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1954
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Olxsrall
.
4
Resolution
Adopted
At
Emergency
Meet
By
ERIC
SANDERSON
Party
Leaders
Hit
At
Ottawa
Policy
By
LARRY
STAMVOOD
The
two-month-old
battle
by
Prince
Rupert
to
keep
its
40-year-old
drydock
and
shipyard
rushed
into
still
another
crisis
today
as
local
Liberal
Tarty
leaders
placed
their
demands
for
action
before
the
federal
government.
i
Most
outspoken
was
T.
Nor-
j
operate
our
drydock
and
shp-on
Youngs,
president
of
the
va'd
ffr
the
last
40
years,
then
Prince
Rupert
District
Liberal
!
there
Is
even
greater
reason
to
4
.
Continued
operation
and
maintenance
of
the
Prince
Rupert
shipyard
and
drydock
"in
its
entirety"
is
demanded
by
the
executive
of
the
Prince
Rupert
A,
Liberal
Association.
It
J;
The
special
committee
will
meet
next
week
with
Bernard
Allen,
CNR
representative
in
the
?ale
negotiations,
who
Is
due
here
April
14.
The
40-ycar-old
plant
which
is
spread
over
an.
area
of
17
acres
lias
been
operated
at
a
J
Uociation.
who
stated
flatly
i
connnue
to
maintain
and
op-
erate
It
duo
to
our
evcr-inc-eas-
it
a
cpeelal
emergency
cxecu
live
meeting
last
night:
loss
for
the
past
four
years
by
ing
position
In
world
shipping."
The
executive
officers
declared
"great
disappointment"
that
no
far
the
Canadian
government
has
not
intervened
in
:
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V?:;
firO:
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l
-
mmmtmuM.
f-
II
the
CNR.
Operation
was
subsidized
by
the
Federal
Public
Works
Department
by
an
agreement
which
expired
March
31.
A
resolution
making
the
demand
on
the
federal
government
was
passed
last
night
at
a
special
emergency
meeting
of
the
association's
executive
officers.
It
was
airmailed
today
to
Transport
Minister
Chevrier,
Prime
Minister
St.
Laurent,
Fisheries
Minister
Sinclair
and
E.
T.
Applewhaite,
Liberal
MLA
for
Skeena.
It
is
a
climatic
move
in
a
battle
by
Prince
Rupert'
organizations
and
elected
individuals
to
forestall
the
sale
of
the
dry-dock,
announced
by
its
operators
the
Canadian
National
Railways
last
January.
The
resolution
emphatically
calls
on
"the
present
Liberal
goverment
of
Canada
to
keep
faith
with
the
declared
'
policy
steps
by
the
Canadian
National
:
r
"Any
government
that
is
so
lacking
in
appreciation
of
the
potentialities
of
this
great
north
country
as
to
take
such
a
retrograde
step
as
allowing
th"
piecemeal
disposal
of
the
dry-dock
.
.
.
can
never
expect
to
receive
the
support
of
the
electors
of
thbi
area
in
future
elections.
"
Walter
Smith,
president
of
the
city
Liberal
Association
and
chairman
of
the
meeting,
said
that
"there
is
no
question
that
the
drydock
must
be
kept
here.
JS
BLACK
RtNIiLE
lxiks
more
like
a
ball
of
wool,
ui;tju
Shepherd
dog.
Th
pride
of
Its
owner,
Railways
to
sell
the
drydock,
"in
spite
of
the
mountain
of
evidence
that
such
a
move
would
be
a
fatal
blow
to
Prince
Rupert."
Mr.
Smith
told
fellow
Liberals
that
"there
Is
no
reason
under
the
sun
that
Prince
Rupert
shouldn't
get
its
share
of
shipbuilding
which
Is
going
on
elsewhere
in
Canada."
J
exhibit
iit
a
recent
West
Berlin
dog
show.
S
Sale
of
the
plant
was
to
have
been
completed
by
April
1,
but
plans
to
let
it
go
were
given
a
six
-months
hoist
by
the
federal
government
after
the
wave
of
protests.
,
"
-
NO
REPORT
Although
it
was
reported
several
weeks
ago
that
a
spokesman
for
a
New
Westminster
group
would
arrive
here
shortly
to
complete
details
for
the
purchase
of
the
drydock,
no
report
of
sale
so
.
far
has
been
conr
,
firmed.
Backs
Legislation
CAPITAL
POLICEMAN"
Eugene
Barratone
accords,
red
carpet
treatment
to
this
squirrel,
a
Capital
Hill
inhabitant
that
became
confused
by
Washington
traffic.
A
Washington
park
habitue,
the
squirrel
was
apparently
in
search
of
new
feeding
grounds.
"It
should
be
put
into
first
class
shape
and
be
utilized.
We
need
a
shipyard
as
well
as
a
of
Liberalism
and
with
the
people
of
this
northwestern
part
of
Canada
by
assuring
the
con
rise
Criminal
Code
The
latest
move
to
get
federal
government
action
concern-.
Ing
the
future
of
the
drydock
follows
a
fieht
which
has
been
small
bnat
renalr
vard
tinued
operation
and
mainten
Airport
Committee
A
revision
of
law,
live
years
Jack
McRae,
former
Liberal
j
entered
by
private
citizens,
fish-
lvt
11
iniru
uuu
itiiui
reauiiiK.
An
amendment
by
Davie
Ful
ance
of
the
Prince
Rupert
dry-dock
and
shipyard
In
its
en
In
answer
to
protests
and
rep
MLA
for
Prince
Rupert,
and
1
.
mg
inff
erouns.
groups,
th
me
unamDer
Chamber
of
has
passed
the
ti.n
iPf-Kamlimml
to
send
the
il
code
t
back
l
into
Commons
ml?!
com
Presldcnl
"f
the
Skeena
Liberal
commerce
and
city
council.
tirety."
resentations
from
the
city
to
th
Ottawa
government.
Transport
here
still
are
a
Seeks
Survey
Report
MANY
PROTESTS
:,')
be
cleaned
up.
Association,
caiiea
ine
proposcai
Mr.
Youngs
said
he
had
an
removal
of
the
shipyard
"a
j
answer
to
the
government
state-
Announcement
01
the
propos
;
week
approved
Minister
Chevrier
said:
"It
is
felt
that
the
work
Carried
out
by
this
drydock
In
the
in
it
tee
on
clauses
dealing
with
habeas
corpus
was
defeated
94
to
59.
Another
amendment
by
Stanley
Knowles
(CCF-Wlnni-
covered
In
its
survey.
ed
drydock
sale
by
Donald
Gor
vhich
bolls
down
backward
step.
jment
that
the
drydock
cannot
He
said:
"our
economy
Is
dc-!
ooerated
economicallv
here.
J.
T.
Harvey
was
elected
chair
don,
CNR
chairman
and
presi
1
-tions
in
the
pendent
on
our
waterways.
We
-x
wouid
nke
to
point
to
the
man
of
the
new
committee.
J
1
7M
sections.
It
peg
North
Centre
to
study
scuuy
fur-
ui-:
-
nra.ln'llu
Hint
mrKOm
Umv.
..i
i
-
i
t
F.
Magar
was
named
vice-chair
ther
sections
dealing
with
mis-
industrial
i,.,.i
expansion
nnrinH
period
we
i
.
...
.
....
.
-
...
.
dent,
on
January
28
was
met
by
the
greatest
storm
of
protest
ever
waged
in
this
Pacific
Coast
port.
latter
years
does
not
warrant
the
expenditure
of
public
funds
for
r
substantial
annual
fleficits
and
the
very
large
expenditures'
required
to
rehabilitate
the
plant
and
equipment."
built
and
refitted
In
the
yards
man,
and
Charles
Foreman
sec
'
m,;
f
t
study
at
various
Jli
by
two
royal
fU
Senate,
Com-
chief
and
criminal
breeches
of
contract
was
defeated
by
S3
to
retary.
Other
members
are
Dr.
L.
M.
Greene,
Norton
Youngs.
Most
recent
move,
until
last
:r,ittees
of
both
59.
of
Victoria
and
North
Vancouver
when
they
could
be
handled
at
less
cost
in
Eastern
Canada.
So
what's
the
matter
with
handling
them
in
Prince
Mayor
George
Hills,
Pat
O'Neil,
night,
was
the
suggestion
by
a
Neely
Moore
and
Aid.
Ray
Ma-
Lean.
special
city
drydock
committee
that
local
businessmen
and
organizations
themselves
try
and
purchase
at
least
part
of
the
A
fact-finding
committee
was
:
COMMISSION
APPOINTED
A
royal
commission
to
redraft
the
code
was
appointed
in
194J.
i
A
second
royal
commission
took
i
up
the
study
in
1951
and
brought
i
down
a
draft
the
following
year.
The
draft
was
sent
to
the
8en-
He
said
that
Sir
Wilfred
Efforts
to
obtain
complete
Information
on
the
results
of
surveys
for
airport
sites
In
the
Prince
Rupert
area
will
be
made
by
the
city's
newly-appointed
airport
committee.
This
was
decided
at
the
committee's
first
meeting
yesterday.
.
The
federal
government
will
be
asked
to
release
details
of
its
recent
survey
on
Digby
Island,
while
the
RCAF
and
private
companies
known
to
have
been
interested
In
an
airport
here
also
will
be
approached
Tor
all
available
information.
It
was
further
agreed
that,
if
the
need
is
indicated,
the
committee
should
have
a
survey
taken
on
Its
own
behalf.
Particular
reference
was
made
to
Delusion
Bay
on
Digby
Island
where
preliminary
investigation
has
shown
that
an
airport
might
be
feasible
and
Mr.
Chevrier
said
he
hoped
that
a
purchaser
would
be
found
who
would
operate
the
plant
.
.
,
to
take
care
of
local
requirements.
No
such
requirement,
however,
was
included
in
the
terms
of
purchase.
Here
is
the
resolution
as
drafted
by
the
special
Liberal
executive
meeting
last
night:
r
"Whereas
Sir
Wilfred
Laurier
up
first
thorough'
af
riminol
law
since
ijj
as
adopted
in
4
10
the
Senate.
$
Progressive
Con-r(s
made
two
at-l:iy
night
lo
ob-.Ifiation
of
certain
ii
the
measure
was
Laurier
and
the
Liberal
Party
had
a
vision
for
Western
Canada
when
the
drydock
was
es
have
ever
known.
"If
there
was
a
good
reason
t'J
Tanker
Here
From
Halifax
Two
visiting
ships
are
in
Prince
Rupert
harbor
today,
one
a
grain
ship
of
Greek
registry
and
one
a
tanker
out
of
Halifax.
The
Nicolas
Kairis
of
Greece,
skippered
by
Capt
Ellas
Galetas.
arrived
at
10
a.m.
yesterday
from
Yokahoma,
Japan.
She
started
taking
on
barley
shortly
after
her
arrival
and
will
leave
soon
named
with
Mr.
Youngs
as
chairman.
Other
members
are
Mr.
Moore
and
Dr.
Greene.
The
committee
will
hold
its
next
meeting
April
23.
It
hopes
to
have
enough
Information
shortly
for
the
submission
of
a
comprehensive
brief
to
the
government
on
the
whole
airport
drydock
and
maintain
service
to
fishermen.
Aside
from
the
loss'
of
facilities
to
shipping
here,
removal
of
the
drydock
or
its
piecemeal
dismantling
is
viewed
as
detrimental
to
the
fishing
fleet
which
has
been
serviced
In
the
past
by
the
drydock.
and
the
Liberal
Party
establish
tablished
here.
"There
is
no
reason
why
that
vision
now
should
be
a
mirage.
If
the
drydock
goes,
we
can
resign
ourselves
to
becoming
a
museum
piece
of
the
west
coast."
Mr.
McRae
said:
"Imagine!
Aican
shortly
will
bring
an
ed
a
drydock
and
shipyard
in
i
ate
in
1952,
but
the
Upper
:
Chamber
did
not
complete
study.
!
The
code
was
redrafted
by
the
i
government
and
after
consider-'
ation
by
the
Senate
it
was
re-I
fern
d
to
a
Commons
committee
j
which
proposed
a
third
draft,
the
present
legislation.
'
Now,
a
27-member
Commons-1
''.'nut
committee
is
studying
whether
and
how
the
code
should
Prince
Rupert
to
develop
the
lighter
jwrfjr
north
coast
of
British
Columbia
and
foster
trade
with
the
Orient;
for
the
first
open
port
In
Japan,
"Blue
Rain"
Splatters
North
Detroit
Homes
Her
35
men
have
two
police
dogs
ocean
freighter
into
this
area
every
six
days,
the
Ketchikan
barge
Service
is
just
commencing,
and
there
is
talk
of
demolishing
the
drydock."
less
costly
than
at
other
sites.
he
amended
concernine
capital
i
aboard
as
mascot.
and
coiDoral
punishment
and!
The
Unitanker,
sister
ship
to
The
government
will
be
asked
specifically
if
this
ground
was
"izes
will
open
in
i
here
Monday
with!
lotteries.
The
committee
started
work
a
few
weeks
ago
and
some
the
Imperial
Vancouver,
came
through
the
Panama
Canal
from
Halifax,
picking
up
a
load
at
l-'it'T
charges
and'
DETROIT
W
Astonished
De-
high.
(See
Drydock,
Page
3)
Trade
Group
To
Visit
Osaka
Area
TOKYO
A
60-man
Cana
iwt
count
to
be
San
Francisco
for
delivery
here,
parliamentarians
feel
It
may
bike
two
years
to
complete
the
Job.
OLD
COUNTRY
FOOTBALL
She
reached
Prince
Rupert
at
Y
M.
Coady
is
ex-f
'
c
at
the
sessions.
One
unofficial
theory,
for
instance,
was
that
it
might
have
come
from
the
hydrogen
bomb
tests
in
the
Pacific.
There
was
positively
no
expert
support
for
that
one.
Civil
defence
launched
an
in
Library
to
Close
The
Library
in
the
Civic
Centre
will
be
closed
from
Tuesday
to
Friday,
inclusive,
because
the
painters
are
moving
in
Tuesday
morning,,
library
officials
announced
today.
It
will
re-open
Saturday.
Too,
the
legal
defence
01
m-
1:30
p.m.
yesterday.
Skippered
by
Capt.
Strang,
the
Unitanker
court
house
at!su,llt'
10
criminal
charges
and
the
problem
of
criminal
sexual
has
been
plying
the
east
coast
psychopaths
are
being
'
studied
j
for
some
time
but
served
origin-by
royal
commissions.
1
ally
on
the
west
coast.
n
case
is
srhed-
1
the
parade
of
1
''U'tf.
Geoiire.
'
troiters
are
talking
today
about
their
"blue
rain."
For
the
time
being
at
least
it
seemed
of
as
much
concern
as
the
price
of
coffee
or
other
such
major
problems.
The
"blue
rain"
made
Its
appearance
here
Thursday,
splotching
hundreds
of
homes
on
the
northwest
side.
But
Detroit
was
not
the
only
place.
Davenport,
Iowa,
was
another.
Houses
were
flecked
with
tiny
blue
spots.
Some
of
It
was
purplish-blue.
One
handsome
white
house
here
was
spattered.
Science
came
up
with
explanations
after
excitement
had
run
LONDON
O;
Results
of
soccer
games
played
in
the
United
Kingdom
today:
ENGLISH
LEAGUE
Division
1
Arsenal
3,
Liverpool
0
Aston
Villa
5,
Burnley
I
Blackpool
2,
Manchester
U
0
Cardiff
C
2,
W
Bromwich
0
vestigation
and
determined
there
wag
"no
cause
for
alarm."
BLAME
TREES
Elm
tree
buds
that's
what
it
was
in
Detroit
apparently.
Dr.
Joseph
G.
Molner,
city
health
commissioner,
who
advanced
the
explanation,
said
the
sl:arRecl
with
man-'"HiiecUon
with
a
I
f'lood
Bridtje
near
I
,,-
Day,
in
which
'
of
Terrace
was
f
i
"Ji-rcs
a,-,,
against
I
J
,k-
Houston
log-i
dian
trade
mission
to
Japan,
headed
by
Grant
McConachie,
president
of
Canadian
Pacific
Airlines,
left
Tokyo
today
for
a
week's
tour
of
th
Osaka
area.
The
Canadian
group
from
the
Vancouver
Board
of
Trade
arrived
here
Friday
and
was
feted
at
an
official
reception
by
the
Japan
Federation
of
Economic
Organizations
and
Japan
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
Industry.
The
Canadian
delegation
is
in
Japan
to
Increase
trade
between
Japan
and
Canada,
under
a
new
trade
agreement
signed
April
1.
buds
had
fallen
to
the
ground,
rested
on
the
damp
earth,
and
had
then
been
blown
forcefully
in
the
death
of
Carlson,
also
a
against
the
houses
by
Wednes
day
night's
big
wind-storm.
Chemicals
In
the
house
paint
probably
contributed
to
the
ultimate
coloring,
he
said.
Davenport's
analysis
was
sim
WEATHER
Forecast
North
coast
region
Cloudy
with
a
few
showers
today,
intermittent
rain
Sunday.
A
little
warmer.
Wind
southwest
20,
becoming
southerly
30
tomorrow
morning.
Low
tonight
and
high
Sunday
at
Port
Hardy
38
and
50;
Sand-spit
and
Prince
Rupert
38
and
Fourth
game
of
the
Stanley
Cup
finals
between
Detroit
Red
Wings
and
Montreal
Canadlcns
will
be
broadcast
over
CFPR
beginning
at
0:05
p.m.
tonight.
Detroit
leads
2-1
in
the
best-of-seven
series.
ilar.
Scientists
in
that
city
reported
microscopic
examination
showed
the
flecks
were
caused
by
a
type
of
vegetable
material,
probably
pollen
spores.
Chelsea
2,
Bolton
W
0
Huddersfield
T
2,
Tottenhum
5
Manchester
C
5,
Middlesbrough
2
Portsmouth
2,
Newcastle
U
0
Sheffield
U
1,
Preston
N
E
1
Sunderland
2,
Sheffield
W
4
Wolverhampton
5,
Charlton
A
0
Division
II
Blackburn
R
3,
Birmingham
CO
Brenford
0,
Luton
T
1
Bristol
R
3,
Plymouth
A
1
Bury
2,
West
Ham
U
0
Derby
C
1,
Nottingham
F
2
Doncaster
R
0,
Leeds
U
0
Everton
1,
Stoke
C
I
Hull
c
0,
Leicester
C
3
'
Lincoln
C
3,
Swansea
T
1
Notts
C
1,
Rotherham
U
2
Oldham
A
2,
Fulham
3
.
SCOTTISH
LEAGUE
1
Division
A
East
Fife
2,
Stirling
A
1
Falkirk
0,
Raith
R
3
Partick
T
4,
Hamilton
A
0
Queen
of
S
6,
Airdrieonlans
2
St.
Mirren
3,
Dundee
0
Division
B
Morton
0.
Albion
R
1
Motherwell
6,
Dumbarton
8
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Local
Red
Cross
Drive
Passes
Quota;
More
Returns
Expected
,-,;
Jan
Hoy
local
branch.
At
the
same
time,
C.
A.
Scott,
provincial
Red
Cross
Commissioner,
visited
Prince
Rupert
to
discuss
the
re-organization
program.
David
Radford
was
elected
president
of
the
Prince
Rupert
branch,
succeeding
Mr.
Saville
who
resigned
after
holding
the
position
for
an
extended
period.
Mr.
Saville
continues
his
active
association
with
Red
Cross
work
and
had
a
large
part
In
directing
this
year's
campaign.
;riT
vnwe,
died
are
getting
from
the
Queen
Charlottes
and
other
outside
points
Is
very
gratifying."
Last
year,
with
the
same
objective,
the
drive
fell
short
by
more
than
$400.
Later
It
appeared
that
the
local
branch
might
be
discontinued
altogether.
This
caused
wide
concern
that
the
Prince
Rupert
district
would
lose
Its
Red
Crosi
services,
with
the
result
that
various
organizations
and
civic
leaders
undertook
to
strengthen
the
position
of
the
Latest
returns
from
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
have
put
Prince
Rupert's
Red
Cross
drive
over
the
top,
Stan
Saville
at
campaign
headquarters
report-1
ed
today.
Objective
for
this
district
was
$5,500.
"While
we
are
barely
above
the
quota
at
the
moment,
there
are
still
so
many
places
yet
to
be
heard
from
that
we
are
certain
to
exceed
the
objective
by
a
substantial
amount,"
Mr.
!
Saville
said.
"The
support
we
St.
Johnstone
0.
Dunfermline
0
""y
niRht
frnm
When
:
"
SCOTTISH
CUP
.
Semi-Finnl
Aberdeen
6,
Rangers
0
At
Hampden
Park,
Glasgow:
Amateur
International
Scotland
0.
Ireland
0
TIIKFE
MEMBERS
of
a
ski
expedition
made
up
of
seven
Ontario
skNmountalneers
and
a
Swiss
guide'
are
shown
near
Jasper
Park,
at
the
outset
of
a
200-mile
journey
through
the
Canadian
Rockies
Left
to
right:
Ted
Pope
and
Peggy
Austin,
both
of
Toronto,
and
Peter
Bennett,
Oak-vllle
The
expedition
hopes
to
make
history
by
crossing
the
Rockies'
tremendous
Icefields
on
skis.'
Their
first
attempt
ended
22
miles
from
Jasper
when
deep
snow
blocked
their
way.
13-year-old
it
sto
fPPed
frnm
the.