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 » Authorized as Second Class Mail by and for payment of the Post. Office Department, Ottawa postage it cash THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1963 _—~ t\is pleasing to note that at Tong last the city is to take another look at its traffie and parking problems; so will anyone be pleased who has sat ia car waiting for long lines of traf- fic to clear during rush hours at key intersections, We doubt though that the advis- Gry, board, which is to be appointed by the city, will come up with ready solutions to the snarls, for there are inherent problems which cannot be overcome without tremendous con- struction and expense, such as the ob- vrous lack of feeder routes to the im- ihediate downtown from our residen- al areas, « The city’s downtown streets, how- ever, have certain points in their fa- Wor, in comparison with other towns af similar size. One of these is the Width of its strects, and in view of (his it is interesting to note that the advisory bord will consider devised wstem of traffic lights, which could ~yived the flow of vehicles considerably. » Glancing over the list of proposals to fe set up by the:board for final adop- tjon by council Munday night, we see tivo that have Hittle if any basis and that should possibly be struck from the roll. > The wisdom of any plan for one- Way-traftic on Second and Third Av- aiues should be seriously questioned. Just how big does Alderman Hartwig und. his traffic committee think our city Is? One-way traffic is a hotly de- hated subject in* cities: Such as Van- couver where it’s.in effect and appears ip require a wide grid of heavily-traf- fieéked streets to work with any degree of effectiveness. Off hand, we cannot think of any city this size in British Columbia that has a one-way set-up on its two main strects, as sugeested for Prince Ru- pert. Tf there was three or even four main streets here then we could per- Haps conceive such a plan. But not under the present circumstances. | As for parking meters, probably the first of two proposals that should not hk considered, it is hoped that in its review of parking, the advisory board t ‘ By PETER DEMPSON says vehemently, “and made it One-way streets, parking meters—not really? will spurn any such suevestion. This matter of parking meters has been brought up here on many oc- casions and records show they have not been acceptable nor feasible.’ A number of cities in British Co- lumbia were victims of a mass “sell” by manufacturers to City Councils in the late 1940s and esrly 1950s, and are now straddled with miles of these unprepossessing machines. We’re sure that these cities would gladly hand them baek to the manufacturers. if they could. They do infinitely more harm to the tourist trade and in local public rela- tions as nuisances than the nickels and pennies they collect are worth. Furthermore, they do nothing to re- gulate parking. No more than can be done by a traffic control officer such as Prince Rupert now has. A newspaper which ealls itself The Independent Businessman recently carried an interesting article on the meters entitled ““A monster on your main street.” The newspaper goes on to say: “It’s (the parking meter) ta- ken all the jingle out of the cash re- gister’s bell and it’s driving Mr. and Mrs. Canada away. We’ve lined our main streets with them, now there they stand, like sentries, rejecting all who will not pay, and luring all those who will into the parking ticket snare.” The newspaper adds: “The monster is abetted by over-zealous policemen and ambitious nreter-maids.” Council may use the above for what it’s worth. And we think it’s worth something. We feel off-street parking is by far the best solution, and Prince Ru- pert should explore every corner possible for providing this. A city free of parking meters, with ample off-street parking close to downtown businesses, is a better city for its resi- dent motorists and one the tourist re- members. We hope council] has a real Jong Igok, too, at hoth of our suggestions when going over the list Monday night. T The PM declares he'll fool pollsters again stations, or rather ware ‘ 4 “AIRMAN, THAT SAND IS FOR WARHEADS...” “The solid Socreds of Alberta eae justcan‘t stand Real Caouette By KEN MacTAGGART EDMONTON (TNS)— Zoom- ing Social Credit gains report- ed from Quebec find no com- parable response in this prov- ince where the depression- born party is solidly entrench- ed, And there appears to be little chance of a change, unless— and even the unless is no more than a hope---Premier Mann- ing comes out. solidly with an appeal for the Socred candid- ates, The reason? Real Caouette. Standing literally on the threshold of their big chance of obtaining national influ- ence, the solid Social Credit voters of Alberta apparently can’t stomach Quebee’s dema- gogie firebrand. Whether Mr. Manning, a conservative religious man, will even call for more than a to- ken support of National Leader Robert Thompson is awaited here with interest. . Whether even he could over- come Socred revulsion § at Caouette’s performances is questioned by many loyal party supporters. . Until this week Mr. Man- ning has been preoccupied with the last busy days of the Legislature session. With pro+ rogation he is clear to take part in the election fray. Meanwhile Albertans appear. to be torn in their choice be: tween again endorsing Prime Minister Diefenbaker, as they did with 15 of the 17 federal ridings in 1962, or Liberal Lea- der Pearson. That they support the latter on the weapons issue seems apparent. But against that is the fact that since 1935, when the late Premier Aberhart swept into offiee with Social Credit policies, the Liberals have fared very poorly in this province. In only three ridings in 1962 did the Liberals take second place. One of those was Cal- gary South, the constituency held for years by R, B. Ben- nett, With a brief Liberal in- terlude in 1945 it was taken alongside | OTTAWA (TNS) — The poll- gters and the odds-makers dow't rate very high with John Picfenbaker, He has Jittle, if any, use Yor them. In this respect he doesn't differ much from) former U.S. President Harry Truman who, tro the 1948 election, heaped Fearn oon the pollsters for Hhowrnge that he way away be- Jund Thomas Dewey, Then, to prove how wrong polls can be, Truman romped off with the ppals even though few Ameri- (ius thought he had a ehanee, , Ih bis qoresent campaign, Mr, Dielenbaker Hkes to reeall how he fooled the pollsters in 1957, AGAIN POOLED “They were wrong then" he By The Canadiuy Press April 4, 1968 Conadin and lt other nations signed the North AtlantJe ‘Treaty 14 years ape today —- in 1040-- providing mutual de- fence In the event of aggres- ston against any member na- tion, Three other nations, Tur- key, Greece and West Ger- many, have since Jjained, NATO has a counell composed of the foreden ministers of the mem- ber nations, Phe powers agree to further the alma of pence thy developing their Individual and collective capaedty to re- mist armed attack, IKK7T—The first colonjal cane ‘erence was held in London. Mdi—_Germin invading arm- jun crossed into Romania, Hun- pary and Bulgaria on thelr way to the Greek and Yugoslavia fronbbers, today in history appear we didn’t have a hope. They'll be fooled apain. this year,” he adds, noting that the polls have the Liberals leading the Conservatives, The Prime Minister seems to get much satisfaction out of his repeated ridicule of the Gallup Poll and the odds- makers, Around Montreal and Toronto, prior to the 1957 election, odds of 5-to-1 were bandied about against his chances of leading the Tories to vietory afler 22 years of Grit. rule. The polls had Louis St. Laurent comfortably in front in his second bid for re- election, Many Conservatives frankly aadnutted they were facing seemingly Insurmountable ol- stacles In golng to the polls at this time. Not so John Diefenbaker, He realized that the resignation af three key enabinet ministers, the near-palace revolt, and the defeat of his Government In) the Wouse of Commons would harm his ehanees. What he had to do was repair the damuge done, and restore pub- He confidence in the Conser- vative Party and himself, ONE-MAN BATTLE Bo, Indétead of Jetting the pollsters and odda-makers pet him down, he set out to prove that he is better nt feeling the pulse of the people than they are. Time will show how right, or wrong, he (sin this campaign, Ino an effart to snateh vie~- tory outoof the Jaws of defent, he hag taken to whistle-stop- ping, 60 he can bring his per- sonal message to “the little people’, These are the ones who throng around railway the highways, as the special train or motorcade rolls by, “T couldn't meet many people when I flew) six miles over them last June,” he says, smiling, He employed a char- ler aircraft for most of his 1962 campaign. Political experts insist the whistle-stop campaign won the 1948 presidential election for Harry Truman, and had much to do with bringing victory to John Diefenhaker in JO57 and 1958, If station crowds mean any- thing this election, he should make It again. Seenes remin- iscent of 1957 and 1058 have greeted him everywhere = his ral} caravan hns prone. John Diefenbaker has been described as a lone wolf, a ane-min government, and a mMe-eman government, and a dictator. He insists he took a Jot of advice In the 1962 cam- palgn and “much of it proved to be wrong.” 5 a 0 RINE Nt RONEN He He fet om semit gems of thought Children think not of what lx past, nor what is to come, but’ enfoy the present time, whieh few of us do. oe Jean de La Bruyera + + + Never fear spoiling children by making them too happy. Happiness ts the atmosphere In which all good «affections Brow, —- Thomas Bray Penne emo: aes ee cepenee Short sermons The Almighty Is the abun- dant source of all trae wise dom, A Look Back at Rupert (50 Years Ago) April 4, 1918— Southbound pissengers on two steamers, Prince George and = Princess Sophia of the GTP and CPR respectively, in addition to en- joying one of the finest scenie trips in America, will today have a diversion in the way of a race between the two boats, (40 Years Ago) April 4, 1823— Both light- house tenders, Newington and Birnie, were despatched yes- terday from Digby Island to the assistrnee of the disabled tug boat Cape Seott and her Diavis raft off Bonilla Island. (30 Vears Ago) April 4, 1983—Repairs neces- sary to pulling Oceanic ean- nery on Smith Island In the Skeena River distvlet in shape to resume packing operations this year for its owners, Robert, Gosse and G. H, Gillespie of Vancouver, is now In progress, (20 Vears Ago) April 4, 143—There was fur- ther clarification at Jast night's meeting of the Princes Rupert Chaniber of Commerer from FT. Kenney, MLA for Akeena, of his plan for an in- ternational state after thea war which would take in nor- thern B.C. and Alaska, with Prince Rupert as the principle sea outlet. 0 Venrs Ago) Apri) 4, 1958—First Preshy- ferdin Chureh was the seene Of a lovely early evening wed- ding Thursday when Dolores Dorothy Green bheeame — the bride af John Alexander Du- thie Maetntosh, again for the Conservatives by Art Smith, now not running. It is possible it may go Liberal to popular vigorous three- times Mayor Harry Hays this time. Against this, however, is Al- berta’s strong Social Credit history federally. Alberta was Solon Low’s almost sole sup- port when he led the party in Ottawa. RAN SECOND Regularly the province elect- ed up to 5 Socred members. In the last election they took two seats and ran second in 13 others. In only two did they drop to third place. Their lead over third-place Liberals was almost every time by huge margins. On the statistical record, then, Alberta should — either continue to back Mr. Diefen- baker or ga {>rial Credit again. The Conservative: swept all 17 seats in 1968: 1 ct tivo in 1962. Veteran newspaper editors who have .preu:cled + previous results ‘with accuracy shake their heads now. They just can’t predict results, but they point to two things: Caouette and = anti-Ameri- canism. Caouette has dimmed Socred chances, they believe. Anti- (Continued on page 5) Pensioners tackle US doctors By GORDON DONALDSON WASHINGTON TNS — The image of the American doctor is losing that fresh, scrubbed- up lock as he wades deeper into the unsterilized pit of politics, Now the old folks aim a gouty kick at him. The National Council of Senior Citizens estimates the American Medical Association spent $7,000,000 to defeat Pre- Sident Kennedy’s program of medicare for the aged last year. It says the American Medi- cal Political Action Committee — political arm of the AMA set up in 1961 — spent nearly $250,000 to back anti-medicare candidates in last year’s Con- gressional elections. But this, said Council Presi- dent Aime J. Forand, was just the part of the iceberg that showed above water — the funds that had to be reported under the federal Corrupt - Practices Act. “Raising funds for the most extravagant propaganda ef- forts against specific legisla- tion in U.S. history apparently comes easy to the wealthiest professional group in the na- tion,” said Forand, “America's older people face a desperate situation because of spiraling hos- pitalization costs and re- duced incomes. The AMA has offered no alternatives to the current ‘means test for the medically indigent’ which meets only a fraction of the nation’s needs.” Between. one quarter and one third of the AMA’s 188,- 000 members helong to the Political Action Committee paying fees of $5 to $99. Mem- bers may also belong to state committees. The senior citi- zens estimated the committees have collected between $2,000,- 000 and $2,500,000. Then there Is the AMA's own public re- Intlons budget. to defeat medi- care -—- $1,300,000 Inst year and probably more In) 1063, Much of this budget was spent to eneourage state and | county medical associations, and doctors and thelr wives, to - ralse more funds at the prass- roots level, Thousands of doe- tors sent out AMA literature with thelr bills, The bigeest contribution permitted under law to lobby- Ing nssoclation, $6,000, was sont to the Politlen! Action Conunittce by "D. Jean John- gon, Evansville, Indiana” which, the senior — eltiveng polnt out, is the name of the biggest drug manufaeturersg in the country. Did the AMA back last year's doctors’ strike In Snaskatehe- wan? An AMA spokesman de- nied this, but said he eould not toll whnt all the various stite modical nssoclations or Indl- vidual doctors did, But the xenloy oltizenn In- formation director Willlam Wutton told me: “We are all protty sure they gave some- thing, although we have no evidence that they supported the Canadian = doetors in thety trate strilce, “Since the British health plan came in they have prob- ably invested more than $2,- 000,000,000 to make ‘socialized medicine’ a dirty word. They have built up such hatred against it they label any legis- lation they don’t like as socialized medicine.” Yet medicare, as proposed ky the President, has little rela- tionship to the British or French plans, or even to schemes in Canada. It is a mild means of financing care for old people, The AMA swung back at the senior citizens with vigor. Ex- ecutive vice-president Dr. F, J. I. Blasingame labeled Fo- rand’s estimate of $7,000,000 “totally false’ and challenged him to prove it. Forand, he said, “has a lengthy history of forcing government controlled health care for the aged om the American pecple. challenge Forand to obey the law as the AMA is doing by registering his Council of Senior Citizens as a lohbying organization.” He wanted to know too, how much money the Council re- ccived from COPE, the politi- cal arm of the AFL - CIO. I further ~ and Newspapers do not necessarily re- fleet. the views of Phe Dally News. EDITOR'S NOTE Signed articles editoriats credited to other the lighter side av It's easy to spot the hus- - band who- won't admit he’s henpecked, He smokes a big: black cigar while he washes, the dishes, et hb . 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