CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, July 30, 1964 CASTLEGAR NEWS “Bere let the press the people's rights ptain, unawed: by inf and id by gata” Established in Ni Hundred and Forty-Seven INSURANCE Easy Way. To Beat The Myth About U.S. Foreign Control In the past few years we Canadians : have been deluged in words, written and spoken; sane and hysterical, about foreign control of Canadian industry. Perhaps the : key'to most of our concern was best ex- pressed by Martin Goodman writing in the Toronto Daily Star earlier this year. “There is a lack of knowledge on the pol- icies and operations of foreign controlled companies and how their behavior differs, ‘if it does, from that of C dian con- Imperial buys Canadian: goods where they are. of competitive price and’ quality. This company not, only produces oil products for. Canada but: exports all man- ner of petroleum derivatives to every con- tinent and last year exported 74,000 bar- rels of crude oil daily. ‘ : Imperial has its own research effort, one of the biggest of eny. industry in Canada. In recruiting for talent among trolled companies...” “Well, how different is their behav- ior? Imperial could be considered .a ‘for- ~ eign controlled company’ inasmuch as its major shareholder is Standard Oil NJ), : even though Imperial was founded in Lon- i don, Ont., and is actually older than its ‘parent’. However, .for all practical every- Canadian university graduates it recruits for Imperial Oil only. The U.S. company looks after itself, Whether or not it is typical, that’s ” how one ‘affiliate’ of a U.S, company op- erates, If anything, Imperial .has: put a reverse twist to the affiliate story. John R. White, a former Imperial’ president, Canadian-born and raised, is now a vice- ‘ day purposes, this p is +... It operates under a Canadian charter and is subject.to federal and provincial : Taws. It’ is listed on Canadian stock ex- ; changes, reports to its shareholders with | quarterly and annual reports and holds an : annual meeting. in. Canada. Some 36,000 : of its 42,000 sharehold e di } Virtually’: all of Imperial’s'12,000 employ- ‘ees are Canadian. Nine of its 12 directors : are Canadian-born and another, of English ‘ pirth, was raised here: two are Americal d pr t and director of the parent-com- pany where he can and does speak up for Canadian ‘interests they are in- volved. A while ago he spoke up to a differ- * ent audience — the school of Advanced. International Studies at John Hopkins Un- iversity — on the matter of affiliates. ‘This extract from his speech might help clarify some‘of the thinking in this coun- try about foreign control: ‘Anyone who ted: to ‘ Their decisions are determined. by, Can- adian conditions and requirements. . has attemp can By HAROLD WEBBER Local Historian ‘This isa ‘story: of otwo ‘ clocks that: lived in the same house, but:under entirely dif-.° ferent circumstances and sur-::. a n readily. testify that most of the control of Of the more than $81 million’ the” company spent on ‘godds and: services “Yast year (excluding crude. oil purchases * and. ‘wages, salaries and ° benefits) more ’ than 90 per cent was spent in Canada. Voice from the Past The Toronto Star the other Saturday quoted Sir John A, Macdonald on a pro- blem that ever will be with Canadians be- cause of geographical and other difficul- ities: ‘. “If Dhad any infuence over the minds ~of. the people of Canada, any power over “their intellect, I would leave .them this Jegacy: whatever. you do, adhere to the union; we are a great country and shall be one of the greatest if we can preserve it; we shall sink to insignificance and ad- versity if we suffer it to be broken.” ‘ : — The Printed Word’ epnicrs naeree New Canal is Just More Appeasement 5, ‘mands the Panamanians might make. We do not suggest that the folks in A’ new canal, somewhere near the “waist” of the Americas, is_virtually. as- sured says a report. ‘The -Panama Canal, it is explained, is too small: for some of today’s ships. Besides, ‘its system of locks - “makes it a sitting duck for the bombs of an enemy. Perhaps the Panama Canal is out: dated. Perhaps anew canal, built at sea level — a huge ditch connecting the At- Yantic and the Pacific — is needed... ~ We find ourselves wondering though: how much the need is real‘and how much it is, rationalization. Given a new, bigger, © modern canal, we wouldn't need the one across Panama. That way. we would be in @ position to agree to. almost any de- - Excellent Amible troduced a resolution about the federal -sales tax before the annual meeting of the A iati ‘problem - _either themsel a “comes from outside it, from economic environment. Control is. ex- ercised by the customers | it serves; by competition; by. the resources it is devel- oping; .by the laws, regulations and taxa-° tion under which it operates; by the qual- ” - ity of the employee it can hire; by chang- ing technology.°.. : ‘All that ownership of a business con- fers on an owner is the right to. manage an economic unit within’ the allowances and restrictions imposed ‘by its total en- vironment: This is ‘not‘to say that owners are beyond influencing their milieu; op- erating a business is a creative process - Foundings, | Both clocks were size, shape < and make with only the ‘color) of .- the finish. being different. |. . The clock that lived ‘up- tairs had a beautiful blond fi- dan. increas- ;: Thi is Was step back wing ?o bi was mixed with pure pleasure, +> as a piece of wood was placed under: the missing ‘corner ‘to - ck to stand erect. ~ an. a watch‘ repairman, would ‘as to... be able'to restore the clock, vely sound’ came fo! the depths of. this tall, Above the mantle hung a large *’ advis oil painting. This scene trees, river and cottage, indeed complemented the clock, add- ing’ just ‘the: right enhance its. beauty. The ,morn- “ing ‘sun* played on the: golden } Roman numerals:.on’ the face of the clock, while” the fine and the fruits of creation — cal advance, new products, policy innova- . tion — can markedly ‘alter a- given. envi- 7 ronment. ‘Nevertheless, it is only in ‘fic: -.” ‘tion that management is able to. steer a business as though it were ‘a tank.” Much : more typically, its role is analogous to that of navigating a sailboat where ‘the is one’ of adjusting canvas and course to forces over which the helmsman has no -control.’ -—— Imperial: Oil Review: Washi are trying to: kid er th ves. or the American -pe0- ple; such rationalization rarely is_ consci- ous. It does seem, ‘though, that this would fit neatly into the policy of appeasement that has marked American policy in ‘re- “cent years. We've tried to appease every body from the men in the: Kremlin to the most lawless groups of American Neg- roes. Usually, the appeasement is based not on right or reason, but’is'in.response | to and in direct proportion ‘to how Joud the screams and how big the demands. Conciliatory. we. shouldbe. ‘But our. modern policy of appeasement seems to have little relation to what is tight and what is’ reasonable. Instead,’ it has grown out of our preoccupation wit our na- tional “image.” Giri euen Ee There has, of course, been one not- able exception. .That was ‘the confronta- tion over Cubs. In that~case President Kennedy, forgetting what: people | might say, took a stand. He said’in substance: “This is what we. think-is right. ‘This is ‘what we're going to do. We're going to do Ontario Weekly . Newsp id a This resolution, he said, should*have: had a preamble, but as he wished to read the resolution ‘first, what he said next. could be, called an afteramble., — The Printed it, the consequences.” . ‘That ‘was the one: time, of his government. It-was: the’ one: time, é : e too, when all the- world “respected this ~ nation, — Franklin WC) Press CASTLEGAR NEWS , “THE z L.'V. Campbell, Publ Mall subscription rate to the Castlegar News i= $3.00 per, year, The price by delivery boy is 40 a month. Singte copies are 10 cents.’ ‘The ;Castiegar News $s authorized as second- class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa, for pay- ment of postage in cash, and is a.member of the Audit Bureau of: Circulations. Xt 1s a member of’ the Canadian ‘Weekly News- papers Association, the B.C. division of the Canadian. ; 4 a Com= * Weekly ‘3 OY ‘THE 3 Castlogar, BO. — - /Burt Campbell, Haltor ae tae Catt should ‘be | to The Editor, Castlegar News, Drawer 490, Castlegar, B.C. Letters for publication must be accompanied by the correct names and address of the writer, Fen names witi'be ased by. request, butithe correct name, must be submitted. The Czsegar News reserves the right,’ to shorten letters in the interests of economy of space. Sen ee ae an _Taunity, Newspapers Representatives. in--recent years, when every ;American.: was - proud:: =:Prove our worth 1.606003. eran) : ‘6 drew —= 2 SHEER 0 So many. things to know - glass door seemed: to sparkle with the 7 of the sun’s rays.. Truly’ this was a fitting Jocation for such a handsome Glock. 98 oe tee The second clock in our ~ story. was of’a dark finish, and ‘had-at some time lost acorner >: * une of its base, which made it This clock was able to. stand. now in the basement, once on a ‘shelf,-but now on the cold, ‘dirt Finor. lis only companior. -were an old coal furnace, a ta-.- ata chair that had lost” £000, the sore te ple: and that their place of:honor in the hou- : was made to ac and -now hangs: in t touch ‘to | itrand asked the if he knew where he might'ac- quire one, Remembering the® dirty, broken clock in the base- ment, he told him of it. Cer- it would be'a pleasure -.A special trip to the house © clock. “to pick this up. 2 Taken ‘home, ‘it was cleaned *. Gommonwealth he Commonwealth has al- most ceased to.be a force _ se, and a portable clothes clo-::, i set that seemed to portray sad: ness ’as it leaned. against ‘the . grey, cold cement wall.A film” of soot covered everything. The houge became vacant and for several years was rare- ly lived in. As a result. the own- er decided ‘to sell-the furnish- ings. Piece by piece ‘they went — the' Chippendale couch, the the first that) was I dining room table, a. poor quality antique chairs, - and the clock on the. mantle. . » Before long an interested party looked over the remain- ing pieces and, impressed ‘by the clock, decided to acquire md clock in | Nuclear Fission The. present’ state of our lustry makes it possible: for us to produce nuclear sand it is still th -very. life depended on it. This sto resurrected piece, ‘it: chimed, « the vhang pointed to:the hour. 4 The dark clock was warm- ly received by the new owner a place of. prominence in that household, ig, as if its has a moral-spi- ritual application, for we have. Jearned that: we’ should: never judge’. anyone by color, creed or social position. We find: this teaching in the scrip-". tures, in the heartsearching -Jesson that was given the Apos- - tle Peter that prompted him to say: 2 rea “But.God hath showed me that 1 should not call any man com- mon or.unclean”. — Act 10:28 Ponerees OSE <} " Gaditors Note: The circum- stances of this story are entire- - ly true, -only. the moral has been added. The fine old hou-* se, in which the: clocks’ were ' finest place in all the: world. He wants it to wants to stay in power as long as there's breath left in him, and he Jongs. for the day when we'll all be eating milk and * honey, driving along in’ char- jots of gold and calling: Social Credit blessed. ax ‘This weekend he celebra- ~. tes the © 12th, anniversary. of his taking office. No other pre- imier in-our history. has been ‘that long in’ the’ province’s chief seat, except Sir Richard n and. next 'y Bennett will beat the McBride record. Its: quite an accom: plishment, no matter what way you look at it, or what you pol- itlcally think of our premier. It seems but yesterday, that ‘Aug. 1: of: 1952 when Premier Byron’ Johnson went to Gov- ernment House, handed his re- signation to Lieut-governor Cla- rence’ Wallace, and: advised that W. A. C, Bennett be call- ed upon to. form ‘a govern- ment. : Next day Bennett and his cabinet marched from the Em- press: Hotel: up the ‘curving driveway to. the Legislative Bulldinge and took over the government. Four ti- mes since then the people have re-elected the Bennett govern- ment, a government that’ has been so long: with us ‘that: it seems we'never had any other kind © of: government, or any ‘other premier, 50° 2 British Columbia has nev- er been quite.the same since that: history-making “day years ago, that day ‘when that strange political off-shoot call- ed' Social ‘Credit took’ over. Times have been prosperous, and the Bennett: government takes full’ credit for’ this, but “times ‘no. doubt" would have been just as prosperous under any other. kind of. government, 7 Premier Bennett now’ has the -biggest ‘battle: of his-car-~ his: hands ‘— the ‘esta- acquired, is situated-in Ross- - land. o ion. -< That -is not very. difficult.: ae “Marshal Chen Yi; Chinese For. : eign Minister.. ‘A Boy's Need for Shoes _ “A young boy needed a pair of shoes, ae me Jarge..- Needed them desperately!‘ =” His "parents were troubled deep in their hearts For his boots were a sight to see! “They loved their young son, aS most parents do, ~