Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 26, 1972, Winnipeg, Manitoba Chambers role must embrace human element Portage la Prairie Man. Staff the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce mus become an intelligent and v o c a t e of planned change rather than an ardent defender of the status quo if it is to be a relevant entity. This was the message Given members of the Chambers by outgoing president k. 0. Bick n e 11, of Brandon As the Chambers annual convention wound up Here tuesday night. Or. Bicknell told delegates that the present image of the Chambers is one of a negative out of touch organization unwilling to accept change and conc attacks taxation Portage la Prairie Man. Staff forms of both Federal and provincial taxation were attacked Here tuesday in resolutions passed by the Annu Al convention of the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce. A Resolution from the St. James Assiniboia chamber of Commerce attacked the Federal and provincial governments for tax structures that discourage equity investment in Canada by the Resolution prompted by a great concern Over the amount of foreign control of Industry in asked that All Levels of government promote greater participation by canadians i r e c 11 y in equity investment father than using Crown corporations such As the Canadian and Manitoba development corporations. The Chambers also took a stand against the provincial government s intended move into the areas of succession duty and gift taxes currently before the through another Resolution from St. James Assiniboia. The Resolution stated that since the Federal government has seen fit to vacate this Field the Manitoba government not enact legislation to continue these taxes. The provincial government was also requested to eliminate the tax on gasoline for Marine use in order to encourage tourism through a motion pre s e n t e d by the flin flon chamber. A fourth Resolution submitted b y the Amaranth chamber asked that the provincial government make a general study of Revenue tax legislation and particularly tax on labor. This Resolution stated that machinery repairs and parts Are All repairing and services connected with that service Are taxed and that labor in these cases should not be taxed. That this image must be changed. He cited reports by Frei press business editor Philip a n w y 1 that the Chambers does t look its role in society in a realistic Light and tha it has generated an image of an organization Loath to accept anything new. After quoting other similar criticisms of the Chambers he challenged members whether or not we agree it is our image we will either have to Wear it or change he told delegates for too Long we have considered that we represent the views of business. We need to put the human element Back into our image. For in fact we represent people Manitoban from 80 different if we fulfil our function of speaking on Community Provin Cial and Federal matters he said then we must represent people not businesses. Politicians listen to voters peo p 1 e have votes businesses Don he said the Chambers needs a More flexible position if it is to be realistic in its approach to the economic facts of life in Manitoba. We have lived in a mixed Economy Here for a Long time and if private enterprises can t or won t act government has a responsibility to act for the growth and development of All he emphasized the trend in this direction by pointing out that the last year presidents of f i v e of the Community Chambers and one provincial were employed by Manitoba Hydro a government owned Utility. If we Are to maintain credibility with governments regardless of their political Stripe we must present a politically non partisan posture in our approach on issues. Our approach must be Posi Tive and pragmatic1 on each Issue As we weigh the whole situation in Light of the Impact it will have on All of he said. We must As an Organiza t i o n undergo revolutionary change in scope purpose and method of operation it is no longer enough to keep abreast of change or even to Cope with change we must direct and manage Man 46, Dies of injuries Donald h. Shaw 46, of 309 Vaughan Street suite 6, died in Winnipeg general Hospital tuesday afternoon of injuries received earlier in the Day when fire swept through the Rooming House where he lived. Or. Shaw was taken to Hospi Al suffering from second and third degree Burns to 80 per cent of his body. He died Short a after 2 . Tuesday a hos ital spokesman said. Three other men were slight y injured in the Blaze. Weather report morning bulletin for the Prairie provinces a narrow band of Cloud attic rated with a weak Pacific Dimiti Urbance will move adroit the Eastern Prairies today. Another in the series of Pacific disturbances will spread some Cloud across Alberta today and Saskatchewan on thursday. Little precipitation is expected to accompany either of these disturbances. Afternoon temperatures on the Prairies will Between 55 and 65 degrees both today and thursday. Fig ures on the map indicate expected High temperatures today precipitation High pro Surv Law Tytun front front Winnipeg free press Seaver Canada Usa local Ovus fas moving 786-6081 wednesday april 26, 1972 2nd class mail registration number 02s6 for dec a is for Winnipeg Bissett the Interlake and red River regions Clearing after Midnight. Low tonight 35 to to. Mainly sunny thursday. Westerly at 15 Pel hour. High thursday near 60. Following Are hich temperatures recorded Yot Torday Low temperature for period which ended at 6 . Today and precipitation for the 24-hour period which ended at 6 . Today Max. Win. Pre. Vancouver 54 43 Calgary 57 32 Edmonton 58 28 Regina 66 39 Brandon 58 41 the Pas 53 39 Winnipeg 58 Thunder Bay 58 26 Kenora 56 37 Ottawa 43 29 Toronto 45 27 Montreal 42 27 Halifax 51 35 Chicago 50 33 Miami 83 68 los Angeles 7 5j Minneapolis 61 31 new York 54 38 Phoenix 86 62 Rome 61 46 Paris 52 37 London 57 -15 Berlin 43 34 Amsterdam 46 37 Madrid Moscow Stockholm Tokyo Max. Min. Pro. 61 45 45 32 46 39 63 54 .01 .16 Winnipeg temperature comparisons Max. Min. Mean april 25 58 32 45 last year 29 m Normal 54 32 43 highest on record 90 in 1891 lowest on record 10 in 1887 or brochure Man i c Van 1.ini school building guidelines hit restrictions on school building imposed by the Public schools finance Board of the depart ment of education were questioned at tuesday s meeting of the Winnipeg school Board. Trustee Vic Pruden led the t a v ii i firemen climb a ladder in an Effort to bring a Blaze in Pembina Auto body under control. Auto body shop ravaged by fire a fire tuesday afternoon de troyed Pembina Auto body 390 Pembina Highway and sent one fireman to Hospital with in juries received when a piece of debris fell on him. The fire was reported at . And is believed to have started in the spraying area at the Back of the shop. The provincial fire marshal is now investigating the cause of the Glaze. Although firemen had the Blaze under control within an hour it took until 8 . To completely extinguish it. Ten trucks from two firewalls were called out to fight the fire. Deputy fire chief a. J. Dic kens was slightly injured when a piece of the ceiling fell on him while he was inside the building a fire department spokesman said. He was taken to Winnipeg general Hospital for treatment and was released. The department spokesman said effects of the fire were confined to the roof and upper Storey of the building with the main floor being not Exten sively Lou Saunders part owner of the business termed the build ing a Complete write off adding that it was fully insured. It just Means we need a new he said resignedly. That s All there is to it we should know in a few Days whether we re going to re he would t estimate the amount of the loss although he did say there was about Worth of equipment in the shop at the time. Although there were Between 10 and 12 cars inside the build ing when the fire began none were damaged. The fire began at the Back of the or. Saunders explained and then went straight to the roof so we were Able to get All the cars out Safe or. Saunders is co owner of Pembina Auto body and his partner is Paava Niemela. Or. Niemela could not be reached for comment. At Portage and main secret super scheme planned by Douglas Mackay free press Urban reporter prudence took precedence Over Commerce and Industry at City Hall tuesday when mayor Steve Juba summoned reporters to his office to announce that no details could be released on a revised development pro p o s a 1 for the Southwest Corner of Portage Avenue and main Street. The mayor and representatives of civic environment committee would Only say that a new bigger plan was presented to the committee monday and that the com Mittee reacted very favourably to the thinking of Triec in february 1971, the mayor announced that the Bank of Nova Scotia and Triec corporation Ltd. Of Montreal were planning to develop the Corner. A City owned parking Structure was to be built immediately to the South and co ordinate with the Bank building. Tuesday environment committee held a press con Ference under the mayor s auspices to announce that the committee had seen Tri Zec s new proposals but could not release any de tails. Grilled by reporters councillor d. A. Abe Yanofsky committee chairman referred to a Multi million Dollar joint development involving Triec and the City. I am not at Liberty to say right now what it further questioning with some of the answers com ing from mayor Juba revealed that what Triec proposed to the committee monday would be consider ably larger than what was announced Over a year ago. Mayor Juba placed a value of about million on the whole development compared to about Mil lion Over a year ago. The 1971 announcement made jointly with Triec spoke of a 20-Storey, million Bank building at Portage and main and a Mil 1 i o n parking office hotel Structure immediately t o the South on City owned property a Triec spokesman said a bigger development with More functions and services is now being proposed. No sketches models or plans were shown Al the press conference. The com Mittee Only issued a Short statement. Last year s announcement included rough models. Observers were at a loss to explain the reasons for t i c latest announcement. One suggested the purpose might be to somehow has ten the departure of the last tenant in the existing build ing at Portage and main. The tenant is holding out for More favourable compensation and the City is still considering expropriation of his lease. Another thought the mayor was passing political responsibility for the development negotiations to envy r o n m e n t committee the mayor having been in charge last year. Triec and the Bank of Nova Scotia own the land from the Corner of Portage and main to the North Wall of the old Wilson s Furni Ture building. The City has expropriated the land from there to the Carleton club 308 main Street. Coun. Yanofsky said a firm announcement of plans should be made in several weeks or a month. The Triec spokesman said the announcement would Likely be made in about two months. The City and Triec Are looking at a whole new concept now said coun. Yanofsky. Role playing treatment described by Brodsky what happened with the Manitoba development corporation office girls at the Winnipeg inn last july sounds like role play ing psychotherapy says or. Marvin Brodsky of the univer sity of Manitoba psychology department. He s Aid in an interview tues Day that he would not go so far As to Call it brainwashing How Ever. Labor columnist Dudley Magnus reported on the session in last saturday s free press. He described How the 17 of fice girls from the development corporation were Given various roles to play and were told to argue pro and anti Union among themselves. Meanwhile notes were taken and they were Given Marks on argumentative this was Only three months after local 500, Canadian Union of Public employees had been certified As bargaining agent for the girls. Application for desertification is now before the Manitoba labor Board and if it goes through the women won t have a Union. Or. Magnus theorized that the Winnipeg inn session last july was a sophisticated form of Union busting in which the girls were brainwashed into not wanting a Union. Questioned in the Manitoba legislature labor minister a. R. Russ Paulley said he would t investigate the desertification application because it was unopposed. Interviewed monday or. Magnus said his information was that in one segment of the session last july the girls re actions to the roles they were Given were tested by exerting pressure on each other s Palms. Or. Brodsky said this Tec Nique sounded like gestalt ther apy but he said various techniques such As this one have been devised for therapy of All such a technique might be used to treat for example a married couple who Haven t pedestrians motorists show Walkway ignorance motorists and pedestrians Are dangerously Uncertain about pedestrian rights of Way at inter sections without pedestrian corridors the greater Winnipeg safety Council reported tues Day. In a questionnaire Survey 53 per cent of pedestrians incorrectly said the extended at the curb gives the pedestrian the right of Way in a signalized crosswalks. Fifty one per cent incorrectly stated that having one fool in the Roadway did not give the pedestrian right of Way. Seventy per cent of pedestrians weren t a w Are that one foot in a marked pedestrian corridor gives the pedestrian right of Way As docs an extended . The extended applies to pedestrian corridors Only. The Large majority of pedestrians who completed the sur Veys made at 10 safety Check Points throughout Winnipeg were also Drivers. Kiwanis auction on to saturday Winni Eggers will be Able to bid by Telephone for Worth of merchandise this year in the annual kiwanis to auction to be held at 5 . Satur Day on Jay to. Major items include three cars a truck a camper trailer boats furniture and Holiday trips. Minimum retail value is proceeds arc used to assist 10 kiwanis clubs in Winnipeg in financing elderly citizens Homes and other projects. Spoken to each other for As for the role playing there is a distinction Between seeing the other person s Point of View and or. Brodsky said. Brainwashing it self is an amorphous term he said. For example he said it might be helpful for an employee to look at things from a management viewpoint. But he said he would have to have empirical evidence before he could assess the psychological effects on the office girls at the Winnipeg inn session. The session was conducted by Ron Cockerton of Montreal who was termed a psych Odra Matist or. Magnus reported in his column. Or. Brodsky said that psycho drama was devised during the late 1930s and Early 1940s by or. J. L. Moreno a new York psychiatrist for use in treating schizoid mental patients. In this technique Hospital staff would play out the schizophrenic s delusions with the patient himself looking on. Police move ignored Winnipeg civic finance com Mittee decided tuesday to take no action on an announcement from Tuxedo policemen that they will begin claiming Over time pay for work in excess of 40 hours a week and that their wives will no longer answer police telephones. The committee received a let Ter from the Tuxedo police association saying the group had unanimously approved the Mea sures to take effect May 1. There Are four constables a sergeant and a chief in the area part of Winnipeg s inner City joint Community commit tee. Tom Burn the City s person Nel director told the committee there is at present no provision in the City s working agreement with the association for standby time pay. Members of the Force Are on standby during the eight hours a Day when there Are no police patrols and their wives answer police telephones. However the City pays part of the Cost of housing the policemen who live in quarters near the police of fice. The committee passed a motion introduced by councillor Slaw Bebchuk Independent St. Johns that the matter be referred to or. Burn and that no action be taken until the next contract negotiations with the group. Winnipeg inner City police Are expected to assume direct responsibility for Tuxedo police services within several years although no formal arrange ments have yet been made. Change to Mac act in House a Bill which would require greater disclosure of the activities of the Manitoba develop ment corporation was introduced for second Reading in the legislature tuesday by Gor Don e. Johnston l Portage la it is called Bill 19, a proposed act to Amend the development corporation act. Or. Johnston explained that the Bill would require quarterly reports from the corporation and in greater detail than the one annual report the Corpora lion now issues. More details of the Loans the corporation Grants would be required and the chairman would be called on to explain its activities. Or. Johnston said the Bill would also provide for the con vening of the legislature s standing committee on economic development at the commit be s request or at the request of any two of its members to discuss matters of importance. Harry Shafransky nip Radisson adjourned debate. Attack following the finance Board s rejection of a number of Board construction requests. Ii e suggested sarcastically the Winnipeg Board should ask the finance Board what it would approve and do that to save time and Effort and Money. The trustees were elected to decide educational directions but the finance Board determines educational priorities he said. We might As Well pack it up and say Tell us what to build to use red bricks or yellow bricks and Well build lie said. I m not prepared to do the Winnipeg school Board should t acquiesce that easily from a Little gust from the legislative he also criticized the finance Board for Basing its decisions on Finan Cial rather than educational criteria. Trustee Michael Baragar said if it were educationally sound to have elementary Junior High and High schools in the suburban areas within close proximity it was equally educationally sound in the City s Core area. At Issue in the debate was the Board s plans for general Wolfe and Daniel Mclntyre schools. The Board had requested authority to renovate and add to Daniel Mclntyre High school this proposal was rejected. A revised plan called for incorporating grades 7 to 9 Stu dents from general Wolfe school in an enlarged and renovated Daniel Mclntyre school making Daniel Mclntyre a Grade 7 to 12 school. The finance Board had previously rejected other plans the school Board had submitted for the Daniel Mclntyre area. Tuesday the school Board approved a motion by trustee Baragar to investigate the possibility of incorporating grades 9 to 12 in Daniel Mclntyre. With grades 7 and 8 from general Wolfe school to be incorporated in other elementary schools in the area. The Board also walked at rejection of its plans for Machray school by the finance Board. The school Board had asked to build a new school As its top priority and otherwise to de Molish Machray school no. 1 and add to and renovate Machray school no. 2 at a Cost of approval was Given for demolition of Machray school no. 1 and an addition and renovations to the tune of to Machray school no. 2. The Board voted not to accept this reply and to make further representation t o education minister Ben Hanuschak on the needs of the Machray school area. 60th anniversary members and friends of Kil Donan United Church Are invited to attend a social to Mark the 60th anniversary of the Church at 8 . Saturday at the Church 721 Atlantic ave nue. There will be dancing cards and games followed by refreshments. It s a pleasure doing business with you collection period this week your free press Carrier will be collecting from his customers this week for delivery of the free press for two weeks ending saturday april 29. Bike safety Resolution considered bicycle safety dyes in Orange Peel and internal organization were the basis for three of five resolutions considered monday at the annual meeting of the provincial Home and school and Parent teacher federation. The meeting attended by 50 persons called on the Federal minister of transportation to consider issuing safety Stan d a r d s for bicycle manufacturers and encouraged safety promotions among school Chil Dren. It also asked for regulation to ensure that dyes and waxes used in Citrus fruit Peel treat ment be regulated by the food and drug act to ensure they would not be harmful. Another Resolution asked for a Grant from the department of education to cover the Cost of a full time executive Secretary and other office expenditures. The meeting approved a fourth Resolution asking for evaluation by the department of education and More information to parents on such new pro Grams As team teaching and open area classrooms. A Resolution asking for a maximum Security holding and treatment Centre for emotionally disturbed boys was referred Back for further study. Manpower plans student Centre Canada manpower will open a special Centre for students Mon Day at 460 main Street. It will be open from . To ., monday to Friday. The Centre is designed to help students find summer employ ment and to serve employers seeking students. It will also serve As an information Point for student organizations Busi Ness Community and non profit organizations interested in be coming actively involved in any of the Federal government s summer youth programs ;