Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 26, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tuesday March 26, 1968 Man to beat Trudeau leads by Victor Mackie third of a series Ottawa staff late in starting Justice minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau has plunged into the Liberal leadership race with such vigor and has been carried Forward on such a Surpris ing wave of popularity that he is out in front. He is recognized As the Man to beat. The Justice minister who is Short on political experience but Long on ability has an excellent organization. It was put together in a hurry on a contingency basis before or. Trudeau had made up his mind to enter the race. It Laid the groundwork forms Campaign before the Federal provincial constitutional conference and with out his knowledge. When or. Trudeau finally decided he would allow his name to stand As a Candi Date the nucleus of the organization was in being and it has never looked Back. It has attracted an unusually Large number of capable Young people who Are working together harmoniously and enjoying the Job. Or. Trudeau by his nature does not take himself too seriously and his work ers have adopted the same approach. Ironically or. Trudeau s Headquarters Are located in the Empire building on Metcalfe Street in Ottawa. The reception offices Are on the second floor. Pierre Elliott Trudeau in bold red letters is printed in several places on the White plaster Wall. Blown up newsprint photos of or. Tru Deau in action during his Campaign also decorate the offices. A Large line sketch on the Wall in Black and White by Hans Zander shows or. Trudeau s face in a Crystal Ball with the caricature of a Fortune Teller gazing into the features that have now become so Well known across Canada. Proudly his organizers boast that or. Trudeau is getting nearly double the lineage i newspaper stories and in pictures than other candidates Are receiving. This is attributable in part to is reputation As a he is a Pheno Nemon in that he has enchanted Many Young and not so Young Vot ers wherever he has gone. They find his direct approach and his almost Cas Ual attitude towards politicking a refreshing new. Experience. But his first Appeal As a swinger is now being played in Low key. He is now presented As a very serious minded hard working Middle aged Man Young in ideas and Youthful in strength and vigor. He does not smoke and drinks very Little. He has worked a 14 to 18-hour Day almost regularly since he took Over the Justice port Folio you will be told by is organizers who now appear to want is serious Side emphasized. His workers at is head quarters take the position that at least 50 per cent of the Campaign lies ahead. The Large half of the work still to be done will be the convincing of uncommitted delegates at the convention that or. Trudeau is the Man to be the next prune minister of Canada. They believe that More than half of the delegates who arrive at the Conven Tion will have a favorite candidate in mind. The Job Renolds aluminium siding and trim 25 year warranty Spring Sale 20% off Renolds siding and trim i your Best buy come in it us show you Ference. Roofing Spring Sale 10% off 10 year warranty All work fully guaranteed Call for free estimate no obligation country enquiries Welcome Pembina at Grant phone cd 2-2805 of the Trudeau organization is to persuade enough of them that they should switch to the Man. From Quebec. His organizers Are con Vinced this can be done. They look for exceptionally Strong second ballot support that will build up steadily on succeeding ballots so that or. Trudeau will clearly become the Winner. Or. Trudeau has made a tremendous Impact wherever he has gone in this country during the Campaign. He has accumulated coast to coast support his followers contend. Their claim appears to be backed up by the findings of a Cross country Survey made by a Large weekly newspaper. It reported he had overwhelming support among the voters under 35. His Campaign organizers were ready to assess his strength for this correspondent provided they were not tied Down to exact figures. In British Columbia they report that the Campaign was now stabilizing to some this applies to the support for All candidates they believe. They see or. Trudeau run Ning a neck and neck race with or. Turner. They Are delighted with the response in the West coast province. Alberta will give or. Trudeau a greater percent age of committed delegates than any other candidate they predict. They say or. Trudeau has particularly impressed delegates from rur Al areas. Saskatchewan they admit is difficult to assess. All they would say was that Premier Ross Thatcher has eliminated certain Candi dates As not deserving sup port of Saskatchewan Dele Gates. The Premier has not included or. Trudeau in this group they were Happy to say. Or. Thatcher they say is keeping quiet and not committing himself to any particular candidates he is looking for a in Manitoba the Trudeau organization has found sup port for their Man steadily mounting. He is gaining More and More delegates at the expense of the other candidates. They see or. Martin losing ground rapidly in Manitoba and in Alberta. The Trudeau workers were annoyed because the Martin workers had claimed great support in areas the tru Deau people claim As tru Deau they say they Are pre pared to challenged the Martin team to name their committed delegates. They Are confident they can produce greater strength in these two Prairie provinces. The Large turnout to hear or. Trudeau in Winnipeg on a cold snowy sunday after noon astonished even his own workers. They were Happy with the reception he received and spoke highly of the calibre of the Mani to bans working on or. Trudeau s behalf. They believe his organization Man for Man and. Woman for woman across the country is the Best in the Field. The Best Bunch of professional amateurs in the said one organizer with Pride. In Ontario they expect or. Trudeau to do very they Are prepared to forecast he will beat All other candidates in that province or at least emerge even with Paul Trudeau organizers claim to have 182 committed delegates at this stage. Ontario will Send 734 Dele Gates to the convention. Or. Trudeau s workers Hope to enter the convention with at least 200 from Ontario. If they can accomplish this they feel they Are on the Way to winning. In Quebec the Trudeau Campaign is getting Well under Way. His organizers expect to pick up 400 votes. But they say the usual sound and fury of Quebec campaigning is now being heard. Out of the strife and struggle will emerge a solid bloc of votes for the Only French Canadian candidate. Manpower minister Jean Marchand is now working hard to produce Strong support for his Man in Quebec City. He was stung by reporters questions at a recent press conference As to Why his own area showed Little strength for or tru Deau. In Montreal or. Tru Deau has very Strong sup port. The Trudeau organization proudly Points out it has made Public the names of the 23 members of Parlia ment now 24 who Are firmly committed to actively support him. They say other organizations have talked a lot about support from the Liberal caucus and won dered aloud if they could match that support with names. In the maritime or. Trudeau has Good support in new Brunswick and a smattering in Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland. His schedule called for Quick trips into the maritime on the week end to strengthen his sup port. His workers concede that the minister s Bill liberalizing abortion and Homo sexual Laws have aroused some antagonism in Quebec. They find it unfair because the criminal code amending Bill has been passed by the Liberal caucus and Cabinet. All Liberal maps there fore should share the responsibility and not leave it to or. Trudeau to accept the criticism they declared indicating that the Sharp shafts had left a sting. Boy has bet on Martin Ottawa up external affairs minister Martin May be the oldest the Liberal leadership but he s getting letters from some Young canadians. For instance i am 10 years old. I bet my Best Friend you will win As Leader because he called me Chicken. How does it look right or. Martin s reply he is doing very Well indeed and that the Friend will be sorry he called the letter writer Chicken. Another letter to or. Mar tin my teacher has been Tell ing us about the Leader Campaign. Just what is done in Ottawa what does the prime minister do please or. Martin suggested that the writer visit be fore april 6, Call on prime minister Pearson if after on him. Another letter my father thinks or. Kierans will win and my Mother says it will be or. Winters. I saw you a few weeks ago and i would vote for you. The Only trouble is my parents Are conservative. At leadership convention j 9 Given speaking times Ottawa up Only nine candidates will be allotted specific speech making times at the Liberal leadership Conven Tion Here april 4-6, the Conven Tion s organization committee decided monday. The nine Are the eight candidates in the Federal Cabi net and Eric Kierans former Quebec Revenue and health minister. Any other official candidate will be allowed to speak Only before or after the nine have spoken. A candidate must have at least 50 signatures of Conven Tion delegates before he is officially recognized. At least five persons apart from the nine candidates allot Ted time have indicated they will try for the leadership. They Are All relatively unknown. Each of the nine major candidates will be allowed 30 minutes for speech making at the policy workshops thursday april 4, and another 30 minutes for their leadership bids Friday april 5. The policy workshop speeches will take place Between . And 6 . Thursday and the others Between 7 . And . Friday. Other candidates who May be officially nominated would have to speak before or after these times. The organization committee said in a statement that it has a responsibility to ensure the most orderly in a Telephone interview Mon Day night John Kroeker unemployed Ottawa actuary and declared leadership candidate said the ruling shows blatant discrimination and creates classes within the group of can committee to Rule on Cowan next week Ottawa up Liberal party executives met for More than six hours monday working out details of the april 4-6 leadership convention but a spokes Man said the question of bar ring Liberal my Ralph b. Cowan from the voting list did not come up. 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