“es -w- sii, 910 — PRINCE RUPERT DAILY NEWS — 1958 he te e t t ¢ : 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 “ President a J. R. AYRES G. P. WOODSIDE * Editor General Manager 1 mn en Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa _ oes THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1958 iv ee BY the end of the 1960 fiscal year ; Prince Rupert should be able to poast that it has the most paved streets of any city of comparable size avest of Winnipeg. We won’t venture further east than that because some of those ancient Ontario and Maritime towns have been in existence a little ‘longer than has this northern port. But when the city’s own Golden Jubi- Jee rolls around in 1960, the long-range voad re-eonstruction and paving pro- eram should be almost complete. Ina mmgst wise move City Council has siaused to see where it was going re- garding its street planning and has Coie up with a schedule for recon- ‘(YNCE ‘again the public has the op- ‘“ portunity to see for themselves ‘the good works of the Civic Centre as ithat organization stages its annual ;Pot-pourri today, tomorrow and Sat- ‘urday. This year the Pot-pourri, ar- ranged by the Centre’s craft director ‘Fred Owen assisted by Centre staff ‘members and volunteers. has a Cen- ‘tennial theme in keeping with the (100th birthday of British Columbia. ;But Centennial or not, the displays of ;eraft work, the boothes, stalls and ‘presentations by other Centre classes -have the same high standard that has | Voice of inexperience HE gently (or sprightly) kick under . the table by devoted toe upon devot- ‘ed shin. The swift arching of the eye- brows, the discreet little cough. Many a husband has come to recognize these signals that the conversation is tobog- ganing toward hot water, that his tone is growing bumptious, his voice reach- ing into the higher decibels. How many husbands have lived to value the wifely reminder that the speedometer is leaving 60 behind and that the road lies ahead, not on the back seat with the charming guest? How many fewer husbands have learn- ed to swallow gracefully such chal- lenges to the male’s omnicompetence? . Happy are those.who have! City street program farsighted move struction and hard-topping that will see practically every street in the city hard-topped by the time Prince Rupert is 50 years old. Only the most outlying. thoroughfares will still remain to be done. Even now, Prince Rupert is far ahead of any city or town in Northern British Columbia and in another three years motorists will be able to drive anywhere in town without going off pavement. Citizens will be able to look back and agree that it was $211,681 well-worth spending. The.mention of motorists, however, always reminds one of pedestrians. So naturally. a similar program for sidewalks would be appropriate. . Civic Centre pot-pourri well-worth seeing featured previous successful Pot-pour- ris. Hundreds of hours of work and craftmanship has gone into some of the copper-craft, flower-eraft, ceram- ics and jewellry work. Months of training will be represented by the dancers and rhythm band members. All of the Pot-pourri offerings, wheth- er it is a small exhibit or a large dis- play, will demonstrate truly Mr. Owen’s claim that the Centennial Pot- pourri has “Something for everyone.” It’s on for three days so you'll have no excuse for missing it. a A Pennsylvania Supreme’ ’ Court justice has promulgated the opinion that “the husband-father is still king at the wheel of his car,” and that the wife should “remain silent.”. Iowa’s state safety commissioner retorts that he’s an expert witness on back-seat driving and against nagging as much as anyone. But: A wife has more purpose in a ear than to bang her head through the windshield if hubby makes a driving mistake. ‘ The safety commissioner is- mar- ried; the eminent jurist is a bachelor. —The Christian Science Monitor, Wake up and read Hminmm! ‘ From The Christian Science Monitor An event occurs. You can hear about it at once and per- haps see something about it via the air waves. No book could bring you this immedi- acy—not even a periodical, not even a newspaper. But what docs it mean? _ workers’ hamlets,” INTERPRETING THE NEWS PCRS MERTEN EP CRC Peaceful Germany may heal Anglo-French rift By ALAN HARVEY i. Canadian Press Staff Writer Ifistory takes some funny twists. Now it’s peaceful Germany smoothing things over be- tween Britain and France. Chanecllor Konrad Adenauer, Germany's old Gibraltar of @ statesman, is coming to London, and Anglo-Fronch amity ranks high on the agenda. Host Premicr Warold Maemillan secks Adenauer’s support in the latest phase of the post-war battle for a new Europe. Briefly, Mac- milan wants Adenaner to put pressure on re- calcltrant Pranee In deadlocked negotiations on the Europenn free trade area. The results may determine whether the new Europe ds to emerge as a bustling supermarket of some 250,000 customers, capable of taking on ll comers in an age of big trading battalions or subside into national museums of charming idjosynerasy, as fossilized as Spain and Portu- gal. yi 4 ik tk The impasse ehiefly coneerns France, a member of the slx-nation common market, and Britain, heading a group of other European countries which would ke to see a free trade eggs fashioned around the yolk of the common market, Britain cherishes the jdea of an “industrial freo trade area, with agricultural products excluded, France, In touchy mood after rebuffs in North Africa, is snid to have seta suff price, Hor connter-proposauls have not been made public but she is thought to covet a share in Cammonwoalth preferences, Thne is short, The next move is due at a Paris meeting May 2, and British nogotiators hint at a duly deadine for agreemont. Failure would split Europe in two. Britain's political ne well as economia attitudes toward Burope would have to be reconsidered, and the Com- monwenlth would be naffeeted, e Hi " 4 Loo “It Jy not going too far to suggest that a conference of Commonwealth prime niinisters iInfght have to be held, without walting for the Autumn trade conference in Canada,” a British source told this reporter. These warnings have been dismissed in Paris as parf of a scare campaign but White- hall is taking the situation seriously. Mac- millan, an avowed European, has staked much on Britain's new oarlentation toward the con- Linent. Germany almost certainly will try gentle persuasion on France. A reconciliation between the two inveterate rivals has been a main Adenaucr aim, A German economic official, asked how long Germany could walt on a frac- tious France, replied: “We have Jearned to be patient because of our mistakes in the past.” Adenauer's visit colneides with a European anniversary, Ten years ago—April 16, 1048— saw the signing of accords whieh led to the Organization for Kuropean Economic Co-oper- ation, a 17-nation success story which has lifted industrial production 80 per cent above pre-war levels. OEFC may be an early casualty if the free trade plan falls, And Europe will remain a nar row strand on the Eurasian land mass with a Breat. post and a doubtful future, Must watch own interest From The Calgary Nerald We must watch our own Interest and rae sources, We are a small nation, We live niong- Aide the greatest and richest nation on carth—- Whose people hold us in affection and cateem, and have respect for us, and cherish our friendship, and would not. knowingly do a thing to harm us, but who sometimes enuse us iriev- ous hurt without Intending to. In order to proscrve ourselves free and whole In the shadow of our mighty neighbor, it is vitg) that we hold on to, and make the best of, what we have, How to win frionds From the Stratford Beacon-IMerald A boro ts one who talks about himself to you and wv gossip one who talks to you about others, But a brilliant conversationalist is one who talks to you about you." Tight squeeze From the Branttford Exnositor In Canada today no one is permitted to build a house which has less than 750 square feet of floor space, and most new smaii homes have about 900 square feet. Many Canad- ians of modest means buy a house of 1,000 square feet. How, by comparison, docs a Russian workingman fare? The facts can be obtained from the latest Soviet govern- ment information bulletin by anyone who takes a little trouble. The bulletin announc- es that Central Communal Bank credits to individuals last year resulted in the construc-, tion of “over 72,657,000 square feet of housing in towns and’ and that into this housing “some 160,- 000 workers’ families moved." The figures are impressive til! you analyze them, when they become considerably less im- pressive. A simple division sum shows that these 160,000 families ob- tained an average of 454 square feet of living space, which is only sixty per cent of the minimum allowed in Can- ada’s new homes, and barely more than half the space to be found in most of the smal! new houses into which Canadian familles have moved in recent years, Another Ciano From the Windsor Star That Fascism dies hard, if It dies at all, is demonstrated in Italy. There Count Fabriz- jo Clano, 26-year-o'd grand- son of the late Benito Mussol- Inl, is a candidate for thé neo-Fascist Party. It polled 1,580,000 votes in 1953 and hopes to get enough votes this year to squeeze Into some sort of coalition government, Instead of being ashamed of Ciano, the nco-Fasceists are boasting about him. Yet hig father and prandfather brought Italy to ipnominious defeat in World War II, Not only were they dictators in be- Uef and action, but they were nasty and corrupt in their pri- vate lives, It is wrong to attach to a son the sins of his father or grandfather, But, young Clano, in coming forward as 2 neo- Fascist candidate, is asking for it. Could it be that he fs proud of his Infamous ancest- ors? 19 A Nt neg ett BE A meters Canadian tropics . From the Wauifax Chroniele-Herald Bermuda and the Bahamns, left out of the West Indles Federation should be tuken over by Canada, Confederation would’give to Canadians a tropical vacationland of their Own, domestle source of fresh fruit and vepetables in the winter season and a val- Wable new means of earning needed forelun currency. Therg would be problems. But they should not frighten us, The whole population of the terr{. . tory Involved jn no more thru. that for metropolitan Wallfnk, HISTORICAL ORCHARDS The flrst apple trees were planted In Nova Scotia's An- nepolis Valley In 1663, Every event of significance is to be read in its context. And the context of currency Hes in the context of history. Where does one acquire knowledge of history? From books. And when? Certainly not at some hour and day dictated to you. You taste an exquisite bit of drama on the stage or living room screen. You yearn to taste it again — unhurriedly and when you want it. What else has that playwright cre- ated? Where can you resample or browse? In books. And where can you find these books without laying in hundreds of thousands of your own? Why, in the libraries. We hear of a future devoid of books and populated by il- literates fixed in the orbits of radio speakers and televi- sion screens. Not long ago we heard of the coming demise of good music. Yet there. is probably more good music be- ing played and heard by more people than ever before in the history of men. Why should not the same be true of books and reading? “Wake up and read!” Ne ; pie ny, '. “ LKINS | Gauy | ee | oN tte ch hvirennennnnaannne” family of Sy fine, foods O7-1a7 ' ' . mee we ee ew Get (Cartoon by Tom Nieoll) London zoo keepers have an orangutan trained to clean his own cage. ee AM Pe dafebete Tite aes ba Sey | Good means to bad ends From The Edmonton Journal A lucid statement on “What We can Learn From the So- Viels About Education” is give en by Dr. Murray Gq, Ross, vice-president, of the Univer- silty of Toronto, in the text of tn address prepared for the Welland Chamber of Com- merce. His main general point ‘ds that there are. aspects of . Russian education, such . as the rigid state of planning and eontrol, which are quite out of keeping with our poli- tleal and social philosophy, but certain other aspects from which we can draw useful. les- sons. *“.. 1am not at all sure that a careful study of Soviet education would not lead us to ‘conelude that they have developed vastly inproved means for achieving unim- proved ends." Dr. Ross itemizes several as- pects of Russian education worth our attention. One is the greater diversity of education opportunities for boys and girls after they have finished secondary school. In Canada, as he notes, we seem to have become Imprisoned by the idea that o high school graduate must elther go to work or to university. Among the other opportunities pro- vided in Russia and rare in - Canada are semi-professional schools for technical training, for physical culture and for bard. Wherever you go : toa WG, studies In the fine arts. The training of techniclans, Dr. Ross holds, should not bemwa| university function, It Wet: mands separate schools, “"% | ‘Another, Russian vir tye though wedded to excessive | emphasis on scientific and: technical subjects at the Gk pense of the humanities, :dg : the rigorous and challengitif : nature ‘of the secondary scheol . curriculum, Ours tgs much too ' easy for able students, in the. view of Dr. Ross and many - others. _ Tronically, he notes that oyr educational system, based on | a philosophy of freedom and - initiative, seems to be prodic- , Ing adults who are funda- : mentally conformists with’ standardized tastes and pre-. ferences. One reason for this | probably is the granting .of too much freedom to childten too early, coupled with a fail. ure to develop self-discipline.. Dr. Ross draws one final lesson from the Russian SYS* tem — respect for intellectual. capacity. This, to a marked degree, he finds lacking In’ Canada, ' There is something that is much more scarce, something finer fra, something rarer than. ability. It is the ability to rec~ ognize ability. -—~ Elbert Hub- in EUROPE... 7 ype oe ln dod Ty pag gt hg! fn “i yea 9 ‘ co am a7 ao tung oy a jw I; YOU are planning a trip to Europe, make it a point before you go to pick up sour copy of our Carrency Guide at your nearest Hoof Mo branch, Designed to fit easily into either pocket or purse, this handy Bool M guide gives you ata glance the Dollar equivalents af no less than eleven European currencies. ft will help you get the most for your money when you make a purchase, and will uitke’ shape ping in Eurape almost as casy us buying at home. Any of our 725 branches acrass Canada will be glad to @ive vor a copy ipo rEQUesl, Qo Wil og oh et pls ei Going fo the World's Fair in Brussels! oe fake a copy of the B oof Mis currency guide with you. Lewill oa Nek md ir TTT po eo ah dan help sooth your way in money S “7 a Oe / . ‘ ep OB, matters, . 6 7 * ' out while Youre OAV... Don't run the risk of carrying large sums of money with you, Play itsafe and carry Pravetlers Cheques. Vhey're convenient, Inexpensive and are honoured be all banks, hotels and larger stores, J A wood insurance against loss ar theft, Travellers Cheq ties vott buy atthe Bol M are worthless until countersigned by you when cashing thein, and ie relundiable if fost or stolen, Th you are going overseas on Lusiness or onan extended sisit where you will require larger sts of moncy, WE SULLOST it Vravellers Letter of Credit, A place to hang your hat... in LONDON and PARIS Businessnuin or tagrist . Ponclore aiid Paris. Hh aN meni iat might arise. Make cither office a rendez vous to meet driends snd pick up mail. you will fad a warn Weleome coining vou at the Boat APS offiees in You ave cordially invited to iiake fall use al the offee most convenient to you while you're away... dor handiing your carrespandence, in cluding the lornweding of nicil, for obtaining / lourist information and for various travel require: West End Office. Landan, ' Y Waterton lace, NV a Paks Office, Noa 10, Place Uraddne, BEFORE YOU GO... why not discuss your Euros pean trip with any af our people at your nearest Woof M branch? They can be helpful ta yau in MMICTOUS Ways, Paris for Bank or MonrTREAL Canadas Fiat Cane Prince Rupert Uru: Terrace Branch: Stewart Hranch: THOMAS MELVILLE, Manager RONALD MINNION, Manager ARTHUR MELLIN, Manager + Vos OFFICES IN CANADA, THE UNITED KINGDOM, CONTINENTAL CUROPE ‘AND THE UNITED STATES «© BANKING CORRESPONDENTS THROUGHOUT THE WwoRto ' ( a ts a . ot 4 Wiles we ' : : t i “ ee