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Three cheers for Margie Goodman.

Dear Editor:

Three cheers for school
trustee Margie Goodman re
her support (reported in the
April .14 ‘‘News’’) of the
government’s: restraint pro-
gram. She correctly ‘stated
that there is “no magic
money tree in Victoria’ and
that the extra money for

which some trustees are
pressing would be largely
“put into the teachers’
pockets.”’

Iam sure there are a lot of
hard working, dedicated
teachers out there who do
not support the policies and
demands of the B.C.T.F.,
and who do not feel that

they must have yet another
raise. Dr. Regan proposed
that teachers (and | suggest
this should also apply to
principals, superintendants

and other people in the up-
per echelon) should instead
accept a pay cut of 5%. The
money saved could then be
used to buy whatever school

equipment is needed to en-
sure Our young people get a
proper education. It might
also save jobs of teachers
who might otherwise be Jet
20.

This same attitude of
restraint should apply to
employees covered under the.
B.C.G.E.U.

When the deficit is wiped
out, then, perhaps, we might
again think of wage in-
creases. It is disgusting that
a few people who rule a ty-
rannical union are pressing
for pay increases in the face
of the current unempiu::
ment problem and our huge
deficit.

Finally, ‘‘angry trustee”’
Reverend Roy Dungey
should understand that his-
tory will record how a lot of
gullible people have been
taken in,

George Hamilton,
Dixie Hamilton,
North Vancouver