PAGE Al2, THE HERALD, Thursday June 9, 1977 AT COMMONWEALTH TALKS 7 JAMIESON AGREES" WITH BRITISH MOVE Trudeau-Desai confer over N-sales LONDON (CP) — Prime Minister Trudeau claimed more progress Wednesday outside the Commonwealth conference than inside, ag the meeting of government leaders opened in an atmosphere of tension over the offstage activities of Idi Amin of Uganda. . rudeau conferred separately outside Lan- caster House, the con- ference locale, with Prime Minister Morarji Desai of India and President Ken- neth Kaunda of Zambia. Canadian government officials said later that Trudeau felt he and Desai made progress in ex- ploratory talks toward é a dispute over trade innuclear fuel and technical ald and that further talks will be held. Canada cut off nuclear sales and technical aid to India two years ago after India exploded a@ nuclear device developed as an offshoot of the Canadian ogram. Psince then, Canada has develo: stiff controls to which India has declined to subscribe. Trudeau also was reported encouraged by Kaunda’s attitude toward a dispute threatening the 1978 Commonwealth Games at Edmonton, although of- Natives decry. west religion » TORONTO (CP) — The I assembly of the esbyterian Church in Canada was told Wednesday there is a reaction among a segment of Canada’s native tion against Western wropean culture, which they feel has been inflicted upon them. “Part of this reaction is a reaction against Christianity and a turning to native practices of p,” the committee on church worship said. “This could pose in- creasing problems in the future for specifically Christian native worship.” The committee report says: uThe native North American holds a spiritual understanding of nature HERBICIDE ATTACK STUPID VANCOUVER (CP) — The provincial govern- poent’s decision to use the erbicide 2,4-D against Eurasian milfoil weed in Okanagan Lake is “ecolo- gical stupidity,” Green- peace Foundation president atrick Moore _ said Tuesday, Moore said in an interview that the herbicide, which he said is believed to cause hirth defects, will inevitably enter the food chain of the area. Herbicide-contaminated water will end up being used to irrigate local vineyards and orchards, said Moore. Environment Minister Jim Nielsen said Monday that the goverament pians to use the controversial chemical as part of a ‘“‘pilot program" testing various means of controlling the The government also plans to test mechanical and ological methods, Nielsen said. About 900 acres of water, spread along 100 miles of shoreline, are in- fested with the milfoil. If the fovernment goes ahead with the plans, they will be breaking federal law, Moore — said. Under the federal Pest Products Control Act, it is illegal to /se such a product inst the directions on the label, sxid Moore. He said the Jabel on bags of 2,4-D solution warns against using the product in domestic water supplies, in water used for irrigation or used by farm animals. Water from the lakes in estion is used for all , Moore added, Not only is the spraying program dangerous, but it probably be ineffective, Moore sald. “All you're doing is turning these healthy plants into oisonous scum in the ttom of the lake,” he sald. The best short-term solution to the weed problem is to harvest it like rice, Moore aald. Clear debris VICTORIA (CP) — The provincial government has cancaimed a plants on WE Ae ebhin. +h Colimbia’ - ‘sg. Environ. er Jim Nielsen rede nesday flosting i.,,. and wood waste are a ‘uarine hazard which forms an integral part of native practices of worship, and views the earth a5 a ‘mother’. Just as it would be unthinkable to murder your mother, it is equally’ abhorrent to desecrate the earth. “Perhaps we can come to ps with the biblical in- tion of stewardship of the earth by en into a dialogue with the native people on the spiritual understanding of the earth." Meanwhile, the assembly accepted a committee recommendation that an abridged edition of the Book of Common Order be printed containing the essential services necessary for min- isters It agreed there is a need for gervices in more modern style and language usage. The assembly also ap- proved issuance of a booklet or pamphlet in French which would embody the main parts of the Book of Commion Order: orders of worship, baptism of inyants and adults, solemnization of marriage, induction of ministers and burial of the dead. . This would be circulatez throughout Canada both to anglaphone and fran- cophone congregations on est ; Rev. James Ross Dickey, 34, of Thompson, Man., was appointed editol of the Presbyterian Record, the ch magazine, effective Jan, 1, 1978. He will serve as editor-elect from Sept. 1. Lev. DeCourcy Rayner retires this y’ar as editor of The Record, He has been a member of the magazine's staff for 19 years. Last Sunday he was elected moderator of the 103rd general assembly. ficials provided no details — about the direction of the private talks. - Ugandan President Idl Amin overshadowed the conference apening. The Uganda government an- nouncement that it will not mit some 300 Britons in ganda to leave the country was front enews and the subject of angry comment as the London session opened. ‘ And Amin was re by U Radio on the ave conference to be oring Britain's indication th | he is not welcome ane planning Pp London to take his chair at the conference— directly opposite host Prime. mister James Callaghan. pee atrred ob el , rete quely to Amin and his reputation as a violator of human rights and a mags keller in LEAK NOW PLUGGED? ~ VICTORIA (CP) — No action will. be taken regarding a case in which so-called blacklist which was leaked to o tion members in the’ British - Columbia 1 ture earlier this year, Attorney-General Garde Gardom said today. Gardom said in an in- terview that Depuly At. torney-Gvneral avid Vickers had completed an investigation which has “satisfied officials that there is no need for action.” The investigation was ordered in February by Premier Bill Bennett after NDP MLAs obtained a copy of a letter which had been in the personal and con- fidential file of Environment Minister Jim Nielsen. — Thedocument was a letter from lands branch em- ployee Klaus Oblemann sent an Campbell’director of intergovernmental affairs, shortly after the Social Credit government. took office in the December, 1975, general election. In his letter, Olilemann identified several of his fellow lands branch em- ployees as NDP members. Campbell forwarded the letter to Nielsen who is re- sponsible for the lands branch. . a Ohlemann has since been demoted and transferred to Prince George. The opposition had demanded an investigation into what it called the blacklist, but the premier ordered an investigation into how the NDP acquired a confidential document. Construction strike now seems unlikely VANCOUVER (CP) — The Cement Masons Union local 919 has called off plans for a construction indusbry atrike after meeting in- formally Tuesday with officials of the B.C. Labor Relations Board and the employers. Spokesman Frank Stevens said the union will accept the industry set- tlement of 85 cents an hour aver one year but will ask the federal anti-inflation board to reconsider ita recent 14-cent rollback of the settlement for all unions. Stevens said the Cement Masons will make their own submission. It will include a request that the 14 cents go into the union pension plan, Beer belly flop picker VANCOUVER (CP) — Billy Carter, brother of United States President Jimmy Carter, has heen hired to judge a belly flop and cannonball diving contest here July 23, a public relations consultant said Tuesday. Tom Butler refused to dis- close Carter’s fee, but said an agreement had been signed by the president's “fun loving’? brother to participate in the diving competition. Butler calls the diving” competition the World Belly Flop and Cannonball Diving Championships. + and a complaint that the AIB allowed an additional 13 cents as a costof-living catchup payment for electrical workers and ironworkers, Ten unions which negotiated the settlement through the B.C, and Yukon Bull and Construction Trades Council decided earlier to seek AJB re- fee rather than g re-negotia package or take job action. Skagit flooding Opposed — UTTAWA (CP) — The Commons passed a motion Wednesday reaffirming its osition toa United States n to flood the Skaggit alley in British Columbia and the State of Washington. Stuart Leggatt, the New Democratic MP for New Westminster, said in moving the motion that the Commons needed to reaf- firm a stand taken in 1973 against plana to flood the valley to create a hydra electric generation station, Leggatt said the governor . of the state of Washington has reversed his fovern- ment’s opposition to the plan which would provide electricity for major California cities, ; The plan was attacked in Canada because it would mean the flooding of. thousands of bquare miles of foreat land. pursuit of real or imagined ts, : The British rime minister said the teday conference must not avoid a discussion of human rights inte ated ey Ce nad : su anada. Inan agenda agreed on by the leaders Wednesday, Ibuman rights is not specifically listed. However, a Commonwealth _ ‘Spokesman said the agenda headings are broad enough to include human rights and U; yi informants say the mubjec is y to come up in a restricted session next Tu , ‘when heads. of delegationf alone are present and there are no aides or note-takers. The Commonwealth Games, facing a threatened hoyeatt by the non-white majority of the 36-country organization because of New Zealand's sports links with racist | _ Africa, Jimmy’s tax returns under audit WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is auditing President Carter’s tax Teturns for 1975, when he used income averaging and a $41,702 tax credit to cut his tax bill, a presidential spokesman said Wed- nesday. Carter “feels he has no rent he absent from the list of ics. But spokesmen sa the issue will be dealt with during an informal weekend at Gleneagles, Scotland. World economic relations, fonal groupings, trade, al and industrial: Aha operation are among other subjects on the agenda.. The opening-day discussion ranged over world affairs in general and Trudeau stressed the im- portance of preventing the spread of nuclear weapons, ‘spokesmen said. The leaders, who attended a banquet with the Queen at Buckingham Palace Wednesday night, resolved a dibpute about represen- tation of the Seychelles nds. President James Man- cham of the Indian Ocean nation of 92 islands was ousted in a coup after trave to _London. The Seychelles high com- Miggioner in London was ordered by the new regime to take Mancham’s place at the conference but refused to do so. A spokesman said delegates split about equally for and against whether Mancham should be ad- mitted to the conference. A compromise left the Seychelles seat empty but the leaders agreed in- terested leaders could meet with Mancham outside the conference. ‘In all, 26 heads of government turned up, seven sent substitutes— Ghana, Guyana, Kenya, - Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Tan- mania and Trinidad—while Uganda, Seychelles and the Pacific Ocean island of Nauru were not represented on the opening day. Nauru, an associate member, does not attend the meetings of heads of government. OTTAWA (CP). — Canadians with Prime Minister Trudeau in London may think differently, but as far as External Affairs Minister Don Jamieson is concerned, the barring. of Uganda’s Idi Amin from the _ Commenwealth conference was the right course, — ‘] think the British government took the only action-it could have taken,’ the minister sald in the Commons. He algo reiterated that he would -not invite Amin to attend the Commonwealth Games ouiniog ihe G next year, assum e Games will be held. The minister commented in response to questions from Claude Wagner (PC— St.-Hyacinthe) who referred to a story from London saying Canadian and other Commonwealth members believe the British ore making a legal and politic blunder by appearing to bar The story says Com- monwealth members are saying privately that the British may be setting a dangerous precedent, because the next Com- monwealth host might bar a leader on more frivolous grounds. They say Amin should be asked to the conference to respond to charges that he is a wanton killer and a violator of Commonwealth ieee upholding human Jamieson had not seen the story when Waguec asked for comment, He was told only that Canadians had said Britain should not have barred Amin. Jamieson said he did not know who made the remarks in London but added it sounds like ohne of the incredible fairy tales that surround Amin. — But then he added that the British took the only action they could have. 1975 TAX CREDIT problems” with the 1975 return, said White House esman Rex Granum, but the president wants the IRS to audit his tax returns regularly while he is in the te House ; Granum said he did not know what prompted the . current IRS audit or who had requested it. He said An outstanding buy for the sportsman! Sears Lapstrake Aluminum Cartopper is lightweight, yet sturdily built. Aluminum bench seats have foam flotation. Non-glare Green interior finish. Length 12 feet, beam 51%". Weight 102 lbs. Capacity 625 Ibs. M.G.T. rated for motors up to 10 h.p. 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