CASTLEGAR NEWS, ‘Thursday,

May. 13, 1965

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Each year it _Brows more apparent
: there is a two

aia cee

Hundred and Forty-Seven

in B.C.’s Health Department

miles of highway blacktop laid. But B.C.’s

vital provincial departments - — health and
highways.
B.C. is renowned for its great ad-
vances of recent years in highway build-
ing, new bridges and ferry services. Yet
hospitals seem chronically short of funds
and overcrowded.
The contrast is so sharp, and the
need for more hospital facilities so plain,
. that they suggest some changes may be
called for in departmental leadership.
How about making Highways Minis-
ter Phil Gaglardi B.C.'s minister of health?
This is not a facetious suggestion, Tf,
as Premier Bennett says, this is a dynamic
society, then one of the leading dynamos
is Mr. Gaglardi. His energy might do won-
ders for our hospital program.
The huge Second Narrows Bridge has
been built. A $30 million span has reach-
ed over the Fraser river ane Rundreds of

itals continue to have operating de-
ficits and struggle to find beds for patients,

Now that the motorist’s needs have
been at least partly met, perhaps the em-
phasis can be shifted. Is it too much to
suggest that hospitals receive ‘the same
energetic consideration as pavement?

The ' provincial government’s “mini-
medicare” plan is going into operation in
the fall. Nationai medicare is in the offing.
The (pressure on already overcrowded
health facilities is bound to ‘become still
heavier.

There seems'to be plenty of provin-
cial money available; Victoria boasts of
surplus revenue and 2 per ‘cent of the
B.C. retail ‘sales tax is supposedly ear-
marked for hospital operation.

“Tt may be that only dynamic leader-
ship is lacking. The appointment of Mr.
Gaglardi as health minister would fix that.

— Vancouver Province

‘New FBI Director will be Needed

During 40 years as director of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, J. Edgar
Hoover has been a pillar of moral strength
_and integrity. He has also demonstrated
. great prudence and tact in dealing with
everyone but criminals.

Thus two recent statements by Hoo-
ver seem completely out of character. One’
was an attack on the Warren Commission

: > which investigated the assassination of
resident Kennedy, in which Hoover took

exception to mild} commission findings 4

‘that the F.B.L could have been giving
imore information on potentially danger-
ous men. to: the Secret Service.
‘The other attack. was directed against
Luther King, Negro - leader who
said that the F.B.I. in the South: was
Seat mainly by Southerners and that
“the F.B.I. was. of little help in civil rights
violations. Hoover called King “the most
rlotorious liar in the count
Most observers were surprised: to see
: the F.B.L director come back so hard at
: Ghis critics. He takes great pride in the
organization which he has built, and gen-
* erally feels that the record of the F.BI
i speaks: for itself in large measure. He has
had the of congr pre-
sidents and the general public to an un-
precedented degree. Hoover has diligently
followed the warning of the small brass
plaque ‘on his desk which says “Two feet
‘on the ground are worth one inthe mou-

th.
--'The Hoover outbursts have some
justification. But the fact that the F.B.L
i ‘director seems, to have gone overboard in
i reply to .criticism. raises some delicate
t questions. Last year, President Johnson
!- signed an executive order to waive the
compulsory retirement of Mr. Hoover
when he becomes 70. The intemperate
reactions of the F.B.1. director to criticism
have‘ brought pressure on the President
to. consider whether or not it would be
“best if Mr. Hoover retired.
j has i

3 dicated that
he intends to eo Mr. Hoover on as F.B.I.
director, for at least the present, Mean-
while’the F.BI. has deluged the Secret
Service with information and taken public

action on. civil atid cases in ae South.
Mr. Hoover ‘ok

public confidence in ‘the: FBI ay answer-
ing criticism both by words and action.

The recent public statements of the
F.B.1. director are certainly no cause for
his removal. He was right’ in large mea-
sure. But, it.is certainly proper to wonder
whether or not it might be better to have
the F.B.I. under the direction of a younger
man. Hoover was only 29 when he was
appointed to. the post. It is probable that
the right younger man could build an
even better F.B.I. on the foundation that
has been built under. the direction of Mr.
Hoover.

-The: problem, is that no younger: man
has apparently been groomed to succeed
Mr. Hoover as director of the F.B.I. Most
of the top-level executives of the depart-
ment’ are reported. to be at about retire-
ment, age.

The post of F.B.I. director is a part-
jcularly sensitive one. The Bureau ‘has
vast amounts of confidential information
on millions of citizens. A politically mind.
ed director could permit misuse of the
FB files.:A weak director could fail to
act aggressively. A director ambitious for
power could attempt to build the FBI. in-
to a‘secret police corps which might rival
that of any recent foreign dictator. ~

While the ‘dangers of selecting the
wrong man for F.B.I. director. are all pre-
“sent; there should be no real difficulty in
_finding a -qualified. man to head the Bur-
eau. There must be scores of men. of. the.

Underneath the Cottonwoods :

: By Hugh Lefolii

Hard by my house on tHe
beach ‘at Lardeau stands
cluster of cottonwoods — eight
trees in all, of fairish size,
close grown; long‘ crooked
limbs entwining: summer's can-
opy of green comes finely wo-
ven.

On the chunk of driftwood
in its shelter I dispose myself
for hours of such visual cast

80 has"
but ‘a: month ‘to walt for the

a ate Fores in the far Dun-
can, the grandeur of the glac-
ier. — Autumn strips my trees
of leaves, leave them Saunt and
bare-armed; , betimes,
my. driftwood perch.

I know full well that dedi- -

eation of anything shorter than
book-length writing ‘is. not us-
age. If it were, then, surely,
these lines would be inscribed:
“Specially for Jean.” “She -wo-
uld recognizet: the . grove’ of.
* which I speak.tAnd, though the
breadth of the continent away,
would she but close, for a mo-
ment, tight her eyes, then
open them quickly, she would
‘seo again the beauty and the
Rear we Stnose and :marvel-

while buried in the ground;
and trout and grouse and ven-
ison in season, — Night lines
for ling at ae mouth of How-
ser Creek in fall),I dream of
cool mornings in camp at Sam-
my's Slide, the carpet of pine
needles, the song of birds, the
slow awakening of 'an old sor-
row while I, nyselt, was not
alive’ around it ‘yet.

‘Borne’ to” my nostrils on
each gust from ‘the north co;
mes the: smell of campfires
Jong” ate Campfires. shared
with splendid companions;
med without ee even. a’
‘dawn ‘when’ the fire was in
want of rekindling, and the £0
vers had never felt warm

Puekened pots on’ the’ cross-
Sticks. ’— T’am last’ again
the ‘slow erawl. through’ drip-
ping alder thicket’ tothe ri- -
ver and back.' I’ taste: again
the oatmeal'and: the brown
sugar — recall that David took
salt instead — savor again,
slowly; ah‘so'slowly, the scald-
ing tea, and the after-break-
fast pipe. Never: so’ sweet ‘the
aroma of acco. as when
blended withthe Scent of
pine. Once again I idle away,
with my ‘companions, around
camp, hat is left of ugk

an

being there: in ‘afternoon ex"
plore with’ “them the country:
side, in

of a summer: fone ago. — 1
‘am ‘close to being - giad that.
she is.gone. It would but grieve
“her to see the changes wrought;.

“and I would spare*her pain. *

If, in the.'yéars.that are
gone since then, I have attain-
ici “the

“i ed’ to’ any

required ; ability, ‘i ‘and j

to do an outstanding job as director. ‘They’. SE eee wich
: thought, — I know not-to-what -

may not have the prestige which Mr.
Hoover has acquired, but they would
build that in time.

re gained
any aptness in. the turning ofa
sto" dress my

: consumma’ ate. artist I'am” the

We do not suggest that Mr. Hoover thr
retire while he is unjustly : under: fire. He

should see thé present crisis through. But

during the next year or so there is no good.

reason that the F.B.I. ‘should not-be placed
under the: direction of a. younger. man
who can oversee its activities. for at least
a decade or two if he is successful.

— Grand-Rapids (Minn) Herald Review

Youths are Becoming Old Fashioned

A bank manager tells of an elderly
farmer who called for a Joan and was lec-
tured in a kindly way.: It was pointed out
to him that it would be difficult to justify
the loan. unless more modern methods
were used on his farm. The banker refer-
red specifically to new, implements which
till the soil but.leave a mulch on top.

“By golly,” said the farmer, ‘I must
‘bring my boy in to:.talk with you. Tve
been preaching modern methods at him
for three years, ‘but he’s so eee old+
‘fashioned! Change scares ‘him, : :gu

It was a switch, but pertape tt aeaae

The older
aware of modern slang, but it has a tradi-
tion of moving ahead, ‘ changing,’ taking
advantage ‘of. each new technique and: in-
sight.

Many young Canadians are not’ as

bold in ‘their. thinking .as in their hairdos.

Change frightens them. They fear a free”

system because .it calls. for change ‘and
adventure. They prefer schemes old. as
‘Methuselah ‘that promise sear “under
the. name of progress. 4

tion may not be .

“see.
seen ana an
fulness of feeling that is not
lighted by any. counterfeit of
passion, but rather, by a close
watchfulness of “nature, “and
an abiding sympathy. with ‘all
that is hers —:I, know not to
whose heart that: truthfulness
will come’ home. sooner: than
-to Jean’s.
-Iam old now, and content,
on most days, to move in slip-
ered ildeness: indoors. But,
though it is winter in the Lar-
deau_ still, this. afternoon i
found no’ kindliness ‘inside, I
must 7 needs go down to spend
.a while, daydreaming, beneath
the cottonwoods,
-. My dreams are of the Dun.
can, cand pervasively nostalgic
urrain on the utilitarians
who would stem’ the river be-
hind an ‘earthfill; ‘inundate the
-forest and the. marshes from
‘bench to bench. ‘I dream of the
Jand untouched ‘ and :untram-
imeled; ’ of :-canoes * and pac:
des, ‘and _portages and

Too bad that the young: ‘are
30 old-fashioned. — The Printed Word |

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of tents ‘and of fires; fis! vy:
in’

ing | ing, tea
— Is that a tepee there nthe
* clearing?: Shades? of Sao

sand ee es-Fenimore

mer great E

‘riven and, made “buoyant by
_ imbedded roots and treetrunks,

“drift a ‘for:

miniature Sargasso Sea
des. of Stevenson and. Long
John Silver. »;

1 dream of old gdventur
“ino the “Duncan. Adventure:
that soon can be repeated:only
on:'the pla: “fields: of :1i
mory.. OF ‘sub: nce on: bull
beef :and.. bannock,. rice: and

“noe, Sar S

kes our fancy.

Comes once more the
half eager, half reluctant, but
always organized, always or-
da business . of striking,

on the packboard, ~ i
cord and ail; EB pulled
out of ‘shape long since. —
Poke the fire to. make: sure
that the embers are cold! Then
the: backw: glance «before
_ the thicket ¢ closes behind me.

‘The thought that traces of my. °

soseunn will linger ‘but fleet-
ingly; time and weather cal

cancel them out: the im

-of my bulk on the carpet of

needles overnight; the ring of

ashes when autumn’s “leaves

earth, a different world, with
its own life, its settled inhabi-
tants and its passing travellers,
its voices, its noises, and above
all, its mystery...

There just- under. the wa-
ter is the sprawling footmark
of a heron that stood last night,
immobile until an unwary fish
came swimming along: within
reach of, his lightning: stroke:
Does he know that. soon
fishing that: was his since time
began: shall be Jost. to him?

poet ae he know. where he may .

tura’

“Bach year @s5 mat encroach:
es upon ' the “environs * of
wild folk one or more’ of: them
must perish: Under the cotton-
woods afternoon .' some
facts and figures came to mind
and, with them, jumensuraple

dness. Since the’ birth’ of
Christ! over a hundred. ‘kinds
of :mammal. had become ex-
Hines almost a third of them
in the last few ‘fecades, as
. the inroads of the pre-
dator of them all, ‘5 the sacred
name ‘of’ progress, gaine ed mo-

unless we get!
a better deal;
from’ Ottawa,

It. is incredible. that he
would say so without first con-
sulting Premier Bennett and
getting the chief's go-ahead sig-
nal, and it is also incredible
that the Premier would give
permission for one of his min-
isters to make ‘such a highly
inflammable ‘statement.

The Premier ‘is not one
to hide ‘behind smoke screens;
usually, if thére’s something
on his tmidd like this, hé comes
right’ out and. ‘says’ his piece,
feuing. the: chips ‘fall where

y.
A cabinet minister; when
eaks, may be considered
to be EPeang for the entire
cabinet. In this case, most of
per tety have ex-
bewilderment, and
they, eee to. be’ belleved,. but
the Premier, while not going
for secession, grimly admits
there’s a widening gulf bet-
yen. British Columbia and Ot-

Mist the ‘Loftmark ‘statement
goes contrary to the Premier’s
belief then the Premier should
ask for Mr. Loffmark’s resign-
ation. A premier cannot have
members of his cabinet spout-
ing off every which-way when
, it comes to such vital matters

as

The Premier, though he
sometimes shows. signs
agrees with the Loffmark ne
ory, also says that Canada was
never as‘united ‘as it is
though I connot see much fact
to that’ stateme

the
fuel to the fire and makes the
flames leap higher. He has gi-
ven, | for: ce, -. great con-
solation and encouragement to
the Quebec separatists in Que-
bec. ‘They must be Jeaping, with
litical And the Prem-
ler's ime ion of a widening
also ao. them Political-

are many
British Colueabians, who would

+ like “it: possible ‘to. go’ it alone,

it~ wit

sight of game; valeniyS wal
sheep, moose, caribo! all vid
gone down. in

‘And: now he had come to.

the Duncan. Out there, beyond
the headland Srinee: of trees,
saw the. sm ma burn-.

y
Thoughts crowded me of..all

‘completed; the nd ey of. ef-
fects; the’ a lake;
_the wild folk te atoptaced! "where

hing world of theirs? ;
“In my mind’s eye. ¥-tried
to ‘follow. She fry of the: koka-
nee;.— after ‘three years.
the big lake it was time ‘to
return to the river to spawn —

shall cover it; the soot‘on sto-” ‘saw/them meet the forbidding

nes when winter's snows shall
wash them clean again. — No
empty tin cans left to rust in
memory of man.

Once again, on the trail
ahead, the quick vetreat of a
mink, the querying eyes of
deer. Visions keep flashing on
memory’s screen.:

‘fast approaching snag. Pride in
latent strength .that. enables
me to miss it — an inch or
two to spare.
A portage, a mere sug-
gestion of a throu,

wall. Of what avail all the ‘fis!
ladders in the world?- Betind
the wall; ead of the river,
a lake; .the old .- spawnin:

‘ounds = gone. Where would °.

gre

they now find'-gravel .of the
particular size, mixed with sand
in the right proportion, nec-
essary to their spawning? Be-

: sides, temperatures, and. 0:

xy-
gen content, in the standing
body of water would ' be. dif-

ferent from those in fast wal

- No’ spawning grounds remain:
‘ed upstream from .the wall:

* Where ‘would ” they. go? — I

‘ did not’ know.
My ‘thoughts went farther.

ugh
tangled .evergreens ‘and ‘over
windfalls always

in iB =
‘pathways aes the timeless --

density of growth, and dead,
and down.

Cautious footsteps through
the marshes, s0 as not
frighten such birds of passage
as do‘’.not: venture ‘into popu-
lous places but jlight here as
iif they know or recognize some
corner of a

, which remains’ to serve’ them

yagings. .
footsteps so.as scarce ‘to bend
a reed; soft paddle strokes: to. :
set in motion but’ the faintest »

‘ of ripples ‘on: water. where pal-.-
pitates the whole unknown. oe #
. istence of aquatic

primeval : world.

was the unalter-
able ‘pattern of life in the wild.
How, would. fare th

den and the rainbow.

: of kokanee ni
*a@own:from ‘the Duncan?’

Would :there ‘still: be fry
from Meadow Creek which em-
ptied into the Duncan below
the Salt ‘Would these ‘survive
chemical changes in the water
gone through | the’ tailrace of

2 — 5 O1 nature

ies and: she was’ keeping
quiet “until-the dam. was built.

‘The: shadows lengthened
und the air ere, sully.

would they turn ‘in that .ever
diminis! ‘

if
ger came | fish?

and there‘are many who would

ed States'in
has given vague hints

it might be a good idea .

thinks

to: have. British Columbia ‘’a
separate entity, but part of the
British Commonwé

yin;
British Columbia joined the
Canadian confederation in
(1871. What's ‘startling now is
that a cabinet minister would
‘such a statement on his

~ own, ‘without anod of the head
* fre th, That’s th
~ that smoke portended; the dam “

mistake

¢history, in. the first place.
There is no logical reason why
rth America, north of Mexi-
Should not be one country.
have.the same aims and ob-
, Jectives,:the same ideals and
hopes , and way of life. We are
e! People. 1 We cannot .be se-
~parated “epi irtually, and there-
fore we should not be separat-
ed politically and economically

just for the sake of a few vest-~

ed. interests.

+ Smart Newshoy

Kindly old: gentlenian ‘to
small boy. carrying a load of
mewspapers under .his arm:
“Don’t -all those papers make

ou : my Jad?"

“Naw.”

T-don't’ read; *em.””

to visualize the altered Duncan.
A -Duncan -with the marshes
and huge tracts of. forest tie:
“bottom ' of -a ‘lake. Would it be
‘possible te to stock that lake with
‘d tb see if the lands
were abt te be cleared. Would
m vegetation left
th water? If I
in words con-
vey the ejeauty a the essence
of the old’ Duncan, with even
a fraction or ihe impact it had
in reality, might not then the
‘powers Pann themselves and
clear the whole of the basin to
be flooded?

ered could bu make my pleal

_ Expatriates Who Return

raisins, and smoky:
and ibaane: that; o paked

the
~ a world ‘apart. on the world. of

“There's been a steady’ increase ‘in:the’ return to the, Mari-
“times ‘of families who had gone to the United States. One mover

has t ted 75 families back to Nova Scotia and New Bruns-
wick In the Tast year. — ‘Yarmout 8. :

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