PAGE 2, THE HERALD, Thursday. September 1, 1977 Still cleaning up two. days after burglars entered their home and searched every room is Orville Spencer, of 3304 Munroe St. thelr home by. He and his wife Florence were hoildaying over the weekend when euenes broke into smashing a utility room wi The intruders thoroughly messed up the home during their search, netting about §50 in loose change ineluding a collection of American coins. Twice in the past two years SAY WESTERN PREMIERS — ‘LRB ORDER . - Sawfilers sent back | _ VANCOUVER. CP’- Saw filers who shut down: 10 Vancouver Island sawmills Monday idling more than 2,000 miliworkers have been: ordered back to work by Ed Peck, chairman of the British Columbia Labor Relations Board. - Peck said Tuesday the work stoppages and picketing Were illegal after Forest Industrial Relations, FIR, which represents the industry, asked for a blanket cease-and-desist Peck told FIR lawyer Ben Trevino that the order was informal and a formal order | would be issued today if the the Spencer's home has been robbed with only small amount of cash taken each time. Times have changed for Spencer, who homesteaded in the Nass area in the late 19403 before coming to Terrace. In 1948, he remembers, heleft his cabin unlocked for six months and the $75 in coins on a shelf was still there when he retur- ned. wildeate strikes continued or spread to the mainland.. He ruled that the strike! was illegal because contract negotiations had been successful and because the pickets had not . been authorized by their union. " MONTREAL CP - The Protestant Schoo! Board of Greater Montreal PSBGM has decided to stand firm in offering- freedom of choice in the language of education, despite Premier Rene Levesque’s charge that such a course would amount to civil disobedience. uo PSBGM.: chairman Joan Dougherty said ie trong will ‘ the motions” af 0! regulations of Bill vor the hew -French language charter, by. using school registration forms provided by the Quebec government. “But the board will not force any child to go to a French school against the . -In a brief of the board, FIR president Keith Bennett said the strike was the result of a disagreement between the filers and their union. . He said Jack Munro, regional president of the International Woodworkers of America which represents the saw filers, had ‘told the strikers return to their jobs. Saw filers walked out because a callective ‘agreement reached Friday FIR and the IWA did not contain pay provisions they had demanded. The agreement is being voted on by ‘union members this The job action shut down mills . in Nanaimo, Ladysmith, Victoria and Cowichan Bay. Ken.Joyce, a filers’ spokesman at Nanalmo said the workers were upset that their . G@emand for adjusted pay rates was dropped from last week's agreement. At issue is the pay spread between the classifications Those on the-] f filer. t scale earn $9.09 an hour, at the end, $9.28 an hour. Ee been 1 ned that 1977 was not a year for wage to revisions for any particular oup because the amount would: be taken Into con- sideration as part, of the federal anti: inflation i oie al also said the industry has agreed to meet with a union wommittee during the term of the new contract to discuss filing room problems. Before Peck’s decision, Joyce said he expected 500 filers.in the province would join the protest in the next. few days and ‘picket lines would remain up until the matter is resolved. ON LANGUAGE RIGHTS ~ School stands firm — wishes of his parents, Mrs. Dougherty said. “This isn’t a save the PSBGM fight, ” she said. “This is a people’ s fight to save a pluralistic way of life, and the time has come when we can no longer allow the govenrment to take away fundamental rights of . individuals.” A resolution adopted at a meeting of the PSBGM Monday declared that the board Sould advise parents of the implications of the language law but. would leave to parents the final choice of whether they want their children educated in French or English. . The board also said it would back parents, if they wanted to challenge the law Pipeline talks begin today — OTTAWA CP - Energy Secretary James Schlesinger of the United _ States arrives today for Improve grain handling. WINNIPEG CP - The premiers of the four western provinces have expressed concern about delays in putting recommendations of the Hall Commission into effect and have asked for an early meeting with Prime Minister Trudeau. The concerns are con- tained in a letter to the prime minister from Manitoba Premier Ed Schreyer on behalf of premiers of Saskatchewan; Alberta ands British Columbia. Schreyer suggested to Trudeau that a meeting be held in Calgary. The letter, dated Monday and made public today, is critical of federal Transport Minister Otto Lang for his apparent lack of concern about the Hall Com- mission’s report on grain handling and sportation. tran- . The letter said minister has either delayed action on the report or acted in manner contrary to the spirit of the report. - Schreyer singled out the creation of a Prairie rail authority as one of the key recommendations of the Hall Commission that has not yet been acted on by Ottawa. - The western provinces agree that such a decision-. making body is needed to look after railway branch lines. ‘The letter notes that the $100 million grant recently -anmounced by the federal government for im- provements j in other branch ines is not being overseen by a western agency, but is being arrange by negotiations bétween the railways and Lang’s office. the Schreyer emphasized that he and his colleagues would not regatd’ the Canadian ‘Transport Commission as a satisfactory substitute for a Prairie Rail authority because the commission in the past “not been par- ticularly sensitive or responsive to western Canadian needs.” The other complaints of the premiers are that abandoned railway rights-- of-way are to be taken over by the federal government ’ instead of the provinces and Ottawa’s lack of com- mitment to improvements for the British Columbia port of Prince Rupert and the northern Manitoba port of Churchill. . Schreyer’s letter noted that Trudeau pledged support for western economic development in an April 18 speech to a meeting of the Canadian Association af Broadcasters in Win- peg. instead, the federal government has created a Prairie rail action com-. mittee. . .Terms of reference for this group were formally made public today in Saskatoon. The committee will advise the federal government on - the rehabilitation . of branch a lines before the end of 1978 and will evaluate further the Prairie Rail Authority - concept. The letter from Schreyer ‘notes that the $100 million grant recently announced by the federal government - for improvements in branch ‘ lines is not being overseen by a western agency, but is being arranged. by egctiations between the railways and Lang's office. THEIR LANGUAGE RIGHTS FORGOTTEN of Feds support Quebec Inuits | OTTAWA CP - Indian Affairs Minister Warren Allmand says he supports Inuit Eskimos in northern Quebec in their struggle against the province's language legislation. A statement released today by the minister says he “supports the Northern Quebec Inuit Association in. its struggle by democratic means-against Quebec Bill 101 to preserve and promote _the Inuit language and culture,” Allmand also said he called Camille Laurin, Quebec’s. cultural development minister, last Friday and asked that the government withdraw special police forces sent to ‘orthern Quebec com- ‘wnities after the Inult “aly protosting against the sletion, “Pais was not agreed to,” ilrnand said. The police remain. Allmand stated that to his' knowledge a federal minister has no authority to order the withdrawal of the police or the removal of Quebec government ‘em- ployees. The Inuit have asked the police and public servants to eave their communities and some natives are talking of trying to separate Inuit areas from the remainder of the rovince, . ' Alimand said he ap- preciates the legitimacy of the Inuit association requests concerning the language legislation and “feels that because they are so few in number they could hardly affect the language situation in Quebec if granted.” There are 4, Inuit in the province, . The minister said Quebr 's legislation, which passe third reading last week, uces not protect all the natives’ language rights, Inuit who are not party to. the James Bay agreement - a miulti-million-dollar land claim settlement with Inuit and Crees in northern Quebec - are not protected under Quebec's language Allmand said. The minister has delayed royal proclamation of the James Bay agreement until the language problems are resolved. . The Inuit say they are being forced to adopt euse of French instead of native languages or English. The Quebec government ‘says its language legislation protects Inuit linguistic and cultural rights. Both Allman-and Quebec Premier Rene Levesque have agreed to meet with Inuit leaders to try to resolve the dispute. Levesque said Tuesday that the federal government was responsible for acts of civil disobedience by the Inuit, whohave cut off water and stopped garbage removal at governntent buildings in some com- munities, “You tell me who finances. it the Inuit association and ll tell you who controls it,” Levesque said. David Payne, a trouble- shooter on language issues for the Quebec government, has been in the north for several days trying to convince Inuit that the language legislation is not dangerous to thelr future. Jean Fournier, executive director of the Indian affairs native land claims office | ‘says that heavy-handed tactics by the Quebec government have resulted in te tension in the north. e Quebec government ' “hus ‘behaved with the grace a an elephant,” Fournier said. negotiations with the federal government on a northern pipeline to move Alaskan natural gas to U.S. markets. The one-day -session ‘is. ted to be the .last before President Jimmy Carter decides whether to ‘favor a pipeline across Canada or to back a rival ~propsal for an all-U.S. route. Government officials here “say the seretary alsoplans a one-hour meeting with Energy Minister Alastair Gillespie to discuss a wide- range of energy issues. The federal government the lack of progress might have lowered prespects for the Yukon line. But Government House Leader Allan MacEachen, chief negotiator for the - federal government, said he the talks went well and that the ne otiations conduc in a goode mosphere. ofiinat at- already has tentatively approved aplan by Foothills Lines Ltd, for a $10 on pipeline through the sour ‘Yukon to move the el. But final approval depends on whether suitable terms and conditions can be negotiated with Washington, Carter is scheduled to announce his pipeline choice on Wednesday, the same day Prime Minister Tudeau visits Washington, for the bigning of the new Panama Canal treaty under which hand back full - the U.S. wi control of the waterway to Panama by the year 2000, . Levesque said ~ “Call it what you like, t is ‘in courtand would appeal to the federal government to ask the Supreme Court of Canada for a ruling on the’ law's constitutionality. Commenting on the board’s action, Premier Tuesday: administrative civil disobedience... and that cannot be tolerated," He said measures would have to be taken to counter the board’s stand but did not specify what the govern- ment’s response t be. Levesque also called the PSBGM. resolution an a kind of reac- on " . ‘Mrs. Dougherty dismissed - saying: three * Cadet Maxwell Stewart of 4632 Goulet Avenue, Terrace has been chosen top cadet of | his cadet leader course at all Vernon Army Cadet Camp. was chosen from a group of 115 cadets. Cadet Stewart is a member of 747 Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron. the premier's statement, “Qur decision certainly wasn’t an emotional one. It was taken after a great deal of deliberation because ‘this situation has been buallcing for years.” The _ possibilty : of breaking law was distastefal to all members of the PSBGM, Mrs. Dougherty said. Exceptions would be made for children with brothers or sisters already in English school sand for children with one parent educated in English anywhere and resident. in Quebec when the law was passed last Friday, — -_— = =F MAN “CREDIT MANAGER SPEED LIMITS Through September as metric speed limits are posted in areas of the province, all drivers will be responsible for driving at the posted s oo in kilometres per hour (emt, | The U.S. saya that if Canada pushes for too much in the talks, Carter might decide to go ahead with a bulla alfrom El Paso Co. to a pipeline across the gas by tanker to the southern 48 states. - Negotiations at the ministerlal level opened in Washington last Friday, but there were differing reports on how much progress was made. US, “officials paid | they were disappointed and that —S- == Dry cleaning i is recommended ‘in caring for batik. 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