einige Ripert Dallv Rewa.

are .- Taestlay,, ‘June 11, 1957. stds
, An Tapa ‘de, apse ery" ‘devoted to the uphutlding. of -Prinea Rupert
wo an ‘and Central British Columbia,”
Member of. Qanadiun Prees—Audit, Bureau of Cireulations ”
 -Canddla Dally Newspaper Association . a
~ Pubitshedt Py The-Prince Rupert Daily News Limited . '
oF F.. MAGOR, President

 

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“say honestly that the het result of the elections is
- gobd, for Canada. Without more substantial repre-
. sentation, the Conservatives will be hard pressed to
ope e an effective government, With full Social
Crpdit’help and’ the support of - independent mem-
be
- mea alliance it which evei'y vote counted,

g not rob the Conservatives of any

 

ih Although they did not quite match
of: 1 80, it isto be. remembered that

le

. “thelr ry
- Cledlt, have. entered. the field to an important ex-
S tent. tis more difficult, now for a single party, par-

- tid u arly. ‘one starting almost from seratch, to roll up
Ipssame commanding figures.

}. ForJohn® ‘Diefenbaker personally, ‘the vieton ‘y

 

o: his side, this by; itself would not account for the tre-
~ méndous resiir’gence. of his party. Toa lesser: extent
- George Drew: hadthe same opportunity to convince
the. nation that the time was vipe fora change, but:
. Me call was not heard. 2

+h Clear ly there is a per sonal cuality in Mr. Diet:
enbaker which caught the: public imagination and:
persuaded. voters that here was a leader they should
~ tallow. ‘Probably no politician i in Canadian-history
~ hag had-a more apt campaign slogan than “Follow
~ Jdim: Ms

Sa fioteworthy featinre of the outcome is that ap-
- parently. not even the Conser'vatives themselves ex-
: ‘peated to bei ina. pasition where they. would be called.
upgn | to form the g government, . “While they. spoke in
anfbitious tering,:there: was never any re eal sugges-
it: th y,had. a’specific program in-mind.. In-
téac their-attitude seemed to be more that of a
pakty determined. to form a strong opposition. Now;
that the | power is theirs—although’ the final. outcome
“ofevents is still uneextain—it i is to be hoped they:can

. “inter helt" “foes with: ‘gufficienit’ ‘spéed*to plot: a
cour se of action without delaying the forward march.
of Canada... a

4 Inthe Siena district, ‘voting followed a smaller
trdnd. that showed inthe overal yesults. While the
CGF barely moved. from its. forine’ .position, what
gains it did make were accomplished at the expense
of Liberals, Locally its victory was won in the closest
of battles, - Possibly in no other constituency across

 

conpr atulating Frank Howard for emerging the
winner, voters als will remember that 1s, '!, Apple-
whaite: has per formed a valuable service for this dis-
trict over cight strenuous years, Thanks may be a
“gmall:veward-at.a tithe like this, but he may he sure
that they fll him from his many friends and sup-
porters, co

tee | he ini cai date, Dine ‘Kant also deserves
2. 7 wan, mention “Notia man Who takes: easily to the
busy whirl of" ‘polities, he noverthelesy frecepted the
Conservative nominat jon ¢ ‘at 4 time’ when the for
tunes of his ty seemed lower than in most constit-
vencles and finished strongly in the contest, He: hag
renson to fecl satisfied that his part was well donte,
On'the local level, ow concern now lies in ensur-
ing that the progress of the. Skeena district is not
hampered by this major turn of events, After a

just gained a place in the federal scheme of things
where it could expect important developments to fol-

~ low, Construction of the airport on Dighy Island
_and federal aid for building the Cassiar-Stewart
yond ave the most prominent examples of our newly
won y ecognition, It is a recognition that must not he
lost at any cost, Fyrom painful previous experience,
the district knows what it js like to have the clock put
hack, We do not want to see it put hack aguin,

Aaa'member of the opposition, Mr, Howard will
have a more difficult time drawing attention to the
avea than would a member of the governinent, But
— his hand will he strongthoned if Prince Rupert
ignores partisan issues and continues ita crusade for’
_ developing the area, Our future depends on it,

 

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ayinoucn | iti isa ‘great day for the Tories, not .
oe ‘even the staunchest member of that. par tyfeould

s, they-could-just-hold contr ol. But-it-would bea an-

janndglt conceivably. reach fh pubs |
0° them for their extraordinary: Up

 sitfee: then: two other: parties, the CCF and Social *

. is ibs ‘especially brilliant one.. Although time was on -

register.

| Prince Rupert in 1907 and

 

PO ERTPT ESE EET

 

 

 

 

 

PERI EAS on: “this moi
-ofvall 1 the. pat" ‘ties in the,

one thing:

‘lection eainpaigns é an

“the old Canadian electionecr-)~
‘ng habits ‘which: date froni thd.
times of Sir John: A.: Macdonald)"
have been: carried’ over into. out
‘own, new’, -bimnes..« But the new
devices: of" ‘mass ‘communication
have: made: ib! possibje : fore: the
“parties : ‘to. realy. “{vousanid “Of
“people by “ay aid: radio”. as
cagainst dozens. or ‘seores they

 

 

 

‘Hie meetings. . Hence the’ .cam-
‘palgns, for the. ‘Host. part “Bok
‘down’ long before the voters: are
ealled upon to vote. :

 

‘THE people who still tari ‘out to
political meetings, ' ‘fall. into

MUSEUM —
briefs

By JOCELYN BOLTON
Our tourist season is in -full

swing, and lately we have had a
great many visitors sign our

 

Quite a few are returning to
Prince Rupert, after many many
years, among them Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Keefer. Mr. Keefer was in
is
now 79 years of age.. He was
most interested in the museum
and he and his wife wete en-

A man from the. “George” yes-
terday said he had realized a
dream as he had been. here in.
1909 and had always wanted: to
return. Mr. and Mrs, W.'-G.
Hanson of “Como, Quebec
thought their trip on the ‘Queen
of the North just perfect, and
with them were Mr. and Mrs. J.
Schmidt of Australia, oi a world
wide trip. They were most tak~
en with ‘Prince Rupert. , They
said that the trip north on the

 

Queen of the North was~ the:
highlight of their trip so far,

 

Canada’ was there a more- ‘nip-and-tuck contest. In.

struggle lasting for many yenrs, this district had

Both couples were enthralled

 

Fr Flectons, 1 » long

 

{of tHie-orgahtzatiott staging’ they :

joying their trip via tour boat. |.

 

ig after ‘all ‘the’ candids :
196%, election will iegree « on

eto long.”

 

‘two general “categories. : ey
‘There are the'parly, Yegulars—| fF
‘the ‘dyed n-thé -wool' menibet's |

meeting. But. these: are. precise-| '
‘ly ‘the. "people: whom that’ pare] -
‘tieular -party .does NOT. need to:
‘vedch. ‘They. aie. already: con-
‘verted, In fact they are mostly,
80 resolutely . attached ,to: theit
‘own parties that (hey ate as’
Uitte likely to change tKelt’ po-
litical affiliation ds they are to

 

Province arid Stn. Under the:

and the Province will become a morning: pa per..
“the Sun's present mechanical and press building at Gcorgla. and Bealty Streets. (CP Photo) °

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WIEN. COMPLETED. dn. about three . -years, “this ullding: in downtown Vancouver will be
the ‘home of Pacific: Press .Lid., formed as.a joint publishing. company by the Vancouver
‘arrangement, the’ Sun will continue in the afternoon field
The ‘new bullding will be on the site of

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Liberal
» lebration
"Become Wake

OTTAWA OA planned Lib-
eral victory celebration ab-na-
tional headquarters -was turned’ +f
into a, wake Monday night, by :
| the: ‘Progresive. Conservatives, a
| |: Cold cuts, “dakes :and’ coffee
Thad been laid, out on a, long
‘table in the ‘dining room ‘oe an
-lold downtown residence corverl-
ed into party headquarters last
lyenr,

But the food WAS hardty
touched by Liberal supporters
who came to watch the election ”
results flow in from the ‘wires’
of The Canadian Press. Once I
was known that the eleclion
had been lost, the laden tables”
were stripped,

Dunean K, MacTavish) presis
dent of the Liberal federation, |
H. Erskine Kidd, general seere- «
tary, and a handful of others
watched the election resulls
come in, Their faces showed

 

 

 

change their’ religion.

. The general public will ‘turn
up only rarely and.. to certain
types of political rheelihgs. Many
people will go to see, hear and
‘meet, the Prime. Minister who
‘would: not bother. to go. to ‘any
‘other « political function. They
do’so because he Is the. Prime
Minister.:

They will, of course, also (fo in.
large numbers to the personal
appearanices of. some’ good per-
former, such as John Diefen-
‘haker in this 1957 election. Buti .
‘about one or, at most,. two meet-
ings in any one election. cam-
paign’ is about all that the citi.

convention which -had just
zen will “take. "

Tory Chief Keeps Date With Destiny
After ‘Stems Personal Campaign

By ALAN DONNELLY |
Canadian Press Staff Writer

OTTAWA (CP)—J ohn - Diefenbaker key ot his date with destiny.
“We have an appointment, ladies and gentlemen, with destiny,” he said

last December in a spirit of hopeful prophecy to. they Pr ogressive Conservative
4

chosen him as. leader.

their dismay after the fleures
started to show Conservative
gains In the Maritimes,
VISITORS VANISII

People who dropped In. slayed
for only a short time. By HW p.m,
only the headquarters staff re-
mained,
| After Prime Minister St, Liv
rent had spoken on television
from Quebec City, Mr, MacTave
‘Ish left for home. .

Asked to comment on
election result, he said:

"It ds disappointing but we
‘haven't seen the end of It yet.
We will see,”

When reporters left shortly

 

the

 

 

Now ‘the... ‘tall: ‘Saskatchewan.
lawyer heads’ a “ party’ ” which:
Monday elected more Commons
members, than any other party.
AS such, if, custom is followed
and if the Liberals are unable to
attract enough - support. from
outside their party, Mr. Diefen-
baker will, be Canada’s next!
prime minister.

The election victory was with
a minority. in: the Commons—
nob as much as he could have
wished—but better than the
graduation yearbook forecast at
the University of Saskatchewan
more’ than 40 years ago that. the,
young. John Diefenbaker. would}
some’ day be leader of the oppo-
sition, ©

And better than. his own out-
look in 1948 when, for the second
time, he tried for the Conserva-

 

THE: changing ‘character of
newspaper coverage of elec-
tions is itself a proof of the
‘changing public attitude toward
‘them.
Not a single newspaper In all
Canada gave anything like. as
good coverage of the 1957 elec-
tion as every newspaper in every
city gave, say In the elections of
‘1911 or 1921. In those days, all
papers printed column after
column of what the party lead-
ers actually said in their rin-
ning day to day debate. The
papers also ‘all printed quite
lengthy réports of the speeches
made by the local candidates. in
those bygone years.’ a
Now few’ papers - give. a
thah minor mention of the” ac-
tual text of ‘the party leader's’

 

 
 

 

 

with the scenery, in spite of the.
fact that in Vancouver they were
asked “Why do, you. want. to) go
to Prihce Rupert” and: were told

our benefit, which always makes
me  & little furious. However,
they came and were very pleas~
antly surprised. Both of these
couples also enjoy - living in-a
smaller place, and are not in-
terested in hig cities. Mr. and
Mrs, Cecil Young of Seattle were
also people who were interested
jn the museum and came with a
Wook called “Thunderbird” iow
out of print, which they donated
to the Museum, Mr. Young
spent his young years on the
Queen Charlotte Islands’ and is
now a publisher in Seattle. They
were touring on the “Coquillam”
and were enjoying their holiday
very much. We-appreciate all
these kind fiends ‘ and- shall
treasure the book, whieh is. an
Interesting series of Indian Leg-
ends dealing with Thunderbird
or “Toolooeh” written by Wil,
Webber of Vancouver, B.C,, 1036
and dedicated, to- “pha Indians
Who Have Adorned. Me-. with
Knowledge Royond. Dreams,” ye

   
     

 

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‘Fire Haare
Shows Drop

PRINCE GEORGE @—Forest-
‘yy offielals said Monday — fire
hagard in the Prince George aren

more rainfall must be recorded
soon In order to keep forests
out of tndor-diy elgasificalion,
Three major blazes whicl’ dea-
troyerl a total of 6,200 nares were

 

 

and but all were controlled,

at Fork Fraga,

Monday,

 

a lot of things that were not to]:

ipayas

have subsided considerably, but

definitely undar control, Thare
ware five new fires at the week-

Tho largest destroyed 30 ners

Twenty-alght
men were on flre Cghting duty

Use Clasaifieds-They Pay

speeches. With very -rare. éx-:
ceptions, only: small . Snippets: ‘of
what the candidates, say..@ver
eets rrews ‘eolumth space’ eat

tive leadership -and_ lost to
‘George Dre In. frequent
speeches cure } lis ” whirlwind
election campagn#this year he
‘said he had pit aside then any
hopes for greater. things untill
Mr. Drew, ailing last September,

 
   

 

AN analysis of the crowds which
attend political ~ meetings
proves that the sizé. of the rural | —
atidience does not “necessarily |:
mean the same ratio in vtes |.”
finally ‘cast. ,
In Vancouver South, for ‘ine
stance, three political parties, all} of.
held meetings in -Polnt Grey oe
Junior High School. . i |!
The Liberal meeting, -addres-
sed by Hon. Walter Narris, drew
811 (people.
The Social Credit meeting,
atidrossed by a provincial cab-
inet minister, drew just 61 peo-
ple, Including the 11 on the
platform,
The Conservative meeting, a
addressed by Donald Fleming,
allracted 249 persons, The CCF
held no meetings In big halls,

The actual yote in Vancouver
South shows how far off the
beam one could get If he assum-
ed that the number of people in
Public meetings ts an accurate
Indication of the otal pereent-
the votes.
PRY ON here "rae odeailiysino
you nob yote for me? Lausler| &
sadly used to ask Tory Toronto,
In 1067 it was the “silent” yote| +
that confounded a good many of
the pre-election prophets,

 

 

IN THE British election of 1061

I covered Churehiil’s superb!
campaign for this newspaper,
The whole business was conthy- |’
ad to a alngle month,

The grand old man himeel!
Made just seven specchers and:
all but ona of those speeches was:
of one dalf hour duration, | -

Our Prime Ministor . made|‘ Walter Wal

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| Don Welr, and the grandson

       
    
    
     

 

 

SUCOR SSFUL Consarvativo loncler John Dlotenbaker is shown
* vlsiling hls two-week-old grandson in Toronto, In this photo,
taken ab Women’s College Hospital, the Progressive Consor-

stepped oul. ©
What happened af Ler thatis-a
political rags-lo-riches story.

The 61-year-old politician won
the . Conservative leadership on
the first ballot, challenged the
convention to “banish in this
party a feeling of defeatism,”
and then took over as head of
a 50-member group in the’ 265-
seat. Commons.

While Parliament sat he spent
almost as much time away from
Otlawa, slumping the country,
as he did in his Commons seat.

When. the election fight began
in earnest 64% weeks ago John
Diefenbaker opened ‘the throttle
on one of the most strenuous
personal campaigns undertaken
in recent political history.

‘With a rolling, somewhat old-
fashioned..style of oratory, he
made. more. than 00 speeches
and: ‘logged more ‘than 20,000
miles. in crossing the country
twice. And he bested the form-
er champion -vote-getter, Prime

—

  

ose with thelr daughtet, Mrs,
. Mrs, Walt is a, daughter of

Mrs, Diofenbaker by n previous marringe, The baby Is named
John Waltor after his grandfather and a great-grandfathar,

{OP Photo)

 

 

 

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Vancouver in the 48 hours: he:
was here than, Churchill nde
In the entire 106! campaign, 80 |B:
all noross the country, Dieter |B.
baker mado even niotd, |

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lers crossed verbal swords with
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Monday night; as the results
became known, Mr. Diefenbaker
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party forms the government he
will keep faith with the Canad-
ian people,

“This is a moment of deep :
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