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_ TERRACE HERALD, TERRACE, B.C. .

- ‘THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1971

_ Terrace

_ _EDITOR: RON THODY
i_4613 Lazelle Ave., ,

The. Terrace Herald is a member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper
Association, The B.C. Weekly Newspapers’ Assocation, and Varified Cir. .
culation. Published every Monday and Thursday at 4613 Lazelle Ave.,
Terrace, B.C. Postage paid in cash, Return postage guaranteed. Second
class mail registration number 1201. ,

GENERAL MANAGER ; GORDON HAMILTON.

Terrace, B.C.

Famz—-Fo

ADVERTISING MANAGER:, GARY CARD ‘T
Phone: 635-6357

»represent ‘

OUR OPINION

Not telling all |

“Terrace has been shafted.”

With those words, Mayor Victor -
Jolliffe summed up a proposed $6.9-
billion regional expansion program for
B.C.’s north, which would include
Terrace.

The $6.9 billion bombshell was
dropped into the lap of regional ex-
pansion minister Jean Marchand who,
according to Prince George Mayor -
Harry Moffat, was receptive but
“overwhelmed.”

However, our own mayor and council
have long believed that Terrace would
be a spur for the CNR to build north to
hook-up with a railway into the Yukon.

A feasibility study was made about
two years ago. It recommended
Terrace as the terminal.

Among those working on the study
was John Pousette, then clerk-
administrator for Terrace, Pousette is’
now secretary-treasurer of the Kiti-
mat-Stikine Regional Board,

But a lot of questions are left u-
nanswered.

Why, as the mayor said, has Terrac-
e, as a part in the rail link, “been sh-
afted’’?

Why did the four northern mayors
representing the extremities of B.C.
north of the 52nd parallel suggest not
Terrace, but Hazelton as the site for
the proposed Yukon link?

Why, if Terrace is reported to be the
most logical spur point, was Hazelton
chosen?

What changed their minds?

This, and other questions were left
unanswered when Jolliffe reported to
council on his trip to Ottawa, made to

“ce”.
. Wethink the mayor knows more than
what he publicly told council,

Mayor Moffat shed some light on the
question. He said a representative of
the Kitimat-Stikine Regional District
attended a meeting in Prince George
one month ago to speak for Terrace
and the district surrounding it. The
district includes Hazelton. —__

The meeting was held to garner
information to help draw up the brief
‘the northern mayors--from Prince
Rupert, Prince George, Dawson Creek
and Williams Lake--presented Marc-
hand,

According to the regional district
here, no-one officially attended the
meeting.

Indians
Centennial ‘71 chairman Laurie
Wallace appears upset because the
British Columbia Union of Chiefs
released a press statement indicating
they were angered that B.C.’s official
centennial book, “It Happened in B.C.”
ignored the history and role of B.C.’s
first citizens, the native Indian.
He said the chiefs should have
contacted him before telling the press.

_ And then he says the book, which
begins with Simon Fraser's journey to
the sea in the early 1800’s was only
meant to chronica] B.C.’s first 100
years as a province of Canada,

Well, Mr. Wallace, Fraser’s journey

-was a long time before B.C. entered
confederation. In fact, it was merely a
territory called “New Caledonia” and

‘Canada, itself, wasn’t even known as
such. . . oo,

-Your argument, Mr. Wallace, is full

_ of holes. ol ,

If the centennial book chronicles our
first 100 years, why start 150-odd years
before with a journey by Fraser?

, The only other white men in the area
at the time were. trappers and‘ fur
traders. - - ee

And who helped Fraser’ make his’

journey, particularly through the
treacherous. Fraser Canyon? The
native Indians. Without their help, he

‘probably never would have reached .

the Pacific Coast. ° |

..? The .centennial book, then, Mr,
-is an insult to our. native -

‘Wallace,

Indians, -

_. We wonder why.at-least one chapter. _
could: not have been on our “first.

citizens’.
Or aren’t they. important...

'. They: are, Mr, Wallace: And the ..

AM,

© presgefirsty "foc eras,
~The press is a big ‘‘talking.stick’’
jt hits where it: hurts.’

However, it was learned Hazelton
Mayor Perry York attended the
meeting but as an observer only, we
were told.

Jolliffe admits we have been

bypassed.

He further says, in his report, that if
Terrace is to rely on a regioanl concept
such as that proposed by the norhtern
mayors, we are going to be bypassed.

On the contrary, the overall program
is expected to create 250,000 new jobs -
in the north and develop its resource-
rich lands. This can only benefit T-
etrace, rail spur or not.

Jolliffe, although he was in Ottawa o-
nly to sit in as an observer broke the
rules in what appears to be in the best
interests of Terrace, in speaking up at
the meeting attempting to sway the
minister to a Terrace spur.

Mayor Moffat said he quickly
stopped Jolliffe from. speaking.

He told The:Herald the local mayor
was parochial and not aware of the
borad concept of the overall plan, -
which he said would help not only
Terrace but every community in the
north,

Certainly, Terrace, as a rail spur,
has much to offer--much more than
Hazelton or Kitwanga.

The other mayors should be aware of
this. If they are not, then something is
missing somewhere. If they are not,
why are they not aware of the earlier
studies made which gives Terrace the
edge because of its proximity to both
the ports of Prince Rupert and
Kitimat. , ;

‘There is clearly a rail bed which

the best interests of Terrar,-.-could..follow..somewhat the Stewart.

Cassiar road and be less expensive to
build and still-reach into the Yukon.

We believe Jolliffe knows the reason
Terrace was bypassed, but for some
reason he still sees fit not to inform the
public, let alone his own council who
sent him to Ottawa in the first place.

We would like to know why Jolliffe is
so secretive when asked to expand on
his trip to Ottawa.

We are all for the regional concept
and development above parochial inte-
rests as it will help us.

We would like to on behalf of the

- people of Terrace, ask the mayor to tell

us just what is happening. And, above
all, why Hazelton is now proposed for
the spur rather than Terrace?

Why, Mr. Mayor?

left out.

centennial officials who put the book
together ignored their history which
weaves intrically with that of the
coming of the white man to. what
eventually would become British
Columbia,

Theirs is a’ colorful history, Mr.
Wallace, ;

Did the writers of the book study
Indian history, legends .and culture?

The coast Indians---the proud Haida,
the Nootka, the Tsimshian, the Nishga,
the Kwakiutl and the Coast Salish. -all
have an adva... ed culture. They built
wooden houses, wore blankets of goat’s
wool and dog’s hair, and were highly
skilled in. basketwork. They made a
variety of ingenious tools , weapons
and fishing equipment, quite
elaborate, made of roots and fibres.
They were skilled in the art of making
from cedar logs large dugout canoes in
which they made long, perilous jour-
neys along the coast. ro

They had a high ‘degree of artistic

skill.. Their beautiful totems are one:

example,” .

The native’ peoples, Mr. Wallace, -

form an important and valuable
element in our population quite apart
trom the obvious fact they were here
long before. the coming of. the: white
man... So

_ It-is. generally believed that the

«Native Indian camé.to North America.

from’Asia sometime before the end of
the last ice age dn a Jand bridge across
‘the Bering Strait. rn

'

and

“ - res . |

a

_ Solitude for dollars,

We can: understand, . Mr... Wallace .
Why. you didn’t. want it leaked to: the.

“I see where Nixon’s saying this'll Le’our
last war, Joe — Joe... ?”

Frank Howard's

Report from Parliament Hill

Having been involved in
being spokesman for Indian
Affairs for the New
Democratic Party have often
wondered what is the rel-
ationship between the Maori
of New Zealand and the go-
vernment as well as the
relationship with society
generally in that country.

Tt looks as if I'll have the c-
hance to find out for I am
scheduled. to. participate in a

..govermnent of Canada tour al...

New Zealand and Austrialid.

And I’m really loaking
forward to that trip, not only t-
o see at first hand what exists,
but personally to experience
the exhilaration that comes
from going. to different
countries and ‘meeting with |

different: people.

The trip will be in conjun-
ction with Indian Affairs Mini-
ster Chretien and four other
M.P.’s and some people from
the public service and will last
about a week and a half.

LEAVES FRIDAY

We will be leaving Ottawa
on March 26 and stop one night
in San Francisco one night in
Honoluly and spend the rest of
the time between New
“Zealand and Austrialia, 7

An aspect of the trip which
wil] personally be very
pleasant will be the night in
Honolulu for my son is now
living and going to school
there,

While in New Zealand and

- particular pasitian Within New

Austrailia I want also to meet
with officials of the Labor
Parties 1o discuss with them
ideas and concepts for we are
now in the midst of trying to -
develop specific policies with
respect to resource dev-
elopment and foreign
ownership of our economy.
Ido hope that Indian Affairs
Minister Chretien — will
discover in New Zealand that
the original people have a

Zealaiid society and that this
will dissuade him from
proceeding with his a-
nnounced white paper on Ind-
ian affairs which seeks to deny
us.our heritage and refuses to
recognize that the Indian
people of Canada have a

legitimate and moral claim
with respect to their lands and
hereditary rights. ;
KEEP DIARY

During this trip I hope to
keep a fairly complete diary
and record of impressions and
activities and write a daily
account of it for The Terrace
Herald. .

1 won't be able to get these
reports home on a daily basis

aa aan. i

“aS convenient to, keep:
“and'send them eee hen I
‘get back. -

By doing this [hope in some
small way to keep in touch
with you about the doings and -
comings and goings of the tour
itself. _

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In MY VIEW’? sine sae

For one whole sensible year,
American _conservaticnists
have, through court in-
junctions, held up the decision
to construct an Alaskan oil
pipeline because they have
proven there has not been

' enough ‘in depth’ studies to

insure pollution control and
maintenance of the ecological
balance if such a pipeline is
built now.

A few weeks ago, during the
pipeline hearings held in the
State of Alaska, a trapper
named Sam Wright, stood up
and said he was compelled to
speak out, against. the
proposed pipeline, for the
thousands of inhabitants of the
North who had no voices to
speak for themselves, namely.
the wildlife, bears, foxes,
wolves, walverines, squirrels,
lynx, ete., whose homes would
be destroyed by the con-
struction of an oil pipeline,
through the State. ;

Mr. Wright spoke eloquently.
and sanely, asking how this:
society could expect to be
forgiven by future generations
for exchanging peace and:

.

In contrast to Mr. Wright's
voice of sanity,.our own
Minister for Northern Affairs
and Development, Monsieur
Chretien, verified a speech he
had made to ollmen in Dallas,
Texas, by stating on Canadian
national TV that Canada
would be happy to unrell a red
carpet (bloody ) {or the
Americans if they decided to
build their pipeline down the

MacKenzie Valley through -

Canada’s last unspoiled ex-
panse of land.

Is Canada's natural coun-
tryside less precious than that
of the Americans or is it that
we don’t value our country as
highly?

To this viewer, the picture
conjured by M. Chretien as he
spoke of having the pipeline on
Canadian soil was that ofa
moneylender so intent on
rubbing his hands in glee at
the thought of profit. that he

'-fails ta: notice his house bur-

ning down around him. —-
How about YOU as average
Canadian citizens? Do YOU
wart Canada’s North criss-
crossed by enormous ugly
concrete tentacles built to

~ "Keep nose‘close to home’.
; . a“ # ook a ao Coda

‘ the

The Editor 2 fe

‘Herald.
Terrace, B.C, ° :

~ Dear’ Sir: . a oe

If the Reverend Brethern of

the Board of. Evangelism and °
' Social Service, United Church
‘ of Canada were not so busy .

sticking their noses into South
Africa's Internal ‘politics, they

to stick their ‘noses into the. -

Bible.

‘Lrecommend to start’ with:
Luke 6:37 and pacticularly Luké ~:. Bl
.\6;41-42 is appropriate. ‘It deals. -
with the famous: straw. in. yo
_-brothers and rafter in your.o
J reyel er OR

~ Yours truly;

i>. Terr,

t

; ‘If they feel they should write

Black Papers, why.-not start.“ oe,
eee nty "Dear Sir:

of racial’ discrimination going © - ;
on right’ under their noses. If, .

herein Canada? Thereis plenty

by any chance, they have Black

Papers left, why not tackle the —
2 ULS.A, for’a change: or South

America. where thousands of ©

Indians. are’ being slaughtered -
"instead of just discriminated?
Would, pethaps, get more time . . “i cortainty ia not pleasaint to
‘think that the sacred word of the.

Bch

C.J.-Rowe:

churches ‘have become ‘news:
‘and. Black Papers in’ place. of

drain and suck the life from °

the Land of the Midnight Sun?
A hugh: syphoning system,
complete with disaster
Stations’ ‘at the ready’ for
spills and breaks, which would
stretch endlessly as a blight
across the wilderness? .
HAVE WE ‘RIGHT -

suggested in Mr. Wright’s
speech is not whether the oil
should be brought ‘down via
cargo ship Lo risk pollution of

our western shores or via the: —

MacKenzie Delta, but whether
we have the: right to allow oil
to be brought out of the North
at all.

What is the oil to be used for
except the perpetration of war
and the combustion engine -

* both of which should have

been banned years ago.
Cutting off the arterial supply
of- oi] would. necessitate a.
rethink about the ¢ontinuance «.
of wars wouldn't it? '
The arguments against the

plunder of the North are’.
- manifold.

One has only to look at the
billions of dollars it will cost to
restore the Great Lakes to a

?

The Editor - *
- Terrace Herald: :

. Terrace, B.C.:

semblance: of their original
cleanliness of and sparkle to-
realize the danger of allowing
any further-despoiling of our
natural environment: .

‘Our land’ belongs to future

_ generations as much as it does

to ‘us and therefore -any

. nati isions should -be -
The question very strongly: national decisions should -be

taken with this in mind.

LUDICROUS
The arguments ‘by M.
Chretien about the benefits to
the indigenous population of
the North are nothing short of
ludicrous! Does anyone still

believe the myth of how the -

white man helps the natives?»
Aware Eskimoes and Indians

are even now. saying, “Stay .

out, we can get along without
you very well!", and the
others who advocale the so- .
called development of “the

‘North have undoubtedly been
. Solda false bill of goods'by the

supersalesmen who’ have
successfully convinced us
‘civilized’ ‘southerners of the-
existance of 50 shades of white

so that we buy lots of soap.

- FIRMSTAND.. -

in’ reviewing “The: French:

torlans:' thus:

. Lieutenant's -, Woman,”. Gayle“
Thody falls into‘the Fashionable -
error of chastising “the~ Vie-.
~ MAN the |

hypocracies. of. the . Victorian .-
. Age are brought “to Tight. ‘in’

~sthis...novel.” -

The Vietorlans’ were not.hiyp: *

“ocrites. “They “had. standards,

*" they had’ codes of conduct of

; the’ com:

" mandments ; that~ forbid -im-
“; Morality, If many of them fatled '-"

“decency, of: obeying

_toreach those high standards at i

“least: the codes existed as.goais

to.aim at, Af train myself to the: «thé

. the

e's My personalized tricome }
tax returnis: made out in my §

u

|

maiden name. | was married &

last year and I-do have to file

an income tax return now, but ;
what do Ido about my change {g

. of name? -

_ As Be sure to make the
necessary changes, en your
Income tax return by striking
out your: maiden: name and
entering your married name
In: the “Correction”. area
immediately below the label
on your income tax return. -
-: Q Tam now receiving the
old age security pension. Must
1 include this pension’ money
as part of my income on my
income tax return?

A. Yes, Both ‘the old age
security pension and’ the
_ supplement are taxable. and
must be includedas income on

your income tax return. .

@. My income is received 2

by way of interest on bonds

ail Daya

and from dividends. However

T also have rental income from

two houses. I feel that I should “j;
be permitted to contribute to [|

the Canada Pension Plan on
thisincome. ;
‘A. No, you cannot contribute
on this type of. income. Con-
tributions into the. Canada
Pension Plan are based on the
Amount of money, you eart
either ag an employee, or as a
sel-employed person. Con-
tributions based on

SP SL

vestment or rental. income, |

may hot be made.

' Q. My wife and I were
married ‘in September. She
was working hefore marriage
but has not worked since. Can
Ielaim on my income tax the
fall ‘married exemption of
“$1,000 for her? What does she
do about filing a retura? |

A. If she received no income
after your marriage you may

ig

TE CI

EEO

a a

in- |

claim the full married i
exemption of $1,000 other wise |

calculate your exemption Sam
- taking into account only the im

income she ' received after

your marriage. If your wife is |3m

laxable or had tax deducted “(iE

from her salary, she must file ‘

her own return. Her ‘exemp- !

lions are not affected by ;

marriage. -

@. What may I claim on my |

inceme tax form 3s wages to
my children for work on the
farm?

A. Basically, you may claim
an amount that was paid to

your, child if, the child _per-
__dotmed.., work: which . would

“have otherwise. required ‘the
employment of hired help.
Also, the amount paid must be
in line with what would have
been paid to a stranger, and
the work done must be related
to farm income. ~ =

Unless” strong ‘action is |

taken by . Northerners

_ themselves they. will be fooled

oul of their birthright the
same. way the Indians a few
short decades ago traded their
souls for bits .of worthless
glass, The white man has had
years of practice gorging
himself on the gullible. .

Private speculators who
- have laid claims in, the North
to date could-be reimbursed in
the amount of their capital
investment which would be a
. small price to pay for the
sanctity of Nature. _ :
Canada -is ours; yours and’
mine. mo
The decision is ours. .

_ Are we going to remain on
our knees at the altar.of in-
dustry or are We -going to
sland. up and shout, -"STOP,
we want something left for the
futurey™
.. We. don't want ‘our gran-
children to see orily the dying
contorlions ofa nation first
disfigured then deadened by

rape---the-. ‘constant,
thrusting : rape—of progress.

morbid Fitinns:

there-lo protest ‘their verdicts,
~Tllft’ my'“glass to. Queen | ie
Victorla, God bless her memory | |
“ftom

and : protect’. her reign
- Slander ‘and mockery...

-GWe Robson
_ Vancouver ace

‘Mr.Robson. that she
didn’t: write: the book. ‘John
Fowles did., And he pictures the

‘ Victoriand as torn between “the ‘p

- Spirit...and the flesh": -.
‘We are glad to know someone |}
the book reviews, though...

ayle “Thody, |

imag ‘many of us ‘ara’ i
,. Wallowing In and think of us 4s a

“lot of sex ‘crazéd ‘maniacs. And) {
none of the living today Will be:! ia