Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 28, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tuesday april 28, 1981 11 come see and save picnic table ready to assemble 2x4 construction Complete material package Man Nan m Complete material package ready for stucco each note workshop enthusiasts on Friday from 6-9 come and see our master craftsman demonstrate the Model 8 table saw and other Fine Rockwell tools spic Sal Coupon is Worth towards toe punch fuse a of any other item at your Partick Patina olympic healer. T sea Rales on Coupon available a the paint hardware counter simplified do it yourself roof drainage systems hew deluxe Vinyl eaves roughing Vinyl eaves rough. New Strong durable Vinyl Root drainage system is built to withstand harsh Canadian climates easy to install for a life time of service and Good looks. Precision made sections snap together quickly need no glueing. Rust and corrosion proof clean White appearance. A solid investment m Home improvement1 3 m 10 length. 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The communist party which in Manitoba had its roots in Winnipeg s North end has become almost acceptable in the years since the second world War when it was declared illegal. How Ever Fletcher said we Don t get very much press coverage. I get upset at still she sometimes gets invited to speak to High school political classes. Born in Sault Ste. Marie ont., she joined the party in Toronto when she was 22, after meeting people who had ideas that this system is not necessarily the be All and end All of systems. We re taught in school that capital ism will last forever. I started becoming More aware of the rest of the she spent some time trying to organize a garment work ers Union then came to Manitoba in 1977 at the re quest of the party. Her position is a full time Job with an average salary. Married to Day care worker Steven september Fletcher lives in the North end and works out of the party s office on main Street. My husband is very supportive of me share everything All of the duties in the she said. You have to spend an awful lot of time in this kind of Job and he does a lot of things at Home and if that was t the Case it would be impossible. I really appreciate his Fletcher spends her Day writing correspondence leaflets and statements talking to people working with women s groups and speaking in Public. When i think about it it does t sound like i do very much but every Day is a full full Day. I work late. Every night there s a meeting of some kind and i m often not Home for the biggest project facing the party now is the collection of signatures needed under the Manitoba elec Paula Fletcher enjoyed first news conference. Tion finances act to legitimize the party for the next election. Fletcher Calls the act a harassment against a party that has been in Manitoba for Over 50 although she has no doubts the Signa Tures will be gathered. Dedicated to the party line she occasionally slips into rhetoric gesturing while speaking of Al Salvador the classic Story of people struggling for their Freedom and it s being presented to us As a Bunch of gun toting Cra Zies against a moderate government or afghanis Tan again another Point of the basically . Imperialist world trying to whip up a great anti soviet afghan women were uneducated not allowed at pub Lic meetings and endured arranged marriages said Fletcher. To say we should be supporting the rebels in Afghanistan Means support ing a Feudal Structure and that s . President Reagan she adds is a very danger Ous Man. Internationally he s a threat to world peace his advisers Are All the most right Wing anti people pro military closer to Home Fletcher would like to see regional self government for native people equal rights for City read the free press . Scene Back cover this week s Issue for the Best bedroom value we have Ever offered National Energy Board notice of Export licensing of International Bunker supplies for the particular attention of 1 persons Selling Bunker fuel to foreign air lines and foreign Flag ships 2 owners or operators of commercial aircraft or ships engaged in International transportation and 3 persons providing Bunker fuel to aircraft or ships to be used in International transportation. A. On and after May 1. 1981, Export licences of the National Energy Board will be mandatory for the Supply of aviation and Marine fuels loaded in Canada for consumption in International transportation. B. In addition on and after 1 May 1981, All Licens Able supplies of the foregoing description will be subject to certain charges known As transportation fuel compensation recovery charges de signed to ensure that Marine and aviation fuel to be used in International transportation is not sold at the subsidized Price prevailing within Canada. C. This notice is issued for the convenience of persons who May be affected by the measures in question. For further particulars write to the National Energy Board 473 Albert Street Ottawa k1a oe5, or telex 053-3791, or Telephone 613 995-2836. Women and the working class having the Power in society to determine its direction and what society s wealth will be used she is not speaking of an end to private property for individuals. That s the biggest lie that has been perpetrated about the reason for socialism is to give a better living she has never been to the soviet Union but the carib bean and especially Cuba is a favorite destination. There s a big difference Between Cuba and the other islands in terms of the Standard of living the Lack of racism and oppression and the ability to go to school. I love the i love the music and dancing and staying out late. I think i be got latin blood in music is also a big part of her Home life with Steven playing saxophone in a band and Fletcher acting in her spare time with the Nellie Mcclung women s theatre group. She has special concerns about women s rights with assaults on women and the elderly part of that concern. I Don t like to walk out alone at it s frighten she said telling of a Friend who was terrified when a Young Man broke her window with his fist and shouted threats when she refused to let him in. The police came and told her it was her fault she must have said something to get him mad. She s Over 60 years old and just a tiny woman. She was afraid to even put the garbage out at night. It s a terrible comment on our society that women and older people feel they can t go out that the streets Are no longer theirs in the evening. I think that s one of the reasons i m a communist. I Don t want to live in a society like but her overriding interest is still the party and its goal of a socialist Canada. Being a communist said Fletcher is second nature at this Portage firm launches suit Over losses a Portage la Prairie company has launched Legal action in which it claims it lost million when the federally backed Ooza we Kwun Indian training Centre at Rivers failed to Supply workers needed to launch a Cabinet making opera Tion. In a statement of claim Homestead kitchens Ltd. Alleges it purchased equipment made building repairs and incurred other costs with the Assurance an ample Supply of labor would be available. But when workers weren t provided the company went into receivership and suffered a substantial loss on the ensuing forced Sale of equipment and other property Glenn Sigurdson Homestead s lawyer said yesterday. The company is suing the Federal government Ooza we Kauri Centre inc. And the Centre s manager Frank Price for about in investment losses and million for loss of anticipated sales Revenue As of last june 30. Sigurdson said Homestead originally wanted to locate in Brandon but was told a Federal economic expansion Dree Grant would Only be provided if the company located at the Ooza we Kwun Centre. He said the Federal government also promised to Supply native workers and pay 75 per cent of their wages during a six month training period. Homestead owner George Guertin was persuaded to go to Rivers by Sigurdson said. That was the whole basis of the Grant being failure claimed Guertin could not be reached for comment yesterday. Price said yesterday that pre employment training of native workers was not initiated because Homestead failed to establish itself at the former armed forces base. The company had not signed a lease for Industrial space at the Complex and no equipment was installed he said. Ooza we Kwun he added does not bring people in on speculation that a business is going to get while there was discussion of providing up to 40 native trainees Price said i Don t recall anything being signed in terms of he said Guertin talked of employing up to 100 people Over All but if you have no equipment you Don t need any Sigurdson meanwhile said Homestead had acquired machinery and also arranged credit and made alterations to buildings at the Centre All on the strength of the Grant wage subsidy and Promise to Supply workers. He said Homestead proposed to locate at Portage when the required work Force did not materialize at Rivers however after considering the matter for almost two years the Feder Al government refused to Transfer the Dree Grant to the new location. Ooza we Kwun which opened in 1971, currently is the site of four manufacturing companies which employ 150 to 200 people ;