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The OakBay Junction in Batik,pottery and yoga are Victoria is tion~inatedby ;I iarge taught frequently. The idea of a car sign. Directly beneath it, in streettheatre has also been a one-room former store,is the explored. Victoria Womens Centre. The Women's Centre, Started inMay on a $12,000 however, is situated in an O.F.Y. grant, the seven women inconvenient location. "A lot of involved in it's organizatioa are people drive by, but as there's a combination of working no parking they don't stop" mothers and students. They Many of rt-gularthe regardthe Centre :ts only a participants in the seminars and preliminary,start in, their workshops live in the area. attempt to help Victorla women. Afterthe Centresponsered a Over the summer a variety of workshop on"Women and the services have been consolidated Law", more peoplebegan in the building. A babysitting coming in, and now there are exchange,organized by frequent requests for advice on districts. is one of the most legal aid. heavily used. Unlike a similar Vancouver VOTERS ARE FOOLS The Centre housesa complete Centre they donot ban men from I4 reference library on all aspects the premises. They did refuse of the wmens' nlovement. A to leta Martlet photographer We know you know the isslres. tapecollection deals with takeany pictures.saying that he problems virryingfrom an had no "appointment". You'renot dumb. You are fools individual's place in society to The only real trouble.the daycare 'for children. Ccntrehas encountered with though if you think someoneelse Members of the Women's rwn was an ugly dispute with will change thegovernment for Centre are undertaking .'Freddie the Freeloaders". a you, or provide all the answers. research in various areas. nearby grocery store. either as individuals or in A hand-letteredsign on'a TheNDP hasn't the business groups.The problems hcing meat brander in !he shop backing of the other three parties the working mother is one of recently bore the words. and if you believe Bennett's myth their mosturgent concerns. Aid "Brand your meat or your and advice are offered to women women." Several people from about unions, come and check our who are undertakingdivorce the centre came in individually. books,they're open, theonly proceedings. and complained that the sign party'sthat is- including the In another directmn.a twoklrt served no purpost'except to is being assembled on JIY~ degrade women. "new" Liberals and Tories. doctors. The Centre is The storeclerks (all young attempting to find the ones who males) didnot agree and said Victoria Riding are directlysympathetic to that most of theircustomers We meed yourvote, money and women. liked the sign. After afew days. 11 time. Isn't getting rid ofBennett During the summer free arts worth beer money for this week. and crafts sessions havebeen ctont'd 12 offeredto interested women. on

VICTORIANDP 1018 BLANSHARD. OFFICE HOURS9-5MONDAYTO FRIDAY. OPENMONDAY AND WEDNESDAY Researched. wrltten and profess tonal^^ typed. All wrltershave a rnlnlmurn NIGHTS.386-8497. FREETERMPAPER CATALOG (Thousands already on ftle) CALL TOLL FREE (anywhere tn thecountry fortnfor- David Hobson, and Testing Program Irnation and rates and catalogs.) 800-638-0852 Victoria Riding. :or in formation write: or CallCollect (301) 656-5770 EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH. INC. Sraduate Studies Center 5530 Wisconstn Ave. Sutte 1690 '.O.Box386,N.Y.,N.Y. 10011 I 3 No comment Goede hired on fine arts A specialcommittee, areasin Fine Arts, with a view September meeting. by CAUT organized to examine the state to integrating them Dr.. Kirk alsorefused to of the Faculty of Fine Arts at A proposal put forward by the discussthe substance of the UVic has completed its study. committeeat that time and report when contacted late last A former Wic profeSSOr, President Farquhar received passed by the Senatewas that no week. He limited his remarks to fired by Partridgethe its reportand recommendations furtherfirst-year student talking about the way in which Administrationduring last on August9th and submitted enrolment in Visual Arts be thecommittee carried on its year’s tenure dispute,has been them University’sthe to permitted until the department business. hired by the Canadian Commission on Academic was re-organized. Kirk said UVic FineArts Association of University Governance the same day. students and facultywere Teachers in Ottawa. Farquhar was reluctantto The committee,chaired b, “surveyed”,as were artists Dr. Alexander Kirk of the comment on the outcome of the from other universities. Dr. William We.formerly ChemistryDepartment, was just-completed study. All the present Visual Arts of the UVic English Department, authorized at a special May31 ‘‘I do not think it would be a faculty were invitedby letter to will serve asa special assistant Senate meeting to continue the goodthingto do at this time. It make their opinions known by to the executivesecretary of the investigationit had already would be betterto wait fora submitting briefs. In addition, Association,Professor Alvgn begun. while,” he said. thecommittee setseveral Berland. Specifically, Dr. Kirk’s group questionsfor the faculty to was asked then tofurther The presidentdid say that the answer. When Berland leaves at the examine UVic’s Studio-Visual issue would getSenateto , Kirksaid no personal end of this year,Goede will work Arts Programme and the “either directly from me or by interviewswere conducted, for his replacement, Donald C. A conservative? relations between various other report ”, probably atthe except by telephone. Savagepresently associate executive secretary of CAUT. Go@e was offeredhis new filled out a a university. position two weeks ago. He does not believe that since He said Tuesday he believes Partridgeleft UVic, relations many of his duties will involve between faculty and dealings with CAUT’sAcademic Administration have improved. Freedom and Tenure “Admittedly, I’ve been away Committee. from the place for a year,but it “I will stay totally out of the looks from here as though it’s UVic situation though”,he said, worsened. Instead of executive- expressing a wish to avoid a managertypes runningthe “conflict of interest between university, the reins have been working for CAUT and being handedback themoreto involved in a disagreement with conservative old Victoria the University.” College types”, he said.

‘‘It will be very useful towork “Partridge was in love with ’ with people having thesame progress.‘ He brought with him problems I did, it’sgoing to be a the model of a modern American very exciting job.” corporation and tried to impose Goede expects thatat the next it on UVic.” CAUTgeneral councilmeeting “Now there is a new model. in May 1973, the subject of the The hallmark of a conservative UVic administration, now under university administrationis not censure by the Association,will efficiency and productivity. It’s again be brought up. a sort of mandarin approach to Unless there is a reversalin life. The longer you’re there the thepresent attitude, which is better your are; that kind of highly unlikely, Goede said, the thing. To my way of thinking this second stage of censure will is really bad news. probably Le imposed on the Board of Governors. “I’m a conservative but in a With theimplementation of different sense. I believein the this phase, advertisements are tradition of basic faculty control placed in foreignacademic of theuniversity. Academics journals, warning professors may make less efficient Future planning not for tbe birds... abroadthat the university is decisions, they tend to mumblea viewed withdisfavour by CAUT. lot and see complexities where Under thethird and final there are none but they have a stage, CAUTwarns its members better understanding than not to accept employment with anyone else of what a university University Centre soon? the censured institution. is all about.” Goede questioned the valueof Code leaves Victoria for censureas an effective Ottawarlext week to take up his “You really cannot produce containing alarge auditorium army huts in the northern area measure. He saidit did not new dutiesSeptember 1. . --= one building without thinking of and consolidating the officesof a of the campus,would, by 1972, be prevent thestaff list from being future planning”, the president number of administrative either brought up to National said. departments, maybe builtat BuildingCode standards, UVic beginsoonwill UVic in the near future. destroyed or converted to uses constructingPhysical its Itwill replace the former not requiring human occupancy. Haig-Brown resigns, Education Centre. A Physical armyhuts now housing these Plant ServicesBuilding housing services,constructed during Efforts torepla’ce thehuts the traffic and security office, WorldWar Two as temporary have been one of the arguments maintenance and other buildings. UVic has used in soliciting Chancellorship open departments, is under According to President Hugh capital funds for new consideration. A preliminary Farquhar, “ themost likely theconstruction from Roderick Haig-Brown , the chancellor primarilyas a design for the latter has been spot” for such a centre is the provincial government. current chancellor of UVic will “ceremonial function” within fully approved and the area between the Clearihue and Campbellestimated that an not run for re-election when his the university. universityhas the money in the Cornett Buildings which now Administration centre, if built, term expires at the end of this If elected, he said he could not bank to build it. functions as a nesting area and would cost between $1.5 and two year. . see himselfacting as an Completion of the sports and sanctuary for skylarks. million dollars. Haig-Brown, who finishes his ombudsman between the student services centreswill permit the Farquhar and Campus “Wehavethemoneynow,” he presentthedutiesfor and the Administration. de-commission of three or four Planningofficer Ian Campbell said. “UVic has received four University in December, “As the convocation elects huts, said Campbell. both suggested the - sanctuary million dollars in capital funds recently said from his Campbellthechancellor, how .could he -. “Presently the university is could beprotected and retained. in the past y’w.’’ River home that he no longer had representa student”, Ireland not badly off for space in most Administration(an “It Possiblew-nponents of the the timenecessary to devote to said. academicdepartments, or at complex) should be located as building,suggested by the office. He regards the chancellor as least betteroff than they were a close to the academic centreof Farquhar, include the 1000-seat A noted conservationist, being aligned with the few years ago. As for the campusas it exists today or auditorium already mentioned, author and court judge, his term Administration, being anex- administrativedepartments, is likely to in the future”, sad oflicesfor the Grad Students saw many political upheavals at officiomember of both the some are overcrowded,most Campbell, appareni!ywho Society,the Registrar and the University. Board of Governors and the are not located in a convenient favours a site within ?he Ring Admissicrls Office and a lounge To date,three candidates Senate. place.”, he said. Road circle. area where professors and have stepped forth to challenge “Asa chancellor you have to In May of this year,the Senate ’ students could meet. chancellorshipthe at the make decisions, but you can’t The finalform and facilities Committee on Campus Planning September election. just sit atherelike theUniversity Centre Will acceptedthe need afor “We haven’t saidwe’d thinkof WillardIreland, former Buddha... though you are able to contain is not yet known. universitycentre. They establishingtheatre the chairman of theBoard of stand away from the issues”. Campbell commented, “I’m suggestedaproject planning department in such a building. ”, Governors was.the first person The secondcandidate is not quitesatisfied with the committee be established. This he said. to announce an active interestin Robert Wallace, formerly head information we have as yet. has not yet been done. “Wehave to make a decision thejob. A formerstudent of of the Mathematics Department, However, there’s nothing wrong Severalyears ago,the some time soom as to whether VictoriaCollege, he retired with the idea.” Universityagreed with the we’re going provideto a from the Board last year. A UniversityCentre, Municipality of Saanich that the complex for fine arts.” He sees theoffice of the mt’d on 3 0 4 NODOP. - THE LOST TRIBE OF ISRAEL There’s alot of loosetalk party’s position on an important of the ballot box. They’ve about“old style” and“new issue asbeing “right and good.” institutionalized rustic style”politics these days; That doesn’t happen very much gerrymandering; given it a new usually it anticipates apologies anywhere else. it’s one reason .home in the land of Williston for why a likely candidate didn’t why the New Democrats win less Lake and the W.A.C. Bennett get elected after all. than their share of elections. Dam; built rural Tammany They like to point out how other Halls in every corner of their parties implement policies that domain. The first impressionone gets they pioneered yearsbefore. when walking into Victoria NDP rather outraged at the theft than Don’tfooledbe by the headquarters is that the people cognizant that good timing is thereare not apgreciably Socreds’appearance. It is essential togoodsalesmanship. carefully cultivated by some of differentfrom those at the Not to discredit them, they can SocialCredit League a few the same Vancouver Rotary speak a phrase like “right and Clubbersthe new provincial blocks away. The posters and good” and mean it. But its only newspaper clippings seemout of Conservativeleader loves to their way of believing 1s make speeches to place,to be sure, but the in- themselves. (The Conservative group feelingand the jokesabout party’s equivalent Holy Writ what the opposition is doing are surfaces in speeches about the THAT’S politics in B.C. and the same. There are more old need to reaffirm the sacrament peoplethan young people; the smooth-talking Derrill Warren, of privateinitiative in with a copy of Ayn Rand in one enthusiasm is a distinctblend of business.) Alma Mater loyalty and Knights handand a New Deal for of Pythias comraderieand when Vancouver businessmen in the aparty organizer asks your No one else goesthrough such other, mlghtbe thecherub of name you know its only because turbulent moral agonies with Shaugnessy Heights; he isn’t he’s looking for recruits. such ritualregularity as the going to win any votes in Salmon editor ...... dave todd New Democratic party does it; Arm photo editor ...... frank carter . defining a positic n on ar issue Its their most glaring flaw anci As for the Liberals, a picture summer staff . . . , .tim de lange boom, deanna The second impression is that theydon’t know theyhave it. malcolm, frieda lockhart, greg middleton, jaci, your firstimpression is appeared ir the local papers not probably correct. 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UVic has been askedto lending auxiliary aid. participate in a communications “We have to convince them system of computer and (students) thatwe are not part of helicopter links with other B.C. a military programme.We have and Washington State colleges. to convince them that it is not “But at themoment”, says part of an American military Academic Vice-president Dr. industrial ploy or we must call D.J. MacLaurin, “it would be the whole thing off.” premature tothink of the plan or “If we do usemilitary a commitmenta by UVic as equipment, there must be a anything firm.” token Canadian contingent The scheme, CAN-AM-I, (for involved.” Canadian-American AMS President Russell Instruction) is being proposed Freethy has indicated a by Dr. Herbert Taylor, Dean of willingness to co-operate with Research and Grants atWestern Taylor. Washington State College in Bellingham. It envisages twice- Aside fromthe helicopter daily helicopter runs, question. othersources of educational radiobroadcasts dispute might include thefact and the sharing of library that with the initial funding being resourcematerial among the whollyof U.S.origin, successor participants. failure depends entirely upon the whim of American Direct funding would be authorities, and that there is no entirely by U.S. sources.Dr. mention of any Canadian costs Taylor is asking for $7.5 million after the five-year development to be spent over a five-year stage. period. Of this,one-quarter No approaches have been would be used to re-imburse made to Ottawa or the B.C. universities for lost faculty Government. “This is UVic’s time, one-fifth tooperational job”, Taylor said. “It would be expenses and the remainder to presumptuous of me to do so.” the purchase of computer Askedwhat would happen if equipment. the project went over itsbudget, “In the first five years there he commented, “That’s what would be only indirect costs to they pay me not to do.” UVic,”, said Tavlor. He listed the mutual sharing of While a number of communitv transportation expenses as ai, coileges are included in CAN- example of an indirect cost. AM I, the only universities are Canadian, though Taylor said “Western Washington is a ‘A synopsis of the plan sent tG universitybecause hasit a Dr. MacLaurin states in part; degree programme.” “It is assumedthat two (2 “The Canadian universities years will be required to put this have considerable surplus system fully on the line, two (2 memory banks, which will cost years to demonstrate the thc: U.S. $1.5 million more validity of the system, and a fifth without participation from north year in which U.S federal grani of the border.” funding shall be phased out ancl The University of Washington thoseinstitutions deciding tu in Seattle, has incompatible remain in the system will begin computer equipment (UVic’s 1s proposed CAN-AM I network to phase in their own budget.’ IBMj and is -outside of the - * geophysical areacentred on “Theprogram would be Bellingham. (see map). governed by a senior facultv Taylorsaid UVic stands to committee drawn from the three benefit the most from CAN-AM Canadian universities and I. institutions In the Greater W estern plus Western one Vancouver area the least. representative selected by the He estimates thereis a “a 75 THE MARTL-ET American community colleges. per cent chance of getting a bit of The technical - endof the money for faculty exchange and program tobe supervised by the a trial-helicopter run and a 40 director of the three Canadian per cent chance of getting the university computer centres or major part of the money asked theirsurrogates and the for.” director of Western’s computer centre plus representatives Taylor would liketo see a from any community colleges separatebillin the U.S. Senate, who possess computer because its passing andan cognescenti.” agreement by Ottawa would . Otherinstitutions invited to result in a joint treaty. participate are UBC, Simon There then would be no border Fraser University, Camosun stops or customs and College, Malaspina College and immigration procedures for resumes its regular publishing several Vancouver area helicopter pilots to go through. schools. The soonestTaylor may know “No-one has denied an how successful he has been in interest yet,” Taylor said. He obtaining money will be in the added that “if we have next few weeks, but it could be schedule on sept. 7. opposition from the students of morethanayear. He claims to the university we don’t want to have the active support of U.S. start.” Congressman Lloyd Meeds and an assurance of supportfrom TheDeanadmitted objections Washington senatorWarren new staff members are welcome. could arise overthe provisionof Magnuson. helicopter transportation. The plan atpresent calls for the purchase of a surplus helicopter Theultimate goal, Taylor from the U.S. Department of says, is to develop close Defense. Alternatively, Service Canadian-American educational would be from U.S. Army links. ehmeellorship- wnt’d from 3 helicopters on regular training For Canadian The real mystery caddidate is election also had a dark horst missions. administrators, wanting a David Conover, author of two running. Unsuccessful in a1 “Both avenues currentlyare closer relationship may be the later vice-president and acting books and a resident of Wallace attempt to capture the post wa, being explored”, he said, but ultimate question which decides president of UVic. Island. Heoncetheran Wallace RA member Bob Higinbotham. admitted being “extremely whether they participate in On vacation, he could not be IslandResortand has no formal HebecameMartleteditor in th~ hesitant” about the possibility CAN-AM I.. reached by the Martlet for connection with theUniversity. following year.’ of American armedforces comment on his nomination. The 1969 chancellorship 6 debate ‘1 has been obscured’

guaranteed annual incomes. kind of statements hewas I’ve put it on motion on the order makingand I’verefused to paper of the House.I’ve been take any abusefrom him or discussinghard gut issues in anyone else while I’m in public this campaign and will continue life. As faras hiscomments to do so. I will not be coming out about my suit, just remember with backroom pieces of paper that his sons sued the Vancouver with ten points, nine points, Sun. eight points, seven pointsor six points, like a race horse. I am Martlet - Whenyou make interested in hard,economic claims, as you have, to “get in theories and that’s what we’re the gutter” with Bennett if .you presenting. have to, do you not thinkby doing shat you legitimize the Socred Martlet - If the Socreds are red-baiting tactics? returned, how goes the futureof GodlessMarxism in this Barrett - I have notresponded on province? that basis. And I don’t intend to respond on that basis. When I Barrett - There is no such thing made thatstatement some as Godless Marxism except in months agoI meantthatif I had to the imagination of our premier. go to simplistic terms explainto And theperpetuation of the my positionI woulddo that. comment is an absurd However, I have drawn the line- euphemismused toobscure and I’ve made it very clear that I sensible political debate in this will not get engaged in an province. exchange of smears. Martlet - To put it differently Martlet - Has the NDP got a -by daw todd then, is 1972 more crucial for campaign tactic to successfully Social Credit or forthe New combat thatkind of charge from Thisconversation between political partythat’s ever point though - the NDP spends a Democrats? Social Credit? the provincial leader of the New delivered is the CCF and the lot of time on remembering the Democratic party and the NDP. And they’rethere, they politicalbattles of saythirty Barrett - Democratic socialism Barrett - Yes. We intend to stay Martlet took place one hectic know what it’s allabout. We have years ago. has been around a long time and on discussing the issues. evening recently when Dave a people committment that’s it will continue to be around. Barrett wascampaigning in entirely different from the other Barrett - Well youif don’t Social Credit has never had a Martlet - It’s common Victoria. We spoke to him prties. remember your past you have no GeorgeBernard Shaw; Social knowledge that you and Ray mcutes afterhe had completed future. If you’re dealing in one Credit has neverhad a Bertrand Haynes don’tget along very well .m engagement on a local open- Martlet - Still itseems like or two elections ago then, you Russell.There is notone together. Have you been trying me radioprogramme and there is sort of a teaand cookies know, you have no understanding internationally renowned figure to steer the party away from an shortly beforehe left on a plan to atmosphere that surrounds.. . of the whole evolution towards who has ever subscribed to the over-warm relationshipwith the Vancouver. Teinterview took democratic socialism that must Social Credit philosophy. We’re B.C. Labour Federation? place in a car on its way to Barrett - Let me tell you that take place in North America. not party a of individual Victoria International Airport. that tea and cookies atmosphere There won’t be a dramatic messiahs. We’repartya of Barrett - Next question Longenialand willing to give around anNDP committee room change in the economic system people who are committedto . answers,Barrett was also has fought some of the most of this country overnight. When some rational approaches to an Martlet - How about that one in defensive about certain issues. ruthlesspolitical juggernauts you %ink of themassive organization of human structure reverse? This can be seen from his reply North America has ever propaganda which capitalism is that has more meaning than the to a questionabout the NDP’s producedand that tea and able to push on the people, the present system. Barrett - What question? involvement with organized cookies atmospherehas taken very factthat our party exists is labour in the province. We on thelikes of establishment a miracle in political terms. Martlet - In view of the fact that Martlet - The one you didn’t began with a question about the orientedgovernments right an importantgovernment hear? image of his party. across thiscountry. They have Martlet - When Derrill Warren official won hisslander suit won a government in openedthe Conservative against Bennett a few years ago Barrett - I didn’t hear you? Saskatchewan thatpioneered campaign by announcing his and is now about asprominent as Martlet - I had whatperhaps may social service development for nine-pointeconomic plan for Colonel Fawcet in the Amazon Martlet - Oh. Next question. be a curiousthought while I was every other Canadian. They’ve B.C. he seemed to sound the note jungledo you think your libel waitingfor you. It seemed that won a government in Manitoba the election is going to be played caseagainst the premier is Barrett - That’sa matter of ,aalking into the NDP that’s doing a fantastic job. So on.Bennett has his Kelowna going tobe a politically effective internal party business. Those neadquarterswas just like dm’t be fooled by the tea and charter andthe Liberals are measure? mattersare discussed within walking into theSocial Credit cookies. making their usualnoises of the party. league or the office of any other There’s a group of dedicated “We’re the logical choice.” Barrett - My libel case against political party. Do you find that peoplewilling totake on the What is the NDF the premier will bediscussed in Martlet- If the NDP obtainsa the party is handicapped at all by money of any party to fight for sayingthat’s different or are the courts.The decisionto plurality of seats over the * old style? the things they rant. they just posturing as well? pursue the libel case was made Sccreds, will you join with the Where are the young on the basis that thepremier has Liberals to formaminority Barrett - Well, it’s not a people? I don’tknow, perhaps Barrett - If you have followedthe effectively become a master of government? question of old style. Every they’retoo cynical. Perhaps things I’ve been saying for the smear in this province and I political party deals with people they’re comfortable too last two years you will find that made the move to stop his style Barrett - I make no predictions so you see people in our enjoying thebenefits that the I’vebeen talking in hard of campaigning and I intend to about theoutcome of the committeerooms; you see pioneers of this country have economic issues. The pursue this right to the end. election. Isay this, that I won’t people in othercommittee won for them. But they shouldbe ownership and control of the take away the jobs of political rooms;It’s not a question of getting off their butts and getting naturalresources of this Martlet - Is there not a danger scientists. There aretoo many style, the difference between us involved rather than making province. I’vepointed out that though that it might backfire on unemployed in British Columbia and other partiesis a question of observations that “gee, it looks we’re not getting afair shareor you? already. committment. Peoplewho come likeateaand-toast outfit.” It’s a fair return from the natural to ourcommitteeto rooms, hard politics and that’s where resources of this province. I’ve Barrett - Itwon’t be heard in Martlet - Can I say you smiled especially the olderones, Uitt belong, right in there with talked about a mixed-economy court for a yearyou know.. . I’m and smiled and smiled‘? people who have gone through it. base of private andpublic not interested in an assessment very seriouseconomic times in capital in terms of developing of political strategy. The man Barrett - You can say that if you thiscountry and the only met- Tbat’s precisely the this province. I’ve talked about had to bestopped in terms of the want, but that’s not the case. t 7

selects and any area that thaf there should be moredirect Martlet - Bennett has a committee wants to go into in student ’ representation in reputationproducingfor . terms of publicfinancing, or governing a university. outrageous and meaningless public funding, will be open to economic statistics, with the them. Martlet - Have the WDP result that idportant financial consideredthe possibility of indicators are often distorted Martlet - As far as education institutingsomething like the beyond recognition or never policies, what new Wright Commission in Ontario appear. Onething which many developmentscan universities fora total re-examination of people suspect but cannot seem expectunder an NDP post-secondary education? to prove is that hydro dams are government? being paid for with the money Barrett - I am extremely leery from government pensionfunds. Barrett - Well, in terms of of commissions.1 prefer the How much knowledge doyou financial responsibilities we use of a legislative committee.I have of this kind of thing would eliminate the localtax for would like to see a legislative happening? pbst-secondaryinstitutions. committee go through our whole That would affect the regional educationalsystem from pre- colleges.throughout the schoolright topost-graduate Barrett - The first realglimpse province. We a feel work. I would like to see the we gct of this was an admission tremendous sense of urgency to legislative committeemake use by Williston(B.C. Resources incorporatethe people we’re of researchexisting Minister)during the last now educatingtheinto information in North America session that our estimations of educationalsystem itself. We rather than just going around themismanagement of the feel it’s absolutely fruitless to getting a collection of opinions Columbia RiverTreaty were spend so much money educating as wasdone with the Chant right on. Thegovernment is skilledpeople andhave them report in British Columbia. I approximately $400 million come out intothe work force would likeverya thorough short on thatdeal with the without jobs. Wewould like to examination of the experiments Americans.Thesefigures see a greaterdiversification of in all ranges of education that cannotbe hidden forever and universityexperience.We would havebeen takingplace really we’ve had our first proof this tolike accesssee to dramatically in North America spring. The fiscal machinations universities made available to over the last fifteen years. I’m of thisgovernment are fairly older people. Wewant to shift trying tosift through all of that obvious, but whatmore can I say the retirement ages in the civil with the direct co-operationand than that its fairly obvious what service to a lower age with a assistance of thepros in the they’re doing? muchbetter pension scheme so educationfield for new that we canutilize the young directions in B.C. education. Martlet - €lor regularly do you Soered opinioa poll he had come Martlet - Will an NDP newly-trained professional and read the B.C. papers‘? across. Sopposedly it gave the government open up this area semi-professional people and at Martlet - One last question - On a NDP 34 percent of the vote, the for investigation? the same timegive peoplemany scaleof ten how would you rate Barrett - I readall of the SocredsmdLiberals27mdThe more years in the later part of the Socred government in bed Vancouver Sun, all of the Conservatives It. Barrett -We have said all along theirlife to have accessto with mining companies in the Vancouver Province, all of the that we believe in full disclosure higher education or any other province? VictoriaColonist, all of the Barrett- First of all you of public funds. We would have experience that they want. VictoriaTimes, I readhelp misread his column. He did not fulltime legislative committees Barrett -Which is the worst end wanted and read 1 Alan identify whose suwey itwas. It and 1 will say for thefirst timein Martlet - Would youlike to see of the scale? Fotheringham. certainly wasn’t the NDP’s. this campaign that we believe the UniversitiesAct re-written? Secondly, I don’t believe in the public accounts committee Martlet - Ten. Martlet - Just likethe premier. suweys. shouldbe chaired by an Barrett - Yes I think that thereis There was a thing in Opposition member. A member a need to re-writethe Barrett - Ten. That’s what they Fotheringham a coople of reeks that the opposition as a group UniversitiesAct. I think that rate. Ten plus. ago in vhich he referred to a Martlet - Thank you very much. Socred- no individuality in his party

“E ventually, the “Eventually, has not used in Victoria since literature householdersto - less” than otherparties, but “SocialCredit is ateam. Conservatives will formthe 1952. through the mail, terming it a does not include ads originating Policy is established within the governmentsucceedsthat “We know it works for Scott “Waste Of money.” provincial the from party caucus.There can’t be Social Credit, whether it Wallace(P.C. MLA inOak Bay); By criterion,his the headquarters in his estimate. individdsoutside the caucus. happens now or in twenty years we haven’t had to do it fortwenty criticism would seem to include Any interviews with Victoria Ifyou want to be an individual time,”says Byron Barker, years. Wedidn’tneedto before, a recent publicationof thesocial candidatesSkillings and youhavetogooutside the Social Victoria campaign organizer but^ people are getting Credit League, mailedt0 voters Morrison will be “station- Credit party.” for the Socreds. comilacent. This year the!oca1 throughout the province. initiated”, said Barker,who has A series of thirty-second “Whenitdoes happen, nobody raceis going to be areal Entitled “Twenty Great not arrangedtheirfor coustituencyads will appear on will be upset, because we’re all scramble.” Years of Progress - And Now the appearance on local radio and stationsVictoriaradio conservativesanyway.” Barker noted that Hugh Curtis Kelowna Charter”, it isse-.?ral television open- line beginning Aug. 19th.Each Barker was speaking about the (P.C., Saanich) “is the kind of pages andlong contains pragrammes. Tuesdaythe movie “Twenty prospects of presentthe candidate you want,” as a man photographs, statistics and “It wouldput them in an Great Years” will be viewed at government being returnedto with areputation for getting “poliCy Statements” recording unbearableposition,” he Socred headquarterson FortSt. power afterthe August 30 thingsdoneona municipal level. the Course of Sowed suggested. “A government Barker says the theme of the election. ‘‘When you’re running a government in B.C. candidate is at disadvantage a on movie-meetings is that “you He said the local Social Creditcandidate like that, you’vegot Socreds The have radio.”the cannot separate the two - Social campaign will concentrate on theright kind of man.” He approximately one hundred Asked toexplain further,Credit and B.C. government.” the techniquesthe radio of hastily added thathis party’s activecampaign workers in the Barker said, “Someone like Something else you cannot advertising, public meetings choices Waldo Skillings and Victoria area, half involved in Dave Barrett cancome on theseparate - Social Credit in and meet-the-candidates coffee ewe11 Morrison, also satisfied informationdistributing air and promise anything but Victoria and the Skillings family parties. An especially the requirement. through thecommunity, said when a government member - thelocalbagmaniscity lawyer important tacticwill be door-to- Barkerbelieves the least Barker. appears, whatever he says andDavid Skillings, son bf Waldo. doorcanvassing in selected effective methodof garnering He believes Social CreditWill whatever hepromisesare taken areas, a practice Social Credit votes is to.distribute party be Utilizing radio“somewhat to be official policy.”

riding they feel there is a good hods. 1 change defeatSocred to Some members of the incumbents. teachers’organization, then 1 SUB Broadley says they donot decided to form TPAC. Teachers endorse any one party because Broadley said that since it was TPAC members belong toall summer, a difficulty arose in parties. -He believes all three contacting teachers, but that 1 -opens opposition groups in the those contacted had given good Cwstrnction on alterations Organize legislature have more support. ’ and renovations to the SUB are acceptableapproaches to He could not say how broad a proceeding on schedule. British Colmnbia chairman of TPAC, “there isno education than thepresent. cross-section of teachers Completion date is expected to schoolteachers have organized way we can deliver block votes, government has. supported his committee. be August 22. to form aTeachers’ Political nor do we want to. When we see Theoriginal idea, Broadley Broadleysaid none of the An official opening Action Committee. Their themillions of dollarsthe said, of the use of BCTF funds candidates endorsed by TPAC ceremoney will take place on purpose is to carry out an anti- government is spending on an for political purposes(one day’s were being identified. Sept. 11, first day of classes in Social Credit election campaign advertisingcampaign, it’s pay levied from each member), There may be Mom for the 1972-73 winter session. similar to that planned by the obvious the other parties need was tosupport any candidate, speculation in theSaanich By that time it is hoped the B.C. Teachers’ Federation. some help.” including Socreds, whohad riding, however, as he was wall-to-wall carpeting will be TPAC has come into TPAC is made of up “enlightened”educational interviewed by the Martlet at the laid, the oak barrel armchairs criticism from several indivuduals, many of them policies. Saanich Liberal headquarters. will have arrived from England provincialelection candidates executives of B.C.the The Social Credit government Broadley is theoffice co- . andthesuBPubwillbeopen for as a “pressure group.” Teacher’s Federation, who are subsequently told its members ordinator there. basiness in more luxurious According toBill Broadley, using their own funds toback the not accept to such an -s than it now Victoria schoolteacher and co- oppositioncandidates in each endorsement and froze BCTF enjoys I 8 ‘WildWaekv B.C. anV easternview The government of this province labels this caused an electronic short-circuit in the news or Gas Town. place ‘Beautiful British Columbia’, others have mediawhich inturn has caused outminds to Some, one will admit, do make itfurther west to coined it Bennett’s Columbia---and rightly so. become filled with easterntrivia instead of Long Beach our western most National Park on It costs you,two bucks totake the “world’s understanding more fully the entire scope of our Vancouver Isiand but its a rough final 85 miles largest ferry fleet” to Vancouver Island and of people. hike whether by thumb, car or water. However, course the books best displayed on the blue and Therehas been a 264 percentincrease in once youget thereand set up camp on the beach, white ships are all about‘Beautiful British junkies on Vancouver Ilandthis year;the hookers build a little fire and fing some Woody Guthrie, Columbia’ and WackeyBennett---the social credit at Vancouver’s Devonshire Hotel have to be the Cisco Houston, or Leadbelly songs of ramblin’ as premier. Whatdo youexpect; he built the fleet so biggest in town and Ma Murray is continuing to you watch the sun slowly disappear on its way to hedeserves top.billingaboard. He also gave his guarantee achuckle every week and a belly laugh China, quicklyyou realize itwas all worth it. The ships ‘Awardsof Merits’ for their serviceduring once a month or your money back in the Bridge aching back, sore feet, and hassles on the road by centennial year. River Lilooet News even though she is going on the middle-classCanadians can all be forgotten at You can’t buy Time, Newsweek or Macleans on 85. In many ways Ma is more with it than some least for a little while. board any one of the twenty vessels. Bennett’s upstart a quarter her age. Then someenergetic British Columbian governmpt has banned them andmany other Contrary to whatyou might believe Ontario bastard will walk rightup toyou, sit down and join magazjws; At t@ end of April thesupreme court residents are paid very poorly compared with you in the singing andsooner or later Starttelling ruled that the fir(tjiigee had the right to ban all theirwestern counterparts. youIf haveany you about the great people in Hope, or the neattrip liquor and tobacco advertisepents and hours brains at ail and are not afraid of raising a little to Squamish, the skiing at Garibaldi, the hiking later, Timelet everyone know they were pulling sweat you can makeup to $31,000 as a lumberjack, trial to Manning Provincial *ark, swimming in out of the province. for the time being all or start at $4 an hour as a garbage collector, at the hot springs at Harrison or about Ogopugo--- magazines and newspapers published within the $3.50 an hour as a lifeguard. which he has seen---swear on the bible. province are reluctantly goingalong with the ruling butBennett and hiscaninet are undecided aboutthose magazines from therest of Canada or the U.S. If they do lay down the letter of the law the wholewest coast may become illiterate; or the very least be without Playboy. ~.

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.. . ’ ..h 1 .’&,.r. r ,. r.’. ~ . - 111. alsod~daway wlth the I’ariIlc G~~katk:aster,n lia11u:tv early this year. This ilne. whlrh IS OWIPV) tq the provlncc. IWIS II’OIII North V:tll~.orlv~~l’IO L~WSOII Creek IIOU A V~>:II’ago whl.rl tht, tllrlshin~lollchcs WPI’I’ I’ll1 011 thts new exttsnslon ir.om I,’or,l St. John all ttw trig wigs rnadr an opening run out th, nt’w plkrb With thc’ twelve, c.jr-train lr.:lvcblllnp, ;it ;In In\prt+,,sivt. ten miles an hour. ;tnd crvr~.vonof:ettinR sloshc.d inside. thr> wholv thinc pr~orlll,tlyder‘;~llt’dsmilng the drink.-.

andclrunb4 ~IVIII{: ‘I’htltr.nthoftlw Inattvr was thb rail5 wen. too ilrht. vtw old and set atop of muskeg wlth no ~wadtwtlat all. Some said the tram wab golng about flvcl miles an hour too fast. With thc: F’ G.E. twconlmg morrofa jokeall the time Bennett orderedttmsantis of sheets of plywood and some paint, then stuck them over the P.C. E. signs on the hoxcars andproudly Soon your moving out again travelling on down announced to all provincialists that the British another roador rail and not really giving a damn Columt)ia Railway was ready to roll. d€g that trip about politics, the stateof the economy the costof a new chev, or thenarrow minded,inward Now that thc ferries , railways. hydro, highways and hardware stores were under Bennetts Couple this with a lower tax rate, and lower looking, EasternCanadiaeway of life. Suddenly, control, therewas just one more thing to control levels in the costof living which includes food and you realize you no longer are an easterner, not before the election---the radioand T.V. stations shelter and longer lasting cars (no rust because quite a westerner but something in between--- maybe its a real Canadian. cf one a label- Recently the Social Creditsstarted to the governments’ use sand insteadof salt) and it needs broadcast a newshow called “Ask Your adds up to,a trip to Hawaii once a year or a flip to who knows Government”. This programme was to bethe Australia or Europe every two years---if you dig At any rate you are bound to meet other sounding hoard or actionline to the British that trip; or more beer weeka if that is your thing. Canadians out in the west, some doing the same Columbia government but immediatelv both the BritishColumbia is a lot more than the urban thing you’re doing---namely tripping, while opposition parties and many statlons smelled a environment however. Its the safe-bush country others are transplanted easterners as they are rat. The programmeon radio(theyare barredby of the interior, the rugged mountains along the called when you are really brought up in Ontario the CBC) comesimmediately after the hourly Alberta border, the dams of the Columbia. In fact, .or the Maritimesbut move out westto work. Then news broadcasts.There is no comniercials Bennett has built so many dams and there areso there are the true Westerners. The ones no one between thenews, no warning that its a paid many yet to come everyone here about is calling seems to write about inh-lacleans our ‘national’ political broadcast but rather seems like a news the ‘preem’ “Dam Bennett”. It’s also the strip- magazinebecause its too hungup on Pierre item and even ends with someone saying this has mining of the Kootenays, Hells-Gate , the Trudeau, Ann Murray, or Bobby Orr. No matter; been “...fromthe provincial legislature--- Forbidden Plateauwith its red snow and legendof youdon’t really get to know anyone or any place Victoria.” the slain Comox Indians. Its Stanley Park, the from a book or magazine. There is only one way While you are allowed toask the B.C. totem polesand Douglas firs But most of all its to do that---bytalking to people first hand or government, there is no assurance you will get thepeople, who seem to live for a hell of a long travelling down theroad away from your any reply,over the airways or by mail. nme.*I- - hometown or little corner of the world to a new Similarly, you can’t ask theopposition members Most of the old timers still refer to the bus place over the mountains. what they are doing. The social credit machine lines as thestagelines. Some companies are Still lllMRlllllilHlllllfllllliliflillUlllii~llllUllllHilliil~~ will beready to win anotherelection but called stage lines in fact. Most peopleknow more opponents to such a plan are growing daily. about British Columbia than we do of Ontario. Lots of people will be following the sun this Mostpeople still have a back garden. On summerto British Columbia. Its a good trip; a GranvilleStreet you will always see someone funtrip in many ways, all the way to the coast. playing a guitar and singing and everyone who However, don’t gowest thinking you’re a big shot passes throwing adime or quarter !ifesaver fromToronto or wherever and youknow the into his hat on the sidewalk. answers to everything. It just won’t work; wait Fortunately, our’western-most province is till someone tells you about the Tibetan colony in more than Bennett andhis social creditmachine. British Columbia nas a mixed bag of people Vancouverand how everyone is digging that There aremany other things happening out here from the fishermen cowboy,to the lumberjack to scene- and there ain’t any other place like it which are eigher ignored or unheard of in eastern executive t0 housewife tothe back-packing folks. Canada. The Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal triangle hitchhiker who dress likecampers but never of political and economic chit-chat has largely seem to leave B.C. or Vancouver’s English Bay the chowon

L s. Alice in Bennethnd

FROM CHAPTER FOUR- GARDEN TEA PARTY

AI ice's singing woke her momentarilybut she was soon back asleep as she saw herself walking over a horizon where she spied a large glass house. Knocking everso gently on the door,and hearing no answer, she pushed the door open and saw a huge table insidewhere the Mad Hatter was sitting beside his wacky cabinet. It was anold table with a great deal of butroom al I the funny-looking characters were crowded together at one corner ofit. "No room! No room!" They cried out when they saw AI ice approach,"we have noroom for new people or new ideas." "Butthere's plenty of room," said Alice angrily "No need to! I have a direct connection with the and sat herselfdown at the opposite end of the table. greatStoryteller and so I knoweverything "Have sometea?" smiled, and smiled, and smiled beforehand," declared the wacky Mad Hatter, "no thewacky Mad Hatter in a most seductive tone. Alice need to telI me anything or to confuse the issues with looked all around the table, but there was nothingbut facts." kelowna wine. "I don't see any tea," she remarked. "That'syour main problem," sighed Alice, "you "There isn't any tea, criedtheflying March Hare, won't Iisten toanyone but instead dictate to everyone, whohad just flownin through the doorand who looked even to Brothers Dormouse and Dumpty Humpty; rather the worse for wear. maybe they haven't much sense but you should at "Then itwasn't verycivil of you to offer it," said least listen occasionally." Alice indignantly. But the wacky Mad Hatter just smiled, and smiled, "What we offer and what you get doesn't matter," and smiled. repliedthe mock turtle whowas wellinto his kampbell soup, "stop tippy-tappy toeing around and don't beso hairy-fairy likean art or music teacher." "Cutthe baloney," exclaimed the wacky Mad

Hatter, "and give Ailce a slice " "Who's the time?" inquired the March Hare. "You mean what's the time, dcn't you?" corrected Alice. "It's always 1952." declared the Mad Hatter. "That'ssilly,'' Alicesaid, "youcan'texpectmeto always live in the past."

"Really now," exclaimedAlice, "this ismy

story.. .lf "Oh, forget it," said the Mad Hatter who smiled andsmiled."Let'sall movetoacleanerseat." And so they did butit really didn't matter because only he got a clean placeand the others satin the dirty spots made by the others. "You know that you makeso me mad," cried Alice, -reprinted by special permission of the author "youask me for my story but you never really fromAlice in Bennetland, 1972, DogIsland I isten." Enterprises, Campbell River. 10

before the Law in S. Africa

education, speech, deportment and demeanour in general”. Family dReSideaee left school and lives at home with his parents (who maintain him)but does not If a person “in appearance obviously An African who wes born in a town and work may, at any time, be arrested without warrant by a policeman who not a white person” is “generally lived there continuously for fifty years, reason to believe thathe an idle accepted as a white person’’ in the area but then left to reside elsewhere forany “has is person”. where he is employed, but is not so period, even two weeks, is not entitled acceptedinthe area where he lives, he as of right to returnto the town where he may not be classified as a white person. An African who was born in a town and was 5orn and to remain there for more workedand lived therefor five than seventy-two hours, unless he has has years may be required at any time to Even twenty-five years after a person obtained a permit. has been classified in the population leave thattown and take up residence in a Bantu area where he has never lived Like other modern States, the register as a white person and issued An African who has,since birth, and has no relatives or friends. If he Republic of Africa a country with the corresponding identity card, resided continuously in a town is not ath is remains in the town more than three governed by laws. And laws which the Secretary of the Interior has the entitled as of right to have living with the by days after he receivedwritten a country chooses to liveare normally rightto seek person’ssuch him in that town for more than seventy- has notice to leave,he is guilty of a criminal matters with which the United Nations reclassification. two hours a married daughter,son a who offence. not only does not concern itself, but has reached the ageof eighteen, a niece, which, in hct, it expressly forbidden or a grandchild. is a nephew Thelaw of South Africa provides for frominterferiog by its own Movemert with the division of all towns into separate Charter. If Africanan woman, hving “groupareas” in which only members contractedmarriage, a takes up of the white and the coloured “groups”, However, a feature that gives to the A proclamation in theGovernment permanent residence with her husband may own land or premises. laws of South Africa the character and Gazette may, at any time, prohibit any in accommodation provided by his dimension which have caused concern African from being in any town during employer in a town where her husband No “obviously white” person who is throughout the world and which have such hours of the night as arespecified, has liveci andworkedcontinuously for 25 made them the subject of formal unless he is in possession of a written years,she is guilty of acriminal married to or cohabits with an African permit signed by his employer or by an or a coloured personmay be included in denunciation by the United Nations can offence. the white group. be simply stated:while these laws apply authorized official. to all the people of South Africa---white A policeman is entitled to enter and The State President may, “whenever and non-white alike”-they are laws of Every African who has attained the search premiseson which hehas reason it is deemed expedient”, by the white man alone, enacted by the age of sixteenyears must be in tosuspect that any African youth proclamation in the“Government white man alone, for the benefitof the possession of a Reference Book. Any (eighteen years of age) is committing Gazette”, declare that a defined area white man alone. Neither in the policeman may call at any time on any the criminaloffence of residing with his which has been occupied by coloured formulation norin the executionof these African to produce his ReferenceBook. father without having been issued With persons who own land there (no matter “laws” the who form 70 An African unable to do so because he the necessary permit to do so. do Africans, how lox such occupationand ownership per cent of the population, nor ,the has left it at home is guilty of a criminal have continued) shall be a white group Asians-bd the Colouf&J,have any voice offence. An African boy, aged sixteen, who has area as from aspecified date. When influence. or such white group areahas been declared, acoloured person livingin the It is this character which makes many of the “laws” of South Africa, effect area (even thoughhe haslived there in continuously for fifty years in a house in reality, instruments of iniquity and which he owns) may not remain there and oppression. longer than suchperiod of grace, of not less than twelve months, as the Minister The following examples are drawn of theInterior, in hisdiscretion, froma study prepared by Professor Leslie Rubin of Howard University, decides to grant. Washington, a former Senator DX., in No white person living in a town may South Africa,representing Africans. has for the United Nations Skrehriat’s (unless he received a licence from the city council) accommodate on the Unit on Apartheid, shoring how premises which he owns the son of his legislationdescribed by the South African Government being designed African servant who lives there,if such as son hzs reached the age of ten years. ti, promote“separate development”, amounts toa legalized contempt forall human beings of the --white races. Work wluDLrwh&eP A labour officer may, at any time, cancel the employment of an African 4’ A person who is “obviously in who works in a town, no matter how long F appearance white“ and is “generally he has been emploued, even though his accepted as a white person“ may not be employer opposes the cancellation. An classified as a white person if one of his African whose employment has been crtural parentshas been classified as a cancelled, may be removedfrom the :oloured person. town where he worked and prohibited fromret-rning to that town forsuch An African is a “personwho in fact is petiod as the labour officer specifies. or is generally acceptedas a member of any aboriginal raceor tribeof Africa”. A white person living in a town who employs an African do to anycarpentry, A coloured person is “a person who is bricklaying, electrical fitting or other not a white person or an African”. skilled work without special exemption granted by theMinister of Labour A person who is not in fact an African. commitsa criminal offence. A white but “inappearance obviously in an personliving in a town commitsa African” will be classified as such in criminal offence.if he employs an the population register, unless he i African as a waiter at a party in his 1: home, unlesssuch African has been discharges the onus of proving that he is :t I not in fact and is not generally accepted grantedthe necessary permit by a as African. labour bureau officer.

A man who “in appearance obviously It is unlawful for an African workerto is a white person” mustbe classified as take part in astrike for any reason a coloured person,if one of his natural whatsoever. If hedoes, he is guilty of a parents has been classified as a white criminal offence punishableby a fine not person and theother as a coloured exceeding $1,400 or imprisonment for person. ., not longer than three years,or both such fine and imprisonment. Indeclding whetheror not a person is “in appearanceobviuusly a white An African factory worker who calls person” the official concernedmust on otherworkers to strike for an take into accountsuchperson’s “habits, increase inpay commitsa criminal offence. ER

An African who, as a personal favour was born is not entitled as of right to and without receiving payment, repairs havean African friend visit and remain a defective electricalfitting in the living with him formore thanseventy-two quartersofa friend who resides on his hours. employer’s premises in a townis guilty of a criminal offence. It is unlawful for a white person and a non-white person to drink a cup of tea An African. is prohibited from doing together ina cafeanywhere in South skilledwork in the building industry in dfrica unless theyhave obtained a anytown in white South Africa. * special permit to do so.

A white person who pays his domestic Unlesshe has obtained a special servant for repairinga damaged roof in permit, anAfrican professor delivering his home commits a criminal offence. a lectureat awhite club, which has invited him to do so, commits a criminal A municipal labourofficer may, at offence. any time, terminate the employment of any African in his area, if he decides A coloured person attending a public thatsuch employment “is notbona cinema in a town (even though he fide”, even though the employment has occupies specially separated seating)is continued for twenty-give years to the guilty of a criminal offence, unless a complete satisfactionof such African’s special permit has been issued. white dmployer. An African attendinga Church fete in A white workman, who is permanently a town is guilty of a criminal offence, totally disabledin entitled to a monthly unless a special permit hasbeen issued. pension based on hisearnings; an African similarly disabledin entitled to If there areno cinemas in a coloured a lump sum based on his earnings, but townshipa permit will be issued not to a monthly pension. allowing coloured persons to attend a cinema in a town,provided that separate When anemployer has established entrance, seating “andother facilities” living quarters forhis Africanworkers, are available for coloured persons. no worker living there may receive a i visitor at any time, unless he has been Apermit will not be granted toa white grantedpermission to do so by his orchestra to accompany an African employer or someother authorized choirpresenting performances even person. though the audiences are segregated. A permit willnot begranted to Education Africans towatch a Carnival organized by the students of a white university; it The Ministerof Bantu Educationmay, will be granted to coloured personsand at any time, and without being required Asians onlyoncondition that no togive any reasonfor doing so, refreshments are served. withdrawany subsidypreviously granted by him to a school maintained by If an Asian (or a coloured personor an an African tribe or community. African) sits on a bench in a publicpark (which has been setapart for the An Africanliving in a townwho, exclusive use of white persons), by way withoutbeing paid forhis services, of protest against the apartheid laws,he conducts a class in reading and writing commits a criminal offence punishable in his own home for a few of his African by a fine of not more than $840 or friends is guilty of a criminal offence. imprisonment fornot longer than three years or a whippingof not more than ten A white man who spends a few hours strokes, or both such fine and each week in his own home teaching his imprisonment, or both suchfine and African servants to read is guilty of a whipping, or both suchimprisonment criminal offence. and whipping. Anyone who has rendered aid to the An Africanreligious minister who fimily of a person convicted of conducts regularclasses forhis committing an offence by way of protest congregation, inwhich he teaches them against apartheid laws is alsoguilty of to read thebible is guilty of a an offence. criminal offence If there isonly one waiting-roam in a A privatecorrespondence college railwaystation, it is lawful forthe whichenrolsan African as a student in station-master to reserve thatwaiting- any course without the permissionof the room forthe exclusive use of white Minister of Bantu Education is guilty of persons, andany non-white person a criminal offence. wilfully entering it commitsa criminal Informationfrom offence. Any person who provides special education for handicapped African An unmarried man who is “obviously UNESCO coUrieP and the children without theapproval of the in appearance” or “by general Minister of Bantu Education is guilty of acceptanceand repute” a white~person a criminal offence. and who attemptsto have sexual intercourse witha woman who is not Salient An African studentwho attends even a “obviously in appearance” or “by gathering mostof the membersof which ANY TIME, STOPAN African walking in singlelecture ina courseatthe general acceptanceand repute” a white are coloured, and calls on his audience a city street, if he believes him to be University of Cape Townwithout the person is guilty of a criminal offence to support any political party, he is liable to pay these taxes, and demand permission of the Minister of Bantu punishable by imprisonment with guilty of a criminal offence. from him the receipt for his general tax Education is guilty of a criminal compulsory hard labour for not longer or local tax for inspection. offence. than seven years, unlesshe canprove to thesatisfactionof the court that he has Taxation If theAfrican fails to complywith If a marriageofficer performs a reasonable cause to believe,at the time such demand, the policeman may arrest marriage ceremony betweena white that the alleged offence was committed, him and have him brought before A a man and a coloured woman, the latter that she was ‘obviouslyin appearance or Every African, maleand female, who Bantu Affairs Commissioner, who may having falsely represented that she is by general acceptance and repute‘“ A has reached the age of eighteen yearsin then orderhis detentionuntil white, the marriage is void and ofno WHITE PERSON. liable topay an annual tax (known as the arrangements have been made for effect. general tax) of a least $4.90, in addition payment of such tax as may be due. A colow-ed person is guilty of to the ordinaryincome tax payable by all If whitea South African lawfully attending a “gathering” if he has two South Africans, unless he satisfies the marries a coloured woman abroad, the friends to dinner. authorized official that he has reached Ownership of Land marriage is void and of no effect inSouth the age of sixty-five years. No African is entitled of right to It is unlawful for any political party to as Africa. acquire freehold title to land anywhere existunless all itsmembers are Every African who is the occupierof a in SouthAfrica;,nor is it theintention of persons who belong to the same ethnic dwelling in an Africantownship is liable the present Government ever to grant Assembly,Assodation group i.e. unless all its members are to pay an annual tax (known as the local such rightto the African,even in his own Africans whites colouredpersons. or or tax) of $1.40. Bantd areas. An African who has lived continuously CERTAINIn DEFINED AREAS, for fifty years in the town in which he If a white personaddresses a ANY WHITEPOLICEMAN MAY, AT eont’d on 12 12

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that the closing of an auditorium kind of film to see and hear rock BillGraham is the P.T. could possibly haveany stars; they are not interested in Barnum of American rock. As a emotional value for anyone the practicaldifficulties of promoter he haspresented other than its owner. concert organizers. almost every big-name group to believeI I am correct in havesurfaced in the U.S. in the assuming that Graham sees the past five years. The profits decline in his business leading During a set by the group, It’s from his two auditoriums, the to the Fillmore’sdemise as A BeautifulDay, their lovely FillmoresEast andWest, in somehow worthy of comparison ballad White Bird is used as a New Yorkand San Francisco, tothe disappearance of the symbol for what Graham calls havemade him amillionaire Haight-Ashburyphenomenon. “the fantasy”but ahealthy one” severP.1 times over. Graham , reminiscing about of the San Fransisco mood of a Not one to miss any “how much better things were a few years ago. We are treated to opportunity, when Graham few years ago”, tries to make a split-screeneffect, with the decided last year to close the that point by reciting the facile group on one side and a pictorial twopop culturepalaces, he rock history now in currency- history of rock since1967 onthe commemorated his decision by ie. 1967was theage of Graham’svoiceother; producing a film. innocence,hippies and flower pronouncing amateur sociology I had my doubtsabout the power; 1968 our hopes were about why things went wrong. movie before I went to see it. shattered by the deathof Robert For the first time duringa pop After the spate of rock cinema Kennedyand the terror of the music filmI saw people rise and since Monterey Pops and Chicago Democratic leave the theatre. Woodstock, one might think the Convention; 1969 wasthe year of FILLMORE’S director, genre itselfwould have begun to theStones andAltamont; and Richard Heffron,likely wouldn’t pale. At Woodstockand the things have been the shits ever know symbolism if it came up Concertfor Bangladesh, the since. and buggeredhim. Here the events the films recorded were Grahamobtrudes. Where? attempt is tawdry, crass, boring probably as important as the Just about everywhere. He and wholly lacking in subtlety. music. Moviegoers who could introduces his friends on stage, The music itself,when we are not be at the live shows at least insults his enemies backstage, allowedto hear it, reflects that had the pleasure of seeing some insults his friends,delivers rhythmic, innovativesound memorableperformances cinema-verite type comments associated with Bay area rock. preserved by the camera. After over old black and white footage An electric blues by Hot Tuna seeing FILLMORE, thechief of theJefferson Airplane and comes as close as I’ve heard to impression is of having merely“love theeulogizes capturingthe feeling of old- watched other people havingfun. generation”, all with a view to fashioned black music onnon- earnera sale The picture is about nothing the Fillmore’s closing Maybe acoustical instruments. so noble as George Harrisonand he thinks he has created a Last Quicksilver are as good live friends raisingmoney for Indian Picture Show for the 1960’s. asrecorded: group leader Din0 For Sale. of thecentury,(Leitz). Anyone refugees. To be fair, it does not Valentiproviding drivinga antique photo enlarger. Dis istinterested should contact the pretend to be. FILLMORE is the The heights of annoyance are force tothe musicwith his high- verry prezeis piece Of Martletofficein theSUB.Phone record of the last show at reached when Graham talks pitchedwailing voice. Santana equipment fromearly part 477-3611, Graham’s San Francisco hall.It over the music,as he frequently concludes on a note of is dedicated to the proposition does. After all, people go to this excitement.These men are masterfulmusicians- during their setone nearly forgets Bill Graham is in the wings. FILLMORE is worth seeing The South AfricanPublications apartheid is unjust to the non-white An African who has been required by for its glimpses of San Control Board consists of nine persons people of South Africa. an order of Court to leave certain a area Francisco performerswho have (all of them white) appointed and paidby must do so, andno Court of lawmay never had the public prominence the Government. One of the functions of If anAfrican hasreceived a letter grant aninjunction preventingsuch of theGrateful Dead or the the Board is to prevent the showing of from another African asking him to join removal,nor may appeal or review Airplane-fine musicians like any film which depicts white and non- in a peaceful demonstrationagainst proceedingsstay or suspendsuch the New .Riders of the Purple white childrensharing thesame unjust apartheidlaws, his premises removal, even when hasit been Sage,the ElvinBishop Group, classroon or white adnon-white adults may be searchedat any time on a established beyond all doubt that the Cold Blood and Lamb. dlncing with one another or white and warrantissued by a magistratefor order of Court was intended for some Other than that , the film has non-whitemen and women embracing evidence that an,offence has been other personand wasserved upon him in not got much to recommend it. and kissing one another. committed. error. Proof again that rock movies, like thegirl with the curl in the Another function of the South African If such aletter was typed, the typewriter Any person who breaks the window of middle of her forehead, are PublicationsControl Board is to may be seized and deliveredto a a building (includingprivate a either very good or prevent the showing of any educational magistrate whomay order thatit be residence) in the course of a horrid by dare todd documentary filmwhich expresses destroyed. demonstration calling for the grant of L approval of racialintegmtion or increased rights to the African people, disapproval of discrimination based on Any African born outside South Africa is guilty of the offence of sabotage, race and colour. (even though hehas lived in South Africa unless he proves that his act was not for 50 years and has not committed an No court of law mayorder the release calculated or intended toencourage of such detainee pronounce upon the It is a criminal offence lor a offence)may be declared to bean or feelings of hostility betweenwhite any action which has been newspaper to publish anarticle which is undesirable inhabitant. validity of persons and Africans.The offence is taken against him. held by thecourt to have harmed punishable by sentence of death. relations between whites and Africans An African who writes “Downwith becauseit used strong language to Apartheid” on the wall of the house of Any berson who advocates military An African living in a Bantu area may assert that apartheid is unjust to the any person,is guilty of a criminal intervention by the UnitedNations in not, without special permission todoso, African people. offence. Namibia (South WestAfrica) is guilty of carry a knife whose blade is more than a criminal offence punishable by 3% inches long,while outsid2the The South AfricanPublications If one issue of a weekly magazine imprisonment fornot less than 5 years allotment on which heresides. If he does ControlBoard may, by notice in the published in South Africa has been held or by death. he is guilty of a criminal offence governmentGazette prohibit the to be undesirable and the Publications punishable by a fine of not more than Noperson other than the Minister of $280 or imprisonmentfor not longer mportalion into South Africa of all Control Board is of the opinion that Justice of an official may haveaccess to books (other than thosefor which it every subsequent issue 1s likely to be than 12 months, or a whipping, or both such detainedperson, noris any person imprisonment and a whipping. choosesto issue a specialpermit) undesirable,,all future issues of the (not even members of his immediate published by a specified publisher, if it magazine maybe prohibited as family) entitled toany information as to is of the opinion ohat such books are undesirable, by notice in the what has happened to him or where he is. likely tocreate the impression that Government Gazette. L