I 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 Canedian Press — Audit Bureau of Circulation Canadian Daily Newspaper Publishers Association Published by The Prince Rupert Daily News Limited JOHN F. MAGOR President sD Authorized as Second Class Mall by and for payment of the Post Office Bepartment, Ottawa postage ino cash FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1963 That's right Mister—this Sunday aomember mother? She’s the gal that has u 24-hour seven-day week ind is more than often taken for granted because she seems to take it ' .. : , all with a vrai of salt. i. Well, Mister, and you too junior, we have news for you both. This Sun- div belongs to that lovely lady. It is the day when dad, sister and brother should, in all due respect, literally piace her on a pedestal and shover her with love and devotion in the form of a few gifts and a complete dav of vest, We don't have to be corny about it. Just good old fashioned sentiment should tell us all that we owe her a huge debt. One we can never hope to repay in full but at least in part by dhscrving this one day, be it classed , t fhat would you do if suddenly you ' " were faced with being the only person fit at the scene of an accident, serious or not? ' What would you do if the life of another depended on you until a doc- tor could be reached. depen ! "Phe answer to both these questions would be indeed simple if you happen to be one of those who will be com- peting in the first aid contest tonight al the Armoury. sponsored by the St. John Ambu- lance Association in conjunction with the Irish Fusiliers, the competition is gen to the public for viewing and wossible learning. We hope as many people as possible will take the oppor- wainity to attend. se » First aid has made great strides id our world, and today we see it as & skill rather than a mere hobby or us -t something to learn for the sake « « h a a et By LUBOR J. ZINK : OTTAWA (TNS) -- Trade and Commerce Minister Mitchell Sharp made a brave effort if} Toronto recently to create the impression fou bold new appreach to Canada’s economic weobicmis, All he produced was bold phrase- WMoey hiding old platitudes. , Phe economic problems facing Canada,” he me tedd oa laneheon meeting at the Natienal Pro- (huetigi: Show, “are tough and obstinate’. To Tek Chen, we niust “beeome a more mature in- astray cconomy, an efficient and major pro- dicey cf secondary as well as primary products.” Mur eagds must become more competitive; pro- Qaieiahe Costs must be kept toa minimum: we mest continue to raise productivity; our bal- ifroe ch payments position must be improved, ry AM this has been said before in endless Mi rivtions, What was expected from Mr. Sharp Wes un Indication of how the Government in eer and his Depurtiment ino particular, in- rere he handle the tough and obstinate problem WM bringing those lofty goals within the range Wo feasible aetion, OUR VICIOUS CIRCLE OF PRODUCTION « ‘To pramise, as Mr, Sharp did, “steady ‘and imucginative leadership’ is no Jonger ee hongh, "Phe election campaign is) ever. SNar is it sufficient to summarize Mr, Pear- son's legishitive intentions to establish an vEronomic Council, a Development Corpora- 5 fio, i Municipal Development Fund and a Department Industry, FAI these are, no doubt, construetive mea- v . ‘ syres Wiieb will partly implement what the Mev. wdministration intended to do anyway, yi partly willimeet NDP and Socred demands. But they do not indicate any really new ape Prouehy ta our production and trade difficulties, ; Thess do not, for instanee, come anywhere Weer the vielous cirele of low- volume high-cost. preduetion, whieh is the core of most of our Troubles, True, the Minister spoke of the need 1% erese our exports, but ih ds wellenteh im- mM oible to dnerease exports In any significant Woy Without lowering production costs, And there os lithe ehuanee of cutting costs without ree volume prodvetion whieh drnatically enlarged exports, "Surely, Mr Sharp must know that with sour production. costs structure only a winle- “open continental market can provide a real- ‘istic basis for mass production whieh is the fhey fo the needed improvement ino the competitiveness of our goods, ' A wide-open continental market would, of rete, require some common market-type or. roneement with the United States, To nape, wh Mt. Sharp seems to hope, that Improvements Inc niuinouwealty trade and the tariff cuts whieh muy qinerege from GATT negotiations could depends on provide dq eubstitute for a North American con { 4 First aid by some as commercialized or not. Consider briefly, if you will, the many little chores that mom = runs through in a day v hile we're at work, school] or play. We haven't near the space to list them here but you only need think for a moment and. un- doubtedly many will come to mind. Think, if you will, what mother has gone through to bring that be- loved youngster into the world, con- sole he or she when necessary and sometimes pull at her hair with worry. This, too, is often found neces- sary. g Enough said—we could go on for days and days, but then we'd miss Sunday—and that’s just our point. See what we mean, Mac? pays off of the certificate it brings. In business, industry, in the forest and on the street we ure seeing each day examples of the dividends that are being reached by those with knowledge of first aid. Here in Prince Rupert we are for- tunate in having enough men in this field that they can actually go out and stage a demonstration, proof that they can be called on should there be. cause, and we never know when there will be. As it is not alyays possible to have a doctor on the scene of mishap immediately it is gratifying to know that the odds here stack up well on the sheet of first aid men who can fill the bill to some extent. And it would now seem that the demand is such that anyone with first aid training can do well for himself while at the same time being an asset to his community. Not good enough Mr. Sharp! mon market, is unrealistic. Completely missing from Mr. Sharp’s first public speech was any mention of cur growing trade dependence on the Sino-Sovet bloc. Does the Government propose to continue the Jong- term political and strategic folly perpetrated by its predecessor, or will a determined effort be made to find and develop alternative markets in the free world area? This is a vital proklem Which deserves immediate attention, Also conspicuously absent was any outline of the Government's altitude to marginal and inefficient industries which will be hard hit by foreign competition if our tariff barriers are substantially lowered ins the “Kennedy round” of GATT negotiations, EUROPE—AND THE RUTHLESS EXAMPLE Wil these industries be kept) alive hy public subsidy — or will the Government have the courage to follow the seemingly ruthless example of Western) Europe in streamlining the economy? Mr. Sharp said that “protectionism is no answer to our problems of uhemployment:” but he also said: ‘Our trading interests are de- termined by the nature of our economy. These two statements leave room for any number of interpretations, Perhaps the Minister, and the Government, need a little more time for formulating a con. sistent new economie policy. Mr. Pearson has only just started laying the international framework for it and Mr. Sharp can hardly be expected to be more implicit, before he returns from the important Commonwealth trade talks in| London and the GATE negotiations in Geneva. He must also wait for the provisions Of Mr, Gordon's budpet. All this is understanable — but why not say so, Instead of trying to conjure up the semblance of a brave new policy out of tired ald cliches? The lighter side Fellow says he's glad his isa flat head, No danger of those TV reporters combine around ta dnterview him in depth. Chicago Sun-Times | te a A puzzled mother asked the elerk, “isn't this foy too complicated fora small ehild ? “Madim,” repled the solleitous clerk, “this educational toy wil help your ehild ndjust, him- seIf to our medern word, You see, no matter how he puts if topether, it will be wronpe.? - Wall Street Journal * + + Middle uge is thi period of Ife when you would do rnything to feel better except give np what's hirting, you. Irish Digest ‘ 132.5 132.0 1949=100 131.5 131.0 130.5 130.0 129.5 I96le 1962 1 OD) PRiL 32.3 Cost of Living 196 LIVING COSTS RISE — Canada's cost-of-living index hit a new high April 1 when it rose two-tenths of a pont to 132.3. In- creases in clething, health and personal care costs offset de- creases in transportation, recreation, Graph traces rise t4rd fall of the index Index is based on 1949 prices equalling 100. dexes during March. since January, 1961. tobacco and alcohol ‘in- -—— CP Newsmap A Look Back at Rupert (50 YEARS AGO) May 10, 1913 -— Mrs. Carrol Ask, of Seattle, has been brought to the city after hav- ing been rescued in Grenville channel by a Ketchikan fish- ing boat. Mrs, Ask fell over- board from the steamer Spo- kane and was washed ashore where she remained on the beach for 10 hours in her night clothes before being res- cued. (40 YEARS AGO) May 10, 1923 — Playing at Westholme Theatre tonight only, Constance Talmadge and Harrison Ford in Wedding Bells, admission 35 cents and 10 cents. (30 YEARS AGO) May 10, 1923 — Miss Irene oe Mitchell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Mitchell, and James - Stewart, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Stewart of this city are receiving degrees as Bachélors of Arts from the University Of British Columbia in Vancou- ver today. o (20 YEARS AGO) we May 10, 1943 — Hector Mc- Donald, Force pilot, and son of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. McDonald of the city, has been awarded a commission as pilot officer. (10 YEARS ‘AGO) May 10, 1953 — The Kins- men Club coronation contest starts today. Bil) Bond, chair- man of the committee in charge, disclosed details of a drive to obtain funds to be used to help the children. vacksack Every time there is a radio or TV program involving peo- ple of a past generation, whe- ther Sir John A and his col- leagues, or Charles the Second, or Richard the Lion Heart. they are made to talk in stilt- ed, pompous phrases that sound like the documents of their time. It is true Shake speare was a poct £ ion of dramatic % utterance that has affected all dra-& matic presenta- tion from his day on. But Shake- speare set a fash- first, anda dra- ed matist in order to make a liv ing. It is absurd to think that people talked, a hundred, three hundred or a thousand years ago, any differently than they talk today. If this delusion as to To tip or Most people who travel or just ‘eat out” in their home towns have encountered that quaint international custom called “tipping.” This is one custom that Russians haven't claimed credit for and it is in New York and Paris that one notices it) most, New Yorkers regard tipping as a necessary evil—they know that if they did not tip, they might starve or have to take buses instead of taxis. But in ‘aris there has been a move- ment afoot for 20 or so years which proclaims that tipping is unnecessary. In fact, it is discouraged by many hotel and eafe owners, They recop~ nize that it can make vaca- tions very expensive and per- haps discourage some tourists how people conversed is based: on the literary or documentary evidence of their time, then the mistake is founded on an inexcusable oversight on the part of our scholars. It is little more than two hundred years that cnly a small section of the popula- tion could read. -or write. And from the earliest times, those who wrote “took pen in hand,” as the saying is. With the preatest self-con- sciousness, and a considerable sense of importance, those who could write made a pro- duetion of it. It would have been beneath their talents to have written in the idom of their time. And it is my impression that, in general, the popular idiom -of Henry VIII was pretty close to the popular idiom of today. We make a mistake in trying to thrust our forebears from us. not to tip practice continues unabated. Despite signs in three langu- ages which practically beg people not to tip, nearly ev- eryone who visits Paris, con- tinues to do so. Imposition of a flat service charge of 10 to 15 per cent has also been tried in Paris, but, as most tourists can testify, the help make it abundantly clear that they still expect something over and above. Some persons are, of course, stronger-willed than others. They hold that a tip is only piven if the service has heen unusually good, Others faced with the tipping problem might follow the lead of Nubar Gulbenkian, the millionaire who, it is sald, calls the waiter aoiniw Parte . at the start of a meal, gives ren Mea nuenda on thelr him one-half of a banknote The fact is that while nine ‘@nd Keeps the other. out of 10 proprietors of Par- "Tf Ioam_ pleased,” he says, isiun reshuurants, hotels and “you will get the seeond halt. bars regard tipping ‘as “hue If Tam not, then T keep it." milating and immoral,” the ~San Mateo (Calif.) Times Mr. ‘TWEEDY by Ned Riddle q/ ‘ / ucome TAX SERVICg / x "With tho refund I'll bo etfing, which car do you think | ought to buy? contern own enerw ee I) i wi ah ts “i ue esrarsinagyg he Soe eee - “ NO wrt Ont sitet RAINS / "Woll, | think that white one with the red stripo. on tho sido is very nico.’ Royal Canadian Air ~ FITNESS EXPERT . Blow off steam for exercise By GWYN WILLIAMS TORONTO (TNS) — Have you chased that attractive ‘swift-footed secretary around the office lately? Or angrily thrown open the window and expounded your ‘pent-up wrath at the pigeons? Well, give both some serious thought, Mr. Executive - type. The chances are you should do these more often. At least 70 per cent of busi- nessmen are suffering from too little physical activity; over-stress; and over-nutri- tion from wining and dining too lavishly at business lun- cheons, according to one phy- sical fitness expert. And these factors, claims Lloyd Percival, are slowing down your ability to work and make quick decisions. 25,000 SURVEYED Mr. Percival who is open- ing a Physical Fitness Insti- tute in Toronto claims “one in six of the 25,000 executive types we have surveyed dur- ing the yast 20 years were un- able to pass a fundamental medical examination.” Here are some further facts he claims to have drawn up on executives. More than 85 per cent suf- fer from back problems for sitting down teo long (14% hours a day is the average). About 80 per cent rely on “sympathetic” stimulants, such as alcoho} and ciparettes, in- stead of vital stimulants in the way of exercise. TOO MANY PILLS North Americans rely too much on pep pills and tran- quillizers to calm their nerves. And they suffer stress neur- osis through lack of exercise more than thelr counterparts in Russia, Switzerland or the U-K, for example. The problem is the execu- tive - type has neglected his physical fitness on the way up and when he reaches a pinnacle of success his poor health becomes a stumbling- block. “We don’t tell the executive not to burn the candle at both eo ‘vad ete ends, more ercises,”’ mented. Mr. Percival comes We ‘provide him with wax through, simple exes S00 a ‘YELL OUT’ se “It’s better for an advertig- ing executive who has hada disagreement with a cHent*to throw open the window and yell at the pigeons than take a tranquillizer,” he added, Executives entering his Pit- ness Institute will go through a fitness, evaluation test for blood pressure, circulation, lexibility and breathing among other things. The test takes 45 minutes. 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