ey (ce PRINCE RUPERT DAILY NEWS — 1962 An independent newspaper devoted to the upbuilding Cr of Prince Rupert and Northern and Central British Columbia. . A member of the Canadian Press — Audit Bureau of Circulation Canadian Daily Newspaper Publishers Association “ee _ Published by The Prince Rupert. Daily News Limited: ween JOHN F, MAGOR J. R. AYRES Enema President Managing Editor ; amis nee E> authorized as Second Class Mall by ine Post Office Department, ‘Ottawa. MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1962 ‘ One week left in television campaign ever the weekend a skeptical ac- =-{uaintance of ours mentioned that they’could not tell whether or not The Daily News was supporting the cam- paign to have television brought to Prince Rupert. Yet last week a radio appliance dealer assured us that every tiniéve write anything on television or a story: on the logal drive appears in the papéi, sales of television certi- ficates ¢ g0.up. = m Terrace, the Chamber of Com- merce television committee has been actively working to get as many cer- tifiéates as possible sold before the January 15 deadline set by Skeena Broadcasters Limited for the. end of its survey. In Kitimat, a committee of husinessmen has been staging a simi- lar-drive. In Prince Rupert, no one but tHe’ dealers in the Skeena Broadeast- ers’? $25 scheme and The Daily News has done ° anything to promote the plan. Ever since the proposal was first outlined ty N ovéinber, The Daily News has. written editorials urging the pub- lic to buy the $25 certificates in order to satisfy the Board of Broadcast Gov- ernors that there is a demand for tele- vision, At the same time we have pbinted out that the Skeena Broad- casters’ plan will not mean that the city will get live TV or that there will be a television station here, The ‘tele- vision station will be at Terrace, the most central spot. The $25 certificates will be both a down payment on. a tele- “vision set for the pr ospective pur- : They : Prime Minister Diefenbaker ys to have aimutiny on his hands. What is ‘worse: from his point of view, the mutineers on the ship of. state cannot be flogged or abandoned on the hleh seas. Having gained the bridge, senior officers Fleming and Fulton” have insisted on remaming with their hands on the wheel. We may expect a smokescreen to hide the truth, but there can be no escaping the fact thal Mr. Diefenbaker may be at the most crucial period of his career since he became prime minister. Equally significant is the position of the two strong men who are reported to have stood their ground against the wishes of their leader ond forced his withdrawal, As of today, the image of John Diefenbaker has suffered a major change. One of four Ot- ‘awn correspondents, shifting the simile, likens “intention: _Canada as in a state of dire confusion. chaser and also a guarantee of $25 worth of advertising for the dealers for every set sold. _. More than that, the hoped- for sale of 1,500 certificates ‘would provide $37,500 to help the station operate for two years. Unless it gets that money, plus” similar amounts from. Terrace -and Kitimat, the television firm will not;be able to operate. Toiay-i is Janu- ary 8, exactly a week from the January 15 deadline for cutting of the survey. There have been about 130 certifi- eates sold thus far in this city of ap- proximately 12,000 persons. That means a total of $3,250 or $34,250 short of the required amount. As of today that amount will be reduced to $34,225 since this morning we bought a certificate for a television set even though we are not fussy about spend- ing $400 for a television set when we are going to get delayed transmission. However, while in Vancouver over-the Christmas - holidays, we saw lots of television and let’s face it, all of it wasn’t “live.” There was plenty of de- layed transmission broadcasts. So if you want television you had better buy a certificate within the next week or in ouy opinion you’ll-wait for two to three years for the Canadian Broad- casting Corporation to take any con- erete action on the matter. There are 1,370 certificates yet to be bought so you'd better hurry. Don’t say we didn’t warn you. didn’t follow. John the situation to that of a conductor of a one- man band who finds the baton slipping from his fingers. On the podium is now a troika — Diefenbaker, Fleming and Fulton, The simile is hardly a happy one unless the is- to portray the Con- ductors do’ not usually share their leadership with good results. On the internationai scene, the Canadian image will no longer be the single image of Diefenbaker, for in his cabinet are two men who would not follow John, In this dramatic episode, also, there is rea- son to acknowledge that the man Diefenbaker must have changed through the years. It would have been unthinkable for the prime minister to countenance mutiny in the fine free-breezing days after the Great Con- servative Sweep. — The Vancouver Province Welfare state has failed In this wreat land of plenty and limitless opportunities il is more than strange there should be relief rolls and unemployment. Yet the news dispatches continually tell of growing unemployment snd idle workers, while retief puvinents grow greater and greater year. by Ver, What oan indictment of the welfare state. In the last 10 years the welfare burden has mounted to astronomical proportions ino many cities, whie at the same time the population has decreased. In Chicago, where the popula. tion has dropped almost 2 per eent ino the fast decade, the cost of aid to dependent child- ren has increased more than 316 per cent, Ja Okanogan County, here In the State of Washington, there is unemployment and. the replon has been designated a “distress aren”, despite the evidence of material wealth and eeonomie expansion on every hand, What more proof is needed of the utter failure of the welfare state and the planned economy fothe New Dealers? While we squander our substanee In foretgn wea, bullding up alien lands and Industries, INTERPRETING THE NEWS American workers go yobless. We pass laws raising minimum wages and thereby abolish thousands of jobs for youngsters and aldsters who gladly would work for less, but who have no recourse but to apply for relief support. Then in a callous bid for votes, politicians promise bigger pensions and unemployment compensation ‘payments which encourage loal- ers and chiselers to let the government support them. Aid to dependent children funds actu- ally tend to subsidize ilegitimacy! This is the welfare state. Instend of getting people off of relief, it has vastly Increased the number who now look to the government for handouts. Worst of all, it js wrecking the moral ‘her of a people who onee were the envy of the world, and whose achievements under pri- vate Initiative and enterprise created the greatest civilization known to history, This clvilization now faces the thrent of ex- tinetion by an alien and Godless ideology. Only by a return to the economic and moral traditions of Christian Amerien can this nation survive, Tonasket, Washington, Tribune Canada, Portugal still apart over colonialism By DAVE MecINTOSIT wnadian Press Staff Writer Cromdin has refused since November, 1060, looshop any arms to Portugal, a NATO ally. his contiming ban on arms shipmonts stil sans up betler than any verbal explanation. the Chonadian pavernment's polley toward Portugal. The polley, ndopted beentse of Portugal's deni af any move toward independence In its West Alrlean calonty of Angola and the sup- pression al revelt there, niay have been tom- pered slehtily by Indli's Invasion of Gon, an- other Portuguese: colony, But tt won't be tempered to such an extent that Cnnade will give treit support to Portugal in the United Nations when the Gonoral As sembly resumes drauary 16 with Angola on We apendat. When the Angolan jssue arose at tha 1960-61 UN session, Canad stood In opposition. ta Par. tupad in favortag some UN Investigation of the nationy in Angola, Cunnadn, along with some other NATO mom- bers, notubly Norway, has complained that ‘Portugal by its policy in Angola ls making NATO yppear in the eyes of Asia and Africa as an , alliance of colonial powers bent on maintalning territories for economic oxplailation, This country has sugested that a simple NATO statement about eventual Independence for colonies would got the allinnee off the colonialist: hook, The Canndinn mutual ald propram for NATO Partners In urope was designed a deenda agro to help these allies build up thelr capacity Lo rewlst Communist uggression, The agslatance has been given on the understanding that it be used only In dufence of the NATO aren, Canada has supped Portugal with $81,050,- 000 worth of military equipnient. The anyount In 3060 wos only $806,000 up to November when. all shipments ceased. Since then, NATO ra- quests to Canrda for milltary equipment for Portugal Nave gone unheeded, Pramior Antonio Salazar, dictator of Portu- gal, thrantened Wednesday to pull Portugal out of the UN. The Angolan debate in the UN Inter this month may give him a push in this diree- tion, . MEN Witt BE ELECTED (or RE-ELECTED) PRIME MINISTER . OF GANADA. WILL SEEK PEACE...AT | THE RISK OF WAR., “ne SS VARIES WILL DEMAND PEACE. AT THE THREAT OF WAR. WILL BE PENNANT CONTENDERS (GANADA “WILL “EACH CLAIM. Yo BE THE BASTEST (GROWING CITY IN HERE WiLL BE CONSIDEzaRe TALS. OF NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT Fooirrcor Forecasts | fit 62 | TH E CREW cup . THERELL BEA CRISIS ewitt NOT WIN . my v= government of; TIME AND PLACE. “CHRISTMAS PARTY AT USK The Christmas season of 1960 stands out as one of the best my wife and I ever en- joyed. In October we were in- vited to attend the annual Christmas tree and coricert at the Usk school. I was also ask- ed to preside as Santa Claus. Usk is a small community 11 miles east of Terrace and - ean be reached either by tak- -ing the train from Terrace or by car along Highway 16. If you go by car you have to cross the Skeena River on a self-propelled ferry or, from December to March, in a skiff. Several days before the big event was to take place weather was stormy and road conditions grew steadily worse. Rain and sleet made the radio and press road reports grim announcements. In the morn- ing of the Usk Christmas tree my wife and I seriously con- | Sidered if we snould make the trip. A call to the Department of Highways gave us the in- . formation we wanted so much to hear--Highway 16 was open but icy. We put a bag of sand in the back of the car and filled a bottle with bleach to sponge the snow tires in case of ¢x- treme icy conditions. We also added to our equipment an axe and shovel. At 3:00 p.m. we started for Usk. The road between Kiti- mat and Terrace was icy but we experienced no difficulty although we were in second gear a good percentage of the time. When we turned onto Highway 16 we had no troulle: plthough our progress was slow. Darkness was closing in and it started to snow. When we reached the turnoff road to the Usk ferry the road looked so narrow and the Snowbanks so high that we de- cided to drive down the high- way several hundred yards and park in the driveway of our friends the Adams, Much to our alarm the Adams were not home, thelr driveway was snowed In and there was no place to turn. We drove sev- eral miles along Highway 16 until we found a place wide enouh to turn and drove back to the gas sintion near the Usk ferry, left our ene and walked down to the ferry, We flashed onr flashlight ind soon there was an answer~ Ing flash and George Kalloge, the ferryman, started aaross the Bkeona In his 16-foot skiff attached to the ferry cable and operating on the samme principal, The river was high and larga ice cakes anc slush wave it a forbidding nappenr- mnee as they flashed by Wl wp by our Mfashtght and the cole- man lamp in the bow of the skiff, My wife was not at al. happy but Y assured her Mr, Kallogg had never lost a pas« Ronger, besides sho would be given a short pole to help ward off tho blows of the blit- Hor leo flocs, This failed to ro- ngsure her. The Skoonna was frozen sone, 30 feet from the shore ond My, Kellogg manoeuvred bia bont to the edge of the jee into. whieh several stepa had been ct. We vot aboard and shoved . off and in a ahort time, and n dozen diract bite with lee cakes, we reached the feo on the other side, The rnorbh shore of the Bkeona Ja the . tended the .. the whole community to the : schoolhouse. ' the Native shallow one and the ice ex- several hundred feet from shore. A series of planks indicated the safe ice on which to walk. A flashlight and lan- tern lit our way to the Kellogg home on the flat above the river bank where Mrs. Kellogg had 2 hot supper for us. We had been four hours on the road. . Due to weather conditions everyone in Usk was wonder- ing if we would make it. Slim Varner had ploughed out all the roads and Buster Kellogg and Bill Campbel!; the store- keeper, had organized a trans- portation service to transport As soon as we had finished our supper we were taken up to the small school. It was dec- orated with streamers, bells and evergreen branches. In one corner was a large Christ- mas tree and around its base were the gifts. Everyone in Usk was there waiting. for the chairman of the evening, Slim’ Varner, to commence the pro- gram. Mrs. Pete Cameron, who had helped rehearse the young performers, sat at the piano “hy. STAN “novan . and Mrs. ‘Kelloae, ‘who, super- . vised the making of the cos- tumes, stood in ‘the wings. The teacher, Mrs. Grenfell, was, of course, in three places at once. Mr. Varner announced ‘“O Canada” and the program was underway. There were eight children in the schoo] and they contributed 18 numbers, There were no delays and costume changes were made at a pace that was remarkable to behold. Each number was greeted with tremendous applause. The chairman then announced the arrival of Santa Claus who gave a little speech inter- spersed with There were.presents for every- one, children and adults, and . when Santa kissed the school- teacher the applause was deaf- ening. The Kitimat Volunteer Firemén had:also sent along a number of special gifts which were allotted to various child- ren by the local ladies com- mittee. . The chairrnan, Slim Varner, wisely declared a 20-minute recess and the adults retreated to the platform while the (Continued on Page 5) LETTERBOX NEED UNITED GROUP Tte Editor, The Daily News: If the impossible were ta happen, if our country were to he given back to us Indians, then what's happening in the Congo could happen here, be- cause we are not organized into one strong hody with one definite goal, The Native Brotherhood of British Columbia was formed with just such aims in view. It was the hope of the fathers of the organiation to bring the standard of living of our peo- ple to where we conld prove ourselves good citizens of our country. To dn so, they asked for better eduenation fachHitles, hospitalization and social ns- sistance to the aged and our needy ones. The Native Brotherhood was very successful in renehing: tts objective. As long as there are Indians governed by the In- dian Act, we shall always noed Brotherhood — of B.C, to protect thair rights, In its earlier days, the Native Brotharhaod found Mt neees~ Regine venee Pete ne sary to bargain for its fisher- men and cannery” workers along with half a dozen other fishermen’s organizations. Al! the organizations with the ex- ception of the Wative. Brother- hood united into one strong barguining body, the United Fishermex and Allied Workers’ Union. Yhe canners, in Hine with other big businesses and alded by our country's anti-labor Jaws are trying their best to make us go back to slave- wages days and if we are not united Into one strong body to meet the challenge, what happencd in Newfoundland, could ensily happen here, We sholl soon have our an- nual elections and I hope there will be enough members present to elect good execu- tives to guide them through the storms ahend, The passive interest of our members js pathetle at times. Any body of men could move In on several pnasalve locals and gain control of our organizna- tion to our detriment, Ivan Adams, Prince Rupert. Copyrights Canada Wide Television has been with us long enourh now to he prac Weally an Institution and it ts becoming a matte al Interest to nole the various ways in whieh pooplo react to Mt, Thero ih always vartaty ne ie In the attitudes offy rf poople to institu. i tions, Some peo- ve plo have ae at lek and thred off is TV and taken Ju out, Othors, whoktte vowed they wouldie nover let the thing Ga ge In thely homes, have aNecln )- ed, and become hopeless ad- dicts, Bome are selective viow- eva, Others tren jt on all day uPacksnck | and al wlght, and take what comes, Uke the woather, On olel curmudgeon of my nequaintunce has the habit of watching the flrst three or four minutes of a drama, then golng wpstalys to his don to rond, coming down Just in. tine for the Inst three minutes, In ordar to cry triumphantly that thot ds exactly the way he fp- red it would end, But the beat of the odd-bal renetions I have encountered is the caso of the middle-aged man who chooses mystery ane erline programa, alty through 20 minutes, and then hurries away upstairs so he won't seo the salution. "T Wke,” he soys, “ta ve In n atnte of wondermont.” “ho ho ho’st’’. For little or no gain | in n speeding ‘Actual trials, have proved time and again that the mo- torist who disregards the laws - of courtesy and violates the ‘traffic ordinances gains little or nothing in time. The care- ful, law - abiding driver will ordinarily get over the dis- tance prescribed for a test in only a very few minutes more than the number needed by the reckless fellow. The careful chap, in the meantime, has avoided many of the dangers inherent in bad driving. There is no sense, in other words, in switching lanes whenever any opening appears. It is folly to dash through on the amber It is impolite and light. to get risky to. ay you find, on examining driving habits, . guilty of these essentiall; senseless performances, any or all, hou could just stop it. ygur that you art The lighter side “What is the little boy ery- ing about?" the benevolent old lady asked the ragged urchin. “That other kid swiped his candy, ” he said. “But how is it that you have the candy now?” “Sure I got the candy no. I’m the little kid’s lawyer.” epee ie eee caer tne sre i tl L) EDITORS NOTE—signed article and editariais credited newspapers do not nece ssuriy | vgs cheat when. the lights change... ou SM othor things {hat ean ba and matorials ara available, In addition to interlor reno. vations to homes, plants and businesses, thora are many, eloctrical appliarices, outboard motors and automobiles, Un as wallas dry cloaning of drapes tind ruds, replacement of ups holstering, and many more, Why wait for Spring? Do It now, FOR ADVICE ANN ASSISTANCE, CALL YOUR LOGAL NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT OFrtce a “ nest ‘ait ) 1 | “ae ‘ Beers Yh Bt gan TRE TELEG TAM af whueeer", . a to oftret —you gat the most for your dollar now when skillod metysseae nah done to aevaniage during tha” at V4 4 wu ISSUCO BY AUTHORITY OF HON, MIGHALL STARR, MINISTER OF LARQUR, CANADA \ 1 ' ' ’ vt t ' ! f ‘ ‘ UJ ‘ ' \ ’