Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 5, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free press monday january 5, 1976 fear grows at u of m Over effect of budget cuts during he believes harm comes from these Mea sures will be Short term Only. But he added it de pends on the Grants for the next two or three years. The disruption of educational programs is Una void he said. But it is my present estimate that no pro Gram will be so disrupted As to threaten its budget cuts Are affecting All parts of the University and because of intricate inter relationships on the Campus one decision can have Many often unforeseen ramifications. Or. Pollard suggested a possible example if a chemistry professor decided in order to save Money he would t work to students taking chemistry but not majoring in it it could mean a support worker would lose a Job. Several people cited a break in at the school of music in november As an other example. Equipment wort h was stolen during the1 break in. It was suggested that Security at the school had weakened after a janitor resigned and was t replaced. The loss of support workers is affecting teach ing said Hance Petty opera Tion director for the association of employees supporting education services. He mentioned one depart ment that had lost a half position which meant that where there had Heen seven sections with 90 students now there were six sections with 130 students. This kind of thing is More prevalent than is generally or. Petty said. The cuts Are also affecting morale which Many people say is dangerously Low especially among faculty. The University is going to lose the Best people it one faculty member said. Many professors Are look ing for other he accused the administration of vindictive and Petty because the faculty had unionized. Because it knows the Job Market in other universities is tight the University has gone too far in its conflict with the univer sity does t seem to realize the professors have Market Able value in government and in 1975, after 11 months of negotiations the faculty association signed its first con tract with the University. Or. Roland Penner of the Law faculty said the univer sity had refused to recognize voluntarily the association As a bargaining group. We wanted to be recognized in More than a benign and condescending he said echoing another faculty member who said re cognition was the result of the Goodwill of administration. Now the association can t be ignored and it was the difficult negotiations against the backdrop of the University s increasing Finan continued Cial problems created new tensions for faculty. Many faculty members opposed the creation of a Union and their opposition still remains. Former advocates Aren t so sure any More. The contract Means Job Security and the Protection of the status quo. It s an Agency to Deal with a one faculty member opposed to the Union said. Professors were already paid enough he added. Or. Penner defending the Union said it would be a terrible mistake if the faculty association became a bureaucratic machine to administer the the easiest Way to Cut the budget is to Cut said Marrek Dembicki pro Fessor of political studies. It s More difficult to Cut unionized however he has lost some of his earlier enthusiasm for the association. We re in danger of losing students out of he said. It could be argued that a More Happy staff is reflected in what service the student gets but i m not sure that s what necessarily follows. Don t see any Good com ing out of the faculty association for no one in the University considers the students said Lee Powell academic affairs d i r e e t o r for the student Union. Students Are getting screwed by the the University system should be changed to allow More student representation on governing bodies said or. Powell a member of the Board of governors. Students Haven t time to become Active in University affairs. Their first concern is Good Marks and a Job at the end of their time at University he said. Since committees take up time that students can t afford if they Are to keep up their grades he suggests that sitting on a committee academic credit. Working on these commit tees is As much an educational experience As being in class reading., he said. Several faculty members complained that students were apathetic. It s like a glorified High school. They re very someone else said there is no student opinion. They do Only what is required and Are Good Little boys and adding that student activity came and went in three year cycles. Beginning in january a lot of student activity can be expected As students prepare to oppose proposed increases in tuition fees or. Powell said. Or. Hugh Saunderson president of the University from 1954 to 1970, sees the University s crisis and prob Lem As separate entities. Government Grants to the University have continued to increase he said. Although some of this has been lost due to inflation the Grant in creases have been at a greater level the crisis at the univer sity is lie said brought on by expectations which Aren t met. If you expect an increase of 20 per cent and Only get 10 per cent it s a i Don t believe less Money Means a lower Quality of education. It depends much More on the individual and his willingness to work. What happens in the classroom is what makes for the Quality of he blames the unions and the Board of governors for the financial problems the unions for making unreason Able demands and the Board Ford Calls for end to fighting in Angola War continued meanwhile there were these developments related to Angola Secretary Henry Kissinger will meet soviet ambassador Anatoly Dobryniuk this week and ask about the soviet statement and whether it represents a major shift in soviet attitudes about Angola. White House staff chief Kichard Cheney said sunday on lbs s face the nation that . Officials were encouraged by the soviet com ment but Western specialists in Moscow said they see no sign of a Basic change in so Viet policy. Soviets accused China on sunday of teaming up with South african a bitterest enemies of the african Are trying to spread the inhuman apartheid system to until recently China was re ported supporting an angolan faction that was opposed to the soviet backed faction. And training of . Mercenaries to fight in Angola has come to an abrupt halt in the United states the Christian science Monitor says. Quoting sources close to the Central intelligence Agency the newspaper says the halt appeared to be the result of an article it published last week that said former . Servicemen were being trained for mercenary work in a Cia sponsored operation at fort bennies a. But today s article says the Centre of recruitment has m o v e d to where some african embassies Are recruiting europeans using . And other funds. Damage caused by fire fire caused an estimated damage Early Mon Day when it destroyed an unoccupied House in Northwest a fire department spokes Man said the Blaze broke out at about . And quickly destroyed the House located on Wolf Avenue Between Mobile and Cleveland streets. The spokesman said faulty wiring is suspected As the cause of the Blaze. Administration officials have denied that . Mercenaries were being used but declined direct answers when asked whether foreign mercenaries were being hired. Arabia is preparing to contribute nearly Mil lion to anti soviet forces in the angolan civil War news week Magazine reported. The Magazine which did not Des Ignate a source for the report said the Money would be used to buy weapons or logistical support for pro Western forces in the african country. . Diplomat delivered a message on Angola from Ford to ugandan president Idi Amin in the first major diplomatic Contact Between the countries in More than a year. The message turned Over sunday was not expected to Lead to any Quick improvement in . Uganda relations diplomats said. Ford said he opposes the idea of Grain sales Diplo Macy farm groups in Gen eral oppose any move by the1 Federal government to control . Grain exports. He said there Are some in Congress who Are question ing the Wisdom of Grain sales to the soviet Union because of that country s intervention Iii Angola but that he views any such action As a serious the russians can get along without . Grain and ignore . Views Ford said telling his farm audience that linkage of Grain with diplomacy would mean disruption and hardship for you the Farmer a serious in crease in tensions Between the world s and no effect in Ford also took a Jab at Congress Over the Senate s year end vote to Cut off cur rent military funds for . Operations in Angola. He said we favor an immediate ceasefire an end to All outside intervention and of National Unity permitting the solution of the angolan problem by the angolans themselves. We Are working closely with Many other african countries to bring this about countries that realize per haps better than the . Congress that our continued efforts to counter soviet and cuban action is crucial to any Hope of a fair gunmen surrender after 12 hours continued in addition to the Diplomat and the airline official the hijackers held 12 male Crew members at the Lime they gave up. No injuries were re ported in the siege. Officials denied an earlier report carried by the govern ment radio that the hijackers had surrendered to Imelda Marcos wife of the Philip Pines president. The department of Public information said the hijackers were two filipinos from the same Manila address Bienvenido Del Rosario 42, and Virgilio Del Rosario is. An official of Japan air lines Jal said the Pas Senger Manifest showed they were with a group of filipino musicians bound for Tokyo. First reports said there were 199 passengers and Crew members aboard the Jal d c-8. But later officials said Here were a total of 219. The plane had come from Bangkok on a flight to Osaka and Tokyo and the two men took it Over shortly before it was scheduled to take off for Japan. The hijackers slipped a note to a flight attendant for the Pilot an airline official said. One of the two men told officials we just want free passage out of this country. We Don t intend to harm any body. We have nothing against when asked to allow the passengers to leave the plane the Hijacker replied this is just an Ordinary flight. All passengers will be allowed to disembark in Osaka. All we want is a free passage out of the four hours after they seized the plane the men Al Lowed a philippine woman with a heart condition Nina Sagrado to leave the plane. She told reporters the hijackers had a pistol and Plas tic explosives. One fishing boat is submerged and another lies atop the end of the pier in Hayney Harbor after a severe wind and Snow storm lashed the area on the Island of Hoe Moe Jutland Denmark on sunday. Damage estimates were not available at press time. 52 die As High winds Batter Western Europe tiie earlier winds and heavy snowfall brought traffic chaos through the rest of Denmark. Internal air flights were suspended. Two coastal towns were flooded in the weekend storm forcing the evacuation of about people. They later returned to three fishermen missing since Friday night were Given up for dead. An elderly patient who had just been operated on died of Shock during saturday s evacuation police said. Many inter Island ferries were cancelled As were Fer Ries Norway Sweden and West Germany. Those that did run were up to 10 hours late in arriving. Oslo had its first heavy Snow of the Winter and Strong winds swept Over Southern and Eastern Norway today. Breaks in electric lines left half of Oslo s population without Light or heat. The electricity shortage also cur tailed train service and thou Sands returning to work after the new year holidays were stranded in the trains or on the roads by traffic jams. The passenger ferry Sleipnes was grounded Sun Day night on the West coast of Norway but despite High winds and heavy Snow Heli copters and fishing boats took the 153 passengers and Crew of seven off. Nobody was killed but 20 of the Passen Gers were injured and required Hospital treatment. Five Hardy tourists were rescued from a bus that was snowbound for five Days in the Northern part of Norway. The tourists Lour belgians and a West German woman were on their Way from Equa i continued 1 trial Africa to the North Cape. They said they passed the time telling stories sing ing writing letters taking photographs and listening to the sound of the storm. A new storm wit i heavy Snow roared into South swe Den from the North sea halt ing air traffic at Goteborg. The blizzard moved eastward after five hours giving Stock Holm its first Snow Blanket of the season. Gusty winds were believed to have caused two More Aerial Cable car stoppages in the Swiss Alps but there were no casualties among the almost 200 passengers involved. Near crans Montana about 90. Persons were blocked in two cars for More than one hour 200 feet above ground. They were stopped by an emergency Brake and eventually returned to the ground. Near Silva Lana two cables crossed because of the winds blocking another 91 passengers in two cars. The passengers had to be evacuated by rape ladder and picked up by helicopter. 3 Las seen ready to resign to get Lyon into legislature Morris Aims slam at new society continued ing us what we shall do and what we shall not he said the new society was to be a corporate Sci last week the prime min ister quoted the View of Cana Dian born economist John Kenneth Galbraith that big business and big unions Are so powerful that they Domi Nate the Economy. Or. Galbraith says in his Book economics and the pub Lic purpose that big Compa Nies controlling about half the private Economy manipulate their customers to buy the amounts of their products they choose to sell at prices they choose to charge. Unions representing employees of these companies Are also part of what or. Gal Braith Calls the planning sys tem and exercise a great Deal of Power. Thu s is contrary to conventional economic theory which is based on tiie Assumption that production Price and wage Levels Are determined in the marketplace by the Law of Supply and demand. Permanent government controls Are required to protect less powerful groups in society from powerful corporations and unions or. Galbraith says. Business leaders have also been critical of prime min ister Trudeau s statement that the government s Tempo Rary wage and Price controls May be extended. Legislature expected Early next month. However they say there is growing pres sure from the party on or. Lyon to seek a seat before the next provincial election expected in 1977. This would mean that if no other seat were vacant necessitating a by election or. Lyon might be forced to accept one of the Las offers to resign a seat to create a by election. Since or. Lyon s election to the leadership or. Moug s Charleswood scat has been considered the most Likely for him should he de cide to accept an la s offer. Or. Mpg won the seat in 1973 by a vote mar Gin Over the new democratic party candidate. Meantime sources say Donald w. Craik la for Kiel has been named by or. Lyon to act As Leader of the official opposition in the legislature for the session. Or. Craik has declined to com ment saying Only that any announcement must come from or. Lloyd. Sources also say that de Mcgill la for Brandon West is Likely to remain As Deputy Leader and Warner Jorgenson la for Morris As conservative House Leader. Continued the sources say As w e ii that a Shadow Cabinet and responsibilities for conserva Tive Las now Are under re View although few changes Are expected in preparation for the session. The official announcements Aren t expected until or. Lyon returns or possibly not until after the next caucus meeting in late january. The naming of or. Craic As the representative of the Leader of the official opposition would make him eligible for a s15.goo salary increase above the la s indemnities an d expense allowances. His responsibilities would be to present the initial official opposition response to the throne speech and budgetary proposals. Or. Lyon in t eligible to receive the salary for the Leader of the official opposition because he does t hold a seat. He has however moved into the office of the Leader of the official opposition. Sunday shopping Law enforced Toronto up metro Politan Toronto police began patrolling the City sunday looking for stores Itiat stayed open As the new Ontario Sun Day shopping Law went into effect. The Law makes it illegal to open a store on sunday with More than three employees or More than Square feet of floor space. Stores breaking the Law face a maximum Fine of pharmacies Gas stations antique stores and tobacconists Are exempted under the legislation. A police spokesman said the Law allows police to Issue a summons to the person in charge of any store which Breaks the Law. Five . Deaths brins new year toll to 47 by the Canadian press five persons killed in a traffic Accident on Hells Gate Hill in the Fraser Canyon in British Columbia were among at least 47 persons who died accidentally in Canada during the new year s Holiday. A Survey by the Canadian press from 6 . Wednesday to Midnight sunday night local limes showed 20 other traffic fatalities 16 fire deaths four snowmobile fatalities one drowning and one person believed Frozen to death. Quebec had the highest number of in traffic five in fires two in snowmobile accidents and one drowning. Fifteen traffic deaths re ported for the period Between Midnight last sunday night and Midnight wednesday night brought the unofficial number of traffic fatalities in Canada during 1975 to compared with in 1974. The unofficial number of persons killed on Canadian roads so far this year is 20. The Canada safety Council predicted that Between 15 and 20 persons would die on roads during the Holiday period. The four snowmobile Fatali ties during the Holiday with two during the week in que brought to 19 the unofficial number of persons killed in such accidents so far this season. In Ontario three persons died in traffic two in fires and two in snowmobile accidents. Alberta had four fire deaths and one traffic fatality. Nova Scotia reported four traffic deaths. There were three fire fatalities in Saskatchewan and one person was believed to have Frozen to death. British Columbia. Had two Oiler traffic fatalities and one fire death. One person died in a traffic Accident in Newfoundland and one in a fire in Manitoba. No fatalities were reported in new Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. The Survey docs not include Industrial deaths slayings or known suicides. For failing to bring Down balanced budgets. The University s real prob Lem in t Money lie said. It s the president and the difficulty people have trying to Sec and talk to him. He stays in his office dealing i presume with matters of some importance. He has t done As much As he should have. Most people Don t know him. I Don t think he s shy just the president s inaccessibility is an old Issue at the University but not a dead one. The criticism arises from misunderstanding said or. Justice John m. Hunt former chairman of the Board of governors. I admit there has been a Lack of communication. Some Board members have tried to talk to him about but he added i be never known a Guy who works harder or More in the inter est of an institution than Ernest the president is an Hon est and Able one pro Fessor said but he has no perception of the Art of poli tics. He will do nothing he thinks is underhand even though you and i would t think twice of it. He s a very Good chair Man fair very patient but he has t Given the University real leadership. It s a misconception that the Board of governors is a decision making body. Its role is to ratify. Leadership must come from the pres ident. I think he was prob Bly very unwise to have accepted the Job however or. Justice Hunt said it would be very do ficut to find a suitable re placement for or. Sir Luck. T h e repeated accusation that he is inaccessible annoys or. Sir Luck and angers his Secretary. I m in this office because All the time i be been Here i Haven t been Able to get away from fighting he said. He admits it sometimes takes time to see him but sooner or later any one who wants to see me sees me.1 when someone else knows More of a particular matter than himself his Secretary tries to refer them or. Sir Luck said. This in itself becomes a criticism of the president by people who accuse him of having delegated responsibility but not authority. Although Many people in the University blame the problems on Money Sim ply that government does t give sufficient others argue that the problem is in the plan Ning of real problem facing the University is the Lack of Long Range d r Penner said. With a budget planned Over a five year period with built in guarantees and safeguards it would be possible for the University to plan Well ahead of or. Sir Luck said asked for Tri or biannual budget planning without Success. There is some sympathy on the part of the universities Grants commission but the provincial government has t agreed he said. The government is unwilling to commit itself beyond one year or. Condo confirmed. But longer plan Ning does t remove the University s problems he added. The University s budget is More reactive less designed than i would or. Sir Luck said. The annual pro Gram must adapt to the an Nual Grant. If we had longer Range planning certain fundamental decisions would be worked despite everything or. Sir Luck is a happier Man now than at any time in the past year. He is looking Forward with pleasure to his retire m e n t and the sabbatical leave that follows it. The situation is better at the University than a year ago lie said. Financial prob lems remain but the in decision is gone. He is confident the univer sity won t encounter any new financial crises in the imme Diate future. When he came to the University in 1970, he found the existing administrative Struc t u r e created an inherent clash Between staff and mid die management he said. His reorganization which he views As a modest Success was designed to Combine management and staff functions in the vice presidents duties. The situation facing the new president will be Dif Ferent to the one i found he said. I won t be surprised or dismayed if he should choose a different a the new president expected to be selected in March will also inherit a budget being put together now. Or. Pollard said he will be working with a budget which May hinder his at tempts to develop the univer sity the Way he thinks it should go. I Hope the Grants commission will recognize this and take it into account and allow some ;