I- - . . . . Prince Rupert Daily riews Tuesday, January 19, 19S4 Compulsory Unionism Defeated in Sydney As I See It J h by n independent dally newspaper devoted to the upbuilding of Princ Rupert .and Northern and Central British Columbia. Member of Canadian Frerw Audit Bureau of Ornilatlnna Canadian Dally Newspaper Association. Published by The Prince Rupert Dally New Limited. J. F. MAOOR, President H. O. PERRY, Vice-President I I fill! B C O' IS I,. I.F.f K Canadian Press Correspondent ; h XI Subscription Rates: ly carrier Per week, 2fte; per month. 1 00; per year, HOOP. ty mall Per month, 7fto; por year, $8 00. - SYDNKY, Australia Compulsory iinionisiu, subject recently of the hottest Australian politictl l-umnus in vcars. has had its first defeat. iutbonzed an second class majby tli Post Office Department, Ottava B.C's Poor Defence f. v. 'RITICISM of Canada's defence force by Lt- A young Sydney woman who objected on religious grounds to joining a union has had her objection upheld by the New South Wales industrial registrar. New South Wales legislation compelling adult workers to foe-long to a union was put through by the state tabor government in the face of strong opposition, some of it In Labor's own ranks. kighl-Hand Mank WHEN CD. Howe made the announcement of the building of the natural gas pipeline from near Calgary to Toronto and Montreal he received among union ofiicials and other government supimrters that objectors who aren't really religious may use the loouliole to avoid joining the unions. One suggestion Is tnat the objections, now heard In private, should be made public hearings. The sponsors of the Idea apparently feel that only objectors with really V o n s c I e n 1 1 o u s grounds would face that kind ot ordeal. What may mean more serious T. II. ATKINSON has been elected vice-president of The Royal Bank of Canada. Mr. Atkinson has been general manager of the Bank Rime 1949 and will continue to serve in that en parity. Hp Iihs )wn a director since 1A5S. 1 li' ..X BIMRO. star tiger of the Krone Circus In Munich bother for the statw Labor government I,; a legal challenge by half a dozen big employer organizations. They are attacking thrills slice-tutors with this startling leap over tlie Iipjj, V. Trulike through a papered .hoop. The beast Is when lie conies w huh siuni. inr u is me last on n, . LETTERBOX The legislation became law in i December and non-unionists were elven 28 days to join, but the time limit is not being observed .strictly by the government. Compulsory union has lung been established In the neighboring state of Queensland. Al l, KMFI.OVKKS Tlie new lnw Include all employees whose work is covered by a New South Wales industrial award and some of the big unions expect to harvest a big increase in union fees. Critic of the measure have claimed that its main Inspiration was the de and It sigiZSils; the end of the performance for hi the new law on constitutional grounds. The new act snys the ! employers must v'lve absolute 1 preferer.ee in employment to ! unionists and Imposes heavy : penalties on those who know-i mgly keep non-unionists on I their payrolls. The challenge will be heard in I the High Court. SPECIALS IN USED RECONDITIONtl RADIOS and PLAYERS Col. H. V. J. Peck in Vancouver has focussed attention on the inadequacy of RC.'s coastal pro-ection. . Speaking anonymously, military men admit hat the RCAF, which probably would bo the first, -ervice in contact with the enemy, is far below jrength for the job. There is only one active squadron on the coast, based at Comox, and that is prim-irily for anti-submarine duty. Two reserve fighter -quadrons are based at Sea Island, but they have obsolete planes that could not hope to intercept top-light jets. In these circumstances, the defence of B.C. is dependent primarily on air strength in Alaska. If an attacking- bomber force could avoid interception from that quarter, it would have virtually a clear ;ath into the heart of Canada a likely target lefore the ultimate plunge into the U.S.A. Although laymen should avoid guesswork on nilitary strategy, it does not seem too naive to sug-f est that a long-range bomber attack could escape Alaskan interference by skirting the territory and crossing the coast at some point north of Vancouver Island. With mid-air refuelling now an established manoeuvre, distance is much less of a problem than before. OVI KI.OOKH) FACT The Kdilor, The Dally News: May I. through the courtesy of your columns, make a reply to M. Wesley of Port Simpson My, my, Mr. Wesley, how did -Tube, Kf A Vll'TOIt an ovation f com the whole ! House that made even his j granite - like countenance ! light up. He looked as1 pleased as a schoolboy, and I don't blame him. I figure the construction of that pipeline will be as great a nation-building job as was even the building of the CPR. Among other things it will save this country vast amounts of money which we now spend on c6al from the US A. But apart altogether from that, it will literally transform for the better the winter living conditions in such places as northern Ontario. HOWE will surely loom large in the future history of Canada, apart altogether from his notable achievements in the fields of business and eneineerlii". as they tie in with national affairs. Once again we see working out the inevitable pattern of Canaan affairs. This nation is a two-race state, and you cannot ( ONSOI.ETTE. 00 sire ol ine unions, iran.siui.eu 45 10 tubes. P-B tuning Like new .'. you know and where did yoit JnU) prPSfmn, nn tM0 government. I "'""l1 uiriMiiBn.ivi.. l0 sw0 ,n(jr fums a1( l(ll' I oil Know, you snoiuu ue congratulated and quite proud of power. The criti; aie jubilant over (i-E MANTEL Wp 6 tubes. .fif . All-wave L K( A 45 KI'M Pl.AVHt A soup uX 95 yourself. You may now take your 9 the defeut of a federal Labor place alongside Senator Joe M i candidate n a by-election iu-si S......L.. V. . 1..,,,. MNV Oil I Ell l'KI.I ANI KE( ONIll'l KINKII Rli country riding. In the campaign the non-I.abor forces made "forced unionism" the big Issue. ANI I'l.AVEItS AT "OIVE-AW'A V HftKFs j RUPERT RADIO & EM you as a colleague, I m sure, 'Your little diatribe against the late Mr. Albert Lelghton, sr . should not go unanswered. If. as you say, he could neither read nor write . . . that all or most of the Natives at that particular time were Illiterate, not excluding M. Wesley's forefathers. Your defamatory attack upon a man's good name, one who is 313 Third Avenue W. PM BEST OF FOOD FINEST OF COOKING I OR TAKE Ol'T ORDERS Phone 200 Broadway Cafe I KOVIDI O LOOPHOLE The law has always provided a Joophole for people who object on religious Rrounds to being ; unionists. The first successful ! objection to the new act, there i say that too often, for it is the IOII fore, was not remarkable. But it i . ,.. . - iio longer w.m us, us. u say u.e , some unpasy fpellnR Be Thrifty . . . Spend Wisely, 1 always insist on.: o , most fundamental fact about all ! public life in Canada, j If you examine the Canadian I Prime Ministers who succeeded ; you see that they never once did ti while "going it alone." In fact, 1 the most disastrous failure of a government that we ever had in i Canada was under a man who j was personally as capable a man 1 as ever sat in the PM's seat. The ' late R. B. Bennett simply did not i foce the most elementary fact of .life in Canadian politics. You ; can't work "one-man govern-iment" In a two-race nation. I 'THE GREAT Conservative Mac- Do you also question Mr. Peer Lelghton honesty? 1 assure you I that, if there was any doubt, in! his mind that the report was not I authentic, then he would never have ratified it. However, since my uncle Mr. ; Peter Lelghton is still very much j alive, he is quite capable of re- j fiitlng any disparaging innuen-; ' dos cast his way. BUY THE BES - Since Port Hardy could in an emergency revert to its function as an air force base, the enemy's course logically would be well up in this direction where the coast is particularly vulnerable. Once over the mountains, the attackers could choose their direction at will. ; While it is true that Sandspit could be utilized if there were sufficient warning, it would be a makeshift measure at best. The single strip there does not lend itself to all-weather flying, and there ;yuld be serious problems of supply. The operation Vould tie up ships and men which woul3 be much niore useful elsewhere. , If this line of reasoning makes any sense at all, a coastal airport in this vicinity as well as a squadron to man it appears to be a matter of real importanceNaturally one prefers to believe that world conditions will never provoke the attack described, but optimism is no substitute for defence. If HORACE LEIGHTON, Vancouver. o WE MAKE JOHS The Editor. . .foremost infrozen foods donald had Cartier as his I i French-Variadmrv pnttner. I. His ,,. TV.,!,, MOIIIC 1 success was solidly built on the ',,. ; vn,. nrt.P nf 1 January 11, signed Mr. Johnston. You state th.-.i the Nev Cana dians take the jobs away from ' ' I , jjj, INSIST I ON j; fr! jjp Ij1 ; partnership principle.. ' Laurier had partners like i Fielding and Graham. Kipg had i . Lapointe and at the very fun-j ' eral of Lapointe he discussed the I necessity of finding some out-i standing French-Canadian to take Lapointe 's place. Louis St. Laurent was brought into the government for that very tuirDose v. ith resujts we all now know. CLARENCE Decatur Howe will j sure'v wo down in history as j the great English-speaking right ! hand man of Louis St. Laurent. the Canadians. I'm sure if you were living in : Europe, as a civilian, during the war ... no home, living in a hole with rats, nothing to eat and, if there was, standing in lines Jor days, I think Mr. Johnston, if you had experienced that, you'd look for a new country too. , The government lets us in this countrv as there are jobs, and we make Jobs. What attitude do you take Mr. Johnston? Please don't take it out on the new Canadians, take Another GREAT FILM at the REGULAR BAPTIST CHURCH "CONTRARY WINDS" A 55-minute colour film of STANLEY, who, like Noah, tries to esape from Ood aboard the "Contrary Winds " TONIGHT - 8 p.m. EVERYBODY WELCOME POTATOES AND ihose planes ever do appear off these shores, our ' ; i earlier hopes will not render them harmless. j ' Because of the certainty of its benefits to this , U'hole northwest district in peacetime, arid its poss-. ' ible value to all of Canada in war, let us see con- struction of that airport start without more deiay. OTTAWA DIARY w By Norman M MacLeod "rThe myth that Canada has , will not come now, the experts been engaged for some tun" past -'ay, ugles. .Canada-; a ad ; the VEGETAE j Hp is as strange a type of public figure as he is a' strong j character. He breaks most of I the rules that almost anybody HOUSTON CO-OP it up with the government. It's time you forgot about your grudges of eight years ago. If you don't, we will never have peace in the world, and Isn't that what tUls wirld is looking for would wiite in a book about i "How to Be a Successful Politi MARKET ASSOCU :! Sixth Ave. E. A. TIIOKPK Pastor; A NEW CANADIA in the short-sigmea pursuit m oa iwucfiMK ""r V cian." He used to exasperate Mackenzie King, : i because, hp was at' times too i m p a' 1 1 e n t td sit through a visit by some long-winded delegation. He has been known to get mad, and say cuss- tossing away- her traditional crop in the 19M harvest. That could create a real marketing problem. COST OF : ELECTRICAL ENERGY United Kingdom market in exchange for a less dependable market In the United States Isn't standing up very well in the light of available facts. ieii-irm-il inA nt niifn hplnw rnvprinn rn,t, tfl rpiflentiol CUSfOITierS, HOS f words, right out loud. In the field of imports, i n the ,..,,,. , ! wo,lld be th tlrst to a,d-lerente approximately four-for-one pre- have mit that he has made some mis-been which trade figures showing in recent- months lakes. But on balance he has for United States eoods over probably contributed more to the iniuiii " " "-a iv, 3"-" , , , obtained from the last certified yearly srafements issued by the supply authorities listed: It seems that instead of selling less wheat to Britain in the current crop year, Canada so far has sold more than last year despite the fact that last year Britain was a member of the International Wheat Agreement club, which she isn't tliLs year, material progress of this Canada than any man who has yet sat near any Prime Minister of Canada. RESIDENTIAL SERVICE The Editor, The Daily News: The Native Brotherhood of B.C. welcomes the introduction of equal pay for emial work for women because for years our native net-women have received far Inferior pay for equal work and In some cases for superior work. We are now within our rights to correct a long .standing injustice. On behalf of our native women net-workers, on the basis of appeals and recommenditlons during the year, we will be demanding equal pay for our women; equal to that i reived by the men doing the same type of work. I A.J. SCOW, I Acting Business Agent. goods from the United Kingdom now stands revealed as wholly a matter of competitive prices. A study which has Just been com Ave. It''"1' pleted shows that United King- k.h nz and also despite the fact that. dom export prices have gone up last year was an all-time record year for International wheat trading. Costly Kindness DUNNVILLE, Out. (CP) Austin Fortune slowed down his car to avoid hitting a cat on a snow-covered highway. The car skidded Into the guardrails, and was damaged to the extent of $200. t 3 Ave. K.W.II. l'ed ; Avcraxe Supply Location x-r Month Monthly Bill B.C. Power Commission Alberni 206 , $5.05 Nonoimo-Duncon 192 " 4.95 Komloops I77 515 North-Okonogon 158 4.85 B.C. Electric Co. Ltd. Victoria 216 4.40 " " Voncouver 260 5.95 Northern B.C. Power Co. Ltd. Prince Rupert 243 4.05 218 percent as compared with prices prior to World War II; ! over the same period United States export prices have ad- j vanced only 110 percent. In this price situation United States goods naturally and inevitably are getting the nod from Canadian purchasers. It Is at least clear that no matter of higher and strange trading policy on the part of the Canadian Government Is Involved in the I Here are the wheat figures, so far as the United Kingdom and British Commonwealth countries are concerned: To Britain Canada this year has sold bo far 29,-315.527 bushels, as compared with 25.078,975 bushels in the corresponding period of last year. To Commonwealth coun h STOP tries (including Britain) sales so far this year have amounted A quantity of electrical energy is sold in the City of Prince Rupert for domestic heating at a very low rate. This reduces the return received per K,W. Hr. to 38.544,921 bushels, as against 28,587,865 bushels last year. To foreign countries wheat sales so far this year are down moderately from 118.238,931 bushels to 88,286,515 bushels. All nthpr ritip? or districts inrliirlprl in thp nhnvp tnhle hnvn n Inrner number of dof LATEST REPORT Ak your lnvttmnt Dolr for In latott Roport nd Protpoctui of consumers than are served in Prince Rupert. At our door, Mr. Milkman and leave two quarts of that delicious NORTHLAND DAIRY MILK We know that home-delivered milk is cheaper, fresher and best. The British figures are viewed lenlntprl hills for certain m inntitipt: rf eprirr tj i i;prt in vnrini it rnmmi mities do not c by government experts with particular satisfaction, in view a true comparison, as these can be shown to be either higher or lower to suit practically any oPf l koi me xaci mat me united K'n- i fdom had its storage facilities TL. .L l ,nt,,m net t"1 1 j energy sold. These factors are determined from the total energy used and the total rj received from certain classified groups of customers common to any community. j If is obvious from the above that residential consumers in the City of Prince Rup1 a lower rate, if not the lowest of any, in the Province of BriTish Columbia. opened and only became a purchaser In the late Fall months. It will not surprise Ottawa at aU now If before the present year is over sales to the United Kingdom surpass last year by a considerable margin. In any event, the anxiety once held for a possible marketing crisis In wheat for this year has completely disappeared. Crisis Northland Dairy Phone 18 Limited NORTHERN PRODUCE FOR NORTHERN CONSUMERS CALVIN BULLOCK Northern British Columbia Power Co. fl