eR : oa Pe GLO ath a aA ate 1910 - «PRINCE RUPERT DAILY. NEWS | — 1958 é An independent newspaper devoted to the upbuilding wy . of Prince Rupert and Northern and Central British Columbia. , A member of The Canadian Press—Audit Bureau of Circulation—Canadian Daily Newspaper Publishers Association Aston obvious “cold-war” disad- vantages incurred by American moves: to. check indirect aggression against Lebanon one important ad- vantage can bear more stress than it hs yet received. This is the increased uhity of the Allied West. > This unity is vital not only to the peacé~of the Allied countries but to ofhereountries too, as would soon be- cgme-evident i in the absence of the al- lignce, Even looking at the darker sipe of the present picture, it is pos- siblefor Western peoples to take some comfort from—and for -Asian and © otheitpeoples to get a useful perspec- tive 6h—what has been going on in the \world since the West based its security on trans-Atlantic unity. * What has happened is that the men- age of Communist aggression which hian&over, Europe for four years after the end of World War II has been in- deed “eontained.” So successfully that it has sought new fields to con- . tier with more subtle weapons. These fyelds. are Asia and Africa. Thus many a the .“ 1€ selves caught in the cross fire of war. Bécause Western opposition to So- et aims has involved a need for unity among nations with colonial as well as non- and anti-colonial traditions, the eoples of Asia and Africa have tend- to-be more suspicious of the West- éxn than the Soviet bloc. In the present Grisis their suspicions are all the more adetive because Western powers appear intent on checking the’ growth of the | —s-TTnited-Arab..Republic, while Moscow appears to be giving it a Soviet bless- ing. These small nations might be sur- prised to learn how much they have in common with most nations in the Western Alliance. One key to under- standing these things is to remember ‘that though Moscow appears now to ‘neutrals” of these areas find © costes Published by The Prince Rupert Daily News Limited * JOHN F, MAGOR * S . President . J. R. AYRES G. P. WOODSIDE : Editor General Manager - . *. Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department; Ottawa Cu ‘ . MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1958 a . we : From crisis — western unity be aiding the unity of smaller nations in the Arab world, Moscow moved to deny small European nations a similar unit] which might have precluded So- viet conquest of the millions of people Moscow added to the Soviet empire during and after World War Il. Then it began taking small Euro- pean states over one by one. In 1948 | Moscow overreached itself with a par- , ticularly brutal coup in. Czechoslovak- ia. That country had also, like the Arab states today, sought to be neutral between East and West. In recent years the Western Alli- ‘ance has faced confusion among its | peoples over a number of questions. But Middle East peoples might use- fully not that one of the major causes of rifts in the alliance was American sympathy for independence move- ments in the Arab world. | Had the Western Alliance been de- _ veloped as it should have been there probably would have been no Suez cris- is of 1956, for Allied consultation would have prevented it. But the al- liance powers had never recognized the need to include areds outside Western Europe in their joint policy. planning. And there was no adequate consultation to prepare for such a. cris- is as arose in Lebanon. Even so, Lebanon has forced co- ordination between Washington, Lon- don, and other Western allies. will have an, important bearing not only on the present crisis but on future questions in which legitimate national or popular aspirations and dangerous Soviet machinations are So often en- twined. This small Western ¢ gain offers no _ ground for complacency. But it of- fers ground which can and must be built upon—and vigorously-—if free- dom is to be defended and its defense widely understood. —The Christian Science Monitor. Cat control dilemma ATS chase butterflies, stalk birds, catch mice, sit in the sun, go court- ing, fight with dogs and each other, yell on the back fence at 2 a.m.. claw the sofa, snitch food off the kitchen counter and are patient with small children. They are alternately snooty and af- fectionate. They are neat. They like to hother people who don’t like cats. They are noneonformists. They are totally lawless, Generally, they enjoy life, Most of all, they wander. Usually they come home, hut sometimes they don’t, Now, though, the village fathers in Shorewood have declared way on roaming cata. Owners of cats which are picked up will have to pay a $b fine. The result, and we have this form a cat, will be that Shorewood—where some say that the cats outnumber the people—will grow prosperous, cat owners will be destitute and the cats will keep on roaming, Mad filing yes ia the day when single copies of unything seem to’ indicate unpar- donable inefficiency. Duplicate and triplicate forms are basic, Bince you - don't dare Jet the stuff pile.up:on your desk—nless you happen to ‘be in the newapupar business—you file it, | Government, of course, is great in this ine. We've all seen those acres of filo cabinets the government keeps, ’ if v All of which brings to mind a sim- ilar measure passed by the Illinois legislature in 1949 with the intent of protecting birds. Then Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson wouldn’t sign it. Said he: “Tt is in the nature of cats to do a certain amount of unescorted roaming... “Consider the owner’ s dilemma: To escort a cat abroad. on a leash is against the nature of the cat, and to permit it to venture forth for exercise unattended into’ a night of new dan- gers is against the nature of the own- er... “The problem of. the cat versus bird is as old as time. If we attempt to resolve it by legislation who knows but what we may be called upon to take sides as well in the age-old prob- lem of dog versus cat, bird versus bird or even bird versus worm. ‘In my opinion, local. governing bodies in IWlinois already have.enough to do without trying to control feline delinquency.” —The Milwaukee Journal. # Every now and then some company holds a top-level meeting at which it ia decided itis now safe to'‘burn or throw out the files for the years 1013 through 1918, Like as not, a complaint bobs up the following wok, and the facts are all.in the incinerator, With all this mad filing, it’s ines- capable that some things get lost or misfiled, —Sherbrooke Record, v AIRE MSDE arti aS KETCHIKAN | THANKS ee The Editor, | > 8 ‘The ‘Daily News: *, alvwant. to take this method of: commending the people of Prince Rupert .for-a:fine pro- gram in celebration of the one -hundredth birthday of British Columbia which ‘was attended by a group of people from Ketchikan including the mayor from Juneau. All of us were impressed by .the com- ‘munity spirit reflected din ‘the large number of business, ;fra- ternal and civic. organizations float entries in the parade on Saturday. It was obvious that a great deal of work was' re- quired to produce the number and quality of fleats that: were entered in the .parade. - We were pleased with -the honor conferred upon -the.U.S. Army, Alaska Communica- tions System, drill team under the command of Captain Lar- gent M, Miller. Jt was-pleasing to me that invitations “were extended to the. number of our people who participated ’ in the speed boat races and This: - the. trap shooting. I would also like “for the people of. Prince “Rupert ‘to know that we were most pleas- ed with the ‘hospitality ex- ‘tended to us by ‘your mayor, city. clerk - comptroller . and members of your city council. Last .and: not least all: the people of Prince .Rupert ‘were most cordial and friendly to us. : “We are looking forward to the proposed ferry system be- tween Prince Rupert and Haines with intermediate stops at Ketchikan, Wrangell and Petersburg becoming a reality in the next few years. This will afford a better op- portunity for visits between our: two ‘cities as well as greatly contribute development and the develop- ment of all areas which will be served by the proposed ferry system. J. E, WINSTON, Mayor, Ketchikan. Whose toes? By C. J. HARRIS © When James R. Hoffa, some | months back, disclosed his plan to form and boss a giant land- sea-air labour union alliance in North America there was a cer- tain amount of scoffing at-his ambition. The Teamsters’ Un- ion, expelled from the AFL- CIO, hardly seemed in a posi- tion to attract major ‘allies, Many of Hoffa's labour rivals assumed that U.S. government charges pending against the ‘teamster boss would end: his days of influence. to their | But, having won acquittals © on three court charges, Hoffa is moving on, challenging the AFL-CIO where he will. In the U.S. in early July he combined his teamsters with major groups of seamen and long- . shoremen in a permanent or- ; Unity. In Canada in mid- “ganization, which he calls the - ‘Conference of Transportation : month his emissaries met in = Montreal with teamsters and - Jongshoremen to lay the groundwork for a co-operative | organizing drive aimed at bringing under Hoffa:influence : all truck-rail-ship-warehouse , activities in Canada's St. Lawr- | ence Searway ports; but not present in Montreal were representatives of rall- way and seamen's unions, invited : Next event on the Hoffa : schedule is a meeting, in-Aug- |. in the - ust, of every union transportation field, including airlines, railways and West Const dockworkers. The Hofla ambition —control of every- thing that moves—does not now scem an unattainable goal. Politicians are fearful of his coming power, but more fearful of acting agalnat or- ganized Jabour. AFL-CIO lead- ers avold a showdown lest Hof- fa weaken thelr power by raid- ing their memberships. So it seems Inevitable he will extend to other fields the tight grip he has over trucking. Yor. Canada ‘the alanifieant point in the mid-July meeting jn Montreal was that, at leaat in Sis announced results, it denlt with minor Issues and Ig- nored major jssues, Captain William Bradley, head of the fangaster-ridden International Longshoremen’s Association, assured the press that “the or- ganizing drive in Canada will he directed by Canadian clti- zens.” Thomas Mynn of the tenmsters emphnasized the same polnt: “We are golng to lve by the rules nnd constitution of the Cnanndinn Labour Con- gress." William Dodge, vice- president of the OLO, anid there were no jurladictional arguments and “no one wns stepping On someone alse’s On, Woffa pulls the atrings for the tenmaters' union here, Wil) Jt be good for Cannda Af ia contro] {a extendod to other unions? The kingpins of the Montreal meating wore sent | thare by Hoffa. Dnes this not Imply that hiqdntention of rul- ing all transportation em- hiicos Oannda? Thers ara-vj- teu questions, Vet the GLC a. peura cancarned only with the avoidance of “stepping on nomoeone elie’s toes.” Whore toes.” Wotfn's? AOL ey oe tee (ouant se yt ay ty Re a Zephaniah 2:3. vo tgeab rats eyes, wy gee Smee ver Fenster neeegy ree a la tet oe _ LETTERBOX as ae 4 ISRATL* WHEL, Win The Editor, The Daily News: Ultimately Israel will be in- vaded and Jerusalem’ taken. ‘ After ‘a.lapse of ‘time Jehovah will fight: against the- ‘Invaders and destroy most of. them.’ Final victory “will be Isrdel's, ‘as the Bible shows. Jehovah's — new world or age; under Jesus ‘Christ iis near. .See Zechariah - 14, Matthew :24,"Mark 13, Luke |: 21, Exodus 6, 1 ‘Corinthians LP Follow Romans A. R. Stewart -'eess to a public library, or for © hat ‘matter, a library of any . behind a recent report on a ‘duced by W.S. 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