\ wine \ : Page 2, The Heraid. Tuesday. June 8; 1982 da E- -Pubiianed every: Weekday ‘at 00. Kalum Sit Terrace, B. cy by? ‘Sterling. Publishers ie as: “second: class mail Reg » COPYRIGHT, 1982.1 by DAVIS | ROS.. pressed. me yearsearlier... 0 jer-y Right now the | wage ‘structure: in’ ‘the United. States *" To the Editor, © -- . ’ This is a bad time for many people i in Terrace, yet it cari ‘ bea very useful time.. Now that we have a little less to loge’. and some more time to ourselves, we can be exploring other , ways of doing things. . There seem to be some disadvantages in the “big ce com: pany-lots. of big machines” system, We have less and ‘less of the energy” ‘available that the big machines need, and more and more people who want something to do. Besides. -pedple are dissatisfied with spending all their time working for someone they don't even know. sos . So maybe. we should be looking. at. other ways of | - ‘distributing the work load and the money. There are lots of 635-6353 55-4 060: : ; ‘ Mt considerably lower that 1in Canada which means . ewe Will - ae : oy “find. durselves crowded gut on the world'markets.!"” >!” oa Pu er: Garry Hus a ea ag -1 Those recent comments, along with hawkish: statements. ae eens er . _ jnnaimoamae - by his. Jtiniaters, have lelghtened fears:in some. quarters i Baie aiee popes Seay serpent -and hopes. in others that.a controls program. mine cs » : 2) SOS DUG IE Aan pe upgtia Doo pe ; 8 Sin the. Jate .summer of 1975, Statisticd Canatta was’ ae Brian Gregg cans leaf oe pewe PA BC D E: FG Hel Jeb oM. ne _felesng evden th country waa pllag ct of renin, ae eo | WORDMAP spatem WOK oOe Tey | “| 4. |. ./Today, although there has been some evidence in the (shart Advertising Sales: Steet “og women 11Y MA N W 0 F On] U E D H Vy “that the Meow recession there may be bottoming: sat, i "Terrace —DavidHamilion © > cred to todereeotel 21S TOA A TAS OK OQ LZ TEP 7 canada is stil in the deptheof It. ers | or a inrersction of Werte 37 Y S01. 6.0C.N M U-RGR U Tet} 3- if and when the country starts pulling out of the recession, »statt Writers: Photographers: 0s, Sports: Werkental ROW 7. yf: R LP TI EEO 0'C R DOW ; y "it’s expected inflationary pressures and wage demaniis; as To Mike Howlett . : Don Schaffer. . Itt ware ona of the words in a _ : -- ~ .. in, rina ae ae earn (mia ; they did in "5, will increase, o eh ae - GOMENRAM wots be SJE.S £ ACN. TS WS MEH TIS Ottawa seems ready. to try to reduce thal pressure before a apt he sacoiceiiiciaas “fe iy CoA UD Tita TTL (Lat starts to build, Z a o > Reteption Classified: oe vet | a . 6]S UM S/H ELA UT: TOA T 116] “anepecent statements by Trudeau and his. ministers are ve Carolyn Gibson goes 741. E-NGALO R°O-MoA P)L FT] 7°] simitar to those expressed in'1075. : “ a . . now, but thia ganie ‘can : —— —.-* - ' Cireutation: rove BYR RCRA LE TGC E HAYS) ) tn tir, to Liberal government reed ie ; , , ‘ eee Twa oF more wards ‘might s TNARpRATt tes ‘controls, & g in. ita throne speec! on o , Mafl he 1a run in lfterent difeciona; 1 1 7 . i ‘ f i : r , i N ha coming trom outside the country, Howaver, in early 1975 “ “2 NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT. eo vp, down, diagonally... U1 () | J.N-A A teN.-B X]1O9 Ottawa-began blaming — as it has this year — the wage . The Herald retains tuil, complete and sole copyrigh} atways ip bratralgnt tne’ 17 EF. T MW FS S7wes M Ie L F: 1 1 - demands of Canadian workers -for inflation. ~~ .. in any advertisement produced and-or any editorial tales inthe siorye wit NOT moe 7 aS hs ° “In April of that year, Ottawa took its first steps ttiard or photographic content. paplished in the Herald.” ; a oe ound at the one Herting 1? RK. EH ; ‘Se N GC IN 0 R: J 0 : R 47 ~ eontrols. Then finance minister: John Turner sad pros ‘Reproduction is not permitted without the written a ee | ap AD pl] Beaune n " voluntary restraint program, to check wage and price'in- * permission of the Publisher, <= + ; FAMOUS FAGES No.2: -. fine Hum tie wen you Wa TAP PLES AY C.E C 130 enue Progr: - _ mo ee a 7 GOMERILISA, outhiltie’ bet ie the A BG DEF GHIU KYL M-: But by late summer, wages were increasing at an ‘even’ os : oe . , mnemeemenels GOMERGRAM'S story? . SS a . faster rate, averaging about 15 per cent annually — five : ——— — i. i a ' points faster than inflation, which was running at an annual . Coy. —_* ok a Soe a rate of 10.6 per cent in the month before controls Were —_ 7 " : ta ‘ Meanwhile, the U.S. inflation rate was only 7.8 per cea in Los Le Ty, mo " YESTERDAY'S comedoram SOLVED: * L _. September, 1975. Letter $s to. So trv seventeen’ lity rout tne ranch wechioy hs rian One cabinet minister blamed Canadian wage demands = _ : 1 ; hea! * starting awar whee great battles included the ane on the Plains *, - _ for the difference, calling those demands a “monumental © noe th e E dit ra) f * ce "ol Abraham! Does this, make him."The Father ‘of OUR Coun- Ce a sellout’? of the country’s future. wl —_ - _. -_ dn re a saa my ‘Trudeau agreed it was a serious situation but still ed —————— oo ., Oa : me ” ms ke ~ ' out mandatory wage and. price controls as an effective “F Nad — a es Coe ‘ Less than a month later, on Oct. is, 1975, Trudeau went on ge Business demands | more control INGONISH, N.S. (CP) — Governments should limit _ Money spent for purely social or political reasons and let - private-industry pull the economy together, says the new chairman of the Canadian Manufacturers Association. “We need less government help, not more,” said William. Boggs in an interview Monday as the CMA ended its 111th. ‘national television ‘and, in an admission that voluntary - restraint had failed, announced he was locking the country into three years of wage and price controls. The finger pointing and warnings by Ottawa are Bapk. Late last month, Treasury Board President Donald “Speaking to about 225 delegates representing 8,500 firrns, Johnaton aimed at labor and warned: “We must daa better. he said retroactive and discriminatory federal poli¢iag Jb of. controlling wage increases . should be brought to a halt and. Jurisdictional howe: ~Jeaders, in both the public and private sectors, will have.to settled. face this problem head on in the coming months.” Finance Minister. Allan MacEachen congratulated “The East Coast would be the first to benefit, " h said In’ - ‘workers last fall for the moderation of their wage demands. . all responsible — ‘things that need doing. Some have been ignored because. 4 annual convention. _ + they are not profitable for the big machines; or because the "Boggs said aid often translates into intervention and it: ~ company: has no time to clegn up its mess, to worry about. would be better if government let industry fight economic | peauty or the future as it rushes-to expand some more. + problems through investment in’ research; _Sevetopment It seems | to’ me'that we should start considering Jabor and all manner of. technological ‘change. ; intensive work, Use people to clear the sides of the high - He called for a two-year moratoritim on new government. ways, not chenticals that hurtusor machines that drain our ‘economic “regulations, labor legislation ‘anid social an apparent reference to thé Newfoundland Ottawa . argument over offshore’ development. He also said. the federal budget’s. reduiton vee cost. should. be. ‘eancelled: =, - :. Beveral. CMA, leaders. steered. away’ federal program of wage and price controls when asked in . interviews: about Prime Minister Trudeau’s comments aE a wets ‘trom: ‘predinting v8... . miftee'this month... .. a But today, aniike.seven: geared willis ke not i stripping inflation. ....,°00 Ttttabred wrsties"* tor Now, he is increasingly warning that wages are rising too fast. Soniething must be done, he told a Commons. com- gota During the first quarter of 1982, wages were rising at'an annual average rate of 11: 2 per cent while inflation Was, resources and cause pollution. Maybe we should consider selective logging. Or use our wind for power instead of building more dams and hurting the earth and its creatures more. Or grate our own cheese, instead of buying it pre- grated and make our own macaroni casserole (tastes better too!) Or grow our own garden, and trade some cauliflower for some sewing ‘done or a dress. we've. ‘wanted but never | “been able to find in thestore: Or spend more time puttering around our homes instead of working all the time at $10 per hour then paying someone $25 per hour ta come and fix what we haven't time for. .Maybe we should save our grocery - bags and take them back to use again - then the stores could * stop complaining and give us double bags when’ we need 1 them, . a _ These are only small things i've mentioned but T could go. on and on and so could each of us, if we stop to think, Of- tentimes its a better! job -we do on a small seale anyways, and we're more likely to ‘produce more when what we’re doing makes sense to us -.even if we do stop to chat with a neighbour. It doesn’t have te be just small stuff either. I think the big companies have fost touch and that it's time _. we we start using our land and resources the way we know is best for everybody. Its a good time to think about it, and maybe try it outa bit. Most of us are finding that: ‘the big companies aren’t doing | too well at taking care of our needs these days. . Thanks for. listening, L AIM eo _ . . : con Pp. ‘Turnel Lee * To the Editor, ae , Although I live in Vancouver, I often ‘read “your newspaper.as my company. is.a subscriber. I am very in- trigued to read the heated debates on abortion which take place in your area - it ia comforting to know that important - . issues: travel further than city: suburbs, as some People ~ Would have us believe: + Having read your columns and letters, I feel I must put "~ forward some of my feelings on the abortion issue, Tthink it . fair to point out that I do not agree with abortion perse. My" opinion is that it should be made available-but with safeguards to ensure that abortion is not used as an. alternate to contraception. ~However, whether. I believe . “abortion to beright or wrong isn't at iasue here. I think that both. pro-life and ‘pro-choice groupa are avoiding the real problem and should direct more of their’ ~ energy into promoting new research into contraception and. - educating all age groups about birth control. All groups - should remember that unless we find a 100 per cent sure. method of contraception, this argument will continue - that- ~ is fine for those who like to argue, but not for the- rest of us — who think that rernoving the cause is often better: Also, we should perhaps be encouraging young. people ot -both sexes to ‘realize that sex,: ‘although natural, ‘is ‘not necessary to prove one’s tmanhocd, love or ‘maturity and try - " and produce ‘a " genération' which puts- eK: dn cy ‘less . .prominent and yet: more, thoughtful position: . Sot i " T would like to say also, thal I feel it is-very irresponsible for these groups to influence, hospital administration - let the experts run the hospitals. It seems to me very wiong that a committee canbe elected solely on the basia of either’ being for or against abortions. Hospitals deal with' more: -- “than abortions and, in fact, they are only a-small part of a hospital service. Hospital need responsible people with some working knowledge af the medical practice’ and a measure of business acumen to run them. Thank you for letting meexpres my. opinion, which will no doubt Provoke another ‘round of debate. wo : conan "Yours sincerely, Wendy J. Elsey programs. Boggs, of Toronto, president of Canada Systems Group, -talked from a unique ‘vantage point when he called for caution in non-productive government.spending. ° ‘In 1967, he was vice-president of Hawker Siddely Canada Ine. when it pulled out as owner of the steel] mill in Sydney, 100 kilometres from the CMA meeting at Keltic Lodge in Cape Breton Highlands National: ‘Park. / 4 provincial Crown: corporation took over the mill thet year ta keep it open and the record since has been annual “losses of about. $30 million. The Sydney Steel: Corp. laid off some 1,400 workers this spring when it shut down the an- . “tiquated plant until significant. new orders can be found. Boggs told. the meeting the federal governmeiit should spell out that Canadian oil prices will not be permitted to . tise above BS per cent of the. average price paid by U. s.- refineries... ~~ oo Reagan praises British. fight LONDON (AP) —.U.8, President Reagan won cheers , from members of Parliament today for a ringing defence of Britain’s fight for the Falkland Islands and a challenge to ~, Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev to address Americans on _ television, on condition “he will allow me. the same op- portunity with the Sovie! people.” Reagan algo urged Israel to “bring its forces home" from. Lebanon. But, he offered Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin some succor in. the war against Palestinian guerrillas : by saying: ‘We must all work to stamp-out.the scourge ‘of terrorism that?in the Middle East akes.. war an ever. _ Present threat,’ .,” - Proposing-a worldwide promotional catnpaign for Uberty “and democracy, Heagan offered Brezhnev television ex- posure in the United States and suggested a periodic ex- . > changé of television news comméntary, to! invite. Soviet participation, in a ' peaceful “competition for ideas and _ values. " ~ Reagan’s address was boycotted by many Labor MPs > ' who oppose his. nuclear policy, and: support ‘for: right- -wing - L governments: . ‘As Reagan left Parliament’ for. lunch with Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher at 10 Downin g Street, a group of women peace demonstrators with blackened faces” shouted “Reagan out,” * “The parliamentarians interrupted Reagan with applause ; the mandate of the UN. Interim Force in Lebanon when it’ - ‘twice —once when-he ‘Proposed ‘dual TV- appearances: with ‘Brezhnev; and: Again; more vigorously; when he- Hefended.. Britain’ s batile: against Argentina. i in the Falklands, ° an " Reagan said ‘British forces are’ fighting’ for’ more ‘than : - unips. ‘of rock and earth so far. away." bos . “. “Those young ‘nlen Aren’t ‘fighting for mere real catate, me _ he'sald.!"They fight; for a cause, for the belief that armed, : aggression must not be allowed to succeed, ‘and that people: . ‘must participate in: the decisions af Eovernment under. the rule of law.” oe ‘aitributes of democracy and denouncing tolalitarianism, _.Reagan said the:world’s democtatic countries have. been = Se ‘Organization’s observer at‘the United Nations, maintains “too shy in Promiting. thelr: own strengtha. _ Reagan's speech followed the-United Nations on Friday. © . The United States at-first joined the British. in vetoing ae _ Security, Couneil resolution calling for a ceasefire in. thé kilometre, ‘Israeli: Lebanese border: ao ats cy with the Queen outside Windsor, ‘Castle, about 65 Kilometres’ arrangements: guarantee that’. Palestinian, artillery ; - rockets ‘cannot be ‘stationed within: range. of the: Terdell; ha Inhis speech, which was devoted primarily to hailing 3 the a wave.of criticism in in. briiain , : particularly In the press = over a USS voting map tig in averaging 11.5 per cent. ._ after the Versailles economic summit that something must . ‘ & And despite the fact that prices are rising faster than. they be done soon to dampen inflationary expectations. - ‘They expected some new type of economic control and Boggs indicated the most. useful might be restraint in government spending, perhaps involving a wage freeze’: within the federal public service. : absent. ..In part, that is because it is belleved by many that | any ‘The marketplace is chntralling prices, Boggs: said, and -are being controlled by the recession. private industry has started: to freeze hiring and. wages, Some provincial ‘governments, such as Quebéc’s, have indicated. they are moving to curb’ ‘spending. ‘A parade of CMA speakers emphasized the need. for Canadian industry to be more competitive. Laurent Thibault, chief CMA. economist, ‘sald there is _ nothing complicated about it. Taxes or wages or some ather + cost component have to come down, he said. “Something's Bot to give.” " . * little evidence ot any maior slowdown in. prices, as wit- nessed by the consumer: price index. ‘with the same justification used for controls seven. years ‘than in the U.S, - Inflation 1g about four points higler here than in the US., “ Canada's largest trading partner, It ls also almost four times that of Japan, Canada’ 8 second largest trading _ partner. That means our. exports ‘are becoming more and ‘more Falklands, but then announced it had intended to abstain instead. It was.too late’ ‘to change the -vote, but the: move angered Britain. : Reagan also chided the hews media for what he called its - sparse coverage of the Salvadoran. war since “the real... * freedom fighters of El Salvador tuftied-out to be the People - of that country, the young, the old and the in-betw. "wi went to the pols in dneves t elect “the ‘Tight auing vo : Trudeau and fils ministers obtained the backing of business versarles af the” Central. American, country's guerrilla for ‘some form of wage controls. movement. -. - Reagan’s, address followed a leisurely horseback tide” controlling civil service wage increases at a meeting with provincial premiers in February. “although: Bome have since. imposed thelr own controls programs on employees.” egy away, ’ Reagan also. planned. more - discussions with, Prime” . Minister Margaret Thatcher over the crisis i in the Squith Atlantic and other world trouble Spots. ! “Jast fall.. ‘Tequirements this: year will be more than double what " MacEachen predicted’ in: his. November budget: Peace beleaguered UNITED NATIONS CAP) - = Israel's i invasion of southern | . Lebanon. casts: doubt on the éontinued existence ‘of. the | beleaguered UN peacekeeping force in’ southern Lebanon. - UN officials speculate the Security Council will notrenew “y'4, to: impose. wage.controls, on, public servants. - expires June 18 unless Israel agrees by. thea bo withdraw its: ~~ invaiion: forces. :. But Israel forces will rer in Lebanon until political at ceillt 4 2 ys ate ¥) Eres, didn't ivark seven ‘yeaa “And eee With thie” ‘expelence: ofthe pr program under its belt, is miore adamanily Bf controls ‘than it was: in:3975,°. border, ‘Israeli officials in| Jerusalem suid ‘Monday... “The tide has washed over. UNIFIL;" ‘said‘a’ ranking: e ‘diplomat from & country, contributing. sollers to the forte “.“UNIFTL can’t go-on,.a8 before," - He sald. the. Soviet Union - would. ‘veto, ‘any. resolutio redeploying the force to palice the 40-kilometre-deep Huffer. zone Israel Is attempting to clear in ‘southern Lebanon. : : Zehdi Labib \Terzi, the- Palestine’ ‘Liberation. . "tg any-move that. would cut. into'wages. oe ‘However, soaring unemployment — more than i a mill: _ that “UNIFIL’s zone of operation | mast not be: -ehbnged” oe and: when-Israel- withdraws: stapes «When Israel completed. its: wtharaat, ‘it lett Hadiad's * * railltla in control '.of ‘a 40-kilonietre zone Along. the bo . a it belt tighter and tigh : Itmay eventually forced to wallow wage restr as U; S. Jabor has _ ~ regardless of how bitter. the’ medicine, re Y , 1 . - - . : wo . et . controls program hits wages and has little effect on prices.. Also, business leader's argue.that both’ wages and profits ‘ While profits have been taking a beating, there has béen.: ago: Wages and inflation are rising ‘at & much higher rate expensive and, in turn, Jess attractive in those countries. | Trudeau first let the public know he is. serious about. - ‘The’ premiers:-rejected” his - > wage controls” proposal, : int Top. business leaders called in a Statement for stringent - . admits that because of the recession the government. will be : spending a lot more’ ‘and earning a lot lesa than it. expected ___ . “Liberal, MP ‘Pierre ‘Deniger' representing the qudtee ; tiding of -La Prairie, suggested to MacEachen at a recent. - “ommons committee that Ottawa’ 5 budget.woes may, force “The economic research, ue Informetrica Ltd. cateulales ~ controls 4 if to any : "~~ pedple or 10,2 per cént of the warkforce —s pulling. labor's were in 1975, calls for price controls have heen surprisingly oe Public. service wage controls and a voluntary controls _ ’ program for private-sector workers are being threatened - Later, after closed-door meetings with’ business: Leaders... ; Some. : ecbnoriists “gay the government's financial" i ~Labdr ‘has been. actively campaigning ‘bapinat iti if possible return ‘for midre-than a year and last month'in . -Wirinipeg ‘Its largest. voice, the two -million-member - Canadian Labor. Congress, demonstrated: united ‘appdtilon %, he - V