wed yale Yue. 1910 — PRINCE RUPERT DAILY NEWS — 1963] 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 Circulation Canadian Daily Newspaper Publishers Association Published by The Prince Rupert Daily News Limited JOHN F. MAGOR President Awe Authorized as Second Class Mall by the Post Offiee Nepartment, Ottawa, and for payment of postage In cash, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1963 Prince Rupert still key to great northwest —New transportation plan is dream come true @ the many staunch Prince Rupert -backers who have always felt much optimism for this city, Wednesday's “tery in this newspaper that a varied wufount of Alaska-bound freight will move through here. ix like a happy d¥eam come true. it is pleasing to say that at long last this port is being reeognized us the intended key to the great north- weet, First major move alone trans- portation lines, of course, wus the start of the Alaska Ferry System. Then it was announced that a Ket- clikan cold storage firm is planning to ship its fish south via Prince Ru- pert. And now the icing is starting to take shape on this big transportation cake with this Jatest word that all linds of freight from the mid-western (nited States, bound for Alaska cus- tomers, wil move through Prince Ru- pert to Saxman, near Ketchikan, in an udditional alternative service to the present longer sea route through Seat- ite. It would appear that this is only the start of what could grow quite easily into a gigantic business. People who -have envisaged this over the years and have been laughed at will now have the last laugh. From where we stand we can see this transportation deal expanding ra- pidly. As announced, the service would start on a once-a-week basis using harges between Prince Rupert and Ketchikan. We feel it would not be too long before the scheme would be pushed to a three-times-a-week hasis ap perhaps daily. Our American friends are to he giv- mm credit: for having acknowledged the opportunity. For the benefit of nusiness and economy of the city in general we sincerely hope they are sue- cessful, If, as reported, there will be every- thing from food to bouts, mobile romes and more this city cannot help but derive great benefits, [is now hoped that the utmost co- THE VANCOUVER SUN SAYS operation will be extended by the Can- adian National Railways on whose rails this freight will be carried. If the plan is definite then it would he wise for the CNR to look ahead with much scope. It would pay too in the long run if they made a complete study of their facilities here as soon as pos- sihle with the profound forsight ne- cessary in this potentially huge en- deavor. Also adding encourayement to the plun is the advocation Tuesday by a Poace River MLA that the Pacific Great Eastern Railway be extended northward and eastward. J. Fk. Huhn suggested the PGE be extended 160 miles eastward to link up with the Northern Alberta Rail- road to Great Slave Lake. Of interest to us in Prince Rupert is My. Huhn’s suggestion that 90 miles of this extension be in B.C. with the remainder in Alberta. This, he says, would result in development of natur- al resources in the Northwest Terri- tories allowing them to be transported to tidewaters at Prince Rupert or Vancouver. Naturally we hope it’s Prince Rupert. Vancouver has had more than its share. Consideration should also be given to road transportation with the same idea of moving freight through this city and on up to Alaska. However, that bridge can only be crossed with the necessary trailer-trucks when we come to it and that, it appears, will not be until Mr. Gaglardi does some- thing about the more than 100 miles of cow-trail passage on Highway 16. Looking back to the initial planning of this port we find it was advocated that Prince Rupert would one day play an important part of this con- tinent. This now appears to be rapidly becoming more of a reality than ever, We'll stick by our guns in the form of some wording under our Daily News masthead on front page: “Can- adis most strategie Pacific port.” Nuclear weapons for Canada hike at oor not, Canadinms has never denied that Canada non-nuclear role. But this WHE soOh accept tretieal nue- Will neeeptl nuclear warheads, must be for the future, lear weapons, He has refused only to sity Change is the one constant We have been effectively When. Tt is hard to believe he of cold war strategy. We doubt connnitted to this move since could avain delay the move for that Mr Pearson himself would M957 when we aeeepted the more thay a month or twa if forecast the defence require Prenedple oof using law-power re-cloeked, ments of 1967 on the basis mucosa warrhends On defence Liberal Leader Lester Pear- of today's knowledpe, equipment oi NORAT) and son took his stand oy Jan, 12 (The New Democratic Party NATO Only the tinal, lopieat and reinforeed it by a seeond, has set its face against nuclear Heerion fo brine the auelear fuller statement Wednesday. A Weapons under any conditions deviees inside our berders wits delayed Cuinads hestlated parthy an hape tor the mairaele ef disarmament, largely be. ease The recent poaveryment war determined to avoid any umeanifortable decistons hooshonld naw be realized That the ove with net be dong dehived past the April &@ elee- ion, Whiehever party should forin the povernment. Prone Minister Diefenbaker TRAVELING LIGHT by the Sloanes Liberal poverninent would ac. eopt the warheads immediately to fulfil Canada’s conmite ments. Tt would keep theny un. (il obsolesenee removes them, Fotur years is one estimate, Mennwhile if would review Cahuda's contribution to West- ern defence by parliamentary committee in Oltawa and by discussions with our allies, Mr. Pearson has sald he hopes the country night find a od «OF COURSE, WITH FLYING YOU ps Aince it cannot he expected to forn) a government, its decar- ations are oof Jittle — effect, however.) For a deeade or more, Cana- dian reactions to thelr situa tion has been contradictory. We shared the hate of all pea- ple, East and West for the H- bomb, history's most dreadful wenpon, Yet the same weapon, In the possesstan of the United States, was our symbol of se- curity, Almost alane, it steod as our defence against a remorseless Russian imperialism whieh once seemed capable of domin- ating: the world, The Sun, as did many Cana- dans, belHeved and hoped this nation could contribute a faty share ta Western defence without aeceptingg even small defensive nucear wenpons, even df such weapons were to he kept under a twaennation control The moral advantage of a completely nuclear-free slats, nebulous as dit might be, seemed to outweigh the slim contribution we might make to defence by possessing nuclear WeRPONS, The two major parties of Zanadi disagree, one by ve- tions, the othar by words, For several yenrs at least, perhops for a great niany yess, nuclear weapons Will be part of the Canadian defence forces, OY cash ee ae LETTERS WHO RUNS CITY? The Editor. The Daily News: I agree with Alderman Go- mez on golf course works. The surplus money should be spent on Algoma Park. Let us finish one project first, before start- ing another. When is Algoma going to be at least half fin- ished? The work done on the golf course now, and in future, will no doubt be a very nice gift to the few in the golf course association, When this course materializes will they have complete charge? Council should come out and tell us, whether the City, Parks Board or Golf Course Associa- tion wil be in charge of this course when finished. Tt appears to me that our city is run by a group which isn’t in the council chambers. A Golf Fan. DIPLOMACY The Editor, . The Daily News: Canada’s role in interna- tional politics is, I believe overstated when it is compared with that of a 98-pound fea- therweight caught between the advances of two 250-pound burly chain - swinging, club- bearing brawlers intent to do away with one another and anyone else in their way. In this metaphor the young- ster is ridiculously out of place and as we won't allow him to run away he has two cho- ces: he can join the fray per- haps horrow some brass knuckles from one of the con- testants and then turn on the other with a great pretense of bravado. Or he can realize his ineffectual position and resort to reason to separate the two or at least prevent them from flinging around their deadly clubs and chains. In your two editorials last week you seem to have under- estimated the principles in- volved in this nuclear arms - dispute cieo, whether Can- ada is to continue, as she has under Howard Green's policy directing, to seek a peaceful role in world polities bringing pressure Lo bear on the nuclear nowers at Geneva, appealing to the “civillzed” mind ete, ete, or whether she is to give this up and throw her weight be- hind the arms race which may or may not pain the distine- FACES OF CANADA “hte, \ CaN . t aig y SENATOR McCUTCHEON A Face once meryed in stock flotation Now brews a tonie for a wa thon, The reelpe? [t's no suyprive The malt and yerst af eytey. prise, oH, TWALLIWELI tion of being the oniy one in history NOT to lead to war) and build up the western “nu- clear deterent” as advocated by Mr, Pearson. You also, Mr. Editor, display about the foresight of a shrew in blandly talking of Canada’s being placed “at least on the same level as the others in- volved.”” Britain has been building her nuclear force for years and it is now estimated she has an insignificant one per cent of the Western nuc- lear deterrents. And recent events have shown just how concerned the U.S. is with this material support. Now, in its proper perspec- tive, let’s take another look at Canada’s possible contribution to the western armaments and weigh this against our possible future contribution «through the more sensible channels of world diplomacy. Christopher Harvey Vancouver, B.C. EDITOR’S NOTE: Young Mr. Ifarvey, who is currently build- ing up knowledge in Univer- sity, has picked himself a sub- ject of much controversy. Un- fortunately he has a fairy tale type version of current affairs which would tend to put him as the youngster in his letter “ridiculously out of place." Mr. Harvey has told us nothing new. Fact is we hear this every day. Mr. Harvey's solu- tion to it all (diplomaey) has been tried time and lime again Without suceess, Also he has somewhere along the line mis- construed our editorials. No- where did we mention Britain as being part of this nuclear force. Britain is not concerned in the present affair. Mr, War- vey would do well to keep studying, and in the mean- time he might read an inter- esting editorial on this page: “Nuclear weapons for Canada.” one good beer EVERYWHERE ” WORTH MUKLUK RIDING Jpnunassiae POP: 4 rors years’ - ago, ‘he saw in the new . zeal far different from that of thing rustles, Soviet newspaper is looking at — Canada? By LEON KOSSAR Toronto Telegram News Service The Soviet press has poune- ed on Cane.!-'- defense dilem- ma and current — election scramble wits, of claim that both these. rations were forced upon us by the Penta- gon. The Communist Party newspaper Pravda charges “forces” in’ Washington were put in action leading to the collapse of the Canadian Gov- ernment.” Another paper, the Com- munist youth organ Komsom- Olskaya Pravda, says discord in Canada came ahout “through the monstrous in- terference of the United States State Department in the in- ternal matters of a neighbor- ing country, with the aim of making it accept nuclear war- heads.” Cartoons depict U.S. military machines tryine to foree nuc- lear warheads on a reluctant Canada. "PPIL PIPPI FL IOPLPOR POL LP OLOPDECOOHA ga ee ee tl Lejiers musi be signed Letters to the Editor and peetry or editorial page items of any description will not be published unless they are sien- ed and the full address of the sender is listed. If however, a person wishes to remain anon- ymous the article wiil be pub- lished as such but it still musé be signed for Daily News re- cords, PDP LI LPL EL ELE LOLI PG LEOCOVOL POOP ODA gems of thought A man who has learned not to feel fear will find the fn- tisue of daily life enormous: diminished. -—-Bertrand Russell, th fe of No one loves the man whom he fears, ~-Aristotle, fe fe To him who is in fear every- —Sophucles. 4032 “a B.C. favorite because of the taste” CARLING PILSENER free home delivery Pravda made these claims: @ Canadian public opinion is united against nuclear: arnis, @ Leader of the Opposition Lester Pearson “vealously” up- holds Pentagoy demands. @ Defense Minister Douglas Harkness, “whose resignation touched off the government crisis, couldn’t conceal his joy at the actions of the Opposi- tion Leader.” @ Washington, supported — by opposition to Prime Minister Diefnebaker in the House of Commons, took steps “to exert public pressure on the Cana- dian Government.” And although Pravda now laces into Pearson as a tool of Washington, the paper vives no points to Diefenbuker cither. Long an adversary of the Prime Minister for his cutting remarks on Soviet coloniatism, Pravda refers to him as a “double-dealing” politician in the current crisis. Even foreign observers, Pravda notes, “re- port that every time the prob- lem has come up,,he has given hazy and ambiguous answers. “He has taken no clear stand on nuclear weapons, but merely delays his decisions waiting to see what the attitude of the Canadian people will be, al- though they have taken a de- cisive stand against the Pen- tagon,”” Pravda writes. It predicts the Canadian el- ection will be “one of the most tension-filled campaigns in history. Foremost in the bal- ance, of course, will be the subject of Canadian-U.S. poli- tical and economic relations.” Pravda goes further out on a limb to say no matter what the election results will be “it is certain anti-American feel- ings will be strengthened be- cause of the activization of U.S. operations to increase its hald on a major part of the Cana- dian economy and thus shackle this country to the Pentapon war chariot.” min to have around right now: William Makepeace Thace eray, the English’ novelist aft contemporary of Charles Dicky ens, came on a visit to Uy! United States in 1852, a hy dred and ten ha and was ‘thunder- struck by what world. The = distances he travelled) on his lecture tour, the illimitable spaces of unoccupied territory he passed through, the vigor of the people in the new cities and towns, the raw industries he beheld in’ operation and springing up on every hand, gave him an impression of tho United States that he wen, home filled with 4 missionary Charles Dickens who offended the American people by many of the things he wrote follow. ing his triumphal tours of the States. From the letters and private papers of Thackeray the fi. lowing sentence is taken: “Here is the future: here ‘fs the great English empire to’ be, when the Gauls and thu Cossacks may have tramped out our freedom.” a Thackeray, six feet tall and full of zest, would be hanay A Look Back at Rupert — . (50 Years Ago) Feb. 28, 1913—Rellef is in Sight in the city during the: Jast week or so. This morning at 10 o'clock the S. S. Bertha: of the F. W. Swan Co. of Sear. | tle arrived in’ the harbour. with a cargo of 300 tons «f coal, (40 Years Ago) Feb. 28, 1928—The Edmon- ton Bulletin editorially urges that coal bunkers and a praip, elevator be built at Prince Rupert. The paper says: “The harbour and railway advanta- ges of Rupert are at least. equal to those of Vancouver, ex- cept the haul from the prairies is 180 miles longer. (30 Years Apo) Feb. 28, 1933—H. F. McLeod, whose retirement as supreme and county court registrar and stipendary magistrate was announced yesterday, is also: retiring from the position as head of the land registry of” fice. His position will be taken by his deputy, Andrew Thoniy* son. : (20 Years Ago) ” Feb, 28, 1943—The banqijet” hall of the Masonic Temple wis crowded last night Tor the annual ball of Tsimsean. and Tyee Lodges, A.F.8&A:M”~ It was, as usual, one of g¢hea outstanding events of the soe cial season. G, P. Tinker was a Benial master of ceremonies’ ° (10 Years Ago) Feb, 28, 1958—Finals of the PRFCA international basket- ball tournament tonight at tae Civic Centre gym are beween Prince Rupert's Gordon. and Anderson senior men's squad und the Ketchikan Rockets” deserves another i a eo _ OF - THE cantina AREWERNIES (4.0) L-7D, WIG This advertisement ts not published of displayed hy the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia,