Tee ma An Independent newspaper devoted to the upbuilding of Prince Rupert. and Northern and Central British Columbla, a fa wey rs vst - 1910 — PRINCE RUPERT DAILY NEWS — 1988 A member of The Canadian Press — Audit Bureau of Circulation — Canadian Daily Newspaper Publishers Association Published by The Prince Rupert Daily News Limited ate JOHN F. MAGOR ay President J. Re AYRES: G. P. WOODSIDE Editor General Manager Authorized as second class mil by the Post Office Department, Ottawa os : WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1958 . Break seen in diesel firemen dispute iF the top executives of 14 railway “unions decide that their membership will not support the proposed strike by 8,000 firemen on Canadian Pacific Railway trains, it will not necessarily mean that there is a weakening: in trade union ranks, It should mean that Saner heads are prevailing at a time when Canada can ill-afford 4 strike that will tie-up half of the country’s .¥ail transportation. With a record number of persons presently unem- ployed tHere is little point to swelling the ranks of jobless through a strike that will not only effect the actual strikers but thousands of other rail union members as well, . The issue at stake is an important one to both parties. The CPR wants to remove the firemen from the cabs of diesel engines pulling freight or op- erating in yards. The firemen believe they should be allowed to remain a member of the engine crew for safe- ty’s sake. A royal commission, head- ed by Mr. Justice R. L. Kellock, held hearings all across Canada for 10 months and recommended that fire- men are not needed on freight and yard diesels but should be retained for . passenger and stearn locomotives. he outcome of the dispute he fate of the firemen employed Canadian National Railways ind°140 United States railroads, who e letting the CPR take the brunt of the present “test case.” _ Facing each other in the dispute, JRIME Miriister Diefenbaker, in his speech to the Canadian Labor Con- gress, not only expanded on new pol-_ icies but reaffirmed his determination to carry out an old one. He will, dur- In the life of this Parliament, carry out his promise to give Canada a Bill of Rights. _. The Prime Minister has a remark- _ Able facility for relating broad prin- ‘tiples to matters which directly touch tHe people he is talking to at the mo- cs _ ment, «He said the Canadian labor ‘Movement. and the labor laws it hag sponsored: had “provided a bluepyint' for the statutory recognition of basic individual freedoms . . . Certainly it has shown.that such rights can be dle- fined and can be guaranteed in precise although not at this moment, are N. R. Crump, president of the CPR and H. Ik, Gilbert, international chief of the firemen’s union. Both have been ada- mant as the country slips closer to the May 11 strike deadline. First break in the dispute has come from the allied rail unions in Canada. The question facing these other union executives is whether it is better to strike for a principle, in this case to save 3,000 victims of automation, or whether it is better to go on working, pulling down wages at a, time when hundreds of thousands are out .of work. The CPR has promised to ab- sorb “most of the firemen in the rail- way’s organization in other, capaci- ties.” Ifthe union knew. this was guaranteed then it would appear bet- ter-to go on working for. the same company at a different job than to live for some time on strike pay when the cost of living is also at an all-time high. The dispute is not over wages, There is no retroactive pay or wage boost to anticipate. Others besides the firemen themselves will not suffer as much if they do not go on strike, It might not appear so at present, but it would seem more sensible to accept the ruling of the Kellock commission, although it is.not binding, because the CPR shows no sign of relenting its plan to take firemen off freight and yard diesels anyway. And after all the CPR is, we presume, still operat- ing its own business. | m8 SA bill of rights mY and practical terms to all men by the law of the land.” He added: “Over the years I-have advocated a Bill of Rights of funda- mental freedom for Canadians within the constitutional jurisdiction 6f the. Dominion Government ... We intend during the present Parliament to in- troduce the necessary measures to this end.” That the Prime Minister has chos- en to refer to the matter publicly while the constitutionality is still undecided by the Supreme Court, reaffirms’ his determination to place such a bill on the statute books and his confidence that it is within the: powers of the Dominion Government, | —The Toronto Telegram, eNO TIL EC ee Oe ee awe a tree eee se ow 8 . nape omer BRITISH THE WEST) & aa COLUMBIA Bl iy 26-308 CENTRAL CENTENNIALE Nwempemmemnaed | oO ces JULY 12-26 PRINCE eee : ALBERT , . f NATIONAL Cusecteieny ‘ panee } paRK BN ia ! ' “\ a \ i Li) : ‘ QUEBEC Ye, CH) | VANCOUVER oe ay X i \ PBS Bi’ — : ) _ovthwaesfevontngsty M7) f Cpa Ga TORONTO i) Lif? . GALT @STAMILTON , ))) ) Sraarrgeeed AGARA FALE 27-7 / sahil PRINCESS MARGARET will spend a month in Canad and two national parks. She starts with two wee tennial celebrations and then travels ae visit have not yet been completed but m ous regions. After leaving Brilish Columbia she will visit Banff the cities of Calgary, Toronto, Ont. In the May 10 issue of Mac- lean’s, .Picrre Berton pats Prince Rupert kindly on ‘the head and says: “There, there, little ‘town. Sorry you didn’t grow up.” ‘Uf I were a denizen of Prince Rupert, I would be tempted to bite Berton’s hand. ' /JHowever, my relationship to. Prince Rupert is only that of a visitor and friend; and by the time fhese words reach print 1’ be out of town. It seems to me that Berton has -sold Prince Rupert short: “We flew north ... to Prince Rupert which 60 years ago was the. Kitimat of its day. There « it lay beneath us ,on its island of'rock and muskeg, Sir Wil- frid Laurier's thwarted dream city: destined in 1906 to be the metropolis of the north; laid out... to hold 50,000 per~ sons...” “But it never fulfilled its destiny. Vancouver stole the business. Prince Rupert suf- fered, and still suffers, the B.C. malady of being cut off from the world. After half a cen- tury its population stands at about 10,000...” Berton’s comments are pre- mature. Prince Rupert — still has plenty of time to grow up. What are 50 years in the life of a nation, or a city? © “And yet the town has never lost its fierce optimism . . .” Berton says .“It has always felt, itself.on the verge of big things.” ‘Surely that feeling is well founded. _ As Berton himselt . points out, the city has the INTERPRETING THE NEWS NATO ministers face brain-wracking problems By JOSEPIT MacSWEEN , Canadian Press Staff Writer _ NATO foreign ministers have opened thelr meoting in Copenhagen with a few things to be thankful for, but they also face brain-wrack- jng problems. Their first task is the diplomatic tussle surrounding the proposed East-West summit mecting, and in this the 15 ministers have a Strong. moral position as a result of Jast weok’a debate in the United Nations, Russia's truculent voto of a limited Western plan for disarmament inspoction hag Wwoakén- ed the Sovict Union's pose as the eager advocate of peace moves against Western war plots, . Is os ait ‘ , The UN exposure of Russia's implacable op- positidn to arms inspection throws serious doubt on whether Premier Khrushchev wants a sum« mit meeting at all, despite his many state. ments, This is one of the problems that NATO statesmen must face, , » One way or another, Russia will struggle to regain Initdative in this vital question, as haa alrendy boen shown by Foreign Miniat myko's new meetings In Moscow witly ambis-: sndors of the Uniter States, Britain and France, ‘1 The NATO ministers have tite problom of hammering out a solld common policy to mately Russian moves in every Neate potent, mili tary, economic and psychological, : » Russia is active In all of these and, unlike the West, has the taciicnl advantage of not having to consult with and make its dadisior necoptable to the differant intoresta of aevern) countrica, my w ra iy * -; On the military front, the NATO ministers have the recommondations of alliange Acforico hiefs for n doubling of ground forces to 80 tUvisions and tho catnbilahment of nuclear and nlaKiO bases in Kuropean countries, \ wey eee tale ete ele Oe we we vt ey fe Sata se Eran Nt hy Mbeya of { pe ees aren ier CGtros | the alllance cannot .. This is an issue causing great soul>search- ing anywhere In Burope, especially West Getrir- any, which Js under enormous pressure to ro- fuse the nuclear arms. On the economic front, there are fears that the business recession of, the United States and Canada will spread to Britain and Europe at a time of Russian economic oxpeahsion, m * * * The duties of the U.S. toward enlightendd policics of forelgn trade were stressed durtig the weekend by Republican President Wisen- hower and a leading Democrat, formey stato scaretary Dean Acheson. , Another NATO worry Is the unstable pal- itical situation In France, whore a s@arch now is in progress for the 26th fovetnnient sbnco the Sccond World War. And since France is a key member of NATO, Ignore the continuing crisis of North Africa, whore Algerians are in prolonged repollion againat French rule. Fit or fat? From he Vancouver Province . Aro our children flit oy meroly fat, We North Amarienans like to boast that our ehlidron aro tho best fed In the world, And probably thoy iro... But are they tough and strong-——ns wel) As big? Or are they more Ike a hothouse plant that is long on pulp but short on fibre? daitions = Babsstnddeierd devel! Her diffieulty From The Galt Reportor Naturally the dumb atcnograpshar did't mall the circular letters, She couldn't find My round onvolopes, a) ‘ a world’s third largest harbor. It is the terminus of a trans- | continental railway. It is 400 miles nearer the Orient than Vancouver. The port is shel- tered, ice-free and fog-free, clear of obstructions at its en- trance, deep at all tides— almost too deep. As I look out over the rail- way yards at the seven miles of first-class harbor—1l4 miles counting the inferior stretches —I see this place not as 2 stunted failure but a Cinder- ela town that will prosper when its day comes. By going from Yokohama to Prince Rupert and return instead of Yokohama to Van- couver, the captain of a 10,000- tonner saves himself some 800 miles and 90 tons of fuel. “Why aren't shippers fall- ing over cach other to send their goods across the Pacific via Prince Rupert,” I asked shipping agent G. W. Nicker- son. “Is it because the rail freight rates are valgher?” “No, the rates are the same from Fort William to Vancou- ver and Prince Rupert,” he said. “But the shipping com- panies want 25 cents more a ton to load grain here than they do from Vancouver. “Tt's cheaper for them to operate out of Prince Rupert in another way. In Vancouver ships often have to lay walt- ing for as much as 10 days, Ww . 1 eh bee Poe We gt vA fay " fs ‘ von x . we v4 ee pe peorevenn * e wes ° +e ee e iiah hain . rf eqeeqeeor “8 eo " ° re . seeereres apts \ 1 t ga ‘ . . Nel yg ae ately : Foye + : ‘a y | FOR IART_'G eT Flats Gosh gals, what a selection, Crepes in all colors and sizes. So soft, like walking on clouds. You'll love them. Niagara Falls, Galt, Hamilton,, Montreal, Quebec, and Halifax. Her Royal Highness also will attead t! a EY MORTIMORE Here they can load in no more than three days. It costs thou- sands of dollars to keep a ship waiting. But the companies have got together and agreed to charge 25 cents extra.” “The shipping companies wort compete with one an- other. Then, the government pilotage rate is higher here than it is for Vancouver— although dewn there — they need a pilot for 100 miles and here we scarcely need one for 30. We also must pay the transportation of the pilot to and from Vancouver and his travelling time at $30 a-day plus hote] bills.” Why don’t they pilot here? Because. says a waterfront observer, six ships a month would be needed to make it worth while. From 1952 to 1957, the number of ships call- ing at Prince Rupert during each years has been 53,-48, 38, 33, 32 and 26. Why don’t more ships use this port? For several reasons. Because the wheat board favors Vancouver. Because the Sole Prince Rupert grain ele- vator is government-owned and doesn’t chase-business as private enterprise handles only wvarley just now: because shipping companies charge more for Prince Rupert cargoes even though they can By. station a carry these cargoes at less cost. “When are you going to lower your ocean freight rate to give Prince Rupert an even break?” a friend of the city - asked a shipping man... | “AS soon as more ships come in. and you become a bigger port,” the magnate replied. Take precautions before holida Home burglaries represent a large portion of the $1,500,000 ‘theic loss in Canada each year, according to officials of the All Canada Insurance Federa- tion. Thefts increase sharply during the vacation months when owners are away. The Federation, which rep- resents more than 200 Cana- dian fire, casualty and auto- mobile insurance companies, offers these recommendations to guard against home bur¢- Ja.y witue On vacation. @ Have milk and newspaper deliveries cancelled. Old news- papers are a sure indication that the resident is away. @ Arrange to have lawn cared for regularly. @Inform the local police that you will be away. They will cheek your home period- ically. @Have a friend or neigh- bour visit the house oecasjon- ally to sce that all Js In order. ~ @Remove valuable silver or jewelry for storage in a bank safety deposit box, ® Do not leave lights burn- ing in the house. your ALS eu 0 Sde them now moRsy ‘vee nel moe ee are, ain. ‘ { a this summer, visiting k’s participation in British Yoss Canada to the Atlantic Coast. Details of the ap inccates dates on. which she will visit the vari- wou'd, it” at least 11 cities Columbia's, een- and Prince Albert parks and. Fredericton, 1¢ Shakespearean Festival at Stratford, ~ ALL ABOARD — (CP Newsmap) “How are we foing to get more ships if you charge ox- cessive rates?" The shipping man didn't answer, He had been talking nonsense. The heart of his ar- gument was: “Don’t go in the water until you learn to swim.” This kind of cireular reason- ing has neld Prince Rupert back. No more ships until you get a pilot, no pilot until you geet more ships. No more grain until you’ get another = ele- vator; no elevator until you get more grain. As a result the people of this town have to waten freighters steam past carrying grain from Vancouver to Russia. — They have to listen politely when a Japanese captain ex- plains that they have to pay ah extra $4 0 toh freight on their cause Prince Rupert is such a remote place. Sooner or later, Prince Ru- pert businessmen will break into the circle of defeat. A $7,000,000 airport is under con- struction. The town has the railway, the seaport and the industrial sites, With any luck, it will get power—hydro .power or (who knows) power from the tides. A simple generator has lately been invented, to make electric current from the rise and fall of the sea. When trade with China opens, Jumber and wheat could move through this port. There is no need to ery the blues for Prince Rupert. This town will have its day. Mean- while,. aySkunk cabbage blos- som for Pierre Berton’s but- tonhole, fresh from Prince Rupert’s famed muskeg. @ If a theft or break-in is discovered, inform police im- meciately. Even if nothing of value has been taken, the in- formation will be of value to police. - Can't spell ‘ Can't spe From The Sudbury Star Employers 1 established business have been shacked by the number of applicants for positions who lack spelling ability. It ls.no wonder they are among the leaders of the movement for a return to the three R's in our school system. Tt Is all very well for a new crop of people who eall them- selves “educationists” to pro- test the three R’s are still-be- ing taugh in the schools, The flnished product seck- ing employment after school provides the proof that the experiments of “educationists” have not paid off in baste knowledpge-—such as knowing haw to spe!d. We may be as good as we please, if we please to be good. —Isaac Barrow, mandarin oranges be- y a ETTERBOX INITUMAN The Editor, The Dally News: Some callous morons | who probabiy think themselves personable decent human. pbe- ings, disposed of a number of kittens, by dumping them in the alley near Sixth Street, The kittens, are about two weeks old, and quite unable to fend for themselves, : ; ITUMANS end’s storm. They were a be- dragegled lat when brought: In, , and I wish to thank the gen-> - tleman who elimbed the blurt - back of the Totem Gift Shop - “to rescue one poor mite, who was defiantly yowling his head _ Off, hls piteous wails heard 5 i | i { ‘ ine ee I i voluntary, above the wind and rain’ If these humans were. but made to endure the same In- dignitles te I well realize there are’ many and varied unwanted familics among cat and dog pets every Spring, but ff peo- ple wish to rid themselves of these, they have no right to throw them in some bush or alley, and thus shed respons- ibilities wth a shrug of the shoulder. . It is quite easy to put them to sleep, via your druggist, or if an SPCA, member Js phoried, Iam quite certain they would only be too pleased to find a home foy “the waits.” . much... more so in face of last week- NO TROPINES YET vo The Eadltor, h The Dally News: | ot Before the new Parks Board. : gets organized on thelr 1958: program at the parks, we, would tike to Inquire’ about:. some unfinished business left. over from 1957. Tt is now elght months since the Labor Day swimming com-,, petitions, and to our know- ‘ ledge none of the winners," have as yet received the tro-.: phies and medals whieh they ° worked so hard to win, The., Qwards were presented to: them after the swim mect, but.” were kept by the Parks Board: to be engraved and xeturned’ fs soon as possible to the, youngsters, a The medals had not yet ar- Fived but were expecting short-.. ly and would be mailed to the’ winners tinmediately, as they) needed no engraving. me But so far, no one has ree ceived any of the awards. It is: a shame that it has been left | so long, ay all the thrill oft: competition has no doubt dimmed by now, and dust has | gathered on’ the piano tops. and mantel piccas. where the | trophies were to have been: displayed so proudly by the | winners. . We would like to see this. matter attended to and clear- |; ed up before tho new. season Starts, It is only fair to those ° vie yd rg " 9 youngsters who worked, so! Yours Un indignation), hard to win those awards. Vern R. Webb, INTERESTED, : . Prince Rupert. * Prince Rupert..- o Commendation ALR. in the Washington, D.C, Liberty Bishop Joseph T. MeGucken of the Catholic Diocese of Sac- ramento, is to be commended for his position in favoring a. na-work Sabbath. The Sacramento Bee recently expressed his -opposition to blue laws as restricting Sun- day activity because: “It's almost impossible to frame them with justice. People keep the Sabbath in a variety of Ways—the most outstanding examples are. the Jews and Seventh Day Adventists: Must Canada impose its will? From La Presse of Montreal ' This refusal to alow a thou- sand or so automobiles to be exported to China is some-- thing which probably happens frequently enoug of our export’ are other implications. There is concern right across Canada over the constant growth of American capital in the devel- opment of our country’s econ- omy. ‘ It would be advantageous for us to make use of the possibil- ities of selling automobiles in China. But it has to be re- More people in the, fleld » rade: There 77 -ls! P "gure work to thousands of per-:: Fhe Bishop's stand is in con... trast fo others of his chnren, and to some clergy of the Pro- — testant churches who are ad- vocating economic reprisal by » Means of boycott, or by Sun- day enforcement by Jaws against those who keep theiy' shops open on that day. Sun-:- day !uws cannot be framed it: | ‘justice, they are persecuting. in nature, they invade thes right of the individual con="" science and, in principle, mis: represent the Prince of Peace. te membered likewise. along with! this lack of making profits im: this case, that Canada has de-: rived benefit from the estab: ‘Hshment 6f factories which asst sons and which have created . a strong current of exports to-. wards other parts of the wor'd: Must the Government, in such circumstances. Impose Its wil)? But then who docs not fear that there will be risks af provoking quarrels more ser-- ene are eee 5 come for money help : Ocer'; million familion a year horrow confidently fram WEC, Reason? HFC, Canada’s leading consumer finance company, offers courteous -money management advice and prompt loan service hacked by 80 years of ex- | perience. AL HFC you can. | borrow up to $1,000, get one-day service and take up lo 380 months to repny C. 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