Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 22, 1977, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg tilt january 197 Carter move draws bouquets by the asset faced of Tess president Carters Pardon of Vietnam Era draft evaders was says a deserter living in a positive step Forward says an american exile the limited Pardon is Dis inconsistent and said Mike a a Dearold Brook deserter who now lives in Powers is spokesman for the american deserters which says it Speaks for about 300 deserters an draft evaders in we have maintained All along that we want a univer unconditional amnesty that would comprise nearly a million War resisters including i particular the veterans with dishonourable Dis said he said he now will visit the United where was indicted foe failing to Register for the the Carter Pardon did not cover draft evaders accused of or men with Lessith Antonora ble government officials estimate that about men May be covered by the Carter they say nearly persons who entered the service wont be but Carter said the cases of Many will re viewed to see whet few their discharges can be upgraded to Honor its Nagel of in hot a sirs it Speaks for exiles in its a positive Steu for but its not the and i Hope he Doest stick him self with this proposal for the rest of his of who deserted from his army unit in West Ger in said Robert an artist who fled to Pardon for draft evaders brings mixed reaction Here Canada from in democratic process won out in the Bottieri was arrested by the Fri when he tried to return to the United states last Christmas eve to see his he is freon bail awaiting trial for draft evasion but says he is a Cana Dian citizen now and Doest expect to return to the United states to the wealthier registers who had enough information to escape the draft got Par said George Razo who also deserted to France from a army unit in West the economically deprived make said who is from Pough in Victor Schwarz a draft resister from Long who now is a Canadian said he was disappointed that Carter has offered a Pardon instead of a general what i did in coming to Canada and not taking part in the War was probably the most positive thing 1 Ever now a Media relations officer for the unemployment insurance t h e Pardon implies i did something Schwarzman said his family have visited him in Canada and now i can look Forward to seeing them Mote regularly Bill a 31yearold deserter from now working As a news photographer in said he would not return to the United states even if he were id like to go Back to for the but not to he i have no patriotic feelings or any like the War Register information a Canad wide organization to Aid War re estimated that about to men in Canada be permitted to go Home under the usually White and Middle Rathor than individuals who because of education or background ended up in the service and then decided to Marks Hes president Carter not doing much with people who received less than lion o r a b 1 e Marks those who received less than honorable discharges often have trouble finding jobs and dont receive the continued benefits other veterans Are he it was also Nice of Carter not to Pardon those who committed acts of violence or sold services in the army such As granting he despite the Pardon he said the vast majority of Ameri can draft evaders be the Par Don however would make it easier for them to live he As for the future of the draft evader information ser vice in it will Likely continue with he his group has applied to the National Council of churches in Washington for funding to provide coun Selling to awol and for a newsletter for draft evaders to let them know whats Marks nonviolent War resisters get unconditional Pardon Washington a p Vietnam Era draft evaders can return to the United those working for clemency can and the few in prison for breaking the draft Law can go pres ident Carter has pardoned on his first full Day in the White Carter fulfilled a Campaign Promise Friday by issuing a Complete and unconditional Pardon to All draft evaders who did not commit acts of his first order As president affected More than evaders known to the Justice and possibly thousands More Unk Nown to the never registered for the some groups say from to one million men did not Register and were not Dis covered during the Vietnam War but Carters order did not cover the approximately men who deserted and either received Les than honorable discharges or re main the president ordered the defence depart ment to study the possibility of upgrading general Dis but the White House said no further action is contemplated in the worst cases involving bad conduct or Dis honorable garters action stirred the Wrath of veterans groups and conservatives on Capitol senator Barry Goldwater called it the most disgraceful thing that a president has Ever critics of the Vietnam War expressed Joy mixed with concern that the president did not go far a department spokesman said those affected by the Pardon include who were convicted of draft violations or pleaded who Are including about in Cana 300 another and 200 whose whereabouts Are Carters proclamation instructed the Justice depart ment to drop charges against men under indictment on draft including Many of the the Pardon applied to All draft offences committed be tween time of the Tonkin Gulf and March after the pullout and Hanoi re lease of prisoners of Rutherford quits Winnipeg Ballet Carters Pardon Means any one who fled the to avoid the draft can return to the without fear of pros ecu those who gave up their citizenship after fleeing can but Only under alien in addition to excluding draft evaders who engaged in Carters Pardon specifically left out any employees of the selective service system who violated the Law by Selling draft deferments or Carters order said the Par Don covers any draft evaders who were performing alternative service to qualify a limited clemency program set up by Gerald Ford when he was that Means they can quit their Fords clemency program attracted Only of the eligible government figures about of them were deserters who received less than Honor Able the Pentagon says deserters Are still at Carters Pardon specifies that the government forever give up its right to prosecute the draft one draft Robert who fled to can Ada in reacted to news of the Pardon by saying in the democratic process really won in the president Jimmy Carter turns a Little girl to the floor after holding her in his arms during a White House reception photo president and Carter held the reception for the Georgia Peanut landlord faces fines Over rebates l continued he started out in the then became principal and finally associate director and production Coor before coming to m r Rutherford was a student at the Ballet theatre and the Robert Jef Frey school of Ballet in new when asked about the future of the Ballet after two key Ruther Ford where the company goes from this de pends entirely on How much he Board of directors in the City of Winnipeg wants to support Arnold Spohr and his plans for the future of the they cant go far without Rutherford gave his notice to Spohr last sea so that Spohr would have a full year to replace he Spohr said in a Tele phone interview thursday is considering Hilary Ballet mistress at the Royal Ballet formerly sadlers Wells in As Rutherford replace he this is if Rutherford does not change his mind about when asked about reports that Cameron As general manager because of friction Between Ca Meron and that the situation came to a head when Spohr presented a report to toe Board of Spohr the Best Way not to be quoted is to shut in really not Happy with these people who Are not to be they say they be quoted and then p u t the situation in my 1 had differences with him Cameron and Well be moving on to new responding to reports that Cameron did not get along with the and had an approach which was not compatible with the artistic Aims and focus of the Spohr people Are sometimes not but 1 cant account for in not there to 1 believe in he replied no comment on camerons approach As general there Are so Many a i have to get along with we both have to when people work together there should be a Edward Reger has been appointed acting general manager of the a search committee has been formed to look for a new general Reger said tuesday he Hopes to be a major candidate for the to Spohr said he Hopes that Reger will be a Strong Richard president of the Board of said no comment when asked about reports that Ca had resigned because of disagreements with Spohr and that the situation had come to a Bead when Spox presented a report to the Board of pay the rebates and Roll Back Rosenberg they would be in direct con tempt and violation of the rent stabilization act and liable for fines ranging from to a Day for each suite for every Day they were in violation of the they would also be required to pay interest in the Money owing a spokesman for Ruttan development said the com Pany had received Rosenbergs letter but haunt yet made a formal decision on How to Deal with i think the attitude rut Tan has taken is if the Board insists rent rebates be paid continued Back right away they will pay the rent he were not All together sure at this Point whether or not this is going to be the stance of the the obvious problem weve got is that in the event we were to go to court and succeed we would be in the position of having paid Back the rebates but the tenants would owe rent the ten ants would end up paying the r u 11 a n spokesman said the company haunt filed an Appeal with the court of Queens Bench yet because of the mechanics of getting one together but Rosenbergs letter was an incentive to be Rosenberg said rut fan had a lot of paperwork to do before it could Issue rent rebates but the first of them should be out by the begin Ning of february and most of them should be paid by the end of she said tenants should Roll Back their own rents and should apply to the rent review Board if they dont receive their the increases the rent re View Board approved for Ruttan for phase i 1975 to 1976 and phase ii after 1976 were 55 10 per cent and per cent Kil Tarton 10 per cent and eight per cent Fountain 10 per cent and per cent and Sussex 10 per cent and per both Khan and the rent review Board refused to say what increase the pm Pany had applied but an other company spokesman said they were substantially Man sentenced in fraud of credit Union continued proposed Motel would Only Cost million to on the basis of his promises and collateral the credit Union authorized the car persisted Over and Over again until he found a Jacksteit he called him a Man prone to swindle people out of and pointed to cars criminal record Between 1952 and 1955 involving charges of fraud and false when the credit Union asked to see his hotel equip car always had excuses Why he pro Duce Jacksteit eventually the accused sent them to a storage company where they examined television ovens and but subsequent investigation showed that car had bought the goods on credit and had to re Tfirn them almost immediately when he pay for at one car went to a lawyer in used a false name and said he wanted to be a silent partner in the Regent Avenue pro investigation later revealed that he had done so to make it appear there was sufficient financing for the project to placate the credit unions car was arrested when the credit Union appointed a receiver who discovered the accused had virtually no assets to Back up the loan or Complete the credit Union had spent in its Loans and was left with just the Shell and foundations of the proposed Jacksteit said the credit Union has had to pay another to satisfy contractors liens against the and would have to invest an additional million dollars to Complete the pro posed 59room defence counsel Hersh Wolch said car made no per Sonal gain from the but merely wanted to see his Motel project he said car had a Grade 8 Edu was extremely naive and had Little or no business Wolch said his client was guilty of misrepresenting his financial something which society tolerates on a Small its a natural tendency to make yourself look More liable than you especially when applying for a he car got the idea of going into the hotel business in de m o n t o n but his dream turned into a Wolch he lost All his including about in mining has been living in a month room in bring Constitution Home fast Trudeau continued Ference in the prime minister argued that the Constitution should be Patriate with a formula for amending it later which most provinces agree and that to the Constitution itself should take place later in but he said that if the prov inces can agree to changes in Senate entrench frent of language a commitment to minimizing regional continuing Federal provincial possibly changes in appointments to the supreme court of Cana then he is prepared to agree to these amendments at the same time As Patria Trudeau How that he will have Noth ing to do with discussions about the distribution of As pressed for by the As part o the act of bringing the Constitution to he made it Clear that he will not tolerate a Long series of meetings on a draft Procla mation incorporating these changes in the if it seems Likely that that result Early Patria Tion could be achieved after a further conference to discuss modifications that any of the pre Miers might think i would be Happy to join in such a conference at a Mutu ally convenient he told it is quite Howe that the areas of disagree ment May be various and perhaps he the prime minister said that if this he favors going ahead with Patria Tion with the amending formula As agreed on at the 1971 Victoria conference leaving every thing else for discussions and action at the next stage after Patria Tion the Victoria formula would provide for amendments to the Constitution with the agreement of the majority of provinces including at least two of the Atlantic provinces and at least two of the Western prov Trudeau said that if the provinces dont think this is the right the Federal government is ready to embark on the other route of total constitutional he warned that if this course is followed it will be essential for All of us to be willing to meet the Challenge that this pose in As open minded a Way As Possi ble consistent with our re unburdened by commitments to any preconceived and con strained Only by the dictates of our sense of what will Best serve the interests of canadians in All parts of Trio arrested for breaking the vigilance of a neighbor thursday afternoon led to the arrest of two boys in a House at 1186 valour Road and later to the arrest of a the three Ages 15 and were transferred to the Manitoba youth they face charges in connection with 25 to 30 Bouse breaking committed during the last three months in Dif Ferent parts of the a police spokesman said Friday a neighbor noticed activity at 1186 valour and called renovation of Stony Mountain questioned by Gebard Stony up As the Canadian Penitentiary service turns its Century old Stony Mountain institution into a medium Security it is planning to build new maximum Security one near 15 Miles to the guards and prisoners told a special commons subcommittee Friday they feel Stony Mountain should remain maximum Security and the new prison should be medium the subcommittee found workmen ripping out old cell blocks to replace them with living unit the visiting mrs also spoke to men after being guards for As Long As 15 had suddenly become living unit while both guards and prisoners said they Welcome the living amt they suggested Stony with its forbidding be the wrong place to Jack president of the Public service Alliance of Canada questioned the Money being spent on renovating Stony another Union representative said the natural place Tor a medium Security prison is close to Winnipeg so prison ers can easily be released for work or study Douglas Union Vic president for the Prairie said that in 27 years As a guard the living unit approach is the first Light 1 have seen a the treatment of under the living unit con prisoners have their own rooms and other facilities instead of guards Are responsible for the same group of prisoners and Are expected to develop close relationships built on a nine member prisoner welfare committee also praised the living unit but said the spirit Bast quite reached Stony the committee said an officer who applied the philosophy had been suspended for two and others still hold a custodial forty eight of the 60 living unit officers Are guards Given new titles after two weeks of some of them suggested the training is inadequate for new prisoners said the Walls around Stony Mountain and its location on the Only High spot of land for Miles around dont give the prison a me Diu Security Young mostly in on drug described vocational training programs As weak an4 said they Arent recognized when graduates go for jobs or seek course credits outside the they said zealous efforts by a Canada manpower representative to get prisoners jobs had become entangled in the Federal the average prisoner has a Grade 7 education and int helped much in there leaving Here in worse Shaye than when they came one prisoner Peter progressive conservative member of parliament for asked the guards Why 70 per cent of Indian and Metis prisoners come Back to Stony Moun the guards said natives Are paroled in Winnipeg instead of in the Northern communities most of them come they said although one third of the 450 prisoners Are Only a couple of prison employees More native employees should be hired and premiums be paid in they speak but a committee of Indian and prisoners objected to hiring More we get More Static off the native people than we do off a committee member ;