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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 13, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Want a better answer try us secretarial Telephone answering service m7-1m1 City wide paging service Winnipeg free press Friday october 13, 1978 City news 0t and class mail registration number 0286 it leaves you breathless. Alice Krueger Technocrat philosophy Plato s Republic revisited some say it s the full Moon but elections seem to have the same effect All sorts of weird and wonderful things seem to come out of the Woodwork when there s an election. If you re a voter in St. Boniface you May have gotten a Handbill in big bold letters offering the follow ing intriguing Challenge Reward for irrefutable evidence that any political administration knows How to effect solutions to major social prob the list of social problems includes every conceivable ill plague ing the Canadian Economy today among them crime unemployment monetary instability rising taxes escalating National debt slums and drug abuse. It s signed Jim Davidson . Box 1061, Winnipeg. The Reward is offered to any individual or organization that can come up with the evidence. But that s just to get your attention. Now for the catch. In the Fine print at the Bottom of the Handbill is the name of an organization called Technocracy inc., and naturally Davidson is hop ing people will be curious enough to ask what it is. Technocracy inc. Is a Little known group whose Basic belief is that politicians Are All Over their Heads. That no matter How Well intentioned not one of them is competent to administer the complexities of modern society. Davidson is one of its local adherents and while he s ready to put up the in Reward Money if someone comes up with the Evi Dence he s convinced hell never have to pay up. How did he arrive at the figure of the 78 cents is a code for 1978. The has to do with the approximate geographic Loca Tion of Winnipeg he s also convinced the demo cratic free Enterprise system is in a state of near collapse and that no politician regardless of his or her political Stripe can pull the coun try out of its present mess. His solution Well in the wonder Ful world of Technocracy there would be no government no politicians no taxes no Money less work and everyone would have an income equivalent to a Day. The existing Price system As we know it would be abolished and the reins of government would he handed Over to an elite order of scientists and technologists. Technocracy was originally a . Organization of engineers scientists and economists which in 1918-19 under the name of the tech Nical Alliance and direction of Howard Scott predicted North America was headed for a collapse of its economic social and political systems. All this was based on the rate at which we were consuming non renewable resources. Initial Survey of these resources took place in 1920. It gained momentum during the depression and spread into Canada in the 1930s. The organization was outlawed for a period during the last War. But somehow it continues to sur Vive and Given another Adverse turn of circumstances the organization apparently expects a renew Al of interest in Technocracy. Technocrats Don t like to talk about How Many members they have but estimates of today s membership in Canada put it at less than about 15 Are thought to be in Winnipeg. At first hand it probably looks like an eccentric s idea but with me this is not a Davidson a 63-year-old retired landlord said of his Reward scheme. Although an Active and Long time believer in Technocracy Davidson does t try to preach or push his theory. Hell Send you literature but Only if you ask for it. The handbills he had printed were delivered in some parts of St. Vital and South Dale by his grandson but Davidson says it s still too Early to Tell what the response will be. But he s obviously grown used to a sceptical society apathy is amazingly he said. A huh for democracy. The sys tem May not be perfect but just think if it weren t for democracy with its Freedom of expression and Freedom of the press and All that we might never hear about Guys like Davidson. In a tech Nate that s what they Call their new we might not be that Lucky. Eat up Sidney Silverman. Last july the president of the Manitoba landlords association promised that landlords would be reasonable when controls were lifted. All most landlords want is 10 to 15 per cent he said at the time. With Manitoba s rent decontrol program Only one week old it looks like the gouging of pre rent control Days is right Back with us. Not 10 or 15 per cent Sidney. The increases Are averaging 19 per cent in some smaller apartment blocks and As High As 30 per cent in some single family Homes or duplexes Accord ing to the rent review Agency. Now Silverman is eating Crow and he does t much like it. In a statement thursday Silver Man was squirming All Over the place. First he said he was not aware of any increases of that magnitude. Then he implied that either the rent review Agency or the free press did t know what they were talking about there is a possibility that the figures Are exaggerate next he tried to get out of it by pointing out not All landlords in the province Are members of his association the inference being that perhaps the gouges Are non Mem Bers. He wound up with this com ment the figures in the free press refer to Only a few Hundred units and not the general increase. I believe that within the next few weeks the picture will be entirely different and the general increases will be Between eight per cent and 15 per cent and not 19 per cent to 30 per cent. In the meantime there Are a lot of vacancies in this City and any tenant seeking accommodations can pick and choose a unit to suit tax appeals rejected but deferral suggested by kick Blanchard three appeals against tax Bills were rejected thursday by the civic Board of Appeal. But in a related move the Board recommended City Council not charge the Hastings Bou Levard property owners for local improvements levied earlier this year. Originally the three St. Vital Resi dents had appealed because their tax Bills had doubled since the City in stalled services along a former Back Lane to their properties now known As Marallo Street. H. B. Tucker a. J. Lambert and h. N Rutler All of Hastings had argued before the Board in septem Ber that local improvements such As sower water and paving on Marallo did t Benefit them but were in stalled Only to service a new 30-unit townhouse Complex developed by lbs construction Ltd. Of Winnipeg. But having denied the three appeals on the grounds the assessments had been fair and the Board is now recommending City Council defer the local improvement charges for the three and a fourth objector who had t formally appealed her 1978 assessment in time. The Board ruled that to assess the property owners on a double front age at this time would be an unfair normally City residents pay taxes on rear lanes. In this Case the Board did not recommend restricting the four homeowners from opening their 150 foot deep lots at the Back and using Marallo. Development planned from St. Norbert to Netley Marsh million for Sites on red the Federal and provincial govern ments signed a million seven year agreement thursday to develop Parks and historic Sites in the red River corridor from the flood Way Gate at St. Norbert to Netley Marsh on Lake Winnipeg. Projects include Parks Canada developing an interpretive Centre for historical information at the Junction of the red and Assiniboine Rivers. The possibility of a 25-acre Park near after the Canadian National Yards Are moved will also be investigated. Parks Canada will look into the building of Dock facilities at Riel House to provide water Access. The Federal and provincial governments will jointly provide More Parks on the Rivers in downtown Winnipeg and some River develop ment in St. Boniface. The two governments will up Grade the River Road through Selkirk to the Marsh. Seven Small Sites will be bought on the River for picnic areas. They will also consider trails for bicycles hiking and Cross country skiing. The provincial government has agreed to do initial work at Cooks Creek and the Mouth of the la Salle River. The two government Levels will each handle parts of the project and some will be done jointly. When the contributions Are added up the Feder Al government will pay 54 per cent of the total the province the remain Der. There will be a management Board appointed to control the project while a management team will look after daily operations a Public advisory Council will assess Public opinion and there will be a planning team for the corridor. Plans will also be considered for developing a nature interpretive Centre for Netley Marsh. The agreement is the first signed under the Federal agreement for recreation and conservation arc Gram announced last year. Lake Winnipeg Selkirk lower fort Garry lock or St. Andrew s on the red River Road downtown Riverbank Assiniboine Junction Winnipeg St. Boniface Riverbank stabilization red River corridor area Day care centres compare favourably to child rearing in Home Comfort by Manfred Jager if you re a working Mother and you be got that nagging worry Day care May be damaging your child s emotional adjustment and personality development you can take heart. United states psychologists have proven conclusively that Home reared youngsters have no psycho logical advantage Over their Day care Centre Peets. The Only problem according to or. Mark Golden associate professor of psychiatry at new York s Albert Einstein school of Medicine is in the Field of communication. The message in t getting through to people quickly enough for our liking. We d love the Public to know that there is nothing to worry about and that All those working mothers out there can relax and concentrate on their jobs instead of worrying about their kids. I guess it will be a few years until the message sinks in. In the meantime publications Are still com ing out arguing that there is damage from separation. These Are books written before our evidence was Golden a psychologist by Back ground is in Winnipeg to address the fourth annual conference of the Canadian association for Young Chil 55 Nassau puts 6% ceiling on its rents a picture of 55 Nassau that appeared in thursday s final edition of the free press was used in a graph to illustrate rent increases in the province since 1975 and not the in creases at the Winnipeg apartment building. In fact rents at 55 Nassau have been Frozen until May 1980, for those who were tenants of the build ing before june 1978. They have been increased up to i per cent for tenants moving in after that Date on suites no longer covered by the province s rent control program. The free press regrets any embarrassment the graph May have caused owners of 55 Nassau. Dren at the Winnipeg convention Centre which opens before educators and health professionals today and lasts until sunday. In an interview thursday the new York psychologist said the time has come not so much to break a Lance in favor of mothering As the title of a Book expounding the alleged Dan Gers of Day care is titled but in favor of Golden said his research project in new York studied a Large num Ber of youngsters up to a be three and their development. The concern was that of the mothers who Felt they were harm ing their infants by going to work and leaving them in Day care. What we found was that children who had extensive group Day care experience compared with Home reared children did not differ in any aspect of their psychological makeup and development. They developed As Well As the youngsters whose mothers stayed Home to look after them and i am talking about youngsters As Young As two months of age and spending Days away from their Moth Golden said what matters most in Mother child bonding is not the num Ber of hours spent together per Day but the Type of togetherness Between Mother and child for which there is no substitute. The infants attachment to the Mother is still stronger than to the care giver even though the care giver May spend More time with the youngster. This has also been shown on the kibbutzim in Israel the infants retained their Strong attachment to their mothers and to nobody else even though the ers spent most waking hours away from them at Golden said the research corroborated in other . Studies As Well has been too recent to enable investigators to follow their re search subject into puberty or Young adulthood. However the new York psychologist said the scientific Community is so certain about the findings that it fully expects them to be borne out even later in life. North America lagging in care of handicapped doctor declares european countries Are far ahead of the u. S. And Canada in their systems to prevent the birth and development of handicapped Chil Dren a British expert on child development said Here thursday. What s More he said half the handicapped victims need not be damaged if health care was optimal for them and their mothers before birth. And by allowing severe Handi Caps at the rate of cases per year Canada is damaging its econ omy to the tune of an annual billion. Arthur Wynn head of the spastic society of England and a senior executive of the Joseph Rountree Chari table Trust of London is in Winnipeg As one of the keynote speakers during the fourth annual conference of the Canadian association for Young Chil Dren. The convention which has attracted about educators behaviour its physicians nurses psychiatrists and psychologists As Well As social workers opens at the Winnipeg convention Centre today and continues until sunday. Wynn said during an interview Canada As Well As the United states Are ahead of most of the English speaking countries in advanced Ante Natal care of mothers and their unborn and delivery and paediatric care for the first 12 months of an infant s life. But compared with Continental european countries Wynn said the English speaking world still is not doing very Well at All. What we must concern ourselves with is the care covering the whole human reproductive process from before Conception right to the time a child enters Wynn said there Are reliable Esti mates that North americans lose about 10 per cent of their infants to mild handicaps most of them brain damaged to the extent of affecting heir employability later in life. As for severe handicaps the european figures for Europe Are slightly Over one per cent. This would mean that the handicapped would require some support in their every Day living that is they need help with eating dressing toileting and so for Canada this would mean that every year about babies Are born with severe handicaps Wynn said. By applying existing medical knowledge Wynn said about half the total damage through Handicap could be prevented. Wynn did not say what seems to prevent North american health sys tems from using their accumulated knowledge to prevent Handicap. By not preventing it Canada is estimated to suffer a pure economic loss of about billion a year in unearned wages and care costs to say nothing of the non monetary emotional damage and grief caused by Handicap ;