PAGE 4, THE HERALD, Tuesday, July 19, 1977

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Our weather...
it’s not so bad

Everyone has been complaining about the
weather lately. ;

Here it is July and we have to suffer a drab
dreary grey sky each day. ‘Where is summer?
Will we get any this year?”

A TK disc jockey announces that it’s a balmy
nine degrees outside, The weatherman says
predicting weather in this area is like working with
a blind knifethrower.

People here get excited if the sun comes out for
even just a few hours. Back in Vancouver, a town
not known for its sunny weather, people complain if
even half their summer days are marred by
overcast skies.

Lately there hasn’t been as much comment as
usual on the weather. People have become

resigned to the fact that we are going to have, yet |

another, rottem summer.
But it’s certainly an il wind that doesn’t blow
someone some good.

A family spent a' camping weekend: at Lakelse .

Lake a while back. Normally it would have been
very crowded out there, but this weekend there was
hardly anyone.

“We had a great time,” said the wife, “And it
only rained at night.”

Nobody can say they are sunburned. .Nor has |

anyone yet died of heat exhaustion.

This is perfect weather for working in. When it’s
hot out, nobody feels like doing anything.

Also this probably means that we, touch wood,
will get another mild winter.

We've got great weather.
of how you look at it.

Inequalities

‘Equal rights for women will not be a reality until
perceptual changes come about in each one of us,
shifts in concepts that will rid us, once and for all,
of the vestiges of patently unfair attitudes and

ws.

For government, that means setting an example.
For individuals, it means shucking the cliches,
stereotypes, and products of conditioning.

It won't be easy. It won’t come at all unless some
of the overt examples of discriminations and
inequality are wrestled into oblivion.

is means changing one fundamental notion -
that women are part of the secondary workforce,
indeed, are expendable.

In Ontario, for example, unemployment figures
are divided into two categories: the primary
workforce - males aged 24-54; and the secondary,
everybody else, - the young, the aged, and women.
_ That, as Kay Macpherson pointed out in a Herald
interview, points to a discouraging trend. It
denotes an attitude that treats female workers as
expendable. It ignores working single parents; it
ignores women professionals; it ignores’ the
important social and economic contributions of
working mothers to their families and our society.

Unfortunately, it also reflects an attitude that
résults in tilted training policies and hiring
practices.

If a male and female are equally qualified, too
often the man is chosen. Discrimination is hard to
prove. But the attitude suggests a reality which is
archaic and ill-serving.

HERMAN

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It’s all simply a matter

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4 don't have a clue what it is, but it
was the last one they had!’

WASHINGTON (CP) —
West German criticism of
the neutron bomb adds a
new dimension to President
Carter’s consideration
whether to support deploy-
ment of the weapon.

Carter, at a news
conference last week,
supported allocation of
funds to develop the bomb,
which kills primarily by
radiation rather than by the
blast, shock and heat of
other nuclear weapons.

He is to decide by mid-
August whether to support
deployment of the weapon
among U.S. contingents
assigned to NATO in
Europe. ;

However, the executive

director of West Germany's .

\Neutron bomb

overning Socialist
ocratic party now says
Carter’s plan to produce the
bomb is ‘‘a symbol of
mental perversion.”

In Monday's edition of the
party newspaper, - Egon

ahr, once chief strategist
for former chancellor Willy
Brandt, said the weapon has
“turned the scales of values
upside down.”’

Hig comments, first by’a
major official_in Chancellor
Helmut Schmidt's party,
might reflect the beginning
of serious West German

opposition to the potential
deployment of the bomb on
European soil.

BASED IN GERMANY
NATO officials say the
weapon would significantly

offset Soviet superiority in
tanks and guns. To he
effective, it would have to be
used with short-range
missiles or artillery located
relatively close to the front

lines. That means {it would .

have to be based in West
Germany.
One reason U.S. military

experts prefer the neutron

bomb is that in any possible.

conflict with the Russians it
would cause less structural
damage to West’ Germany
than existing nuclear
weapons.
_The area affected by
blastfire from a Lance
tactical missile equipped
with a neutron warhead
would ‘be about onetenth

‘that of a missile fitted with.

Interpreting the news

“symbol o

the existing nuclear war-
head.

Radiation from a neutron
bomb disperses quickly
allowing troops to enter the
blast area within hours of
the explosion. For these
reasons, supporters of the

bomb believe it is a more.

effective deterrent than the
current nuclear stockpile.

Opponents say, however,
that because it does less
damage than other nuclear
weapons, it is more likely to

be used.
Carter told the news
: gonference that first use of
nuclear weapons, including
the neutron bomb, ‘‘migh
yery well lead toa rapid and
uncontrolled escalation in
the use of even more

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Unionists s

By WILLIAM S. KING

VICTORIA - Three major
pieces. of legislation are
currently before the
Legislature, bills which
have serious ramifications
in the sensitive areas of
education, social services,
‘and civil rights.

The school system in this
province, will be

‘permanently affected if the

Independent Schools
Support Act is passed.
effect, the bill calls
upon the taxpayers to
provide for two school
systems; one public and one
independent or private.
It raises many questions.
Those supporting aid to
independent schools argue

VANCOUVER CP - Only a
small number of the
hundreds of bears, 150
cougars and 200 to 600
coyates living in the Greater

Vancouver area become
a problem requiring the
attention of the fish and
wildlife branch, says
Regional Wildlife Biologist
Tom Burgess,

Burgess estimated in an
interview that about 10
percent of the cougars, 10 to
15 percent of the coyotes and
jess than five percent of the
‘bears become public
nuisances.

He said cougars are
considered the most
dangerous in the area
designated as Region 2 -
including Vancouver,
running east to Manning
Provincial Park, northwest
to Pemberton and west to

Bute Inlet - because they kill

for food.
While incidents of
courgars attacking humans

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| Opposition Comment

trippe

that some people pay
education taxes, but do not
receive any benefit because
their children are attending
independent schools.

On the other hand there is
the argument that the public
school system is available to
all, and if some people enrol
their children elsewhere,
that is their choice.

On both sides, there is
concern about how much

‘control will be imposed on

independent schools « how
much independence’ they
will in fact be allowed to
retain. If taxpayers money
is to be spent, itis clear that
ultimate control af how the
money is spent must rest
with the taxpayers’
representatives. in the™

Legislature and on local
school boards.

_ And that, of course, raises
the complex question of the

| IN LOWER MAINLAND |
~ Few cougars,bring problems

are “relatively rare,” about
one a year in Region 2, there
were 85 complaints absut
cougars last year, the
majority from: the North
Vancouver and Maple Ridge
areas.

When a complaint is
received, the cougar usually
is racked down by dogs and
shot. As with bears, there is
a problem relocating the
animals, said Burgess.

The branch will deal with

‘legitimate concerns or

complaints if there is a.
threat to human life or if
propery worth more than
5 is involved, said Wildlife
Technician Bob Forbes.
Bears do kill, said
Burgess, but if people use
common sense in dealing
with them, there are few
problems.
. Forbes recommended
that people build fences
around property and keep
food and garbage stored

properly.

Burgess said that while
bears and cougars are
sometimes relocated,
coyotes that have become a
problem usually are killed.

Between December, 1975,

and November 1976, the.

branch was responsible for
the deaths of 74 black bears,
16 cougars and 109 coyotes
in the region.

_ FACE PROTEST

“There are always some
people. who don’t realize
what we're doing and why
we have to kill animals,”
said Burgess.

He said people
upset when a bear‘is killed
just because it has
wandered through
someone's yard, but they
don't understand the

tential for harm, that is
involved.

“We've caught a lot of flak
over the years, In the past
htere has been a lack of
public awareness about

become |

jurisdiction of the church
and the state.

The New Democratic
Party believes this issue is

_ too important to be settled in

partisan political debates in
the Legislature.

It affeets you, your
children, and the schools:
your children attend.

For these reasons we have
asked the government to
delay passage of the bill to
permit greater public
debate and to hold a
referendum to find out how
the public as.a whole feels
about it,

Two other bills threaten to
strip two groups of citizens
of basic civil rights enjoyed
by all other British
Columbians.

predators and predator
control.”
He said public concern

about predator control led to,

the creation of a problem
animal policy advisory
committee in each of the

fish and wildlife regions and |

the one. set up in 1974 in
Region. 2 has helped settle
some problems.

Burgess said that, prior to.

existence of the committee,
the branch could sometimes
be faced with farmers
demand’ demanding that
animals be killed, while a

conservation group, on the -

other hand, was protesting
any killings that occurred.

The committee consists of
representatives of the fish
and wildlife branch, the
agriculture ministry, the
British Columbia
Cattlemen’s Association,
the B.C. Federation of
Agriculture, the Federation
of B.C, Naturalists and the
B.C. Wildlife Federation.

d of rights

powerful weapons, with
ossible a worldwide
olocaust resulting.”

STUDIES DEPLOYMENT

While Carter is studying
possible deployment of the
weapon, his commitment to
arms control may be at
stake.

‘The bomb has left the
impression that the United
States is continuing ils
technological arms race
against the Russians. __

The Russians likely will
pursue development of their
own neutron bomb, if they
do not have the weapon
already. This might slow
negotiations on further
stages of.d nuclear testban
treaty,

‘ ultimate goal

f perversion”

Although . the neutren
bomb is a tactical weapon
and not involyed in strategic
arms limitation talks,
Carter admits it might have |
a ‘marginally negative”
impact on those negotiations
as well, ‘

Carter has said his
is ‘‘an
agreement among ail
nalions in the future to forgo

use of ali atomic weapons

_ and also to eliminate the

possession of all nuclear
weapons.”

By advocating production
of the neutron bomb, he may |
be moving:a step further
away from this goal. But it
is a step many stralegists
feel he must take.

‘An MLA’s report

By CYRILSHELFORD
MLA, Skeena

I would like toreport that
I will be giving an opening
statement to the Pipe Line
Inquiry in Vancouver.

Itis my intention to spend
the day and listen to others,
however, it will be
impossible for me to spend
much time at the hearings
due to the Legislature which
is still in session, At this
moment it appears as
though it will go on forever,
even though very little new
is being offered - after the
session going for four
months. :

The main point in my
presentation to the Inquir
will be what does Britis
Columbia and the area get
out of the Pipe Line if we are

‘to take the risks involved?

As I pointed out in the
Legislature some time ago,
there must be revenue other
than a little property tax
before it is attractive for us

. ., to take, the risks, This can
=. ‘he done @itHer by'a thréugh-

. put charge as I suggested or |

a percentage of ¢

e oil.

One bluntly “terminates”
the Notre Dame University
Faculty Association, an
association certified as
bargaining agent for NDU
faculty members under the
provisions of the B.C.
Labour Code.

The second ‘terminates’
the certification of
Vancouver Resources
Board employees and
throws their collective
agreements out the window:

To join together to
bargain with an employer is
a basic right, guaranteed to

all British Columbians by
statute.
The Provineial

Government is
extinguishing that right for
two groups.

One can only wonder

- Which group will be next to

lose this basic freedom.
The -government’s

legislation to dismantle the

Vancouver Resources
Board has serious
implications for the delivery
of social services in the
Vancouver areg. -

The Vancouver Resources
Board, administered by
local residents, was
extremely responsive to the
needs of the community,

In direct contrast to its
election slogans, the Sacial
Credit Government now
proposes to centralize all
control in Victoria.

It’s a drastic step which
ean only devrease the
effectiveness of the delivery
of social services.

The very least one would
expect is an-explanation of
why the government would
tear down an organization
that has been so successful.

But the, minister
responsible has provided no
satisfactory answers.
appears that the only reason
the Socreds have for tearing
apart the Vancouver
Resources Board is the fact
that it was established by
the New Democratic Party
government, .

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on oil,

booze

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I received a report by the
Drug and Aleohol

Commission. which gives
some interestin
information which is wor
repeating for those that
don’t see the report. .

Single people drink more
than married people.

- It appears inereases in
income level brings heavier
drinking. B.C. consumed in.
1974 - 5,266,000 gallons.
Canadian total 41,170,000
gallons. The per capita
consumption was 4%
allons. The per capita -
t3 spent op liquor was ~
oy a year. ‘

The average drinker in
British Columbia consumed
27.4 bottles of liquor, 23
bottles of wine and 38 bottles
ofbeer. In 1974 total sales of
amounted to
$388 680,000 which is equal to
that spent on food.

In Ontario - it is estimated
that 10 percent of all costs in
running hospitals, 15
percent of total costs for
Mental Hospitals; 20
percent for Welfare and 30
percent of total aid to
Children's Aid - could be
directly attributable to.
alcohoi, and more than
twice this amount in indirect
costs. f .

It is estimated we have
83,600 alcoholics in British
Columbia and 550,000 in
Canada. . Liver cirrhosis
caused by excessive alcoho}
increased by over 67 percent
from 1970 to 1974. 12 percent -

-of the total work force are |

alcoholics. This will mean
they will be absent 11 times
more often than non
drinkers and have 244 times
more long absentees (8 days
or more}. | oo

Accident rate 3% times
greater - 3 times more sick
sickness benefits; 5 times
more compensation claims |
and functions at only 60
percent of work potential. .

All of this will mean a loss
of 25 percent to. the
employer of the employees
salary. Alcohol will be
responsible for 65 percent of
all driver fatalities.

For the interest of the
young people - the worst
group for impaired drivin
was those age 30 to 34, no
the young people.

Properly damage caused
by impaired drivers was
over 30 million in 1974, 1186
people were failed for
offences while drinking at a
cost of nearly 2 million. 17
percent of the court load.
was impaired driving cases.

Life expectancy is 30
years less for heav:
drinkers. 71 percent of hig
school students drink up 10
percent in 4 years. Alcohol
is the greatest health hazard
in Canada followed by
smoking...

If one or two people die of
mercury or lead poisoning,
the community causes an
uproar. for immediate
action, yet alcohol and
smoking that kills thousands .
hardly causes a ripple. =~