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to its 6 economic: potential or: its unique position as a
néighbor of the U.S.A. and member of the. British
Commonwealth. The deciding factor in the coming
e@ lection may well be our estimate of how capa this
: nae has been handled, |

Purchas se of Jobs ~
HERE was'a itme when purchase’ of jobs was not
"an unusual evil in industry. Men would get hired
! by the expedient of paying the right man the right
a sum at the right time, There was the concurrent-evil
om of men bribing a foreman, or some other functionary,
& to!
OF some ston favor.
“oalt Was an evil both for industries and worker's,
Industries had no assurance they were getting, oY
Reaping, the vightemen.. Honest: Wo} keys might find
cite and. pos ssilfly less'éfticient, worlter: slipped some-
"» one something on the side, This is one way in which
.g unions have been a help; the “pay for job” p ractice
hasbeén largely eliminated,
ve It hasn’t. been entirely eliminted, however, as
| sltown in Hamilton, There 17 wor kers pr esentetl at
~ fidavits they lad paid a foreman to get their jobs,

 

*. giver of a bribe is eqqally guilty. as the recipient, the
He Men ako were fired, § 0°"
pe | —Windsor Star,

: this year comes 3 election fever, Al-

{in this space, over he past sev-

 

campaign that is 00n: to bode in: earn’ kc
lsentor | partner’ in

it so. The Conserv atiyes have a

é@: nanely the: -eqimercit stations.

‘|place the CBC Board of Gover-

~\ to begin with in .the larger met-

— direct annual tax on each indi-

a most Canadians. ic
Jend the sharpest and most wide-

‘able and right. One of the: most

 

 

Naturally, the recommenda:
tions’ are -pleasing to me, he-
vause they: ‘are in-line with my
own suggestions, made repeatedly

eral year's.
_/Thé. CBC’ is! 40°

 

“yemain:: the}

the whole
radio and TV set-up in Canada.
But it is to be detached from its
résponsibilitics ” of having. to
contro! its own competitors,

“There is to‘be a new tele-
communications board, to re-

nors.
There is to be competition be-
tween public and private stations

ropolitan centres.

‘The CBC is to draw its appro-
prialions by periodical votes of.
parliament, .There is tobe no

vidual TV or radio set,

 

THESE suggestion “will no doubt

commend themselves to .the
common-sense ‘and fair play of
They should

spread criticism of the- existing
set-up, in respect to the TV
monopoly policy. The recom-
mendation means that. in the
comparatively near future, there
should be at Jeast one more good
TV station in the Vencouver
metropolitan area. But the Royal
Commission has made it crystal
clear. that licence to the addi-
tional TV stations should
conditional.; All of the new out-
lets are to be made to maintain
very high standards of perfor-

bel

 

* Inide ts r ‘sept which will pr obably set the pattern 8
for radio and TV in Canada for al long | time to come,

and TV. in Canada, ‘the amend-

on fiction or empty theory, mo

Writes: Posi.
For: Pioneers.

“VANCOUVER. ?—Robert Ser:
vice, ‘famed: bard of the: “Yukon,
saluted the Vancouver Yukoners’
Association annual reunion here
Saturday night with’ anothei! ‘of
his. down-to-earth» poems?’ - oe

 

 

 

 

eluding 16‘survivors ‘of thé: Trail
of 98 gathered to talk over. old
times, make reunions, with: Yu-
kon. pioneers after’ many year's
at separation,

‘A highlight” of the event each
year is-the reading of a Poem: “by
Mr. Service; dedicated especially
to the group on. this ‘occasion. .

Now living. in retirement: in
Monte Carlo, the formér Dawson
City bank clerk. wrote:

Whate'er your brand ‘of hooch may be
Mum's extra dry or barley*bree,
. or vulgar beer; :
Sourdoughs, across the sea tonight
To you I raise a beaker bright,
of Joy. and Cheer. :

Far in my sunny southern : home
‘I stare across the fairy: ‘Toatn ©
In pensive mood; .- be
In spirit, at the very. leaut:
rm with you at your merry feast,
_of brotherhood. | ‘

 

mance, oe
These stipulations are reason-

fundamental findings of ‘the re-
port is that a “private” station is
just as truly a public service as
isa CBC outlet. In other words,
there is no escaping the fact. that
the holders of a TV or _ sound
franchise to broadcast are the|

beneficiaries of a. valuable public!’

trust... They must live up to the

 

‘highest standard of performance

J chises permanently.

-|Hittle objection tothe pronosed

keep a job. Often it was done by a hottle of liquor

thelngalves oubof employment ilistibéediise ad dishon- | ¢!

if “they are to-metit such fran-

On this score, there can, be

rules of good performance. laid
down by. the Royal Commission.

 

THE Royal Commission. suggests

little that is new or useful in
what is the most vexatious prob-
lem in connection with radio in
!Canada, That is in regard to

the administration of the pub-

"Find you faint- hearted“on the: ttat,

the chain of responsibility for! '

Ana bree oy seven: yenrs from how,
TM sill be one of you, I NOW -
A wise old guyy acy
I'll prove that Yukon hearts are stout
With you at ninety end not out,
Age Py defy,

‘Old. timers 1 don't want tn navit,
‘But let me offer ‘you ‘this toast:
May never dayn a By

The guts God gave you never” "fail,
Sourdoughs, mush, onl ot

Mr, Service, ‘author of ‘such
famous poetry as “The Crema-
tion of Sam MaGee,” last visit-|
ed, Vancouver in 1948 at the Ih-
ternational Sourdoughs ‘ reunion
Another stirring poem, cram-
ined with nostalgia for these old
sourdoughs of the Klondike.trail,
was read in memory of the late,
Kete Rockwell, better known as |
Klendike Kate. Written by the:
former “Bell of the Yukon” -her-
self, the lines said, in parts. ,

. And-all that 1 can leave you
Are inemories of. the past-—,
The dreams we Greamed. together

 

 

licly owned sector of radio and
TV in Canada,

dio acts is thot the CBC Is ad-:
ministered by ifs.own Board of
Governors, and js not responsihite
to the Government of the day,
but to Parliament asa whole.

That theory sounds good, at,
first hearing or Jooks good in
print, at firsh glance,

But as a matier of plain fact,
it does not work out,

at

ITIS AN old story, | that “what is
ever yhody's business As, no-
body's, biighiess,”
» There’ say ip" ine hatilsm dn: tHe,

A of anent whiih eis
Nitin Gat poration to he
Pani

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sponsible. 9.
ment te whole neath

-The theory of the existing ra- |

    
    
 
      

That were too swect to last. *

. To the friends who were so
. fajthful,
‘Through my Ivughter and my tears.
T Jeave peace and contentness
| For their declining years."

! GREAT CATHEDRAL

The ‘first stone for the Notre
|Dame Cathedral in Paris was
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ed laws should be based-on ‘real-}..
ities and-common sense and not} »

OTTAWA DIARY.

-More than. 200. members, ‘ine ‘

veteran

'| —issues;

lconfining thelr

i tion’ or

; PHeforeman was fired, but on the basis that the.

 

even granted the mot soni
willingness on the part of the
Government, It Js impossthle for
the CBC or any olher crown cor-
poration to by-pass the Cabinet,
As such, In its own relations with
Parliament as a whole,

The reason for this {s self-eyi-
dent, AN mernbergs of the gov-
ernment- must also be members
1of parliament. Moreover, they
are by far the most powerful
members of Parlament, because
they hold the public pursestings,
Including the pursestrings of the

  

 

 

LAC HARRY J, WATERS; aR, |.
of Glinli, Manitoba, hag been

 

      
  
  
 
      
   

‘E NNING LEASES RENEWABLE
“UNDER. NEW LAWS — KIERNAN

VANCOUVER WaeMines Miniater Kenneth Kernan says

nde BC's new mining laws fs “remote,”

“tHe anld in a radio address Monday that no one’ sincerely
Interested in developing the province's mineral resources
need worry about renew) of a production, Tease, “but develop-
_fnont mua be In the Interests of B.C, aaa. whole,”

Mr Kiernan sald. that under new. legislation all erown:
tanting Is discontinued and ‘replaced ‘by, production and
-fotention lenses, A production Henao rune for a) yenra and
Ag. renin. . '

fe posalhility of a production lensg; rgnewal. helng: refused ~

awarded tho George Medal for
herolam In helping to reseug
the pilot of a crnahed ang |
burning: jel. flghter two year

CBC, Not ono cent of public
money can ho voted for the CBC,
or any other crown company,
unless 1b {# recommended ‘to
Parliament by he Governmente.
IneCouncil—which means hy the
Cabinet, ‘

If thore Is to he a now and
more Aenstblo chapter. in radio

ago abn French fighter bagg
‘occupied by the ROAF, Tha
man rescued wag Fit.Lt, BY,
Fine, 31, now stationed at’
Gimil, (CP. fron Nat, Defence):

Borrow with confidence

Whothor the ‘anawor to your :
monay problems la a onh loan or
expert.counsol, you muy relyon
INC, Cannda'y most rosam.
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MEMBE RS OF THE 56th Canadian Recon aisane 9
“march past the ruins’ of a bombed- out theatre ‘as they: arrive -
dn’ Egypt. to join the’ United Nations. Emergency Force at the’
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By Notman: -
M., ‘MacLeod .

Oe of the things that never | challenge. it, They ‘helleve: th al:
ceases to puzzle the Capital's! the issue is too involved. for ‘the
political ~ observers— taxpayers’. intelligence, In fact,
they're found mostly in the, many ofthe old-line. politicians
Senate now in the ranks of such j aren’t’too sure that they under- |
staunch figures as “Tom” Cre-j stand it themselves,” “
‘rar, “Billie” Euler, “Chubby” BI gangs
Power and a handiut of others
is the failure of the political
parties to. take up economic is-
sues,

The PC's, for example, don’t
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erlence,
ation or monetary policies fit, | RPI nag | i vlave your eyes examined
materia} for the hustings, re-' cette one EYES examinee
girdiess of the fact that they | MUST MEET STANDARDS _ |) tegulatly..
are of fundamental and ultim- |The Editor,
ately bread-and-butter import- |The Daily News. THIS ADVERTISEMENT IS

ance to the economy. In the PC
political book they’re not suf- editorial entitled “Increase Sup-}
ficiently “popular” in thelr. ap: [ply of Dentists” which was con-
peal; call for tne exercise of too, tained in your March 14 edit-
much ‘thought: on the part of! orial. In the meantime, I have
the electorate, and ‘so should be shad an application from a young |
side-stepped in favor of some} German, and I though you would ;
more glib—and more superticial Ihe interested ina quotation from |

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|
AS shocked old-timers view! 2 “Mr. F. K.. born the 29th of
in Auschowilz, |
{

June in 1929,

this’ campaignfhg approach, its : eee
basic assumption ‘is the ca | Aste Marienbad, ving at
omic illiteracy -and the ini Melsungen, was in my employ ,
“urity of the. voters,.Present-day as dl list f the 8th of |
politicians are considered to! 4° NI 46 to this tine” ct
take for granted the average! APril 1946 to this time.
elector’s unwillingness to con- | On careful examination -
cern himself. with anything thal'these figures, it is obvious that,
isn’t sugar-coated or capable of: this man_was practising as a. full |
being explained’ preferably In | fledged dentist before he had!
terms of emotion and at least in peached fig 17th birthday.” “This |
words of ‘one syllable. ‘The the-\is one of the reasons why we do

ory is that the average voter 8 not rule on European applica |
a creature of impulse, rather’ tions ourselves.

eye

Dr. J. M, SPRUENKEN

Ear

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| Nose and Throat Specialist

WILL BE IN THE CITY FROM |
APRIL 8 TO THE 13 INCLUSIVE”

“Make: your. appointment through your
fomily physicion

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than‘.an intellectual being. “Every European applicant i
Thus’ both the gld-line parties given ‘a lst, by this office, of the j1.
are dismissing any . serious five Canadian universities whjch |}:
{hought of economic argument, possess dental faculties. They!
‘rom their campaigning plans.'are asked to send. a transeript of |
Acting on the princivle that the their records there for review:by:
voter wants to he diverted ra- the Registrar of the University ‘|:
ther than needled into exerels-. concerned. If, in the oninion of:
‘ing his gray matter, they are the University, the applicants |]
references to qualificalioris fall short of Can--
economics mainly to assurances adjan standards, he js advised:
‘of thelr determination to lek what subjects he has to take and |
inflation. That's something like: how long he will he reanired to,
an evangelical preacher's assur; pursue these studies before hes
anee to his -congreeation of hisijng granted a Canadian DDS
resalve to triumph over He ee £0, ;

devil, T would reneat the the torelan
, fapplicant ts only asked ta come |

‘Bperift: ally what is bothering jun to the equivalent standards of |
the Parliament Hill oldiimers Is! the Cansdinn student. When ‘the |
the failtre of any political party ‘universities assube us that they
{0 challenge the new proposition are satisfied that the applicant |
which {s rapidly gaining ground meets ihe educational standards

 

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that the nation has its cholee they reauire of their own stu-
between continuous high taxa-;dents, the: nracedure we follow |
depression—-that low js exactly (he some as for any!

ation and. prosperity: can -Canadinn student, ae
never he, vente double hare |. AL the nragept, tine, wa. ares
ndss-apdine That 18 reecgalged § ty
dste lly ‘Me coplent tan ¥hlel |
les ab the haslaror, current’ poll= | denced 'n desire’ (a'mave 16 Heil-
clay, hoth of the Bank of Canada Jeh Columbian, nel the plieht of
ceonomists and also of the/ prince Ruvert as well as the ex-|
economists of the Department cellent opportunities which exist
of Finance, Nhese so-called ex- | fy your community are belne
néarts argue that any worthwhile | | polnted aut to them In delat
at in taxation would play Into! We have every reason to hone
the hands of Inflation, whieh, In that a number of these men will
turn would bring aboul a de no ahead with plans to emirate
pression, On this reasoning | ta our province, and T might say
continuots high taxation bee Ahab Prince Runerl and Quesnel
comes the inescapable price of: are at the Lop of aur list of come
prosperity, munides In urgent need of den-

‘Tis a bleak doctrine, And tal services at the present time,
ome minds In the Capital just W, ROAS UPTON, D.D.4,,
rofuse to belleve that It Is true, kxecutlve Becretary,
‘The. wouble iy that nelther of B.C, College of Dental
the inalor parties is prepared to} Surgeons,

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The Optometri¢ Practice of Mr. K. H, Tucker
~“has been transferred to the office of F, E.
Dowdle, Optometrist, 303 3rd Ave, West,

‘$0 08 to provide uninterrupted service, all records
_Ml be at Mr, Dowdio's office for the PUrnasos of
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