THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1971

. Tea and caffee: instead? ..

No big blast-with streaming “:
banners, . ‘ribbons, -horns and
balicons, not to mention a ‘sea ~
of placards?

Aw, come on Frank...you’ re.
putting us on!

An old woodsman like yout,

Has Frank Howard, who.we -
have. glowingly called our

“Logger-statesman” | for .

-Skeena appears. to, have. -
succumbed to the mysterious .'

ways of the East: Ottawa, to

_be precise. .
“(SOMBER FRANK? wo

We wander now if We,
shouldn’t -call’ him, “Sober
Frank”, or “Howglum
Howard” or maybe even:
“Skeena’s somber. MP”.

. ” You see, Frank's serious”
Streak has struck on the eve of:
the national New Democratic
Leadership convention in
Otlawa in April.

While hacker of the other
aspirants “ are boozing,
singing, hotel-room hopping, .
screaming, . ‘ranting - and
raving, Howard's camp will’
probably resemble a mor:

ticians convention amid: the

usual political circus. ;
We were, to.‘put it mildly,
somewhat shocked at Frank’s
behaviour, ©.”
What's a convention without
booze and ribaldry? “

SERIOUSNESS:
Frank, in‘a press release,
says it's all in the name of .
seriousness.

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His: premis? It’s a serious”:

business picking a leader, he
says, and “‘very serious.
matters shouldi’t be con---
sidered in a circus-type at
mosphere,”’

So, says Skeena Frank, his ~
supporters are. going to
Tefrain from preparing large -
numbers of posters, placards,
‘hats, buttons, ribbon and the

Apakep

ws wale on veniton, o
henalia; ,

Shows, a lack ‘of. olicy he

| Bays, -

‘Amid the. ‘merrymakers,

discuss: matters that 1 may be’
‘on the -minds of delegates,
Light: refreshments’ such as
‘coffee and tea’. will be

Fraik and his friends will.sip
’ teas and..coffeee .-in.: ‘the |

' {nevitable.: ‘and : “numerous a

_ hospitality. rcoms. which are,
In effect, traps using booze as
a_ lure .to cultivate. a vote,,

made: thenight before and

"pinching th lady delegate from! °
bat Saskatchewan, in: the’ oe

NO BOOZE -

Aw, ‘come off it, "pera

Anybody: who has attended ‘a

political convention knows...
that” serious .matters:.on

Strategy and” speeches ‘are’

conducted in private. suites

whilethe regular delegates are

‘getting pixclated and. wooed

__ by the politician's chosen
. public relations rien. ‘

But, Frank -says that in
_addition, by the use of such
hospitality ‘suites, there is. a

* presumption ‘that delegates
- Will and: can ‘be swayed by.
liquor.

Lips that touch booze will
never touch mine, Frank is
saying, ~

But he’s right. Old bubbly

. has won miany.a crucial vote -
even if the voting delegate
. doesn't know a low tariff from

_ a high tide in Prince Rupert.

' GASSED DE LEGATES ©
‘Frank shrugs off ‘the tired
and not-so-blue method of
gassing the delegates -with a
Statement that, “I think this
- presumption is highly in- .
sulting to delegates and I have

no intention of engaging in this 7

practice.”
But there will be rooms
‘available for discussion, says:
* our Frank... “where we can ..

providing the vote. is ‘sober:
enough the next..day--tol .
remember-the wild promises

availajle there.”
. Take heed, delegates from
-- Skeena,- In fact,: take a hip

flask of whiskey "with * you and
sneak “it into your coffee,
Frank'll never notice;.

Now this isn’t the .Skeena
Frank who logged . this
country’s rugged hills and
* could swear with the best‘ of
them, This isn't the man the
worker rubbed somewhat
soiled shoulders with.

ae EASTISEAST . ~

‘The East has gotcha, Frank.
Can this suave, debonair: and
sniooth politican be -the

_to be “at hone” with” the
Jogger, the mitite-skinner,: the
sawmill worker, the pulp mill
-employee, the guy in the
aluminum smelter and the
fishermen of the north coast? ©

. Remeber’ us, Frank?. We're
a hard-living, -hard-drinking

bunch. We’ rethe people ofthe |.

north’,:

‘Easterners, . particulazly
those’ Torontonians, are really
a glum lot. They just sip their
manhattan’s or martini’s, talk

about the stock market or the -

subway extension, wear
Brooks Brother’s clothes and
sneak into bars as if watching
& topless dancer was.a sin,

Now we're still hanging in
there, Frank, Perhaps you can
make a good leader.

* But remember your people,
the people of the Skeena and
come on off your high horse,

We're the polygot of people
who sent’ you to that big

. parliament out there in Ot-
tawa to be a champion of the
north and the rugged people
who you represent. No ban-
ners? No booze?

Just what is your game
now? .

, Tugged individualist who tged -

ae ‘moccasins 3? 7

Walk a mille in my moc- Federation | ‘and the: Indian
casing... °. Homemakers Association.

The Resources for Native | - ~~ SBT UP FUND i
‘Progress Association will -The B.C. Assocation of non- {
sponisor..a three-day marathon | status Indians. will use their

“Vancouver; Victoria, Prince
George, Kamloops,’ Dawson
Creek and Williams Lake.
. INMAY |.
‘The Vancouver marathon will
begin at 7-a.m.-May 14 and
continue until 7 p.m. May 16. It
‘will follow. a’ circular route
'{ through Langley, Abbotsford,
Mission, Haney and back to
Vancouver,
“Phe other walks arestilli in the”
planning stages.
Funds raised will go ‘toward
three Indian organizations—-the

walk to raise funds, _| share to establish a special fund

__ Prince Rupert is expected to'| forassisting university and

be one center for. the Moccasin senior high students to complete /

Miles walk. . : Hheir studies to a Graduation
“Other walks: are lanned for ‘level oA

GETINSTEP’

North American Indian! tries and many. of-
Brotherhood, the Southern | customers.--Swift
Vancouver _ Island _ Tribal (Sask.) Sun

_ IT'S’ TOUGH: TREADDING for Puss as she
' ventures through Tuesday’s snow in Thornhill.
Puss and the fest of us, woke up to a heaping 24

photo.

inches Tuesday morning. But the weatherman |. ‘.
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-Tipplers: tippled elsewhere

There's an Australian song
that’s called “The Pub With No
Beer.””

ou Bat it had.a. Terrace flavor
«earlier this week,.;; eo tos,

hin Eakelse: ‘beer. parlor Tegulars

found: the ‘doors to: the.pub

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The Lakelge pub was ordered
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-“He (the drunk) was in’pretty
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The. incident ocgured, a ‘few
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“The hotel’s lounge, however,

_ The Yellowhead In-
terprovincial Highway
Association has announced the
‘appointment of. E.B. “Ted”
Sample as Executive Director.

He succeeds Reg. C, Easton,
who will become assistant to the

President,

Terrace is located on : -the
Skeena section of the route,

- George A. MacDonald,

President of the association,
paid tribute to the many years
of dedicated service rendered to
the “Yellowhead” by Easton,
who first traveled the route in
"1946 before a read existed, ‘and |'

and votal supporter since that
‘time,
~ MacDonald said that the

‘who hds been‘its most-ardent ¥ strordg

New boss named
for Yellowhead

Board of Directors were looking
forward to working with Mr.
Sample, Ipng-time resident of
Saskatchewan, who joined the
Association last June in
membership sales and
promotion. Sample outlined

the key objectives of the
Association for 1971 which in-
clude the seeking of federal
recogniation and support of the
highway; the broadening of the
membership base to include
associat members in order to
accommodate interested
communities not located on the

actual toute- the activation of a | fF:
‘public’ relations progam +4

and: redoubled -efforts to have
. current publications and maps
clearly indicate the route.

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