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NDP support
Broadbent

OTTAWA (CP) — Despite - its
continuing slide in popularity polls,
the New Democratic Party will not
attempt to replace leader Ed
Broadbent prior to the next federal
election, several MPs and party
sources sald today.

Broadbent has always had more
public support than the party,
which sank to an all-time low of 11-
per-cent support among decided
voters in a March Gallup poll, one

source said,

“You don't ‘change the wrapping
on the package'’ because of polis,
said British Columbia MP Svend
Robinson before the party's weekly
meeting of MPs and officials.

Most MPs entering the meeting
denied leadership would be raised
and none indicated an interest in
displacing Broadbent, party leader
since 1975.

Only Saskatchewan MP Lorne
Nystrom suggested the issue might
be raised, but quickly added he is
dead against a quick leadership
convention,

A convention would take two or
three months to arrange and an
election could be called any time
after the Liberals mid-June
leadership convention, said the
Yorkton-Melville MP.

Broadbent said today's caucus

meeting would concentrate on-

“themes, tactics, strategy,
leader's travel — that's what it's
all about.”

Asked if leadership would be
included in the wide-ranging
discussion, he suggested the only
issue would’ be “his pre-election
travel plans. ;

DRAWS ATTENTION

Attention was focused on
Broadbent's future last weekend
when a news story quoting senior
NDP officials said party militants
were looking at the feasibility of a
leadership convention before the
next general election.

On Monday, party president
Tony Penikett contacted various
party officials and all NDP sup-
porters mentioned in the story to
determine its validity, a source

sald.

One contacted was Roy
Romanow, the former Saskat-
chewan attorney-general
frequently mentioned as a likely

Broadbent successor.

Penikett wanted to determine if
Romanow hed expressed an in-
tereat in the leadership and if he
was gathering support to move in
that direction.

Romanow- was unavailable for
comment, but the source said the
Saskatoon lawyer made it clear he
has no interest in running. for
leadership An the immediate
future,

Romanow is still considering
running in the next federal election
and is eyeing the Saskatoon East’
ek’ now held by NDP MP Bob

ie.

Ogle, a Roman Catholic priest,

announced his resignation from:

politics in February after
recelving instructions from the
Pope not to seek re-election.

Howard urges
Kitimat
consideration.

VICTORIA-~ Frank Howard,
NDP MLA for Skeena, has urged
Gulf Canada Resources In-
corporated to consider the Port of
Kitimat as a port for shipment of
coal from its proposed Mount
Klappan coal project.

In a letter to the company
Howard said, “There has been
concern for some time that an
insufficient amount of Interest has
been displayed with respect to the
potential of the Port of Kitimat. It
ig my view that the Port of Kitimat
needs to be given some extra-
ordinary consideration jn order
that Its potential may be reallzed.
I, therefore, would urge your.
company to consider the Port of
Kitimat as a potential port for the
water-born shipment of coal from
the proposed Mount Klappan
Project.”

me Robert Crippen

Canad

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP)
— In a now-crnever. drama,
Challenger’s astronauts used the
shuttle’s Canadian-built robot arm
today to retrieve the malfiinc-
Honing Solar Max satellite from
space.

“We've got It, and we're putting
it in the (bay),”. “commander
reported,

The astronauts scored when they
guided Challenger alongelde the
crippled, slowly-spinning satellite
and astronaut Terry Hart reached
out and grabbed it with the wire
fingers of the ship's 15-metre arm.

' Operating from a remote station in

the cabin, he gingerly .berthed
Solar Max ‘on B Stand in the cargo
bay.

Success came. on’ the. Jast-ditch
effort to retrieve the satellite,

. Which had eluded Challenger on

Sunday when a space-waiking
astronaut was unable to hook on to
it, If the crew had been unable to
snag Solar Max on two or three

passes this morning, there would °

not be another chance because the
shuttle Is low on fuel.
Commander Robert Crippen and

pilot Dick Scobee successfully

fired Challenger’s fuel-shy jets
three times in three hours today to-

rendezvous with the tare Sloeing.

“tempts failed'’* Sunday,

arm. Aescues

a gap that had incressed to: almoat
100 « kilometres * since . - Sunday’ 8.
aborted effort.

PLANS REPAIRS |

Even if they. don't,

strated what they. set. out to do —
that ‘the shuttle can’ rendezvous
with a satellite “and, pervice its

er by repair or resupply ‘or by:
returning it to: Earth: That is a

selling ‘point NASA is. Using as it

seeks . to attract - commercial

customers. to -its ahittle space

transportation system: -.
. If Nelson an
aren't successful as tepaitmen,
they'll return Solar Max to. Barth

fort treatment by experts.
B

after space-walking rescue . at-

stabilized by radio command
Monday and: was making one
smooth turn every 12 minutes, ‘with
a slight wobble

~ Mondale. looking

PHILADELPHIA (AP) —
Walter Mondale, saying Penn- .
sylvania is “very close,” ia looking

for another big-state victory today

while Gary Hart is hoping to get -

back on the winning track with the
aay, Democratic presidential
Pp

dustrialized, and economically
hurting state were 172 delegates to
the. Democratic National _ Con-
vention.

But the bigger stake. ‘was
momentum, the perception that
one or the other is clearly the man
to beat for.the nominatian. ;

Pennsylvania also . provides
another test for Jesse Jackson,

who attracted & record number of
black voters to the polls last week ¢ .

in New York and almost edged out

Hart for: Second: place fn. that
state's primary.

A ‘poll ' released “today. ‘sald
Mondale has increased his narrow
Jead over: Hart in Pennsylvania.
The ABC News-Washington Post
Poll conducted Saturday, Sunday

’ and Monday said Mondale had 43
At watake in this highly in-

per cent, Hart 33 and Jackson 16,
with seven per cent undecided, The
poll of 622 Democrats has a margin
of error of plus or. minus five
_percentage ‘paints, : ;

. The ABC-Post poll taken Friday
through ‘Sunday had Mondale
ahead 41 to 34 per cent.

In the last four weeks, Mondale :

bas surged back to ‘lead the
Democratic race on the basis. of
victories in Tlincis and New York.
Both men are predicting a close
vote in Pennsylvania.

‘and van “Hotten wt

“‘S4metre-tall satellite,”
Which was twisting snd tumbling ;

was .

At that rate, asttonaut Hart had:
” four to five. minutes’ on } turn'to..’
" guide the shuttle arm to a

it on.

check the satellite's health; Tf all is.‘
: well, ihe astronauts will return {t to

orbit on Thursday, allowing it to.
resume its: study: of the:aun that
was Interrupted by the failures
more than’ three’ ‘years ‘suo.

-@lmoat. 1,6 million
‘rendezvous with Solar Max and

.. Jock ‘onto the cripnl
”. watching satellite left ‘the shuttle
“with only 22 per centof the fuel left.

gacelte |

“ engine firing to ‘Monday, i fasten of

“i series of firings Tu
atch pin a
on themida of the a satellite and nd Jock <
Astronauts Gearge ! ‘Nelsad and.
James van Hoften sire to make a»
double space walk Wednesday. to’.
replace two defective parts’ — a.
control.” system. module: anda.
electronics box — and then return.”
_ the satellite to space Thursday.
repair Solar
Max'in orbit, ‘flight’, dinector Jay.*
Greene sald. they: have demon-~

“When , launched
Canavernl on April 6, me swine

* ‘earrled 675 kilograms of nitrogen
‘tetroxide ‘and’ 422 kilograms of
a feeride to power its small for-

A. chase of

ard: ets.
be steering kilometres to

Sunday's failed attempt by Nelson
ed sun

, NASA roles set three per cent a8

the -iminimum ‘for continuing the

Challenger then would return to”
Cape Canaveral on Friday after ‘a’:
; satellite | ‘because . an attachment
“devices failed ‘to clamp. His
“repeated but futile

week in space, one day. tater. than
‘originally planned

Flight director ‘Jay. Greene ;
raised the poasibility. the- satellite:
would be brought back to Earth for .

repair if Challenger usés,too much -

manoeuvring fuel, necessitating'a
return home Thuraday: A.different :
: supply powers the ship's large re- -
entry engines, so the shortage has

come back to Earth, .

WORK OUT PLAN: :
Because the shuttle’s fuel supply ;

was low, flight controllers worked

out a plan to get the most out of

what was Jett. They moved upe one.

mission, -
"Nelson was unable to snag the

efforts set the
craft gyrating and raised fears it
wotld be impossible to control.
But! NASA ‘engineers beamed a
atream of computer commands

:-that - brought Solar Max under
“control. ©

no effect.on the crew's: ability: to a

Solar Max cost $77 million to

build: and Jaunch in’ 1860, NASA’
- said a replacement of this im-

portant scientific package would

* cost $295 million at today's prices,

The agency estimates the rescue
mission is costing $48 million.

for close victory

Hart told ‘reporters: his, chances.

lie. with ‘the: undeci And:
whether they opt for change or
choose to stay with aditional

Democratic party policies. .
The big issue was the economy

and which candidate had the best .-

plan for rebuilding the ailing’ steel
industry In Pennaylvania, mo,
At a shopping centre in Bucks
County, Hart told a large crowd
Monday that "this state's ‘economy
and this nation’s economy must -
literally be rebuilt.”
Mondale cited Hart's. ‘opposition
to government ald for ‘Chrysler.
Corp. and for Wheeling-Pittaburgh
Steel as examples of the senator’s
uncaring attitude toward troubled

‘companies -reaponaible for .
thousands of jobs. ;
Hart countered that’ the Chryster

- bailout didn’ treally save any jobs,

that other companies were ready
to buy out its profitable divisions
when the government stepped in
with loan guarantees.

Jackson, in Pittsburgh, hoisted a

“Reopen the plant

sign
‘Rebuild the cities, Labor for

Jackson" and walked a picket line

-with several hundred. striking
‘ahipbuilders. -
' Jackson. said he would lead a

“peace delegation’? to Nicaragua .
late this month or early'in May and
that. Americans must support. the
government there against.the CIA-
financed efforts to overthrow it.
Going’ inte. today’s primary,
Mondale had a lead in delegates
with 806.8 to 555 for Hart and 147.2
for Jackson. It takes 1,967 to win
the nomination, :

John Munroe denies conflict of. interest

WINNIPEG (CP) — Indian
Affairs Minister John Munro says
funds from Indian groups backing
him for the federal Liberal party
leadership have not put him in.a
conflict of interest.

‘Munro ‘sald he has accepted”
$9,000 frem-the Dakota-Ojibway
Tribal Council in Manitoba, as well
as funds from other Indian

’ organizations, and he was flattered

by the contributions.

The council, based. in Brandon,
got more than $5 million last year
from Munro's department but the

minister stressed the campaign
‘money he has received was. not
federal government. funds, and
there were no strings attached to
the council's support.

“The band . management
"dicated there were no federal tite

involved;"": Munro ' told reporters:

Monday. He asked them; “What

- would your attitude be if I turned it

down?” ..

He said there ‘is no difference
whether funds come from an
Indian band or any. other cor-
poration. He brushed off a

B.C. to circumvent.
health act

ia )cp) — The British Colum

bia government will try-to elr-

cumvent the Canada Health Act,

Health Minister Jim Nieleen said
Monday,

Niclren said there are ways

“around the stupid act” which was

‘ given unanimous third reading

Monday in the Commons, and “I
will recommend that we do ao,"*
“We have just begun to fight,’ he
eaid in an interview, labelling the
act silly, stupid, unnecessary and
Wrong. 7 7
The B.C. minister, who has been
vociferous in his battle against the
act which he sees as feder
meddling in provincial affairs, said
the changes forced on the
provinces and territories will
create a costly bureaucratic

nightmare,

_ _ Nielsen sald he was not surprised \
that approval was unanimous in
the Commons because with a”
federal election only months away-

‘“no one wants to go on record as
being against motherhood and .

medicare — from a political: point

of view, it was the proper stance to-

take.”
He sald the impact of the
legislation will be felt by the

provincies and territories, not by —

Ottawa, so the federal government
wants to ‘ng, credit for medicare
but is letting “the provinces worry
about how to make it work.’
IMPOSES PENALTIES :
Under the new act, provinces
will lose one dollar of federal
grants for every dollar collected
from patients through hospital

‘user fees and billing by physicians

beyond what medicare covers,

British Columbla has no extra-
billing, but might lose between $35
toillion and $50 million a year
because of its longstanding system
of hospital user fees.

It also might lose millions more
under discretionary penalties the
federal legislation creates for
provinces that don’t ensure all
their residents have medicare
coverage.

Nielsen said the province has no
intention of giving up user fees,

The provincial ‘government ‘will .

make
cider

surcharge under the Income Tax
(Health Care Maintenance)

al

Amendment ‘Act which became .

law March 30. |.
However, Nielsen said the new

*. federal act will cause chaos

throughout the country, and for
some .provinces there will be
“very, very serious grief.”

“It will not provide better health

_ gare, but it will cost mare money,"

he said. :

suggestion that the $9,000 created a a
confiict of interest. :
“There’s a potentiality of. con-
flict of interest in all contributions
te any candidate at any time."
ri But he said :thereo:is

‘federal’ ‘leadership “candidates --
made by corporations, including
firms that gét government grants,
subsidies and tax write-offs, | -
‘Munro said if other Canadians
can make political contributions;
there is no reason why: native
people cannot do the same.
OPPOSITION CRITICAL -

Munro’s actlons drew criticiam

‘in the’ Commons from Progressive
- Conservative MP John McDermid,

who argued the minister should
resign if it is proven the, money,
came from federal coffers. °

Bui . Alfred Everett, ad-
ministrator of the tribal council,

‘said the $9,000 came from band
investments, not from government _

funds, .The council ia made up of
eight Manitoba Indian bands. -

’ He said the donation came from
-funds generated by the counell’s

restaurant, rent-of floon space in
the’ council building and sale of

copies of a filra on the council's
child welfare program.
“There is absolutely no conflict
of interest on-our part and on the
of Mr, Munro," Everett said .

iHtde (in ateinterview from Brandon.
riticiam : of , contributions - fos

off" —t bothers me; this whole notion |
that people have that Indian people
are pawne and are owned by the
federal government and can’t do
what normal citizens of this
eountry can do.”

Everett said Munro did not ask
for the money.

He said it was the first time the
tribal council has contributed to a
political campaign, but declined to
say why the council's board of
directors had decided to make the
donation.

“You would have to ask the
board of directors individually, if
you want that question answered,”
Everett said. .

-Earlier, Munro said he sees
himself in third place in the race
for the leadership, behind John
Turner and Jean Chretien. Munro
said he hopes: to raise about $1
million for his campaign, whi
below the ceiling of $1.6 million set

by party rules.

‘memorablli,

Pall
————
Letters to,
_the Editor — Editor
a

Editor,

Oo ee Herald of April 4 L.
Joseph wrote: “Development and '
Peace has been falsely and ab-
surdly accused of being a: eom-
‘munist front by areader. Another>
-of this reader’s misconceptions is
his statement that Cardinal Carter’
of Toronto stopped the: flow. of”
money going to this communist
front. The truth is that Cardinal.
Carter has recently issued” a
Pastoral Letter endorsing .
organization and its work’ on

seph.. -
bell, oe am that reader ‘and : i
stand by what T ‘said. In one ‘of!
Mcleai’s Magazine's Spring issued’
1903 1 read: “‘in mid-1982 some of |
the resentment surfaced when’.
Toronto's Cardinal Carter an:
nounced that $750,000 of the money ..
taken in from the annual: lenten’ |
collection plates would not be”
turned over to the lay Canadian”
Catholic Organozation for
Development and Peace as
originally planned. Instead - it
would be funnelled into a new
pastoral council that the bishop
was establishing for “evangelical”’”
work in the Third World. CCODP, —
setup by the bishops in 1967 to fund
small development projects, has
become a red flag for many con-
_servative Catholics. It irritates
them because its focus is more. .
political and social than religious. _.
Others worry because it is largely...
staffed by militant, working-class”
Quebecois Catholics inspired both |
by Marxist ideals and by liberation
theology. Says Toronto's powerful . .
conservative Cadinal, Emmett ..
Carter: “The way to social justice
and to world peace will not be
found in ‘Marxism. | And ‘he _
lamented that “some of our beat
people, both intlelectually and:
ethically, have fallen prey . to
communism”, ;

Here ends the quotation from
Melean's Magazine.

According to Time Magazine of
March 14, 1893 the pope called upon. .:
Christians to seek change In.
society “without resorting to |
violence or to callectivist systems
that can proveno less oppressive to
the digally of man’ than pure
economic capitalism”. Said the
pope, in a thinly veiled attack on™
Marxist-orlented ‘‘liberation”
theologians": . ‘‘It is not necessary ©
to hold alien ideologies in order to
love and defend man. You can find ©
in the center of the Christlan

easage the teaching which calls”
“ for’ “eommltinekt “to human |,

dignity". So'far the pope. +.”

1 do not see any “‘endorsement’’
of “Development and Peace’,

nelther by Cardinal Carter, nor by
the Pope himself.
Bill Homburg
Dear Sir,

I have lived in Terrace since
1911, and was very pleased when
the promise was made ‘by former
Minister McClelland that no one
would be relocated from"
Skeenaview hill. oe

Just this week we sent a woman
south by Air Ambulance who has _
lived here since 1917, Needless to
say she was broken hearted about
having to leave all her friends.

1 fully support the motion made
by the Society in demanding that
proper renovations be initiated at
‘Skeenaview and the extended care
residents be housed in a partion of '
the old building and. that the
government get on with the
planning for a permanent extended
care wing. .

Awaiting your reply I ‘remain,

Yours truly,
Blackie McConnell

To the Editor,

You may wish to inform. the
public of the following . in-
formation:

Open Learning Institute course
offerings for May ist are now
available at the Terrace ‘office,
3306 Kalum Street. Residents of
B.C,. over 18 years of hge who
‘would like to enroll. in Adult Basic
Education, Academic, or Career-
Technical - Vocational courses ‘tb,
be studied in your own home,’
please call collect - 635-4981. Tha
session begins May ist, 1984, and
applications should be mailed by
_April 13, 1994,

Thank you for your continued
cooperation. .

Yours truly,
-Bernle Distel, |
‘Regional Advisor-Terrace.

To the Edltor,

: Preston High School, in the
former town of Preston, mw
cambridge, Ontario, . will. be
., celebrating ita 50th Anniversary
*” Reunion on the weekend of May .
_ ith and 12th, 1984 :
Wewould apbreclate your help in
_ ulna this event by printing
. this letter so'that we might contact
* -foriner students and staff who are

" Feaders of your paper,

They should contact Benno .
Rosinke, Preston High School, 550
. Rose Street, Cambridge, Patario,
. 'N3H 266, or teléphone $19-¢53
"If they give us their current tad
', dress, we will return them an

' outline of events, registration’

ormation, and details about

uly
Vice-Principal