m gangs. mam; :iﬁar-iazzmeageme

A'cont'. from MA

re rtin this to us. We also ' woﬁger wgy the exaggeration-V

respecting this damage.‘ Spi- kes in the floor thaticome through the ceiling" is the way you informed Mrs. Boudreau of the damage over the phone. we could find no evidence to support this during our ex- amination. I I

we will continue to: inves— tigate this issue further, and if one of our groups is responsible for the damage caused, please be assured that the required repairs will be carried out by the

es nsible party. I rwepaould like to take this

opportunity to express our deep appreciation for the patronage which we have so far received frbm the UPEISU especially during the past year. We feel that UPEI has contributed considerably to the business community as a whole by patronizing our lo— cal groups and keeping our money in circulation in our own community. we feel that this is a very important fac— tor in our economy, and it

is good to see an educational institution such as UPEI do- ing its share to promote and assist island business in general by stimulating our economy to a degree bv mak-

iconf. from pg}?

cause of the lack of proper treatment and knowledge at that time to control this bleeding defect by blood transfusions. The Canadian Red Cross Voluntary Blood Donor Services have supp— orted our cause and indeed the lifeline of hemophiliacs. It is through their efforts in the collection of blood from voluntary donors and intensive research in this and other countries, that our boys and men are now I able to have the best avail— able treatment, and to enjoy their rightful place in ociet . . _ SCanadZ has one of the high— est records in the world as VOIUntary donors of blood, the products of Which arel used to treat all blood dis— orders, not just hemophilia. In fact, hemophiliacs use only 1/5 of a blood trans- fusion. Our society takes» the stand that the commer- cial sale of blood is re-

Please send me a copy of your 16-page photo essay describing the life of the Christian Brothers.

Chrisiion Broihers

(De La Salle Brothers)

Name

Add ress

A life of prayer and service

in community. Mail to: Brother George Morgan, F.S.C. 5 Avonwlck Gate

Don Mills, Ontario M3A‘ 2M5

pugnant, and we are certain that Canadians everywhere. feel the same. we are sure

“that Canadian students are

for the most part sympathe- 'tic with the present day philosophy that some things simply do not have a monetary value. Surely today's stu- dents would be shocked if

an advertisement were to app- ear concerning the sale of

an eye cornea, kidney or heart. Is not blood an even more-vital matter? Nowhere

in Canada does a patient requiring blood transfusions have to pay, because our hospitals are supplied thr— ough the Canadian Red Cross

. Voluntary Blood Services.

We have been encouraged many

times to note that blood donorwclinics.held at uni- versities meet with great _ success. we are, therefore, all the more apprehensive

to think that our universi— ties might become commercial bloodﬁdepots, if such adver- tisements are carried in their publications.

It might be of interest to you to know that where conmr ercial blood depots exist, the incidence of hepatitis and other diseases has proven to be very much higher in purchased blood than that from volunteers. A person generous enough to give of himself would not risk con— cealment of a transmittable disease such as hepatitis. and so cause added suffering to the person requiring this vital material. However, a person deliberately selling his blood for monetary gain, is not concerned to reveal

.such information, and puts the onus on the buyer to

make the discovery at a later date, and such a discovery

is not possible until too late. . We know nothing of the firm

7 or firms advertising for paid

donors or where they in turn sell the blood they buy, but their business obviously comes under the category of 'COmmercial blood banking. We can only hope and pray that' Canadians will summarily

cont to n.‘ 12

ing use of local resources i and talent to such a great /« extent. We believe our island musicians have as much to offer as our mainland competi- tors. They have as much, and sometimes more, money inves-

_ted in their equipment, and

have put as much time into their work. we do wish that

V more institutions of learning

would take more interest in‘ our local human resources & economic situation. we feel there is little need to give local funds to the mainland, especially on a regular basis, when the people of our own community have so much to off- er. we thank you for giving

our island groups the oppor- tunity of demonstrating their abilities to the students of UPEI, and hope that we will be given the opportunity of supplying other fine island. talent to you in the future. As you have patroniZed our groups on so many occasions throughout the past year, ﬁe groups Tequila, Saga and Cap- tain Jake have authorized us to offer you their services at a reduced rate for they rest of the semester. However, in view of your actions in withholding payment of the group Taquila, for rather doubtful reasons, we might

. add, we will not be in the

positiOn to provide these groups to you until the pay— ment of funds_withheld is ' 'forwarded to us. we regret having to take this stand, but feel this is the only fair way of.dealing with

the situation at the present time. Please rest assured that your complaint will be looked into extensively, & the damage, if caused by one of our groups, will be re— paired by the responsible party.

We feel very concerned about the performance and behaviour

‘of our groups, as well as

providing you with good en- tertainment at fair,price.- We wish also to keep you, our cherished customer, happy & satisfied. 7 Yours very truly, DennisrBoudreauu

Editor's Note: The President’of the Student

'Union has informed the Cadre

that this problem has been solved. A-$10. fee to cover repairs to the floor has been received from Taquila. The~ money owed to the group by the union has been forwarded to them. >

Campbell said that he is de— finitely not”trying to under- mine the position of the * ITPA in order to foster outs side intervention in the island talent promotion scene but rather that he support the ITPA and local island “ talent. *‘ ' ,s,

"It was the principle of

the thing,“they damaged union property and they failed to own up to it until we forced the issue," stated Campbell.