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Show Above TheBorder "TxtranHlppy Government ,, i,.trir mainr at progress: The. ivr;.-.. an anthropology major at Z university of British Columbia iVhaennewlyrformed selected civic plans to be in operation well before be-fore the expected summer swarm of Americans to Vancouver s eachesor away from the U.S. Selective Service. Vancouver's "other" Mayor Tom Campbell labelled lab-elled the group "dangerous be-, cause it organizes the hippies. Mr. Campbell countered by organizing his own City Council Special Committee Com-mittee on the Hippie Problem to study "those people." If the internal war between the hippies and the committee on hippies hip-pies is not solved by peaceful negotiations, nego-tiations, Persky fears, the real clash will erupt this summer when masses of Americans flood the city. Boot The Hippies The city government maintains that the usual establishment forces (police, fire and health departments) de-partments) will do their best to ensure visitors with little money a cold unwelcome. This charge, Persky Per-sky says, is based on the constant harrassment and hounding of city agencies against Vancouver's own hippies. Anticipating an increase in such action, the City Government is currently setting up 85 ministers to disperse any unwelcome atmosphere atmos-phere fogging the city's beaches and parks. Some are already in progress: The Minister of . is compiling lists of i0h?- i abor ister of Culture is arr 1 6 tural events; the Minist? lCul" and Drugs is arrant e t fFod and the Minister of w d'' lodging. f Housig for The other city governments thus far reached cautiouslv . S the City Government?! 0 Hh to the invitation f0r and Alderman Ed Sweene 1 ?ks' of the hippie Problem Coni2an clipped, "the hippies are as S0' peace talks but as far g or aware, war hasn't been deel He added that if the talk ' 1 representatives of the police f and health departments w?b 'J attendance. m The City Government openly, 1 vites Americans to visit Vanco ' er. But Bob Cummings, ne tor of Vancouver's undergo GEORGIA STRAIGHT cautioned against "free trip guarantee ! Americans will be treated exactly he same as any other," he said If they are willing to do their own thing, then they're okay" I Cummings suggested Americans : needing assistance contact the GEORGIA STRAIGHT office (217 Carrall Street) for the City Government: Gov-ernment: He said official papers are not needed for employment but warned Americans planning an extended stay not to apply for permanent residency until after crossing the border. rv JE ANNETTE BROWN Kj jc. acting- n hil7Ve Vancouer City SSSJSt dually observed arrived on earth from my planet many years ago and nothing you earth creatures do astonishes me anItamnPersky, whose government represents what the establishment calls the hippie POP?"' arrested for loitering in f ront of a fountain in Vancouver s City Mall He along with 15 others, were protestinI a new city ordinance banning anyone but a "responsible citizen" from viewing the fountain for more than 20 minutes. The protestors charged the ordinance Is obviously aimed at Vancouver s estimated 10,000 long-haired, beaded bead-ed and sandaled people. Three days later, still alienated acting-Mayor Persky walked out of jail and promptly sent letters to the city council inviting peace talks to end "the scandalous waste of civic funds for pointless arrests and unnecessary policy." He suggested sug-gested Warsaw, Poland, as a possible poss-ible neutral site for the talks. Help Americans ' The city government's primary function in addition to representing represent-ing people who feel the duly-elected city government does not serve them is to help visiting Americans. Ameri-cans. Mr. Persky, 27, is a native of Chicago. He attended San Francisco Fran-cisco State College before enroll- |