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ATRILL THINKS

It is a camel

‘*A camel is really a horse, assembled by the state!"

That may or may not be true, depending upon your
concept of the role and performance of government. I
think that the camel was probably built by so-called
free enterprise system, with the advice and in-
tervention of the Livestock Planning Ministry.

: There are a lot of “camels” around these days.
There is hardly ari industry or enterprise that has not
felt the effects of government meddling, on one Jevel
or another. Petrocan fouled up the oil industry, federal

- “help” to one potato processor put its competitor out
of business. Bricklin built a multimillion dollar .

“gamel”, which did not sell. B.C.’s land commission
distoris the land picture in thig province, to the
detriment of ‘all, The Canada Council encourages
publication of many forms of obscenity. The Company
of Young Canadians and OFV financed and boosted
the cult of protest and hippyism. Municipal govern-
ments manipulate regional districts to extend their

influence’ and jurisdiction far beyond their boun-

daries. The Federal government, on the advice of
“economic expert” J.M. Keynes, was spending our

way to prosperity.

’ And there are many more examples. A very lumpy,
unattractive lot.

_ A further example of bungling is the subject of an.

article in the Canadian magazine, Harrowsmith, and a

condensation in this month’s Reader's Digest. It.

shows how the Ontario Milk Marketing Board ‘is
gradually killing off the cheddar cheese industry in
Ontario. Thanks to OMMB, the cheese industry

declined from 33 million pounds in 1970 to four million -

pounds of cheese, in 1904, Canada exported 234 million
- pounds of cheese,

Those who favour controls, taxes and government
meddling, have a wealth of slogans to bring forth to
support their views. The facts of life prove, however,
that state intervention can be dangerous and
detrimental to a free-market economy, producing, as
itdoes, a “‘camel” more often thana horse.

The technocrats are supposed to believe that
planning is everything, and the ideal state would be
Planned and controlled to the utmost. One example:
all cars would be state-designed, with one body style

‘and one colour, grey.

Need I say more?

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| OTTAWA OFFBEAT |

BY RICHARD JACKSON

_ Ottawa,-They've been painting, polishing carpeting
and generally manicuring what's loosely known as
Parliament Hill these last 10 weeks, in preparation for
the reception of the election’s new cropof “the men
who.” . a

Parliament Hill no longer in the compound itself,
bounded by wrought iron gates, the Rideau Canal and
the Ottawa River, and siting just four buildings...the

“Centte Block with its Peace Tower, the West and the

East Blocks, and the Parliamentary Library.

', Ithas leaped across Wellington Street to take in the
Confederation. Building and. the old corporate
headquarters of the Metropolitan Life, the Langevin

Block, oldest federal edifice in the Capital, and the
-National Press Building. , _
Actually, the feds own every square foot of property

along three blocks of Wellington Street at the foot “of
Parliament Hill, and in time will occupy it all and

_ continue, as always, looking for more space.

The whole expanding area begins to take on the

‘appearance of an old university and appropriately, it’s
being called the “Parliamentary Campus." ‘

Of course, us Ottawa spends money, it has cost
millions...hundreds of them...precisely how many

. even the Public Works Department likely won't know.

“The last touch of welcome for the new “Class of “73”
is the reconstruction of the broad steps leading up

. from the parliamentary promenade to the ornate arch
- under the Peace Tower.

All this by way of saying that it’s a big deal now--in
prestige, in perks, in power, and in the pockethook--to

bean MP, . mo,

Tt. wasn’t always that way.

Back only. in the days of Liberal Prime Minister —

Louis St. Laurent-and* that was just four ad-
ministrations ago-everyone, the PM, the Cabinet,

MPs, Senators, support staff and the national press —
' was packed into the Centre Block. ’

_ Now they’re distributed through seven buildings—all

a SAFETY TOO LATE ; a
A sad fact of history |

"WASHINGTON (CP) —

The sad story about air ©

safety is that © im-
provements are often
made over the. graves of
alr crash victims.

Such may prove to bé
thecase as U.S. air safety
investigators probe the
flery May 25 crash of an
American Airllnes DC-10

jet at Chicago's O’Hare

airport.

The crash, the worst in
U.S. aviation history,
resulted in 275: deaths. It
has raised a flurry of
questions -about aircraft

ign, maintenance and
regulation, questions that
touch on the very basis of
how to manage the U.S.

airways,

On Wednesday, after
days of on-again, off-

again groundings and.

controversial court ac-
tion, the Federal Aviation
Administration grounded
all 134 = ©=©McDonnell
Douglas Corp. DC-10s
used by, eight US.
carriers, DC-10s flown by
Wardair of Canada, West
Germany's Lufthansa
and Italy’s Al Italia were
grounded after the FAA
order was announced,

The agency put the
plane out of service by
suspending the wide-body
jet’s design certificate,

_ Move was taken after new .
- eracks were found in the

the FAA ean certify that
an alrcraft is alrworthy.
It said the unprecedented

engine mounts of two DC-
10s that had been -in-
spected and cleared for
use earlier. .

The announcement was
the fourth time in a week
that all or some DC-10s
has been grounded in the
aftermath of the Chicago
erash, which occurred
after an engine fell away
during takeoff.

Tronically, it came only
hours before the FAA was
to return to federal court
to convince a judge that
the DC-10 was safe to fly.
In what was viewed by
many as a vote of non-
confidence In the FAA,
the judge Tuesday issued
an order — later post-
poned—toground the jet.

The cracks found in the
engine mounts were the
latest in a series of
problems with the air-
craft, which carries an
average of 65,000 of the
800,000 dally air

» travellers in the U.S.

which is required before .

In 1974, a problem in the
cargo door lock resulted
in the worst single plane
disaster in histery when
346 people aboard a
Turkish Airlines DC-10
were killed in a crash

’ near Paris, DC-103 have |

also encountered
problems with engines
and tires. - .

“When investigators at

the Chicago crash found
that an: Important bolt

was broken in the engine

mount assembly, as was
the metal flange on

another engine mount, -

they ordered inspections
of all U.S. DC-10s,

These disclosed new
problems,. ' including
cracked flanges,,, spars

and bearings,” and.
another round: ‘of “in--”
- spections was ordered. A

total of 93 flaws in the
engine mounting -
assemblies was Jound on

_ 68 aircraft.

If investigators find
that faults in design were
a cause of the crash, the

manufacturer might be _

directed to make cor-
rections. -

The fact that the flaws
were detected during the

specially-ordered —in-.

spections raises questions
about the normal mainte-

‘nance and inspection
’ pracedures used. Before

grounding the craft, the
FAA had stepped up the
scheduled inspections.

McDonnell Douglas,
which stands by the In-
tegrity of its design and

claims that the grounding

was unwarranted, :n¢ ‘
ina statement thait‘4ome

airlines have not followed

‘the manufacturer's |

recommendatioh” for
removal’ and Installation
of engines and pylons.
The National Tran-
sportation Safety Board
recommended Monday
that all airlines handle
these components .
_ Separately, as McDonnell
Douglas suggests, rather
than as a unit. Itsaid that
.. dnstalling the engine and
pylons as a unit might

flange.

Many analysts predict
that the Chicago crash
may prompt ai re-
examination of some of
the’ FAA's regulations
and efforts to correct
problems in inspection or
maintenance ;
requirements.

The agency’s reesrd in

. alt safety is impressive,
statistics indicate. Year
by year, airline accidents
are declining and a
commercial airline flight
is by far the safest way of
travelling. ‘

But when something
goes wrong — as it did at
Chicago — om of the
maifi tasks. of all parties
involved is to ensure that
it doesn’t happen again.

of them large-on the “Campus.”

‘Then’ two MPs shared one small office and a ”

‘result in damage to a

' i eoez!
\ aaa

#

“Look at the bright side — if the automobile wasn't invented, what would we sit in during lineups for gas stations?”

gy THE CANADIAN PRESS

stenographer,"

', There was no privacy, When one MP had a visitor,
the other MP and the stenographer had to vacate the
single office, 6 7

. They usually went. to the cafeteria where they
inhaled so many cups of coffee that the atenos used to

say they. ‘swished” as they “listed” around corners

returning to the office. .

Now In thelr vartous buildings about the “Campus”
each MP hasa suite of two, three or four offices, with a
couple of-stenos, a'senior secretary, a researcher, a
parliamentary assistant and sometimes a House of

, Commons intern. - ; a to .
All with furniture, rugs, drapes and electronic
equipment to match any corporate executive suite.

To. the ‘freshmen’ in the new ‘Class of ‘79”’, it will
all-be taken as a matter of course.

But to old hands like Stanley Knowles and John ..

Diefenbaker it’s still all pretty impressive, and if you
catch them in an unguarded moment, likely as not
they'll admit it’s -luxury.,and.a -not . altogether
justifiable extravagance: —_

It used to be a single room ina boarding house for

most of them...who could afford more on the annual
$6,000 and MP then was paid.

Now it’s jetting home weekends for business in
constituency offices, and for many the extra perk of a
second residence in the Capital, ali affordable on the
$28,900, a good piece of it tax-free, that MPs now
recelve,

The tax-free perk makes the $38,900 .worth
something closer to $50,000, backed up by a system of
automatic pay increases and an indexed pension. —

It's a big deal, calls for a big talent, a big capacity

. for premium grade work to make good on the big

opportunity.

is this your MP? And is the job you've been getting

out of Ottawa more than 10 times better than you not
so long ago got for less than one-tenth the price?

TODAY IN HISTORY

nockburn, where his

' June 7, 1979

Robert Bruce, king and -

national hero of Scotland,
died 650 years ago today — in
1329 — of leprosy that he had
contracted fighting the
English. Only a year before
his death, his 25 years on the
battlefield had culminated in
the Treaty of Northampton,
which secured Scottish in-
dependence. His most

famous battle was at Ban- .

atrategy defeated an English

foree that greatly out- |

numbered his own.

1689 — The Compte de
Frontenac was reappointed
governor of New France. |

1789—Dantel Boone began
his exploration of the Ken-
tucky wilderness.

1882 — US, and Britain
signed a treaty suppressing '
the slave trade. .

lOUR CANADA

By John Fisher of the Council for Canadian Unity

Regina is named in.
honour of a Queen. Before

that it bore -the ignoble

title of Pile of Bones «-:
ferring to buiflal-
etons that were
about a smelly +i:
Wascana Creek. Today, in
my opinion, Regina has the
most spectacular setting for
its Legislative building of
any capital in Canada.
Wascana Centre is a 2000
acre park in the heart of
the city. Where once a

_ seasonal creek flowed is a

lake with a rolling shore-
line, islands and even ferry
boats flitting across the
placid water. It is a bird
sanctuary, a recreational
and cultural area. Domin-
ating this pastoral acene is

the black classical dome of .

the Legislative buildings.
In front of it are acres of
formal gardens with
borders of coniferous and
deciduous trees, .
‘ Residénts of Regina
come out here to plenic
and stroll, to altend con-
certs, Wascarta on a good
day is dotted with white
sails flashing in front of the
legislature. ;

All of it is man made,
Every tree and shrub was
imported - a tribute to mans
desire for beauty. -

John Fisher, Executive .

Vice Fresident - of the
Couneil for Canadian: Unity

was Canada's Centennial

Commissioner.

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