The Bermuda Recorder

              saturday november 10 1973 page ten the bermuda recorder verbal overkill at party conference lime california agents briefed by department of tourism important but they were con cerned to close the party ranks in readiness for their next gen eral election they were not docile but they were not rebel lious either whatever they thought of their government they thing even less of any alternative government at the moment they are all think ing of the next election years which is by next june he can pick his own time and rxbody will complain by harold hutchinson a leading british political columnist gress favoured that sums up one week members of the bermuda department of tourism have just completed a successful briefing of travel agents in california and report an en thusiastic response from the more than 300 agents who at tended members of the department of tourism who made the trip included lieut col j anthony marsh manager of the bermuda office thomas r nikels manager of the new york office and yvonne redpath manager of the bos ton office they were followed by the liberal party which is the smallest of the serious politi cal parties but which is at present enjoying a revival it if no secret that this revival is partly the result of dissatis faction with the two big par ties conservative and labour they will decide additional literature was the 1 sent to the agents from the department's new york of fice tion to traditional evening re ceptions in berkeley and bev erly hills there were break fiast presentations in san jose and anatheim and a luncheon presentation in san francisco so the conservatives were ready to let their leaders off lightly contenting themselves with a demand to get more houses built the government promised to do their best so that was another conference one prime of britain s recent ministers.__who^^h was the briefing was undertaken i response to the enthusiasm shown by agents during a sim ilar presentation in califor nia last year and as a result of requests from california agents who attended bermuda briefing 73 in september noted for saying as little as possible became annoye-i with a far too-talkative poli tical colleague and sent him this short note the california briefing last ed five days two of which were devoted to making sales calls on travel agents in the various areas assisted by representatives of eastern airlines and trans world airlines the bermuda contingent visited five california cities san jose san francisco berkeley beverly hills and anaheim anatomy of vaci tion and were given bra enures and other literature the liberals found much wrong with britain and the world and they too had their remedies there is one asset the liberal party alone poss esses they have not formed z government since 1916 and consequently nobody can blame them for anything nobody knows when that will be british gvernments ara elected for five years but they don't necessariily choose tc stay five years the prime minister may and often doas decide to have the ejection much earlier this is because the british never make con stitutional rules if they can help it rules might prove to be a liability and a little flexibility never does any harm following the california visit the bermuda represent atives went to acapulco mexico for the convention of the american society of travel agents a period of silence on your part would be welcome if the british public do not know precisely what all the politicians think about every thing it is because they switched the television off the people have their own opinions about all the parties and they will decide how they will vote when the time comes and nobody will know for certain until those votes are counted the british people who on the whole dislike the torrent of party political argument to which they are subjected through radio and television would rewrite the prime min ister's note in this way the method of briefing the agents differed somewhat from previous years in addi i.ti ~? ■ makskmrn^kmlml j 1 i e wb0si"s 7-j_--^^_e_8 i fc *. ikbis b * . bflh &» •; 1 b jf t'-wmmi^tmim b kv wh_jfflm e i_mg || 1 1 k^brh pfw ' £ *£ to elv ***** " v ai^l ii k flw^f mh^_esw sp'mf 1 - mmm m wf^a rs.,<ii'ii,l biii.'l if :: l-^iiiif a dn i r tl if m\m tti.-ih.ihnf tiffi-i in hi-^amm m^m\mm^\wm\m\\wie\mmm t mrm\\7^akf , hi m.a^m b mmmpr bv 4i ** nc bhbtpi ; kr wi h - i : jl b lf fl b i l^i k'-fp^ib * ¥ fl b __■% i li ir ik «--«**. i ■ f fl m3a m t i m\tmw wmw\m$ejmm ., fl nt-fs £- h_^_w fltfl_i *. 3%i(f j if if 3fl bh flf k tv fl^^b at s "'' ik fl ey * en fl i i j ifs bf ' « eg5 m w ■*_. w a fl k h hr > i h _^_^_ h i h ". x a+^m mwmkl bt s hb-'vie • j&m w - j if a 1111 ■ 5 jl j » 1 f \ hi 1 jl fc^-«_3_b fl kp h imas ih hflflk~.xnitfignp blb_^«_fl p '•# taft 1 ttl flflflfll flflf i3 8tw_hflj3mwb_bmig *.*. r bwj r^fl tib fflmbflflflb wk ib 5bi 7 jshi r mum s^r^wralw 15 - sw^v flhflflhhflbbbbbr ** hflh d f l - : yjh i ■*. 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the state pension paid to all wo men of 60 and all men of 65 if they have retired but the labour party also explained that this would be paid for oy raising taxes on the better paid — not just the rich they are surfeited with party politics and with inter pretations explanations jus tifications accusations and predictions most of which will be wrong this does not mean that the prime minister can have an election whenever the whim takes him if it appears to the people that he is being an opportunist he will almost certainly lose so he must be circumspect but after four the opinion polls go on test ing public opinion each week and as they are not the slightest use whatever as a guide to the future i will not bother you with them any way they'll be different next week britain has just been through the high season of political conferences it began in sep tember and mercifully ended in early october before tele vision provided an irresistible platform for politicians eco nomists commentators and all the rest of the tribe of talking heads political con ffeiemoes were occasions for the faithful minority to gather together and cheer one anoth er up the newspapers took appropriate note of what was said but you could always turn over the page dorchester realty ltd there is however always likely to be a slight differ ence of opinion between those who decide how much never theless to say frankly that if elected you will increase tax ation for an awful lot of pec pie is certainly honesty in politics of dorchester house church street hamilton unbroken weeks all british children ara taught in infancy that hon esty is the best policy but in politics a certain amount of latitude was allowed there's no escape now if you want to know the football results you have to listen to all the rest because they put the results at the end this is said to be an improved meth od of communication our name is synonymous with quality and our services professional hence our dealings are con ducted in the highest manner as many of our satisfied clients will confirm - we are as sole as the building we occupy it may even be the best policy in politics because britain is a vastly experienced country with so much free comment that the people are hard to deceive it does not pay to make promises to the british electorate and then neglect to carry them out anyway because of radio and above all television it seems as though nobody in britain has been able to es cape from three unbroken weeks of non-stop political talk from 9.30 a.m to 5 p.m followed for the rest of the evening by interviews discus sions and opinions our staff are experts to all aspects of financing acting as mortgage brokers investors and advisers rentals and property management are given our undi vided attention and our accounts are supervised by professionals monthly rental cheques are mailed promptly on the first of each month it is not that politicians lie it is that they are sometimes carried away by their own eloquence it was said long ago of one of britain's politi cians who was given r to sweep ing promises of a heaven on earth he believed it oh how he believed it when he was saying it actually the whole thing can be summed up in a few sen tenced the conferences be gan as they always do with the trades union con._tre-.sv and that includes unions with ten million members they found a great deal wrong with the world which they were surg needed just those reforms or changes the con real estate sales general insurance estate develop ing and i are all part of the professional services we offer come and visit us in our handsome new offices located on the 1st floor of dorchester house church street west next to the bermuda national bank — or call ua at tel 2-1536 closing the ranks finally came the conserva tive party conference and as they form the government they were in theory the most bermuda provident bank associated with barclays bank international a-nona thelol^^^^^pbrea travel people who attend a bermuda department ot tourism reception in beverly hills california recently were sofia wykowsky left of kowol's travel servces jim collins eastern airlines gina jakobseii eastern airlines and w j kowal kov al's travel service instant currency and tired tim walk in with bermuda dollars walk out with a cheque in any other currency weary willie when the ordinary man in the street as they like to call them was striking for a liv ing wage to keep themselves body and soul together they were called irresponsible — as the government is con cerned but that does not ease the burden of the poor man , who is bothered with how *:* make ends meet in a little while you are go ing to have the b.i.u knock ing at the door on this closed shop issue — so can't you bee more trouble coming i say willie let's stop playing with fire because it burns some times and i note this similar nota tion has been applied to the civil servants * snbject to exchange control regulations : before we part willie i want to ask you this question — are the brains of the civil servants a little heavier than those of ihe government that they dare not ask or fight for a living wage willie let me teli you this is a beginning to what is to take place in the very near future ber muda is at the crossroads and she must be prepared for a mixture of trouble hope to see you next week willie goodmorning willie me for there have been rum blings for some time in the civil service now it nas burst forst in all its fury the demands may seem a little steep willie but as you and i know willie any individual or body of people must aim high if they want to get any where so say i tim experts at reading crystal balls goodmorning tim here we are again tim as usual endeavouring to do our best in helping to solve some of the vexing problems which we find ourselves confronted with last week as you know tim there was a threatening cloud hanging over our heads the threatened strike of die civil servants we hoped this cloud would not cause a heavy downpour modern may not need etiquette insurance that may be so tim bur i still say they are wrong in their demands — and i can rot see government meeting these demands they have a principle which must be foi l-wed whatever the cost how ever i am sure tim a com promise can be reached before too long . q must wedding guests really respond with gifts ■ some of our bermudian peo ple are horror-stricken ovsr this strike by the backbone o the colony let's ask our selves willie why not lei's just look over a few miles of water to the great city of new york and what do you see . . . firemen and hospital workers on strike or the verge of strike for those who cannot foretell the future we offer life policies fire & wind storm houseowner's and householder's comprehensive workmen's compensation all risk and personal accident policies a formerly if you ware invited to the church only no gift was expected ... if to the reception it was today however the individual makes his own decision about send ing a gift i had hoped tim as i said to you last week that a rea sonable settlement would hive been arrived at to avert this strike but this failed and we v ere faced with a situation where those who keep our government functioning went en strike this has shook the madam and i so badly that siie had to go to bed i am thinking of the future o bermuda tim what about the future of our young peopla who we are asking to come back to bermuda to give us the benefits of their talents ii this what they would be meeting we better do a littl thinking tim and i mean on both sides you and i know what hard times are like these and many other risks are covered by the insurance companies we q what do you think of the type of persons who make a habit of urging other persons tc pay a visit without ever specifying a particular date represent we bermudians are shock c-_i by the civil servants if what is happening in new york happened here tliev v/ould die of heart failure so you willie and all your friends must be prepared for any such happenings that can now take place in bermuda you will find our rates competitive and our service efficient provident investment & holdings company ltd before she went to sk-ep she asked me willie what is our island coming to what is behind all of this unrest a while there is nothing exactly improper about this i should think a little more of their sincerity if they were a little more definite church street hamilton tel 24105 no doubt you are right in your reasoning willie as far willie it was no surprise