CAS LUDUAN NEW, “.nursaay; INOV, (0), 1¥0% CASTLEGAR NEWS stters. lot fhe Press the neople’s righ{s 1 “unawed by. Eetahitat ed in by cor ae, iv If Mr. Bennett ‘ean ‘ste ne b idee ‘ “chiefly b id 1/and Forty-: Bevan ‘have to‘cover another royal conimission inqui-: -ry, he -might .well. call. one-into the fate , of the Britannia copper mine... °°" Phe “Anaconda ‘ Company, of: “New iYork, which bought the mine last year -and closed it in the’ course of a labor. dis- ‘pute, has now pulled the pumps out of ithe main shaft. ‘The waters.of Howe Sound iwill seep in, And that, perhaps, is the ‘end of what was once the biggest: copper ‘producer in the Commonwealth. - The episode has left a nasty taste in the mouths of British columbians, so many not been answered. at a time when‘ copper ‘is ‘booming made on valid economic grounds or was it spite? . Is the’ flooding irrevocable, and. is the Pp still: pl to the shaft ‘as. well? Is _a ‘natural: resource thus being blocked ‘off for all time? How Was the decision to stop production ft much of a resource in fact. remains down there? The public, which: in ‘the last ana- lysis owns ‘natural resources, is entitled to a dispassionate judgment on what has at Bri — Vi ly “Times Atlantic Amalgamation is is a Good Idea | Should Canada’s: four Atlantic: pro- ‘vinces: amalgamate? The idea has been :talked about for many years, and is now ‘being pushed by New’ Brunswick’s' youth- ful, energetic Premier Louis Robichaud. But when he took it .up Jast. week with ‘the ‘premiers of Nova. Scotia, Newfound- ‘land and Prince Edward Island, he was irebuffed — with the: smallest. province, P-E.L, voicing the- loudest opposition. _ . Provincial pride is certainly an im- ‘portant thing. But so is economic progress “— and the four easterly provinces have ‘long been anxious for more of it. If they can get more of it by pooling forces: — “as they have already - started to ‘do ‘with ‘the Atlantic Pr ic Coun- ‘ell — there’s a strong argument’ for do- ‘ing just that. Certainly, they would speak ‘with a louder voice in Canada’s councils. +A single. province made out ‘of; the four would have 1.9 million. people, thus dis- placing British Columbia re 7 million _peo- ple) as-the third biggest in Canada. British Columbia‘ itself is talking mer- ger. Premier W. A. C. Bennett wants to annex the Yukon. If he ‘gets it, he: says, he. will pave the: Alaska Highway and “speed up ‘development of the territory’s rich resources. The proposal isn’t to be - (scoffed at; Ontario’s: Northland ‘dates: its progress trom the ‘time it came under provincial jurisdiction’ in ,1912. 4 Bigger. ‘units—economic, political. — are the trend in: this world, and are fea- sible in Canada itself as:jet planes reduce ‘ 100 miles:to a couple of hours. Five pro- -vinces might make more sense ‘than’ 10, bringing ‘economies at every Jevel, not least the ‘administrative. Does any other — group of 20 million people anywhere in. the world ‘carry as costly ‘and cumber- some a structure of government. as the 20: million people of Canada? — Post A Setback for Canada’ s Export Tra de 53 Goods passing across . the Canada- United States border. this year will be ‘worth well: over: eight: ’ billion dollars. ‘That's a lot of money and it’s a reflection ‘of the fact: that Canada’. sand ‘the U.S, are: ‘each: other's best customers. © : There's another :fact; ‘however, per- haps’ even more significant: Canada’s pur- chases” from ‘the -U:S.' run: about '.$700,- 000,000: more. than’ the value of Ameri- can imports from us. This pits‘a lot of \pressure on our.exporters’in their efforts to. make up the. deficit- by. : selling | else: where, And while, . ag‘a’ nation serted in a bill before ‘Congress. x The ‘bill : provides. for Washington sup- port for construction of new. urban: rapid- transit systems, The. clause. forbids the use of. non-American equipment: or mater- jals on any” ‘such h 5 méasure canie to him: for his signature, had: the: ‘choice ” cepting® it or ‘veto the whole bill because Dai- Finaneval < a> the'systems different; but r fiote: really be-"~ side the ‘point, The reason the Liberal: army‘has-one general ° i sor r every: four: privates. is‘ be- compulsory spremiums ; or. jan Anerease in the sales tax. s Th ea Ser ertateiteea have: had with © us for more. than 12 years now, 'y does not believe in compulsion.’ ao cheek, he..said that tongue-in- che Bue I could not tell, for a {good deal:.of:. : ee tea good about, Mr, THE WAYWARD A Full Third of the Féderal Cabinet. Could be Fired and Never Missed .. By erald Waring » Mancouver Sun... Prime Minister. Person co- uld fire-a third of his cabinet . tomorrow, and never miss the Sontribuclon, of these ministers, it's no exaggera- tion to ny Hatt not more than a dozen’ cabinet ministers pl Tom Kent, ‘the Eid, represent ‘90 Per fee of: the tration, © Instead, ‘he is cxparisnent’> ing with a new system of stand-: ing ‘committees.’ of ’- cabinet, - each committee being ‘a trial court, as \it’ were, for matters within : the? Limits ‘of ‘the''co! observer: ag strange that ‘it ‘ta- kes a) cabinet‘ of,.25, the larg- Se s history, to run 19 million,’ while. est in Canai country: 0: President Sohnaon needs 01 a cabinet of 10 to run the U1 ‘ted States, population 200 mil: on, fi It's trues of course, ‘that overnment are > 80 Many. groups And: re- gional inter id xe nition. 5 This 2 may! ne mocratic, ‘butithas a sad effect on the quality:of. the"beaton -‘The-stars on the'“Pearsoi “team”: fare Foreign. Pauli Martin and Trade Minis- ter Mitchell Sharp. No doubt about: that. It is a. delight h:them sperate: iy big’ cities, it’s perhaps | he di t da had hoped to benefit from ‘ the ‘$350,000,000 the U.S. . government was planning to spend. But as it stands, we don't have any hope of selling subway.» track, cars, . engines or’ ‘any; equipment used: in building the systems. The legis- lation might even be -interpreted ta pre- vent the use of Canadian steel. Ottawa’s feeling was - that’ the ‘bill’s clause violated the spirit, if: not the ‘let- ter, of. the. General. Agreement. on‘'Tar-: iffs and Trade, and that. it was certainly in conflict''with the more liberal .trade policies the U.S, is promoting ‘at’ Geneva. -It fired: off an’ official protest: to Wash-’ ington. And’ while there doesn’t seem to be much’ hope of* eliminating the clause for this particular, piece of legislation, the. ‘protest’ might. just. make ‘the ‘Johnson ,ad- ministration more aware of the dangers of other protectionist efforts: (Que.)* Watchman * t "CASTLEGAR NEWS Published Every. Thursday it. “THE Castiogar, B.C. Lv. Campbell, Publisher Mall, rate. to News 1s $3.00 per year. The price by y delivery boy is 40 : cents '‘a/month. Single coples are 10 cents, >The Castlegar News .19 authorized: as second-" class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa, for pay- cment of. postage in cash, and ts a member of the a ‘Audit Bureau of Circulations It fs a member of the Canadian Weekly News- Ms beard Association, the B.C. division of the Canadian Com- and : “Shanty Newspapers Representatives, 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.: Pen } names will be used by request, but the, to shorten ‘iettera in the interests of economy of BPBOR oe 2) yoy z ; and prejudice .tha —.- Lachute ..- | correct | name must | be submitted. The Castlegar. ‘News reserves the right.” ‘the old pro, and Sharp, the . brilliant rookie who, like Pear- son and Mackenzie King, came up. from a. top. post in the ci- vil service. , early. in ‘their. class are four other ministers:.Labor Mi- . ister Allan | MacEachen, De- fence. Minister. Paul- Hellyer, Health Minister: Judy LaMarsh and. Northern Affairs Minister Pg "Then, in my opinion, come “nh other. ministers: headed by Pearson * himself. ‘They’ have not yet. Proven: :themselves, aL “though I think-there is an ex- “cellent chance that in time they. will, ‘Among them Zt) number Timeless Ve, & K Webs. Justice Minister Guy Favreau, Secretary of State Maurice La-: montagne and: ‘Transport: Min- -dster/ Jack: Pickeragill, * And in the third category I put the eight ministers men- tioned: fi ‘my first: paragraph Martin.:He likes to pull legs, Anyway, I: gathered from our minister of health'and hos- pital | insurance’ that’ the’ pro- vincial government will not be bringing : in’ medicare’ on’ its own.’ It. will, wait: for the’ ‘co- operation and ‘financial: assist- ance from‘ Ottawa, ‘which,’ at 6. moment, says Mr. Martin, is dragging its feet.’ 1 .Belng a good: politician, with tittle tricks. of his own, . Martin ‘suspicloned that with a'federal election on more or less around the corner some federal plans:on medicare may suddenly be forthcoming, asa spitch to, woo.the voters. As to this compulsion bus- iness, this. government * loves to say it does not believe in geo- grap’ phic” ministers’ and’ minis- terial ciphers who should: be in ‘an outer’ cal inet. “And the outer the. better. . But withal, thé Grits have a dozen. pretty’ good ministers and Tom .Kent to. boot. So in respect the country does “not fare badly. Just not as well: ‘as it could or. should. Topics ‘even. to the extent that one. : . Land physl-, is “facut With it oe: recall ‘the many" joyous ‘and* wonderful’. experience of. life: The joys of “remembering our. children as they’ grow’ up, the: humorous incidents of. childhood. antics and. sayings, which with: the aid of ‘movie ‘camera ‘and tape recorder’ we enjoy and relive many ‘years’ after they,“have. taken: “Hince. Even ‘in old‘age, memory: takes us back to “the: good old: days.” But: memory. can also be a tormenting :factor-as. we have cause: to: think back. upon our -‘sins’