Li ae ATT _ 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 Authorized as Second Class Mail by JOHN F. MAGOR President and for payment of — postage in the Post Office Department, Ottawa cash a ! vous undertakings weit dietaibution of parliamentary seats to with the pop- ridings. ; There is no question that some re- distribution of this sert is overdue. ih this rapidly growing country, it is that the number of seats increased to representation those constituencies undergoing the bring them more in line Wation of certain inevit: thle in parliament will be irovide better greatest change. | It is to he hoped, however, that re- distribution will not be made on the Hasis of population figures alone. Take the situation in B.C. as an example. While it is true that a couple of the mare densely populated ridings on the lower mainland contain more people vhan four or five of the remoter rid- ines such as Skeena and Cariboo eom- hined, it does not follow that the prob- iym of their fair representation is acy more pressing. . Along with increased population, a factor that must be considered in any plan for redistribution is diver- gence of interests. Although some of the ridings in the south are growing in population at a faster pace than more isolated areas, they continue to retain more unity of character and purpose. For the most part they are urban constituencies in which the dif- ference of interests from block to block is only a matter of very fine de- eTee, tis understood that one of the early of the new federal government will be to consider re- FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1963 north, west. The for : Many elements in redistribution The same is not at all true in the In Skeena, for example, there is not much similar ity in problems af- fecting Burns Lake on the eastern side and the Queen Charlottes to the’ same kind of distinction applies to Atlin in the north and Ocean Falls in the south. To this must he added another fac- tor almost unique to northern B.C. in the size of its native population. Conceivably this by itself could war- rant additional representation in par- liament. Now that the native people have a voice in federal affairs, the problems of any Member represent- ing them in large numbers have be- come that much more complex. It is absurd to suppose that justice can be done to this particular aspect of par- liamentary representation by a Mem- ber who has a multiplicity of geogra- phical differences to cope with as well. This is presenting the problem without offering a solution, yet a solution must be found. If more seats comparison problem. are created solely for north will suffer more than ever by even continually demand greater attention, not less. The variety of interests and the physical scope of a riding like Skeena can never be adequately han- dled by one Member, whoever he is. Even three ov four Members would be hard pressed to fill the role. If new seats are created, let’s hope some of them.are designed to take care of this the south, the though its issues Haig—central figure in tragic mistake LONDON (© — A German general once remarked that the British Tommies in the First World War fought like Hons but were led by donkeys. For many a disillusioned veteran and = latter-day his- torian, the biggest donkey of them all was the commander- in-chief, Ficld Marshal Sir Douglas Haig. Haig was accused of incom- petence, narrow - mindedness und what amounted to whole- sile eriminal negligence. He became the bewhiskered blimp who, fully beHeving in the iue-tice of his cause, flung wily 1,000,000 lives ~— the tower ot an empire’s man- hood -- for a few thousand sirds, Of Flanders mud, Jn the simpler readings of th: tragedy, WMaig'’s villainy was countered by the heroism ef Prime Minister Lloyd Georre, the enlightened poli- fician trapped in ai web of military intrigue, Llovd George, in his efforts to liaudt the army's bloody pol- wy “of attrition or wearing down the enemy at enormous Cost, Has had many cham- piems, Tfain's defenders have nanny been retired generals, woversced dm the art of aead- Cie arpinnent, NEW BLOGRAPHY Naw 9 balanced and protes- sion hnography by John Ter- tite, Donelas Haig: The Rd- weled Soldier, attempts to The VANCOUVER cb — One out of every) four persons in the conmmiunity is “having in or or the very rageed edge of poverty or cconomie distress,” a welfiire executive says, Dervek Thomson, executive dircetor of the Family Service Aroney of Greater Vaneowver, in his Annual report says that indess the publie is willing to Invest HO cents ao hend to pre- vent family breakdown, Ht has noviphit to complain nhout ris- ine divoree, crime, Webenlth and other symptoms of a sick SOCLOLY, FACK HOSTILVEY Persons in economie distress, Instead af finding compassion and understanding from thelr moore comforting neigh- bors, are faced with resent- meni onnd uwetunal hostility nent them and thelr plight, hie sale. Welfare din Dbusdaess," but Mada is) “big (here js inef- wash some of the muck from Haig’s image and put his char- acter and actions in a fairer perspective. In doing this, Terraine never loses sight of the fact that “Haig, his staff and his chief subordinates were all involved in a vast and tragic mistake.” The author’s basic thesis is that Haig, leading an army totally unprepared for mass continental) warfare, proved himself as much a profession- al strategist as iany of the German or French comman- ders. Haig’s grasp of the strategy was sound and thorough: the strategy itself was disastrous. Other factors that mitigate YWaig’s guilt were his excessive loyalty to subordinates--many of them blundering and er- ratically independent —- and his faith in misleading and optimistic inteNigence reports. Haig was constantly led to be- lieve that the Germans would break if he pressed the attack just a Httle harder, The climax of the carnage was the third battle of Ypres in 1917 —- a three-month holo- “ust better known to the sur- vivors as Passchendaele, Ter- raine dismisses im a footnote the theory that the British continued the attack, suffer- Ing 250,000 casualties, only be- ‘ause the French were on the verge of mutiny, Rather, he says, Tale was ragged edge of poverty felency in the handling of the $3,509,000 allocated an- nually toward the care of the poor, The deeper a family falls in- to poverty and the longer it stays there, Mr. Thomson said, the greater become the eno- tional §$fl-health, pessimism and depression of its mem- hers, With Jess money to spend on health, they suffer four times as much chronic Il- ness aH) thelr more affluent nolehboars. Also, he said, they are fat- ter--the overwelmht ussoclat- ed with poverty having been found to be part of mental ‘divense, oor pene: oe erent at TOETOR'S NOTR—Alaned ortleles and editorlatla eredited to other Hewapperd do wot necessarily re- fleet Che views of The Diadly News, promised French support and heped and believed he would Win a decisive victory. He knew of no other way to smash the entrenched Ger- man war machine. STUBBORN LEADER Haig had his virtues. He was God-fearing, intensely patri- otic and imbued with that dogged backs-to-the-wall de- termination that finally turn- cd the tide. It was not for want of trying that Tloyd George could find no other of- ficer in the whole army heir- archy able enough to replace him, Bul most historians and crifies reviewing Terraine’s book maintain that Haig’s fanlts remain inexcusable. He lacked both imagination and flexibility. Ino his private di- aries published in 1952 he re- veals himself as haive, in- tractable and sadly vain, The machine-gun, he wrote, “is an over-rated weapons" the tank “can only be regarded as “HOW ARE YOU FIXED FOR BLADES ?” “TUF VELEGR ANS ‘A vital service that costs money Next week the Canadian Red Cross Society's Prince Rupert branch will be appeal- ing to the public for contri- butions to its annual cam- paign for funds. Canvassers will be aiming at achieving a quota of $4,500. One of the many’ services performed by the Canadian Red Cross is the free blood transfusion service which has been operating for 15 years. In that time, 4,000,000 bottles of whole blood have been giv- en to those in need, free of charge. During this year, accident. surgery and sickness in Can- adian hospitals will call for an estimated 800,000 bottles of whole blood. Prince Ru- pert General Hospital will use between 200 and 300 pints. Prince Rupert patients fly- ing south for heart surgery will use at least 20 bottles. each. This human blood is the gift of a volunteer donor. The patient in the hospital pays no money for the blood. The middle man, the Red Cross, spends an estimated $6 per pint. Why? Blood is a very del- icate, living product. It de- mands utmost care in hand- ling, to prevent destruction LETTERS TELLS OF INCIDENT * # The Editor, « The Daily News: I was born here, I joined the army here in 1939, I serv- ed six years. duty, I still get nervous spells. One such night, I couldn’t sleep. My tossing disturbed my wife's sleep, so I went for a walk, IT thought it was law- ful for me to walk on the weH- » lit Third Avenue, in my home town. Two RCMPs on a cruiser threatened to charge me with vaprancy, if I did not go home at once, I have visible means of support, if anyone cares fo look, The police knew who I was, because one called me by my name. Later I learned I was- Ineky to pet off without a charge. One of the men I worked with told me he paid a S36 fine for such an inci- ‘More intelligent One might never guess so from the forest of television aerials amid which we live hit 1961 census figures say that Vietoria homes don’t: have as many TV sets as other Inajor citics--Vancouver, Cal- gary, Toronto, Halifax, Otta- we, London, et al, This is no cnuse for cha- grin, rather the reverse, .All if means ts that our folks have other things to do than XQ minor factor," eavalry’s sit mesmerized before the “role in’ future wars is likely small sereen. Their pursuits to inerense.” tuke other forms. When the war ended Haig They read, enjoy the dut- stood at the head of the larg- doors, are relive in clubs and est force the British Empire erpanizations, paint, indulge has ever launched into one ino music, shoot, fish, garden, theatre of battle - - five armies write poetry, play golf and compriship #,000,000 men, He have cultural bent. In shart, | refired with honor and oan they ure more inteligent,— murldoam, He died in bog, The Vietoria Colonist, Mr. TWEEDY by Ned Riddle Yea Veet babi, Com ae TAUPE CORD, MED Monier "They'ro imposing on his good nature agaln, but | can't fiquro out why." After combat | dent, and lost’ a day's work.’ 1 thought such _ incidents happened only in East Ber- lin. ‘—Ivan Adams or contamination, The blood is collected by trained teams of nurses and aides. Next, la- boratory tcc!:n’ians = group and test tue '! oC . at is dis- tributed to the huspitals and held until necd d, This j blood must be used in 21 -days’,.The .. out-dated blood is returned ‘to-:. where it is- the laboratory broken down into fresh froz- en plasma, which can be stored indefinitely and is used in the treatment of shock, fi- brinogen to stop haemorrhage, serum albumin and gamma globulin to fight infection and disease, and anti-hemophilic globulin to help sufferers of this critical condition. Besides this, the Red Cross laboratories do a free test on every pregnant -woman in Canada, to determine the Rh factor of her. blood. The doc- tor knows weeks ahead of time if he might be dealing with an Rh baby. He uses this time for careful watch- ing and preparation for treat- ment. There was recently an in- teresting panel show on TV in--which university students wera interviewed about the sad effects of examinations on them. Some of them confessed to taking pick -.up pills prior to. the ; exams. Others de- : plored the shat- tering emotional disturbance that examinations in spired in them Temperment is a word that we don’t often hear nowa- days. But it used to be quite familiar in the days before psychiatrists came along with newer and more confusing words. We used to say certain young people didn’t have the tem- perment to be college stu- dents. The dictonary says that temperament is “that indi- vidual peculiarity of physical organization by which the manner of thinking, feeling and acting of every person is permanently affected.” The second definition is “natural disposition.” It was that second defini- tion that was the one we all understand by the word in those days when a college edu- cation wasn’t for every Tom, Dick and Mary, but only for those with the aptitudes for it. And if, when their aptitudes were put to the test of: ex-. aminations not too tough: for .. the lighter side. The signing between Amcri- can and Russian scientists of -an agreement for a joint wea- ther satellite program shows that at last something is real- ly going to be done about tie weather.—Arkansas Gazette, et de be Queen Elizabeth apparently looked pale after she complet- ed a 14,600-mile air journey. No wonder; we turn pale just thinking of sitting that long in. a2 plane—Hamilton Ont.) Spectator. rt +} This old world of ours may be flat, but nowadays it cer- tainly is on edge. —Argonia (Kan.) Argosy Tt’s impossible to hang a price tag disaster every year, All that’s ever asked is your support, Your Red Cross needs your help to help save lives, Give generously when the Volunteer Red Cross calls at your door. YOUR RED GROSS SERVES YOU Canvasser ¢ CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS “T. NORTON YOUNGS” the apt, they failed, nobody bleated. They just went a he . got jobs. sort ksack SST as A look ba back.” at Rupert (50 YEARS AGO) May 3, 1913 — Another milé- stone in the social history'tof« our youthful city was reactiéa' last evening when the Prinee: Rupert Rowing and Yacht Club gave its first dance Hi, the ballroom of the Kaien + sei land Club. An arrangement, fi oars, paddles, canoes and fe: belts gave a nautical alr. Ff (40 YEARS AGO). - ites May 38, 1923-—Tom Sherman who has been away for the, past two years following his« business as a baker at Revel! stoke and in the Okanagan Valley, arrived on the steamer Prince Rupert yesterday after- noon to pay a visit to his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Sherman. (30 YEARS AGO) May 3, 1983 — The home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McKinley, Fourth Avenue East, was the scene of a delightful birthday party in honor of Mrs. F. aw. Hart. The evening was h pily spent in playing of bri whist, pedro and checkers, @n behalf of the Jolly Pedro Of Ad bin teyedsvene sek ’ > £ a bouquet was presented tow Mrs. Hart, who cut. a birthqny”, cake for the occasion. (20 YEARS AGO) May 3, 1943--Following will be the teams tonight in the, Victory Lean radio quiz over. CFPR from Booth Memorial Schoo! auditorium. Boys aiyd ° zirls of Borden Street School. participating are Tommy Hetwe Henry Martinson, John Sch Allan Hartwig, Everett Johapees sen, Bruce Mills ane Kennedy, Betty W Betty Wide and Leona Sm§ (10 YEARS AGO) “85 May 3, 1953—Two more Jaya cees jumped to the door stews door mail’ delivery campa ee Syd Gonick and Sim’ Simp- sOn spent several the weekend “peerlng” into peoples’ homes to see if mail slots were being installed. The Jaycees are urging everyone to act quickly so house deliy- ery can get _underway. nies on this bottle of blood, Fortunately, in At ia ets EVERY STEP OF THE WAY a ene 7-37 pau aes this country, no one ever does, Your Ganadian Red Cross provides whole blood and blood products absolutely free to almost 300,000 victims of illness, accident and _ vay 4 s OBJECTIVE $4500 — PHONE 2262 FOR INFORMATION “Teer rr Tw Tw wm mmr wm mn www ew ne wee wre ee He ee ee ee ee tee | sen, nuce s, Margakete Johansen, Mona Lykegard, li hours -orr~: ee ee es Ct ein io a a a a a a a