PAGE 4, THE HERALD, Thursday, September 1, 1977 the herald) — ” Published by Sterling Publishers " General Office - 635-6357 Circulation (Terrace) - 635-6357" {Xitimat) - 692-6209 ‘ PUBLISHER... W.R. (BILL) LOISELLE MANAGING EDITOR... STU DUCKLOW Published avery weekday at 3212 Kalum St. Terrace B.C. A malt. Registration number 1201. Postage pal. + cash, return postage guaranteed. NOTE OF COPYRIGHT 4, TheHerald retains full, complete and sole cop apt in any advertisement produced and-or any: sdi ity or. Photographic content published In the-Herald. Reproduction ls net permitted without the written permission -af the member of Varified Circulation. Authorized 7s second class. jj irene er “Land comm ission must be strong fen ae tad owe ined, Under amendments introduced by Environment Minister Jim Nielsen, the political cabinet will be allowed to consider and overrule decisions made by the land commission. Nielsen says the amendments will not alter the intent of the act,. they, unfortunately, will do .just that. One of the positive aspects of the farmland laws’ introduced by the previous NDP’government was the i t nature of the land commission, Here was a board that would preside like a judicial . body. Instead of judicial precedence, per se, it had. alegal mandate: to preserve the depleting acres of good, arable land in this rocky, mountainous . province. Despite the wheat fields of the Peade River; the fruit farms of the Okanagan; the dairy, vegetable, and mixed operations of the Fraser Valley and south Vancouver Island; and the stump ranches river bottoms and plateaus, Eritish Columbia must still import most of its food. ; The legacy of our development has. been an 'etoded farmland base. : Te aoa of hist bas taught us to stop that trend and with the Land Commission Act of 1973, this province moved in that direction. Protestations which accompanied. the initial Ee oe ae ee ee eneact ies faindisiene yet tose ia nooet portant & ture ons, ? \¥, 1 en “ibe independence of the commission itself - ig one, separated as much as possible from political exigencies. The revisions suggested by the Bennett government deny that —_ imperative. Nothing has changed over the pest four years to lend support to a toning down of the act.,’:‘There is still too litle farmland in B.C.; our population continues to grow. Traditional out-of-province sources of food are themselves victimized by encroaching industry or housing. The continued dependence on outside suppliers makes us worrisome of the vagaries af or the marketplace, Orily when we start producing enough in B.C. can we talk about loosening the rules on preservation of agricultural land. There is every indication, however, that we will never again be able to prodice ‘the quantities needed to meet our own The answer then is a strengthened, not land commission. It must be com- pletely i tt, attuned to the overall need of the people not the political needs of the elected. MERMAN wali titan &* On Rbk Prem Syndicate FY) “Its called ‘Pigeons Beware." » ‘ By BRUCE LEVETT LONDON + The devaluation of the Swidish krona, the third within a year, is 8 arhere as an attempt to gain time while a wide package of economic measures is developed for Sweden. This latest devaluation, experts say, is expected to solve little in itsulf Already, “heen offset as Sweden's trading partners in Scandinavia reluctantly but swiftly followed suit. Experts view the devaluation has having been -forced on Sweden by a @elayed impact of the world recession on Swretiah exports and the economy as a @ “FAX CUTS, austerity measures to take effect. A two- month price freeze, a cut to 35 percent from S7.in taxes paid ‘by employers. and limited public spen ced are among the measures announce devaluation. Until recently, Sweden was regarded as ‘a model of an advanced and efficient ‘industrial society. It had advanced technology, tened labor relations, "skilled and’enterprising management and a quality-conscious labor force which ‘rarely went on strike. Then things began to slip. In the first quarter of 1977, economic growth and SO PRICE FREEZE - | "Sweden drops Krona to b to back up . Obseryers here say the immedial cause was extremely high wage lev among the highest in the world and two to . three tines greater than those prevailing in Britain. - However, they also see some short-term and medium-term miscaleulations The traditional Swedish response world. recession has been to keep. the “domestic economy relatively buoyant in order to be ready to take advantage of the recovery. when it arrives. ‘The recession, however, was “longer and the recovery slower : couraging more uy time like wage rates, among the highest i in the orl wa ta here say it may well be that Sweden has reached the point where the le will have to choose between better aa better welfare programs and en- funds to. go. into productive investment. This may he a stiff political. hurdle for - ~“the year-old coalition government, tha : first non-Socialist a tration in Seden in 40 years. Experts say the present situation cannot fairly be blamed on the coalition, but that the government is unlikely to be able to introduce adequate economic _ . They feel the Swedish government is. ‘hopeing to gain time for its package of The Daily Herald's edifying photographic tour of its own this time with a reddish-colored plant called Dock, which according to resident ‘back yard continues, prices were rising content high fallen to zero, production was down ‘and ; _ ewiftly. than expected | and Swedish indus suffered. , _ There Is also another factor-tax rates, . believers in reform without co-operation from the Socialists and the trade unions. © Press freedom limited, says MP. OTTAWA CP+- Progressive Conservative MP Gerald Baldwin, a am. leading proponent of jess government’ ‘secrecy, has accused Prime Minister Trudeau of attempting. to restrict the freedom of the press Baldwin, MP for Peace River, told a local service club that with the govern- ment's failure to produce a freedom of information law and Trudéau's alleged move tocensor the press, “there is ‘enough to ten all true e democratic system." Freedom of information : proposals tabled last month the Secreta Commons of of State John " Roberts listed nine types of government information - eh. which should be kept from vegetarian Tom Knox , has roots that are great for. making an ointment to treat skin problems. It also has a of agssimilable organle fron, CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. CP - It’s got a silly name and looks like a British Columbia to make the get pronounced gooeyduck into a multi- million dollar industry. - ” Recreation and Conservation Minister Sam Bawlf, spurred on by a 110,000 pound order for geoduck siphons from Japan, has com- overnment hopes reserves to lay the basis for what he says could become a $3 million a year industry. Heading the study for commercial quantities of the corpulent crustacean is Bruce Evans, a 25 year old marine biologist and president of Coast Biochores Ltd. owner of the 50 foot research yease Business Spotlight hot dog with elephantiasis, but the - luck clari that's , missioneda $36,000 study of geoduck Funny-name-but-good-food — siphon sticking out of the sand. To. hharvest them is simple-divers simply blow: the sand away with high-pressure . hoses... The Pursepa worked its way down 130 miles of Vancouver Island's east coast before striking z geoduck paydirt near this fishing logging community: 140 mules Rorthweat of Victoria. Provincial conservation officer Bob Cox donned scuba gear and Went over the side in a bed of kel a small island. Moments later he was back.on the furface, clasping his hands above his head in a victory signal. ; “The fret thing l saw down there was a geoduck si hon,” jhe said. “The bottom is ali sand.” Cox returned to the bottom: with the hose and was back at the boat in weight is edible. _LThe meat .is than most clams, Cox said, and is Much more plentiful. One diver can b 2,000. pounds a stocked bed, he said, and the Pur- sepa’s survey: has found several promising ‘Some problems remain, towever, including the unusual: name. Provincial officials are considering several alternative, including rocky mountain abalone. Regulation of the new industry is another serious problem, Cox said, ‘because Washington state, which takes $5 to. $7 million worth of the clams annually, has found the eoducks need a decade to recover from one harvest, .. In the meantime, fhawgh, Co Cox: it in 1,500" rom a well- Pursepa. '. five minutes with six big clams. - "primarily concerned Wi The Pursepa’s quarry. is no or- “I could have filled the whole bag tory. When the fveronth clam. Weighing up to 12 up,’ he said. contract ends in. December, the pounds, géoducks are found in 60 to “Tine bi eat specimen weighted - Pursepa will have studied the entire /80 feet of water, their tong, mean 8% pou . Almost half the body coast south to Victoria. _ > LEADS MARCH AGAINST UNION Working class hero goes back» By BRUCE LEVETT LONDON CP - Britain has a new : fold hero - a 46 year old boxer who strode purposefully out of the paint shop and into the headlines with the ery ‘We want to work.” . He was not alone, but it was Ron - Hill who stepped forward and stopped a walkout that might have the state-owned British Leyland, largest automobile manufactuer in the country. “ion Hill has the broad nose of an ex-fighter. His hairline is receding. w Hike a block of granite. — it is strong face andl in the last few days, it has been spread across front pages of moat of England's national newspa He lives, ithe is “mates” in a semi: detached house in a Bir. ham suburb, He refers to Ley and, where he has worked for 10 years Up ere," Leyland workmei, defiance of wit govenrment pleas for wage restraint, are asking for a 47-percent pay increase. In the absence of firm assurances 3, shop stewards had Pal ed for a walkout. Televisi crews were on hand to- record th nd mass strike at Leyland ear, “What hey got,, however, — was footage angr®. employees - Ron Hill at their hea marching on the atop stewards’ ; olfices. The cries of “We want to work!” and chants of ‘No strike, no strike" bdo with some unprintable advice e stewards | = came across: oe ‘stewards called off the _ walkout and Derek ‘Robinson, their leader, said afterwards it was “a gad day” for unloniam. wt everybody saw it Robinson’s “the Sunday Express sald: “The acene ma’ ay go dows down in history as the moment finally came te ita senses, the firat day of a new In- dustrial revolution bringing hope to Hill said later he was con- temptuous’ of official union claims that the sentiment was 50to 1 for the strike call. ‘Two-thirds of the workers a up there feel the same as me. they ‘don’t want this strike and they ¢ the stewards were too quick’ to call it. They didn’t give the management time to consider.” Hill‘ has calmed down. con- siderably since the confrontation, but says he still belleves ‘‘we want a lot more honesty from. ‘the management as as the shop stewards.” coe ' He rejects with a anort - Suggestions that he is a A company man. | - “yg never been a . bosses? man, Ask my mates. What worrles me is that if Leyland goes down, we shall lose our jchs and dso will a lot of others, this area there - are Jota of small firms components for cars. It would the ae die disclaims both Political and unlonambitions. “Sometimes I vote. ‘and sometimes I don't and that’s about as far a I £0, oltically ” __ A member of _General Workers the he. rand asked to stand for union office, “but ’ Isatdno, I haven't the time, really.” “All I want up there is the truth and the right to work. If I’m to be hanged for wanting. the. rath it's . time I was off this earth,” _ Under this reg ‘trinity of fl the public to preserve respons __ The Alherta MP called the a diversionary major critics _ Bovernment are the media. like to be criticized tactic to et past the elec. tions, adding ‘that the only - of "the “But the government like all governments, doesn’t and is taking various insidious steps to curtail that criticism.” Referring to a statement ‘made by Trudeau in June involving an investigation ‘into the separatists bias of Radio-Canada, the French | language arm of the CBC, Baldwin said Trudeau's warning of imposed discipline was indicative of censorship of the press. “Mr. Trudeau is not, only upset about this media approach and separatist threat, he wants to do something about it. Exactly what is not yet clear, bdt the bits and pieces he has let fall are ‘indicative, of cen- sarsip,” Baldwin sald. Returning control to developers: ° Graham | Lea, Democrat MLA for Prince ; Rupert, has attacked the Credit government on pening the way for increased sprawl and unplanned land develop- ment. “Again, we are seeing this administration give way to the pressures of land developers who see only the short term benefits to. be ’ reaped and donot examine . the long. iy develope ue comm ent,” said Lea, “em Mr. Lea said this pressure was indicated by a recent order in council which repealed a regulation ap- proved when | he was tninister of highways. tion, the minister could regulate and refuse subdivision plans in - unorganized territory if he considered that “arban New « Sprawl or increased costs to nearby communities would be detrimental to those communities, . “By removing this regulation, the Socreds are paying that land develop. ment can proceed without the necessary. review to insure sound land use and without ee ong Bideration of ne communities. Are we to return to Gaglardl era when rural areas and highway access were open range for the land developers and real estate speculators?” _ ‘The New Democratic government worked te provide adequate access ‘to. the land for all groups, but we ‘did so in the un- derstanding that our land resources are not unlimited and that land use must be planned and integrated with existing communities. Freeze asked | on foreclosures New Democratic Party consumers affairs critic Norman Levi: tage homes during the continuing . economic slump. im on mor- foreclosures to help Mr. Levi, NDP MLA for . Vancouver-Burrard, noted that Central Mortgage and Housing® Corporation, a” ’ federal Crown Cor : has: announced t¢ number of foreclosures on. ation, at the ‘NHA ; loans: in the B.C.- "Yukon region will exceed 160 this year compared to 34 in 1978 and 18 in 1975. “The holy economic igh unem- ployment, a soft real estate fan ever increasing inflation Yate will bring about the ruin of hundreds of young. families in = Briitis Columbia because they. cannot pay thelr mor- vi sald. ae discussing several officials an the mortgage lending fleld feel it is apparent that. Batish Colum i's lack of sound economic Policies has brought about the highest today called. families keep their . with | “foreclosure rate since “the necator ‘ can em because of icant, proble is that with young couples who have - mortgages." the payments were invariably working on both - people When one spouse, becomes unemployed, . the trouble meeting the payments starts." “Those families that are fo at th to sell their homes po cut their losses find that because of a soft real estate market they are not able to sell unless they can take an estate trerket ie arditeloiy market is artifiela soft because the free market system is not allowed to work. Although it is characterized as.a ‘buyers market’, very: few seas, Aerie a8) n to fell the rtments at te Quesnel reen. project in is an indication of of the real estate ‘Levi said, . “the province must intercede and see that a moratorium {s put on all foreclosures’ par-.. ticularly . where - ‘unem- ployment is a basic cause.