Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 6, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free May 1978 claim support for others9 Means them so reds say there tired of opinion poll Label Ottawa up social creditors Are tired of being labelled the others by pollsters sampling Public support for political they Are hoping a new Leader chosen by the party this weekend in Winnipeg will drum up enough support to put credit onto the pollsters lists along with the progressive conservatives and new democrats instead of in the mis Cellaneous category peopled by comm marxists and assorted the last Gallup poll showed that among decided four per cent of the electorate support the social credit party officials say the vast majority of that four per cent a fairly constant figure in recent years went to it is from this tiny base that the party Hopes to become the balance of Power in a possible minority government after the next Federal which could come As Early As this july and As late As Only eight social credit maps All from Quebec sit in the Bruce a party says the new to be chosen from two Western Canadian will give the party a More National image and boost support both inside and outside no sacred maps from outside Quebec have been elected since a third Phil a for Mer British Columbia Cabinet had entered the leadership race and shortly after indicated he would drop conference organizers insisted until thursday night that the former evangelist was still running but then issued a state ment saying Gaglardi regretted leaving the race but said he Doest have the temperament to sit in the House of commons As an opposition my and Only have the Power to shout at four Gaglardi threw his support behind mar tin a bilingual lawyer from Edmonton who is a former National party the other remaining candidate is lome an English professor from Winnipeg considered by Many in the Ottawa Headquarters and influential que Bec Wing As the favored rez Nowski is bilingual and carries the endorsement of most of the Adrien my for says Reznowski is the Ideal Leader for a party which has seen increased polarization Between its Western and Quebec ranks because he is neither French nor English but Speaks both the leadership convention begins today with a special banquet in Honor of the late Andre the former National Leader who was killed june in an Automo bile so reds choose their Leader while Matte dreams alone Ottawa up for Rene 10 years a social credit this weekends social credit leadership convention in Winnipeg was to have been a High Point in his political the Quebec my will spend the weekend at Home in his Miles away from his former colleagues at the once dreamed of transform ing the party into the voice of Quebec separatism in when that dream he decided to hang on As the sole advocate of an Independent que Bee in the Federal it is a lonely Matte was expelled from his party april he says he has nothing but contempt for the former col leagues who not Only destroyed his Hopes of becoming credit Ste Leader but under mined his crusade to turn their regional party into a National voice for Les every time Matte takes his seat in the he says he senses the hostility around an outcast from social he has few Liberal friends because of his angry denunciations of prime minister tru Deaus federalism and has Little in com Mon with either the conservatives or the new democratic both of which have pledged to fight to preserve a United can parliaments Only avowed Quebec separatist sits As an Independent for the Riding of determined to Battle alone against he says Quebec separatists have no Choice but to vote for the conservatives in the coming election unless they happen to live in but even his own a tract of Dairy farm country Between Montreal and Quebec will soon become unfamiliar the Riding Matte faces in the next election will be changed almost beyond recognition by his birth Marc Des along with 18 other Small villages has been Transfer red out of the Riding and he gains Cap de la a town which has traditionally favored the stripped of his party affiliation and facing a Riding which is 45 per cent Matte still says he is standing in a Shower of disguised it is no hardship to be without a party these for the simple reason that people Are disenchanted with All political he my leaving it was a veritable the bearded former teacher has always had to struggle to fit the credit Ste the close attention the party paid to local issues has led observers to comment that credit Ste knows every Rene Matte child and Dairy cow in his but Matte has almost ignored Dairy farm he has made flamboyant speeches in the House about double agents in the about terrorism and about police suppression of civil Matte says he has not a Trace of linger ing nostalgia for his decade in the social All my former colleagues wanted was to get their salaries and stay Long enough to accumulate big he they always used to ask me Why i took positions that might upset my chances of getting the were narrow minded All except the late real for Mer Leader of the his autographed portrait still hangs on Mattes office in Matte won the Riding by a margin Over Liberal Laurier he is so certain he will win the next election that he has no idea what he would do if he i cant see me doing anything i guess id have to think about it when it a photo David Tallichet of Huntington is with his three b25 bombers of second world War Vintage As they get ready to leave for a transatlantic flight to where they will appear in a War smoke Detector sales up Toronto up Tesmen at three major re Tail stores in Toronto say the demand for smoke detectors has increased dramatically since a House fire killed six members of one in the legislature Fri solicitor general George Kerr said smoke detectors could be made mandatory in a new provincial fire code which is being Larry min ister of consumer and commercial said All new Homes must have the watch soviets told Kremlin racist Carter a president calling the soviet Union a racist says he has warned the rus sians Many times that to maintain peace throughout the world they must watch their step in but Carter did not say what he would do if the rus sians do not heed the warn the soviets know very clearly How deeply i feel about the presi Dent i have communicated directly with soviet president Leonid Brezhnev through private sealed Mes Carter made his comments at a town meeting in spoon Friday As he concluded a fou state tour to the Western United the president returned to Washington late the president told his Audi ence of that cuban troops have been used by the russians to fight in african conflicts and said he has communicated his concern about this to Moscow in the strongest possible he also said state Secre tary Cyrus during a visit to Moscow last told the russians on his be half be careful How you use your military strength in if you want to be a Friend of the United states and maintain peace through out the he said the russians Are shipping african countries excessive amounts of Wear i think that there mis taken in their african poli he saying that it conflicts with a Strong of nationalism in those i think there is an innate racism that exists toward Black people within the so Viet As compared to Carter we know How to live with White and Black people we respect each we have Learned this the hard instead of shipping arms to Carter the United states offers economic Friendship and a commitment to human rights and i believe in the Long run our system will he we could compete More directly and effectively with the soviets on a temporary basis by trying to sell our weapons to every coun try that Calls for 1 dont think that is the right there checking on who by Sally Quinn the Washington Post Washington it want the idea of the Security Check that any body such things arc commonplace in but what set his neighbors in Georgetown buzzing this week was the target of state departments la test Job Security inquiry Averell former under Secretary of former ambassador to the soviet former ambassador to the court of Jamess former Secretary of former am How could they Send someone around asking if Averell had a drink ing problem or whether he had a Happy marriage exclaimed one Georgetown ally of columnist Art who was among those contacted by state department Security officer Henry commented what Are you supposed to say a i believe he knew Stalin Bishop insisted he was not at Liberty to explain Why he was checking on the distinguished 86yearold states deep background insisted another state department this one har Riman has been proposed for the delegation to the in special session on Andy Young will be the problem with the publicity is that Harriman Hast been approved by the White House i do think its quite actual said Harriman wife but it is sort of silly for something that Only lasts five and what do they do if somebody Hes sloshed every Harriman what can you say quit asking questions on air my told has been pressing the government for months to set up an inquiry into air safety in the particularly Northern the tory my described safety practices As Shock Mckenzie Rose in the com Mons to demand that the government prosecute the owners of Patricia a Small Ontario charter oper in connection with a crash last May that claimed one sliced carrots omitted on Page 3 of today Lei sure an ingredient was inadvertently omitted at the source from the recipe for Salmon supper please add As the third ingredient in the Cook it your Way recipe 1 cup thinly sliced continued a transport department in Quiry found that the Pilot of the plane did not have the proper qualifications to Fly a that the aircraft was not Safe and and that it did not carry emergency equipment required for flights in Remote Lang replied that the prosecution could not take place because Patricia airlines had declared he explained that he had been told by his advisers that Legal action could Only be taken against the airline company which no longer exists not against the former owners As cancer agents found in water continued it is highly probable that the amounts of Halo methane compounds formed in the water will vary with the sea son and the arrangements have been made for testing of the water sup denies double Standard pm defends Dollar Aid by Paul Whitelaw staff correspondent Ottawa prime minister tru Deau says he sees nothing wrong with Sputh african Banks providing Money to bolster the troubled Cana Dian even though it is govern ment policy to discourage Commer Cial dealings with the White minority in the commons Trudeau rejected a conservative charge that the government has adopted a double Standard toward South for itself and another for private Canadian the pm explained that any South african Money would not be loaned directly to Canada but to Citibank in new which is raising a billion standby credit for the gov calling himself an Unin formed Amateur about How the loan is being said i cannot particularly see that a Man who is going to borrow from somebody else and ask him to lend him some Money worries where the person is getting his it seems to me that in the nature of a commercial you Bor Row Money from a respectable Lender and that should Settle the Matte As far As i am Trudeau continued we Are not borrowing from South we Are borrowing from where Citibank gets the Money is not an immediate problem to the pm said he is wait ing the comments of Ter Jean who told the House Friday that he is looking is the South african my Jim a tory finance said he could not follow Trudeau he said there is a direct contradiction in government we either have that policy of discouraging commercial dealings with South Africa or we do Gillies demanded to know whether Canada will instruct Citibank not to Deal with South african on external affairs min ister Don Jamieson announced can Ada was withdrawing several Trade commissioners from South Africa and withdrawing government sup such As Low Cost to assist Canadian businesses in their Export dealings with the the action was taken to protest South Africa policy of racial apart ply for Halo methane concentrations on a monthly basis for As Long As it says a study by the fed eral health department recently found evidence of a lome Thanes in the drinking water of 70 tested municipal but in amounts thought not to be on the basis of our pres ent it cannot be concluded that the consumption of water containing the Levels of Halo methane found in this present Survey represents a health it the City should continue to chlorinated the Public water Supply while the division will closely Monitor the results of research directed towards defining the effect of these compounds on human health and studying methods for their the report environmental Agency has recommended the use of further filtration such As activated to remove the of fending substances when they exceed recommended the report Gallup poll undecideds9 everywhere the Gallup poll published earlier this week showed the Liberal and the conservative parties in a dead As far As the decided voters were this makes the role of the undecided voter of prime importance even though he May make up his mind Only at the last minute he very Well could go out and vote on election and he could be the deciding Factor in a close an attempt to identify the More undecided groups Lead to the conclusion that they Are virtually Eastern canadians Are somewhat More undecided than Are and those with incomes of under a year contain a higher ratio than their More affluent counterparts but in Only one those with at least some University did the proportion of undecideds drop below Onei three per cent 29 per results today Are based on income interviews with 18 years and conducted in a Sample of this size is accurate within a four percentage Point margin of 19 in 20 according to the Canadian Institute of Public opinion which conducts the Gallup the question was if a Federal election were held which party candidate do you think you would favor Here is How the undecided level runs among specific population segments per cent National by Region Atlantic Quebec Ontario Prairies by sex men women by age 18 to 29 years 30 to 49 years 50 years Over by education elementary secondary University by income under to to and Over com Unity Bize Over under world copyright reserved undecided 39 41 44 37 36 38 36 12 38 39 11 41 29 37 38 10 31 37 43 11 ;