wicompcStA eon tO (LV. CAMPER — PUBLISHER AUC. VAAN 4. 1980 18, AUG, 27, 1000, 7, 047-608. 19, 1979 An era in British Columbia en- The end of an era wonderful facility of n ds later today in when the New Democractic Party chooses its successor to portly Dave Barrett, the former social worker who has been in the B.C. legislature just a year shy of 25 years. Personably likeable with an entertaining plattorm manner, Mr. Barrett can look back with a great deal of satisfaction at his time as an MLA, Opposition Leader, and ainly, the years have had their disappointments, too, (Not too many premiers, or prime ministers for that matter, are denied a second term in office as happened to Mr. Barrett and to Joe Clark). But Dave Barrett had the to be p ‘down He realized that the Op- position has an important role to play in democractic ‘government, and that as personally desirable as the attainment of political power might be; offering constructive, humorous (and, yes, sometimes frivilous) opposing viewpoints ser- ves democracy, too. While Dove Barrett will no longer be leader of the NDP or Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Op- position, let's hope he continues to pursue some type of high profile public activity. He is much too « young a man with too_much to of- fer to be retired from public print and our in screens as well as from the political trenches. Money well spent The City of Castlegar should be more than pleased with Van- couver landscape architect Clive Justice's recommendations in his and h study. Mr. Justice's advice on how the city can dress up its rather drab major capital expenditures. And the work can be undertaken a few areas at a time if need be—not all at once. The effect of such beautification can already be seen near the downtown library at Kin- smen Park. There, the IPP: is easy gh: plant more trees and grass or ground cover in certain strategic areas. it’s the simplicity and the ease with which the work can be under- taken—not to mention the low cost—that is especially appealing. Mr. Justice does not recom- mend a complete overhaul of the downtown or the plaza. That would be prohibitively expensive. Instead, he says we should take small pockets of our city and plant a number of trees and grass ar ground cover. It's that.simple, that easy, and that inexpensive. The beauty—if we can use that word—of the Justice plan is that all the work on municipal property can be undertaken by city statt There are no huge projects, no juniper. Take a look if you haven't seen it already—it’s a major im- provement. It's just that type of im- provement that Mr. Justice ad- vises. However, he also cautions that it is no good to simply plant trees only to have city crews “bastrate” (butcher plus castrate) the trees later on. He recommends that city crews be schooled in how to care for the trees and how to properly prune them. It's good solid advice. We hope the city takes it to heart. The city’s $2,000 investment in Mr. Justice was well spent. We have a blueprint. Now we just need to do something with it. the rear of the bicycle. . 6« *« Members of the Castlegar Co-op Retail Society, at their semi-annual general meeting, pledged sufficient funds to finance the building of an addition to the present Co-op, a store and the installation of the equipment necessary for the operation of a Letters to the Editor Fred Merriman May this writer offer a few words of encouragement as one resident of Castlegar to our sister city and good friend, Nelson. As a former businessman, active chamber of commerce mem- ber and resident, please accept an admission that I am prejudiced. May I also acknowledge that Castlegar has some very distinct advantages of its own. Those advantages are quite different from the qualities enjoyed by Nelson. Neither city is a threat to the other. The differences make possible a complementary relationship dif. ficult to locate anywhere in British Columbia. This week we shall focus on the Heritage City. Nelson is a jewel in a secluded valley beside a major lake and waterway. The city emanates char acter. Its historic buildings — unique in the new-found west present’ their mystery and contain stories and adventures long since past. Mayor John Houston's house still stands, well maintained on the corner of Carbonate and Hall streets. Recent arrivals to Nelson may find a small book by Fred Smith and Mrs. Hanic entitled, “Nelson, Queen City of the Kootenays” enjoyable and informative reading. We are told that John Houston was the first and probably most colorful mayor that the incor- poration of Nelson ever exper- ienced. Captain Smith, with a paddle- wheeler under his command, owned house on Vernon Street, the pantry and kitchen manned by his Chinese gook and housekeeper. The fod Captian sailed that most 2 ~ \ * e : J picturesque means of water trans- port to Kaslo and Bonners Ferry. The customs register is written in old English script and records the first importation of foreign goods. A sack of malt for the local brewery remains yet in Canada Customs, Nelson. Just last week a copy of a document over the authority of Ed- ward VII was noticed which spoke of the South African War Land Grants Act, with supporting maps and drawings referring to the Rob- son-Nelson Trail. Memories of John Houston and his backpacking along that trail from the Robson Ferry landing on Broadwater Road in Castlegar to his new-found home in Nelson conjours up all manner of historic and potentially great tourist potential. Can you imagine Nelson and Castlegar co-operating on the re- opening, development and prom- otion of a pioneer trek down the old Robson-Nelson-Trail? That single project would draw these two beautiful and comp- lementary partners together. The business Unions hold power , Castlegar News: Did you know that’ B.C.'s union bosses have the “balance of power” in the New Democratic Party's con- ventions, that they help pick its leader, shape its policies, structure programs which the NDP constitution says must be put into effect by an NDP government in this province? Organized labor will have 250 delegates at this weekend's NDP leadership convention. Two hundred and fifty is a large voting bloc in the context of a maximum vote of 1,100. One out of every four or five delegates is a union nominee, one who need not, himself or herself, be an actual card-carrying member of the NDP! LeadersHip contests are won or lost with a margin of five per cent or less. Think what. 20 or 25 will do. of tied union delegates can do in launching a policy initiative, blocking a resolution which big labor does not like. Bill King has the backing of big labor, He is therefore a “shoo in” for the NDP leadership this weekend. And imagine what the convention will say about the government's amendments to the labor code. It will be the will of Reunion in Editer, Castlegar News: We extend an invitation to all former id of the Si A head 12 Mile South-Beaton-Trout Lake Country, to attend a reunion this summer in Revelstoke Aug. 4 and 5 at the Revelstoke Community Centre. Those who attended the first reunion in 1974 are still remembering the ac- Think what a massive di they organized labor all the way! Other political parties — Liberal Conservative and Social Credit — sell memberships to individuals only. They don't give voting rights to groups, collectives, corporations or unions. They are democratic in this sense, not so the New Democratic Party in B.C. Hon. Jack Davis, M.L.A. North Vancouver-Seymour Revelstoke Using our 1974 registration list we have reached many former residents. If you have not been contacted and would like to come, please write to the Sid Arrow Reunion Committee, Box 2422, Revelstoke, B.C. VOE 280 for a registration form, the sooner the better. Sid Arrow Reunion Committee Revelstoke Labor not to blame standard philosophy. Whi in it for the workers? iti without the Editor, News: Putting news analysis into the hands of your Sunday ist is a little like leaving driving to the Hell's Angels: predictably reckless and dan- gerous. Merriman’s sectarian habit on thought ‘translated into partisan wri- ting has led him to another en- lightening discovery: if the labor leaders don’t like the new changes to the labor code, they only have themselves to blame for the legislation. One is reminded of a classic situation where a teacher asked the school bully why he beat up on poor little Johnnie. ‘He asked for it,’ came the reply. No, Mr. Merriman, asking had nothing to do with it. We have asked power of collective bargaining. Yet, in this age of corporate domination, the individual worker cannot even begin to ‘deal with the corporation without a union. Unfortunately, many workers are so hard-pressed and demoralized that they accept non-union jobs, the alter- native being unemployment. Small contractors, likewise, opt for cheap, non-union labor, forgetting where they came from and where they are headed. The 90 per cent failure of small businesses during the first 10 years of operation, inevitably returns most of them to the already swollen ranks of working elass, where they politely as you that DTUC be saved; despotism the despotism.” — Orwell). Those who gave us the infamous July 7 budget and accompanying legislation which took away human and civil rights and freedoms, now give us changes to the labor code, taking away labor rights; not because we asked for it, not because it was necessary, but to serve their own interest. No amount of humble supplication, no amount of effacing could deter this outgrowth of the Socred policy intent on crushing organized labor. Driven by economic necessity, government and ‘Nelson, city council and its active chamber of commerce should all be commended for wisdom and fore- sight in the development and promotion of a heritage theme for our favorite city. Nelson has class. It is stable despite recent calamities. Its char- acter and dignity remain intact. It was one of the few cities in Canada to weather the deep depression. We are all counting of the Queen mother to'continue her rule over these majestic valleys and towering mountains; and rule she shall despite the of corp in this province. Far from being progressive, the new legislation — which Merriman chastise is a step backward, leading towards the dark calls “a gentle step to disorganized labor” — ages of trade unionism. It aims at undermining technical effectiveness of strikes and picketing, and legitimizes direct ministerial inter- ference in suppressing union activities. How is it that those of Mr. Merriman's political persuasion argue against government intervention in business and gloat over “back-to-work” her restless people. d. We asked we asked to retain the Rentalsman; we asked for many other things that by rights were ours to kpep, and encountered only a blank walk of indifference and the of final authority. (“The weaker the opposition, the stronger joined forces against labor and a whole gamut of ministeral interference? Only double think can account for this double- had their beginnings. The only advantage aceruing to the non-union worker is that he escapes, temporarily, the humiliation and frustration of being on the U.I.C. or welfare rolls. Company profits are not passed on to him; the savings on apprenticeship training and fringe benefits go to the contractor, robbing not only - the worker but also the society of a qualified and efficient labor force. Many workers delude themselves into believing that if they accept lower wages, more work will be created for others, when in fact, the profits accrue only to the employer and his share- holders. ‘The wages paid workers form only small portion of total production cost. On the controversial Pennyfarthing construction site the wage package is estimated at only 16 per cent, while land, because of speculative flip-flops, makes up a major portion of the overall cost. ‘The latest legislation opens the door wide for “right-to-work” law, the long: contemplated crowning piece of the Socred labor policy, the unsolicited gift to labor. Right-to-work law is not a right to a job, as its name implies. It means that the worker can compete with, and undercut another worker by accepting cheaper wages on non-union terms. I say, fear the Greeks even if they come bearing gifts. cause of the present economic disaster is comparable to blaming the pas- sengers of the Titanic for sailing « sinking ship. But this is hardly surprising. In a time-honored tradition plete butcher shop. It was pointed out that the expansion of the store's business in the three years of its operation has made it mandatory for the store to expand in order ot provide its members withthe maximum of Co-op service. . 8 *« Cast come the centre of a revived interest in motorcycle competition riding and motorcycling in general. Not since before the war has there tlegar-Robson has recently be- District graduates from St. Paul's School of Nursing when graduation ceremonies were held in Vancouver recently were Miss Regina Campbell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L.V. Camp- bell of Castlegar, and Miss Anita For- nelli, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. For- nelli of Robson. . 8 « A Dairy Queen drive-in restaurant is to be build near the Skyline Auto Service across from the RCMP offices. The building will be 20 feet by 32 feet in size and will be built of cement blocks and bricks. The $6,500 building was designed by Nick Shelfontiuk and will be built by him. . « « Attendance at the annual meeting of the SHSS PTA Monday night will in- dicate whether or not that body will go out of existence. . 8 « Burton P. Campbell of Castlegar graduated recently from the Ryerson Institute of Technology in Toronto. He graduated in journalism with first-class honors and was awarded the MacLean-Hunter Publishing Co. gold watch for topping the graduates in the School of Graphic Arts (Printing and Journalism). of hunting for the Social Credit Party pushes the blame of crisis onto its victims. Large corporations, which make up the bulk of the business sector, can easily meet wage pressures by raising prices and replacing human labor with machines by introducing labor-saving technology. Just think what happened at Cominco, the slump in the world markets nen-withstanding. When stripped of accumulated misconceptions and deliberate dec- eptions, the case against the unions turns into a case for the unions. Next to demands for higher wages, the unions are blamed for disrupting the production process through strikes and picketing. Work stoppages are costly both to workers and employers, and also to the society. Public opinion is against them, but unions, by no means, have a monopoly on stopping production. In what is known as “strike by management”, powerful corporations shut down pl- ants rather than forego above normal profits, and even withdraw production permanently in search of profits abroad where labor is cheap. Workers when they go on strike, withdraw their labor only temporarily, and it’s not in the union's interest to strike a weak company. British Columbia has had one of the most progressive labor legislations until now. The problem is not so much the alignment between labor and “partisan politics”, as the unholy alliance the government entered into with corporate interests. Welcome to the world of 19841 To weak unions: a docile, low-paid labor force without recourse to labor collective bargaining, and it adequate human and civil rights to temper the economic injustice along with submissive, weak populations, The son of Mr. and Mrs. L.V. Campbell of Castlegar, Burton has joined the editorial staff of the Castlegar News. 15 YEARS AGO From the May 22, 1969 Castlegar News The H. Williamson Ltd. asphalt plant at Ootischenia has yeen ordered by the West Kootenay Health Unit to cease operating after June 9. Medical health officer Dr. Nick Schmitt advised the Castlegar News last night that the action follows ints from resid: of the area. * 8 « A yet unknown definite number of Castlegar district residents are victims of a mail fraud involving “free” trips to Mexico and Hawaii. RCMP at Trail reported Wednesday that two men have been arrested in Hollywood, Calif. in connection with an advertisement in a television program magazine last month inviting people to compete for free trips to either Mexico or Hawaii. * 28 -« The old canteen building at the Celgar construction, camp has been donated to the Town of Castlegar for use as a recreation and youth centre. oe 8 «@ 5 YEARS AGO From the May 24, 1979 Castlegar News Prog Conservative i Bob Brisco won re-election by a 2,260 vote margin Tuesday to become Koot- enay West's first government MP in 44 years. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau con- ceded defeat to Joe Clark following the genera) election that ieft the 39-year. old Tory leader with 136 out of Par- liament’s 282 seats. * 8 « upon the new happy, idle, life of cial failure. Pointing to workers’ dor decent wages (of which presumably all, unionized workers are guilty) as a and were putting a strain on the city’s pumps. ER I eT I. Pos land Properties (Sandman Inn), t amend of Commerce members @t # médnthily: luncheon jursday, ict A ‘...Gaglardi, former Ministér of Highways in the Social Credit government, told the-chamber => 3 a speech, “Castlegar is a place that could be one of the most important areas in the Kootenay because you have an airport which none of the others have outside of Cran- brook. 2 “I think you could claim it tothe hub — the centre for distribution,” he said. Gaglardi had only one criticism of the city where a new Sandmann Inn has just opened — the airport. Gaglardi, a welltravelled man, said Castlegar is one of three airports in Canada where jets have a difficult time flying in and out. Terrace is another and the third is in Eastern Canada. “T've been in all airports and I've been stuck at them at one time or another,” he said. “If Castlegar was in Quebec, it would take 24 hours to make a request for a better type of flying system. “We live in B.C. and it’s a little bit far from Ottawa. “The whole of the Kootenays could get together and demand from the feds, whoever they are” asking for better instrumentation to allow planes the capablility of flying in and out of the airport, Gaglardi said. He told the chamber residents should get together and push for better instrumentation at Castlegar so that “when Phil Gaglardi wants to get into the Kootenays, he can.” “I helped you out with the highways, maybe you can help me with the airport,” he said. peaking on the Sandman Inn's presénce in Castle- gar, Gaglardi told the business people: “We want to be good citizens. We want you to patronize our place and we want to patronize your place. “We just want to take our share. We want to be contributors, not just takers,” he told them. On a more political note, Gaglardi showed his support for Progressive Conservative leader Brian Mul- roney, who also appeared in Castlegar on the same day. “Treat the fellow right,” he said. “Vote for him. We need some kind of a change somewhere. “Tm in here talking polities, but I couldn't be a politician if I wanted to,” said the former cabinet minister. He told of the time when the Rogers Pass Highway was opened, the ribbon was cut by former Tory prime minister John Diefenbaker. After cutting the ribbon Diefenbaker asked Gaglardi, “ ‘Phil, how come this wasn’t done 75 years ago?’ " He told the prime minister, “Because I wasn’t born 15 years ago.” <.did the job when.I was.there.” he said. “I helped you out, now get the aftport smartened up.” Gaglardi told the chamber he is proud to be a Can- adian, but admitted he is pro-American. “We Canadian people should be thanking God every night we have Reagan looking after us,” he said. “He (Reagan) provides all the safety necessary because we haven't even got a first-class pea shooter in Canada.” If Russia invaded Canada, the only thing eapable of sustaining Canada would be the U.S. armed forces, Gag- lardi said. He noted that the Canada is an export nation, selling 70 per cent of its pulp and lumber to the U.S. “Thank God for the economic stability we have which is on a thin razor edge. Thank God we have the opportunity to be sustained on the basis we are because of the Americans,” he said. “] am a Canadian and a nationalist,” he said, adding that, he will fight to see that Canada remains “just as Canada.” He noted that until a few years ago, it was strange to see an American licence plate in the community. “These are things we have to think about. As Can- adians we can be proud of a number of things,” he said. “It's about time we started to realize we have a tremendous amount of power and a lot of ability. We better start using it and quit belly-aching about the gov- ernment,” he said. “Everytime we want something, we say the government should supply. Everytime you get anything see 5 tate ) Goreoran, who lives on a farm with 100 cows outside of » Toronto. “the iachine, which keeps track of IBM Canada Ltd. says having one in his home changed his way of life. ~*1 certainly am not keen to use one,” sayd Carl “But Corcoran says he can't keep his 22-year-old son off, of the cows’ breeding weights and It beats having all the information in index cards, which would periodically get taken to the barn and dropped in the mud, Corcoran said’ in _an interview. , While the response to the IBM personal computer in the _ Corcoran household has been mixed, its reception in the world of computer buyers has been outstanding, far .sur- passing IBM's own sales estimates when it was launched in 1961. The machine is the leader in its class of)small computers used by businesses in the North American market. IBM now is in the midst of a heavy advertising campaign to sell its latest and smallest machine, the POjr, to Scenes of a Charlie Chaplin look-alike pushing & from the government, they've got two hands in our pockets. Everytime we keep asking they'll have their feet in your pockets as well. “Anybody can criticize,” he said. “My objective is to point something out. “You are the government,” he told them. “You are the ones who elected the representatives. “We are being booted around. It's about time we spoke up about it. Gaglardi added, “I've travelled all over the world a number of times at your expense. If you get a jet airplane, I will spend your money faster than I did before.” He said in all his travels he has seen monuments erected to thousands of dignitaries, yet he's never seen one erected to honor a critic. The International Monetary Fund, he said, has stated that Canada today is in a worse situation than any other jndustrial country in the world of the same size. “(Finance Minister Marc) Lalonde stands up in the House of Parliament and gives us the budget and finishes up and says, ‘What we are trying to dg is inspire private enterprises and get them to bail,the government out.” “It's time we kicked yoifedt/Mr. Lalonde,” Gaglardi said. “It's a sad situation when we find ourselves in a position when free enterprise is called upon to solve the problems in our nation. “Certainly we cannot continue to exist under the type of political leadership we have in Ottawa today: Twelve old grandmothers could run the country better than those people.” “Don't think we haven't got brains,” he said. “Who do you think built the (Canada space shuttle) arm?” Every one of you are $6,000 in debt although we are the richest people in the world resource-wise,” Gaglardi added. ° i He said Canada has one of the lowest productivity rates and the highest wages of any industrial nation in the world. ~ Gaglardi said what is needed is more foreign invest- ment. “I am for unions,” he said, but added in the same breath that everyone must take a cut in pay. Japan in 10 years has increased its productivity by 127 per cent, the U.S. has increased productivity 27 per cent in the same period of time, while Canada is down by 50 per cent, he noted. “How are we going to get out of it?” he asked. “We won't drop our standards. We think we deserve to live on the same high plane. It's time we woke up. We have got everything we need to be able to get out of this situation. “Cut it out,” he said addressing the labor groups. “We've got to have no more confrontations with labor and management. We've got to get down to the same basics where we were willing to give and let go.” Speaking about B.C., Gaglardi said he has been told that people don't want to invest in B.C. because there is too much indiffe in the province and the labor force ig, too militant. ane “If you think the government is to get us out of going this, (economic situation) think again,” he told the hamber. “when the g puts money into any project — your money — they're losing our money. “It’s time we straightened it out. Outside capital, that’s going to save this nation,” he said. baby carriage that contains a computer are popping up everywhere in print and on TV — and in the process changing everyone's image of the world's largest computer company, BE FRIENDLIER . “Once you start getting close to the consumer market you definitely have to be a lot friendlier,” says Corcoran. IBM doesn't want to be seen as remote and complex, and the Charlie Chaplin ads are telling the average person, “We can help you and we understand simple things,” Coreoran said. IBM was once known in the industry as “an elephant that can't dance,” a firm wedded to big computers that was unwilling to enter the volatile microcomputer market- place to compete with upstarts like Apple, Radio Shack and Commodore. But Corcoran says IBM waited for the right moment to make its move while studying a rapidly changing market in whieh sales growth of its large machines started to flatten. “I never like anyone to think IBM sits with its head in the sand,” he said. Competing in the consumer market means IBM has to rely on independent dealers, instead of its own direct sales foree, to sell its products, and on its advertising to tell customers what the products can do — “and that's new to us.” OK VIDEO WORLD MEMBERSHIP DRIVE AA tmwi A i Ltd. 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