Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 26, 1969, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba growing to beat 701 Winnipeg free press final edition vol. 76 no. 231 Price Loc thursday june 26, 1969 Sun rises . Moon rises . Sun sets 9m2 . Moon sets . P forecast Cloudy 55 and 65 Equality plan aired indians get new Deal offer Ottawa wants to end Reserve system and special Chretien says Ottawa up the Federal government announced plans wednesday Toj put Canada s registered indians on the same Legal footing As All other Citi-1 party standings on Eler Loii 1969 1966 1962 nip conservatives liberals social credit Independent 28 22 11 31 5 14 1 1 1 36 13 1 totals 57 57 pcs pared to 22 seats liberals 57 party Cains vote comparison Page 3 color maps on the election Page 7 poll by poll 8, 9, 11 Schreyer cancels coif came Page 10 candidates have their say Page 15 5 ister u 1 a Icicco Ottawa scheme Ottawa up Indian representatives today described As unacceptable the Federal government s proposed new Indian policy saying they fear destruction by legislation and cultural genocide will be the result. The policy proposals put for Ward by the minister of Indian affairs Are not acceptable to the Indian people of Wal ter Deiter of Regina president of the National Indian brother Hood told a news conference. We fear the end result of the policy without prior notice to within five years the Indian people and without he told a news conference real understanding of the Posi Tion put Forward by the during a series of discussions to solve their own problems and Over the last few months. J find their own place in a statement read by or. Dei ter said the proposal to Transfer Indian affairs from the Federal to provincial governments is an evasion of the Federal govern ment s constitutional responsibility. At no Lime did the Indian raps ramp maps get look at Security forces study by Joyce Fairbairn Ottawa staff prime minister Trudeau has rejected a Royal com Mission recommendation that an All civilian service be set up to replace these purity role of the Royal Ca Nadian mounted police. However the prime minister told the House of commons the government intended to ensure the strengthening and expansion of the ramp Security and intelligence Branch so it might be increasingly separate in Structure and civilian in nature 1 the suggestion for a civilian rather than let the Federal gov a barnstorming team of new democrats pole axed the progressive conservative government Here wednes intelligence Force came in the j Indian affairs minister Jean i Chretien tabled a policy state ment in the commons in which system and give Indian bands the ownership of the lands they now occupy. He said he Hopes it will be possible to repeal the Indian acl and abolish the Federal govern ment s Indian affairs Branch Tannin later the government s new policy is designed to permit indians Manitoba almost certain to gel first socialist government As Schrever leads part to Victory in 28 constituencies by der1k Hodgson yesterday s boy wonder of Manitoba politics is Likely to be tomorrow s Premier. De Schreyer and proposal will be the destruction i people advocate the provinces of a nation of people by Lerisla-1 take Over Legal responsibilities Tion and cultural or Deiter and officers of the Federal of j an essential first step to an Manitoba Ontario and Quebec j acceptable new policy would be Indian organizations said consultations will be held with the indians in All provinces Fol Lowed by a conference next month to find ways of convincing the Federal government to draft a new policy statement. The Indian representatives complained that Indian affairs minister Jean Chretien Drew up and announced the new Federal Froese ponders position for the Federal government to Honor existing obligations please see Ottawa Page 12 eminent or any other level of i government impose a style of life upon them. Under a proposed Indian lands act Indian bands will take Over full management of Reserve lands and the bands or individual indians will be Able Day night and All but decimated the Liberal party. The 33-year-old former member of parliament led his party to a stunning upset Short of a majority in the Manitoba general election. By winning 28 of the 57 seats in the Manitoba legislature the a a nip will almost surely become the first socialist government in though one seat to acquire land titles without re-1 the history of the province and Striction or. Chretien said in his commons statement. Or. Chretien s statement Fol loan rate spiral inquiry launched Ottawa c Gaston Clermont chairman of the com committee on and economic finance. Affairs the latest round of interest j rate increases stemmed from the major Banks in new York raising the rate on Loans to i j. M. Froese v Mons tirade i meets today with key members i prime clients to 8per cent. I of the committee to make Tenta from to i. Live plans for its summer time inquiry into High interest rates. Please see interest Page 5 the committee was sized by the commons wednes Day to conduct the far reaching investigation into interest rates who retained As they prevail in Canada and Rheland constituency for the i abroad and their Effiel on the social credit league of Mam Canadian Economy Toba in wednesday s provincial the in query was proposed by election says he thinks he has the government. Or. Clermont 55, Liberal my for Gatineau and a business Man. Said in an interview time will have to be allowed for major witnesses to prepare i briefs for the hearings. The committee probably will Issue a general invitation for some very important decisions to make within the next few Froese indicated he d been approached by progressive conservative and new democratic party people trying to deter mine whether he would Side with the political right or left in a minority government Situa Tion. Or. Froese said his constituents have Given him a free hand to make any political alignment he feels would be in the Best interests of the pro Vince. My hands Are not tied present arguments. In addition to the Bank of Canada and the Canadian banker s association these probably will include the Consumers association of can the Only socialist regime currently in Power in North America. Lowed a year Long review of in i Premier Walter Weir s con Dian policy and consultations i Serva Tives managed to hang on with Indian bands. J to Only 22 seats and Liberal party was relegated to five. Please see indians Page 12 social credit held its one seat in Rhineland and Independent Gordon Beard holds a slim Jority in Churchill. The nip tide swept out five 1 Cabinet ministers and the newly elected Liberal Leader r. W. Bobby Bend was Defeated by i natural resources minister Harry j. Enns in Lakeside. The five Cabinet ministers clobbered by new democrats Are finance minister Gurney Evans. Consumer affairs minister j. B. Carroll. Labor minister c. H. Witney. Transportation minister Stewart e. Mclean and municipal affairs minister obie Baizley. An nip majority government is still a distinct possibility. Of the possibly Sci be decided by recounts the has a Chance to win four and Only Jose one. Education Quisler Donald w. Craik is ahead of his nip opponent by Only 24 votes in Kiel constituency. In St. Vital the conservatives won by 25 votes and in Roblin by Only eight votes. In Birtle Russell the conservative leads by 03 votes the Victor in wednesday s Over the nip candidate election said three things had in Portage la Prairie the lib Bronchi the new democrats to eral is leading the conservative the forefront. By eight votes. An apparently Premier Weir would not say immediately whether he would resign. Before we come to any hard Leader s reasons for win major National organizations to i nip Leader de told a rally of cheering in. The Union Centre in Winnipeg. We had a Fine slate of candidates the policies to win the Confidence of the people of w j to take a Manitoba and a tory govern look a the n Falls which had run out of Ada. The Canadian labor con Gross and similar bodies. Ment nip members have been cussing the chartered Banks of Schryer said the parly s Rashig rates excessively at a excellent team of candidates Hud been Able to put their platform across to the people in u c h bet ter than their i opponents. The voters realized that we were the Only ones with the kind of enlightened policies which will Ake this province Forward into the 1970s." the nip Leader said he is exhilarated and gratified by the and by the Fine caucus Prague api czech Oslo i Sion of political which he is going to have Trie new a communists unhappy with Are refusing to Send the Money i working under him. Toba. Our own party and indeed All continued please see stunning Page 5 report of the Royal commission on Security made Public thurs Day. The report was also highly critical of the ramp. Created in 1966, the commis Sion completed its work last year but the report was held up in order to remove classified information which might have please see report Page 5 soviet Harvest slowed Moscow Reuters 1 a disastrous Winter a late Spring i and chronic shortages of farm j machinery have combined to plague the Kremlin with har Vest gathering problems. Farmers have been told to make an All out Effort to gather Grain and the government called on virtually All sectors of the Economy to help. The diver Sion of labor could cause trouble for Industry. This year s problems started with an unpriced entry harsh Winter which brought freezing temperatures and Cyclone Force winds to areas of the soviet Union normally immune from extremes of weather. Fields were stripped of protective Snow cover and Young plants froze on the Bare ground. Western experts estimated that 20 to 25 per cent of All win 1 ter wheat sown last fall was destroyed. Please see soviet Page 5 nip Leader de Schreyer gives of with a Victory wave time when Bank profits Are big please see Froese Page 14 and apparently growing. Czech communists withholding dues in july legislative idea of coalition session expected Remote Schreyer by Bob Culbert inc new democrats new re appraisal of the controversial Southern Indian Lake unionists put North at top organized labor s demands on the new Manitoba Cabinet will include lower medicare premiums and Northern Dev crop ment. H. L. Len Stevens. Government of Mani project. July session of the he told the crowd of 500. Yon have probably heard a lot people legislature called with expected he Cut in medicare the part s new hard line poli collected to the District party cries Are withholding payment j committees and in some cases their dues sending party in Are depositing in in i in the past year of come into Sharp decline. This practice must be con i getting much More say in the i new p u b 1 i c Auto insurance Kucler Prwivo. The party s daily i derailed As a Gross violation of i running of their affairs. The scheme the two priority items newspaper said wednesday pit see session r premiums and introduction of Auto some local Branch Organiza Lions of the party As an cd pics party discipline and likewise of Only difference is that n w in on the legislative list. The principles of democratic Manitoba you Are going to see1 wednesday night s election tin newspaper de participatory d e m o c r a c y at results could also mean the Clarell. Democratic centralism work in a new Tan Gib today Canada 70 braves Dodge la in Western Loop today s Index classified comics deaths i incr movies sports television women Init City total zone 130.657 nearly everyone reads the free press is the communist Rule ol1 Obedi ence and no further discussion once a party decision k made. Withholding of communist party dues parallel the Deci Sion if w o r k e r s in major Prague factories to Start with holding next month the portion of their Union dues that would normally go to the Trade Union Hierarchy. Top Trade Union Lead recently swung in line be appointment of an uni i Bucl Sinan for the province and a Weir feels Manitoban will Correct mistake Ottawa up t. C. Doug Las. Leader of the new demo i c r a i i c party was Over Walter Weir has and i frankly believe they have whelmed wednesday when the new democratic party Leader or. Schreyer said if there de Schreyer said he Felt the was an attempt to go into a of lne Manitoba fed possibility of facing a conserva formal coalition he believed one ration of lao or said live Liberal coalition in the legis i or two of the Liberal represent thursday in an interview. Lature was Remote. A tics would be More receptive it ovens. Who is Prairie or. Schreyer said the Situa to joining with him than with supervisor for the United Tion alter wednesday s election. Siding with a caretaker Conser steelworkers of America Al was similar to that in 1958 when native administration. Cio Csc said that soon is Duff fio Blin came to Power with there was also no reason to possible the federation will 2ii seats two less than the believe that Lone social credit seek a meeting of the new nip gained this time. Member Lake Kroese would provincial Cabinet presumably the constitutional position is automatically Side with the to be formed by the new Clear and i see no reason Why. Tories. Democrats with a request thai in should not. Be followed this organized labor s program to he said. Please Sec coalition Page 12 implemented. Major items on the list of a it a a a w unions represented by the federation arc that tile Cost of medicare immediately be reduced so that lower income workers will smaller premiums and that Northern Mani see medicare Page 5 Bend Mav not be Back j after Liberal drubbing the communist party s predicted Manitoban will they la Correct it next Lime id policies alter remind ers by party chief Gustav 1 1 Lisa k i hat party discipline lured this. Reel their mistake in electing the Premier said so Many socialists to the his Broad smile was a provincial legislature. Contrast lit the sad tin referring to members of the tory supporters crowded around Kude Pravi i said the number i now democratic parly As inc and organizations of he parly not paying dues Rose to 17.48 per cent in or. Weir made the prediction in an Impromptu press conference wednesday from Pel cent in and night Al progressive conserva Hil 21. A per a Cal the first four live parly months of this year. Soviet led ers. J if please see Hani .1 made by Mac Keillor ill serve any Way 1 he Liberal parly head Lulu an interviewer but it s quarters there was no crying of obvious the Leader has a he in the blues. The beating the parly the in another interview look put Shock on Many faces he said lie had t thought about election head quart Aliona they i in tvs a mistake this time please Sec or. Weir said he was not disappointed that Manitoban had Opportunity of expressing themselves Al the polls. Continued in Stakic Laur it Manitoba nip parly irom the provincial with Hie mos seals. "1 had fell that Schreyer Leader in m Anil u i a l would very wll. 1ml Marie belter than i had in real to Douglas said he the n do in win to l n seats i parly was nol dead and would anymore. 1 could t even Mill Nisei. The snowball starts i be Hack. But there is a distinct i my own he said. Possibility thai he himself will please see i Nicias be Buck. Please see i eni 14 i but All eyes were dry. Tomorrow and his continuation the Man who hid his feelings As Leader of the party would be the deepest was the Leader. decision of the parly oxi cd w. Bobby Bend. His in live. Mediate reaction was that ills but i hardly think 1 qualify win i of an acto15jmon? to is id him scr Infin items Titano accordion. 5 switch offers. Star. Is aiming the hundreds of bar gains in today s classified Section. No Mailer what you need shop and save in free press want ads ;