PAGE As, THE HERALD, Thursday June 2, 1977

LEONARD PELTIER
GETS LIFE TERM

FARGO,’ N.D. (AP) —
Indian activist Leonard
Peltier has been sentenced
to two consecutive life terms
in prison for the murder of
two FBI agents in 1975.

The sentence, delivered
Wednesday by Chief U.S.
District Judge Paul Benson,
means Peltier, 32, would be
eligible for parole in 30
years.

Defence lawyer Elliot
Taikeff of New York im-
media‘ely filed notice of
appeal.

Peltier was found guilty
by a district court jury on
April 18 of two charges of
first degree murder in the
deaths of FBI agents Jack
Coller and Ronakd Williams.
The men had been shot to

a death on South Dakota's

' Pine Ridge Indian Reserve
jn June, 1975. °

: Peltier, formerly of Grand
Forks, N.D., was extradited
from Canada to face the
charges and pleaded not

guilty.

Prior to sentencing, the
American Indian Movement
member said he hgd ‘no
doubt” he would be sen-
fenced ta two consecutive
life terms. He also told the
judge that Benson's
dignified appearance had
misted him inte thinking he
could get a fair trial, -

Peltier said he believes
Benson was prejudiced
against him and “any native
American who comes before

_ you.”

He criticized Benson for
allowing the prosecution to-
introduce testimony
relating to a number of
isolated events, including an
attempted murder ‘charge
against him in Milwaukee.

He also said the defence
was not permitted to in-
froduce evidence about

what he called ‘FBI
misconduct.”

“White racist America is
the criminal,” he said.

LIBERALS CHIDED

Economic
aren't Big Mac's: &

OTTAWA (CP) — The
Liberal party is so devoid of
economic policies that it
would have to invent Rene
Levesque and his threat to
federalism if the Quebec

emier did not already ex-
t, Newfoundland MP John
Crosbie (PC—St. John’s
West) said Wednesday.
The Liberal approach to
national unity as a note-
catcher “is to outredneck
the rednecks in nine
provinces while telling
ebec that they (the
fberals) are the only
French-Canadians that can
srotect them,’’ Crosbie said
n the Commons.
As for the povernment’s
economic policies, ‘‘one
McDonald's hamburger
offers more meat and
gustinence for the unem-
pi ed than one Macdonald
et.’ Donald Macdonald
is finance minister.
Crosbie was speakin
during debate on a Soci
Credit motion condemnin;
the government’s alleg
lack of foresight and
leadership in deliberatly
permitting unemployment
and inflation,
” Gilles Caouette, who won
the Temiscamingue
byelection for the Social
Credit May 24, introduced
the motion moments after
being officially seated in the
Commons. He was an MP
from 1972 to 1974.
. He said the Liberal
overnment was “passing
e buck onto the provinces
and municipalities rather
than trying to tackle
problems and coming up
with pragmatic, realistic
solutions.’

policies

Rather than spending $13
million on developing the
Dash-7 airplane that no one
wants, the government
should have used the money’
to help small businesses
employ people, Cacuette
sail

Crosbie said the govern-
ment has failed so
miserably on economic
issues that it seized on
national unity as the only
way to stay in power.

David Orlikow (NDP—
Winnipeg North) said one
reason for the growth of
Quebec separatist _ sen-
timents was the high unem-
ployment in the province.

Quebec youth are turning
to the Parti Quebecois
because they believe an
independent Quebec would
be able to do a better job of
providing: jobs--than -the
current “Canadian gov-

* ernment, Orlikow said.

Judd Buchanan, public
works minister, ended
his government's record on
the economic front, ;

Canada's economic

formance in recent years

s been better than that of
moat of its trading partners,
Buchanan said. ‘

Nevertheless, Canada had
problems of inflation and
wiemployment which the
government was trying. to
solve through recent
budgetary measures he
hoped would stimulate the
economy.

Eudore Allard (SC-—Ri-
mouski) complained that
the federal government has
all the power to legislate

‘solutions to unemployment

but has failed to use its
powers. ;

Rich-poor dialogue
on edge of failure

PARIS (CP)
Canada's Allan MacEachen
fxd other ministers at the
orth-South dialogue on

= Bennett

B geeis
A protest

.© ‘ANTUEGAR, B.C. (CP)
‘he Hong those who sought
y wltention of touring

‘P Bill Bennett here

- on were 125 parents
weet Wocal" principal Alex
principal Alex

PereVerzoff's demotion,
néfinett spoke briefly

AY with a reresen-
bute rom the protesters,
Oy Indicated he lacked
PePadiction in the matter,
q protester Etta Potter.

te dispute began May 18

r the Nelson school
rd announced the ap-
htment of Abbotsford
neipal Bill Evin as
Incipal of the new ele-
tary school, rather than
verzotf.
Some 500 students In
ven schools are engaged
No the ores: boycott of
Classe:
| The
Pereve zu. 5s + ,, 4
Tuesa’v and ig expected to
meke a decision iater this
week,

_that such a commitm

world economic order
struggled with. oil-exporting
countries early teday in an
effort to save the conference
from last-minute collapse.

Sources close to the group .
of eight Western nations at
the 27-nation talks said the
oil dispute was a make or
break issue—either the oil
exporters agreed to consult
consumers on future price
and supply policies, or all:
concessions so far offered
by the eight would be with-
drawn,

‘The group of eight, with
MacEachen, government
House Leader in the
Commons, as its chairman,
was seeking a commitment
from oll exporters to con-
tinue a so-called energy dia-
logue after the end of the
current conference.

Sources said Venezuela
and Iraq were leading the
fight against the eight

eastern countries, arguing
ent to
consumers would limit their
own freedom to price and
export oil as they see fit,

ther major exporters,
including Iran and. Saudi
Av’ ja, were reported to be

. ding the call for con-

«ing consultations, as
were several among the 19
underdevelope and
ceveloping countries at the -
conference.

Indians

| OTTAWA (CP) — In-
dians -in northwestern
Ontario are planning a
massive law ‘suit over
merc contamination of
the English-Wabigoon River
system, but are keeping it
_seeret until after the June 9
Ontario election, it was

“mhe decision to mue Reed

and ‘operation
Pir? yoon Bizmed "or" the
pollution, was made about

VANCOUVER (CP) —
‘Teamster leader Senator Ed
Lawson has decided on a
direct confrontation with
elements in the wnion

would be in attendance
Wednesday night at a union
members. ip meeting in

, B.C., where a

motion 48 scheduled to be

presented calling on Lawson
and other Teamsler officials

to resign, .
The bid to unseat Lawson

is prompted by membership
dissatisfaction over the
union’s decision to establish
a hew Interior local without
holding a vote. -
The union's international
executive board recently
approv granting of a
charter to Local 160 which
will take away 2,-000 of the
former 8,000 members~ in
Local 213,
Lawson foe Jack Viahovic.
The protest against the
move has been among rank-
dhd-file union members in
xeman be , whe voted
set up @
“ei ht-to-vote’” fun 1 and
geek the resignation of
Lawson along with those of
Teamster officials
dsscciated . with

mation of the riew local.

“tf there is this much
unrest, then my obligation is
‘to go and deal with the

Kenora,

headed by

the for-" ;

CROWD —

CHEERS

CLARK _

WILLIAMS LAKE,

BC. (CPC — Progressive

Conservative leader ‘Joe
Clark told a cheering
audience of $50 Wednesday
that his government
atop the “current trend in
Canada that sees the
government taking ‘too
much money to fill federal
Waele h-apirited, tightly-
e "s ‘ y:
cally was one of
the best of Clark’s British
Columbla tour and seemed
distant away from the

8a polis and internal
party conflicts that are
absorbing his colleagues in

country to make a new be-

ginning.

His partyhwould
restructure national devel

pment policies to put them |

line with the need for new
frowth in Western Canada,

“We need to restore a
peaper balance between the
public sector and the private
sector," said Clark, who
claims that 43 per cent of the
country’s Groas National
Product is consumed by
government spending.

“Our policy is to. break
down that ‘avel of spen-
ding,’ Clar’ said, ‘so yeu
wi have mre of your
money to spend in ways you
want to spend it rather than
ways the government wants
to spend it.”

Responding to suggestions .

earlier this week by Justice

Minister Ron Basford that’

permanent wage and price
controls are a possi lity,
Clark promised that “a
Progressive Consorvative
government will not impose
permanent controls in

the time the election was

called, said a wellplaced

source, It was made by A-

Mog, the Anti-Mercury

Ojibway Giou based in
nt,

The source said the reason
for the secrecy is that the
Indians feared that official
announcement of the suit
would remove the English-
Wabigoon issue from the
election campaign. They are
worried that provincial
cabinet ministera seeking

re-election would duck
questioning on the issue by
saying it is before the
courts, therefore not to be
discussed in public.

So far in the campaign,
the issue has been a major
irritant for the ruling
Progressive Conservatives.
It has caused em-
barrassment to at least four
cabinet ministers and has
indicated a cabinet split
over what should be done to
assist Indians suffering

. - RESIGNA TION SOUGHT
Lawson faces major challenge
to his teamsters leadership _

situation directly,’’ said
Lawson.

He warned, however, he
will not tolerate any attempt
to turn the meeting into an

» unruly shouting match.

“If they run an orderly
meeting with proper respect

. for everyone's right to be

heard, then I’m prepared to
stay and debate the issue as
I as anyone wants,” he
said. “I'll give them a
refreshing taste of the truth.

“But if there's booing and
catealls, then they'll be
booing and catcalling each
other (because I won't stay
around for that).”

The roots of the current

row began with Vlahovic’s .

upset victory over Al

. Medley for the post of Local .

213 gsecretary-treasurer in
union elections earlier this

Fr.
y Medley was the establish-
ment candidate supported
by Lawson, while Viahovic

and his slate campaigned.

against Lawson's continued
leadership, claiming he was

_ spreading himself too thin

by holding down five posi-
tions at once.

president.

VANCOUVER (CP)--An
agreement was reached
Wednesday between Con-
struction Labor Relations
Association and 10 unions to

’ avert an industry shutdown
‘aver an anttinflation board

contract rollback.
The board reduced a wage

increase of 99 cents and hour -

to 85 cents.

Jim Kinnaird, B.C. and
Yukon building trades
council president, said
under the agreement the

Following his election,
Viahovic scught to retire
assistant secrelary-
treasurer Al Barnes, to hire
four new union employees
for the local and to fire or
transfer two pro-Lawson
business agents.

The local’s executive
board overruled his efforts,
but the moves, despite their

- union for the

POISONING ONTARIO RIVERS —

plan law suit over mercury _

economie, social and health
effects from the. con-
tamination.

The latest cabinet victim
is Health Minister Dennis
Timbrell who has
apologized publicly for
saying he does not know if
Minamata Disease—
mereury pdisoning—
symptoms among Indians
are from eating con-
taminated fish or are the
result of alcoholiam or
venereal disease.

failure, caused Barnes and
others to’ successfull
petition the internationa
anting of a
new charter to be carved out

of Local 213.

The Teamster Jeader won-
. dered why he should resign

for abiding by the con-
stitution and carrying out
his obligations under the
constitution. - ;

BENNETT LAMENTS ©
DIXY’S DAM STAND.

TRAIL, 3B.C. (CP)-
Premier Bill Bennett said
Wednesday it is unfortunate
Washington ‘State Governor
Dixy Lee ‘Ray supports
raising the Ross Dam and
indicated that providing
power from a dam being
built near here may be an
appropriate trade-off to
save the Skagit Valley.

Bennett, attending a
meeting, said Ray has
“absolutely no part’ in the
negotiations on raising the
dam now going on betweeri
the provincial government
and Seattle Power and Light
Company,

Opponents of the Ross
Dam project have said that

oviting power to Seattle
rom a new dam on the Pend
d’Oreille River, to. be
completed near here in 1980,
could be an alternative to
raising the Ross. ;

_ Strike averted for now

industry will begin ‘im-
mediately to pay the ap-
proved 45.cents, while the
unions will launch an appeal
to recover the remaining 14
cents of the original con-
tract. — .

Kinnaird said it’s the most
logical move at the moment
so that construction workers
can get the affects of the
increase and retroactive
pay {Contained in the con-

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propriate trade-off even-
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Despite the dam con-
troversy, Bennett said
relations between British
Columbia and Washington
State are as good as they
have ever been,

“We are good neighbors,”’
he said. “I know the past
premier of this province
made some intemperate
statements that. made the

ople of Washington angry,
but now there is a growing
spirit of ¢ ration.’

The cabinet moves to

nearby Nelson today, where

Bennett is expected to make
an announcement on the
future location of Notre
Dame University.

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riding of Don Mills-and the
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apo week, saying
he had not intended to im-
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Also tast week, Consumer
Affairs Minister Sid Han-
dieman said findings of
Minamata Disease in north-
western Ontario have been
made by Communists from
Japan. Canadian doctors

had found no ‘such disease.

‘Medical experts from
Japan, where mata has
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thousands, have done tests
at the EnglishWabigoon
reserves of Grassy Narrows
and White Dog. They have
said some Indians have
symptoms of the irrever-
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