CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, May 2, 1963 CASTLEGAR NEWS. “Here let the press the people’s rights maintain, unawed by influence and unbribed by gain” Established in Nineteen’ Hundred and Forty-Seven Canada's ElectionOutcome Viewed in U.S. The ' Canadian _ election, although it: did not quite give Lester Pearson's Lib- erals a majority, in parliament, was at least deci to repudi the chomped “Canadaburgers” while he quot- ed Secretary “McNamara out of context and promised that. Canada would’ never be a storage’ dump for American’ nuclear|— His ign left a sour ‘taste equivocal record and ign of John George Diefenbaker. It was a defeat for the parochial es- capism. which -has disturbed Canadian politics for several ‘years. It'was a setback for the two fringe parties — the Social Creditors (right) and the New Democrats (left) — whose strong showing in earlier elections had threat to tize the Canadian party: system. ' We- are thereforé doubly glad for. Lester Pearson’s near _victory, and” hope he gathers support as prime. minister — not “because . he’ is’‘pro-American” (he often’ isn’ ty but’ because he is the most responsible of Canada’s. party. leaders’ at, the present time. Certainly: Diefenbaker long’: “ sinée Sacrificed. any. claim he may once ,have had to that title. By refusing: to. imple- ment his agreement to arm Canada and its NATO ‘troops’ with nuclear warheads, Diefenbaker earned: a“public rebuke from the U.S. State Department which broke up his cabinet.and precipitated this elec- tion, Canada’s fourth in six years. . A shrewd but narrow provincial ora- tor from Sask Diefenbaker tried to turn Washington’s hostility into'a pol- itieal asset at home.. Under a’ “Canada First” banner, his prairie states hearers Taxpayers’ Credo « My.town is. the place where my ‘home is found, where my business is sit- uated ‘and where my vote is cast. It::is where. my. children are edu- cated;-where: my neighbors dwell, where my" life is’ chiefly: lived: It is the home spot for ime. My. town. has the’ Tight to my? civic Joyalty. It supports me and I should sup- port My town wants my citizenship, not my partisanship; my friendliness, not my dissention; my constructive suggestion, but not my destructive criticism: my in- telligence, not my indifference.’ My town. supplies me with protec- tion, trade, friends, education, churches, Schools, and the right ‘to free. moral: cit- :‘igenship. It has some things that are bet- ter than others: ‘the best things I. should - geek to make better; the worst things I should ‘help to: improve. ake ‘it: all-in-all, it is my town and it: is entitled to the best there is in me. — Lion’s Gate (West Vancouver), Times with thoughtful Canadians. And this was a thoughtful, eyen’a somber, election: Canadians. are ‘more ‘like Americans than any, other ‘people in the world -— partly against their. will. Our huge econ- : omy not only fructifies theirs but: dwarfs and distorts. it. Canadians do not want. to be a “branch. plant’ economy”: or :a U.S, cultural. satellite: But they are also too realistic to indulge” in neurotie defences against the overwhelming infuences from|@ the. south. Their“own: French-British cult- ural division’ makes: it even -harder for Canadian patriots ‘to. hold a_clear vision ‘of the: dian national: i ‘ity. They are torn prs a feeling that their best future lies in economic. (or even political) union | with the “U.S. and‘a desire to find a separate future of their own.. Diefenbaker tried to: resolve this honest dilemma ° by. appealing to a cheap and’ ‘naive © anti anti-Ameri : _By J JAMES ‘. NESBITT Next time op’ sitioniata in the legislature . £0 gunning . for,.'a cabmet minister, a y'd better’ pe ns complete =» fl blic:" paying loser, is not the: nment’ and the f ev," and’ the Hon. Philip: Gaglardi, but the combined Liberal and: New Democratic Party opposition, and, mostly Messrs. Bob Strachan ‘and Ray Perrailt, The: oppositionists have made have. made of Gaglardi a martyr, a’ persecuted man, forced to waste a ‘full month‘of:Hls time when he could have ‘been giing about his public duties.:: 3 ‘It was “easy2to tell the wi! charges © against Gaglardl would collapse when they stated: a Jady who can’t play’the organ did ‘pl the organ in” Gaglardi’s church: This is a small point, perhaps, but it did show that, the other’ charges tion was out to get Gaglardi, Oppo- sitionists have “long been ‘out’ to His appeal was highly effective in his native prairies,’ where. the farmers were glad he had sold their surplus wheat to Red ‘China. It was least effective in mod-| ern industrial Ontario and Quebec. Dief- anti-Americanism proved a dud with. Canada’s great mass of — sensible, middle-class, troubled, but by. no means neurotic, citizens. “Most Canadians ‘know that U.S. se- curity is nearly identical with their own. Most Canadians would also like a sound and ‘stable government that -can, ystay in get sand why I do. not know. T always, find him pleasant and agreeable, He looks you right in the eye. Certainly he’s a hard people: believe bia congenitally crooked. I'm afraid there's some racial bias mixed up in this, because of his, parentage and his name. I know an otherwise intelligent per- son who called him “that greasy little wop.” That makes me furi- ous. ~ These. things‘ ‘run in fashions, political fashions, and it has been to intimate: that Phil themselves appear ridiculous. They | ‘ would probably be equally. hollow, | tle worker. I don't know why so many |: _B Sure of: the Facts «]Gaglardi js always'up to some kind . o£ hanky-panky, feathering his own nest, looking after, with the pub- llc’s money, those who are faithful to him. I ave never Been: ‘any indica- tion o! Wate ‘Sikcitings of Victoria de- scribed'the whole enquiry as a Ro- man ‘holiday, ‘He ‘was right, When it started oppositionists said Socred members of the committee would .|do a: whitewash job for Gaglardi, ‘Well, as it.turned.out,:so did S the oppositionists. ‘They could tind -| very little to' criticize. “Tt: was a:big wind that became a’mild and gentle breeze, 2 _ DON'T FORGET THE... Students Snapshot co NTES T. j i ., FORMS AVAILABLE’AT ; aes PETTITT PHOTOS | “dst : BROWNIE MOVIE. i over only those who whipped up tho; gale. The opposition.’ report was: almost an apology to Gaalaral ho “Castlozer and” District mail pe Ditsrict-No. mt a . athe auditor's report: was pre. di: ‘Trustees elected for the next three-year term were ‘as follows — = Smale for the ‘Kinnaird area, . Wiliams: for the Castlegar pas ‘and W. Waldie for fhe Rob =f 2nd Prize: ANSCO CAL ET OUTFIT = aif [ EE MOTH ER S DAY: 1s ALMOST HERE! ‘ ON SUNDAY, ‘MAY: 2 Reniombor Mother with a oift from Bosse’ = Sowellery: MANY OTHER LASTING quaLiry: GIFTS i “Castlegar’s dewey ee WATCHES — JEWELLERY — RINGS: : : a LUGGAGE _— MOTHER CUPS & ‘SAUCERS ie _BOSSE’S JEWELLERY — power a few years without. pr another such divisive election. Lester Pearson campaigned mainly on. the stable-government issue, He'is an accomplished diplomat and -serious. in: ternationalist who won. the Nobel Peace Prize after:his U.N. work in’ the: Suez|- crisis. He ig one of those Oxford-dducd: ted intellectuals who are well ediiipped to reconcile the strategic necessities’ of Canada’s geography. dnd . whatever... re- mains of the sentiméntal network ‘called the. British Commonwealth. “The real |‘ value. of. Canadian-American - relaions,” he said‘ recently, “is that diplomats on each side’ talk frankly to each other as they won't. talk to anyone else in ,the world.” That kind. of diplomat will be aj: welcome prime minister of Canada in a time of. potential difficulties for NATO. At worst, he will clarify: the difficulties by rational argument. At best, the U.S. and Canada will stand-as close together politically as nature put. them on the map. — Life Magazine Shouldn’ t Regard ‘Profit’ as Dirty. Word “Irs: “not ‘a dirty word to a little boy or girl:who puts a dollar in a: bank and expects to’ get more than that out. It’s not a dirty word to a newsboy who charges more for his papers than they cost him. It’s not a dirty word to people who compile dictionaries — who define pro- fit with words like, “good.” . beneficial - reward.” Profit is what makes our- society go around. By making research . and ».devel- opment possible, it makes new products possible . . . and improved products . and lower-cost products. It secures jobs and: creates new. ones. It’s essential. It’s good. 9: Then why do so.many businessmen ! seem ashamed of the. word? ey, in an: nual reports and financial ‘statements and publicity releases ‘do they hide ‘the ‘word and the idea of profit? Why do do they call profit “earnings”... or “net”? Why don’t. they.call: it profit? A-banker doesn’t apologize ‘for pay- ing 4% interest. Why does a~business- man feel:the need ‘to apologize when he pays a 4%- dividend? We're* proud of profit. It’s’. what we're paid to ‘create. It’s a good thing to create. It’s good, if new products. are. Baad . . if improved Products are ‘good |. if jobs are good . . if our society is good. Let’s tell people about- profit, They'll understand. It: helps them: too. — Marsteller Ine. CASTLEGAR NEWS Published Every Thursday At “THE OF THE ¥s’ Castlegar, B.C, LV. Campbell, Publisher |, ,Mall subscription rate to the Castlegar ‘News ls $3 per year. The price by delivery boy is 35 yeants a month, Single copies are 10 cents, ‘The Castlegar News is authorized as second- _. ‘class mall, Post Office Department, Ottawa, for pay- > ‘ment of postage in cash, and ie @ member of tho Audit Bureau of Circulations. It {9 2 member of the Canadian Weekly News- | papers Association, the B.C. division of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association, and BC, Weekuy Newspaper Advertising Bureau, — Burt Campbell, Editor All correspondenct should be addressed to The Editor, Castlegar News, Drawer 490, Castlegar, BC. Lettera for’ publication must be accompanted by the correct name and address of the writer. Pén names will be used on request, but the correct flame must be submitted. The Castlegar News| reserves the right to shorten letters in the interests Funeral services Tuesday. morning from’ the chipal gts -the * Castlégar ‘Funeral “Home for Mrs, Charles Welson, a resi- dent of -British Columbia for 34 years, who died .-Saturday,in the Castlegar and District Hospital at the age. of 75. Father E. A: Brophy. conduct- ed the services’ and Faye Berg was the organist. Born in Austria, she came to Canada at the age of 15.and sett- Jed. in Regina until 1910, "After spending three years in North Da- kota, ‘she moved to Canada again, this time sctling as a’ pioneer in Fauquier, B. C. Several ‘years later she became a resident of Tabor, Alta. and then Coleman. In 1928, she, moved to Cranbrook. where she’ made her home for 30 years. After 1958, she moved to Cas- tlegar. Besides her husband, Charles, she is survived by three daughters, Mrs. A. Bukovic : of , Cranbrook; ‘William Smith of ‘Oliver;‘a ‘sister Mrs. B. Greenwood: of ‘Invermere; four sons, Nick Oswald and Frank Oswald ‘of Castlegar. and ; Joseph Oswald of: Detroit, Mich dag Louis Oswald ‘of Cranbrookt::