Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 12, 1969, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press thursday. June 12, 1969 defends beef Boycott Toronto up Leon we Nislein president of Loblaw Gro Ceteria Ltd., tuesday fended his suggestion that shop pers Boycott beef and urged other supermarket presidents to take the Ball from or. Weinstein june 4 advised shoppers to Stop buying beef after prices increased 30 per cent in a month. He said tues Day however that in the week since his Boycott recommendation prices have not dropped. In an interview he cited the example of Bacon prices in March 19c7, which dropped More than 30 cents in three weeks after Boycott pressure from Consumers. He said he j Hopes the Boycott planned for june 19 by a group of Toronto housewives women against soaring prices will achieve similar results. Roy Atkinson president of the National Farmers Union in Sas i Saloon suggested during the weekend that lob Laws was. Trying to shift the blame for the rising costs to the producer when the real blame fell on lob Laws itself which he said used expensive marketing Giro micks and profiteering tactics. John Wiley Secretary Urnana Ger of the Ontario beef improvement association said tuesday that Weinstein suggestion of a beef Boycott is completely the current climb in the Price of beef is nothing More than the free play of the Law of Supply and he said in a statement. The consumer de Mand for beef is greater than Ever he added. There just was t enough beef to meet this demand. This is what has forced prices up. Or. Weinstein said he is being unjustifiably maligned b y these accusations. I am not suggesting that the cattle growers do not have a perfect right to higher prices for their he said. But when the prices Rise so sharply i feel that the consumer has a right to know the reason. The cattle growers have not accounted for the extreme Price increase. They should answer a few questions first before they attack me for my or. Weinstein said lob Laws has suffered a five per cent de crease in beef Sale profits since the Price increase. We Are doing All we can to hold the prices Down within the reach of the if it Means a loss to or. Weinstein said he believed an organization such As the lob Laws group has the responsibility to take a stand on issues such As. These and create a continuous dialogue Between manufacturer and consumer. Even if his recommended Boycott of High priced beef cuts is unsuccessful it will have made the consumer More aware of reasons for spiralling costs and the producer More aware of consumer demands he said. Sex store manager faces trial Calgary up a former Canada Safeway Ltd. Store manager tuesday was committed for trial on a charge of theft. Gerald Charles Dunsmuir 27, Calgary was charged last March after a routine in store audit showed missing from a Southeast Calgary Safe Way store s Cheque cashing account. George Samson a controller for Canada Safeway told Dunsmuir s preliminary hearing that cheques totalling the amount missing were found in a Deposit bag for an account used by the store to Cash customer cheques. Or. Samson said officials became suspicious when they noticed the signatures of 73.of the cheques in the. Account. H e said the majority of the cheques were signed by Dunsmuir. Norman Knebel area Mana Ger for Canada Safeway told magistrate s court that Duns Muir was one our Best managers. We used him As an example several Chancellor Diefenbaker Saskatoon sask. Up former prime minister John Diefenbaker was elected Chan cellar of the University of Saskatchewan tuesday. University Secretary Bardwell said the margin of or. Diefenbaker s Victory was More than two to one Over his Only opponent Alex Cameron of Regina. It was the first time in 22 years the position was contested t a total of graduates of the University of Saskatchewan were eligible to vote. About submitted ballots. 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