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Hebert hunger
strike is excessive
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Senator Jacques Hebert has chosen an ekcessive
methodof protest to draw attention to the government's
cutbaek\pfthe federal Katimivik program.
The program, the brainchild of the Liberal senator
working with others, is a benefit to young Canadians vvho
need time to think of theirplace in the country and of the.
country itself. it exposes them to the contrasts that make
up Canada and tries to promote that there is a common
denominator to make up the country. English ,and French
speaking members also try to gain a working knowledge of
Canada's official languages.
It has also been a benefit to the country. They have
helped with municipal projects, made themselves avail-
able to help the elderly or handicapped in the community
they're slaying in and the Minden post arranged a huge
forum on aeid rain.
It's cheap, - too, in terms of g
programs. Over 20,000 young people have paised through
the nine month course since its inception in the tnid-1970s,
all at a cost of $20 million a year. •
Protest is even more understandablebecause the
Progressive Conservative government bas yet to unveil the
program for youth it says it has developed, ,
However, even though Hebert was one of the creators Of
Katimivik and. it's a fine piece of sociallegislation, it's
hardly worth committing suicide over.. , *,
$o much time, energy and effort has been given to help
save people who have no choice but to starve, many of•
those mouthing that human lifeis special. Support for
Hebert's' hunger .strike over a $20 million- government,
program by people who have probably contributed to
famine relief seems like spitting in famine victims' faces.
Some priorities ,need to lie established., - • .0
Young people need more attention from various levels -of
government but demonstrating that government action is
unmoved or swayed in the face of blackmail is hardly
something to teach. •
Hebert is a senator and the senate is still balanced in
favor of the Liberals. He should encourage -his colleagues
to flex their political muscle, as weak as it is, to fight
Katimivik's death. . J.P,
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The RoyaiShamrock was ,one :0f4the most
• modern cargo vessels afloat and was :used
to'tranifiqOufilber from New OrnffiS*Arcle4o
to, sail she
• . ;vat equipped with a steam engine .which
•poweied-AWo' paddle .whcels
She- hatti,,:facilities for six .;',first-class
•• passengers whose accommodationf was
next to ,the.'captain's astern. On
her list 'voyage of the seasiiii'•frpM:: Saint
• John however, the Jaritteionio:*er,the
• . only paisengers.Her skipper was ayoung
man by:the -name- of ta1lali4n - trained in
the neirera of mechanical machinery
, ‘iyhltb enierged , with the induttiria • revoIu
.
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" • f, • AlthO1-101;', ,•••laseinated/ by the engine
coltiParteilt, the old sea dog, Captain
SaMiesott;,,*ai stirprisetthe young skipper
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did iotr-ffikkt, More use ofthe':
canvaS4. Perhaps. it was easier to relY,,:on-
tteafil rather than the -unpredictableorwer
of thd"
For t st two weeks, g ship made
h • th
,
excellent 'progress.Aided- by tfr' Gull
Streati, And a comparatively balm tea for
f ,
that tinte,ther year, ',01t 'sorrittirat,
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reached, speeds of. ten •knots; ttiffq!tbe
•, ArlanfiC:is••fickle and often- a •''cruel
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Jr'r
:sarY.',Ytrhen- only 'five days ant' of Belfast, no other'alternatiiie course of 4etibit.' if he
the Royal Shamrock ran into heavy seas In had ,doubti*a0*,the ge.4#10gluP.:6 ,Jame.
a moment ofhuman trptie the' helmsman .".„, son, hikle40:.Si,a0ightvibtri,i,,fie'li
taiteitip:jt00 the ship on course. She rolled.. voice of th,e'Ocreatstalt1 shouting his orders
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anddislodged some of her .cargo. Heavy frinn the wheeldeck..- for many of the 'sea -
lengths .ofluittber .were flung against the , men:, ..(especially • those: who , had, served
steam
ste* inene.and.: a. -bent conneeting,.00*.theirapprenticeship when caiwas and wind
oailsed, the engine ',,16'stak ,ithe 001s/ Means .of a.: ship's
tirne. some of the 04-4§, ,Wat a .'SOUree
of inspira-
Ioosened and the Royal Shamrock began to. tioit„ Any fearS, ahotti'the .SafetY, Of ti.*
take water ' • Shamrock disappeared as soanis he
•''Filittimately''it.vVat during the hours of , c•• took comniand.
,• daylight tharitie•,:iiiit hap 'oectitred.lt .was'
,;;•
t
4 4i n when dniiiie `damage Was , able to'.steth ‘t11Ce '• icinpairalltahll'ea;iidawinaasgnt: '
: t'eftaned'...tliat' th ,
not extensIve A ine -could still• . • connecting F04. Limp and thewater
Unfortunately.sept14.ge ed
the e g thee°1111ect,ingit .1,1,ebi'iagPeap ' 1 thrt°ughi '1.tfilice
SiYas rtne'ved' water faster
4 rodbe. ship's plailkill,,,0'11°Orwervet, rhe•en,p6illew,wnas
than
. d to puinp 6111' the ship. However, the able to dx.iye --- dangerous ieve ,
was leikking iit i" '-1 upon sail, . . g‘ tied himse
ta._e , into the p, ,. and . . did not ,, ri.se toif, to
the fact, that the.,
vessel a t oil) , d , old sea captainwas not called
firs
..- ••• litit,
'thLYipetdatio the ., in heavy ...o- a, s, ' inetzltor6lah lelfast urtd°r, al'Ilvae''''wftri tie
,i, g canvat, 1,,.,c..iiii.,ot as , h p j 1 e i ge, Kathleen ''' if You will all°'* rnei'lesir;iii ;bile btt I h lifigtf:;t her inarr a cod 1,,i/lay .: the
mate a , belOW ec
'• 64,"findlte't d kg, T, t*') ,iievet,',firideft,
tho, cla 4 .. ,.had such,a strong Jarriis0:1,1t .0;aid with :61.ie.'11''.1.11,v.v7aP„s7,.:"cin°,11143teir- thc ea sh°, s
ij him
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R itictoritly the yc3ung, skipper agreed standing on the eldeelc„, his fate nine
Id d his hair flying ‘in,‘the
• .t
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she began toirOalizt.,01.”1,**ta,*0 *Jilted
with his blood. She felt triumphant thathis
love for y •
• for the sa. But of course, she never did tell
Jamieson had little sleep: during fhe
ike#0ittdet.•pf the voyage.He spentniost of
• hiStimeeithef.ponring over‘theOart table
tall rnasts,
and. the ,Seimen clingirig to the
•yardarms. the
sails. his command. ' ,
ea -4Y one Morning: that, ,a thin
panel! line Of Irish: etS,staiititareil on the
• horizon and brought a tontcheer from the
:the
day, tliat thin linc',-hroadened.
ed
n.
ng
sst 1:7(4: 'a, ,had ftiht tiHeS, 0, '4' wasg: • ever o' t 4a. °e ed hfd:6, 1),countryY t: 11°,
''Sure; there's no *ender rthey „call • thatand "The Emerald 1se",' saidtears
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