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Geo ““ EDITORIAL Meu - Lit _ " Skeena has chosen newcomer and New Democratic rat candidate Jim Fulton to represefit them in the victory but at this time we would like to say a few words to the other candidates. “Jena: Campagnolo has worked hard for Skeena for five Years. ‘Let's not forget that she was a tireless orker who went very far in a short time. To her we y thank you for the devotion and loyalty you showed the people of the Northwest. Thank you. We are cer- tain we are not going to say goodbye to you. ; Rod Cousins,.a newcomer at politics, also in his d for office, we say thanks for coming out and Mfding up for what you believe in. You started late agaist people. who had been campalgning right from efast electign. You were in a difficult position betore Migot into the race. We hope you will take this ex- paence and: consider it part of a learning process. ihave a wealth of experience in many areas and tap a good-shdwing in spite of severe handicaps. menile we sympathize with Tony Organ and. Franz let in thelr concern that the established parties oy. always speak for the majority, you did at least ¥é an opportunity to have your say, even if the mers didn’t listen. Thanks anyway. . COMMENT 11 years in power, Pierre Elliot Trudeau was defeated by a party lead by a man who has been the butt of jokessince Hie’ Fitst won the leddership ‘of the party, something of a suprise in itself. . ‘But did Joe Clark really win the election, or is he going to get but a brief look, no more than a passing glimpse of power? Before Clark was even established as the winner of thé minority, pundits were predicting another election within the year. It seems doubtful the Progressive Conservatives will be able to come to terms with the Néw Democratic Party. ‘The Tories were decimated in Quebec. They took seats from the Liberals everywhere else. The country is:clearly divided, with Quebec now represented by opposition members and locking forward te a referendum on its future in confederation. That the Tories didn’t convince the Quebec voters that they could run the country is not an encouraging sign. By . ‘That the voters in British Columbia also lost faith in the few Liberals here spelled the end of Liberal hopes tobuild strength in the west for some me to come. The NDP gains in B.C. and Alberta show that federal politics, as well as provincial politics, is polarizing into a left-right struggle. NDP leader Ed Broadbent, if he can avoid the pitfalls inevitable in a difficult sltuation.as power broker, can come out as stepnger force yet. While the Quebec Social Credit are . no: longer much of a voice for Quebecers, The Liberals are now clearly the French speakers’ rty. The english speakers are divided left and right tween NDP and Tory. It does not auger well for the unity of the country. - oF a “Happy birthday, boss. All the Qvys got togethe: a i bought you a new padlock for pour wollen of Commons. We congratulate Fulton on his: | | Begin looks to British - : ‘Peace prize behind him, he is By BRUCE LEVETT LONDON (CP) — Frime Minister Menachem Begin will bé seeking British support and influence on two fronts during his current four-day visit to Britain but his approach likely will be cautious and without pressure. : The Israeli leader wants sympathy for his hard-line program on Palestinian autonomy along the West Bank and in the Gaza strip. In addition, Begin will be seeking British influence generally within = the uropean Economic Community to France’s more pro-Arab attitude. However, the Polish-born, one-time terrorist is ex- pected to maintain a low profile during his visit. Not only are there security considerations, but the last time Begin -came here — shortly after winning power in 1977 — he was given a offset © C rough reception. The Times, commenting on his election, stormed: “His victory at the polls proves that terrorism does pay. Mr. Arafat (Palestine terrorist leader) should be encouraged.” Begin struck back by ; reminding The Times that it had supported Hitler in tha 1930s and hinting that nothing much had changed. During his previous visit, two men — a policeman and a soldier who had served in Palestine — sought warrants for his arrest: on a charge of murder in the killing of two British army sergeants. The warrants were refused. Britons remember that Begin spent the four years before the creation of Israe] in 1948 as commander of an underground terrorist organization, the Irgun Zvai Leumi. He and his men rebelled against the British adminis- tration of Palestine. FOR SUPPORT Th bombed _ police sata, ange th sergean! a et tree and blew up the British headquarters in Jerusalem's King David Hotel, with the loss of 91 lives. The Irgun is also remem: . bered for |ts seizure of the village of Dir Yassin, where 200 Arab civilians were killed. ‘ Begin, who now deals out : summary justice to terrorists who raid Israel, rejects the suggestion . that he was ever a terrorist. ‘There was never any in- tention to kill the British,” he has been quoted, “They were only casualties during the operations. That is the dif- ference between what is called terrorism and what is called, in my opinion, a fight for liberation." While Begin now may be considered a world Statesman with a Nobel ENDANGERED species still a hard man. ~ Under ure from his senior advisers, Begin has agreed that his hard-line policy will not be tabled at: the session of the TH dod ant inde softening of his position. Rather, it makes his position less of an ultimatim and avoids inviting . immediate Egyptian rejection, His program still calls for continued Israeli control over public land, water, and internal security in the territories after autonomy is established. And he has added two declarations — that Israel will demand sovereignty aver the West Bank and the Gaza at the end of the five- year transitional period and that Israel will never accept the creation there of a Palestinian state. OTTAWA OFFBEAT. BY RICHARD JACKSON | Ottawa,-Well, now it’s over, you've probably. deen them in actlon-no, not the politicians—but the so- called National Press ‘Corps. Fe Mostly they are the Ottawa-baced reporters, col ts, commentators and cameramen-print and. _ Glectronic—on the jeta with the party-Jedders. - . Usually there were 55 ‘flying with both Pierre 2] Trudeau and Joe Clark, and about 40 with Ed Broadbent. "That's about 150 in all, majority of them drawn from the ranks of the 250-member Parliamentary Preas Gallery, with.a few tossed in from the “local media,” as they were called, going aboard for short regional . flips. Those jetting all they way paid between 3,700 and - $4,000 for the air fare which of course included baggage service and meals, (with Trudeau, cham- pagne, if they were in the mood, for breakfast). ” Then there was another average $300 a week for. meals and hotels, You've seen them before in action, around Parllament Hill onthe’ TV news clips when the Commons is in session. ~ : Pushing and shoving, elbowing and worse as the pack, microphones outthrust in the front line, gangs’ up in tight rings around the leaders,. - It's known as “scrumming,"’ ‘Lots of action, confusion but seldom much helpful information. "Put the show on the road as it has been in the eight exhausting weeks running up to the election and the whole effect is multiplied. “Too much of the time it’s the media—and not always the leaders~who made the news. . ‘That's because the whole campaign was structured for. and around TV, radio and press, in that order. A “circus,” a reporter for the Kitchener-Waterloo . Record described it. -- John Telegraph-Journal. . Whether it was. Kitchener, Saint John, Belleville, , Sudbury, Edmonton, Regina, Victoria or smaller.centres, the impression left by the national media is not flattering. ; Pushy was the word most used. Rude, crude, too, In the Kitchener daily, ter Frank Etherington wrote of the Trudeau visit “being staged for the national media circus, with little attempt made io, allow the PM time to talk to the le...the CBC was _ busy as kids to jump up down, wave Liberal signs and shout about how much they liked Trudeau,” In the Saint John paper, reporter. Bruce Peters, describing the Joe Clark “media happening” in the, Madawaska-Victoria: riding, wrote that the Tory ‘leader ‘was surrounded by reporters, television cameramen, newspaper photographers, his head a hub in a wheel of other heads three or four rows deep," leaving litte room for people to get close. Columnist Del Bell in The London Free Press was critical of the “‘pack’’ approach to coverage of the national media. And The Kingston Whig Standard dismissed the show as “‘silly.” : a. So what do the participants say? One of them, typical of the pack, getting in what he - called a day of “R and "'--rest and recreation—before jens off again with the Trudeau jet, was in grubby jeans. ‘ . It was the campaign uniform of the “pack,” elther Jeans or cords, grub clothes fora “grubby job.” But what must the people-some of them their readers or listeners—think about the pushy rudeness and grubbiness of it all? “They expected slobs," he shrugged, refer to the TV image of the media, “so we have 'em slobs.”" - CONSUMER COMMENT If you’re convinced that children’s clothing sizes just don‘t make any sense at all, you’re only partiy right.. Considerable work has been done on standardization of children’s clothing sizes, and here’s how fo take advantage of it. Get a Caneda Standard Size leaflet from a consumer office or retail store. The leaflet gives you the measurements for Canada Standard Sizes, tells you how fo measure your children and provides space for recording — their - measurements. . Measure your children’s full height, walst height, crotch height, chest, waist and hips and record these measurements (preferably In ‘pencil because they’|i need tobe changed as your children grow). : , Check the Canada Standard Size measurements to see what size number your child takes. Note that the size number on a Canada Standard Size label relates not to the age, but to the body measurement dimensions essential to the fit of a given type of garment. Manufacturers who use these labels have agreed with their competitors that all garments bearing .the same size number will be cut fo the same dimensions. Carry your children’s size numbers with you when you shop and look for Canada Standard Size labels. You won't always find them because they aren’t compulsory, but the more people ask for them, the heavier the pressure will be on manufacturers to use them. _ Or more politely, if not quite as bluntly, a “media event,’ as described by a representative of the Saint ’