. guaranteed” ae ' | -Hehedges i in making a more Optimistic forecast: ‘Almost , Terrace: . Te " Gireutation: no one is willing. to het: when ‘the next tire will roll’ ‘olf. the 635-6357 ae ‘production: line at’ this central Ontarlo city’ J lardedt in- -. To the Editor, . females flashing on the television screen, during .the _afternoon family movie provided by B.C. Ferry” . Prince Rupert. | say unpleasantly surprised because bed _ scenes are nota healthy form of education for my five-year- consideration to advise parents accordingly, when the Page2; The Herald, Friday, January 20, 984 , ‘daligh ak 7 Published every weekday. at 310 Kalum Street, Terrace, B.C. by Starting -Publishers Ltd. Authorized as second, class mail. Registration Number 3201. Postage ald In fash, return postage - ~ BARRIE; ont cp). — - Alter more e than alt a'year on the "picket. line, union: Jeader Dave. Jones is cautious” about Genetal:Tire Canada Ltd, 7 “1 think (he, ‘strike:should be over + by the time. the s sriow 4a -4000 7 we dustlal employer: - Publisher - David Hamilton tee Editor: : _ Advertsing Sates:. ae BrianGregg Nick Walton: 9° ‘ : aad Staff Writer: Photegraper: 7 " Sports: “in has agreed to buy 26 satilite earth stations worth. ’ Don Schaffer. more than $20 million from Spar.Aerospace Ltd. of Toronto .- 5. *."” na contract described as “‘a major: breakthrough” into! the: . ation: . | vast Chinese market... Reception-Cla ssified: . crit _. +: Formal agreement was announced ‘Thireday: by. Com: Claire Wadley ue Ne moa, rmunfeations Minister Francis Fox -a8 "visiting .Chiriége; NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT | ‘Premier Zhao -Ziyang, continuing his week-long Canadian " The Herald retains ful!, complete arid sole copyright In any advertisement produced and-er any editortal or photographic content -published in the Herald. — - Reproduction Is not permitted without the written , permission of fhe Publisher. ‘ - ‘tour, ‘Wag sidelined with.a cold‘and wasfo , most: ‘of his .engagements for thie ‘day: - -Fox-Said the giant earth stations, to bé built by Spar. i ced to ‘earitel’ vo, "would ‘be, ‘used ‘to establish a domestic satelite tel oY munieations: network in China. The Terrace. Kitimat: Dally ‘Herald Newspaper i politically independent and a member of the British Columbia Press Council. 7 shuttle. program }. this is a major. breakthrough inte’ the’ ‘.. company will open a plant in Nanjing. =~ a os : They'll be dealing with the Chinese departrnents wal the Chinese,” Fox said, Announcement of the deal 3 r:. one-month of negotiations. °°.“ _In_ another. development. Thursday, Trade “Minister ©”. Gerald’ Regan said the buy-Canadian section of the. Foreign ss. Investment Review Act will be reworded to satisfy an in- __ ternational ‘arbitration panel ruling but it won't alter. the > Letters to | the Editor ———— applies the act. - Laat July, an international adjudication panel in Geneva ‘ruled the act in effect put pressure on foreign companies I was unpleasantiy surprised to. see bare: breasted: services, in violation of international trade Tules. a : , “ WENT. TO! COUNCIL, : Corporation, Jan. 16, on the route between Tawassen and « -- phat riling then went to the fill council ot the’ General old daughter, and the children viewing the movie. - : At least management could have had the foresight and movie was announced on the public address. However it was the second movie, Mountain Man, that. 1: " am most concerned with, and I found most distasteful. That * movie included such racist dialogue as ‘Where's:‘your — ARUN UUUUUIAAN ORLA. tt Sn LAN 1 AR Rees Education "VANCOUVER “{CP) . Minisiry ‘ predicting: when ‘his members -will return. to ‘work: at - melts;'"he bays wryly; peering through a window blind ata . walst-high snowbank outside his unton hall. 2322000222" ™ domestic. companies to sell goods.an mati to ‘ort moe Montreal sitburb. of Ste -Anne-de-Bellevue and: ‘Toronto, ; _ “For Spar. ‘(maker of. the Canadarm for. thewu. Su: apace’ “Chinese market," Fox'said, with the: possibility of another. . a $75 inillion in ‘related sales over the next three: years. ‘The. ~ that will give them an’ edge in developing further sales with. gbibited it’ “ha: ‘approved ‘a-’p “. way the Foreign Investment: Review. Agency interprets or: ‘setting up shop here to promise to buy Canadian: goods and : Agreement on Tariffs and Trade fora final decision which, is expected next. month, If GATT, which governs dn’ face retaliation from’ its trading pan . However, Canada’ has‘decided ‘not*to . culing and ‘Regan: Sid in an: eri hat “we, Jntend la adjust the:y ording’ ‘of- the, et, to, ¢! : - “BIRA will 01 sald, adding’ ‘the: change ‘won't reduc companies: ‘operating | here, a “The act: now. ‘Says - “the governm ‘In sipproving:! or, : rejecting foreign: investment applications must take! ‘inte: , account the effect the investment will have on the economy, on employment and. “on the utilization of parts, ‘components and services produced’ in Canada. He compthents and ‘services that waa “found: to- contravene. international: trade rules which say ho reference: should be . ‘given. to domestic goods ‘and services.’ . in other business developments: Thursday = : Canada Lid: to opr natural gas. rin tie historic Leduc. said. he: ‘wants te ‘to: esq. eulting the: fat‘ off operations: ‘ind’ hopes' that juggling Toles among top. management will boost © the bank's efficiency. Russell Harrison; chairman and chief executive officer, toldthe annual meeting in Toronto, he will . hand over‘the mantle of chief; execullve to president, Robert . Fullerton’ later this year: — The. trend-setting: Bank. of Canada’ rate remained virtually, unchanged, moving to 9.98 Per ¢ cent from 9. 59 mer cent last wer i i ‘Textbooks payments | ‘stopped A ‘The ° “move : puts’ post- who: ‘complained about. the . iar tot for production “workers. the’ ‘entrance and June; 1983. "_af'concillation and mediation services. . “The dispute also raises, “questions: of. how: U ; companies conduct labor’ ‘relations at. Canadial “oP “ wnions: ‘shuld be expected ¢ to. follow’ the lead of: US set ternational trade anid to. 9 whleti Cariada: belongs sippors - the ruling, then Canada. would be forced to chan Be the actor” thers: ops Tt wis’ the, final. reference to: the: tilization of ‘paris; squaw", “Oh I gave her back to her father for a horse”, “Dum Squad”. Classic stereotyped ‘scenes included the savage Indian scalping the innocent white elderly folk, . Several of the persons seated around me were native ’ ladies and while they may be accustomed to racism and surely have their choice from several ‘movie theatres, butt must take exception to the selection of such movies by our notable government corporation, these movies are ‘not in my opinion appropriate for viewing at any time, least of all family afternoon viewing. ‘ Whatever happened to Walt Disney, Charlie Chaplin and z: Sherlock Holmes, and good of management discretion. . Rens Pecy "$8 million, Jean-Marc Hamel, Canada’s © Terrsice; BC. chief electoral officer, said Thursday. - He told a news conference that with 16.5 - Million: eligible voters and. 15 officially Fare e S di S uted . Tegistered political parties, he -needs |’ $50,000 people to help gel election. OTTAWA (CP( — Transport Minister Lloyd -Axworthy said Thursday that airlines should give free seats to: at- tendants accompanying handicapped passengers, a move the country’s top airline official said would drive air fares - higher or seriously hurt many carriers, + Angus Morrison, ‘president of the Air Transport Association of Canada,. said in an interview such a move would be “desperately urifair’’ to airlines- and” ‘that Axworthy is “shooting from the hip,” The minister told a meeting of a federal advisory council . on iransportation of the disabled that’ able-bodied — passengers should bear the cost to airlines of free seats for: , : attendants. “The cost. . -would not be prohibitive,” he said. Morrison disagrees. Up‘to one million Canadians’ coyld: qualify as handicapped, he says, and the burden of carrying attendants for them would be enormous. Axworthy’ 's remarks appear to prejudge the outcome of : an inquiry being’ conducted hy the Canadian Transport Commission into issues related to handicapped air travel. Morrison also says it flies in the face of recent statements by Axworthy that airline fares should be cheaper for such groups as students and the elderly. It is inconsistent that the minister promote cheaper fares and “give free seats to everyone and his dog”’ at the: ‘same time, he said. ~ A three-man epmmission panel ia studying whether the free seats should be previded, which airlines should offer them and who should qualify for them. The delicate issues involved — who decides who is han- dicapped, for instance — may lead to public hearings before the commission completes its study. The air association, which represents the country’s carriers, says airlines flying small aircraft could not afford to frequently hand over free seats. . But Axworthy said Thursday all alrlines _ small and large — should offer them. He said the commission should “wark out the formula” for the flying public to pay. the . costs. Victoria will no longer pay for recording textbdoks for blind college and ‘university students because it couldn't justify giving the Universily erie eles eh tan ‘talking texts .after.. Spokesman Dick Melville said Thursday. i The. ministry only stepped asking Crane to produce stereotyping in the picture media, needless to say. neither of British Columbia’s Crane, -. university. said it” ‘couldn't “they nor Ly Ce i eens .Library an advance. handle the work, Melville lf people's Want be Re nica aialogue, they cal ie payment es 14 $838, 000, ’ said in an: interview. +‘ fee "WR onalt bed: the -secondary education — vir: | dually out of-the reach of ‘many: . blind * students’ because - ‘of the coat and - _ difficulties ° involved - in* “getting” textbooks recorded. “Melville criticized Crane . Library head PavfThiele Frrees afening tines hing alas Next election. ‘costly? | EDMONTON (CP) — The next federal “election could cost taxpayers as much as “machinery i in place. The minister said last month in a letter lo Morrison the | fb@ “cost of accommodation of such attendants would be very marginal when shared by all other passenger- consumers. " The association has called such a policy “confiscation of: . (airline) property.” It argues the move is a form of socal welfare and the cost to administer’ it should’ be ald by government, The commission study stems from ita air commitise’s : 1882 deciston that all airlines should provide. the free_at- tendant seats. The commission's review committee overturned that decision last year because It sald. all . airlines had not been consulted. Last fall the air committee created the panel lo review all | the issues involved. Airlines in other coubtries do not provide free seats. British legislation to do so could not make it through the Commons jast year, Axworthy released a new federal polley Tharsdey on transportation for the disabled, _ lot of bodies to bring everyone to the'polls,”" - Computers . and ‘automation haven't ' reduced election costs, Hamel said, but. _ Savings have been achieved by maintaining ;. a ‘the number of polling stations despite an: 4, increase of 600,000 in the number of voters Since 1980. The 1980 election. coat 54 million. . “At least $15 million of anticipated ¢ election costs will cover a “new ‘reimbursement ‘ formula for candidates! expenses. © Hamel defended a new regulation in ‘the. i. Canada. Elections’ Act “which prohibits: - -” Special- interest groups | from campaigning * for or against’ a ‘registered candidate unless _ the groups: themselves run earidldates or na form a political. party. “We need an awful lot of brains,an awful “QUITE RIGHT? ORD! NARILY ONE i$ CONSIDERED INNOCENT UNTI cL HES PROVEN GUILTY IN SUCH CHSES AG ARION MICKEY MOUSE ACTIVITIES. BUT THIS SiG, ig TH N RAPE MURDER AND OTHER - He said he recommended the change to.. Parliament becuse ‘he ‘has. “Always been - concerned. about: ‘Bititions: where “large amounts of money. “have been spent to. defeat certain candidates.” * Hamel said: he. didn’t agree with those who - ctiticize the:-amendment as an in- * fringement ‘on freedom ‘of speech. . of $265 fee ETAx DEPARTME -. they'said: problems facing the blind» students. . Melville aaid the ministry | ‘did nat, slop production of ' talking books. - * “We had: the ‘plug puted on us,” he sald: « : nih SMelviliedatda Welter ‘edn | the OBC Present thug Kenny -” informed -. -the * ministry: ‘that “to ‘Keep | the facilities (at Crane) going © _ required. ‘two. full-lime - people’ and. funding * on: a continuing and: reliable ‘basis of about $39,000." NOT: “JUSTIFIED oe, “The'-: “ministry.” just “doesn’t have that money to" spend .on " this,”?. thet said. «“"Phey ‘wanted a lump-sum _ advance’ - payment, - We ‘certainly - ‘could not “justify” that. oe ee - Thiele said ‘the Finaneing problem was created by the ministry’s: fnsistence’ that- * the recording, work be done ° “on a piecemeal ‘basis. — Thiele: said’ the ministry would. go. to: Crane with a ‘request fox, Bay, 300 talking ’ books. © Crane would quote. a price. per! ‘book for an order that size. : The‘ ministry would come back with half the quoted pumber of books, or even. less, and expect «Crane ‘to ‘do them for: the | quoted price... Thiele said’ the library ' wanted the mohey up front: _ for the government ' con- . tracts soit could hire the necessary staff. . ~. Tn addition, Thiele: said ” the government would take* advantage of ‘the ! “quoted. ‘price by requesting books at’ least twice. is. large as” vaverage. . ‘en “We were. doing’. ab- solutely huge books for that - price,” he-.-gaid.:; “The “average, book is foushly 300 pages.: “When: we i ul spented: ‘Look, an 800-page book is more like wer ol how. " abowt, me pags doubie?’, oy Thiele said. But if Crane did & book ‘mugli smaller than average, Thiele sald, it ‘would pro- rate the work so: the ministry wouldn't pay the full price. - ; The library also produced. talking books: for “many | other . post-secondary in- stitutions in the province . _ under provincial, govern.’ ment contracts, and; . ona: . ‘for post-secondary - institutions “ outside the, province. The - ‘affect “books — . produced for .. institutions. fee-for-service basis, cuts don't.’ outside B, (a 4: oe kt ‘sidewalk to a once- “busy | office door is atso filled with: now ~and the last performance reparts in the cafeteria are dated - Senior officials. of the’ ontario Labor Ministry. say the e cstrike is one of the: m at serious in the. province during the “Jast few years, E " “It’s going.to take’ ‘a jot of soul searching by bot resolve the issues,” pays Ray Ming, the ministry 8 ditettor lants — and of whether Canadian affiliates of international LOST $21 MILLION The Iamerican-based © company which proudly: uses “the slogan “Sooner or: jater. you'll own Generals," has lost ‘go * ‘million in the: last’ four years on the Barrie operatlon;: its » only: Canadian plant. ‘the smallest of six tire producers in Canada; the company’.wants concessions from workers *. which the: ‘union has ‘résisted vigorously. - -Thestrike has been inbrred by bitterness, violence on the . picket line, and intransigence; ‘Since the strike started Ji uly 3, neither side has’ budged appreciably in its position, : General kept some production Zoing-until November with about: 100.;staff employees, ‘but it Ted to heated con- -frontations, on the picket livie: Six people have received fines ranging : “from $75 to'$350 for. infractions ranging from mischief; impeding vehicles cfossing, the line and making ‘falsé:atatements to police. “ “The company ! estim ates damage to company property’: fimarily windows and vehicles -~at more than: $50, 000; - ohn: August, General fired seven employees, suspended. two workers for a brief period and issued warnings to,17 others or. strike-related' incidents. The.union is contesting the ‘ ‘Penalties before the. Ontario Labor Relations Board... (The incidents area reflection of the strikers’ restniment | Sof the company, Many are collecting $35 weekly in- ‘sttike ~ benefits, athers have found part-time work or d new job. Most are enduring some type of hardship. — . “The strikers have lost more than $13,000 each, leading to . the inevitable question about the value of staying out for 50 ‘long, ; " “What other course could 9 we take?” asks Jones. Mt ‘they didn’t take a crack at us now they'd do it in 1986, Getieral has always played hardball tougher than any of the other: _. companies.” - An their last major’ confrontation, the. union’ struck the ’ Barrie plant, for 5%4 months in 1968 in a dispute over wages. There has been talk by some workers of going back. Some: unsigned letters to the Barrie Examiner, the city ‘sally hewspaper, show. a readiness to give-in, . “7 know thatit is a hard thing | to do, to swallow yout pride and give in te the company ’s demands but Iti is time,” ‘said * one letter,, ‘Managing editor. Jim Heekett said every. time the Newspaper publishes aletter from @ worker who: wants: ‘to go back, it gets’ three. others urging sirikers to‘hold out: LOST HOUSES “ys eFonies, presidentsof Local 538, convedes|there Adve'been . dufinangial problenys. foriwor keys ‘pnd: Aawae may havastast . their houses. . “But [haven't personally heard of any and we're always . here to help ‘them. We've received a lot of -donations.from _other.unions and our international union has put in About $450, 000 for the strike." ‘Most of the’ membership is firmly behind the union. ‘in “resisting concessions; hesays.- . . ‘at the beginning, [wouldn't have believed the atitude would bethis good if it lasted until January." = <.°" Inside the plant, the company has kept staff personnel " oecupied with: management training programs : ‘and . maintenance. There have been no layoffs. Jim Malcolm, a sales) manager. who is General's . ‘spokesman on the strike, says the company hag been able to meet, demand, particularly to Canadian Tire, its largest customer,.from . inventory and Production plants in; the United States. > ; ars NEED CONCESSIONS. mt Be In an office decorated with two large tires on the wall, Malcolm explains how heavy financial. losses have made . union concessions: necessary: be *. “We have to do something | to cut costs and remain . competitive,” he says. “I compare this to what happened. at Chrysler: where the. employees helped the ‘company: by. - faking concessions.’Now the company is profitable again “and they’ re getling the benefit of it.” . * Malcolm Bays General has already taken sleps: to reduce . costs, eliminate waste and improve elficenty, Some management and professional staff are under a two-year freeze on salary.increases. .Hevalso notes workers at the company’s 3 three ‘other ; unionized plants in the United States have ‘aiready accepted concessions,. including one last week in’ Charlotte, N: Cc. The ‘majorigsues “in. the Barrie disppte are ‘company . proposals to remove a cost-of- ‘living allowance until duly _1985:and Sharing the-expense of health benefits. It wants cuts in starting wages for workers and other postions such as janitors. and office workers, and the introduction of weekend work! | ah a mone, REVISE OVERTIME ir rer General is also demanding eliminatior of one statutory holiday and paynient of overtime after 49 hours'a week, not after eight hours in one day under the ald agreement. ‘The company has offered to put 40 per cent of gerierated cost-f-Iving allowance into a profit-sharing plan that ‘would . pay workers. bonuses when earnings improve. ’- a Union officlals gay it is impossible to estimate: the. con- cesaions: in dollars and cents:but the company: pegs it at an average of about 50 cents. ‘an hour immediately. Ag. the .strike:drags-"on;..there bas been. sporadic epeculation about a permanent : closure;-but Malcotm and Jones;say it Is doubtful. The: company: has invested about a million. at the Barrle Plant: in’ the:last five ‘years.: 7a the inliniatey has recalled both'. dpe to “foronto. on "Monday for. the first time since a, breakdown in talks inst October. Ht ‘on the itharicea ‘of 8 a settlement. he “And why would the company apend millions, lo rin a -sirike for several moénihs and ‘thei ‘oldse?anks Jores. * But Malcolm waras that theré could céme.a point Where the parent company’s board of directory could Md make such a _ deelston, ’ UNION RESOLVED i At thé union hall where strikers indet' id hat andy Hick Uy thelr $35 weekly cheques e every Thursday; Jones is oe 7 i the union's resolve'to beal concession demands," --"- me said the union doesn’t need to follow the lead uf U. s. workers in takirig them, noting workers ‘al other ‘rubber companies in Canada have protected provi , ald contracts In ‘recent ent sellements, P . sens rn fe De . ve Ce ge tanh t ayo _ tan