PAGE 2, THE HERALD, Monday, January 16, 1978 g . _ Editorial ' Ending the Strike ‘ With the Telecommuuication Workers Union . work stoppage at th e B.C. Telephone Company , offices stretching out into the new year, with the : consequent loss of millions of dollars in salaries Jand employment, and with that work stoppage - affecting more and more segments of society - , including the building trades - and threatening to , affect even more. It is time to see what remedies 5 rome in to heal the breach that have not been i * _ - Until the desire is sincere, on both sides, to come to a satisfactory agreement, nothing will be gained. The wish to conciliate, to get back to ess as usual, to stop the present con- frontation - has to be there. With this in mind, there is still one major source thathas not been turnedto. . - In time of warfare, in time of famine, in time of flood, of major disaster, of crop failure and drought, people have turned to the Churches of the land forr a special Day of Prayer. The action itself shows a common desire for help a recognition of the seriousness of the situation and a wish to bring it foan end. Is it too much to hope that our Christian leaders will dare to stand up and show their leadership by bringing about a healing to this 8 g bitterness, and that they will offer their services for a B.C. Day of Prayer in which all leaders - management and labour unions alike can attend - on one common ground : whereby they would be able to pray, side by side, for Divine guidance in bringing about a set- tlement that will be satisfactory to all. Right now it looks as if only a miracle can bring about a speedy solution and end the strike. Why not go after a miracle then? Where else better to start than the Churches.? A MAN AND HIS DOG Mackenzie King Is my mother-in-law, who was 83 last month, crazy? Yesterday I heard her talking to her dog. (It's “our” dog, supposedly, but everr since I -brough Sophie, the 3 year old daschund home from the animal shelter, where she would have been destroyed, my mother-in-law took over, iand a beautiful relationship developed that 1 ihave no wish to interrupt. “Sophie,” I heard her say, yesterday, “you ‘know you are luckier than most children. You get plenty to east and can sleep all you want. You ‘don’t have any bills to worry about and erybody loves you.” She didn’t know I heard lev her. ‘A few minutes tater I looked in on the living - room, and the two of them were sound asleep in the sunlight that streamed in the picture win across her easy chair. Sophie was in her Jap, her head resting at a comofrtable angle on the inside of her forearm. I don’t know whether Sophie thought she was lucky or not - but I could see she was comfortable and that each was important to the other. _ Now that Mackenzie King’s diaries have been made public, a great deal of attention is being focussed on Canada’s former Prime Minister's “unusual” attachment to his dogs - especially: Pat Two, the second of the three. terriers he owned during the twenty-one years he was in ee. . Mackenzie King has been called many names - both while he was in office, but perhaps more often sincehe died. He has been called shrewd, cold, calculating, cunning; it has. been said he sold Canada out tothe United States, and was a servant on the payroll of U.S. big money, After - his death, the storiees dwelt more and more on his mysticism, his visits to mediums, his ‘‘un- natural” attachment to his mother both in life and and after her death - and his “‘ridiculous” fondness for his dogs. Surrounded, as King must have been, by all sorts of slippery, fawning characters;.those who love to walk (and prosper) in the shadow of the . great; those with favours to seek; those who profess to be friends with favours to offer but - in reality - are only there to find a weak chink in - one’s armour through which to thrust a knife; - all these and many more. Amid constant company wuch as this, King must have welcomed the simple, honest affection of his dog Pat - who bore no such designs on him. A bit of dog biscuit, a morsel fo tasty meat, a walk on.a leash in the park, with a chance to chase away the odd cat or squirrel; a romp on the lawn in the sunp then, back toSussex St. and perhaps a quiet snooze in the warmth and comfort of the old man’s lap. That was all that Pat asked of him. —J TERRACE ) daily herald General Office - 635-6357 Cirevlation - 635-6357 Published by Sterling Publishers PUBLISHER... W.R. (BILL) LOISELLE EDITOR ... ERNEST SENIOR Published every weekday at 3212 Kalum St., Terrace, B.C, Amember of Varifled Circulation, Authorized as second class mall, Registration number 1201, Postage pald in cash, return postage guaranteed, NOTE OF COPYRIGHT The Herald retains full, comptete and sole copyright In any advertisement produced and-or any editorial or photographic. sontent published in the Herald. Reproduction {s not permitted without the written - permission of the Publisher. . Ottawa Ottawa - A radio station, CHF'L in Toron called cold the mornin; the lastest chapter o! former Prime nister Mackenzie King’s diaries were opened. You knew King, they asked? Yes. Was he really that erazy that he thought his dog Pat, rather than he himself, should have been offered the Order of Merit by King George VI? No he wasn't. crazy, unless like a fox. He was just a human being, like all human beings, with his peculiarities and odd characteristics. Tell us about it. Now? , Yes, right now, we'll put you on live. Just tell us about King as you saw and knew him. Well, for one thing, you and all the rest of the media and most: Canadians today have got him all wrong. He prov to be a successful wartime leader, res » even feared, if not beloved. He and his gifted team of Howe, . who _ single- handedly industrialized the country, Isley, who managed the financing, and Ralston, Macdonald and Chubby Power, who directed the fighting forces, marshalled a a pat aa poy and perhaps more to the Allies out on the winning side. But most le forget that, even ving and working through it at the _ they were aware of And each year now when the King diaries are opened and new turned, the old Frime Minister fades in memory as a winning wartime leader, and lives in legend as a kook. Then his loony love for his dog doesn't surprise. ou? No. Anyone who knew call. and watched. Mackenzie King knew he had an enormous emotional attachment to Pat, especially to Pat Two, the. econd:- of: “his «three: terriers. I remember the day to called.. They knew I lived ‘broken up he couldn't ages. Offbeat — Pat died. The Journal only two blocks along Laurier Avenue from his home and would I run over and see if he had anything to say. — sually off early to work, he was still home and answered the knock on his door. He was so speak. But he stood there and listened in wet-eyed silence for a second, and in answer to a question, went back into the darkend house, pe emerging with a photo o himself and Pat. They were side by side in the sun, sitting on his front porch; Pat seeming : for all the world like he Tweed suit with plus fours, matching jacket and peaked cap, ing with pride. so Then the . Prime Minister went into the Gatineau Hills to bury Pat under a headstone, carved in memory “‘to a. beloved friend,” amid the atrangely haunting ruins of Kingsmere. So in his private moments, he was just a man with his dog, a truly devoted pair. ‘ The picture told the story at the time and everyone understood his feelings. under headstone at mere only reinforced un- derstanding and sym: pathy for a very complex man. So King wasn’t the dour recluse, mystic; the secret scre' hiding behind a mask of grey sobriety? - ; No, in his own way he was afun man. Like that beautiful day, soft, warm air and sun, lush n lawns and President Harry Truman coming to ‘Together, arm in arm, they one-two-threed it up the great Centre Walk to the “Peace to sasha Missouri 1 Waltz. No, he was not crazy. He was Mackenzie King. Letters to the Editor To Whom it may con- cern; “Nationalize B.C. Tel” Its appalling to me that the British Columbia Telephone Company can have a monopoly on the telephone service in this province, and be foreign owned and controlled, Should the telephone company. be nation ? - The Americans don't appear to be doing a very good job of running it, maybe we British Columbians should be running our own telephone company. The federal . labor minister gohn Monro appears | 4 ste ping the issues of the B.C, .Tel labor dispute while 10,900 ‘employees are without jobs. . Can our. economy withstand this type’ of abuse, when there is eady thousands and thousands of unemployed In'this country? * Martin MCCabe TODAY -IN HISTORY: | ’ .By -THE CANADIAN ~ PRESS. . oe, ; Jan. 16, 1978 2 . Prince Dom,, Pedro status of colonial depend- defied the Cortes in .ence and ordered Dom Portugal and refused to return to Portugal from Brazil 156 years ago teday—in 1822. His father had fled to Brazil in 1807 when ‘Napoleon conquered. Portugal, and while the king ‘was in Brazil reforms were in- stituted and the country rospered as the seat of e Portuguese empire. The king returned. to Portugal in. 1821 after appointing his son, Dom Pedro, as regent of Brazil. The Cortes, which ruled Brazil when the king was in Portugal, began to restore the * comtry to its former Pedro home, VHS'H.'L? AND IN September, 1822, declared Brazil in- lependent and was military 1908--Et Merman, American hs entertainer, was born.” 1m5—The U.S. sub- marine Nautilus, the world’s first atomic: wered ship, underwent - r first sea tests in Long Island Sound. '~ 19f6—Gamal: -Abdel | Nasser proclaimed Egypt an independent republic, ARRAN 11977 Unteersc! Pree Syndicate “Hey fady! If you keep your rollers lined up with the screen, {'ll be able to watch the movie.” The burial — ial The Canadian Tower, of ‘ @ven more basic than the- 2 ude | daily ide. for, a reduction in the physical activity: for ; Physical ‘activity must “Can Pierre come out and govern?” ~Obese Kids Are A - National physical fitness level of Association for. Health, the ordinary Camadian Physical Education and child a s to be Recreation is currently decreasing with age, conducting a National particularly after the Project to assist the development of daily, ty physical activily or young children in our Canadian schools. Dr. Norman Watts, Director of the National Project says that there is a growin; number of schooldistricts in his country which has realized that the health and physical fitness level ‘our children has-to be: point children enter school. Provincial departments of education and local school boards are stating specific policies and working ward more appropriate elementary school physical education programs. the provinces of British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Manitoba and Alberta, a policy has been recom- mended :that -physieal education be offered on a dialy basis - for a minimum of 30 minutes. To this date full im- plementation in these provinces has not oc- ¢ . However, ‘significant inroads have been made in several school districts, Local boards have learning of the. three “R's’’, One need only to examine the facts relevant to the growth and development of Canadian children to appreciate that physical ueation in our schools must be strengthened. Obesity in childhood is a problem in this country. Dr. RLichard Goldbroom in the Izaak Walton Killam Hospital in development of Halifax has stated that which include earners, The Calgary Separate School Board has agreed to move to daily physical education, or at least a ly physical Hines ony nent, in all element Pchool’s within their tisdiction, More than If of the Calgary Public Schools are currently incidence of obesity . in element school oceur,. one hour each day of vigorous “place in the school Program. it is also ap- parent, from research completed by Dr. Don Bailey of the University of Saskatchewan, that the Victoria Report The Forest Industry In By Skeena MLA ; Cyril M. Shelford The only thing sure about the industry in the decaae ahead will be the need for change and keeping up with the outside world, which is changing far more rapidly than most people r . Even most of those in the industry haven't yet realized what is going on in. the world around then. It appears the lumber industry will continue to expand providing the world economic - no condition does deteriorate and the major com- ‘panies embark on a program of mod their plants, rather ‘than using capital generated from operations in Canada for expansion in’ forgelgn countries, with the help of the Federal Government. The Federal and Provincial Governments must devise taxation policies that will greatly assist all Companies expanding or modernizing their plants in Canada, at the present time our production units pay higher total taxes than thelr competitors in other production areas af the world, They will also have to impose severe penalties on those Companies that move capital outside this-country to build production units to take ’ advantage of cheap labour in lower cost areas. While the lumber industry has a bright future in Canada with wise Government policies, @ plywood and pulp in- duatry will face difficult, if no t posalhle problems of world competition in the years ahea high costs have greatly decreased the potential of our markets and in the years ahead we will only be able to compete during peak market periods but not during normal or low price periods, We should all take note that 23 new pulp mills are under construction and * will be coming on stream In the next few years in various developing countries, often with Canadian capital and technology, to replace Canadian planta ’ and workers. The market system that served this_ country well in the past has broken down, mainly due to excessive Government regulations. in the en- vironmental field, Government taxation and subsidy cles of various foreign countries have distorted the air market structure so much It’s difficult for other countries to rely strictly on the competitive system stiysieal sctivity a5 part physical activity as ‘Of learnt adopted policies for the- rams school . ployees have increased by 100 Problem involved in daily physical and students become activity for all children, involved. some and elementary schools schools, physical activity within the School District is made ‘‘a way of life’ of St. Boniface, Manitoba and children partici te have a definite plan to ina variety of scheduled implement daily quality activities such a cross- ysical education within country running, o years,, Hundreds of swimming, outdoor schools across this education and other country have a vibrant physical activities which school program which areintegrated with many includes daily physical aspects of the total school activity for every young curriculum. child, and this move to physical education each To stimulate change, y is not a fad but a school administrations national approach to. should be aware that meet the needs of there are a number of dren -.a thirst for. , tried and tested ways to irhplement daily physical education for young children. And, the results of implementing such a program in an elemen- tary school can be rewarding for staff as well as children. The overall achievement’ of children appears to improve - why wouldn't it when teachers say. that children appear. wider awake for the entire school day; their physical fitness levels have significantly improved;' and we know — that children’s learning im- proves by doing”. Who ows, we will likely have many Canadian teachers who will benefit personally from a project lesigned to assist the health and well-being of young Canadians. eaming. Schools are plementing daily — physical education in a variety of ways, and the Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation is developing a “change workshop” for administration and board members so that they may be made aware of the alternatives te implementing daily physical education. me schools modify the time tables so that thirty minutes of physical education is scheduled each day for every child. Other schools begin every day with “fitness fun’ or vigorous exercise te music in which both staff The 80's - and the decisions of private Companies. The most notable example is in the Swedish Pulp industry where the Swedish Government, to maintain employment, subsidized the Companies to keep on producing even at a time they couldn't sell and built up a staggering 600,000 ton surplus. The government in Sweden Bu the industry while Canada has no forest cy. Itseemselear Japan's pulp requirements will ease this year but will be totally met. by non- traditional producers in Brazil and Malaysia. producing countey Pulp plants are going on in prod , while our plants are standing still, With a few exceptions. Since 1940, Government em- cent and industry b' only 12 percent which shouls clearly whey nt Aad oyment is golng up. The Government workers ve to br paid for by our wealth creating industries, forest, mines, agriculture and ‘others. In Canada we have the rare distinction of having one Government worker for every industrial worker. Nearly allf those involved in Federal and Provincial “make work brograms fall in the categ ry of Govenrment workers because very few are involved in wealth etion, only wealtn spending, It appears the time come in Canada where industrial development can no longer be left to chance and the whims of the International Corporations that naturally gear their production to low cost areas of the world as market - areas disappear and the whole world {s one market area. No doubt major changes will bring less freedom in the movement at capital from one veeduction area toanother. No doubtin my mind, Alberta has the right answer in setting up their Heritage Fund which will soon have six billion dollars, do they don’t have to rely on foreign capital, high interest payments to outside. sources, which'{s a four billion dollar drain on ¢apital for the interest on federal debt alone, .Bert Price, the : former M.L.A. for Vancouver Burrard, and ‘myself; recommeded this approach alone, which is a terrific burden to make them less competitye, 5;