EDITORIAL - j w Sellout at Ottawa Canadas Conservative government has sold out Uritish Columbia electric power users to buy Social Credit support Prime Minister Diefenbakers party announced in Hie throne speech read at the opening of parliament Thursday that the government will adopt a policy allowing long term export of surplus power If this applies to the downstream benefits BC should gel from the US as a result of proposed Columbia River water storage facilities then BC power users will be gypped out of the lowest cost power in sight This would mean BC Lower Mainland industries will be deprived of low cost power they were promised from the US while that power will be sold to American industry just across the border The decision is a complete reversal of Conservative policy announced up to the June 18 federal election Tory leaders such as former Justice Minister Davie Fulton and External Affairs Minister Howard Green before June 18 promised BC industry would not be forced to buy higher priced BC power while their US competitors bought low cost Columbia power from Canada Telephoned by The Citizen today Mr Green was vague on the subject lie said at first the throne speech statement didnt refer to the Columbia that there arc various other rivers to be considered Then asked if the statement included the Columbia Mr Green refused to comment further It is difficult however to view the Tory statement of policy in any light other than a sell out to the Socreds Apparently Mr Diefcnbakcr prefers to stay in office by appeasing Social Credit rather than risk another election by upholding the rights of all Canadians to cheap power Fulton Denies Theres tulation on Power OTTAWA Special Public Works Minister Davie Fulton said today the governments policy of encouraging the export of surplus hydro power is cer certainly � tainly not a capitulation to de demands � mands of Premier Bennett Mr Fulton said the govern governments � ments national energy policy has always contemplated the sale of surplus energy There has been no surren surrender � der of principle or retreat al although � though we arc pointing to the need to get on with the job he said The job referred to was the Columbia He said the announcement in the throne speech favored large scale long term contracts for the export of power surplus to Canadas needs was not exclusively with reference to Columbia power Of the Columbia he said there can be no parliamentary ratifi ratification � cation of the Canada US treaty until agreement is reached with the BC government and US authorities have been conducting confidential discus discussions � sions which may lead to settle settlement � ment of one of the major bar barriers � riers in implementing the Col umbia River power treaty it was learned Thursday This sticky point deals with price specifically the demand by Premier Bennett for five mills a kilowatt hour on sur surplus � plus Canadian Power that might be sold in the US Justice Minister Fleming is reported to have discussed the BC iew point with at least one member of President Kennedys cabinet last week and the initial reaction did not favor Bennetts cause However further discussions among Canada - US officials are to take place and indica indications � tions in US quarters are that some concessions may be made on either side to form an ae ceptable price compromise A major problem in dealing Vti UcnmJts dem5nd h that export does not guarantee that the BC government will now reach agreement with Ottawa Mr Fulton said the federal government has always con contemplated � templated the sale of down downstream � stream Columbia benefits on a five - year renewable contract basis But Premier Bennett he said has been talking of virtu virtually � ally a permanent sale with no right of recovery He said conversations be between � tween Victoria and Ottawa in indicated � dicated there might be a meet meeting � ing ground somewhere between these two positions These discussions have been pursued If we can find ground for the sale of surplus power with the right of recapture we might have grounds for settle settlement � ment of the differences between the two governments He suggested one compromise might be an export contract for a period of 10 years with Can Canada � ada retaining the right to re recapture � capture this power on some suitable period of notice to the He said the reference to power purchaser Bennett Feels Certain He Can Peddle Benefits VICTOKIA KT Premier Bennett said Thursday he ex expects � pects the multi million dollar international Columbia hydro treaty between Canada and the US will be latificd this year Bids on contracts will be call called � ed two days after ratification he told a press conference The premier refused to agree to the terms of the treaty until the federal government agreed to allow this province to sell its share of US -generated power to the US Mr Bennett said he would seek no advantage in his appar apparent � ent victory announced in the speech from the throne The spcecli said long term ex export � port of surplus power in a large scale should bo encouraged to expedite development of major sources too big to be supported solely by domestic demand The speech also said it is hoped arrangements soon will be completed that will make it possible to submit the treaty still to be ratified by Canada to parliament with the legisla legislation � tion required to implement it The premier said he liked what he had heard of the speech from the throne and the fed federal � eral government should be com commended � mended He said he is confident he will be able to sell BCs share of the Columbia downstream benefits in the US for the equivalent of five mills which would finance the 400000000 project entirely Mr Bennett added that the ioace urver project will con tinue to go ahead but the financ ing of this will be independent of the Columbia He said the Peace will be fi financed � nanced through the best money markets whether they be Cana Canadian � dian US or any other US Reaction Doesnt Favor Bennetts Cause WASHINGTON iCP Canadian the US lacks precise informa- tion on how much surplus Cana dian power may become avail available � able where it is to be delivered where the price is to apply and the number of years the power would be available US officials took heart in the throne speech statement that the Canadian government hopes to complete certain arrange ments which will enable placing the treaty before par parliament � liament for ratification That combined with the gov governments � ernments declaration of sup support � port lor large scale long term power export was seen in US quarters as a clear indication the Canadian administration is moving toward early ratifica ratification � tion The impression left by US informants is that specific cross border agreement on power prices anil quantities to be sold Un the US would be covered by an exchange of notes winch I could take place after the Ueaty J 3 ruunrw THE CITIZEN The Only Daily Newspaper Serving North Central British Columbia Phone lOgan 4 2441 Vol 6 No 190 PEKING Reuters Chinese brought a warning from a mem newspapers today front paged a ber of the Free Yemeni Move report that the situation has l ment in Cairo that if the prince worsened on the border be- set foot on Yemens soil he tween Chinas Tibet region and i would be killed Indias northeast frontier area where fighting started eight days ago The fighting is continuing the statement said Five Chinese border guards have been re ported killed and another five wounded The statement in the form of a report by the official New China news agency said the fighting was part of planned military aggression by the In Indian � dian side along the entire boundary When Chinas territory has been invaded and when Chinese frontier guards arc suffering in increasing � creasing casualties the Chinese side has no choice but to fire back resolutely in self defence it said Reports from New Delhi that India had decided to eject Chinese troops from positions they hold on this fronUcr have not yet been quoted here Some observers saw todays statement as the Chinese an swer to these reports US Sale of Arms To Israel Rapped CAIRO Reuters Cairo newspapers today attacked the US decision to sell missiles to Israel Al Akhbar describes it as nothing but an aggression di directed � rected toward the Arab world and claims President Kennedy took the decision in order that he may win votes of Jews in the November elections For the sake of these votes he disregards decisions of the UN and also American inter interests � ests Prince of Yemen Tries or Throne ADEN 11 Yemens princely delegate to the UN headed home in the face of death threats today to claim the family throne alter rebels announced they had killed the newly in installed � stalled monarch and proclaimed a republic The delegate Prince Hassan acted as broadcasts from Ye Yemens � mens capital of Sana said mil military � itary rebels destiojcd Rosal Palace with artillery burying beneath debris his 35-year-old aephcvv the new Imam Mo Mohammed � hammed Al Uadr PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 28 1962 JAYCEES Bob Strom left and Ted Moffat cart Bob Borrie off to city hall to make sure his name is on the voters list now being revised The junior cham chamber � ber is trying to make sure lhat not only does everyone on the list vote in the winter elections but that all eligible voters are on the list City hall will be open from 9 am to 5 pm Saturday so that tenant and resident electors British sub subjects � jects over 21 who have been in the city at least six months but do not own property can get their iname on the revised list Revision deadlineas Sunday Fujikawa photo WORLD HOT SPOTS Battle Worsens on Frontier TutocUm Cuban Embargo UNITED NATIONS lT For Foreign � eign Minister Fcrulun Cemal Erkin of Turkey says Turkisli shipowners have stopped shut shuttling � tling cargoes from the Soviet Union to Cuba Erkin told reporters the owners agreed to ban such cargoes alter the Turkish gov government � ernment told them there was mounting resentment in the US because US allies were carry carrying � ing Soviet goods to Cuba Erkin said about 10 Turkish vessels had been carrying wheat and iron between Soviet Black Sea ports and Cuba but none had carried arms Afro Asians Ask Rhodesian Parley UNITED NATIONS til Af African � rican and Asian delegations planned today to ask the UN General Assemblys trusteeship committee to give priority to the situation in Southern Rho Rhodesia � desia Theyll get it because what the Afro Asians want they get said a member of the commit committee � tee The Afro Asian group com commands � mands 53 votes in the 108-mem- Lcr UN African politicians with the backing of the 17 nation UN committee on colonialism have opposed a projected constitution for Southern Rhodesia on grounds it would not grant the African majority sufficient rep representation � resentation Last week the white-dominated government of that self governing colony outlawed the Zimbabwe African Peoples Congress in the wake of an upsurge of arson Joshua Nkomo persident of the congress organized it after a previous African party was banned last December In Lusaka northern Nigeria Nkomo announced the Africans were forming a Southern Rho Rhodesian � desian government in exile in Tanganyika Star Has Cancer HOLLYWOOD AP Actor producer Dick Powell 57 calm calmly � ly told reporters Thursday hes under treatment for cancer Ho said he was confident of making a full recovery Powell and his wife actress June Alljson met with report reporters � ers in the couples Beverly Hills home The actor - producer who heads the highly successful Four Star Productions said he has been receiving treatments for a malignancy on a gland on the right side of his neck and another in a pocket in his chest Now Hear This Junior Forest Warden Leader Dick Clifford is predicting a sale of only about 1200 light bulbs in the second light bulb sale being held by the boys to raise money for this years activi activities � ties The first drive a couple of weeks ago saw 1000 bulbs sold within a couple of hours but this time around some of the stores are apparently getting in on the act with special low prices tor the bulbs Under the heading of handy items comes packages of five cent stamps done up in plastiq in 1 lots for carrying in purse or pocket They are available at the post office Remem Remember � ber the good old fowl suppers of the prairies Knox Mens AOTS sponsored two such suppers in the last two years patterned atter the Dfia no fowl sumers Hassans announce ment and fieir success has prompted the group to schedule a repeat performance here on Nov 7 Circle the date on your calen calendar � dar A representative of the Co Cooperative � operative Play School Associa Association � tion phoned in this morning to say a vacancy has developed in the four-year-old group and any parent who wishes to enter a child in the school should contact Mrs Ralph Storey LOgait 1 7831 Dont laugh at Iho Red Hat Boys next week They are safety-conscious sportsmen who are publicising Hunter Safety Week a joint promotion of rod and gun clubs and the provincial government Well I guess we are finally classed as a big city said a hap storming into the news newsroom � room today I just finished payirig 15 cents for a coffee in Piue George BALLOTING LIGHT Manv owner electors of t School District 57 found themselves unable to vote on loan bylaw Referendum 10 when they appeared at the polls this morning be because � cause their names were not on the voters list At rurai points it was found that the printed list of electors left out some of the property owners included in the list of property owners supplied by the provincial government In the city the last revised municipal list of owner electors which is almost a jear old is used so that many qualified electors are not listed City Manager Arran Thomson and Returning Officer Bob Graccy agreed that city voters who aie not on the old list can get affidavits from city hall and thus be allowed to vote However it was not known by press time today if the same procedure could be used in the rural areas and if so who would be qualified to issue the affidavits Voting is being held at 23 city and district schools until 8 pm today A school district official said the voting got off to a slow start and apparently would be light School Space Need Grows Registration at the more than SO schools of School District 57 next September will probably top the 8000 mark the Central Fort George Elementary PTA was told Thursday Trustee Harold Moffat said the annual increase in enrol enrolment � ment during the last decade has generally been about 10 per cent and nearly 3u0 per ceni In total from 1050 to 19G0 This year the growth of school population has created a need for 20 more classrooms than last car and the same will probably be true next vcar as the aiea and its school system continue to grow Mr Moffat reiterated Super Superintendent � intendent J M Phillipsons warning that unless Referendum 10 is passed today some stu students � dents will be going to school in shifts next year The 503000 referendum pro proposes � poses vvoik for Central Fort George Kelly Road Pcden Hill the Seymour Subdivision and for rural school and tcachcragcs I I bHOWfcKi Xr LH yJJMm FORECAST Mostly cloudy with a few scattered showers Saturday little change in temperature wind southerly 15 Low tonight and high Satur Saturday � day at Prince George 35 and 55 Smithers 40 and 58 Ques nel 40 and GO Sunday outlook Continuing cloudy and cool with possible showers PEACE RIVER Cloudy and cooler with show showers � ers and light winds Low to night and high Saturday at Grande Prairie 40 and 55 Last 24 Hours Hi Lo Prec Prince George 50 35 28 Terrace 57 47 trace Smithers CO 45 00 Qucsncl 51 43 13 Williams Lake 53 39 15 Kamloops 73 52 Whitehorse 17 32 Fort Nelson 58 30 Port St John 53 31 Dawson Creek 51 31 Shot Delayed WASHINGTON in i- Another attempt to shoot the Canadian satellite Alouette into space Iras been postponed until early Sat Saturday � urday A US space agency official said the satellite planned to scan the top layer of the iono ionosphere � sphere is sitting atop a two stage Tlior Agena B rocket at cup of the Vandenberg Air Fuice Base i i California u 7c a Copy Mercy Slays n Klto 150 per Month Unlisted Voters Stumped at Polls Queens Cousin Ordered Pay Land Tax Or Else DEAL England M A cousin of the Queen is being sued for getting behind in Ins property tax payments He is Earl Granville -13 The Deal Borough Council claimed Thursday the eail owed 185 an cars in local taxes for the first half of the year Magistrates issued a warrant giving the council power to seize properly from the carls home at neaiby Walmcr If the earl doesnt pay up jaihffs can take possession of property from his house up to the value of the arrears and sell it AROUND BC Lawyer Favors HARRISON HOT SPRINGS Chief Justic A C DcsBrisay of CP The dean of the Manitoba law school said here he approves of sterilization abortion and euthanasia under many circum circumstances � stances He said he believes in contra contraception � ception under all circumstances In a talk to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC Dr G P It Tallin said To terminate the pregnancy of a woman who has used thali thalidomide � domide in the early stages of pregnancy or has been raped by a mental defective I regard as socially desirable Many births of deformed ba babies � bies throughout the world have been blamed in the tranquil lizer drug thalidomide Sterilization of the mental defective is also socially desir desirable � able said Dr Tallin He did not expand on his ap provat ol eutnanasia mercy killing under certain circum circumstances � stances No Dispute Cases At WCB Hearing VANCOUVER CP Work Workers � ers or emplovers appealing in individual � dividual Workmens Compensa Compensation � tion Board rulings will get short shrift when royal com commission � mission hearings open here Monday Commission clerk Graham Leslie said the hearings by or Bnvites To Hunt Game Distressed at hearing Prince Charles and the boys father Prince Philip maligned by British and Canadian newspa newspapers � pers after the lad shot a slag City Manager Arran Thomson was directed by Mayor Garvin Dezcll to write to the hunters In the letter sent airmail direct from Prince George to Balmoral Castle Maor Dezcll congratulated the young prince on his prowess in shooting a stag He invited the royal hunters to come to some of the finest the appeal court will enquire into general administration matters He said there is a general belief that persons wishing lo dispute board rulings can ap appear � pear to appeal personal cases and have the commissioner order redress The commissioner has no authorilv lo order the board lo do anything Mr Leslie said Engineers Plea Rejected by Court VANCOUVER CP Mr Jus Justice � tice Norman Whittaker Thurs Thursday � day dismissed an appeal by geologist William Henry Pat more against expulsion from the Association of Professional Engineers of BC The association dropped Pat more from its rolls for alleged unprofessional conduct in con connection � nection with a mining syndicate for which he was trustee Mr Justic Whittakor was told the syndicates property obtained from Patmore on his professional advice about its value proved worthless and that Patmore invested the bal balance � ance of the funds in other min mining � ing stock without the approval of syndicate members The stock plunged Sjndicate members later sued claiming breach of trust e rices in BC Two memhors of the Hoyal Family have invited to North Central BC for a hunting trip been hunting and fishing left any anywhere � where in the world Newspapers across the At Atlantic � lantic have condemned the shooting by Prince Charles sug suggesting � gesting he is nothing but a trigger happy joutlr Mr Thomson said today We havent received a reply as jet But if the boy and Prince Philip will tolerate a little of the rustic accommodation avail available � able in hunting areas around Prince George Im sure they would have an excellent hunt ing trip Trapline Up for Grabs But Business Is Risky Want to get away from it all i fur game can produce its re ream � am go trapping wards but they are not alvvavs Edward Manner 1800 Oak monetary Still its independ has a trapline for sale in the once Mud River area about 10 miles southwest of the city Hes owned it for three jears although he and a partner trapped the same line more than 30 ears ago Ill health Mr Manner said today is forc forcing � ing him into a less arduous means of earning a living The trapline follows 57 miles in its circular route tapping river and lakes which arc the abode of beaver and mink Trapping season is from Nov 1 to mid May Can ou make a living at it Twenty cars ago aeeordiug lo Mr Manner some trappers earned 4000to 5000 a season good money In tiiose days But fluctuating market prices today jnake trapping In this area1 a gamble lie said You never know what -urkv youll gel when youre ready to sell EDWARD MANNER Like fishing or farming the tripping trick