° igh Columbia’s Attorney General, ee meme a ET: at An independent newspaper devoted to the upbullding an df Prince Rupert and Northern and.Central British Columbia. ~~ — Circulation — Canadian Daily Newspaper Publishers Association. ; G. P. WOODSIDE ‘ B * A member of The Canadian Press — Audit Bureau of & t Published by The Prince Rupert Daily News Limited &. : . . JOHN F. MAGOR ‘ President a I R. AYRES Sciboce Editor Authorized as sccond class mail by the Post Office Department; Ottawa General Manager Sy MONDAY, JULY 21, 1958 ar og PR ae me poe FB young men 1 who of fer their serv- a “ices to the army may be regarded as - representative of the physical and mental standards of the male popula- tidn, then Canada has something to woriy, about, Statistics concerning re- cruitment presented to the estimates committee of the House of Commons leave one wondering as to the value be- iny received from the vast sums of nioney this country spends on health avideducation. . : Because of the demands made on mind and body by the highly special- ized training for army service today, tHe army’s requirements in intelli- gence and physique are much higher than they were in grandfather's day; but they still are not so high as to ex- chide any. young man of what may be cqlled normal attainments. It is with a:sense of shock, therefore, that one réads of two out of every three appli- cants for enlistment being rejected for medical reasons. Out of about, 23,000 would- be soldiers, | only 7,560 were deemed by the examiners to be fit for service. : More disturbing still is the discov- SNATOR J. W. deB. Far ris, a Van- ; couver Liberal who used to be Brit- is monumental obviously capable of rindeness. s He is angry with Douglas June, Ghitise- Canadian Progressive-Con- . servative MP for Vancouver Centre, because of statements Mr. Jung is re- ported to have made in Paris, where he is talking politics with young people from other NATO nations. “Just whom does he represent and what right has this Chinaman to make these statements in Paris on behalf of the Canadian people?” the senator asks, ‘The wording of this question is in- - excusable, ery that of those turned down; ‘almost. half failed to meet academic standards or to pass aptitude tests.- In cants was either mentally below aver- age of lacked education—in a country where opportunities for education are unsurpassed. deemed to:be of marginal intelligence, incapable of responding to: basic train- ing and: performing menial tasks, bet- ter known in the army as fatigues. Any old soldier knows how little brain pow- er those call for. A comparison with rejection per- centages in the United States makes the picture even worse. There in‘ the past year 37 per cent of potential: re- ” eruits were turned down for much the same reasons that 67 per cent were re- jected in Canada. This, unfortunately, isn’t the first time that Canada ‘has ~ been confronted with grim facts about - the health of its youth. With every- thing we have in this favored: land we should be able to produce the fittest, brightest. young men in the world. _ What has gone wrong? —The Victoria Colonist. | Monumental rudeness To eall a Chinese a Chinaman is a ‘studied insult. Secondly, Mr. Jung is not a’ Chi- nese. He is Canadian, born in this country. And, thirdly, a Canadian citizen of any ethnic origin belongs. to. the only other ° words, one out of every three appli- These young men were - 510 — PRINCE RUPERT DAILY NEWS — 1958 All Aboard & GE Mertimore | “In. the United: States, the, her to come out. ' porters, and camé~amen wait- class of citizenship that. exists-in. Can- Me ada, first-class citizenship. - We note with satisfaction that the leader of Canada’s Liberal Party; Les- ter B. Pearson, promptly took issue with the senator’s words, branding them as “derogatory.” Also the criti- cal words of CCFer Harold Winch. There are no second-class citizens in Canada, but Senator’ made it all too plain that there are third-class manners, a —The Toronto Telegram. “Me First’ season under way HIS is the “ME -FIRST” season for a ereat many automobile drivers. You know the “ME-FIRST” driver, He must he at the head of every line of traffic. He gets there by weaving, passing on curves and at all blind places. He specially excells in show- ing off by passing going up a hill. He exceeds the speed limit at every pos- sible opportunity under the crazy as- sumption that the few seconds he saves is worth a few lives, He would never think of carrying a gun and killing people—but it is his right and duty to use a more lethal weapon, his car, in any fashion INTERPRETING THE NEWS he chooses. He wouldn’t be careless with a eun but watch out when he climbs be- hind the wheel of his car, He is a very nice guy on the hoof. He will help old folks across the street, open the door for a lady, and in gener- alisa perfect gentleman. He is a nice guy with a lovely family and.a good job. He is normally sensible and won't take a chance or a risk under any cir- cumstances, But put him behind a wheel and he becomes a maniac!’ He could he YOU! Watch out for the “ME-FIRST” driver, When you see him, give hima wide mar gin, deb dei. Canada may be asked to be mediator. By CLYDE BLACKBURN Canadian Press staff Writer Anglo-American fntervention in. Lebanon nnd Jordan has ralsed the possibility that Can- adn, ag an impartial middle power with no International axe to grind, may be called upon Lo play a part as medintor, That assignment no doubt would be weleame Va responsibility and a privilege, The fear In Canndn, as probably throughout the world, is that forces have been set in motion that meray defy attempts at mediation, Meanwhile the Canadian government fa studying and waiting to ascortiain what shape events Will take, and offleial common no fay has been most enroeful, 1 would seem that Prine Mintatar ‘Dioton- baker and External Affalra Minister Simintth: have wanted to Indenata that tha Interventian in Lebanon and Jordan should be necopted: an wn dntorhn, “omtorgoney action thi could not be avalded. .. Tho. pogitlve statements they have made atroas thely determination that Onanada do Itx utmoat: within the United Nations framework to bring about a situation In the Middlo nat that would safely pormit withdrawal of tho ' ' ,? ‘ ye: Cope nee 4 4 aw A A ae oe i Satay Wout Cage la ee Witish and Amorlean forena, Thore is a posslbility that in’ some: qunytors Canada's attitude will be reported as ond of unreserved support of the polley of armed In- tervention, because there has beon no aritlalany: of the action, At the momant, howover, thore’ asomsy: ttle Aotilad opiiion In Ottawn pondhig somo. alate iflention as to the renal objoctives of tha United: Btatos and’ United Kingdom in gotig into Labs anon and Jordan) and the raat hopes titese Middle Waat countrion held when they’ frivitud Intervention, Tt ja quite posite thnt Catiada will not he given mush choles of action except: to une Whatever influenan it onn AWny’ fy the. Unitad: Nations and In NATO, With the United Staton and United! Kitt dom united In an netion that niny dbaldh' the ones of the world, with Franod and Turkey rondy mand anxlond to joln in} the roast off the NATO wos may have Jittle opportunity to do | Anything bué uno whatever welght thoy ann in the UN and hopo thoy will not have to male @ more desporato choice, - SR OF CE MMAR RE Lo ae ight? ( ‘ Farris has Hat Het oy ee YOUTHFUL INGENUITY | of we a ey Leer tn es 26-year-old. project engineer, Thomas Laurlente, right, combined: with- mature’ experience of . erection superintendent Victor Bratt). 66;. in erection of 2,000 tons of steel by Domiinion Bridge Company crews on. Okanagan Lake: bridge. Only floating -bridge in. Canada,. the $8,000,000 _ structure links Westbank and! Kelowna: with. 2,885 fect of. con- crete pontoons and steel. work, THe: bridge was: officially Opened ‘Saturday by Princess Margaret. Picking out a2 man’s” home: . town,.or even his nationality; by” the-sound of his’ voice: As a: — touchy job. Recently I was standing on a ‘ baleony of the Empress Hotel in Victoria watching the crowd’ just after Princess Margnret’ had arrived and ‘gone to the: Royal suite. : The crowd was’ waiting: “for Several re- ed in hopes that she would ap- pear.. A Toronto newspaper-~- man looked down on the crowd. and said:— ' president and heads of gov- “There's a good cross-section *. of Americans among ’em,’but - the loud voices: are. Victoria voices—more English than. the English are.” porter nearby for tion. find it?” he asked. _ “Mm-nn,” said the man ad- : ernment walk among. the or- dinary people; they don’t just get out of a car'and wave and go up to a hotel .. . That was what started me hollering.” He cupped his hands to his mound’and aimed'a shattering. blast of sound toward the win- dows of the Royal suite: ‘We want Margaret.” Then’ he looked around at me accusingly. “You're Brit- ish, aren’t you?” he asked. I had English parents—in. Can- ada' most of my life. Maybe the old background was showing through. But did: _ I have to explain all this to a visitor from another country? - Canada still was a nation of He turned to a London : re- confirma- ° “Isn't that the way. you | dressed, as though trying to say ‘Yes,” “No”? same time. . “We want Margaret,” said a and a chorus of yells. and claps. - 2 & “t - Unlike ‘the Toronto news- i “papermen, I couldn't pin:a } national origin on the voices, * let alone pick out the excess Englishness that was supposed to be in them. Testing the Toronto man’s ‘theory, I went below and found. the owner of the loudest voice, a round youthful-looking man in a striped shirt that was ‘open at the neck. He turned out to be the Rev. Everett Johnson, 270-pound, 27-year-old evangelist from Sacramento, Calif., who gave the following reason why he had appointed himself cheer- leader of the “We want Mar- garet” faction: at the 3 ma t Union co-operation ‘From The New Orleans Times-Picayune Worthy of note, at a time when lagging company profits are causing the lay-off of many workers, Is 4 proposal _ Made by the executive’ com- mittee of the Oil, Chemica) and Atomic Workers local in Monsanto, Nl. The unton of- fered to take a 10-cent-an- hour cut In production bonus to help keep the pliant operat - ing. The American’ aine Co, |S plantishad. date; ‘off. about 125 workers: Costs stil’ were too high so the company annouric- ed the remaining 225 workers would-he laid off and the plant shut down temporarily, ‘Thon cnme: the union offer to take & cut a pay and. the shut- ‘down plans. were enneolled, By unton co-operation, the Jobs. of at lonat 226 moembars werd saved, Most will be mak- Ing about $4 1 week loss, but nt least they will We getting: a. paycheck and the company WH We: keeping. Its produation ned going. Yr renermes vpmanee _ Canadian English — Prone The Votorhorough Examiner Bo Canndn $s to have a. dle- tionary of ite own, containing. nll: the words wo ude which are not used olsewhore, and al}: the worda wo ware In. apoclal: Honaon? » Woll,. 40 -bo It, Wo do not tink thorvo la much. naod: for a dWatfonary of Canadian hela. yel, but whon: tha compilation ‘Appears woe shall buy It aa a curiosity, Thayvanrve oddities of Cannd= inn: apeclty 9 of coins, And hero und there ty our {potion Vy HUltge' wo moot With old usngon whieh night he anlod spaouh Vosalla—-olsolata: forma wittaly have become Inhodded In our native Dorle, We ey _Yich baritone solo, followed by # the British Commonwealth. So I didn’t answer the preacher’s question. He must have thought me rude. He: cupped his: hand toward the windows again and launch: ed a trumpet-call that would ; have brought a moose running, if there had been a moose in town: ‘boys went ‘out "given suspended’ sentence by “ ‘the’ courts, them latgh and be ready. to: do dt all-over: again: ~ Og at ae ag | wey WO Be TO De oe ee anny Vicious hoy Ss oes ve aa ™ From The: ‘Windsor ys" “When a. Toronto. josehdot'tonch- ta’ Toronto. And); by! handing: er..contisoated ‘a book being out: suspended: terms, the boys - read bya pupil, ' two. vicious realize thelr rampage ig more, for. revenge. ’ They daubed:red paint and ob- scene messages on the homes: of ‘two collegiate masters. They also splattered the car of the wife-of one teacher with paint. The boys: were: caught:. and Light: sentences ' like that: would -only:ortiake . This: vicious conduct’: “has: been notorious in schools: of! | Captain vi WA lack ae RUM ( aurny aT TES eure an Otay New. York. Now, it has-spread. ; Ir You. 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