WANT ADS Buy or Sell Everything Phone LO 4-2441 Dedicated to the Progress of the North January 7, 1960 3 WEATHER r Low 0, High Crown Life Ins Wm. J. Srn. District Represe Phone LOgan 4-2441 Vol. 4; No. 4 PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, I960 CONTEMPT? iardi VANCOUVER CP>� A Vancouver lawyer Wednesday started a snii aimed ;i! putting Highways Minister I'. A. Gaglardi in jail for contempt of court. Lawyer K. E. Meredith said he filed notice in Supreme Court thai he will apply Jan. 15 for committal of the minister for allegedly disobeying an order of Mr. Justice T. G. Norris of Oct. 29. The order, obtained by Mr. Meredith for Seattle metal dealer Burton Glazer, directed that $22,516 due to Union Contractors Ltd. of Vancouver from the highways department be paid to .Montreal Trust Co. as receiver. Mr. Gaglardi is allegei have paid the money to contractor in defiance of order. Mr. Gaglardi said the funds belonged to a contractor who applied for them and thai they were released to him. "We would have no legal right to withhold funds as far as I know," he said. "The funds were released by the controller in my department. 1 don't tell the controller when to release funds. "This had nothing to do with me as 'i person," the minister .said. "I am head of the department, so they have cited me." to the the VANCOUVER ICIV-A leader of the German-speaking community here said he will organize a vigilante committee today to catch a person participating in the recent outbreak of swastika-painting in Vancouver. Bright rod swastikas were painted on a CCF club buitcUng In Hie city's west end and on the walls of the Province newspaper pressrooms. ONE SEIlfOUS Others, painted in a vivid grpc'n, were found on homes and garages in south Vancouver. Dr. W. 15. Hooter, editor of the German � language weekly Dcr Nbrdwcslcrn, said the German community is taking the oul-brcak seriously. VIGILANTE PLAN He said the vigilante committee will be formed to catch a swastika �painter and turn him over to the police. "We would like to show what kind of a person he is," Dr. . ,'ieter said. i"Wc came to Canada to net away from things like this. To us it brings back painful memories." Wednesday night External Affairs Minister Howard Green said he was "disgusted" with the recent outbreaks of anti-scmit-ism. lie said if the outbreaks were not the work of troublemakers serious action will have to be taken to curb it. "1 am very disturbed about it, particularly in Europe. I think (here may be sonic minor organization of troublemakers at work." Police Chief George Archer said the swastikas are the handiwork of "illiterate imbeciles." The complaints are being turned over to RCMP for investigation. EXPLAINING THE DELICATE WORK required to produce a finished wood cut is Russell Botham to Mrs. Botham (right) and Mrs. Lelia Range. The picture, "From St. Paul's," by Alistair Bell, is one of many by nationally famous B.C. artists on display in the Senior High School library. Exhibition is open to the public from 7:30 to 10 tonight and Friday. It is sponsored by B.C. Society of Artists. About 70 went through Wednesday night, and a larger crowd is expected tonight. �Hal Vandervoort Photo STATE OF THE UNION Wants WASHINGTON (Reuters) � President Eisenhower declared in Congress today, that the United States is always ready to participate with the Soviet Union in any serious discussion that might lead to peace with justice. He said that in his finul year oC office he is ready to devote his full energies to the tasks at hand, "whether these involve travel for promoting greater world understanding, negotiations to reduce international discord, or constant discussions and communications with Congress and the American people on issues both domestic and foreign." LESS STRAINED The president said that '"recent Soviet deportment and pronouncements suggest the possible opening of a somewhat less strained period in the relationships between the Soviet Union and the free world. "If those pronouncements he genuine, there is brighter hope of diminishing the intensity of past rivalry and eventually of substituting persuasion for coercion. "Whether this is to become an era of lasting promise remains to be tested by actions." Russians Produce New Apple Strain MOSCOW (AIM � Soviet scientists say they have crossed American and Russian apples io produce a new variety that can he "preserved fresh for 370 days." The hybird resulted from a cross between the American Superb, which can be preserved 22."i days, and the R u s s i a n Grushovka Vernonskaya. Eisenhower said that in the last year the Soviet Union had expressed an interest in measures to reduce the "common peril of war. "While neither we nor any other free world nation can be milled by pleasant promises until they arc tested by performance, yet we approach this apparently new opportunity with the utmost seriousness. "We must strive to break the calamitous cycle of frustrations and crises which, if unchecked, could spiral into nuclear disaster: the ultimate insanity." TWO MILES Eisenhower announced that the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, the Atlas, in 14 recent lest Iaunchings at ranges of more than 5,000 miles had been striking on an average within two miles of the target. "This is less than the length of a jet runway � well within the circle of total destruction." Speaking to a joint session of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the president propo.sert no real surprises in the field of proposed legislation. PROTECT NKGROES Among other things, he asked for continued foreign aid to fight communism; enactment of the civil rights program that he asked for last year � particularly with respect to protecting the rights of Negroes to vote; new farm laws to replace "an outmoded system which has failed to protect farm income"; and a program to help finance school construction. He said he wotdd present to Congress for the 19b" 1 fiscal year begining next July a balanced budget. WASHINGTON (AP) � President Eisenhower, fresh from a 17,000-mile tour of Europe, the Middle East and Asia, will visit Brazil: Argentina, Chile and Uruguay in late February and early March. The president, accompanied by Mrs. Eisenhower and his brother Milton, will spend 10 days on the journey. The official announcement here Wednesday said his visit will serve two purposes: "Publicly reflect his deep interest in all countries of the new World, and "encourage further development of the inter- West Germany Launches Campaign To Stamp Out Anti-Semitic Hatred BONN, Germany (AP) �The "West German government launched ;i double-barrelled campaign Wednesday night to stamp out anti-Semitic demonstrations by swift court action against hate-mongers and by stiffcr sentences. Chancellor Adenauer and his cabinet called for speedy enactment of a law to increase the penalties for "stirring up hatred against groups because of their natural origin." Maximum sentence now is three months in jail. The bill to be submitted to the Bundestag Mill set thai as the minimum. QUICK TIIIAIj The cabinet also agreed "that e.ises under investigation should be brought to court as quickly as possible and that the penalties should correspond to the severity of the misdeeds," ii communique said. Two Germans already have been convicted of anti-Semitic acts. Police say two others being held have admitted daubing swastikas and anti-Jewish slogans on the now synagogue in Cologne Christmas Eve, the in-cident which launched the present wave of anti-Semitic acts. KOl'K ARRESTED Four men were arrested Wednesday in West Berlin on suspicion of an;i-Seinilie activities. Seventeen others are being held neo-Nazi outh "Granny" Seymour, 103-year-old South Fort George resident, is expected to be released from hospital hero in about a week. The centenarian, admitted to hospital Dec. 29 with "a slight bronchial condition," is in "improved" condition. A hospital official said today "Granny" wasn't allowed to leave hospital for the New Year's holiday in spite of her protests she be released fur the day. there after demonstration. A ."5-year-old German was arrested and questioned today in c,iessen after four larg" swa's-I tifcas" and symbols of Hitler's I SS elite corps were found painted outside a U.S. Army barracks. The smear campaign kept up sporadically in scattered sections of the world for the loth day. Acting Prime Minister R. A. Cutler Wednesday night dismissed the outbreaks in England and Scotland as the work of "a few irresponsible pen-sons." NOT SERIOUS The Russians agreed. An English-language commentator on Moscow Radio said the anti-Semitic outbursts in the United States ami Britain are about as dangerous as a "slight cold to a healthy person. "Hut what is just a slight cold to Britain and the U.S.A. is a had case of cancer to West Germany." American system, not only as a means of meeting the aspirations of the peoples of the Americas but also as a further example of the way all peoples may live in peaceful cooperation." In recent clays there had come reports from Brazil and Argentina that visits had been arranged. Wednesday's announcement confirmed these and supplied additional information, but not a detailed itinerary. Cloudy with clear periods, a few snow flurries, little change in temperature. Winds light at times rising to northerly 15. Low tonight and high Friday at Prince George and Quesnel, 0 and 20. Smithers, 5 and 2(1. High Wednesday was 2S with a low of nine recorded overnight. Defence expenditures would continue at the record peacetime levels of the last few years and space expenditures would be practically doubled. SEES SURPLUS He estimated that for the present fiscal year ending June 3O, there would be a favorable balance in the budget of about 3200,000,000. One of the major focal points of U.S. concern is the South Asian region, he said. In two nations alone (India and Pakistan) � were almost 500,000,000 people working hard to raise their standards, "and in doing so, to make of themselves a strong bulwark against the spread of an ideology that would destroy liberty." "I cannot express to you the j depth of my conviction that, in our own and free world interests, I we must co-operate with others to help these people achieve j their legitimate ambitions as ex-1 pressed in their different multi-year plans. TITANIC JOB "Through the World Bank and other instrumentalities, as well as through individual action by every nation in a position to help, we must squarely face this titanic challenge. "The goal is to enlist all available economic resources in the industrialized free world � es pecially private investment capital." (By JARVJS WHITNEY) Pay increases have been awarded the carpenters, engineers and janitors employed by School District 57. The 1959 board of trustees at its final meeting ratified contracts giving carpenters a hike of 12 cents an hour and engineers and janitors $25 more per month. FOR ONE YEAR Negotiated by the board's salary committee, the wags increases increase the district's wage bill during 1960 by $11,000. Both contracts are effective Jan. 1, for one year. The school district hires about 30 engineers and janitors and seven maintenance carpenters. Top monthly rate for engineering union members is now S.'15O per month, with maintenance carpenters now hauling clown $2.43 an hour. ASKS INCREASES Trustee Bob Range asked the salary committee to consider increasing the pay for the staff of the high school dormitory. He said recent complaints by himself and other board members about quality and quantity of food served inmates of the dormitory could likely be traced back to low salaries. Mr. Range said the cook was getting $185 per month and he said he wouldn't be inspired to work hard for that wage. Trustee Ken Melville said he believed it wouldn't be out of line to give the cook $100 more per month. Salaries of school board office staff are to be reviewed as well. Meanwhile the 1960 board of trustees will be installed at a meeting at 8 p.m. Tuesday. City Trustee Ray Atkinson, 1959 chairman, and Robert Range regained their seats in the Dee. 17 civic elections and will take oaths of office for further two- of retiring trustee Roy Pierrot, year terms. Board members pick a I9o"0 Rural Trustee Alfred Wilson j chairman Tuesday from among will be sworn in, taking the scat I their ranks. (By TAT DENTON) Fours turned out to be unluckv for Prince George tipplers in police court today. Four men appeared in court on intoxication charges. $4 in fines was meted out, and a total of 41 days in jail was given. George William Down will be a guest of the jailhouse for 21 clays after he pleaded guilty, but couldn't scrape up enough to pay the $35 fine. Magistrate Stanley Carling, sitting in for flu-struck Magistrate George Stewart, fined Charles Edward McEathron $40. A man with 21 previous drunk convictions, Duncan McDonald, was sentenced to 15 days without the option of a fine. Jacob Bauer drew five clays. Missing Girls Two young girls missing from their Prince George homes since Tuesday are believed lo be at Burns Lake. A woman phoned Mrs. Alfred Carr. mother of one of the girls, to say she had given two girls a lift for several miles just west of Prince George early Tuesday. She recognized a picture of Marilyn Carr which appeared in The Citizen Wednesday and phoned the worried mother. Marilyn, 12, is accompanied by lJj-jt'ear'-old Roberta FMels. Police arc invcsliual-iiu;. Board Studies Scheme To StreamSine Operation Prince George Terrace Smilhers Quesnel Kaniloops I Dawson Creek Fort St. John Fort Nelsori Whitehorse I, 2S 1 13 2!) -10 Pi-es. II 28 3G 35 11 � Most Residents Claim Homeowner Grant | $28 About 90 per cent of eligible Prince George residents made application for the provincial government's S2S homeowner grant by the Dec. ;51 deadline. Last year only about SI per. cent claimed. Some 1.717 homeowners here will receive a total of $4S,S21 in lfof) grants. In December. 109 local people made applications for grants. Manager Frank Clark today flatly denied rumors the new Super-Valu store at Twentieth and Victoria was going to close for lack of business. "There's absolutely no truth in it." Mr. Clark told The Citizen, "and if I find out who is spreading the rumor I'll see him in court." The new store opened last October and has been doing a flourishing business since, Mr. Clark said. District 57 School Board has been presented with a plan for streamlining the district's administration. The plan was prepared by Superintendent Ken Alexander on completion of a survey of ad-minislrational operation in lower mainland school districts. The board will decide at future meetings whether lo accept the plan, which is designed to make district administration more of a "big time" operation. POLICY MAKERS Under the plan, which is a composite of operations in lower mainland districts, trustees would do less "spade work." .lob of dinging up details would be more for paid staff, and board members would act more as policy makers. The board would lose no power under the program, which, if approved, would he put into effect gradually, but would relinquish much work clone now by board committees. Mr. Alexander said in his report: "In a small district the school trustee remains close to the educational picture and takes an active part in the administration. As the district grows, details of administration become too great for this to be realistic, but at the same time, the supervisory staff of necessity grows and lakes over these details." MORE STAFF The plan would require more paid staff as (he district grows. Trustees would have less to do with smaller tasks required to run the district. The board discussed the plan with .the superintendent for an hour. Then it was referred, without resolution, lo the 1960 council. Proceeding through an intersection when unsafe to do so cost Gerald E. Fuglerii $10. His action resulted in a collision late Wednesday. Edward Keate, charged by waiver from Richmond was fined $10 for crossing a double solid line near Vancouver International Airport, ;ow NEW DELHI (Reuters) � A public scandal in which the high priest of one of India's principal Hindu temples is accused of stealing a secret treasure hoard has touched off a demand for' stricter supervision of religious funds in India. An inquiry commission found that the high priest of the Nath-dwara (Doorway of God) temple in Ilajasthan, broke open a secret treasure room and removed sackfuls of gold, silver and jewels. It recommended the government take action lo recover the property. Prime Minister Nehru announced the government proposed to appoint an inquiry committee to go into the whole question of misuse of funds belonging lo L?iii