Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 15, 1975, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday november 15. 1975 inflation talks planned continued or. Broadbent said there should be a 100 per Cut sur tax on professionals income rises thai exceed annually. He also said the gov e r u in c n t should be More Lough minded 7 in eliminating spending la certain of us departments. He charged that food hous ing and Energy costs will not be touched by the anti inflation program. These items account for most of the in creases in consumer prices in about the past year. Finance minister Donald Macdonald argued t h a t the of government has spent Mil Lions of dollars to subsidize companies to keep refined Petroleum costs prices Down for Eastern Consumers. But he said higher Energy prices Are inevitable. Or. Broadbent said Energy prices could be controlled if the government reversed its policy of allowing Domestic prices to Rise to world Levels. Or. Macdonald agreed con trolling professional incomes is an important part of the Over All program but he said even in Britain air tight controls like an income surtax have not been used he said the government is working with the provinces on professional incomes and will come up with measures to take All of the excessive Tony Abbott Sauga said 41ic nip was involved in a singular Disser vice71 because of its co opera Tion with the Canadian labor Congress Csc in opposing the anti inflation program the Csc and the Ontario federation of labor have started a National anti controls Campaign. Two Quebec labor the confederation of National Trade unions and centrals pcs Syndicate Democrat ques week also joined in opposing the program during appearances before the com m o n s finance committee studying the anti inflation Bill the anti inflation Board said Friday it Lias received replies from go per cent of the .178 companies that it Nedkov. 7 supply1 information about Revenue and pricing policies. In a release praising the companies1 co operation Board chairman Jean Luc Pepin said companies that could not comply with the one week deadline Given in the Board s request have been advised to get their replies in next week. Eve wants strikers to vote Cost Iseed ramp officers i Rove in Early Fri Day As about 30 inside postal workers try to Cross a line at Regina s main Post office. The picketers rein forced by members of other Trade linked arms to form a barricade across the Entrance. I Spivak la unches Western pact agreed 77 election drive leaders on Sahara Conte meeting continued Ford promises Vancouver of eral Justice minister Ron Basford has promised a bet Ter system to prosecute drug offenders and end a Federal provincial jurisdictional Over Lap in criminal code of Fen pcs. He said in an. Interview Fri Day that lie has named a Spe Cial committee to investigate the current and sometimes confusing methods of drug prosecution. Or. Basford said he will meet with attorney general Alex Macdonald. Vancouver police chief Don and ramp officials to discuss judicial processes and facilities. He said lie has introduced some legislative changes and will initiate others to improve the system of Justice including a lightening of the bail re form act. To prevent those arrested for drug violations from Iraq Licking while of bail. Man Afler o a Knirr a Heidi no Man an undisclosed a Money Iho a the. Inn Par set lion. Poi Niue .uevu-.e. Suit Smith Stycn about . A police spokesman police arc looking for nun i out 21 live or 22 . Foci 10 n the Nice Voith the mar. Lias to dark Ion. Dark a been developed by him and not by the party. Renewal of la s leadership at the december convention would be read As an endorse ment of policies he is advocating or. Spivak said. Graeme Haig or. Lyon s Campaign chairman said no similar policy statement is expected from that Camp but or. Spivak s statement is being considered with in Terest. Are giving primary attention to the leadership contest. Priorities change and by 1977 we will see what the priorities or. Haig said. Or. Spivak said he would be prepared to fight an elec Tion on his policies but he admitted events Over the next two years might indicate some policy changes. Or. Spivak promised a 20 per cent Cut i the provincial civil service to the 1972 level. He also promised Gross culling government spending by 10 per cent or by million with across cuts scrapping of some programs and agencies and amalgamating some departments. A government under his leadership would disband the Mineral resources develop ment corporation and the Manitoba development corporation which lends Money to such ventures As the financially troubled Saunders aircraft and flyer industries Ltd. The planning and priorities committee and the resource and economic development committee would go and re search activities of the government would be put related departments. The department of mines and resources would be Cut by about one third and the size of the agriculture and education departments would also be reduced. Or. Spivak said. He promised at least a one per cent reduction in the five per cent sales lax and elimination of certain items from taxation. The provincial share of in come tax now the highest in Canada would be Cut special tax culs for Northern Manitoban because of their higher Cost of living he said. A government under his leadership would also pay All Basic foundation costs Edu cation and reduce taxes on houses apartments and Farmland. In statements in Northern affairs agriculture and hous ing. Or. Spivak said Energy food and shelter must be priority because they represent Basic human re Nirom cols for which de Mand Al present exceeds Supply. On Northern development lie promised his Over Mem out of mine1 eve Ami encourage Pri Finis u return Primc would Hien and. Necessary. Roads be and hotter Leie coir s v s t c m s sep l plied Kaiui inc mils be Lii Acle to Iio ii talc the Cun of a major As pipeline through Mani he said. His Slimmer trimmer tie r n t of a Ltd Cumuli c Dorment of most rail Linns he said. Or. Spivak saw High inter c s t charges on mortgage payments As the biggest deterrent to buying a Home and promised to press to have these charges deductible from income tax. He promised a revamping of the Manitoba housing and renewal corporation including referring matters of construction and design to the private sector. Enabling legislation aimed at simpler zoning procedures within municipalities and to provide incentives for the repair and rehabilitation of existing Homes would also be introduced be said. For some Lime an advocate of ending the activities of the Manitoba development corporation. Or. Spivak said the reasons for original govern ment involvement no longer exist. The government should not be building planes and buses and the government has no special abilities in business operations he said. The Public Treasury is not a b o 11 o m be s s Well. The of monies expended and in Many cases lost in defunct business ventures could Well have been applied in other areas of real heed and applied to reduction of Provin Cial taxation he said. Promising open govern m e n or. Spivak said present secrecy surrounding governments of All Levels is a threat to democratic Princi Ples while government still has Power to infringe on the privacy of individuals. He advocated a sort of land titles system of open ing files records documents and minutes even possibly Cabinet minutes at All Levels. Under the land titles system a search of title involves the payment of a fee. Tary Henry Kissinger has called Lor a United front against the Oil producing car Tel in order not to let our economic future remain in definitely subject to decisions made by countries which can not be expected to have our Best interests at but trance and Japan Are in favor of a dialogue with the Oil countries in the context of a larger process of readjust ing relations Between the world s Rich and poor nations. And Britain now producing its own Oil is reported to be driving prices too Low. Sources in Washington said Iford will propose that coun tries adopt tariffs that would keep the Domestic Price of imported Oil at More than s7 or ?8 a barrel so that an abrupt drop in prices by Oil producing countries would not undercut efforts by countries developing expensive alternative sources of Energy. Hack King Hassan la s chum to sovereignty Over the Terri tory. Government sources in Madrid said Friday s tentative Accord Calls for Spain to end administration in the Spanish Sahara by feb. 28, 1976, and limits self determination to consultations with the Jemaa. The territorial As Sembly of tribal leaders. The head of the Jemaa paid homage to Hassan in Agadir last week in a move that was seen As approval of a moroc can Mauritania takeover. Any agreement would need formal approval by the ish parliament which cleared the Way wednesday by authorizing the government to take All measures necessary to de colonize the Spanish Sahara. A in spokesman indicated Secretary general Kurt Heini did not participate in the negotiating process that led to the agreement. Moroccan sources said the United nations will be in and Mauritania have accepted the principle of self determination for the Sahara voted by the world body but that in Stead of a referendum they will consult with the Jemaa. The sources said the Mart r i d agreement included guarantees that Spain will get the million it in vested in the Sahara phosphate Industry and that Spain will remain a partner with Morocco in exploiting the Mineral. In addition Spanish fishing vessels from the Ca nary islands will be permit Ted to continue fishing in saharan Waters. Informed sources said Spain has already begun to withdraw its soldiers from the Interior desert of the territory it has ruled for years. They said the troops have been replaced by heavily armed members of the moroccan backed front for liberation and Unity who control the territory adjoining formed thai Morocco Spain the Algeria Border. Or. Mack icy was How Long the postal strike was going to be allowed 10 continue before the Canadian government decided to inter Vene and introduce Legisla Tion ordering the strikers to work. He told the House Friday tins a Mailer of judgment. Fortunately the business Community is adjusting nicely to alternate methods of communication. Postal workers themselves Are help ing by setting up their own private couriers which relieves a lol b the he said. He said he had received 3.810 telegrams about the strike. Only three had been Adverse. Or. Mackassy said if the leaders of the cup would give their workers the demo cratic right to vote by secret ballot they would probably find that the workers wanted to go on the Job the next Day. The postmaster general said the government was reluctant to introduce to work legislation because we hate interfering with recognized he explained it was one of the government s views on demo Cracy. The postmaster was urged this week by the Csc to re turn to the bargaining table and attempt to arrive at an agreement with the cup in Stead of creating a climate of bitter confrontation 1 with in the Post office. Csc Secre tary treasurer Donald of tune go m cry said that recent statements made by or. Mackasey far from improving the Prospect of Settle ment actually make the situation or. Montgomery said or. Mackasey had admitted that the parties were close to agreement. The Union has indicated it was prepared to re turn to the bargaining table and work toward a Settle ment. It is a car Macka Scy to show the country that he is just As reasonable. Refusal to do so is not a sign of toughness As or. Mackasey seems to think but would in Vicale a Stu Borness that is not in the Public said or. Montgomery or. Mackasey told the com Mons Friday that he had received the Telegram from the Csc urging him to the bargaining table. He said he had replied Call ing on the Csc to persuade cup to conduct a secret vote and that the Csc super Vise that vote. T. A lion centres. More than .100 social ser vice agencies operate in the Core but the study found them largely ineffective. It. Says they take a paternalistic approach to problems creating a whole series of dependencies from welfare to housing to the few programs that is economic improve ment and for the people they a rec Are too Small and poorly funded to conclude.-. The urea n 1 i o a v or. Ii Ami 1 have 1 importance Ami poli n c in Liccini decisions. The Suity Uii Early this year after Winnie cd City councillor brr Nic i committee eci Tho police argue Carolie. Elizabeth 90, of Tuxedo Villa widow of cd Kristopher argue. Sarah Jane 85, of Surrey b.c., widow of Roy Clift. Cloo Tieu Leo 66, of 373 landside Street de Graff John 79, of Middle Church man., for Merly of East Kihl Onan retired Market Gardener widower of Ida de Graff. Dunlea Julia 91, of St. Norbert man., formerly of 1s1 Broadway suite 253, Foreman Anne 46. Of 5g3 Mulcy Avenue Foster Irene man., widow of a Charles Foster. Frob1sher, Alice go of Cayer man., wife of Joseph Frobisher. Iau Rioch Boris. 62, of Winnipeg. Gregol Rej co Iii 78, of Legina. Olj1llard. Fernand s4. Of Olive Street. St. James Assiniboia. Husband of Vic Lorine Guillard. Hrynyk Alex to of Rainy River. Ont. Jenkins Ruby Florence 71, of 519 Richmond Street suite 10, widow of William Jenkins. Kubas Joni is. Of 350 Sam pc Avenue. West Kil Donan. Formerly of Broad Valley. Man., retired Gen eral Mere haul widower of Kubas. R c so n . Hecla. 1.1ttlu. Douglas if. Of Furoy Streel. For Merly of . By or curly ser vices lid. Robort. Of s03 ave husband a Ranny my Quiam. Is. Of Victo Ria. . Formerly of of Delia 7 Conte deficit. Noting the Kourassa government had been elected on a platform of profitable fear. Leger said it is time to see if has an ounce of truth to solicitor general Fernand Lalonde provincial minister in charge of olympic affairs introduced legislation in the National Assembly earlier Fri Day that would create a com Mission to control financing and construction of the olym Pic stadium. The City of Montreal has up to now been responsible for the 70.000-seat stadium Origi Nally expected to Cost million. Construction of the stadium has been delayed by a series of work stoppages during the past year. Cost estimates recently Rose to almost million and current estimates place final costs for the Structure at than million. Or Lalonde also told the legislature that the games originally planned to be self financing now Likely incur a deficit of goo million. The minister said games Revenue now is expected to top s400 against expenditures of is billion. At a news conference Fol 1 o w i n g the announcement. Or. Lalonde said the Provin Cial government in assuming control and financing of the stadium. Would also to pc Over ownership the games Are finished. Said Hal greeted the provincial Deci Sion with Low keyed approval. Roger Rousseau games commissioner general said he was t disturbed by the i act he would now have an other body to report to. I m used to that checking with Ottawa Check ing with Quebec City Check ing with Montreal checking with the International olym Pic committee the sports federations and so Gerry s n y d c r vice president of the City s executive committee described the decision As logical adding that if the province is to help finance the games it should have a say in How things Are run. F a spokesman for the opposition Montreal citizens movement however called the move i too Little too and said that had the province intervened earlier it might have been Able to save the bulk of Money already in vested into stadium construction. Mcm Leader Nick auf Der Maur said the provincial government s action proves that Montreal mayor Jean dra pairs self financing scheme cannot work. There s no reason to be Lieve that Quebec will do any belter than Montreal in Ari a and manage said or. Auf Der Maur. It remains thai there is a l he National postal now Iii-its-26th certain to drag through the weekend after spokesmen for both sides in the dispute stuck to their guns1. Friday. The striking Canadian Union of postal workers u p urged Treasury Board president Jean Chretien to give the Post office a broader mandate to bargain remaining monetary issues. In a letter signed by Jean Claude Parrot chief negotiator the Union urged or. Chretien to broaden atthe unduly restrictive mandate Given to the Post office. He said the Only Way out of the current impasse is to negotiate the monetary at the same time the Union indicated it was ready to set the in for an extended walkout by announcing establishment of a strike fund the first in its history. President j o e Davidson said in a statement the amount of strike pay will be announced monday and the first payment will be made Friday. Nov. 21. He gave few details. All members who take part in the Union duties As signed to hem by their local strike committee will receive the strike or. Davidson said. He ;