Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 6, 1956, Winnipeg, Manitoba Freedom of Trade Liberty of religion Equality of civil rights free Enterprise in Gas the announcement on thursday that Canadian Hydro carbons Ltd. Intends to build a propane pipeline next year from Alberta to the Lakehead is Welcome news in Winnipeg. Construction i dependent on the company getting permission from the Board of transport commissioners to build the line and from the Alberta conservation Board to Tytke liquid Petroleum products out of that province. But the firm apparently has Little fear that this permission will be denied. It has already authorized the ordering of enough six Inch and eight Inch pipe for the entire project. The pipeline May Weli have important consequences for the greater Winnipeg area. It should result in further diversification of Winnipeg Industry through the establishment of various types of chemical factories. It will also Benefit some Rural areas on the Prairies and in Ontario which because of the Small demand cannot be served by the trans Canada company s natural Gas pipeline. These areas will however to served with propane via the smaller pipeline and by right tankers who a the company will use to haul the pro duet from the end of the pipeline at fort William to other Ontario comparisons will inevitably be made Between the pro pane pipeline and the Prairie Section of the trans Canada natural Gas pipeline. But the two projects cannot be fairly compared. The Prairie re of the natural Gas pipeline from Albera to Winnipeg will be about Foo Miles Long will use 1-Inch pipe and will Cost around so million. The propane pipeline will cover about Miles will use six Inch and eight Inch pipe and will Cost approximately s60 million. This sum includes the Cost of building the main line ships on the great lakes storage facilities in Winnipeg and at the Lakehead. Gathering facilities in Alberta and Spur lines from the Starling Point in Alberta to Pincher Creek and to Edmonton. The two lines will carry different products. The Large pipeline will be used exclusively for natural Gas. The smaller line will carry propane butane natural gasoline and other Hydro Carbon products. The propane pipeline is however dependent on the natural Gas pipeline. The liquid Petroleum products that will be tarried by the six Inch pipeline Are the by products of the processing of natural Gas. Only the Winnipeg free press printed Ana poll tied Dally except sunday by free press company limited. 300 Carlton Street. We Snipes. Manitoba authorized As second class matter by the Post office department. Ottawa. Tom Kent editor gram1 Dexter associate editor Victor Sifton president publisher r. A Malone vk-2-president we. Lord general manager Winnipeg Friday july 6, 1956 Chickadee notes by Harold Mossop no. 77. Cowbird master opportunist my Uch in evidence at this time of year on our lawns boulevards in our gardens and Parks in fact Al most any place where smaller Birds build their nests May be i found that Carefree deceiver of the Bird world the Cowbird. Unique among North american Birds for its parasitic habits it lays its eggs in the nests of leaves its nest unguarded May. Be victimized. We have found their eggs not Only in the nests of smaller Birds but in the nests of thrushes blackbirds Grackles and Meadowlark. From the Cradle to the grave cowbirds Are real opportunists. The Cowbird s eggs Are White generously speckled Over the entire surface with Brown. In the other usually smaller Birds for j nest of a smaller or larger Bird them to Hatch and rear its Young i size alone will distinguish them in the same manner As that but in the nest of a Bird of Simi i understand he s a late entry from Winnipeg struggle for Columbia Power 1 Why Canada holds High cards Ottawa Bate in the Short de the House of commons on june 27 and 28, and the conference last week at Victoria . Between Hon. Jean Lesage Federal minister of Northern affairs and National resources and Premier Bennett of British Columbia form the opening phase of the by Grant Dexter of natural Gas that will be exported through negotiations on the Large amount the trans Canada line and the resulting volume of by products will make the smaller pipeline economically Feas Ible. Unlike the trans Canada company Canadian Hydro carbons Ltd. Presumably has an assured and adequate Market for its products. As a result and again unlike the trans Canada company it expects to encounter no difficulties in raising the necessary capital and will not find it necessary to Call upon the Federal government for financial assistance. Western canadians will Welcome and approve this example of free Enterprise and initiative. Columbia River. The direct be the River has been largely Dev eloped in a series of great dams grand Coulee chief Joseph hungry horse the Dalles Bonneville and so on. But the . Power interests cannot get the most out of their huge plants unless the flow of the River is regulated Foliations Between Washington dam on the upper reaches Campbells Liberal critics the annoyance of members of the Winnipeg South Centre women s Liberal association Over the fact that greater Winnipeg is not represented in the Manitoba Cabinet is not surprising. It is Likely that their attitude reflects the views of a Large part of the population of the City. But criticism of this nature by a political association organized for the express purpose of helping the administration to remain in Power raises an interesting political ques Tion. The principle of local autonomy imposes upon the local certain inescapable responsibilities. If the lib eral City members fail to meet the qualifications for Cabinet rank upon which or. Campbell insists the Premier might some Justice complain that the fault lies at least As much with the local organizations As with him. For the City representation reflects in Good part their judgment in select ing candidates and the Quality of their efforts in electing them. This is not to say that City members have failed through any Lack of Zeal or ability to meet or. Campbell s require ments for Cabinet office. The Premier keeps his own counsel in such matters and his formula May Well extend to other considerations including legislative experience. But while he May be open to criticism on this ground he is at least As Likely to be right in his judgments As a local organization with much More limited horizons. Or. Campbell would no doubt be the first to recognize that the Complete Lack of representation from the metropolitan area is dangerous to the political prospects of his party. If the provincial election follows redistribution which now seems almost certain the Premier will have about 20 of his 57 candidates at the mercy of electors who will have been without representation in the Cabinet. Or. Roblin and or. Stinson will certainly exploit this situation to damage Tho electoral prospects of All Liberal candidates running in the City. The Liberal party government and organization has allowed a serious situation to develop in greater Winnipeg. To draw the entire Cabinet from half the Popula Tion is to invite embarrassment and the loss of More Urban seats. But the situation is not a product of the errors of today. It is the direct result of past failures of the Liberal party and organization. This will not be corrected by recriminations within the party. And Ottawa will not begin until after the presidential elec Tion. Since these negotiations Are i the most important of their i kind since the Boundary Waters negotiations which pre ceded the treaty of 190? and the arbitration in 1903 which fixed the Alaska Canada Boun Dary it is in order to keep the record up to Date. The Boundary Waters treaty and the Alaska Boundary award wore related. The Deci Sion on the Alaska Boundary outraged Canadian Public Opi Nion. J. W. Dafoe in his life of sir Clifford Sifton refers j to it As a turning Point in Canadian the Lau j Rich government determined in j 1903 that Canada should never be so treated again and sought and in Large part obtained n the Boundary Waters treaty j an agreed body of rules or Laws j by which future controversies j could be settled. J the instrument created to administer these rules or Laws was the International joint commission the most Success Ful body of International conciliation Ever known. On the Canadian Side. There is a record of Strong Arm dealing in the Libby dam Case which will be summarized in a later article. But apart from this the Canadian Sec Tion of the commission under general a. G. L. Mcnaughton has developed plans for div Erting the flow of the upper Kootenay River into the col has flowed into the United states. Every Trump card in the hand of the Canadian govern ment has been put there by the Canadian Section. If it had not been shown that we could divert water away from the . Turbines there would be nothing to negotiate nothing to discuss. The americans would merely have to wait until our need for Power compelled us to build dams on the equally famous parasite the eur Opean cuckoo. Numerous phone Calls have Lar size with few exceptions there is a difference in Colora Tion. Years ago in a towhee s been received requesting the j nest it seemed All was Well until identity of these Little blackbirds i a closer inspection revealed that one of which the male is shiny i two of the five eggs were Noti Black with Brown head and the other the female is Dull greyish Brown. The Bill is rather Short and Sparrow like and. Like other members of its family it walks and does not hop As do sparrows. Its song it listened to carefully is heard to be a mixture of Bot i the musical and unmusical. Liquid notes the opening phrase consists of several Beautiful liquid notes veritable drops of music that Cearly smaller and More heavily speckled. Of course we saved these charming Birds the Ignominy of raising this pair of intruders at the expense of their own children. A nest May contain in addition to the rightful eggs As Many As five Cowbird s eggs. once found a Clay coloured Sparrow s nest containing four Cowbird s eggs Only the Sparrow s eggs had All been removed. For a pair Are quite pleasing to be anime j of these diminutive sparrows to Dia Cly followed by a High Supply four hungry cowbirds pitched squeak that rather spoils each larger than themselves with the effect. Sufficient food would be a task no nest of any kind is made by i that beggars description. Need the Cowbird. The female May be less to say by removing the of seen carefully searching Hedges fending eggs we saved them this and shrubbery for nests or period of slavery watching a Warbler Finch or we have just received a Call Thrush As it builds its nest the from mrs. W. W. Thompson 940 builder evidently unaware of the Umbria system thereby greatly each springtime the floods i diminishing the Power Poten i Canadian the Colum overflow the dams while in tial of the proposed Libby Bia dams Whill in product. Ing Power for us would Auto tial of the proposed Libby the rest of the year for Lack dam and diverting the sur of water the plants operate plus water of the Columbia below capacity. If the Spring into the Thompson Fraser sys floods were impounded in can Ada and fed into the River Dur ing the Low water months of the year there would be no waste and these . Plants would gain in output several million horse Power without the expenditure of a Dollar. It would be pure Gravy. The Columbia River is pro Bably the greatest Power River in the world certainly the greatest in the Western world. Its potential including both countries is perhaps 50 Mil lion horse Power. It is a Large River and it Falls More than 2.700 feet from its beginnings in the Canadian Rockies to the sea in the state of Washington. The Niagara River in contrast Falls Only 300 feet including the two sets of rapids. The . Power interests have always believed that in course of time the upper Columbia would be harnessed to provide Power for British Columbia and that when this event occurred the Long Plum would fall into their Lap. The Northwest states served by the lower Columbia have exhausted the easily got at Power of the Columbia River system South of the Border. They urgently need More Power and failing help from Canada Are confronted with a painful Choice. They must go in for High Cost steam Power or build dams on tributaries of the Columbia which will yield Power right enough but High Cost Power and even so at the expense of drowning out Large and valuable areas land National Parks and the like. The Canadian solution would spare them this decision. They would get the additional Power they need without resort either to steam or their higher Cost Hydro Sites. What has happened to upset All the american expectations terns. This would mean that the . Plants on the Colum Bia would never receive this water. The commission naturally could not agree on these Points. The . Section Vehe mently dissented. And so this Spring the can Adian government agreed with the . Government to discuss the future of the Columbia River directly. The matter has not been withdrawn from the joint commission. The commis Sion s studies Are going for Ward. But pending the discussions there will be no at tempt by the Canadian Section of the commission to make recommendations. There is no reflection Here upon general Mcnaughton and his colleagues in the Canadian Section. This is not the first time the two sections have disagreed. Twice before this has happened. Magically control the flood water and thus Benefit the . Plants on the . Side of the Boundary. The Canadian government As will be shown holds very High cards in these discussions. But their strength can be nullified by the Bennett govern ment British Columbia. The co operation of Premier Ben Nett is essential to Success. Otherwise the Federal govern ment in seeking to safeguard Canadian interests May be come involved in a provincial rights Wrangle with British Columbia. This is Why or. Lesage and his chief advisers have spent a week at Victoria. The prospects As later articles will show Are not too favourable Cha 1m Eon Lenni in of the Columbia s total fall is that the International joint feet Are in Canada and feet in the United states. The United states Section of commission has failed to agree on How the Columbia Waters should be handled. Or. Andrew Moore seminal idea the United nations is More than an organization it is an idea. It May not be Tho clearest idea in the world it is certainly one of the biggest. That it should be clearly in the seminar is being con ducted by Winnipeg s Branch of the United nations association in Canada. So the Young people will be listening to teachers who Are convinced the Gap left in Manitoba s educational system by the retirement of or. Andrew Moore As inspector of Winnipeg High schools will be extremely difficult to fill. No one has better reason than the teachers with Good reason for scaling Down standards in Manitoba schools. In the school system As in other lines of Endeavor the easy path is often the path to mediocrity. It was or. Moore s lot to repeat Over and Over whom he worked to appreciate j again that there Are paths Rio stood is important because i that the United nations idea otherwise i will not work and if that happens those of us who Are left May have to Start again from scratch. Nobody knows for sure either How much time the is one of Mankind s greatest Hopes. There May be people who feel that in this sudden Ner Vous world what a few High school boys and girls on a col Otighe world stir have Oge Campus think about the n which to get the idea Clear a makes so it Tea offer Nee their minds. But the Only that it is not Worth mention in Way to get ideas Clear is to 1 think about them and it is High time now to Start think j ins about the in. That is what a group of Young men and women will be doing next week at the univer sity of Manitoba. They Are High school students who have been selected by the principals of their schools in Manitoba cometh he Light lest his and Northwestern Ontario to j Devecis should be reproved attend a special seminar. J John ing. But ideas get around and if there is enough time left for 1 1c does gals to grow up in then what they think about the in May make All the Dif Terence the world today s scripture the value of his Long services to education in this City. Or. Moore has from time to time been accused of be ing militant and if this Means that he knows what he thinks and then is prepared to fight for his concepts he would pro Bably accept the charge with All cheerfulness. In his nearly thirty years As a school inspector or. Moore has opposed any relaxation of academic standards. In Prin Ciple no one quarrels with him. But or. Moore Lias never hesitated to get Down to cases and cases Are controversial. He has for example been firm in the View that symphony concerts and swimming lessons do not take the place of English and arithmetic. He has never ceased to insist that if reasonable standards demand a Good Deal of Pupil exertion that is no More rewarding than the path of least resistance. What he said needed to be said and the schools Are better for it. On the first occasion the St. Mary River Case in Mon Tana and Alberta the two governments agreed to a Divi Sion of water. On the second the Waterton Lake belly River Case the Canadian Sec Tion made an Independent re commendation to the Canadian government which despite the disapproval of the . Govern ment Ottawa has accepted and acted upon. Far from being a reflection on the Canadian Section of the International joint commis Sion the present deadlock in the Columbia River negotiations is entirely due to the skill and the resourcefulness with which the Canadian Sec Tion discovered All Canadian water which hitherto evil intent with which its efforts Are observed. The Cowbird then seems Able to time its egg Lay ing apparatus to coincide with that of the rightful nest owner. Much controversy exists As to the Cowbird s method of Deposit ing her egg. Some say that it is first Laid on the ground to be carried in the Bird s Bill and placed in the victim s nest at the. Opportune moment during the owner s absence. Others hold that the sly Cowbird watching its Chance lays its egg directly into the nest. We have observed this latter method. Some report seeing the cow Bird remove an egg when its own is deposited. It thus maintains the proper number without arousing suspicion because of an overabundance of eggs. This we believe is often done. The other Day in the nest of a yellow War Bler in our hedge we discovered two Warbler s and one Cowbird s egg. Earlier the same Day it had contained three Warbler s eggs. David aged 12. Brought in a broken yellow Warbler s egg. He had seen a female Cowbird Peck ing at it on the Jawn she then flew a Short distance with it in her Bill and dropped it on our driveway Strong circumstantial evidence. Cowbirds do not confine their parasitic activities to any one or several species of Birds. They Riverwood ave., reporting a ves per Sparrow s nest near her Home containing 4 Cowbird s eggs Only. All the rightful eggs had been removed one of which is on the ground a few inches from the nest. The Mother ves per Sparrow is apparently unaware of the deception and is patiently brooding the eggs As if they were her own. Eagles always a sight to thrill the Bird watcher is the Majestic soaring of either the Golden or Bald Eagle both of which May be seen near or Over our City during Spring and fall migration. Occasionally Hardy individuals May also spend the Winter this far North and May be seen rabbi Hunting even in below Zero Wea ther. The latest Eagle reports Are both of adults of the while headed White tailed species known As Bald eagles which of course Are not really Bald that is lacking head feathers As is the vulture. Andrew Kolach saw one soaring Over Stonewall Man., on May 15 and in reporting this observation Ken Gardner writes it was unmistakable with its Black body and White head and Tail not to mention its Large another seen at Brandon Man., is reported by Blake Johns 1067 Clifton St., who also identified it by the Are guided by expediency rather contrasting dark and White than principle and any Bird that head and Tail. Soft talk in both Korea a suddenly gentle syn Man Rhee by Rawle Knox Seoul president syn Man Rhee has surprisingly abandoned the March to the North As a Means of uniting Korea. His renunciation of Force comes after a steady intensification of the North korean communist Campaign for the country s unification and almost echoes a Pyong Yang broadcast of May 31. This broadcast declared that the government of the demo cratic people s Republic of Korea will not be the first to use its armed forces against the South korean authorities. As Long As the South korean authorities do not pro Voke War against the North Ern Republic. The broadcast went on to announce the reduction of North Korea s armed forces by men with a corresponding withdrawal of combat equip ment and promised that the state would use its Good of remembered words from Mort d Arthur by Alfred lord Tennyson and slowly answered Arthur from the Barge the old order Chang eth yielding place to new and god fulfils himself in Many ways lest one Good custom should corrupt the world. Comfort thyself what com fort is in me i have lived my life and that which i have done May he within himself make birthdays William Arthur Elliott Winnipeg born Perth ont. July 6, 1885. I said you too can share the better files to provide peaceful occupations for demobilized North korean soldiers. North Korea s shortage of manpower especially on the land has been Clear from her own radio and newspaper com ments for some time. Presi Dent Rhee speaking on the sixth anniversary of the out break of the korean War showed that he had no illusions about the he gave a warning that Only armed preparedness could prevent new aggression but said that he was willing for All korean elections under United nations auspices provided All chinese troops with Drew from North Korea. This is substantially Little Dif Ferent from the Western plan presented at Geneva in May 1954. But on that occasion Chou in Lai China s foreign minister countered Only with an offer to have a Neutral com Mission to assist an All kor Ean commission that would supervise National elections. But now North korean pre Mier Kim in Sung and the kor Ean labor party communist to have made some adv Ance. During the third Congress of the party in april the last was held in 1948 a manifesto proposed 1. A coalition with All poli tical parties social organizations and individuals in South Korea 2. A joint conference to form a United front 3. Immediate political cultural and economic exchanges Between the two Korea 4. Establishment of a per manent commission with equal representation from both Hal ves of the country that could decide on All immediate questions. Towards the end of May in North Korea an enlarged ses Sion of the Centra committee of United democratic father land endorsed the party Congress manifesto and stated that the unified government to be established in the future should be a coalition govern ment in the North korean communists have often before suggested that several selected South korean groups should join the United front but never before stated flatly and with no accompanying vilification of president Rhee that there should be a straight coalition. Though this propaganda was timed to follow the rejection on May 9 by the 16 nations of the United nations command of piping s proposal for a new conference on Korea it did seem to be a slight Advance on anything the communists had previously offered. Certainly North Korea needs unification. The party s third Congress brought out the lag in agricultural production and the Little work that had been done on River and water control before yet another flood season arrives in july and August. Soviet Aid is decreasing to be replaced by Trade but the Aid has not been enough to fulfil several of the North korean projects in the current three year plan. Kim in Sung admitted that North korean Trade is Only at 41 per cent of its 1949 level. Syn Man Rhee dearly wishes for a United Korea with himself at the head. It seems most unlikely after All these years of hard headed opposition to communism that he is in any Way yielding to the Blandishments from Pyong Yang. But his weakened Posi Tion after the vice president of his Choice was Defeated in the May elections has forced him to make a gesture of Good will in the face of communist pressure. Observer i Orrum ;