1910 — PRINCE RUPERT DAILY NEWS — 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 » Authorized as Second Class Mall by and for payment of the Post) Offiee Department, Ottawa postage in cash PO ee PON NYY bw ee ee ek FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1963 Credit where it’s due t is not often in this day and age that our British Columbia premier wud minister of highways are given eredil where such is due; being the controversial figures they are it is un- derstandable, In view, however, of this latest an- nouncement concerning construction of the McBride-Prince George section of Highway 16, we feel the time has come when Mr, Bennett and Mr. Gae- Jardi should be both cited with an “Is” for effort. We hope our counterpart in Prince George will also extend some token of appreciation. Though we cannot see why the pro- vince wishes to squander its money hy putting in two routes—one from Jasper to Kamloops, the other from McBride to Prince George—we do in- deed appreciate the fact that consid- eration is to be given this northern part of British Columbia which seems to have heen overlooked in the past. This is surely one time that Mr. Bennett and Mr. Gaglardi are using some foresight—no doubt considering: our. great potential—and we are sure they will not be disappointed in their CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER SAYS decision to establish the B.C. end of a second Trans-Canada route that will end up in Prince Rupert. Despite the facet the federal govern- ment will vontribute some to these new highways, the credit unquestion- ubly must vo to these two men and their respective departments for the Initial step to bring us closer to the rest of Canada and the U.S. We have seen the smooth four-lane highways. and well-constructed bridges put into being by our provin- cial government and we can only say that if the proposed route from Me- bride to Prince George js as well planned, then we in the north have something to look forward to. God alone knows how long we’ve waited for this. Our only wish now is that Mr. Ben- nett and Mr. Gaglardi will carry their pledge through quickly and perhaps give us top priority by completing the McBride-Prince George section first while funds are readily available. Kamloops already has access to u Trans-Canada highway in the Rogers Pass which comes out at Revelstoke, only a few miles away. Voting record could be set Monday OTTAWA ( — Is today’s Canadian more fervent about politics than his father? If you go by the proportion of eligible voters who actually mark ballots om voting day you’a have to say yes. The percentage who voted in 1958 was an all-time record. The turnout was almost as good’ last year. This time, says the man who oils Canada’s election machinery, we’re likely to break the record and exceed 80 per cent for the first time If the past is amy guide, country people will lead the way next Monday. In the last 11 elec- tions, there have been only two when the rural voter didn’t turn out in greater proportion than city folk. A farm area, Kings in Prince Edward Island, topped all ridings last June 18 with a 93 per cent mark, And a city constituency, Montreal St. Jacques, had the poorest showing with 58 per cent. ““ Even in the Northwest Territories, where many voters have to travel miles to get to the polls, the percentage was a solid 72 last year. . WON BY LANDSLIDE The, record national turnout in 1958 when, after a year of minority government, voters gave Prime Minister Diefenbaker the biggest majority ever, was 79.8 per cent — 7,287,297 of 9,131,000 eligibles. Another 69,842 cast spoiled bullots that weren’t counted, Last June, when there were 9,700,325 names on the list, 779.3 per cent, or 7,690,134, had their votes count and 82,522 ballots were spoiled. Before 1958, the heaviest turnout had been in 1911 when 79.5 per cent of 1,820,742 eligibles, fired up by the Conservative slogan of “no truck or trade with the Yankees” in the battle over trade reciprocity with the U.S., voted. In those days, however, only men had the, vote. And the first chance women got to go to the polls they contrikuted to a respectable 76.1 per cent. That was in 1930 when the Conserva- tives under R, B. Bennett toppled Mackenzie King’s Liberals from office. Chief Electoral Officer Nelson Castonguay, who incidentally is not permitted to vote him- self, makes the prediction that more than 80 per cent will show up on April 8. He bases it on reports from constituency returning officers and the volume of inquiries received at his own office. ‘Principle comes first’ By RON COLLISTER him now are exactly the same that he is not political right OTTAWA-—Five years ago J was with Liberal leader Lester Pearson when he struck rock pbottom in a career that until then had seen only spectacular JSuecess, As the voters hammered the Liberals into the ground, Pear- son made no excuses for the disaster, Instead, he quoted a Latin inseription above door at Oxford University. Translated, it read: | ¢Treat qlike those twin imposters, victory and defeat.” Very soon now, Pearson may be Prime Minister of Canada. Wf he wins, T won't be at ull surprised if he searches for another Latin quotation, or maybe the same one, to de- aeribe his feelings. The qualities that may elect ete Soe nnerrn se neem nn Campaign Quotes “Mm informed that when Satan saw it he said, “Tye got competition on earth.” — Prime Minister Diefen- baker at St. Bustache-sur-le- Ine, Que, about his Newsweek cover photo, + + y “Whenever they see the NDP men coming they run the other way." -—Oshawna Auto Union ehief Maleolm Smith {bout Bowmanville United Rubber Workers executive, od + ¥ Canada has a split: per- sanaiity .. . we have two of everything «4 . two flags, two anthems, two Bomare sites and two outworn poli- lot parties unwilling to create av sense of national _ purpose, uo eNew Denocratic candidate Val Seott at meeting of York Centre workers, Workers’ the auidities he had five years ago, But then the circumstances were less favorable, He is still basically, some- times embarrassingly, non- politieal, Name another poli- tician who reddens when he (lirts with a point for political advantage! His is the face of a shy, modest Ian--not, as one ad- mirer put it, the “tortured face of the false prophet,” The Image-makers and gim- mick merchants have worked him oover. Sometimes — they seemed to be trying ta bury him, But today his main ap- peal unspoiled by side-shows, is a sechvol-roomish absorption with truth oand arguments built like pyramids ta fine points. And, like the pyramids of old, they're well daudlt. It is hard to imapine Mike Pearson ever lasing his stiff- lipped control, But a close as- sociale says he has never been anerier than he was over the way the now-defunet Truth Aquad shaped up. That may show naivete but it aso shows vw healthy willingness to leave some initintive to others, Naturally Pearson today is wise th the ways of polities, after his five-year cram course, Wut he sty gives the lmpras- iow that principles, nat poll- fies, come first, The result is oa deader wha does not have deniuwgogle ap- peal or personality magic, But he ds attracting dilgh calibre elunididates trom coust te COUSL, There ean be one question that Penrson is as respeeted a lender as the purty has ever hed. This respeet is based on his resiienee in salvaging the purty, petting it off the shoals: -on high unexpected style aa an opposition leader in Paurlin- ments and, maybe on the fet down to his toe-nails, After all, there are plenty of people who are. And Mike Pearson benefits by compari- son, ee wpm ee te eee ee Voy eee ee ee eh ee ee ee vw ee et By JOHN WALSH MONTREAL (TNS) — The evasive FLQ, Front De Liber- ation Du Quebec, has finally sparked a concentrated police investigation into its subver- sive activities, The militant separatists— whose members claim they will fight to the last drop of their blood to free Quebec from Anglo - Saxon domination — pressured police April 1 with a “professional bombing” of the downtown Dorchester blvd. offices of the Federal Income Tax Building, PROFESSIONAL JOB Montreal police bomb ex- the lighter side ‘Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have filed a joint return. — Lititz (Pa.) Record-Express. - be Rus:ia is stepping up its re- moval of troops from Cuba and the United States is watching its step.—Arkansas Gazette. + % } Women are of two kinds— the careless ones who lose their gloves. and the careful ones who lose only one glove: | —-Trish Digest. % + Co One woman we know Says she can’t understand why people worry about the price of com- modities. She says they should be worrying about the prices of meat, and bread and vege- tables and other things people need every day. —- Knoxville News-Sentinel % +t + All the average woman wants is a roof over her head and the rifht to raise it oceasion- ally! . bk & An old-timer is one who re- members when you could pro- mise a child the moon without having to buy him a space suit. ' beg Attorney General Kennedy says the government will sell a war-sized corporation for $200,000,000. It. will be a banner day for Bob--the one day he made almost as much as his brother spent.-Chicagoe Sun- Times. LETTERS The Inditor, The Daily News: Let us wake up, fellow Can- adians! The present election is not just an election, but rather a fight for our survival or defeat as a free Canadian nation, You say "Th can't happen here!" Th is happening here. The enemy has been very busy playing on the emotions of the people and trying to Split up our great country by usingg mobo psychology. They have been very pusy instigate Ing hatred between groups and nitions and undermining all authority; also infiltrating our education and our youth Broups, This enemy Js like caneer— reaching, creeping into every Phase oof our soclety, often winoticed, Those are the tactles of Communism, no matter what free it chooses to wear, They Will back, and use, any group Which they think will acecom- phish their ajm. That alm da to enslave the whole human mree---body, mind and soul, Only God Himsell, our Creator, has that reht to own ous body, mind und soul wad We gives us a free will to choase for ourselves, What) can we do about Jo Virst, we oomust sineerely strive to dive ne dre Christian Ol ra ees. LQ re | = TO THE : EDITOR = a life every day, and in every- thing we do, We must also remember that the distinguishing char- aeteristics of our free form of government are human dig- nity, economic freedom and tn- dividual responsibility, There- fore, ovr Canadian nation can only be as strong as we, its cil- jzens, choose to strengthen our character. If we desira a bet- ter world to Hve in we must realize that this can only be brought about through our own self-improvement, True peace can only be attained through our own hearts and our own efforts, Therefore Jet us not be afraid or ashamed to pray and to ask God for guidance and COUPER, To repeat: this cleetion Js not only an eleetion but rather the fight for survival as a free Oa- nadinn nation. Have we the cournge and are we mature enough to make the necessary Huerifiees to ensure a strong and free Canadian nation for aur future ponerntions? Or will we, through our own emotional. anather Cuba? | nelfishness, be This up tows to deeide , Tm voting Liber, A Canadian. McKinnon, Rone, Oo. Alberni, Hoa, Mrs. Ceeile Cherry Creek WR veo GUNNING FOR oe © RRR VO perts said the bomb was pro- fessional. “Tt is obvious, however,” a spokesman said, “that who- ever planted it did not want to harm anyone.” The bomb was either rolled down or thrown down a ven- tilator chute as police were searching the lobby of the building following two tele- phone calls which reported that a bomb had been planted. Shortiy afterwards other policemen rushed off on a false alarm to the customs of- fice on downtown Youville Square fojlowing another tip. The stepped up campaign ot violence which began earl- jer this month with the Molo- tov cocktail bombing of three Montreal armories, has finally wakened pclice officers to the seriousness vf the situation. CLAIM CREDIT Within the past week the FL@ or segments of it, have claimed credit for the fol- lowing: The painting of the letters FLQ and Quebec Libre on the residence of the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec at Bois de Coulonges. Destruction of the monu- ment in the Plains of Abra- ham erected to the memory Vs Ww ore FeeFrmFmUmN ‘Que. separatists linked to tax office bo mb of General Wolfe, the British general who led the victori- ous armies against Gene'ral Montcalm; Sabotage of the railway tracks on the CNR main line near Lemicux, Que., which was discovered chortly before Prime Ministe: Jian Diefen- baker’s speciv! sar was sehed- uled to pass over the line. Police fears that the vio- lence would spread following their failure to round up the : persons responsible for Molotov cocktail assaults on the Montreal armories are be- ing borne out, The consensus is that not one, but several groups have now materialized and are op- erating under individual or- ders. It also is police opinion that unles: a speedy end is put to this violence and destruction, the spirit will spread rapidly until it finally can be put down only with violence. word of God Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only.—-James 1:22, Right intentions are empty without right actions. the . Prince Commerce, Prince Rupert Re- es FF Ss 8 C8 ee A Look Back at Rupert (50 YEARS AGO) April 5, 1913 — Far from be- ing the least important of the local resources that have been opened up recently are the salt beds situated near mile 45 on the GPT which have been un- der investigation for some seven or cight months by Mr. F. Hi. Mobley ef the wholesale firm of Stewart & Mobley Ltd., of this city. (40 YEARS AGO) April 5, 1923 — Representing two Japanese steamship com- panies trading with all parts of the world and particularly with this continent, K. Kimura of Portland is here’ today looking into the possibility of making shipments of lumber and other commodities from this part of the country to Japan. (30 YEARS AGO) April 5, 1933 —- Telegrams of protest were sent by the Rupert Chamber of tail Merchants Association © and Mayor M. M. Stephens to- | day to CNR and steamships headquarters in Montreal pro- testing against a move which has been made to have the steamer Prince Rupert taken to Vancouver for ‘annual over- - haul instead of carrying out work here as planned. a (20 YEARS AGO) April 5, 1943 — The halibut situation in the light of price ceiling proposals which have been made, came in for some. discussion at last night’s meeting of the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce. The.. fear was expressed that under certain circumsances, a condi- tion of chaos might very easily arise. 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