Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 16, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday March 16, 1968 Boot a. A . I Donald Duck 3 mfr r the mud ext Fea French Canadian newspapers speak out on current issues chief How can1 sure it s a i m going out to capture Aav first criminal chief Micky mouse Well you la what want to freeze of Good with the my half a but i of. Poom ju6head a in the has 1 i heard Thea Price of boys each pork half i we can a Pis at the Farmers auction i cant punish a Sveet innocent Little dog like this what did i m so glad you re dear have to punish Daisy she chewed the leg off your new pants Daisy come out under there i want to bite nou Tiff prize fish must be Bisser Toan Ever and now Here s to that vacation we started of thanks to you rip. You la be All right now . Especially with Tess to care for you. Well wait for the ship to pick up the launch and our sear Desmond. I and Lois was 6oins to work in the Yarp then you brought up hey there s a Hole in one of your Tiffany Jones love can t think who they make such a fuss Over him. Touch we and ill never Wash again can t you x think he s terrific he looked at Beetle Bailey it s graduation Pav Fine mow far to you want aae to French indent pm and half pm this is a selection of editorials on current topics French language press of Canada. Be Devoir Montrealle there is a lesson to be drawn from the dramatic events of last week it is that Canada s Freedom is a very relative and a very fragile asset which we take too easily for granted. Far from becoming emancipated on the economic level Canada seems to get bogged Down More and More in a situation which places it at the mercy of decisions taken in Washington and in the Board rooms of Large american corporations. At the beginning of last week Canada lived through hours of great anxiety concerning the stability of its cur Rency. Towards the end of the week it was relieved to learn of arrangements concluded thanks to the collaboration of the american government. In its origin and in its Settle ment the crisis should especially remind us How excessively dependent we Are on our powerful neighbor. The concessions which or. Sharp obtained last week from his american colleague or. Fowler Treasury Secre Ary Henry Fowler will not ail to Lessen immediately the pressures against the Cana Dian Dollar. However the concessions appear to have been obtained at a Price costly for our Pride and our sovereignty. The concessions were obtained in Washington on two conditions one of which be trays our weakness and another which could seriously limit our government s Freedom of action 1. In agreeing to exempt Canada from measures announced in january washing ton rightly insisted that can Ada not be used As a Transfer Point for capital which Ameri can firms anxious to escape controls of their government would later move to another country. The Canadian government accepted this Condi Tion. Has it the control machinery necessary to make sure that this condition will be fully respected 2. In facilitating easier Ca Nadian Access to the Reservoir of american dollars washing ton insisted in return that the Canadian government hold a greatly increased proportion of american dollars in Long term Treasury Bonds. This will limit our govern ment s Freedom of decision. There appears to have been no question on the other hand of increasing by the slightest degree the ceiling Al ready fixed by Ottawa on the amount of american dollars we can hold in Reserve. In effect the american government agrees to help us out of the Hole. But this is done at the Price of a new contraction of our Freedom. Far from decreasing our dependence on the United states increases with new crisis. Ryan March 11 be Soleil Quebec be que Bec Wing of the Federal Liber Al party no longer has any Leader. It will not have one until the april convention has chosen a successor to Les Ter b. Pearson. If the Choice Falls on or. Trudeau the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jean Marchand will be automatically filled. If the Choice should fall on a candidate from another province there will always be time to re examine the problem and to decide on the advisability or the necessity of a Leader at the head of the Quebec Wing of the Federal Liberal party. Everything indicates How Ever that some have doubts about this matter and that some consider outmoded this Conception of Quebec s pres ence within the Federal Liber Al party. For the moment there were other considerations which led the minister of immigration and manpower to abandon his position As Quebec Leader of the Liberal party in the com Mons. Largely responsible for or. Trudeau s entry into the leadership race he will be come an Ever ready propagandist for or. Trudeau and will undertake organization o his Campaign among Liberal delegates. If he or. Marchand had retained leadership of the Quebec Wing he would have condemned himself to a neutrality which would have been unacceptable to him under the circumstances. Now he will have Complete Freedom of action March 8 Ottawa Ledroux a few years ago the campaigns of the Quebec St. Jean Baptiste societies to encourage the Pur Chase of Quebec made products either irritated or caused chuckles in a Good portion of English Canada which consid ered the campaigns the worst possible Brand of chauvinism or even a kind of separatism. With the passage of time things have changed a great Deal. Today it is from English Canada More precisely Ontario that the appeals come. Sponsored by the government a whole week has been devoted to inviting the Popula Tion to buy Canadian products in preference to imported products. In cases where Quality is equal and the Price competitive Why should we not buy products from Home in doing this we will stimulate production we will contribute to in creased employment and we will raise our living Standard. The St. Jean Baptiste Socie ties which pioneered this sort of Good citizenship Are reap ing the fruits of their labors after Many Long years. They Are to be congratulated. Gingras March 7 Granby la void de expo 67 and a late increase in Canadian exports reduced the country s balance of pay ments deficit to last year. This was an improvement of Over 1966. Exports climbed by during the last months of the year and the exhibition was responsible for an in crease of in reve Nues from the tourist Trade. It appears that this last Fig ure should be kept in mind when an Effort is made to evaluate what expo 67 Cost and what it yielded in the Way of Revenue. There is a tendency to stress the expenditures expo entailed and Little Atten Tion is Given to the revenues it produced for the country and the Canadian population. In addition to making can Ada known throughout the world the exhibition considerably boosted revenues from the tourist Industry and consequently those of Ottawa and Quebec. Furthermore it is anticipated that As a result of advertising during the fair important investments will be made in this country. In effect Canada has benefited greatly either directly directly from this Universal Gagne March 11 Quebec is not the deplorable Gabon incident that should cause us to renounce a role in International affairs. The Federal govern ment displayed a full measure of infantile susceptibility. Or. Pearson Diplomat that he is manifested a supreme incomprehension of the wishes of Quebe cers. When the next volume of the Laurendeau Dunton report is made Public some May be surprised to learn that Bilin g u a 1 ism and Bielut Uralise May very Well Lead Canada to a reappraisal of its International policy. The Federal gesture in sus pending diplomatic relations with Gabon makes All the less sense because no one will govern the country until after the election of a successor to or. Pearson. Quebec will not have a valid spokesman As Long As a dozen candidates continue to wander up and Down the country. In this situation Why did not the government Mark time Why create dramatic situations when it would have been sufficient to close the eyes for a few weeks Ottawa could not understand Quebec s Ges Ture in accepting a direct invitation to an education con Ference in Gabon. But this is not the first time in 100 years that the Federal government has not understood Quebec s aspirations. There was no reason to panic. Ent Laplante March 11 the labor scene Thompson Union editor uses humor by Dudley Magnus i really ought to Label this column by Ted As the whole of it ban ing my introduction is by him. However i la leave my name on for to take it off might alter style or something. Though or. Willcox s monthly humorous column i reprint one below has nothing directly to do with labor or unions it has a bit to do with the labor scene in Thompson man., because his amusing Way of writing attracts Union members to the steel Gauntlet official publication in Thompson of local 6166, United steelworkers of America Al Cio local 6166 represents miners and surface workers at tiie Northern Nickel town. Or. Will Cox Gauntlet editor has been writing his army memoirs in each edition. By Ted Willcox have you Ever been scared really scared i trembled in the air raid shelter while nazi bombs fell All around us i Shook like a Jelly while German bullets whizzed perilously close i Damn near threw up on my wedding Day. But All these hair raising experiences were child s play compared to some tiling that happened to me in Egypt during a tour of duty there with the army. The year was 1947 and i was with the Royal signals stationed on the Tahang desert. About 10 of us went by truck to a town on the Suez canal called Ismalia. After having walked around All afternoon we had a bite to eat and then discussed what we should do in the evening. Geoff Marshall a Guy with a big chisel Chin and i decided to go to the movies while the rest chose to go to a dance. So Geoff and i retraced our Steps to where we thought we had seen a theatre. By this time it was dark and we were soon lost. There s a Blooming Pitcher said Geoff pointing Down a dark Street at the far end of which shone some Bright lights let s ave a we had got three quarters of the Way Down the Street before we. Realized that the Bright lights were an Arab Market place or something and decided to turn Back. Suddenly a sinister looking Arab appeared silently from nowhere. You have cigarettes Effendi he hissed. Yes i managed to whisper As we backed hastily from whence we came. Then five More arabs appeared each one More sinister than the other and each de manding Money or cigarettes. We re outnumbered six to one i whispered. Three to he corrected. Six to i repeated Don t count me in on but As i started to run the first Arab grabbed me by the tunic. I tried bravado. Nimshi i snarled at him. That is arabic for get lost he stuck his big hooked nose within an Inch of my cute turned up quivering one. You try to be he growled. My Lovely Tan turned Green. Then a tall Man took the first Arab s hands off me and i. Nearly wept with Relief until he softly said. Listen worm i be killed dozens like by this time i was ready to collapse and Geoff had Given All his cigarettes and Money to one of them and was Busy kissing feet. V then suddenly two men in uniform appeared i Don t know who they were but to this Day i swear they were Angels and All our would be assailants Assas scattered. What were they asked one of our Savior and said Geoff. And said i. With that we took off. You be heard of the four minute mile Well we must have broke the four mile minute. We spent the rest of the night at our prearranged rendezvous and All my snearing partner could say was Nimshi Wallah you and your big Mouth. Nimshi Wallah for a Little squirt you sure ave one Ell of a big Community Calendar registration is still open for the women s 10-week swim and trim program at the pan am Pool. The program sponsored by the City of Winnipeg Parks and recreation department will run from March 21 to May 23. March 21 to May 23. Broadway Optimist 175 Young Street hockey banquet . Friday space age club 3 . Saturday Chalmers 480 Chalmers Avenue round dancing 8 . Monday weight lifting 7 . Thursday at David Thompson school s Clifton 1315 Strathcona Street wrestling . Wednesday at Clifton school Oil painting . Thursday. Crescent Wood Cory Clon Avenue and Rockwood Street judo 7 . At Rockwood school Elmwood 75 Brazier Street tiny tots . Tuesday senior citizens Bingo . Wednesday adult Bingo . Saturday Isaac Brock 715 Telfer Street women s volleyball . Wednesday at Isaac Brock school lord Roberts Kyle Raore Avenue and Cockburn Street Aniual meeting 2 . Sunday women s Badminton 2 . Tuesday orioles Burnell Street and St. Matthews Avenue Bingo 7 . Monday senior citizens program . Tuesday whist . Tuesday Square dance club 8 . Wednesday annual meeting 8 .. Thursday senior youth dance 8 . Friday Junior youth dance 8 . Saturday River Heights Grosvenor Avenue and Oak Street Bingo 7 . Sunday skating . And 8 . Sunday skating . Friday. Sir John Franklin Grosvenor Avenue and Renfrew Street travel films 8 . Tuesday adult Bridge 8 . Wednesday Bingo 8 . Thursday Weston memorial Logan Avenue and Mckelvey Street monthly meeting 8 . Tuesday airways Silver Avenue and collegiate Street St. James children s movies . Sunday scouts and cubs . Monday brownies . Tuesday Square dancing 8 . Tuesday Bingo . Wednesday Bingo . Thursday pre teen dance 7 . Saturday Baton 11 . Saturday ;