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"PAGS 4, THE HERALD, Wednesday, August 24, 1977

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| Charade

There was good and bad news out of Jack
Davis’ office in Victoria yesterday: the postive
step is that the Queen Charlottes will receive
better ferry service; the: unfortunate

part is that Stewart and other north coastal
‘communities must still suffer through the less-
‘than-adequate service they receive.

The transport minister announced that once-a- .

week-runs will start shortly between Prince
Rupert and Masset. As well, $7.6 million is being
eiunde available to the B.C. Ferry Corporation for
that line and new feeder routes to other com-
munities on both the north coast and the west
coast of Vancouver Island.

A welcome start and, finally, an indication that
this government is willing to invest some of its
money on improvements outside of the Van-
couver and Vancouver Island runs.

But, as Prince Rupert MLA Graham Lea

pointed out, communities like Stewart must still

_, feel that they are being short-changed.

Davis had told his cabinet colleagues that
neither Stewart nor Bella Coola
have improved service because “road access
will be imprved by 1930.’ ;
So what does that mean to the suffering people
along the Portland Canal? More second-rate
service, more high
goods and services.
This north coast fiasco has gone on far too

long. Though both the federal and provincial |

governments are loaded with lawyers, neither
level can decide who is responsible for north
coast shipping.

Ottawa says its recent agreement with the
province relinquished its responsibilities.
Victoria says it is under no obligation to beef up

It's that old shell game of ‘‘jurisdictions”
again, the one we referred to in this space
yesterday, Only in this problem, there’s an
added dimension.

Davis has

been rationalizing _his

his inaction by shucking responsibility over to’

the supposedly-independent B.C. Ferry Cor-
poration. It’s “‘their” jurisdiction. But this does
not hold water.

- For instance, when Premier Bennett an-.

nounced in Nanaimo earlier in the summer that
ferry rates were being reduced, he told reporters
_ seeking an “advance” release that no in-
formation could be given until the corporation
made a decision. He told that to reporters in the

a press conference that the corporation and
eabinet had just approved the rate cuts during
their afternoon session.

Fair enough? So far. But...unbeknown to the
other reporters in attendance, the premier
THAT MORNING had pre-recorded the ferry
rates announcement. In other words, he knew,
before cabinet met, what the decision would be.
He required no consultation from the ferry
corporation. .

Now we have the independent body off to
Rupert to meet and then supposedly decide on
new, north coast routes. But Bennett and Davis
aren’t taking any chances. Cabinet has already
approved an order-in-council authorizing the
Queen Charlottes services and it's fairly certain,
it's obvious, the corporation already has decided
what to tell the assembled when they meet in the
northwest. .

_So why the charade? Well, the government
has to at least pretent it’s listening. They
haven't to date: anybody in Kitimat, Stewart,
and communities along the Portland Canal can
attest to that. But why this incredibly cynical
pretense?

It’s depressing.

should

prices, less choice of.

©1977 Untreria! Press Syndiccte dy

“Next time you go to the store, get some proper
paper napkins.”

By BRUCE LEVETT

LONDON (CP) — The new— and as yet
secret--Anglo-American peace plan for
Rhodesia is believed to contain at least
ne provision unacceptable to blacks and
whites of that troubled country.

President Julius Nyerere of Tanzania,
chairman of the black-ruled “front-line”
states neighboring white-ruled Rhodesia,

. claims the settlement plan calls for

disbanding of the existing security forces
and their replacement by black na-
Hionalist guerrilla forces.

Roger Hawkins, Rhodesia’s director of
combined military operations, has ‘said
his government will never agree.

s claim, one which is expected to win
support even among Rhodesian blacks, is
that Rhodesia’s security forces owe

wi

allegiance to the state— whoever ends up
in control— and not to any one political
faction. ;

At the crux of the situation is the uneasy
alliance between the guerrilla forces of
Joshua Nkomo and Kobert Mugabe,
partners in the Patriotic Front
movement,

ARMIES HAVE CLASHED ..

However stable their political alliance
may be, their armies-- which could be
expected to take over from the white-led
Rhodesian forces if such were dis-
banded—have met more ‘han once in
bloody confrontation.

Some blacks have supporled white fears
that the existence of two such politically:
orientated armed forces would lead to a

Interpreting The News 7

| bloodshed decide?

bloody civil war should the Patriotic
Front come to power.
edesian Prime Minister Ian Smith,
who has called a parliamentary election
for Aug. 31, is using the situation to seek
accommodation with the two dominant
black nationalist leaders—Bishop Abel
Muzorewa and Rev. Ndabaninin
Neither Muzorewa nor. Sithole has
significant armed might at his disposal.
Should one or the other come to power
under Smith's plan for partial black rule,
however, he would inherit a stable, etf-

ficient security force which the guerrilla

forces have been reluctant to face.
MAY ISOLATE GROUP

This could have the effect if isolating
the militant, Sovietbacked Patriotic

’ Front.

ithole.

Smith, in pressing forward with plans to.
reach his own sl emaent with less-
militant nationalists of Muzorewa and
Sithole, has made it clear that the existing
Rhodesian forces— possibly with some
changes of command, provide the best
hope for peace both during the transition
period and afterwards.

That the militant guerrillas respect the. -

Rhodesian forces is seen in the fact that
they have, largely, avoided direct battle.

Instead, they have concentrated on-
intimidation campaigns and attacks ‘on
unprotected, remote black villages or,

less frequently, on white isolated farms, -

mission stations or soft civilian targets.

VICTORIA CP - The
medical profession is taking
a new lock at care of the
aged as research and
studies indicate that some
kinds of care create ‘or
aggravate the very
problems they are designed
to solve, says Vera Mciver,
director of the Juan de Fuca
Hospital Society.

The society has pioneered
the riory treatment
method which emphasises
the restoration of health for
the aged through paying
careful attention to
psychological and social

as well as physical
ailments,

Ms. Mcliver said that
historically the big problem
with care of the aged has
been the application of the
traditional acute-care
hospital philosophy.

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oF SOCIAL HELP ALSO |
Care for the aged changes;
aggravating treatments end |

“Most of the problems
associated with the aged
such as senility are cuased
by a poor environment
rather than an organic
breakdown.”

With the best of intentions,
the professional health
disciplines helped.create the
so-called aging process
because nursing homes are
staffed with acute-care
nurses whose attitudes and
training hindered rather
than helped the healing
process. ,

In the past, she said,
tturses were trained to hide

‘their personalities and

concentrate solely on
healing physical ailments.

“We were always taught
not to get emotionally in-
volved with the patients

because they had their own.

problems."

if

j

Hospitals served the in-

terests of the healthcare
professions rater than the
needs of the patients,
’ “Why was it necessary to
permit visiting only bet-
ween, say, 3 and 4p.m, It
was to make things easier
for the hospital staff.”

As the importance of the

psychological und social -

needs of the aged were
realized, attitudes began to
change, |
In the priory treatment
method, sor professional
workers arc considered to
be as important as
professionals.

team,” said Ms. McIver.
“We have had to break down

the elitism of the

professions.”

FI
Postal work

_ ego-enhancin

OTTAWA OFFBEAT

The Juan de Fuca
Hospital Society operates
four hospitals in the Victoria
area and has a ratio of about
four non-professionals to
every professional.

“If the staff is to function
08° therapeutic force, it
must be psychologically
healthy and satisfied,” said
Ms. Melver. “If the staff
members aren’t getting the
experiences
they need, they won't be
‘able to give the affection
‘and, care that the elderly

The hospital, she said, has
to strive to create an ideal

_ physical and social en-

“Every member of the .
hospital staff is on . the

vironment. |

“Sometimes the staff has
to become the extended
family for the patient
because the family is an
important part of the
healing process.

“RUSTLERS”

Giant trees

_are stolen

-MONTESANO, Wash. (AP) — Giant cedars are being
rustled out of forests in western Washington by “mid-
fight joggers’, and Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation personnel have joined other agencies in-
investigating the problem.

Stealing the towering Western Red Cedars is hard
work, but the payoff is high and attracts people from all
walks of life, Curt Janhunen, Grays Harbor country
prosecutor, said in a recent interview. —

A logger, laboring in the middle of the night, can fill a

ickup truck in a few hours, he said, and peddle the wood
by daybreak to a shake mill operator for as much as $300.

Investigators say that, in most instances, no names ure
exchanged during these transactions, no receipts are
written and no questions are asked. _
Cedar poaching is estimated to cost public and private
landowners between $6 million and $17 miilion annually.
Hunters and fishermen have been caught with stolen
cedar, he said, and many times the villains are timber
. company employees who stake out the choicest trees by
day and return at night to cut them down. |
the tools of the trade typically include a lantern, an ax,
a chainsaw equipped with a makeshift muffler and a
vehicle to haul the cedar out of the forest, said Janhunen.
NEW LAW : :
Many tree raiders also have begun using citizen band
radios so accomplices can alert them if a law en-
forcement officer is approaching. And a few poachers
' even have - rente
helicopters that can swoop down in a forest and quickly -
whisk away the stolen cedar.
“You'll find what was once a magnificent cedar tree

hundreds of years old that’s been mutilated and left to -

rot, and it’s enough to make you sick,” said Janhunen.

A new state law goes into effect September 21, and
Janhunen said he hopes it will end the destruction.-

The new law requires sheriff's offices to investigate all
applications for harvesting permits, and places strict
recordkeeping requirements on cedar mills, some of
which operate almost totally on stolen cedar.

Ron Jackson, part owner of the-Montesano Cedar
Products shake mill, said he isn’t threatened by the new
law. He said it will work for him.

“It's going to mean more paperwork, but it's also going
to mean that there will be more legal cedar around for us
to depend on,”’ he said.

Depending on stolen cedar to keep an operation going.
“is an unreliable way to do business,” he said. aa

“You can have four or five cords come in one day and
then nothing—not a single load—for a week or longer.’

Three or four years ago, when cedar trees were more

‘abundant, a cord of bolts was worth about $70, Jackson
said. Now the going price is about $300.

“There are a lot of people around here who can’t pass
up the chance tomake thatkindof money,” hesaid. . — -

Maybe it’s time you

jumped into something.
more demanding

than a car pool.

| | RORTOPACTON BP .

The Canadian movement for personal fitness.

By RICHARD JACKSON

Ottawa, - You'd never know it by the
mail, but things are moving quickly in the
Post Office. ;

First, that Glasgow-trained labor
militant, Joe “To Hell With the Public”
Davidson, resigned as president of the
Canadian Union of Postal Workers, with
the battle cry “Sock it to them,’ in
currently stalled negotiations over a new
contract.

Second, his successor - and long the
postal-power-behind-the-throne, Jean
Claude Parrott, the, newly-elected
president - pledged to do just that, and in
doing it, strike the Post Office nationally
if the government didn’t quickly cave in.

And finally, Prime Minister Trudeau
got mad, ,

He’s been angry at the Postal Workers
before, but it was anger with reason and
restraint.

He'd warned them fron: time to time
that they could squeeze just so much
“juice”’ out of the strike-soured tax:
payers. But they carried on squeezing.

This time he came down hard and
heavy:

“There are obviously people in the Post
Office who are politicized and so hell-
bound for strikes they may destroy their

‘own union-- - and the Post Office too.

Although he stopped short of saying so,
he obviously was referring to the Marxist
agitators in the big postal terminals of
Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa «and Van-
“couver who-alone can shut down the Post
Office simply for the sake of national

“disruption - and ‘‘to hel] with the working
_union members,” not to :mentlon, of

course, the paying public.

Then, throwing up his hands in a‘

gesture of exasperation - and he confessed

‘to his press conference that the situation
had him pretty frustrated - he blurted: -
“You know - if the Government of
Canada can’t run the Post Office, what

the Prime Minister's next warning just
might. .

“I'm sure some of you (members of his

can it run?” ; ; press, conterauce) use these services.
: several “possibilities,” as 0, to get things up from Toronto and.
meer’ oi trem ee Montreal. By mail, you know, it takes

days,’ :

. He wondered if the Postal Workers were |
fully aware of this threat to their jobs.

The state will alwas havesome hand in
the mail, he explained, but with more and
more of the revenue-producing services

“Get rid of the Government of the
Postmaster General,’’ he suggested in
irritation, - “Except that+I don’t think
either is a solution.

“Maybe get rid of the Post Office Itself,
and people use the rapidly growing
private courier services and other
methods of communication.”

Business and industry, giving up on the
“they can’t rely on the Post Office,’’ he
said - “are into all kinds of courier
delivery services.” |

And if nothing else gets through to the

Postal-Workers “‘are going to be biting off °
“hell-bent” race doen the strike road.

They persis, he said, laying it hard on

being taken over by the private courlers, |

their nose to spite their face’ in thelr —

postal workers - and go far, nothing has - ‘the line, and they destroy themselves, <

‘

ers again anger Trudeau,