: cs hae von an me, eH onl 6 OS pieces Wa eee See De ope Taessay, Maren 24, L950, reenact gees ses tea tg ead. hae ab van Andependent tlally newspaper ‘auvaiad i) the upbultdlng ‘t ANA Northern. ind Centra British Columbia, rmine “Af Canadian Press-—-Audlt Rurean af Gite . _ Ctiadian Dally Newspapeh’Awuclatian ’ Pomieg nye hat Prince Ruperk Dally News Limited " Ta oR MAGOR, Presiden,” EES, ; _ Subser iption Rates: v (Ee ng enrrler--Per week, 20: ae Fy mallPer month, + See erence a eet wpatiqn: We; per year, 68.00 Nua horned NLAS! KA j ig a foreign ter rity at Canada’ s door vhieh j is governed from Washington, It is not yet ly one of the states of the American union, Both he Deméerats and: Republicans are pledged to give Maska full statehood, the for mer Immediately the latter: ‘eventually. Pe : : This. year the peo] ple of. Alaska, vepresented by 5 delee: alles, have been drawing up a constitucion Which. will. be put, to popular vote on April 24. They m hel a 15- cay conteren cc for the purpose and it seems th at Alaska will demand direct, elected repre- sentation -in Washington, ev en if statehood is not granted this: year, Claas "What interests.us is.that al this constitutional palayer i is occurring tight under the noses of Can- aians \ithout.a quiver of: public outery or even in- terest in this country, | Where else on this carth’s. surface could : a vast vitony: of 200,000. people change a political, consti- | tutional: course without even a reference to the na- tion that surrounds: it? And is Canada’s memory 80 short that it forgets the Alaské Panhandle contro- _versies of the last century and Wr: angell island of this: As its knowledge of its own geography so Lig ht that it does not recognize the fact that a colony of a foreign country occupies not ‘only half its Pacific coastline but also the northwest continental penin- sta Which by nature wor uld rightfully be hers? ~Self- determination i ig a worthy national political . principle but let us not get soft about it, What right “of self-determination did inhabits of Alaska have “when the United States. purchased the Territory from: Russia i in 1867. foi. $7 000,000? If Canada had “ste ongly represented, the United States could not as readily: have got aw ay with such brigandr y. And “how, this Alaska j is on the way to full incorporation with’ the United States, and no, ‘protest 1s heard from anata, : * Further in this matter of ‘self- determination, ‘what: tests have been made of Alaskans’ opinion as vegards.c com plete independence, or-the possibility of | ‘their joining Canada?" It'is obvious from thé delib- | “erations at Fair banks that not. al] the people—Ameri- ; cans, Andians, Eskimos and white wanderers—want | = union with the U. S. and. its tax r ates S and conserip- : - tion. a Has Canada made any, overtures at all towards | a Alaska? Tt. could become a rich 11th province and - give the natives as well as the whites the Canadian haby bonus, Most important, from a geopolitical point of view, Alaska-in-Canada would clear up the anomaly of having an American state where Can- ula’s flag should fly,’ “We advance these question without rancor and with no.expectation. that the Stars and Stripes will ever be removed from ‘Alaska. We wish only to point out how-acquiescent Canada ha s hecome us regards this formerly disputed territor'y, and how mild, in a friendly Tashion, towards American political con- olidati tion, , Roe SMM red, alo) examiner, | {TH MELROSE h wee ey @ rN Ny, PAMOUS CHINESE DISHES ree SERVED TO PERFECTION ime 3329 Advertise in The Daily News! phys - For Orders to Take Out DOWN — BUT NOT WILLIAM F. STONE Is Still In Busin We Will Be Relocated In Our New Premises Shortly~- Watch for Our BIG COMEBACK Contact Us By Phoning Our Listed Number ’ 2317 Businoss Going On As Usual WILLIAM F. STONE Tho Home of Snroke, Fire and Ashos — Nea. etme a atnenema af Prinee Ruper per month, $t.00; per year, $10.0 OS “erernd: cinss mati, hy. the Fost Office Department, Ollaw: : -beeni united ‘that March and her proper interests | 1 CBed hy. Wo katie’ whitotany for capaclty, [ 4 By Elinore : PNihvolt : Kiskimo Danger THE House of Commons heard a remarkable tatement the other day’ n regard to the manning; of the northernmost radar: . { na, Mr. Howe had just! xplained that 80 per cent if the personnel required ‘0 man ‘the DEW linc! would be Canadians, The following exchange ther occurred, Mr. C. D. Howe: “We also have every ragson to believe a. fab dumber of Eskimos and Indians resident in the area will be em- J {ployed on the line,” ' 1 Ravorl rom Mr. Drew: “Does the Minister | suggest that Indians and Eski-: mos are going to. lake part in! the manning and operation of | the DEW line?” | Mr, Howe: “Yes. There is car- tain work in connection with | the manning which they are; There h 'eapable of performing, and 1 un- | considerable derstand that a study of the! accommodation there: and ‘situation has indicated there will} in view of the items of info ihe: opportunities for employment ating from Ottawa for Indians and Eskimos to a! bring me up to date limited extent.” AN ESKIMO MOTHER proudly on Hudscn Bay was the first tour of the Aretic. as been eonsiderable unceriainty So 1 have on the subj Bh he :Works was requested last Nov- 'THERE is no more mistaken. ember to prepare plans and assumption than that primi-' specifications preliminary to ilve people, like Indians and Es-' ealling for tenders for two semi- kimos, are incapable of fitting, idetached dwellings on (he i themselves into modern life: ‘ground obtained from thé prov- (Given the proper technical jinco, These two dwellings will: itraining, both Indians and Eski-; ‘MOS can do just as well os the: ' neople of other racial origins, jaccommodate four families and will be part of a twelve- family : ‘housing project. which is event- } t , The people who have been ually planned for this site. (workin on the constr ; ; a struction of I revret to anvise that these ithe DEW: line are loud in their. trea . : ‘praises of the Eskimo workmen Plans and specifications are stil! -who have already been employed i” the Public Works Department | ion the job. They already have q @Nd I understand the RCMP is!, ‘reputation for hard w ork, cheer- ENdeavoring to decide woon 2 fulness and, above all, honesty Standard form of accommoda- | ‘and fair dealing, Also, accord- tion. ‘ing to most observers, Eskimos. * ‘ ‘aS a racial group also have a. ©. D. Howe now has a resolu- ‘native-inborn talent for mech-jtion on the order -naper read- janics. Given a little experience, ing: “That it is expedient that: :Eskimos can make engines per- the Houses of Parliament an- ‘form better than the white man/prove the ratification by Canada can make the same engines per-'of the Agreement on Trade be-: ‘form in the same erivironment; i tween Canada and the Union of. So the reai question in the far/ Soviet Socialist Republics, signed horth.is not..whether,.the. Eski-.&t Ottawa on February 29, 1956, ‘no population can be fitted in/and that this House do approve: ;!0 help work the DEW line, andithe same.” ‘the other defence establishments, ‘In connection with: the pure ‘It is, rather, whether the fitting chases made so far by the Bus-: in-of the Eskimos to such work:sians they have bought the: :may not destroy their long term: ‘wheat for delivery to them at. j Ability to sustain ‘themeelves in Canadian ports. The possilve te rel | their own way. of the Prince Rupert elevator’ In other woids, is the DEW for any ‘particular sale will be line a permanent feature of Arc- dccided in cach eave when the :Uc life? Or is it mereiy a pas- snesifie lor is sold. That this ive sing phasc Of history? If the creased westward moveneat will 1 ote 0 latter is true, care must be taken resulé. ina busy year for the to prevent what might be ealled Rupert clevator is aeatnell ‘the de-Eskimoing of the natives: As a matter of faet. the ele- there, valor has heen busy this yenr, (am advised that ubour ? mil- ‘ t, “ “PHE bad reputation whieh the North American Indians — so aly acquired was due, in laree part, to the fact that the while man destroyed the red yeas talural basis of lite, He Ws, sO 4a speak, backed Into a le ole 450,000 bushels of wheat have al- ready heen cleared thrauei Car. pert this year, 16 million of barley satd delivery through our port, ty fe fh fer ‘ mer, demoralized by white May 1 offer inv heater ean. sdhuvs aleohol, weakened ly evatitlations Lo Mrs. Lionel jta't- eee Jngn's diseases. then criti- . trlet. Commissioner of {he hel Guides? To ean't think of aay one who would do a hettor jab, hooks J have been reecivine fuutie wires and lane distance plone. calls not oall from Prinee Ra. perth about a statement or edi- forial supnesed to have apneur- edi the Dally News [neientin that Mp. Marler jad nade the should be no argument, As a “telemers thas there wonid be Duman being, the kskine by MO StePk an the Rona wire ar! Dasleally just as good a speej-dh 1087, Mens the white man, Phere is Well Lean't deal with this pra- very little that has te be done perly unl bE see Che pager pan Hat the DEW line whieh Eskimos Tin demoted ta sas jue ‘could not learn to do. They ward) “Rubbish.” should be encouraged to learn to To ohave cantaeted® ty, dod good things within their what ounade to explnin ede Bree syed fee end [pee He sfhated tind bo would pene the pomringer woul tee heavy tyne heres Chel itis the hope or the BD Department (hae aetual woes an A the canstiiedian af the virpart ean staré eardy in WAT per. peat Ghee for embeds, The Minkler of ‘Tramesart 4. “tnabili ity’ to-live Man's standards. In the far north, the leaders ‘of the churehes, as well as the government offielals, are wel) ware of this same danger, If ‘the situation is carelessly hand- ded, the same thing might hap- pen to the Eskimos as happened: OW larger seale 0 Log many Ine ‘diins, But on one point ware up to white ote Narler LICKED! LIMITED Ss a i Time To | Check Your 1956 Printing Needs LIMITED || Dibb Printing Prince Rupert j 60 nly -— about the plans of the RC the uncertainty is quite understandable rmation, or lack of information, eman- The: Department of Publie- hyon- har: ‘appointment, Wn Disend! " tablets holds up her baby as she meets Governor-General Massey at Great Whale River, in northern Quebec, 650 miles north of Ottawa. The cast coast settlement stop of Mr. Massey's 17-day air (CP from National Film Borrd. ‘ing to the effect tht any truly democratic people recere exact! ‘ly--or ab least approxinutely-— ithe sort of governmen,; they de Serve, Today that maxim is. being, questioned. But only beetuse jt: ‘implies that, asa by product, of! “eettine the government they de- erve the Canadian people are also the recipients of he appa | ‘ition thev deserve Over the week-end — yetor ani Parliamentary observers have heen Cuspuline vehemently the ‘dea that the Canadian people leserve the sort of opposition Aut was indicated in the speech | TPC budget eritie J. M. Mac- ‘onnell. They regard itis a com- ‘nation of impudent and erg- ven performance whieh should- +t have insulted the intelligence - any democratic people, For more than 20 years now he PC’s have been forced to ‘Ve in a political world which *4asn't been to their liking. As a result they have apparently—to ; dee from ‘Macdonell's per- a ormance in the present budeet : ebate—escaped PARLIAMENT By E. T APPLEWHAITE, MP Skeena ~ and! MP for: interest in Prince Rupert ~ had the Department of Justice | ect. work 'o he done this year engineering, acquiring the land, ete, will enable CONSTRUC- TION TO START FARLY IN 1957. 1 shall deal with this fur- ther over the radio. + * The Department of Fisheries has seen to it that the respar- we ‘sibilities of the Dominion pe. ‘partinent with reeard to salnion fisheries has been outlined to -the Royal. Commi:sion on Fore restry. This of course was in con- nection with the care of tisher- rics interests which must be taken . by. logging companies. Fisherie ; ‘Of tidal waters are entirciv a Dominion responsibility. And ef ‘those the salmon are the ones “Whose must be preserved and protected, spawning reanirement: against incursions by Jopeine or industrial enterprises, Nehru “Marks Spring Bites pring PIPES NEW DELHI! «Prime Min- ister Nehru today celebrated the erming of spring by daubing a Stretk af red dve aeross the forehead Of Russivs visiting test deputy premicn AL 1. Mi- kovan, It happened as Mikoyian Jers his quarters at Indiana President Rajendra Prasad’s paler fer a COMferenee WILD sovernment of- vate one pris 0 hy lion bushels af barley and sume Helals, Mikoyan is visiting hore ona tour of the Par Bast, The Indians are eetebratins with a further Ene Hindu festive: of Holi, whieh CRS marks the advent of sprine 0 Peetigh now'is known to pre Bos TA% Daily News Hindus spray ech ober wath MC ew Eabulons future for the: , ; " colored powderss aud waters a. ui vote A te rite , o r : fai Pod PhO Tate Story Th, - a for. ab Unaukseivine . od Toy Forcign ministry spokesmen 22! eeraph Coertbes hay i rt caine iid Nehru and Mikuyan Sp {he REM Wey etahisshed with . eyed A" wide rant of ywarh | GUL Gentine a key hase I the . . po problems” fy tour hours of dis- a “er, a ae fal HORTHEE COUR ALM Cussion Monday, ‘They said: the 6) fenee vue (evespaie ne nts subjects ineluded the Sayjer [el tt Recolite Dey an ( OIA Union's current auth = Std, Be beet 000 qadtees in ides the IS TO Cunpeedi, disarmament posal, Geran anddieation the division of Indochina pro- ahd JOU ANNI APHQUCHIE Grae owe ainie ly Adticd Tas cothet® aterhoer of | bathioom sea fh Coma Js SONGS Aly [von taddlo-aued | aud wie WOME, mes Ob reetueayr | pone amence ot Ap TeathwOk a NET wherever in ie warld you LET THE CNR HELP If you're going places, by train or ship. de Canada, the Unde West Indies, at lutopes we'll gladly look after your reservations, tickets arrangemants, Travel is our business CANADIAN NATIONAL _ ~ done! ‘Working on the hope and the. “aisumption that the preliminary: lar United States publications, “graph describes Canada’s vast net line” Thoin editertal commenting (60) Governor-General Af ISSEY Ss Aretic four. th ROWSPEpOEr says Canadian voaverninent werd radhasiys Arche eipede HHURG reuters: : seqited i th boone, Is into a dream world of their own m: ikine, They fancy that they can aceu se the overnment of playing — shady ‘polities at the top of their voice, | “without having their own mo- “tives questioned. They don't realize apparently, that the Op- /DOsilion is just as much on trial before the bar of public opinion as is the government, Or appar. enuy budget critic Macdonell docsn't realize that clementary fact, oo As a result, budget critic Mac- ponred upwards of an hat of literaryv--and labored, if not exactly withering —scora upon the Iutest Harris do-no- thing budget. In all his speech he devoted not a singie syllable to the one sensatianal feature of the hudset namely its enact- ment af legislation against Time, The Reader's Digest, and simt- The principle of the legisiation Was protection. That should have gained it an approving word or two fram the Tory bud- gt spokesman. But an Apprav- U.K. Daily Says Canada Maginoi line LONDON & ..The Daily Tele-' § | ‘ T la DIARY by NORMAN ON ANN te ie ~ ! 2 A | M Mae LEOD | NO ALG. iN i “— “UP ve ‘ i ' a There used to be an old say-‘ing word mlzhb have cost the win tH x RCAWICTOR "SKIPPER" PC's a disapproving word ini Time, The Reader's Digest, and similar United States publica- , lions, Just what damage — that /would have brought upon the ‘PC's In Canada isn't too cle ithe great majority of the read- ers of Time and the Reader's: ‘Digest haven't votes in Canada, But Macdonnell on behalf of the PC's apparently had deeid- ied that they were a group to be treated with deference and nob antagonized, The fact that the government was giving provection to a Cana. ! dian magazine interest, which ‘was even of more minor econ: omic Importance than it was o genuine cultural importance while it was denying it to the textile, rubber footwear, farn {mplement, and similar indus- tries suffering from — foreign compclition wasn't — suffielent reason for budget eritie Mac- PLUS BATTERIES donnell to raise his voiee, He As Low AS S10 Down, had plenty to sly about the: Only $7.00 Per Month povernment playing politics, H. | vith’t entertain the heresay that an opposition might be accused of playing polities toa, | PORTARLE RADIO. , 45 PHONOGRAPH Now — at last ~ 4 portable. “Victrola” 45 phonograph anid’ radio combination that plays on batteries... lets you cnjo rdio- record “fun anihere [* heaturing external radio cone trols —- so you ean play it ag you carry it, oversize speaker, fumed “Golden Throat” tone system... 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