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OT RA 2 ei a In Prince: Rupert Patines “"Shturaay, August “da. oe 57 wm” and Northern ‘and Central British Columbian, | Member of ‘Canadian Press-—Audit Bureau of Clrenlaticns Canadian Dally Newspaper Association Published by Whe Prince Rupert Dally News Limitea o : J. & MAGOR, President Subseription Rates: ‘By mail—Per month $1.0U; per year $10.00. es By carrier—per month, $1 26; per year, $12.00 Aidtacieded BB ekoond ‘Clash mull by the Post Office Department, Ottawa « Progress in the Yukon - ‘(ANADA’S Department . of Northern:, Affairs, ‘ which handles many of ‘the activities ‘and prob- lems of the Yukon and Northwest ‘Territories, is helping to speed the’ development of mineral and. oil resources in a country of great potential wealth. -Yn the oil world much attention turns. to the | Yukon’s Porcupine River area where a test is under way by Standard Of] of California to’see whether or not a favourable formation has gathered, throw igh Lhe. ages, ‘a pool or series of pools of ‘oil. - he field is a vast anticline or dome which, in, area, would rank as about the third in: ‘North Ameri- ca. It is in an ancient'sea bed and is very similar in gdology to the formations that have produced the immense oil fields of ‘Texas, Oklahoma and the foot- hills of Alberta. If oil‘is. found a 600-mile pipeline would have to be built to Haines or Skagway, Alas- ka. it would give the Yukon a new and vital resource closer to the avenues of world commerce then the:oil fields of the Mackenzie River Basin which may. not be used extensively for many years to come, - The first exploratory. well is down more than 6,- 000 feet and will be drilled to 11,0000. Formations are loging familiarily with those of the known “and mich drilled fields east of the Rockies.in North Am- evica. Some. natural gas has been discovered in drill- ing. but the-mint is for oil and the well will go dewn more than two miles if necessary to find it. . ‘ Another northern discovery of importance has been the finding of much more asbestos in Northern B.C. and the Yukon. It would now appear that this area will soon be the world’s most important source off high-grade, long fibre asbestos, : 7: The Convest Exploration Company, which devel- oped the Cassiar Asbestos mine and made the Cas- siar Road a necessity, has found what looks like a ver ‘y rich and very large new deposit of asbestos in the Yukon not far from old Dawson City. It is as atpractive a property, according to repor ts, as the ore in Northern B.C. above Dease Lake. oy \ But in addition to that, in a wide, sweeping area, pwospecting has disclosed additional deposits of. as- | begtos in. B.C. near. the Alaska; Highway: ‘as. it, cuts | acyoss from Lower Post on the’ ‘Laird: to ‘the | Atlin Lake district. ; The Northwest of Canada has: “attracted very er ee la¥ge exploration companies and, with B.C. mining laws in a state of change and uncertainty, is getting some of the money that otherwise would have been spent i in Northern B.C. : * Jn the relatively short summer season of the Yu- -kgn and NWT prospecting is easier than: in most parts of B.C. where over-burden and underbrush aré oNstacles to the prospector. 5, What is good for the Yukon, however, is good fqi' Northern B.C. if only to make this great region of the province seem less fa ar north and remote than at present. —K itimat Nor thern Sentinel. 7 Son p t a res Al merry ; heart doeth rood like broken spirit! ‘drieth the hones, « \ | medicine, but a *Proy, 17:22, ~ iu A, L. boll Charlered Accountant 325 Fourth Avenue East Prince Rupert, B.C, P.O, Drawer 128 “Telephone 3975 .| kinds. POR EE Ur Ae ee As | See It by Elmore Philpott ® Reuther Asks Cut - ‘leader. His plea to U.S. automobile manufacturers to cut 1958 prices. by $100 is no doubt a shrewd tacti- cal move, designed.in part to put the bosses on the spot with the public, on the even of new wage contr ct ne- gotiations. 7 But for all move is of great significance. shows. that the, most influentia labour leader in North, America! 1 recognizes the dangers there are in recurrent bigh wage demands which tend to price the pro- duct out of the market, and the | Labour is coming to see that wage earners out of their’ jobs. these pension plans are nol Be ] worth the paper they are writ- ten on unless something vffec- tive can be done to keep the buying power of the doNar rea- sonably stable. There is only one way to do this—if we really want to es-: cape more of the busts such as the one which foHowed the great stock market crash of 1929. That is by the deliberately planned ‘cutting of prices of key products, such as automobiles There are practical ways and } R ther’ ; that bu L old age jpensions, neurly ‘every } large company. and. Institution ndw also has its own pension re- tirement fund, into which ‘the iworker. himself must contribute for his white working litetime. THE working class gains nothing : in the long run from yearly increases. in waives, Whith mere- iy speed up the spiral of still- higher retail prices, higher rents, and “higher liying ‘costs: -of all. It is true that.a. few powerful big unions, such as the one which “Mr. Reuther, heads, have clearly demonstrated their col- lective ability to survive in such, a rouugh-and-tumble rat race.’ WALTER REUTHER i is an extremely able labour|’ Apart from the government's But many of the smaller unions have fallen behind as the offic- ial government statistics in both Canada and the U.S.A. clearly show. The same thing holds true for the groups, like farmers, nurses, schools teachers and™ civil gerv- ants who are not adequately or- ganized to protect themselves ‘in the kind of inflationary economy in which we live. © But the ‘main sufferers from the dog - chasing - its - own - tail frenzy of higher wagos and higher prices are thd -pension- ners. Every self-respecting © trade unionist‘of today hopes to live to be a pensioner at some future time. Moreover, he knows that. his wife, his father and mother, and his uncles, aunts, and all his other kith and kin also have to be financed somehow through means ‘of doing this if labour ed enough to cooperate, in time. THE really far-seeing leaders of the future will more and more tie. their wage .de- mands to the cost of living. ‘The ordinary working. family would be far better off if all sal- aries and wages were pegged. at their present level, but were ‘sub- ject to a bonus or supplement, if the general price index rose, but without a reduction if. the price index fell. Every workers would therefore have a cash incentive to help’cut costs of production, to-help boost ‘sales of his own factory’s. par- ticular product..— Walter Reuther tion of two countries to. the ‘fact. that we all stand to benefit ftom | their period of old age. _ anfT _ By HAROLD Happy Canadian Dollar| | Rises To New Heights Canadian Press Staff. Writer OTTAWA (CP)—Canadians re-acted. with mixed a halt in rising prices. tt and management are enlrghten-|: - labour . is on the 7 right track in turning the atten- | 21st YEAR, OF OUTDOOR PAGEANT — Dr. Harold I. Hansen, director of America’s largest and most colorful annual page- ant, “America’ s Witness for Christ”, is shown during rehearsal with King Noah, a character from the Book of Mormon ‘on which: ‘the production is based. King Noah led the. Nephites | away from the Lord and instituted an era of sin and corrup- tion, When he was warned by the Prophet Abinadi, King Noah had: Abinadi burned at the stake. Dr. Hansen has been direc- ' tor of the epic play, which has a cast of 250, since its incep- tion, in 1937. This year the spectacle was given August 1, 2 and 3, at Fill Cumorah, near | Palmyra, New York. | By Lester B. Pearson THE MEANING OF MUSCAT AND OMAN. The recent little war — with large Implications —- in Musent and Oman has taught us some new geography. it has also under- lined that the whole territery from the Suez Canal to the Persian, Gui is smoldering with unrest. When that unrest erupts into: . conflict.it is going to.be increasingly hard to localise and Itmit.. the effect of that ‘conflict, because of great power fears: und: rivalries which Arab politicians know ‘how to exploit, The middle east has now be- - come one of the world’s most dangerous und explosive powder keys, or, perhaps we should say. gasoline tanks: And there ure lots of people carelessly or mal- iclously throwing lighted match- es around. The recent owtbreak in the Sujtan of Oman’s — territory, which is not too clearly defined 4s trot ‘comparable, of course, in origin, eharacler or consequence with the Suez crisis which rock- ed the world last October, But ther ‘are one or two ominously ¥imilar features. Yn the first place British inter- ests are ‘definitely Involved, as they were over the Suez. That tmakes the matter one of special concern to us. These interests are real, and hased on treaty urrangements. . These arrange- nients, however, were easier ty negotiate in ‘the ‘nineteenth cen- tury than ‘they are to carry ont i distorted and exploited by other Arab rulers, unxidus to conceal their own ambitions, as an wAle ti-Imperial” crusnde to dostroyie, all Western influence, This'foifiz. | bination of passionate nationals. feeling, ulmed against ‘the “Weyer plus the power intrigues of tt 2" tuin Arab rulers, is bound» Len sen nike it inere usingly difficult” tor: Great Britain to maintain. shee former position In that Parte OF the world. It. threatens csmorh.., trouble, ‘along the Perslan’ Gult;+ in Aceon in Svria,, espetigny.™ and jin other places, Brkt Pons This danver is Increased’ RS two other factors. . the first is Russia, lurkin, “ the background, but not... SE back, anc anxious to be ef” Sem sistance ta any Arab King, or Colonel who, ‘under any pretente... and for any purpose, is striving - to wegken and destroy British or any. other Western influence. lm can be explained and justified. by the treaty obligation to as- sist The Sultan, at his request. | against uprisings. Fifty years or BRIT ON RAPS IMMIGRA TION: VANCOUVER o — A Briton who came here three years , ago says the Canadian immigration department is not telling . the whole truth to prospective British bnmigrants. _ George Robertson, president of the Newcomers Club, said immigrants are not told they may have to wait for a job and . that larger Canadian cities are flooded with immigrants look- _ ing for work, Immigrants were not prepared for the high cost of living accommodation or the lack of apartment blocks suitable for . children. "+ Phe ‘situation is often grim,” he said, “simply because ’ Canadian immigration in Britain tells these people they will “yet:some kind of job immediately and accommodation will , be available.” oe Immigrants were not prepared to carry themselves finan- . cially. for as much as four months. One couple, after being . ere. three weeks, had no job and only 52 cents. The wife MORRISON |feelings of dismay and delight as their dollar put on a new display of strength this week, rising to unpre- cedent heights in the world’s money mar rkets. Set free in 1950,,the Canadian “.-—~ dollar has been riding at 2 pre-' heavy flow. of foreign inyestoy's’ Le cents in relation to" “Oiitld on a rise in the Canadian dollar mium of between two and four “not” money in, 1950-—gambling , States currency in recent years. On Tuesday it climbed to a rec- ord premium of more than six cents and then settled a little below that. There was some betting in fi- nancial cireles that it would go even higher. WITS TRADE BALANCE Yor importers it was good news, Canada is one of the world's ° biggest. buyers ol! for- elen goods. The higher, premimn meant some savings on Imports, [savings .’that might be’ passed alone. “Lo, consumers. tio; help re- strain Hsing Hvingeosts,” But Canada nas a heavy defi- elt in forelgn trade, She has bought much more than she has sold and her deficit in 1956 reached a peak $842,300,000, To- Ital trade—exports and imports-— swelled by $1,500,000,000 to a record $10,568,000 000, Some Canadians argue that the Wen premium will encour- uge more and more Imports, ad- ding to the defielt and inerens- Ing prospects af widespread for- ‘lun Control aver Canadian in- ‘dustry, The tourlst industry fears that the low value of the American fuscriccieretaboteny, ca Sere tareesee eae 4 ae “ ‘ fon wh be! an + ¢ (ft ' “9 dine in the Vuelian Roam of bre Gondol "v Cale” dollar jn Canndn---Jt takes abont 1 $1.06 in Amorican funds to buy $1 Canadan--will frighten forelen visitors from Canadian resorts, But the main complaint comes, from exporters, The high pre- mivm cuts Into thely profit may | ins, Ineveasos telr problems in J meeting forelten price campetl~ tion, Giold producers, selling ‘an the Lofficial market, appealed this week for increased federal sub- widies to prevent mining regions Jfromn turning into qiest towns, FORMERLY PEGGUD Through most of the 1040s, the ‘dollar was pogyed at a: digeount ‘of if per cent, Many Canadians now feel thore should be a ree par with American currency, or ' that othor steps be (aiken ta re- dtrahy it from its mighty alimb. Bul though thore is aympathy ‘With oxporters in government quorters—abont 20 ar-26 per cont | of Canndinn enrnings ‘come from exporti—thore is definite oppo- nition ta Interference with the dollar's frweadcont.- Texporta argue that the dollar was peuged hefora and the goav- ernment found It difficult ta kao It at the offic rate. The .4 er re poring of the dollar, parhays at | —was an example of the prob- lem. . ‘ Federal officials appear ‘to conclude that the dollar will be “self-correcting.” If the prem- ium got too high, Canadians might tend to reduce their bor- vestors might trim the flow ‘of funds to Cunada. This would ease the demand for Canadian dollars and cut - the exchange value, a EXPORTERS WwoRRIED . V.C. Wanshorough of Toronto, managing:. Ahrogtor, Of. the Cana- dian Metal Mining” ASsSeTation, said that for gold producers the ising premlum is ke the “turn of the screw.” ‘Gold was pegged at $35 an ounce, U.S. funds, Translated in Canadian funds it meant a drop to about $33, Pro- ‘duetion costs were rising while the selling was dropping, Ped- . most $15,000,000 so far this yeur because of the exehange rate. Newsprint js Canada's top ex- port Item. Most of Jt pvoes ta the U.S. The Crmadian Chamber of ‘Comnmroree wgvead that while tye high premium reduced impart prices and tended toe hold down ‘Canadian ‘costs, 4t hurt export- NH, ; Last your, Canndn's defleit in ‘American trada-the brlunee of Imports over uUxporls-—rase to nt ‘000,000 41 1069, A dollelt of tyts ave normally might reduce the ‘dollar's exchanimoe vatie. But all of the adverse balance wus cove aved by u heavy ontry of forelgn eapital, LINDSAY'S tage & Storage Ketobiinleed Veo | | MOUSEHOLD GOODS MOVING — PACKING CRATING wee STORAGE |* Litt Vow Service Argenta Altlea Van TAnes Va, Phonon Whart 4993 Offline 016 | Car “ rowing abroad: and foreign in-|: J resentative of the New York Sun, eral subsidies have to be Ine creased, he said. : rR. M. Fowler of Montreal, president af the Canadian Pulp nnd Paper Association, said: newsprint mills have lost al- record $1,800,000,000 from $td0,-: -. Janded an 85-cent-an-hour job. Of 600 immigrants he has seen, Mr. Robertson said only 29 ‘per.cent got jobs within the first two weeks, 60 per cent : _within: the first two ‘Rionths, : and 20-‘per cent in up to four on imionths.: | Looking ... Bach From the’ Tiles of Tbe Dally: News August” 24 | [Beating Pelvic Cancer here reearding a paper he pre- sented ta the Canadian Medical Atsociation annual meeting. Professor. of obstetrics and wynaceclopy atl the University of 3rilish Columbia, Dr. Harrison said there were two basic ways, of eliminating the commonest: forms of pelvic cancer. “Wher necessary pynaecologs- eal surgery ts being done’ at the end of the child-bearing per-| in the city. 26 Years Ago Bob Davis, journalist, author world traveller and special rep- three days was in the ily yesterday, 40° Yeurs Ago Charlie Cl haplin was abonre the steamer. on its arrival this morning from the south. Al- fad.” he sald, “consideration . though In’ miniature,, Charlie’s| should always be given to re- very Appearance caused reat} moval of organs which’ have no: further function and which are, potential sites for development ; of cance! rN ” Inughter among those assembled to greet the distinguished vAs- itor, epee ERY THING YOU WANT ls Here sees te» alltel tte RE See ee eee hadatteedttel Makte Motelaite ak tel 1 ee eee" we if ceecbatiene. on Monthly Terms ND a Lee CUNT bab! 800 ea ST. 81-67 As low tw 2 Town Evorything You Want, You Got! @ Full width Pood Vreever @ 5 Removahle Naor Shelven ; vy ' @ 2 Me (rays and wi doo @ Nafety Seat Noor Pate , @ Porcelain Vood Compart- vend: @ Adjustable Cold Control McRAE BROS. LTD 2325 PHONE 2326 have been simple and efective. Also, and this is in startling | contrast tow hat has recently | happened, The Times and Rudyard Kip-: ling.-World opinion would have been undisturbed. Today, it is all very different For one thing, Great Britain has no longer the resources or perhaps even the incentive for this kind of “firefighting.” willing to move in. And the rich trade with the Indies that re- quired, and rewarded, protection has taken a differnt character. For another thing. the fierce passions of Arab nationalism, fed with oil fuel, have reached even these remote desert areas; thanks in part—though thanks is the wrong word—to the incite- ments of the Cairo radio and its attacks on every‘form of West- ‘ern—and especially Britisn—in- fluence in any Arab.land. - That rebellious, if somewhat ‘shadowy figure, The Imam of carefully restrained as it was,! Nicholas, or ‘There is no Indian Army a few! hundred miles away ready and, { | | i today when circumstances are! arrer all, Russia had her own very different, — , impertal ambitions in this area British ‘military intervention, onp before Lenin succeeded Czar oil succeeded dark ,oyed houris as the chief attrac- tion of ‘the region. ADDS DANGER Oil—that is the other factor so ago such intervention wouldithat adds:to the danger of con- flict, The hot sands of Museat and Oman may conceal great ;resources of Petroleum. Both it wold have gone’ British and American interests practicaly unnoticed except by are trying to find out. In the process there is likely to be keen rivalry and this may in- crease the risk of differences ‘between London and Washing— . i i ton over the right Arab polic® . to follow. Such a risk brings the situation in these far away des- ert lands close home to us in ; Canada. ‘The U.S.A., for instance, has now adopted a firm policy of co-operation with and support for Saudi Arabia. But -Great Britain is the target of bitter Seud: Arabian hostility. The trouble in Oman was only one more evidence of this—and it is — isomething to worry about. Last auturan we learned how tragic the consequences can be when. there is a really. serious split in Middle East policy be-- tween Canada's mother country end Canada’s neighbour. This. experience must not be repeat- ed. This might well happen, ' Oman, is certuinly no leader’ of | however, unless there is a ‘de- ° u progressive and democratic termined and unremitting effort. national movement in any sense; made by the governments of lof the word. But he can and will! these two countries to co-ordin- & | be put forward as such by the ate their Middle East policies; to Avab League, and by those ArabD yexamine and remove the cause leaders who, have their own axes of past disagreements It Is easy for them to make than the conventional diplomatic the; exchange, of views or the curs- ‘world as the tool of his Britisn{ory consideration almost a8 easy ‘Os tO! item on an agenda of talks be-- fohseure the fact that the Imam! tween foreign the Sultan appear before friends; His perhaps even more dependent ny other Arab leaders, malin this}and. other . s—-thdt ‘can -be. made. ne Case for. sympathy against intervention We narrowly esenped disaster a by a Western government from jover the seas is much more ‘powerful than that which oon We made against domination, by One js “Imperialism father merely “Liberation Integration,” In the Middle Bpst, therefore, ‘the legitimate desire of all Arab peoples for free and = full na- Vonal expression | can often be TRY THE ar \ : DIAL |_ 9215 _~« al a Lalas The ap-} London such | year; ! ‘a Nelghbour of the some race.' heeded. The picture of the Oman’ and the rebel and donkeys and pursued by venonr }p i jets, may seem a shade ludicrous, i Grand Cafe For the Best Selection of Chincse Foods OUR SPECIALTY — TAKE OUT ORDERS 30 ‘Years Ago VANCOUVER (:—Annual tests ; and C. G. Strombeck Ae Arm| and a greater use of surgieal! © grin and can Tor tbe ima concert constructive plans to prospector, sailed on the Catala opportunities will help beat pel- nose. us fobowers for smh P | mect the problems that can be yesterday for Vancouver onj}vic cancer in women, Dr. Tack | IPEAR TOOT seen luoming up. Such an effort, | business after spending two or|% Harrison said in an interview APPEAI OL ito be effective, must be farjmare of another ministers. — No such steps were taken. by. and Washineton ast though even then the -storm clouds were = gathering.; j that time. The Oman oulbréate has .given anotner warning: sig? nal that the danger Is notyet! over} ‘That warning’ showd - “ay fleeing: on chiefs, thelr f: The s.tuation, however, — gives gd no enuse for ridicule, but, much eh for serious and even i nought. tn Ave. pen & am a.m, thm ee af Want my STAGE "BRING THE MISSUS” fo the CANADIAN LEGION | Satur day, August 24 SHOW —~ REFRESHMENTS — DANDICING Everybody Welcome tal havering in Daly News Brings Results