CASTLEGAR NEWS Published Every Thursday At “THE CROSSROADS OF THE KOOTENAYS” Castlegar, B.C, Vv. CAMPBELL Editor and Publisher Canadian Weekly Newspapers Asgn, Mail subscription rate to the Castlegar News is $3 per yeur, The price by dollvery boy ts 35 cents o munth, Singte coples are 10 cents. ‘The Castlegar News Is atithorized as second- glass mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa, and 4s a member of he Audit Bureau ‘of Circulatidns. should be to Member: B.C. Weckiy Newspapers Advertising Bureau Tne Editor, Custlegar News, Drawer 490, Castle- gar, B.C. Letters for publication miust be uccum- panted by the correct name and address of the welter, Pen names will be used on request. but the correct name must be submitted. The Castre News reserves the fight to shorten letters in the interests’ of economy of space. “alain CASTLEGAR NEWS,.Thursday, July 21,- 1960 B.C. Voters Should Think About Coming Election With a provincial election fairly cer- tain for this fall, B.C. residents should start now to think. about what they want to happen when voting time rolls around. Voting is not a duty that should be regarded lightly. It takes a good deal of thought to cast an intelligent ballot that really means something. Guesswork or emotion is no basis upon which to exer- cise the right of choosing a government. : Voters thoughout B.C. and right here in Rossland-Trail riding should begin now to answer the _all- important question of what party they are going to support in the next provincial election. They should consider the actions of the present government and the legisla- tion it has introduced in its eight years of office. They should consider not only the easy-to-see results of Social Credit’s ad- ministration such as roads and bridges, but should also consider the government's con- tributions in the fields of education, health, lands and forests and its recognition of municipal needs, Against the record of Social Credit | must be weighed the views of the CCF,, Progressive Conservative and Liberal part- ies. Voters must ask themselves if instead of a free enterprise government at Victoria they, would prefer the state socialism of the CCF with Robert Strachan as premier of this province, or whether they can allow . themselves the luxury of voting for a party _ slightly tainted with socialism— such as the Liberals—or for the Progressive Con- - eee forgot his wife’s Saas Why Not Junior Colleges! “The junior college cannot: be indefinitely over- looked or by-passed.-A strong network of. juror col- leges'in a-province woild allow the universities to con- centrate on upper division work. It would undoubtedly the ber. of at ing their servatives led by Deane Finlay Voters must start to consider now the implications of voting for state socialism or of splitting the free enterprise vote by voting for splinter parties such as the Lib- erals and Conservatives. As B.C. begins a bright new decade of what has been termed “the glorious sixties,” all our citi- zens have the duty to consider seriously the path which they want our province's development to follow in the years that lay ahead. Moral Dishonesty Displayed In ‘Fair Game’ UIC Claims The recent case locally of a man drawing Unemployment’ Insurance benefits while ,earning enough to support himself dis not’an isolated one by any means, ‘The inspector who followed this case through to the courts is working on a number of others in the district and. across the coun- try the pattern is the same, Cheating on the insurance scheme has become a widespread practice that ignores the aspect of moral dishonesty in- volved. Like any other branch of the gov- ernment, the Unemployment Insurance Commission is considered “fair game” as citizens dream up ways of milking the fund. ‘ Most of these people would be hotly indignant if you suggested they were be- ing dishonest. They salve their conscience with the erroneous assertion that the scheme is not an ordinary form of insur- ance, but a type of savings plan, It is not unusual to hear someone estimating how much the fund ‘‘owes him.” Truth is, of course, that the fund owes contributors nothing, Like all forms of in- surance, the Unemployment Insurance plan is an assessment made to. insure a- Does Parliament Want CBC Free or in Chains? ' It’s time Parliament and the govern- ment ‘declared themselves on whether they want the Canadian Broadcasting Cor- poration to be freé or chained. Is there an official government line which its commentators and news report- ers ought to follow in the opinion of our MPs? The question fisn’t academic, it was raised again in the House of Commons— as it has been in the past—when a Quebec MP attacked the ling taken bya CBC commentator on the summit crisis. This MP pointed out that the commen- tator’s criticism of United ‘States and NATO foreign policy was in- conflict with the; line laid down by Prime Minister Die- fenbaker, and apparently concurred in by. Opposition Leader Pearson.. : A government spokesman promised -he’d seek an explanation — a reply which- reminds us of countries run by ‘dictators where it’s a matter of course that radio -present’ trend, but ‘the ultimate cure can _ Bainst a set of circumstances. that may, or may‘not, occur at ome time in the fu-* ture. In: times of high employment, the fund grows, and in the winter’ periods when unemployment figures climb, bene- fits cut into reserves. While this practice is maintained the fund remains relatively in balance, with a margin in favor of building up the re- serve funds over a long period. But it does not ‘allow any leeway for “pirating,” and this is the danger that is being ag centuated at present. The increase in the incidence of cheating can only result in the fund being depleted to such’an extent! that the contribution scale will have to: he revised upwards.-This will’ mean ‘that hoth BASTLEGAR NEWS - ‘SIDE BA Uh, ples... wants? — Vancouver Sun. - Sirloin | Porterhouse, Ih, . SHORT. a MBURG STEAK Whee vaitevissdeci: 380: STEAKS” z _ ‘NALLEY'S to 02. WR ae 59e FRESH PRODUCE _ - 2 , —_—___— TOMATOES Issue Mi “SIRLOIN Steak or Roast, Be CON. 2 epee M80 ee Westland Picnic, Wy sees eee ees 208 tata 8 f or ...1. CANTELOUPES 45's, Ib. .........-. 19¢ NEW. POTATOES Obey.