (he qenninitan of nucleny
weapons hy any power .with the will, the
fhiahedal resayrees' and the aclentific know-
ledife to praduge them...

Tnpllelt. ty Labor's plan ts the acknowlodd-
nent of the H-bomh's deterrent value. But
it js accompanied by the Jmpllontion that
Its possension by the United States and Ruasla

erecserrrs *ee2@aarnre se -

do somathing:

of the argument ennnat he ons:

Obligation to try theme of non-nuclear club

By ED SIMON '
‘Canadian Press Staff Writer

is deterrence cnough.

If. Galtskell and Bevan are idealistic In
believing that they can convince de: Gaulle
of this view by voluntarily taking Britain out
of the nuelany race, they have a better eqse than

“the advorates ef unilateral nuelenar disarma-

ment, wha can point only to “maral leadership”
to justify thelr course,

Once renounced, the ybomb ean not onally
bea unrenounced, Labor's new polley soaks samo
assurance that the sten will not he taken
without reciprocal benofits.

The ohduracy of de Gaulle, the ambitions of... ..

Egypt's Prosident Nasser or the intransigence
af any one of 9 dozen other government lenad- —
ers could thwart the plan, assuming the Labor

vietory In the next general olection (hat Js |)

required ta put fl into practice,

But “the obligation to try” Ja bound to
inerense In Its appeal with every new warld
erisig, The now [nabor policy, however im-
practien], at lanst ropresents an attempt to
moat It.

The plan's dublous benefits will he con-
alderably Incronsed If ita critics are oncourngad
to explore the posdbilities of producing a mora
ncaeptable subatituta

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By law will close trailer. park says operator, |

‘resident claims owner played for “fall guy”

The Editor,

The Daily News:

I wish to. clear yp sane im-
portant points regarding the
new trailer bylaw.’

When these trailers started
arriving in the city at’ the
start of the airport construc-
tion not one of our City, ‘Goun-
cil members at that time af-
fered to help these people get
located.

We tried to, and believe me
when I say they suffered
plenty of hardship putting up
with the little we had ta offer
at that time. Now we- have
things in pretty fgir shane at
the cost of considerable money
and hard. work. Some of the
airport construction people
have left and their places
have been taken by people
working on other jobs here in
town.

We know we can get. an. eX-
tension of time for the airport
wor kers but only if we put in
one mare washroom. ‘If we
don’t we are subject to prose-
cution after July 1.

Why should we at this time
go to this extra cost if these
oth people must be forced
out, and after the completion
of the airport We will be: left
with lots of space and facili-
ties but, no revenue as we will
be forced to rely ‘strictly on
the summer tourists. -

Imagine, if you can, +100
tourist trailers coming here
in one year. ‘Let us say they all
stayed three nights each at
$2. That would bring in $600.

Big business? That would
not even pay the taxes, let

- alone -the: water, light etc.

If anyone can show us_how
a trailer court. can operate
under: ‘the .120-day time limit
we wil | gladly - change our
views. and continue to’ expand
and try to provide the best in
trailer accommodation.. .  .

Over the past three - years

 

 

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Sauce for Goose?
From the Sidney Review
Recent. compulsory’ resigna-

tion of trustees of the Lady

Minto Gulf Islands” Hospital

board has started some specu-

lation on the next provincial
election. The government has

ruled that a trustee may only ©

serve three terms, after which

period he must: withdraw from

the: board: ‘That there: ‘is reason
behind this ruling cannot be
doubted.

The government feels that a
a man may not usefully serve
his fellows for more than three
terms when engaged in the
administration of .a hospital.
Does the Same government feel
this should apply in the case
of serving in the legislature?

By this ruling Premier Ben-
nett will be ineligible for a
further term in the legislature.
Highways Minister Gaglardi
will conclude his association
with provincial matters. as
will most of his colleagues in
the ‘cabinet.

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New Canadian |

From the Ottawa Journal

Thomas Kuiper is a Dutch
boy who spoke no English
when he came to Canada four
years ago. ,

Thomas is now 13 and he
can speak English well. So
well, indeed, that he wins ora-
torical contests. After con-
quering boys from Eastern
Canada and MNorthern United
States, he is off now to the big
lengues of oratorical contests
—to Philadelphia and perhaps
to Miami for the international
finals of the Optimist Club
Competition,

After four years,
Kuiper speaks better
than most native speakers
with a Ilfetime to practise.
What will he be doing after

Thomas
English

he has been around = for a
whole decade? '
Easy does it it

rom v sy Renders Digest .

A ten-year old was going on
his first real visit away from
home, and his mother wanted
to be sure she'd hear fram hin,
So she addressed a postal card
for onch day that he would he
fone and told him, “All you
neod to do Js write 'O.K,, Mare
Vv n' "Wu

“All night.’ sald Marvin, “But
you put the OK, on—and if
tm not, TH serateh it out.” ”

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‘A alty banker who had spent
his youth on n farm peraundad.
an old neighbor to take on hia
gon for the summer, When the

“-FaAtitor-ehlled to anak how the

boy was making out, the farm-
er declared, "3 aln't the one to
handy words with you, Uf that
hoys of yours had one mara
hand, he'd need h third packet
to pub it in”
vo ow

A group of Cub Scouts ware
talking over plang for qh Ka.
The lender suggested meathh
nt ten In the morning beca Ng
ib was nbout o twoelour hike
to the destination, One! of
boys, 1 neweamer paled viswbly,
"You menn we're grolng to
wilk?" he naked,

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trailers brought over Highway
16 to Prince Rupert.

Let’s be. reqlistic. Anyone is
entitled to a fair return on
money invested. No one can
afford to build a trailer court
just forthe’ few tourists we
have or ‘just so the city can
have space available In case

we get another construction
job. | : .
Trailers today are - mobile

homes complete with every-’
thing. This has become a part
of our way of life in North
America. °

Every city has not one but

many trailer courts and no ..

one can say all these trailers
are moving about every 120
days .as suggested by Mayor
Lester.

Yes, maybe. Vancouver does
have a 90-day limit written
into their. bylaw but are they
enforcing it to the letter of the
law as our building inspector
has. told us ‘he has been in-

" structed to do?

We are not against putting
in this. extra washroom as we
realize its importance.

The City Council was very
fair: in its regard and reduced
requirements so that anyone
can easily camply with the
bylaw, but’ with the 120-day
limit it makes having a trailer
court in Prince Rupert. absol-
utely out of the question.

. If. we are going to be forced

.out of business we choose to

do it now when the issue is
clear, not later when-the air-
port is finished and we have
served a need for City Council.

Let the’. city subsidize the
building of. the airport. We
cannot afford to. !

I can, and will prove that

trailers ‘are parking one, two
and three years in every city
of any size in British Colum-
bia.

Some people argue that. they
don’t pay school tax. or. for
the upkeep of. our. roads.

The city has another bylaw
which states they must be as-
sessed 10 cents per day which
is $36 per year. If they enforce
how can
the city collect the so-called

school tax as none of the
trailers will be using our
schools?

We.must have bylaws so the
council has control over. one

‘and all living in our commun- -
ity, but’ don’t. you think that ~
‘ona matter such

as
which directly affects 24 fam-
ilies, more than 75 people, all
council members should have
been present..

Come Wednesday all these

_ people are going to be out on

the street. :

_ Prince Rupert needs a trailer

court and we are prepared to

do our best. The decision as to

whether we get the oppor-
tunity to do so or not, is up to

the City Council.

Yet, Vancouver has lots of
things including a large pop-
ulation and many outyling
districts ‘suitable -for trailers.

BUT I woula remind His
Worship the Mayor that this
is Prince Rupert not Vancou-
ver and the people here clect-
ed him our mayor Let's forget

this, ‘

 

Vancouver and ge} on with
the job of building a better
Prince Rupert. We stand to

All Aboard with G. E. ‘Mortimore i

lose some mighty fine citizens _

who choose to lve in a trailer.
. E. D. Manson,

Parkside | ‘Resort Motel.

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Face eviction

The Editor,
The Daily News,
We have to move out of the

motel on July. 1.

We have nowhere to g0 and
presumably our men are ex-

pected to quit their jgbs on.

Digby Island. and., Ja the
airport unfinished*: ything
to get us out of Nere. In this
trailer court there are only
three trailers, the remainder
are mobile homes. There is a
difference.

We would like to see the
Junior Chamber .of Commerce
or same other civig organiza~

tion point out to City Coun-

cil that the occupants of the
24 trailers and mabil¢é hames
spend about $72, 000 per year
in your fair city.

A lot of towns welcome this
business and go all ayt to
provide good parks to attract
trailers. We have never heard
of a 90-day or 120-day limit
bylaw before. Some trailer
people have lived in the same
trailer park in Vancouyer for
from two to five years. This
is one for’ the books.

It looks as if Mr. Manson
has been used to a “fall guy.”

_ He was allowed to spend his
- money to provide a place for

us and then this bylaw was
passed to coincide with our
expected departure, leaving
him with'an empty trailer
park.
Anyway we have two days
left. Any suggestions?
Construction wives,
Parkside Motel.

Change of pace

The Editor,

The Daily News,

It was nice to read your
editorial of. June 22. inviting:
our prime minister to visit our
big city of Prince Rupert.

For many years a Conserva-
tive in Prince Rupert was al-
ways considered a kind of a

nuisance. Even The Daily News.
couldn’t see much good.in one.:

 

How much, longer are we going to continue clogging
streams, Inkes and seas with filth? How much longer are we i
going to let our soil be washed and blown away? ‘

Wildlife Review, the magazine of the British Columb}
fish and game branch, contains: some powerful wuntents
for conserving those precious resources, earth and water, . ’

“rwenty-fiye or 50 years ago, It was possible, with,
certain amount of common sense, to use our larger streains

and lakes and oceans 1s a disposal system for sewage and
industrial wastes.”
“However,” , writes Dr. G, R. F. Eliott, assistant: ‘provincial

health: officer, Jn the current. Review, “with our. Increase. in
population (and) the resultant increase in sewage - It ds not
possible to proceed as: we have in: the past.”

How much sewage or Industrial waste can Safely be omptioa
into streams, lakes or oceans? It’s hard to tell. Much depends
on the size of the body of water, the rate of flow, the bides
and other factors.

Does a stream “purify itself every seven miles?” False" A
stream: burdenéd with too much waste becomes dark, lifeless
and smelly,’ and it never corre¢ts itself. oan

Grits stuck out of pores of:

everybody's skin.

To one who has spent a
lifetime in Skeena it is very
gratifying to. see that even
The Daily News has come
to realize that there is a good
Conservative around and -is
spreading out the carpet of
welcome to John.

Wiggs O'Neill,
Smithers.

Editor’s Note: Times have
changed Wiggs. If you’d kept
track of your Daily News yau'd
recall that this paper came
out in support of Mr. Diefen-
baker and the Conservatives
during the last élection cam-

-paign and that the Tory ecan-

didate placed second in the

politics.

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‘Daes salt. ‘water destroy sewage? False. The sea dissolves 'd6'

per’ cent less oxygen than fresh water. Oxygen is needed to kil

pollution. Sewage dumped into the sea takes longer
away than if it were dumped Into an equal quantity
water.

The sewage problem should be tackled 40 years before" it
happens. But the long view is never popular. Posterity hag’ Ho
vote.

The same applies to spil erosion. We are stil stripblpg
away grass and forest by. over-cutting. and oyver- grazing, and
letting our precious: soil drift and drain away down the rivéts:

‘There are many deserts in the world which used to be rich,
fertile country. The peoplé squanderd their soil and water,
The deserts stand as an example to us.

Far-sighted men like the editors of B.C. Wildlife Review
point out that the same thing could happen here. But few at
us pay attention.

I wonder if there is a.way to give posterity a vote? te we
had a time machine, we might elect two members in eet
constituency--one for the present and one for the future. '

Failing that, another solution js available, which cou)
be put iisto effect now. We do have people who habitually tak
the long view. They are the scholars and. scientists. Let’s allow

to thee
Of fresh

ayn,

the scholars and scientists to elect a few members of Paling

ment.

Britain used to have several members sitting in her Houst
of Commons for the universities. If I remember correctly, tng
voters were those who held masters’ degrees.

One such member was. A. P. Herbert, who as a privat}
member accomplished the. sigantic feat of reforming Britain's
divorce laws.

The Labor people in a stroke of envious malice that was
unworthy of them, did; away with the universities seats. °

We need some universities seats In Canada. Of course there
would be faults in such a scheme. There are faults in every
thing. But on the whole, it would be an advance,

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