PRINCE RUPERT DAILY NEWS An independent newspaper | ‘devoted to ‘the upbuilding 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 ae . President. ; -' J. R. AYRES G. P. WOODSIDE Editor. General Manager oe y} Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa Po THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1958 pe Identify these crosswalks EVER has a traffic device in this area aroused louder public outery” than has the crosswalk. Live Letters leave no doubt about this. In the face of this protest, however, the author- ities have decided to introduce more- Officials seem determin- crosswalks. _ ed to make citizens like it, regardless. cs} In favor of the cro osswalk it can be said that since their motorists appear to be ‘driving more carefully. Their caution is the ginger- ‘ly type, like that ofa novice handling dynamite. This is because crosswalks are new to them; they are not certain. ‘where they will come across one; they are fearful that a pedestrian may sud- denly be in front of their wheels. ‘Pedestrians likewise venture upon a crosswalk with apprehension. . ' Caution from motorists and pedes- trians is more than necessary; it is ‘vital. But this brand of it, based on fear and nervousness, is _ public a grove hardship. When the. cost and inconvenience labor. disputes are confined to con- tending parties in the dispute it is no one else’s business. But when the pub- lic has to suffer and if regional or na- tional economic well-being. is threaten- ed, it is everyone’ s business. What labor is doing, in these con- stantly recurring dislocations in busi- ness and industry and public services, {snot onh putting great a : people and business concerns In 1 posi- tions of distress but hastening the day when the public will demand that the lid he clamped down hard on labor. Noy one wants to see this happen. Trade unionism has great accomplish- ments to its credit and these are ack- nowledged freely on every hand. But if lahor unions do not exercise intelli- vent self-discipline, if they become ar- rovant and irresponsible they will lose the sympathy and respect they have introduction kind the wrong kind. It can be altered for the better, and remain no less cautious, if motor- ists and pedestrians knew. exactly what to expect. There is nothing wrong with cr'oss- walks.in principle. What is wrong with them in practice is the unexpect- ed about them. This can be eliminat- ed by adequate markings and signs and Metro Council moved in that di- rection yesterday when it authorized the painting of large crosses. and double white crosswalk boundary hs The objection of traffic experts o.“zebra” markings, however, is diffi-. cut to understand. Markings of this | would - unmistakably identify crosswalks. The experts have agreed that cross- walks are here to stay. It is their ob- ligation to so sign and mark them that motorists and pedestrians know where they are and what they are —Toronto ‘Telegram. Public almost st readly to clamp down on labor earned and will find their ‘freedoms curtailed. Such a thing would involve forms of social regimentation and control which are repugnant to all who believe in democratic freedom. -It is’up to la-. bor leaders throughout the nation to stop the present drift in this direction. In the U.S. we have seen disgusting revelations unfold concerning racket- eers and mobsters getting control of . certain,big unions, some of which have Canadian affiliates. | While this 1 is not our problem it has es 5 not enhance the respect people i in in do general have for organized labor general. There is a growing demand for federal legislation imposing the prin- ciple of compulsory arbitration on all essential public services. This marks a trend which, unless labor takes care, might end in the out- lawing of strikes in all forms of enter- prise as in Soviet Russia. —The Calgary Herald. Fewer migrants O*." of the worst effects of the re- ession is its curtailment of immi- eration, Tt is estimated the inflow of new people from the United Kingdom will he down drastically by about 75 percent this year from 1957, In the first quarter of 1958 only 5,887 came from that source compared to almost es add in the equivalent period last Veur, Nothing (apart from war) has such a devi stating effect on immigra- care ee ed ganar nee E SO ae es ee meen er erences To INTERPRETING THE NEWS tion as unemployment. People just ure afraid to come if job prospects are unfavorable. They can't afford to give up jobs at home unless there is al reasonable assurance of jobs here. Such a situation is apt to have an influence over the next few years, even if economic conditions sharply im- prove in Canada, ven the possibility of losing jobs, after they have been ob- tained, is enough to make prospective immigrants cautious, —Windsor Daily Star. thailand coup 13th bloodless revolution Wy DAVID ROWNTREE Canadlan Press Staff Writer For a quarter of a century, the coup d'etat has been the dominant way of political Ife Jo Thailand, Governments ree and fallbat the command of strong army men, There hasn't been any violence In the 26 years since Thailand, or Blam as it was then known, ceased to be an absolute monarchy following the first of 1 bloodless revolutions, Until Jast year, the ehlef Seure ino Thad politias for 10 years was Plbul songqram, an ayy i omearshal Fis undoing wai ta try W “yet Nin enbinet mingiters to eut thabre conner- ilonw With highly profitable byshess ventures. Pollee Chief Prune Briynnond ta sid to have made millions ont of the opium trade and other vieos, as well as in legitimate businesses. Anny commander Sarit Thanarat had interests fi onheut 80 Inerntive compnrayiga and alsa ls nota to ave taken a huge aice fron: the pro- reedaoof the national Joltery, Honma tried to end sone of the corrup- (lon dn high places: that was woyryhyg Thale land's fends. "Phe country da on wbrane ape povtar of the Bouthetst Ania 'Tronty Oraantl- vution, an Ameriean-daapired grouping similar to NATO, and jt was embarrassing, to have Thailand pointed out by the Chinese Commu- nists ns an example of Weat’s Allies tn Asta. Bongeram couldn't override Phaoa and Sarit, Roth resl¢ned and ino the resulting setruge le for control behind the scenes, Sarit: emerped the strong man, We took over the government and sent Premfer Bengrran. and the poller chjef as welle-out of the country, Rivetions were held Jast December. A young army officer, Dt-Cen, Thanom WKittk- achorn, wis seh up ag a straw promler for Sarit who went, off to England and the U8. for trontment of a liver complaint. Barth slipped home quietly last weekend, ready to take ever the reins of qrovernment Himaelf. The premier submitted: his restqna- (Won Muenday. A few hours Jater the Thatland radio tn- nouneed that Weld Marshal Sarit ns hed of the go-ca}ied Revolutionary Party. it ta made up of the army, navy, alr foree, pottee and government officials--had assumed contra of the country “In the name of the people . boenuan of pressive of tnternal and) external forces, especially the Communists.” Pee | os sa CALE op sy ww WW ‘meet Soa e Se SS oan LL GTM LEED CML EELS. ae ee ee a bli “The dog’s around the back. We just ¢ gan "t t do. anything with him.” ~-Cartoon by Tom.. Nicoll. - Grow. old gracefully In the United States prep- arations are in progress. for the White House Conference on Aging. At this conference an..effort will: be made -; to make plans. for helping. older people to live their lives. with- out the anxieties and worries that too many of them now face. The economic problem, “of course, is often a big part. of the. worries of later years, all the more so when. inflation is diminishing the buying power of savings and pensions. But there are other problems. These have. been stated. by Senator Alexander Wiley, from Wisconsin, who will ‘be taking a leading part in the. confer- ence. Himself — United States (and the same is becoming trua of Canada) puts too much emphasis on “Youth, good looks, glamor.” This tends to make older peo= ple feel less and less’ attractive: ~ and important. . - seventy-four years of age, he feels that. the. Some older culture. such as the Chinese in the days be- fore Communism, had vener- ation for old age. ‘ The wisdom. of the was valued. Old people treas- ured each additional years as increasing their status and the respect they could com-’ mand. Chinese art used often to depict old people, with their calm faces and attitudes. Now old age may tend to be regarded as a misfortune, or as something to be disguised as much as possible. The re- sult may be the dignity of their years, may try, rather pitifully, to pretend to be young, and to end their days in “fizzle and pop,” instead of ‘in the gracefulness of their. dignity. As a white candle In a holy place, So is the beauty Of an aged face. But this truth, which is part. of the beauty of the. world, “maybe lost;-unless something All Aboard & G@ Mater | years | ing in a “house with a wood stove. It’s a big heavy one with a nickel rail in front and warming compartments at the top. I sat in a kitehen chair for a little while and propped my feet on the open oven door, the way I used to do some- times on a winter day in the old house. Over there was the wood box, like the box I used to fill ‘though not so often as IT was suppused to) when T was a boy. | There are a number of wood stoves With wood boxes around, just as there are steam loco- motives ground. But nowadiys you can hear people talking about them in a partonising way, as though they were museum pieces, Personally, I tike wood stoves better than all stoves. We have an oil range of fairly modern design at home and it) hus piven ous nothing but trouble. I know what people will tell me—that we don't know how to run Jt. Rut oT house notion that every T enter where there is an ool) stove has that head- wehy smell of oil in dt. It felt pood to @seape from our olly Htthe monster and prop my feet on the oven of a wood stove, and hear the fire crackling, and smell the clean arama of a wood thre. To felt. sad when we moved my mother oul af the old house, and they disconnected the wood stove to take to the nuction room. What a work. horse that stove had been, and what memories were ¢en- pratned In it! Toremember when To was struck by a ernae for chest- nuts. T wanted to make the chestnuts bard baoa hurry. so I baked them in the oven. Por days that stove wis chit- tered with ehestuuts. My par- ents mist have been long suf} ferlog. But oT think To owas too zealous, because T baked many of the chestnuts too Jong and hot, and they erneked, On the water heater next to the steve, my dad and Tt oused fo ntiek atamps that, had been soniced off envelopes, wad leave Urem to dry. When the heat) penetrated the stampa they would curl upoand falban the Moor, where we retrieved thom for the cal- lection, ar to udd te our store of dupllentes. Hometines TP aneaked in wet. hocks and rubber boota to he dried out briefly tn the oven after wadlog in the river, fishy In, or playing in the snow. they had. Those were just a few of the jobs the old wood stove did. It vave you. splinters, in the fingers, sometimes, when you brought in the wood. But I liked the old wood stove, and I wish I was sitting in my par- ents’ kitchen again on a win- ter’s day with my feet on the oven door, dreaming a boy's dreams, and hearing my fa- ther’s tales of the distant countries. LETTERBOX FINE HERITAGE The Editor, The Daily News: What a shock to hear from Mrs. B. S. Prockter, by tele- phone, that Peter Lien has been called to his eternal rest. A full life lived and spent in selfless service for his fel- low man, in a variely of ways. Not by any means the least important of that serviee he- ing his cholrmaster and organ- ist duties at the cathedral. So often has he sat at his organ and heard the offielating clergyman start a funeral sere viee with those tmmortal words: “We brought nothing Into this world, and It is) certain we can take nothing out, The Lord gave, ond the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the neme of the Lord.” Now tt has been to have it said over tal remains. True we can enrry nothing nwiy from this world except the character we have devel- oped and the hope of Ufa etornal through Jesus Christ our Lord, but, some are per- mitted to leave far more than others, T feel sure that Peter has left a fine heritage In Prince Rupert and in’ the (reat Diocese of Caledonia, 7 want to add my tribute as tu Balvationiat and former alt- ven of your "Gateway to the North-West.” Mry Coad grant a dedicated aAllecessor ab the organ of Bt, Andrew's and In the Band of MCS Chatham, , Major Wm, Chas. Poulton, Halvation Army, Toronto, “Weare her evstomary dark glasses camoracahy Gre. ta Carbo ta photographed mp Nome alrfleld. "says a ple- ture euption. Camaraeshy Ine deed! Haw many movies did Hho make? Vrom Wamilfon Spectator his) turn his mor- ' and self-confidence of .the prestige and respect of age may be recovered.. This may not be easy in an era‘ wen the. accent on. youth - so loud as to strike a discord in the harmony of life. —The Montreal ‘Gazette. Civic Questions . oe Q. I see that: the Northern B.C.. Power, Co, has Bot thelr rate increase. What is the City golng to do about it A. There is nothing that can be done now. . The Public ene vw ¥ Vy» cream ¥ “your coffee” , with oY *, Pacific _” " v eat ae VAR bat wae a Utilities Commission has “als ‘lowed this rate increase. Haw: ever, the ‘City’s opposition to the Power. Co.'s original ap-,° plication cut down this rate increase by 30 per cent. , ‘ co a wg ie + . Rg ey Pe Me Fae eT OS GE ete ty tN tt ae the only evaporated milk” processed in BC, [3 . 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