OTTAWA DIARY By Norman M. MacLeod India Free From Fear Of Famine ! NEW DELHI (Reuters) India j at last is free from the spectre ! R credit ,.K wh focused ' i-tntnendfnt dally newspappr iievc.n m the u),rttillc!l:ip of Prliir Rupert1 and Northern and Ont.ral liritl.sli t'Dlimibla Membfr of Canadian Pres.-, Audit liim'im ut Chrvilatlonl - . Canaolan Dailv Newspaper As.mii niticn. il'- Published by Tile Prince Rup.rl lht: Kr Limited. J. P. MAOOR. Pl-Hsldi-iil K ll l'Kll!-V. Vn-e-Pn-slnVnt Mub.TlpTinn Rates: ,wr , -y carrier Per week, '.w, per mmiTh tl on. jjer yem , $lniiO Vh t-'iioji-ly mall Per montli. 7fe; per year. sSOu Sii" ttllortred as worm class i.iall 1,7 il,e p - r.rfi.'e liepHrtinenv Ottawa. 0 ''PWft.i,i Mtli,. or. raniament annmoly. One MP who is ending the ses- present Parliamentary session, sion literally at the peak of his , He really has got Into the Mber-' Parliamentary form is General ul government's hair. 1 George Pearkes, VC, of Esqul- malt-Raanlch. For example, just about three1 Ordinarily, General Pearkes is; weeks ago the Qeneral ferreted a modest sort of person. He is out the fact that, while 111' win ;o modest that the Parlianien- j whs buying canned Canadian tary Guide carries no mention in jjork at something below accept, his biography of the heroic ex-,ed world prices, the Soviets were ploit in which he won his Vic- j also buying high-grade pulpwond torla Cross. Tlie reuson the lor fibre purposes at prices sub- WARNIN Talking II Over nf recurrent famine. Rice production has ron by 22 per cent since last year. Wheat production is up by cii'ht per cent. Stocks of wheat in the EPIDEMIC ! country total 31)0,000 tons, con- jsidered sufficient to nifet any j immediate emergency, and ' i wheat imports this year will be i infested water Parliamentary Guide is silent on stanllally in excess of normally the point is that the MPs who understood world prices. Gem-rare described In it furnish their al Pearkes established the fact own biographies. General Peark- that (hp pulpwood In question leport, from , fhe lowest since Indin hernniH independent. hsl-s n v,'r sf," f'l l,j o into Rationing' of rice and wheat ! ,lu' ll, l:'ils "f MHry r.vr- hn heen nhnlisherl Rolf-snfrt- 1 Vice, , -. .....r,,r,y. ATTf, ALL FISHERMEN... Hw" carSafety-Che.-k.-datR Motors and . , what " CAR? WKI.I, tit .'.' KIT YOU OUT Rmnn '.12 ( liovmlrt Si-dmi. ( condition 'mn-hanical Paint ix-rlH-t. R.1(lli heater. Sound vitiu ut. 15 '.11 I'lilltiuc Sedan. Q(l - and heutcr. Oi.iy ; I I On his iiriwil hero back in ' 1W5 Par::um !,t Hill political i circles definitely under-estimated the ellecliveness of the gen-jeral. Knowing his modesty, they j figured that lie belonged ill th" : category of war heroes who become imlitical uccidents and dis-uppcar from public life after a I brief baptism of fire. That was-, n't the Pearkes' way of doing ' tliim-s bv i.: c-iuns. , The VC heio took up his position on the Ottawa political stage just as lie would have done on any battle ground. He took for which Moscow was paying a premium price, was callable of being processed ililo high explosives. During the current week, the General has discovered that oil pi'lines built at huge Canafli-in investment expense from Alberta to British Columbia are ueluull,- currying foreign pe-trolei i i tor the use of the naval base at Ksquimalt. 1 be General lias established the existence ol tills curious situation in spite of tha dl.sApiMiinlment of Hie Alberta oil producers over the Pacific Coast market. It's something the Liberals are golnf! to huve to explain. In the meantime, the General is receiv- COOCllNG 7 mues. Hiiara Mrf apiieaninw iUl H'lTHOI'T A I'AIl)i.FIiy James Ri-iilford in Toronto Olobc and Mail. fOP Photo) 50 I'urd Si-dan. Inler,, Many miles ol fUld T IS fiicouraKiii? t rn'to tli:il lcatlffs of Indian I villages air anxious to make their meeting with-j'Tivernnient and city officials an annual affair. Tln- first ineetini', was held lat summer at oir.' of the (lai'l.cst times in IViiice Kc!ieil's 1 1 i: toiy. Susiicion, rancor and calculaU'd agitation had hoilcd into (UsturMaiices which disgraced tlic city and thivat-ciied to mart, il pennaneii! y as. a iI;ut lit avoid. . ' ('ortunately tlieiv was a stream of coo sense . 'iciieath it all. There, were those w ho could we , Lhat. aside from (lie immediate hazards of disrupted law and order, there was danger that un-leserwd Maine iniuht attach itself to the native ..topnlation and that lasting; damage mif ht he done ".o inter-racial uiidei'standini;'. ' Against this challeiii'.in.L; haekiMviuud the first meetine; was held. No one will suiiiresi it was because of the meeting's success that peace came tgain to 1'rince liupert, but. undouhtedly its ti'ihution was an important one. Those hanker-Iif- for trouble did not speak for everyone, and .jjiat first e;athcriim; of thouL',htful leaders and officials .served to show just how minor their voice really w as. t, This year the discussion was held in an entirely different atmosphere. Yet this did nut mean the talk was limited to pleasantries. (Jriev-ances were aired and improvements asked for. As long as this is the case, anil the necessary action taken, all future such meetings will he worthwhile. No one pretends that everything is wonderful. Hut the way to make it so will never he found in anger and violence. iorniaiii-c still left li cieney in food no lonner is a dream but a practical possibility despite the growing population problem which means feeding 4.000,000 c::tia mouths ea. h year. Wheat imports have been steadily decreaslnt; since the peak year of famine in 1051 when 3.000.000 tons of wheat had to be imported. So far. only nominal quantities of wheat liuve heen received from abroad this year .totalling about 0,250 tons. !VHY Pl'IU IIASK I.ITTI.i: Although India has ratified the second International Wheat Agreement, which came intu force for three years on Aug. 1, 1053, she may not purchase any large quantities unless prices reach the minimum stipulated In the agreement, in view of her Improved internal supply position. The improved food ixisilimi in India is due to a number or factors. The heavy wheat and rice jm-noits during the famine of 1051 left the government witli a substantial reserve in hand, which helped to lower prices and bring out hoarded stocks. At the same time, local production has been increased by fi As I See It A SQUARE DEAL BY mm tit 1950 Plymouth Scd A fine rxamplrvl cwkIi bv proud imiitr . . .a , l oiulilion as mt '53 , i careful slock of his own position ! and that of the Liberals who had l ; changed from-beim; his empioy-jers while lie was in the defence I forces and had become his political enemy. No government j.vouice has suggested that Gen- feral Pearkes ever look advan- j I lage of his experience in the ! nation's armed service for pur- i I poses of political ammunition. ! J Hut tiuil doesn't mean that j ! the Liberals have found 111 i 'Vancouver. Generul easy toj ; handle. The contrary is rather the truth. He has been a real ! buzz-saw with whom to deal. I And the proof of II has heen ap- j j parent in the latter weeks of the dels. See it t atirrciatr il, 1145' " . -'. r ' ' rv: ;7r"' .-St . . ii ..v , v 1 1 ; i '' f t . Krt t) fl M", I ' r v y. i See the new.... 'I't I'lymiiulh Si-djn . . grey paint. Cumplf-u tor overhaul . . Si: orterator. Sjjj On The Record IN OTTAWA General Greunther made two kinds of public appearances those "on the record" for publication and those where he was not. There are times when publiiv -- '48 Plymouth Snl.m Interior eoud. A sK-cial value at s8' the reclamation of land, by .improved irrigation, and by use of intensified cultivation, particularly the Japanese method of Til Austin Satan . . . S scratch. Economi IXTformimcc at JOB-READY TRUC '51 Ford h-Toii Kprr men may wish to talk In such relaxed and candid tf-nns thnt tht-y prefer to speak "off the record." Also, the sponsors of important discussion meetings know very well that people will lull: more candidly when they do not have to watch every word because of how it may appear-in print. Hut just to keep llTe record clear, there was nothing much ::aid in the "off tne record" MP's meeting wliich General we are handing whole countries to the CommunisLs. 1 Refusal to face the' fact that! peoples of all countries want to! Mile themselves. Yet because ; the western powers have never j : made up their minds quickly i ! and completely to end imperial-i ism c-verywherc they are, in fact, I enabling Hie Communists to j seize control of evei v liberation- j I i. t andnaUonal' it movement everywhere j in th.' world. It is beside the point that HUM IM!1' 'Anil' Only 17,000 miles 11 INIIftl ILICTIIC '53 Faruo ' ..-Ton F.itre n Never H fi, X -.. i i HANOI when the nationalists do win out under Communist control, the growing rice. The Japanese metnod Involves careful selection of plants and individual attention to their growth. In 1053-54, the area put under this system was nearly 200,000 acres. The man behind t'nis Imnrove-I ment in India's food situation is the tood minister, Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, one of toe two Moslem ministers in Prime Minister I Nehru's cabinet. I Taking over the portfolio 'shortly after the famine of 1951, he began by abolishing rationing i in Madras state and surprised j critics by thereby bringing down rice prices and forcing into the open hoarded stocks of food. Since then he has progressively ubollshed rationing and control of grains all over the country. ...industrialization of North ; ""THE CHUONICLE predictel three years ago J ""-'I that the north coast line between Kititnat, ' HX'. aififSkagway,' Alaska onV day would become TeaviIy industiialized. The opening of the big filant of Ketchikan 1'ulp comjjany and of Aluminum of Canada's hig .' plant at Kitimat, both this month, begins to ful Greunther did not also say, for j I publication, to the pre.-:s. Kir i j from having any secrets, which leoiiid only be told to a sepet ; j : few, the NATO commander had , 1 a crystal clear warning which i people of that country find themselves in a new, vast Red Empire, far more ruthless in its 'methods tiias ;".(.- old-fashioned i empires. Tney don't know that till il Is too lute. Fast Passenger and Freight Kailingv from Prince II u perl (All times Daylight Saving) To Vancouver Friday and Sunday 8:00 p.m. To Kiliinal Friday 8:00 p.m. To Krmano Sunday 8 00 p m. To Stewart, Alice Arm Saturday (1:00 a.m. To Masxel anil North )ucrn Charlottes Thursday 8:00 a.m.; June 3, 17, July 1. To South Quern Charlotte! June 10, 24. July 8 PavsenRer Reservations Freight liookhiKs LES SMITH Prince Rupert Agent 50!) 3rd Ave. Phone 58 & 5(i! serving B.C. slnre 1KB!) used : '51 (iMC '.-Tun fin'l paint New tires, utility' Hft transportatlnn u '50 International 'rT Box on ' back MKMF.MItl-R THOsf Fl it's i.atfr than v think: Parley ilh lUrky Rupert Motor Limited AUTOMATIC OVEN TIMER PUSH BUTTON CONTROLS SPACIOUS MASTER OVEN STREAMLINER DESICN $359.00 RUPERT RADIO AND ELECTRIC LETTERBOX snouiii souna as cieany as u trumpet to every inlellitrenl person in the western world. As of now, there is no chance of a world war stalled by Rus-,'ia, for the military facts are such that Russian leaders know they could not win but thai their cities would be deso- v.-d in tlic confii :t. liul His cutloi) for five or ten years ah"ail is by no mean-, so clear. IT IK nhvimiH t. h :i I General CHISK (II PITilNG fill this jiromise. Now comes news of a major lumber and lesser pulp development at Wrangell. And of course Sitka will not be far behind with its pulp and lumber projects, financed in part by the Japanese. All that is needed is for Alcoa and Frobisher, Ltd. of Canada to thresh out their differences ,and get the Taiya river or Yukon river power-metal-ftirgical development going. Then we'll be able to boast that we're little Ohio river valley all our own. Ketchikan Alaska Chronicle I'lymoulh - Chri-slri 31.7-3rd Ave . W. Phone Cil The Lditor, I The Daily News. Before the atomic bombs des- troy all living creatures on this globe, l feel it my duty as a clli-i zen to report mv theory as to the Last of Subsidy To Be Paid QCA OTTAWA (CP) The Commons Wednesday approved the last j payment of a $100 000 subsidy grand d to Queen Charlotte Air- , lines Ltd. to enable tYie company to overcome financial riifficul-, ties, ! The subsidy was granted to the i Git-unther fears that t h e , cause of the rei it windshield hiehly concentrated nature of Communist control may enable l". Mien ;a the Kremlin to swlnij tin- whole balance of world pow-ii' in their favor, say by about 1060. f I Maybe all generals are, by na pitting. Konm jople attrloilted the windshield pitting to action in the atmosphere as a result of hydrogen bomb explosions. No doubt those explosions were very powerful, but tlu-y had nothing to do with the mysterious pitting REFLECTS and REMINISCES This Father's Day BE"DIFFERENT. .. MAKE HIM ture of their profession, pessi-j mh.ts alohij Jin-. tines of the, of windshields.- We will have to look further I British Columbia company In I five payments of $20,000. i I Transport Minister Chevrler j said in the Commons the sub- j I sidy, wist paid under the terms ! o the Aeronautics Aet.4o permit ! the airline to continue operation. The assistance was authorised j because the company serviced ! initiated and northern areas of! I the Pacific Coast. H'enr lfc.sirnj th.Llvto tlw doctor I A Ws mi nothing m a?: nothing Is .:, military mar. Hut if yot. ilary, to the prli .st - ent and to the ..ling is secure. We a bit deeper Canada and the United Su-les j cover that many manage to find scovered on Monday, June 14, their way to Prince Rupert, sflt if the people will it, war as j 1 here's plenty going on -between iderstood by the bomb route, hc:e and I'aiibanki, and is ended for ever. In theory, j el tin- stories of mutual in teres',. p'iviUzation of North America ts destroyed. To allow the mind Nudity, says a theatrical pro- ' -M .. !thun tile Pacific. Ocean for the ! cause. We would, if we could, ! have to travel to the .spot out In i space where, a couple of months 'ago, two monster planets collid-; ed in space and exploded. ! Tiny grains of material from i the smashed planets are tho ; cause of the pitting, i One of those grains landed on my window Monday night and made a star-shaped pit with a .crack f '-.r to five inelie.s long, . try and picture this was ter- ducer, is an art The art of fill- FOOT HAPPY 'Sting enough to say the least. ; ing a tlieat.re. r4 into the seasoning of Greunther, ;and others like him, you come to the conclusion: j The outcome of the world : struggle is anything but clear j because the. Red rulers have a form of political c"gani.at.ioii iwitii which we caiiiiol. date, ,besuie that. We can i e.,;,f aly CO ni pete. j It Is at that point tl.ci, the i where the military men, in'ef- feel, pass the ball to tin: demo-! cratic statesmen. I Here are two examples (mine, I not Gen. Greunther'sl of how It M With a Pair of Springy, Comfortable There Is not the slightest doubt -lay, as to the establishment of ts paramount facts and the nsequences following from it Yet, as and if, the world riders, how far do our thoughts rse the possibility of a third fiiction, and the lure of some-mp loathed. P. Ij-CLAJK, Prince Rupert. Taxes will take one dollar in three of the net national income of Canadians in the current i 1 MIS MONTH - A' 10-yiHr-old British Colum- biaa i;i due to be hanged this I month. The sentence earri-s iwitl) it, a recomniendation fur I mercy, itnd since tlien 7,500 ! names have gone to Ottawa, , se.in;' clemency. I.I NGTHY WI KKKMtS i Absenteeism has been a blot CREPE SOLE CASUALS i year. mm LACE-UP From Ottawa comes advice more eomfortalile quarters 11 be provided men employed lighthouses. Installation of 3ve,ators could be of some u.se-lness, to begin with. mm MM Deb's-'SPECIAL' by Savage ',1V- . iC 'V . f -b X:. 'a UM '41 f 'V' ' v.. j r?j i,l " , .- is -M " . 'i , .--fl v V ' - -I Bestfo. or on the session al Ottawa. When MPs increased tin ir pay to 10,-jOOO a year a lew months ago, (there were sober reports that ; something would be done to jeuib the T-lo-T brigade mem-: hers whose weekend lasted from j Thursday to Tuesday. m ' r ' w . . Ai infant prodigy has been ascribed as a small child with ghly imaginative parents. -iCKielph Mercury) The "high" style in a low heel SS3TJF To clear $ .95 SLIP-ON vjL .' STYLES Jty t'i.J.'I? fc U PAIR ailv New Want Atlsrae; Kesuh FAST RELIEF FOR RHEUMATIC A human being comes into this orld naked and leaves it wear-ig dlothes. And in the final an-iysis that's all the material rofjt he makes out of life on artij. Bmishment Aiasica's giant Kodiac hear plays rough. But Ih people who run (he Bronx Zoo have found the perfect toy for him. It's an aluminum beer barrel, which in hit playful moments he can bang, bounce and generally maltreat without aeriout damage. Having seen barrels (filled) being tossed around trucks, we can understand why breweries have turned to these rugged, ailraclive containers. Another reason, of course, is thai ln-ininum is an excellent protector for food and drink, preserving their purity and flavour indefinitely. Aluminum Company of Canada, Ltd. (Akan). PAI1 PAIR Many Colors Many Styles In Broken Lines FAMILY SHOE STORE LTD. A senator grumbles at what he .a to pay to support the rnment. And a lot of people Tumble about what they have o pay to support the Senate. iiiHTHFHN flJltlfTTY There are dozens of panel's published in Alaska and Yukon, but so far as the most of us can m.?c6ver, precious few can dis- VOGUE SHOES LTD. 638 Third Avenue West OilriETMj 506 Third Avenue Wesr Green 595 t