PAGE TWO DAILY EDITION EDITORIAL Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations The Big Game .. . Moving Japanese . FRIDAY, FEB. 27, 1942. Some may find it difficult to understand why the Japanese should want to invade Prince Rupert just now but it must be remembered that in war the strategists do what might be considered unexpected things. They look a long way ahead. The world is a big chess board with every move being made for a purpose not perhaps for immediate results but for long distance effects. We may not be able to understand why more troops are not sent to Rangoon, or to some other part of the east or why Japan might invade Prince Rupert or might never visit this part of the continent. Only if an invasion comes shall we know. We understand that some of the Japanese residents feel rather badly at having to move away from the coast. It may seem that way to them but if they are really loyal Canadians it should not be so. The Japanese govern ment recognizes every one of them as Japanese citizens. If the Japs landed here they would expect every one of them to help the Japanese. Otherwise they would be treated as traitors. If they are moved away it would be for their own protection as well as the protection of the white communities. That has been made clear to a number of the local people. In the case of an invasion the local Japanese are either traitors to their own people or to us. There is no other way from the point of view of the invaders. If they go to a camp in the interior it is understood they go under compulsion and if there should be an invasion there is no question of choosing which side would shoot them. Any really Canadian Japanese who hopes to live following an invasion should be glad to move away until the war is over. The Man Who Did Things . . . Many people have wondered why in the recent British cabinet shake-up Lord Beaverbrook was the man who was let out when he was known to have been the man who got things done. As a matter of fact, according to the most recent information, he was forced out by his team-mates because he would not or could not nlav the game fairly. If he was head of a department he set out to maKe tnat the predominant department and the others got little consideration. He was a bear for work. This was all right when Britain needed planes for defence and needed them badly but there came a time when it was found that destroyers and submarines were just as badly needed as planes and the heads of the shipbuilding departments were looked to for production and they grew restive. So with other departments. The period of one-man government was gone and there had to be teamwork. We all know that to win a football match there must be team-work and the same is true of war. Cabinet ministers refused to be lackey to the minister of supply. Why were they at the head of their departments if they were not to be consulted as to how, why and when things were to be done? A rebellion developed in the cabinet. Plain talk followed and Prime Minister Cliurr chill found that, if the affairs of the country were to be carried on without friction, he must do something about it. The curious thing is that Beaverbrook did not realize that he was overbearing. It was his nature to have his way. That is how he managed to get to the top in the industrial world. He has a way with him and it is to be hoped that he will carry on in co-oneration with the nro- duction heads in the United States without asserting nimseii to sucn an extent as to make himself objectionable. We shall watch him with interest in his new position as a sort of liason officer with Donald M. Nelson, head of the United States war production board, who has been spoken of as the Beaverbrook of the United States. Possibly Beaverbrook's experiences in the British cabinet will help him to team up with Mr. Nelson. FEBRUARY CLEARANCE SALE Broken lines in Ladies' Straps, Ties and Pumps. To clear $1.95 "Onyx" short and broken lines. Reg. .$8.50 and .$9.00 values $4.95 Family shoe store ltD. "The Home of Good Shoes" 1 WILL OPEN BUILDINGS New Stuff Houses For Dry Doc Workers Arc Commodious And Comfortable The two staff houses erected by Wartime Housing Limited, providing modern and comfortable living quarters "right on the Job" at tne local dry dock, are now completed and practically all fur nishings have been installed. The dining hall, which will be run cafeteria style, is also ready and will commence operation next week. These commodious 'staff houses and dining hall will be formally opened by Commissioner D. J. Matheson on Saturday afternoon. Invitations to aUend the ceremony have been issued by William F. Eve, administrator for Wartime Housing Limited, to city officials, representatives of various organisations, dry dock officials and employees and the general public. Mr. Eve is particularly anxious 2iat as many citizens as possible ;ake advantage of this opportun- ty to see for themselves Just vhat has been done to provide every possible comfort for the single men who are daily contri buting to Canada's war effort In the building of ships, naval and .mercantile. The accommodation that the staff houses offer leaves little to be desired. All rooms are well lighted. airy and comfortably furnished with beds, tables, chairs, floor mats. etc. The buildings are steam heated and can be kept comfortably warm at all times. There are adequate washroom facilities and the dockyard worker should have a particular liking for the showers. In their off hours, the occupants THE DAILY NEWS' FRIDAY. FEnBPABY p Letter Box W.fsLlitor, I.IK I' POUT DAUWIN Daily News: executive of the Youth Com mittee of Prince Rupert ha en dorsed the letter appearing in that they are in close proximity Family. to the dockyard along the water- I ..T77.T7. front .,--T-f-Ti;.4 IMMIGRATION- DOWN Immigrants admitted to Canada Advertise in the Dally News. in 1941 totalled 9,329 compared with 11,324 in 1940. Mixed Program At Rotary Club Lunch Yesterday The Rotary Sugar, too, Club yesterday Saturdays paper from the local heard from the secretary. V. t lodge of the Ladles" Orange Bene- coates. a brief outline of the hli- volent Association tothe Canadian tory of Rotary. He told that it Minister of National Defense. We u founded hv Paul Harm ut for about 200 single men employed are writing to Col. Ralston back- Chicago in February. 1905. It now 4ng up the demands made and call had spread t almost every eoun-on all local organizations to do trv of the world with over five likewise as quickly as possible so thousand club. It wm In April, as to emphasize the needs, Im- , ), that the local club m form-mediate and drastic action must , ed Wjth B. F. Duby as first presi-be taken to safeguard Prince Rup j dent and only fifteen members, ert from the Axis menace. I Following the brief b u t Intel- uice rort uarwin,. tne noruiem estint exposition bv Mr. Coaten Australian port which is now subject to heavy raids, Prince Rup-'irt is a little, isolated town which had no very tremendous Importance prior to the war. Like Port Darwin. Prince Rupert is the terminus of a railway that reaches into the heart of the continent. -...w. ... - - me numoors naa a ship munitions to the war areas. I perform. R C. St. run uarwin is me mosi advanced base on the Australian mainland from which offensive action can be launched against the Japanese. Let us not forget .that Prince Rupert occupies a similar position n relation to North America. The striking similarities of the strategic position of Prince Rupert and Port Darwin should serve as warning to us in the North Pacific when we read of scores of bombers over Port Darwin. We have no doubt that endorsement of the demands of the above organization by individuals and organizations is effort worth while. Meanwhile we must back up that indorsation by our activity here. MRS. H. HARRISON. Secretary. B. MICKLEBUROH, President. will have at their disposal com- " ATEK COLOR AKTIST DKAl) modious reading rooms and lour- lo.ndon. Feb. 27: f L. Cur ing quarters. These, too, have been i ,el8h Bruhl, 80. water color artist comfortably furnished. In fact the'wn rst exhibited in the Royal whole set-up is much like a hotel, j Academy more than 40 years ago. Apart from all the comfort these idled here. At least three of h!s quarters offer, it Is also important !, paintings are owned by the Royal there was an Interesting reminder of it being the birthday of the first club, a birthday cake, provided and decorated by R. O. Van der sluys. being then passed around, each member taking a slice. Three of the slices contained numbers and the winners of lltUe duty to Clair sang a birthday song. Ben Dodd had to conduct a quite contest and Col. J. W. NlchoUa had to give halt a doeen reasons why every person should buy a Victory band. His reasons were that It was plain common sen that it was a mean of saving money, that It gave a better rate of interest than the banks, that it enabled the provision of ammunition tor the war that It gave encouragement to the government to provide defence weapons for Prince Rupert, waich w?re sorely needed. The weekly War Savings Certificate drawing gave a surplus of $4.25 for the Queens Fund. Canada at War 25 Years Ago Feb. 27. 1917-British troops occupied Le Barque and Llgny on the Ancre battlefront Austro-Germans advanced near the Dor-rra 'Wfctrn PassMn southern Bucovina. Gunboat Firefly recaptured by British forces on River TlgrU. enlists for Victo Our government, through ; the medium of the Wartime Price mid Trade Board, lias ijued an order retriotin the use of sugar for all. Naturally, this regulation includes rCoea-CoIa". Hesides all bottlers of carbonated beverage the restrictions affect baker, confectioner, ice cream manufacturers and many oilier industrial usei W ;rs. in the ''Coca-Cola" husinesji, accept this consc rvn- lion order without question, as a necessary measure. As a result, our output has heen reduced and patrons may not he able to get "Coca-Cola" at their favourite dealer's as often as they might wish. We count upon the patience ami co-operation of dealers and consumers everywhere during these restrictions. i Although volume has been reduced, this one thing H ocr. tain the quality of genuine UjV'Cocn-CcMAi real li,, " (1 You trust its quality remains thoVame. The public can continue to trust its quality. Authorized llottler of "Coca-Cola" North Star Bottling Works J;. NUNCK Hiincitr ' 1 2G'j or $1 10 Thi c .r C ' B d ffl &. :ie:." or dkspla r t Government of BriLI; r The New WONDER BRA with tilt Diagonal Slashes It flW etrry ffturr I ? becauxr the new Dlj; KUfthr oprn or tlcv b mett figure irqulmsns and permit the brrM b ailjul ltlf romfarU'. In the cup. Tfirey sj while. Kite 31 to L Annette's Ladies' Wear Banish Wash Day BLUES w Itil " 11 I II Forev er with Time Tested. Time Proven 457 4 Its. tAultai- t liit meat! Model 30 '""' Vacuum Cup Type What it Says Other Typrj lYoitr KASY-A1I Ways! 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