Tories glorying in their victory On Parliament Hill and across the country, jubilant Tories were basking Tuesday inthe afterglow of federal byelection victories. Progressive Conservative Leader Jue Clark faced a subdued government in the Huuse of Commons, con- vinced he could detect “echoes of agony” from the Liberal benches. THe Conservalives won 10 of the 15 byelections Mon- day, the Liberals two, the NDP two and Social Credit one, The Liberals refused lo ac- knowledge any reference to their failure lo win more of the seats up for grabs. Only mention uf the Liberal losses. He congratulated Ed Broadbent, New Democratic Party leader, on making a breakthrough in Newfoundland with the election of the NDP candi- dale in Humber-St, Georges- St. Barbes, bul assured him the breakthrough is lem- porary. The Cunservatives also ap- peared tu be making a pitch to Quebec voters Tuesday, with three Western. MPs addressing the Commons in French. The Conservatives in- creased their share of the pupular yote in Quebec Monday, but two of the seats wenl Liberal and the third was won by the Social Credit. In Nova Scotia, Rubert - Cuates, Cunservative national president, said the election results showed the Canadien electorate is satisfied with Clark as an alternative lo Prime Minis- Diefenbaker rubs t OTTAWA (CP) — Former prime minister Juhn Diefenbaker poked fun at Prime Minister Trudeau Tuesday, citing the results of Monday's byelections as proof that the “universe is the prime minister a saying frequently used by him, was joining other Conservatives whu rubbed salt into Liberal wounds after the byelec- tions. Conservative Leader Joe during the regular question period in (he Commons that he detected ‘‘echoes of agony” among Liberals, who had won only lwo seats. Diefenbaker, participating in the throne speech debate, former prime minister and then added: “After the events of Munday, I am looking for- ward to having company svon."” . He went on to attack: the ler Pierre Trudeau and the Liberals, In British Culumbia, Bill King, provincial NDP house leader, said Clark “is the main liability of the Turies at this mement.” King admitted the Cun- servatives scured heavily, but said thal ina byelection, peuple feel quile safe to give the government in power a message 'withuut replacing il with sumething else." In Alberta, Bubby Miller, cuchairman of the Cun- e salt in its proposed constitutional reforms. Diefenbaker quoted a passage from the Old Testament that read “Gud hath numbered Thy Kingdom, and finished it” as days are numbered. The veleran MP for Prince Albert also casl aspersions on Trudeau's tenure as party leader. He also appeared to go vut of his way lo praise Clark, servative national campaign cummitlee, predicted that the province's 21 federal seats will go Cunservative in the next genera] election. Meanwhile, the reaction of Alberta Liberals was mixed. Liberal leader Nick Taylor said the results might “spook out an assessment of the leadership, particularly in Ontario,” but he said the vole was an anti-government trend rather than a pro- Clark trend. And Jack Pickett, Liberal candidate in Edmonton West fur the next federal election, said the results were a warning to Liberals that “unless we turn this thing BudCullen, employment and unfolding as it should.” Clark, whose party won 10 of | ’ nae Trudeau government's a signal fur the prime whom he has fi tly around, we are going to lose immigration minister, made Diefenbaker,using against the 15 byelections, said said he is the only living pandting of the economy and rainives that his pelitical scurned ‘in the pal. y the. next general election." 4 \ ¢ ‘ TERRACE-KITIMAT : RUPERT STEEL & SALVAGE LTD. we buy mo 7 COPPER BRASS ae oF oes _ ALL METALS & BATTERIES a i 7 MON, - SAT. ; 7 OPEN TIL 5 p.m. Location Seal Cove = Phone 624-5639 q Volume 72 No. 201 Wednesday, October 18, w7e | L J Love marks Pope’s reign VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pupe John Paul 1] promised Tuesday that a “ministry of love’ would mark his reign as the 264th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. Theformer Karol Cardinal Wojtyla of Krakow, Poland, also took a trip outside Vatican walls on his first full day as leader of the world’s 700 million Roman Catholics—to visit a “very dear friend". whoa had sut- _ fered a heart attack. ‘In a televised sermon ~ delivered under Michelangelo's fresco The Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel, the Pope pledged to carry un the church reforms launched by the 1962-65 secund Vatican ecumenical council and to follow the guidelines laid down by Popes Paul VI and Juhn Paul L . Vancouver dumping teachers VANCOUVER (CP) --- The Vancouver schoo) beard is making substantial staff and administrative cuts in a bid to save city taxpayers $3.75 million by 1983. The board Monday unani- mously approved a staffing proposal that will see the elimination uf at least 34 jobs, most of them prin- cipals’ and vice-principals’ positions, Other jobs will be phased out through altrition. The pian will also require elementary principals and secondary vice-principals 1o spend part of their week teaching and will give added respunsibllities to assistant superiniendents, numbers will be reduced to six from the current eight. The board plans to begin cutting staff in September, 1979, although there are already four fewer vice- principals this year than last school year and the job of thief architect has been phased out. Schools superintendent Dante Lupini said the plan was designed to help the board cope wilh the current decline in student enrolment. ‘The pupil-teacher ratio (19 students a teacher) will increase slightly, but the hours of teaching will remain the same,” he said. The plan also may answer recent criticism that the board has too many ad- ministralors at tov high a cust Lo taxpayers. Lupini claimed, however, that Vancouver has a lower number of administraturs than other large Canadian schol bvards. ‘The buard has estimated that the proposal will save $3.75 million over the next five years, slarling wilh a $00,000 decrease this schoul year by the eliminalion of four vice-princlpals and the chief architect. whose Mail service in Terrace was halted Tuesday fullowing the decision by the Canadian Union Pustal Workers on Munday to go on Gov't. OTTAWA (CP) — Back-to- work legislation designed to bring labur peace to the post office for almost 15 months was passed by the Commons Tuesday night. But it was not in time lo - force 23,000 striking inside postal workers back to work today. And the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) an- nounced that it would remain un strike at least until 11 am. EDT today when it would huld a news = con- ference The legislation, passed thruugh the Communs_ in abvut six huurs with lhe New strike, There are 11 inside workers on strike here and 14 leller carriers have been affected. The lucal union received werd [rom its regional ufiice in Vancouver al 11:30 p.m. un Monday, said Doreen Hill, vice- president of the lucal univn. TO END STR IKE . plans to take action Democrats oppusing many uf its provisions, was rushed te the Senate. But it was nut passed and made law by midnight Tuesday night. The bill says it will nul cume Into effect until one day after it is made law, so il cannot apply until Thursday. As MPs debated the bill, the CUPW kept the country guessing whether it would obey the legislation or risk thousands of dollars in daily fines by slaying on sirike. After Lhe Communs passed the bili, the union annuunced that its executive buard would study the legislation and there would be a news conference, Meanwhile, lhe strike would go on, at least until then. Earlier in the day CUPW president Jean-Claude Parrut told repurlers he would wait until Parliament did its "dirty work” before deciding what lo de, Meanwhile, he talked with NDP MPs_ whv later proposed sume amend- ments, must of which were rejected by the government, Progressive Conservatives and Liberals cu-vperated in giving the legislation speedy ssage. Meanwhile, senators POST OFFICE PICKETTED - Local workers ceenietnrvorennan gt out The postal box lubby was closed at midnight last night. Livyd Andersen, assistant Pust Master, has asked the public not tv mail anything Blame weather for food hikes OTTAWA (CP) — Fued in- dustry retailers and processurs are not making abnormal profits and cannot be blamed for recent rapid fued price increases, says a special anti-inflation board study released Tuesday. Rather, il was bad weather wulside Canada, the decrease in value of .the dullar and diminishing beef supplies which cvincided earlier this year to drive consumer fuud prices up, the buard says. The result was thal in June, when Finance Minister Jean Chretien ordered the study, fuud prices had jumped by 20 per cent in a . year. and beef prices were up. 70 per cent. Bul the bvard's 62-page study says, afler reviewing price and profit figures between 1971 and 1978, that profit margins uf prucessurs and relailers have varied little from historic levels, There had been allegations last spring that sume majur firms had been making ex- cessive profits. The study says profils by foud processors have been running at aboul 70 per cent of amounts allowed by the federal anti-inflalien guides, while those of retailers are 80 per cent uf permissible levels. The buard's report was based on price and profit figures for 8) processing and 14 retailing firms between 1971 and 1978. Food price incteases have been a majur cause af inflalion since 1971, Harvld Renouf, ine buard’s chairman, said al a news conference the board did nut have data for before 1971. The buard found that profit uf prucessing firms, as a per- cenlage of revenue before tax, varied from a Jow of 3,3 per cent in 1974 to a high of 4.5 per cent in 1974, In the first half of 1978, the return was 3.1 per cenl, (he Same as fur the first half of 1977. For ;elailers, the profil margin dropped tu 1.75 per cen! in the firsi half of this year cumpared with 1.8 per cent in the first half of 1977. “These figures indicate that increases in over-all processur and retailer nel profits have nut been a significant cuntributing factor to the rise in foud prices during the first six munths of the year,"’ the - buard says, watched the World Series baseball game on lelevision while they wailed for their turn io deal with the bill. They started work after midnight. There was only one recurded vole in the Com- muns, when the legislation was given second reading, approval in principle. At that time 10 New Democrats uppused 162 members from all other parties. The union has been wn strike sitice Monday night. The legislation pruvides thal pustal workers remain on the job until Dec. 31, 1978. The report dues nul say whether the historic profit margins repuriled hy the firms siudied are ap- propriate and it dues nut, analyse costs and incumes of producers, But it dues say that ihree separate influences com- bined in a shurt Lime iv bump up consumer prices, “While nune of these facturs ... is unprecedented, the cuvincidence of their simultanewus uccurrence gave additional impetus to already rising fued prices and produced the recent dramatic upward surge.” The decrease in value of the dailar has caused sume internaliunally-available commudities tu rise by about 15 per cent December, 1976. The beef market has moved from a situation of large supplies and low prices tv one of small supplies. Adverse weather con- ditions vulside Canada, especially in winter supply areas such as California and Florida, have also driven up prices, the board says. Terrace district teachers complained to Schoul District 88 trustees during the board meeting Monday about delays in salary negotiations. About 50 teachers filled the board room Lo tell the Irustees-: --they- unhappy that no negotiations have taken place since their executive sent the buarda letter un September 19. Ted Wells, secretary- lreasurer, said he discussed the matter with Ken Morten, an executive member, uver the telephone un Sept. 21 instead of replying in a letter to the leacher's association, The teachers claim thal the board is DELAYS ANGER THE TEACHERS were: - required by law to reply by letter within 10 days of the first letter. The demands from the teachers were mailed to the buard on Oct. 4. orton explained the delay was caused by the ratification -of the demands by the: assuciation members. ‘The first date for bargaining is set for Thursday when the district's negotiator wiil be available to meet with the teachers. The leachers say are asking for an adequate increase in salaries and fringe benefits. They hope the beard will bargain in govd faith without having to go to cumpulsory arbitration. MP’s demanding freeloading stop OTTAWA (CP) — A flood of new demands oun the federal treasury broke out in the Cummons Tuesday as MPs frum all areas insisted the federal government stop freeloading on municipalities and pay its way. The federal government pays municipalities annual grants, instead vf business or property taxes, to use local services, The amount of these grants was last revised in 1956. Ottawa Wes! Liberal MP Lloyd Francis opened the floudgate by demanding to know when Finance Minister Jean Chretien will increase Ottawa's annual grant uf $26 million. As svon as Chretien said he is reviewing the Municipal Grants Act of 1951, Op- pesition Leader Jue Clark Jumped to his feel de- manding similar coun- sideration for the com- munities of Banff and Jasper in Rocky Mountain national parks, Then Progressive Con- servalive Benno Friesen (Surrey White Rock) wanted the government to pay more for its harbor buildings in his riding. Other MPs were about to join the fray when Speaker James Jerome cut off discussion on municipal grants. "For. the time being, 1 don’t think we can do anything substantial," said a worried-louking Chretien. “In light of government spending restraint, there is ho new money. I can’t make promises." Oulside the Commons, Francis said he does not care whether he embarrasses his own party with his persistent demands that Oltawa be pald more frum the public purse. Francis said he is fully aware he is thwarting Prime Minister Trudeau's call for government spending resiraint, But he added: ‘J have a damned gvod case and [ don’t care what the cunsequences are.” Gov't grant to help VANCOUVER (CP) — The - $50 = million federal- provincial tourism enhan- cement agreement signed Tuesday hopefully will alleviate Canada's inter- nalional (ravel deficil to which British Columbia cuntribules a ‘‘dispropur- tionale share," an ad- dendum tu the agreement bays. The Canada-British Culumbia Travel Industry Development Subsidiary Agreement, signed by federal and provincial minisiers here, pravides financial assistance fur upgrading of existing louriet a(tractions. The addendum says that although British Columbia accounts fur 10.7 per cent uf the total Canadian pgpulatiun, it accounted for 13,9 per cent or $130 million mf the defiei’ un Canada 5 travel account duringn1976. Canada’s international travel deficil—a greater number of tourism duldars leaving the country than comingin—fiuud al $1.7 billiun in 1977, up from $1.2 Hllon in 978, ef