The Vancouver Sun from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada • 39

he sun LIVELY ARTS, LIVING TODAY THIRD SECTION VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1971 Bob HUNTER Fisheries Minister Jack Pa-vis has just effectively moved to block the voyage of the Greenpeace up to Amchitka Inland this fall. The Greenpeace will lie sail ing to protest and hopefully somehow prevent the testing of a five megaton atomic bomb smack in the middle of a geologically-unstable area. test could result in The of radiation which leakage misht find its way over Can ada, earthquakes and possible tidal waves. Davis the man who is going to be the first federal minister in charge of protecting our environment against pollution and contamination has notified the organizers of the Amchitka protest voyage that insurance for the Greenpeace is going to be withdrawn. The insurance is provided for fishing boats, such as the Greenpeace, by the federal government.

It is needed in case something happens to the ship so that the owner, John Cormack, will be able to pay back the money he still owes to the people who loaned him money to buy it in the first place. And he got the money from the Industrial Development Bank, a Crown corporation. Ken Oakes Photo YOUNG ARTIST, nine-year-old Francis Pickett, awaits in- her work in school art show held Wednesday and today in Way, in Burnaby. More than 400 pupils from kindergarten spiration for her latest effort. Francis already has some of auditorium of Douglas Road Elementary School, 4861 Canada to Grade 7 have their works of art on display.

Food, drink -and chess wake of match Hypocrisy' hit on 4 Seasons By PAT MOAN City council will inflate the value of the Four-Seasons property in order to ensure the defeat of the June 23 money "plebiscite, Minister Without Portfolio Grace McCarthy predicted Wednesday. "It is hypocritical to offer a The "shareholders" of the interest in the Greenpeace are therefore the people of Canada, whose interests are presumably being represented by the Industrial Development Bank. So it is really on behalf of the people of Canada that Davis is acting. And on our behalf, what is he doing? Evidently, he Is trying to prevent the sailing of the Greenpeace. This decision has the effect of aiding no one except the U.S.

Atomic Energy Commission. Whose side is Davis on? In a letter to Paul Cote of the Don't Make A Wave Committee, Davis stated: "As Section 5 (1) (c) of the. Fishing Vessel Insurance Reg-isration stipulates that the vessel must be operated in commercial fishing, we cannot insure his (Cormack's) vessel on this voyage. We will be happy to reinstate Mr. Cormack's coverage when he returns from the voyage and starts fishing again." That means, because the boat will presumably not be out fishing while it is sailing up to Amchitka, the minister in charge Davis has decided to exercise his discretionary powers to veto the trip by cutting off coverage.

The effect of the move is to make it impossible for the Greenpeace to sail, unless the Don't Make A Wave Committee can raise a bond to the tune of roughly $28,000. (The ship is valued at $40,000 but the committee has already poured about $12,000 into it in order to make it possible for the owner to take it up there.) ERASER FERRY BACK AT WORK FORT LA.VGLEY The Albion-Fort a 1 ferry went back into service today after being laid up for three weeks in annual overhaul. The ferry is the only- link between the north and south shores of the Eraser between the Port Mann and Mission bridges. It makes the three-quarter-mile crossing on a half-hour schedule from 6 a.m. to midnight and is on call between midnight and 6 a.m.

Lathers hit sixth site Pickets of Lathers' Union Local 207 appeared at a sixth construction site in the Vancouver area early today. Union members went on strike at the Geological Sciences Building under construction at the University of B.C. The Lathers are conducting, strike action in a bid to get back work on studding and drywall operations that was assigned to the Carpenters' Union last year in its contract with Construction Labor Relations Association. They are also on strike against wall contractors working at the Pacific Centre, two Vancouver area office bui-dlings, a medical centre at Tenth and Commercial and a service building al Simon Eraser University. RITES JUNE 11 7,735 BCIT graduates Sun Staff Reporter BURNABY Premier W.

A. Bennett will give the convocation speech to 1,135 students graduating from the B. C. Institute of Technology at 8 p.m. June 11.

The graduation ceremonies will be held in the new student activities centre, which Bennett will also officially open. This vear's top student is Tim Shing Selo, of 531 East Georgia, winner of the Governor-General's Silver Medal with an average of 91.4 per cent in his final year. The 20-year-old student specialized in the two-year instrumentation and systems technology course. A native, of Hong Kong, he moved to Canada in 19H9. BCTT's citizenship award winner this year is Edgar Rhomberg, of Burnaby.

William Charles Rogers, of 470 West Fifty-eighth, and Laurie Michael Jack, of Surrey, received the principal's awards. Annual meeting set The annual general meeting of the Children's Foundation will he held at noon on Wednesday in the Biltmoie Motor Hotel, Twelfth and Kingsway. Fischer's next step on the road to a showdown with world champion Boris Spass-ky of the Soviet Union is a semi-final match with Danish grandmaster Bent Larsen. Larsen, who earlier this week defeated East German grandmaster Wolfgang Uhl-mann, will play Fischer in July somewhere in the U.S. Most observers feel Fischer will get by Larsen and then meet either Tigran Petrosian or Viktor Korchnoi, both of the Soviet Union, The Russians themselves feci Korchnoi will be Fischer's final opponent in the elimination series.

Faced with the very real prospect of not having a Russian world champion for the first time since the Second World War, they insist that Korchnoi or Spassky has the resources to beat Fischer. Taimanov was not expected to win, but Fischer's handling of this highly-ranked Soviet grandmaster makes, the U.S. player a solid favorite to break the Russian grip on the world title. If he does, his price will go up (Fischer made $1,250 by winning here, Taimanov $700 for losing). Fischer sees himself making $100,000 a year as world champion.

That's a hefty chunk, but Fischer, as a professional chess player, figures he is worth every move of it. plebiscite that will be nothing more than blackmail when city council is obviously going to load the plebiscite so it will not. pass," she told about 40 members of the Vancouver Little Mountain Social Credit Association. "When council finally decides on the price of the land it will be exaggerated beyond all proportion in order to negate the vote," she said. "They've been mentioning figures like $10 and $12 million of course nobody's going to vote for it." In 1909 the assessed value of the block between Chilco and Gifford, exclusive of water lots, was $354,140.

This year's assessment of the whole project is $1.7 million, a Four Seasons spokesman said. Park commissioner George Puil earlier charged that the value of the land which almost certainly must be bought by the city if the controversial apartment-hotel complex is to be stopped is less than $1 million. In April, lity administrators said the value was $6 or $7 million. Mayor Tom Campbell said S10 million. City council is currently planning to announce an as sessed value for the property before the plebiscite.

"It's all part of the shocking history of the Four Seasons development," Mrs. McCarthy said.1 It would be a "waste of public funds" to hold the $26,750 plebiscite without waiting for the results of a court challenge of the validity of city bylaws allowing the development. "There no point in holding a plebiscite when the issue will still have to withstand a court case." The date for the money plebiscite has been reaffirmed by council despite appeals of the park board to defer the vote until court action is complete. Attorney-General Lcs Peterson, who also attended the meeting, is nominal plaintiff in the court case. Although Mrs.

McCarthy is opposed to council action on the controversial waterfront site al the entrance to Stanley Park, she docs not support the people's park set up on the site Saturday. "It's illegal, it's shocking, it's disappointing and it's not a good thing for the whole project," she said. Fischer, intense and candid, was still playing the games well into the evening. With the help of his pocket chess set, he and Taimanov recreated some of the positions in the match and conducted brief postmortems on where the Russian went wrong. At one point, Fischer also recreated from memory a position he had in a 1958 game against another Russian player.

Me said he did not expect six straight wins when he began play, but of course was happy with the result. "All games were difficult," he said, "and were not onesided over the board." Fischer felt he and Taimanov were equal enough that he expected only a decision in his favor. Fischer said he was satisfied with the arrangements a contentious point at the beginning of the match and praised the Canadian Chess Federation organizers. The 800 fans who showed up for the six games and ad- journmenls were a shock to both Fischer and Taimanov who are used to playing before much larger crowds in Europe. Fischer also noted the lack of radio and television coverage of the match and complained about one newspaper account of the fifth game.

Quoted as saying "My gosh," the deeply religions Fischer pointed out to The Sun that this term is a form of blasphemy and he did not say it. Taimanov now will accept a tournament invitation from either Sweden or Holland in July. "On one hand I would like to exclude thoughts of chess from my lile, but on the other hand I would like to rehabilitate myself in the eyes of the chess world," he said. By BILL RAYNER The winner and the loser in the world chess championship quarter-final match hei'e relaxed Wednesday night over food, drink and the ubiquitous chess set. Grandmasters Bobby Fischer of the U.S.

and Mark Tai-mannv of the Soviet Union earlier in the day had completed their match when Tai-manov resigned without further play in the adjourned sixth game. Despite the result, a stunning 6-0 sweep by Fischer, both players insisted that the match was tougher than it appeared. "The games were much more difficult than the final results showed," said Taima-nov. "But I have not made such mistakes since my childhood." However, he congratulated Fischer on his well-deserved success, and ruefully commented, "Although it js a sad situation for me, in chess as in life, there is sometimes defeat." He wished Fischer luck in his next match, "but not the one after because then he will be playing with my countryman." Taimanov said he was not really in form for the match, although he regards Fischer as one of the strongest chess players in the world, and maintained that ill health contributed to his poor result. As for the prevailing view that the four-man Russian team only confused Taimanov during the match, he had this to say: "The Russians have these sayings: Two minds are better than one, and you can't spoil porridge by putting butter on it." He added that only one of his three countrymen actually helped him with the games.

Allan FOTHERINGHAM LADIES DAY TODAY. FIRST, AN interesting (and prophetic it turns out) letter from Mrs, A. F. Black that was received a month ago: "Tell me, Mr. Fothcringham, how is il in a city like Vancouver that U.S.

Navy ship ills oil in strait spill: The question is: Why did Davis decide to do He didn't have to. He could have chosen not to exercise his power to cut off coverage. Or he could have simply let the ship go through the motions of fishing in order to comply with some fine-print detail of the Fishing Vessel Insurance Registration regulations. The federal government lias lodged two protests against the blast. At the time of the last A-bomb test at Amchitka a much smaller blast than the one proposed for this Oe-Inbcr External Affairs Minister Mitchell Sharp said that Canada had done everything it could to prevent the lest.

Well, that was debatable then. And it is more debatable 'now. For now it is the protest, not the test, that the government is moving to prevent. Ottawa did not even bother to send an observer up to the recent hearings in Alaska concerning the blast. Its only decisive action has been to throw a monkey wrench into the one concrete effort being made to prevent the thing from happening.

The government appears to be playing dirty pool. On the nuc hand through Sharp it Is doing a Radical Chic routine by saying, we're against the blast, but honestly there's not a damn thing we can do to prevent it. And then through Davis tripping up the only determined Canadian opposition. If this is the kind of "environmental protection" we ran expect from Jack Davis, then forget it. With friends like that, who needs enemies like the Atomic Energy Commission? Pollution problems A slate of candidates will present proposals for combatting North Shore pollution problems al North Vancouver SPEC meeting and election of officers, 8 p.m.

today In the North Star School, 370 West Kings; the meeting Is open to the public, has known many patterns of success and failure, in a country like ours that has produced a small miracle even keeping a country like this together, how is it we should get a mayor that is completely out of Ml saying I was taught as a child. If you can't say something nice, don't say anything al all. You are most depressing to listen In. The French Canadians are just awaiting the day to get rid of our royalty, have complete bilingnalism and 'have the English eating wood, as they have had to do for This I was told today from the mouth of the highest source. "You arc not French, hut so pessimistic and nasty.

What's eating you? We, Ihe public, have to sit and listen lo you nasty, bad-tempered men spoiling every joy that does arrive. I know no other person who sets a belter example of decent every day moral living and human kindness than our Queen, certainly our highest level of government now has nothing to look up to or learn from, so far as human Christianity and hope for the future. "In olher words, nn idol that I would wish my child to copy and follow. There has lo be something better than that. If you are going to sit and talk loud, for heaven's sake give us more pleasant lo listen to and don't spoil the one good event.

"We work hard, too, pay income tax to our ears, ask nothing from anyone and don't even complain. First lelter 1 have ever written like this, but I and many like mc are here, busy, have thoughls and minds, and when you do get rid of our heritage and royalty this country shall become a disaster, I.e., Cuba, Mexico, Egypt, etc. Our freedom and peace will disappear forever." scendants of these wonderful people know in their hearts how much of the human spirit falls into these value judgments. "Let me point this out. if the plebiscite is left the way' it is and turned down I expect there will be violence, because young people are fed up with personal judgments and aesthetics being lied up wilh property rights.

"Think on this. A GOOD rOINT FROM EUNICE Bennett: "I enjoyed as I usually do the article wiitten about the imminent departure of the State of Quebec from our humble Dominion. So long the harangues, so slow the leaving, is what lam driven to say. "But you and all writers on this subject limit your evidence lo (a) a lawyer, (b) a student, and remind us of the power of the 24 per cent who voted separatist. I cannot consider the picture complete when nn one hothers to get the views of the remaining 76 per cent.

Of course, Ihe media enjoy the spectacular and I am sure the 76 per cent, are dull as dishwater, hut you havp dared to examine the dreary themes and unfold very provocative bits of life. What happened? You found a cur-lain nf no French-no English? Or what?" AND FROM MRS. DONALD Taikinsnn in Hamilton: "I just listened on TV In your description of Ihe Queen's visit lo British Columbia, I think nf an old "His son was one of Ihe first bush pilots thai flew up north over ranges of mountains wilh a thousand feet of snow on them. He would put down a trapper and then pick him up in the spring. Often he would search for people or other planes that had been lost in the Arctic, often without repayment.

All this he did without the aid of instruments of any kind. He often used to declare that It would lake aviation to build this country and horse sense to keep it together. He was right on both counts. Later, he helped put. the RCAF together.

There were many of his kind at that particular time and for their tremendous effort at building this country, they rightfully should have been knighted. "But they were not knighted, in fact, in many cases people flocked in from other countries, took it for granted while they got rich wheeling and dealing. The folk that in many cases laid down the initial efforts at breaking the first sods in this delightfully different and frozen country went unrewarded. "Now I will go on to make a suggestion and I count myself as a person aware of Ihe great sacrifices made on all our I think the plebiscite for the Four Seasons hotel should be decided by descendants of Ihe pioneers that, carved out this country, nn matter where they live. Since the people that did il weren't given any recognition 1 feel the de from the destroyer Iteasoner, built for the U.S.

Navy by the Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Co. of Seattle. The vessel has not yet been delivered to the navy and was under the command of a civilian skipper. A Lockheed spokesman said the spill was apparently caused by a valve malfunction during a transfer of oil between tanks on board the ship. There were no reports on the fate of wildlife in the area of the spill.

Rut Wayne Campbell, curator of the University nf BC. vertebrate museum and an authority on wildfowl in the area, said Race Rocks are inhabited by glaucous-winged gulls, cormorants and pigeon guillemots now In their nesting period. He said Hie cormorants would be most likrly to be affected by the oil since they spend most of their lime in the water. A U.S. Navy destroyer undergoing sea trials spilled about 40 barrels of diesel oil into the Strait of Juan de Fuca Wednesday.

The spill was "right smack in the middle" of the strait and some of the oil undoubtedly spread into Canadian waters, the U.S. Coast Guard reported today. A coast guard spokesman said the spill occurred about 12:45 p.m. 2'i miles of Race Rocks. "We made two flights over the slick, the last just before sunset, and there to be indications that natural dissipation from wave and sea action would lake rare of it," he said.

The spill was (small compared with the 3.000 barrels of dirscl oil that killed wildlife and fouled beaches after being spilled from a barge at Anacorlcs, on April 2ti. A barrel Is 42 gallons. Wednesday's i 1 1 1 came touch with just how many sacrifices it took to build this country? Would you say he had only developed one facet of his personality? Making money. "I am personally aware ot some of the sacrifices that built this country because I am a descendant of pioneers and I know how much of their love and breath they pressed into this land. "One of my old uncles rarved out the first, man-made lake on the Canadian prairies and he let the farmers round about irrigate from it and he refused to lake money because he felt his inventiveness was a gift of God and he shared it wilh those around him.

He designed and built his own generator and they were Ihe first on the Canadian prairies In have electric light. There again he shared what he had,.