r REFLECTS As I See Rqy OTTAWA DIARY Bv NORM AN M. MiLEOD tr" and REMIN1SC Wednesday, December 9, 1953 by ! ' L -lhe old man seems to be liv-, When you hear tlifl a Independent daily newspaper devoted to the upbuilding of Prince Rupert and Northern and Central British Columlila. Member of Canadian Press Audit Bureau of Circulations Canadian Dally Newspaper Association. Published by The Prince Rupert Dailv New Limited. J. P. MAGOR, President H. O PERRY. Vice-President OITAWA. inai spin in un- i"B v- ' ... ... vuuiuirows ei Tory party that developed in' "Why not ? It's much cheaper, .discussed with iticreasiin? 4 the Hoirse of Commons last, you can't but think of yea I loaay, there is a live , L Subscription Rates: IT carrier Per week. 25c: per month. 1 00; per year. 110.00. fjgr&fiii& Iv mail Per month. 7kv Dor vear. R 00 interest. Men are arguing, candidates are putting a 1-fck' a punch into their remarli Avlflunl n n , , W uthorlzed as second class mall by the Post Office Deportment, Ottawa. . " . , it,! ,. week during voting un i-.u- oj- nueen t.(imonionians nave Dedal Credit non-confidence mo- come traffic victims since Jan-tion has more to it thifn meets ury 5953 put is it always fair the eye,- despite what spoRes-ito jj,lace tne blame or some of men for the two factions t may jton the driver? This Is some-say about it. The split has been. (lmes not the eat)ie!it thing to do, building up Xor a Rood many , ypt tnere nas bpen many a fa. months. It was evident before taity wnere tne savlng of a life the August election- cumpaii WOuld hftve bpen ft mlra(.le reached its peak, if that desul- j tory fxhlbitimi of Canadian j sTnx I)K,R:SSI.;I)! - , On To The Polls it hurts or doesn't. The something to say, and hv have It heard. What do you think ( W0 OR THREE features emerged from the McCarthy J and C THE big votes are all over, and parliament is now settling down to the more practical work of the session, such as what j; - " ii dh iiit ! I LYING TIME FROM MONTRKAL to Vancouver will be reduced by two hours on .Trans-Canada Air Lines routes when Super Constellation aircraft are added to the company's domestic fleet next autumn. The new pianos will carry 63 passengers at better than 300 miles an hour and will allow a total elapsed flying time of 11 hours five minutes between Montreal and Vancouver. election campaign, now in its flying hours, which Carthyism, first of all, hov' """".0. X" last .u Tk n Early summer, the POE of it do yow really underJ To what extent have j 1 the thing stowed away i f iau. I."' .V f rn,. : railway linked up with Prinze vative MPs who would like to , George, and glonous was the re- head, so you could go on L., TJun fentok'in ih.' leadlr-1 But U one may Judge from the ' other, -ship, and thosestill in the-.nu-j lack of developments since, the 2ll."l I PARLIAMENT E. T. APPLEWHAITE to do. about tne naturai-gas pipeline. There wa nothing surprising about the votes on the speech from the throne, except that some Conservatives, headed by John Dielenbaker, voted wit!i the Social Crediters, and against their own leader, George Drew. iority, apparently who want iu ii"i sUck by Hon George Drew. j it seems is able to cheer up. Per-This Mr. hP what was expected did not is a split that both ; transpire immediately That oft- Drew and Mr Diefenbaker have ; . , , 1. . , . . ..r,,,!,! tiv en nappens. look at r-rince ,hn h n i'- . . i in Canada do not transfer tried, as best they couu , to p. Although we have a'l been r.i their abodes, vent, for the good 01 uie pai 'J ' , , I ' ther hoping to hear from E:-! their persons and The fact that it Durst inu 1 ' . ... more Philpott, the well-known to the other side of the Iron Cur- m firmer ih nnon lst Thursday was not! """J' ' 4 unexpected over the long-ran-?, j from being a dead one. I THOUGHT that George Drew newspaper columnist, who is now tain. and M. J. Coldwell between the Liberal Member for Vanco.i- j I hope i aon't often at least them gave most impressive rea- ver-South, so far Mr. Philpctt not too often let politics dij-sons why the Social Credit has not spoken in the House, tale what I write in the.se notes, amendment as it stood, was not However, he did intervene on out I do think one thing is But the timing did come as u, - Marria-e is like a pair of surprise, and on a point at is-! ... . ..... -.!.,.!.. 1 limn fa lnuAnnrililu nfinn mnv sue wnicn 10 mo.si. immp n... ...i ....,..,.... .. . I hit advenisrmf m it not putii directions, but wasn't one that should be thr 11.4 in opposite displayed by ihc Linuor i nmn i punishing anyone who comes be- cause of a major split. hy uie uovcrntniui m a practical proposition. It baldly called for the accep' one occasion, on a point of order, worthy of note at this time. The when he had John Blackmore government has announced that withdraw the expression, "vilily- at this session It will introduce l them-Sydney Smith. Columbo, Thm: j The Conservatives met ance of pounds sterling, as a rinv shortly after noon lor 1 inir ontrnppnnslv " whinh Hlnrk- .-n-irrliniiTprl nlwns Inr rphaoiu Th means of promoting tional trade. "1 more had used about Dave Cro!!, tation of disabled persons and a routine caucus meeting .r.m. t o ..I, 1 .!,,, ..,i ..lr.r.l,lr,.in man tem OI1 me HtitVlUU CITY TRANSFER As I myself have pointed out hoc Wl how to vote on the u d n McCarthy- assistance programme for totally in this column and over - for the fJa Credit motion calling oyer tsm fur what lt u tabled persons. This means again m the past ten years The announcemlntJ' made m hei Xor th0se dLsabled persons acceptance of sterling in part merely to accept sterling is not Novem.lWnJ for Canadian exports the Montreal Guzelte 0 are not covered by military, payment i the answer either to Britain's ber 23 that Mr. Fred Rose, the pension, Workmen's Compensa- a ming mm . Communist, has left the country t)on Acts, blindness pension or cated by Conservatives in 1 ' tn tot. r00iHuno w.;v,,4 .h ., ,,th nhii. r.viinn T Dast. In fart, lt was used on the j problem or to Canada's problem, i You also have to have a plan LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE FURNITURE MOVING" ! Phone 950 CRATING PACKING STORAGE First Avenue and MfBr.de Street jto do something with that ster iron Curtain 'eiiher in Kussia or think it fair to point out that hustings in August's election deserve mention before the whole affair becomes Jiistory. ; First was the formation of the Civic Affairs Association. This more than anything else revealed the growing determination of voters to take matters in ore into their own hands. It has led to the selection and endorsement of four aldermanie candidates Jtvho are considered best qualified to represent a 3)road cross-section of the electorate. J - To follow this up the association plans, through personal representation, to keep an eye on council proceedings, and to discuss and analyze them at Jnonthly executive meetings. This is a service ilcsigned for the electorate as a whole. Its operation should prevent any alderman in future making the Jbold claim that he is the people's watchdog. Under Jhe new arrangement, the people will do their own patching. I A second feature was the attention which centred on the four referendums. It was a singular thance to air some of the questions facing the city Tind served in particular to stimulate interest in problems affecting the city's parks and its Civic Centre. The referendum concerning municipal buildings somehow figured less in discussions than Ihe other three. Still another feature, and an important one, -was the heavy competition for aldermanie seats. jAmong the candidates to be voted on tomorrow, ihere are several comparatively young men making Jheir first venture into a civic election contest. The Conclusion is. that arecognized need has arisen to nfuse fresh blood into the council. It is a better 4.han even bet that by tomorrow night there will be Jiew names in the list of aldermen. : ; At the top of the heap the mayoralty contest F.tands clear and well-defined between two men. Both have given noteworthy service to their com- munity and Both can be counted on to give more. "With ' no' thanks- to George Casey (who, despite appeafances.'is not running for mayor), their fight was above the belt. Give either of these men a good council, and the city will have good government. h.V Zi Z't,H one of Russia's satellite states this measure Is being brought InP".,0"-; e either thPr have t to rnoie British h servative candidates, partltu . r- buy connrmea oy Ms w.u, at this Session, and is not being , goods with that sterling, or you whn rp5lrt, , MlLra, M hplrt t.ii i.s . hefor an elec- ly in the farming areas which have lost their trat Ro.e is the only Communist who tion. In other words the St. Laur bonds on the British mr.rket. ever ant plpftprl tn t.ho T-frnn d! ent. povernment definitely Ls not The only effect merely of "ac-;Commons Tne news of his de. piaying politics with these un-cepting sterling" with no plaa. parture will cause only oae ie. fortunate people, to make use of that sterling, ?ret ln Canada. It is a pity that, The other day we came into would be to load up Canada with ike Mr Rose the olher commun- the House of Commons Chamber Only "Curtain" Countries ish markets because of incon-, vertlbility. They were in favor! of the Socred idea. But some of the other Conservatives had their eye on the Social Credit gains in British Columbia, and the recent pro-MrCarthv speeches of John Vote As They Are Told a pile of inconvertible Bntisa - - at 2:30 in the -afternoon to find 4 ! on every desk a sheaf of bright Rupert Museum money. AS WE waited in the lobbies, for VOTE INDEPENDENT ' L. yenow ..;.,.. ciiiy.sa,iiuiciuuuio. t fn,,nri h j i. 1 , 1 - Blackmore - and Socwd rt,j v.,-oiH..n piesid.n Gets Indian Stone Mortar Rev. E. O. Hansell. mese i-on-servatives wanted no truck or trade with Social Crediters under any circumstances.' Mr. Drew did his best just before' the vote was taken to try tn brine the two faction to- these had been supplied by the Members for Hamilton, and were : distributed in celebration of the I Grey Cup victory ot tne Hamilton Tiger-Cats. . in tne Commons last month, jj ' .'t-';' For.Aldermon ' fef, "V '-t.'-'j ' ' ( ; Maurice Bourget, jynamemary cnpounced he personally wouiu vmc uKa... lie Works, tabled a report of an the Social Credit proposal. 1V1! . investigation into measures for Dlefenbaker ,felt bound , by ,t)V; the reduction i of the Hood hazard hes he haa made ;.n l iln the Greater Winnipeg area,! ' h Tul t dated OctoDeri,19S3, prepared DyiC U followed Wnr: the Department ol Resources the vote I was comparing notes ; with the Hon. Douglas Abbuij who has just taken all his medi- I cal "shots" for travel to A us- j tralia via Asia. In Australia tit" 1 various finance ministers wijl 1 grapple with the very thing tlrat ; our own parliament, has been j discussing: ,', How to make the British p-iuncl 1 and Canadian dollar convert-!' lble. It would be a wonderful ; feather in Mr. Abbott's ca if he' could help with this, just before i his final budget. . .. ' :.' ! ' He is adamant, by the way,; that it is to be his final budget. PEOPLE are now having second ! thoughts about the unabashed ; defence of McCarthyism by the ! rugged Social Credit M P. from Lethbridge -i- John Blackmore. They are beginning to think, it j was not a mere one man show, t Half-way through that stormy; .rp?ejh, that is, on opening the second day's installment, Mr.! ;John looked glu.n for the I of the day. and Development. ' 1 You may have seen from time I to time references in the pres.1. j to the desirability of improving I the procedures in the House of For Transportation Without Obligation i Jf, . ' (Oecombtr 10 Long Season . LACOMBE, Alta. (CP) UnUsU- Ocmmons; a tew aays ago inr. ally mild autumn weather in this JHE. CASEY CAMP Laurent moved -"that a select dl.'trict resulted in golfers play-committee to be designated be ing daily up to the end of reappointed to consider with Mr. vember. . s.,.., lrtr tV,a rrn"Pliiri rf thll - ' " " ' " Newest addition to the Prince Rupert Museum's In-, dian displays is a stone mortar, presented by Dr. J. P. Cade. Dr. Cade reports the mortar was given him some 40 years ago by a Metlakatln Indian who said it was one of ifye utensils B.std" by (he Indians in tari!r days. The doctor a c c i d e n ,t a 1 1 y learned more of the early use of the mortar through an elderly Native woman patient. , . Curious as to wnat her people had done when a mother could not nurse; her baby, lie had questioned the woman-,; since in those diys there had been no cattle and canned milk an baby foods were unknown to the 'ndians. The woman said that they had tried to find another woman, able and suitable to substitute for the mother. If none could be found, she said, they used ground dried salmon, and pointing to the mortar, went through the motions of grinding up the salmon, adding boiling water, expressing the fatty liquid and feeding it to th new born baby. Her final remark "Quite a Jew grew up to.b strong, big men!" "' ' '" ' nouse xor tne puipucc ui ouggcT.- ing any changes that may be de- cTETT ERBOX sirable to assure the more ex PHONE GREEN 9J7 . Hills for Mayor Hills Knows How ... Elect Hills for Mayor ASSESS REFERENDl'MS pertinent information before the Blackmore stated he spoke only' mihlic. 1 for himself. , i peditious dispatch of public ; Dusiness." He said that he i thought it would be the desire of i ail members of the House to pro-j vide in the most efficient possible manner, for the orderly ! The Editor, The Daily News ' As a taxpayer, I find difficulty in assessing the referen-fiums being put before the electors. What is the city's long-term planning for the Algoma and Roosevelt Park areas? On .But meanwhile in Regina,' Saskatchewan, the Rev. E. J.' Hansell M.P., was also making a j forthright defence of Senator Joe McCarthy. Mr. Hansell, it will be remem- b.?red Ls the man who engineer- In March, 1952, the city council was aavised Vs the company 5 that it felt an extension should 1 be made to the diesel plant in f rince Rupert. j As Ihere was some doubt as to ! whether or not the company conduct of our deliberations, and he thought it was the general Reinforce him with four aldermen from rh i feeling that our rules and ' stand- Things then may sfcrt following list, hopper): - .7 would continue supply the ed the successful .capture of B.C. j to what advice is this planning by Social Credit in- the election i nnv. based? Are there anv ten- illJ ul ."- 952. He is generally rounder -as the real "brains" of "tho i'nbursement of expenditures .of 1 for (alive plans new municipal kniMin.Wtrt.rt-rtAm 4 l,..a. '.were rSt4.h eW'tttjuf. fx- ked . II. V. (il.ASSFV . XORMAN HKI.I.IS t i. V. J.V0NS fJtC(l:S'Ul4V,ALI IN THOMAS U.1.IOTT nrOK(ililt. CAKY; ; J. W. FKl'KKY - j john n rich: ', -""-JOHN MAlk-'w- M. K!tt Ffil.K W. SMITH i ing orders might be considered i by a Committee of the House, j with the Speaker, for the purpose j of reporting to the House whether or not in Uwir opitiiim4ii're 'jw'Snv'tf thie'"ttHe4''tni' it J would: bfiUnsiraiilJ,.Jhddily or i the sake of the orderly conduct ! of the business of the House. The i matter had been discussed with the leaders of the other groups i 1 r tVa TJrti eo onH If urn e ffPTlPT- eral need? How 11 auDy ire re- ' 1 ' juio. .cua pnitj. nrm n quired, by what date, at what I ine ; guarantees were not on- wouia appear mat me aociai likely location, and what is a taincd but at a regular city -Credit party is getting ready to much esiimatp nf likelv costs? "ouncil meeting held on April 15, ; make, itself the deliberate and Civil Servants The same reasoning can be ex-I a motion moved by Alder-j vocal champion of McCarthyLsm j pf HolidflVC Danded to cover waterworks and i 'nan Daggett, seconded by Alder-i in Canada. ,JCfc iiuiiuuf) other city talked-of projects. ; man Hills requested the power! 4 OTTAWA (CP) "Civil servants ,, .oiHri that it. would he Vote Right Ve May Go Ploecs Without Expert Advice KILLS knows how ; As a professional engineer i Kompany to proceed with the in- IN ONE of his socecnes in sup- tW year will not work the after- j ic'irable to have a committee cot un thnt. wnnM Ktlldv with the question whether the cit has ; "":- " ... .""""i port of Senator Joe McCarthy I ueiuic a uie uay auer Mr. Blackmore named Adlai Christmas and New Year's, therSpeaker tne rules they exist RUPERT RADIO AND ELECTRIC 313' Third Avenue West I'll one V44 ."..,"!,).,,..,. 1.i..J..i i c civil service commission afi- Stevenson and Dean Ache.son a We vant and then report to the House ! whether or not in their opinion any real plans, beyond yearly i capacity as outlined in their pre- ; necessities and council discus- ' vious submission of March, 1952. lions. Your present works su-1 Members attending this meet- perintendent is doing a good lnB were Aldermen Casey, Currie, job, but I expect he would be ; Olassey, Daggett, Gomez, Krue-the first to admit that his pros-' ?er, Pruskv. Hd's. with His Wor- nounccd. Both holidsj-s fall on Fridays. This time o;f for civil servants was approved by the cabinet last March. ThoFO who do not come among the "Communist top-notchers." This fantastic falsehood was based on "evidence" read by Mr. Blackmore from a book called there are modifications that it woujd be desirable to introduce. It was for the purpose of providing an opportunity for such ent limited staff forces his en- snip Mayor wnaien oniciating. All the aldermen voted in favor under the five-day week and 1 stu'y that the motion had been "McCarthyism" by the said Sen- of this motion who normally work Saturday ' put on the order paper and that I ator " Joe McCarthy The power company, following It could be Joe McCarthy is morninBs also wil1 Ret the Sat- ! the P.M. submitted it for the now to have his Charley Mc- uruiy5 lunuwing unnsimas ana consideration oi uie nomc. n Carthy here at Ottawa. I New Year's off. I carried -unanimously. notice of this motion, borrowed the necessary capital, prepared plans and specifications, received bids tor equipment and made Incidentally, Dean Ache.son is commitments for same in Octob- j one of the most universally re- lire energies to current problems only. j I Comparison with other cities' Jf this size and generally all situated in better positions j will show that an enlarged Engineering department is a Vmust" and will save Its own cost many times over, t We've had city-wide arguments on money problems in ihe past. I contend that most would have been unnecessary With proper advice from a city nglneering department. I sug a .i- spected men here. His auto- itted to purchase the diesel, ! 8raPned Photo hanS near the Queen's portrait in the home of certain aldermen who had pre- the Prime Minister of Canada. (Continued on page 5i . si. 11 its (out rrimege FOR GOOD CIVIC ADMINISTRATION gest to the new council, the VAA, the Ratepayers' Association and all taxpayers that this ls one of your most urgent problems and early consideration is warranted. I had hoped this might be the No. 1 plank in at least one candidate's platform. The crux of the situation appears to be lost rprsr m&asEir VOTE vv7 nil n lib' lib M in the multitude of unknowns, i G. NEELY MOORE, P Eng. DEC. 10th J. W. PRUSKY x The Editor, The Daily News: Mijrepresentations" have been FASHION FOOTWEAR FOR ALDERMAN issued by certain persons in respect to the Northern B.C. Power Company's operations such that it has become necessary to place j