Island views and comments By V. VICTOR AS SPOKE THE SPEAKERS: Nanaimo District Labor Council held a public meeting. at the Shoreline Hotel ballroom with four well-known guest speakers giving views on the Vietnam struggle, The well-pleased over-. flow audience. heard Dr, Will- mott, professor from UBC and an authority on affairs of South- east Asia, tell of the unanimous support the National Liberation Front receives from the popu- lous, for this body has the only reform program to appeal to the peasants after many years of oppression under foreign con- trol, Next to speak was veteran orator Colin Cameron, federal NDP member for this riding, His parting remark—that no ideology, no matter how evil it was thought to be, would war- rant the bombing of innocent citizens who had voted in the government of their choice—de- served the ovation it received. Speaker number three was Doug Greer, Liberal candidate for the next federal election, As a good Liberal, he extolled the virtues of the (in)action of the present Canadian government, After fifteen minutes, one mem- ber of the audience was over=- heard to ask what he had said, This summed up the thoughts of most of the listeners, Last speaker and certainly the least was Dick Bond, past president of the local C of C, According to this extreme right- ist, all is good that the Ameri- cans are doing in Vietnam and they will win the conflict for they are the forces of good, In spite of the varied opinions, - it was a very interesting and en- lightening evening. * * * WATER, WATER: And not a drop to sprinkle. Despite the fact that Canada contains four- fifths of the world’s fresh water and Vancouver Island is blessed with more than its share of fresh water streams and ri- vers, all towns and cities on the Island each year have a shortage of water, But the wa- news, ter rates do not vary with the variation of the water supply, Odd, actually, * * * NO PARKING PARKADE: Na-= naimo’s much vaunted Gordon Street parking lot, which cost the taxpayers a cool half-million dollars to fill the inlet and build the parkade, is conspicuous by the lack of people using the fa- cility. Since the lot was opened six weeks ago, it has failed to earn enough money to pay the attendants on duty, This seems to be a boycott by the citizenry, who paid for the construction and now must pay ten cents an hour for the privilege of park- ing. The local rag maintains the. public is not used to the idea and the future should produce better results, moneywise, It did not mention that after Labor Day there will be fewer motorists in the city to use any parking spaces, Most of the tourists will be on their'way home by then, The city is supposed to share ten percent of the profits from the coin machine company that operating the concession, It. would be interesting to know if there is a provision to subsi- dize the operators when they are losing money daily, A cer- tain one of the downtown mer- chants has a brilliant idea to help out (as long as it costs said merchant very little), It can readily be predicted there will be a drastic change in the Gordon Street Parkade in the near future, * * * THORN IN THE THIGH: Of Comox Air Base, that is, The Peace Marchers continue to an- noy officials, if only by their presence, Airmen at the base are forbidden to converse with ban-the-bombers, If one does speak to a marcher, his num- ber, rank and name is taken down by the Air Force provost and disciplinary action is taken when the offender returns to base, It seems Air Force offi- cials have little love for the — crusaders. 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