1 EDITORIAL Bennetts helpers When a government can get third reading of a bill to establish a political bank with as little resist ance as Premier Bennett encountered only one con conclusion � clusion can be drawn Democracy is nearing its last gasp in this province Why did the normal opposition so feebly accept the crude and brazen strategems of our home grown Cassius Clay The NDP bemused by the illusion they were helping create a peoples bank swallowed the odious measure hook line and sinker The Liberals past masters of the gentle art of driving thumb tacks with a mallet criticized the Ben Bennett � nett proposals jn detail but not in substance As usual they were fighting their rearguard action on the ground most difficult to defend The newspapers those fierce and stalwart de defenders � fenders of the public weal when trifles are the order of business failed as usual to grasp the real point that a political bank is wrong in any circumstances Here in a nut shell are the main reasons for our dilemma When a vast intellectual vacuum is created by such a lamentable failure of the accepted organs of criticism mountebanks flourish gimmcrack states statesmen � men move in to create a kind of idiots paradise Bennetts bank is wrong because it is a political bank History shows that when non socialist govern governments � ments resort to the financial pattern now adopted by the Bennett government call money bonds political banking and so on the result is disaster in every case What the critics fail to see is that these very measures are measures of desperation an attempt to stave off the consequences of improvident high highflying � flying government financing They are warning signals not measures that can be rescued by improvement The press in particular either fails to realize this or is afraid to tackle the real trouble It could not be made right by forcing him to dis disclose � close how much the people will be hooked for to sup support � port it or what government stooges will run it It is wrong for the simple reason that it would be folly to allow politicians to have a free hand with public finance with no normal checks and balances to restrain them A bank is precisely the instrument that would give them such a free hand Anyone with any sense of process in economic affairs ought to be horrified at such a featherheaded proposal Any citizen with respect for democratic processes ought to protest with all his might about the brazen way the bill for Bennetts bank was railroaded through the legislature We can only feel sorry about the calibre of the opposition THE WORLD TODAY Ambassadors The External Affarls Depart Department � ment today announced the ap appointment � pointment of a new ambassador to Italy He is 50-year-old Gor Gordon � don C Crean of Toronto who at present Is Canadianambas sador to Yugoslavia The de department � partment also announced the ap appointment � pointment of a new ambassador to Mexico and Guatemala 47-year-old II F Feaver of Glace Day NS Mr Feaver now is ambassador to Switzerland and Tunisia Successors to the posts in Yugoslavia and Switzer Switzerland � land and Tunisia will be an announced � nounced later French campaign Frances president de Gaulle arrives in Mexico City today to launch a drive to increase French influence in Latin America De Gaulle and his wife made an overnight stop at the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe And theyre making a brief stopat Merida Ineastern Mexico today to change from an American - built Jetliner to a French plane for the flight to Mexico City Help for Hoffa Defence attorneys for James Hoffa have disclosed they have seven Investigators on the Job in Chattanooga Tenn trying to dig up evidence to aid in the teamsters presidents appeal from a conviction on Jury tam tampering � pering charges Hoffa was sen sentenced � tenced to eight years in prison for trying to fix a jury but he says hell appeal all the way to the US Supreme Court li necessary Shares sell fast Trustee subscription certifi certificates � cates of the proposed Dank of Western Canada were sold out quickly after being offered this morning said a securities analyst with one of the five in investment � vestment houses acting as agents for the stock A total of 430000 certificates at 15 each went on sale today in Western Canada and by mid morning were quoted at 1625 bid and 1675 asked Of the total 230000 were placed pri privately � vately and 200000 were sold to the public all of it in Western Canada Now hear this For those who are curious about those early - morning booms that sound like dynamite explosions we are able to report that they are Just that The sounds come from the foot of Cranbrook Hill where United Contractors are blasting rock which Is being used as fill for the access road to the new pulp and paper mill City restu ranteur Chris Fotds has been laid low with pneumonia but will be happy to see visitors at the hospital where he Is recovering In Room 414 Dack in town after a two week vacation in the sun no he didnt go toJIawail ls district superintendent of highways Allan Park who re reports � ports that California and Ari- zona is very warm at this time of year Overheard during the week weekend � end was Wally West telling his friends how he got Into the photography business Believe it or not but he started with flash powder the stuff which went off with a colossal bang and sent up a cloud of smoke Then came flash bulbs which at first were almost as unpredictable In the holocaust they would set off Dud Spencer the Prince George boy who made good tn the big time as a folk singer doesnt belong to us anymore It seems Sun columnist Jack Was serman In a weekend column refers now to Dud as Vancouver property Eager beavers are becoming INDEX a dam nuisance Nuisance trap pers have been going strong Detty Conner ---- 10 all winter cleaning out beaver Classified ----- 8 0 ponds which flood farms and Comics -- ---10 roads Inspector Walter Gill of Coming Eyents ------- 10 the game branch says some Editorial ---------7 trappers have taken 20 to 30 Here and There ------- 10 pelts on a nuisance permit this Markets - - - --------3 winter For a national symbol Sports -----------4 beavers are acting pretty un- TV - 2 patriotic Vol 8 No S3 ke Former agriculture minister Alvin Hamilton with Peter Runkle president of the Cariboo Conservative Associa Association � tion Pete Miller photo Leboe denies Liberal move Bert Leboe and three other western Social Cre Credit � dit members of Parliament are trying to join the Lib Liberals � erals former agriculture minister Alvin Hamilton said in Prince George Saturday At Ottawa Mr Leboe denied there had been any such bar bargaining � gaining involving himself or any of the other members men mentioned � tioned by Mr Hamilton He said It was true that the Social Credit party had always held the view that it might no longer need to exist if either of the old - line parties adopted Social Credit principles In this matter however there was no preference between the Liberals and Conservatives and there would be no bargaining for cabinet posts in the man manner � ner suggested by the former agriculture minister Mr Hamilton told The Citizen Saturday that he has been told that Mr Leboe discussed the possibility of he and three other Social Credit MPs Joining the Liberals at a meeting in Ques nel Mr Leboe discussed It with some of his constituency sup supporters � porters said Mr Hamilton One provision of the deal was that Social Credit Leader Robert Thompson would become a member of the Liberal cabinet he said There have been talks right in this constituency said Mr Hamilton There is no ques question � tion about it Leboe discussed the possibility of him Joining Meeker case here in April The rape trial of James Leonard Meeker willre openin Prince Georgedurlng the spring Court of Assize starting April 28 said Government Agents M Carling today The trial was transferred from New Westminster to Prince George Friday when a newspaper published an article which defense counsel con considered � sidered detrimental to the case Also on the Assize Court docket is Colin Frank Antoine of Vanderhoof who was com committed � mitted to trial Friday on two charges of attempted murder He Is charged with at attempted � tempted murder of brothers Alexander and Roderick Mc Kenzie aged 36 and 26 both of Vanderhoof Coast IWA talks begin VANCOUVER CP - The DC forest Industry and Its workers start talking about a new contract today Negotiations begin after hard line statements by the union The three man industry com committee � mittee represents a 1000 000000 investment and the Io Ionian � nian union committee speaks for 26000 members When a new contract is reach reachedand � edand it took three months to settle on the last one the International Woodworkers of America CLC will turn around and bargain again for 8000 more members in the DC Interior in bid PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA MONDAY MARCH 16 1964 Bv il the Liberals at a meeting in Quesnel Mr Hamilton was in Prince George to attend the annual general meeting of the Cariboo Conservative constituency as association � sociation lie left the city at 2 am Sunday to catch a flight to Hong Kong He will spend three weeks in Chlnadlscussingtrade with the Mao government which took the unprecedented step of extending an invitation to a former cabinet minister Mr Hamilton was a member of Prime Minister Diefenbak ers cabinet when the Canadian Wheat Doard negotiated the sale of 800 million worth of Cana Canadian � dian wheat to Red China He said a week long tour of DC almost had him exhausted Its been only four or five hours sleep eachdaysaidMr Hamilton Almost as bad as an election campaign He spoke to a group of Prince George businessmen at luncheon Saturday caught a few hours sleep showed up at a cocktail party and addressed a Conser Conservative � vative dinner In the evening Mr Hamilton forecast that the New Democratic Party would be returned to power If a provincial election Is held In Saskatchewan this year However he said there would be Conservative members elected to the legislature which currently Is occupied only by the NDP and Liberals The Liberals botched medi medicare � care he said They created a lot of hard feelings He also was critical of the Pearson government and claim claimed � ed that it was notorious for three things patronage rumor rumormongering � mongering and raising salaries Mr Hamilton said western farmers have overwhelmingly responded to a plea he made two years ago for Increased beef production The cattle population of the Western provinces has jumped almost 1 million head in two years although he suggested an increase of only 42 0000 a year Earlier story page 3 Six SYUs Six sustained yield units are included In an application which Northwood Mills Ltd had made for a pulp harvesting licence Northwood a wholly owned subsidiary of Noranda Explor Explorations � ations announced 10 days ago that it plans to build a pulp mill at Prince George The sustained yield units are Monkman Longworth Dowron Canoe Robson and Purden which together include a total production area of more than 2 million acres The application was filed at Victoria last week and a hear hearing � ing is expected to held at Prince George in May Alexandra Forest Products which plans to build a pulp mill 125 miles north of Prince George will alsohave its appli application � cation heard here in May e itizn The only daily newspaper serving Central British Columbia ENDAK0 MINE SITE GETS GREEN LIGHT 20 million cost for development The eyes of the investment world are on the North Central Interior today following the weekend announcement that Endako Mines Ltd will put its molybdenum property into production at a rate of 10 000 tons a day This will make the mine 120 miles west of Prince George one of DCs biggest mining operation outside of Comlncos Sullivan mine and concentrator at Klmberley Development of the mine and production facilities is expected to cost in excess of 20000000 It will provide permanent em employment � ployment to about 300 men and transform the little community of Endako on the CNR Announcement of the decision to equip for production was made Friday by Canadian Explora Explorations � tions Ltd which in September 1962 entered into a financing and management contract with Endako Ore reserves at Endako are estimated at 76 million tons Canex said mining would be an open pit operation and that deliveries of concentrate were expected to start by August 1965 The concentrates will be sold in Europe and Japan where ar arrangements � rangements for their purchase have already been negotiated The presence of molybdenum near Endako was first dls- JOHN MALLIS Arm broken in accident A man hit by a car Sunday evening on Twentieth Ave suf suffered � fered a broken arm but no major Injuries John Malcolm Cline was hit while walking on the roadside past Lloyds Drlve Inby a car driven by Clarence A Good key 621 Quince St Mr Goodkey was apparently passing another auto when the accident happened covered and staked by a man named Foote who lived at En Endako � dako His son Whitney allowed the claims to lapse and they were staked again in 1958 by Dr Chris Riley and Dr Howard James Vancouver consulting geologists who gave young Foote prospectors Interests In 1959 a syndicate headed by Andrew Robertson P Eng now president of the company optioned the property and launched a drilling program that eventually brought Canex into the picture Molybdenum is a rare sil silvery � very mettallc element that Is used to harden steel and In the manufacture of certain elec electronic � tronic equipment The Endako announcement means that DC will have two molybdenum mines In produc production � tion next year The other is at Doss Mountain near Williams Lake which Noranda Mines has announced will be in production next year at a cost of 7 million Its mill capacity will be In the neighborhood of 1000 tons a day John Mallis funeral to be held Tuesday Funeral service will be held at Knox United Church at 130 pm Tuesday for the late John Mallis prominent Prince George businessman Mr Mallis died at Prince George Regional Hospital early Sunday morning He was 75 years old Dorn in Auchterarder Perth Perthshire � shire Scotland Mr Mallis came to Canada and Prince George in 1929 He was associated for many years with Den Dalrds Cloth Clothing � ing Store now Morrisons Mens Wear After his retire retirement � ment he served as notary public wih Carmlchael and Luttrell Mr Mallis was an active member and had been an elder of the congregation of Knox United Church for more than 30 years He served as Bap Baptismal � tismal Elder for much of that time and was a Superintendent of the Sunday School for many years Prior to his death Mr Mallis instigated the plans and was chairman of a committee for the renovation of the chancel fund Mr Mallis was also a mem member � ber of the Masonic Lodge He is survived by his wife Elsie in Prince George a brother James in Auchterarder Scotland step daughter and stepson Mrs A F Hafstad Carlton Minn and Eric Davis Red Deer Alta and relatives In Seattle and Vancouver Pall bearers will be Dill Attken Jim Hodson L G Cur Curtis � tis Dill Ogg Tom Wright and Harold Moffat Honorary bearers will be William Munro Jack Aitken John Robertson John Mor Morrison � rison Ross Mirdochand Martin Caine CLEAR WTV JT I Low 25 - High 40 Phon LOflan 4 2441 7e P Man who sparked the development of the huge low grade molybdenum property of Endako mines was To Toronto � ronto engineer Andrew R Robertson seen here in photo taken at Endako in 1962 Pictured with Mr Robertson is geologist Sol Waisberg W D West photo Moose fleeing snow killed on railways Railway men will halt a train to miss a moose but they cant stop the slaughter The toll of moose killed by trains In the Northern Interior this year is 110 to 115 Train crews have held up truins for 30 minutes to let a moose wander to safety They drive for miles at low speed while a moose gallops ahead un until � til it finds an exit between rail side snowbanks They douse headlights to avoid paralyzing the moose Many moose have been spared by their actions But the fatality toll remains 95 killed on the CNR 15 to 20 on the PGE The deep snow Is at fault Moose seek shallow snow areas during winter When they get TROOPS CLAIM CYPRUS NICOSIA UP An additional 223 Canadian troops were due In Cyprus tonight for the United Nations peace force The island itself was unusually quiet Although tension between Greek and Turklsh Cyprlots remained high no shooting was reported Sunday Arrival of the Canadian troops was considered to have had a calming effect Five more RCAF transport planes were due in Nicosia to today � day Members of the Royal 22nd Regiment boarded the planes Sunday at Quebec Additional troops were tode part by air today from Quebec and Halifax The Canadian air aircraft � craft carrier Donaventure was being loaded at Halifax for de departure � parture Wednesday with 100 soldiers and CO vehicles Canadian officials hope to have the entire Canadian con contingent � tingent of 1150 men In Cyprus by March 24 An advance party of 10G officers and men came In three planesduring the week weekend � end Finland Sweden and Ireland also have promised troops for the international army but there was no word here when any would arrive Secretary General U Thant hopes to cre create � ate a UN police force of 7000 men Including 3500 members of the present British peace peacekeeping � keeping contingent on Cyprus Irelands Premier Sean Le mass told reporters upon arri arrival � val in London Sunday for a trade show that there was a flood of volunteers for his coun trys pledged contingent of 500 men Although the Greek - Cyprlot population has denounced Brit Britain � ain for Its efforts to enforce a truce on the Island their gov government � ernment hailed the arrival of the Canadians At an airport welcome Interior Minister Polycarpos Georgadjis said the contribution of the UN force to efforts of the Cyprus gov government � ernment to restore law and order will be immense A Cyprlot government spokes spokesman � man said Turklsh Cyprlots set fire Sunday to some unoccupied Greek Cyprlot houses In Aylos Thoedhoros a village near Lar naca in southern Cyprus It was the only reiwited incident of the day onto a railway track they either cannot or will not yield the right-of-way to a train The fatality rate is fairly constant every year says Insp Walter Gill of the provincial game branch The train crews do all they can to avoid killing moose but each year It Is the same A reason for the higher num number � ber of fatalities on the CNR is that moose migrate south each winter to the area containing the Prince Rupert Red Pass line The moose killed by trains are usually Inedible however moosed killed by cars are often doled out to needy families Nation wide railway strike looms in US WASHINGTON AP - Chief railway negotiator J E Wolfe said today the United States is on the verge of a national rail- road strike Wolfe said five railway un unions � ions created the new strike threat by bypassing national ne negotiations � gotiations and seeking separate talks with two individual rail railways � ways We have unimpeachable ad advice � vice that the unions do Intend to strike Wednesday against the two railways Wolfe said at a press conference Wolfe releasedacopyofalet ter the railway negotiators de delivered � livered to Labor Secretary W Wlllard Wirtz Sunday We respectfully askthatyou move promptly to prevent the unions from turning private dis disputes � putes into public disaster the letter savs A labor department observer at Wolfes press conference said there would be no immedi immediate � ate comment from Wlrtz Wolfe said that if the unions carry out plans to strike the Southern Pacific or the Louis Louisville � ville and Nashville the other railways will immediately im impose � pose proposed wage and other work rules changes across the US Union sources have said this would bring about a US wide strike Budget tonight OTTAWA CP - Finance Minister Walter Gordon will re reveal � veal his 19G4 65 budget plans in the House of Commons to tonight � night He will begin his budget speech at 5 pm Prince George Time The decisions will affect many facets of Canadian econ omic life corporate and per personal � sonal Income tax rates growth foreign investment andfederal-and-provlnclal affairs A review of Mr Gordons fiscal policies is on page 3 today The federal government has had deficits for seven years in a row The deficit for the fiscal year which ends march 31 will be C8S million the third larg largest � est in Canadian peacetime his history � tory There are pressures on Mr Gordon to reduce the deficit in the next fiscal year so major tax cuts are not expected For companies which dont da this the withholding tax on dividends transferred out of Canada Is scheduled to rise to 0 per cent from 15 next Jan 1