Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 16, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba 10 Winnipeg free tuesday july 16, 1968 Fred Bannon George guardhouse taped Ca us l in k two magistrates with Alexander Toronto up taped Telephone conversations introduced at a judicial inquiry Mon Day showed magistrates Fred Bannon and George Gardhouse had connections with Vincent Alexander and linked Alexan Der to court cases involving gambling liquor and narcotics offences. The inquiry before or. Jus Tice Campbell Grant of the on Tario supreme court was called by attorney general Arthur Wishart to investigate the two Toronto magistrates behaviour or Misbehaviour with Alexan Der. The pair were relieved of court duties june 18, pending the results of the investigation. The beginning of the inquiry brought the Surprise resignation of magistrate Bannon. It was read by his lawyer As another copy was being delivered to at Torney general Wishart. He said in the letter he had been indiscreet to continue his association with Alexander after being appointed a magistrate in december 1967. A lawyer s relationship with a client May to some cases be impersonal but in others May develop into a Friendship which is difficult abruptly to terminate on one s tile let ter said. This presented me with my greatest the tapes obtained by police wiretapping of Alexander s Tele phone March 21 to May 27 this year were played after a morn ing Long argument on their admissibility As evidence. Or. Justice Grant ruled wiretap Evi Dence in general is allowed but reserved the right to forbid individual tapes not Central to the Case. A series of 21 conversations included five Between Alexan Der and magistrate Bannon and one Between Alexander and magistrate Gardhouse. The others were Between Al expander and other acquaintances talking of various court cases and the possibility of Money being paid to arrange Light sentences. In one conversation with Alex Ander magistrate Bannon recommends a lawyer for a woman charged with a narcotics of Fence and tells Alexander he is trying to find out which Magis trate will be sitting in the Case. Other conversations arranged meetings Between Alexander and Bannon one in Alexander s and another in a Toronto restaurant. The restaurant meeting which magistrate at tended during a court recess still wearing his formal judicial Collar was witnessed by a policewoman at a nearby table. Her observations read during monday s session placed the magistrate at a table with Alex Ander and the owner of the restaurant conversing sometimes aloud and sometimes in Whis pers. Inspector Roy sop let of the Toronto police intelligence unit testified he had ordered the wiretap because of indications Alixander was living by crime and was associated with Well known criminals across Canada and in parts of the United states. Living costs Index revision planned Ottawa up the Bomin Lon Bureau of statistics Hopes to introduce the first part of a two stage revision of the Sumer Price Index later this year and Complete the task Early next year. An informant said the current Index based on 1949 prices equalling 100, will be revised in an arithmetical Way to reflect Price changes since 1961. Then the basis of the prices buying habits of average Urban be brought up to 1967 from the present Standard 1957 the Bureau had hoped to make the revision this mid sum Mer but staff shortage of experienced statisticians and Lack of senior person Nel in the prices made this impossible. On the basis of 1949 prices equalling 100, the consumer Price Index now stands at 154.7 for june. The Index for 1962 was 129.2. A straight arithmetical version would make this year s june Index 119.6, though the Bureau says there will be some refinement in the conversion it makes to the new 1961 base. The Bureau has been convert ing Many of its other indexes of Basic economic trends to the 1961 base. The current Index was first published in 1952, replacing the old Cost of living Index. The 1949-based c o u m e r Price Index was first based on family expenditure patterns prevailing in 1947-48, but this was revised in 1961 to a basis of family expenditure patterns prevailing in 1957. The target group for the cur rent Index is composed of families living in cities with Over population ranging in size from two adults to two adults with four children and with annual incomes which ranged in 1957 from to the family expenditure Pat Tern is the so called Basket of goods and services representative of what the target group families bought in the base period. The Basket was revised in 1957 to bring it into line with family spending patterns prevailing then. One of the biggest difficulties the statisticians have in compiling a consumer Price or living costs Index is measuring improvements in Quality. The goods and services in the Basket must have a constant Quantity and Quality so that the bides measures Only changes in Price. The fact that the House wife pays More for improved Quality and service washed in Stead of Field harvested carrots for show up in the Price Index according to the statistical Ideal. The consumer Price Index now is based on a Survey of about 300 items in the Basket. The More thorough revision of the Index the Bureau is planning for next year will reflect 1967 spending patterns. It is not unusual in Price indexes to have the final figure based on prices prevailing in one year and spending patterns reflecting another year. Some economists criticize Price indexes because they reflect sales and other direct taxes. The consumer Price Index jumped upwards this year when Federal and provincial governments raised taxes on to Bacco alcohol and retail sales generally. The critics say that Many wage negotiations Are based on the consumer Price Index and attempts by the government to Dampen inflation in the econ omy by raising Bridif Ecta taxes Are frustrated. Higher taxes mean higher prices and higher wage demands As a Conse Quence. But a Price Index expert at the Bureau said tax changes have contributed Only 10 per cent to the Over All increase in prices in the country and have contributed Only about one half of one per cent to the increase in the consumer Price Index. In june the Index stood 5.9 Index Points or your per cent higher than in june last year. Price indexes frequently add fuel to political debates. This was part of the reason for changing the name officially to consumer Price Index from Cost of living Index in 1952. In fact the statisticians say the Index Only measures changes in consumer not the Cost of living. People Don t have to buy some goods and services covered in the Index to live. Nor Doe s the Index cover the proclivity of some people to buy goods in Advance of need or delay other Pur chases. The current Index assumes that the Cost of family shelter and household operation represents 32 per cent of total family spending. Food accounts for 27 per cent clothing for 11, transportation for 12, health and per Sonal care for seven recreation and Reading materials for five and tobacco and alcohol for six per cent shirts cheat9 London Reuters customs and excise men Are taking a Long critical look at the legs of Britain s mini skirted girls. The Treasury is los ing t h o u s a n d s of pounds each year be cause a skirt less than 24 inches Long is considered children s clothing and therefore is not liable to a per cent Purchase tax. Many minis worn by full grown girls Are Only 14 to 20 inches Long. Customs and excise authorities Are discuss ing the Adverse effect on government Revenue with clothing Trade representatives. So far there has been no agreement. At least one person was As the Thermo meter soared to 90 degrees in Ottawa monday. Roy Mayer of Ottawa Drew stares from the bus Stop crowd when he turned up in what might be described As a mini shirt just the Collar and tie. More French jobless Paris Cap Job seekers Rose to in May and 200 in june from in april. It compares with Job seekers in june 1967. The actual number of unemployed is now estimated at Between 000 and or More than per cent of the total labor Force. Parents told Quebec up French canadians had better produce More babies if they want to sur Vive in North America says a private organization devoted to the preservation of the French culture. In a 40-Page pamphlet entitled the crisis of the. Quebec birth rate the Council on French life in America suggests that the provincial government should adopt a new family pol icy and give bonuses to productive parents. Tie pamphlet was handed monday to Jean Paul Cloutier minister of the family and so Cial welfare. The pamphlet says that que Bec s birth rate started to fall in 1959 and that the decline has accelerated since perhaps be cause of controversy in the roman Catholic Church and an easing of strictures upon birth control. To combat a fall in the provincial birth rate from births in 1959 to fewer than in 1967, the Quebec government should Send a delegation to France to study methods used there to encourage family life. The pamphlet also comes up with a series of practical meth ods for encouraging family growth including a suggestion that parents Sli Ould be Given at least on the birth of their third child and for each subsequent child. Also recommended Are pay predicts pestilence Lethbridge Alta. Up wheat Stem Sawfly infestation in Alberta this summer is expected to be the worst in 10 years says entomologist or. N. D. Holmes. The prediction is based on a limited Survey and reports from Farmers. Ments Given As rewards on the fifth and 10th anniversaries of successful marriages with the amount to vary according to the number of dependent children. The Council says that improving the birth rate seems a bet ter method of preserving French culture in America than a policy of encouraging Immi Gration from French speaking countries the experience with immigration during the last 10 years has been the Council says that most immigrants go to Ontario or the United states after Rod of adaptation in most of those who do stay live in Montreal where they Are it was by producing babies More than by immigration that new France was the pamphlet says. Only by keep ing up the birth rate will French Canada Man and his spectacular spectacular. 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