2 THE CITIZEN Thursday, January 29, 1959 EDITORIALS Trade is T h e oldest civic institution in Prince George is the board of trade and Mho services it has rendered to the community and district over its long years of activity ait' innumerable. The influence of the board with municipal, provincial and federal governments has acted as a ;<\>uv lo many beneficial developments, especially in connection with highways, improved telephone service and the extension of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway into the Peace River area. Representations made by the board have also been instrumental in the establishment of local branches of a number of firms and the nucleus of a large wholesale district which will do a great deal to strengthen the city's claim to being the distributing center for northern and central B.C. It is only over a period of several years that one sees the importance of Board of Trade activities. Spectacular results have not been achieved quickly. By patient effort and constant prodding, it has succeeded in gaining a sufficient ¦•'number of worthwhile objectives to warrant a continuing interest on the par! of businessmen. Probably no other year will show greater activity or keener interest than 1959 when the board is under the leader- ship of John Morrison and his excellent group of committee chairmen. Mr. Morrison now joins the ranks of other civic-minded businessmen who in past years have held the office of president and have given freely of their Lime and effort to the community work of the board. lie is also president of the Prince George Agricultural and Industrial Association, an ex-mayor and former president of the local branch of the Red Cross Society. Mr. Morrison has surrounded himself with a strong slate of committee chairmen, a secretary-manager and there are indications that the board is in for another year of usefulness to the community. Unfortunately, there are still quite a few Prince George businessmen who are content to "let George do it", who reap while others sow. This is not a healthy spirit for any community and it is probably due more to failure on the part of members in asking others to join than any intentional indifference on the part of non-members. There is a job for everyone with a sincere interest in the community and it would certainly be encouraging to President Morrison if enthusiasm over the board's work was manifested in the attendance at meetings. Tomorrow's Only Blame (This editorial is reprinted to further thinking on a series of stories on education problems which have been carried in The Citizen. More students, buildings and money for teachers are the crux of the issues in Westerly, Rhode Island. They are here, too.—Editor) There are 20 million American families today with children in elementary grades, high schools or away at college; ¦so the predictions for 105!), recently released by the National Education Association Journal, shoiald be of Interest to someone. The NEA Journal is circulated each month to more than 700,-000 teachers throughout the United ¦States and its territories. According to the Journal, more youngsters of high school age will be attending summer sessions voluntarily than ever before in history. Most of them taking additional courses, not make-up work. Students will be spending about ten per cent more times in the study of mathematics. Many schools will introduce the study of radio isotopes, space science and related up-to-date science courses. Courses in chemistry, physics and advanced biology will be made available to more students. Interest in legislation affecting ed-lucatioh will reach unprecedented heights in both sessions of the 86th Congress. For the first time in history, the average teacher's salary will pass $5,000. Increased college enrollment will demand 1200 additional professors of chem- ' istry. 800 for physics and 1300 for higher mathematics. Students Can Their Parents By the end of 1959, 36 million children will be enrolled in the public elementary schools—an increase of one and one-third million over the present enrollment. In the same period college and university enrollment will climb about three and one-half million — an increase of 230,000 over the 1958-59 school year. The educational ladder will be extended still further through the expansion of both adult education classes and kindergartens. Small towns will band together to form group school districts in order to replace ill-equipped schools and offer more comprehensive programs in better staffed schools. About .100 school districts will disappear in this manner. Thinking people throughout the country are giving more thought and study to their school problems. They realize that school taxes and a minimum of education, as permitted by law, should no longer be the governing factors in operating a school system. The world is moving ahead rapidly; so that the studies of a decade ago may no longer be adequate to meet demands placed upon the students of today once they graduate. As we approach our own financial town meeting in Westerly, we will all do well to stud}- the needs of our school system. If we are not equipped to offer a present-day educational program, our children will have no one to blame for it but their parents. —Westerly (R.I.) 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Should Mounties Be Used As Bait for Tourists? Commissioner "L.H". Nicholson of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in his annual report to Parliament, has found it necessary once again to draw attention to demands made on the force for the services of officers for occasions having little <>r no connection with police duty. Chief I v he is concerned about the employment of scarlet-coated officers for strictly "show" purposes, as photographers' models' for hordes of tourists. The .practice is sufficiently common in Ottawa for it to be unnecessary for Commissioner Nicholson to inform Parliament in much detail; but it is fairly prevalent here and in other cities as well. Frequently requests are made for RCMp officers to be stationed at such places us ferry wharves for no purpose whatever other than that they should be gawked at and photographed by tourists. As some tourists seem to possess very few inhibitions, this experience can bo painfully embarrassing for the officers. It may be good Eor tourist trade, but that is not the function of the RCMP. At. a time when police work is increasing throughout. Canada at a pace considerably faster than numerical additions are being made to the. RCMP, unnecessary detailing of members of the force as "exhibits" is wasteful; but that is not the commissioner's sole cause of concern. "I am convinced," • his report states "that morale would be affected if we peHnited the Uniform and reputation of the force to be capitalized on unreasonably in this respect." He points out also that where there is over-emphasis of parade and show features it has to be at the expense of the police work, "which is and must remain our primary function." Tourist organizations and Others should bear Commissioner Nicholson".-; polite but firm explanation in mind. Communist Paper Blasts Farmers The Communist organ of the Labor-Progressive party, The Canadian Tribune, doesn't thing much of. Canadian farmers. This Is deal" from a recent editorial in which The Tribune bewails the failure of farmers' unions in Manitoba and Saskatchewan to get firmly behind the new political party that the Canadian Labor Congress and the CCF propose launching. Farmers in Western Canada, according to The Tribune have been the Victims of "the propaganda spread by the big monopolies among farmers that labor is to blame for high cost." What The tribune is really saying is that Canadian farm- ers cannot think for themselves, and what really worries the communists is the fact that farmers in Western Canada have indeed thought for themselves, ami thought clearly, leading them to conclude that they would lose their independence and their political freedom if they allied themselves with the new party to be lauched by labor and the CCF. What is disquieting is the interest shown by The Tribune, as the organ of communism, in the party that the Canadian Labor Congress and the CCF hope to be able to put in orbit on the political scene. Italy See-Saws With Socialists, Democrats By JOSEPH MACSWP1KX Canadian Press Staff Writer Amintore Fanfani's Italian government is reminiscent in some respect of France's pell-mell political life under the Fourth Republic. Perhaps Italian President Giovanni Gronchi is tempted at times to wish for an Italian' Charles de Gaulle who would restore political stability with a strong hand as has happened in France. Italy, like France, has suffered since the Second World' War from a multiplicity of political parlies, including a powerful Communist, party 'hungering for power. Rut the immediate cause of Fanfani's downfall after less than seven months of power was the manoevring of the Socialists. Similar Socialist manoevring felled Premier Adone Zoli after only 22 days in office, and Premier Antoni Segni after 22 months; The Socialist are divided into «two large camps. The right-wing Social Democrats served in Fanfani's coalition government with his Christian wing Italian Socialist party under Pietro Nenni was in the opposition. Ironically, Nenni brought on the crisis by moving slightly toward the right. At a recent party congress be announced that his group henceforth will follow an independent line, breaking away from the Communist with whom Nenni has been allied since the War. At the same time, however, he reiterated his opposition to the Fanfani government and declared that he would continue to battle any government dominated by the Chris-¦ tian democrats. The centre^ group that has held a commanding position in Italian politics most, of'the time since the war. Nenni's action raised anew in Socialist hearts the possibility of reunion between the two wings of ibe party— a dream that meant doom for Fanfani's coalition government. Some Social Democrats, including Labor Minister Kzio Vigorelli, bolted to the opposition, leaving Fanfani without a majority in parliament'. Other Social Democrats feel that Nenni's move to the right was slight and 'that they will do better to maintain their connection with the centre groups in support, of NATO and Western policies in the cold war. 'Fanfani's edge in the chamber of deputies has always been small although Italy's general elections last May gave the four moderate, pro-Western centre parties — the Christian Democrats, Social Democrats, Liberals and Republicans—a sufficient working majority. Fanfani wasn't able to include the Liberals and Republicans in bis coalition and bis cabinet survived as long as it, did only because the Republicans refused to vote against hint in parliamentary issues. The May elections showed a significant, increase in the popular vote for the Christian Democrats, gaining particularly from the far-right parties. The Communist advanced extremely little over the previous elections — in 1053 — and the left-wing Socialists gained little more. The extreme right, comprising two rival monarchist parties and neo-Pascist groups, suffered a collapse. Business Opportunity GENERAL MOTORS Are now ready to appoint a dealership in Prince George to handle Pontiac, Buick, GMC Trucks along with a share of GENERAL MOTORS built VAUXHAtLL passenger cars and BEDFORD trucks PonHac is Canada's second best seller, Buick is fifth in the America-built passenger car field, and G.M.C. are Canada's third best truck, seller. Vauxhall is the best seller in Canada of British-built passenger cars, and the small Bedford trucks, built in our Vauxhall plant at Luton, England, is fast becoming a leader in this field in Canada. 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