TO ae Fee TOOK NEW:FRIEND . His Memoirs are the echoes of what he calls “a wonderful and. terrible life," but inthe end he cries out against “a: Tonelittesa that assails me like a wolf pack with rabies." ~ Like many hypochondriacs he had little interest in illness of others and when Frankie, his companion for 14 years, became sick Williams put it down to drugs and - immediately picked a new sex partner, ‘a handsome blond kid With a seductive backside," ‘With Frankie he had travelled all over Europe, often in an open, touring“car, stopped at opulent resort centres and generally scaled ‘the giddy heights of an outrageous but glamorous social ladder. - “All his theatrical triumphs were followed by periods of depression, but after Frankie's death In 1942 he plunged to depths of ‘depression and paranoia” for seven years that . ', Born; Thomas Lanier’ Williams, he ‘was the. son of “a ~- moderately controlled hyateric," reapecifully calted Miss. . , Edwina, .and-a father. whose: successful: business carcer | ed m4 Page eS. | which he'lost an ear: in.a Bight, the al SENSE anarticleby . Michael A. Walker, Diractor The Fraser Institute In defence of tax collectors ting on the current brouhaha about the activities of the tax department. : : The department, ao it seems, has shown itself to be artless in the matter of collecting taxes. The reference is to Louis IVX's Finance Minister, J. Col- bert, who once said: “The art of tax collecting con- amount of hissing.” For the most part, the hissing of Canadian geese has been directed at the hapless tax collector and, inmy view, this is inappropriate. The problem 13 not the tax collectors but the tax” act which they are asked to interpret. And, behind that, the problem Is the public's gigantic appetite for government spending. Spending which requires tax revenue, hence, a tax act and tax collectors. Another concern which has arisen. out of the current imbroglio is the actual behaviour of the public servants involved: It is sald that the tax col- | lectors have been dealing in a high-handed manner with the public. But, of course, that should not at all be surprising. One of the obvious rewards of belnga public servant Is power. The power which accrues to thoee who interpret the law, who administer its provisions and, thereby, of course, control people's lived, It is entirely inappropriate to agsail those in- dividuals for taking full advantage of the position of power Into which we, the electors,‘ have placed m. : Of course, we can and should be concerned about whether such discretion should be vested in. Individuals whose declaions are subject to review only at great expense to the Injured party. Such positions of power which have been created in government affect many areas ef our lives. The commissions, agencies, and regulatory. depart- ments have grown like mushrooms in the cozy en- vironment which we, as electors, have provided. For the most part we are unaware of them until the fateful day when we find ourselves called by some commission or potentate to explain our callous disregard for the “laws of the land.’”* : . And so it is true for those hapless souls who now find themselves under the impress of the tax depart-' ment; Little do we realize the intrusive, dictatorial. and even absolute powers that have been accorded to bureaucrats in ald of making our government more efficient. wi While it is unfortunate that many innocent par- tles on both sides of the tax department's counters will be injured before all is said and done, the cur- rent tax collection furore could be a positive learn- ing experience if it makes us more aware of the in-- herently arbitrary nature of large government. Of course, the learning experience will only be valuable if we are prepared to make some. fun- damental changes to our tax and regulatory ap- DOLLARS [oan no longer restrain myself from commen- slats of so plucking the ‘goose as to'élicit thé least “"[""~ ' favor of the U.S. _ He hada younger brothér, Dakin, anda sister, Miss Rose, ‘ who, in Williams's view, wag a highly sexed girl becalmed <4 by a lobotomy after ‘tearing herself. apart mentally and physically on those repressions imposed upon her by Miss Edwina's monolithic puritanism.”. « diminished after the seandal of. ori‘all-alght poker game in “Slings ff Arrows By Nigel € Hannaford = Sm - Space beam plans | worrying Soviets Now that President Reagan has affirmed his country’s commitment to space in two high profile areas, It shouldn't be long before we start to hear a - lot about beam weapons, most of it negatlve, declared that the U.S. will build an orbiting space — station, to enter service in the ‘Sta. Ten months ago, | he ordered the USAF to have -system in orbit by 1987.” Although the focus of the space station ia principally commercial, it could hardly fail to have some military applications, one of which would certainly — - be the monitoring and repalr of-the beam weapon ° system. . , ae It is therefore highly likely that the Soviet pro- ‘paganda machine will organize a “western grass roots movement’ to propagandize against these developments, in much the same way that they” have led the attack on other things that scare them, | suchas the neutron bomb and thecrulse missile, This is probably measure enough of the effec-' tiveness of the propased beam weapon system. What exactly is it then? . Simply, It is a weapon that has no potential for *_ significant destruction on Earth, yet la very power- ; ful In the vacuum of space. As the journey of a - |- nuclear warhead takes it outside the atmospheric . ‘Interface and into space, it becomes highly . weapon, oo ; High-flying aeroplanes are also vulnerable, but the planet's atmosphere breaks up the ‘beam | Significantly and the possibility of using a weapon from space on. ground targets are considered remote with present technology. ; ; Technically, beam weapons fall into two. categories, high-energy lasers and directed particle beam weapons, _ targets trom a‘disténce in-a‘very short period of particles at the speed of light In. very large ‘quaz- - titles, thus creating an energy beam with very high intensity. It destroys targets by concentrating this - energy on small areas of the target In critical loca- . tions, thus causing equipment failure. The process is analogous to what goes on In your TY tube, on a greatly enhanced seale. . ua A nuclear warhead, for all {ts destructive power, is in itself a fragile object. Its electronics are vulnerable to being fried by weapons of this type. Thus there exists for the first time the real chance of a Weapon being deployed which Is entirely defen- sive in character, with the capability of rendering obsolete the present means of delivering nuclear Weapons. There are some substantial developmen- tal problems to overcome yet, but this has never StoppedtheU.S,. uo ae The president means to equip North America with & beam weapons umbrella. It will render a Russlan first-strike virtually impossible onde it is deployed and thus stave off for some time the continulng threat of nuclear war. ee As the U-.8.5,R. is very close to achteving a first strike capability over the U.S., if It doesn't already have it, it ls hardly tobe wondered that thelr reac- Hon to the president’s commitment to these projects . is one of absolute dismay. They are working on their. own system, of course, but the successful deploy- ment of a U.S. system would represent a fundamen- - tal reversal in the current strategic balance in the Excuse enough to crank up the propaganda mill, Just watch. . oO . . In his state of the unlon address, the president "The charadterlatle qf the HEL ts" the“ ability’ to“ 7 focus ‘accurately'very"higtt smhcinits of erefgy on time. The particle beam weapon accelerates atomle .[- a beam weapon J. . fi These two visionary steps. are complementary. — fs vulnerable during this period of its fight to sucha.j.. APPRAISAL . ia Ba caruee we haven't bad enough yet to INSTITUTE . ! _OF CANADA | ig. Northwest Chapt Terminal = Express codsed Lakelse Ave, my a, _ Terrace, B.C. There is acure PICK UP & DELIVERY MAG 1PT . for —— - Mr. K.P, Lepold, AACI ; or TY y . - Chairrnan of the Nor- Kidney Disease -_ 638-81 95 thwest Chapter of the . . ' Appraisal Institute of . ; . 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