Hew- wood draw water, ' says Clark aide ‘OTTAWA .(CP)- The continued increase in pnemployment and infaltion rates: prompted one’ of: Opposition’ Leader. Joe Clarll's al ad- and.drawers of water in the t economic climate. {There's nothing diskraceful about being a hewer of wood and a drawer of water if that’s where you hdve your comparative advantage,’’ |. Toronto etonomist James Gillies PC -, Don. Valley said after tistics Canada reported a. month inflation rate of 8.3 percent in August. Gillies said Canada should concentrate on. developing and selling its natural resources because it. cannot compete internationally with factory-made goods. “Unless there is total re- evaluation of economic policy in the near future, Canadians will be faced with high inflation, high unemployment and lower living standards.for a.long, long time,” Gillies said. . Statistics Canads said Wednesday the coat of living increased by four tenths of one percent between July and August. It was the lowest monthly increase since December, -1976 and the antl-inflation board said the August consumer price index “demonstrates. that under lying trends in in- flationary pressures are continuing downwards.” critics said Aug. 30 in- creases in the cost of ‘gasoline and home heating oil will send the inflation rate soaring again. The new inflation figures followed a Statistics Canada report Tuesday that 939,000 persons are cut of work. Gillies said at a news conference that Canada has been on the wrong track with its economic thinking for at least 20 years, “we have pretended that we are going to have high technology industry,’ Gillies said. ‘But we are not... and. we might as well face reality.” ; He said that since 1867 “we nave belt our prosperty around shipping codfish ... and then beavers and then moving to pulp and paper and then to minerals and natural gas and so on,” “Does anybody. in this country really believe that we can develop an industry oriented economy that can compete with the Japanese the Americans?” Gillies ed, |. “How foolish can we get.” Gillies said Canada has a amall population, about 21 million, but we ‘ are en- dowed with enormous -j resources.” . ; ““The only things we can sellin world markets are the Continued page 3 . | the™herald Serving Terrace, Kitimat, the Hazeltons, Stewart and the Nass ‘4 VOLUME 71 NO. #4 Price: 20 cents THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1977 } Comedy of errors puts ‘ BRUSSELS (CP) Premier Bill Bennett of British Columbia arrived in Brussels Wednesday, 242 hours late, on the second leg of. an 18-day economic mission to Europe. The flight to Brussels from London was a comedy of errors. Bennett and his entourage _ were to leave London at 1:05 bm. London time, using the VIP: facilities at- Heathrow - However, on arrival at the lounge, Bennett found . that none of the airport officials knew of the mission's arrival. . It was later learned that the Canadian High Com- mission and: . British Columbia had.reserved the lounge but that airport of- ficials had set the date for one week later. Fall PRINCE RUPERT, B,C, (CP) — Tenders have been called for interim ferry and freight services that would start Oct. 15 along British Columbia’s north coast, Charles Gallagher, chief executive officer of the B.C. Ferries Corp., said .Wed- nesday. Gallagher said the operations would. serve Kincolith and Port Simpson, ‘north of here, and Masset on the Queen Charlotte Islands. The boat operating bet- ween Prince Rupert and Masset would carry 25 private and 1 commercial vehicles, and would make two round trips a week, he said, . A boat serving the points stetetatetetatatatctetetstetaatatatets’ ferry tenders called The economic mission was alsoinformed that there would .be a delay in departing for Brussels because of the strike by air controllers assistants. ; After an hour delay, members of the mission, and accompanying . press, were driven to the aircraft, only to be informed that the plane would not be depar- ng for another: hour.or two. ‘The mission-then to the VIP lounge to find it en returned: ‘ Bennet behind occupied, so they. returned to the main terminal. — When Bennett and his group finally reached Brussels they were met by Marcel Cadieux, Canadian ambassador to the European Economic Commission and Lucienne Lamoureaux, Canadian ambassador to Belgium, and a representative from athe. ts Belgiim.,-minig f oe try:, of... een “pains foreign affairs.” ~ End borrowing, - Barrett urges VICTORIA (CP(- Op position Leader Dave Barrett called on the British Columbia government Wednesday to end its provide ferry. and light freight service at least once a week, Gallagher said. H said tariffs would be set by the Crown corporation. Transport Minister Jack Davis announced Jast week that interim services would operate for. one year while ‘B.C. Ferries plans long- term services for the no coast, using. a $7.6 million © federal subsidy provided for upgrading the region’s ferry service, : The runs were left without regular service earlier this year when the federal government terminated subsidies to private operators on the run. north of Port Simpson would A A NL TTC net RNS SAVE “hypocrisy” regarding its. borrowing from Arab countries. Barrett asked Transport. and Energy Minister Jack Davis in the legislature about. B.C. Hydro's borrowing expectations. for '. the next year and where the Crow corporation would get the money. Davis said Hydro would borrow where .it could. get the best deal in traditional: markets, adding this could include.Canada, Europe and the United States. Under further questioning, he admitted that if the deal was right, Hydro would shop for -Petrodollars - or Arab money. . ‘The NDP Leader said this vindicates the $300 million Hydro borrowed = in Petrodollars when his party was government. _ The Social Credit party. had attacked Barrett for borrowing from the Arabs when the loans were made _ in 1974 and 1975, and Barrett said this amounts to Final ballots of 28,000 woodworkers w: throughout the -province voted on the International Woodworkers of America's new, two-year agreement. The hand belongs to Bill Hutchinson, the agreement will be ratified with a la as PRIVINCIAL LIBRARY VARLIAWENT BLOGS VIGTORIA BC. Pee teecevaens Sere eed ae ere cast last night as menthers B.C. coast.. Looking on are union ¢ Saleh mployees Twin River. Timber who faced the question in the Terrace Hotel green room.. Hutchinson expects rge majority. Results will be of Terrace, representing Local 1-71, which includes most of the northern available later today. OJECTIONS © By ANNE DUNSMUIR -Herald staffwriter Kitimat School Board learned Tuesday that some students ai Mount Elizabeth Senior Secondary School will have to start the school day at 7:30 a.m. to solve the problem of over-crowding in special classes, like Home Economics and Industrial Arts. Principle George Neuman reported that enrollemnet at his school had already exceeded the school superintendant’s projection of the school population of 1,294 for 1977-73 by 74 students and more are expected to register. Neumann asked the board to hire 3 full time and 1 part time to handle the overflow and bring the school's present student-teacher ration of 19.2 to 1 down to the 18.1 ratio approved by the board. “We will not be able to time-table wpqcx- yudsxyshafxtra = teachers are hired,”” Neurnann said. He pointed out that overcrowding means some students. can't take Home Economics, Industrial Arts or Business Education because classrooms are equipped for a amximum of 16 to 24 students. Neumann said 23 students have been excluded frm Home Economics and In- dustrial Arts courses and 30 are waiting for.a place in business. education. Safety regulations which. limit class size in industrial arts: and home economics compound the problem. “*T need places for kids to sit and work and someone to teach them,’ Neumann said. . He pointed out that even if more teachers are hired the school will still. have to schedule two industrial artsclasses at 7:30 a.m. In a ‘later. interview, Neumann said that the additional teachers would mean creation of twenty-one more classes withroom for 450 to 500 students.. This" would involve. shifting ap- proximately 500 students from their present classes - and new teaching assign- ments for 15 teachers. Neumann said that ac- cording to the department of education, the school had a capacity ofr 1,503 students but this fugure did not take into account specialty areas such .as science labs, dustrial. arts, and home economics where the need for special equipment limits class size, in-- asieebeelta dele SoSN Rare ghee Pago oebeat obi attaee santana aoe eootaeatetotonatae's ORE THAN $29 MILLION “In all shops we have three more atudents then there ate stations to work at,” Neumann said. . He said 7:30 a.m. classes involving 40 to 50 grade 9 and 10 students may begin next week. Students will be asked to volunteer for the early shift. In other business, the boar dheard a report on school busing’ by Secretary- Treasurer Bryan Graydon and approved a .contract with the district of Kitimat to provide transportation for . students on municipal buses Cost of the service from September to. December 1977, is estimated at $18,190.00. The. price may rise for the period January to June 1978 if the bus companies’ operating coats increase, . The new system of transporting Kildala-area students by means of municipal’ buses was inaugurated successfully last year a a cost of $38,000. The same service provided by a private bus company © has cost $43,000 in the past. STuadents fro m_ the Kildala area attending Mount Elizabeth and Alexander .Elementary eatet paaseaneas itima School are picked up and__ board ; see a hteatetleltatocatetceleleteletieteu uteaaelgeeeneeaneiceictet Sede ethics unloaded at designated regular bus stops. Graydon estimated ._— that ap- proximately . $80 to 400 students will use the municipal service at a cost of 62 cents a day per student. High schoo) students will be issued passes to ride one of eight busses running between 7:30 and 8:15 a.m. and 3:35 to 4:15 p.m. Elementary school students will not reedive passes but will. board two buses. marked as school specials. School Trustee Hans the system is fully in- tegrated and the public need not hesitate to board. the special buses. Graydon reported that the ' schoo! district still operates two buses:. A “Busette”’ for _ Students. in the Cablecar Subdivision .and Flower of Hope bus which provides door to door services for nine handicapped children. Board members spent more .than an. hour discussing the. emotionally charged question of hiring. an adult guard. for the Gyrfalcon-Kingfisher in- tersection where a Nechako Elementary School student was killed last year. The matter had been cabled at. the June meeting of the ‘students — Trustee, Bev Rodrigo be instructed to always use the underpass at Gyrfalcon and Kingfisher. Nechako principle Dave Grand, speaking from the gallery, pointed out that the un- derpass was often blocked by. snow despite it’s high priority rating for snow clearance with the municipality. . Grant also expressed the concern for his five year old kindergarten pupils who eross the intersection between 12:00 and 12:30 p.m. when there are not . school patrols on duty. Board members argued over whether to hire a guard for the full school year for the period November 1 to March 31 or not at all. Trustee Hans Brown, suggested installation of a manually-operated stop light. His idea was put forward ina motion by Rich Worney that the board look into installations of a traffic light and that the problem of the. school crossing be reviewed at a later date. The motion carried with an amendment by Doctor Chee Ling that the matter be included in the agenda of the next board meeting October “412, 1977. SR ea CR AR New UIC rules could cut over 1,600 off payments VANCOUVER (CP)- The federal The commission replaced the before becoming eligible for government’s new. unemployment previous department of manpower insurance regulations could cut. and more than 16,000 persons off benefit ployment insurance commission immigration rolls in British Columbla and the earlier this year. Yukon thig.winter and save more than. $29 million on paper, but em- ployment .officials say the. change will. be far less striking. . es aré a computer - ofthat the situation would if everything was exactly the “Those intout persons. collec information officer for the B.C. and a . Yukon region of the new Canada benefits, he said Employment and Immigration Commission, said Tuesday * Tn the fiseal year from April 1, actual 1976, to March 31, more than 259,000 ted more than $414— million in unemployment benefits in this region, Perry said. The main change is a requirement that everyone work at least 10 weeks qualif up to to collect benefits. Previously, benefits were and unem- available .after eight weeks, allowing high school students a summer on unemployment In- surance following eight weeks of work the previous summer. The new 10 week work period to 'y for benefits will be increased &@ maximum of 14 weeks if regional unemployment statistics seme as the last fiscal year, but we nee regulations will make if drop, Perry said. the ff be 1, er for some persons, especially lengthen the period of work requir are dead certain that everything will high school students and transient ‘as jobs are easier to obtain. not be the aame,’’ Murray Ferry, “construction workers, The new regulations provide one week of benefits for each t worked up to 25 ‘weeks, plus an additional week of benefits up to 13 said. effect is to week for each additional two weeks of work, These 38 weeks of benefits may be extended up to 20 additional weeks if unemployment is high in the region in which the applicant lives, Perry B.C, now is divided into three regions: the Lower Mainland and north central and south central. Benefits previously were keyed to— the national unemployment rate. Perry said the new regulations are designed to save money on unem- ployment benefits, but the com- mission plans to spend the money saved in other areas, such as retraining programs for the jobless. Callous gov't promotes jobless VANCOUVER (CP) — The recently-announced Canadian Labor Congress (CLC), full-employment campaign was implemented Wednesday in British Columbia at a strategy meeting between CLC of- ficials . and the B.C. Federation of. Labor. Joe Morris, congress president, who attended the meeting, sald in a news release that the campaign's : polic 28, objectives were to draw attention to the human suffering caused by unemployment and to develop jeb creation policies. “The . federal and provincial . governments their attitudes and. have tried ‘to rden Canadian feelings about unemployment,’’ said Morrls. He said Canadians have berome numbed by unemployment _ statistics, adding that the CLC’s campaign will attempt to. “restore the humanity — or in this case the inhumanity _— to those numbers." “We will help our fellow citizens see in graphic detaii the hardships wrought by unemployment,’’ said _ Morris.