1910 — PRINCE RUPERT: DAILY NEWS — 1963 An independent newspaper devoted to the upbullding wy Noe 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 Mali by aid for payisent of postage in cash, the Post Office Department, Ottawa, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1963 tee’ Highway 16 criticisin just an excuse ~hris Palzer, the dapper young con- cessionaire cf the Alaska Ferry svsteny who has enough gold braid AMHs uniform to make him look like an ndmiral, has been the centre of rather hot controversy over his re- marks about our Highway 16. ~ Last week Mr. Palzer was highly critical of the highway’s condition, stating that “it is so bad between Ter- yace and Smithers that only three tractor-trailers have made it and two of them arrived with the trailers di- maved.” _ He said a few passenger cars have travelled the route, but all the drivers complained about its condition. “Cars yet trucks scrape bottom on the mud toad. There are 45-degree curves on approaches to bridges and the trucks Find it hard to get around them.” ' Mr. Palzer made all of these state-- ments in a bid to convince the Alaska legislature that closure of concessions while the ferries are in port would hil] the tourist business. He also con- fends that the ferries should be ex- fended to Puget Sound. | Now, to a certain extent we have to agree with Palzer, and that is that he condition of highway 16 is not as vood as it should be. But we cannot foneur with his remarks that the fer- riex Should be extended to, sav Bell- ingham, in order “to eliminate the problem of the poor roads in British Columbia.” The system was designed for this particular run, An editorial in the Ketchikan Daily News states: “We believe that he (Palzer) is wrong—dead wrone— in his idea that the ferries should ex- tend their route to Bellingham and thus by-pass our friends in Northern lvitish Columbia who are doing everything possible to get their road In cued shape for the tourists to come. Prince Rupert is the southern high- way head of the ferry system. That is as it should he, and will be.” The Ketchikan newspaper has put iL in a nutshell. All concerned on High- wiv 16 are doing the next best thing to gettine down on thelr knees and begging Mr. Gaglardi to repair this route in time for the tourist influx. This is as niuch as anyone can do at this time. If Mr. Palzer doesn’t feel something ig being done he might might spend a few days in Prince Ru- pert or talk candidly to a number of people between here and Prinee George. We agree with Alaska Governor Wil- liam A. Egan who says Palzer was speaking “entirely on his own”. This is easy to see. Who wouldn't if he had the many dollars Palzer has invested in this venture? This fact is strengthened even morc so in Palzer’s idea of having the ships nove southward to Puget sound. By this move, he would then be able to keep his concessions open while in port as the ferries would be in American status. We must admit the excuse is good, We can only say that thank heaven Af. Pulzer is not an official of the Alasku state government and that as Gov. lgun says, his statements “do not reflect the views of Alaska State officials.” We are thankful too, that Gov. Egan has come to our aid with the remarks. “We Alaskans are totally familiar with the breakup period and are not about to criticize our Canadian neigh- bors for periodic problems over which they have no control.” And we hope that Highways Min- ister’ Gaglardi will respect this and return the favor by reconstructing Highway 16 as soon as possible to fin- ally close the door on any further cri- ticism, be it authentic or otherwise, Why I think Canada will vote Liberal By LUBOR J. ZINK OTTAWA (TNS)—There is wn uncomfortable feeling in ‘he nerve centres of the clec- ‘an campaign that the four- pronged contest for power has mere supnreoated electorate, alarmed by a sue- cession of upheavals in Ottawa, is no lonver willing to swallow of slogans with the cliehes The third—Mr., trans- and peculiar brand of ” DENSE @ FOG 2s SCALE 31" « ABOUT GO CANE.DAT Ta een a PHOTAIR COAST POLITICAL WEATHER The shabby treatment of Canada’s hoekey players in Sweden is the last straw. It’s time we withdrew from inter- national hockey competition until (A) the hockey king- makers of Europe stop telling us how to play our own na- tiona] game and (B) they let us send our best to the so- called WORLD hockey cham- pionships to show them- how the game is played. Over the years, the evidence regarding Canada’s participa- tion in the make-believe world championship series is as fol- lows: 1. European fans don’t like the rugged, body-contact play that Canadians learn from boyhood, - it indicates that much of the heavily on beating the drums 19th-century nationalism. Caouette — combines chauvinism with a reached a dead point. Progress feports show that planning hooed On past experiences and cuenlations may have been WPT EE, ‘The trouble, it appears, stems from a misjudement of the in- loiheenece and mood of the Ceetorate, On the one hand, The number of people who Heck to election mectinges in- Cieates a mueh livelier inter- estan the conduet of national affairs than ever before, On the other hand, these big crowds are less responsive ta routine electioneering than the Mater patherings in previous CUP PhS, The bepinning of the contest rate mostly true to the estab- Lihed puttern. But onee the hatnation and send-off meet- nes were out of the way, the peture begin to chanege. By now oitas quite obvious that our polwicians are faeine critieal wbd undecided audiences, This ish untsual phenom- Chon dn our publie lite, To me i « if a ‘THEN AND NOW, ' Minister John Diefenbaker can be seen in this time gap of 15 years, dating: from his appearance at the Progressive Conservative convention in Ottawa in 1948 and (right) as he appears today.—TNS§ Photo parent bribery of unfulfillable promises, Many electors are now ob- viously flocking to campaign meetings ta size up the seekers of power, to hear their views (if any) on the major problems of our time and to gather im- pressions of the personalities of the prospective rulers, Skil- ful oratory and wnserupulous exploitation of prejudices no doubt still play a part in the aehemy of establishing rap- port between the speaker and his andienee, bub they no longer seem ta he the over- riding factors, People who are moved — to cheer without renson soon for- pel what they were cheering about. Fleeting emotions ean- nol be counted on to survive to puide the hands that will mark the ballot papers, Of the five party leaders fcounting the two Socred heads, three appear to have based their strategy on emo- tion apperl. Two--Mr, Dief- Changes in the face of Prime enbaker and Mr, Douglas—-rely “proletar- lan” demagoguery. Only Caouette, due to the general upseaval in French Canada, is likely to maintain the momentum of hig emo- tional drive until the polling day. Mr. Diefenbaker and Mr. Douglas have, I suspect, al- ready passed the peak of their Canada-ueber-alles pitch, This leaves Mr, Pearson and Mr. Thompson who, each in his own way, try to appeal to reason. In this comemndable effort the mental gulf be- tween the two men leaves the field clear to Lester Pearson, Yet $s jt Pearson's campaten method of patiently relentless appeal to reason which has so far produced the least, visible effect on the enigmatic elee- torate, Wis apparent failure to stir the crowds is mostly In- terproted as a failure to get votes, I don't think this interpret- ation is valid ino the present clrenmstanees, Tn deciding how to vote in this erueial election, people have to wrestle with old political ties and loyalties, Many people may detest the need to vote Liberal in arder to pive Pearson a ehanee to restore Canada's place ag a re- sponsible member of the alli- ance of free nations. But they listen with nftention to his courafeous—nand often perhaps uncomfortable —arguments for wnoend to our. Isolationistie self-delusions, They Hsten and ponder and compare, Thave a huneh that a large percentage of the silent Haten- ers Will come to the conclusion that Pearson is their only chotee, even though they may not Mke the Liberal party or thety local Libberal candidate. tl Tam right, the needa of the country will override the partisan considerations on April a, A Look Back at Rupert (50 YEARS AGO) March 21, 1913 — Mr. M. Bonaldson, vice president and general manager of the Grand Trunk Pacific, and Mr. W. C, C. Mehan, the superintendent here, have gone on a trip up the line to inspect. progress. (40°: YEARS AGO) March 21, 1923 — The boat which was reported lost on Monday from the mouth of Morse Creek with F. D. Ball abeard has been found with the occupant safe. (30 YEARS AGO) March 21, 1933 — Giving history of the reciprocity movement with the United States since the year 1854 nd showing how Canada would have kenefitted from it and how it would still benefit the fish and lumber businesses in Prince Rupert, M, P. McCaf-' fery gave an interesting and instructive address yesterday to the members of the Gyro Club, (20 YEARS AGO) March 21, 19483 — Tomor- rom will be @ memorable day for the congregation of St. Paul’s Lutheran Chrrch here, marking as it will the dedica- tion of the fine new church building at the corner of Fifth Avenue and McBride Street. (10 YEARS AGO) March 21, 1958 — Two Prince Rupert baseball play- ers are on their way to take advantage of offers by pro- fessional ball elubs. Dave Ahel, well-known cateher here, left en route to the St. Louis Brown's farm club, for spring training. Already in Vancouver nesday jis Rupert-born Dick and ready to leave next Wed- Letowneau, taking springs: training with Vaneouver Ca- pianos, the lighter side TL ods rather strange that Cuba isn't complaining much qbout belnge on the TV show eandid camera constantly, - Chicago Sun-Times 7 + we John Kenneth Gialbrajth, American ambnssndor to In- dia, is going back to Hurvard to teach, And bea twlent seout, for President Kennedy? —- Obllawa Journal } f of A thing of beauty sometimes proves to be an expense for- ever, North Tndustry €Q.) Observer + + + The porty leaders who have told) Chaneellor Adenauer to speedfy the date of his: retire- ment or else, offer hink the choice between a brightly eal- ered autumn and a hard fall, , —Baltimore Evening 8un, of Cd We belave the President hag the right idea. Roek while the others walk, -- Wods County (Okla) Fnterprise, - The hockey fraud %. The rules are fixed so that Canada can only send has- been professionals and never- will-be pros, who can hardly he passed off as true repre- sentatives of the Canadian yame. 3. The officials generally weuld be considered incompe- tent by Canadian bush league standards. 4. In any skirmish, on or off the ice, the Europeans assume the Canadians are at fault. 5. Canadian participation is as bad as it could be from the standpoint of international geod will, although the fiction. .is that international brother- hood is the main purpose of international sports, The truth is that the so- caNed WORLD championship would tlop without the Cana- diens. The European fans would then recognize it for the fraud that it really is, even with the more or less token representation Canada sends to it. After that, we might enter a revived world championship on some basis at least remotely related to our own _ terms. There isn't a single reason why we should take part under the existing. terrns. ' The Telegram ,Toronto eae MAP Campaigning in “ LETTERS ————— — 4 ———— ——s ————— —————— ————a—4 — 210 TH &= EDITOR [= os Deliver Goods? The Editor The Daily News - Your reso tias in yesterdays paper on Liberal candidate John Magor's .t “Lement that Mr. Frank Huwuard is using de- ception to woo native voters, reminded.me, of a recent TV today in history By THE CANADIAN PRESS March 21, 1963 ... The Duke of Connaught was appointed Canada’s 10th Gov- ernor-general since Confeder- ation 52 years ago — in 1911 — to succeed Lord Grey. The third son of Queen Victoria was a noted soldier and was created a field marshal in 1902. He first visited Canada with the British Army and ser- ved in the Red River expedition in 1870. During the First World War he organized the Cana- dian Patriotic Fund to give aid to dependants of service men. One of his daughters, Princess Patricia, gave her name to the famous Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light In- fantry. episode of “The Beverley Hill- billies”, in which a confidence man tried to sell the Holly- wood Bowl and Griffith Park in Los Angeles to the Clam-. pett family. . Mr. Howard is telling the natives that the price for B.C. is one native vote for How- ard; although neither he nor the character on TV is in a position to deliver the goods. Jed Clampett did not fall for this insult to his intelli- gence. Surely the natives will reject it tuoby voting for Ma- gor who as a member of the next gcvernment of Canada will be in a position to do something for them by direct action---not talk. “Anti-Hogwash” Short sermons Nothing is more depressing than fake cheerfulness, but the real stuff is welcome any- where te + + Is the man truly an artist? Then don’t try to tell him how the job should be done. Welty whe wel + a4 order to eve fF balloting: oF Dalloting® OTTAWA () — Campni«. ing in the federal election , Vv continue right up to the tye . wm of balloting, The only major restrictagn _is on broadcasting. All pore - cal appeals by radio and. tel. vision must cease 48 houry #- fore the election, in this ‘gf. ection at midnight on Friday night, Apri] 5. . . aa On election day itself ‘Ho law prohibits the use of pol. eal accessories such as lof. speakers, bunting, banners gad flags on vehicles. Howc¥&. “candidates are allowed to ty. sert political advertisemcye, in newspapers. 78 NO LIQUOR SALE re Some other restrictions \jgt- ed in the Canada Elections act make it illegal to sell beer-oy liquor on election day; to bybe or threaten a voter; .to cavry an offensive weapon a half a mile of a polling boogh: to employ goon-squad tactffs, stuff ballot boxes or pad vg- ters lists; to heckle at a meet- ing in such a way as to brédk it up. 4 The law also deals with efft- tion promises by a candidate. He can make ag many as He likes orally but must not sign any election promise, a mrede ure designed to protect hiv against pressure groups who might try to bind his condvyev as an MP. . ' The act make§ it an indict able offence. punishable by‘a maximum $2,000 fine and two years’ imprisonment, to a person “meat, drink, — freshment or provision” the purpose of influencing Fi vote. Te TEA PARTIES LEGAL hes “However, “meet the cand date” tea gatherings are ex- cluded. A candidate’s apenf,j; allowed to provide as an elee tion expense. and other 4 sons at their own expeyag, “food such as sandwicl¥es, cakes, cookies, and drink 5 as coffee, milk or soft dries at a meeting of electors sembled for the purpose ged promoting the election off», candidate.” ee On election day candidates are permitted to hire taxis’ drive voters to the polls, baad it is unlawful for anyone ray a voter directly for fare to the poll, or to reimburse him for any loss of wages earnings incurred in :castiag his ballot. : " t3 ai PELITTAaRENGHER INSTANT PEOPLE ARE NINE FEET TALL Just like love . .. instant pooplo are unfathomable +, + thoir deeds make them ninc foct tall... giants with sevon league boots and that's no fairy tale! If you want a giant task done... finding a buyer for a house or sofling a white clophant ... that's not carning ... it's hay — just call the DAILY NEWS and POOF! You'vo got instant pooplo, cash in hand, cager to buy. 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