Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 18, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press thursday july 18, 1968 indians hit by shutdown Reserve As Well As for the Freezer and a television set in the band s Hall. The Power Plant consists of two generators of five kilowatt capacity which run alternately. One is out of order and standing on the Reserve s Dock waiting to be picked up by Barge and taken in to be repaired. The other is in operating condition. The Cost of operating said or. Geisbrecht is about a month. With the school closed for the summer and the teach ers gone the department had not thought it feasible to run the single remaining Generator just for the deep freeze and the Mission in t functioning since the Power shutoff the two months we really need it they shut it off. If they shut it off in december it would be All right they killed a Moose just a but they had to sell it right away. It would have spoiled on said mrs. Young. If we were Able to store it she said there would have been fresh meat for quite awhile. Chief Harry Cook Felt that his band is being made to suffer a hardship needlessly. They never discussed it with me and Council. Just came one Day and told Charlie to shut it off. We need the Freezer badly these months. I Don t know what the department is there for. They re supposed to be on oui Side. They said its too expensive yet they re flying planes in and out around Here All the time. I Don t chief Cook said his Only recourse is to write to Ottawa. He paused and when he spoke again his voice had a hard Edge or just keep running it ourselves we have More than enough Oil Here to run it All summer but they or dered us not in addition the priest in charge of the Mission a father with the oblate missionary society in Winnipeg was forced to leave the Community when the Power was shut off. Could t see very Well even with the lights he. Had very poor said mrs. Young. They were supposed to shut the Power off right after the teachers left june 20, she added but we got them to keep it on a few Days More till he left. Now the new Church with pews for 60 people stands empty. Last sunday about 30 people went to Church expect ing that the Berens River minister about 50 North would come for the service mrs. Young said he could t make it. For the children the main Issue is the sudden curtailment of television. Until the Power was shut off most of the Community children and adults would gather in the band Hall in the evenings to watch television. Twice a week there would be movies in the Hall. Without Power both of these the Only source of entertain ment we As chief Cook put it Are gone. In a Community such of blood vein accessible Only by air and water the Lack of television or movies makes quite a differ ence. It is even rare for a newspaper to find its Way up to the area. All the Down to the mennonite Mission about a mile North of the main part of wheat talks scheduled continued when the talks take place the canadians and russians will Haye to reach an agreement to sell the bushels with in the main agreement and will Settle the Price the grades to be delivered and the shipping dates. There has been no firm dates made As yet for the commence ment of those talks Between the wheat Board and russians said wheat Board and said the Canadian government spokesman. He expressed Surprise Over the news report thursday Atri buted to a senior russian Trade official in Montreal who was reported to have said he expected a Canadian delegation would visit Moscow in August to discuss a possible wheat s e r g u e i Terent Chikos commercial counsel with the soviet embassy in Ottawa said i talks would be on technical the Canadian govern men spokesman said there woul in More than technical details involved As thie Price would have to be agreed upon along with grades. Cairo . The United Arab Republic has adopted a policy of encouraging the Emi Gration of surplus labor even of skilled workers. About Are reported to have left the country in 1966 and in 1967. The Reserve to watch television now. They r eally miss it there s not much mrs. Young said. There is also a Freezer at the mennonite Mission smaller than the one at the Reserve. Alec Turtle who looks after the Mission during the summer while Rev Ron Peters is away said that Many of the residents Are now bringing meat to store in the smaller Freezer. It s full every weekend there in t enough room in he said that the people would normally have to pay a Small fee to keep food there but he is letting them use it free since the main Freezer is off. The mennonite Mission maintains a Small Generator Plant independently of the main Power Plant at the Reserve proper. In her Home surrounded by her children and curious neigh Bors mrs. Young explained How badly the incident is affecting the moral of the residents. We bought our deep freeze with our own Money raised by the whole band two years ago. We got a Quantity of meat and sold it to the members of the Reserve for 20 cents a tin with that Money we bought Trie deep freeze. It Cust us about we be been using it to store meat for two she sat with her baby son on her Lap her husband beside her voicing her grievances i think it s downright Alec Young Charlie Young s brother Felt there was to reason for the two month shut Down. Why did they Stop the Power the Reserve at Pine Falls everything is smooth there. Why can t it be Here or. Geisbrecht told us it would Cost too much to run it this summer mrs. Young said but everyone would have been willing to pay a Little to make up the a she said that the department had judged the ban could not afford to pay the fuel Bill for the Generator and had vetoed the scheme. Not Only must the Community do without fresh meat but buying canned meat at the two stores on the Reserve an added expense. No one is Rich at blood vein and Rich Here Means Little better than steady work. Any. Extra expense is a Burden. Bill Lewis runs one of the Small r a m s h a. C k 1 e grocery stores for a Selkirk based air service company. The people now Are living mostly on canned meat and i m. Carrying most of them on credit for the summer. The fishing season is Over there s no work around Here this time of remember the fun in pictures for the finest Quality processing and big savings take advantage of the. This offer applies to Kodak Koda color 120 8 expo. 12 expo. Kodak Koda color 620 8 expo. 12 expo. Kodak Koda color 127 8 expo. 12 expo. Kodak Koda color 126 12 expo. 20 expo. Kodak film offer at All Tamblyn drug stores Kodak Koda color 135 20 expo. 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Besides marketing food stuffs grown by peasants on their tolerated private plots the firms produce and see a variety of goods including tools gloves shoes Combs Musi Cal suits and even bicycles and thermos bottles. Springing up in 1959-60, after the failure of the great leap Forward cast the official Economy into disorder and stimulated again by the turmoil Atten Dant upon hip great Prole tarian cultural revolution the new underground econ omy thrives while the offi Cial Economy stagnates. In Canton the Metropolis inhabited by individualistic southerners with Strong local loyalties it was easy to set up in business As under ground welders. The underground welding Crew Boss was a Good talker and As his former employee explained even though he was his workers could take Home much More than they could make elsewhere. Business was great for some time. The under ground factory not Only produced More efficiently but could obtain raw materials unavailable to Legal establishments. Methods of procurement were unorthodox m y goods were purchased on the Black Market after being looted from Legal factories. In other cases cadres in charge of procuring materials were bribed to divert part of their supplies. The founder owner finally overreached himself. After Landing a with the naval authorities in. Hainan Island he decided to Fly is. Work Crew Down. When their papers were cheeked on the plane they were arrested. Surprise Lakehead walkout continued resent Tives and negotiators for the Lakehead terminal Eleva Tor association representing 10 National Grain pre pared to resume contract talks this afternoon. The talks suspended almost two months ago. Frank Mazur the Union had a Tough time persuading employees not to walk off their jobs earlier. He said the Union executive met wednesday night and that a letter received last week from the Secretary of the Lakehead terminal elevator association last or. Mazur did not reveal the contents of the letter but said the Union interpreted it As meaning the companies were not going to carry on with their obligations As outlined in the contract that expired dec. 31, 1967." he indicated that the Compa Nies May not continue to deduct Union dues from employee s pay cheques. Under Lav strike1 action by the Grain handlers was Legal any time alter 9, seven clays alter the report of a conciliation Board was released. The chairman of the Board recommended an increase of 70 cents an hour spread Oiler two years while the management nominee recommended a 55 cent increase. The Union Nomi Nee said the workers. A lond receive a increase Over two years. The workers rejected the report. J the previous three year. Con tract expired "dec., in and coition to other Points in dispute for a new contract Deal with statutory holidays sharing of medical insurance costs shift hours overtime work and pay Days. The strike will Block shipment of Grain to the Lakehead from Manitoba and most of Saskatchewan. J jobless total increases Ottawa up unemployment Rose last month to 4.8 per cent of the labor Force largely because of a flood of students entering the Job Market at the end of the school term the government reported today. A joint report by the Domin Ion Bureau of statistics and the manpower department said the number of canadians with jobs Rose Between May and june to an increase of this increase was substantially above the average for the time of the report said. Unemployment usually de Clines Between May and june but increase ii this year. The increase during the month in the labor Force and in unemployment was largely associated with students entering the labor Market at the end of the school the report said. Of the estimated teen agers who entered the labor Force during the month found jobs but did not. The figures were based on a Survey conducted by the Statis tics Bureau during the week ended june 22. The analysis of the figures was made by the manpower department. Thoughts unheeded Rangoon a the Utteg red Book of Mao tse Tung s thoughts has proven useful ;