Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 18, 1975, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free press tuesday february 18, 1975 Hirsch frustrated with Csc pertaining imaginative popu Lar vein so the people Coul develop their own he believes All great nation build their present and Fulfur on a kind of mythology base on their past As witness Dav Crockett Paul Bunyan Dan Boone and others in the these myths can be for Good or evil and we thought t watch out Here because w can be engulfed More quickly in the future than we have been in the Hirsch said there is still an important element in Canadian culture that thinks history begins Wilh learning the Kings of England and the capitals of . States. To includes popular situation comedies children s programs police stories and the like As Well As what is narrowly known As be enriching for Canadian life. There was an attitude when i came Here that the Csc brings in Hirsch and it has a Man who la create miracles. But no miracles Are possible. If you Don t have the tools you can t perform the simplest bit of magic and this corporation does t have the in addition to financial commitments extending Over two or three years he said the Csc needs to devote Money to developing human writers directors and producers for to. This has been neglected for almost a he said. It is a kind of left Over colonial attitude where we say Well let England train our artists and Well just get them Over Here and they la do All the work that is not the Way to develop native drama theatre or broadcasting. It seems to me a most continued wasteful Way of operating be cause we Are constantly either importing people who can do a Job quickly or we Are doing the work with people who have not been trained properly and it costs three times As much As it Hirsch said he sounds bitter because i am supremely frus because he can see in credible opportunities being Ost. He said he is not alone because other area Heads in Csc to face the same Brick Wall thrown up by year by year budgeting. The future is really blocked in this organization. Therefore you cannot have any future just keep on Hirsch said he will still try .0 fight the set up but added i cannot see myself spending he next three years of my life lighting. If the corporation is not going to have the moneys to Lan and train people on a con inning and consistent basis then i am wasting my Ime Hirsch said his department s expected to produce 70 hours 3f programs a year but the Money allocated him would t produce six decent movie of tie week shows. Are dealing in most cases with antiquated equip ment studios that leak and Noney that is not enough to do a Good series of Mickey mouse cartoons. Out of this we Are supposed to create a National Rama it s the Federal government which controls the Csc purse hould realize that to drama an become a powerful tool in developing Canadian National so he said. Art thieves strike of Iii mess Milan Italy apart Earl Cameron introducing i thieves broke into Milan s my ilium in Mii Elim Hofnnr run non minister Trudeau and Secretary of state Faulkner can make a million speeches about the need for in dependence but Joe blow and i will not understand what it s All about unless we see a Story that explains Why it is needed. That does t come from a documentary a panel discus Sion bless drama department shows occupy 50 to go per cent of Csc to English network pro Gram time. The Csc s Grant from parliament this year was 5300 million of which Mil lion was earmarked for Broad casting and the balance for capital works. The Csc does t disclose How much of this was for English network drama. Csc president Laurent Picard has been trying to get a government commitment for longer Range budgeting and the Canada Council has won authority from the government to discuss longer Range plan Ning for professional theatre and the other performing arts. Hirsch summed up his Posi Tion i m asking give me the Money give me the ability to plan give me the commitment to training and development. If i Don t have the Money and the commitment then i can depart in Good conscience without any rancor and say i be tried but this thing is too big or impossible for claim moves unjust continued Mae three kinds o spec to for sore throats Spect red. Relieves minor sore Throat quickly and effectively. Spec to Orange. Double action Relief of sore Throat and cough. Spec to Green. Long lasting Relief of sore Throat and nasal congestion. 5pec-t.iittie discs of Good Only at your pharmacy. Spec to. A Little help for sore and e f f e c t i v e n e s s of the members of acis National crime intelligence they informed their Superior officer a sgt. R. Stone the affidavits state and asked for an investigation. They were ordered March 27, 1974, not to discuss the matter with anyone else by sgt. Stone the affidavits state. The plaintiffs did not Dis continue the matter but pre pared a grievance complaint in or about july 1974, and for warded same to the commissioner of the ramp through the proper channels in or about september 1974, the plaintiff Cox was notified that he was being transferred to the Pas detachment and the plaintiff Materi was notified that he was being transferred to the Ashern de in their statement of claim both men claim they have been Beverly injured in their reputation by the proposed transfers and in the treatment to Date have suffered and will suffer irreparable they Call the transfers disciplinary and punitive adding they have been denied the Centary Rule of natural jus Tice. The statement says the transfers Are disciplinary and punitive rather than administrative since in neither Case will they have the Opportunity to make use of the specialized training skills each has received the two officers statements say the transfers Are de signed to Cox if transferred to the Pas will be subordinate to an ramp member o f Junior rank and Security Materi if transferred to Ashern will be under the supervision of the officer against whom the aforesaid report was made by the the statement of claim fur ther adds the two officers were further disciplined punished and humiliated by being transferred out of the acis into the financial services Sec Tion where the duties assigned were clerical non classified Fil i n a and invoice checking under the supervision of a Junior civilian and general janitorial duties under civilian and Junior the action is launched against the Queen the solicitor of Canada the Royal Canad an mounted police and the commissioner of the ramp. Lawyers Hersh Wolch and David Wolinsky act for the two officers. No statement of defence has As yet been filed against the civil suit by lawyers for ramp. Nic pal museum before Dawn monday and carried off 28 impressionist paintings estimated to be Worth million to million. It was the second major Art theft in Italy in two weeks. Police said the thieves entered the downtown museum by breaking a window and then disconnected the alarm sys tem. They made their Way to the modern Wing while six watchmen were in other Galler ies. The stolen paintings included works by Van Gogh Cezanne Gauguin Renoir Corot and other French dutch and Ita Lian artists. They were real experts they picked the Best said a police spokesman. They were fast and precise leaving no Trace behind except for the broken the theft leaves me speech less and after the in Urbino with profound said Palma Bucharelli director of the National gallery of modern Art in Rome. Three priceless Renaissance paintings by Raphael and Piero Della Francesca stolen two weeks ago from the Ducal Palace in Urbino Are still miss ing. The two thefts bore cer Tain similarities. In both cases the thieves struck before Dawn while guards were patrolling other galleries and removed the paintings from their frames. The thefts brought new Calls for the government to provide Money to protect Italy s Art Patrimony. More than works were stolen in 1974, Dou ble the 1972 number. Most were taken from churches museums and Art galleries unprotected by guards or alarm sys tems. Art thefts Are growing be cause it is. Easy to steal paint Ings from museums the director of a Milan gallery said. Police theorized the Milan thieves either acted on com Mission from someone hoping to sell the stolen works or where planning to demand ran som from the museum. Patterson Appeal rejected continued preme court of Canada where leave to Appeal the Case was denied. It appears there will be two vacant seats in the Manitoba legislature when the session begins March 4. The Wolseley constituency will also be with out a representative because retiring Liberal Leader Izzy Asper has declared he will re sign his seat. A spokesman from premiered Schreyer s office said tues Day it is almost certain that a by election will not be called in either constituency prior to the sitting of the House. The spokesman said the speaker must be informed of the situation in Crescent Wood and that notice of the election must be Given 35 Days prior to the voting Date. This would effectively Rule out a by election unless it is called during the sitting of the House. The spokesman said that is highly unlikely. Strike postpones is launch Ottawa up launching of a third communications sat e 11 i t e has been indefinitely postponed because of a strike at the United states National aeronautics and space administration a spokesman for Telesa the consortium that built and operates Anik i and Anik ii said Anik Iii is grounded until the end of a strike by Mcdon Nell Douglas corp. Employees. Nasa had told Telesa that the launch of the third Anik by a Thor Delta rocket would come 4v4 weeks after the end of the strike whenever that in. Anik is a backup for the other two Canadian satellites so the delay is not serious. The satellite was due to be launched March 6. About a dozen canadians at Cape Cana Jas. Jiu veral awaiting the launch will tails Are expected in a Toronto i be brought Home. Week to the i Otal the three Anis was s33 million and each launch costs Between s7 million and s9 million. Their major the Maceachen set to visit Africa Ottawa up external affairs minister Allan Macea Chen will visit Africa during the last two weeks of april his first foreign tour since he took Over the portfolio last summer. The minister is expected to visit up to five countries. De speech later this Canadian association can studies to of Afri crash kills 10 Mexico City Reuter ten passengers were killed and two seriously injured when a bus and a truck collided on a country Road in Northwest Mexico police said monday. Function is to improve Northern communications. In earlier Days the Eskimo people in Canada s Arctic re Gions lived in Snow House encampments. Today they live in houses. Igloos Are still built the Winnipeg free press is proud to present a by the Winnipeg symphony conducted by Ruben Gurevich concert Hall Friday february 21st . Saturday february 22nd . Only 2 All seats reserved tickets available at . All 4 outlets and . The Bay the bus turned Over and burst from time of time but mostly into flames after the crash. Jon special occasions. Program Rossini thieving Magpie Liere the russian sailors dance Kobaly dances from Galanta Rogers Hammerstein selections from sound of music Kachaturian masquerade suite program subject to change ;