OTTAWA D1AW Prince Rupert Daily News As I Sec It Monday, February 1, 1954 By Norman M. MacLeod the five per cen, . available' t0 Premier Maurice Duplessis is definitely taxing the patience of the Federal Cabinet Ministers vn Independent dally newspaper devoted to the upbuilding of Prince Rupert ftnd Northern and Centra British Columbia. -Member of Canadian Press Audit Bureau of Circulations Canadian Dally Newspaper Association. Published by The Prince Rupert Daily New Limited. J. F. MAOOR, President H. O. PEKRY, Vice-President ,..nii Im pxasneratiiiB slowness which .,J c t "-- j n with which he is laying his pro-'ers therefore ni!U"ei; more vincial income tax cards face up, Duplessis man,.. Subscription Rates: on the political table main mnm, i ly carrier Per week, 25c; per month, 1.00; per y, 10.0P. t&gi, j ly mall Per month, 75c; per year, 18 00. '.ru vol uthorlzed as second class mall by the Post Offlne D?partment, Ottawa What the St. Laurent Cabin-eteers want to lie able to judge i is whether the Union National tuition with the j,; here and that an u U DrODOsa Ik rm! .... I ii ii in mil ii . ; : turwarc Hail Robbie Cnieftain is acting from desper- ately in the hope u lation ation as as a result of his financial I cause the end . 7 s - opened. If that should Im, position, or whether he is simply launching an anti-Liberal offensive euslve on on the me on old and ana tried iriea ; hind the Duplessi laT .rovincial rights issue. They W n,X minds1 , , al a iiriiwikn ii - l v ud their , w J " t Will HUl'CrttQ It is , At on this point after seeing the , here that , - legislation. As a result, they Laurent is to rroriih. provinces h" r f tor t- miti any LAST MONDAY was Robbie Burns's birthday, and lying on my desk in the House of Commons is a small piece of white paper which would have warmed Robbie's heart. It i.s a bill to amend the charter of the Associated Canadian Travellers. The old charter reads: "Any WHITE male person, over tlit full age of eighteen years, may . . ." The new charter reads: "Any I find the slowness of Hie Quebec 'premier in making the legislation available highly aggravut-jiiig. The favorite theory in govern- THE S0.000-TON U'XliRY I.INFR Oronsay Iniugurated a new trans-Pacific service, drx-king al Vancouver with l.iou passengers. She is sh iwn here passing under the: famous Lions Gate bridge at Vancouver. means. And Quebec jS: Hon from that m, that Premier buolti. niained fairly careful; fence in recent Fmu elections hasn't dm, to hurt his case will, u government here Try Daily NewsO - DAILY NEWS LETTERBOX - nient Liberal circles here Is that Premier Uuplessis is acting from motives of finunciul stringency. Treasury circles point out that last year Ontario receiver! 123 UUO.000 under lis tax deal with the Federal Govern MM 'IIINKS PART OF THE PICTI HK Inexcusable that such short i LAND I'll ... . ., ' TUa VHU, ; notice should have been given. ' The Editor, j It is not reasonable to assume The Daily News: male person, over me inn age -. of eighteen, may . . ." The Daily News: ment. Because of the Uuplessis mat potential puicnaAers can rvwwratiilntlnnn In the hoard irimilnvleal xlmwl That one word change is the we have heard several argu- greatest sign of the times there men Is pro and con NBC Power Investigate the advisability of of W()rjS anfi council for their ,m the issue of provincial rights, MOFF is in the whole world today. The derision on purchasing two the French-speaking province )Ullllunr uiiu limine LI1C licira sary arrangements for operation versu.s Bt; power Commission. Pnnsirierahlo flisrllssinn nlwn mi r.nl. rivorllwmi.ne Iw Nnc;'" P"" of tWO months CONSTI I.I.ATI0N (i, of nnmmrallvJ Whether or not disposal Pnwer k)i aw i n ? machines instead of the combin- received no corresponding pay- i atlon Christmas tree that was'ment. It's a large sum of money first intended. i to miss, and the theory in gov- A small shovel with attach- eminent circles here is that in.ents, probably could dig rock Hon. Mr. Duplessis is finding it RANGE! :loats Need Faster Action it is reassuring to note that official WHILE action is finally shaping up for the Cow Bay "loats, the procedure being followed does not seem 0 be the fastest in the world. Before the B.C. government attempts to pass esponsibility for repair and maintenance of the 'loats to Ottawa, why does it not take steps now to )ut them in decent condition? As things stand, the government at Ottawa is being asked to take over 1 very much damaged piece of goods. This is likely :o cause a considerable amount of stalling because governments react in much the same way as people A-hen they suspect that someone is trying to slip them a poor article. If the property does ultimately pass into the hands of the federal government, it will probably be for the better as. Fisheries Minister Sinclair appeared to be quite in earnest when he spoke here last summer of the need for improved harbor facilities for fishermen. Meanwhile, however, it is up to Victoria to keep the floats in shape until the deal is completed. Passing the buck is not a substitute for repair. Let's see those tools in action now, and the legislators can tell us about their paperwork afterwards. Support Our Scouts and Cubs the Boy Scouts' appeal for funds starting WITH this week, we commend for your attention the following remarks by F. E.. Anfield, district commissioner of scouting: "Thanks to the support of Prince Rupert folk, Scouting and Cubbing in our city are marching right along with the rest of Canada. Our 200 Scouts the drydock would be in the best economic interests of this district depends on Its ultimate use old barriers of color, caste, class, tongue and nationality are breaking down. The whole human race Is coming to see that the man's the man, "for a' that." HERE in Canada our problems of race and color are not ser- and muskeg, and Algoma Pane 1 difficult to finance without it. rates. I would suggest that the rates as published show only part of the picture. Would NBC Power be prepared to publish a similar compari- ii pmuiBsei. will be well urnamenied with Another Federal theory is that the Quebec Premier is I think it is Imperative that ; a $17,000 ds sitting there all without delay all interested; day on garbage, while a D4 wide bodies in Prince Rupert includ- (gauge with iO-lnch pads could ious. Of course, we have our son of rates for sman business- great underlying national prob ing the city council, cnamncr.do all the landfllllng and bull- dozing Prince Rupert will ever untiling for a reconvening of the Dominion-Provincial Constitutional Conference which collapsed here three years ago. On the surface at least, his proposal of a 15 per cent tax appears to be one which will require negotiation with Ottawa, but to which Ottawa could hardly be expected to accede, since it would mean giving Quebec a preference over of Commerce, Junior Chamber of Commerce and Unions should endeavour to obtain the following information: 1. Is the drydock to be sold as a going concern or piecemeal and by public tender want at approximately between $10,000 and ll.0W), which means a difference of about $6,000. A D4 weighs approximately three tons less, which means a lot in wet and soggy ground. It is about two feet shorter in length, offset by weight of three tons less than the D6. es, stores, etc.? How about larger users of power, hotels, canneries, etc.? Is there a demand or contract rate? How do these rates compare? I suggest that the rate presently charged larger users i.s very high and would welcome a rebuttal of this statement. Some time ago I heard figures to the effect that the parent Power Co. was not receiving proper interest on their investment. The opinion could have been voiced that NBC Power was in other businesses besides the lem of the "reluctant twin state the destined living together of French-speaking Catholics and English-speaking Protestants. Whether wc realize it or not, we are making steady progress in that. And anyone who lives in B.C. must also know that there has been a tremendous change, lor the better, in the relationships between the majority population and th minorities, especially of Asian origin. The real race problems of our times centre most in the U.S.A. and in Africa. Here in Canada or otherwise? 2. Does the proposed sale necessarily mean that operations will cease as far as It's track pins and bushings the eovernment is concern-; are only one-eighth-inch small- BOV SCOUT FINANCIAL APPEAL February I - February 6 Here's a new high ii magic, The Modal C tion Series for 54. 9 Gleaming Forcdn Fully Automatic Prismatic He mm The all-new Bu t Unite "King-site" Plus a host at features. MODI.!. 211 'I ed on March 31, 1954? j er ln diameter, and lis track pad Will any arrangement be 'bolts 116-inch smaller in dia- made for job security of meter. It has the same bore and nresent emolovees' I stroke and two cylinders less, producing and selling of power, and such earnings were of value Have other departments of government, and in particular the Department of Na we crab a lot at our big andand Enould be given considera-good neighbor, the U.S A.-and j tlon The relail gtorei wiring we much more cutting and ' say and service departments we, e critical things in private than rcferred l0 ot course DELUXE we ever do in public. But let us ' IT AM Others frnm and the D6 beats it by only 22 horsepower, but you pay approximately $8,000 more for that. A D4 ts one of the popular sizes in a medium tractor, and produces good results. A D6 won't do twice as much work over it either, and the saving could go a long way towards the park, but Rupert just can't help spending all its money. We have a lot of streets, sew- if NBC Power is interested in a new contract and they seem ! give credit where credit is due. In all the history of this cen- Use Our Budgf j to be, in spite of the talk of mak- tional Defence, been canvassed as to whether or not they are interested? 5. Has the government any intimation of a possible purchaser and if so, to what uses would the drydock be put by such purchaser? 6. Is it the Intention of the Luiy, uu ticu iwiiuu cm ..mu , , mnnev let NTHP Power greater changes, for the better,1. have contract , for ,c 25 . ...,, McRAEB B0f SCOUTS V,vf ers and water mains that will eovernment to make the LIMITED The Store That Sm-Phone 6 ! sale conditional upon the! take a-lot or money, ana-Keep ' Objective $2500 purchaser maintaining suf-'h" citv broke without worrying ficient eaulDment and . about any back lanes, which is a years with ' a program based on five-year periods. This program would show: Expected Demand; Power Available; Rates. The item "Rates" would cover domestic, commercial, and most important, industrial rates. Let our Industrie: Rale for power be a bargaining agent, for thfl city. Let it be a part of the contract that a reserve potential of power be kept available on a than the U.S.A, has made in this ! thing . called "the color ques- j tion." , Granted that much more re- mains to be done than has been done. 6ranted that there is nothingly remotely approaching genuine equality of treatment as between whites and coloreds in the southern U.S.A., it is stil! true that the U.S.A. has made wonderfully effective flank attacks on this age-old problem. The army has led In this great advance. THE facilities to adequately ser- reason enough to make all the ; vice fishing vessels of all! dollars go as far as possible to types? ! f?e' the most in equipment for For reasons of national secur- less, ity alone the government should I The taxpayers should take a retain and completely rehabili- lesson from trade organizations tate the drydock. It is the only which band together for im- Uvo or three-month basis. Do not again have the situation installation of its kind north of proving their standards of liv- ALUMINUM C0MPA OF CANADA LIMIT Vancouver and In the event of ing and fair relations with in- war would be of incalculable idustry, and form a solid union value. If it should cost three UI vuxpaycia Willi 111 KuiuActiiuua such as the Civic Affairs Asso where "Demand" is so great that the installation of one diesel plant must be rushed to balance "Power." Let the city be able to offer a definite amount of power at a definite cost within a definite IN AFRICA, the white minority can never really "win" the war with rebellious elements such as the Mau Maus. For the real war is in the mind of the white man himself Am I or am iriTIM AT wnDia million dollars to put in shape, this is not a large sum when It Is anticipated that approximately one-half of the national income for the next fiscal year will be spent on defence. In and Cubs are part of the record 150,000 boys now enrolled in this great character-building program across the Dominion, in which your boy, my boy, every boy, of all races, all creeds and colors can play the Scout game ; can learn to equip themselves for citizenship, to keep in step with Canada's future. Scouts andCubs make future community leaders. "Your help is, asked and needed to keep the Scout organization' going. The boys look after their own expenses, uniforms, dues, camp fees, etc., but the overhead of the group and the district association must be your responsibility and mine. It is beyond the financial ability of the boy. Scouting and Cubbing is the biggest boys' work program in Prince Rupert as well as in. Canada and indeed in the whole world, where their numbers now exceed six million. You can strengthen our Scout and Cub work for Prince Rupert boys by your donation in our one and only annual appeal for funds. We require $2,500.00 for leadership training, for camping equipment, for extension and other operating expenses. "Scouting appeals to the free peoples of the world-Uo -cij-ififebs nroughJut cWi&fcJ, to ft$iiji'im Prince 'Rupert. We get no grants or funds other than what our friends in the city will give us, a token of your faith in what we strive to do for the Scout-Cub family in Prince Rupert, your boys and mine. "If you 'believe in boys real Canadian boys then you will support Scouting. Your help is asked to make sure that the amazing progress of the Boy Scout movement is continued throughout 1954 please give generously." ciation, to be closer to city business and improvements, for we as city taxpayers, pay a big role in city money affairs all year round, that of St. Nickalways giving. TAXPAYER. I not going to admit that all time. Let the city be in a postmen are really born with equal i tlon to compete with power rates rights to live equal lives? elsewhere. With the closing of addition substantial revenue If the white man finally an- I the dry dock, for the first time j would accrue from a large num-swers "yes" to that, he may j in years waterfrontage will he- her of the 300 or more ships a stay in Africa as an equal. I come available, this waterfront- year that will use the port of Otherwise It is onlv a miestlnn age coupled with firm power Kitimat, Is now accepting applications for future a ployment In its smelter at Kltinmt, BC, the following categories: 0 Aluminum Production Workers' H U! WHY CilVK IT? The Editor. f time till he is shot out. might make-the city attractive it may very well w, that sale iTTib riiiilv Newu: ryao-fyrm.-.nwn "fa wriU.r of ,"- As the 'fishing reasons" shorten, ment would not be ln the best so it is that power, its lack or interests of either -the -country the. letter in Saturday's edition of the Daily News, regarding the drv clock. It was a letter well availabUity, will have an m-, as a whole or of this district. A. BRUCE BROWN, MLA. written, with facts and figures; O Millwrights -. Machine CONCJKATIXATIONK May Seek Meet With Cabinet By JOHN LeBLANC Canadian Press Staff Writer creasingly greater effect on everybody who makes their living in tlie city. If NBC Power is not prepared to agree with the idea that available power Is easier to sell than no power, let them go, bring In the BC Power Commis- The Editor, The Daily -News: . of I have been a resident O Welders O Electricians and Linem O Armature Winders and it Is quite obvious that Mr. Tatteisall has more common sense regarding this subject than some of our business heads. Why give up so easily? What Is worth having is surely worth fighting for. Mr. Tattersall has lit the spark; let's all get behind him and keep it going! As for the power situation, may I be permitted a word on that too. All this talk of so-called "public ownership," when it is at the expense of the people, makes me sick. Haven't we something good right at hand in our present Northern B.C. Power Co.? To the few aldermen who OTTAWA. The first move of ion, which has at least, devel-a new anti-unemployment com- ,oped fhre power than private mittee of Canada's two largest ! industry, in many areas, labor congresses is expected to i RESIDENT, be a request for a meeting with j cabinet members. THE DRY HOCK The committee was set up The Edltor' jointly this week by the Trades The Dailv Nws: and Labor Congress of Canada I I was both Prised and per-and the Canadian Congress of turbed to learn of the intention Labor to draft Dlans for Dress- ot the Federal Government to o Automotive ana uie Prince Rupert for 45 years, and would appreciate it if you would publish the only letter that I have ever written any newspaper. I would like to congratulate Aldermen Bellis, Gomez, Brem-ner, Lyons and Krueger for the rvvirocre they had in resolutely opposing the re-llcencing of a bootlegger. I also notice that Alderman Casey was the only Alderman who voted in favor of re-licencing a convicted bootlegger. I feel that someone should commend the council for Its action, and I would like to do so. A TAX PAYER. REFLECTS and REMINISCES E3ay Mechanics O Operating Engineers ing governments at all levels for action to ease the Impact of rising unemployment. It was the first joint acLion dispose of the drydock. Its announced intention not to renew its agreement with the CNR appears to mean that operations will end on March SI next. The bulk of the Company's employees will cot sist of Aluminum Production Workers. Pr" experience is not required as those CCEP If, during early days at Prince travel of possibly less conse- Rupert, misgivings as to the fu- quence. Despite sea planes, there ture of the city were felt jt was are still a few folks who still usually banished by the drydock love the comforts of the seas and ship repair plant then under without the airplanes. brought this whole stupid business about, I say, "Your slip Is showing and It could be a pink slip." "SCOTTY" It think it is a most inoppor tune time to close this plant and . 1 Irarliumtn Will i construction. No one could have in three years by the rival congresses, who said In a statement Tuesday, after their meeting, that unemployment is the biggest problem facing the country. The top-level committee of considered for the other categories. Money tioes not talk to the extent that it will give itself away. The Company offers steady employmw-' good wages in a growing industry a" PP tunity to participate In Its pension, life ins There is an old saying that "Mike and ike look alike. It ever dreamed that In 1954 the railway would suddenly, and certainly unexpectedly, be prepared to offer the total establishment for sale as it stood. And it took years to get awey from the conviction that Industrial machinery such as this magnificent dock was sufficient guarantee of future employment. This was the prize display. ance and other welfare plans to own should not be understood though inri hrlnir iin n fnmllv ill a new 8110 the two congresses will not be meeting until early next week, but informants in both congresses say It likely will propose first a meeting with key members of the federal government. This Is not expected to develop until after Feb. 11, when the unemployment committee that this pertains to Messrs community. Pearson and Eisenhower. Mr r: v u'kiii.n.i Fmninvment Maff' urire rin k in Prince Kupert, B- BALLOT BALLOT THE ALEX HUNTER AWARD FOR GOOD CITIZENSHIP Please consider my nomination of: x ; x for the outstanding citizen of Prince Rupert for the year 1953 My NAME ..! My ADDRESS. : ...1.. BALLOT r,n in aml return lo lhe DAIlY NEWS ' BALLOT not laler tban FEBRUARY 4, 1954 reports to a larger Joint body on the 8th and 9th of February for the purK of interviewing and taking applied'0"5 . Some distilleries are reporting increased profits. Or in other ' words, fluid assets. interested persons. He may be contacir set up by the TLC and CCL on co-operation generally. Apart from trying to put heat on the cabinet, the congresses, with a total membership of 965,- Pei hrps we need a small dose of austerity to bring us back ta our senses and get down to work;, comments the Lethbridge Herald. There is more than a hint that people today are expecting too much for too little. EXPORTS RESUMED For the first time in 12 years. Said to be the costliest ship ever built in. Britain, the P & O liner Arcadia has sailed down the Clyde to commence her THE NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT SERV'ft Prince Rupert between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 P ra' 000, will be sending out sugges tions to their affiliates across the country to bring their ideas Asiatic service. Another indica tion of more activity in the Bri India Is permitting the export of to the attention of provincial and municipal governments. wheat flour. Ush. shipping world, and air