a : 1D10 — ‘PRINCE ‘RUPERT DAILY NEWS — 1963 Ee | - we 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 Published by The Prince Rupert Daily News Limited JOHN F. MAGOR President Authorized as Second Class Mall by the Post Office Department, Ottawa and for payment of postage In cash MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1963 Mr. Bennett will hang on espite what B.C. Liberal leader Ray Perrault thinks there seems to be little,.if any, indication that Premier Bennett will call a general election later this year. Usually optimistic, it would seem that this is wishful think- ing on the part of Mr. Perrault rather — than a detailed assessment of. the facts. Judging by the way .Mr. Bennett has. operated in the past it hardly seems likely that he would eall an election at a time which is anything hut: vipe or highly favorable to the Social Credit government. Mr. Ben- nett is one to amass great amounts of attributes so as to more or less cinch an election, and at the present time this does not appear to be.the case, now does it look like he will be thus, reat by late'this year. “Social Credit’s defeat Grey coupled with the controversial Columbia River question are ‘not ex- actly criterions which Mr. could. stand on as far as ealling an election. ‘Although we cannot agree with?Mr. Perrault in his thinking that the’.Point Grey victory for the Lib- erals indicated there are “no safe seats in the province for the Social Credits,” we have to agree that this was a. black mark for the present government, but not necessarily throughout the prov- ince. As for the Columbia River situ- ation, unless Mr. Bennett can justify or clear his government’s pos ¥ion in the matter this would also by any- thing but beneficial. to the present government in another election. Looking again at the Point Grey byelection; it does not necessarily go that because the Social Credits lost out there they are going to lose out in all of their other ridings, many of that “i which are still strong in the present government. tion that there are no safe seats for the Social Credits because of this as- pect is rather far-fetched and incon- sistent with the past. As ot Ray Perrault’s Mr. Perrault’s sugges- remarks t’s time Mr. Gaglardi put an end to his road-building gamesman- ship and got something done instead of making promises,” we can only say the Liberal leader should have an- other look at his province and drive in Point Bennett over some of Myr. highways. If anything is going to play in favor of the Social Credits in the next election it is the many roads and bridges that Mr. Gaglardi has con- structed during his tenure. It may or may not be our wish to support the present government. We just cannot see Mr. Bennett calling an election this year. That is unless he ‘comes up with one of his great astounding announcements that will entice the voters. At present it looks as if Mr. Bennett will hang on to the end, until his term is up. oe Gaglardi’s super The same old bickering By LUBOR J. ZINK OTTAWA (TNS) — Parlia- ment is slipping into its old bickering ways. With every passing day the hopeful glow of a new beginning grows dimmer and dimmer. Three weeks have now pass- ed since the opening of the session. In those three weeks the House, while loudly pro- fessing: willingness to move on at a fast clip, has all but shackled the Government’s hands and feet. The unstated but all-too-obvious aim is to make a monkey out of Pear- son's “60 days of decision.” To start with, eight sitting days had to be spent on the Throne Speech ritual. Of those cight days at least half could have been utilized for a pre- liminary debate of the out- line of the Government's legis- lative program, Instead, most of the time was wasted on re- hashing election campaign ar- guments about defense, Since the opposition chose to base the test of strength in the new Commons on the nuclear warheads issue, every- thing said on defense hefore the vote on the NDP non-con- fidence motion served a detf- inite purpose, After that it became irrel- evant, Every subsequent spea- ker on defense knew he was beating a dead horse, Yet on they went, some with unmis- takeable delight in the morbid futility. Mr, TWEEDY ‘\ 0° sastemman ae —w cases ee geo "Thanks. | can't eat It on account of my falso tooth, but my dog lust loves the stuff.” Still, being a waste of time in any case, the latter part of the Throne Speech debate could have been regarded as the last chance for venting ac- cumulated partisan venom be- fore settling down to serious business. Unfortunately, it proved to be a warming-up exercise for the subsequent orgy of obstructionist politick- ing. “What did the Liberals ex- pect?” a prominent opposition MP told me yesterday with a malicious glow in his eyes. “They are getting back their own medicine. Why should we treat them any better than they treated us last fall?” Why inded: The fact that the country badly needs a fast moving Government to put its disar- rayed housekeeping in order apparently counts for nothing with the party hacks. All they seem to he interested in is ‘to prove that the present ad- ministration ts no better than its predecessor. I don't think the public will buy the attempt to draw a parallel with the situation we had in Ottawa last fall. The opposition can, of course, fo on obstructing the passare of urgent legislation, but by do- ing so it will merely spottight the contrast between the pace of activities within and out- side ParlHament. There is already plenty evi- dence that where the Gov- by Ned Riddle DRUG NEO RIDPLA - order ernment can act, it moves swiftly and resolutely. From the Prime Minister’s brisk re- storation of our principal allies’ confidence in Ottawa to the break in the long- deadlocked Columbia’ River Treaty negotiations there is an uninterrupted chain of systematic activity which shows imagination, energy and will to get things done. The difference between last fall’s and this spring’s Gov- ernment moves in Parlia- ment is equally glaring. The trite legislation put before the House last September and the eight basic items put on the paper May 2! bear no comparison, The fundamental difference is between a do-nothing Gov- ernment whose main concern was survival in office, and a Government straining on the Commions’ Jeash to tackle the nation's main problems. Last fall the opposition had every reason to try to topple, as soon as possible, an obvi- ously sterile administration, Now the opposition, by “pry- ing the Liberals back,” are in the act of obstructing the transnaetion of vital public business, already put hbhefore the House, Of the eight items on the or- der paper, Parliament has so far considered only one—the appointment of a special com- mittee on defense. After a loud demand shuch a committee, and after the exhaustion of the defense subject during the Throne Speech debate, the committee could have heen established the day the item was intro- duced, Tnstead, five precious sitting days have heen wasted on repetitious and sickening portisan sniping. ‘T don't think the opposition wlll endear itself to the elec- tornte with this senseless ob- atructionism, After the sorry performance of tho Jast Goav- ernment and Parliament, the public eannot but he ‘thor- oughly tired of the stupid game of potty politleking. Those on both aldes of the Howie who atill inalst on prac- tleing Ue are, T hope, cutting Uholr ow own politica) throats, Le Lesteeeaechechsnensmneaematenteaetend the lighter side Ow {lrst cook-out of the ‘yony proved two things: burn- ‘ad hamburgers taste the same an before, and the neighbor- hood has gauingd alx extra cate over Jost season.—Pattonsbury (Mo,) Cull, for. see eee “NICE TRY. KEEP SCRUBBING.” A look back = “TEENAGE: DRINKING The Editor, The Daily News: I was really surprised to read your editorial in: Wednes- day’s paper. Do you realize that hudnreds of people out of town read your paper? Cer- tainly if you have no regard how we, the parents, feel, you should consider the poor pub- licity for the city. Yes, we the parents, know where our children are, as many of us have let them have the use of our homes for parties during the weekend. In our home we have never seen anything wrong. The boys and girls even cleaned up the house thoroughly after- wards. . My husband and I have been lots of places and coming back to Prince Rupert ' we have to agree that the young people here are far better: than any place we have been. Usually during graduation every year some of the’ boys” act stupid, or let us call it dar ing, trying to act big. They sort of let their hair“ down, getting hold of a bottle ;which they will take a snort.of, even how awful tney feel it tastes, They get caught and fined} which I would say is perfectly alright, but Mir. Editor, you did not have to put their. names-in the paper. That is not help- ing these young people. Any fool can tear somebody." down, but it takes character to build somebody up. These boys are from very good homes, where the parents take inter- est in their boys and what they are doing. If the police think.the situ- ation is so bad, why not do something sensible about it. Having a tighter dragnet, as you call it, is not going to help the situation. Teenagers like to be together. The more the merrier, So why don't. we all work for getting them a hall or where they are under super- vision, can meet and dance, We have more than enough dances for are lacking in that line for the grownups but we. Running ike mad to cateh a bus that was not leaving for 10 more minutes, a lady, a tailored, beauty- parlored lndy, come huatings ; nround the = cor ner of the bus station, She was earry- | Ing In front of GNg her a collection of ig four of those cako boxes that you goth Pies and enkes in, for an afternoon party." \ wore tied together, one above’ the other, ‘But enke store poople are not very good parcel tyers,. Thoy uso Hght string, And gaz Ing absontly out the window, they tle the boxes Imply, with | the kind of knots. ladias. tle, ‘Tho running Jady got half: way to tho. bus, tho driver of ' which was not: oven ' nbonrd, but was up the platform a way, having a smoke, «when tho atring gavo way, tho four fra- aile onke boxes flow to the: ground, the Jady having ta: loap in the aly to. avold kick." ing ‘them, Yiven x0, two of" them burst open, ‘soaltering potit fours and buttor carte all over the place, We all helped her lek them up. Then. aho “went In-and satin the bus 10 minittos, fuming, Tragedion Hke this are what we pay for having sueh a pepe ped-up world, young folks. Our young folks are not as bad as you let on and they are not stupid either. Mrs. Dagny Rensvold. EDITOR’S NOTE: Mrs. Rens- vold might be interested to know that it is the people who make the news. It is our duty to the people as a newspaper to print the facts as they happen. When .a teenager is convicted of drinking it is he or she who is giving the city the bad publicity. We wouldn’t be much of a newspaper if we had to choose’ our news, printing only what is good and leaving bad “publicity” out. As for children using homes for parties, we’d like to know how many teenagers would crack open a bottle of liquor in front of their parents. Has Mrs. Rensvold observed some of our beleved teenagers on the main treet, out of their homes and sar away from their parents. If it is “perfectly al- right” to get caught and fined for this drinking offence what ‘does Mrs. Rensvold think about ‘a drinking teenager smashing up a car and getting killed., which could happen as a di- rect result of. this. “perfectly alright” situation? Is Mrs. Rensvold suggesting we let our teenagers drink? And if the boys are so “daring” then they Shouldn’t be afraid of having their name in the paper. If they are going to take up some adult habits then they must be prepared to face the music as a result, such as adults must. , gems of thought Originality does not consist of inventing a new language, but in expressing in the ac- cepted language all possible new and personal thoughts.— Rene Dumesnil. -+- + & Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes. -- Thomas W. Higginson, THE TORONTO TELEGRAM SAYS: rina 4 iV A botched job The most distressing thing about the Knott “security risk” case is that the Royal Cana- dian Mounted Police botched the job and inflicted grave in- justice on an innocent man. Security checks. we must have, in this age-of cold’ war and. ideological struggle. But they must be carried out with intelligence. Nineteen - year - old Gor- don Knott, of Cowichan, B.C,, was discharged as a security risk from the Royal Canadian Navy in 1961 on false informa- tion that he was the nephew of a Communist. There is so much wrong with that that it’s hard to believe that either the RCMP or the RCN could be so inept, The RCMP obviously didn’t examine the report from a “very responsible person” that Knott was a nephew of Ernest L. Knott, a known Communist. Surely a security case should be given the meticulous atten- tion to detail required in a criminal case. Perhaps more alarming, if an innocent man can be branded a security risk On hearsay alone, presumably a spy could be cleared on the same class of evidence. But what is even worse is that evidence of a family Communist connection should be used to brand a man as a security risk. Even in matters of security, an individua] sure- ly has the right to be judged on his own behavior, not on that of a relative—or a friend, or a neighbor or casual: ac- quaintance. If the security of- ficers go beyond the man him- self, where do they stop? The RCN is at fault, equally with the RCMP, in discharg- ing a man and branding him as a security risk on such flim- sy reportage. With frankness not common to holders of his office, Justice Minister Lionel Chevrier has acknowledged the error and promised action to prevent this sort of thing in the fu- ture, The injustice sugpeests in the Knott the need for Case (logical) ot or | ai igagea | THE EXPERTS GAVE US A MEDAL * FOR FREE HOME DELIVERY PHONE 4032 more vigilance in security checks -—— not just to avoid branding the innocent but to make sure as few of the guilty as possible escape the net. It also suggests that there should be some form of appeal against being branded ‘as a security risk. This, Mr. Chev- rier says, is under considera- tion. Security is an unpleasant, but necessary, task, saddled on the reluctant RCMP by a re- luctant government represent- ing a reluctant public. It has to be done, but it has to be done right. ' aireraft company to be form- stp a Nee on at Rupert =| 50 YEARS AGO June 10, 1913 — Two dis-.. tinguished aeronauts, Captain’ James V. Martin and his pupil Miss Lily Irvine arrived in the city today. They wil fly from Skagway over White Pass, Miss Irvine is the first Englisk-" speaking woman to operate an: aeroplane and the first wonj<* an to fly in America. Capt, Martin produced the fastest; biplane the world had yet!! seen, in 1911, attaining the:! speed of 72 miles per hour in’ still air. 40 YEARS AGO | June 10, 1923 — Mr. Justice. Morrison arrived this morning. on the Princess Alice to pre-’ side at the Assizes which open on Wednesday in the city. "y 30 YEARS AGO June 10, 1933 — The 25-foat!.., auxiliary schooner, Pathfinder} in which the Kym brother sr from Vancouver intend to sail -~ around the world, arrived hey¢ |, over the weekend. From here they will proceed to the Queen Charlotte Islands, the Aluskataes peninsula, Aleutian Islands ~ and Japan. The boat, tied wy” at the fishermén’s wharf, is driven by sail and auxiliary gasoline engine. 20 YEARS AGO June 10, 1943 ~—- A recruiting.. drive for 100 men for an anti- ed in connection with the ma-_ chine gun (reserve) unit is ee be held next week with head-, quarters at the Victory Loan ° hut on Third Avenue gf;'' Fourth Street. A Bofors gun will be placed on the sirevt?”* and demonstrations on mobil-' ity and placing in action of © the guns will be given. Eat Better . YOUR CHOICE @ Highest Quality ‘Meats . . For Less FAMILY OF 4 @ Garden Fresh Fruits $] CO. 50 Per and Vegetables Week @ Juices, Ice Cream, Marg. - ineludes freezer NO DOWN PAYMENT B.C.. Frozen Food Lockers Ltd. 1160 W. Hastings Phone 5979 . B.C.’s ORIGINAL FOOD PLAN SERVING. B.C, RESIDENTS FOR OVER 20 YEARS Announcing the Opening of . FARWEST: SPORTING GOODS ) (Formerly. 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