Prfnrc Riiyrrt DaUv JrUijj Tuesday. January fl. H14;; 1st government, cannot begin to compare In finance, public works or social services to the province of British Columbia. 'Our basic industries, in spite of labor difficulties and other Announcement WOULD CONTROL COASTAL RATES Chamber of Commerce Hears of Steps Ueiitg Tukeii With This Fnil in View STRONG COALITION HELD ESSENTIAL (Continued from Page 1) IfMltAl. NOiN E J ; KINO In the city January . Uu.,b..i. l , lW-7. 1'lioiuu.s. U-loVt-l of Mrs. P. King. Funeral scrv-: ices will be conducted by Rev. . Mr. I.oomas at tirenvllle Curl. Chapel at 0:30 p m. Wednes- ; duv, January 7. Remains to be ; forwarded on evening train to , Kelso. Washington, for inter -ment.'-B.C. Undertakers. ; sential works than any other provincial government in Canada. ''The most exhaustive road program in its history Is already under way plans are being worked out with the leading railroads for the extension of the P.G.E. to give complete and efficient service to the North country, one of our richest assets, to link it effectively and economic troubles, set new records in 1947 and our social services have been expanded year by year until they are now equal to or better than any In the Dominion of Canada. "Never at any time during the cate the nationalization of cer- way of life the democratic sys-tain industries. But regardless tern of free enterprise . . . thereof shade or degree, they all rep- I fore we must fight together. With a view to ensuring some form of consultation if not control when chuii'!"5 are made in resent the forces of the Left draw strength from each other coastal coastal freigtt rates such as tin- efficiently with the the least violent of them leads and with that strength, an KENT LETTER Koso MfCallum, net- Uuse I,a ' operator and manuRcr of Xtijj Ileauty Simp for W years, to announce January she will In associated with W'iJ povon. Modern I.tauty Shoie, !;.J i:look, I'l.onc f17. I Uom' siiH-eri ly appreciates thtWj p:itron i,t;'e of lier many cu.-tonierM,i war, nor since, have we In this eventually to complete domina- nihilate the disruptive forces of areas, j recent tnirty percent increase "I have no hesitation in re- i imposed by operating compan- communism and socialism, one, Dominion suffered more than a RATE IS tion of the many by the few . . . to state control of the thoughts, peating what I have so many ! ies on this coast, a special com- j and the same thing, and remove 1 petty inconveniences, in times before said that to the ! mittee representing coastal the grounds On Boards of Trade and Chambers. Ui.'U postal considered should be r,f Cummprcp h:ij been aimoint- revenue actions and lives oi the peopthe threat of the totalitarian and" to the destruction of the state. dignity of the individual in j ""There have been some party other words to dictatorship. 1 sunnorters. both Liberals and . . .. . , i i u' n h'Kk for the finatic CQ 10 Siari Dy Unci viewing hi llllirijr a.-i " rather ..i,i., ,nmiv,niic r-onrpriiprl imr nf nubile service Prince than as a form of indirect taxa- it was reported to the the years, and looks forward to t ! tiii'iiiu' to serve them at tl,e .! matters oi iooq ana doming, and even luxuries, we have never really gone without. Even our housing situation, which has been used from one end of the country to the other at various times as a political football, has never approached the plight of peoples who have had vast sections of their cities levelled to the ground by bombing and shell fire. Austerity is a conven- the Prince Rupert (.nam- j of Commerce, at the sug-: Rupert Chanvaci or Commerce tion last niuht by the retiring press- ber I'.fauty Shoppe. North we can look for expansion and progress in the years immediately ahead, such as we have never had before. The north holds the 'key' to our future greatness. It is there for us but to turn if we have the energy, spirit and determination to work as did those settlers of 30 to 35 years ago who came to this promised land and made the West what it is today. "Then what of power-th? of G. R S HiacKaov. Against such a disaster, all demo- conservatives, who had sug-j ' cratic forms of government must gested, in all sincerity, I am battle, and it has already been sllre, the dissolution of the proved that we in British Col- Coalition and the return to the unibia are no less immune from straight party line in the Legis- the infiltration of the commu- lature at Victoria. With all due ni;;t -socialist doctrine than the respect to those who have felt dent. G. A. Hunter, who attend- gestion ed a conference on the matter decided ut its meetmit ium muu in Vancouver a few days ago. to make representation to ttv . Mr. Hunter reported that ex- federal government seeking an ception had been taken not so t arly reduction of the basic let -much in rate, rate from 4c to 3c. to an increase ter postal which it was conceded had noire"1 Also at Mr. Bh.ckubys ste countries of Europe. Asia or this way, I believe that the con- j,,f wnrrt f,,r foolish and selfish the chamber tlecim u u mming oper- gestion. life-blood of all industry is her.' justification in nu South America. tinualion for the present of the ,)(.0ple. it is a convenient word MUST FIGHT Johnson-Anscomb Coalition is for those who dislike going with- TOTAL1TAKIANISM the more logical step. At this out some small extra luxuries. Com ..t hrd cmfw m m bbb time personal and party eon- it is a convenient word for those "I maintain, as I have always sinerations must be considered who cannot or will not see be- sudden protest to the po.stal uepaum. m of ex- at the arbitrary closing down in abundance. All we have to ating costs, but to the do Is harness it. That is now manner with minimum ' i 1 klU111 Sweet Sixte-I SALE of 'NEW LOOK' Merely" , - A is an event you can't allurd U Man pe COATS private capital ! planation in which the increase even of the box section (lui iiig being done by maintained that we must fight of secondary importance to the jond their own sellish pppe- the recent .New ie.ii imuiiuj. - Tt u nKn a convenient ana government aiiKe. n must, nan ocen uuposi-u. iuc felt that this had causen the spectre of totalitarian so- ' welfare of the people of this ( tites. ritillsm hv elnsinir ranks. The nrovince. I believe that no one , word thnso hn Hn nnt. he-1 ol necessity precede industrial tion naa Deen mane i uir for 1 . i ... . ference in Vancouver that an unnecessary incuuvem. t- coastal steamship companies boxholders. might be brought under somcj ZZ-Z lieve in our system of free en- , development but most import-terprise and who seize on it as ant of all we must as a people a weapon to prove that the re-live the spirit and desire to DRESSES strength of communism lies in man and no one party is as im-the fact that all communists.! portant as British Columbia, no matter of what nationality, Her affairs can best be admin-adhere to the same doctrine. In istereci by u Coalition govern-their struggle for domination, ment, as they have been since Production form of federal control in re svstem is a failure. After an ex-. work, and produce. Jluilflr SUIT; Il-r. gard to rates but. betore tl. animation of the real austerity ana sun more production is me nmnram u-hirh pxists in Social-1 only answer to high costs it proposal was pursued further. Margaret'JMcLeod Optometrist At pri.ru thai will nukr i' and l"K. 1st Britain, or the inflationary difficulties now beinc; faced by shorter hours and less produc- had been deemed fitting to con-tion leads us only to a fools' suit with the companies and paradise. Shorter hours if we! hear their side. FOR II And Ladles - Swee? S.r.i they could, less fragile room Communist Russia, perhaps, choose a are the same in Pn:.-i- ,". Eniji tney are In V.inrnivc: 1 they seek to divide their op-'1941. and as they will continue ponents. In the face of such a ' to be served until all danger dangerous enemy, too close ad- from communism has been er-herance to party politics can adicated. When that is an ac-lead to disaster. Far better a ' complished fact, we will deal strong coalition of two demo- j with the then problem in the cratic parties than a united so- light of the then conditions, cialistic front opposing two di-j .British Columbia has never vided right wing parties. To be , been as prosperous at any time blunt about it, we are, at the in ils history as it has under the present time, in the position of administration of the Coalition. like, but more production must come from them if we are o survive economically." COALITION OR COMMUNISM Mr. Anscomb outlined "some The special committee which has been set up in Vancouver consists of W. F. McClintock. H. Dalton, O. Crawford and W. A Runcile, prominent members ol the Vancouver Board of Trade who are intimately acquainted weapon. OTTAWA PROGRAM NO REAL AUSTERITY "The Lom:nlon government's - AT MANSONS Jewellers 522 Third Ave Phone Green 324 for .FOR R slt-ep Frast r Vo, 1 IK-;! I ! SALE I'KICES an- : in Vancouver. program of import restrictions 0f tne manv reasons that I am and other dollar saving devices prepared to see the Johnson- with transportation problem has actually affected us very Anscomb Coalition continue in! in the Three Musketeers of fiction ye have proved beyond any FOR R I'M" our person. .,;: : B room I'LAN wlu n inaklu.' . . cli.iM-s No Inti r. ' N FOR R 3 Charts. United we stand and divided 1 shadow of a doubt that a busi we fall. While there are im- neSs planned administration is little. As individuals we cannot British Columbia. It is a coali-make protracted and expensive ton of parties which believe trips to the United States a ml- in tne free enterprise system ol nor inconvenience not a trag-. democracy as opposed to Comedy. Many luxury items of house- niunism and Socialism. It is a L. M. Felsenthal left by air this afternoon on a business trip to Vancouver. portant differences between the far superior to excessive pater- theories of Conservatives and nalism in government. Few prov Liberals, both are advocates of inces In Canada stand today in the system of free enterprise as excellent position as does the Today, our differences must be province of British Columbia retired to the background. We Certainly the province of Sask- hold use and personal use will ; parliamentary and government-for a time be in short supply ai unt that places the inter-' or entirely cut off. Time enough ' esis 0f the one million people j to complain of austerity whf!nof British Columbia before I FOIl IMJINCE la'PKUT I'KOIM.K h GIFTS that are f , FOR furnl n 4J fliLr- tifAty men M V W Twn to maintain our atcnewun, wnicn nas a oocuu- are fighting either party or individual inter-' . lyJ ----- DIITEIIEST! we have not seen many necessities for five and six years when our children are going barefoot or clothes are patched, our houses cold and our lighting rationed. "Nor are we suffering in busi est. In that iau;i and policy lies greater expansion, wealth, success for British Columbia. I believe that our future, in the hands, of the Coalition. " is AUTCIiUT MIVIITIKS SOUVI.MKS WAX I I OW I l(S NOW OPF.N CHALK RIVER The great atomic "pile," shielded by hundreds of tons of lead and concrete, is sheltered in the pile building within the gates of the Chalk River plant shown in the background (upper lefti. At upper right, an operator preparing radioactive isotopes from fission products by remote control is protected by a thick wall of lead bricks. Shown at lower left is a machine used for making the fine quartz threads upon which depends the delicate action of the micro-balance an instrument which can weigh accurately as little as one ten-millionth of a gram. The micro-balance, like some other instruments used, had to be invented and built by the men of Chalk River. Because of the dangers involved, only infinitesimal quantities of radioactive materials can be handled, and instruments used are extremely sensitive and sometimes very complex like the microscope ilow-er right i being used in microchemical work with a fission product. A. MacKenzie Furnlt " I.IMITIT) ness and industry. The year 1947 has been a record year for! 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