There has heen nothing in dim Pattison’s past to susuest that the public good mixht be well served in his custody. — Russell Kelly, public office. The hero of Bspo has taken many bows sinee the show bepan. Deservedly so.) Brian) Mulrones give binta big pation the back at the opening ceremonies, and since then the famous smile has rarely been of f duty. But he gets no pats on the back in the book Pattison, Portrait of a Capitalist Stnerstar. Mind you, the story is written from oa teft-wing sardpoint, Author Kelly believes that) ti: business is bad for us. He is all dewey-eyed, too, about the Norih Shore Wamen's Centre, one of whose girls blew the whistle on Pattison the born-again porn ped- der, And you know what the political time is when Kelly tells you that Stan) Persky provided him with “all-important encouragement’’ Nevertheless, Portrait i is a prea job of investigative journalism, If all you know about Pattison. is that public relations smile and the Expo image, you'll know plenty more after reading this paper- back. The whole intricate Jim Pattison Group is laid out for in- speciion, and you'll see that B.C.'s biggest entrepencur is not short of warts. He is not infallible, ¢ither. Some of his deals “have been just plain dumb’’ as a cautious un- named source told Kelly, and he more than met his match when he tried to move in on Molson's and Maple Leaf Mills. Kelly shows, too, how close to the law Pattison has sailed. Pattison companies were fined @ total of $700,000 in a combines investigation trial, and there is much more about that in this book than I’ve ever read in the papers. Pattison’s shareholders have not always had cause to dance in the streets over the way they’ve been treated, either, as court testimony dug up by Kelly makes clear. This unflattering book is the price Pattison has to pay for being at the top of the heap, and therefore qualifying for close public inspection. Fame and greed are a double-edged spur. ‘‘Sir Jimmy’ has, after all, now made in speculating that Pattison might run for iointo clubs where they once laughed at his tunns spotted bow - he and car stlesman ways. Despite the sunny smile, he is more cuthiess thar most. Another former associate of his (again un- named. of course) is quoted this way! “Parison may conform to the gospel and he may pay tithe and all that sh--, but he'll sink you as soon as look at you." Rafe Mair told Kelly how he was hugged oon Friday and unemployed on Monday. The man who places his faith in the Pattison grin does so at his peril, Ruthlessness and business acutien do not explain it all, of course. Every punter needs tuck, and Pattison had a big break in 1967 when he obtained substantial financial backing from Charles W. Englehard of New York — friend of fan Fleming the James Bond creator and model for Goldfinger. Pattison fosters the idea that he lets his managers make their own decisions. But that’s a bunch of tripe that was quite evi’ ent in the porn-peddling fuss. He can’t decide everything for them, but he controls what in- terests him. Kelly doesn’t mention it, but when Jack Webster and Ed Murphy were hired for CJOR, the station managers first heard that news from you-know-who. Similarly, when Pattison says he doesn’t know about something in- volving his business, it’s because he doesn’t wart to know. An example was when Mainland Magazine Ltd. decided to handle this very book (which is enjoying great sales). Pattison owns Mainland, and a company representative said she didn’t think the boss would be worried about the book's not being a puff job. That was on a Friday, too. The following Monday, Mainland said sorry, no deal, Did Sir Jimmy have anything to do with that? Of course not. It was his managers. Pattison: Portrait of a Capitalist’ Superstar. New Star Books. $5.95 Local military buffs converge on MILITARY ENTHUSIASTS will get a rare treat Sept. 6 and 7 at North Vancouver’s B.C. Rail Building, where there demonstrations and re-enacted will be military displays, battles. Co-organizer Roly Dean ex- plains that war games clubs will be restaging various world-altering battles — but with a twist. Using detailed miniature figures, the groups will not just refight the bat- tles, they will ask ‘what if?’ “At (the battle of) Gettysburg what might have happened if the Confederate cavalry had been there instead of elsewhere,’’ Dean gives as an example. “The general disregarded orders and they were off raiding and did not have their frontline cavalry,”” he explains. But such an ambitious stab at historical speculation is not left to mere imagination. Some clubs use computers to gauge the outcome of the newly altered circumstances, Dean explains. Also featured will be collec- C Rall By STEPHEN BARRINGTON ews Reporter tion-quality miniature which Dean describes as works of art.” Made under an item. “Security is going to be ures are very expensive.”” An artillary set —- gun, horses and six riders — would retch about $300, he estimates. “If you had it complete with five outriders it would be $700 to $800,’ he says. ‘‘And if it was in See War Page 11 figures, “Tittle 1894 process, hollow metal figures are new rare, making them a valuable coilector’s “Most of them did not sur- vive the 1939-45 war,”’ says Dean. very strong because some of these fig- 9 - Friday, September 5, 1986 - North Shore News NORTH VANCOUVER has join- ed 50 other Canadian municipalities in prociuiming Sept. 16 A Peal for Peace Day. In Ottawa the povernment ot Canada will ring the Peace Tower caritton from 12:01 to 12:15 pin. 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