cbeaeebaae seta } PAGE 4, THE HERALD, Friday, November 18, 1997 pees TERRACE daily herald General Office - 635-635) Circulation - 635-6357 PUBLISHER... W.R. (BILL) LOISELLE EDITOR... JULIETTE PROOM Published every weekday at 3212 Kalum St., Terrace, B.C, Amember of Varitied Circulation. Authorized as second class mall. Registration number 1201. Postage pald in cash, return postage guaranteed. The Herald retains full, complete and sale copyright In any advertisement produced and-or any editorial or photographic content published in the Herald. Reproduction Is not permitied without the written Published by Sterling Publishers NOTE OF COPYRIGHT permission of the Publisher. Our brothers keepers Are we our brother’s keepers and hor far does our responsibility go towards our fellow men? it is a comforting thought for most Canadians to reflect that the social services and assistance provided by our federal and provincial govern- ments are enough to maintain therecipients at a level somewhere above absolute poverty. It is reassuring to knwo that medical attention is not denied to those without funds and that retirement pensions are a fact of life, We are able to feel that our social obligations are discharged by our government through its programmes. These are all funded by the general public according to its dividual incomes and annual tax returns! The government role has not stopped volun- teers from going the extra mile. It would be unwise to even start cataloguing those who donate countless hours to help administer govern- ment programmes and those which are volun- teer-originated. The make the services offere more personal and demonstrate a true concern for the less fortunate. But where does this concern stop? What limits our responsibility as private citizens for each other — is there, Indeed, any limit? It is not very far from this question to asking another more searching one — what price are we prepared to pay for our conscience and being albe to live with it? Consclence was once defined as “That within us that tells us where our neighbours are going wrong.” It may be so but its a rather cynical ap- proach, To many British olumbians the white minority role in Rhodesia and the Apartheid policies of the South African government are deplorable. With self- righteousness we declare onl but that aunt of thing C possibly happen here.”” It couldn't? Before any feeling of smugness or superiorit sets in, we would do we! to look a little more closely at some touchy subjects like Indian Land Claims, Veterans’ pen- sions, job discrimination and ethnic slurs. RAAT Several years ago the provincial government, an unprecedented show of conscience, decided that its citizens should take a stand on the South African question. Without any apparent mandate, it banned the import of South African winery roducts. This decision 8 since been rescinded and the choice of support, or boycott, of South African products has been left to the in- dividual. Is this not where it rightfully belongs? It has been said that the state has no business in the bedrooms of the nations. We question, also, whether it has any right to determine what price tag is attached to our conscience — yours and mine. Embargoes, sanctions, boycotts — all these are means of expressing disupproval of another country. There are two factors for discussion here — one, whether they should be imposed b government edict and, two, perhaps, more - important, do they really help those they are in- tended to assist. tipping recent od press clippings promp ese comments, The first, that Britain had expressed inthe Thor support for the United Nations call for an arms em o against South Africa but that it would probably not stop tadeing firetig Postal disputes in store By GINNY GALT AWA (CP) — Another row has erupted in the post office, this time over management's refusal to let the Cana- dian Union of Postal Workers (CURW) put newspaper clippings on union bulletin Boards. Jean-Claude Parrot, president of the 22,000- member CUPW, said Wednesday the union will - file a complaint with the Public Service Staff Relations Board “as a result of the t office department's decision to refuse the union _per- mission to post bulletins contalning articles reprinted from The Globe and Mail and the Toronto ar. “Tt is absolutely un- believable that the em- ployer would refuse to allow CUPW to distribute information from news) apers which are ohh system Paid in 7 news release. ly throughout the phat the Negotiations broke down earlier because the union sald post office management interfered with CUPW’s right to communicate with its members. That 4%- month stalemate ended in October when the post office promised to allow union meetings and distribution of literature during rest breaks. “The postmaster- general wrote to me personally and stated that he recognized that the union has the right to communicate with the membership on any matter,’’ Parrot said Wednesday, “Yet, 24 months later we are forbidden to reprint and post articles from two of Canada’s major newspapers,” QUOTES DIRECTOR The Globe and Mail article, on Oct. 14, quoted Tony Hornick, director of post office staff relations in Toronto, as saying management of the post om Public apathy peaked last neght at the meeting held ommunity Centre. The four delegates waited prepared to answer all queries concerning a ed tax hike needed to support the community’s ighting brigade. Thed ha. response, a5 only seven (four of which were firefighters) citizens braved the night to attend. echoed an empty office is ‘‘a horror story." Hornick said the post aifice really should be transformed into a Crown corporation but “with unempieyment being what it is, you can kiss a Crown corporation good- ye,” He said massive layoffs would result from the move. The union also reprinted an article from the Oct. 15 Toronto Star which sdid Hornick was granted sick leave after The Globe and Mail ar- ticle appeared. The Star quoted post office spokesman Ed Roworth as _ saying Hornick’s remarks ‘were comments of a man under a lot of pressure on his job who doesn’t normally deal with the news media.” Another Globe and Mail article, Oct. 18, quoted John Pare, assistant deputy postmaster- general, as Sa Hornick ‘‘went too yea z when ~° he publicly denounced management. The union bulletin containing the reprints was stamped ‘“‘not ap- proved for posting” and signed by W. E. David- son, staff relations officer for Manitoba. The stamp was dated Nov. 7. Parrot said the post office ‘‘is trying to revent our members rom reading newspaper articles which demon- strate not only the need for a Crown corporation, but also the fact that even member's of management recognize there is an urgent need to create more full-time _—in- determinate positions in the post office.” The on-and-off negotiations were off Wednesday as union members waited for their costof-living increases. Post office spokesmen said the increases were on the way and talks were expected to resume later this week. Briefly the tax increase will be as follows: Thorn 4 mills to 8 mills (6 per-cent increase) Copperside-8 mills total (12 per-cent increase) It may be noted that savings on fire insurance could more than pay for this proposed increase. Vating day is Saturday, ov, 19th; please attend, and participate. It is your community. with her. Reducing trade is not something that Britain’s current em- ployment situation will allow. We can criticise the price of the British eonscience but...what price Canada’s? The Canadian Amateur Swimm Association Gov't steps in suspended coach Deryk Snelling because he have a clinic in South Africa. The decision may have been forced by the in- ternational governing body related to the Olympic organisation. Many of us, however, . were under the im- pression that sporting contacts between countries are beneficial and help open other doors. But, more puzzling, how does this suspension help the South Africans who sare suffering discrimination? Is it not time that the national conscience be explored a little more fully? 81077 Universal Feats Syedikote "| thought you liked livert” again TORONTO (CP) — The president of the Grocery ducts Manufacturers of Canada says the federal government appears bent on enlarging its intervention in the country’s food system to satisfy con- sumer activist pressure. G,.G.E, Steele told the annual convention of the Ontario Dairy Council on Wednesday that there is little chance of the food industry being able to in- fluence the outcome o the government’s ’ national food conference in Pebruary. He urged strong bonds between associations representing various sectors of the food pro- ducing chain to present counter arguments to those consumer ad- vocates who want cheaper food through imports. dustry, labor, con- sumer and agriculture groups have been asked to submit briefs in De- cember to help the government decide the nature of the February conference, Steele said the povernment apparently jacks the courage to stand up to professional consumer activists and say “enough is enough where studies and new regulatory forays are concerned." While jobs Jost to cheap food imports may seem a good trade-off to some consumer groups, “Canada can ill afford such a turn of events when it is in the midst of the worst employment crisis since the dirty Daydreaming is good PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Daydreaming is good for the health and anyone can slip into a situation that is pleasant without using hypnotism or tran- scendental meditation, says a researcher who studied how to relax, Dr. Louis Dubin, a dentist who teaches a course on hypnotism at the Temple University school of dentistry and who was part of a four- man relaxation study team for 18 months, says relaxing can be a mental trip to somewhere else— or doing something you like, which always makes a person feel better. It isn't necessary to close your eyes, sit back in a comfortable chair and maybe listen to music to relax, he says. “Relaxation is unique to the individual, it means different things to different people. Some people have to be doing something. Their best way of relaxing is doing what pleases them the most—playing tennis or scuba diving, skiing or driving a racing car. If you enjoy the Seashore, for example, “conjure a mental pic- ture of a beautiful balmy day. ... Leave your body where it is and transport your mind to another location and experience. “If = you et £0 physically and emotionally, all the tension, all the ap- prehension, all the facade you create for the people around you, you are completely free of all responsibility. Dr. Donald Morse, an associate professor of endodontology at Tem- ple’s dental school, eaded the research team that concentrated on five states of adka io: relaxationhypnosis, task- hypnosis, meditation and simple relaxation. Morse noted that the machines that checked brain waves, blood pressure, pulse rate, skin resistance and muscle activity ‘‘couldn’t tell the difference’’ when trying to distinguish hypnosis and meditation relaxation from thinking pleasant thoughts. Dubin specializes in teaching other dentists how to use hypnosis on patients in the office and operating rooms. - Salmon stocks up * thanks to prisoners VICTORIA .(CP} — During the last three years prisoners at a British Columbia in stitution have contributed about $200,000 worth of labor in a major drive to increase the number of salmon in the San Juan River in the southwest corner of Vancouver Island. The prisoners, all volunteers, find the work of clearing debris from streams, building salmon egg incubators and savingendangered salmon fry more sat- isfying than the usual prison chores, Rick, one of the prisoners working on the project, gave up choice work in the kitchen to help with the project because it was making the area ecologically beautiful. Bill (Scotty) McLeod, principal officer at the B.C, Corrections Service Camp at Jordan River where the prisoners are housed, said the project is helping bot the prisoners and the en- vironment. The project began when fisherles patrolman Fred Reder enlisted the Support of McLeod, who at —_ times permits prisoners to take over- night trips in the wilderness with Reder and the prisoners spent hours rescuing fry caught in poola in dry creek beds and taking them to safe areas. During the first year of the project, Reder said, 100,000 fry were rescued. In’ the drive to bring salmon back to the San Juan River in large numbers, Reder has to spend his time carefully. “It's better to save thousands of fry than catch one sports fisherman who has gone over his limit,’’ he said. Residents of Port Renfrew at the mouth of the San Juan River have caught Reder’s en- thusiasm for improving the river's waterways and often donate time and labor to improve the salmon catch, Said logger Maurice Tremblay: “We have the biggest echo in B.C., where the average weight ig 10 pounds. Ours are 15 pounds, We all want to see this project work.” Are RCMP safe? Ottawa,- It all may come out at the Royal Com- mission investigation of the strange -- on the surface - activities of the RCMP. But you don’t have to wait until then to know there is more behind the uproar in Parliament over the RCMP and security than just the usual ongoing war berween the “ins” and the‘‘outs”, the Liberals and combined forces of the Conservatives and New Democrats. All you need do is look between the covers of “survival,” a publication of the International Institute For Strategic Studies. In its current issue, the magazine carries an article - - alarming in its implications -- by John Starnes, long time career diplomat, appointed by Prime Minister Trudeau to the top security post in the RCMP in. telligence and counter-espionage services. Mr. Starnes, who headed Canada’s diplomatic forces — including, of necessity, the armed forces and intelligence agencies -- in Germany, FE; t and other overseas posts, has been named by Solicitor General Francis Fox as authorizing the RCMP break-in of the Montreal offices of the separatist Parti Quebecois. Only weeks after the break-in, Mr. Starnes took early retirement at 55, and since the storm over the RCMP and security has been sweeping the Commons, he has been just about incommunicado. To the defence of the RCMP in an indirect way has come the Prime Minister, suggesti is at stake then sometimes perhaps national secur that when police may be justified in breaking the law. In his article in the magazine of the prestigious International Institute for Strategic Studies, the former RCMP counter-intelligence and security chief expresses concern that Cana "a preoccupation with the separatist threat in Quebec could cripple the Canadian Armed Forces in combatting, as a NATO ally, the Communist pressure around the world. There are countries, writes John Starnes, which see “considerable political advantage’ in Canada's possible breakup, ‘since among other things, it would affect the security of North America and the United States.” He notes that all ammunition for the Armed Forces is produced in Quebec. ‘anada’s major naval shi And Mobile Command is to Montreal Ipyards are located there. sed at St. Hubert, close Loss of such vital defence facilities throughQuebec separation, writes the former security chief, could set off a chain of events affecting Canada’a allies. With threatened Quebec separation making “Fortress America" vulnerable to attack through a weakened and fragmented Canada, he theorizes that the United States in sheer self-defence might be compelled to occupy some Canadian territory, likely parts of Quepec to secure the St. Lawrence away. In his “‘survival’’ article, John Starnes is worled about the possibility of extremists taking control of the separatists from Premier Rene Levesque, tron elements among the separatists have marked leftist orientation -- Russia, China, Cuba and the Third World -- and if they gained control, he warns, “‘things might be very different in Quebec.” And in Canada. So the RCMP raids offices of the separatists? Why not when the safety of the state itself is not entirely uninvolved? Technology beyond our understanding WASHINGTON (CP2— Governments, industry and researchers are just beginning to grasp the extent of revoiutionary change under way at a California air base. Technicians are methodically preparing an ungainly, 93-ton space shutile that will win no beauty awards but will bring mankind’s final frontier within economic reach, The first shuttle, The Enterprise, will be followed by others, to average more than one Space mission a week from 1980 to 1991, Instead of huge, costly rockets that lift one small pay- load each into orbut and then become useless, the shuttles can carry more than 32 tons each and can be used many times. From this new capacity for economic exploitation of space can come the elements of science fiction: orbiting fac- tories; space stations; Permanent moon bases; even gravity-free facilities for constructing true spacecraft that can link the planets and perhaps some day the Stars. But the potential being unleashed by tpe shuttle is no longer science fiction. CANADA INVOLVED Telesat Canada is among organizations that have already booked use of the shuttle for placin satellites in orbit. Wit dramatically-reduced flight costs—down from $150 million to $10 million—large cargo ca. pacity and the ability to pick up and repair malfunctioning satellites, the shuttle system will enable dramatic ex- pansion of satellite use, Global com- munications, resource inventory and in- telligence-gathering will _all advance rapidly. The next stage will be orbital factories. U.S. skylab missions have already proved that the uncontaminated, gravity- free environment of space can he used to make a wide range of valuable new products: pure crystals for carrying electroni: current, so pure that a hand calculator could be reduced to the size of a postage stamp; perfectly round ball bearings; and perfectly pure vaccines. The benefits of space Stations to researchers should also yield direct social and economic ben- efits. Nuclear scientists Say they can advance their work in nuclear power plant design by six years if they can use such latforms for a closer ook at the sun’s fusion process. Robert Frasch, ad- ministrator of the National Aeronauties and Space Agency, matter-of- factly sums up space shuttle activities when he says ‘“‘we’ll be doing things we don’t even dream about today.” The shuttle was named after a fictional starship on the television series Star Trek. Although the serles plots frequently bordered on the juvenile, the ficitional Enterprise represented a_ unified government and carried a crew of many different nationalities. That, perhaps, is the larger hope behind the . thrust into space: the hoep that somewhere on the way to the stars mankind will acquire a perspective that goes yond artificial national boundaries, Unlike the industrial .€and scientific purposes of th’huttle, however, there can be no cost-benefit analysis of that hope no computerized pred tions of its chances of being realized. It can be only a metter of falth,