Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 25, 1975, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winn Lff a toss tuesday mov pm i i 25, 1975 postal workers president withstands name calling land Man de stand Ottawa up Joe Davidson head of the striking postal workers Union has been called a Buzzard an in competent an irresponsible Radical and scores of other unpleasant names. It does t worry me too he said Friday. I am More concerned about what my Union thinks of and i know i have their sup nevertheless or. Davidson said he thinks he will return to his quiet old Job of sorting mail when his term As pres ident of the Canadian Union of postal workers cup expires in june 1977. I Don t think it is such a bad he said of mail sort ing. Sure it gets a bit monotonous some Days but most jobs become monotonous after a he said the with mail sorting Ace Low pay and poor working conditions. The protracted dispute be tween the cup and the Post office has plunged the lanky outspoken native of Scotland into the Public spotlight. With his distinctive hair of a Julius Caesar look with heavy scottish Burr or. Davidson is widely recognized across the country during his travels to help the rank and file keep the Faith. Feelings about the postal or. Have polarized into love and hate As the country enters its second month without mail service. When or. Davidson and cup vice president Jean Claude Parrot donned picket signs and joined a parliament against the anti inflation pro Hill demonstration tuesday Gram most of the 400.other demonstrators chanted go Joe Liberal my Frank Maine Wellington used similar words in a recent speech to the Guelph ont., chamber of Commerce but be was suggesting that or. Davidson be sent Back to Sfotts Scot land the Small Coal mining town outside Glasgow where he was born. Or. Davidson said he can not understand Why Conser v a t i y e my Stan Darling called him a Buzzard i certainly Don t think i am a or. Davidson has been heavily involved in unions for 48 years starting from the work steel Joe Davidson in full voice time be entered the Force at age 14 As a worker in a foundry i Scotland almost every worker was involved in the Union he said. Most of them Are extremely interested i n politics and most of them Are he came to Canada is years ago and worked briefly As a Steelworker in Hamilton before joining the Post office in 1957 As a letter sorter in Toronto s terminal a. He was in the thick of postal Union affairs almost from the Start of his Post office career and became a National cup officer seven years ago or. Davidson said he can not remember exactly what the Post office paid letter Sorters in 1957, but 1 do know that like today it was t enough to live decently the inside postal workers who earn an average of a year voted in favor of a annual salary of Davidson when he was officially chosen president at their last convention. Executives of the Union work hard said or. David son. Sometimes we work 100 hours a an aide said the White haired cup president puts in Long hours arriving at the office at about 8 . And often not leaving until late at night he is incredibly Active for a Guy who had a heart attack a couple of years the Union has demanded a 51-per-cent increase Over a 2 7 m o n t h period for its members who sort mail and Man postal wickets. Post master general Bryce Mac Kasey says the government will not Budge from its latest offer of a 38-per-cent wage in crease in a 30-month_, con tract. Or. Davidson refused to say Friday How he personally feels about the hard nosed or. Mackasey because i Don t want to get into any is the edit by Jim Poling Ottawa up some time later this month a slightly built partly Bald Man somewhat austere and aloof at first glance will arrive in the Yukon to begin negotiating a new life style for the native people. His goal will be to create a just and durable land claims settlement that will Benefit the territorial native people Long in the future. Besides that he will have to make it acceptable to the Federal government and canadians As a whole. The Man chosen by the government for this awesome task is a. Digby Hunt a Bri Tish geologist who emigrated to Canada 23 years ago to build a career that has taken him to the lofty inner Sanc tums of the Federal civil ser vice. He is Ottawa s newly appointed chief negotiator for native land claims and he will negotiate settlements with groups of native people across the North. Or. Hunt 48, is known Here and in the North As an intelligent aggressive and sometimes abrasive individual three characteristics that indicate he will be a Tough Bargainer. But those who know him personally say he also is a reasonable Man who has developed a sensitivity toward the problems of Northern native people. His career has leaned to Ward development of the North s resources and for this reason his october appoint ment was criticized by some native groups. The National Indian brotherhood said it was shocked because Many of or. Hunt s actions had led to the rape of the North. Inuit Tapir sat the National Eskimo brotherhood said or. Hunt had compromised the position of native people and was biased in favor of development. Or. Hunt was born and educated in England and after graduating from the University of London he spent four years As an Oil company Geol Ogist in South America. In 1952, he came to Canada and worked for eight years with various Oil companies in Cal c7 claim. I do not see my Job simply As Clearing away the problem to get on with he said that during his Early years in the Oil he recognized the resource potential of the North. How Ever his interests broadened he became troubled recently in his Job and personally sought the position of claims negotiator. He said he now feels that settlement of native claims is one of the most important goals that can be achieved in the North. He will negotiate what the government Calls comprehensive land for traditional land never legally Given by the natives. These claims involve indians in the Yukon indians and eskimos in the Northwest Terri tories and indians in parts of British Columbia. The government has con ceded that the claims Are legitimate so the negotiations involve How much Money and land the natives should be paid to sign Over vast tracts of land to the government. Claims of indians and Eski mos in the James Bay area already have been settled., what i would Hope is that a successful settlement will place the native people on a firm base from which they Gator says lie has native concerns can go about solving their own problems with Equality self Confidence and some material it also would have to have the support and co operation of non natives living in the North. Or. Hunt said he is aware of a feeling among natives that he is Tough and unresponsive to their concerns. In a Way that s Good he said because a less firm negotiator might reach an unrealistic settlement unacceptable to the government and the natives would become disillusioned with the negotiating process. I Hope that the people i will be dealing with feel that in previous dealings i have been straightforward. I will continue if some native leaders saw or. Hunt an unconcerned bureaucrat that View related to. His Job. At social functions in the North he is an approach Able Man who smokes drinks dances and enjoys a Good time. Or. Hunt said government policy and approach place some restrictions on the negotiations but there still is a tremendous Range open for him. I Don t intend to go into this on the basis of is what we have to offer take it or leave it.1 i m not there to ram an agreement Down their he plans to take up Tempo Rary residence in during the Yukon negotiations. There Are Hopes that an agreement in principle be signed by March 31, 1976. After the Yukon he Proba Bly jul Deal with the . Eskimo claim the claims in British Columbia then the . Indian claim. Much of his life in the next couple of years will be spent aboard aircraft travelling be tween the North and Ottawa. However both his children Are adults now and his wife will be Able to travel with him. 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If Ruth Rachis feels that we have ignored the plight of those suffering from other illnesses and senses a Lack of awareness of the Multi social problems then perhaps she should or g an i z e. Another committee and exert her rights asja lobbyist campaigning on their behalf As we have done for four Long years. Recent letter you published ladies facial hair permanently by Laneil electrolysis Short wave method safely quickly i he dorm Institute 4oq fit 942 4110 strength nor the manpower required to undertake i project of that do agree that any government must make difficult choices in attempting to allo Cate what always seems to be an inadequate Supply of funds but this government shows More interest in fund ing failing enterprises with millions of dollars in prefer ence to improving health care in our province. To suggest that we should simply allow our highly qualified personnel to take their research efforts elsewhere have neither the and be satisfied with second rate treatment in a province which has in the past Felt Pride in their facilities indicates a negative View and Aback Ward approach to solving this very important Issue. And if statistics Are fright ening then we must indeed admit to the use of scare tactics 1 during a recent interview the minister of health stated that he and his staff have out grown their previous quarters. Well we at the Manitoba cancer foundation have out grown ours too mrs. Leona Carr prize less sir have sent the follow ing letter to the Western Canada lottery foundation i take it that under the new system of obtaining orders rather than Selling tickets the seller of win Ning tickets no longer receives a prize. This if Correct will be unique in Canada. In such lotteries a s the olympic win Tario etc., the seller re c e i v e a commission on straight sales plus a prize for Selling winning tickets. Whether or not my impression is Correct i suggest you publish the actual regulations. C h we Kiteley seller of tickets for Western lotteries Ottawa ont. Selfish desires sir it should do wonders to the strikingly covetous de sires of some hogfish by inclined characters on their last gasps unless they Are granted Ever increasing wage raises after tendering Roun delaying threats in a never ending vicious Circle of indomitable inst ability would they make a journey from Portage la Prairie to the Neepawa Mccreary Ste. Rose de Lac ochre River Dauphin districts in Mani Toba via highways 4 and 5 and 20. After seeing the presently serious plight of the Grain and livestock producers in these recently rain soaked areas they would most certainly have to go Home with their tails dragging in shame and quit publicizing their 01 Pidi ties. But this could create an Unsun arable traffic Jam the Lull length and breadth of the highways rights of Way May last forever and much longer should they All decide to make the journey on the Fame w e e e n d would t it Norris Fossa Starbuck Man. He joined the Indian and Northern affairs department in 1960 As administrator of Oil and Gas and in 1969, was named assistant Deputy min ister in charge of Northern affairs. In that position he has been in charge of managing All Federal programs in the Northwest territories and the Yukon. Although he has been involved heavily in Northern re source development or. Hunt said he also has devel oped an understanding of the North and the concerns of the native people. Development is undesirable unless it involves and benefits All the people con he said in an inter View. Some development of the North is desirable but Only under certain conditions and those conditions Don t prevail today. I be Felt for a Long time that the native people of the North have a legitimate Kennedy makes photo debut in . New York a Caro line Kennedy has made her debut As a photographer with an exhibition of 80 Black and White pictures at the Lexing ton labs gallery. There Are a few pictures of Caroline s family in the exhibit. But most of them Are Stu Dies of outdoor scenes a Spanish bullfight and the Mountain people of Appala Chia where Caroline worked for a month in 1974 with a film Crew making a documentary. She became interested in photography in 1971 when her Mother Jacqueline Onassis invited photographer Peter Beard to join her family on the yacht Christina for a cruise. Beard loaned Caroline a camera gave Here a Little advice and she snapped away All summer. The 17-year-old daughter of former president John of Kennedy now is in London taking Art courses at Soth Eby a the auction House. 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