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St. Pierre column had

"Has the protest in Clayoquot Sound ft

changed your opinicn?

Sohn B.

North Vancouver

A bunch of nuts are not going to
change my opinion about the need
for logging in this province. I'd
love to save all the trees too, but
people have to cat and the answer
is not more loggers going on
welfare,

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Hurley facts wrong

Dear Editor:

In a recent article in your news-
paper captioned ‘‘Tom and Mazie
Hurley in the days of the giants,"
Paul St. Pierre is imistaken in
some of his statements concerning
my mother, the late Maisie
Hurley, :

My brother Michael was not
killed while. serving with the
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion in
the Spanish Civil War in the
1930s; -

He was killed on Dec. 28, 1944,

while serving with the U.S. Navy

in the Pacific War with Japan.

My brother Michael never par-
‘ticipated in Spain’s heart-rending
further,. if my mother

-with the untruth that her son died
asa swashbucking participant in

human tragedy.
‘I will not go into any of the

half-truths pro-

pounded by St. Pierre, but it is
obvious he should refrain from
attempts to place himself in the
mind-set of my parents.

For instance, poverty was not
the reason they did not buy a
house. Tom thought the acquisi-
tion of material possessicns. in-
consequential. His priority in life
was the pursuit of justice.

Mother would not settle for
anything less than a-palatial man-
sion. She scorned plebcian tastes

" of the bourgeoisie,

During their lifetime they gave
away enough money to buy a
dozen houses. At the time of his
death Tom owed $30,000 in in-
come tax,

Mather could not pay it because
she had given it away in the cause
of aboriginal rights for Native In-
dians,

Kitty Bell Sparrow
North Vancouver

Voting i is aright, Mr. Clark

Open letter to Coun. Rod
Clark:

jdn_ reference’ to. your com-
‘ments. quoted. in the Wednes-

day, Aug. 25. North Shore

News, voting is a right, not an
obligation!

Andy Mason
North Vancouver

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testers having access to the sound,

Lisa

Deep Cove

The anti-logging protests this
summer have just confirmed my
belief. Just think if everybody
who feit that way went to help
with the blockade.

Mr. Singh

West Vancouver

It should not be lost on us that
these people who have been ar-
rested did so for their beliefs, :i
agree with the government's deci-
sion, but I have come to respect
the actions of the protesters, :

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citizens have been arrested and jailed for
blockading logging roads into Clayoquat Sound in protest of the NDP
government's decision to allow logging in the ancient forest. This week,
the tables turned as loggers set up roadblocks to stop anti-logging pro-

L. Hart

North Vancouver

My personal commitment to sav-
ing the forests of B.C. has not
changed since the protests began.
The mass arrests have shawn me
that others share my commitment.
The battle is far from over.

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