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_ LEGISLATIVE LISRARY,.
co. APARLTAMEAT PULLDINGS, |

VICTORIA, H.C.

Reagan
talks. -
tonight

_ WASHINGTON (AP) —
President Reagan takes his

case to the people tonight to.
drive home his’ message”

that sweeping budget and

tax cuts are necessary to

avold ‘economic
calamity.” .

, Aides said the broadcast

address “from “the Oval

Olfice, at 9 p.m. EST,

would offer a broad view of

the - ‘economic dilemma,
Father than specifics for.
paring government
spending and Individual
tax bills. The details wiil
’ gome in a speech to the

U.S. Congress on Feb. 18. .

White House press
secretary James Brady
sald Reagan would seck to

reassure the country that ~
everyone will be treated |

ever-handedly as he tries
to cut spending and taxes.

‘There won't be any one, .

gut,” and the thrust will be
to “weed oul the greedy to -
help the needy,” Brady

. — speech is Reagan's
first effort to build publle
pressure on Congress
accept his’ proposals. He
made a highly unusual visit

to Capitol Hill on Wednes-

day to. consult with

Potlatch

VANCOUVER (CP) — A
“war potlatch'’ to provide

. “funda for tribal land claims
was: proposed Wednesday _

7 by Chief Joe Mathias of the

Squamish Indian band.

- Mathias, speaking at the
opening of a four-day
| peeting of the Aborj
“Council of B.C., it
should be a serious potlatch
to build a war chest tor.
tribal groupe seeking to
- . @efine clainis to land never
to civil
~ grathority,

* Mathias, like other co
‘ordinators of the council -
‘set up two years ago {to
-Tecognizé the claims of

“political indian
Hons. .

with tribal groups by three

_orgenjtations, the Alliance

“of B.C. Indians, the United
Native. Nations .and the -

Native Brotherhood af B a.
Mathias noted the
federal government has
proposed entrenchment of
Indian “rights in a new
Canadian constitution and
wartied that Indlans will

‘have to make sure It isn’t

an emply promise. .
prcat 49 land claim set
te set-

- éments in B.C. has been,

thé provincial government
no mate? what political
i in power. ..

Pahey don't recognize
Indian -elaims,"’ he -said.
“We have got to, in some
mariner, cause a flip-flop in
the provincial government
attinxe.”

“Pm talking aboul a
serious potlatch,"” he sald.
“1 dan't think we have ever
detionstrated our cultural

“unity before. The tribal

. groups should proclaim a

_ Special] hour and a special
. day to announce their com-

mitment.

_ way to the Canadian Union
- of Public Employees. *

' YEY-1%4

By KEITH ALFORD.

the “Lalk of the towns”
for weeks. ;

For the. last two
evenings he has been

forming at the REM
congressional leaders’ and, pe
in Brady's words, “grease Lee Theatre in Terrace -
the skids" for the com : and tonight he is’ the
; ne official opening en-
| Sconomic program. ;

7 Feats and Wife Saye ere 0. Skeondary” Béhool
Jimmy » wearing @ 4 Theatre in Kitimat.
cardigan sweater, The shows ‘are the
delivered a “fireside chat” ;

° " time to see If Harris can

In which be asked the US. - deliver ual the
to make a sacrificial effort rroninca and ex:

; og pectations. At each of
. War Is his Terrace shows only

about 10 “seats were
vacant and the audience
began fo arrive an hour
before curtain time.

With the Provincial
Deputy Minister of
- Education leading the
opening ceremonies,

should be ' "standing

In the midst of the
excited chatter of adults
and kids, Harris walks

To win CUPE muststop: garbage =

_ to wrap themselves in-the.” |

; * ANCOUVER (cP) —

Striking civie workers can
- win.a settlement only if.

The coundil was set up ;

they stop. garbage from
being picked ‘up by in-
dependent ‘refuse removal
com gays the vice-

president of the Vancouver :

area's - largest. private

“CUPE knows the only.
way they're going to win -
their strike is b put foe
of .

independents “out —
business," Gene Bass of
Smithrite, Disposal said
Wednesday.

"If no independents work,
garbage would pile up

* faster} in urban -areas

provoking public pressure
on municipalities to give

Mass said bis company

. hes fallen only a litle

behind in contracted pick-
ups. despite some trouble
with pickets set up by

Smithrite, ' and ‘two:
private garbage. dump

Operators will be ia cour:

‘Rolf Harris has been :

Kitimat school bands
and choirs taking part in—
‘the festivities, tonight it ©

room only” at the Mount’

. Coquitlam,

. Vancouver
 picipelities are-no closer to

‘Rolf Harris blows his Australian‘horn - for
Terrace patrons, for the Theatre opening In

an stage with three legs
for his opening number.
The deafening applause
indicates that he has
already delivered to his
‘audience satisfaction.

that be really is as good a

. “aris tates

Down, Sport". is . the
_ Second. item of the

evening.
By the time he invites
the patrons to jain in the

singing and clapping -

time, they.are [ar abead |
“of him.’ ‘Kangeroo" has
been translated into 19
languages, many of
which he sings.

- Tt is‘a total show.
Harris blends in every -
action of those who have
come te see him: He'll.

“Tie Me “Kangeroo

 . ponticall .
cae ‘master’ “of

Kitimat, and [ust for the pure wonderful fun.

of the sound {t makes.

* interrupt the mood and

- pace of a number by
; using flash on your
. camera, Harris. will

point it ‘gut, gently and’

. He+is
. accents, his jokes some

. of- which are legendary
are

tell you how to breath in _

_ and. cut - at the same
‘time, and why you
should never cross your

do two minutes on a

sneere, and.comipare it ,
with the next one. “Do
you, have an un-.
codticiable urge to
cough, do. Harris will,
tell you with if was a
good cough, or just so-so
“cough, Do you dare tp

y

information picket ines; at 7

landfill sites.

Ambassador Industries
Ltd., which operates
dumps in nearby
Richmond
Landfill Ltd. in that
municipality south of

Vancouver, and Smithrite _ -

have asked, B.C. Supreme |
Colt lo inirvene in the

‘They. want the court to
stop the union from
physically intert with

‘commeércial trucks and
-private vehicles from

entering and-leaving the
tites, - . -

Pickets say they

“digging in for a |

battle’ as unions and ni
areas mu-

resolving © the dispute,

which has halted almost all ©

civie services,

Joho Parks, chairman of
the Greater Vancouver
Regional District labor
relations committee, said a

meeting Wednesday night

” didn't produce any change

*_ the 15-per-cent wageand
benefits package is final
and not negotiable.

The workers, who

_ darkened -
quietly singing withhim |

It’s comedy and good

fun, but Harris has a
soft, romantic side too. -
" More than opce during
the eventing will you find
yourself sitting in a
/ intimacy

_almost.‘-under your

breath’ and filling the :

space. with oné of the

most Moving sounds to
be found in the theatre -'
an -audience  tran-
sformed intoa family by
"the talents’ of one man.
After: intermission,
you'll hear Australian

inter spaced.

” fascination as Harris
-ttansforms an enor-

- wight, any idiot can do it

Christmas tales, and -
‘merican cowboy sings -
with the Harris Couch.”
’ Harris will continue to

.. play various Australian
‘the culture, legends, .
‘ and delight at being.

alive of his bome. -

theshow. They watch in
awe and: utter

mous blank canvas into
‘a work of art using a
four inch house paint
brush. But then you”
probably - won't be
watching. your kids
much then either, ‘you
will be a kid yourself.
And. the show . isn't
over yet! There’s more,
and more, and more. | ~
-Harris manager has a
motto, “if you're going —
to. do. anything, do -it

receive $65-a-week picket

pay, are seeking catch-up |

wage increases of.about 35

percent in one year, or.
-about $3 an hour for outside

workers earning $8 an

_ hour. They want the same
“for clerical workers who

currently earn ‘$5.85 an

- While most dump sites

were quiet Wednesday, an

‘incident involving axes and
‘dube Wed 1 y: i

And then. comes ‘the -

i

between a loaded Smithrite

yehicle and CUPE pickets

dump site is being referred
to Crown ‘counsel today.
Residential streets
showed little evidence of
accumulated trash -

at the North Vancouver

further s SU

OTTAWA (CP) _ New

Democrat Leader © Ed -

Broadbent promised today
.to support Liberal con-

- sfitutional reform pro-

posals and said he hopes

Saskatchewan Premier -

Allan Blakeney will also

back the package. -
Broadbent told. a news ~

conference that NDP MPs

“will be pleased" to vote

‘tor the package as long as-

the gaveroment allows a
“fall and fair debate” in

the Commons during final |

consideration of the
proposals’ and |
“nothing objectionab

’ Fhe New Democrats
promised tentative sup-

adds ;

Broadbent said his party

got what it wanted during
of.
constitution

deliberations.
Parliament's
committee. .

He.

4

“mentiotied :

assurances that . national -

~ yeferendums will be ‘used |

* qmly’ to ‘break ‘deadlocks

between Ottawa ‘and the —

provinces, entrenchmpnt of

native ee and: more:

“BRANDON, Man. (CP)
” Prime Minister Trudeau

lashed out at bankers, big

business and the energy- ‘

producing © provinces.
- Wednesday, accusing them
“of stirring up an East-West
conflict in Canada to attack

lis government’s energy |

Ina speech to a tunchéon
arowd ‘of more than 500,.

‘Trudeau also lumped in the ©

oll companies, the financial
press and. the’ editorial
writers of large newspaper
chains. among - the
“economic ae ea :
posed‘ to “peeing
policies;

be Certainly seem te
large number. of
ecovomig interests trying

fag of Western pride,”
Trudeau said.

It was his second trip’ to
Western Canada since
October to defend his

last speech in Regina drew
strong criticism when .he

Westerners were
hysterical in their
criticisms of his policies.

Trudeau's one-day visit .

to Brendon incladed a visit

to a high school, where be

fielded questions from
students, and.a meeting
with about a doren daily
and weekly newspaper

Trudeau told the crowd,
which inchded a large

_mumber of farmera” and -

amall businesamen, that
they and ordinary Western

consumers should fec- -

ognize they are major
beneficiaries of lower

energy priced. He urged -

them to look behind his
critics and see whoee inter-

Bests they really represent,

“Whenever I pee a
banker, dn ail company
president and the
mewspaper giants agreeing
that we're doing something
wrong, I think we must be
doing something right,” .

troduced.

“charter and key resource
amendments te be voted on
today. oa

“As a” Tesult a ‘these
“changes. ot
provements in the reso

lution, which are sub- |
stantial and réaj,’ our

_ caucus, met yesterday

decided to support the |

“‘rebource ©
‘amendments belpre: Yhe

chewan support for : the
package giving
provinces mare, reontrel.

‘Trudeau after negotiations
. with Broadbent last fall but
said it would block” the

amendment on | io-
terprovincial trade...
‘ That move is expected fo

“result in ap announcement,
that Blakeney’s @overn-
ment will oppose. the

. federal package, leaving
the. Liberals with no

provineal allies: in. athe .

“Trudeau ‘critical -
about business

Trudeau said, « . drawing .

already gitting.",

“Who’ would pay ‘the

most?" Trudeas asked,

tran has
another

“SEHRAN (AP-CP) —
ran’ s revolutionary
“Tegime freed oné of the
three Americans still beld
in its jails and moved to-

” ward a decision on another

one amid new criticism of
President Abolhassan

Authorities on Wee
nesday freed a“
‘Sobhani, a. 44-yeal
computer expert from Los -
Angeles who was arrest

' on ubspecified Ubarges 4

Sept. 6. A naturalized U.S,
citizen, he hadi stayed in his .
‘pative Iran to run a>
computer’ business after
his former employer,

Rockwell International, :

pulled out in 1978.
Sobhani's | brother,-
Morris, ssid in Santa.

Barbara, Calif, be did not ~~

and his Iranien wife would

‘ return to the U.S.

Meanwhile, the ‘Swiss
that Cynthia Dwyer, @, 2
free-lance journalist fram
Amberst, N.Y., who was

} port |

im. o

givernment a
promised to support NDP
“amendments endorded. by -

; prereset
- executive or a ba

—“more. on. Bad
top af rent doa they ae .

_ freely.

“ Hngt definitively
“door” -on ‘support "for:
. package. It- would:
. desirable | for

“federal initiatives, oe >

1 Weld very Touch like five ©
1 governm ent...

debate” but spent a5. mish,
time. ~ criticizing . he
_ Ppereasive ‘Conservatives: .
‘“for: delaying. taction.ime -»
" eriticizing the Liberals for”

the Tories a i ito the mop

of closure.

Broadbent said the’
caucus’ decision was “An
overwhelming majority”

' andtadded be has no resson

. tobelieve there will be any
‘NDP rebels in the final
Commons vote. Svend

. Robinson, NDP justice

~etithe Grom Burnaby, H.€.,

“The Western farmer,

that’s who.”

calling. for higher ‘pelea,
characterizing them a8 (en
‘east-west. ‘conflict, “gst

an attack on the West. {sir
. ae

freed. ee
hostage:

| (possibly by Monday. oS

E a
yi

. Withelm Schmid, a Swiss
diplomat allowed to attend:
the court session, reporter:
she wat charged wi(h. .
“spying — acting against:
the best inferesis of the
Islamic Republic of Iran,'"-
Be said be got no inkling |
what the verdict might be..

"Tn the event she” ie
‘ released, we will ea’
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help with the arrange:
ments for Waving (fe,

country.” nid Sctumid. *

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