The Daily News . . . Daily Edition: Thursday, December Published every afternoon except Sunday by Prince Rupert Dally News Limited, Third Avenue, Prince Rupert, British .Columbia. , O. A. HUNTER, Managing Editor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: By City Carrier, per week Per Month Per Year By Mall, per month - Per Year 4.00 MEMBER A. B.C. 1941 Bus Deal Becoming Issue ... The bus deal appears to be developing into the major issue in connection with the forthcoming municipal election campaign. Civic Labor Federation is favoring the deal and urging the passage of the money bylaw to ratify it. Noli-Partizan Association appears to be opposed. Those favoring the bus deal, apparent!, justify it on the principle that it is a utility which should be "publicly owned and Operated in order to give an adequate and sure service. Thoe opposing the deal and the bylaw feel that the city at this time could Use its financial resources or credit to better advantage than going into the bus business and that to go into such business might entail obligations which would be difficult to control and might prove embarassig. It is a question to be carefully considered by those who will decide what is to be done. The Western Front . . . The crossing of the Maas is the next British problem a difficult one to solve in bad weather. The pressure of the U.S. First Army towards Julich Duren will help by drawing off some of the Germans to defend the approaches to Cologne. Similarly in the Saar, the period of German rearguard actions is nearly over as General Patton is reaching the Siegfried Line. There the enemy will have to fight where he stands. In Alsace neither side is comfortable. The Allied corridor to Strasbourg, though widening, is still narrow and liable to be cut, the Vosges passes are hard to clear and the French are exposed to a counter-attack. The Germans also are recovering from the shock .of -losing Strasbourg and no doubt are trying to send help from the inside of Germany. Proud of Quebec . . . When Prime Minister King sought for and obtained from Parliament, following the plebiscite, a conditional PAGE TWO authority to resort to compulsory overseas service in case of necessity, the people of Quebec were much disturbed and understandably so in view of the repeated assurances they had received from the Liberal Party that it would never depart from the system of voluntary enlistment, under any circumstances. However, as time went by and there was no sign of any necessity arising, they became reassured and, even when Hon. J. L. Ralston was put out of the Cabinet because he demanded that trained draftees be sent overseas at once to replace casualties in the active army, Quebecers remained confident that Mr. King would resign office sooner than break faith with them by putting the detested conscription into force. Then, like a bolt from the blue, word came suddenly from Ottawa that 16,000 draftees were to be sent to the battle fronts in France and Italy, after all. One does not have to have the Latin temperament to appreciate the strain! placed upon popular self-restraint by' this unexpected, indigation-provoking shock. i In the situation we have thus out-lined, it is with a feeling of pleasure and of pride that we can say we have been proud of Quebec during the past few days. Not only has the wnole population remained cool and law-! abiding the impulsive demonstrations of a few college lads or young woodsmen are not worth considering but all those in authority have worked j together to make sure that no excess by . individual hot heads should place Quebec undeservedly in an unfavorable light before the' eyes of the outside world. It is only unfortunate that certain communication services, by making the most of inaccurate and unverified early reports, should have defeated these admirable efforts in part. That however, does not change nor detract from the real condition. While we regret the continued opposition to compulsory service, even as a means of supporting our active army in the face of heavy battle casualties, we understand the point of view and how it has been hardened into conviction. Andf because that conviction is what it is, we repeat that we' are proud of Quebec, proud of the manner in which it has received the latest developments at Ottawa. We want our fellow-Canadians and the friends of Canada outside of the country to know that we are proud and we trust that the English-speaking press will place us on record as saying so. Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph. Vote as You Please - - BUT V-O-T-E December 14 th Wm. F. Stone "CLOTHES OP DISTINCTION" MOTT ELECTRIC LIMITED Electrical Contractors COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL & MARINE ELECTRICIANS Electrical Supplies Home Wiring and Repairs Offices in Vancouver and New Westminster Phone Black 3C7 32C 2nd Ave. YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO INSPECT OUIt STORE GEO.IDAWES AUCTIONEER and VALUATOR Vote the NON-PARTISAN SLATE 1IC llh Ave. E, IIKI) 127 THE DAILY NEWS THIS AND THAT Tfc (if? M.illvw Sr. iar. "Whatever happaned to that pocket net?" ELECTRICIANS CANNOT WORK Men Nroujht to Vancouver From East Having Complications Over Matter of Union Membership VANCOUVER, Dec. li-A number of members of the American Federation of Labor Brotherhood of Electrical Work ers Union, brought from Eastern Canada to work on ship construction here, are idle to- I day because they had not taken out cards in the Amalgamated Electricians' Independent Union. i The thirty five men are mostly from Toronto and Midland, Ontario, and Were engaged to work , in Vancouver shipyards. Some took out Amalgamated cards and some did not. Jack Ross, business agent of American Federation of Labor affiliate union, said Wartime Shipping and Selective Service had misrepresented the situation in Vancouver when arranging for the electricians to come here. HOTELS FOR PEACETIME Six Point Program of Improvements Is Laid Out NEW YORK, Dec. 6 A six-point program designed to give superior service for the post-war traveller, and provide many jobs in American hotels during the critical reconversion period is now being developed by the Am erican Hotel Association. The six points of the program call for Immediate preparation of detailed plans by each and every hotel in the country. The American Hotel Association represents more than 5,500 major hotels throughout the nation. "American enterprise," said Fay M. Thomas of Detroit, chairman of the Post-War Planning Committee of the American Hotel Association, In announcing the program, "can reach greater heights in the post-war world." "It can do this providing it is given full opportunity to perform and produce, and providing we. ; the enterprisers, see and understand the obligations we must incur, to produce to the fullest, and to employ the employables. "It is the responsibility of every industry, every business, every leader, every worker, to give American enterprise the uhance to do the job it can do." Here are the six steps that American hotels are to undertake now, without waiting for the end of the war: Outline plans for post-war services, plan In detail for retaining a? guests those who are using hotels today for the first time: detail plans for repairs. Travelling throughout the length and breadth of this vast Dominion, Nabob uses every available means of transportation to.reach its destination, no matter where it may be. In remote outposts and lonely cabins, especially, Nabob Tea is is welcome as a letter from home because Nabob is a symbol of civilization, of the essence of fine livingNabob Tea, a choice blend of the world's finest . . . tea as it should be. Tune to Harmony, House, CBC Weilern Network, Mondays . . . 8.30 p.m. . . . Pacific Wr Time NABOB Set renovations, and expansion; accurately estimate volume of post-w a r employment; reappraise each hotel's finances; appoint an 'iiecutive In charge of postwar planning. Plans for service Include a study of what services should be restarted that were dropped dur ing the war, and whether lessons learned during the war may not be applied to improve those services. Hotels are to determine, now, 'what buildings or publis rooms they should add to their structures; what should be torn down, replaced, remodelled or repaired. Technical Improvements considered include possibility of new methods of housecleanlng, dishwashing, elevator operation and control, lighting and heating, food production. This 20-page booklet every woman will want... The new Kellogg'i "Weitht Control Win" Rives you vital fact! on menu planning and holding 'your "ideal" weight. Scientifically prepared weight-control menu (at three caloric levelt) for every day in the week. 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