Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 3, 1967, Winnipeg, Manitoba Printed and published Daly except sunday by the we mews free press company limited 3uo Carlton Street Winnipeg. Manitoba. John foment executive editor r. S. Malone publisher and vice president ablate Maurice Western. Peter Mclintock playing with fire if the controversy surrounding or. Walter Gordon were j merely a quarrel of personalities inside the Liberal party and the Pearson government it would soon pass. Of course it is much More than that and involves the whole future of the nation. The issues thus raised go Back to Canada s beginnings and. Indeed antedate confederation. The real question behind the personalities is not As some propagandists try to pretend whether the nation is Worth preserving or whether its preservation is Worth some sacrifice since very few canadians have any doubts on that score. The question is How the nation can Best be preserved strengthened and enriched in much More than monetary terms. On one Side sincere men can argue As they have always argued that the nation must safeguard both its Economy and its nationality by excluding foreign influences above All. Foreign investment. This is the ancient doctrine of protectionism now presented in a new Guise and supported As usual by the Industrial interests that Hope to profit from it. On the other Side the Liberal doctrine of International ism though some highly placed liberals have abandoned it holds that Canada can never be Rich Strong or permanently Independent if it is isolated from other nations its natural currents of Trade dammed up its native elements of i strength suppressed its Points of weakness exaggerated. In Short should Canada turn in upon itself and narrow its horizons or should it turn outward to the world and broaden them in the Western provinces at least there can be Only one answer. The West has always lived lives today and will live tomorrow on exports of its goods to the world Market but in the phase of rapid Industrial growth now under Way it needs More than markets. It needs capital much of which cannot be raised in Canada. If the inflow of foreign capital should cease or even fall marginally Western growth would falter or collapse. Yet this capital is the major target of the new protectionism and in practical politics the Protection its of the Liberal party Are ready to write off the votes of the West if necessary assuming that they can win an Winnipeg free press Winnipeg Friday february 3, 1967 Freedom of Trade Liberty of religion Equality of civil rights election in the East. Even by the most cynical calculation of partisan poli tics this is unlikely. Or if it becomes barely possible because the conservative party commits suicide in Ontario and Quebec the result would be calamitous for the West and in the end for the entire nation. Not Only would restrictions on capital suppress economic growth but a government even a majority government based primarily on the two Central provinces could not command the keeper of the whale or. Horner enters the lists o Tawadr. Hugh Horner he second Best known and third most mus Cular of the famous Prairie clan announced to a some what sceptical press Confer nation s Broad and confident support. In a political As Well As an economic sense such a government would endanger the nation s Unity As Well As its Prosperity. By political Accident the Liberal party s parliamentary support already is concentrated in Ontario and Quebec but until recently the Pearson government seemed to realize that it could not live Long without a Western breakthrough apparently its policies were being shaped to satisfy the West s needs and its strongest minister or. Sharp was ostentatiously appealing to Western voters by favouring both foreign capital and drastic Tariff reductions. Suddenly however he government s direction is thrown into doubt by or. Gordon s return not because his character is in question but because his protectionism is unquestionable. As a Cabinet struggle approaches its crisis it would be a mistake to imagine that the government even if it finally agrees within itself can control events. In Large part they Are outside Canada s control. The government can enforce monetary and fiscal measures it can fix taxes and interest rates increase or reduce debt and raise or lower the Tariff. But it cannot command foreign capital. No foreigner is compelled to invest Here. No other nation guarantees to cover Canada s annual Trade deficit by lending it Money much less to expand its industries by investment. This Money will come Here Only if it is assured of fair treatment. Certainly it will not come if it feels itself unwelcome and subject to erratic changes of policy and penalties without warning. If it does not come in huge volume during the next decade All Canada s economic Hopes ence on thursday his candid j Acy for the National conservative leadership. By Way of explanation he said in a prepared statement that the ritual a d Flim Flam of Canadian politics must stand aside in the Centennial year and we must decide whether or not we Are going to be a he also Felt that his move would Force other prospective candidates into the open. Or. Horner believes that or. Diefenbaker will not although be. He one has of these had no consultation with his chief. He has consulted with brother Jack is not worried about Cousin Albert and is a Candi Date it is usual in politics for leadership contestants to develop a previously unsuspected sympathy and affection for the toiling masses of the newspapers radio and television. But or. Horner is no Ordinary candidate. Having diagnosed our condition he report with by Maurice Western firm views which will to the calculation that the same mistake will not be made by successive leaders. There was some discussion or. Horner believes that the conservative party should be conservative. Unlike some others of this opinion he sees under or. Homer s leadership the conserva Tive party would be conservative and the press would be dealt with in accordance with the Horner which he stress was know at the conference of the Alberta challenger s qualifications for the leadership. The one on which he placed greatest ledge of none of us is perfect and or. Horner when questioned on the matter conceded that his attendance record in the House was not As Good As that of however lie had run his election on that basis and obviously had satisfied his constituents. In Liis absence from Parlia ment or. Horner had thought deeply about Many matters including his probable opponents. Or. Fulton lie feels. Nothing wrong with the policies it has now. There Are some Points in the above summary which or. Horner will doubtless wish to clarify As he goes along. But he has certainly achieved i possibly distinguish him from i other aspirants on the subject of the press and other forms of communication. No one can deny that he has been commendably Frank in this matter and even though we Are beyond redemption it is reassuring to know that he does not actually hold it against us. I it is also Clear that the j Horner candidacy has already had some Impact on Parlia ment Hill. At least one Prairie conservative spurning Camou Flage announced flatly on thursday that he is for or. Horner until another candidate comes along. East West dilemmas by f. S. Manor Ryphe German diplomatic i Many is much closer j. Offensive in Eastern Europe has been succeeding so goo and the graphically spiritually linguistically than is gaullist France. Romanian officials who were supposed to arrive beyond All expectations. Much so that not Only me i in Bonn Only no and of soviet Union and East Ger to discuss diplomatic Many appear alarmed Ana Bonn itself somewhat Stag gered by its Success we do not wish to offend the soviet is the worried refrain of West German officials and politicians but Washington too has been pondering the perplexing problems of re lations Europe with communist the Issue has been cropping up regularly in official state ments and speeches. Defence Secretary Robert s. Me the Success of West Germany s diplomatic drive in Eastern Europe has Given Rise to new problems in East West relations. Relations were in Bonn this week and full agreement was reached to open embassies in the two capitals. In Prague foreign minister David said that Czecho Slov Namara dwelt on it at length Facia wishes for Good relations before the United states sen ate armed services committee. Or. Z. K. Brzezinski of the policy planning Council of the state department addressed a seminar at Carlton University in Ottawa on Canada and Eastern Europe analysing future . Relations with communist Europe. And Foy d. Kohler the under Secretary of state for political affairs and former american ambassador to Moscow recently spoke on this topic to the Florida department of the american legion. The German offer of full diplomatic relations has dramatically illustrated the desire of most East european countries to restore their ties with Western Europe. If in political utterances of the communist leaders the West germans Are still distrusted in practical Day to Day re lations they have become the closest Western commercial partners of the Eastern and Central european counties. The czechs the hungarians and the romanians May Praise French culture and Gen. De Gaulle s policies of relaxation of tensions but when it comes to business old traditions die hard and Ger with Bonn and similar sentiments have been expressed in Budapest and Sofia. Poland alone remains aloof but Here too commercial relations have by far outpaced diplomatic coolness. This Rush of the former satellites into the Western embrace is not All undiluted Joy to Washington the nato Alliance or As already mentioned even to Bonn. No one would Benefit from an Eastern Europe that is again said United states Secretary of state Dean Rusk in ours is subvert the Eastern european governments a recent address not an Effort to these states nor to make hostile to the soviet Union or to most Western each eur under the dome by Ellen Simmom health minister Buck wit-1 with Ney continued to astonish j a background of the House on ins grasp of the department. There is no adroit juggling. I afternoon before the House got that involves Sulci diverse activities or such a wide Field As widely covers health. The members devoted them during the evening sitting. To. Suc a Wie e is or. Starr and i or Wilney rarely seems selves to the subject of mental q the with which health. There were in relation or Hamilton Hees was Able to admiration q nees though worthy of minister comes equipped to the usual handful quite a Ion has one or two i a estimates Tomc he answers number of people in the Public devastating Candor on those Many and varied shortcomings which caused his brother from Acadia to compare us liabilities one can t Bolt an scions . 1 u c i d 1 y galleries which brings up election regardless of of memory. Unlike the thought. The latter stages of election regardless feelings and still stay the one candidate whom or. Do Cessor in the department i and from memory minister of education example or. Witney s for debate on the health estimates head much pre sadly with a flock of vultures. Horner would hate to see Aslo simply does t bother with our problem As or. Horner outlined it is compounded of human frailty and human will perish and with them its Unity. By sowing distrust in perversity. We Lack he exp the minds of foreign investors the government is playing gained the qualifications to be Nar Man Trucl with fire. Men like or. Sharp and or. Winters obviously recognize that danger but they Are quite if they assume Good press men. We Cruci fied or. Diefenbaker. None of us had any idea of what was in the transportation Bill. That they have forestalled it by Bland speeches and internal j he spoke regretfully of our tonal gestures. What concerns the foreigner is neither the i left private Cabinet quarrel nor the Public rhetoric but the i thou resulting decisions of policy alone. And the immediate peril to Canada is the existing uncertainty which should be removed at once before it causes immeasurable mischief. Wing inclinations at any time during the tenure of a Success Ful candidate. The tests should be held in Public and supplement Aries floor should be arrangement. From part of the the we might begin with con Cate what the theory Serva lives who have not yet where it May be found. Chosen their Public stance on the leadership Issue. Fair s fair boys Bach As the Welsh like to say. Today s scripture be careful for nothing but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your re quests be made known unto god. Phil. 4 6. As a result of diligent research in Alberta offices a Secretary was subsequently discovered who recalls the theory in general outline. The Horner View is that or. Diefenbaker fell out of favor with the press gallery because he was not much Given to entertainment and served Tea instead of spirituous liquors. The present surge of support for or. Horner is possibly due removal of duties on Lariat the whole sue ,.0pe. Nelson what will be the final Capa of Manitoba s most total of s20c Power project to Date j i Mimo published f i f e d e r a 1 provincial River development which this is designed to meet the Power needs of this province for first phase ment. Also transmission rest of the Century a three n ago it appeared Likely last Stirr initial estimates of costs this phase be expected to go up and the most recent information provided in the weekly m business costing n publication electrical business confirms that finally the this is the of the when the entire project was and the first announced five in ago the total Cost was two pro mated at soom. Four a later that figure had risen by 25 per cent to billion. The mates this latest estimates Are still High thus or. On the first phase of the project project alone according to business. The As than Mil lems that Range from plugged drains to plugged ears neither example is apocryphal and there is no hour of the Day or night during which one of his ideas is to link economic co operation Between Western and Eastern Europe with the Issue of Security and thus begin a process of out the from the last u r c of involved is million. Electrical sees this As May now be in excess of million As compared with the previous figure of million. The most recent estimates on phase one the Trade publication states indicate that on site costs at the Kettle rapids generating station will be in the neighbourhood of per kilowatt and since phase one anticipates a one million kilowatt capacity this Means i estimated at 50 years. Even at to Iii. In a very modest rate of interest this would More than double the s150 million which the line is now estimated As costing. How accurate these fore casts Are we shall soon know. Or. Mclean the minister involved has said he is not aware of any increase in the estimates but this statement May be premature. Tenders for the Power station at Kettle Falls do not close until february 6 and May not be evaluated until the end of. The month. Regardless of costs. River however there seems Little Lake doubt that the project will be i pushed ahead to completion. The great argument in its favor is that through new invest ment and development which it will encourage and new jobs that it will create it will act As a tremendous Spur to the Economy of the province. It needs to be argued however whether the benefits envisioned will warrant the costs incurred and whether a breakthrough in nuclear re search will make available at a cheaper rate Long before the end of the Century other sources of Power which will make the Nelson development grandiose and appealing As it is no More than an economic redundancy. Million. Ess now Esti s50 million. The be costing More one can of now the Cost of the entire develop ment As it was seen when it was first announced. Nor do these estimates represent the full Cost of the development As far As Manitoba s share is concerned. The Money for the transmission line is being supplied by Ottawa but Only As a loan which is to be paid Back during the life of the line Thev can reasonably expect to building a larger european which would lend itself to resolving the existing problems. It is therefore a be Able to shut demanding Public. It is in the committee discussion on health estimates More so than at any other time that these facts come to Light. The stories of the experiences of constituents and these Are Only the ones that cannot be dealt with privately that members deem worthy of bringing to the floor of the House add Large numbers of pages to Hansard. In addition most of the members somehow find time to become personally acquainted with innumerable facilities services and institutions in the province from jails to fish hatcheries to hospitals with the people in them and with the functions they perform. It is this personal and human aspect of the political Esti the scene mates that makes the debates of All departments not merely health although that is the outstanding example most interesting. To observers who Are familiar with the inherent drama of debates such As those on the health estimates it is a never ending source of amazement that 22 people the maximum count on thursday night should constitute an unusual crowd in the galleries of the Manitoba legislature. Commitment an engagement to a process of change and not a quest for an immediate settlement particularly Over the Heads of the economic co operation with Eastern Europe is also the program of the Johnson administration. The administration believes that through commercial relations it can use the vast Power and the huge resources of the United states to shape the kind of world we would want to see our children live the belief is growing in the West that i he age of ideologies was merely a Brief historical episode that dominated Mankind during the last Hundred years an episode that is now Over. New prag Matic solutions Are being sought and it will be up to the West to deflect the resurgence of the East european econ Omic and political nationalism into More promising co operative channels. Such an Endeavor can Only succeed if the West remains Strong and United and if it seeks reconciliation with the East collectively rather than by encouraging through bilateral deals a further fragmentation of the continent ;