Dear Editor: “When Premier Bennett

. by-elections to fill the vacant

_ Seats in the two North Shore.

ridings, he said the date was set far ‘enough ahead to let the Liberals launch their new . provincial leader. A favor to

a political opponent that was . vt ‘@ ... condescension - “given

uncalled for.

_ Too bad his grand atiempt vO into Political Maturity did

The free press ‘is held in high regard by the citizens of our country. It is quite often held ‘as the champion, the watchdog, of our freedoms. . It serves the members of our

' society by providing them‘

with facts - facts which are so vital in’ making good, rational decisions.

’ OF late, however, I feel~

that our press has failed us. It has become bogged down with those who would rather find fault with minor in- cidents and events or what would appear obvious rather than question or investigate the more serious matters which trouble our society.

Look after

Dear Editor:

I have: just been reading that all over the world animals are being kidnapped (especially dogs) and sold to labs, by people without conscience who want to make a fast buck.

_ People who care for their pets should walk them

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Bennett's ‘snu ;

“not extend to inviting the ' new Liberal leader,

Jev.

Tothill, to the Gpening of the. . announced the date for the | |

present legislative. session.

Many have had their fill of the ignorance of Bennett,

Van der Zalm and company. _ Let's ‘hope the by-elections © ~ will show

‘them (that our votes cannot be bought with

_ shares or any ‘Pork-barre| - politics. °

. Disgruntled. Grit . Name Supplied North Vancouver :

Too ‘often journalists and reporters, rather than

research an important issue, hearsay and,

react to misinform their public. I am of course referring to Mr. Speck’s article of Sunday,

‘January 21.

It is not my place to judge why Mr. Speck wrote his article. Quite possibly he felt he was right in saying what he did. But feeling is dif- ferent from knowing. Feeling he was right or not he has let his readers down

and failed: as a good newsman - to seek the truth. Tony Rader Teacher

your pets

themselves. And may I offer

just a little advice—to leave them out in the yard or the garden while you are out shopping is another temp- tation. Keep your pet inside until you return.

Gaile V. Campbell West Vancouver

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- Trustee Ernie - “Sarsfield has. used your: column to.

claim that the cost_ of_

educating 3 a child for a year-

-in- the - public “schools of ©

North. Vancouver. is’ higher

‘than that in what he terms “a_-

first class” private school.

. He. “Suggests. ‘that . the dif--

Based on half truths

“. Dear Editor:

ference. arises from the’ “weakness” of the . North Vancouver School Board.

There are, of course, a. number of reasons why costs

_in many private schools are

lower than in public schools,

_but the major one is that

private school teachers are paid less than are their

‘public schoal counterparts:

Why?

Well, one reason is because a large proportion of teachers in private schools are just not qualified to teach in public schools and are paid in accordance with | their. qualifications, or lack of them: Now I am certainly not one to claim that a teaching certificate automatically makes one a splendid teacher, but I do

ask your readers to consider -

just how much money we might save if we were to take our medical problems to unqualified persons who possess some natural skill in setting broken bones, or how much of our legal costs we could save were we to hire law students instead of lawyers.

If public schools “could save money by hiring unqualified people to teach our children, would we really want them to do so?

There is a second reason why salaries are lower in

‘weakened _ power by the knowledge that

-civil

private schools, and that is |

because the teachers there’ ~

‘are’ not represented by a

union, and their salaries are -not determined by means of

“a process: laid down ‘in the:

Public Schools Act; a process which leaves the so- called weak \‘trustees little . room to.

the teachers in private ‘schools must bargain individually and consequently have little clout. They . are further in . bargaining

their employers can fire them virtually at ‘will: for . example, if they fail to embrace with . sufficient fervour the religion of their employers:

Last year there occurred, to my knowledge, the first

‘occasion when a_ teacher

employed by a private school supported by public funds was fired because of his religious beliefs. While the incident would seem to be a direct contravention of the B.C. Bill of Rights, neigher the minister of education nor the minister of labour was prepared to do anything about it. Given such power in employers, no wonder teachers in private schools are prepared to meekly accept low salaries.

Now is may be _ that Sarsfield would be happy to accept the hiring of unqualified teachers, the destruction of the teachers’ union and the loss of their rights, if such developments were to contribute to the lowering of

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manoeuvre. | Lacking such a union and; legislative ‘protection,

- Dear Eéiter: oe et eg a ‘his tax. bill. Ls am not ‘at t all

sure. ‘the rést“of the citizens

of North’ Van would agree." : meeting. there was another: quite fascinating bit . of information in Sarsfield’s.

Incidentally,

letter. Is it really true that you can purchase a first class private school education for girls in Vancouver for a-cool $1,500;: but if you have been unlucky enough to sire boys,

you will be ripped. off to the . tune of $2, 000? How come?

» Are the governors (or | whatever they may be) of —

private somehow >

schools than

boys “weaker”

those of girls schools? Or can

girls be processed at a cheaper rate than boys because they are less

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complicated or- valuable? I wonder. I must ask.Ernie at the next’: “school” board

Don Burbidge , School Trustee. North. Vancouver

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