PAGE Ad, THE HERALD, Thursday June 9, 1977 : : “a = a 4 |S e CIRCULATION MANAGER g JACK JEANNEAU & : 635-2877 | Published by Sterling Publishers Ltd. Published every weekday at 3212 Kalum St., Terrace, B.C. A ss mamber of Varified Circulation. Authorized as second class « s mati, Registration number 1201. Postage paid in cash, return me postage guaranteed. SADVERTISING MANAGER i 3 KAYE EHSES MANAGING EDITOR ALLAN KRASNICK BS ”) reonatatere, spasm PUBLISHER GORDON W. HAMILTON: KITIMAT MANAGER W.S. ‘KIM’ KIMBLE NOTE OF COPYRIGHT ; The Herafd retains full, compfete and sole copyright in any advertisement produced and-or editorial or photographic content published in the Herald. Reproduction is not permitted without the written permission of the Publisher. ct SEM BKM Nan 4 on i“, o PE SSAA Se Sag CORRES SLRS NAS KS KD Gun control needed now Canada still has no effective gun control legislation even though all reasonable indicators point to the urgent need for legislation that will - keep firearms away from the easy reach of those who . damage themselves or others. . Despite the fact that anyone - drug addict, criminal or homicidal maniac - can walk off the street and 10 minutes later leave a store with a rifle or shotgun and ammunition, the legislation that has already received exhaustive debate remains to be passed All the arguments have been heard, the gun lobby has done its best and still no one who has any regard for human life can find an alternative to the licensing of the owners of all guns. No one wants legislation that would make it difficult for those who have legitimate use for rifles or shotguns to own and use them. Farmers who need to protect livestock surely can easily prove their need, the same applies to sports hunters although greater care should be exercised in licensing amateur gun owners. Native people who live by hunting and trapping should have special provisions made to safeguard their traditional way e. But with those important exceptions - and the legislation already proposed takes cognizance of these concerns - no one should own a lethal weapon which could allow for the death and destruction of innocent people without stringent licensing regulations. . Shotguns and rifles accounted for one-third of Canada’s suicides and murders - 950 suicides and 186 murders - in the most recent year for which figures are available. There is no doubt this sen- seless toll could be significantly reduced with a licencing system — for all firearms. Hunters especially object to the red tape but we believe the few seconds it requires to fill out a document are nothing compared with the months the victim of impulse shooting might have to spend in the hospital if he survived in the first place. Our case, we believe is quite simple, for the reality of gune is that they are weapons used to kill and rob people and they must be the subject of strict con- trol. Why must we wait for yet another tragedy to be convinced? THE FAMILY CIRCUS. By Bil Keane a . en Dan oN 1] RG sine toc ey |S ay . Fe nh (@ arta) 5-232 id ‘@ Th Rep ane — Sprckcats, inc. 0 te “Don't wash THAT shirt, Mommy! If has the autographs of all the guys in my class on it,” SoA ata eeetebteetotnaeane da Terrace - 635-6357 £ Kitimat - 632-5706 : ‘a oe 4,8 ote I teteaeSeSetes asics SEES ctnehieiedtiannndits a Se SS ae SSS oH SSSR SE ART : : - electrical UNITED NATIO (CP) — Andrew Young, th provocative United States ambassador to the UN, may be in domestic hot water over his racial views but he. has strong support within the international com- munity. : Domestic political faeg are demanding apology, if not outright ouster, for Young's characterization of ‘the last four American esidents as “racists” and is later extension of that label to Abraham Lincoln known to Americans as thé Great Emancipator. ; But, in the , the one thing that commands a. AH CI been dnote area eae eat aaa ne ace renee Ko letatatats PaPeF ahahaha, eTeTetatet 9.9:9,0,9,9,5,0,0, ae atetet awe he _President Carter an - congressional “Those who accuse me of murder, torture a respect is power, and diplomats are more in- ‘terested in. whether Young has the continued support of State Secretary Cyrus Vance than they are in his public ut- terances. He obviously does have that support and the power that goes with it. The latest controversy etupted when Young in a Playboy magazine in- terview called former presidents Nixon and Ford ‘racists? for their in- sensitivity to cultural differ- ences, Appearing before a committee, he extended that description to presidents Kennedy. and ng’s glo Johnson and later applied it to Lineoln. '- That eplsade was the latest in a series of diplomatic flaps ‘in which Young jolted the Britons, the Russians and the Swedes with the charge that they, | . ’ . The Carter administration, too, were racists. Domestic. commentators fear that the for- meriGeorgia congressman, appointed to the UN when arter took office last January, may be dama the U.S. position abroad but diplomats gee his statements, blunt though they are, are a reflection of the Carter administration's determination to change — s Interpreting the news: bal power st American policy on Africa. They say if vately that. they felt the Ford ad- ministration tended to view. Africa and African developments only in terms of the East-West struggle for the balance of power. they suggest, is tilting policy more to onal, Beedock and human rights. They view Young's atate- ments as following a pattern set by Carter in out- spoken comments on human ights in the Soviet Union and elsewhere and by Vice- President Walter Mondale in his tough words on apxr- Soy 0 oD, MME Ee . s Male"s"eTe"e' eT! ee os sat” Sa SDS SS SSO Man in the TRE WSS seiteceiccrseereerne . . 1s" oats”, letehehahete™, Ss insatesaiseeetiaeescenctoataaan e oes ahs UGANDAN DICTATOR. if By BRIAN JEFFERIES a Commonwealth meeting * ‘NAIROBI, KENYA (AP) - = “Big Daddy” Idi Amin has i had a six-year region of silerror in Uganda punc- i tuated by episodes of buffconer The antics of the six-foot- i four 250-pound dictator have entertained newspaper * readers in Western Evrope i and North Xmerica, but his wtule has been one os the Ba moet murderous in African Bd tory. An outstanding soldier Sea or & Who Fought for the British Par etataMataleTeateteTie Te ataTeleleTe’s Ne ee NORE NSW t.0.0.6.0.000.6.0.00.0.0 0.4 Fo.0 5Bu 6 SUT a Ft oo EE, sseseseaeitovatntetatnmaratytatatateecatatanatatatatatststatgtatataratntaretetetaraleret Hace #ecestataesee Metitatatarstntessmsee’ in Singapore. Shorlly’ after, mutilated ‘bodies were found floating in the NHe and cabinet other prominent Uganzans disappeared, Since then, there have been frequent reports of individual murders and large-scale alaughter. The International Com- mission of Jurists estimates that Amin’s troops and police have killed more than 100,000 people in the last six years. Other foreign estimates range from 50,000 to 300,000. There were flurries of foreign condemnation when Amin: in 1972 lled the 50,000 Asians Hiving in EDMONTON (CP) = Mel Hurtig says aboy $665,000 in Canadian fundg® leaves the country every hour of every day—80 per- cent going to the United States. Foreign ownership in Canada exceeds $100 billion and in the last two years for which government figures are available— 1979 and 1974—foreign ownership in Canada prew by more than $23 __ billion. “That's greater than the growth of foreign ownership in Canada during the entire decade of the '60s,” said’ Hurtig, 44, publisher, founding member and’ former chairman of the Committee for an In- 4 yi dependent Canada. Hurtig, articulate and dapper, bas these and more figures stored in his head . and can release them like a burst from’ a machine-gun.. “A breakdown of foreign investment in Canadian industry shows manufac- turing is 60-percent foreign- dominated. Oil and gas 90, aircraft 92, computer 91, 88, tobacco SAYS MEL H presence is greater products 90, machinery 78, ; petroleum refining 90.9, mining 64, rubber 93, auto 7, chemical 89, mineral fuels 81, and smelting and refining 95." From a small office, Hurtig runs what he says Is the largest publishing house in Canada. A Canadian flag flutters over the building and inside Hurtig often is found planning his awareness assaults on the con sciousness of Canadians. “The last Gallup Poll showed 71 per cefit of ail Canadians were apposed to any further oreign- ownership growth, “I believe most people are aware of the situation," On one wall is a large map of Canada which somewhat resembles a pin cushion, with pins stretching to all coasts. ; “Places I have spoken," said Hurtig, A former Liberal, Hurtig broke with the party in 1973 over the foreign-ownership question and went on to champion the Canadian cause with friends. 6-year reign of terror. Uganda so Ugandans could ‘take over their businesses, when he said Hitler “was right to burn six million Jews,” when a British- ovia! ministers, intellectuals and Israeli grandmother named Dora Block disappeared after the Israeli raid on Entebbe and when he was accused of murdering the black Anglican archbishop of Uganda last February. But the condemnations often were followed by laughter. Amin startled the diplomatic world by oF ting Princess Elizabe! pya, a successful model in London and New York, as his foreign minister. In 1975, he fired her and ac- cused her of sexual relations with a white European in a “Since Pierre Trudeau became prime minister, foreignownership growth has been more than in the first 100 years of Con- federation,” he said in an interview. ‘I had no choice but to leave. I would have been a hypocrite to have stayed.” Hurtig speaks with the assurance of a self-made man. Working in the famil fur store when he left school, he later invested his savings of $500 ina smal) Edmonton’ book store in 1956.. He published hid first title g 1967, “Last year, for the first time, sales exceeded the $1- million mark,” he sald. “But it’s a risky business with small profits. “You might sink $100,000 into a book shelf.” Hurtig is quick to attack the federal government. He says that 80 per cent of the billions of dollars foreigners have used to buy up the country since the Liberals came to power has beet raised in Canada. “By selling off our secretary, Seater fore it sees the . vatataMe' ws ‘ KS K Bo oa racacesnces, a Se “i sce OAS SS Rp nS Parisian airport toilet. That same year he threatened to execute as! British schoolteacher, Denis : Hills, who called him a: “village tyrant” in an un- 3 publihe manuseript. = ime Minister James: Callaghan, then foreign , to ga tox Uganda to free Hill, = When Scottish and Welsh: nationaliam was causing the: British government con-% cern, Amin wrote the Queen: asking her to arrange a: meeting for him with the: “liberation leaders.” He told her many Scots: “consider me King of the: Scots,” PS Later he said he should’: replace the Queen as head of = the Commonwealth a : nett we's'vlate"ev"ate'e'Ue“eleeleelels eleven velntetetanee! SA a SE RM TIG - country, we have been in- suring our children and grandchildren and future Generations of Canadians are going to be high-rent tenants, sharecroppers, in what should have been their own country. ' “They will have no ability to control their own affairs because decisions affecting them will be made in New York, Detroit, Hong Kong and Brussels and tax havens around the world.” Before Canada can go for- ward again, the publisher said, there must be a radical change in one of the existing pariles or a new, broadly- sed, party— dedicated to a united Canada and open honest’ government - will have to be formed. Hurtig has a six-point plan he wants to see im- plemented: the screening mechanibn to include the entry of new: foreiga firms into Canada and the expansion of existing foreign firms now resident in the country; terpretation in the present foreign investment review act of ‘significant benefit” theid when he met South oa SRR a OS a Re ST = a Bs ‘ays tit ithough’ Guyer Be sae 3 ackaiid: A Rain ay ' = and mutilation don’t have a leg to stand on!” = s African Plime Minister Tohn Vorster three weeks 0. eeyoung conferred with Carter in Washington Tuesday and an ad- ministration source later gaid the president “for the most part thought that pe ambassador was 88 things that needed to be sald. . The problem with Young is thathe has not learned the diplomatic nuance of speaking discreetly. He tends to make a sweeping generalization and then immediately has to explain that what he had said wasn't exactly what he meant. _ end ill intact — After labeliing the previous presidents as’ racists, he explained that he meant simply that they didn't care But he receives high marks from diplomate for his behindthe-scenes work at the UN, bringing African and Western delegates together and geting them to work harmoniously. They point to the month of March, when Young served as president of the Securi Council and the counc spent several sessions discussin African problems with none of the charges and courter- charges that often characterize such debates, LEFT THE LOOT Police botch | ‘burglary job OTTAWA (CP) — On the night of Oct. 67, 1972, police from the RCMP, Montreal and Quebec police forees broke into the offices of a left-wing news agency in east-end Montreal and made off with hundreds of files, subscription lists and cheque stubs. But they left untouched - about $125in cash as well as a $700 electric typewriter, immediatel tipping the agency people who arrived the next morning that the intruders had been more than ordinary burglars. They sent telegrams to the three police forces saying they suspected police in- volvement and followed up. with letters to Jerome Choquette, then Quebec's minister .of justice, and then-federal solicitor- general Jean-Pierre Goyer. Choquette replied a few days later that none of the three forces had been in- volved, Goyer never replied, i Minister. Trudeau knew of the break-in, he was never told of the RCMP involvement. Trudeau says the government did not know the RCMP had par- ticipated until more than years later when one of the RCMP officers in- volvedrevealed it during his trial for an unrelated bomb: The incident, along with charges by opposition members that the RCMP may have been connected with at least two other break-ins in the Toronto area since 1070, is the centre of a developing controversy about police spying ac- livities while Goyer was solicitor-general from December, 1976 to Novem- ber, 1972. Opposition members say that in the absence of any minister willing to step forward and take respon- sibility, there ought to be a judicial inquiry to get an- swers from what they gay is a roliferating spy establ ent that appears to be out of control, NOW toinciude the long-term and national ramifications of foreign takeovers and ex- pansion: dian banks, trust com- panies and other managers oylarge pools of investment capital grazually to shift theil loans and investment, by say five per cent a year, to Canadian-controlled companies; . tion in the federal income tax rates for Canadian- controlled companies, and five-to 10-percent increase for foreign-controlled companies; rant and loan financing to foreign corporations in Canada, and a transfer of this financing to Canadian corporations: public interest directors, who are not employees,’ to the boards of all major foreign firms in Canada, Hurtig sald he would also prefer to see stopped much, of the financing of provin- cial and fedecal disction campaigns by large foreign companies. “Canada is one of the few countries in the world where this still is legal,” he said, Trudeau and the current solicitor-general, Francis Fox, have promised a full statement of all facts in their possession after the sentencing of three po- licemen who pleaded guilty two weeks ago to fa to get a search warrant betore the 1972 Montreal break-in at Agence de Presse Libre du Quebec. Supt. Donald Cobb, Mon- trea] Police Inspector Roger Cormier and a Quebec Provincial Police inspector, Jean Coutellier, were to appear in a Montreal. court ay, ahere thelr lawyers will make pre-sentence arguments. _ Elmer MacKay (PC— Central Nova) wants the statement to include details . of possible police con- nections with the December, 1970, theft of documents from Praxis Corp. in Toronto. Praxis, an activist organ- . ization working with in people's grchipa at the time; was named ina letter algned by Goyer and circulated to ° five cabinet ministers in 1971 containing the names of 21 federal government employees. rein on their activities up to that point. “The lack of curiosity is the amazing thing,” said Stuart Leggatt (NDP-—New Westminster), party justice - critic. “How any solicitor- general could ignore this (possible RCMP in. volvement) when he had the accusation in a letter on his desk is amazing. _ “Its a clear abdication of his responsibility. as minister,” The latest case to be brought forward by the opposition was the e Tuesday that the R may have been involved in a 1876 break-in at the Toronto publishing house James, Lewis and Samuel Ltd., in which files were stolen, “How many more of these are on record?” asked Frank Oberle (PC—Prince GeorgePeace River), Oberle wants to know about the involvement of the - special intelligence group in the solicitoregeneral's of fice, officially called the Police and Security Plan- ning and Analyals Group, but nicknamed ‘‘Goyer’s gumshoes"' by the op- pesition, The group, headed b retired army colonel Robi Bourne, is an outgrowth of a security and intelligence co- ordination roup which Bourne and Goyer were Involved during October. Goyer and hib two suc- cessors. have said the Bourne group does not have any of its own agents but analyses information ob- tained from the RCMP, military intelligence, other Bovernment departments ‘and agencies and other .police forces, The opposition was h critical of its creation’ t by Goyer in 1976 leading Goyer to make a_ statement defending it in the Com- mons He told the House {t would study subversive groups and advise me on Breas mat- “The assessment of the Serlousness of a securi threat to the state should be make by thee civil power in: partied with the police es,” er \ House in 1971. ver id the