A LEGISLATIVE LEBRARY, COEP. 77/78. PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, VICTORIA, 8.C., VOV-1N4 _ By ANN DUNSMUIR - Herald StaftWriter Negotiations for a revised contract between the Canadian Association of Smelter and Allied Workers, local 1 and Alcan Smelter and Chemicals Lid, broke off Friday when the company refused to withdraw disciplinary action against two ‘union members. CASA W business agent Wiho Papenbrock sald Monday that the union views disciplinary action during negotiations as an attempt to threaten and intimidate the union. ' “We have no alternative except to support our members,” -Papenbrack said, He said two Kemano workers have been singled out for refusing to work scheduled overtime. In a leaflet issued Monday, CASAW charges Alcan with violating the collective agreement and signed letter of un- derstanding agreed to by both parties prior to negotiations. #61 f _ Theleaflet states that if the discipline is not lifted the union will charge Alcan with bargaining in bad faith and violations of the current collective agreement. Thecurrent collective agreement ends in October 1980, The union requested the current round of negotiations to bring Alcan salaries In line with Eurocan wages and the rise in the cost of living. Alcan has responded to the break off in negotiations by sending a copy of the company’s latest offer to all employees, The union takes the stand that no offer has been negotiated and will not present the offer to the membership unless requested to do so by the members. Howevér, the union executive will nol recommend ac- ceptance. The company has offered an average 11.49 per cent in- crease, Under the present contract employees will receive a 7.22 per cent increase in the contract year beginning Oct. 24, ‘The company offered to pay the 1980 cost of living allowance immediately instead of in quarterly payments as negotiated in 1877. The across the board increase including all benefits will amount to $1.02 per hour. Alcan has offered to ifttcrease (the company contribution to the medical plan to 100 per cent and to the dental plan to 85 per cent. ‘Benefits also include an additional one week vacation for employees completing 5, 10, 15, 20, or 25 years of continuous service, A letter to employees accompanying the offer, states that the company believes “discussion of discipline properly belongs in grievance procedure" and refused (he union request to withdraw the discipline. The letter also says that “in the company’s view the talks had led to some very positive results in respect to im- . Disciplinary action means end of talks provements in the present collective agreement.” “Further, the company believes that those improvements should be presented to all its employees for their con- sideration," “This offer will remain available until the company is notified by the union that ‘it has not been accepted by the membership at the special meeting called by the union for Tuesday, Oct, 23, 1979". The special meeting, hawever, will not be held. The union executive has cancelied (he meeting on grounds that the offer was not negollated. Papenbrock said Monday thal the company’s offer con- tained "no union in-put,” He described the proposed agreement which would run until October 1981 as inadequate because there would be no cost of living protection in the second year and no im- provements in pensions, contract language, and union security. a Police looking for the phonies VICTORIA (CP) — As the number of apparent phoney political letters appears to be growing, the atlorney- general's ministry launched & provincewide RCMP inquiry Monday Into the situation, ; The RCMP also has been asked to investigate tapes made at a Social Credit meeting at which two caucus researchers advised party members on sending letters to editors, praising . the Sccreds or blasting op- ponents, above names Picked from the telephone book MLA Lorne Nicolson (NDP— Nelson-Creston) said Monday he believes that a3 many as 20 letters bearing fake names were printed in the Nelson Daily News during the campaign last year for the May 10 Carter favors American route | pected but his outspoken - By BOB DOUGLAS OTTAWA (CP) — US. Ambasgadér Kenneth Curtis says he expects President Carter will back a con- troverslal all-American oil route from Alaska despite Canadian objections to West Coast tanker traffic, But he indicated in an interview Monday there is an outside chance the Canadian Trans Mountain proposal to carry the Alaskan ail through southern Canada will still win out. The affable, 49-year-old ambassador expressed hopes the oil route decision, still months away, won't atrain relations between Ottawa and Washington. “There Is a major attempt to reduce environmental risks," he said, referring to Canadian fears of oil spills along the West Coast. The oil pipeline problem ia bound to be a major issue in talks here between Carter _and Prime Minister Clark Nov. 9-10. This political hot potato landed in Curtis's lap just after he arrived to take over as ambassador from Thomas Enders, In quick succession, U.S. ‘Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus recommended the Northern Tiler raute through the U.S, northern states and Foothills, which was proposing a land route through Canada, tem- porarily withdrew. The greying former Demo- cratic governor of Maine may be just the right man for the ambassador's job at thia Dog shoots . 4 his master? MOSES LAKE, Wash. (AP) — A hunter shot himself while using the butt of his 12-gauge shotgun to discipline his dog, say Grant County authorities. County Coroner Dick Zornes said Donte Wheeler, 24, of Quincy, Wash,, dled in a Moses Lake hospital shortly after the accident Sunday. Wheeler was hunling with a 13-year-old companion when the accident occurred, Zornes sald, Wheeler apparently became angry with the dog and was awinging the butt of ,the gun at the animal when the weapon discharged, Zornes said, provincial general election, Nicolson said the letters all attacked him or hia party. Hesaida number of iettera firat appeared in the paper during March and April, 1976. When four of the names were checked, .it was discovered they did not exist, Then during last spring's { campaign, a second wave of anti-NDP letters began to appear, he sald, And Bill King (NDP— Shuswap-Revelstoke) said he found a phoney letter last May in the weekly Salmon Arm Observer, but ‘we didn't do anything about it at that time because we thought it was an isolated incident.’' Neil McDiarmid, associate deputy attorney-general, . said he has instructed the RCMP to begin a province- wide Investigation sensitive time in Canada- U.S, relations. A relaxed, smiling man, Curtis is politically astute. He answers questions quickly but carefully. “I hope I don't say anything that ruffles feathers,” he said. But he eo. Rida % + Marnie Schafhauser takes down the calculations as Cheryl Penner and Ren Desjardins feed her information. Whatis it all about? See stery on page. - yet rr as added with a smile that “I'm bound to make mistakes somewhere along the line,” Curtis does not seem as in- tmidating a man as Enders, who physically towered over most people in Ottawa and had an intellect to match. Enders was greatly OO el res style sometimes - rubbed Canadian politicians the wrong way. . But Curtis has one ad- vantage Enders lacked — a direct link to the White House, He is a close friend of Carter’s, dating back ta the TAASK is protesting pipeline, tanker plan Terrace representatives of two wildlife organizations and an environmental protest group have called an Prime Minister Joe Clark to delay the Dec. 6 deadline on a decision regarding oil supplies to the midwestern United States. Following a meeting in Terrace Sunday, Nadine Asante, a representative of the Terrace Alllance Against Supertankers (TAASK) to Kitimat reteased a letter to Clark Monday which outlines the concerns expressed by Tepresentatives of TAASK, the B.C. Wildlife Federation and the Steelhead Society, In the letter signed by Asante, it says that the meeting was called because the groups are. afraid Canadian approval may be granted for the Trans Mountain Pipeline proposal before adequate’ en- vironmental impact studies are undertaken. The letter also asks for a “Thompson-type” enquiry before any decision is made regarding tanker traffic, pipelines or oil ports. Asante calls on the Clark government to introduce legislation to deal with the tisks of existing and proposed tanker traffic, Suggestions for such legislation includes an oil spill contingency fund using royalties paid by oil com- panies using coastal waters, Asanie also suggests up- dating and enforcing laws concerning safety standards for Canadian ships, ag well as demanding foreign ships meet those same siendards. “To legitimize the validity of fears such as ours,” the lelter reads, “we point to the recent calamitous, tn- controlled spit) in the comparitively placid waters of the Gulf of Mexico." Fishermen join fight VANCOUVER (CP) — The United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union has jolned a concerted attack against Trans Mountaln Pipe Line Co.'s plan to carry Alaskan ail by tanker to an oil port to be built on Juan de Fuca Strait. Officials of the 6,000- member unlon hurrledly decided Monday to intervene against Trans Mountain at a National Energy Board hearing after learning of testimony from a Canadian Coast Guard officlal about a proposed vessel Management scheme for the stralt, “We are concerned that the deficiencles in the system were not brought out in the cross-examination that waa done," said union representative Arnie Thomlinson, Trans Mountain's proposal would bring oil tankers to with 60 miles of the B.C. const. “Fishermen's lives are in danger,” Bert Ogden, union safely director, sald in an . interview. ‘“'There have already been several cases of near-collisions between freightera and fishing boats in the strait.” The unlon joins various environmentel groups, Dr. Andrew Thompson — chairman of-the West Coast oil ports inquiry of two years ago — and Foothills Oil Pipe Line Lid. of Vancouver in attacks on the Trans Moun- tain plan. Foothills has proposed an allland route with a pipeline from Fairbanks, Alaska, to Edmonton, then south to the US. Trang to eaiiain is proposing an ol port at Low Point, Wash., to receive oll from tankers, and then pump it to Edmonton in a pipeline. Coast Guard official M. A, Turner told the hearing last week thal a set of shipping lanes established in con- junction with a network of radar coverage for ships entering the strait already is being completed, The hearing was told it Is hoped that adherence to shipping lanes, now voluntary, will become Mmaandatory when the In- tergovernmental Maritime Consullative Organization approves of the system, But Thomlinson and Ogden said that the organization will only agree to & man- datory requirement if commercial fishermen are swept oul of the strait every time a ship passes through the lanes. Although the union was granted intervenor status Monday, it won't be able to crossexamine Turner or any other official who has’ finished testifying, Thomlingon said the union will introduce its own evi- dence about the safety prob- lems involved in allowing more oll tankera into the strait. Thomlinson sald the union didn't intervene earlier in the hearing because of the coat involved, particularly when the original proposal called for the hearing to be in Ottawa. ‘ cludes days when both were governors, The new ambassador said he expects this close relationship will be useful as he deals with major Canada- U.S. issues, That list in- such perennial problems as the en- vironment, energy, fisheries and the auto pact, He also has long ex- perience with border issues as a New England governor dealing with the Atiantlie provinces. And he is a for- mer -member of the In- ternational Joint Com- mission which oversees Canada-U.S. boundary waters, ; Asked whether the $1.6 billion Northern Tier project is a virtual shoo-in now that Foothills has pulled out, Curtis gaid: “Very candidly, [ would be surprised if the president didn't basically go along with Secretary Andrus’ recommendation.” But he noted the Andrus recommendation allowed for a ‘12-month test periad’’ which would determine whether the Northern Tier plan could get financing. “While the recom- mendation Is a strong one, the final decision hasn't obviously been made,'* Curtis said, So he indicated the Trans Mountain proposal, which is about one-third the cost of the Northern Tier plan, still has a chance. Ottawa has not supported either plan because both Include tanker traffic along the West Coast from Alaska to porta in Washington state. The Trans Mountain project would channel the oil from a Washington port through British Columbia to Edmonton and south to the U.S. The Northern Tier plan calls for an all-American route across the northern states, Amalgamation | ‘ VG \ 7 ‘ RUPERT STEEL & TERRACE-KITIMAT y/ D D. — N orm O@il here oe . 1 14 Flavors ‘Seal Cove Ri., Pr. Rupert f a BOTTLE DEP: 624-5539 y . Beer & Pop se WE BUY copper, brass, all matals, | | “Terrace, B.C. batteries, etc. Call ws - We are Tuesday, October 23, 1979 20c Volume 73 No. 204 Open 10a.mn.-6 p.m. dally except Sunday opee Hon. through Sal. 8 am.-§ p.m. J \ : ree em. J THO No ferries to Kitimat By ED YUDIN Herald Staff Writer Ferry service to the Northwest will increase next year, but there are no immediate plans for a ferry terminal at Kitimat, Alex Fraser, the highways minister for the province of B.C. said at a press conference in Terrace Monday. Fraser reiterated his views when meeting with the Terrace district council members Monday evening, The B.C. Ferry Cor- poration, of which Fraser is the chairman, intends to double the capacity of Sa). the-Prince Rupert run by reactivating the Queen of Surrey. , “ Temporary service will be supplied to the Queen Charlotte Islands by the. Queen of Prince Rupert, and such remote areas as Ocean Falls and Bella Bella will receive oc- casional service. The doubling of the Prince NAMES STAY SECRET VANCOUVER (CP) — A prostitute’s little brown book includes 800 names, me from “the highest level in our society,” but It Ain never be made public, a presiding judge ruled Monday. ina The book belongs to. Wendy King, 31, of Vancouver, who pleaded guilty in provincial court to keeping a common bawdy house in an apartment between May and September, 1978, Judge Darrell Jones ordered the notebock sealed, saying that he was acting to avoid embar- Tassment to persons named in the notebook or identified in the wiretaps. “Tt does not serve any useful purpose to make them public.” Radio ops out today TORONTO (CP) — Negotiatlons remained deadlocked today as Canada’s 1,150 striking air and marine radio operators entered the first full day of a country-wide strike. . The operators have been conducting limited walkouts for a week to back demands for a new contract. The newly formed amalgamation committee has appointed a chairman, Terrace alderman Helmut Glesbrecht, and a technical committee has been created as well. The technical committee consists of Terrace municipal administrator Bob Hallsor, John Pousette, the administrator for the Regional District of Kitimat- Stikine, and other personnel in both departments. It will be consulting with other municipalities which have undergone amalgamation. Rupert capacity is ° sidies are concerned,” he scheduled to begin in sald. June of 1980. ; In rejecting Thom's In turning down an call fora ferry terminal, application from Kitimat he pointed out that there were two other means of transport available + the Terrace-Kitimat airport Mayor George Thom for ferry service there, the minister emphasized the cost factor. and the highway system. “It is very costly torun He termed Thom’s a boat through the suggestion that the north- Douglas Channel and west was being subjected back,” he explained. ‘We to political blackballing are presently losing $50 as “hogwash’’. He also million a year onthe B.C. said no to Thom’s idea of Ferry Corporation,” changing highway 25 to The minister noted it 37, so as to encourage cost $12 million to sub- tourism. The minister sidize the Prince Rupert pointed out that while 25 .Tun due to the distance was not an offical in- travelledc-:>.-. terprovincial highway, “"“The Queen of Prince ‘the ~ road” rea Rupert is the biggest generous funding and loser we have inthe ferry recently half the road system as far as sub- was repaved. - Highways to be upgraded By ED YUDIN * Herald Staff Writer There will be continued upgrading of the Yellowhead and Stewart Cassiar highways in 1980 revealed the provincial highways minister, Alex Fraser, who was visiting Terrace Monday. Tenders for the paving of a 26.4 kilometer stretch along the Yellowhead between the Khyex River and ' Backwater Creek will be opened on Nov. 1, with a tentative completion date of August 1, 1980. According to the highways minister, the total construction and pavement costs for the 15-mile stretch will eventually total $20 million. In addition to the paving project, nine bridges are being built or completed between the stretch located between Terrace and Prince Rupert. Speaking at a press conference at the Lakelse Hotel, Fraser revealed additional plans to construct another 38 kilometres of highway 37 from the Skeena River prigee at Kitwanga north to the Crandberry River ridge. The minister pointed out that between 1974 and 1979 $56 million has been spent on the Stewart Cassiar route, $38 milllon by the provincial government. Fraser, however, lambasted the federal government for its decision to pull out of the Western Northlands Agreement which saw $5 million. in subsidies for northern highways in the region. Fraser called for support in regaining federal monies for northwestern highways. He urged the Yellowhead Highway Association, which he says has been critical of the B.C. government for the past ten years, to help in the fight for additional funds, , “The fact of the matter is I would like to see the M.P. in the area (Jim Fulton) help get more money from Ottawa,”' he said in calling for help from all sides, Even if federal funds are not forthcoming, the Social Credit government intends to continue the develop- ment of Highway 37, Fraser said. “This highway, the only north-south route west of Highway 97 is opening up northwestern British Columbia to tourism, as access to natural resources and as a link with central and southern areas of the province via the Prince Rupert ferry service and forthcoming augmented ferry service to the Queen Charlottes,’ he concluded. under study The function of the amalgamation committee is clearly defined. “It generally was felt that our function was to prepare the information and at some point the citizens would get to voice their opposition or disapproval,” Giesbrecht explained. “There is no way we intend to ram something down people's throats,” Both planning departments will be involved in the study, which is expected to result in a clear decision one way or another by March 1, 1990. en