PAGE A4, THE HERALD, Wednesday June 15, 1977 as, 4 AJ aaa te 3 eaeteeletodebeatedetat tated tet etesalan oe MS % as z [the herald Terrace - 635-6357 # SM Kitimat - 632-5706 | CIRCULATION MANAGER & JACK JEANNEAU ;: : 635-2877 | Otte tatatotatat atetat ete! a one’s! earamaTaP ete ata® toselecesstaress ates ieee 9 gtatatotes sc acacorel She ir om Published by Sterling Publishers Ltd. : e Feglished every Weekday at 3212 Kalum St., Terrace, B.C, A s member of Varified Circulation. Authorized as second class nd mail. Registration number 1201. Postage paid in cash, return = postage guaranteed. RADVERTISING MANAGER SKAYE EHSES to ae Ps i é Of a : UBLISHER ba GORDON W. HAMILTON: KITIMAT MANAGER) = W.S. ‘KIM’ KIMBLE # NOTE OF COPYRIGHT . : % ‘The Herald retains full, complete and sole copyright in any @dvertisement produced and-or editorial or photographic & % MANAGING EDITOR © ALLAN KRASNICK on content published in the Herald. Reproduction Is not‘ # permitted without the written permission of the Publisher, 4 Fe 988 oT Pate ty Mt Pe tam ae, ted Ee ee Sates taMe ot eToTeTeTs"a" eae matetate ESA SiS eR MMS OCEN ST BSCE MRICS OSA AUR Back to spuds for developer? Suddenly, Mario DiGiovanni is again in the potato business. It’s not his field of expertise and though he’s got the zoning, he doesn’t have the facilities. _ You see Mario built this large warehouse and he told Terrace district council that it was for storing potatos, That's what it says on the plans submitted to aldermen, so it’s permissible for the area in- volved. - But the structure was never intended for that use. Potato sheds need either seven inches of fibreglass insulation or a foot of sawdust, this building lacks those provisions. Only minimal light can be allowed into a potato warehouse or the product will start “greening”, Giovanni's shed has huge areas in which light can enter. Potatos must be stored in a controlled tem-' perature environment-ventilation ducts and air cooling system. Not in this warehouse. So what does the developer now have: a mis-' named, mis-zoned white elephant. A building that doesn't fit in because he challenged district council directly and ignored the rules. - He stands to lose a bundle because he felt above the law. So what should council do now? - ‘Well, they can stand by their legal jurisdiction and‘nix the project. Or they can sign a land use agreement with the developer and let him go ead. Here's a third alternative. Why don't they leave it up to the people of the neighbourhood. Let them decide by private ballot, whether they want modular homes built in their backyards. Zoning laws are intended to promote uniformity and order within communities; they are designed to ensure that neighbourhoods reflect the kind of use that inhabitants desire. So leave it up to Di Giovanni’s neighbours. If they don’t mind a change in their area’s character, then council shouldn’t stand in the way. If they do, then the developer better start reading up on root crops. But let the issue be clear: will it make it un- comfortable to continue living there if a modular home plant is next door? Questions like future employment, for example, should not enter the picture. That's a larger district concern, not one that should be placed on the yoke of these homeowners. __ The question is livable spaces, nothing more. And if the people of the neighbourhood don’t want in- dustry in their backyard, then they shouldn't be made to suffer because council’s scrutiny was lax - in the past. If Council is now in a quandary, let the decision be made at the ‘neighbourhood level. A bush move by the NDP The decision made by the New Democratic Party to boycott legislative debate of the separate schools’ funding bill is bush and hypocritical, . It's bush because it suggests, rather strongly, that the NDP concedes it has nothing intelligent to add to the debate. It's hypocritical because it implies a denunciation of the promise of strong representation that politicians make to their electors. There are many questions clouding the Socred initiatives in this field and it is up to the official opposition to bring them forward. Does funding for independent schools mean an undermining of the public school system? Is there assurance of educational competence in the independent school system? Is the channeling of department funds for these schools a wise use of public money? By opting out of the debate, the New Democrats are abdicating their principal responsibility to their constituerts. An argument can be made that thousands of British Columbians are being denied their voices in Parliament becaue of the petulant actions of the NDP members. It seems as if the party has still not realized its role as opposition. The NDP’s call for a referen- dum on this issue is an interesting suggestion, - worthy of debate, but it failed. There has not been massive public support for the move nor has the government felt inclined to embrace. So let's get on with the political argument. Battle for control of Br By BRUCE LEVETT LONDON (CP) — A sharp battle for control of Britain’s governing Labor rly is shaping up between left-wing hopefuls and the ruling moderates who support Prime Minister James Callaghan. ; As a reault, a full meetin of the party’s nationa executive will consider, later this . month, alternatives to the MEWS ITEM? - traditional method of choosing the party leader. Currently, a party leader is chosen solely by sitting members of Parllament. Elements of Labor’s left, however, want the election to be left to the party conference as a whole or to an electoral college with a wide and varied mem- berahip. Rival leaders of* the left such as Anthony Wedgwood POLICE CRACKING DOWN ON DRUNKUN . spent pmennateuenancietenea eee ae ees DRIVERS! 0? Interpreting Benn and Peter Shore, believe they would stand a better chance of winning the leadership if the electorate were extended beyond the parliamentarians. However, the situation is confused as to where responsibility lies for making any such major change. SPLIT POSSIBLE Under the party’s con- stitution, the annual | the news conference could decide to set up a differ-od of electing . the leader—but it does not have the power to impose the decision on the parliamentarians. ; Theoretically, this might mean that Labor could find itself with two leadegs—one chosen by conference and the other by the MPs. In that event, party officials believe, the Queen—in sending for the leader to be i} itll; . - =e L =D. FARWELL ea ae ee ate , cardin prime minister—- would probably choose the one with parliamentary support. Such hopefuls as Benn and Shore, observers here say, ma not benefit if Callaghan, 65, should lead Labor to victory at the next general election, whenever that is called. This, they feel, would strengthen Callaghan’s hold over the party. Those who oppose the pro- posed alternatives make two points: . Richmond ‘tish Labor 1. As long as the government is answerable to the Commons, the leader must command _ the allegiance ‘of the - riiamentary group if he is io hold office ae prime minister. 2. Whatever the objections ma be to the par lameniary hha of lec pa er, the MPs who vole are themselves chosen by 6 ocess of popular selection n which millions participate. audience boos-Vander Zalm RICHMOND, B.C. (CP) — Human Resources Minister Bil] Vander Zalm was booed Monday by about 100 senior citizens and their relatives when he visited Richmond Lions Manor, a rest home — which is raising its rates 25 per cent to pay off debts. ‘Residents and their families jammed the lobb: while Vander Zalm met wit officials of the home, which is $27,000 in debt. . A nephew of one resident shouted at the minister: “What the hell are you going? Not a damn thing. You're taking the people who brought this country to where it is today and dis- them.” The home, which houses 142 elderly people, is run by the Richmond Lions Club. The propesed 25 per cent increase will raise rates to $4.10 from $275 per month: for intermediate care and to $630 from $440 a month for personal care, : While Vander Zalm made © no commitments to solve the financial problems of home, he later told reporters “We'll probably end up bailing them out.” . Home administrator Jim Warner said. he has repeatedly asked the government for a loan or. subsidy to pay off the bills but so far without success. Vander Zalm told the administrators their main problem was bad . management. “Non-profit institutions have a tendency to bargain the ship away. You're asking for something that isn’t available to everyone | VandernZalm said the situation would be reviewed by a committee of staff fi the departments of heal and human resources buf. added, “I don't know how long it will take or what they'll come up with.” . “ ‘ art a ea ee . =, = SSS Ses Rane ta A A RSS ORGANIZED CRIME: THE POLITICIA S RESPOND Gardom calls for national inquiry (CP) VICTORIA AttorneyGeneral Garde Gardom will ask his provincial counterparts to participate in a Canada- wide inquiry into organized crime, but B.€. can go it alone if they don't agree. Gardom told a_ press conference called (his morning in response to a two-part CBC’ Television documentary on organized crime that he will make the request at the federal-pro- vincial attorneys-general conference to be held in Ottawa June 27. The attorney-general also fighting unit, said that he has requested B.C.’s organized crime the Co- ordinated Law Enforcement Unit (CLEU), tointensify its study into whether the province should have its own crime commission. The CBC Brogram, which took two and a half years to epare and named Mafia gures in several Canadian ‘cities including Vancouver, was excellent, Gardom saidjnand he has asked CLEU to consider the “CBC's intelligence.” INTENSIVE BRIEFING “If any charges should be But opposition seeks B.C.probe VICTORIA (CP) — All opposition parties in the British Columbia legislature’ began pressing the government Tuesday to appoint a public‘commission to study growing organized crime in the province. — The suggestionu were in response 50 a statement by Attorney- General Garde Gardom who said the government would examine the need for such a commission and appoint one if the examination proves 2 need exists. Earlier in the day Gardom said he would ask his provincial counterparts to participate in a nation-wide crackdown on organized crime. The announcement was made after a two-part series on organized crime in Canada was presented Sunday and Monday by CBC Television, naming key figures in the Canadian afia and showing their areas of involvement, Alex Macdonald (NDP— Vancouver East), attorney- general in the former NDP administration between 1972 and 1975, called for the implementation of the second phase of the Co-ordl- nated Law Enforcement Unit (CLEU) program. The first stage of its formation involved detenting and apprehendin criminas and the secon ‘Macdonald told . solicit “I think we're thiai,o’age now,’’ the legis- lature, ‘‘I think it’s overdue." Macdonald also suggested a permanent body comprised of legislature members be established to set up a continuing probe into crive in the province. Outside the legislature Macdonald said Oeople suspected of being associated with the Mafia should be made to answer as to where they acquired their wealth. “B.C, should set up a crime commission and have them examined in public,” he said. Asked if such a commission would shatter the basis of the Canadian judicial system—the philosophy that everyone is innocent until proven guilty— Macdonald replied that not everyone should be allowed to sit silent, waiting fog the government to prove a case against him or her. Macdonald also said John Reynolds, federal Progressi. e Conservative MP for Burnaby-Richmond- Delta, should sue the CBC for libel and either prove or disprove allegations made against him in the television programs. Reynolds was implicated by allegations that Mafia members attempted to privileged concerning. him as a information laid, they should be laid,” he’ said id. But Gardom said hi8 concern about organized crime is not just in reaction to the CBC program. He said he received an in- tensive briefing last month from the RCMP, Vancouver city police, and the Vanecouverarea Joint Forces Organization. Much of the information contained in the CBC program was also in reports compiled by CLEU, he added. The attorney-general would not‘say specifically whether he knew before the CBC program of allegations that Progressive Conservative MP John Rey- nolds was linked to Mafia figures in Vancouver. Bite CBC said a senior official confirmed that an undercover man within the Vancouver Mafia met Reynolds several times and secretly ‘recorded the conversations. law enforcement WAGNER DEMANDS PUBLIC APOLOGY By PAUL GESSELL OTTAWA (CP) Progressive Conservative MP Claude Wagner said Tuesday he may sue the publicly-owned CBC for a ‘savage smear’ against him in a_ television documentary on organized crime. . In an emotional speech in the Commons, Wagner (St. Hyacinthe) asked Speaker James Jerome to secure an apol for him “prior to pursuing it further in the courts.’ Jerome said he would rule on Wagner's question within a few days. At the same time, Jerome said he would rule on other questions raised recently by MPs concerning alleged conflicts between their rights and press freedom. The other questions concern publication of an alleged confidential document prepared by MPs on the state of Canadian prisons, attempts by Transport Minister Otto Lang to suppress an unflattering magazine. article about himself and allegations by Liberal MP Serge Joyal that the overnment was trying to ‘harness the press.”” ‘Wagner’s grievance resulted from a documentary aired Monday t called Connections, which alleged that Conservative MP John Reynolds (Burnaby- Richmond-Delta) took “money: from criminals for ' Wagner's campaign in. the 1976 Conservative leadership race. Wagner narrowly lost to Joe Clark. Clark later said he has summoned Reynolds by telephone to return to Ottawa from B. C. to discuss the allegations Wednesday morning, — “‘]'m getting to the bottom of the situation in my rty,”” Clark said after istening to Wagner’s speech. In a speech interupted several times by applause from all- parties in the Commons, Wagner said: “Mr. Speaker, I rise on a question of privilege following the deliberate, machiavellic and savage smear attack launched last evening against my per- sonal integrity by the CBC's hatchetmen.” Wagner described himself as an ardent foe and scourge of the mafia since entering. public life in 1960, Before becoming.a Con- servative MP, Wagner had been a judge and later a Quebec attorney-general under ) Liberal administration. “Mr, Speaker, | am proud of my record as a crusader against organized crime throughout my judicial and political career. I will not accept lying down the defamation attempt of which I was the victim last evening by the CBC’s hired hit men.’”. In the television docu- mentary, the man who made the allegations against Wagner’g campaign fund was purported to be an undercover police agent but was hot identified or shown on camera. .- . The CBC said the official confirmed that the. tape recordings still exist, bul Gardom today said he is not at liberty to comment on ang evidence compiled by police organizations. Gardom said he hopes the CBC would co-operate fully in supplying any information to CLEU, but wouldn't say whether the documentary producers would be asked to reveal identities of confidential sources used in the program. CLEU, he said, will be asked to make recommendations on any eventive strategies: in. the attle against organized We hnticipate and expect “We dnticipate an to find additional tools to strip back the criminals’ . insulation,” Gardom said. “We want to ensure that top- level crime figures are not able to operate with im- punity ... or gain at society's nse. combined approach to organized crime by ail rovinces in Canada would ingle} more: effective than asingle province on its own he said, because of the speed with which organized crime can move its operations. Legal entrance for ‘5 dragons’ OTTAWA (CP) Immigration Minister Bud Cullen said Tuesday the so- called “five dragons''—five former Hong Kong licemen now living in ancouver or formerly living there—were legally admitted to Canada. The five men were identified Monday night in a CBC documentary on organized crime as men who became rich through corruption while -staff sergeants on the Hong Kong police force. _ Cullen told Stuart Leggatt (NDP—New Westminster) there were no charges against the five when they were admitted to Canada. The department had been aware for.some time of allegations against them but there was nothing that would allow action under the Immigration Act, he said. Neither Cullen nor SolicitorGeneral Francis Fox could say whether Hong Kong had been tryin extradite Nam Kong, one of the five named in the Commons by Leggatt. ‘ At one point Leggatt tried to begin a debate on a motion that | would have requir en repor within two weeks whether the immigration de- partment had been ‘subverted” in the “five dragons” affair, He was shouted down by Liberals, The CBC show connected ne eaSesrercta hahaa" atararaareTanacee cart r official in Vancouver. It said they led criminal police groups in Hong Kong and grew rich through bribes. a SEEKS COMMISSION The Conservative justice critic, Eldon Woolliams (Calgary North), led off with a demand for a royal commission inquiry into organized crime in Canada. Elmer MacKay (PC— Central Nova) followed with a proposal that allocation of RCMP manpower and facilities be reassessed. He ‘ mentioned the manpower RCME must ‘devote to municipal policing. ‘ tt paid the RCMP can devote 600 men to political subversion, lend 500 more to the defence department to aid its pe tical subversion unit ve only six men assigned to organized crime. Conservative Leader Joe Clark said loansharking immigration racketa an drug-peddling are clear! seth under ont sdiction. He s0 a national inquiry. Justice Minister Ron Basford said the most effective means to combat organized crime is to pass the wiretap proposals now tunning into trouble in the © Commons justice committee. . . Leggatt said almost e crime referred to in the CBC: documentaries could have ‘been Investigated under . current wiretap