Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 19, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Printed and published sunday by Winnipeg press company limited 300 Carlton Street Winnipeg Manitoba. 1 John Sifton president r. S. Malone publisher and editor in chief Peter Mclintock executive editor Maurice Ottawa editor Winnipeg free press Winnipeg 19, 1968 Freedom of Trade Liberty of religion Equality of civil rights no help at All in its settlement with its workers on wednesday the brewing Industry in Ontario has done nothing to help the Federal government in its attempts to halt the spiral in Canada brought about in part by excessively larg wage increases. On the contrary it has done much hamper the government and in doing so it is just a culpable As was the Pearson government two years ago i its settlements with St. Lawrence Dock workers and Seaway employees. The Seaway strikers last week settled for an increase of around six per cent a year on a Fairee year contract. Tin government is offering postal workers an increase on a 14 month contract on about the same scale but the Ontario Brewers have settled with their workers for increases averaging More than 32 per cent on a three year contract or a yearly increase of 11 per cent. The agreement raises wages for labourers by 93 cents an hour Over a three year period and by As much As Ove the same period for tradesmen. The Basic rate in the warehousing company rises to from maintenance mechanics now making an hour will be making an hour in the third year of the contract a jump of 37 per cent in dollars and cents the new agreement will give an increase of 30 cents an hour retroactive to the beginning of the year another 13 cents when the men return to work 2 cents in the second year of the contract a further 25 cents in the third. This is not All. It is estimated that added fringe benefits will be Worth another Over the three year period average worker. All told the agreement will add 37 per cent to labor costs in the Industry. What will be the reaction of other striking workers and their unions when they read about the brewery settlement what will striking Grain handlers say. To the Grain companies what will striking postal workers say to the Federal government Beer May be important in some people s lives and to them and the breweries it was important that the settled it is questionable however if a More important role in the National Economy move ment 04 postal service. It is much More urgent to get these strikes settled. And the Brewers have made it much harder for a settlement to be reached. They have also greatly aggravated the difficulties faced by management in both the private and Public sectors of the Economy when manage ment is faced in future with wage negotiations. A. Continuation of the pattern set by the Ontario set the government s anti inflationary efforts at the government will then be forced into making a Choice. It can Grant comparable wage increases to its keeping them up with the Joneses in the brewing Industry which Means that it will have thrown in the Towel and is prepared to let inflation run riot. Or it can bring in prices and wages program not a voluntary management and unions Are asked nicely not to too far out of line but a program in which the government sets allowable limits of increases. Nobody wants to see this happen. But nobody wants runaway inflation either. The government May have to choose. Czechs and slovaks beneath the surface of the Prague Moscow tensions another bitter conflict threatens to come to a boil. It is the 50-year-old strife Between the czechs and the slovaks. One of the forces that propelled Alexander Dubcek to Power was slovak nationalism. The slovaks were highly dissatisfied with the centralizing tendencies of regime and they joined forces with the czech liberals to oust the old clique. But once this was accomplished the common inter ests of the and hoc coalition have begun to diverge. Many of the slovak nationalists within the communist party Are less concerned with Freedom and democracy than with slovak autonomy. Many of the czech liberals who desire both Freedom and Prosperity fear that full autonomy for Slovakia would put an unbearable Burden upon the Republic s finances and would Render the economic rehabilitation of the country even More difficult than it is now. Letters to the editor of the Prague communist daily rude Provo abound with latent hostility against slovak aspirations. There is a resentment of past wrongs when Slovakia under father Tisza joined Hitler there is the frequent expression of what seems to be the prevalent feeling that if the slovaks want separatism Fine but not a cent irom Prague. These Are the Muddy Waters in which Moscow is now fishing. According to reports from Prague the russians Are the slovaks full autonomy on condition that they bring the czechoslovak government Back into the orthodox fold. The alternative would be a slovak secession which would leave the czechs High and dry. This is an alluring offer and Many in Prague fear that it could Sway a sufficient number of slovak communists who would then be Able to frustrate the liberalizing programs of or. Dubcek and his collaborators. In 1938 the secession of Slovakia provided Hitler with the pretext to occupy Prague contrary to his pledges made at Munich six months previously. Some lessons of history can be instructive albeit repugnant. Or. Dubcek is thus fighting on three fronts against Moscow pressures against the czech reluctance to concede autonomy to the slovaks and against the very real danger that the slovaks could once again upset the Apple cart. All of which serves to demonstrate that despite the Slaughter of the second world War and despite the spurious communist claim to have eliminated All chauvinism described by marxists As a characteristic of Petty bourgeoisie the old nationalist demons Are reluctant to die. Even in this Day and age they Are still capable of creating much mischief. Remembered words from the merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare How Sweet the Moonlight sleeps upon this Bank Here will we sit and let the sound of music creep in our ears soft stillness and the night become the touches of Sweet Harmony. Look How the floor of heaven is thick inlaid with Patens of Bright Gold. 1 there s not the smallest orb which thou behold St but in his motion like an Angel sings still Quiring to the Young eyed Cherubini such Harmony is in immortal souls but while this Muddy vesture of decay doth grossly close it in we cannot hear it. Come to and Wake Diana with a hymn with sweetest touches Pierce your mistress ear and draw her Home with music. Something along the lines of the one that Chap just sailed around the world in or. Turner and the criminal code 0 Ottawa t he r e is a slight discrepancy at Hough no evident difference if principle in comments on he proposed criminal code amendments offered on Suc Essie Days by Justice minis or Turner and prime minister Trudeau. Neither deals with he Basic question raised by an omnibus Bill of this nature. Or. Turner who indicated hat. The government May seek Hanges to embrace new pro on bail and detention suggested at the same time hat the Bill might be divided to permit clearer the nto parts totes in difficulty is of course that it overs Many unrelated sub acts. The prime minister who is waiting a report from or. Urner on the matter seemed ool to the notion of division. As he put it if Urner has grave reasons for hanging it i suppose we d consider he saw no problem in the vote of Prin Isle on second Reading since he idea is to show we re ringing the up As or. Turner like his Lief regards the Bill divided or integrated As a government measure he apparent difference is rely of Small consequence. A government member in difficulty will be in As much difficulty one Way As Tjie ther. The advantage of pack Ging the provisions May be a substantial saving of parliamentary time but this is not the heart of e matter. Why is it Neces Ary for the government to commit its prestige to every revision of such if these matters Are the Uff of politics and As such o be treated As issues of Confidence it becomes difficult anything except perhaps procedural decisions Hocti would not involve con Dence. In this context mr.4 tru eau s interpretation of second a Dong is it might reasonably be held by a member who favored most of he provisions and had i moral objection to any of f them that in an economic Ense parliament by legalizing lotteries was not up dating he Law but turning Back the lock. There is of course an argument that the Bill was mown to the Coti try before he election and that the government has received a Resh convincing and compre pensive mandate from the Euple. It May be added that if. Trudeau s moral position particularly Strong since he As the victim particularly in arts of Quebec of a whisper ing Campaign related to his role in developing this Legisla Tion. Taken in a Jie Large however this is surely an implausible theory. The political significance the Bill was perhaps that it helped to establish or. Trudeau s reputation As a reformer. Many people presumably cast their ballots for a Man with a fresh approach by Maurice Western John Turner and prime minister Trudeau do not seem to be of one mind regarding the much discussed Bill to Amend the criminal code. Or. Trudeau tends to favor an omnibus Bill but this might not be the Best Way to introduce such controversial legislation As or. Turner has hinted. Whether or not they entertained views of any sort on the particular provisions of the Bill. It seems Likely in any Case that the one Canada constitutional Issue was far More important. Obviously voters were swayed by Many considerations and on balance favored the liberals. It is surely fanciful to particularized about this or that item in the government s program indeed there were probably people opposed to the Bill for various nevertheless Trudeau be reasons who supported or. Cause they resented the Gross misrepresentations of it peddled in hate literature. But there is no particular reason Why it should be considered sacrosanct. Indeed it cannot Well be because it was never presented to voters in a final form and or. Turner quite properly now s every Man knows from his own experience the great and Wise decisions of life Are Seldom made rationally or consciously. They Are not made by logic in the mind but by deeper impulses in another Region altogether. Such a decision was made by the Canadian people at their recent poll and in its consequences it May turn out to be the most important decision they every made in modern considers himself free to change or add to it. For. Many years govern ments have been extremely reluctant to treat As matters of Confidence a Range of moral issues including questions re lating to divorce and capital punishment it May be argued that it is time to break with this practice that it is More proper for governments to accept their responsibilities in or. Trudeau s fashion. This might mean in practice How Ever that they would shy away from such subjects altogether seeking other ways of achieving the just but the Peculiar difficulty of the present Bill is not that it ventures on to this ground but that it presents to the Mem Bers As a single question to be treated As one of Confidence a series of completely unrelated propositions involving matters so diverse As lotteries Abor Tion firearms Gross indecency and now apparently bail and detention. Or. Trudeau s Point about code May have of providing a fiction enabling to escape from the Merit convenient parliament this obvious difficulty. If acceptable to the other parties there might be an understand ing that the agreement on principle second Reading did not imply an endorsement of each and All of the propose tons to be considered separately at further stages. There is a High probability that the measure or most of it will pass with ease whether or not1 the1 government invokes party discipline. The emphasis on Confidence is in one sense rather surprising since or. Trudeau can almost certainly count on More support including the support of or. Stanfield than he is in any danger of losing from nag rings of conscience among his own supporters. What May be lost through pressure is searching debate on some of these matters lotteries Good example since members Are bound to be cautious if their votes have been More or less determined in Advance at Cabinet level. A question of integrity by shall Herron anyone who works with recording tape will find the question of taped evidence of some interest. I m not competent to discuss the delicate Legal questions involved but i be often thought with pity of what one could do to the subjects of taped interviews. I see no reason Why a dishonest police Force or a segment of a dishonest police riot make the record of wire taps say anything they wanted to. Tape is very pliable stuff to work with. It is possible for example to take elements of several recorded conversations and make them into one conversation. When i read that the police presented taped evidence at a Toronto hearing and that the recordings of Telephone conversations had been i thought of what can mean with tape. Here is a quotation from a report on this evidence she said Alexander and a Man named Jimmy had to raise to finish a land Deal. Jimmy got a stockbroker and so do you know who Vince magistrate Fred that looks perfectly straight Forward and i do not suggest that it is anything else. The trouble about it for me if i were a judge is that i know what can be done with conversations. Give me ten taped conversations made Over a period of three months and on ten different subjects and i can make them into one conversation about one subject. For example Friday the tenth Maggie said Alexander and a Man named Jimmy had to raise to finish a land Minnie who did he do you know who vines Maggie Al Friday the twentieth of the next month Maggie said i saw Lizzie Borden at the races yesterday. Can you guess who was with Prince no. Bannon. Magistrate it is a very simple operation to make that read As the report i be already quoted reads. But of course voices on different occasions record at different Levels people speak loudly today and softly Tomor Row arid if Mere cutting is All you have done this will come out on the tape. The cure is very simple. It is called Riding the Levels when you make a final mix. You manipulate Little nobs in the process of transferring spliced tape from several reels to one so that All the voices Are recorded at the same level. Cut and spliced with care there is no problem. If there was Static on the line one Day and not another you can add Static to every part of the tape and it will All sound like the same conversation on the same line on the same Day. When we make a documentary radio program we can the introduction of taped Telephone conversations As evidence in a court raises a number of questions not the least of which is concerned with what a technician can do with a tape. Interview ten people Miles apart and months apart and Cut edit and mix the tapes so that we create one conversation out of what we take. We can make it sound As if they Are All in the same room at the same time. Since a question of integrity a involved we owe certain assurances to the Public that we Haven t created something that did t exist that is that we do not make these men say things they did t say or mean things they did t mean. In writing this i have to extend to the police the same Assumption of integrity that i expect people who hear my programs to extend to me. This is not the Point of my personal objections to taped evidence taken from wiretaps Over a sustained period. I am aware that edited programs have appeared on to for example that make Foole of me subjects or overload what they have said. I m sure it has happened on radio. What i am that i Don t do it and i Misc assume that the police for the most part would t do it. The fact that i know it can be done is what makes me afraid of it. To say that it is done Only against criminals is not Assurance enough for me. If it can be done legally against criminals it can be done against anyone and if the Assurance is offered that Only people intent upon crime will have it done to them it is a simple thing to prove from a doctored tape that i am intent upon crime. If we make taped wiretap evidence admissible shall we not be opening up a night Mare of uncertainty ask any radio technician. Lately we have taken Miles of humming and hawing out of Miles of tape to make the conversationalist talk real Good. We can put those hums and Haws into another tape to make a Man talk real bad. In fact you name it and we can probably do it with tape. Getting Down to the hard facts times. But in fairness to the Man who persuaded us make it we should understand at once that the decision settled Noth ing literally nothing of a Concrete sort. We have chosen a general direction and a Man to Lead us. We have rejoiced to discover in ourselves a vital Ity a sense of nationhood a racial tolerance a will to adventure and change that few canadians had suspected even a year ago., while this inspires the Young and rejuvenates the old it settles no solves no problem and presents Pierre Trudeau with his largest As i have Good reason to no one grasps the danger More clearly than the prime minister he has tried to forestall it by warning us repeatedly he cannot work miracles., Tonique among party leaders has refused to make any Promise s. Uniquely educated and richly gifted he sees that Many problems which he is expected to solve overnight Are insole Able at least for a Long time ahead and must be lived with. He realizes that the Post election euphoria will not last Ong but will soon be followed the Grubby tasks of housekeeping and inevitably by Public disappointment when the miracles fail to occur. This Man ,1 think is the Ablest to enter politics in my1 lifetime and obviously the Only Liberal who could have the election his entry being Robert Stanfield s cruel Luck. But or. Trudeau is a Man not a god As some youngsters seem to suppose and he arrives on the scene to find it in wildest confusion. It could not be otherwise within1 Canada when All the great states of the world without exception Are convulsed by troubles unknown in the past and the old victorian theory of assured human Progress has become a rather grim joke. Thus exposed to of life the thing absurdly called Trudeau mania does not Lack meaning since it expresses the nation s sudden Redis covery but it lacks method and policy. It tells us that we Are on our Way but not where we Are going. In election Campaign any Man who ventured to ask where we were going and what we intended to do about specific problems was denounced for his unworthy doubts for a lingering con and hopefully the War will be Over before you re a graduate student by Bruce Hutchison canadians took a Basic decision on ejection Day in giving or. Trudeau the Power that was denied his predecessor now come the ugly specifics the housekeeping chores As the prime minister faces what May be the most baffling Agenda that any can Adian prime minister Ever faced. Servat ism or worse for age and senility. Or. Stanfield raised such questions some what incoherently without any answers of his own and look what happened to him a Man nevertheless now that the Basic decision has been taken and or. Trudeau Given an author Ity denied to Lester Pearson the ugly specifics face us and we cannot hide them any longer with oratory slogans and rousing platitudes. The Agenda in front of or. Trudeau May Well be the most complicated and baffling that Ever confronted a Canadian prime minister except per haps Macdonald. Even Macdonald had advantages and bassets denied to or. Trudeau among them a unanimous. Faith in certain eternal verities a sure re Liance on an imperishable British Empire and a naive Trust in the future of Man kind. In the present age of disillusion and anarchy or. Count Only on his own Talen Tsas yet tin measured and on the Long Range Wisdom of a people who plainly expect far too much from him at the moment for example if one Factor in his election towered above All others it was the Public s Hunch that equipped to he was master Best the nation s Paramount problem the reconciliation of its two separate communities. Though the Hunch i believe was right Mastery of that old Canadian Riddle will hot come quickly or easily. The Riddle indeed May get worse before it gets better and if so or. Trudeau will be blamed for his failure to do the impossible. Of again it was easy enough for All party leaders to talk in a political Campaign of. The need to cure inflation but obviously it cannot be cured and must get worse so Long As we keep raising our production costs faster than most of our competitors in the world Market. How can or. Trudeau halt the Price spiral without antagonizing every labor Union in the country or imposing unworkable controls or pos Sibly precipitating a recession no National Leader in the Western world not even the infallible de Gaulle the Brilliant Harold Wilson or the Subtle Johnson has been Able to do it. Yet some of or. T r u d e a u is worshippers imagine that he can push some secret Button and reverse the whole course of events in Canada As if with the Best possible management so. Far lacking we could escape the world climate. Or again it was easy to talk of end Irig our regional Dis the poll tic i a n s smooth euphemism for the simple fact of poverty. Yet How do we make a naturally poor Region Rich without establishing artificial subsidized a n d uneconomic industries that must impoverish the nation As a whole How do we. Find the Money for vast and necessary Public investments of All kinds with out raising taxes that already gobble up 34 per cent of our Gross annual production and How do we tax still More As we probably must through one level of government or an other without diminishing production and discouraging work it is commonly said by his critics that or. Trudeau does t know the answers to these and Many other questions. Of course he does t he would t be human if he did. The men who pretend to know the answers Don t really understand the questions either from ignorance or dishonesty. The greatest virtue of the prime minister to be reckoned against his faults which will appear in due course never fear 4s his refusal to pretend that he knows the answers. The greatest. Tribute to the Good sense of the Canadian people is that they elected a Nizart who refused to fool them with phony answers. But let us admit at this new beginning that we have decided Only to let hint and his government make decisions nothing Niobe. The decisions when they come cannot be pleasant popular or painless if they Are to be of any use at All everything considered a Bachelor s curious political honeymoon already seems near its end. Today s scripture the world pass eth away and the lust thereof but he that doth the will of god Arideth for Ever. 1 John 2 17. Birthdays mrs Jane Savage St. James born Yarm York Shire july 19, 1878. R ;