Labor backs VANCOUVER (CP) Chevron Canada was not entitled to a cease-and-desist order against the Teamsters Union for picketing its Victoria supply depot during the recently-concluded AirWest strike, the British Columbia Labor Relations Board ruled toda “The board said Chevron’s application for such an order would not have been granted if the strike had gone on because of the company’s arrangements to supply fuel to AirWest during the 5'%- - month labor dispute. Although the AlrWest strike was settled last week following a board hearing on Chevron's application the board decided to issue its ruling anyway because of the significant judgments in- volved. In ite 39-page decision, the heard determined it has _Jurisdiction toconsider cases wi neh: is peedloss: ’ provinces!" where aprovincial employer Chevron)’ is picketed by workers covered by the federal labor code (AirWeat employees). WANTED INJUNCTION The matter had been. referred ta the board by the B.C. Supreme Court after Chevron first sought a court injunction against the Teamsters Union, which represents the 85 AirWest workers who were on strike. In finding that it does have "jurisdiction in the AirWest case, the board noted that several court injunctions were granted by the B.C. Supreme Court te provincial employers ‘picketed by members of the Tele- communication Workers Union during their recent strike against B.C. Telephone Co.—a dispute covered by the federal labor “Our decision - that the board has juriadiction should ‘not be read as implying any judgment on our part that the board has exclusive Basford Board union jurisdiction in these situations,'’ wrote board vicechairman Rod Ger- maine. The decision also con- tained a significant outline of why an employer such as Chevron was not entitled toa cease-and-desist order, even though the board found the Teamsters’ picketing of the company's Victoria oper- ation technically illegal, Chevron argued that its . eupply of fuel to AirWeat the strike was merely an act maintaining normal business operations between the two firms. . RULES NOT NORMAL The board noted that Chevron used non-union | management personnel to crosa. the picket Lines at AirWest in order to deliver the fuel and added that Chevron’s standard contract with Auvest gave Chevron the right to suspend its obligations in the event of a labor dispul “The sorangementa made by Chevron for the continued delivery of its fuel to AirWeat tepresent, in ow oplnion, positive steps taken by. Chevron for the purpose of assisting AirWest in resisting the union's lawful strike,’ Germaine wrote, ‘He said the Teamsters showed restraint in the situation by not escalating its picketing to Chevron's operations until five months after the strike began. Germalne stressed that- Chevron’s conduct was not unlawful, that the. company was entitled to make the arrangements it made, “however, having made these arrangements in order to asoist AirWest in reducing the impact of the lawful strike, Chevron was not entitled to obtain any relief from this board because the union belatedly took steps to restore the anticipated _ impact of its lawful picketing of AirWest.” asks for bilingual trials By pine seo Taunt AWA ACP). Minister Ron Bastord pealed on. Tuesday for MEs to contribute to national unity by supporting legislation assuring every citizen the right to a criminal trial in either official language. “This minimum of * language rights is essential if Canada is to survive asa country of two official languages,"’ Basford said, urging speedy Commons passage. Progressive Con- servatives, however, say the bill must give the provinces more power in deciding when the new language provisions come into effect. The new Demcecratic Party supported the bill with no demand for change. Conservative justice critic Eldon Woolliams cailed the bill a dangerous invasion of provinclal rights over the administration of justice. The jegislation would amend the Criminal Code to guarantee a trlal.in elther French or English. The judge, jury and court clerk would have to understand the language chosen, but the sector could use a trans- SAYS NO FORCE Stressing that he Is not forcing French or English down anyone’s throat, Basford said the legislatlon would be implemented on a province by prove basis, after full discusslon attorneys-general, This means the legislation would take force gradually, probably starting in Quebec, " .” Ontarlo and New Brunswick - which have the largest Francophone populations, he During Basford’s speech, , Opposition Leader Joe Clark released =, statement” ‘opasing amendmei fre" bill requiring formal agreement from each province before the. legis- tion could he proclaimed. He said the Conservatives would vote approval in principle to allow the bill to go to committee. CALLED NEEDLESS Woollams ‘said the bill . would be greeted in some rta of Genet eo Little . duplication by services He also demanded that the ; federal | government be | re to finance the costa } ore Rie or program since it ia: felng ‘thrust .on the by federal authoritles. Woolliams’ demand for of; step: wi Conservatives wanted the federal government to help the provinces meet the cost of implementing the new program, Basford dismissed critics who said some provinces do not have a large enough French population to provide sufficient jurors. He ‘said even Newfoun- diand, with only 3,500 French-speaking residents, will be able to find juries for French trials. -He predicted most French trials would ‘take’ place in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, all of which have sizeable French: “speaking pulations. ~ “There is nothing in the bili to prevent provinces from extending provisions . to ra: cach prin, question ce, the minister said, Debate on the bill was to continue today. “Mary Ann Boyd, in charge o registration and ac- comodation, and Sybil Benzer, secretary of the Ker- mode 18 committee review applications from students i Drama finals beginning May 17. High §chool 300 will come to _ Terrace in May " REGISTRATION FOR Provincial Drama Festival is now complete. There are 360 students, teachers, and professional theatre peo ope planning to attend the 4 conference and presentation of plays May 17-20 at the REM Lee Theatre at 8:15 p.m. The students and their chaperones come from all parts of the province, and a. great many of them from the northernreaches. One of the benefits of holding an annual i ricing Weis su . Dakin eald he would. like to. Statement, which ‘ald the . $22.08 Policy protecting Air “year’s conference, provincial function in the north is the access northern students have to the event without the ‘high cost of travelling to the Lower Mainland, Prince George, Houston, Dawson Creek, ‘Prince Rupert, Fort St. John, Smithers, Cassiar, Kitimat, and Terrace are all . well representedsat this Other areas participating in the gala festival of live theatre are Coquitlam, Vernon, yer Victori “Canadian air policy now in disarray VANCOUVER (UP) Pacific Western Airlines acquisition of Transair Ltd. of Winnipeg and Air - Canada’s attempt to pur- chase Nordair Ltd., of Mon- treal, have left Canada’s air policy in disarray, executive vice-president of CP Air, said Tuesday. ~ Ken Dakin said in an inter- view that the country’s stated policy for the past 13 years has been to have two trans-continental and in ternational operators—CP Air and Air Canada— and five regional ‘carriers, each with its own fixed territory. Because, of. the changes, Canada’s cross-countr: traffic eased. CP Alr is restricted to offering 25 per cent of ‘seating capacity on tran- scontinental flights although under a relaxation in policy granted last year it can take up to 35 per cont of whatever increase in business there may be this year and up to 45 per cent haxt year. Dakin said a number of things have chagged since Oltawa first divided up the transcontinental traffi- between Air Canada and CP Air, Air Canada now is: a. ma or international airline not in need of artificial protection against. com- petition and the economics of airline operation have altered. $1.5 million for lost habitat - VICTORIA (CP) — The British Columbia govern- meat will spend $1.5 million during the current fiscal . year on a compensation peer gram for wildlife habitat lost because of hydroelectric projects, Conservatio Minister Sam Bawlf said Tuesday. He sald most of the funds come from B.C. Hydro and Power Authority to replace habitat lost because of flooding at the Libby Dam in Montana, the Seven Mile - ‘Dam en the Pend D'Oreille River near Trail, Revelstoke Dam near Revelstoke and the Keenleyside Dam on the ’ Lower Arrow Lake. No ban on Calcutta - VANCOUVER (CP) Alderman Bernice Gerard couldn't persuade city council Tuesday to ban the Broadway hit show Oh! Calcutta! trom the Queen Elizabeth Theatre May and 16 but council did a civic theatres board 0. impose an age restriction on e@ show, YOu mean a reatriction on our own smut howsse,! Gerard said when Ald. Geo ull proposed the “If Oh! Calcutta! with its group masturbation, mass copulation and bondage sex to ‘ls welcome at the theatre, then anything would be welcome," she said, The civic theatres board had concluded that th could not prohibit the show on the basis of the attorney- general's guidelines for obscenity, and any decision on the show would have to be a political one made by council, Council tacitly approved the show's appearance by receiving the eatre bos board report and then passed motion unanim ously directing cll ha in November approv e ghow for an oarller date this year, but the production was postponed Partly after, Fishermen the board, fo im- ‘ pose an vege reatriction on it, Council bad in A spokesman for the ministry sald that $91,500 will be used to compensate for flooding fram the Libby dam; while $206,000 has been alloted for Pend D’Oreille flooding, $1.2 million. for Revelstoke and $65,500 for the Lower Arrow Lake, Bawlf said compensation for flooding from the Libby dam is part of a reciprocal agreement with the United States government. He sald that Hydro. has allocated $1.9 million for the Pend D’Oreille project during the next several * years. The minister said that the $390,000 which Hydro will pay for 1,286 ‘acres of privatelyowned land in the Pend D’Oreiile River valley comes from reserves allocated for the project as well as from the current allocation, The properties acquired under this program will be turned over to the govern- ment which will develop — them with further funding from Hydro. said the Pend D'Oreille property contains valuable deer winter range and coordinated resource Management and wildlife: management, plans have Prepared by the fish and ed wild le branch . Meeting could have prompted violence - VANCOUVER {CP) — antl-combines inquiry inte the ‘fishermen’s union was adjourned last December because an official feared thehearing might be marred by violence, a government Investigator testifie: Tuesday in provincial court, Simon Wapniarski, an investigator with the anti- combines commission, was testifying at & trial in which seven members of the United and Alliad eke sae Ww ng the inqu: Wapniaraki gaid about 20 to 25 persons had gathered Dec, 7 in the reception area of the department of con- sumer affairs offices and the atmosphere was tense. "The situation was tense andl thought it might lead to violence," inquiry commissioner, Frank Roseman acted on his advice and adjourned the hearing, Wapniaraki said, .B6ng6, The witness said the hearin ng which war ad- Journ day, has not since recon- ven d, ‘Charged under ithe Combines Investigation Act with Impeding an in ulty are union pend Jack Nichol, former president Homer Stevens, business agent George Hewlsen and members David McIntosh, Hert Ogden, . Kenneth Robinson and Walter Tickaon, Most: of the half-day hearing Tuesday was taken up witha voir dire, on a trial within a trial during which Judge Douglas film shot during the Incident was admissible as evidence ‘against the accused, The judge decided the film is admissible in a general lawyers he may rule out certain portions when. he | views the film. indefinitely the next’ Hume - ‘decided whether television | but advised - the - “It costs us $50 million for a wide-body aircraft,” he said. ‘The only way we can oblige the travelling public with chtap fares and profitably operate such expensive pment is by exploiting the potential productivity of our aircraft as fully as possible.” Dakin said that airline regulatory practice in Canada can not be conducted in isolation to what is hap- pening in the United States where the Civil Aeronautics Board is committed to erasing rules restricting in- dustry competition. He said it Is too easy for Canadian travellers to catch a cross-country flight south ‘af the border, and with that option always at hand, Canadian regulators can not be too restrictive about competition here. Dakin said that formal or unofficial night-time curfews at Dorval airport in Mon- treal and at Vancouver and Toronto airports should be applied with more flexibility. “I don't suggest that aircraft should operate round-the-clock into certain sensitive airports, but there should be some flexibility,” he sald. - Both CP Air. and. Air Canada now offer lower fares for flights which leave © at off hours. Kimberly, Campbell River, Nanaimo, Oliver, Powell River, Whiterock, and Burnaby. All participants are in for a J. great surprise when the see the lovely theatre facility for the performances. The R.E.M. Lee Theatre is something Terfaceshould by proud to show off. Everyone is invited to attend the award winning plays that form Kermode Theatre "78. Ali those plays performed nightly for ad- ” judication in the R,E.M. Lee Theatre were chosen from regional drama festival earlier in the year. The Festival. gets under way Wednesday May 17 when the Vancouver Playhouse| performs “Loot’’, an upside down comedy in the Monty Python vien. ‘The student productions begin Thursday Mwyle-20, Tickets for all performances can be ob- tained at Terrace Library and Sight and Sound $3.00 adult - $2.00 student or seniors. Four day passes are , available for $10,00 or $6.00. Plan to attend this drama ’ remaining sing] ‘extravaganza, Saran fe £ON ereces Petatate’ cinnecetelenaee se 5 Fah tahatahatal, EP PPS: a are: "aa SEES ESS, x g = « If you wish your Business Phone listed for your customers please call : THE HERALD, Thurs:ay. May 4, 1978, PAGE § « ‘Westcoast gas _ plans opposed. VANCOUVER (CP) George Lechner, chairman of the British Columbia Petroleum Corp, said Tuesday the corporation does not want Westcoast Transmission Co. to loop the le sections of its Chetwynd-to-Huntingdon gas pipeline, Lechner told a hearing of the National Energy Board that the project is too un- certain because the gas Westcoast says it can save through looping might. not have an export market, Looping is building a line beside an existing line. Westcoast has applied to the board for permission to loop 348 kilometres of. its maintaining that loping the taini at looping the single sections of the line would allow it to save 6.7 billion cubie feet of gaa a year. The looping would cost $80.6 million and the petroleum corporation would have to pay 55 per cent of the cos ‘Lechner said there must be no uncertainty in the project as long as a large portion of the cost falls on the corporation and B.C, tax- payers, Westcoast has said that the looping would allow the firm to have more gas available to sell to U.S. markets. MARKET RISKY - “With regard to West- coast’s statement that gas saved through this proposed - looping will be sold, I can assure you that gas saved will not be sold for a very long time,’ Lechner said. “There ip no assurance whatsoever that the export market will take the gas.” B.C. Hydro took issue with Westcoast's estimate of how much the looping would cost Hydro, a gas customer of Westcoast. Edward Guy, gas supply planning engineer for Hydra, - said that. while Westcoast BOY DS BODY SHOP - 635-9410 TERRACE OIL BURNER SERVICES - 615-4227 THE HOBBY HUT - 695.9393 . _ THREE RIVERS WORKSHOP - 435-2238 GEMINI EXCAVATING - 635-3479. Free - for ONE month courtesy of THE 635-6357/ DAILY HERALD lew Busir Not-listed in our~. BG. Tel Directory. TERRACE VETERINARY MEDICAL CENTRE - 635- a0 | AURORA ANIMAL HOSPITAL - 635-2040 shows for 1979 a net cost increase to Hydro of $256,000, his tables show the increase ; would be $1,085,000. Louise Mandell, counsel for the Union of B.C. legal « Indian Chiefs, which also - opposes the looping, said the UBCIC wants assurances | fram Westcoast that it will — make compensation for « damage done along the ofway to the Indians’ traditional lands, if the looping goes ahead A. L. Green, vice-president of gas supply and sales for Westcoast, said his company ® “will make reasonable . compensation to individuals for damage and in- convenience caused by the line crossing their land, and make reasonable restoration to fishermen affected by damaged creeks.’ The line now runs from Chetwynd in northeastern ~ B.C, to Huntingdon, about 60 kilometres east of Van- ; couver, “Call for resignation VANCOUVER (CP) — The ‘Vancouver and District ; Labor Counei} has ¢ called for the resignation of ¢ deputy at -genera vous fee remarks = ade last week about illegal break ins by the RCMP. Council delegates also voted unanimously Tuesday to condemn the 402 break ins conducted by the RCMP _ without search warrants in . British Columbla since 1970. . Council secretary- | treasurer Paddy Neale said ~ the trade union movement should lead the fight against. . such police tactica. He said comments by federal Solicitor-General | SEPA ene sonnets SIS ES OS a ne SneRSoseERNEENE 2 SSIS Ail Vhs “ Vad: BC. STYLE ¥ ‘ rere DSSS SR a eS SSS SSS i rararatatataMaPehaPatataatatatatatalats ha etanah RRR nS CD ssssedt me ceseatets ‘ 7 >ss mt a ur etic et