aa . Pe ee re Ways out of the nuclear bind. Sid Se oe o By UNITED PRESS CANADA Feds-Alberta feud on health EDMONTON — Health Minister Monique Begin and Alberta Medical Care Minister David Russell held fast to their dif- ferences on user fees Thursday and predicted the confrontation could end in the courts. “We have basic philo- sophical differences and we could not reach an agreement on the matter at all,” Ms. Begin said after the 90-minute meeting. “We think user fees run contrary to the basic prin- | ciple of medicare and they think it is a patient's right to participate,” she said. She rejected Russell's contentions the system is underfunded and subject to abuse. The federal minister called a Supreme Court of Canada challenge “the last resort” which would probably require the government to first with- hold health’ fund transfers, currently $20 million a month. Garrison project likely to pass WINNIPEG — The U.S. Senate appears more like- ly than ever to approve funding for the controver- sial Garrison Diversion project, members of a re- cent delegation said Thursday in a gloomy report to the Legislature. “We have taken a step back in arresting the Gar- rison project,” said Op- position natural resources critic Harry Enns after a trip to the American capital. “I was very discouraged by the recent trip.” Enns and four other federal and provincial legislators spent three days in Washington this week, lobbying against the North Dakota irriga- tion project which would divert Missouri Basin waters into Manitoba eco-systems with possibly harmful results. The delegation = con- cluded the Senate was almost certain to approve a funding bill for the long- delayed project. Leftists accused of killing SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The first U.S. military officer killed in El} Salvador predicted last week Americans would become rebel targets and U.S. Ambassador Deane Hinton said Thursday lef- lists most likely were behind the “lerrorist act Witnesses said “calm and nerveless” killers shot dead Navy Lt Com mandcr Albert Schaufelberger, 33, Wednesday as he waited outside the Univensty of Central America for his Salvadoran girlfriend. “Oh my love, oh my love,” screamed Con suclo Escalante, 32, as she ran to the bullet-proof car where Schaufelberger was shot through an open window. One witness said Schaufelberger, a native of San Inego. Calif , shouted on his two way car radio “San Diego, Cincinnatt:,” an apparent code to the US) Embassy as he lay dying There was no caplanaton Pay TV cancels ‘erotic’ film TORONTO > A French language natonal pay TV network abruptly cancell ed Tharsday the final pro gram inca fous weekend Chote film festival because of publacity Premicr Chota which has nation wide 24 hour programming tasucd oa curt release late an) the day announcing the dea ston “Premicr Chevtn tas decided due to the cur fen Controversy te withdraw from the show ing of this program cottl cd Ube) Festival des Meilleurs Films Erotiques of New York ~ the state ment said A notice will appear on tcleviston sereens Satur day might saying the net work “would bike to apologize to tts subscribers for being unable to present the film oc heduled at this Gime duc to the current controver sy the statement tinucd tan docs bot wish to make further comment at Chas time ~ ‘Premict Chena JUST FOR THE REC- ORD, the world isn’t necessarily doomed to nuclear extermination. A terrifying shadow has fallen over our future, but there is still plenty of reason to nourish that flicker of hope. While it is true we are only a computer malfunction away from the moment when | ~ the gates of hell open, we are also only the stroke of a pen away from a set of political moves that could lead direct- ly away from the brink — and then who knows? My essential optimism — which wanes from time to time, I admit — has been greatly restored by a book titled Stop Nuclear War, by David Barish and Judith Lip- ton, which is available from Physicians from Social Responsibility. Rather than wringing their hands, the authors present a completely practical set of policy initiatives that do not call for unilateral disarma- ment but show a way to step back from the precipice. These proposals are aimed at thinking Americans, but they should certainly be con- sidered by thinking Cana- dians as well. In a later col- umn, Pil deal with specific actions that can be taken in Canada to harness our energies in the cause of peace. Contemplate for now the relatively easy steps Amenica could take if the idea was really to eliminate the risk of nuclear war: strictly personal by Bob Hunter © Adopt the strategy put forward by Charles Osgood of the University of Tlinois who called for graduated and reciprocated initiatives in tension reduction. This means preserving deterrence at each step of the way but working towards progressive de-escalation. In plain English: You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours. ® Do not under any cir- cumstances escalate the arms race, which includes the rule: Thou shalt not threaten thy neighbour's deterrence. Systems like the American MX should never be deployed. A build-up on one side merely results in a build-up on the other. The most cer- tain way to ensure the decrease of the Soviet arsenal is to decrease the American stockpile. e Negotiations on arms control should not be linked to Soviet good behavior. We don't need guarantees of their friendliness or even good intentions, we need agreements’ which verify mutual arms reductions. e Any doctrine of a limited nuclear war must be rejected entirely. A strategy which makes limited nuclear war more likely makes all- out nuclear war more likely too. © There must never be a policy of “launch on warn- ing”. Accidents happen, we know. If an erroneous warn- ing leads to a launch by one side, the other side will almost certainly retaliate. ¢ Pershing II and ground- launched Cruise missiles must not be introduced into Europe. Pershing II goes from Germany to Mascow in’ Six minutes — possibly .fotc- +" ing the Russians to adopt a launch on warning defence. ¢ A “no first use” treaty is absolutely essential, yet NATO has repeatedly refus- ed to sign such an agreement with the Warsaw Pact, preserving the option. of employing nuclear bombs in the event of conventional war. e There should be a cut- off -in production of weapons-grade _fissionable material. © An office for economic conversion should be established to initiate plans for converting from a military to a_ civilian economy, which is more productive and less infla- tionary. * Above all, a bilateral U.S.-Soviet freeze on the testing, production and deployment of nuclear weapons and systems for delivering them must be reached. Okay? Phillips takes over THE ENGINEER will be in charge at North Vancouver City Hall from June 2 to 4. 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