1910 — PRINCE RUPERT DAILY NEWS _ 1962 An independent newspaper devoted to the upbullding of Prince Rupert and Northern and Central British Columbia. ° A member of the Canadian Press — Audit Bureau of Circulation Canadian Daily Newspaper Publishers Association pots, Published by The Prince Rupert Dally News Limited JOHN ¥. MAGOR President Time for a ne of the first actions to be taken by the new, 25th Parliament should he to reach agreement on a national flag for Canada, This is an item of unfinished business left over from Gonfederation that needs to be tidied up without delay. " "Some preliminary steps could be taken al onee. The practical approach is one mentioned by Prime Minister John Diefenbuker in a campaign speech on June 6 ut Jonquiere, Quebec, Acstatement from him to set the mat- ‘¢éy in motion is all that is needed at the moment. Mr. Diefenbaker’s proposal would involve a national conference of pro- wnglal premiers, or their designated Wepresentatives, to consider designs for a national flag and to agree on the hest, Phe same: conference could deal, us“he suggested, with other symbols of Canada’s sovereignty. ‘Tt would be wise, in The Telegram’s ' view, to get to this matter without de- ‘lay and secure Parliament’s approval ‘ iT ' ' ' ‘ t ‘ t tat an early date. This would prevent the flag issue from becoming a politi- eal issue in future election campaigns. Authorized as Second Class Mail hy MONDAY, JULY 9, 1962 JR. AYRES Managing Bditor the: Post Office Department, Ottawa : nationa! flag Tf the question is settled now, that would be the end of controversy. The best and perhaps only course is to leave the flap: question to @ na- tional conference acting in| a non- partisan manner. The choice could be narrawed down cptiekly. ‘The area of compromise, if such is needed, could be clarified. There could be give and take on all sides. This is, us readers will recognize, a change of position for The Telegram. We have advocated the use as a na- tional symbol of the Canadian Ensign, which has historie significance and which has, above all, the merit of being used more widely in Canada than any other flag. It represents more of Ca- nadian history than any other flag. It may be that a conference such as Mr. Diefenbaker has proposed, would settle on the Canadian Ensign. It may be that another flay would be chosen. In any case, most Canadians would say that the flag issue has di- vided Canadians for too long already and that everyone should accept the decision and make the most of it. It is time for Canada to show its flag. —Toronto Telegram. Compromise needed in Saskatchewan _ _.. Medical eare ean frequently be a matter of life and death. This is the dominant factor which cannot be ignored in the dispute between the government of Saskatchewan and the Col- lepe of Physicians* and Surgeons in that ‘pro- VINCE, The attitude ot the 904 ductors in ,the pro- tinee digs becn represented by their organiza- van as Deing: adamant against the introduction 1, the government of a compulsory prepaid soetiiead care plan. The argument offered is bout Lie College must be opposed on the ground rout i gives the government virtual monopoly OL medieal services and contro) of the profes- S1OM. In fore of the existing deadlock Premier Woodrow Lloyd has appealed to the doctors to wllow the plan, as modified, Lo work su the people may judge on the basis of experience the value of the service and the effeet it may have ci relations between the doctcr and patient. ‘The dilemma is a new one for Canada, ‘There las been a steady increase in the control and administration of health services by provincial rowetaments, bat this is the. first time that or- Get well, The injury to Sir Winston Churehill ina fall clini ee Visit to Monte Carlo is canse for unli- versal gepret. Its hard to imapine that this, heroie fipaee, who bas had sueh an Impact on the affairs of our time, should be confined to a aed aan, fut though he is physieally restricted by a broken bane, bis spirit undoubtedly renvains dobowed, Phe immer resourees that impelled hin fie Hash the sigh of vielory during Britain's dark davs will surely come dito play now, At ac, Siy Wooistos vigor and spirit: have kept tim youthful, (his mnester of the deft are ramient and eraceftl speceh, this patlant Niphiter INTERPRETING THE NEWS ganized oppesition as strong as that offered by the Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons has cecurred,. . As far as the principle of allowing the doc- tors a measure of freedom in their practice is Goncermmed, there is much to be said: for their side of the argument, Regimentation is not readily accepted by a democratic’ “people, The facet that the government has made some concessions indicates if, has a realization of this teature of the situation and if may pro- vide aray of hope for sufficient compromise to bring about at least a tentative agreement. One of the chief responsibilities of govetn- ment is that of public safety. It is not likely the CCF want to be in the position where they can be charged with jeopardizing: the health of the people. ‘The doctor's first responsibility is to his patient, and if is hard to see how tliis can be sidestepped beeuuse of unpalatable legisla- lion. Lae The doctors have every reasofh to, protect their rights bul this is a ease where the-element of compromise earned, da the public interest, ‘be eliminated. 0 = The Welland COnt) Pribune Sir Winston for the eause of peace and dirnity and freedom seems to live defied age, As on praised detters, sa on the outstanding ° characters of history even blind folk can read the truth that a worthy purpose is essential to nn abundant dife. Aniid infinite variety In de- tails one attribute has always been present in Churchill: he has: centred his existence around Lhe purpose of servilg mankind, May he travel the road by whieh a man moves cut from siekness towird health, And miry Lhe divy cune soon when he will po out inbo life again, eablingg ania sleepings With relish and delipht, shedding his radiance on all around, The Toronto Pelegram Thant places UN record on Congo operation By JOSEPTE MacSWEEN Canadian Press Staff Writer In the first speeeh at his 1-day tour of Mritsac and Europe, Actine Seereliary- General Ho Phacat pheeed the reeord of the United Ni Hons squarely on its conduct of The Conpo ap- eyselioun Think eoneedes mistiukes by the UN in The Congo, bat he nidntains, in effeet, Ghat erities mpedndiag British erties —- hive not managed teoeomme dp With a working: alternative to the werld badky's programy Chere Houppears one reason for the Burmese Bud- dhict’s bp ds to try to lay bears mnong “whit” coumtries that the UN eammand ds helng un- duly miftinenced by the new Afro-Asinny majority i the UN, he UN is se heavily committed fi The Congo with norelef insight, that the white CONDLTTER, which pay most of the bills, must continue sup port or the whole thing would free collapse, ye C2 Whant snid- at his Londen luncheon Thurs- day hos hearers dneluding Prime Minister Maenniiin and Opposition Lender catakell — the UN as petariter in Phe Cano, Its role was fo help ned advise, but dt was often blamed for velions i the Conpelese rovernment mad other ehermenit: He oppened lo British experlence In bring inp eoloties to self-government for understand= ine ot the ON problem == and he also appealed fo the dintish cense af humor bone of theamest important roles of the Hated) Nadhions in eoutiiets or difficulties ts that ofa diphtiidin eonduetor or, perhaps more te- eoratedy, of the old nglish institution of the Aunt badly the hare and eonspleuous flere nt whteh (iilop. ean be thrown beth with) tm punity mad an alnast. complete certainty of hit- ting the target." he fe fe Than’ fisted these cueeesses ia The Congo: Law and order exist ouer more and Wuro- perms are retaradag, despite the herrors that followed the aurny mutiny atber the altiinment of dndependence lwo yerrs ayo, Purdinment was nally reconvened in duly, 1901, through, UN effort and proteetion, and ape proved t constitution, Th spite of various secesstonist Lendencled or movements, there wow wis a stendy trend bo- ward iiational reeonetintion, even regarding “the vexed question of Katunga, whieh was mused, as) well knew, niueh honest, tLheugh not aiways well-formed daterest and iIndlynation in thts country... “Th this effort at reeoneliindion, we are aso beginnings to see ut hash a new comprehension by the outstde diterests Invelved af the great issues af stake and a new willlnpness on thelr pur tose every dnaflience ir the rection of a united ane stable Cano. his is indeed an en courting, development.” The “prea, basie® problem of The Congo -- lwek of tratning, experience aud qualifteations was belig. taekded, with) pragress already nade, Tet, apabo reverting Cooma himor, asked the British ta remenimer Ghat pur phrasing the werds of (he song the pollcamian's role ds nol aw happy one. There were rlelte wing hecklers ab the meat- ing oat whieh Thant spoke, but lt appears fram Hheeendm tenor of his remarks they may tae done themselves tore diane Ghia good, 5 y pel 10 WE TG THE Sy on we gaskatcHeMA S aeeaaineniaiod aad FEO Re Fg OA EEL NENA vi eee Le oY ORI ay ick - ) Seni {\ 4 fy sotabretare a Aitg ae Laer ancanernewoney wy wae fs TRS ge aii .. Hid) vee - ie Cera caast TIME AND PLACE .... Early Days at Port Essington: By WALTER WICKS Fred Wicks: was an old ti- mer who had lived a number of years on the lower Skeena. Having wandered over the seven seas for nearly thirty years, he had finally settled down at the North Pacific Cannery where he was em- ployed as caretaker. He had decided to visit l:is native homeland of Germany and it was on this trip that he met a young widow, my mother, with two little sors. They decided to become man and wife. Then Wicks travelled back to the Skeena and we three followed a year later. It was the month of No- vember, 1900, when we arriv- ed by the steamer ‘“‘Tees’” at the North Pacific Cannery after having travelled two- thirds of the way across the globe. As the boat was moored to the wharf, I saw a bearded man standing there, shonting in a language I could not understand, but later learned that he was inquiring if his family was on board. This is how I first remember my step- father in this new land. We had arrived at what we were told was a fish-packinyg plant. The large cannery was situated at the foot of a steep foreboding mountain and was surrounded by a number of small cabins, vacant now, but occupied in the fishing season by fishermen and cannery workers. I think of the past and re- member there was no one to yreetl us, no woman who might have given my mother some much necded consolation, no one but this elderly, bearded man, wearing a tattered jack- et. Mother wept mat the lone- liness of it all for she had broken her family ties forever and travelled so far to what she hoped would be a better Hfe. She came for love, com- panionship, seeurity, but above al, she came to make i new home for her two sans, Lo Bive “them a better opportunity for na fuller life, She came to pet away from military rule and poverty, With no airplane or foot trails, our only mode of transportation was by open boat or dupg-out eanoe, Th this manner we all four travelled upp river) with the flood tide to Port Mssing- ton where Mother was to be married. Ministers of | the Gospel were scattered far and wide In those days, making it necessary to travel long dis- hanees ta procure the services of these pentionen, The marine ceremany Was railroad, hiphway, performed by the Reverend Appleyard, ini the home of Jimmy Adams, ano old) timer on the river, AS a mater of custom, the puests were bound to throw some sort of a ecle- bration as everything had to be jn form, Ineluding f Const to the newlyweds, Ino which Roh Cuntingham, founder of the town, took an aelive part. That Wide hose shook with the noise of shotgun blasts tnd yatile of tin cans, Some people filled a five gallon can with roeks, then dragped i up and down the roof an the end of nm ne. What a raekets Next momijne Jimmy patehing up the broken shin- ples on the reat, muttering to himself dn disgusted) wnder- tones, Tram our new step- dad's transiation, Jimmy had suid something about the ernvy white man that would do well to take some lesions in goad behavior from the The dans, Two days Inter, we travelled down river again to the ean. nery, but we did not make i (hat day, We piled up, iiah and dry, on the sandbar at the head of the Taverness Alough, where we se ino a drivaline rath for four haura, walling for the incoming thde to float mi, WAS + In years later, when some of Mothers married friends spoke of their honeymoon, Mother would say, “I spent mine in the rain, stuck out on a sandbar—in a stinking fish boat.” As we settled in our new home, something seemed to be missing. Asidé from a few Jap- anese cordwood cutters, there were no people, no children to play with, no other woman with whom my mother could keep company. This life seem- ed exciting in a way, with the swift river running by our door, the heavy spruce timber on the mountainside, some- times a deer feeding on the beach and wild ducks and geese flying by, but where were the people? When a boat wouid appear on the river with someone at the oars or sailing by, we boys would run excitedly io tell our Mother, “There’s a man com- ing in a boat. A man is com- ing! A man is coming!” This was the situation we found ourselves in because of the winter season when ali canneries on the river were closed until the salmon travel- led up river to spawn, start- ing in May and _ continuing until September, at which time all canneries would be in full operation. This meant Mother would see no other woman and we boys would have no playmates for six months to come. What a con- soling thought! The remembrance of the Jong lonely winter that. fol- lowed was seared in my brain to stay. We were two little boys who looked on our Mother as she tried with great diffi- culty to adjust to this new life. Then came the day when our parents decided we bro- thers would have to enter soe school. They finally decided to send us to the public school in the Indian village of Old Met- Inkatla, some twenty miles north where we would he honarded at the Ridley Mission Home, operated by the Angli- can Church Missionary Soci ey. We waltehed Mother prepar- ing and packing our belony- Ings for the trip) to Metla- katla, when, one day, @ man pulled up ina boat from In- verness Cannery and informed us that the Metlakatla Home and the Chureh, with many other buildings, had just burned down, That meant na more children could be placed nntd} a new home was butlt, This delayed us until the following August, some seven months Inter, and fave us the opportumity fo see at fst hand what a salmon eannery renlly looked like In full oper- ation the following summer, TE was a memorable sight 10 see the fshing boats making delivery of hordes of silver animon that were spilled on the cannery floor, These are my early recollections of the Alceona. peenaes sumeues wigeeaetns wantin mrmcenimnm me mere tee Quote, unquote Dr, Samuel Seloweizver, ehatr- oman of the Bonrd of the Swiss Tink Corporation, Baste: “Tf the pre-war currency re- garves of the Swit National Bank amounting In valne 1o 3.2 mnfiliard franca had been in- vested In copper instend of gold, thar value now would be nearly 10 milllard franes, Wn- atond of St So miliiard franes, aaning tint the dollar price of monetary gold is the same now vw it was then, Dospite tha ob- vions objections that ean he raised against such an iret ment, the arain of truth it con. Laing ds enough to inapire the pollen that a continuation of the devaluation of fold at sich a orate must ultimately make this metal ounaullable asi monnure of monetary worth” AN A IN: Copyright: Canada Wide The New Yorker magazine in a series in three recent is- sues published a most shock- ing feature by Rachel Carson on the tragic de- # 8 struction of birds and other wild life by the wide- spread use of in- secticides ands weed killers acros; the central and southern United?. States. The in-& ce. GEG stances and statistics she pre- sented were really frightening. The most frightening aspect of the situation is the indiffer- ence of the American authori- ties, as well as large sections of the scientific professions in- volved, towards the evidence that has been steadily piling up for over 10 years, Whoie areas of the United States are reported to be bird- less except for the starling, the English sparrow and the pigeon, three introduced spe- cies that do not have to travel in. migration across the pois- oned lands in the rich agri- cultural belts of the south. Be- fore elm trees were sprayed against the Dutch elm disease ate San re ‘ Mhew. Ad Ll CO [a f0 LE pg oH the Cafe ofa Sliploopd Woliord Canadaw brencys YOu 2 MOmoectht- Couet, (renee ee GUC; 4 “fe, MAA ~ tag ’ A cor tahintnt. ~ aed the hur Yd IT OMOMW youl LUN, eee pte CO NOE RT Ronee Orne an REO SOREL = 4 Me Packsack on Michizan State University campus of 185 acres, 370 robins were the recorded nesting pop- ulation. Today, only two to three dozen robins are to be found on the campus. Our wild birds apparently are already getting their atomic bomb, a sort of curtain raiser for the big show our hustling technological genius- es are preparing for us. gems of thought pe i ape: aad eb asi ak Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers. —Frederic Amiel. You will hecome as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant as- piration. -~-James Allen. Tike to walk dawn Street, thinking of all things I don’t desire. —Logan Pearsall Bond the Smith, That man is truly free who desires what he is able to perform, and does what he de- sires. ——Rousseau. nik sande wel Te eM oe Foo ml SRE ALUN GAIH (adic ie ' ue aoe Cacti.» et CC fy Kl Canncletet, tage. (ley Coty fLavou, (itle A ed, of AGH , 5 ‘ ch Giotherarily ‘ BE Too wm cola wT Tree er UF - Unemployment questions and answers In this column we publish ques. tlons obout unemployment insur. anee tid employment, toreties with answers whieh may be ‘br Jnaterest (o yous ; Following are some questlons with answers recelved from the Un. employment Pnsuranee: Comuntissfon, if you are uncertain about cany polnt doe not hesitate to send ous your question, We will obtaln an noawer and publish il te thos column, Q. I am married and have been working for four years, during which TI have always paid my unemployment | in: surance contributions — based on ian average weekly wage of $35 over the whole period Since IT must soon stop work because of pregnancy, have { the ripht to regular benefit for a year, as T have been tulad? When my regular benefit ends, will IT have the right to other benefit? What is the approxi- mate amount of benefit in which I am entitled? A. Your benefit entitlement can only be determined at the time you file your claim. for benefit. Contributions based on an average weekly wage of $35 provide for a weekly bene- fit rate of $15 to @ person without a dependent. To hie cligible to receive benefit a claimant must be capable of and available for work, and as you are leaving your job he- cause of pregnancy it is ap- parent that you would — rot fulfil these requirements. 4 woman is generally considerrd to be not available for a per- jiod of six weeks following confinement, and then muy be considered available | for work only if suitable arrange- ments have been made for the care of the child. At that time you can register for work a! the nearest local office of the commission, and if no suitable work is available you can also file a claim for benefil. Ty you should qualify for a revulur benefit claim, then on its ter- mination you should consult with the local office regard- ing your rights to further ben- efit. 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