Session Erupts Over Gibson Graft Charges
15y Special Correspondent
VICTORIA � The explosion everyone has been expecting went off as if it was suddenly Chinese New Year yesterday and not surprisingly it was that fiery, feuding Liberal MLA J. Cordon Gibson of North Vancouver who lit Uie fuse.
As matters stood at the close o� the first night sitting of the current session, Gibson had half-heartedly apologized for publicly accusing (he provincial mines department of graft and comtpti'on.
But characteristically he announced ho fully intended "to set forth my views about this government and its policies" when he speaks in the throne spc-ch debate.
��I hope I will be given the right hi be heard," snapped Gibson. "Let them judge me after they have heard me."
The fireworks came at the conclusion of .Mines Minister Kictnan's speech Tuesday. He read from a carefully prepared statement in reply to charges made by Gibson al University or B.C. last week.
Gibson had slated: "If you think the Queen Elizabeth Theatre affair in Vancouver was a scandal il is just peanuts compared with what would be revealed if ever there was an audit of I he bunks at Vic-tori;!. I haven't started to look under the carpet yet but when 1 lift il I know the dirt will be there. You name il � min-
iag, railroading, any other department, f'm sure it's there." Commented Kicrnan: "As I r.ad the law related to such matters it would seem to me the above statement is slander and the publication of it is libel, or it should be."
Kiernan added that Gibson had "violated every concept of fair and honest d.bate in the public forum" and that "he knows -these statements are false, slanderous and he cannot substantiate, them in any way."
The minister called to the attention of Mr. Speaker Hugh Shank the Legislative Assembly Privileges Act, specifically Section 6(A) which if invoked could sec Gibson jailed for the remainder of the ses-
Legislature At a Glance
TUESDAY
Mines Minister Kicrnan raised j a qn slion of whether Liberal I Gordon Gibson of North Vanco'u-1 ver should be tried by the house for alleged libel of a member in a speech made on the eve of the session opening and asked the speaker to determine whatever action should be taken.
sion. There has been no ruling from the speaker as yet.
But if the government thought Gibson would just will and crawl under his desk in the face of this criticism they were sadly disappointed. (J'hson is a bruising fighter who doesn't give in so easily. He kept up a running fire as Krrnan was speaking, such comments as "don't be childish," "too bad," and "you better watch yourself."
Gibson of course has been all through this sort of thing before.
It was h" who in 1955 made his famous "money talks" speech while dealing with the matter of the issuance of forest management licences. Three years later his stand was fully vindicated when former lands and forests min-' .ister Robert E. Sommors was sentene.d to five years for bribery.
Kiernan said in the Legislature yesterday he had written Liberal Leader Ray Perrault to ask whether Gibson's latest views w:re those of the Liberal party. He had received "a courteous reply" he stated but because it was marked personal he would not read Perrault's letter to the House.
"Read it, read it," chorused the opposition.
Kiernan refused.
One glance at the letter
shows why.
"I would suggest," wrote Perrault, "that both you and I keep in mind, when considering any remarks attributed to Mr. Gordon Gibson, that perhaps he, of all people, is now entitled to speak with force and persuasion in regard to the matter of honesty or dishonesty in government.
"In 1955 he left this House accused of unwarranted and untruthful charges. Subsequent-
ly his stand was proven in the courts to have been not only warranted but indeed a great public service.
"Now he takes his seat in this House as a member duly elected to represent the many thousand voters in the constituency of North Vancouver. By reason of such election he now has the confidence of the persons he represents and I would not think he should be denied the right to speak out
in such manner as he chooses to do.
'�-Neither you nor I should presume to comment in advance on what he wishes to say. or to limit his right to individual expression on any subject. Mr. Gibson is the first to admit thai in certain areas he speaks as an individual with knowledge born of personal experience which no other man or woman in this House can claim to have."
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PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1961
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500-FOOT DEEP 'POTHOLE' SCORED
VICTORIA at�Two superhighways llisil don'l quite meet over a 500-foot chasm arc the subject of questions for highways Minister (iaidm-ili filed in liif legjslalure by" Iho new Liberal .Ml.A for Ferule, Harry McKay.
The gnp has proved fatal. J.asi September six persons died, whi'ii their car zoomed off tin- mil of Lhe three-yeiiL1 old highway south oi l<'omio, near i he U.S. border.
.McKay has asked Mr. Gaglardi why the delay in building a bridge.
1000 NEW JOBS
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Mr. Gibson assured the house lie hiid not intended to malign the minister personally nor to cast aspersions on the civil service.
Mr. Kicrnan told the house I that West Coast Transmission; Company's proposal has been j selected as the most beneficial plan to 13.C. in construction of an oil pipeline from the Peace River fields lo Kamloops. where | it would join with Trans Mountain to bring B.C. crude to Vancouver refineries.
The throne speech debate continued with six speakers rising.
SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS
Trail Smoke Eaters win lirsi. game on European tour but coach Kromm injured.
New York Rangers make last ditch stand in Tight for playoff spot tonight'.
Bill Ivlazerovvski's World Scries homer rated Lop U.S. sport thrill of 10GO. (Sue Pago -I.)
The house was adjourned at 1().o5 p.m. until 2 p.m. Wednesday.
VVEDNESDAY
Education � Labor Minister Peterson resumes debate on the Speech from the Throne.
U.S. 'Lend Grab' Here To Be Fought by Perrault
. VICTORIA (Special) � Liberal Leader Ray Perrault is talcing up the fight on behalf of many people who have objected to Americans buying large tracts of kind north of Prince George.
lie1 said he has a number of complaints from residents of the area expressing concern over this "foreign land grab" and had a question on the order paper asking hinds and forests minister Ray Williston how much land had been sold.
Yesterday he withdrew purpose of rephrasing it in information received, Pcrrault's proposed 10-pcr-ccnt couvcr,
VOTE TUESDAY
Eagle Lake Employees
pay
the question .solely for the the light of more recent
achcnic for the construction industry ha.s met with unfavorable comment from labor officials. I'LAN
ftlr. Perrault proposed Monday the legislature that building Suppliers knock 10 per conl nil llieir prices, unemployed workers lir hired at 10 per rcnl less than going rates, and Ihc provincial government make a 10 per cent contribution for a home repair program.
Piil O'Neal, secretary of the li.C. Federation of Labor, said il is rather ;i strange plan. lie said labor has always maintained thai profits in ihc building industry were excessive.
"I don't think I'cirault is l;o-iti.u to win friends with .such ;i proposal," said O'Neal,
ni:<;i i.atk profits?
ItlISS St. Elol, president of the IJtlildillg Trades Council, said, "Vim can'l put a ceiling m\ wages without putting one on profits. How does he propose lo regulate profits?"
.iniiii Anatooshkin, treasurer of lhe Carpenters' Union In Van-
said the plan would undermine the structure of the industry and union agreements. "Cutting doesn't get us anywhere," he said. "It lowers standards and public morale." � � �
The Gaglardi Case
VICTORIA CFi � Any step lo bring the subjeel of Highways Minister Gaslardi's eligibility to .>ii in Ihc legislature is several days away, Opposition leader Slrachan indicated Tuesday.
The crv leader sought last Thursday as the House opened tu have the Sneaker rule oil the highways ministers' eligibility in view oi his recent conviction on charges of contempt of court. FINED $1,000
Mr. Gaglardi was lined $1,000 for paying funds to a contractor when the courts had ordered i that il be paid to a triisl coin-| |iany to be held until ;i creditor of the contractor was satisfied. Monday, Speaker Hugh Shantz ruled thai lhe request was out of order because he was not com-(Continued on
Employees nl Eagle bake Sawmills voted Tuesday to accept a two-year work contract negotiated between j the company and Local 1-424, International Woodworkers of America. I
The contract, negotiated in Vancouver before ciliatiori officer Hog Clements, provides lav a total increase o( 1U emits an hour over a two-yaw pc Present rate is $1.60 an hour.
First increase of three cents,------------------------------------
is retroactive tu .Jan, 1. Second
increase, four cents, is effective
Sept. 1 and Hie final three cents
is effective Jan. 1, 1052. Some
230 employees are affected. Eagle Lake general manager
Gordon Brownridge -said the
company has accepted the terms
of the new agreements. Jacob Hoist, president of Local
1-424. said the agreement also
calls for "contract improvements"
in vacations and probationary
period clauses. "I'm hopeful it will .set the
pattern for settlement with other
operations coining under ihc Northern Interior Lumbermen's Association," said Mr. Hoist. He left today for Vancouver on union business.
No dale has hern announced fur resumption of negotiations between the .MLA and I he union.
Space Flight Okay For Men, Cheery Chimpanzee Finds
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. I/P) � A chimpanzee called Ham today signalled a so-ahead for man to enter space safely.
The chimp wound up a space flight of his own Tuesday with a chipper, cheerful handshake.
Ham is due back this afternoon to this rocket space port which he left abruptly Tuesday atop a Redstone rocket.
His trip 155 miles high and 420 miles southeast into the Atlantic into the rescuing hands of, the U.S. Navy indicates manned space flight is feasible. An
Uy PETER BKUTON
VICTORIA � A $30,000,-
000 pipeline running from the oil fields of the Peace River to refineries in \'an-1 couver will be built by i West Coa3t Transmission
Co. Ltd.
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.Mines Minister Kenneth Kiernan announced in the Legislature Tuesday between 1.000 and 1,500 men will be employed on the line which will run from Port St. John through Prince George and Quesnel to Kamloopsj where it will dovetail into- the Trans �|| Mountain pipeline from Alberta.
Construction will start immediately and the job is due lo be completed this year. The line will parallel the natural gas pipeline built by West Coast some years ago.
West Coast officials declined comment on the contract but it was learned this particular route
DISCUSSING probable route through Prince George area of the oil pipeline' to be built this year between Fort St. John and Kamloops, paralleling the present natural gas pipeline, Mar. Warner (left), division clerk, and Ted Anthony, division superintendent, for West Coast Transmission Co. Ltd. pose beside a pipeline right-of-way map in lhe company's Prince Geurge office. �Vandervoovl
All Bui 2 of It City Lots Bought
was chosen because of the Ion term view that Prince George is a possible site not only as a servicing point for oil-drilling rigs but for a refinery as well.
Although present plans call for the line to end at Kamloops the company has agreed to build the additional 180 miles into Vancouver when the cabinet considers it necessary. LONG-RANGE VIEYV
Capacity of the pipeline will be 75,000 barrels a day of B.C. crude oil.
Two other firms bid for the
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If it's iruo Uial Curling's lias boiiulil Calgary. Including Caribou Drawing across the Nechnko, Uila act which has been typical around those parts for some time Ul" lake on a new flavor.
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All but two of 11 building sites offered for sale by the city at public auction Tuesday were purchased.
The residential -sites are between First and Hammond and front on M of fat and I.yon.
The upset price for the sites was $1,100. A minimum deposit of one-quarter of the upset price was required nl tlie auction.
To avoid speculation, cily council insisted thai homes be "substantially completed" on the sites within two years.
The lots can not bo resold without permission <�f the city. � � ! Three of Ihc building sites , .I,, were purchased Tuesday l>y Con-''" l u% tral Contractors Ltd., ihc remainder by private citizens,
The lots are 11 ol serviced by sanitary sewers, which diTii't lo he installed until lato JDtil or early 1002.
American astronaut is scheduled I j?b bul llleir P�fs*ls.< although
this spring to duplicate Ham's! d;"Pcl; ,UTI^ rcjcctcd '" faVor 1 i ol West I oast.
Peace River Oil Pipe Line pro-i Postmaster posed to build an eight-inch line ["it's ;i little 1 to connect with its existing line I what effect tl at Sturgeon Lake, Alia., and then j would Jiavo 0 into the Trans Mountain line al | orations.
daring flight.
Ham himself is reported in excellent shape, a smart 37 pounds of amiability.
Plucked from the sea by a helicopter, he shook hands with the veterinarian greeting him when his one-ton space capsule was unlocked three hours after launching.
After a medical checkup. Ham drew a bonus of a banana on top of his scientifically proscribed menu which had not included bananas,
Mailing Deadlines Here Changed by CPA Switch
A change in Canadian Pacific Airlines flight departure times has resulted in a revision of jju.si office mailing deadlines.
Post office deadlines for Vancouver, Victoria and other southern and eastern points' arc nuw 5:20 a.m. and 1_':JU p.m. daily except Sunday. Previous closing tune was 1 p.m.
Air mail to Williams Lake closes at 12:2() p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday; and Quesnel air mail at 12:20 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. l\. A bear sa
ASYLUM OFFERED REBELS ON LINER
BRASILIA, Brazil UP) � President Janio Quadros today offered asylum to 1J jo rebels controlling the liner Santa Maria.
Uarlicr, at I'.ravj!, the Sarda Maria, escorted by Jour Am-in destroyers, headed into
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Trans-Prairie Pipelines Ltd. would have built a 12-inch line through B.C. to join with Trans Mountain at Albrcda. TO CREATE JOBS
But Wesl Coast's .submission was accepted because the government fell it was the best long-range view, said Kiernan.
"This is a great step forward in the industrial expansion of tills province," he said. '�Preference will be given to B.C. labor, and preference will be given to li.C. manufacturers of materials,"
Advantages of the West Coast route, he said, were that it would follow a route already surveyed, cleared and that it had access to. This would mean a .substantial | saving in clearing a right-of-way. Mr, Kiernan said the line, when completed, would bo avail-
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