1910 — PRINCE RUPERT DAILY NEWS — 1962. An independent: newspaper devoted to the npbullding of Prince Rupert and Northern and Central British Columbia. A member of the Canadian Press — Audit Bureau of Circulation Canadian Daily Newspaper Publishers Association Published by The Prince Rimert Dally News Limited JOHN ¥. MAGOR President 7. R. AYRES Managing Editor Authorized as Second Class Mall by the Post Office Department, Ottawa TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1962 Highway 16-Alaska link should come first hatever else has been said about - Highways Minister Gaglardi, no one can say he isn’t an opportunist. This of course, could come from close association with Premier Bennett but we honestly believe that the dynamic Mr. Gaglardi was one to seize the volden moment long before he hecame ua cohort of Mr. Bennett. -After two months of pleading, beg- ging and representations to Mr. Ben- nett and Mr. Gaglardi, the north cowntry’s Highway 16 committee fi- natly obtained a commitment from thé highways minister that $2,000,000 would’ be spent this year on making Highway 16 passable for the expected Alaska ferry traffic. Thursday, at the opening ceremony for the Campbell River - Kelsey Bay section of Highway 19 on Vancouver Ishind, Mr. Gaglardi informed the lo- cal inhahitants that this link was part of “the highway to the north.” The contract for the Campbell River-Kel- sey Bay section is for $1,000,000 and the extension of the road to Port Hardy will-cost $23,000,000 Mr. Ga- glardi said. A further $4,000,000 to $5,000,000 is scheduled to he spent for ferries. . The Vancouver, Island residents must have felt pretty good at being in- cluded in) Mr. Gagilardi’s plans for linking their highway system with Prince Rupert and Alaska. The Van- couver Island Highway, which is al- veady designated as part of the Trans- Canada Highway, will obviously. be- conte an extension of Highway 16 from the north. The proposed spending of $23 000,000 nrust be heavenly music in- deed to the ears of Vancouver Island constituents, However, these same people should remember that these pleasant-sound- ing words were spoken on their own {erritory by a man who makes the tee, ‘ wot A long-time resident of Sudbury says that members of the Italfan- ‘community, though 24; af the populdtion; never appear In police court on charges of drunkenness, They are not abstiiners, ‘They drink their. home-made wine feniperately This information is less surprising than its souree Pb appears in the United Chureh Ob- server, with oa commendation of the Ttalhan exuimple to cothers. lr this were the pattern canon Canidiins generally,” the writer says, INTERPRETING THE NEWS Kennedy crushes defiance by U.S. steel industry most of every occasion and often for- gets what he says even when they are uttered before hundreds of witnesses. This Vancouver Tsland link to the north central coast is not a new idea of Mi. Gagilardi’s. The last time he broke into print about such a ferry system, he had (Kitimat labeled as the northern terminal much to the amaze- ment of everyone in the north since he already knew that the Alaska ferry plans were well formulated. Frew of us in the north begrudge Vancouver Island its south - to - north highway, but since time is the essence and the Alaskans are looking for a speedy land - ferry route from the midwest United States, then Highway 16 is where the money should go first. Some of that $23,000,000 could he add- ed to the $2,000,000 allotted for High- way 16 work and there is no point in setting aside $5,000,000 for additional ferries. That too, could be added to High- way 16, to join up Prince George with Jasper, thereby giving B.C. speedier and easier access to Prairie traffic and therefore revenue. As Mr. Gaglardi knows full well Capt. H. J. C. Terry’s Northland Navi- gation Company Limited is in the pro- cess of building a new ferry, capable of carrying cars, freight and passen- gers. There is no reason why North- land’s ferries cannot serve the Van- couver Island to Prince Rupert run since in this day and. age of costly transportation fof coastal shipping, Capt. Terry’s vessel will need all the business it can get. Tt would be more fitting if Mr. Gaglardi looked at matters a little more realistically when promising to dole out such large chunks of high- way funds, and forget about winning friends and influencing: people. Lesson in sobriety “there would be no temperance movement,” It is a secial chanyze of importance that in the United Church, onee a rigid advocate of total abstinence for everybody, there is now a sprending reeornition that moderate drinking, especially of the Jess potent beverages, is a harmless pleasure, This point of view is certainly seriptural, “Use a little wine for thy slomach's sake, and Lhine often infirmities,’ said Saint Paul, The Financial Post By JACK BELLY Associated Press News Analyst WASHINGTON « — President Kennedy has Inereased Dis personal prestige and put Repub- laatns on the political defensive with a smash- lny Dreakthbrough against big steels priee in- CTO ULES, The action Friday by the two bigest com- pinies, U8, Steal und Bethlehem, in resending uo $6-neton price rise obviously was foreed by a. White House power play that combined the elanents of publle opinion and threats of re- fatiation. Like a row of dominoes, other major com- panies fell in line after Bethlehem toppled umn- der presidential pressure, From this suceessful battle with ble business Kennedy emerged with a newly-established reputation asa dragon killer of the school of one oof his. faverite predecessors, ‘Theodore Roosevelt } Ye + He demonstrated that when a president, simnons i) the means at his command — aa Kennedy did dn this iastanee faw ean come pete with dim dn the merket of the comiry's affadrs. Benator Vubert HW. Humphrey of Minnesota, vetting Bente Demoeratic leuder, sadd the oute come Sunderscores (at wher the president ex. erts his loadership and puts the faets before the people, uso the prestige of the povernment al the United States, te da ditftlentt to defeat." Kennedy's enhtneed prestige seemed Wkely to piy off for Democrats who rallied vigorously to his cause when he denounerd the price tn- crease after steel had signed what was regarded We non datlationary wage pact with the Btael- workers Union, The Democrats could pleturea themselves, wong willy the president, as the ehampton. of the Witte man who would have bean hit dn the pocket by price inecrouses Jn consumer goods Mnked to tt steel cost rise, bean Republleans didi't like to think about the impact the president’s performance might have on the fall congresstonal eleetions, Many of them felt, Democrats would try to plaster them with oa “hip business” tage, Te 4 f There was ttle doubt that they had heen politically embarrassed by the aetion of big steel executives who went along without price increases for two years under former Repubiu- ean president Hisenhower but chose to tost. the power of a Democratic president and Jost, Republican lenders tried to tab the contro- versy as an economic and not a political matter. They said) Kennedy adminstration spending, rathor than a steel price rise, posed. the breast canpor of Inflation, With some exeeplions, they refused to go alene with the Demoerats in condemning the priee inerease, Instead, they flred away ab Kennedy's tacties, Sonator Roun Hruska, Nebraska replublican who js 2 anenmber of the Senate's antl-monopaly subcommittee, criticized Konnedy's ardor for in dofence department to shift steel buylng to companies whieh did not raise thaly priaas, He sald he deplores “the type of thinking thatuness companies do what a polltienal leader suys they must, retributions will be visited up. on them,” He sald this threatens a “eorpor- le alate In whieh the government controls nhd Manages property without owning Te. Trading stamp cost Trading stamps cost Wisher Foods, an 00- store Ohlo grocary chan, $2,036,741 Inst yenr, This was more than jt paid in taxes and nonrly as mueh as it spent for rent, Nght, heat. und widiitles in 1061. — The Wall Street Journal AS TP TaE } Smoking Produces — | Small Baby--Doctor a proportionatel win ber Fat He TEELGHAATL {: "But doctor, | don't smoke..." Victoria Report by J. K. Nesbitt VICTORIA—In all the years I've been following politics, and writing about politicians, I don’t think I’ve ever come across such political hysteria as has wrapped itself about us at the present time. The whole country is in tur- moil, and British Columbia is in doubie turmoil. We're ecx- pecting a Federal election, and Premier Bennett says there’l] be a provincial elec- tion, too, if the oppositionists don’t behave themselves and co-operate with the govern- ment, instead of throwing logs of obstruction in the govern- “ment’s path. Do -The Prime Minister and his henchmen in Ottawa say that unless the. opposition doesn’t stop obstructing there'll be an election, and at the same time Mr. Diefenbaker plays coy with the date... We'll always have this non- sense, of course, until the poli- in ticians are pinned down, the Constitution, as to when there must be an eclection—a hard-and-fast date as in the United States. Conservative MP's talk about opposition obstruction, in the House of Commons, but a good many of them are running about here, there, everywhere, electionecring, when they should he paying attention to their non-partizan duties in the Federal capital. Premier Bennett's doing his own kind of electioncering; he's visiting small places to get the feel of. the people, he says. Te walks main streets, pumping hands, hearing people praising him, telling them what a fine job his government does for ihem, It’ s pretty difficult, I'd sry, to get the true feel of the peo- ple; many a one will pratse you to your face, and cul your Free arene et mt ee ree nee no mem throat behind your back. It’s nasty, but it’s true, and it has taken me years to realize it, but I think we should remain cheerful and trusting, with all. Especially is it true in poli- tics. It’s nice to pump the Premier’s hand and slap his back, and tell him what a good fellow he is—something to tell your grandchildren-- and then: when you gct into (a polling booth, .to vote against him—that gives one a feeling of terrific power. That'll show the so-and-so, is, the, muttter as the polling booth is left. The Premicr, however, tsn‘t - so pessimisti¢ as this. on the surface, anyway. He came bux | from a. fact-finding tour to tell a press conference: “Tve found people on the = street more friendly to me than at any other time in the 2) years I’ve been an MLA, in the 10 years I've been Premier.” TI asked him if he had seen that Gen. McNaughton had called Prime Minister Dicfen-- baker a dictator: that’s what, you know, so many people call our Premicr, Mr. Bennett laughed mer- rily, said: “I don’t mind what they call me,” and he quoted the old ditty about “stieks and stones.” He said it’s only when people know they're losing an argument that they resort to kicking and scratehing wand name-calling. The Premier sid he's no dictator, that his fovernment doesn't dietate, but will plot and steer a course that will work out for the benefit. of everybody. Then he put on his hat ane stepped Jauntily forth into the spring sunshine, bound on an- other fact-finding tour of the province's main streets, Khrushchev unable to solve re-establishment of “unity” From The Montreal Gazette Today, the “monolithic unity” of the Communist bloc is belng destroyed hy two forces that are beyond Khrushechov's control -— tha nationallam of peopipos and tha dosira for in- dependent power of the vari- ous leadoarships. The axpansion of Commu- nism, and Its organization an nh basis of Indopendent, noe tHonn) states, has mada “mono. lithic unity" impossible, Yot Stalin's cueeassors, oapacially Chrushehev, have fatled'to de- velop nny ren) alternative, Khyrushehey still trios to maintain the faeade of a shite ile hloe, with a standard for- elon polley and a standnrd: do- mestle polley, We eannot briny himself to admit that there Is No longor a “bine,” and naver WI) be again, Me cannot, for example, brine Hinwwall to: ve. cops China'a dotprmitpation to evolve ith own ceonomie sys&e- tom and to follow its own foreign polley, Thy We frustyae Hon he has been reduced to futile name - ening andi mud- allyygyhneg. Nalthor Khrushehev, nor the other Jenders, wish to ga. tn the extreme of a publie sehlam, For this might fatally injure It’s eatled getting down to the grass roots. the International appeal of Communism rs an infallfble answer to all problems, Dut neither ean Khrushehev re- establish “monolithte unity.” That Is pone for ever. And he has been unable to find any salisfaetory “middle round" be- tween extrenics, . gressive Then they begin to adge to- The Packsack of Gregory Clark Copyright: Canada Wide The next big struggle within the ranks of the tourist in- dustry—in which. of course, the banks, the oil industry, the tire industry, the huge highway construction indus- try and many another power- ful political forces are to be in- cluded—-is likely to be between the resort and hotel owners down in what a e might be called: the civilized aredasg. of Canada and: those more ag- resort ‘owners and out- filters “who are eternally pressing: for admission for ce: A their resorts into the last truce wilderness areas of the coun- try. The smaller resort owners, down in the pretty lake coun- try, who are vastly in the ma- ‘jority in the tourist trade are fully aware now that it is the brings the bulk of the Ameri- ean traffic into Canada, These visitors don't actually want to suffer the hardships of the true wilderness. They merely want to dress the part, and feel they are in the bush. It is the myth of the wilderness. that attracts them. But if the outfitters in the last remnants of the genuine wilds of Canada succeed in exploiting and destroying those genuine regions of wild- erness, and Canada becomes just another gas-blown, hot- dog extension of the United States, then the myth per- ishes. It is up to the tourist industry itself! to join -with governments in.a decision to preserve definite large areas of Canada’s hinterland as in- violate. No planes, no out- boards, no camp stoves, no guns, no rods, no accommo- dation. Just the wilderness, into which man goes as an intruder, and comes out, leav- lure of the wilderness that” ing no mark. All Aboard with G. E. Mortimore Wiunderinp - eye report... Girl waiting on corner, lifting one foot at a time out of its shoe, wriggling toes and put- ting foot back... . Tiny fellow hanwing baek at school pate, as all the other boys nnd virls go running in response to the huszer. “What's the matter, don't you want to fo to sehool?” passerby asks, Silence, Lips tremble, “Good idea to go da now," passerby supeests. “IM prob- abey be better today.” The hoy moves forward un- certainly, then begins toorun toword the others at the school entrances, a small figure in the bigg empty sehool yard, Min and fairl at bus stop at night, self-conselously moving nway from eneh other, In the red and blue winking Nabe of woneon sinn, COnlooker wateh- es from a doorwihy) They look as though they be- lonp together, bit have qnuiar- reed, They station themselves al opposite enets of hus stop, pretend to jgnore one another, Tat sometimes she tarns her head slightly toward him; quiekly turns away again when she thluks she has been ob- served, We does the same, Cut trav. . q ward cach other once more, until they are standing 18 inches apart. Hands move to- gether until they are nearly touching; then grasp with fingers interlocked, Bus arrives. Man and. girl fet aboard, letting go hands at the lust minute before they enter, Wateher in shadow of doorway js so absorbed by this pauntomine that he nearly for- vets he is waiting for bus hhmn- self; rushes out and pets aboard just in tine, KFOEERORT OG EF EEA IOS IOTO TET To yy Letterbox AOTODILODEERIITOGTUVEDIV ED 44 iy CHILDREN PROBLEM ‘TOO The Editor, The Daily News: In regard to all the dops roaming the streets 1 rye. fully. However, we have problem more serious than dogs, that no one seems ty care about and that is all the little children playing on the street. Surely to goodness, parents don't seem to eare mueh about what could happen to their children, IT have nearly run over them or had them run into the side of the car right here on Eighth Avenue West. I have atso reported it ta the police but what can the lnw do when mothers won't ro-operate? I have even been hawled out: for telling parents lo keep their children of f the street When I told a Httle tet he or che shoulda'l play om the street theo oanswer fo wot wis that "My Mom stays T ean play here, although the child as hardly old cnongh to be un- derstood fully. lreared my family here too, but nob on the street. What ean we do about it be fore someone vets hurt. "A Child Lover’ Prince Rupert. i another “ACT NO PRO'PECTION® The Isditor, The Dally News: The only surprising | thing about the pare played by Cite zenship Minister in the proposed sale of Port Simpson timber is that it hadn't happened on such a big scale sooner. This is) he- enuse the Minister of Citizen- ship and Immigration can overrule any seetion or all of the Indian Act at his or her pleasure. It says so right in the Indian Act. In fact Indian farmers on reserves cannot sell their pro- duce or livestock without the consent of the Indian Depart- ment. After seeing what is happening they cannot say the act is for their protection, Once upon a time the Hud- son Bay Company and other big. fur traders used to mike the Indians pile up furs to the height of the muzzle loaders for the said guns. Such crude methods are out of date now. It looks as if the Indian De- partment is here to tell the Indians how high to pile their last belongings. : mo “se cir, AA waste MART nd MLL tess nce arte Prince Rupert. today in history By The Canadian Press April 17, 1962 2°. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain awarded « contract to Christopher Col- umbus 470 years ago today- - in 1942-——that was to lead ta the discovery of America, 1856—-Quebee was made the seat of the Canadian egavern- ment, 1939—-The 37,000-ton Freneh liner Paris burned at Le Havre Lighter Side Personnel miunager, — quizz- Ing new stenoprapher: “What is the first thing, you do when the boss buzzes?" Jane answered: "Lb plek up my notebook and penell and answer that buazard prompt- ly." SKEENA FEDERAL RIDING PROGRESSIVE-CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION Nominating Convention Terrace Hotel Terrace THURSDAY, APRIL 19 8:00 p.m. Fairclough -