30 - THE CITIZEN, Prince George Thursday, August 25, 1977 'RHODE SI AN SOLUTION' Peace ' LONDON(CP)-Thenew-, and as yet secret Anglo-. .American peace plan for Rhodesia is believed to contain ,t 'pi least one provision unac-' ceptable to blacks and whites of that troubled country, )( i 'President Julius Nyerere of ," Tanzania, chairman of the . black-ruled "front-line" states ' neighboring white-ruled Rhodesia, claims the settlement plan calls for disbanding , of the existing security forces and their replacement by . black nationalist guerrilla forces. Roger Hawkins, Rhodesia's director of combined military operations, has said his government will never agree. His claim, one which is I expected to win support even jamong Rhodesian blacks, is that Rhodesia's security ; forces owe allegiance to the ( State whoever ends up In con- U.S. hops crop said in trouble ! GRANDVIEW, Wash. (AP) i- The United State's largest crop of hops, an essential ingredient in the making of , beer, is in trouble, say Yakima Valley growers. But it appears they are in a better marketing ; position than in recent years. "A month ago industry officials were predicting a bumper crop, but a recent hot 'spell means production could be 1 to 1.5 million pounds below last year's 37.7 million pounds. The heat keeps hops from ripening and brings harmful : Lifeguard takes role : seriously ERIE, Pa. (AP) "This is ! not a comic-strip operation," said Frank Pettinato, a trim ;61year-old who struts with ;rriilitary bearing in his khaki 'uniform and joins lifeguards ,bn conditioning swims. !yrhis is his 41st year as chief ,' lifeguard at Presque Isle State I T Park's seven miles of sandy beaches. ;."Over the years, the Jileguard has been portrayed ; sitting in the tower, with girls Socking around worshipping Im as he gets a tan. I"Maybe it's that way some I places, but not here. This is a rough, tough, big operation. .Jt's a serious, at times grim, ; business." ;During Pettinato's four ; decades as chief, only two jirownings have occurred in reas where his guards were loh duty. plan 'unacceptable' c INTERPRETIVE trol and not to any one political faction. At the crux of the situation is the uneasy alliance between the guerrilla forces of Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe, partners in the Patriotic Front movement. However stable their political alliance may be, their armies which could be expected to take over from the white-led Rhodesian forces if such were disbanded have met more than once in bloody confrontation. Some blacks have supported white fears that the existence of two such politically-orientated armed forces would lead to a bloody civil war spider mites, say growers. So far this month, the hop-growing valley has had temperatures soaring past 38 degrees on 13 days. The valley's 145 growers, who produce 70 per cent of the country's hops on 20,700 acres, expect a yield of 1,800 pounds an acre. Last year the yield was 1,960 pounds an acre, and the year before, 1,800. Bill Harris, manager for Hopgrowers of America in Yakima, says drought will have little impact on the nation's hop harvest this year. A European drought in 1976 has reduced the world surplus, but local industry leaders say there still is too much production. Still, there are indications the marketing situation has improved significantly, Harris said. The surplus prior to the 1976 harvest was 3.5 million pounds, Harris said. After last year's harvest the surplus was down to 1.4 million pounds. "There's no question that hop growers are in a better marketing position than they have experienced in five years," Harris said. Prices have not been established, but because of high production costs more than 95 per cent of the valley's hops are contracted two or three years ahead. Harris said those hops are expected to be marketed for about 83 cents a pound. The 4 per cent who would have to negotiate contracts can expect 70 to 75 cents a pound. Most growers say it takes about 70 cents to produce a pound of hops. J should the Patriotic Front come to power. Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith, who has called a parliamentary election for Aug. 31, is using the situation to seek accommodation with the two dominant black nationalist leaders Bishop Abel Muzorewa and Rev. Ndabaniningi Sithole. Neither Muzorewa nor Sithole has significant armed might at his disposal. Should one or the other come to power under Smith's plan for partial black rule, however, he would inherit a stable, efficient security force which the guerrilla forces have been reluctant to face. This could have the effect if isolating the militant, Soviet-backed Patriotic Front, Smith, in pressing forward with plans to reach his own settlement with the less-militant nationalists of Muzorewa and Sithole, has made it clear that the existing Rhodesian forces possibly with some changes of command, provide the best hope for peace both during the transition period and afterwards. That the militant guerrillas respect the Rhodesian forces is seen in the fact that they have, largely, avoided direct battle. Instead, they have concentrated on intimidation campaigns and attacks on unprotected, remote black vil-' lages or, less frequently, on white Isolated farms, mission stations or soft civilian targets. By early next year, blacks are expected to outnumber whites by four to one in ttje Rhodesian army and police forces. . , There has been no shortage of recruits, despite attempted intimidation campaigns by the guerrillas. 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