“After: years; ;of. continuous.
attacks on: Chile you dare to
publish ‘‘another view’ in
the Sunday News:of January
Ist and 8th, and in.repopse
you get letters with the most
‘outrageous statements that
are then printed week after

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templating a position based
‘solely.on seniority when Bill 3
clearly does not allow this,
and when it is not the posi-
tion of the WVTA_ that
seniority be the sole criterion
for deciding: terminations.

Mr. ‘Smith’s “warm. feeling .
that it (discussion: ofa Bill 3
exemption) was ‘kaput for at
least 90 days” i is ah enormous
surprise in that-'it is the

. understanding. ofthe WVTA ,
that’ in’ acceding: to the |
Board's request for an exten-
sion to negotiations we would

‘have an agreement by March

3 ‘Noiinally, Lwould not par-
icipate in this controversy,

ut in order to set the record _

straight, please note:
1) Our. employment rate is

15% not 35%;-
' 2) Santiago has a popula-.

tion of 4.5 inillion, not 2.2;

_. 16, 1984 or 49 days from the
* date of Mr. Smith’s remarks.
Far from ‘selling out’ or
‘“*rubber-stamping’*® for the
WVTA, the Board, if Mr..
‘Smith is accurate, is using the

good will of the Association -

to stall aur negotiations.

If Mr. Smith trul sto
inform the :public, he should
define. for that, ‘public his
interpretation” Gf. negotiating
in good: faith, as well as his
understanding of the
- Kelowna“Agreement and_ Bill
.3. If he cannot do so, he
‘should‘invite those ‘who ‘can

to clarify these important

issues. ae

Pas

Beauty before age!

Dear Editor

| Why not have one day or
on one- page a. male whose

photograph: ‘is taken by a.
female, in addition to the °

D “Avery.”

Sunshine Girl?
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different buying power in dif-
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“) “Approximately -30 000
Chileans are: considered exiles .
or refugees; according’ t -the
Un ited. ‘Nations.’ -Commis-

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and
8) Law * enfo
necessary to protect

with Germar:concentrations
camps of the Hitler era-is not

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sible. How can one dare to
match. the killing of six
million: Jews - -with. the deten-
tion of" political‘activists who
choose to live outside: ‘the
law?

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AT - Wednesday, February 1,

9) Prostitution and drugs
are problems we cope with to.
the best of our ability. and
these issues have little to do

with Milton Friedman’ ‘s

theories. Facts are. that our

‘international’ monetary: ©

reserves stand at over $2.

balance was a $998.5 million

‘surplus and inflation is at a

high but.controllable 22%. A
very” large-percentage of our
budget is allocated to social
programs, specially housing.

i. All this is favourably com-
«< parable
. American context.

in the Latin

If life is so terrible and
dangerous, the government
so cruel and -dictatorial, the
conditions so miserable, how
come ‘no significant number
of people are leaving and so
many refugees have applied
to return.

“Your, -paper is viciously at-
tacked ‘because you ‘printed

"Prof. Grubel’s personal im-
pressions.

Apparently
nobody has the . right to

deviate from a certain very

mijitant .position vis-a-vis
Chile. If that is democracy, I
must tell you that“in our land

_ we ‘have’ a: free press: “where

you are allowed to voice your
opinion without" being per-
sonally attacked.

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