Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 28, 1967, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press filial vol. 75 no. 52 Price Loc 15c Winnipeg tuesday november 28, 1967 Sun rises . Moon rises . Sun sets . Moon sets . Forecast sunny -10 and 10 above Kobert s. Mcnamara arms Boss quits Mcnamara new world Bank head Washington defence Secretary Robert Mcnamara for nearly seven years manager of the world s biggest Mili tary establishment is re signing to become presi Dent of the world Bank. Mcnamara s formal selection As president of the International lending institution will come wednesday when the Bank s 20 directors meet at its Washington Headquarters. He will succeed another american George d. Woods. Mcnamara 51, was secretly nominated for the Bank presidency last week. The nomination was made by the United states which traditionally plays the nominating role because it is the largest single financial contributor to the Bank. Woods term expires at the end of this year. Mcnamara s impending de p a r t u r e immediately raised speculation that he would be re placed in the defence Post by one of Johnson s closest political allies Texas governor John b. Connally a former Navy Secre tary. Connally who recently announced he would not seek re election As governor said Mon Day there is no truth in such re mors. Please see Mcnamara Page 4 court backs dockers in port dispute injunction orders shippers to Grant men work or pay Montreal up All Montreal longshoremen were expected to resume work today and tackle huge piles of cargo left abandoned on the docks Here last Friday. The longshoremen Are guar 1 Job assist charge hurled Are guaranteed work or eight hours pay today under the terms of a provisional injunction granted Mon Day in Superior court. The paralysis of the port Fri Day culminated a two week Long dispute Between the International longshoremen s association and the shipping federation of Canada Over terms of a binding Federal government report. Tons of cargo piled up along the 11-mile waterfront and Pas sengers had to disembark from an Ocean liner without most of their baggage. Several organizations warned that the tie up if allowed to continue could seriously damage the future of the port of Montreal and Canada s Export potential. Or. Justice g. M. Desaulniers granted an injunction monday ordering the shipping federation please see court Page 4 at Toronto meet Quebec bid opposed British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan reject Johnson plea for new Constitution compiled from dispatches Toronto Quebec Premier Daniel Johnson s goal of a common front among the provinces on the Issue of constitutional change ran into solid opposition on the opening Day of the confederation of tomorrow conference Here Mon Day. I Ottawa general Cote said monday the four Day meeting of the estates general of French Canada was conducted in a fascist Man Ner. No one could express a View Point contradictory to that of the Resolution which was under he said in an interview. This was truly fas Churchill boiling on water Manitoba s municipal affairs rus spokesmen for British Colum i Bia Alberta Saskatchewan and Newfoundland were either hos tile or Cool to the idea of a new Constitution. Conference Host. Premier John Robarts of Ontario was open to the possibility of changing the Constitution but he expressed Strong reservations toward proposals that any one province should have a special status which is beyond that granted to any other. This stand conflicts with Quebec claims to a major Transfer of Powers from the Federal government to give special status. Alex Campbell of minister Thelma monday a claim Forbes said by Churchill. Businessmen that the Northern seaport is about to lose its water service is very very the Churchill development association a group of businessmen from the Northern Community said in a letter to the free press that Churchill will lose the limited water Supply it has now when the Federal government builds a new Watermain to fort Church ill in 1968. Rev. Rene Belair Secretary treasurer of the association said in a Telephone interview monday the proposed main would pass within 10 feet of the town s Boundary yet the provincial government in t moving please see Churchill Page 6 the meeting of the estates general attended by or. Cote heavily endorsed a Resolution j demanding the right to self de j termination for the French Canadian nation whose nation Al territory was defined As quo j Bee province. I or. Cote said All resolutions favouring federalism were sup j pressed by a preparatory group. J the resolutions passed by the group were All adopted without i amendment by the general As Sembly of the estates general a privately organized forum for constitutional change which Drew French speaking delegates from every province except Newfoundland. The minister said he represented no one but himself at the meetings which concluded sunday. Please see fascist Page 6 Athens says peace and War hangs in balance today from a re ulcers Nicosia warships circled off the Cyprus coast for two hours today then disappeared in a fog. In Athens a greek foreign ministry spokes a Man said the crisis Between Greece and Turkey Over this Island will be clarified before the Day is out with of maintaining a either an agreement or possible War. The statement by the spokes Man merely said the skua i lion will be clarified within the Day. Either affirmatively through an agreement or negatively. In this Case very dramatic developments cannot be excluded including comment was made As All three International negotiators striving to get Greece and tur key together assembled in ath ens with reports on their talks in Ankara and in Cyprus. The ships remained off the re sort of Yrenia for about two hours. Their arrival set off fears that a turkish invasion of Cyprus was imminent. Please see warships Page 4 Strong Central government. Premier g. I. Smith of Nova Scotia and provincial Secretary Gurney Evans of Manitoba did not take any Clear stands on the Issue. Newfoundland s Premier Joseph Smallwood said he would agree to rewriting of the Consitt Tion if Canada would adopt Steps to end economic disparities be tween the have and have not provinces. Attorney general Robert Bon Ner of British Columbia appeared to be More concerned with the Hows of changing Canada s Constitution than the if there was a major failure in the last 100 years of confederation the . Delegation Lead please see Quebec Page 6 can t Tell whether to stand or run by caul Mollins Yrenia. Cyprus up deep disenchantment with United nations peacekeeping straddles the ranks of 900 Cana Chance to make yuletide Happy Beans and wieners make a meager Christmas dinner especially when they re eaten alone. Yet throughout greater Winnipeg there Are those who can look Forward to nothing better at Christmas than the Bare essentials and loneliness. Many of these people Are known to the Christmas cheer fund. The fund s Job is to ease the pangs of a Dull Holiday with Christmas hampers toys for needy children and a Ray of human kindess to Many who be forgotten its touch. Many people who want to help others even in a Small Way sometimes find it difficult to know How or Are shy about offering Charity _ Rob to be delivered wednesday delivery of the Toronto Globe and mail s report on business for tuesday will be made on wednes Day due to late arrival of the papers in Winni Peg. False alarm Sacramento Calif. First heard the burglar alarm in the state All available patrol cars con verged at the Capitol. Officials j in the state treasurer s office explained that some remodelling in the vault accidentally set i off the alarm. Personally. The Christmas cheer fund offers a vehicle for this help making every Dollar donated travel far towards a Happy Christmas for someone. The Trail for your Dona continued please see happiness a greek and turkish cypriot Vio lations since the in Force took Over in 1964 makes serious peacekeeping impossible. Two members of the armoured Diane ostensibly guarding a j car Squadron of the fort Garry Mountain pass behind this North horse from Calgary recall with Cyprus resort town As part of disgust thai sense of helpless their Job separating greek and Ness during the greek turkish turkish cypriots at a time when clash nov. 25 when 25 turks invasion from Turkey is feared i we still Are unsure whether j please Sec Canadian Page g we Are supposed to stand or i said i sergeant of the Ca Nadian Black watch tuesday. One thing we do know after t previous experiences we do ab-1 s o 1 u t e 1 y nothing to prevent greeks and turks canadians who patrol the mountainous Region Between de Gaulle told to resign a Canadian press Roundup Premier Louis Robichaud of new Brunswick says Gen. De Gaulle should resign As presi Dent of France and . High ways minister Phillip Gaglardi suggests he should keep that big overgrown nose out of Canada s that was some of the reaction tuesday to Gen. De Gaulle s accusations monday that the Canadian government was put Ting the French speaking minority in Canada in a position of John Diefenbaker said prime minister Pearson must not pussyfoot again by reacting mildly to the newest statement on Canadian affairs by French president de Gaulle. Or. Diefenbaker former conservative Leader said in an interview de Gaulle disregarded International comity last sum Mer by calling for a free que but or. Pearson gave the general a gentle slap when the people of Canada wanted a statement telling him to mind his own business. Please see de Gaulle Page 7 Premier Joey Smallwood of Newfoundland grasps the Little Finger of Leslie Frost right As the former Ontario Premier shakes hands with Saskatchewan Premier Ross Thatcher at the federation of tomorrow conference in Toronto monday. This Seaside town and which includes the biggest enclave of the turkish cypriot i emphatic in saying that the in mandate plus the pattern of the unyielding to features today bombers place three on All Star team 27 today s Index classified 32 to -11 deaths 11 comics 17, 18 finance 28 to 30 Jumble 34 movies 16 sports 2i to 27. 41 television 15 women 13, 14 Abc circulation City zone 92.7j5 total 125.144 nearly everyone reads the free press pm to answer Gen. De Gaulle no fear i of Weir nip by Dan Larocque the National president of the new democratic party. James Ramvick. Says president Charles de Gaulle of France in just an old old prime minister Pearson is a Leader who has been denied the prize Pride of a Leader Confidence of the people and that Rob i t Stanfield is a conservative Leader who blew his first big Chance. Or. Ramvick. Who is s. Member of the Ontario Leyia Laturo. Was speaking at a Roii Crone in Manitoba nip Leader a. R. Russ Paulley s j with careful restraint when to comment on the president s intervention by Victor Mackie Ottawa Cabinet today considered president de Gaulle s latest outburst on que and reply. Prime minister Pearson was to speak in the commons later today. According to reports. Or. Pearson is expected to deliver a stiff statement on the de Gaulle affair acting prime minister Paul Martin subbing for or. Pear son while the latter was flying Back to Ottawa from London spoke in the commons monday office in the legislative building i asked Here tuesday. I French he passed off Manitoba s new Leader. Premier Walter Weir As continued please Sec no fear Page 6 in Canadian affairs. Gen. De Gaulle called monday for the transformation of Canada s political system to project Quebec to the level of a Sovereign state with Mastery of its National or. Pearson said on arrival in Ottawa that he would refrain from commenting on Gen. De Gaulle s statement until he had discussed them in Cabinet today. He said he wanted More time to read the text of the French president s comments. Or. Martin pointedly said in the commons monday that the government of Canada is under an obligation not to permit any intrusion into our Domestic this was one standpoint from which the de Gaulle press conference statements were be ing examined another he said please Sec Pearson Page g attaches allege drugging Moscow a the British and american military attaches in Moscow were attacked and searched after they were allegedly served drugged wine while on a trip this month near the romanian Border the two embassies charged in protest notes to the soviet government. An american spokesman said today the soviet reply was not considered satisfactory and that further protests Are being considered in London and Washington. The . Embassy and the British foreign office said lie incident occurred nov. 17 when the British attache Brig. C. A. Des n. Harper and . Col. William j. Spahr were visiting Kishinev capital of soviet Mol Davia. The attaches toured an experimental wine making farm in the area at the suggestion of their soviet guide sampled its wines and sherries and ate food. On returning to their hotel room they became ill vomited and went to bed a statement from the British foreign office said. A subsequent medical examination gave material evidence for suspicion that the wine had been tampered the Brit ish statement continued. Talks looking for that special gift idea see pages 19 to 24 for the Isy i Eter c. Newman Toronto special this week will be remembered in Canadian history As a moment Whon men sought to re forge the future of this great untamed land in an orwellian Eyrie on top of a Toronto skyscraper. The confederation of Tomor Row conference is meeting in an outsize boardroom imbued with an Aura of Commerce stocked with admin s aids to patriotism the participants sweating not from the intensity of their j discussions but from the heat of television lights. I to kick off the great confederation debate John to Barts came before the gathering looking for a l the world like a Trust company president add Ressing his annual meeting blowing through his moustache As he tried to put some feeling into a Well written speech being badly delivered. I this Man s idealism or More precisely his patriotism far outstrips his capacity for Ora tory. But everything he said made solid sense and he even 1 admitted that the term special status did t particularly alarm him. I to us he said the concept should mean a profound aware j Ness that Canada is a country of disparate parts each with its own combination of preferences and needs. The other premiers followed with Good speeches though the i vibrant articulate presence of i Duff Roblin was badly missed. Joey Smallwood was a doubt i Celly the most moving partic j Pant of the Day particularly i when he pleaded that conf Der j action should somehow be Chan j ged to allow the people of his province a Chance to earn a Dollar rather than being handed one. Ernest Manning s attack on vague generalities and Plati tucs was composed almost entirely of vague generalities and platitudes but he did make one valid Point How can we realistically sit Down to re write our Constitution when we can t even agree on the relatively simple matter of repatriating into their hands since the the British North America act second world War. Without the single most telling com-1 exception they Are men of ment of the Day came from stature regional Power Barons Louis Robichaud of new brims unafraid to lest the limits of Wick who told the conference their authority or stretch the severe and persisting disparities boundaries of their influence in the Levels of services and in j the change becomes most the Range of opportunities do j noticeable if you consider what much to fragment Canada the makeup of such a Confer possibly More in the end than j ence might have been in 1945 differences of language and i when Maurice Duplessis would culture. I Hove been the Only Strong Man cultural variety can enlarge at the bargaining table. The the Freedom and humanity of every person. Economic and social deprivation can diminish Ether postwar premiers were John Hart of British Columbia Stuart Garson of Manitoba me. George Drew of Ontario stir watching the premiers in Ling Macmillan of Nova Scotia action it was easy to understand Why so much Power has flowed 1 please see the right Page 4 ;