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By GLEN SANFORD
IJBC became the first university
in Canadato withdraw fromthe
Association of StudentCouncils
Wednesday night.
Student
council
voted
overwhelmingly to withdraw fromthe
asslociation despite
appeals
from
ACISC treasurer Rob Lauerwho
told councilthe Alma Mater Society
had nothing to gain from the move.
“I don’t believe it,” Lauer said
after
the
decision
was reached.
“I’m disappointed, I don’t understandwhat UBC has to gainfrom
the move. I am baffled on why they
(student council) were so quick to
make a decision.
“It won’t financially hurt AOSC
because we don’t get a penny from
our members. It’s more of a loss to
UEIC. They’ve just given uptheir
vote (in theassociation).I
don’t
understand the rush.”
He
said
council’s
reasons
for
withdrawingfromtheassociation
are misguided.
“Theirproblemsandconcerns
are with a new nationalorganization that does not exist, may never
exist, and certainly won’t exist for
another three or four years,” Lauer
said.
(At its last conference, AOSCexecutivespresented the concept of
legislating all itsmembers to join
theNationalUnion
of Students,
which would lead to the formation
of a new national student organization. Delegates from UBC and five
other universities stormedout of
the final plenary session over a matter of “freedom of choice,” saying
universities should be able to join
an a political service organization.)
A M s external affairs coordinator
Al Soitis saidcouncil, in reaching
its decision, “just showed the country we can bevery obstonate and
‘bullheaded.”
Soltis supportedthemotion
to
withdraw from AOSC after council
votedagainsttabling
an original
motion to presenttheassociation
with an ultimatum demanding:
the AOSC board of directors
recommend to its membership that
congruent membership in the proposed
new
national
student
organization is unworkable,
theboardrecommend
to its
membershipthatpresentmembership by-laws be amended to include
openmembershipfreefrom
external restrictions.
and the directors call a special
generalmeeting to beheld onor
before Jan. 31 to discuss and
makechanges with regard tothe
above recommendations.
Themotion calledfor UBC to
withdraw from AOSC unless these
demands were met by Dec. 3 1.
The motion also called for UBC
to withdraw from AOSC unless the
followingdemands
were met by
Feb. 1:
0 the AOSC membership at the
special general meeting reassessand
Sec page 3: IMPOSSIBLE
m
m
Persky pushing
for chancellor
celllor.
in
structoratMalaspinaCollege
Perskyhasentered
his name in Nanaimo, he is the last recipient of
the Feb. 6 vote among UBC faculty theAlmaMaterSociety’sGreat
and alumni along with that of cur- TrekkerAward, given to him in
rent chancellor J. V. Clyne. Clyne
1978 for contributions to the unidefeated Persky in the 1978 election versity and its students.
for the chancellorship, getting two
“If 1 win the chancellorship the
votes for every one of Persky’s.
university will probably abolish the
ThistimePerskyexpects
to do
position.EverythingI
win there
better. “He didn’t run that active a they abolish,” Persky said Friday,
campaign last time and he got one- referring to the fact the award has
third of thevote,”Perskycamnot been presented since 1978.
MONTREAL(CUP) - “Iam
paignmanagerKathyFordsaid
terias andauditoriums,andinput
Heroux is charged defines theft as
1%1 recipient of the
Clyne,a
satisfied thattherehasbeensufon course structure.
“depriving or intending to deprive Wednesday. “He expects to win; he sameawardgraduatedfrom
UBC
wouldn’t be running otherwise.”
ficient proof made to oblige me to
The protest began z; a march to someone of propertypermanently
in 1923, has served on the B.C. Suopen a trial.”
Why does Persky run? “Because
the ministryofficesmganized
by or temporarily.”
preme Courtand
is the retired
Withthesewords,JudgeRay“I wonder what he was mandated he wants to be president of the uni- chairmanandpresident
Quebec’s twoprovince-wide
stuof MacmondStalkertold
thecourtroom
dent organizations and two student for if it was not to deprive the Uni- versity some day,” said Ford. “He
Millan Bloedel. the monolithic lumTuesday that UniversitedeMontgroups at the Universite de Montversite de Montreal of this money,” wantsthechancellorship to better berconglomeratethatcouldonce
the lot of students more than it has call itself thecornerstone of the
real studentGuyHerouxwould
real.
said Judge Stalker.
stand trial on three counts of theft.
The groups also say they are serDefence lawyer Real LeBlanc had before. As chancellor he’d want the B.C. economy.
The charges carry a maximum pen- iously considering a second demon- argued charging Heroux with theft position to becomemoreinvolved
Persky charged Clyne in Septemalty of 10 years.
stration to support He1:oux.
of the cheques madeout to theuni- with the university.”
ber with not taking~.
his position serThe text of the law under which
sei page 2: FACTS
F’erskY obtained
two
degrees
at
iously
and
not
using
his position to
The decision was madedespite
c
the protests of 5,000 students Oct.
investigate and improve -the opera22.
tion of the university. “He’s done a
The charges stem from an occulousy job,” Perskysaid,pledging
pation during the summer
of the dithat he would work harder as chanI
rector of residence’s offices by stucellor if elected and would not give
made arrangements with the Nestle corporationto
First there was Saturday Night Fever. Now there
dents irate over an 8.5 per cent inup running for the position.
is Tuesday Night Pudding.
have 10 tons each of tapioca and strawberry pudcrease in residence fees. Thepro“As long as they’re planning to
Inkeeping with its policy of introducing inding pumpedonto thc: Pit dance floor each Tuesday
osedincreasewould raise the fees
run some bourgeois pig again and
novative and varied programming and maintain its
afternoon.
from $82 to $89. The students gave
hang the robes of office on some
position as the leadler of the industry, the Alma
Students will then be admitted to go for“all they
Heroux a mandate to hold their rent
giant timber baron . . . as long as
Mater Society concmts committee has announced
can eat” to the sound of Queen’s latest hit single,
cheques as a protest measure.
they have that going and they preentertainment crea.tion which will rival the’
“Another Bites the Custard,” said the minutes.
The same day Heroux’s case was
tendthere’sademocraticelection
of thePitHotAir
“breathtakingexcitement
Admission will be !63, $5 for couples, which also
tried, morethan 200 studentsocout there Iwill be around,” he said.
Show.”
includes a complimentary can of cool whip and a
cupied the Quebec ministry of edClyne later refused to answer
The first public announcement of this entertain’spoon.
ucation
offices
in Montreal
for
Persky’scharges,sayingonly
that
ment industry breakthrough appeared in the comSeveral
special
events
are
planned
in coeight hours and succeeded in pressPersky is “a very disagreeable permittee’s minutes of Nov. 7.
ordination with the sugary spectacle.
uring for a meeting between student
son.”
“Tuesday
Night
Pudding-Wrestling
was
AMS
executive
and
administration
vice
representatives and the ministry in
About80,000votes will be dispresented as an answer to charges from the Surrey
presidents will grapple with each other to decide
early December.
tributed by the university to faculty
Institute of Technology that UBC students are all
who is more full of :starch at the Grand Opening
Amongthestudents’demands
and alumnifor the chancellorship
introverted, sugar deficient and keeners,” said the
Ceremony, Nov. 25 at 3 p.m.
were that the charges against Herelection. The chancellor sits on both
minutes.
And there will be a Mr. Custard contest in the
oux be dropped, as well as the recof governors andthe
theboard
Despite protestsfrom food services that theevent
spring, with special prizes including a one month
ognition of student associations as
senate, the two bodies that govern
would put them out of business, the committee has
membership at the Niautilus Slimming Studios.
legal unions, self-financing of cafethe university.
Studentfaces
IO years for ‘theft’
Pondered
~
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From page 1
versity was analogous to charging
persons who occupy an office or a
building with theft.
"The seizure of a roomby (an occupying group) is depriving someonetemporarily of his property.
But I've never heard of anyone accused with theft for such actions,"
LeBlanc said.
Heroux is also charged with stealing the petty cash in the residence
director's office and of making over
$300 worth of photocopies.
Gilles LeFranc,one of the students who took part in the occupation, testified thatphotocopy services had beenprovided
to residence students as part of a general
mandate given the occupyingstudents to maintain all administration
services throughout the occupation.
LeFranc said more than MOO in
petty cash was found in an unlocked cash boxin the office andwas removed at the beginningof the occupation to ensure it wouldnotbe
stolen.
The defencelawyerproduceda
letter to the director of residences
stating that all money owed would
be returned as soon as a detailed account of such sums was received.
Heroux testified that he personally toldresidencedirector
Gilles
Morrisset thatthe money was in
safekeepingandwouldbeturned
over as soon as a receipt was offered.
Thursday, November 20,1980
THE UBYSSEY
Ubyssey Photographer's Union (local6 9 ) will meet in SUB 241K to discuss working
conditions, assignments, photo files anda new stereo system for the darkroom. All
presently active photogs must show up or union cards will be confiscated. Bring
cameras, booze, drugs, bed., m
e
r piper,paraphanaliaandincisivequestions.
member8 to come and bring friends.
Shop steward Strut Oruid encourages new
"When the photo staff tops 36 they'll have to get us a second enlarger," Oruid said
to no one in particular. a m y photogs welcome, bring puce scarves and matching
underwear. No professionals please, this is a class operation. See you there.
Morrisset had testified at the previoussession
of the preliminary
hearing that no 0n.e had offered to
return the moneytO him at anytime
after the occupation.
Despite
Tuesday's
testimony,
JudgeStalker said thecharge of
theft of $756 stands. Hesaid theoffers to return the money accompanied by demands for precise accounts
were "very conditional."
The date for Heroux's trial will
be set Jan. 25.
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UBYSSEY
Silent French shareholocaust guilt
By ARNE H E R M A N N
The ultimate responsibility for the French
holocaustdoesnotnecessarily
liewith the
Nazis,Michaelh4arrustold
70 people in
Buchanan 100 Tuesday.
The“finalsolution”resulted
in thedeJews from
portation of morethan75,000
France during the time of the German occupation, of which only three per cent survived
the death camps, said Marrus, a history professor from the University of Toronto.
But he said “the defenders of Vichy made
no conscious effort to stop or disrupt thedeportation of Jews from France.”
In fact,atthe
time the Nazisoccupied
France there already existed two years
of legislation concerning aryanization and deportation of Jews. This had all started before the
Germans arrived in France, Marrus said.
He said that, “legaliy, at the time of the
German invasion, the way was clear for the
exploitation and widespreadpersecution of
Jews in France, be they citizens or foreigners
on French soil.”
The Jews‘were shipped by dead of night
from points in unoccupied areas of France
via trains in hsoxcars each containing 30 men,
women and children, he said.
“The only facilities the cars hadwere straw
for bedding and a steel bucket that served as
a toilet.” He added, “the YMCA was noted
for putting a box of books in each car.”
earned,crushed.Beforethearrestscommenced, Jewswere refused and relieved of
teaching positions, especially at universities.
Marrus said the French bureaucrats involved with the Vichy affair stated later they
were
“trying to avoid something worse by collaborating with the Nazis, and that their chief
concern was for the citizenary French Jews.”
But theyended up deportingmoreand
more Jewish French citizens to meetthe
quotas the Germans slet. He said during this
The loading, cataloguing and actual arrestperiod the German campaign against Russia
ing of the JCWS was carried out by French
was at its peak, but th,at in France therewere
police,undelordersfromFrench
officials,
only about 3,000 German troopsin all of the
Marrus said. All French involvement was dioccupiedarea.There
were100,000 French
rected by GeneralPierreLavalle,also
inpolice in the same area, 14,000 inParis alone,
strumental in the establishment of the French
he said.
Foreign Legion.
In Vichy, the capitail of unoccupied France
until 1942, politicians andother
men of
He said even before the German occupapower “remained mute even in the face of
tionstarted, Jewswere openlypersecuted:
by the Nazis and
their possessions and homes were taken away thehorrorsperpetrated
from them, tiheir families split, assets confis- someFrenchmen, in their owncountry, to
their own people.”
cated, and whatever social statustheyhad
”
-m“-
By NANCY CAMPBELL
The1 unanimous decision to estabTAs can’t expect their first union lish the action committee supports
contract to be Utopian, says a UBC the negotiators’ statement that the
associate vice principal, but mem- membership is “strongly andenbers of the TA Union voted Nov.13 thusiastically” behind them.
“People are upset at the intransito set up an actioncommittee to discover means of putting pressure on gence of theuniversity on certain
issues,” Fryer said.
the university.
The committee has no limitations
“People have been upset at the
set on the type of action it may
slow pace of negotiations,”TAU
‘‘I expect that
recommend,
but
secretary-treasurer Peter Fryer said
whateverrecommendation the acWednesday.
tioncommitteemakes
will bedeNegotiations have been suspendsigned to minimize the effect on stued since Friday, when a marathon
12-hour
barkaining
session
was dents,” Kennard said.
“We’re students ourselves,” addheld. Talks have taken place since
ed negotiator Glen Porter.
Oa.. 28.
TAU
demands
included
equal
“Our situation is that wewill
pay for equal work, a statement on
have a general meeting Nov.27 and sexualharassment,academic freethen continue discussions,” said ne- dom, quality of education and ungotiator Malcolm Kennard.
ion security.
According to Smith, only two isThe TAUnion negotiators would
noli comment specifically on the ne- sues remain outstanding: compulsory membership in the union, and a
gotiationsbutappearedfrustrated
and pessimistic about the outcome. two-year, as opposed to a one-year
“The negotiations are in an ex- contract. “We’ve come close on the
money,” he said.
tremely sensitive stage and thereTheTAs,tutorsandmarkers
fore we cannot be too specific about
have not had a pay increase since
the
situation,”
Kennard
said.
Sept . 1979.
“We’re back to square one.”
But Robert Smith, academic deTAU negotiators said the univervelopment associate vice principal, sity madeastatementThursday
“.dc
eggenton photo
which said UBC didn’twant anyWE REGRET any inconvenience, but dueto work on Main libr’eryno books will be loaned out until 1984. Students said negotiations could be finished
thing in theTAUcontract
which
interested in reading should try Sedgewick or variety of other libraries on campus.Plans for construction on Main by the end of November.
in other
“We had hopedto get it (the con- was notalreadypresent
are still up in air, but new building must go somewhere so view of surroundings will suffer. Join save the library
campaign and preserve cramped, poorly heated stacks for future generations of suffering students like yourself. tract) settled on Friday but we got contracts.
hungup on acouple of things,”
Smith
says
for
a
first agreeSmithsaidWednesday.“We
feel
ment the university should sign one
confident that ifwe come to grips,
that is compatible with the other 10
the Military-Civilian Junta stabbed through financial dealings in Latin with these two issues we can reach a bargaining units across Canada.
By MARK ATTISHA
settlement. I’m looking towardssetAmerica.
By remaining silent, Western na- and disembowled her parents.
“There should be no trailblazing,
the
end
of the
“It would be interesting to find tling it before
In the film, it was said that condibut this particular union wanted a
tions
are
condoning
Latin
tions in ElSalvador
result from out how much Canadian capital is month.”
lot of trailblazers.”
Americanoppression,arepresen‘‘I hope we’vebeen accurate in
foreign influence, particularly U.S. pouring intoSouthAmericannatative of Canadian University Serassessing
what
the
TAs
want.
I
hope
The university
has
agreed
to
influence. Literature suppliedat the tions,” he said.
vices Overseas said Tuesday.
the
(TAU)
negotiators
realize
you
clauses
that
are
not
copies
of
other
CASC is organizinga rally this
GonzalesMartintold 50 people lecturesaid the U.S. continues to
Smith
said. UBC is
Saturday at 12 noon in front of the can’t come along to a first contract agreements,
in International House that dozens support the Salvadorean Junta.
and
get
Utopia.”
prepared
to
consider
aone-year
CASCworks withthe
Revolu- courthouse.The rally will be folof people are being shot every day
EIut the TAs see it differently.
agreement, he said.
inEl Salvador and Western coun- tionary Democratic Front (FDR) in lowed by a march to the American
And it is not just the negotiators.
“I’m not pessimistic.”
El Salvador by trying to build an in- Consulate.
tries are doing nothing about it.
Hesaid
that conditions in El ternational support base for revoluSalvador are symptomaticof the in- tion, a CASC spokesm<m said.
He
said
that
the
FDR is a
stitutionalized violence that
has
become the situation of the conti- legitimate voice of the Salvadorean
as the
peopleseekingrecogni.tion
nent.
From page 1
for.
deslignated deadlines.
“The masses aren’t taking it any new government of El :Salvador.
abandon the concept of congruent
‘“Youknow damn well they can’t
He saidhe expects theAMs to reMartin
said,
“Wt:
(Western
longer.
They
are
forced
to
membership in theproposed new hold a meeting beforeDec. 3 1, ,” he join the association by January.
Countries) are responsible for their nationalstudentorganizationperviolence,” he said.
He said over all, the withdrawal
told Kevin Rush, graduate student
Martin,
CUSO
field represen- freedom.”
manently,
representative and mover of the fromthe associationwouldhave
tative for Latin America, said it is
0 AOSC
members
adoptthe
positive ramifications because “it’s
motion.
“If we keep silent,we are chosing
silly to talk about development in El sides,” he said.
concept of openmembership, inpeople
on council to think
After council defeatedhis motion got
Salvador.CUSO, an independent
dependentfinancing,independent
to table the decision, Soltis amend- about services.”
Headded,“There is arolefor
developmentagency,trainsThird
board of directors, and independent edtheoriginalmotion
He said the A M s will now have
to call for
to cope with people to go andco-operatefor
World
nations
responsibilities. for each branch of immediate withdrawal from AOSC. to hire a researcher to investigate
American)
dekelopment.”
technological changes and promote (Latin
the proposed new national student
Soltis said immediate withdrawal service facilities at UBC. Hesaid
the causes and concerns of Third CUSO volunteers, he said, support
organization,
researcher
would develop
a
from AOSC would end the charade the
the initiatives of the people by raisWorld nations.
0 andthe membership by-laws
of :pretending to expectAOSC to framework with which the A M s
A film, presentedat the lecture ing their consciousnesses.
be amended as demanded above.
couldnegotiate
its termsfor
rereact to an impossibleultimatum.
by the UBC Central American Sup“We are helping to stop people
Soltis told council he objected to He said he was not free to negotiate entering AOSC.
portCommittee,depictedcondi.from losingtheirhurnanright,”
themotionprimarilybecause
it a new formatfor
UBC services
“Then we can
vote
outselves
tions in El Salvador. A peasant girl Martin
said,
pointing
out
that
would be impossible for AOSC
to without
using
the “ridiculous” back into AOSC. No problem,” he
in the film described how soldiersof Canadians
are
involved
already
meet any of thedemands by the demands the original motion called said.
Misses forced to violence in €1 Salvador
‘Impossible to meet demands’
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THE UBYSSEY
Thursday, November 20,1980
Persky power
Look out. Someone’s trying t o make life difficultandinteresting
again. We could have a
very different outlook from that loftiest of positions, UBC chancellor, in years t o come.
The time has come for thetriennial electiont o
chooseachancellor to sit on both the board
governors and the senate, as well as sign, with
the help of an autograph machine, the degrees
we students are here t o earn.
Last time Stan Persky ran against J.V. Clyne
when the job came open and everyone refused
to take him seriously. The chancellorof UBC has
always been a sedate and Conservative person
chosen for greatest ability t o disappear into the
woodwork. Clyne was perfect. Persky, author of
left-wing
crituques
of the
reigning
Socred
government, seemed, t o say the least, unlikely.
Persky surprised everyone by getting almost
35 per cent of the vote. It became evident there
are morethana
few faculty and alumni who
weren‘t satisfied with anotherfigureheadborrowedfromthe
ranks ofretireddistinguished
persons.
The two contenders lineup evenly in the basic
categories.
Both are UBC graduates, Clyne in 1923 and
Persky leaving the universityfifty years later with
two degrees.
Both have served on UBC governing bodies
before, each serving ontermonthe
senate;
Clyne has the edge here by virtue of a longer
time in the senate and, of course, his threeyears
as chancellor.
Both (blush) have been perpetrators ofthe
perhaps finest newspaper west of Blanca Street,
The Ubyssey. Clyne was sportseditor; Persky
worked on newsside.
Outside of he university the two men, so different in age, have led very different lives.
. Clyne has becomeasymbol
in B.C. ofthe
highest that capitalist initiative can achieve, our
homegrown E.P. Taylor or K.C. Irvine. He has
upheld Canada’s conservative legal traditions in
the B.C. Supreme court.
Persky went on mostly teach
to
in B.C.’s community colleges and along the way wrote two
books.Thefirst,Son
of Socred, examined
thoroughly some of the problems with Bill Bennett‘s provincial government that are today the
subject of almost continuous public and media
scrutiny. The second, The House ThatJack
Built,was
an expose ofJackVolrich‘sadministration and was certainly a factor in his narrow defeat in the Vancouver mayoral election
Saturday.
Persky sees his business as educating people
and helping themto think clearly about the world
theyinhabit. Hehas said hewillworkatthe
chancellorship and attempt to make it an active
position of real value to the university and the
students in it.
“I am a teacher and I think I know something
about thebusiness,” Persky said earlier this year.
If Clyne has had any lengthythoughtsabout
educational policies they have not been publicly
recorded. We’ll pick Persky without pause.
Creationism confusion needs close examination
In his article “Creationism rears
its ugly head” (Nov. 14), Mr.
Shariff doesnot make clear whether
he is dealing with fundamentalism
and evolutionism or creationism
and evolutionism. He has,it appears,
confused
fundamentalism
and scientific creationism.
Fundamentalism, as defined in
Webster’s Dictionary, is “a movement in 20th century Protestantism
emphasizing the literally interpreted
(my emphasis) Bible.” That scientific creationists believe in creation
does not therefore make them fundamentalists (or vice versa).
Science, on
the
contrary,
is
ultimately a belief, a faith; a belief
that a particular form of knowing,
scientific knowing, is the ultimate
form of knowing; a faith that any
problem - all problems - can and
will
be
solved through scientific
methodology. That is incorrect.
Man has always had a scientific
bent to his nature - andit has
yielded much good - but its
overemphasis is allowing manto
control his world at the risk of losing his ethical dimension. We have
inherited a world of the Copernican
and Darwinian revolutions.
He
writes:
“Fundamentalist
As the cloak of incomprehension
thought and religion are based on began to fall from the shoulders of
faith. Science, ultimately (my em- our universe many came to believe
phasis), is not.” That is false.
that man was not created at thecen-
tre of God’s universe but rather that
man was a cosmic accident.
Contemporary science, with its
emphasis on measurement, has
been so successful that all other
disciplines are attempting toimitate
its methodology. The presupposition that science is the ultimate and
only way of knowing, that reality is
physical, led men such as Freud or
B.F. Skinner to apply
this
methodology to the human being.
Freud failed to recognize these
limitations:
to
understand
that
crude tools yield crude results.
Skinner, the Harvard psychologist,
assumes man is only physical. Thus
he insists on the strictist empirical
verification; andthat astimulusresponse model is sufficient to examine man.
Trolley bus long overdue
In reference to Eric Robinson’s
letter totheEditor,The
Ubyssey
Nov. 13, my first impression was
that he showed some intelligence in
opposing the demolition of the
Main Library, until I read his third
point.
The man is completely offthe
wall in regard to the trolley coach
issue. What does he have against
preserving our limited fossil fuels?
What does he have against peace
and quiet on campus?
Hisstatement,. “What we need
are simply more diesel buses coming
to theuniversity more often, and no
chance to be made to University
Boulevard is irresponsible”. Has he
THE UBYSSEY
November
20. 1980
PublishedTuesdays.Thursdays and Fridays throughout the
university yearby the AlmaMater Society of the University of
B.C. Editorial opinions are those of the staff and not of the
AMS or the universityadministration. Member, Canadian
University Press. The U b y m y publisher Page Friday, aweekly commentary and review. The Ubyssey’s editorialoffice is in
room 241K of the Student Union Building. Editorial departments, 22&po1; Advertising, 2283977.
Editor: Verne McDonald
Eric Eggertson was Wt for trout. “I’m out for trout,’’ he said. “Why m that. Eric?” asked Mark Leiren
hyphen Young. “He’s lust doing it for the halibut,” c r i Glen Sanford, falling back ontoa rather large
pile of frozen turbot. ”It’s blcdd out hem, bitched permanent haddock representative Nancy
Campbell. “Put a sweater on, you tool, or you’ll find that you’ve cod your death,“ Verne McDonald
commented in grandmotherly tones. “Roe, r o e . roe your boat gentlydown the bream,” crwned part
timers Steve Howard and Sue (no relation). Meanwhile, Mark Attiaha and Arne Hermann w e busy
trying to open a can of red herring in heavy oil with an em ruler. ”I think we’ve milt this one for a11 it’s
worth,“ ruled Smilin’ Dave, as he layed out a pectorial. ”quit finnin‘ arund and we’ll go home.”
never stood behind or ridden on a
noisey smelly diesel bus and had his
hearingassaulted by the constant
roar of the engine? Hashe never
tried to drive down University
Boulevard beside a bus or truck and
try to avoid being sideswiped as his
car bounces out of control over the
bumps created by the tree roots?
Before writting his letter he
should get his facts straight:
1) The Urban Transit Authority
has just this week ordered 200 new
trolley buses to replace the “old
rickety trolley buses’’ of which Mr.
Robinson speaks.
2) The poles thatsupportthe
wireswillbe
camoflaged between
the trees on the Boulevard.
3) The trolley wires will be
suspended from bracket arms so
that there will be no span wires
across the centre of the Boulevard.
4) We all know that University
Boulevard is too narrow and should
have been widened years ago.
If he had searched the Ubyssey
archives he-would have found that
widening University Boulevard was
an issue back in those days when I
was a freshman. The trolley coach
extension to UBC is long overdue.
Dale Laird
Metro transit bus driver
Wowhonaafcste n
philosophical in nature is now
catagorized under the label of social
science. The scientific method, or
somevariation, is now applied to
every form of investigation.
Thearticle
further states that
whereas creationists
remain
adamant againstchange evolutionists
willingly readjust their theory with
new knowledge. It is also possible
that such willingness to readjust
results from a lack of confidence in
the theory. It is implied that creationism is fanaticism characterized
by intense, uncritical devotion; that
doubt does not exist because questions are avoided.
I was unaware, apparently, that
openness,
a
willingness to reexamine and re-evaluate, is peculiar
to science. The inquiry into, and examination of,the tenets of one’s
life is a healthy process; furthermoreit is completely compatible
with a firm commitment to specific
beliefs and values.
Creationism.according
toMr.
Shariff, doesnot pose a threat to
science - yet. But is examining opof an
argument
posite
sides
threatening? Is examining - even
knowing - another view wrong?
Evolutinists, if theirtheory is so
correct, should welcome this examination for it will onlyenhance
their position.
Since science is future-oriented every scientific “fact” is open toinquiry, needs interpretation
and
stimulates further questions - new
evidence will not quickly “prove”
evolution, nor willit
“disprove”
creation.
Mr. Shariff has created a straw
man for his readers. A casualglance
reveals that it looks complete, but a
close
examination
reveals
its
substance to be woefully lacking.
Iain Higgins
Mathias Fellenz
Terry W. Breen
science 3
Origin argument
The article “Creationism’rears its SPECIES by Charles
Darwin,
ugly head” by ShaffinShariff in published by J.M. Dent & Sons
yourNov. 14 issue was drawn to Ltd., 1971, p xii where he says
our attention, and we would like to “Most biologists accept it (evolumake some brief comments.
tion) as though it were a proven
Shaffin Shariff seems obsessed fact, although this conviction rests
with the idea that creationists are upon
circumstantial
evidence; it
associated with fundamentalist forms a satisfactory faith on which
religious beliefs. Nothing could be to base our interpretation of
further from thetruth. Scientific nature.”
Earl G. Hallonquist
creationism fits the facts of life national director
in genetics, the fossil record, the second law ofthermodynamics, the
Creation Science Association
mathematical laws of probability, 852
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:~~~~
etcetera - better than evolution,
The Ubywy welcomes
letters
and therefore should be taught as a
viable theory of the origin of life, from dl readers.
Pen names will be used when the
along with the theory of evolution.
Otherwise we might as well revert to writer’srealname is alsoincluded
the Middle Ages when only pet for our informationin the letter and
when vdid repsons foranonymity
theories of the time were taught.
Shaffin Shariff
also
seems to are given.
Althoughan effort i s made to
think that evolution is a fact and
publish
all letters received,
The
that “the very nature of creationism
to edit
the
empirical Ubysseyreservestheright
separates it from
letters
for
reasons
of
brevity,
legaliquality of scientific inquiry.”
He should read Mathews’ in- ty and taste.
troductiontoTHEORIGINOF
”
_
Thursday, November 20,1980
UBYSSEY
Page 5
THE
Organizations differ in battle against racism
Fascism attacks freedoms
Racism on rise
A
Racism is on the rise in this province. The most insidious aspect of
this rise is the reappearance of the
Ku Klux Klan in B.C. This
organization exists solely to deny
minority groups their rights and to
promote fascism.
The KKK has been spreading
white supremist propaganda in
Canada and its members have been
responsible fora
series of racist
murders recently in the eastern U.S.
It intends tosoonopen
recruitement offices in B.C. and organize.
The KKK must be banned.
“Democracy” is nota license for
some people to deny the democratic
rights of others, nor is it a license to
incite violence. The KKK must be
opposed by a broad movement of
people of all races and nationalities.
is
It
only by actively opposing
racism that we can defeat it.
The B.C. Organization to Fight
against Racism (BCOFR) was
recently formed in this city. It has
been founded by activists in many
legitimate or‘ganizations which have
long
defended
the
rights
of
minorities.
These organizations include: The
Chinese Benevolent Assoc.; Indian
.Peoples’ Assoc. of N. America;
B.C. Union of Indian Chiefs; The
Canadian
Farmworkers’
Union;
and the Black Solidarity Assoc.
In the near futurethe BCOFR
will organize direct action protests
to PI-: pressure on the government
to ban the KKK.
This
coming
Saturday,
an
organization called the “Peoples’
Front Against Racist and Fascist
Violence”
will
conduct
a
demonstration. We will not attend
this demonstration. This “Peoples’
Front” is not a broad-based
organization with legitimate links to
minority groups as is the PCOFR.
It is, in fact, nothing mol-e than a
front organization for a group called the “CPC-ML”. The (:PC-ML
has had a long history of salbotaging
progressive movements and indulging in violent fascist tacti1:sof
its
own.
Recently, at a meeting on campus
CPC-ML chairman Hardial Bains,
denounced the Canadian
Farmworkers’ Union and the struggle
which was conducted by the
Chinese Benevolent Assoc against
the racist W-5 documentary on
minoritystudents.Thestatements
and actionsof
Bains have been
open attemptsto
sabotage these
progressive movements.
The CPC-ML claims to be progressive. IC is not. Through its actions, often violent, it misleads and
frightens people away fromprogressive activities. It breeds anticommunism by giving a false impression of what communism is.
It is for these reasons that we say
that the KKK must be opposed
through the BCOFR and other progressive organizations
and
not
through the“CPC-ML”and
its
“Peoples’ Front”.
Douglas Fleming
external affairs officer
Simon Fraser Student Society
and 2 others
Board representatives report
BY ANTHONY
DICKINSON
and JOHN PELLIZON
Believe it or not here is a report to the students
from yourboard of governor representatives of
UBC after six months of reporting to student coun51. We will attempt to keep things chronological.
-
.
~~
~
May - The major issue was the reduction of
RCMP. This is one of the fewissues thatthe
. boards, UEL Ratepayers, student council and the
local RCMP all agree upon. Unfortunately, unless
a lot of people write to their local minister asking
for anincrease in RCMP staff relatively little is likely to happen.
June - Fees for parking stickers were increased,
the acute care hospitalwas opened and Rockwoods
was sold.
July - We were informed that increased parking
at Gage was in the students “ballcourt”. So we informed the president of Gage. (Ask him for
details).
August - The month of rest.
September - The board had ajoint meeting with
Universities Council of BC. This is when UBC
presents it’s budget for 1981-1982 to.UCBC. UCBC
then takes UBC’s budget, SFU’s, UVic’s and all the
BC colleges budgets and presents them to the Provincial government forthe operating grant requests.
October - Dr. Kennedy (the new administration
vice president replacing Mr.Connaghan) tellsus
that there will be some expansion of the parking lot
at Vanier as soon as a suitable contract is let.
By this time a new home economics building has
started construction, (by the chemical engineering,
library processing centre and animal resources
buildings) the coal processing centre is underway
and a new bookstore proposal has been passed.
But, still no construction at Discovery Park. (Mainly because the agreement has not been comdeted).
average of 13 per cent for 1981-1982. A trend to
charge first years less than final years was established. Tht: board recognized that it has insufficient information about studentloans,scholarships, and
bursaries. So the board is seeking information at
the present.
There is a student council committee which is trying to handle this but if you are independent make
sure that Byron Hender, Speakeasy,
the
Ombudsperson or the board reps get your input.
By this time a scheme to build a berm on Wreck
Beach lbelow the Museum of Man was approved at
a cost of % 4 o o , O O O and will start in 1981. The food
service:., proposal to renovate and expand the SUB
facilities from April to September 1981 had been
received.
Also the proposals for more library space were
narrowed down to a science library (where animal
and resource ecology is now) or another main
library in front of Main.
Ifyclu managed to read all that without falling
asleep !JOU deserve a medal. Maybe you should put
in anominationfora
position ontheboard of
governors before Dec. 19 ahd show us how to do
better.
If you have any questions contact us at 228-2050
(SUB 250) or leave a message in mailboxes 169 and
170 in !SUB.
Your recent editorial (Nov. 13) violence.
consecrating the “right” of racists
The state of the rich which is the
and fascists to speak and organize, organizer and the sponsor of racist
and he,aping abuse on the right of
and fascist violence must not be
militant self-defence against these counted on to defend the people.
murderers
as
a sin
against
But the KKK alone is notthe
“everyone’s freedom” is an attack
issue. Itis the rich and their state
on not a defence of freedoms. This
which is the issue. For, while all this
is the same sermon preached by the clamour is being made about the
social-democrats in Germany who state “banning”
KKK, this
the
conciliated with Hitler’s fascist same state of the rich is militarizing
gangs.
theeconomy, fascisizing the state
Acommon front exists against
forces,equippingthe
armies and
the right of the people to oppose police in preparation for internal
racists and fascists such as the Ku repression and external war.
Klux Klan: The Ubyssey, the VanThe stance of these bogus “civil
couver Sun and other papers owned libertarians” is really against the
by the billionaire Southam
and
Marxist-Leninists and other miliThompson monopolies, theCBC,
tant progressive forces who have
the reactionary trade union bigwigs declared their determinedopposiin the B.C. Federation of Labour, tion to racist and fascist violence.
and others in these circles all say
The People’s Front Against
that racists and fascists have Racist and’Fascist Violence is being
“rights.” These sermons disarm the foundedthis Saturday, November
people and encourage passive sub- 22, based on the following prinmissiorl to fascist attacks.
ciples:
This week an East Indian worker
Unite in action against racist and
repocted to the People’s Front fascist violence!
Against Racist and Fascist Violence
Ku Klux Klan andother racists
that ht: and his family had been and fascists have’no right to speak
threatened over the telephone by an or organize!
anonymous caller who said he was a
Self-defence is the only way! A
member of the Ku Klux Klan.
demonstration will assemble at the
Accclrding to your logic, this ,Georgia Street Courthouse
4
at
racist has every right to utter violent p.m., and the founding conference
threats and to terrorize an innocent will begin at 6 p.m., 5880 Main
family, while the workers have no Street. Everyone is welcome.
right t o stop this activity. This inciAllen Soroka
dent, and others much more grave,
UBC committee against
is the inevitable result of the
racist and fascist violence
legitimacy you and the rest of the
news media bestow on the KKK.
In your editorial you equate the
Ku Klux Klanwith
the MarxistLeninists and sanctimoniously defend their respective “right” to free
speech. There is no similarity
whatever between the two. The Ku
Klux
Klan
are
the
fascist gans
organiz.ed by the rich to sow racial
discord and hatred among the people. The Marxist-Leninists stand for
Many soaps, even those wlth
the unity of the people against the
lanolhn, glycerine or cold
handful of rich parasites.
cream. are alkaline by nature
The Marxist-Leninists and other
(The opposlte of y o u r s k i n
which I S shghtly acldlc )
progressive and militant people do
Alkallnlty can counteract your
not have this “right” of free speech
skin’s natural acid balance
in practice. They are constantly
and help make it dry and taut.
harassed, arrested, attacked, sacked
l i e d k e n ’ s A m i n o Pon Beauty
from tlheir jobs, and deported for
13ar has been sclentlflcally
insisting on the “right” to oppose
f o r m u l a t e d w l t h o u t s o a p so
you can wash your face
the rule of the rich in this country.
without d r y i n g y o u r skln.
In real day-to-day life it is the KKK
Thls acld-balanced non-soap
and other racists and fascists to
IS wheat-based and contalns
natural proteln. vltamlns.
of the rich has
whom thestate
humectants and other
granted this “freedom” of speech.
beneflclal Ingredlents.
The People’s Front Against
L.et u s I n t r o d u c e y o u t o A m n o
Racist (and Fascist Violence calls on
Pon Beauty Bar and all our
all the people to unite in action, to
other wonderful Redken skln
rely or1 their own strength in the
care products. Stop by our
battles against racist and fascist
Fledken Retall Center toddy
let us show you
how to wash your
face without
drying your shin.
2nd dlscover Redken for
Oh, Yoko
This past Sunday
afternoon
around 4:30 while listening to the
I was
AMSfundedCITRRadio,
surprised to hear the voice of John
Lennonl being interviewed by one of
the usual DJs at this time.
Being a life-long fan of John (and
Yoko) and the Beatles, I was initially intrigued. However, to my
dismay and displeasure I soon
realized. it was merelya staged interview and that John Lennon was actually t:he other DJ.
Although the interview was done
in fairly good taste, itwas truly a
biting piece and overly critical
especially regarding Yoko and her
role in John’s music.
CITF: should be more concerned
with being a progressive radio station and less concerned with tearing
down idols.
Stephen Zolf
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UBYSSEY
THE
November
Thursday,
cvc
'Tween classes
WOMEN STUDENTS' OFFICE
TODAY
Pand d b c u h onwomen in law with moderator Lorette Woobey and six guest participants, nwn, to 2 p.m., Law 188.
LE CLUB FRANCAIS
General
mesting,
noon,
International
Hwse
loungs.
INTERNATIONAL HOUSE
E l l i t Wabbergw lesdr seminar on a Canadian
composer and world music, nwn, International
House upper lounge.
Spankh converwtional evening, 7:30 p.m.. International House.
BAHA'I CLUB
Talk onBaha'i rdated subject. 1 p.m.,SUB
QAY PEOPLE OF UBC
Gnat Flerher. Owner of Psllscagli Books,
smaks on oouatina
a wv
.
- . businen. noon. SUB
2b71209.
-
OEBATIN~SOCIETY
Suwrmouth W
e
va.
InternationalStudents
on'the univenity should impore dinerential fees,
noon, SUB auditorium.
ISMAIU STUDENTS ASSOCIATION
Filmon footprints of the Buddha,noon,SUB
119.
EAST INDIAN STUOENTS ASSOCIATION
Generalorganizational meeting, noon, SUB 21 1.
AMNESTY UBC
G m l maning, all fn6mkrm p
h attend.
noon. SUB 224.
IVCF
Harofd Dresller speaks on standing up to m e .
noon, Chem.
212a.
SKI CLUB
Final day for registrationfor Chr%tmas 8kitrip to
Mount Bachelor. IDec. 27 to Jan. 3.)
FRIDAY
250.
DEBATINQ SOCIETY
Supermouth M. Craig Brooks and Bruce Armatrong that AMS exscutivm ere running dog
lacksy. of the Wall Straet imperisli, noon,
SUB auditorium.
UBC LAW UNION
Swnd Robiruon and Arthur P a p 8peak on the
charter of "riahts." noon. Law 101/102.
SLAVONIC CIRCLE
Ru&n
conversation pranim, nwn, Buch.
m.
wusc
ImporUnt o m n i r a i o M l mesting, noon,SUB
119.
-
noon.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORQAN124TION
Public meen
ti g,
SUB
1268.
117.
General mesting, nwn, International House
lounge.
INTERNATIONAL HOUSE
M. D. Wallace gives mrninaronarmaments
burden in the third wodd. noon to 3:30 p.m., Interntional House upper lounge.
sus
Science cooler. 4 to 8 p.m., SUB 207IM9.
UBC LIBERALS
Social night, beer,wine,andcheese,
7 p.m.,
SUB party room.
AQUASOC
Party with beer and pizza, slide show and grad
premnmtions, 7 p.m., SUB 215.
BALLET CLUB
P a w open to members and guests, 8 p.m.,
Graduate Student Centre garden room.
QAY PEOPLE OF UBC
Businma mwting, noon, SUB 115.
ORAD CLASS
Quorum
want&
would students in Architeaurn. am. science and social workundergradwte .ocistip pleaw attend,noon.
SUB
TROTSKYIST LEAQUE
Special forum entitled We are the Party of the
Russian Revolution. noon, SUB 212.
LE CLUB FRANCAIS
SATURDAY
INTRAMURALS
Men's Buchannan badmintonserier, 9 a.m. to 4
p.m.. g y m A and E.
INTERNATIONAL HOUSE
F w d fair, membws 83 and non-rnemben$3.50,
530 to 7 p.m., International HOUSElounge.
Cultural art d w y , 7 to 10 p.m., International
nou- ux).
QAY PEOPLE OF UBC
Open volkvb.ll game, 7:30 p.m.. O.bome Centre ann
A.
-.
Hot flashes
Gym night, 830 p.m.. Winter Sports gym A.
CHINESE STUDENTS ASSOCIATION
236.
Skating,ticketaavailable
in SUB
81 for
membws, $1.50for non-manbws. 846 to 11
p.m., Winter Spom Centre main rink.
SUNDAY
INTRAMURALS
Men's Buchennan badmintonseries, 9 a.m. to 4
p.m., gym A and 8.
QAY PEOPLE OF UBC
David S e d in concert, 9 p.m., Music Building
recital hell.
MONDAY
wusc
FilmonAmericanforeignpolicy
in the Philip
pines: This Bloody Blundering Business, noon,
Buch. 205.
20,1980
CREATIVE WRlTlNQ DEPARTMENT
Poetry reading by Saskatchewan'sAnne Szumigakki, sponsored by the league of Canadian
poets, 8 p.m.. Buch. penthouse.
TUESDAY
TROTSKYIST LEAQUE
Marxist literature and discussion, 1 1 3 a.m. to
1:J) p.m.. SUB main concourse.
PRE-ME0 SOCIETY
Dr. Rowat speaks on preventive research. noon,
IRC 1.
CHARISMATIC CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
Singing,prayerand fellowship meeting, noon,
SUB 211
THURSDAY
cvc
6:J)
Fourthannualsquaredanceanddinner.
p.m., SUB ballrwm.
' Memorial Gym Circuit '
1 And Weight R-oom I
NEW HOURS
Please note that the circuit and weight room facilitiesare now
open only during the following hours:
8:OO a.m. - 11:OO p.m. Monday
8:OO a.m. - 8:OO p.m. Tues., Wed., Thurs., Fri.
12:OO p.m. - 11:OO p.m. Sat.
i,12:OOp.m. - 5:OO p.m. Sunday
A
Tomorrow is your last chance to !'These facilities may be used, by students, staff and Faculty,
and Craig Brooks on the iswe the
onlyonpresentation of UBC Librarycardor Re. UBC
student council executive are runn- signup forthe UBC Ski club's trip
to Mount Bachelor i n . Bend,
ing dog lackeys of the wall street
"""0
Oregon.
The
trip
will be from Dec.
imperialists."
27 to Jan. 2, and all students and
WoofI
It's a toothache, it's a cavity, it's
friends are welcome
for amere $225
a headache,no,it'sSupermouth.
Canadian.
#D
!O
Rocketed to earth as a molar when
By the way, the rocket isfor
in the Lone
the decent denture Crapped-on ex- Firsttheycalled
ploded, Supermouthin the guise of Ranger. He couldn't find 'em.Then those of you who would rather go
they called in Sherlock Holmes. He to Titan. It is blasting off from the
wild-mannered
Lance
Lobotomy
hasbeen fighting anything hecan couldn't find 'em.Next they called SUB cafeteria. Tickets are available
in the Batman. He couldn'tfind 'em at . . . oops, thetensecondsare
sink his teeth into. But now it's time
for Lanceto slip into his underwear either. So finally they called in The up, maybe you'd better sign up for
the ski trip.
Ubyssey,
guardian
the
offree
and come out of thecloset.
Yes, Supermouth is debating world, to see if we could find'em.
Nominations are now open for
Our job is to find students in aragainat 12:s today in the SUB
auditorium. This time the debating chitecture, a m , science and social
1. 2 Student Council Representatives
sosiety will be challenging the Inter-work undergraduate societies or get
2. VicePresident
theiralreadyappointedrepresenon thetopic,
national
students
3. Treasurer
"The university should not impose tatives to come to a meeting in the
4. Academic Coordinator
at
SUB councilchamberstoday
differential fees."
5. Advertising Coordinator
Nope, I guess it really wasjust an 12:30.
ingrown wisdom tooth.
Anyone interested in getting involved with the A.U.S.
Supermouthbitesagain
in the
SUB auditorium
at
noon
Friday
should apply in Buch. 107
The rocket will be blasting off in
Clark mmture
m PIDO r ~ u o
Help
grds
ARTS
STUDENTS
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Nominations Close Nov. 24
Elections (if necessary) Nov. 28
Info and nomination forms available in Buch 107
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Student Representatives to serve on the Board of
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This notice is a call for nominations for full-time students
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The process of peasant revolution
beginning in El Salvador
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A deal for you
It puzzles
me
why
university February 14 to February 2 it, 1981.
Snowbird and
Alta
combined
studentscannotrecognizeagood
y one. The UBC have 13 chairlifts andone aerial
deal when ~ e see
ski club is sponsoring two ski trips supertram.
this year and both tripshave lots of
The price ($555) refltcts
the
space left.
quality of the skiing,however do
The
Christmas
ski
trip
is to not let this fool you. This price inMountBachelor,Oregon
and will cludes everything(food, accomoda27.
1980
to tion,
run fromDecember
bus
transfers,
airfare,
lift
January 2, 1981.
tickets for six days).Youmust
. The resort has eight chairlifts ser- register for this trip by No\/.28.
vicing a variety of runs. It is on a
These tripsare open to all univervolcano located on the edge of the
Three Sisters Wilderness Area. The sity and college students and their
price is only $225 and includes six guests. if you want more informadays skiing, accomodation, cooking tion about thesetrips, or if you
want to register, drop by the ski
facilities
(kitchenettes),
and
transportation (chartered bus). The club office in SUB 210 during lunch
finaldayforregistration
is Mon- hour or call Andrew at :!24-6232
hours.
after
_.
day, Nov. 24.
Andrew L. Wilkins
The second ski trip is to Alta and
geology 4
Snowbird in Utah. It will run from
The film ElSalvador:Revolution
or Death was
shownTuesdaynight
atInternationalHouse.This
film, funded by the World Council of Churches, painfully depicts the curse of repression in El Salvador.
About 50 people watched the film and most, if not
all, were visibly shocked by what they saw and heard
- unarmed people being gunned downin the street men, woman, and children being arrested for no other
reason except that they are peasants, union leaders being murdered.
The only way the government can controlthe people
is by violence. Slowly thegeople unite and revolt, and
the military uses more violence,and the progression of
‘revolution’ begins.
In a moving section of the film one revolutionary
states that “a revolutionary loves life, but sometimes
or take life. Arevolutionary loves
hemustloose
childrenbut he mustwatchchildren die; sometimes
from bullets, sometimes from hunger. A revolutionary
loves peace but sometimes he must fight.”
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The film cites case after case of the Salvadorean people beingsubjected
to tortureandother
military
atrocities.
The filmwas followed by atalk,anddiscussions
with, Gonzalo Martin, coordinator of CUSO in Latin
America. As he walked before the grouphe was visibly
moved by the film. It was the first time he had seen it.
He “had to close his eyesduring some partsof the film
because it hit so close to home.”
He has seen this type of oppression in Peru and
throughout
Latin
America. He questioned the
do in these
amount of gooddevelopmentalaidcan
horrific situations; because international developmental policy is to lessen conflict - not increase it.
He maintains, however, that aid does do good. In
organizing the aid in conjunction with local committees, Martin claims that the people of Latin America
see democracy in action.
The local groups run the projects- (CUSO) assists
in a technical aspect. In this way Martin suggests that
CUSO workers are at least helping to raise the consciousness or awareness of the people without getting
directly involved in any kind of struggle.
Martinalsospokeonwhat
hecalled “industrial
violence”, the exploitation of cheap labourby foreign
imperialist powers. When questionned further about
this, he explained the obvious: “the tyranny of money
is very great.”
The struggle for democracy in El Salvadoris a struggle for human rights. By remaining silent in Canada
Martin claimsthat we are supporting the actions
of oppression taking place in Latin America today.
The Central America Support Committee is staging
a protest for human rights in E1 Salvador in front of
the courthouse Sat. Nov. 22 and they invite any interested students to participate.
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T H EU B Y S S E Y
The plight of B.C.’s farmworkers
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Anand P;ultw;rrdb;M looks 3 thefightthe hadian
Farmworkers Union faces to organize poverty”
stricken farm workers.
Reprinted from Canadian University Press
N AUGUST 23RD IN THE
Fraser
Valley
a seven-month-old
EastIndianchild
drowned in a
bucket of water. The bucket was the drinking
water supply of one of sixteen families inhabiting a converted barn on a fmit farm.
The death sparked an inquest into the living
conditions of immigrant farm labouring
families in the fmit belt. Themediahad
begun to cover suchissuessince
April 6,
1980, when B.C. farmworkers formed the
first farmworkers’ union in the country, the
Canadian Farmworkers’ Union. For thefirst
time in I S years the plight of theFraser
Valley’s 1 0 , W EastIndianandChinese
farmworkers came into the public eye.
paratively lighter one, does not seem to help
with the housework, which he probably considers to be the task of women.
Pritam is one of the fastest pickers on the
work force in the Fraser Valley. Proudly she
displays to us a card with many holes punched in it. Yesterday she picked a record
31 flats
in one 11-hour stretch earning $69 at $2.25
per flat. For every flat she filled, Joginder the
labourcontractor whose main job was to
transport her and other workers in his van,
earned 75c. Yesterday he garnered $23 from
Pritam’s toils alone, plus thatof the 50 other
workers he also transported.
us, “They(the
Pritam beamsasmileat
fanners and contractors)prefer employingus.
overwhiteworkers,because
we are much
Anand Patwardhan is a filmmaker and a faster.”
studentat
McGill. His best-known film,
It is the peak season now and this year the
Prisoners of Conscience, which portrays the berry crop has been excellent. Temporarily
repressivenature
of the IndiraGhandhi
the pickings aregood.Soon
however,the
regime, both before and during the Emergen- crop will thin out, and even Pritam will be
cy inIndia,hasbeen
distributed interna- lucky to pick more than JO fiats a day. Slower
tionally.
pickers will not be brought to work at all.
Patwardhan spent the summer making a This season with some luck, working seven
film about B.C. ’s farmworkers. The follow- days a week, 9 to 11 hours aday, Pritam will
wage. Many
ing narrative is an account of his observa- have earned about the minimum
other workers will average not more than
tions during the past two months.
$1.50 an hour.
It is 5 a.m. and raining mildly. We are at
’‘DOyou enjoy farmwork?” She Iaob at
Pritam Kaur’s home in East Vancouver - a
me incredulously. “Look at my m&S. ‘%e
two-roombasementwith
no access tothe
the swelling. My back is in pain. I take
sun, for which she pays more than a third of
headache pills. That is what f m w o r k is
her four to five thousand dollar annual inabaut. If only I had known w h h I was gill in
come as a farmworker.
India that Canada meant just awthex.tield
to
We are anunlikely gathering herethis morwork in . . .”
ning.Martin(cameraman),Nettie(sound
.O
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E
ARE
ATTHE
HOUSE OF
Jwala Singh GrewaI. With his wftite
beard and imposing f i e he looks
a little like thecalendar picture of GiVu
Nanak (religious leader of the Sikhs) which
hangs from’hiswall. He too speaks only Punjabi, but understands Hindi. At 65.years of
age, he is still a farmworkerand
vi&president of theCanadianFarmworkers’
Union(CFU).We
go to the back of the
house where last night,vandalssmashed
Jwala’s parked car. They sliccd open thetires
WIS
and threwempty beer bottlesthrough the
windows of his house.
“I never had enemies. People in the community have always been respectful. But
now
the union has vicious opponents. Theyphoned Raj (Chouhan president of the CFU) and
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Charan (Gill secretary) and threatened to kill
0
them if theycontinuedworkingforthe
union. They smashedthe windows of our ofrecordist) andJim(co-director)speak
in fice. Now this. But we don’t scare so easily.
English. I speak in Hindi. Pritam and her son Next time theycome, 1’11 be readyfor them.”
“White farmers exploiting us to make a
Sarwan,whohavejustwokenup,speak
mainly in Punjabi with occasional Hindi and profit,at least thatsowids plausible,But
they are the red scum.
these contractors
English wordsthrownin.Theyunderstand
They exploit their own kind. I suppose the
me and I them.
They know that we are making a film on color is not what counts. Big fish will always
thecondition of farmworkersandthat we eat s m a l l fish.”
supporttheCanadianFarmworkersUnion
E ARE DRIVING BY THE
which has recently been formed, so they are
farms in theOkanagan where an
eager to speak out to us of their hardships.
organizer from the CFU has been
The day has already begun for them. Sanvan
sent to make initial contact withthe workers.
i s getting ready to go to work in a sawmill.
In the distance we spot a worker, a young
He is separated and his 5-year-old son Neki
Chinese boy spraying peach saplings with a
will go to the fields with Pritam as they have
hand-held spray pump. The CFU organizer
no baby-sitter.Pritam’sworkdaybegins
earliest of all. She is preparing lunch and din- calls out to him. “What are you spraying?”
“I don’t know,” he replies. He wears no
ner for the family at the same time, for
when
mask, and the spray is being blown back in
she returns at 9 p.m. tonight she will be too
his face. TheCFU organizerexplains the
exhausted to do anything but eat and sleep.
dangers of pesticide and cautions the worker
Sarwan, whose job at the sawmill is a com-
“IAN&
at my d
e
s
.See the
swelliq. My hck is in pin.
W
I takeh&e
pills. R;rt is
W
M fmwork is abort. If I
had born wirer I
still
irhliathtcuadaneant
just another field to
workin . .
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to insist on being suppliedamask
employer.
.
W
byhis
EWANT T O FILM THE RAM
shacklecabinsnearthe
fields, in
one ofwhich, an infantrecently
drowned in a pail of water while her mother
worked in the fields nearby. These cabinsare
reputed to be traditionally overcrOwded and
unhygienic, without drinking water facilities.
The farmer bars the way into the cabin. It
can only be f i i e d from the outside. Later,
when no one is around, we pick up a quick
shot of the inside of an empty cabin.
I am sitting by the roadside a mile away
from Jensen’s mushroom farm. Jim, Martin
and Nettie are pretending to be a television
crew 80 as to get access onto the farm andinterview Jensen. My prpmceon the CRW
would make the farmers suspicious. By now
Jim and I have developed certain tactics to
facilitate our work. He handles the growers
and contractors, pretending to be neutral. I
talk to the workers, whereour partisanshipis
already known and can only lead to greater
intimacy and insight into their conditions.
Ninety percent of the workers at Jenstn’s
are members of the CFU.The Union has applied for its first certification as an authorized trade union at Jensen’s. The company, a
sub$idiary of the giantMoneysMushroQm
cannery,hasemployedtheforemostantilabour law firm, Russell andDumont,to
challenge the CFU at the Labour Relations
Board. The union’s case is k i n g argued by
volunteer lawyers from the progressive B.C.
Law Union.
Jensen is on guard against the media. He
will not speak about the unionbut refers Jim
to his lawyers. He does have one commentto
make about his workers, however. “If they
don’t like it here, they are free to quit.”
take direct physical action. I follow the ambulance
carrying
Sarwan
tothehospital
where he will be discharged the next day with
four stitches and a month’s worth
of body
and head injuries. The film has been forgotten.
W
EARENEARING
THE VERY
of our film stock. We have spent
all
ourpersonalsavings,cut
all the
cornerspossible,imposedourselves
on all
our friends, but the film does not feel complete. We have filmed workers, contractors,
growers, union organizers, a public rally addressed by U.S. farmworkerunionleader
CesarChavez in support of the CFU, and
many other events but we lack a real climax
to end on. Now an opportunity has arisen
with plans for a CFU led demonstration at
theClearbrookfarmingareaagainstthe
system of contractlabour.TheUnion
is
demanding
that
hiring
halls replace
the
parasitic labour contractor.
The weather is bright and sunny, and the
demonstration is big. Many members of the
CFU have turned out as well as supporters
from amongst the labor movement, students
It is a day of celehtiol.
Re Vichy is dorlly swee4
as it has hen wo1 joircty
by botb
d
hdh
workers who resw the
managemat’s effm to
divide tbem ncially.
T IS A DAY OF CELEBRATION.
CFU
The LRB has ruled that the
is legally authorized to represent
the workers atJensen’s mushroom farm. The
victory is doubly sweet as it has been won
jointly by both
white
and
East
Indian
workers who resisted the management’s efforts to divide them raciaily.
I have left a victory celebration at home to lawyers, even a priest. Though it is Saturday
go to a folk concert. As I return at midnight farmworkers are in the fields working. In the
there is a crowd and an ambulance outside. past while many workers have secretly pledgSanvan Boal (treasurer of the C W )is lying ed their support to the union,they have been
in his blood on the street. Ne is barely con- afraid to come out in public where a farmer
or contractor mightsee them, for fearof 10sscious.Afelloworganizerdescribeswhat
happened. Stuart, Terry (white workers from ing their jobs. As we pass field after field.
allslightly high) were shoutingslogans“CanadianFarmworkers
Jensen’s) and Sarwan. (
Live the C.F.U.)”
shouting in thestreet “Long Live the CFW.” UnionZindabad(Long
they
Four white youthsmerged from a pool hall and “Farmworkers Unite and Fight”,
smile. We
and attacked Sarwan, calling him a ‘‘dirty stop work andstandup.They
to stop at anyone
Hindu.’’ They kicked him in the face with don’thavepermission
their boots. On being intercepted by Stuart farm as that would be considered a picket.
Suddenly
roar
a
goes up
from
the
and Terry, they ran away. But before Stuart
and
Terry
could
intervene,
Sarwan had demonstrators up ahead. Aworker has come
already been injured. Now Stuart and Terry out of the fields to join the march. We rush
are in a rage. “They attacked out brother, we ahead to catch it on film. It is Pritam Kaur.
She is dancng and screaming, “The Union is
are going to kill them.”
Jim is onthescene.Hestaysbehind
to here to stay!” Behind her in the distance, a
pacify Stuart and Terrysaying that the police group offive women and two children are
have already arrived and
it will do nogood to running out of the fields.
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