Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 23, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Rich heritage of de Schreyer to Winnipeg Pfell january continued erf d the first truly Western Canadian governor general and the first who is of neither French nor British during the investiture noted these characteristics help Schreyer unite Eastern and will be hearing from a Man who shares the Pride of the Canadian West in its and the in this ism of Western canadians to the problems of further devel Trudeau read from a pre alternating Between and i share with countless others the Hope that you will help All canadians toward a deeper of the Richness and of Mir cultural x Schreyer demonstrated the Multi of his Manitoba roots by former prime minister sir Laurier in German who swore his oath on a x family Bible passed Down from his German stressed the need Tot tolerance and appreciation Atti Fig canadians of Dif Ferent what 1 believe Many people ear Nestly Hope for is not merely the toleration of our differences but the realization that to be a Good Canadian each of us must be True to his or her in a plea for National Schreyer emphasized that bilingualism and multiculturalism will bind rather than rent the the freedoms we now share and cherish ars equal to the Best of coun tries on this they Are sur passed by they can be greater it is not necessary to break the Bonds of our common history to do Schreyer announced earlier he Hopes to Cross the country soon promoting National is have Edward with wife Lily beside gives thumbs up sign following continued message to he be the same As that to the rest of that historically conf Der a political Union Between and French people and that Jav there Are positive benefits to be from living in a country with hell also speak on other matters of including his old Schreyer has never been allowed to forget he once told he made Manitoba Hydro documents his bedtime the country cant follow a course action with respect to a no renew resource As if it Doest matter what consequences this will have for the next he friends expect the official Resi Dence of the Rideau to take on at least a Little of the informality of the schreyers Winnipeg fondly referred to As the cabbage the Bun Galow on four acres of land on the outskirts Winnipeg often Over flowed with neigh Bors and sometimes uninvited but always now have a House with so Many rooms Public works officials cant agree on a specific number about 88 acres of land tended by the National capital private Curling and skating a Toboggan a Cricket pitch and Tennis also have a House staff of including secretarial staff and one thing that seems certain is there will be a lot of visitors at Rideau Hall Over the next few years who Arent Schreyer has been inviting Media members and political colleagues to visit them in Ottawa give us a weeks achievement of a Friendly Atmo sphere at Rideau Hall will be aided by the presence of Lily an outgoing individual whom a Friend once described As a people who loved campaigning and hated almost everything else about being a premiers the arrival of the schreyers four children and at Rideau the first children to live there for Many should also de Schreyer pleads for National help to create a distinctive Atmo sphere in the residence of the Queens representative in Schreyer Hes apprehensive about his new Job Only in the sense that it was major family and up photo Unity in speech read after his his wife Lily is beside personal in that but in terms of carrying the responsibilities of the that really never intimidated me its not the first time Schreyer has found himself in a position seemingly expresses both Joy and boredom during his fathers instal with him is his de accompanied by prime minister walks through Hall of Honor to Senate chamber where he was to be at rear Are Schreyer and commons speaker James beyond his years and first elected to the Manitoba Legisla Ture in he was its youngest though one la described him As the oldest 22yearold Ive Ever he moved on to Federal politics in but in 1969 returned to Manitoba to win the new democratic party leadership just three weeks led the party to Victory in a provincial he was then a front Page Story in a Winnipeg newspaper the next Day no body was More surprised than every body while another talked about de the Beausejour kid who wanted to be a baseball Star driving the progressive conservative government into left the nip were reelected in Mani Toba in 1973 but in 1977 were Defeated by Sterling Lyons Schreyer almost disappeared from Public View for a but As 1978 progressed he seemed to been Joying the role of opposition Leader More and he admitted it May be a Little difficult not to react to events politic ally As he has for 21 but adds in told i was fairly Low keyed in my most of the time if that is i should have less of a problem than i would oth pc Leader rejects tie in divided Canada Ottawa progressive conservative Leader Joe Clark monday rejected the concept of sovereignty association Between Quebec and the rest of we do not accept Soverel Tyas the opposition Leader told reporters after a parliamentary Cau Cus he that a conservative Federal government would be willing to talk to any Quebec govern ment about change and modernization of the relationship Between Ottawa and the we would naturally be prepared to discuss other changes that would keep the country together but that might change the status Clark commented to reporters after David new my and former mayor of received widespread publicity by saying Feder Al politicians should be willing to talk of sovereignty association with que Bec those remarks came a couple of months after Clark was quoted in a Quebec newspaper As under certain a conserva Tive government would negotiate so if the parti quebecois government won the expected he said modernization Means Dis Cussion with the for in a conservative government might discuss with the provinces Cul Tural new riots break out in Iran continued germans react strongly to to holocaust Bonn Reuter West germans reacted with a mixture of incomprehension and deep emotion monday night to the first showing of the television Ries about nazi Germany Mina Tion of six million about 500 viewers called the vision station with their opinions on the a station spokesman Many of the callers said that mans should forget All Why reopen old wounds Why do germans always dirty their own nests was another fre quent for the program did pen old weve been Eming the whole time Why didst the allies intervene earlier against Hitler hew could happen one viewer from West Berlin criticised people who made the feel ashamed of the people who Maje Money this fee was quoted As longtime nazi Hunter Simon Wiesenthal said he had reservations about some aspects of the show which he said smacked of but he said he regarded it on the whole As a positive Contri after holocaust was screened the television Channel held a Nute discussion program in the Dio on Points raised by historian Walter who lived in Germany until said he thought the program was guilty of Lack of taste and inaccuracies but basically u was historically the episode shown monday night followed the life of the Weiss family from 1935 to 1940 and featured such historical events As Krista nacht Crystal the first open Escuton of the jews on the showing of the first episode passed without there were bomb blasts at two regional television transmitter towers thursday night when an Tion to the series was Wing radicals Are suspected of carrying out the armed police supported by Heli copters kept watch on transmission stations monday i Tehran has been filled with rumours of a possible Mili tary coup to keep Khomeini from who orchestrated the movement that drove Shah Moham mad Reza Pahlavi from plans to return Friday and vows to replace Bakhtiar and the constitutional Mon Archy with an islamic in another blow to the Bakhtiar the head of the Regency Council that supposedly is acting in the Shah Jalal resigned under pressure from Kho new political violence broke armoured troops in one Western City broke up Street Battles Between pro and anti Shah gangs in which five persons were reported in Iran ambassador to the Ardeshir said monday the Shah expected trip to the United states has been delayed possibly for a Long no reason was Given for the Zahedi also said a military coup might take place if the Bakhtiar government the Shah vacation took him to Morocco monday on an invitation that sources said was reluctantly extended by an embarrassed King Hassan there was speculation that King has sans embarrassment resulted from the Shah support of mass Graves found rebels Bangkok a the new Viet Nam backed government of cambo Dia said monday the Bones of hundreds of innocent victims of Premier pol pots fallen regime were found in shallow Graves and in a prison in the capital of phenom accounts of the discoveries were released by the news Media of the provisional government with major backing from the vietnamese overthrew pol pot earlier this the accounts cannot be verified but they Are similar to stories told by refugees in the last four Here in sources say pol pots loyalists have brought guerrilla warfare to the Vicinity of phenom thai prime Minster Kri Aniak Ciuha Manan said monday after returning to Bangkok from a helicopter trip to the Frontier that pol pots forces Are regrouping and regaining strength but Are running Short on the newspaper Bangkok Post quoted a High ranking cambodian of nicer who fled to Thailand As saying that fugitive cambodian president Khieu aided by chinese is commanding a Force of is guerrillas in the northeastern of stung ;