OTTAWA
DIARY
By
Norman
M.
MocLec
Prince
Rupert
Daily
News
As
I
See
It
commands
of
all
the
political
,
ally,
therefor.
...
..
Monday,
June
1,
1953
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Independent
daily
newspaper
devoted
to
the
upbuilding
of
Prince
Rupert
,
and
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia.
Member
of
Canadian
Press
Audit
Bureau
of
Circulations
Canadian
Dally
Newspaper
Association.
Published
by
The
Prince
Rupert
Dally
News
Limited.
J.
P.
MAOOR,
President
H.
O.
PERRY.
Vice-President
One
of
the
situations
that
is
giving
pause
to
the
Capital's
politicians
these
days
is
the
noticeable
reluctance
on
the
part
of
correspondents
in
the
Parliamentary
Press
Gallery
to
court
Journalistic
fame
by
picking
the
winner
of
the
coming
general
election.
The
newswriters
and
commen
major
significance.
As
recently
as
six
months
ago
the
press
gallery
correspondents
were
prophesying
the
victory
of
the
St.
Laurent
government
with
almost
unanimous
abandon.
It
is
true
that
none
of
them
today
is
pre
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more
necessity
for
coalition
jr.
-wf
power.
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years
of
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This
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by
hinting
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,
"
iuWst
th
lass
noted
for
their
discretion
in
darkly
that
no
Individual
party
generally
con
the
hazardous
field
of
political
i
may
win-thut
the
next
govern-
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some
process
of
coalition
after
the
election
Cod
Save
the
Queen
THE
BRITISH
world
kingdom
defies
successful
explanation
or
even
definition.
Anybody
can
half-explain
how
it
grew
to
be
the
greatest
world
power
that
ever
existed
on
this
earth.
But
at
best
it
is
a
mere
half-explanation.
And
noboby
can
explain
why
the
British
world
kingdom
has
not
long.
since
broken
up.
and
fallen
apart
into
bits
and
pieces.
Churchill,
the
most
memorable
phrasemaker
of
this
great
age
of
change,
tossed
off
the
wisest
and
wittiest
comment
on
the
strange
paradox
that
I
have
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1952
1953
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speculation
than
for
the
vigor
of
their
opinions
which
in
the
majority
of
cases
have
a
disturbing
faculty
to
the
politicians,
of
proving
right.
At
the
present
moment
the
ixiliticians
are
finding
the
unusual
neutrality
of
opinion
amongst
the
correspondents
more
than
a
little
disturbing.
They'd
give
a
lot
speaking,
of
course,
in
a
wholly
figurative
sense
to
know
Just
what
the
Experienced
party
strategists
have
learned
to
have
a
wholesome
respect
for
press
gallery
re-actions
on
the
grounds
that
they
generally
have
been
found
to
relieet
public
psychology
to
a
degree
that,
lor
practical
purposes.
Is
highly
accurate.
Nu'-ur-
new
Journalistic
caution
por
seen
yet:
tends.
It's
as
plain
as
day
to
the
high
"We
lost
half
of
it
trying
to'
keep
it,
and
we
made
it
infinitely
greater
trying
to
give
it
DRASTIC
DECLINES
in
lead
and
zinc
prices
during
the
past
year
are
shown
in
this
graph
prepared
by
the
Mining
Association
of
British
Columbia.
These
price
drops
have
had
particular
significance
in
B.C.
where
lead
and
zinc
are
the
most
important
products
of
the
mining
industry.
The
graph
for
nickel
offers
a
dramatic
contrast,
since
the
price
of
that
metal
has
continued
to
rise.
way."
He
was
of
course
referring
to
USED
CARS
the
loss
of
the
rovoltine
Ameri
can
colonies
in
the
first
part
of
p
the
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ETTERBOX
FACTS
DIFFER
Editor,
The
Dally
News:
A
goodly
number
of
citizens
gathered
in
the
Legion
auditorium
on
Sunday
night
to
hear
addresses
by
the
three
candidates
his
ouip,
and
to
the
growth
of
the
free
overseas
associated
nations
In
the
second.
REFLECTS
and
REMINISCES
inOulbcardMslor:
tot
prowdMf
calch
yov
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naii
gl
ItrriAc
partwmeito,
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lufM
on
low
oil
In
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Spoflllti
Ovlboord
motor.
NwltolCk
loo
trolling,
gaining
ipud
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,
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conomkol
foolor.
it
NOW.
C
4lu.
1953
(lie
lor
o
kill
oi
UII,
$225
There
must
be
a
thousand
i
'tented
and
exhausted
"
Well,
in
the
forthcoming
provincial
correspondents
in
London,
with
that's
fair
enough
for
the
proV
cnt.
Authorized
as
second
class
mall
by
the
Post
Office
Department.
Ottawa
,
.
.
Vivat
Elizabetha
Regina'
yAiITH
PRIDE
The
Daily
News
today
presents
vV
its
special
'
Coronation
issue
in
honor
of
an
aeeasion
which
will
go
down
in
history
as
long
as
man
inhabits
the
earth.
Within
a
few
hours
after
this
appears
a
lovely
young
woman
will
be
crowned
Elizabeth
the
Second,
by
the
Grace
of
God,
of
the
United
Kingdom
of
Grflit
Britain
and
Northern
Ireland
and
Her
other
Realms
and
Territories,
Queen,
Head
of
the
Commonwealth,
Defender
of
the
Faith.
Throughout
that
reafin
hells
will
ring,
guns
will
roar
and
her
subjects
will
go
slightly
hysterical
with
jubilation.
As
first
sovereign
to
ascend
the
throne
as
Head
of
the
Commonwealth,
Elizabeth
II
is
likely
to
have
closer
ties
with
her
domain
abroad
than
any
other
previous
ruler.
God
granting
her
a
long
life,
she
is
likely
also
to
see
some
members
of
her
Commonwealth
become
major
powers
in
the
world.
Already
Canada
is
close
to
attaining
such
rank
and
it
is
-almost
certain
that
within
the
century
she
will
realize
it.
For
these
reasons
the
second
Elizabethan
era
could
be
as
brilliant
as
the
first
for
the
British
Empire,
as
it
was
once
'called.
The
principal
difference
will
be
that
Britain
herself
will
be
not
so
much
head
of
a
family
as
partner
in
an
association.
That
is
not
to
say
that
she
will
become
less,
but
that
her
dominions
will
become
more.
Thus
it
is
probable
that
the
reign
of
Elizabeth
II
will
be
written
into
history
in
bold
type.
Those
who
speculate
on
the
dissolution
of
the
Commonwealth
are
failing
entirely
to
assess
its
real
strength.
Together
its
members
represent
one
of
the
greatest
forces
influencing
the
affairs
of
the
world
today.
Their
association
takes
on
added
power
because
it
is
a.
voluntary
one.
Separately
these
countries
would
be
reduced
in
importance.
So
we
have
much
to
celebrate
tomorrow.
But
however
great
the
historical
significance
of
the
occasion,
our
thoughts,
will
be
primarily
with
the
Queen
herself
as
a
human
with
a
leading
part
in
an
extraordinary
drama.
We
wish
her
well
as
one
person
would
another
who
is
taking
on
a
tremendous
responsibility.
As
the
Queen's
Scholars
of
Westminster
School
will
shout
tomorrow
in
the
Abbey,
"Vivat
Elizabetha
Regina!
Vivat!
Vivat!
Vivat!"
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SUPERIOR
AUTO
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LTD.
election
Mr.
George
Hills,
CCF
candidate,
stated
that
In
the
last
sitting
of
the
Legislature
only
one
bill
was
passed.
Now
I
have
received
word-of-
WHEN
the
crown
is
placed
upon
the
head
of
young
Queen
Elizabeth,
she
will
reign
over
more
human
beings
than
have
ever
owed
allegiance
to
any
other
monarch
in
all
history.
But
apart
altogether
from
that
mathematical
fact,
the
young
Queen's
position
is
quite
unique.
She
will
reign,
but
she
will
not
rule,
over
a
single
inch
cf
the
one
fifth
of
this
earth
over
which
she
holds
sway.
There
is
not
a
single
free
nation
in
the
British
world
com
Jimmy
Glanville,
Yorkshire
miner
and
member
of
Commons,
Is
demanding,
free
beer
to
mark
the
coronation.
And
so
it
was
information
from
the
RUPERT
RADIO;
no
surprise
to
see
the
headlins
mouth
Hon.
Lyle
Wicks,
Minister
of
La
foam
extra
prominently.
each
trying
to
outdo
one
another
In
filing
tiresome
paeans
of
praise.
So
a
story
sent
by
a
Vancouver
man
comes
as
a
contrast
and
is
refreshing.
He
reminds
the
coronation
that
in
September,
1870,
Trafalgar
Square
was
packed
with
great
public
meetings,
called
by
some
of
the
nation's
foremost
leaders,
demanding
the
"Republic
of
England"
a
feeling
Hint
hud
iong
been
growing.
But
it
couldn't
kill
the
miracle
of
Victoria's
reign.
bor,
the
Hon.
Einar
Ounderson,
Minister
of
Finaiwe,
the
Hon.
AND
ELECTRIC
Phillip
Gaglardi,
Minister
of
Public
Works
and
the
Hon.
Prinrr
Rii
Bo
1279
pany
of
nations
which
is
not
Robert
Bonner,
Attorney-General
For
practically
half
a
century
the
city
of
Seattle
has
taken
i'S
a
matter
of
course
her
supremacy
as
the
hub
that
is
she
came
first
in
all
things
per-tajnint?
to
Alaska
and
Alaskans.
Seattle
marie
it
stick,
too!
But
lree
to
declare
itself
a
republic
and
to
cut
clean
loose
from
the
Commonwealth,
if
it
so
chooses
that
there
were
In
lact
54
bills
passed.
Mr.
Bonner
added
that
the
only
reason
more
bills
were
not
introduced
wa
because
the
by
free
lawful
process.
Even
more
Important,
there
is
not
"
-v
i.
that
era
has
gone
for
ever.
Seattle
struggles
to
hold
her
ground
but
It
cannot
be
done.
The
north,
and
what
is
expanding
today
in
the
way
of
time
and
The
other
day
a
woman
t?ave
birth
to
a
baby
In
a
telephone
booth.
What
some
people
will
do
rather
than
end
a
conversation!
Ex.
one
remaining
non-self-governing
colony
within
the
Queen's
overseas
realm
that
does
not
know
that
it
can
attain
full
na-r
:
I
Uonhood
as
soon
as
it
is
really
opposition
talked
so
endlessly
that
it
was
not
possible
to
get
on
with
the
business
at
hand.
I
spoke
to
these
gentlemen
on
separate
occasions
and
their
answers
to
my
questions
tallied
distance
around
Prince
Rupert
and
the
southeast,
give
priceless
TIME
TO
DINE?
advantages.
Any
number
of
persons
have
ln
every
detail.
I
would
suggest
that
if
Mr.
Hills
cannot
be
depended
upon
long
held
the
idea
that
it
eo.sts
!
more
to
eat
in
a
restaurant
thant
Big
Ornament
ready
for
it.
'
TO
ME,
the
British
world
kingdom
Is
the
finest
proof
in
all
history
of
the
majestic
truth
taught
by
Saint
John
when
he
said,
"In
the
beginning
was
the
word
..."
Take
Magna
Charta.
A
gang
to
give
truthful
and
factual
ac-
aboard
a
dining
car.
Not
h"!1"
travelled
much
In
recent
year.i,
LAHAVE,
N.S.
Q
One
of
the
'cpunts
of
Legislature
affairs,
he
largest
ornaments
in
Nova
Scotia
;
is
not
a
fit
candidate
for
the
re-
we're
commencing
to
doubt
it.
for
is
the
large-scale
model
of
the
!
sponsible
position
of
Member
yet
there
is
no
substitute
i
his
ailvertisemrnt
is
not
published
or
displayed
by
the
Liiiw
fine
food
eraciouslv
served.
The
!WCN
corvette
Halifax,
decorating
,ol
the
Legislative
Assembly.
Control
Koard
or
by
the
Government
of
British
(olomk
of
rich
nobles
and
bishops
were
lntost
a
hronlrftict
Hi
in
i
i
the
Inuti
of
Cnnt.
Archie
Puhll-i
I
MRS
1
EILEEN
WRIOHT.
urea
or
paying
suenneavy
taxes
,75c
25
for
luncnPon
and
Rover's
home
In
this
Liinenbergj
'
to
a
rotten,
crooked
king.
.
$j
to
$1.50
for
dinners.
It
even
j
village.
The
replica
was
present-1
They
ganged
up
on
him.
They
malro
tv,ik
,
h
th.
hu,i,
tn
ih
wm.
U3
a
JJVt
LiVIUll
rTllilll
nil
j
made
the
wicked
king
sign
for
nue.
known
skipper,
who
Intends
to
,
place
it
on
a
.;srmanent
concrete
j
Fifty
years
ago,
In
Eastern
base.
j
Canada,
carpenters
were
on
r,
ft
1
A
,
-1
i
;
the
alternative
to
signing
wrs
in
plain
sight.
It
was
certainly
to
lose
his
throne,
and
probably
also
to
lose
his
head.
They
meant
to
no
rich
nobles
strike
lor
a
wage
or
35
cents
in
hour.
Laborers
were
out
for
30.
1
One
did
not
have
to
go
far
to
see
a
similar
situation
at
Prince
Rupert.
like
us
should
the
king
denv
justice.
But
that
Is
not
what
VILTORJA.
In
last
June
election
it
was.
the
candidate
with
the
least
money
to
spend
wooing
the
they
said
not
what
they
wrote.
In
century
after
century
more
and
more
classes
in
Britain
demanded
and
got
themselves
ths
"justice"
and
equal
rights
which
the
nobles
had
wrung
from
an
unwilling
king.
Always
they
i
WW
vJ.'
'
.
voters
who
won.
spender,
Cyril
Shelford,
won
for
"PLEASE
DO"
.
For
a
change,
Canada's
46
mounties
at
the
coronation
are
being
hunted.
They
are
doing
no
hunting.
Instead,
they
are
wondering
what
to
do
with
the
floocf
of
invitations
and
requests
Social
Credit
with
expenses
of
$204.
.
.
.
harked
back
to
Magna
Charta.
j
f
In
Fflrnler
rUUdg,
tjht
Li
be'
wis
,
put
out
$3,350
trying
to
beat
old
-4::
coming
In
trom
all
over
Britain.
THE
'"'British"
world
kingdom
The
biff
spenders
the
Liberals
and
Conservatives
came
out
on
the
bettor
of
the
heap.;
those
with
least
money
Social
Credit
and
CCFers
came
out
on
top.
Total
expenses
reached
about
M
,000,000.
Extra,
of
course,
was
the
$750,000
the
election
cost
to
operate,
the
taxpayers
footing
that
bill.
Tom
Uphill,
who
won
with
They
are
wanted
for
musical
rides,
for
parties,
for
riding
displays,
for
social
contacts
for
the
next
few
weeks.
All
are
tied
up
until
the
end
of
June,
at
least.
HEAR
Deane
Finlayson
Leader
of
the
B.C.
Progressive
Conservative
Party
and
j
Stewart
Chambers
B.C.
Progressive
Conservative
BALLOT
"A"
CANDIDATE
for
Vancouver-Point
Grey
CFPR
10:15.
,
MONDAY
NIGHT
$1,240.
'
In
Oak
Bay,
the
Liberals
found
$6,031
to
spend
on
P.
A.
Gibbs,
who
beat
Conservative
chieftain
Herbert
Anscomb,
so
sure
of
himself
in
Tory
Oak
Bay
that
he
spi
lit
by
$762.
In
New
Westminster,
Liberal
freed
the
slaves
a
full
half
century
before
slaves
were
freed
in
the
U.S.A.
so
the
British
did
so
without
shedding
a
single
drop
of
blood
and
with
fairness
to
all.
You
could
cite
dozens
of
examples
of
similar
evolution.
That
Is
why
our
Queen
is
the
world's
Queen
of
Hearts.
This
campaign
money
doesn't
seem
to
be
so
plentiful.
All
parties
even
Liberals
and
Con
A
physician
says
that
work
startles
children.
They
aro
some
folks
who
never
get
over
the
scare.
servatives
are
passing
the
hat
nAr
oai
rn
iT
TT)
vtvL
vvr,
UUK
Byron
Johnson
spent
$4,951
and
Conservative
Mrs.
Elizabeth
Wood,
$3,254,
but
they
were
defeated
by
CCF
Rae
Eddie,
whone
expenses
amounted
to
$849.
Next
door
to
Prince
Rupert
Jet
Airliner
Nothing
is
harder
on
a
clothes
than
her
enemies.
Brandon
Bun.
at
public
meetings
to
help
pay
election
costs.
Campaign
funds
have
a
way
of
drying
up
whn
p
party
is
down.
It
was
just
about
the
same
in
the
ridings
of
the
north
as
elsewherethe
big
spenders
lost
riding,
in
Mackenzie,
Liberal
B.
M.
Maclntyre
was
the
biggest
Flies
Pacific
OTTAWA
tfi
The
RCAF's
first
jet
airliner,
a
$3,000,0'J0
Comet,
touched
down
at
Uplands
Airport
Friday
afternoon,
completing
a
flight
from
London
that
Is
believed
to
be
the
fastest
trans-
private
spender
of
the
entire
election
$8,481
but
he
was
Wm.
Oatls,
newspaperman,
sentenced
to
10
years
in
a
Czech
court,
served
two
years
and
is
now
back
home
in
New
York.
The
U.S.
declare
the
sentence
a
travesty
on
justice.
Oatis
looks
pale,
and
states
he'd
rather
talk
s
little
later
on.
As
for
the
wife,
she
says
she
Is
"grateful,
de-
out.
In
Prince
Rupert,
the
Liberals
spent
$1,225
trying
to
hold
the
seat
for
John
McRae.
The
Conservatives
wanted
Prince
Rupert
riding
so
badly
they
put
out
$4,033
on
T.
M.
Christie.
Social
Crediter
Arthur
Murray
spent
$333.
George
Hills
won
Prince
Rupert
for
the
CCF
with
expenses
of
$780.
beaten
by
CCF
Tony
Oargrave,
who
spent
$1,202.
.
So
it
was
that
last
June
an
awful
lot
of
money
was
thrown
away.
Generally
speaking,
expenses
Atlantic
crossing
any
transport
GRACIOUS
QUEEN
plane
has
made.
The
airliner
took
10
hours
of
flying
time
compared
with
an
average
of
18
hours
for
such
3,545-mile
flights
by
the
RCAF's
of
the
candidates
this
election
won't
be
anywhere
near
as
high.
The
lesson
of
last
year's
campaign,
as
far
as
expenses
are
concerned,
seems
to
be
that
it's
In
Atlin,
the
Conservatives
put
out
$4,000
on
expenses
for
Thomas
Sutherland
MacKay;
North
Stars
and
16
hours,
15
minutes
by
TCA
planes
on
regular
flights.
In
the
1953
British
Coronation
the
candidates
who
must
pinch
pennies
the
boys
with
the
the
Liberals
spent
$1,938
trying
u)
get
w.
u.
amun
elected,
but
nickles,
not
the
dollars
who
Frank
Calder
won
for
the
CCF
make
the
biggest
hit
with
the
Prince
Rupert
TO
Ketchikan
Wronged
-
Petersburg
Juneau
and
other
Alaska
Points
service
the
two
royal
sceptres
are
designated
sceptre
with
cross
and
rod
with
dove.
wnn
expenses
oi
iz
just
people
and
they're
the
import
iboy-the
lowest
of
any
candi-
8nt
ones
on
election
day.
.
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t"
THE
ROYAL
BANK
OF
CANADA
Joins
with
all
Canadians
in
pay
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fclizalielh
the
rwcond.
hv
thelirncco
liml
ol
(he
unueu
iiiiB-".
uuiu
Liie
province.
Tf
the
west
of
Prince
Rupert
ridiiTg
in
Skeena
riding,
the
big
spender,
E.
T.
Kenney
of
the
Liberals,
with
expenses
of
$3,338
kept
the
seat.
The
Conservatives
spent
$2,801
on
Frederick
Mack-lin
and
the
CCF
$478
on
Frank
Howard.
East
again,
in
Omlneca,
the
Conservatives
were
the
big
Defend
of
H
Fith'
llli,
LLD
Rlms
end
Territories,
Queen,
Head
of
the
Common
wea
Holiday
Wear
BLUE
JEANS
CORDS
'
SPORTS
SHIRTS
Practically
yours
at
,
THE
SPORTS
SHOP
KitoiHpVs
$3,870
on
Georee
Ob-
I
rto.The
Liberals
spent
$2,500
UyiTC?
to
keep
the
seat
for
R.
Pho
26
Office
Opposite
Post
Office
C.
Steele.
The
CCF
spent
$229
1
on
W.
R.
Taylor
but
the
lowi