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fh An independent newspaper devoted to the upbuilding

t of Prince Rupert and Northern and Central British Columbia.

- A member of The Canadian Press—Audit Bureau, of -
ft Circulation—Canadian Daily Newspaper Publishers Association

e Published by The Prince Rupert Dally News Limited .

: JOHN F, MAGOR

2 President

é ’ J. R. AYRES | G. P. WOODSIDE

: i Editor ; General Manager

_ Authorized as second class mall by the Post Office Department; Ottaws
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terrace WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1958

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- Forest fires hard blow to economy

7 was encouraging to report that the

: general closure of the coastal.area of
Prince Rupert Forest district was lift-
ed at midnight August 4.

‘ While the 18-day closure made
headlines, it was more blithe to print
that the forest fires in the Prince Ru-
pert district were under control.

' E¥en though this district had ex-
perienced the least fires as of August
S in'the provinee with 231 compared
to 1,189 in the Vancouver district, 742
i “Kamloops, followed by Prince
George with 434 and Nelson with 326,
the closure which put more than 125
men out of work was a-hard blow to
the economy of this area.

| A release from B.C. Forest Service
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ROM the remoteness of the prairies
, The Winnipeg Free Press has assail-
éd Prime Minister Diefenbaker for in-
tervening in the west coast strike of
(PR ferries. Editorially the Free
Press says that the government drifted
into its decision to take over the fer-
ries “under pressure from its members
fitish Columbia, and against its
etter judgment.” That may be

  

he government could scarcely be &c-_
cused of moving in haste. But on the .
issue of intervention the Winnipeg
paper offers thisrebuke:
“The strike ig painful to the people
of Vancouver Island-and other west
coast spots. But the fact remains that
in our society ‘workers have the right
to strike ...It isnot up to any govern-
ment 'to decide whether the use people

 

______make-of-that right’ is wise. For the

federal government to take away the
vight to strike is to use the power of
the state against the steamship em-
ployees. There is no justification for
this...” ,

No justification?. Perhaps if the
Free Press were a part of the coast
community it might feel differently
about this. The right to strike is, as
the paper says, fundamental to a free
and fair economy.. But here is some-
thing else. There is public necessity.
To understand what that means in the
case of transportation it is necessary
to experience the isolation of an island
when its vital connections with ‘the
sources of trade are severed. Win-
nipeg can never be cut off from the
vest of Canada.. If the railways'strike
theré are always the highways, But an

et, for after 10 weeks of inaction -

in Victoria disclosed that it cost the
forest service an average of $100,000.
per day to protect its valuable forest;
lands throughout the province during
the last week of July. es
It was also pointed out that at this.
time last year, the total costs were’
$128,601, or one-eighteenth of the cur-
rent total. : we
We are reminded to take every fire

» precaution for even the rain-isn’t as.

wet as we think. We are also reminded
that 40 cents of every dollar circulat-
ing in British Columbia is occasioned
through its forests. i

And we are reminded that only by

protecting our forests can the camper

When rights conflict

enjoy the beauty, the seclusion and the
cost-free holiday. 7

island economically cannot survive
for long without ferries. For the right |
of the seamen to strike, millions of
dollars were paid out of the pockets
of the citizens of this community. .
Rights are hard to assess when one —
of them comes into conflict with an- —
other. Morally if not specifically the
federal government was required un-
‘der the terms of Confederation to up-
hold the rights of this Island to com-

‘munication with the rest of Canada. If

there isto be any criticism of Mr. Dief-

—-enbaker’s action it is on the score that

“he took so long to acknowledge that

responsibility. |

How else was he to have done so
than by ordering the strikers back to
work?; There was an alternative. The
government could—and many believe
should—have manned the ferries from

- the navy, using men of the armed serv-

ices as strike breakers. It chose in-
stead to operate the ferries with their
own crews, under orders, thereby as-
suring them of the restoration of
wages which, while, somewhat less
than those demanded, at least are a
good deal better than strike pay.

By doing this the government of
‘course knowingly laid itself open to
the kind of rebuke administered by the
‘Free Press and the labor organiza-
tions. It is always easy to criticize
from a position of security when dras-
tic measures are taken to meet an
emergency somewhere else: but can
the Free Press suggest a third course
of action which would in every respect
have preserved the rights of strikers
and the equally fundamental right of

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_ INTERPRETING THE NEWS

citizens? —The Victoria Colonist.

‘British approve Macmillan’s bold move
" | . By KEN METHERAL
* Canadian Press Staff Writer

Nah . . .

Win or lose, a man who gambles boldly
can! fsually count on gaining the admiration
of the British public. .

The accuracy of this politienl trulam has
rarely been better demonstrated than by the
publittrenction to Prime Minister Macmillan's
delibarntely sepetneular gesture In journeying
to Athens and Ankara to discuss the Cyprus
problem, ' ;

DbAplte considerable reservations about ‘the
pondiblo results of the gamble, British news-
pappra and the British public In igenaral appear
virtunlly unanimous in feeling that It has bean
onesworth taledng. oy

back
A MAN ‘WHO TRIES

Labor party officinis nye ‘tha fips ‘Lo ‘admit,

that:the prime minister's surprixo decision ‘to
vinitCireece and Turkey has onpturod the Im-
nylnation of the public, Aaid one official: “ye
js obviously trying to cnae tho-tondion In Cy-
prug.and you can't criticizo © man ‘for trying.”

Mofore deaving for ‘the Gredk and Turlluh
onpitala, Maamillnn ‘anid. dis chief aim war -to
achieve -® permanont corsntion of violonce tn
Cyprus, He did not take with him any new
political plan far the Jaland and did not expoat
io aehieve any detailed new agrovment during
hin jowrnioy.

The ‘sduavedn of He visita to Athons and
Anicare will nngoly.dagwnd on whethor he hon
oon ‘nble te caenvince the two governnronts ‘to
aupport Brittdh ‘plans for the absndonmont ‘of
violoen ax @ political support, there appenra

Httle Micelwhood of re-oxtablishing order in’

Cyprun, where strife botwoon Grooks and Turks

has claimed more than 160 lives during the last
two months.

On the other hand, if Macmillan’s visit
results in o tripartite condemnation of violence,
thon he will ‘have gone ‘a Jong way toward
walning the “cooling off" period which Is a
key provision of the British plan for Cyprus

drafted last June by Governor Sir Hugh Foot, |
The general acclaim that has frrooted ‘the,

pslme minister's journey to the ‘eastern Med-
Iterranean demonstrates his ability to pive
nm vente of ocension and no feeling of sucess
to ‘hoth his country and his party.

This ability to project an tmpression of

choorful confidence ia undoubtedly one of the -
factors behind the igradual sawing of eleptoral .

opinion tn favor of the Conservative party that
has been In evidence in Britain In vecent
weoks, 4
PATIONT FIRMNESS oe

“Another factor ‘has been Macmilan'a deft
handling of the nummit meoting negotiations
with Premier Khruschey of Ruanla. Wis con-
caine, clon ‘notes ‘to. the Russian ‘leader and
the priionce and firmness ‘he has shown In
Annsworing summit’ questions in the Commons
has given apposition mombers little opportian-
‘ty ‘to arltioluo. a

Myon the uppnrent collapre of mayotlations
foy summit talka has brought Jittle censure
on Meemilian's fond, he gemerd) fediing tn

   
   
  
 
 

oxpresiod doxtre to rench the summit, The

Statos and Rugsla for summit dolaya rather
than the British government. .

ritain npponrn to he that he ia mnaere In hin |

tehtloney in London ja to blame the United |

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ments took -place this past
week in Ottawa. One was an
unprecedented move, another
related to the activities of
“the past Liberal Government
sand the third to ‘the activ-

_dties of the presont sgovern-
ment. | .

The unprecedented move
was that of the Committee
of the Hofise which was .con-
sidering the estimates..of the
Department .of Defence, The
‘cormimittee’ reported ‘to ‘ the
House. making a series of far
sweeping recommendations
concerning our defence,

Usually when committees
report their activities to the
House they don’t make too
many recommendations, and
those that are ‘made are ra-.
ther innocuous ones not des-
igned to promote any contro-
versy of imply and criticism
of the government.

The Defence Estimates Com-
mittee, though, brushed aside
all of these past practices
and set out on a new and
bold path. ok,

This path should lead this
nation into. a position of being ,
able to properly assess, our
contributions to the deferée
of Canada. Certainly Art
Smith (MP Calgary South),

_who was chairman of the com-
. Mittee, indicated in his report
. that we need to take a long

and searching look at our de-
fence program. . me
‘These | recommendations

‘ranged all the way from. the

‘multi-million dollar CF-105
aircraft, ‘through to integra-
tion of certain parts of. the
three services, into ‘the field
of service colleges, and ended.
up with. some comments. on

the degree of inefficiency.
within the Defence Depart-
ment. Ts

The Public Accounts Com-
mittee has been reviewing
government expenditures of”
the.past few years and in par-
ticular has been cconcentrat- .
ing’on the new buildings of
the Queen’s Printer. This am-
aging story reminds one of a
fairy story for certainly we
would not expect such things.:
to happen in real life.

The new premises for the

Queen’s Printer were started :
some 10 years ago--and are”

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not finished ‘yet:. Originally :

‘the ‘project was to take: three =}:

years. -

‘The original cost. was es-!
timated at $6,000,000 and ‘ex- ©
penditures are already in the -

neighborhood of $17,000,000.

A contract for the excava- :

_ tion. was let for $55,000 and ~

the contractor ultimately got ,

$238;695. The excavation work

was done without proper bor- -

ing tests being made for the
foundations.

After the ‘first -

floor was poured it was dis- |;
covered that the site was over |-
a subterranean creek and an-. |
other floor had to be built | 7

on top of this. Today there is .

a creek running between the
first floor and the sub-floor

and it has to be pumped out -

regularly, .

This monument to the for
mer Liberal government has
so far cost the taxpayers mil-

Hons of dollars more than it,

should have, —

- The third Item of general

nterest rplites to the civil .

service. In 1918, when the pre-
sent Civil Service Act was
first introduced it was sup-
posed to take all civil servants

out of the field of political .

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tion of patronage.

Since that time, however, a
number of changes have been
made. We now have at -least.
12,000 employees of the Fed-.:

eral ‘Government that are:
subject to ‘political ‘pressure.
twelve thousand ‘obs which:
could be filled with ‘political |
appointments. I’m not saying
that they are or will be, but
merely that there is - room
there for political patronage. _
This-can be changed ‘by. mere-.
ly bringing these employees in
the jurisdiction of the Civil
Service Act. oS
-Some readers of this col-
umn may think that it was
an“ unwise ‘thing ‘for me to
have walked out of a commit-
tee‘mecting in protest over the
things that the committee
was doing. However, subse-~
quent events proved that both
Erhart Regier and I did the
correct thing. When the com-
mittee reported to the House
I presented a motion that the
Bill over which we walked out
of the Committee be referred
back to the Committee for
further study. The House ac-
cepted our motion and the
Bill went back again for re-
consideration. This, in our
opinion, was what should have
happened in the first place.
The committee should have

asked that it be referred back, .

because a Committce has no
right to reverse a previous de-
cision once it has been taken
on a particular bill,

Northland,

challenge
’ From The Calgary Herald
Recent optimism and plan-
ning for ‘northern development
has been met on many . sides
with a scepticism that almost
borders on. alarm.

No doubt a good deal of this
comes from political . oppan-
ents of the Prime Minister,
who has been one of the great
advocates of hastening the de-
velopment ofthe north. -.. -

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in beer parlors underlay the
‘vot’ there. — -
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ernment: -can't allow — this
shocking event to end merely

with the trial of those arres-—

ted. , - : . *
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_ duced: it requires overhaul at
the Next session of the legis-
lature.:..Indians, ‘should . get
the same iJiquor privileges as
other B.C. residents, oo. :
All enlightened, opinion
holds that the notion that In-
dians can’t handle liquor as

well as whites is a‘myth, Yet .
the opinion prevails that In- —
dians must be restricted in. —

access to alcohol, “0b ™

Until1951, access was -com-”
pletely -banned in B:C. Then, -

along with the vote, B.C; per-
mitted Indians to drink

lic bars.

But Indians fre still for-.
bidden to’ buy. liquor at gov-

ernment stores or to possess

-it in thelr: homes, So the ten- |.
dency is to drink excessively: |: °
in beer parlors: and to get into:
trouble..as a-result, In smaller.

B.C, towns

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kenness, this is not as serious -
an offence as having Uquor at
home. . o
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Indians’ resentment. of dis-
crimination, This undoubtedly
helped to fire the trouble in.
Prince Rupert. Police become
symbols of injustice to Indians
who feel they're treated un-
fairly under the liquor Jaws, °
then are specially singled out

for police. attention if they.

drink. even ‘in legal fashion...
The federal government has

recognized the injustice and

harm: ‘of restricting the In-

' dians’. access to liquor.

Nearly two years ago it lif-
ted all restraints, leaving pro-.
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