sow Evel he i is amet

in this. election .

. Wher the election was called -
Prime Minister Trudeau said
the’ major issue was £enerally
one of the inlegrity of the Nation
‘and inthis ] agree. Let’s bring

that concept closer to home and ~

how it should apply to our
rl of B:Cy
We have, as many people.
“have sald, fantastic resources
in this northern part of B.C. and
perhaps - the single most.
imporlant thing to do is to see
these resources developed and |
used-ralionally,
q ° The weallh OL any nation. is:
the natural resources to which :
we apply human resources. The

more human resources we.

apply to the natural resource,
.the more wealth we. produce,
In other words. employment
5 and the consequential income to
“workers and farnilies all rest on

g the natural resources.
For years we have been
E content (o ship those resaurces
oul of sur area‘ and out of
Canada lo provide Jobs’ ‘to

}.countries, -To me this” is
extremely short. sighted. We
"Must * develop and use these
‘resources in the area. - °
And that means using the
agencies of government such as
athe Department of Regional
Expansion to assist in‘ getting
small prime resource and
manufacturing industries
q established in our communities,
‘Locai employment possibilities
fare always enhanced when the -

ig Small businessman. has .a-
* is disagreement relate to the
- advantapes given” to big.

By chance todo something locally.

.* Wemust also slop the drain of

fm Money out of Canada by multi-
g national corporations and have
that money available to us here.
‘Every time the: big

¥ corporation puts off paying ile -

gs taxes, the wage earner, the

farmer, the fisherman and the ©
_ Matters of disagreement relate

small businessman must make
mf up the difference. We want to

. balance this out by pulling’ the
a} 537. Billion’ in unpaid

corporation income. taxes into

circulation,” *
"We simply. cannot permit the

Special living
: -allowance for
- Civil servants

“Frank Howard recently
publicized a matter that J have
been checking into.” stated
John . Mitchell, .

candidate for. Skeena., -
“lam very. concerned about
the special living allowance for
‘| federal public employees, Only.
7 ® lew days age I discussed ‘the
mcamatter with Ron’ Basford,
ef Minister of Urban | Affaire"
Mitchell continued. - “This

‘Yallowaice ‘is ‘a matter ‘of.
himportance‘to many people in.

certain: areas. of Skeena,
specifically federal .employees
atin Prince Rupert, Tefrace and
Kitimat.
mutthis northern benefit’ removed.
Fwilhout some Very good
reasons. I shall: investigate.
further, but at the moment,can .
only stand opposed: to’ the
fremoval: of the © -allowance,”
Mitchell stated. .

“When lam elected I shail be :

ble to be more effective in
clecting this benefit than.an
pposilion representative could ©
e expected to. be," Mitchell
oncluded,

‘vat_the expense of

; Liberal
Visiting ©

Ida not intend to'see *

_. Stevens,-

continual destruction ‘of the *,
Purchasing valve of our dollar,
“With respect to foodstuffs we

hivesuggesied.a Prices‘Review
Board to ensure‘that there is -

‘some group responsible to the
public that, would declare on-
such’ prices. Tt has -always :

- puzzled'me that we accept the -

iden of ‘regulating the price of

“liquor, yet -let food prices

skyrocket: . Surely we needn't

_ ask which of the two is. more

_importanl, r
Certalnly we need assistance .
from funds already in existence

‘to up-grade local. airports such.

as. those ‘at’. Burns: Lake;
Vanderhoof and Fort St. James,

- In this election no candidate is

more ‘interested in any other

‘about that matter,
Likewise with-respect ‘to CNR- ;

spur ‘lines northward from

| :Terracé- and southward from ~
" Houston, ‘Such lines would be.
- immensely. ‘helpful tia: gelling

wood. te pulp. mills"and saw -
mills. - I’m sure there Is no
disagreement among
candidates . about
suggestions. - ms

When it comes to matiers ofa
local nature — public works
projects, help from government
~o man can set himself above
the other in terms of interest
and desiré to help,

No, there is no disagreement -
among the candidates about

those -

. Such matters, even though one.
fridy be more ‘shrill than the

other at any given time,
The matters upon which there

business lohelp them get Plager
e
average citizen, They relate to

"the “simple question as to
whether our economic system is

‘going to control us-or are we, as
people, going to control it: The

to what the Prime Minister said

-at .the beginning of the’

‘campaign. =~ the. ‘Integrity of

et het “al “the integrity . of.
‘Canada| ‘tests on the oppertunity:

q, toeam adecent living and livea.::
decent life free from the spectre

of want ~ free from fear-of old”.

‘age poverty and free fromthe ‘~
.indifference of big government. ;

That's what we in the N.D.P. .
want to see and that’s” what

we'll ‘continue to strive to see.

_THE HERALD

" Liberals preshiink dollar

“We. now. have ; a preshrunk.
dollar ‘thanks’ to the. Liberal ”

Government!’ says Everett
the: ‘Progressive

. Conservative Candidate for

“Liberal policies and

: ‘Tegislation haye, made: the.
- purchasing power of our dollar
much smaller over the past four...

‘years. They seem to he fore
concerned | ‘with increasing

: ‘unemployment’ than in dealing.
‘with the pfobleris of people.” nonsense and a crime on the”

“people of Canada.” |.

:« Stevens noted that the Liberal

Government’ hag not: initiated
any programs at’ all ‘to fight:
inflaton, instead.they have’.
reduced di

increased the interest rates and
have'restricted the supply of:
. flew money, “These - ‘measures.

emand for. goods;

‘have done nothing bul increase

the unemployznent rate. This is

‘born. out-right“at the present
time withthe highest seasonally
adjusted rate of unemployment
this country thas: ever seen.”
Stalistics" quoted by Stevens
indicated that ,from June 1971
to June are the Consumer Price .

‘index hadi increased i; 1 pereent
and food prices by 5.4.percent,
“This is: ‘away: too. much of an

Increase: in ‘one. year,” said
; Stevens , “the Economic | Council ©

of Canada in 1964 stated that the -

annual average price increase .

fo ensure price and‘ cost.
stability in Canada should be set
at 2 percent. This 4 to 5 percent

rate of inflation caused by the’

Trudeau administration ist utler: -

Stevens indicated “that the

“ Progressive Conservative party
-would : fight - this splralling
i inflation by reviewing, with the

Provinces, the productivity and

fairness. of the revenue and

expenditure. programs. and

Take “sure that~ jobs ‘are

available to Canadians, :“It. is

‘Tidiculous for-a country as rich
“as ours to have a more‘than 7

percent unemployment rate, A
Conservative Government: will:
make it, a first priority to. get
aa back to work, " he
said,

-_ misrepresentation of facts by -.

‘Raral erisie 972.

the —

Everett ‘Stevens, * the
Progressive. Conservative
candidate. for -

tural Canada, whichincludesthe
‘large Skeena riding, is facing a
crisis whch the policies of the
‘Trudeau ‘Government -‘are
bringing rapidly to a head. He

stated that most of the problems .

-of Rural Canada are caused by
the loss of valuable manpower
to the large urban centres. This

"loss has resulted in ‘a: massive

loss of net income on the. rural
scene over thie last four years,

Slevens noted that in 1969,

36 percent of families and 50.4.

percent .: of: | unattached
thdividuals in rural areas lived
belaw ‘the -Statistiés Canada
poverty line; “These statistics

have grown worse over the past.

two years as well,” he said,
“this is just not good enough far
a wealthy country like ours. Our
> Tural

‘situation, Marc et:

Stevens called altention to the :

‘fact thal the realized net farm
income over the paat four years

. had dropped- from. 1.56 billion. -

dollars’ in- 1963 ‘to. a forecast
income of just over 1. billion
- dollars i in 1972, “This Tepresents

Skeena’.
hammered home the fact (hat

_.Several ways he stated,

preblems . must “be -
Tecognized- by. the . -Fedéral .
Administration ‘and stéps' must -;:
“he: taken to -alleviate: the

a drop of more than 4 percent

in farm ‘income since the
“Trudeaw | admiristralion . took

Office. ‘This is shameful and

would seem lo indicate thal the
Liberal Government is making
a determined elfort:to ‘put the
farmer oul of business,”

The Conservative candidate
indicaled that the policy of his

; party: was to encourage and re-

vitalize ‘the - agriculture
industry. This would be done in

“The Conservative’ policy ‘is |
one of encouragement to the
farmer,” Stevens said, “We will
undertake to -exparid — “the
number and size of.. training:
programs for ‘apriculture

., people, -initiale new university
~ programs, expand the scope of
“research,

re-structure the -
Department of Agriculture, ©
expand our markets, modernize
and expand our port’ facilities,
initiate. low-cost financitig for.
farm: Machinery, . exlend: the
Farm Improvemen| Loans Act,
rescind: ihe ‘impssition. of a-

:‘capital Bains lax on transfers of |
farm property.and define. Boals

and guidelines: : for balanced

urban-rural Population. These,
and many other measures will |
_be taken. to stabilize. (his :
‘important segment ‘of sur’
, economy and our country. ™

TERRACE, B.C,

“There iso one potnt on. which

- Mr. Howard and I agree sai’ di:
John. ‘Mitchell on ‘Saturday,
“and that. is” Mr, : “Howard's.
. Persons. speculated tha ('-Mr.

comment-in Terrace recently
hat 2an° Intensé- program ‘of
radio: “and "television
commercials . during. the’ last
moments of a campaign is

offensive to the intelligence. of.

voters and that he wasn't going
‘tor. engage in any such
Activities, uo ,

“Lam only going to doa few
6) second spots as well as three
. five minute specials in the final
week”. said Mitchell, “While
this isn’t heavy, it is necessary
because I'm not as well known
yet a8 the e incumbent. Perhaps

“stalleing- in’ 9 very short ‘time:
_ when inva very shar visited:

ont ‘Prince George’ Oetober:14th.. .

he's bev ing

* His comments were ‘the result
of discussion -where in. some

‘Howard would comeon heavy in
thé last week, employing prime-
time television -spois for an
emotional appeal. at the endof
the campaign; ‘Another pointed
out that prime time spots” can

- only be obtained by’ booking
~ them:'a month ‘or. more in
- advance of the event.

“Tn view of his press release

. published. in early October I.
.don't think that.will prove to be...

‘the ease.. Mr, Howard is a

gentleman amd his, word is good °

enough for me.” Mitchell’
concluded. .

“*T felt like a. personal friend
within moments of meeting the’:

“PM.” Mitchell stated. “He was

very informed on the Skéena «
riding, He knew of our needs:
bere, and he stated .that he-
wanted to seé a -Liberal
representative in Ottawa giving
proper representation. to~
Skeena,”’ Mitchell observed. :
“In discussion I was able to
point. gut to Mr. Trudeau the.

~ need for action on airport im-

provements throughout the

Yiding.. We discussed the
” derailment matter and the idea

of placing snowsheds on the CN

‘line. The problems of . farmers -

and ranchers in several areas

. of the riding were of interest to

the P.M. He's a knowledgeable
man, but easy to talk with, "

Mitchell staled, .

major
‘influence * in mye bales

decision to strongly eupport

when as Justice ‘Minister, he

~ started. bringing down -some
very courageous legislation.” —

- Mitchell went on to state that
he and Mr. Trudeau have much
in common, both being con-

verted. Liberals, both having -
-left earlier affiliations to uphold -

the Liberal philosophy: : Both

' had been students at the London

School of Economics, both are
pacifists. °

" During. the visit to Prince
George, Mitchell who is-an-

* ardous. schedule of cam-
paigning throughout Skeena,

also met with Senator George

yan -Roggen, Hob Borrie, in -
cumbent Liberalin Peace River

Prince George and his wife, and
Paul Plant of - Trudeau's en
tourage. ~

Howard... ‘Gross misrepresentation...” |

“Frank Howard, “NDP.
candidate - for ‘Skeena, today
dealt. with other questions - of :
what. he called’ -“Gross._

. the. Liberal and Conservative
"Parties in Skeens.”

Mr.- Howard ‘said, “I?m
sincerely sorry that. I have.,
Pushed into responding to the ’
“type: of. semi-viscious gross
distortions of fact’ that have
been liberally spashed about by
the two old line ‘parties’ in‘ this
Riding, but to preteet my own
. integrity and position I must set
the record straight,”

"Tp attenipting to do this ]
realize that [ may be ‘playing
‘into’the hands of tha. Liberals
and Conservatives by giving

_ them something further. to

distort,..but. I can no ‘longer
permit false. representation to
go unanswered, but I do hope
-this will be the end of it and
allow. thereby the voters in
Skeena-te consider the issues
that I have raised -and the
Liberal and Conservative
Parties want to hide from” said
Mr . Howard.

“‘In addition to the question of - .

voting: in the House which I
dealt with yesterday,’ * said Mr,
_Howard,.""T. must ©. make

reference to-the accusation thal: -:
Lama: Aneenber, af: the Public

"Accounts Committee of the

House and attended only one of

the 73 meetings of that
Committee.”

member of the Public Accounts
Committee, but filled in one day
‘for’ ‘one of the other M.P.’s
because I had some familiarity
with the subject matter of that
meeling,”’,

“Another false accusation
‘had to do with attendan e at
meetings of the Indian -Affairs
and Northern Development
Committee,” said Mr. Howard,
Unlike the Liberals ' and
Conservatives in this riding who
appear: only to show an interest

in Indian affairs -at election

time, we hav e.a.number cf
NDP N.P.’s ~ Tom Barnett,

Rod Thompson; Alf Gleave and -

Dave Orlikow --- who are

“‘In the first place 1 am not a

interested ini Indian Affairs ona
year round basis. and I have
Riven up my seat on the Indian
Affairs Committee on a number
of occasions so these gentlemen
could: ‘take *part in ‘its
deliberations,” . -

“It. seems.] am also accused ;

somewhete of being opposed ta
the “Industrial ‘development

‘grant that was made- to. RIM
Forest Products in the Hazelton |

area,” said Mr. Howard, “and

I'ean only classify that with. national ‘corporations, ‘was’ at

Christian charity and ‘call that

~ accusation the product of an.

over-fertilized imagination.”

“What, I have said, and-I
repeatit,’’ said Mr. Howard, “is
that I am ‘opposed lo the federal

governmen.t giving millions of -
: dollars to huge corporations like

- IBM, Noranda and: Unio

* Carbide while denying grants to
the small loggers, ‘sawmill ’-
_ Operators

and =~ small”
manufacturers which are-.so”
vilal to economic cactivty i in tiis
area,” ; ‘

“What. I have 1 said ft further, "

said Mr, Howard, “is that- I
think it. unconscionable that
Regional Expansion Minister
Marchand, who.‘ hands | out
millions. of dollars to multi-

the same. time also the chief -
fund. raiser’ for : the. Liberal °
Party, . Such a. conflict of
interest position makes it‘easy
for taxpayers money given with .
one hand to find its way into the
Liberal Party campaign

- funds.” ° me

Howard has Indian taxation report made public),

Frank Howard, - ‘NDP:
candidate for - -Skeena “while -
Nass: _. River.
communities over the week-end
said.‘he- had finally achieved
success in geiting Ihe Stanbuiy- *

. Fields ‘report on taxation of
Indians and reserve lands made -

public, -

Mr. Howard sald, “at first the -
Liberal government: in Ottawa”
refused: 1° make" ‘this’ “very”

of persistent effort on.my part 1
finally. got {he goverriment ‘to
agree, bul. dhey, ‘mide: - thal

agreement subject (0. approval |.
‘by.the Government of B.C."

"Then it was.the Soereds‘tura: *.
(oyefuse consent and a few days

-go Lwas in louch with Premier’ -
Barreti," said: Mr, “Howard, 4
“and he! immediately. responded.
favourably: ; ‘and: gave: his’ -

government’s approval for ‘the:
report: lo-be made public,"”

‘ “I. have just eomamunlcaled :

‘this information ‘10° Indian’ °
- Affairs’ Minisler Chretien; for. -

-the report is in thé hands of the |

Federal Goveriment, and: I
hope the report will be made
public wilhin a matter of days,”

: MAS - Ait. side," Said Mr.

- important study.available to ie =
‘ Indian people; After three years Met

tt has ‘been ammouneée! des there will Whe 2 prevetorded SE

‘Howard? “and. 1 ‘only mention =

this because of -recent
. Statements by the Conservative
“Party, we got this report made

‘ public by being persistent and

with nohelp whatever from any | &

- other political party.” oe

television ‘program aired.on CFTK television featuring Prime

«Jack ‘Webster.

” between 10 pam, and 1pm,

“Minister. Trudeau: and) Popular Vaticowver: radio, ‘Perzonallty

‘The; ‘program is ‘described asa “(Phone i in Show’ ‘and will”
" appear on CFTK network : me coming ad October 26th”

it: "7 reparted ‘that the:, “exchanges ‘be ween Trudeau ond

. Webster‘ are both entertaining and informa
eae to watch this s program. . :

ane and people are &

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