PAGE 2, THE HERALD, Wednesday, March 8, 1976 EDITORIAL: Letters to Ed. Every, or at least nearly every-newspaper welcomes receiving ‘‘Letter to the Editor’. There are three conditions, however, that newspapers insist on, if the letters are to ublished. P First-and perhaps foremost-the letters MUST bear the writer’s signature, address and phone number, If the writer does not want his name in the paper he is free to ask if another name he substituted. The reason for this is to ensure the letters are genuine. Otherwise they could do harm. The second, is they be Kept to a “reasonable length’. Many we receive altogether too long. The third, is that letters not contain obscene language or be libellious - which brings us to an amusing news items which came over the CP teletype today (Sunday) at the Herald office, When a bomb hoaxer phoned in a threat the police were slow in responding, so the hoaxer called; the police to complain. The police said they could not investigate the complaint unless the complainant gave his name. So the phone caller gave his name ! We wonder how he likes the food in jail! and if he doesn’twill he complain. Is there a ‘Ghost of Charlies’ Place’? _As most of our readers are aware, about .15 ' miles West of Terrace on Highway 16 there is a sign ‘Charlies’ Place”. At a turnoff by the sign are gas pumps and a boarded up two storey building that has obviously been a restaurant..In the general area are otubuildings, a homemade green house and a decrepit looking trailer, For the past two or three years my wife and I had grown accustomed to pulling in to ‘Charlies’ Place” for a cup of coffee and a bowl of by Richard Jackson , Ottawa — Who speaics for English’Canada, asks Gordon Churchill, for nearly. 20 years a Conservative Member of Parllament with six of them spent as a leading minister in the cabinet of former prime minister John Diefenbaker. Obviously aroused, Gordon Churchili, ever the true patriot, answers his own question: nobody. = ; . And it deeply disturbs him. “The rights and interests and aspirations of Canada have not yet been publicly proclaimed,” he writes in a letter the other day, “only the demands and threats of Quebec. “But Canada has the greater stake in the great land and its rights must not be ignored. ; The absolute ‘sine qua non’ is that Pierre Turdeau must go. He does not represent nor speak for English Canada and there is no ground for hope that the Liberal Party will replace “Rene Levesque speaks for Quebec boldly and positively. “Trudeau speaks with a forked tongue and may be a camouflaged Quisling. ° “‘amoung those who should speak for English Canada and who have the elected responsibility to do so, there is the taint , of the appeaser and the political pacifist. . , “Sono one has yet spoken for the 17 million Canadian who are not of French-Quebec origin.. And no one speaks up for our rights, our culture, our heritage, our future as a nation.” Here Gordon Churrhill fortets to remind us that history has written that complacent and lazy majorities, submitting to the distates and pressures of militant minorities, sooner than later find the positions reversed. ‘ “Let the voice of Canada, the nine English-speaki provinces, be heard ioud and dear,” cries Gordon Churchill, and end the betrayal of appeasement. = “Canada stands for unity and the maintenance of Con- federation,” he writes, ‘‘with fair treatment for all, special . privilege to none.”’ Here, in his call to rally round the flag, Gordon Churchill is . concerned that Rene Levesque or, if he goes, the separatist cuiremista, will persist in the drive for Quebec In- dependence. ; If so, he declares, “let it be understood by all that 17 million Canadians in the other nine provinces will nat permit Pierre Trudeau and his Quebee follewers to conduct the terms of separation settlement. : “Canada has too much at stake to allow one province to disrupt the course of its progress or to permit federal and provincial French-Canadians to determine its destiny.” And nothing will prevent it, warns Gordon Churchill, “unless an activist group springs up in the age bracket of 30 to 60, ; vo “Required are people in public life, or willing to enter, ‘who Will run the ie cake the sacrifices, spend the time and energy and money, have the courage to fight against isement, supress personal ambition and give the “Homemade” soup. Which was always ac- appeasem companied by a cheerful smile from the manager, Bonnie Roe. , Bonnie invariably had a story to tell us: sometimes it would be about one of her goats that had done something amusing, or her other pets © — which were many, She kept geese, chickens, ducks, rabbits, hamsters, cats and kittens, dogs and puppies, cows and just about every other variety of barnyard life. When I learned I would be coming to Terrace as managing editor of the Herald, I asked Bonnie if she would do a weekly column about “Charlies’ Place’ — and she, after much protesting, agreed. The Herald ran two pieces of ' her writing. Then, one day I saw Bonnies’ truck loaded with her family. She, her husband, and some of the pets,) were-all jammed inside, — To me it had been obvious that ‘Charlies’ Place” was no moneymaker. One heavy burden being the extremely high cost of having to generate electricity caused by the rapid rise in the cost of fuel oil. “We've decided to pack it in and move.to the Charlottes” said Bonnie, echoed by her family, as they waved goodby and pulled out of the driveway. Since then, every weekend when I drive High- way 16 to and from Rupert, and pass the boarded up restaurant — filling station — farm I miss the warm welcome of Bonnie and her brood, and get a rather eerie feeling. Some places manage to look more deserted than others.'To me, Charlies’ Place manages to look more deserted than most. Telling this to a friend on the phone recently, the friend said, “‘Oh, I know that place. It’s supposed to have a ghost.” She then went on to say the ghost is that of a woman who supposedly had heen killed there, over an argument. She could not give me the details, but was sure that others in Terrace would know the story - if there is a story. Now, F am the sort of person who is. fascinated by the unusual and would certainly be interested in hearing it. So: is there supposed to be a Ghost of Charlies’ Place If so, can anyone tell me about it.. And would that account for the funny feeling I get every time I drive by the place, Or is that just caused by nostalgia? No, i am not. looking for a ‘ghost writer”! Edifor’s Note: newspaper does not absolve them from legal acticn if they are libelious, slanderous or fraudulent, and would ssk them If they wish to TERRACE) _ daily herald General Office - 635-6357 Clreulation - 695-6357 ~ Published by Sterling Publishers PUBLISHER... Don Cromack MANAGING EDITOR,,. Ernest Senior Published avery weakday at 9212 Kalu St., Terrace, B.C, Amember of Varifled Circulation. Authorized as second class mail. Registration number 1201, Postage pald In cash, return postage guaranteed, . NOTE OF COPYRIGHT The Harald retains full, complete and sole copyright in any advertisement produced and-or any editorial or Photographic content published in the Herald, Reproduction Is not permitted without the written permlasion of the Publisher. ‘ . dedicated service required by their country at this time of clear and present peril. — _ “Little as one may like the Parti Quebecois. Theré cer- . tainly is evidence in their ranks of energy, initlative, courage and dedication. “Given a cause in which accomplished. “Is there not & good cause for Canadians to make a supreme effort to keep Canada strong and united, with Quebec if possible, without Quebec if fate so decrees?” Then turning it around on de Gaulle, Gordon Churchill lets fly with his pen: “Vive Le Canada! Vive Je Canada libre! “But who speaks for Canada?” ae ‘Says Newspa ers me eM ee eM ar ne COPE RPM re decde a Sindee union benefits are offered. When it comes right down to. it, they are there for one reason, the “Buck”, (1). These leeches are always people believe, much may be Dear Sir; I am writing this letter because I can nolonger sit back and read all of the articles of untruths, that are ap] in the papers of this Province. They are written by non-union workers or by union workers who donot support unionism. They continually complain about unions causing in- flation. How, I donot know or understand! Myseli, being a member of the. Telecom- munication Workers Union (T.W.U.) which has just returned from a three month strike, will be getting a fouteen percent raise over three years. Inflation at the same time will run well over 20 percent for the same period, ‘ These same people are ina lot of cases, paid union ‘wages, supposedly to keep union out of their employers premises. The employers themselves, i poe oa agree that these people d not as dedicated or willing to stay in his employ unless Local Philosopher the at ones there with nds out to get everything, & hard fought union contract has to offer, but are the last ones to do anything to deserve them.-In a lot of cases the only thing required is their support. Have you ever heard these people says, “No, I don’t want the raises benefits as I do not want to be apart of the contributing factor to the supposedly downfall, of out eceonomy. Never! And you never will, Bvery good union member knows of these parasites, and perhaps someday we will have a means to rid us of these pests, Signed-Fed up Terry C, Pring PS. Isn’t itabout time that they either supported. unionism or else shut up and ‘ _atole the benefits quietly. this paper T have sent to me from Castlegar. I also have the “Free Press’, Now Lam sendin Ruby, BE. McCreight RR2 Copperelde Estate Terrace, B.C, - Three Monkeys Three mankeys gat on a coconut tres A iscussing thin; were said to be. Saidone to Gouge now listen you two 6 as th gittoyou.NeatEh! | There's a certain bad rumour that can’t be true, That man descended from our noble race. idea is a great disgrace. ey every left his wife — oe Or starved her babies or ruined thelr lives. aren The ver’ No monk ay Any you’ve never known of a mother monk . - . To leave her babies with other to bunk. Or pass them on from one to the other they scarcely know who Is their mother, Another thing you'll never see ; Is a monk build a fence ‘round & coconut tree, And let the coconuts go to waste. ae Forbidding all other monks a taste. "0 ho. Why ifl build a fence ‘rounda caconut tree fi Starvation would cause you to steal from me _: . Another thing a monk won't do — Is go out at night andgoon a sew. Or take a gunor a club or a knife To take another monkey's life, Yea may descended the or'nary cuss But brother he never descended from us. bon Eerie anata = 7, a . ae - New 300-bushel 680 Spreader Is one of the two new spreaders have been ordered by the De recently introduced by John Deere, We are assured there is in the House of Commons. absolutely no truth to the rumour that a number of these ke bo a sacs partment of Agriculture for “| j Letters To The Editor Seeks Equal Treatment for | All Canadians Dear Sir; Perhaps you may wonder if your editorials are worth the effort; you may wonder if any read them. Let me congratualte you! I. think - they are worth your labors and are very well con- structed toachieve what is believed to be your main object-to get people thinking once more. Thinking about who they are and how they, _and every other individual “fits in” to the scheme of ‘Ss. ae Often in the last few weeks [have meant to sit down and write a letter, interpreting how I, as an individual CANADIAN feel about this faction, or that political or -economic act, affects me. It is not something that the so- called ‘‘average’ person sets down on paper too. readily. Usually’ time and inaction take their toll. On- catching up on my reading on Firday (Mar.3) and Monday's . editions though, I was galvanized into action, ergo, this-letterss >" :\ Of the several topics that I shall comment: om"Politics = and Politicians has to be the first: It appears to be a fact of life now in Canada, federaliy and Provincially, that we are in a stafe of “Negative Politics’. If the Government checks out an idea through the’ pollsters, run it by some of the part strategists and do not get too much of negative feed-back, it will be introduced. Im- mediately all the opposition will disclaim it as ‘too little, too late’, if it is a good move ‘and one that they wish they had: placed on the order paper, or “Blunder” com- petency,” even ‘‘dictatorial’’- if it turns out to be a move that they can find some mud ‘to throw. Gone are the days when our - elected representatives. will get together and meld. their Ideas into progressive ac- tions for a better Canada. There has been a tremendous loss of faith by the Aectorate to fhe at- Htude of government with respect of the ‘Empire Bullding” within. the civil service. As the son of an ex- member of the federal staiff, ’. and ag one who has to work on‘a daily basis with both federal and provincial: of- — ficlals, it is very significant just how ‘serious this situation has become. Were The enclosed poem I cut out from “The Castlegar News" - John @ taxpayer to refer to , our public library for a book - delineating the “Structure of Government’’ in Canada which refers only to the: upper echelon of personnel, they would finda book of over 1,000 pages...Even a ‘ ytown of that size just gets . °)-youdown to where you start to find the: actual work (?) fore. - 1 : to the above work principal. It is hard to i. accept that the very: people “that ‘can be very oillspoken ‘about - communism, sociallsm and Their ‘favorite comment is that ‘I paid for At; 1 might‘as well claim for -in."" The MAXIMUM ‘that “ts- one has to pay into U.I.C. ina whole’ year is $171.60, This _: “first cheque -received has -_, Just about wiped out a full years premium, certainly by . {he second.. The need for unemployment — insurance was a very real one at the lime of its inception. This need ig still very true in some areas to-day. The return to rincipals and requirements et "yesteryear is. absalute one finds a claimant who has made ‘their $11,000. in nine months as a construcion laborer and they quits for the winter knowing he will make enough on pagey to bring him up to the §$19,000..he expects. If a carpenter, electrician, pipfitter, or whatever is laid off or quits for the winter,-having made from $10,000 to $30,000. for the period to date, most still feel “They paid for it, they earned it,” co , You have attempted to find employment for the so-called 25000 unemployed in this area. Inthe two years I have been working one mypresent job, there have only been two people around asking for employment and both were hired. One had to be let go ‘due to pressure from -the immigration people who said “that: we would ‘haveto’ pit ‘Canadians'-i6- Work = fitet. ‘Where are they? In the‘ldcal cashing their umeployment cheque? Were're in this country to follow the practics of some of the European countries and unemployment : payments only if you earned then, many would get off their overweight back-sides and produce their own jobs. Mostcities and municipalities have a long list of projects that could and should be done that are very labor oriented end hence too ‘expensive to budget for. As ~ example; Lower Little Park; all our municiap! ball parks; Tennis courts; plaing rip-rap élong the river bank, stop the erosion of our agricultural properties, ; levelling, clearing and Planting of boulevards, and sldwalks; planting, pruning and maintaining Poplar and other trees on — these boulevards.as wind breaks ete.ete, *- . Having to then “earn” their subsitance, many would never quit without a valid reason; and those truly — phased out of their jobs waite sure as hell work at get another one, They. would not rely on a useless orgainzation such as the Manpower one. Who knows, they might even see ‘the ‘writing on the mall and start doing what they are getting paid for. . The next realsore. point would have to he the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs. About the only good thing one can say about them is that they are keeping a lot of white me working. To. pay for it, to “Work” in it, and as offshoot employment to provide them with the constant demand for more office space, Not to mention the . continuous replacement of -gooda and services which are given to many people who have no real concern for them as It cost them nothing either monetarilly or in effort. - - This writer truly believes _ that we should make a. settlement, give them lots of i» totalltarlaniam, will then: . -) turn about and claim every . “dight to ‘live off. society ” “through. U.LG., “Pogey" or s. welfare, money, minimal amounts of ‘land that have no precedents over any like titles given to any other person. Then do away with the D.ILN,A. Even ‘ff we smothered them’ in money, it would not be as expensive as that depart- mentis. Then, and only then, will the native people have the pride and right to ledd their own life as they see fit. Tf they then wish to retain their own culture, they will, lf they then wish to live in ye their awn life style, they will have the opportunity. But it would be their responsibility. My foreparents came to this country 1621,357 years ago. A long time ago. Even before the volcanic eruptions that took place in the lower Nass valley. So what? you might say. Well, just how long do we have to baby-sit some people? Even the Canadians census takers will not accept it when I try to list my ancestry as Canadian. Next, and certainly not least, is the Quebec situation, A classic trouble. A small per centage really feel that they are certainly being: persecuted. A much higher per centage fel] that they have grievances and certainly they do have some justifiable complaints, Just as a lot of people who have lived in the West have justifiable grievances. As one who has lived in many Quebec communities, both urban and rural, I can’t believe.:that tHe ‘outspoken’ few really are in a position to HAE. a, Again I eRe A tie i dation where co-operation will “accomplish much more than confrontation. During my junior high scliool years I received instruction in French from a very ‘old English" teacher. Those ‘lessons were not a great joy to me. My feeling was that conversational German would have been much more useful, and I still do. The course was not available, but French was compulsory. Yet, on one occasion, 10 other alrmen and myself, none of us Francophone, all with some basic French from school, were deployed to @ small (400) Quebec community not too far from Montreal and just outside of Nicolet where there was not one person to save the hotel owners daughter who had ANY English lessons. We were a ‘shock to the com- munity, but had not real problems, We were open- hearted with them and they were cerlainly open-hearted and open homed to us. During my post-war ume in the RCAF I met a large number of Francophones who joined the Air Force mainly because they could then attend the school of English at St, Jeans. Four of theeight senior NCO's on our equadron were of French decendancy, % of the of ficers. What is wrong with those per centage? It cer- tainly was not a subject of any consternation at that me, | = . There should not be any special rights for any citizens = any-where in Canada. But by. the same token there should not be any encroachment of the rights either, Qne Canada for all, What we. need is more dialogue between ALL geographical sectors of this country. But before any such dialogue i§ meaningful, one must -have..a. NATIONAL ' pride-and ito have that we must have pride selves, i a This “book' will come to a close following my touching on the subject of labour. relations, Good grammar is not my forte; there are many fella of which one ig the use o pronouns. However, In the 28 years that ‘I’: have - been: working so far, my ex- in our- - pereince has taken me from the lowliest ‘of menial labour jobs ‘through’ management positions with multinational companles to selling, to serving’ the ‘Church for a too many personal . ar as a working con- tribution, to owning my.own firm, to working as a skilled tradesman. In this time I have been very involved in the trade union movement up to. a B.C Fed, position and also a representative of mangement of big business. It is my personal bellef that within the next veryshort time period we will have to learn ta com- municate, Adamant arrogance on the part of management {is not the answer, nor is militancy on the partof the working force. Each other has to accept the fact that they are dependant on the other to survive. A true respect for human values is an absolute nec- cessity, When on truly looks into their own inner self they realize what are the good points and where the short- coming are. In the times of absolute need, humanity ‘Gets it to- gether” and progresses. Now we have to find a way to come:to:this-realization, get to-gether NOW and metd into a co-operative, productive and ‘viable’ édorilmic: part- nership, Who goes first? need it matter. A sincere approach by one parly to the other can only be a step in the right direction, The recent B.C. Tel dispute is a classic example. Many people feel that a large number offhe TWU members are goof-offs. Many others belleve that the company is 50 paper bound and management top heavy that the right hand doesn't know what the left is doing. When as installer can charge up 7% hrs. to install a phone in a location that already is wired for it and only needs 15 min, of crass tying, something is very wrong. Yet when you ap- proach the office to have a job done and the company States that they are so busy that it cannot be done for two weeks, and you have just lefe the crew in the coffee shop who say they have nothing to do, something is also very wrong. Owners, management, forepersons, and .workers just have to get to-gether, look the objects head on ‘and get to work. Communicate, pualogue. Lee berative. moplete, 5 Canada! at Boing John Jenssen is a ver dedicated militant socialist, Bill Holmberg’ is a very dedicated Christlan believer, Christ was the True socialist. preaching that all should work to-gether for the one common goal, _— If we could take those two and oa tipht = fisted businessman, and have all three work in Union, we ould have found the an- wer, - : Letters like cannot be the easlest to read, taking ao much tlme and being: so poorly constructed. Being of the Lwofinger hunt and find »'M™my mind is uguall about halfsentenee in front. of my fingers. Hence ‘the strike-overs and misspelling: Now that your editorlal of March 3rd, finally motivated me, I didn’t want to even: lake.the time to use the liquid paper for corrections. Keep tis the good work. If even one out of a hundred . people have started to get all: their feelings sorted out and solidified into . action, however little it may be, at east it ls a start inithe t direction, mine it ‘ ‘ax- Domini ‘Sit Semper: Yoblacum! Semper Signed Pat .