ed PAGE A4, THE HERALD, Wednesday, May it, 1977 oat Pa tL,8, tibetateSitad at Bali ital edabatat Natal letataletatitabatatadsta SAAD NE eet tet at cara serena the herald Eu Terrace - 635-6357 Kitimat - 632-5706 ublished by a Sterling Publishers Ltd % Pyolished every weekday af 3212 Kalum $t., Terrace, B.C. A 5 neniber of Varified Circulation. Authorized as second class = «Mail. Registration number 1201, Postage paid in cash, return “i postage guaranteed. SADVERTISING MANAGER ie : PUBLISHER # KAYE EHSES GORDON W. HAMILTON a & MANAGING EDITOR g ALLAN KRASNICK “1 . NOTE OF COPYRIGHT The Herald retains full, complete and sole capyright in any = advertisement produced andor editorial or photographic i= content published in the Herald. Reproduction is not i permitted without the written permission of the Publisher. = Shon ssteteete yerebeabaseceletacececatacececacaieceunasinstetetoletetalat rete Tifate m alee cy void scandalous The bankruptcy of the federal and provincial governments’ economic policies was further evidenced yesterday in the latest figures on unemployment. . Almost one million people are now jobless across the country. In British Columbia, 9.1 percent of the labour force is unable to find work. These statistics cannot be consoling to Premier Bennett, 17 months after being elected on a plat- form to “get British Columbia moving again.” Neither can they provide great comfort to Prime Minister Trudeau as he campaigns towards six important byelecticns later this month. ; Yet despite increasing unemployment throughout the past year, neither government appears ready or willing to act. Premier Bennett, who was so vocal on the issue during the 1975 campaign, apparently believes that .the presence of a private enterprise government in Victoria is evidence enough that all is right in the land. In fact, Bennettis so convinced of this that his government has not hesitated to lay off workers on the B.C. Ferries, B.C. Railway, and at CanCel in Prince Rupert, further aggravating the unem- ployment picture in the province. Similarly, Prime Minister Trudeau -seems-fo - « think that his position as ‘saviour of confederation’. relieves him from any obligation to address economic issues. According to acting prime minister, Allan MacEachern, the government is assuming a wait- and-see posture, hoping that the upsurge in theAmerican economy will have a spillover effect on Canada’s. . -_ : Despite demands by the Conservative and NDP Opposition for a new budget to stimulate the sagging economy, MacEachern has said that the federal government has no intention of bringing in new measures to reduce unemployment. What is especially galling, as Tory Leader Joe Clark pointed out, is that Canada was one of seven nations to name unemployment a key problem at ‘the London economic summit last weekend. But, while Trudeau may consider unemployment to be a, major political issue abroad, he obviously does not see any advantage in addressing it at home. . Instead, he has preferred to use his cunning to capitalize on the political windfall offered him by the election of a separatist government in Quebec, | The most recent unemployment figures are the’ clearest indication of all that it is time for Trudeau and Bennett to put petty politics aside. Unemployment does not only have disastrous social effects on those without jobs. Last year, every working British Columbian had‘to pay over $500 a year more in taxes and other expenses due to unemployment, based on Statistics Canada figures. And, as people in the Skeena area know only too well, once unemployment starts to climb above 10 percent, the economic infrastructure of a com- munity begins to break down, throwing even more out of work, The Trudeau and Bennett governments must realize that unemployment is not an isolated political problem that can be cynically ignored. The time for action is now. FUNNYSIDE | | DENTISTS | B3| oFFICE “— “THEY SAY HE'S THE BEST...1 UNDERSTAND HE DOES ALL OF JIMMY CARTER'S WORK.” 1,4,4,9,9,4,0,8,0,1,0, 4.0008 Sas DAC So SSSR SSS So eR SS Carter scores diplomatic po LONDON (CP) — U.S. President Carter appears to have scored a major political triumph in his first uropean trip, gaining suppor’ among European allies who previously have been mistrustful of Ameri- can foreign policy. But observers suggest that among Canadian of- ficials the new U.S.- European warmth may cause some concern, espe- cially among. those in Canada who want to promote greater arms sales to the European market. Canadian Defence Minister Barney Danson is reported to be preparing new proposals relating to international sales of military equipment and there is a question now whether the new American- European warmth may interfere with his plans. Currently, Canada insists that each piece of equip- ment purchased abroad must have some Canadian content and there must be some purchasing in Canada to make up for Canadian dollars leaving the country. Over-all, Canada tries to get back more than 60 per cent of its foreign military equipment expenditures in this manner. Danson now is reported Interpreting the news wondering whether Canada might be able to arrange better deals by buying off the shelf and getting the seller country to reciprocate by making major purchases in Canada. : A closer _relationshi between the U.S. and suc countries as West Germany and France might interfere with this idea, observers say. For example, Western Europe might decide as a bloc on a piece of equipment and then talk it over with the US., leaving Canada out. Canada, with its defence production-sharing arrangement with - Federal g MONTREAL (CP) — ’ Bryce Mackasey kept Verdun Liberal for 15, years by, among other things, getting federal home-im- provemen‘ loans for blue-. collar residents of the bedroom suburb on the western edge of Montreal. But Mackasey resigned as Verdun’s MP last fall to run for the Quebec National: Assembly, winning per- sonally against a tide of Parti Quebecois votes that lapped the edges of Verdun, more than 60 per cent French-pseaking. The question now is whether the Liberals can continue to win every poll in the riding as ‘it did when Mackasey rolled up huge majorities. That the majorities have dwindled in federal elections in the last 10 years is some consolation to Conservatives, who ran nearly 20,-000 votes behind the Liberals in 1968 but cut that to less than 10,000 in 1974. ‘They're scared,’’ Michele Parent, a Con- servative organizer, said Monday with the May 24 byelections, five in Quebec and one in Prince Edward Island, two weeks away. Raymond Savard, 44, wellknown tobacco shop owner and Verdun city councillor, is Liberal can- didate this time. Solicitor-. General Francis Fox is or- ganizing his campaign. Mackasey, and possibly Prime Minister Trudeau, are expec appear on his behalf. Conservative candidate Pierrette Lucas, 36,a career woman, is at the bus stops at 7 am. daily to attract voters, Later this week, Conservative leader Joe Clark andna squad of Conservative MPs are expected to make a door-to- door blitz of Verdun on her behalf. : NDP candidate Phil Edmonston, 33, founder of Automobile Protection Association, 4 hardnosed consumer gioup. has been running door-to-auor since February. Edmonston says English- speaking residents feel Trudeau hasn't done enough to protect their rights “and Clark is providing no leadership whatsoever.” Three of the Quebec ridings were opened last fall by the resignations of MPs Jean Marchand (Langelier), Mackasey (Verdun), and Roland Comtois (Terrebonne) to seek seats in the Quebec National Assembly. Mar- chand, since appointed a senator, was defeated as was Comtois. . Comtois, running again, was 18,752 votes ahead of his nearest opponent = in “Ah, spring — makes one feel like taking the day off... if I only had a job.” IMPORTANT BYELECTIONS rants kept Verdun Liberal Terrebonne in 974, meaning an uphill battle for six opponents. In Langelier, a Quebec City riding, Marchand was 10,277 votes ahead of his nearest opponent in 1974. The Liberal candidate this time is Mayor Gilles ‘Lamontagne of Quebec City, who faces six opponents. Louis-Hebert, another Quebec City riding, was left vacant last year by the death of Albanie Morin, 25,612 votes ahead of her nearest opponent in 1974. Her successor is Dennis Dawson, 27-year-old US Washington, would then become just a manufac- turing arm of U.S. industry. The hard facts of political life are that Canada gets better marketing op- portunities among her NATO allies in Europe when relationships are cool be- tween those allies and the Canada _also prefers to. : consider NATO as a group of countries where she can deal easily with individual members. Analystshere say Canada would be in an unfortunate sales position if a solid European bloc started dealing with a solid | American groups. chairman of the Quebec Catholic School Commis- sion. He faces three: op- ponents. Social Credit is running candidates in all five Quebec ridings but is bat- tling to hold Temiscamingue in northwestern Quebec. Party Leader Real Caouette, who teft his Liberal opponent 7,-630 votes behind in 1974, died last Dec. 16 and his 37-year- old son Gilles is seeking the seat this time. The closest _ battle probably will take place in Malpeque, a P.E.J. con- Business spotlight Renault tries to crack tough Canadian market TORONTO (CP) — Patrick de Butler is fam- bling more than a hope and a prayer on carving an upper spot for Renault in the nadian car market. De Butler is vice- president and general manager of Automobiles . Renault Canada Ltee., and the company is investing about $1 million in ad- vertising this year to win public appeal for its product. And he realizes it's no. small feat, especially in Ontario, to persuade people to buy a foreign-made car. “The customer’s biggest concern when buying a car is whether he can get parts and service quickly,” de Butler said in an interview. “Renaultis able to fulfil 94 r cent.of its parts orders rom stock within one week, though the largest proportion is actually serviced within a day.” Renault, whose parent company is in Paris and Canadian headquarters just outside Montreal, sells six models in Canada, all front- wheel drives and at prices ranging from $3,400 to about $10,000. Its main stock in trade is d the two-door hatchback Renault 5,. which the company launched in France in 1972.and in North America in 1975. De Butler said the four- cylinder Renault 5 is a pular model. which sells for about $3,-500 and gives about 44 miles to a gallon of soline. “Until the Renault 5 was introduced, Renault had ex- tremely low visibility in On- tario,” he said. ‘We are starting, therefore, from a relatively low sales base.” But that base grades upward to a luxury-line specialty. The Renault 30 sells for about $10,-000 and de Butler calls it the car for all seasons. “The severe cold, traction problems in snow and ex- posure to road salt in many provinces make Canadian driving conditions among the toughest in the world,” he said. . “We have spent two winters testing the Renault 30 under the most severe conditions and have modified the car for to ‘performance in all seasons.” However, de Butler has yet to take a stand on the new anticorrosion code proposed by the federal Government. | De Butier said he wanted more lime to study the code, which urges car manufacturers to improve the rust resistance on their vehicles so that 1981 models wouldilast at least five years without serious rusting. Nearly 6,000 Renaults were sold in Canada last year—about 60 per cent of ‘them in Quebec-—- and de Butler said the total should reach about 1,400 in the next couple of years as_ the company now has dealers in every Canadian province. In an address later to the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, he said growth of corporations like Renault depend largely on the ex- pansion of the dealer net- work and the acceptabilit of the product by the sma businessman, “We know from ex- perience that when a product is accepted by a ‘dealer it is half sold,’” he said. “The rest is'up to the individual entrepreneur rating in his own style in his own community,” ‘ ’ Angus Until Carter showed up with his personal charm and diplomacy, Europeans generally had been mistrustiul of the U.S. Henry Kissinger, a8 United States state secretary, was somewhat less than popular durin, many stages of his politic career, . Carter did little initially as a new boy on the in- ternational scene to warm up the U.S.-European ’ freeze. ints His stand on human rights, in which he talked tough to the Soviet Union, dismayed West Germany. which favored quiet diplo-. macy. His position on nuclear matters annoyed France. Here, however, he hag admitted his inexperience and has evinced a willingness to take another ° look at policies unpopular with his allies. His position is winning back friends for his country. Voice of the readers Constructive suggestions The Editor, ‘ Terrace Herald, Just a few comments on the new “daily” Herald. It’s nice to have a daily local aper but where is the local news? J do realize that news items in and around Terrace aren't all that plentiful but I'd rather read about other community problems than about where Prime Minister Trudeau happens to be vacationing. For instance, I didn’t see anything about the little boy who was presumed drowned in Telkwa, although I must admit, I may have missed it. Today, there was an accident at the corner of Lakelse and Emerson. Were you there to cover it and take a photograph for the paper? . OTTAWA (CP) — Energy Minister Alastair Gillespie bristled Tuesday at a -suggestion in the” Commons that the govern- stituency which elected J. MacLean to Parliament for 25 yeara. MacLean, who resigned to become P.E.1. Conservative leader, won by only 644 votes in 1974. Conservative candidate this time is Ian MacQuarrie, 44, a biologist. The Liberal is Donald Wood, 42, a food : processing executive in a rural riding where energy costs and farm problems are dominant. POOR POSTAL SERVICE TORONTO (CP) — The . direct mail industry will be in serious trouble if public faith in Canada's postal service is not restored, a direct mail consultant said Monday. - Charles Spilka of Mon- treal said in an interview that postal. strikes and threats of strikes in 1975 and 1976 drove two book clubs and a mail order business he then owned into bankruptcy, ’ Spilka was one of several delegates attending the annual conference of the Canadian Direct Marketing Association. Other delegates at the conference complained about the poor mail service for ‘ third-and fourth-class mail. Postmaster-General Jean-Jacques Blais, in Toronto to attend the con- ference, said jokes about mechanization in the postal service hurt employee morale and lead to poorer service. Rick Steinberg, president of the Toronto Direct Marketing Club, said a Christmas card mailed Dec, 6 to his Toronto home from the same area of the city arrived March 12. He said other mail sent one week before a meeting arrived the day after the — meeting was held. ’ Wally Firth Mail | I know you probably will report it in the Police Court news but surely.an accident which sends people to hospital deserves a headline column of its own! I'd also like to see a few cartoons for the kids, a challenging crossword for the intellects and a few cooking or sewing or fashion columns for the homemaker and-or working mother. Aliso a Birth Notice column and an Obituary Column would be nice added features. Surely the hospital and funera home would cooperate with the in- formation. Hope you'll take these suggestions into con- sideration. A Terrace reader Domesticgas needs foremost questions. ment will put United States energy needs ahead of native -land “That is an insulting suggestion,"’ Gillespie tol (NDP— Northwest Territories). He said there has never been any question that Canadian interests come before those of the U.S. in making a decision on a natural gas pipeline from the north. The U.S, Federal Power Commission has recom- mended getting Alaska gas to market by way of pipelines through Canada. The Gillespie-Firth ex- change came shortly after NDP Leader Ed Broadbent said the government should ask the U.S. to delay until the end of the year any decision on a pipeline to move Alaskan and Canadian Western Arctic natural gas to southern markets, But Gillespie said the government, which plans to make a pipeline deeisfon by late summer, wants: to get the recommendations'of the National Energy Board (NEB) before it makes a decision, That report is expected around July 1. Mr. Justice Thomas Berger of the British Columbia Supreme Court, . who made a three-year study of the impact.of a pipe ine on the north, urged e government Monday to delay any construction in the Mackenzie River Valley for 10 years. He said the time is needed to'settle and . implement native land claims. Berger also called -for a ban on the construction of a ipeline from Alaska across e sensitive terrain of the Northern Yukon. Under questioning in the | House Tuesday, Northern Affairs Minister Warren -Allmand again declined to say whether government accepts the recom- mendations. _ The oil industry says acceptance of the recom- mendations by the govern: ment will scuttle proposals for a joint pipeline to move supplies from both Alaska and the Mackenzie delta. But Berger said a proposal for a pipeline along e Alaska Highway to move » U.S. gas to market poses less danger to the en- vironment, He said he could not endorse that route since | studies on the social and economic impact of the project are just getting under way. claims in the. ~-porth: nh ee hl