Page 4, The Herald, Wednesday, November 7, 1979 TERRACE/BKITIMAT daily herald General Office - 635-6357 Circulatlon - 635-6357 GEN. MANAGER - Knox Coupland EDITOR - Greg Middleton CIRCULATION- TERRACE. 635.6357 ’ KITIMAT OFFICE - 632-2747 7 Published every weekday at 3212 Kalum Street, Terrace, 8.C. A member of Verlfled Circulailon. Aulhorized as second class mall. Registration number 1201. Postage pald In cash, return postage guaranteed. NOTE OF COPYRIGHT The Herald retains full, complete and sole copyright In any advertisement produced and-or any editorial or photographic content published Reproduction is not permitted. Published by Sterling Publishers in the Herald, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR MILLS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL al CeWEy the claily herald Dear Sir: We are being bombared with ‘‘socialist’’ propaganda. Well, this is still a free country and they have the democratic right to do so. For how long will 1 be free to differ publicly with socialist philosophy? Just a few words about socialist economy. Don't take me wrong. I am not promoting uncontrolled irresponsible capitalism As a christian I must condemn that too, The Bible condemns it, But the socialist economy cannot exist without some kind of capitalist economy, either outside of the socialist country or within it. § am writing now about Russia. Next time 1] will write something about China, Many times the capitalist countries have helped to build up Soviet industry, Soviet Agriculture, and even the military industry. The American Federal Reserve Board even initiated the so- called ‘'depression’’ in America by withholding. a considerable amount of money from circulation and paralyzing American in- dustry, Thousands of American engineers became unemployed and went to Soviet Russla to help the communists construct Ktizbags, “ Donbass, Magnitogorsk, ,Uralmash, and other centers of socialist industry. That was the period of the first five-year plan, and the capitalists of a dozen different countries are again helping them to construct a huge automobile city-factory on the Kama River because the socialist economy id unable to per- form such a big task without the capitalists. The plants will be manned by cheap labor. The production would not be profitable was it not for the millions of political prisoners who are working as slaves for a few rubles a month. Another communist country, Romania, is unable to stand on its own feet either. Just this week [ read in the Prince Rupert Daily News, " A key role in the drive for self-sufficiency has been allotted to four Canadian CANDU nuclear reactors that Romanian is buying for $1 billion. “Why are socialists depending on capitalists for survival? You answer this question. There are also some discussions among the communist economists of Russia to construct, during the tenth five-year plan, a new paper mill, in the region of Eniseysk, where the Angara River flows into the Enisey. They plan to invite the International Paper Company from America to construct this paper mill. Some planning and in- vestigations are already underway. The sacialist economy again cannot work without the free initiative of the capitalist economy. The most striking examples of the bankruptcy of the socialist economy can be seen In _ Soviet Agriculture. The communist masters are unable to provide food for all of their slaves therefore they permit each family to have a tiny plot of land, All these plots take less than 3 per cent of the cultivated land. But this three percent of the land, in the hands of small “capitalitia” within the system of the socialist establishment, provides more than half the vegetables in the entire country, besides of providing more than 25 percent of the meat, 40 per cent of the milk, and more than every second egg. An these ‘are official statistics, which are not designed to. promote the interests of private en- terprise, But even these socialist statistics issue a mortal verdict to the socialist economy, These little private plots of mother earth, which are usually smaller than an acre per family, have proved to be much more powerful than the entire socialist system. The communists know abaut il, They tried mnay times under Stalin, under Krush- chev,under Brezhnev, to kill this enemy of communism, to take these little plots from the hands of individual collective farmers, but every time were easily defeated. If they take those plots away from the peasants, they will have to fee the peasants and the workers too, but the socialist economy is unable to provide the food for all the slaves, The socialist economy surrendered to the private economy, because it cannot survive without it. Bill Homburg Letters welcome The Herald welcomes its readers comments. Allletters to the editor of general public interest will be printed. We do, however, retain the right to refuse to print letters on grounds of possible libel or bad taste. We may alao edit letters for style and length. Ail letters to be considered for publication must be signed. ail COMMENT By VANESSA CROOKS Editorial from the weekly Newspaper | put out by Room 2, Grade 3 E.T. Kenney Primary I wish people wouldn’t go around and put poison in the water, They kill the fish and the whales div too. 1 hate when they do that. I> get mad. Even when people are driving they run over cats and dogs and they just throw them in the ditch. [ get mad over that too because I love all the animals in the world. I mean it too! And there's ane more thing I don't like-is that people step on spiders! And I don’t like that either. [ like the animals alive! Nol dead! We like animals for pets all the time because pets need a home, that's ue! All animals need to live! we live, why can’t the little crealures live too? Other towns or cities arenice to animals. In Terrace some, people are nice to animals but some people aren't, Asante responds to labor Dear Mr. Johnson, When I. recelved your letter 1 had three options. The first was to ignore the letter, the second was to answer it the way I know you would like the answers to read and the third was to say what I honestly think but which will undoubtedly cost voles, 1 chose the third. In answer to our uestionnaire, 1 too believe at working people have a real stake in the outcome of Regional District and Municipal elections. Like you, my belief is also that candidates for either level of Government must deal with issues of tremendous impact to our region as a whole. Con- sequently, I am, through your questionnaire, an- swering the delegates to your Council who have taken positions in many issues of regional Importance who wish to ascertain the responses of candidates to their concerns, - I would like to inform you that I do not sanction any publicity concerning your “evaluation of my responses unless my responses and your questions publicized in their entirety. 1) Yes, 1 see a conflict between Native Land Claims and regional development, It is with interest I] have watched representatives on the Federal and Provincial. levels confere with Indian spokesmen regarding Land Claims. [t would appear that each level of government negotiates ta the brink of settlement and then con- veniently evades finalization by saying the other level has the ultimate jurisdiction over such matters. Whether a Regional District could enter into any settlement Claims which hadn't first been negotiated on the Federal and Provincial level, seems rather debatable, This will be an area of particular interest to me. 2) In answer to your estion on my stand about e possibility of Alcan developing Kemano Two: A Terrace Chapter of the Nanaka Morice River Club was formed in Terrace on Noy. 1, in the Terrace Library Arts Room. It was resolved at that meeting that spokesmen from both Alcan and B.C. Hydro would be invited to an end-of- November meeting to ex- plain publicly the necessity for Kemano 2 or the Kemano Completion Project. Those spokesmen will be asked to inform us all in the north what the long term benefita will be...financlally, in regard to long term em- ployment...and ete. i there Is a proven Canadian -not American- need for the flooding of are. recreational wilderness and unsightly marring of God's blue sky by steel cables, then citizens who are eén- vironmentally and ecologically concerned will be reasonable as usual, But most assuredly, the nnes should be on those com- panies who are rapidly demolishing our Wilderness to prove the Canadian need for more hydro power and not on the shoulders af the concerned public who is kept in the dark about what is taking place. I'm afraid some of us suspect profiteering rather than a real need far more power being the reason fer developing. 3) Your question regarding the Hotsprings interests us Since my ten year residence in this area, the Hotsprings interests us all, Since ‘my ten year residence in this area, the Hotsprings have heen a northern disgrace, The place has been periodically closed by the Health Department for unsanitary conditions which were apparent to ail visitors, [ cannot help sadly comparing our Hotsprings with Harrison and Radium Hotsprings and think of the local and tourist benefits which could generate from such a wellrun facility. Good imgnagement by a Board a.m. Editor's Note: The Daily Herald invited other reglonal distriet candidates to submit thelr responses to the labor council's questionaire issued by Paul Johuson. They declined. We invited district council candidates to do the same by Friday, Nov. 8 at 10 The questions : he 1) Do you see conflict between Native Land Claims and regional development. If so, how would you deal with this conflict. 2) There has been much discussion of the possibility of Alcan developing the so-called “Kemano II" project. What is your stand on this Project. 3) a) What is your concept for the future of the Hotsprings? b) Who should own and manage any future operation? 4) Hydro is planning major hydro-electric development in the Iskut-Stikine area. What are + your views? 2H 5) Plans for massive development, in the Kitimat-Terrace corridos have beer hinted at by the Regional District, What are your views on oe development in this area. ° i 6) Do you believe that tha forestry bage in the area is disappearing? If 80, what options are open to us? 7) Should preference in the awarding of con- tracts be given tofirms whe employ local union labour? Please comment. » §) What do you. consider appropriate development for this region? 9) Would you faclitate public participation in planning and development? If so, how? eta! aa lil nomen A AT ELEVEN. ahs! consisting of members of the public and various govern- imental levelas seems 4 good a. 4) Concerning your uestions regarding velopment of the Iskut- Stikine area: Before the need for completion of existing projects is proven I am definitely against any development in the Iskut- Stikine region. But diligence Is necessary because money has already been invested in feesibility studies in that area, §) Regarding development in the Kitimat Terrace corridor: - Nobody with any com- prehension of history can imagine staying develop-, ment when it is necessary, If such development is deemed necessary in the future then we must insure that development is planned and controlled to benefit local area residents. _ 6) If the forestry base.in., the area {a disappearing .it . must be mainly because of: poor logging practises, clear cut logging and the rising cost of accessibility. Supervised, legislated planning is essential here too. Until the present ime large forestry corporations have been left more or less om thelr honour to carry out - $2,300 to settle each of the 50,000 Viets over the next reforestation programs. 7) I think thia question ia redundant, Of course local skilied and unskilled labour should be guaranteed em- ployment In the awarding of contracts. Whether or fnot union labour should be given preference would 1 think depend on their demands being reasonable. I believe that labour would have far More sympathy in many quarters if thelr requests included betterment for all the people instead of just themselves. Labour has never in the history of the Movement had such a strong voice or the option of doing so much good if it so desires. I think, like many of us, both management ald Labour in their greed have abdicated their responsibilities in caring about future generations, 8) Appropriate develop- ment in this or any other region depends upon the needs of that region. 9) As far as public par- ticipation 1s concerned in planning and development, [ am a vocal advocate of public participation. It is only with public concurrence that any job can be done and done weil. I hope if I am elected that public in- formation and _ inpul meetings can be held on a: regular basis, Yours cautiously, Nadine Asante OTTAWA — OFFBEAT BY RICHARD JACKSON eee RT a8 Te Ottawa - Looks as if Prime Minister Joe Clark may have to write another personal letter to Immigration Minister Ron Atkey. . ; = " Jt’s been one thing after another ever since Romping Ronnie was voted back into Parliament after his 1974 defeat following two years in the Commons. 3 Those two freshmen years, from 1975 to 1974, ap- parently weren’t enough to teach the Toronto MP that silence is often golden even for a member of the Cabinet. 2 Given to shooting from the lip, Atkey was enough of an embarrassment to Joe Clark that the Prime Minister felt compelled. in self-defence. to write him a letter saying in essence: a . “] like this job and hope you will help me keep it.” Roughly translated, in Atkey’s particular case, that comes out meaning: “Hey buster, button your lip.” It was Atkey, youl remember, winning election in one of the most heavily ethnic constituencies in Toronto, who prodded Clark into that gaffe about moving the Israeli capital from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. . _ Atkey apparently thought this would please the big Jewish minority in his riding, and Clark, unmindful at the moment of the implications of sucha statement to the oil-powerful Arab states of the Persian Gulf, went for it. It was Atkey’s obsession with minorities that spurred him to Jash out against some of his own Im- migration Department inspectors as racists because of complaints from blacks that they were victims of discrimination on Janding at Toronto International from the Caribbean, and being denied entry. The uproar is only beginning to die down on both sides. . It was Atkey’s hangup on the ethnics that prompted him then to open his heart--and the Canadian ports of entry--to the refugee Chinese and other fugitives from Viet Nam. ; Never mind that the Liberals-and it was deliberate policy~-used black and Asian mass immigration to shatter the once dominant Anglo-Saxon and traditionally pro-Conservative majority in Toronto and dilute it on the West Coast. Atkey invited 50,000 Indo-Chinese refugees to make themselves at home here, the majority, as might be expected, so far doingit in and around Toronto. The cost? — Don’t bother me with the cost, Atkey told critics then, the government was doing this for “overriding humanitarian considerations.” 7 Never mind that Finance Minister Crosbie was erying that the plundering Liberals had stripped the Treasury bare. There was always Treasury Board President Sin- clair Stevens to take care of such bothersome details, and among suggested economies, hints were dropped that there could be a means test for old age pen- sioners. Now it turns out that the costs do matter. Especially to the taxpayers who must be sounding eff or Atkey would be ignoring them, tnstead, he’s busy trying to explain that a refugee program of a few months ago-when costs were no concern—now has a $115 million price tag on it that has every chance of getting out ofhand. 4... 4) So what's he going todo?- -.. 6. bet Where’s) he going to get the money? By “raiding,” as he terms it, ‘other programs.” What “other programs’'--pensions perhaps? Unemployment Insurance, certainly, perhaps further cutbacks on fast-vanishing defence budgets. Wherever. Atkey promises to give “full financial details’ later. Meanwhile he did let drop that it would be costing two years. . But who cares about costs? CONSUMER COMMENT “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” So wouldn't a baron of beef by any other name taste as good? Well, maybe, but maybe not. In recent years, the growing profusion of coined names for meat cuts was often cause for confusion on the part of the consumer, and at times; some names tended to be misused. Steaks had such names as Delmonico, Cowboy, Salisbury, or Virginia; names that are more fanciful than informative. These names, often varying from one geographic region to another, gave no information about the cut of meat, and unless you were familiar with which cut was meant by a name, you couldn’t be sure about its tenderness or appropriate cooking metheds. Now, all that has changed. To eliminate confusion and ensure that consumers are provided with more accurate and useful purchase, information, specific names for retail meat cuts have been developed for use in: labelling, advertising, and on restaurant menus. These names let you know what part of the animal the cut is from, and thus enable better quality and price comparisons, anc Jake it easier to choose a suitable cooking method. 7” . Except when the cut is specific to only one animal, the meatcut name must include the type of meat - pork, veal, or poultry, for example. However, the word “beef” is not required as part of the name of beef meat cuts, except in the case of variety meats, The name must also include the appropriate term that indicates the part of the animal from which the cut was taken. These terms are specifically prescribed by the federal Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs’ retail meat cut program, and are consistent throughout ail levels of the meat in- dustry in Canada. For example, the name ‘veal cutlet” applies to a meatcut taken from the hind leg, and thus, a more tender cut, If a cutlet is taken from any other part of the animal, it must be specified accordingly, such as “veal shoulder cutlet’. However, the terms do not apply to stewing and ground meats, since these generally orlginate from many different parts of the animal. Along with the required specific terms and meat names, other names may be used, provided that they are informative and not misleading. These coined names or modifiers, such as smoked, tenderized, or semi-cooked, further describe the meatcut and provide information to further assist the consumer in making the most appropriate selection for his or her needs.