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Reproduction Is not permitted without the written permission of the Published by Sterling Publishers ’ oN an al | Interpreting the news U.N. reels under American blow ' UNITED NATIONS (CP) : — The United States with- ‘drawal from the In- ternational Labor Office (ILO) strikes a staggering blow at the oldest of the UN agencies and the last sur- viving remnant of the old : League of Nations. : The ILO was created in : 1919 under the Treaty of ‘ Versailles, which ended the : First World War, to promote the well-being of workers through treaties setting out : minimum work standards, protecting freedom of as- sociation and forbidding forced labor. i With the passing of the old ‘ league and the birth of the ‘UN in 1946, the office i became an agency of the : new world organization and ‘mow provides its 135 : member states with : statistics on safety, wages ;and hours and sponsors itechnical assistance ‘projects aimed at raising ‘wages and creating em- iployment in developing : countries. : It won the Nobel Peace ‘ Prize in 1969 for its training ;programs in the under- sdeveloped countries. : The U.S. contributed 25 rper cent of the ILO annual ‘budget and the American ‘ withdrawal means a loss of ' approximately $21 million a ‘year to the agency, forcing strict retrenchment for the ILO and its approximately 1,900 employees. ILO headquarters in Geneva will start reducing the budget next week, NOTICE GIVEN A two-year American notice of intention to with- draw was given in 1975 by former U.S. state secretary Henry Kissinger, who criticized the ILO on the ground that worker and em- ployee representatives from the Communist bloc and see eew hee other countries were not truly independent but were subservient to their governments. But no one at the UN belleved that the U.S. would carry out its threat, especially in the light of two speeches before the UN this year by President Carter extolling the UN’s great principles and pledging American support for UN agencies, The ILO was the target of American resentment in 1974 when a coalition of Arab and Communist delegates, by dent of superior numbers, won pas- sage of a resolution con- demning Israel for “racism"’ and occupying Arab lands. Americans were further angered when the Palestine Liberation Organization, bitter foe of the Israelis in the Middle East, was given observer Status. There were indications from Washington that the Carter administration felt that American credibility was at stake and that it had to proceed with the threat of withdrawal, if only to prove that the United States means what it says. The American labor movement has been one of the strongest advocates of withdrawal and Carter’s pull-out announcement drew this comment from Ernest A. Lee, director of in- ternational affairs for the AFL-CIO: ‘‘Now the world knows that this country does not make idle threats.” Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim sharply criticized the American move as a “retrogressive’ step and labor and other organizations around the world urged the United States to reconsider its decision. Knuckles rapped for criticisms QUEBEC (CP) — A Parti Quebecois backbencher who denounced an editorial in an English-language Montreal newspaper was attacked by opposition spokesmen ursday for threatening freedom of the press. The debate came during legislative hearings on a government policy paper ealing with referendums. Pierre de Bellefeuilie (PQ— Deux Montagnes), himself a former journalist, started the exchange with criticism of a Montreal Star editorial, which he termed dishonest and scandalous. But Liberal members of the national assembly responded to the attack and one of them, John Ciaccia of Mont Royal riding, said that statements such as. de Belleveuille’s were a threat to freedom of the press. The Star editorial ublished Wednesday, said there was a feeling that the government’s plans for the wording of a proposed referendum on independ- ence “will not be clear cut and decisive but foggy and confusing.” It also suggested the government would restrict opponents of independence wile “all the organs of government” :vould support separation. e Belleveuille said the Parti Quebecois has always affirmed that the question employed in any referen- dum on independence will be clear. And he rejected the suggestion of government interference. He specifically said the provincially-owned Radio- Quebec television network will not play a propaganda role in the independence referendum. “We are not in Ottawa where it is Andr3 Ouellet (minister of urban affairs) who gives orders to the CBC,” he said. At this point Bryce Mackasey (L-—Notre Dame de Grace) interrupted to object to ‘‘personal at- tacks,’ and said: “We're not here to discuss Andre Ouellet.” De Bellefeuille said he was prepared to take on the burly Mackasey “in any domain, except the pugilistic.”’ Jean-Noel Lavoie (L— Laval) disagreed with de Bellefeuille’s view of the Star editorial. Of Ciaccia's statements about freedom of the press. de Belefeuille said he is opposed to government interference with the press and has “total confidence” that journalists can work out their own code of ethics, The issue came up while the Mouvement National das Quebecois, a nationalist group, was answering questions on its brief on the referendum law. Business spotlight Jackpot prizes for entrepeneurs MONTREAL (CP) Anyone with a sound project who wants help from “Canadian Enterprise Development Corp., Canada's oldest venture capital company, should enter the company’s contest before Dec. 1. Contestants must submit a three-to five-year plan for an actual undertaking and the jackpot is two awards of $7,500 each, the company’s executive vice president! said Thursday in an in- terview. Derek Mather said the eontest was one way Canadian Enterprise seeks to uncover good projects for its venture capital in- vestments. “You really have to go out and find good projects,” Mather said. ‘‘They do not walk in the door. This contest is one of the ways to find them.” JERUSALEM (AP) Israeli criminals are doing a thriving export trade in Torah scrolis, the most sacred artifacts of the Jewish religion, which are easy to steal, since synagogues rarely lock their doors. - Police say 200 scroils valued at $1 million were stolen in 1976 and the pace has picked up this year, with the most recent heist netting no less than eight of the valuable parchments. Turahs are the first five books of the Old Testament, handwritten on parchment by trained scribes. Many of the stolen editions are believed to be smuggled abroad to Jewish com- munities, which pay about $5,000 for a scroll they don’t know is stolen. None of the thieves has been caught and = in vestigators admit they are stumped. A few synagogues have installed burglar alarms around the holy arks in which the scrolls are kept, and a technology-minded rabbi wants to put a com- puter to work tracing the missing items. GIVEN TO MOSES . Ancient tradition says th Torah was handed to Moses on Mount Sinai, wrapped around a sword, during the Israelite flight from Egypt. The Torah is central to Jews, governing virtually ne every aspect of daily life. For 2,200 years it has been read in synagogues, three portions a week, so that the entire scroll is read aloud in the space of a year. A scribe may take years to copy the five Books of Moses on to parchment made from a ritually slaughtered animal. A single letter wrongly penned can disqualify an entire seg- ment of the work, since it is forbidden to make mistakes. Copying Torahs is a dying art, and they are becoming more expensive. Canadian Enterprise was started in 1962 by a con- sortium of 26 companies, none of which owns more than 11 per cent of the shares. Mather, 44, came to the company when it was set up from Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada; one of the shareholders. “Twas working on special Projects te ry Life phen is opportunity came to my attention,” fie said. "I fell in love” with the concept. Ten other life companies are among the shareholders, as well as two hanks, two brokerage firms, Canadian Pacific In- vestments Ltd., Du Pont of Canada Pension Trust Fund and Alberta Gas Trunk ne, Canadian Enterprise got a lot of heip from its only non- Canadian shareholder American Research and Development Corp. “They helped start us up and they’ve been very helpful,” he said. The only government shareholder is’ the Quebec Deposit and Investment Fund which invests the Quebec pension plan con- tributions. CAPITAL OF $13 MILLION : Funding is made up of ad- vances from the shareholders and equity is close to $13 million. Head office is in Montreal, with branch offices in Toronto and Vancouver. “The company has about 25 venture capital in- vestments an we're seeking others,” Mathei said. “In 15 years, we've done over 60.” Canadian Enterprise helps start up companies such as Attic Records Ltd. for which the popular Canadian songstress Patsy Gallant records. It also helps smail firms to develop. “Aninvestment which has matured in 10 years to a vol- ume of between $30 million and $35 million a year from $1 million is Logistec Corp. Inc., the largest general cargo stevedoring firm in the country,” he said. He said the company was one of at most a dozen in Canada and that its record so far was ‘a little ahead of the game.”' “Some people say we're doing well te survive in a very difficult environment.” He said many venture capital companies have ei ither gone out of business or closed down because there is not enough return. In 1968 and 1969, investors were all getting in venture capital companies and lay none are, he said. “Maybe they’re as wrong today as they were then.” oot . - ios wer) ey Mfsuerrioara, are The scrolls are wrapped in richly embroidered and sometimes bejewelled coverings and silver or- naments which can be peddled separately. No one knows how many scrolls exist, but experts estimate that each of Israel's 7,500 synagogues has an average of three or four. REGISTRATION SOUGHT Police have recom- mended that the govern- . ment register all scrolls and regulate sales through mt “Maybe I'd be more enthusiastic about Chretien’s income tax cuts if I had an income to tax.” certificates of ownership. The chief rabbinate has ruled that although it is forbidden to make iden- tifying marks on the written side of the parchment, symbols may be made on the reverse side. But synagogues fear even the slightest break with tradition. Zomet, a private company which advises religious Jews of how to reconcile religious law with modern technology is looking into alternative methods of Thriving trade in Dead Sea scrolls identification that could be computerized. ; “Bach seroll varies alightly in such things as the spacing between letters and e shaping of some let- tering,” says Rabbi Uri Dasberg of Zomet. If enough variables can be found, he says, the system would be like fingerprinting each scroll. “Right now we have to find out if the courts would accept such evidence. It is stil] in the examining stage.” Buy just about anything Rare animals from Britain LONDON (Reuter) Want to buy a Scottish Hon accustomed to romping in the snow? f * r perhaps you fancy an axolotl, a tiger or a leopard. Britain ean supply any of them as part of a small.but developing export trade in rare animals bred in“cap- tivity here. The axolotl is the aquatic larval form of a kind of salamander that looks like a large black newt, grows up to 30 centimetres (one foot) andis found in some lakes in Mexico. The department of en- vironment says Britain exported 200 of them, bred here, to Holland. Britain also sent abroad 11 tiger cubs, four leopard cubs and one baby hippopotamus. Meanwhile the Chip- perfield family, which owns a circus and safari. parks, has bred and exported lions, giraffes and other exotic. animals. Sixty llons have been bred in recent years at the Chipperfield Safari Park at Blair Drummond, Scotland, CANADA BUYS GIRAF- FES Jimmy. Chipperfield says they have found new homes in France, Spain, German, and Austria. He added, “Our giraffes have gone to Holland, Czechoslovakia and Canada.”’ Tighter restrictions placed on wildlife in Africa ave led zoos and safari parks to start breeding their own stock. Blair Drummond is the Chipperfields’ most nor. therly safari park. The weather can be bleak in winter, yet the animals are kept in unheated houses. Chipperfield explained: “There is no point in letting the animals go from a warm environment. out into the freezing cold. “It's far healthier for them to build up. the body heat by regular exercise out of doors. If the sight of the lions romping through the show at Blair Drummond is anything to go by, the policy is payin off.” tougher breed of animal is being produced, he said. He said there is a growing band of baby rhesus monkeys at Blair Drum- mond, which has just produced its 17th baby gi- raffe, Future plans involve offspring for camels and cape buffalo. TRADE RESTRICTED International trade in rare animals, birds and plants is controlled by a convention which has been signed by 36 countries including Britain. Almost all kinds of big cats, primates, elephants _ and cracodiles are protected by the treaty, as well as apes, otters, rhinoceroses, -peregrine falcons and sea turtles. Conservationists are con- cerned particularly about ti- gers. There are reported to be fewer than 2,000 left in the wild as compared with between 5¢,-000 and 70,000 at the beginning of this cen- tury. There is no comparable problem with lions which acclimatize and breed well in Britain. Less than two-years ago the Windsor Satari Park. reported it was getting too many Hon cubs. It solved the problem by sprinkling a contraceptive pill in powdered form on meat. Said the consultant veterinary surgeon to the safari park: ‘The lionesses don’t know what they have missed.” Victoria Report Cyril Shelford Bill 92 — the Essential Services Legislation — was ssed last Friday. This Bill was not brought in to resolve the Ferry Dispute but to lay out clearly the procedure to be followed in future disputes in the Essenti Services of the Province, This Bill enlarged areas to be considered Essential Services for the safety and well being of the eneral public. As I pointed out in my speech supporting the Fegisia on, no Government can sit back and see Essential Services disrupted, the former Government acted in a responsible manner b calling a special session to deal with this kind of thing and trust all future governments will do the same. One thing the Government has to watch in ad- ministering the Legislation is that the workers in these services enjoy ood working conditions and wages in line with those working elsewhere. One safeguard is if any oup deified Government back to work orders, the gislature would be called together so that all members would have thelr say. It was interesting to see that the Opposition maintained all the power necessary in the Labour Code of B.C. that they brought in. they did not take a hard line approach against the new legislation however, I was disappointed that all members, regardless of Party, did not support the Legislation as all Governments in the future, regardless of Party, did not support the Legislation as all Governments in the future, regardless of Party, will find themselves in the same position, where they Cannot tolerate strikes in Essential Services which not only in- convenience thousands of people not connected to the dispute in any way, but also put many out of work because of the dispute. On Vancouver Island, hundreds were laid off in the Tourist industry three months early because the Hotels, Motels, Restaurants, etc. did not have the last long week-end to make enough money to carry their staff over Christmas, s0 many were laid off in October rather than January. It seems strange that the Federation of Labour which organizes protest for the Unemployed, would support an illegal strike that put many more people out of work. The reason for this is because theya re a Political organization rather than just a Union Federation for the good of the workers. ; It is strange how we in society so easily develop double standards. For instance no group or individual is allowed to block the Trans-Canada Highway, he the Ferry system in Vancouver Island, Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island which is only an extension of the Trans-Canada High- way, can be blocked by any , group at the drop of a hat. I asked the Government to do all they could to get the Federal Government tohold a Federal-Provincial conference on the issue to resolve this confusion and to lay down clear guidelines as to what will be tolerated by society and what will not. If the Ferry workers were poorly paid it would be something different but they are not. They are by far the highest paid ferry workers in the world. In 1972 salaries and wages were $17,850,000. Four years later in 1976 they were $52,936,000, an increase of 300 per cent without any significant improvement in service. A shut down such as this wil] damage our tourist industry in that area for several years because every tourist that got stuck on the island will talk with friends and discourage five or six others not to come and take a chance on a very unreliable service. If we are to do anything to Icwer unemployment, this type of action can not be tolerated by either level of Government. [VOICE OF READERS Not a string puller As an Alderman I take great exception to the statement attributed to Alderman Giesbrecht, on the front page of your paper last Tuesday, that “there is a need for someone on council who will not ‘pull strings’ for friends”. Such comments by incumbent Alderman are derogatory to the five Aldermen unless Alderman Giesbrecth is in a position to make public some evidence of. specific ‘string-pulling’ by his collegues on council,I consider at least 10,000 of the 10,002 residents of Terrace as friends, he is simply belittling himself, I have never refused to discuss any issue before council with any interested resident. In this way I believe I can cast an informed vote rather than voting from bias or ignorance, In the five months I have been an Alderman council has been split on three major issues regarding land or property use to my recollection, two of which council has approved. Of the council members Alderman Mumford has supported all three, Alderman Cooper and myself have supported two of the three, Aldermen Talstra and Jolliffe have supported one the three and Alderman Giesbrecth has opposed all three, I don’t know what string-pulling Alderman Giesbrecht deduces from this, but it appears to me that he is totally negative to any changes or development in this community. I await the voters decision on November 19th. D, Pease . Alderman Thanks for the party The Thornhill Volunteer Fire Fighters Association wish to thank the following merchants for their donations to the Hallowe'en Party: Village Meats, Armies Meat, Apex Red and White, Safeway, Mountview Bakery, Blue Ribbon Bakery, Thorthill Grocery,. Co-op, Dairy Queen, Speed- dee Printers, Dog 'n’ Suds, Overwaitea, Totem Beverages, Pohle Lumber Operations, Canadian Cellulose Co. Ltd., Lions Club, RCMP, Search and Rescue, Cote Lumber Mills, House of Shannon,. Toco Crafts, Kelly’s Stereo Mart, Lakelse Hotel, Terrace Esso, Terrace Interiors Lehman Jewellers, Woolworth’s, W. W. Rees & Sons, Omenica Building Supplies, Cedars Motor Hotel, Sandman Inn, Gulf Oil, Terrace Drugs, Skeena Auto Metal. Thornhill Husky, Terrace Jr. Reds Hockey Club, B.C. Government Employees Union, Skoglund Logging Co. Ltd., Terrace Sight and sound, Grace Fell Florist, NorthWest Sportsman, Wightman & Smith Realty, R.D. Greenwood, D.C., AVCO Financial Services, Merkson’s Credit Jewellers, Al’s Shoes, Terrace Totem T.V., All Seasons Sporting, Slumberlodge, , Queensway Trading, Bavarian Inn & Mozart's Boogie Parlour, Hall’s Cabinet and Millwork, and Terrace International. The firefighters would also like to thank all the kiddies and Count Dracula who came out in costume. The Thornhill Fire Fighters Association.