Me 1910 PRINCE RUPERT DAILY NEWS — 1963 . Ah independent newspaper devoted to the upbullding of. ~Prince Rupert and Northern and Central British Columbia, A mém er of the Canadian Press — Audit Bureau of Circulation Hoot be Canadian Daily Newspaper Publishers Association Published by The Prince Rupert Daily News Limited Ltt JOHN F. MAGOR President yy Authorized as Second Class Malt by the Post Office Department, Olfawa and for payment of postage in cash -- “+ * po == ope bee ae ve ceecee eee eee ee em WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1963 rts he’ nited States House of Repre- sentatives has cast its thoughts back lo bbe. valiant years when great na- ti gus were in the throes of a desparate conflict, and has voted 377 to 21 to etant henorary United States citizen- hay to Sir Winston Churchill. Now al! cyt remains is for the Senate to give What-is expected to be whole-hearted approval to the proposal for signal honor for Sir Winston, who is half- American through his mother, Jennie Jerome of New York. As Canadians we ean only applaud this action of the United States in puy- recognition of the fact that the British wartime Prime Minister was one of the greatest leaders the world has ever known. Our only regret may ie that the tribute has been so long it coming. Had such a proposal been made and adopted only a few years avo, it would have been possible for sir Winston to have travelled to the United States to receive the honor. But now it Is obvious—and has been stated so publicly—that for the in- domitable Churchill, the man of so IT’S YOUR BUSINESS Tig Borrow By DAVID GRENIER Tcronto Telegram News Service Government spending in Canada and the U.S. is riding a one-way escalator — up. But the increase at the three levels of governntent is net taking place at the same rate. lt is less at the federal level than it is at the level of municipalities, provinces or states. What this indicates is that the biggest pres- sure at the moment is spending on new public works and services — schools and hospitals, public transit systems and the like. he cu e - Pecause of this, the problems of municipal firaneing have grown rapidly. Which is why the idea of a Municipal Development Bank — iong part of the Liberal platform — has poli- lical appeal at the moment. AS near as 1 can understand, when Walter Ciurdon speaks of the need for setting up a NIuricipal Development Fund, what he has in mind is setting up a fund through which muni- cipalities can borrow at low interest rates, either directly from the Federal Government or with the backing of a federal government puarantee. In a piecemeal way, this is already being tlone in various provinces. In Alberta and iritish Columbia, for instance, the provincial wovernments have tried to ease the situation yY allowing the credit of the province to be used us bucking for municipal bonds. ” A man for all ages many capabilities, the weight of his SS years makes the trip virtually im- possible. ‘To most of us in the Commonwealth, the proposal brings thoughts of how many changes the world has under- vone in the 20 years that have elapsed since the British leader was raising his “V for Victory sign” and exhorting his peoples to greater effort to com- bat the Nazi menace. The Russians were then our gallant allies, the Ger- mans and Japanese our enemies to be defeated ut all costs, and Churchill, the man of the hour who seemed to embody the very spirit of the fight against domination by forces of evil. So while many fond memories will be recalled when Sir Winston becomes an honorary United States citizen, there is also the substance for much serious thought con the ways of na- tions and the ways of the world. For al] the changes, however, Sir Winston remains, as Rep. Emanuel Celler of New York, chairman of the committee which called up the bill said, “a man for all the ages.” io grow There are other ways of making it cheaper for municipalities to borrow money — for ex- ample, by having the provinces remit grants te the paying agents for municipal debentures, so that these grants may be used to service the debt. But there’s no doubt that the cost of muni- cipal borrowing could still be brought down, with attendant advantages in terms of making new projects feasible and putting men back to work. @ Here’s one way: Remove the witholding tax on interest Payments on foreign borrowings. The withholding tax pushes up the cost of borrowing abroad, without making it any easier fer municipalities to borrow at home. @ Here's another: Make municipal debentures tax-exempt, as in the USS. There, experience has shown that the tax exemption to investors makes it possible to raise funds at far lower rates than is possible here. b + % ye It’s only through measures such as these that Canadian municipalities will be able to meet the heavy demands on them for new services. This, in turn, could make for a new wave of activity in construetion and many other indus- tries, Look at his hands .... By PETER DEMPSON OTTAWA (TNS) hands Dave dt. The hands aecording to Ot- His lacks some know and work with him. They are well aware that he of the qualities of a successful politi- 9 Mr. derlines, “We need someone who will stand up to the So- viet Union, the U.S. and others, Pearson was schooled in essential fawia's George Mellraith, are cian, He can't sway ai large a tough league. He didn't back those Of Liberal leader Lester crowd. He has little of the down from Russia's Foreign Ih Peaurson—-and they denote evangelist in his manner, He's Minister Gromyko at the Unit- “dreneth, character and in- unable to boom his message, ed Nations. And he stood up Leerdty.” like Prime Minister Diefen- — to Belgium’s Foreign Secretary Mr. Mellraith, a long-time baker, beenuse of a high- Spank at NATO." adinirer and colleague of Mr. Pearson in the House of Com- moans, says he's somewhat pucazled why more Canadians work “aecept Mike.” Wee's convinced they would~- ond pladly- dno no time at all should) Mr. Pearson head the neat povernment, Why. exactly, does Mr, radlh dike Mike? “He's decisive,” lawe MP. “He ds sympathetic and his preat understanding.” Another of Mr. Pearson's col- leaties dia the last Parliament, Walter Cordon, of Taronto, pits it) “Heds a man of good Judpinent gad common sense, Ile is Wise, able and intell- wen). Ho. Robichand, who has re- presented Gloucester, NBL, finee 19838, comments: “Mr. Ponrson understands the de- cares Of French-speaking Cnan- audinns. He wanty them to share fully daa) aspects of Canadian cffades.? Mr. MeTlraith sny's he's fis tinated by the Libera, leader's hituas, for they refleet the true character of the mang ‘Whive you ever stopped to look af them?” he asta, “They ave big, strong, and yet gentle. They're an athlete's hands, ape peassive, forcefil—-but not de- stroctful Whe a boxers,” That Mr. Pearson isn't too imposing or captivating: on the vatings, the puble platform ih over televiston doesn't dis- teenie Mr. Meliraith, Mr. Cor- don oor other Liberals who Mecll- Says the Ot- pilehed voiee and a slight im- pediment in his speech, He has not the magnetic personality of President Kennedy. That may be why he doesn't Inspire confidence in Canadi- ans, They ike him, respect him, but they aren't by him. Despite these shortcomings, Mr. Mellrajth is convineed Mr, Pearson wil} become — “the preatest Prime Minister Can- adm ever had’ should he be elected on April & In this Mr, Gordon concurs, “He is a strong leader—not of the flamboyant sort," says Mr. Gordon, “but the kind whe evokes great loyalty from his friends and followers, He exe eels at small gatherings, where he can reach out and sort of embrace warmly those around Jeityy.” Nelther is prrenathy disturbed heenuse, at the moment, Can- addaANs are pot yet rendy to “buy Mike.” Tf he forms) the next government they rare confident he will be widely ae- eeptled, Because of his experlenee as External Affairs Minister in {he Sl. Laurent poverniment, the Liberals fnsist that My, Peurson ts respeeted more in other countries than any other Cunadian, They look upon him as ono oman dedlented to the cause of penee, notwithetanad- Ine the party's present nue clear policy, “Canuda needs Pearson at this tine,” Mr. Mellrath un “moved” Mr. Mellraith suggested that if Mr. Pearson were Prime Minister at present, France's Charles de Gaulle would never have “smacked Britain down the way he did” in the Com- mon Markel. negotiations. So far in the campaign, Mr, Pearson has been mainty at- tacking the Conservatives and Creditistes, rather than spin- ning ont Liberay policies, This could) have a harmful effeet on Liberal chances, for dis- contented Canadians want to he told what they can expeet should they vote Liberal this {finve, Apart) from the party's nue Clear policy, his announcement thout a distinetive Canadian fag, and his brief outline of an economic blueprint for the future, My, Pearson has elven the electorate Uttle to mall over, At the start of the enm- pajen, he said he would take it in low key, and built up to- ward the April 8 climax, We could walt too long. The onud Je on the offielal Oppa- sition {o show the people what they ean expect as an alterna- tive to the Conservatives. Yf Mr. Penrson doesn't do this, he any once more fall short af the gont that has elnd- hem oon three previous ocen- sans, Eilttor'a Note—Niqned avtle cles and aditarialn oradited to other newspapers do not ne cessiurily reflect the views of The Dally News, The heat’s on in Ha By RON POULTON HAMILTON, Ont. (TNS) — Stepping into four Hamilton area ridings after a three-week swing from Winnipeg to Vic- toria is like moving from the hearth to the fire as far as political heat is concerned. The fat-cat contentment noticed in all but half a dozen western ridings is not evident in Hamilton West, Hamilton East, Hamilton South and Wentworth. Yel enough simil- arities exist in the mood of the people in the four western provinces and the four Hamil- ton ridings to make a case for pollsters to ponder. The urban areas house a large and dangerous (for the pollster) number of voters who don’t know how they’re going to vote even though they swear they'H cast their ballot for one of the older parties. CYNICAL MOOD The bloc, placing a wish for stable government above all other issues, may well be big enough to upset present bet- ting and lead to a majority government, Allowing for the difference in rural and urban voting styles and still apparent that urban voters in the western provinces share something in ‘common with those Hamilton ridings. They share a mood of deep dissatisfaction with political drift. The mood spills into cyn- icism for lofty promises and gusty rnetoric and leads to the same comment over and over again: “I don’t think much of either Pearson or Diefenbaker, but I’ have to vote for one or the other.” (On the prairies, the farmer still stands firm ‘‘for John,” but dozens of interviews leaves the impression that his support is based on wheat sales rather than habit voting.) In 1962, the Liberal swing left the Tories teetering in Ha- milton West, Hamilton South and Wentworth. The pendulum still seems to be = swinging strong cnongh to knock the PCs ont of at least two. of those ridings on April 8. Postmaster General Elen Fairclough has a hetter than even chance of winning Ham- ilton West‘ugain @éven though’ she squeaked in by only 7,747 votes in 1962, Her chances are pood be- cause she is campaigning hard and heecause NDP candidate Gary Chertkoff, who trailed by 7,472 votes last year, js the only candidate she faces who is not a newcomer, Liberal candidate Joseph Macaluso, a party worker for 15 years and in his second term as a Hamilton. alderman, is Mrs, Falrelough's chief compe- Litor, He is optimistic because “a lot of the undecided — voters live in an area of the riding that used ta be solidly Tory," His campaign manager sald Mrs. Falrelough “is not work- Ing very hard” But another Liberal party stalwart said: “She's working ta beat hell." The toughest fight is expeet- ed in Hamilton South, PC Rob- ert MeDoniuld won by only 1,459 votes in 19628, His Liberal opponent, James Custenu, is running again, NDP candidate Dr. Wiliam Howe is another repeater. The NDP ts coneentrating most of jis push on Hamilton South beenuse Dr, Howe trall- ed McDonald hy only 10g the lighter side. It might g' i good Iden If the various countries of the world would ocenstonally swap history books, Just to see what other people are doing with the same set of frets, ~~ Jvlah Digest + + + “The man sill wears the pants dn the typleal family," siys a business executive and add: “tf you don't belleve It, look under hls apron.” —~ Philnews in the:- votes votes in 1962. It is the only Hamilton rid- ing where a three-way fight will occur. Socred candidates Peter Paul Lepp (in Hamilton South? and Vince Vostrez (in Hamilton West) scem to be running for the fun of it. And except for Dr. Howe, NDP can- didates are already being counted out. McDonald headed the par- liamentary committee which recently investigated the drug industry. The fact that his Lib- eral opponent is a druggist may weigh in his favor. In Hamilton East no one ex- cept the Tories expects Liberal John Munro to be unseated. He is being opposed by former MP Quinto Martini (1957 to 62) whom he beat by 3,571 votes in 1962. NDP candidate Brian O’- Donnell is running a= strong campaign but the Jast three elections have not shown any surge toward NDP support in Hamilton East. The Tories’ slimmest hold is in Wentworth where Joseph Sams won by only 616 votes over Liberal John Morison in 1962. Morison, a 39-year-old in- Surance man, is running again, supported by an organization that has been getting stronger ever Since the last election. NDP candidate Harry Pomeroy milton TRENDS POLITICAL SURVEYS | nae ee GUARANTEED oe Bat on “WE HAVE OUR NOSE TO THE GRASSROOTS OF THE NATIONS PULSE PREDICTIONS The isn’t expected to sidetrack many Wentworih votes, Candidates of all parties were agreed on only one thing: + mention of nuclear arms ex- cites nothing but yawns in the Hamilton ridings. mankind. Sponsored by the Skeena Liberal Ass fe ociation gems ‘of thought interests of Ng and youth are the interests of ~— Edmund Storer Janes + Children have more need of mecdels than of crities. — Joseph Joubert A Look Back at Rupert (50 YEARS AGO) April 3, 1913 — Probably thes greatest innovation im fishing’ trade yet heard of on the: Pacific Poast is to be adopted . by Mr. J. Sidney Smith of the. Atlin Fisheries Ltd., whose headquarters are Rupert. In order that he may .. keep in constant touch with, in whose his trawlers engaged in the. Hecate Straits and north and west of the Queen Charlotte. Islands, Mr. Smith has placed an order for a large numbet?7> of carrier pigeons, oa (40 YEARS AGO) April 3, 1923 — Ata meeting of the council of the Board of Trade yesterday afternoon, 4 resolution was moved by M, P. McCaffery and seconded by W. E. Williams expressing ap- preciation of the work of G. A. MeNicholl in connection with the board in the past. (30 YEARS AGO) April 3, 1933—Miss Dot Prit- chard, formerly of Prince Rupert and now residing in” ” Vancouver, won first prize in a recent waltz contest. (20 YEARS AGO) April 3, 1943 — The oil ex- traction plant of the Prince Rupert Fishermen’s Co-opera- tive this week shipped its sec- ond tank car of dogfish and mud shark liver oik in two weeks to the US. VOTE A G O R on Monday, April 8th Overwaitea COFFEE 59 Tall Tins Carnation Milk 1.00 BURN’S — Cold CALIFORNIA Bulk Wieners «. Sliced Meats Green Cabbage = - 10c Bolog Ma By the Picco, Ib. 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