‘ “ " a ee ee on iT ue Lvocs so ATHOTOL iaue 1910 — PRINCE RUPERT DAILY NEWS — 1958 An independent newspaper devoted to the upbullding . of Prince Rupert and Northern and Central British Columbia, uf 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 J. R. AYRES Editor G, P. WOODSIDE General Manager Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department; Ottawa WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1958 Visit should be historic occasion RINCE RUPERT should be highly flattered that Premier Bennett and the British Columbia cabinet have chosen this city as the second site for a governmental “meeting away from home”. Just what form: the meeting of city officials with the premier and: his cabinet ministers will take, has not yet been decided but certainly the gov- ernment will be given a far greater in- sight into the city’s problems than ever before, That Prince Rupert should be selected for the second gov- ernment experiment of taking the government to the people and conduct- ing on-the-spot talks about local prob- lems is most gratifying and nothing — but good can result. _ Mayor Peter J, Lester, MLA Will- iam H. Murray and Clerk Comptroller R. W. Long are to be commended for their efforts in bringing about the cabinet’s proposed visit in July. While the city did not receive any further re- lief regarding this year’s school costs there is a promise of some improve- ment next year, none of which would have probably taken place unless a personal interview with the premier he minister of education had been ld ‘with the city’s delegation, The fact that Mr. Bennett and his ‘ministers will be here during the city’s B.C. Centennial celebrations will have | its advantages too. The premier will Don't be N the U.S. an effort has been made to - expunge the court martial convic- tion of the late Brig. Gen. “Billy” Mitchell, dishonorably discharged be- cause he criticized his military super- iors for their then orthodox disbelief in air power. The examination of Mitchell at the original trial, dug up by an American reporter, makes fas- cinating reading today. An extract: .... Prosecutor—You say that “in fu- ~- tire wars soldiers will invade by leap- ing in parachutes from airplanes,” ‘Would you care to reveal who gave you this startling information? ~ Mitchell—Nobody gave it to me, It’s quite obvious to anyone with the slightest foresight. Prosecutor—It is your actual be- licf that this country (U.S.) is vulner- be able to see the progyess made by a city less than half a century old at a time when the province is observing its 100th birthday. It should point-up to the government.that while the more populated centres have progressed with more rapidity, Prince Rupert: with its isolation and accompanying problems has had to keep pace with the south of the province regarding schools, utilities and municipal costs. The lack of recreation facilities here will be evident to the cabinet and should put the lie to the minister of recreation’s belief that there is no erying need for Salt Lakes Park to be given a Class A rating. The need for government aid at Oliver Lake, the progress of work on the cannery road and particularly Highway 16 can all be given personal inspection by the government members during their visit here. If it can be arranged that Premier Bennett officially open our new Mu- seum of Northern British Columbia, all to the good since provincial gov- ernment money has gone into it. It should be a momentous occasion and a plaque could be later placed on the side of the new museum to. commemorate such an opening. All in all the visit of Premier Bennett and the’ provincial cabinet to this city should be a historic. one and concrete benefits should result. too sure able to attack from the air? Mitchell—_In the foreseeable fu-— ture. . Prosecutor—Col. Mitchell, do you have any idea of the width of the At- lantie ocean? Mitchell—Approximately 3,000 miles, " Prosecutor—You say that “air- ships traveling 1,000 miles an hour will fight each other in the stratosphere.” Have you any comprehension how fast 1,000 miles an hour is? Do you know it is faster than the speed of sound. Mitchell—Approximately 250 miles faster, This interesting dialogue took place in 1925, not very long ago. Better be on the safe side and not doubt the dreamers of 1958. —The Financial Post. ers THE. MIGHEST television transmitter in Europe, os Pen and perhaps the world, was erected in northeastern Switzerland. It is situ- ated on Mount Saentis, 8,210 feet above sea level and over five times higher than the Empire State building on which transmitters for New York City stations are located. Fortun- ately, repairmen will not have to be mountain climbers. An acrial cable car provides year-round access to the peak. All Aboard & G2 Mortimore canneries and cold INTERPRETING THE NEWS French hypnotized by de Gaulle rise By JOSEPH. MacSWEEN Canadian Press Staff Writer - Watching events in France and Algeria since the crisis began has been o Nittle like observing the progress of a glacier that could at any moment become an avalanche. Gen. Charles doe Gaulle has moved closer and closer to power while appearing to stand stil, aloof from the madding throng. Frenchmen of whatever political persuasion seem to find it impossible to wrench their eyes from this strange phenomenon with Its alr of inevitability, . _ In contrast to the popular conception of de Gaulle as a father Image, the politicians act Nke small boys who have been naughty and know It, They promise to mend thetr slap- happy parliamentary ways—anything to keep the authoritarian parent at arm's length. _ Because of fear of do Gaulle, the French Assembly gave Premier Plerre Pflimlin unpre- cedented support when he took power two wooks ago to tackle the Algerian crisis, ' _ Novertheless, do Gaulle’s acclaim haa ‘atend- ily broadened while Pflimlin faced now dla- asters, The promier not only failed to get any- Whore ‘in efforts to re-eatablish the govern- De Gaulle—in public at Jeast—has adopted a strictly correct attitude, if somewhat exas- perating In his apparently unshakable con- viction that sooner or Jater France will turn to him. Many claim to speak with de Gaulle’s blessing, but he delegates no one as spokesman, and himself says precious little, Ho has yet to spell out exactly what he would do about any of the grinding problems . that beset France, People may ask whether jt is © weakness or a strength to take a position that raises questions rather than provides answors, In the National Assembly, Gaullist forces have been gaining support on the Nght. But all shades of tho Jeft are adamant againat “Le Grand Charles." A big Communist-dominated bor union has called a protest strike against m, Pflimlin once more hoa warned of the por- sibility before which even the courageous war leader de Gaulle must quall—the spectra of ojvil war, Solve problem . Some 1,500 fishermen and shoreworkers, including many Indian families who . come down for the summer from re- mote villages up the Nass and: Skeena rivers, are employed gathering and preserving ‘sal- mon, halibut and ecrab-at the storage plants in and around Prince Rupert. The state of the seafood in- dustry. is everybody’s business. The city watches the progress of negotiations between the ‘fishing companies .and the fishermen and _shoreworkers as they drag along indecisively in Vancouver. At the time this is written, company .and union are a long way apart on wages and fish prices, There is a strong feeling in some union and some anti- union circles that northern fishermen get the thin end of the deal when there is a strike. The season for salmon fish- ing with nets opens first in the north. Then areas between here and the Fraser are open- ed in) sueeession. when it comes, appears to be timed so that it knocks the bottom out of the northern season, but manages to get settled by the time the south- ern season igs due to open. Sut officials of the United Fishermen and Allied Work- ers’ Union are aware of this feeling. “If it is necessary to take strike action, it will be at a time when it affects pretty nearly everyone,” Ray Gard- iner, northern repersentative of the union, told me. Worrisome time for all Halibut fishermen, some. of, whom are members of another’ labor group, the deepsea fish- ermen’s union, have been busy setting their long lines baited with octopus tentacles for the giant bottom-feeding flat fish. : There’s plenty of time yet before the opening. of the sal- mon net season, but seiners, gillnet fishermen and = mer- chants of the town are biting their nails awaiting news. However, members of the fishermen's co-operative have not a worry in the world. While the men who sell their fish. to the commercial com- panies are tied up on strike, Busy boats Regardless of principles, it hurts a striking union fisher- man to stand on the dock znd watch a fellow - fisherman from the co-operative head out to sea. The co-operative member, on the other hand, resents paying tribute to fish- ermen who, he may think, are too lazy or timid to bother joining the co-op. ‘But some fishermen are in debt to fishing companies for loans on boats and gear, and they feel an obligation to keep seling to those comphnies. Furthermore, a fisherman must make a sacrifice at first to Join the co-op. Private com- panies pay him for his whole but the co-operative catch, mee co-operative. members chug serenely: to work. The fisher- men own the co-operative. They can scareely be expected to go on strike against them- Selves. ‘ By an agreement between co-operative and union, co-op fishermen allot ‘striking union members a proportion of their catch. Theoretically, both groups work in harmony to advance the welfare of the fisherman by two different methods. In fact, there is a certain amount of shoving and clbowing be- hind the scenes, which neither side will admit. . frustrating | pays for only part of it, the balance later when the fish fs sold. Eventually though, the entire profit from hts catch, minus administrative expen- ses, foes in the fishermen's pocket. Some co-operatives in other places have failed because of bad manazement---but so have private companies. The Prince Rupert co-operative is solid. Perhaps the management of commercial fish companies— and other business firms too —Will take a lesson from the success of the co-operatives and introduce the bor force. . Many observers think that an honestly-administered pro- fitesharing plan, subjeet to constant. serutiny from both sidea, may be the device need ed to take the bitterness out of Inbor-management conflict, Unions are much warmer to- ward the profit-sharing Idea than they used to he. The Prince Rupert fisher- men’s co + operative works hand-Inshand with a con- sumor co-operative that oper- ates a large, brand-new store, Fishermen ns well as landsmen who don't know a spring sal- mon from a smelt are monm- bors of the growlng congumor- co-ap, Among the 2,500 members of the Prince Rupert consumer co-op (an Increasa of 60 por cont gince April 10) are fish- A strike, . é profit- | sharing principle in their la- | ‘In secret’ From the Ottawa Journal Superintendent John Leo- pold was a short stout man with sparkling brown eyes and an affable disposition. He looked neither like a Mountie nor an undercover agent, Al- ways immaculate and easy in conversation he regarded life with eternal good cheer ex- cept when. Communism was mentioned. On that he was deadly serious. It was a men- ace to which he dedicated his’ |] life, as policeman and citizen, to combating, the eltizen role being no less formidable to the Reds than ‘that of the policeman. In 1931 he emerged as wit- ness against. Canadian Com- ‘ munists who discovered too late for their own good that Jack Esselwein, the leftist house painter who had been !% accepted into their counsels, actually was Sergeant Leo- pold of the Mounted. But it would be injustice to a good public servant to think that that moment ‘of fame revealed ali his service to Canada. The fact is, that Superintendent Leopold's long study of Com- ‘munism was of Infinite value to the Royal Commission on Espionage and helped bring to justice. those associated with Soviet spying. activities re- vealed in 1946. There are brave men whose acts of courage are done in secret and who receive no re- wards in medals or acclaim. Superintendent Leopold. was | one of these. | this panda is aRed? « “Look, Mummy, a live teddy bear.” This ts. the usual re- netion of children who sce a glant panda in a 206, With its white body, black legs and clown face, the panda is a born comic, and sauuse children to squeal with delight, Zoo «officials would give their eye teeth for such an attraction. As a matter of fact, the Chicago and Bronx. zoos have been bidding for a giant panda, now In Peiping, and one bid has gone as high as $25,000. But it is doubtful that this white-faced charac- ter with the smoky eye-rings its antics | x Pleasant talk From the Edmonton Journal Khrushenev emphasized that the race fur supremacy be- tween the Communist and capitalist worlds “does not mean killing anybody.” This is more pleasant talk than his utterance at a diplomatic re- ecption last year when, in ref- erence to the Western worid, he sald, “We wilt bury you.” Uniess, of course, Khrush- chev’s ambition now is to bury us allye. , Great faith — A paper sleeping bag has been invented. Great faith will be required of those who go on a ‘camping ~ trip with them.—From . the’ Edmonton Journal. . $2,000 BINGG Friday, 8 p.m. . May 30th CIVIC CENTRE Proceeds in aid of Prince Rupert Civic Band- oy will ever see the U.S.A, As"). resident of Communist Chins, it has been denied admission,’ Unhappy zoo officinis! Thay have been pleading with the: - State Department of clem® ency. What a shame to maka this darling a victim of thé: cold war! ae But the Department ts ob>' durate. The U.S. law is ex- plicit. No trade with Red China, not-even if a brace of hippopotamuses, rhinoceroses and giraffes were included {4 the bargain, yp It looks as if the’ panda iis destined tor the Frankfort Zoo In Germany, unless thera are Canadian takers. ‘Toronto hasn’t the facilities nor the finds for such an animal, But wait! Attention, Mayor Horaca Boivin of Granby. Quebec! Hag Granby's famous 75-acre z00 got itself a glant panda? Tt has almost everything else.:. —The Toronto Telegram, Cat en Aen pens nytt Hae pr nee tennaen SMOKES FOR CANADIAN: MILITARY PERSONNEL: serving with the ‘ United Nations Emergency. . Force in the Middle East $16 sends 400 - EXPORT | CIGARETTES - 2 or any other Macdonald Brand Postage included Mail order and remittance fo: OVERSEAS DEPARTMENT k MACDONALD TOBACCO INC. / P.O. Box 490, Place d'Armes, Montreal, Que, ; This offer Is sublect to any change. tn Government Regulations, ' SIMPSONS-SEARS REQUIRES _ SALESMAN FOR PRINCE RUPERT STORE {Age 21-40) " Applicants should have some selling experience © and high school education. Excellent opportunity : for above average earnings. and advancement. : moe . Apply in person to manager. Polliwogs... and Pennies , “Dad says having fun is part of growing up... eee cam I econ et on fee if : ' ermen from as far awny as ANC it ing, It’ "ver too carly — i" | : ment’s authority in Algoria, but. gow the in- From The London Froe Press Vancouver, 9 d and 80 is SAVING It's never too en y w (p> gereeton dump to the tainnd of. Comalca, on. Why not reappoint Mr. Miasoy for another | At Torraca, 100 milos up the ¢ or too late — to save, he tells us. So Vicki " if| The roheliiony cqunce itself. , torm? Rt, Hon. Vincent Massoy haa proven an - Skeonn, thoro tw a farmors' ; i i i: Aly r0 reltous Ronorals and Fronch gottlers Ideal Governor-General, . .. If he would be FESTOONED with weather. co-op which’ shares with the ' and T both have Savings Accounts at ; . e ii 10 moor Viva progressively become bolder. willing to. take the post for another term it slallebics Uokor tapo is Rube Princo Rupert and other co- te opularly at . we i Patera do Gaulle hos become a aymbol. would solve difficull problem, oven if dt dons Horngteln, & mateorologist, opa in owning BC, Co-op Dad's bani, We're all saving regularly at e fi icing the entire population into two camps. = sot a new precedent, with tha Dominion Publis Wholesnie. Elsewhore In Can- : | " Me I on televisic Hh gin Spoon! My wea aasomably ond : gather Office, Halitax who ada, co-ops own oll walls, re- THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE ” | th Ye hag reeully avoided erlticlzin Superfluou t ch discuases weathor topes each finaries, coal mines and saw- 1 he Gidnene dncoa even the Impression tha p S$ nor cheap Sunday night in his radio mills, Canadians are not aa MORE THAN 775 BRANCHES ACROSS CANADA READY TO SERVE YoU me wily hate pecans ear aUaLOre aoe tton whee, enon wien if aupor flows, for = brondeast, Ask the Weather- hostile to the co-operative a mew? ‘ : a }! Ono coos not need, fs doar at a penny. man, on the OBO Trana-Can- movement na somo people . ite Poy : on Lo uppear at his elbow, Whe aL Plutarch, ada network, would have us helleve, Princo Rupert Branch—P Mo P. 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