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‘What started off to be a concentrated effort on the
part of all Northern Municipalities through. their
mayors to attempt te get some facts out of the series
of promises issued periodically by various provincial
ministers. appears to have fizzled out. with the
statement by Kitimat Mayor George Thom that “we -
are Winners,”
. What appears to be the prize for the winners is
afiother promise that something | will happen
sometime made by Lands Forests and Natura!
Resources Minister Bob Williams cornered following
some sleuthing by our gallant trio at a secret retreat
near Lake Cowichan. :
Confused citizens saw some hope of action when

Mayor Thom of Kitimat cafled an. extra-ordinary,
meeting of all the northern mayors to a “time for
truth and action” meeting in Kitimat. The meeting
was well attended with Terrace Mayor Gordon
Rowland, Prince Rupert Mayor Pete Lester, Hazelton
Mayor Perry York, Houston Mayor Jack Kemph as
well as mayors or their representatives from Burns
Lake, Fort St. James, Stewart and Kitimat-Stikine
Regional District Chairman Ev Clift. .
. The meeting held last Saturday seemed to awaken
our elected representatives to the face thal progress
was slipping by with signs of a new interest in the
Prince George area and to the east.

. The boys decided it was time to break the silente
which had persisted since the flamboyant promises
made a year and a half age in the glow of election
vietory. They wanted to knew what happened why -
was the northern development promise cooling off.
.. The high level meeting came up with a hard-line
resolution which was approved and three stalwarts
were sent off to Victoria to collar our Ministers and °
get the answers. The northern triumviate included
George Thom of Kitimat,. Pete Lester of Prince
Rupert and Jack Kemph.of Houston. The resoiution
they carried went something like this:- Since there
was no official word from the provincial government
on its proposals fo balster the economy of the north,

~by taking steps to ensure the ecanomic viability of
existing industry and through railway and highway
development to create a climate for development:-

That statements made by provincial ministers and
senior civil servants as read in Hansard and the press
‘show serious reservations by the various spokesmen

er a ero

rs to

- editorial

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as to when and how etc. the Government intends ta
take constructive action in the northwest:-

.. That a federal-provincial agreement on regional
economic expansion had been signed on March 28,
-1974 with means of economic assistance to the nor-
thern municipalities is available:- .
.. That the construction of the balleyhooed rail line
norfhseems tohave ground toa complete halt with no
‘work as to when such construction might take place
or-as to highway development plans:-

. it was resolved that the Mayors and the Chairman
of the Regional District Board of the Pacific Nor-
thwest support to the hilt the idea of regional
economic: expansion as outlined in the DREE
agreement and that the provincial government be
urged fo spell out in a clear statement of policy that it
intends to develop economic growth and stability for
the Pacific Northwest as its first priority.

.. That is what the boys set out to do in Victoria.
However of course when they got to Victoria they
found that they were not even aware of where the
- cabinet ministers would be. However they played the
amateur. sleuth and uncovered the ministers at a
‘think session” on.a secluded lake side retreat,
..Atier some fuss and furore they apparently were
ushered into the presence af Bob Williams who
blamed the inactivity on the recent federal election
and the Nishga. He then said that: now everything
seems to be in order and “weare ready torall’”’,, -

. This filled Mayor Thom of Kitimat with all kinds of
enthusiasm and he proclaimed to alland sundry over
the airways that he had found the winning formula
describing the Vancouver Island assault a Victory.
.. Meanwhile back inthe north, Prince George M.L.A.

_and Minister Without Portfolio Alf Nunweiler was

advising the citizenry that since he was. responsible

for. northern affairs he was going to-set up another

series of public meetings to find out what we poor.
people want. These of course are not fo be confused ©
with the series of meetings underfaken by Bob

Williams and Graham Lea a short time ago to

determine just what we people in the north want. -

.. Now with this series of meetings and the promise

from Bob Williams and the Victory chant of Kitimat,

is Thom who a5 chairman of the northern mayor’s

union, must speak for them all, we can all sit back and

relax waiting for the boom to “boom.”

ots

the editor

@ - di believe, rather. eqipy, if:

Fishermen on the Skeena River, below the Skeena Bridge, take a break:

\ THOSE WERE
- THE DAYS:
Once upona time, I really
enjoyed shopping. in sitper- *
markets, 0
“My wife hates. shopping-
of any kind. Most women,

especially for -clothes,*She:

: she'd ‘hand

Tdetests it *
- 20 Therefore, :
Me a_list as long asa foot,.’

and off I'd go to the super-* -

‘cheese. slices’ which were on
the lists Men

22 Then «there: were the:
“+ delightful. personal -encoun-.

> ters. ‘The "bowing and step:
_ ping back and smiling when: ~-
=“ you-almost.ran into a little”

-old lady:.with her cart, Thess
eihaking “fritnds with: sticky?

babies riding in‘ the baskets:
_ The. brief interchange ‘with:
a‘friend and the inevitable,

of these days.” The: polite’. -

“We must get together’ one's":

fy Dac Morris

On. Friday the 16th’ August -

_.. 1974.1he hourly paid workers al
” Pohl: Mill’. walked off the job.
On: Monday the 19th August 1974
the management locked out the

workers. The elasaic picture of °
escalation has started, on the,

treadmill goes the management
forces of worker repression and
the LW.A. giant stirs ilself for a
‘fight. . Confrontation in the
“making. Wha started it? Who

~’\ eontinued it? Who will win? Te

‘understand what is now hap-
pening and the likely outcome
we must first of all see what

happened to start it all.
- et Phe

International Wood-
_ workers of America won an

~“@lection at, the mill earlier this

year from-the Christian Labour
“Association of Canada and thus

_ 2° hegame “the sale bargaining
‘agency for the mill workers.

‘The old CLAC contract with the

Pole management was due to

expire on-August 1st 1974 but the

“whole of the IWA coast workers

- werecunder a contract which

.explréd-six weeks earlier on
‘June 15th 1974, In order to bring

the. Pahle: workers under the
IWA coast master agreement a
- delegation from IWA met wilh
the bargaining agency of the
«company. This company called
. Forest Industrial Relations and
+ the IWA made‘a bargain which
“gave the Pohle workers all the
benelits of the Const Master
“Agreement when their own
."gantrack ran out.on August the
’ first’ backdaled to June (he
fifteenth when’ the rest of the
. TWAworkers' contract expired.
As.the- law only permils
“agreements for a minimum of
orie year the Pobie contract had

-lo be back dated to 15th June -

“and was due to expire: dlong

“with all other IWA operalion

16th June 1976, In theory it was

a nice tidy package which

~ brought Pohles firmly under the

.Wing’of both FIR and the IWA.
Then the trouble started.

- Friday the 16th August was

> pay day and the workers looked’

forward to both the back pay
from the 18th June and their
-new rates, : The back pay under
ithe. const masler agreement
was not pald and also many of
‘the: new rates were nol paid.
Work stopped spontaneauasty'
thraughout the mill. Manager
Bob Davies a distant but
respected figure, was absent on
holiday, Vital officials from

ho

A meeting

Jocal 1-71 president Ben
‘Thompson was also on holiday.
At the mill ‘Industrial Relations,

‘manager Bob Black was con-

fronted by union officials of the
mill ([ was one) and IWA
business agent Waldemar
Penner, Black decided to tough
things out in the. Nixon

> tradition... He read the contract

to mean that there would be no
back pay. +Penner, outraged
and incredulous at Black’s
altitude demanded the men be

id. :

The. main participants,
present had all been at the FIR
and. [WA bargaining talks and
every one was aware of whal

had been: said and verbally .

agreed upon, but, the finished
contract -was ambiguous in its
wording. Black had seized on
this as a reason not to pay and
would not budge. The union
then asked for a meeting with

FIR that weekend and was”

willing to-go lo Vancouver.
Black reported that. FIR would
not negotiate until the end of the
month or early September as
their Official handling the Pohle
contract was on holiday, IWA
officials in Vancouver tried
unsuccessfully 1o get talks
under way. over the weekend.
All this was reported by the
Pohle union officials to’ the
workers af 11:30 a.m, on
PHday. The men undnimvusly
voted to stop all work ‘at the
plant until Monday. This was
told to Black as soon -as the
meeting was concluded. ;
On Monday 19th August the
workers ‘ail: returned to their

‘jobs but were met by their

foremen and lold to wait in the
lunch rooms until word came’
fram Vancouver as to whether
or not they could start work.

Some men left immediately on
hearing this and others stayed.

between
management and (he union took
place al 9 a.m, and the manager
Bob Davies then gave another

explanation as to why workers |

were not permitted on the job.
He sald that 1@men were absent
and therefore he could not run
the operation. it was-a disap-
pointment for. the - union
representatives to sce Davis
reduced to the petty tactics of
his - industrlal  telations
manager, It wasa case of “you
went home on Friday so we wiil
send you home today."

The confrontallon we now

Fear and Loathing at the Mill

FIR were also on holiday. IWA

haveat Pohles was triggered by
these recent events bul hag been
brewing since the JWA_ won
bargaining rights:
old: CLAC administration the
union. was firmly in’ the In-

dustrial Relations Managers -
” grasp. .

There was - blatant
discrimination, favouritism and
abuse of managerlal power,
IWA would not tolerate that and
raised 5 grievances with
management in a very short
time and each one involved an
Egst Indian worker wrongfully

. treated, . The union won every
ease. Subsequently there have
been more grievances which
again the union won. Bob Black
saw his absolute power over the
workers ‘tern from him in a
matter of three months and then
decided to fight. From ‘in-
dividual instances of his
willingness to take the TWA on
singlehandedly. to the final
event of taking the whole work
foree ‘on whilst the manager
wag away. Iliseasy lo estimate
the cost of lost production and
lost wages, il is more difficult to
pul a dollars and cents value on
the loss of goadwill towards the
manager and his staff from the

workers, Fear and loathing has _

been used by Hunter Thomson
in the title of two books and in‘
borrowing here I do nat use the
words ‘ indiscriminately.

men see the managenients.

attitude and actions both with o
certain amount of fear and a lot
of loathing. Fear-is the spur to
valour. [tl makes the meek
strong. but management still
emplay the weapon of fear to

crush opposition in the finest .
Loathing !s -

Canute tradition,
‘Incompalitle with cooperation,

- management will learathehard «. ..

way that this is also a fact. As
Canadian Cellulose, of-- which
_‘Pohle Lumber jis a part, was
‘paid for by the tax payer to a
~, tune of 79 percent of the shares
It is curious thal the workers

who both directly produce the -

revenue and who paid for {he
company initially still have no
say in what goes on.

‘The situation as il is will net

fast, something will have to.

give, The days of managerial
isolation and delegation of all
dulies to subordinates have
passed, if only management at
the mill could sea it. The at-
Utude of “us’' and “them”, that
is staff and hourly paid workers
is an anachronism,’ That the

goals and aims of both union

Under the |

The ©

and management ‘are’ identical
-in the final analysis. must . be
recagnized by the management.
_ Thatthe burden of Bob Black in
the .. industrial
department must now seem toa
heavy a burden for the company
to bear, Industrial Relations
would appear to be the art of
getling everyone to. work
together in a spirit of harmony
for he common good of all, if it
is then {t is an art not yet ex-
plained {to the incumbent in that
position.
election victory has set the pace
in safety, racial equalily,
fairness in promotion and the
betterment of - working. con-
ditions. This is not meant tobe
a threat to management . but
should be one half of a part-
nership with management as
the other half. There Is ng
evidence to date of this: .
Do we now look forward toa
steady .war of: nerves. with

‘ firings, lockouts and strikes or -
can we expect an-era of har- .
mony and cooperation.: Who -

will make the gesture of
reconcillialion?. Who is big
-enough in Canadian Cellulose,
FIR, or the
Government to say ‘Sit down

andialk’. The union has asked .

for immediate negotiations and
have been refused, now
someone else must Uy.

Thank

You
The Editor. :
Dear Sir:

time, we would like to extend ta
you our appreciation for all the:

success, We will be looking
forward to working with you
again.next year. |, oy

Yours truly Cg
Greg R. Nelson
Betty J. Barton | + a

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‘larvae, clams oflen settle/in %
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they. grow lo. adulthood fully «
protected from predators - a.
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The IWA since its --

Provinelal ‘-

‘The. Terrace Canada Man- ~
wer Centre for Students will -..
closing Augusl Jist. At this ‘-

“-Of the things we think,
hard work you did for us this. .- ba woes
year, Your cooperation wasour °.

-matket. Walking into :that
air-conditioning ona swelter-
. ding “summer -day; was like
‘going, for.a.cool swim off a
“red-hot beach... ; :
| Picking up your emply.
grocery. cart was like getting
‘into ‘a boat- to go fishing,
or finding-an empty cornu-
“copia to fill 32 os
Then > there . was « the
“ pleasant,.. -leisurely _ stroll
through the*vast “maze of. —
-poodies. Past. the vegetable
counter, where the contents -
were sprayed with waler to
make them look ‘“garden-
fresh”. “Poking through -the
‘meat colinter, with the red
light. overhead ;to. make the-
meat laok fresher. ~ a
Along, the . frozen-foad
section, where T-always.did |
-some. wild impulse buying, ~
like fiddleheads or’-fresh-.
shrimp ina gourmet sauce. ~
" Into the fruit: section,
where I'd -snatch up a
. basket of apples that looked
: as though: they came from
the Garden ‘of Eden’ and *
tasted like wet lissuc.-.Or
grab a bag. of otanges that
looked -as- though they'd —
: just been plucked off'a' tree -”
and had about as much juice
_ in them: (and -a. lot ‘more> ~
seeds) asa wizencd lille old
lady of 94. 09 Cee,
-Pondering over the cheese:
* counter artd selecting’a ripe
: Camembert, forgetting ‘the -

* and then carried it to your

_- aver.the speakers: The'signs -
"-- and banners are there more”

and “friendly~ clerks who:
would gallop.a quarter-mile;
up and down the’ aisles. to
find. you one small -itém:
you couldn't Ineate.
- And finally, a pleasant...

. :thit-chat with the cashier,

and the cheery willingness: -\~
_of the ‘packers, ‘the boys
who’ put your stulf.in bags:

‘car, “even. in~ a’ blizzard; *
refusing” a tip, once, then.” -

_ faking it with thanks...
- 6a hose-were the days, But”

they’re: gone. Oli, the same «
cruddy) moodmusic..comes

misleading ‘than ever. But

‘ “by ‘gosh,: the price is NOT. -

tight, the:-serviee * is" lousy, °
and ‘the old: colirtesy : and -:
leisureliness. isa. thing. of.
thepaste (a
The ‘vegetables are still ©.
hosed down, bul now. the .
_ customer is. being hosed as -
“well. Fifty: cents for a head
oflettuce? 0,
We “now. walk past the «°°

meat counter with eye: -

: averted, until we come. te |‘:
‘the hamburg -‘section «anc.
surreptitiously - snatch: up:
halfapound, 7."

_- , The frozen food depart .
ment. is enough to:freeze .
othe -biodd. In fruit, rasp...
berries: al. $1.00 .a-pint:

bananas that took’ beautiful ‘-”

angels’ milks: Lo
Service? You might “as ”
well be in the Sahara looking
for an oasis as.ina super: -
market, Jooking. for. a clerk f
Cas ems JQ bei) piqe 7
cut-back sony staff.

ihe door witha full shopping.
cart on a busy: Friday or
Saturday. afternoon and two. :-

of. the. five-or six check-out’,
‘counters: will be closed. You | ©"
can stand in. line: for-half: °°
~an hour. ‘The ‘cheery, bays
who. used ‘to do the packing

and: rot’

en: cents: each,

2 abhere

fe Hit: for

are-almost non-existent, and
you're. lucky - if. they : put

the’ proceries in your cart.’
‘Tet alone take it toyour cur. -
. ‘The’ cashiers are as friendly.
48 computers. . oe

- Inside: the store, don’t

turn-your back on that sweet

little sold lady you -once *, ~
exchanged smiles and apolo-~

_ by man.

1. cents: 2 Tot 2 gies with, She'll: run
overnight) Andon aad on:
Chedse.-must, be ‘made’ of

. down from. behind

sixty pounds “of groce
“- (rying to beat
“SUper-spet

pop can-cat-you, or.sling. a

onto your clean shirt, cs
ar’ readers: We-ur

Oh dei

think. is: paying” for ‘that
“free” parking, : those. :full-

* page or double-page adver-.

tisements, “all that fancy’

packuging? IU is you ‘and’

itis I, fellaw-sucker,
wo Doalways- knew | [was
- being, taken cin ‘a super:
“market. But it: used’ to: be
sort of, fun, ‘Now: it's’ a
nightmare, : ° ae

WHERE IN THE WORLD? |

°°] ‘A Quiz TO TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF GEOGRAPHY AND CURRENT EVEATS, | |

‘Where Ia this city?’
CLUES: The ‘capital of

Bavaria and site of the 1972)

Olympics, it's the hore of the
Alte Pinakothek, ono of the

‘Most important museums in
, Europe containing: paintings
from the Middlo Ages to tho

18th ‘century and the

' Deutsches .Museum, which

houses just about every me-
chanical gadgel ever mace

“Ih, autumn occurs Oklo-

_berfest, 5 beer drinker’s hol-
“Gday. All year there are two

Holiday “Inns: with indoor

‘poots, local’‘or American

food, and a -nightclub dec-

* grated with live sharks!

~~ [t's, near the: Alps, but

" galled The Fohn. Natives and’

warmed by a southerly. wind

tourists. alike retreat from its

hot breath into glasses af cool
light beer.

; apis city is in (a) Switzer
and (). France {c) G

td) Holland, | Germany.

ANSWER: (c} The city is. |
Munich, often called the se '
cret capital of West Ger.’ :
mony! For mora information

- about touring Munich ‘write °°
to! Werner Breitenecker ~

Munich Holiday Inn |
Leopoldstr, 200
§ Munich 40, Germany .

-~.being. manipulated®by : He:
- supermarkets, Who -do -you:,

we

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