_., Supreme Court of Canada. iH. E. Gilbert, international president of the BLFE, feels no respect for ‘Ing through the Orugades, the soe 1910 — PRINCE RUPERT DAILY NEWS — of Prince Rupert and Northern and Central British Columbia, A member of The Canadian Press — Audit Bureau of Circulation — Canadian Daily Newspaper Publishers Association + Published by The Prince Rupert Daily News Limited JOHN F. MAGOR President J. R. AYRES . Editor G. P, WOODSIDE General Manager Authorized as second class mall by the Post Office Department, Ottawa WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1958 O Canada ANADIANS who feel any pride in their country, who attach any value to the sovereignty of its government and the dignity of its institutions, would do well to note a press release now being circulated from Cleveland, Ohio. The release, dated March 8, comes from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen which has its headquarters in that United States city. It announces that, beginning April 8, the BLFE “will hold a high-level policy meeting to deal with a campaign by Canadian railroads to eliminate fire- men-helpers from diesel-electric to- comotives.” This meeting will be held at Chi- cago, Illinois. On-its agenda, says the press release, will be the report of Canada’s royal commission of inquiry, which studied the question of whether firemen were needed on diesel locomo- tives of the Canadian Pacific Railway in freight and yard service—and de- cided that they were not. The royal commission, it will be re- called, was composed of three respect- ed Canadian judges, headed by My. Justice Kellock, then a member of the But My. them, or for the report which—after exhaustive study and travel—they produced. The press release sent out from Cleveland says that Mr. Gilbert “has rejected the reports as grossly prejudicial, beeause it com- pletely ignores the position taken by the employees and follows the com- pany’s proposals to an alarming degree.” So much for the integrity of Can- ada’s judges. So much for the author- ity of Canada’s roval commissions. So much for the Canadian (repeat, Can- adian) Pacifie Railway, which has ac- cepted the comnussion's findings, and is seeking to bnpiement them. So much for the Canadian (repeat, Canadian) National Railways, which is seeking to do the same thing. So much, in brief, for Canada. Canadians are now engaged in an election’ campaign to decide who should govern their country. Perhaps itisallafaree. Perhaps we are really governed from Cleveland, Ohio, and Chicago, Illinois, with Mr.. Gilbert— Prime Minister Gilbert—“rejecting” this and that Canadian document, “dealing with” this and that Canadian problem. Was somebody saying something about colonialism? —The Toronto Globe and Mail. That wiggling line fellow in Wolverhampton, Eng- ~ land, proved his own guilt beyond doubt. Arrested on suspicion of being tipsy, he was asked to walk a white line. Whereupon he replied : “I’ll walk it if you’ll hold it still.” In the above circumstances, this reply has its humorous aspects. But, more seriously, it proves the perils of strong drink. If a man under the in- fluence of liquor thinks a_ straight white line on the floor is wiggling INTERPRETING THE NEWS about, imagine what could happen were he driving an automobile in traf- 3 fic, Not only would the highway itself be weaving about but the vehicles on it would be doing strange contortions, particularly that which he himself was driving. This simple illustration of the effects of alcohol, by that souse in Wolverhampton, indicates why there are so many highway accidents due to drunken drivers, —Windsor Star. “Khrushchev letters reveal alien mind at work By ALAN HARVEY Canadian Press Staff Writer LONDON @—The postman knocked twice, and Nikita Khrushehev gave the world an un- forgettable glimpse of an alien mind at work. In two open letters, forming part of a unique diplomatic exchange, Russian’s top man poured wrath on the West in general and the United States in particular. Only in the Soviet Union, he said, is utopia at hand. The correspondence, published in The New Statesman, arose from a plea addressed to Khrushchev and President Eisenhower by Brit- ish philosopher Bertrand Russell, urging the “most potent sirs’ to renounce nuclear weap- ons and let. the world Nve in a “noonday brightness of hope.” Khrushchev replied first, vowing Russtan good intentions. State Secretary Dulles an- swered for Kisenhower, putting the U.S. case in black-and-white terms and castigating Rus- sla, which he exhorted to uphold moral law. Wherever communism is in power, he sald, {t stays only by force. ik % ne tk Mr. K couldn't let that pass. The man whose penchant for cocktail-party pronouncements results In what has been called the “meander- Ing small talk of a convivial goon” reared back and wrote o second letter, a erlsp 9,000 words, telling Dulles where to get off, It is n fascinating document, free from the Opaque evasions of conventional diplomacy, It has an carthy, cracker-barrel quality; marches Straight ahend, Posterity —if any—should be grateful for a striking anatomy of the cold war, in whose composition the “missing” Brit- Ish diplomats, Guy Burfess and Donald Mac- Jean, may have had a hand, British writers view it} with a blend of ad- miration and dismay, Edward Crankshaw, Russian specialist of The Observar, finds in tt n “mingling of truth, apeciousness, apecin! pleading, nila-statements born of igorance and consetous Hes." og tk ut ow The 0,000 words cover a lot of ground, rang merican Civil) War, the War of the Roses, the alg e of Bebas- topo] and the Negro problem in the southern UB, The letter ridicules Dulles' daim that the U.S, nover in history sought to aprend tts creed by arms. . ~ “Enough of appealing to history, Mr, Dulles. Burely you know that tho territory of your country was inhabited by numerous brave In- dian tribes, valiant hunters and peaceful farm- ers? “Where today are the native inhabitants of America? Can you name just one who repre- senls his people in Congress? Can you name just one Indian who has become a millionaire or billionaire? “And where are these tribes themselves? Tt js said they have been driven into reserva- tions, and in some amusement parks, by paying a fee, one can see the descendants of these native inhabitants of North Amerien.” yy au an dc Touching all the bases, Khrushchev also notes that “no festive peal of bells” greeted the Russian revolution in 1917; defends the Russian action jn suppressing the Hungarian. revolt; and prediets that the spotless Soviets are sure to triumph eventually over the capital- istic, Imperlalistic West. The New Statesman, brooding editorially on its Red-letter day, sces Dulles and Khrushchev equally and tragically committed to a world “polarized between pood and evil.” Both are 50 sure, both so rigid, both so diametrically opposed, that the greatest danger to a meeting of minds §s that they have so much In common. Yet ff. sees a glimmer of hope. Neither leader rites ont a pilob experiment ino disarmament that would leave the miltary balance une changed, and In which noither Russia nor the U.S. would be deeply involved. Surely, con- eludes the marazine, some formula for disen- FageMent in Kurope should be negotintablo, since if could satisfy these requirements. Mr meee cake mice eee meget a nina atmetied ht: em Meee abide a Can't fiqure rom the Peterborough Examinor A letter writer Lo a Toronto paper complains that bank clerks can't Seure small amounts, That's understandable and as you go up the seale bank manopers ean, ulways figure why you want big aniounts, He nrg Men nam se tei Most to lose Vrom the Calgary Albertan Boclal Credit, has the most to lose in the federal cleetion. ‘The party has 19 senate now, Jt could casily drop three or four in Alberta and four or five in Britdsh Columbia. re EE EE OOO “°° What the parties in the March 31 election stand for Official statements of policy issued from four campaign H.Q. THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVES Leader — John Diefenbaker The Progressive Conservative party under Prtme Minister John Diefenbaker seeks a mandate from the people on March 31st on its record of ac- complishment during — eight months in office in fulfilline it pledges of last summer. In the current campaign, we are pointing out that the im- pressive record of legislative and other measures taken is only a start on a much broader _ “THE CO-OPERATIVE COMMONWEALTH FEDERATI ‘Leader — M. J. Coldwell, The policies of the CCF are srooted in a:philosophy of equal opportunity and the highest possible standard of living for all Canadians. A CCF -povernment would Leader — Lester B. Pearson The . Liberal policy involves co-operation for defense through the Commonwealth, NATO and support of the United Nations, On trade, Liberals have al- ways recognized the import- ance of overseas markets and the use of the most effective instruments possible to ex- ‘pand and solidify markets abroad. On the domestic seene, the Pearson Plan, it is believed, is the only comprehensive plan before the electors, to restore economic activity within Can- ada. . For the purpose of main- taining and inereasing the gross national product, at the program of national develop- ment, We believe thant valuable time has been lost by the former Liberal governnient in taking the necessary gvovern- ment initiative to speed up the development of resourees and to encourage processing of these in’ Canada to increase the share received by Caonad- ians from their development. We are asking the electorate tu retura us to office with an actively promote the develop- ment of our economic and other resources for these pur- poses. In the economic field there must be government planning for both full production and more equitable distribution of THE LIBERALS beginning deficit financing may have to be accepted. It is believed, however, that the stimulation to the economy resulting from the application of the plan. will result more quickly in a return to a obal- need budget. The plan includes 2 compre - hensive program of publie works. The Pearson Plan would provide immediate practical measures to bring quiek and effective benefit to every ean- adian under present conditions by the release of funds for consumer purchasing as well as direct encouragement to commercial enterprises to ex- rand, with the consequent re- sult of restoring employment. The plan also would provide overall majority to provide stability of government and the necessary ‘authority from the people to ,proceed with long-term plaunning and action on the developpment policy. In summary, the present Conservative povernment has reduced taxes, Increased pen- sions, stabillzed farm prices, extended unemployment in- Surance, cased credit, stimulat- ed home bullding, doubled hos- pital prants, advanced hospl- the wealth produced. Unemployment miust be tackled through a program of economic — planning, — public works and investment, Our present policies of tax concessions and resources give- aways to private corporate in- for the immediate 25 per cent slashing of income tux for the great majority of taxpay- ers and other ineome tax con- cessions; the setting up of a national advisury board — to plat long-term povernment Investment programs to sus- tain full employment and pro- vide Ways of retaining workers affected by automation: the introduction of social security Mivdsures such as siekness to quality for unemployment in- surance, old age assistance to spinsters and widows at 60 in- stead of 65, family allowances to 18 if child continues studies: the annual provision of schol- arships and bursaries for com- petent Canudians lacking the | means to get a university edu- cation. THE SOCIAL CREDIT PARTY Leader — Solon Low A Social Credit government would enact a modern scien- tific monetary and financial policy designed to give to all Canadians greater individual freedom and a higher standard ’ of living. It would establish in Canada a national based on private and in which: 1, Abundant production of all wanted goods and services is obtained by inducement. 2. Provision is made for ef- ficient and equitable distribu- economy enterprise tion of all our total national production. 3. Cycles of boonts pressions are eliminated. 4. A maximum of opportun- ity is guaranteed to every in- dividual to engage in gainful employment. This would be accomplished in the interest of all Canadians by: 1. The establishment of a national monetary commis- sion, appointed by and respon- sible to Parliament. and de- mininized or 2. 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