4AGE 4, THE HERALD, Friday, July & 1977 (the herald) . Terrace - 635-6357 Kitlmat « 632-5706 Circulation - 635-2877 FUBLISHER... GORDON W. HAMILTON MANAGING EDITOR... ALLAN KRASNICK KITIMAT MANAGER... W.S, ‘KIM’ KIMBLE CIRCULATION MANAGER... JACK JEANNEAU ; Published every weekday at 3212 Kalum St. Terrace B.C. A member of Varitied Circulation. Authorized as second class mall. Registration number 1201, Postage paid In cash, return postage giaranieed. Published by Sterling Publishers Ltd. NOTE OF COPYRIGHT The Herald retains full, complete and sole copyright In any advertisement produced and-or any editorial or photographic content published In the Herald. Reproduction EF hat permitied withaut the written permission of the r. _ Canada Day always political By MICHEL ROY Montreal Le Devoir * National holidays and shows of patriotism ~ inevitably become political in a country where : people do not agree on the meaning of the word “nation. It is illusory to want to ‘“depoliticize” " events that necessarily have political import. But the degree of political import varies. The St. _ Jean Baptiste celebrations...evidently find their - greatest expression in Quebec, where they evoke a certain “national fibre” without which the Parti Quebecois would not be .able to promote its - “eollective project.” In that sense, the _ celebrations are political because they contribute : increasing a feeling of belonging and pride in uebec. But they are also true celebrations and have - tended to become public inasmuch as for the first time this year people have preferred celebrations on the scale of neighborhoods and villages to grand extravaganzas in concrete stadiums. | , Celebrations of Canada Day naturally have a political character, especially this year. That's nothing to be upset about. But in Quebec, the celebrations of Canada Day can never be as spontaneous and authentic as the St. Jean Baptiste _ festivities. ‘There'll be no dancing on St, Denis Street July 1 and the village of Les Eboulements will remain peaceful. That's why the program for Canada Day stresses big productions and music and stars. In the rest of the country, July 1 fever has not been contagious. The productions planned do not seem to have bred - great enthusiasm. Despite official celebrations and show-business spectaculars, public rejoicing cannot be ordered up. Ottawa’s campaign to win over souls and create unity ispolitical. Peoplein Ottawa sincerely | Brez h a eV t U l Nn S t h e tabl e S O Nn think the time has come to speak to people’s hearts and foster a feeling of pride through songs, music - and fireworks, The ‘intentions are good but the means are artificial when they are not clumsy. Canada will notbe saved by poetry and artificial rejoicing. Itis difficult to invent on the 1ith hour national poets who'll sing what you'd like tohear. National poets have been around in Quebec for years-long before ov, 15. . . English Canada also has its artists, its singers,. writers and poets. But when they are not absorbed or tormented by our giant neighbor’s powerful culture, they are singing about their own regions or about a national homeland that never quite manages to get defined. Under these conditions, it would be more realistic _to invite each region in Canada to celebrate July 1 “according to its own aspirations and characteristics. Have the pomp for the-capital and -the great stage productions for television to entertain the people who choose to stay at home. ER AAR O197? Unireria! Peas Syadicate ve Well, now we know who's besn swiping your hormone pills.” ‘New warden for riot-stricken NEW WESTMINISTER, B.C. (CP) - Authorities at the British Columbia Penitentiary have been so reluctant about announcing anything to the public in the wake of unrest at the federal institution that the appointment of a new director has gone almost unnoticed. Herb Reynett, 51, became director of the maximum- security prison in late February, but it was not made public immediately by the Canadian Penitentiary service. “At this very moment even the prison staff don’t know that I’m the permanent director and not e Break and enter, broken glass and burnt tables have Plagued parks staff this year, UNITED NATIONS (CP) — In rejecting Jimmy Carter's overtures for a summit meeting, Leonid Brezhnev used the same diplomatic ploy that the West once applied against the East whenever the question of surmmitry arose. In the Cold War years of the 1950s and the 1960s, the stock Washington response to summit proposals was that heads of state should meet only after careful groundwork and prepa- ration of an agreement for the leaders to sign. A summit meeting without adequate preparation, the ‘argument went, would lead only to false and groundless optimism on the part of the public. The device, whether intended or not, kept the Cold War going until it was succeeded by what became known as detente. The Soviet leader now has turned the tables and used precisely the same tactic in rejecting Carter's bid for a face-toface meeting in the near future. A summit meeting, Brezhnev replied, should serve primarily to ratify agreements already made, particularly in the field of arms limitation. ’ SEEKS MEETING As a new president Carter has been intereste in getting acquainted with the Soviet leader and said so in a letter. Carter is reported to feel that it would be valuable for the two men to get to know each other and that they could informally explore means of overcoming the impasse between their two countries. Soviet-American relations have been deteriorating for months. The rift widened - when Carter, within weeks of assuming the presidency last January, publicly criticized violations of human rights in the Soviet Union. acting | director,”’. Reynett said in a recent interview. _The prison, located in this city gust east of Vancouver, has been the scene of more. riots, hostage takings and general unrest than any other Canadian prison. Reynett’s background as a prison administrator is unusual at a time. when a degree in the social sciences has been almost a requirement. He is a veteran of 29 years in the Canadian Forces, spending much of that time as a special investigator in the Military Folice Unit, including three years supervising a military prison. The president sent a letter of support to a prominent Soviet dissident in Moscow, an action which Brezhnev publicly denounced as interference in Soviet internal affairs. It was “un- thinkable,”’ the Soviet leader said at the time, that relations between the two countries could develop normally on that basis. Carter’s stand on human Tights has been popular in the United Nations with those countries holding .a good record in human relations but unpopular among states with a record of repression. Some B.C.. PENITENTIARY . QUESTIONED APPOINTMENT. He retired from the forces as a captain and joined the .prison system five years ago, but Reynett said his appointment was not ideal. “There is a need for the Penitentiary Service to develop a training program for their own. personnel within the service,” he said. Reynett has introduced some of his military training to the prison, including a two-week work schedule and a tightening of discipline for beth prisoners and staff. “Discipline starts with the staff because they. are leaders in this operation and they have to create an. example of discipline for the inmates,” he said. ‘We've got to face it -.a prison is a paramilitary operation,” A fall yiot last year- destroyed 200 cells and severely disrupted the routine of the prison. One hundred cells are being rebuilt and most of the- prisoners are back on normal work schedules. Reynett said the climate in the prison row is good. Reynett is concentrating on the basic - food, clothing recreation, visits and. especially communication with his staff. He would like to see more open visits of prisoners by relatives instead of an out-moded 4 Interpreting the news diplomats have quickly applauded Carter . for assuming a position of prin- ciple and not a_ position based on power politics. INTERFERES LOCALLY But there also is some ac- knowledgement that Carter, by pointing the finger at the Soviet Union, has guilty of interference in that counts ’s internal affairs. rez! said that “a number oO aspects” of the Washington administration's policies did not lend themselves to a constructive development of been , ev, in turning down. Carter's summit proposal,’ INTO N.Y. MONTREAL (CP) — A leading Canadian fur manufacturer is hoping::to win a share of the lucrative New York City markétxby opening its own fur salon:in Bonwit Teller, the fashion- able Fifth Avetiue jdepartment store. H. Grosvenor Inc. has already become the first to market its products in Canada under its own label rather than those of retail outlets. Robert Landau, company president, says the firm now is ready to break into New York. r The opening, scheduled for September, is the second of its kind for the Montreal company. Two years ago, Grosvenor was given full responsibility for running the fur department in-Har- rod’s of London, one of the world's largest and best- known department stores. Landau says the New York move is a rare opportunity for a furrier to operate a salon in a major .§. store. He hopes sales CANADIAN CARVES Canadian fur manufacturer . MARKET Bonwit Teller outlet in 1977 and increase to as much as $5 million annually by 1979. For the opening, the department will be stocked with inventory with a relail value of $2 million, Landau said. Price tags on the merchandise will start from $2,000 and go up to $75,000 for a long coat of Russian lynx. HUGE OPENING ; During one week in October, the department store has agreed to allot its eight display windows on Fifth Avenue to Grosvenor’s Furs—somethin that Landau says is almost un- heard of. ; At the same time, the fur manufacturer is planning two private showings for an audience of 400 celebrities which, Landau says, will be the social event of the season in New York. The show, expected to cost $30,000, will be held in Regine’s, a chic supper-club and discobar. About 200 items will be shown, worn will reach $2 million at the by 25 models from Montreal. good relations. Along with the human rights campaign and arms limitation, Brexhnevy also may have had in mind Carter's announced | in- tention of moving toward a fullscaled exchange ° of diplomats with mainland China, Russia’s prime Voice of the readers Feminism in the past « Dear Sir: . With reference to a letter in your column from the Terrace Wamens Organization, whoever or whatever that may be. The inestimatable gall of this group to suggest that the women of Terrace in the 1920 had little time ‘‘to care about personal beauty”. A future leaps to mind (one of many) ‘Grandma’”’ Kirkaldy as she was affectionately known in later years. Handsomely and fashionable dressed at alk times .- we never recall seeing her except complete in every detail - hats and gloves and makeup - lon ast her ‘‘four-score-an en!’ - Bright and knowledgeable, and enjoying life to its fullest. ompare that with the lank haired, slovenly clad of today. We can easily -yecognize that the Beauty Pageant has to be condemned from their own sense of inadequacy. Women of those days knew they were women and were proud of the fact. That era worked hard undeniably but certainly knew how to enjoy themselves too - as those . w self. satfefaction of work self done, can. * Today the poor souls, whose every need has been telephone-plus-plastic sereen sys mi there were more facllities. COMPLAINT DIRECT. Reynett said He would rather have prisoners complain to him directly, via a recently-introduced jevance procedure, rather an writing to their MP Prisoner letters to MPs and certain other officials are not subject to prison censorship. He alsois trying to take an active part in internal diciplinary groups such as warden’s court and the monthly segregation review board. He said the number of prisoners in solitary unter administrative. ideological rival in the Communist world, The Russians also have been angered by Carter’s proposal, announced in March, to double. the transmitting facilities of Radio Free Europe and. Radio Liberty. The two stations, based in Munich provided all their lives, sit around whining because they're not men! — denying their most valuable asset, their womanhood. Women of the past had hard times, surely, but had the inner knowledge that theirs was the most important job of all -and the most difficult - the future generation. Men could deal with all manner of things, 4 but could never, never , oo Mag ("Some Other Women that one thing above all else -a Mother. ‘Contest idea nixed Dear Sir; It is unfortunate that the Terrace Women's Organizationhad not checked the facts before leveling a criticism at the 50th versary Committee for planning beauty pageant during the celebration. The ‘fact is that a beauty contest was proposedand rejected. The 50th Anniversary Committee whole heartedly supports the efforts of the Downtown Lions in their judging of the most authentic men’s Women’s and children s costumes representing the a of the 1927 era, Ppa This is far from a beauty’ pageant and |n no way will it minimize the role of the : another five, p prison is still in operation, Carter prison: - segregation is 13, down from previous averages. Reynett said he plans to stay at the prigon -at least: four years and ht sta years a providing the Until thai said and operated the CIA beam nto the B vlet Union ams which focus on ; viet domeatic affairs and | areregarded as particularly offensive. i particularly with Washington, ‘ Truthfully we are sick- and tired of the constant down to women and immeasurable harm done, especially to young people, this self-serving group, oho certainly do not speak for women as a whole, - ee ee ey aa ow up and “learn, ' seems not, so it is time that others had a say, too. Sincerel HSOWA' "WW “ . Around Terrace’’) female during the 1820's. For the past six months the press and radio have advertised the meetings -of 50th Anniversary Committee asking for input from organizations an Rela i seuag ha res . the! views adopted in the celebrations; :: If-the Terrace. Women’s Organization had attended a meeting offering . their suggestions rather than forming anerroneous concept and issuing ai unfounded and critical press have been borpora ‘ ted. -$0th Anniversary Comuiltiee, a ; Per T. Taylor; ‘Chairman. SPEC EN ENS AT FANS RR ATE SEAT iF a . SAREE EIST ROT PRS PIES MEG IE Fs Oar i RET TE ROPE. eS reget oe : TEAR i. i * ‘ t : ‘ Ce i Py 6 bar veh aS gk!