To the Editor; ~ .
ra r Inreferencato my good Chrjatian friend, Bil Homburg, 1
\CE-KITIMA “feet iy Tiust reply to your letter of April 12. pa, ‘sociallate;
“y - ‘nuch as in freely-elected Australia, freely-elected Manitoba +
and also freely-elected tothe honourable oneation here in \

yh er ald -British Columbia have no relation at all to! eommuniam.:

: “NAB. '‘The present socialiat government freely elected in.
Published every kay ot 3010 Kalum Strest, France ‘has asked certain members ‘of ihe communist
Terrace, B.C. by Sterting Publishers Ltd. _ embassy ito leave France. So if socialists are communist -
Authorized: as Second class mall. . vin pestage: ask them te go and why not subvert and aid them?
olarene 1201. Postage | paid in In cash, vee ft postage: 3 not socialist France though nat part of NATO,
arontesd. oye, NATO" military bases: in France? Also, ‘are Ee
relation: . pointing a blind finger at such good world leaders of past

- West German governments such as Willy Brandt, Helmut
_.Sehmidt,. and. mary ‘ther preserit and former Socialist .
; Governments as Denthark, Norway, and Sweden: -

-" Christ's kingdom - is not-His kingdom the kingdom of love?’
': Please stay with religion as it is plain to see you are blinded -
‘by the speck in your eye while looking for the log. in ‘others

‘wha donot go along with your religious viewpoint. “The God .

my “Brian Gregg” o Nick W Walton .

* salt ete Parner, “op ee Tye come tp know through the soup kitchen Bible study:
Keith Alford. ** on-Schatfer * group 1 feel would think badly of the insanity.of the arms ~
- ne wae ‘nuctear. testings. Is this not the-viewpoint of ‘most
Reception-Classified: - Cireutation: Christiati churches? Communism as practiced today Ia not

Carolyn Gibson Marla Taylor - the communism advocated by Karl Marx, just as [’'m sure
NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT democracy U.S.A. style is not ‘true democracy. - I’belfeve

Martin’ ‘Luther King Jr. would agree: with: ‘thls, | White
churches, black churches, white. drinking folirtains, bjack
drinking. fountains, white restaurants, blapk reataurants,
etc, Sadly, Bill, the black or Puerto Rican Is not any better
off than those poor people in Siberia, °°.”

_ :Now,-for the Canadian Armed Forces, Bill, there i ‘at.
present up toa two year waiting. period to get in and ina.
true ‘democracy there would be soul-saving | work for all Th
unemployment does destroy the soil like cancer. 1. know’ ‘as.
lam unemployed. I also see the effects, on people in the
soup kitchen. The soup kitchen political? I wish they were..
No, they just want something to eat and'a bag of food'on
Thursdays. Yea, soul destroying! Also to my good friend
Rod Gillis, referring to Bernie Smith's remark of..poor
"people, can't help poor, J must reply to the past tense word

™ were successful, I'm on welfare; its hard with six children.
Style, not issues, seems to be attracting attention this “Dm. a skilled tradesperson’ - an Ironworker = urilon

campaign. member, but through illness I am at where-I'm at today
Barrett's underwear and Bennett's $20 bilis are getting ee . me oo ae

more publicity than their respective ntances,on jobe, health, _ wo
education, unions, etc. tS SNS on
oven -

In Terrace, the center of the Skeena riding thatthe NDP ~
won by only 361 votes the last time and one the Socreds
| — Brian ____by Blan Gregg

would give their eye tecth to win is a -microcoam of the -
Where WAS ‘the media last year when lirael invaded’

overall picture, :
But after the.first splash, things have become pretty low
Lebanon? It appears it wasn't in Lebanon at all. In fact: the
world got such a distorted view of the scene there people, are.

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By Kelth Alford

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-key, With both the provincial and local Socred candidates
“ refusing to takepart in all-candidate meetings, the voters |
are deprived of the pleasure (and information) that would =
be gained by watching the main contendera goateachother
head-to-head.

Instead, we have the naw Socred ateategy imported from — now beginning to wonder if stories were not filed by the .

Bill Davia’ Ontario of door-to-door canvasing. To talk only — TASS news agency out of Moscow. :
to the uncommitted voter: in an atmosphere where the NDP, In hia recently released book on the Lebanon war David ,
is not present to reply, The door banging haa always been. Allen Lewis documenta the fact that. Israel actually.
the backbone of NDP.campaigns. But that party is ready prevented a third world war last year. ‘The 400,000 tons.of
for one-on-one debates at any time. .* > ginmunition transferred (as of June 30,1992) from PLO-
With Howard stealing Monaghan’s main promise of ferry hunker in'South- Lebanon, and the huge quantity of light
service in Kitimat: perhape all that’s left is style. tf should “and heavy armaments’ selzed from the PLO raise. the’
be noted that Howard's promise is unqualified and backed possibility that these stocks - in addition to the ammunition :
up by his party leader... Bennett, on the other hand,’ and armaments atill under the control of the PLO «have
appeared to waffle all over the place when asked to back up - been intended not only:as prepositioned stock used by’
his candidate's main point, . Soviet-designed. international terrorlam against Western -
«, Theatyle of the two headquarter aré quite ditferent.. w= tapgets,? says: Lewis, quoting @ report from the Media
z The Socreds have a business like- or perhaps aalenroom -" “Analysis Center?" °"- SUING Ae Bode
atmosphere at theirplace.. It looks lke your average, high- What. has been” learned. since is ‘that the Soviets had:
priced real estate office. It looks nice, There isa reception planned to launch. a full scale.invasion:of the Middle-East’
desk, conference area with a table and ashtrays, TV witha from Lebanon in August 1072, The Soviets are also believed

video player attached. -showing a “training film"’,. fully to have, 12,000 guerrilla operatives in North America, The = | 7 7 - ; ; we
OO

equippéd kitchen, and. a bank of phone desks discreetly “number one target; other than Israel, was Canada. . What:
hidden behind a newly erected partlition, Three-plece sults we have seen with the activity at. the U.S. Embaasy in ©
’ abound. " Belrut this week is the type of activity that would be done to :
-NDP headquarters doesn't have the posh of the Socreds, cripple North American defences. If you are going to
It looks bare, Shelves have been hung with large envelopes _ invade the Middle East you have to’ guard | your back and
serving as mail boxes, a cluttered reception desk, a coffee | Canada is America’s weak spot.”
urn, a lotof open long tables where the workersait,a typing Of course Soviet mind-invested liberal ‘activists and
desk ina corer,,and a single office. There isa'TV there, no  -““free-thinkers’”’in our modern society .ard‘not likely to
cable, which is either showing the news or a hockey game, — believe any of this. Perhaps that Is why the inedia ignored
Anice living room sitite looks out of-place in the otherwise. _the true facts that came to light. The media did report that
utllitarlan site. The. walls are. hung with, newspaper a. vast ‘underground system of bunkers and tunnels were
clippings. ; found but nothing was said of the: massive amount of
There is not-a three- -plece ult in sight: Even Howard weapons or intelligence documents the Israeli government —
doean’t own one. - The economic differences among the discovered and informed the media of.
staffers of the two headquarters is startling. Rich vs. poor Nothing was sald of the dozens of bodies of young
may be an overstatement- but not by much. - - Lebanese boys that were discovered with all the blood
Each party may have its own style, but thereis one group _drained,from them. The PLO wounded needed blood; yoy
. on the campaign trail that appears not only not tohave any see, and they grabbed the nearest source until there was no

style - they have no class either, . blood left in these young boys, The Israeli army took the...
That |s the press that's following Bennett on his traveling. “media into the room where the scattered bodies lay. '
. road show. ; Nothing was reported.

They don't talk to thelr local counterparts, One”
peovinclal reporter described that aa “arrogance.” He was
the only member of the traveling corps to talk to a local

reporter -and only because he was recognised on the street,

' ‘The Bennett bus troop hae its problems, ‘The Premier's
press secretary Hall Letren has decided they cannot get any
formal interviews with.Benhett, even though the press la
with him constantly, They do get wake-up calls and. beer*
and wine hoapita lity rooms. And leftbehind at alrports, | military.

‘And In Terrace the rutea were changed again, Previously, Seven hundred heavy trucks had been ‘making their way

at some stopa the Socreds kept the touring press-and tha every day to Lebanon-from Israel to pick up the material, .

local media apart. Here, they were all thrown togetherata and it took several months to complete the tak, we

“press avallability session," Each of three local reporters —_, Since 1979 there were 1,200 unmanned Russian tanks in

got one main and followup question. The traveling corps Syria and a further 2,20) in Libya, To bring into Lebanon

had to play by the same rules later. One columnist hes #0010 500 tanks would seem ridiculous if they were intended
complained that Bennett never talks about local issues, for the PLO. TheSoviet Union used the entire Soylet bloc to |
_ The traveling press wouldn't know a local issue if they serid In equipment, Some 189,000 blankets arrived from
tripped over it.! They never bothered to ask anyone what North Korea, many thousands of Kalashnikov rifles from -
they were. The local press asked all local questions. The ‘Bulgaria. and Czechoslovakia, light ammunition from
ne boys" missed it, ; . Yugoslavia and SAM. missiles from the Soviet Union.
e inlesed the shift in press thules change, because : ‘The idea is that the Soviets could fly two to'three army

“poboty ‘mentioned the old oves, | ft ~ divisions. into the area immediately if a crisis developed .

But the one thing that soured the whole deal for the locas. and by the timé the Americana arrived, the Russians would
was one reporter who supposedly works for a nati * bein total control.

publication. Just as the session was beginning, the ‘'b :

_ boya” alfered to punch out a local journalist. Seems there virtually state within a state, "Remember how the mayor

~ was sorhe question of who was going to sit where, of Bairut surrendered to the Israelis? That was just before

The same “big boys” also badgered the press secretary —_the Christian enclave - mostly made up of Moslems - took .
and made rude remarks about everyone else's questions, over and started running the country,

Even members of the same profession travelling spt him Many forget that the Lebanese ran to the Jewlsh soldiers

can't stand this individual bore. . wok ‘with cakes, cookies, cold drinks, rice and gifla, ‘They sang -

As the reporter who was almost . ‘thie : punch-cutée ‘and danced in the streets. This was the réaction of the '
remarked, “he may be a good: reporter, but a. @ human: Moslems as well as Christians in Lebanon.. Yet Israel is
being he is sorely lacking.” dey, +, actin the role of villian by the media today. Did the Allied

\ After tha media attacks lately by both: pirties it may be: forces leave Germany a couple of months alter liberating ‘
true, as another local reporter. pemarked at: the’ Socred dt? Didn't they have to make sure Germany could stand on
nomination convention here, "whoever wins, the Press will’ ita own ind&pendence after the Second World War?
lnee. " ; - it might interest readers to iry Lewis’ book, Magog 1982

* Well, we will lose it we must: Journalists have never beer - Canceled, New. Leaf Preas, Lewis comes from the same
popular with politicians to begin with. If they don't like us, school as Mike Warnke, the Christlan: comedian who
itsimply means we must be doing a goad job, + Tecently performed in Terrace. His book is docutiented

But wedon'thavetedoittoourselves. - = and very factual, quoting from Intelligence i 8 iastied

Barrett comes to Terrace next week, We'll see what the from Israel and the U.S, The liberals won't belleve it, but
ityle of the press on his traveling road show is then. then the liberals don’ t belleve much anyway, .

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Incredible digging machines were also discovered, ‘These
machines could cut 45 foot diameter tunnels into rock —
mountain faces within minutes. -Gideon Patt, Israeli
minister of industry and commerce says that 70,000 to 80,000.”
Kalashnikov: rifles wrapped In olled paper, thousands. of ©
rocket-propelled grenades, tens of thousands. of shells, '
hundreds of Katyusha rockets: and launchers and several
SAM missile system. were hidden by the PLO-Soviet

i

"-, Come now Bill; in'your last letters to the editar you taik of °

So in-control had the PLO been in Lebanon they: were: .

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though’ may unalone hast no. work anyway. Va am sitcceaf
as I've met many. a swell person in working at the. soup '

_ kitchen - béth political and non political, i have met many a os

_caring Christian and even have an atheist as a friend.-So,
yau see Rod, ‘V'nv successful though: poor, Past years: my’.
. wife and [ collected in Terrace for. the Salvation: Army Red
. Shield Appeal” and: from many 8 ri inconie: area gave «
minimally but, the lower income areas gave mich more -.

its on the Army's “pecords: so by ‘this standard who. is. :
7 successful? The rich in splrit or the rich in materialism? -

. V'thank the local ‘hewspaper which allows expression. of |
- opinion’ and God bless us'all; ‘Yes: Bill, bver those teeta:
- communists, and: thelr famillés. - : ee, .

: - Your friend, Bal Buck,-:
- Uneenployed Peaile'sCs Committee

To the Editor, :
‘We hear and read: about: the “called ‘peace, miarches
almoat every day, ‘Curiously, they: octur anly | in the NATO .
countries, :-But_I ¥emember. times when ‘these marches —
were popular behirid the Aron Curtain. In the early. fifties 1”

_ participated in: ‘agveral “peace. marches: ‘in’ communiat

Czechoslovakia, *: The. similarity © between. ‘those
demonstrations’ ‘and the ones organized’ ‘in the Weat- today
begiris. (and ends); at ‘the’ name, - The’ participation'in any _
government. organized ‘démonstration. in. the. “workers’
paradise” is compulsory. And we. were: demanding ‘(with
the help of local party supplied banners, -placards, giant |
cardbgard figures of Uncle Sam holding A-honib, signs like
“Down with Americart war mmongers,’” etc.), disarmament —

of the U.S.A., not (God forbid! } the U.S.S,R.: This would be ©

considered an ‘act. of ot high a and would be dealt with

countries of ‘imalag size’ Souk find, that ‘those’! ‘peaceful
countries of “East: Europe have: armies’ several, ‘umes’
stronger than. ‘cortesponding - Western ‘countries. - For”
example, the Soviet army is about four ‘million strong while.
the U.S. aave'only two ‘million, “Canada and communist: .
" Yugoslavia-have ‘both ‘population of :24 million’ each, but.
while we have ‘only: 40,000, ‘Yugoslavs have a quarter of a
million men fi arms. . Considering the long history of peace
-- marches (cea aoyenrs), one must admit, that they'achieved
nothing: Those* people, who start avid end wars, are not.
_Intluericed by‘ the number’ of people: demonatrating in the. .
aireeta.. However, such a. peace ‘march is not a.bad thing '.
altogether. ‘Walking does: Wonders for one's figure! ,
on . Viadimir Clon |

“po the Baltor, ‘ .

Mr. Bill Bennett came to town recently, and was met bya
_group of unemployed people, Feelings were high, and some
eggs were lobbed, An unpleasant thing, but-after two years
. of limited or no employment a man will do drastic things,

1.would have thought that Mr, Bennett would have
preceived that there was a message inail this clamor. But
it appears he did not.

In his luncheon speech he laughed and mada jokes about .
the. crowd, that..met him,;

a 5 WObethere might have bean somei out theneilinout ijobs"*"

and "I: got’egg on my: jacket hit’ they’ got eee” ‘on “thbie
faces," are two noteable quotes, - ~
Does: the. man nat know the bitterness of no eggs for

a
~ Reader’s View
’ By NADINE ASANTE .

At least iwo, and perhaps more, local elected ~
representatives are joining other Canadian civic officials
looking further than their own municipal backyards in the
- cause of world peace. ‘.

‘The mayor of Ottawa worked hard and tong tolnsure that ©
citizens of many Canadian cities and: towns. had the
‘opportunity to make their wishes known at referenda on
nuclear disarmament; and the Mayor .of Toronto: has
declared that city a “nuclear free zone.” ‘

Following these sophisticated. examples. Alderman Ray |
Brady of Kitimat, and Mayor Helmut Gliesbrecht of Terrace -
will také the lead’ in the “Working for Peace” parade
‘planned for Saturday, April 23 at 1 p.m. by the. Terrace
' Group for Nuclear Disarmament ‘Starting at the Mfbrary.
grounds in Terrace. =

“While petty people natter in their picayune patter about *

communism. and. cultiem, those whe love this planet are
- trying desperately to save it for their descendants, and will

. speak publicly in this cause Prior to the paratte,

- Those sadly misguided,  ill-educated and basically
literate oafs who still naively believe ‘that nuclear
disarmament advocates who devote tong-volunteer hours to.”
- the cause of peace, are communists or communist inspired

‘should come and march for freedom from fear with allofus

from around the Pacific northwest. We would suffer them
* gladly...and forgive them for they know not what they do, .
‘Acontinually growing list of professional groups such as ~
; Iswyera, university professors, doctors, sclentista ‘and
clergy have searched their consclences and are apeaking
’ out.in the cause of ‘peace, and the cessation of the. arms
buildup. :

. ‘The 44,000,000 strong Russian orthodox church ‘has

recently begged for a halt to the arms race;

"A group of Americari: Jewish doctors took the initiative.
last year: in forming. a discussion session with Soviet.
* counterparts, ‘A free exchange of facts and fears from both —
aides of the Iron Curtain regarding the dangers and the
"futility of. the nuclear arms build-up were discussed. and
"broadcast on Russian television from Mostow. on pritwe
ime for two'and a: half hours...

Most Canadian’ peace “workers: deplore the fact ‘
‘etiizens of eastern block countriés “don't: have,
opportunity of marching and campaigning for peace se :
“do which mearis we must work for’ all people of the world.
~ ‘But ls is known from travellers ‘and exchange students'and
cultural exchange roups that peace posters do find their
Way to public bulletin boards in eastern bloc countries ~
_ Where the péople ache for peace as we do. ‘

~- Jf YOU havea gun you can shoot ME. .

«iT havea gun f ean shoot YOU. es

“If we both have guns we can shoot BACH OTHER.

isn't it better to ban guns and promote discussion? ‘this is:
hy we ere marching,

This is wy we ask you to Join us on Saturdy, Ape 23 at 1.

pm, at thé library.

War can start bby accident. Peace cannot.

\

ay f . Loe

-: Préniler does not

breakfast theborcon‘a enforved
“of having two years. of your life:
underatatid that i votera, Socred

‘paper-aind thro
cupboard, ook:
"and make jokes of my miser

-him than that." 6
T would hi
dee _ Yours L, Watinowg

“To the Bdifa eae bo!
Be am. -very‘disa ppoin inted ia the Hons ofa miber.-of
individuals" welcoming\ the. the. highest - provincial ‘lected 7
/. publle'¢ eificial to our community. of: Terr .
“am. concerned’ that. the Premiér of the prov .
-(Britiah. Columbia -iay not’ ‘visit: ar community, without : _
_ pebelvinga reception of atleastonethrowneggs i... --
‘| fear that, such. projectiles may : be followed. by, ihe ;
> taroving re hand. grenades, or the: reports. of ‘ahots fron
~ ‘tiflles or hand guns not unlike those used south: of ‘the thin

". fine-of the 49th'parallel. ‘The. thin line between. democracy’

and’ anarchy: dissolves with: a. single. ineldent “which is

“I urge anyone v who witnessed the premeditated throwing
~ ofan egg In-the direction of the Premier of the province of
B.C. -on the morning ‘of April: 14 at ‘the intersection of
_ Emerson St. arid Lazelle Ave. to report the description of
_ the individuals to the RCMP. =

J suggest that'any’ individual embarrassed by the above
incident, including niyself, may address a letter of apology
tothe’ Premier .of ‘the ‘province of B.C.,-Parllirnent
Buildings, Victoria, B.C, Y8W 2L9 for the disgraceful public
reception provided by afew of our fellow residenta.is3-

1 hope that any forthcoming reception of the Honotirable
Leader of the opposition of the pravince of B.C. may be inet
with more grace and common courtesy | than’ that’ repel
by the Premier of the pravinee 0 of Bt |”

. . I

~ An Open Lelie to, arc
_All Members of: Parllainent, Looe 7 Cate
_ House of. Cainmons ae
Ottawa, Onaterla :

. ‘Today; the terrible threat Xin iticlear: annitiatio hang
“Tike an ominous cloud over: the heads of all humafi bel
"inhabiting this earth. No danger of this magnitutle ‘bis ver
_ confronted human kind in all of recorded history,

“The arms race has dibw reached terrifying ‘propor{ions
and the foolish game of “Oneupmanship” now being played
by world leaders is datigerous in the’extreme. For some
unfathomable reason itadems to have escaped the attention
: of presentworld powers that nuclear weapons as anions ot
- defense or offense can never be used. To do so would spe i
the-end of man’s existence upon this planet and Ne
continued presence of these deadly weapons Bones a

constant threat to man’s survival. ;

" We stand today al the vary edge of this awtul abyss,” ‘One
error In judgement, one moment of panic, ons accident, can
‘unleash a nuclear mightmare upon the world: Nothing
_ would be left then but the smoke ¢urling up from the ranhes.
of our once beautiful planet.

. It ds quite ‘possible. that there will ‘be no ‘fHuman
intelligence then to make any kind of an assessment, but
should there be, what kind of questions would he be asking
himself as he ‘surveyed the amoking ruins in the wake of a

 fuclear holocaust? a
 Firatly, I think. he would have to ask himesit wn Ud id: :
* hot renlize that the piling up of nuclear arm os
‘wineléér warwad fot dnly Wadtetir of hina Hens what
resources but in the year 1963 had become a totally‘ fle
" exercise. All humanity, seemingly paralysed, watched ‘with
horror as one deadly weapon succeeded another: in the mad
racefor nuclear supremacy; a race in which all would Thee;
& race toward man's extinctlon,

Secondly, I think he would have toask himself why, at this
critical time in history, politicians ‘should stil! have ‘felt
constrained to hew to the party line? With nuclear
annihilation staring ws in the face why could. not our

representatives in parliament have shown some feal

leadership? In the matter of human surival. why did they
not put their political affiliations toone side and more fairly
attempt to represent the people who elected them to affice?

Instead, being creatures of habit, they clung desperately to
thelr old traditional way of doing things, Had "they
developed a-larger awareness in this one area “alone,
humanity might have been saved.

Thirdly and perhaps moat iniportantly I think he would
-have asked himself why we did not realize that we had so
little time left? -Even back in 1989 had the governmérits of
the world made a concerted effort to turn this thing around
. ur chances of  avolding a nuclear war were not. good, ‘but
we did have a chance. Iastead, world leaders chose to
squander this precious time when we might still have ‘sayed
ourselves and all future Generations, ina useless ‘Jockeying
for position,

, Albert Einstein, one of the gretest scientists that ever
lived saw the picture: clearly when he uttered these now
famous words some years before his death, “The splitting
of thé atom has changed everything save man’s niode of
“thinking. and thus- we drift: toward unparalleled
“catastrophe,” -, . ,

wot a "Yours sincerely,
so G. H. 1 Rutherlord

"To the altar, a a

If the people in front of the TV station on the thoraing af
Wednesday April 13 thought they were going to embarrass
the Premier by thelr egg throwing and yelling, I think they
will find out that the yolk ia on them.

_ Cam 19 years old and this is-the first election { will be
"voting fh, 1 just think it was pretty awful for adults to act
that way and I gure will nat be voting for anyone that tries to
Bet votes that. way,

‘I thought the Premier was very mature about the: whole
“thing and [ liked the way he talked to the people and didn’t
Set thad at them or anything,

If thera areany people out there who haven't declied who
"to vote for, I think you should think hard about what kind of
people we want to be lected, Isure think Mr. Bennett was
alot i beter than those other * people

Lok a ‘Yours truly,

7 mR _ Karen Harder
ani cai os _ sa

athe Premier's recent treatment of an Indlan‘h

eckler in
Smithers last week was startling and seems to ba aymbolic

_ Of the.way In which the present Social. mm

; Credi t
deala with our first citizens, Twenty are oie ofan ~
-- seemed aa though it wa:

§ government policy to deal with the

concerns of vom eee by offering them booze:. ‘The:
im to realize that those

jong gone. It is particularly unseemly for eae a

Party, Beoking re-election to Publicly éncourage the

‘consumption of alechel ag the Solution ‘to: Thajot’ sovlal

- ipsbes; “0
vm nt ne pee that the © Bremiee hoted that his Ploy did

r .
_ . . : oft "Your truly,
te _ Hohn A. MacKenrie