PAGE 4, THE HERALD, Friday, September 30, 1977 {the herald) Published by Sterling Publishers General Office - 635-6357 Circulation (Terrace) - 635-6357 (Kitimat) - 632-6209 PUBLISHER... W.R, (BILL) LOISELLE MANAGING EDITOR... SFU DUCKLOW Published every weekday at 3212 Kalum St. Terrace 8.C, A member of Varifled Circulation. Authorized rs second class mail. Registration number 1201. Postage palu 1 cash, return postage guarantesd. NOTE OF COPYRIGHT The Herald retains full,complete and sole copyright In an advertisement produced and-or any: aiHorlal oF photographic content published in the Herald. Reproduction Is not permitted without the writt pore ee written permission of the Nn A Interpreting The News. Overloaded Japan cool on imports WASHINGTON (CP) — The trend of discussion at the current joint meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank suggests that those countries seeking quick eit toward economic expansion will be sadly disap- Countries which could afford to accept more imports and thereby stimulate world markets appear reluctant to make ‘any major moves. Japan, for example, has built up huge trade surpluses and many countries are looking to Japan to widen its doors to more imports. But the Japanese reaction appears to be cool, . 7 Japan gave the joint meeting a vague promise to expiore various possibilities to further promote imports” but declined to make any major commitment. Wnile a number of industrial countries have been crippled by high oil import costs, forcing them into heavy in- ternational trade deficits, Japan, through self-discipline and high productivity, has managed to absorb the oil-price blow and maintain its exports at highly competitive prices. DEFICIT EXPECTED Japan, along with West Germany and other major sur- plusearners, previously promised to help overcome world recession b accepting more imports. When the Japanese showed a 3.7-billion current-account surplus last year, trade experts figured they would open their doors so wide that Japan would show a current-account deficit this year. But instead Japan likely will show a current-account surplus of some $9 billion this year, more than double the surplus of last year. _ Thisyear’s actual trade surplus for Japan, which does not include certain monetary transfers included under current account, will be about $15 billion. . ‘The inability of the assembled finance ministers to prod Japan into a firm commitment to drastically reduce its surplus does more than weaken the system of international economic co-operation. As several speakers warned, the Japanese surplus threatens to lead to erection of trade barriers which could cripple international trade and halt the world’s slow move out of recession. Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey of Britain was one of the major figures to put that warning in his speech: “Unless there now is a significant increase in aggregate international demand, unemployment will continue to rise and ihe pressure toward protectionism may become irresistible.” GERMANY HELPS : His warning was also partially directed at West Ger- many, the only other major country with a large trade sur- lus. But West Germany's surplus is only a fraction of the lapanese and most observers agree West Germany is trying to make substantial reductions in it. Many speakers warned that if protectionism harms trade growth, the smaller countries and particularly the eveloping states will be hardest hit. Canada, a country whose economy is unusually dependent on international trade, may also be expected to suffer considerably. Amid all the dangers is one bright spot: President Car- ter's expressed determination to have the United States continue to absorb a heavy share of the impact of the collective oil deficit. The United States is expected to have a trade deficit of more than $25 billion this year. But Treasury Secretary Michael Blumenthal told reporters there is a limit to how long even a president can hold out when congressmen, manufacturers and labor unions see Japan’s large trade surplus and the large volume of Japanese goods entering the United States: “Unless itis corrected as quickly as possible, the problem of protectionist pressures in many countries, including our own, may become very large, and I think justifiably so.”’ HERMAN Pare iwee La 91977 Univeral Pras Syndkotp WEL “LL KEEP MY VOICE DOWN WHEN YOU KEEP YOUR VOICE DOWN.” - FLORENCE, Italy (Reuter) —- More than 500 years after it was erected, the dome of Florence's majestic cathedral still puzzles architects and engi- neers, They cannot decide how Filippo Bruneleschi huilt it. The puzzle is not simply academic. The great dome, one of the architectural masterpieces ~ of _ the Renaissance, is cracking. The cathedral, flanked by its baptistry and a 14th- century bell tower built by Giotto, is a focal point of the city and one of Florence’s major tourist attractions. The worsening state of the dome is thought to be caused by shifts in the soil and vibration from the heavy traffic which roars around the cathedral square, a - Boggles scientists ‘Dome a masterpiece ~ favorite parking spot for tourist buses. Before a roper restoration plan can be put into effect, the dome's structure has to be thor- oughly studied. Even with modern technological aids, this is not as simple as it may sound, “Brunelleschi was an intuitive man,” Florence’s superintendent of monuments, Nello Bem- porad, explained. “It takes a long time to understand how he made the dome.”’ TOOK 14 YEARS The dome comprises an inner and outer cupola, built on a base 41 metres in diameter. Brunelleschi was chosen to build it in 1420, 50 years after the rest of the cathedral was finished. The work took the Florentine artist 14 years and the result was an ex- traordinary architectural monument admired . throughout the world, But how did he do it? Even now, five centuries later, Bemporad said, the mechanics of the dome are not fully understood and experts argue about its basic structure. The outer cupola leans on, and is supported by, the inner one, so any fault in one part leads toa weakening in the other. Bemporad said the problem of cracks in the dome has existed ever since it was built hut recent studies have shown: that they are widening and new ones appearing. _ The main damage, on the inner cupola, is made worse by changes in temperature, which open and close the cracks and cause fragments of plaster and brick to shear Orr. FRESCOS DAMAGED The inside of the dome is decorated with frescoes of heaven and hell painted by Giorgio Vasari, and art restorers desperately want to get to work before large chunks of fresco fall off. In some places the cracks run through the paintings from the base to the apex of the dome. A government com- mission was set up two years ago to assess the cracks and water damage to the frescos. One commission member, Prof. Salvatore di Pasquale, reported that the cracks had worsened considerably over the last 20 years. Tilustration in a coming brochure shows the newly- completed trail cutting that has been done on Kit- sumkalum ski hill. The local ski club is holding a family day at the hill from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Travel ads exp BERLIN (AP) — Modern vacations are flights from reality, pseudo-adventures fuelled by advertising that ets tourists so involved in ydreams they break laws. and fall off mountains, a German psychoanalyst says. The modern tourist, Dr. Elizabeth M. Hau _ said, “wants adventure, but it shouldn’t be dangerous.” He wants to discover new things, she said, “but they should really be the same old things and they shouldn’t cause him any anxiety.” People, like animals, make trips in search of food and essentials, as well as out Lonely ABOARD FREIGHTER HILDA MARJANNE (CP) — Excitement reigned aboard the freighter Hilda Marjanne as she dropped anchor in the Gulf of St Lawrence across from Port Cartier, Que. while a school of whales cavorted in the distance. It was just before dusk of a Sunday evening and the vessel had to wait in line for dock space to take on a load of iron ore. So the crew, including Capt. Otto Hookey, scrambled for their hand-lines to jlg cod off the side of the ship. Cod jigging? On a working Great Lakes freighter? “Why not?” smiled Jean Crawford, chief cook and one of two female members of the crew. ‘““We are en- titled to a little fun too.” She pulled in a cod too small to keep and threw it overboard. It was quickly gobbled up by a hovering seagull. On this particular trip, the catch was small, jess than a dozen. FIGHT MONOTONY But it didn’t matter to the crew, who use moments like this to fight the loneliness and monotony of life on a Great Lakes bulk carrier. Also, it helped ease the ’ agony when the crew was aroused from their bunks at Sam. the next morning to sail the ship into port as dock space had become available. served at about 2 p.m. Flee reality! of simple curiosity. But only man makes trips based on his own fantasies, Dr. Hau said in a paper prepared for the International Forum for Psychoanalysis here. ~ Modern man is trained from his earllest days to function in a complicated society, But Dr. Hau said he is rarely equipped to do much with his free time, of which he finds there is more and more. “That means these free times are like exploratory Situations involving latent desires and anxieties,’ the Freiburg analyst said. DISMISS DANGERS “The real dangers that come up during a vacation _ yaeations by as oit your wildest dream When asked in a 19% are widely, dismissed by tourists when they get in the way of their daydreams,’ the psychiatrist sald, citing auto accidents, mountain- eering mishaps, sicknesses and encounters with the law as some of the results. Travel advertisin stresses the importance king the potential traveller if he thinks last year's trip was worth a year’s work, she said. It talks about his neighbor's great vacation and promises him he can live as cheaply as at home when he gets to whatever “gs-you-like-it paradise” is being offered. Aboard the Hilda Marjanne: but free on the deep sea The Hilda Marjanne is a relaxed ship. Raids on. the refrigerator are common, day or night. The cooks make sure there is always fresh fruit and cold meat available. And night clerk Rick West of Welland, Ont., goes on duty in the galley at 10:30 each night to make sandwiches for anyone who feels the need. A guest found a crew with few beefs, even though the lakers work these waters nine months of the year. Modern technology y permits quick loading an loading so shore leave is infrequent. “In some respects, I suppose it could be termed a lonesome life,'’ remarked Hookey. “But it’s a good, healthy, clean life. You're breathing clean air all the time as op- posed to the dirty air that ou breathe in the city.” His qome is in St, Catharines, nt. WATCH TELEVISION To pass the time when they are off duty, the crew play cards, watch television or read paperbacks. ¢. On the gulf, there is only French television which prompts giggles from the deck hands. “Yeah, try watching a John Wayne movie in French,”” Tom Sipos of Toronto says with a laugh. There is a laundry room aboard ship and a lot of time is spent keeping clothes clean. For Roy Bourgecis, 20, of North ‘Bay, Ont., an ap- prentice cadet, a lot of his spare time is spent in his room on his studies. He wants to become a mate. For the two girls, the routine is almost the same. “T usually go to my room when I’m not working and. pick up my knitting or erochet,’’ said Mrs. Crawford, a redhaired mother of ‘seven. “Maybe some lucky guy wants to play crib and we have a ame or two. But it’s pretty onely.”” MIXES EASILY Teresa Dufort, a slim, at- tractive 20-year-oi university graduate from Peterborough, Ont., is Mrs. Crawford's assistant in the galley. She mixes easily with the men, plays cards with them and their banter is light and cheerful. “If you act like a lady, people will treat you like one,’ she says. Bourgeois agrees, but adds: “Teresa is a lot smarter than most of the people on the ship and she can put them down any time she wants to.” What attracts them to the long, lonely hours? ‘or the deckbands it is the good pay and the chance to work regularly at what are essentially non-skilled jobs. _ "You get a job In a plant and three months later you get laid off,” said Fred kuta of Port Colborne, Ont. and is inviting all skiers. To tow will be operating, so skiers can ride up and hike down. conflic avoid unhappiness 4 | Oilama Offbeat Parkinson’s Law applies today BY RICHARD HACKSON Ottawa-Twenty years ago that distinguished British wit, C.Northcote Paricnson wrote his remarkable book. The book "Parkinson's Law” set off a great stir with its dissection of governmental bureacucaritc idiocies. At the time, his admires considered him the greatest satirist since Swift. And he only added to his towering stature as the reigning literary comic as her gravely and imperturabley insited that Is law, outrageous then as it seemed, indeed was entirely serious, mathmeatically provable and universally demonstrable. The law,was, in essenc, that the number of workers in any government department, bureau, agency of office where two or more public srvants presumalbylaboured, tende to increase at an annual rate of about six percent, regardless of the amount of work tobe done or even whether any is done at all. Trouble was that Parkinson forgot about infaltion, the insidious product of bureaucracy’s delighted application—or multiplication--of his famed law. . Parkinson drew the Jaw itself from two axioms: me 1. “An offical wants to multiply subordinates not rivals,” Coffee will be survey, most West German vacationers said they were doing it for a rest, mostly by swimming or just lying around. | But Dr. Hau’s theory is that for many the reasons run deeper. “Only this way, they think, can they fulfil their real desires, resolve their ts, find happiness and “The so-called best weeks of the year could probably be better enjoyed if people did more during the other 11 months of the year to solve their inner or outer problems,” she said. “So, you ma as well stick to somethin; this.” dt 8, ke Py 8. + Right,” replied Sipos. . ‘When you're not. working, you don't know what to do with yourself. That’s bad.” PLANS TO TRAVEL Miss Dufort came to the ship out of university | because she couldn't find a ‘shore-based job. She plans to travel and work in Europe the next two years. For Bourgeois, the Hilda Marjanne offered a chance for a career and te esca from some serious social problems. “JT was drinking too much for a while and I started getting sick,” he said, “I really didn’t like the idea that you should be in bars three to four nights a week.’ Then there is Norman Greig, 70, of Annapolis Royal, N.S., the chief engineer who came out of retirement two years ago to work summers on the Great Lakes as a relief officer. After serving 50 years on ocean-going ships, he finds the calm waters of the lakes a pleasant change. est has a special reason to be pleased about hia job. Recently, he missed the boat after going ashore briefly. “I missed the boat, right?” he said, ‘And I was still able to get my job back next time the boat came through.” “A Jot of places, you don’t show up for work for four or five days and you get fired.” and , 2“Officials make work for each other’ | it follows then that Civil Servan A, who thinks himself F overworked, will hire not just one assistant, B, who thus might be deemed to become his probable successor, but will hire tow subordinates, C and D, diving the work into two categories, so that A will have the merit of being the only man who comprehends them both. As these individuals make work for each other, C, in turn, will find themselves overworkerd, and demand, and get two assistants of his own. The A can avert internal staff friction only by advising ~~. thaappointment of two special assistants to help D. Seven official are now doing what one did beofre. These seven make so much work for each other that allare fully occupied and A is actually working harder than ever, So A, to lighten the load will have to requisitin for not just one assistant,w B1 who thus might be seen to be a possible successor,but hire two subordinates, C1 and D1, dividning the work into two categories again, so that A alone will be the only one understanding both. Thus, the empires built. Parkinson’s own classic example of the irrelevance of bureaucratic expansion to the work to be done was that of Britian’s Royal Navy between 1914 and 1528. Though the number of capital ships in commission (the very raison d'etre of the: Navy)d decreased by 67 percent and the number of officers and men actualy manning those shipsdecreased by <31 percent, -Admiralty. officails—the: chair-borne armad-—increased 78 percent. Bur, as previoulsy noted, PARKINSON WASN'T AWARE OF THE UNBLESSINGS OF INFALTION TO COME. Forhere in Fat City, the Treasury Board in responding to questions inthe Commons as ‘fessed upthat between 1968 and ‘75 while the public service as a whole increased 22 ercent., the number of executive-typebureacrat Mooned by 231 percent. And that’s empire building on the grand scale that neither Farkison, nore Caesar nore Alexander ever dared to eam. Palsy victim — Just won't quit © EDMONTON CP-pThere have been no short cuts for Eugene Bredy inhis quest for a university education. It took 14 years of painstaking study for him to earn his bachelor of arts degree by mastering a course a each year. Not content with one degree Brody, a cerebral palsy victim enrolled at University of Albertaa again. This time he decided totackle the faculty of sclence. Ittook another - nine before he graduatedt his spring with a bachloe. of science degree, Brody, 53, is like that. Other people may shy away from tthe thingstheyfind diffivult but he heads deliberlity Yor the obstacles,determined to clear the. He prides hinself on being no quitter. “I kept telling myself all those years that if others could get that degree then socould I. [nad to prove! coulddo the work, And I’ve never letmy handicap stand in the way.” He used igenuity to find ways to get things done. Students were asked if they minded slipping sheet of carbon and | paper betweentheir notebooks pages to make an extra copy_ of their ote during classes. The always obligied. , Brody would dictate the notes inmore detailed for to a typist. He also usedtypists to get exams and essays done. His mother read texts and reference books to him. Laboratories inbotany, zoolo and biology stumped him byt Brody got around those 4 asking his Sa Esare to- assign him essay topics to amke up the marks. 4 “Sometimes I felt like giving up but th t tI would pull myself together an Fash on”? next momen he gets a deep sense ofs tisfacation from knowing he has never backed away from a final exam and never flunked a subject, although “I’ve been on the borderline.” He did well enough in botharts and science to have his admission charged from that of a special-trial studentto full-credit Brody took a year off after his BA gradutaionbut fouond himself itching to crack the books. “I was geared to this kind of life. [wanted to get back in." Student life suited hin 40 well he made a career out of it d udying has always been a cha . Canido . it? Am Table to toe the mark?” enge tome, Car His grey hari and neat suit and tie set Brody apart from the other studentsbut he always fouond time to help. He devoted his spare time to working on the student newspaper. The Gateway, and the student radio station. He was twicedawarde the gold key for his contributaion to’ social lif at the university. This fail, Brody is moving on to Grant MacEwan Com- munity College to take a liberalartsdiploma program.