Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 27, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press Freedom of Trade Equality of civil rights Liberty of religion at by 9434431 limited Nogol John Batte to Ditona fac editor mafia my editor editorials disappearances continue the administration of former president Jimmy late in its was beginning to win some Effort by the generals who Rule Argentina to moderate the work of their unofficial anti subversion who Kidnap individuals or whole families whose political views they to torture or kill the argentinian government does not formally authorize the work of these keeps no record of the victims and claims to know nothing of their the victims Are therefore said to have though the occasional discovery of an identifiable Corpse suggests what has Proba Bly happened to most of the word has filtered out of argentinian prisons that some Kidnap victims Are pushed out of aircraft Over the which helps explain Why so few bodies Are Ever the Carter administration and Congress in 1978 Cut off arms sales to Argentina because of the Juntas human rights record especially its toleration of the the president Jorge who passed for a moderate in the context of the argentinian subsequently appeared at least embarrassed about the he Rea leased one prominent Kidnap journalist Jacobo invited the inter american human rights com Mission to investigate other disappearances and indicated an intention to curb the activities of the Kidnap the Carter with its concern for human was replaced by the Reagan administration and its preoccupation with combating anything that resembles communist inspired International the argentin Ian Junta is nothing if not it faces a genuine terrorist the and justifies its suspension of constitutional rights and the Rule of Law by the need to defeat terrorist when the new argentin Ian Roberto visited Washington in March this he won a lifting of arms the disappearances continue and now probably number More than the practice of causing people to disappear has caught on in other countries a working group of the in human rights commission named 14 others besides but that country remains the worst accounting for halt of the cases brought to the attention of the working though the hellbent to support anti communist has lost interest in the argentinian others Are keeping the Issue relatives of the vanished persons gather regularly on the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos in front of the presidential asking for information on the Fate and whereabouts of log the norwegian parliament awarded its 1980 Nobel peace prize to argentinian human rights activist Adolfo Perez who with others in the country continues to Campaign for release of political prisoners and for the reappearance alive of those who have Digap amnesty International is drawing fresh attention to the practice and to the obligation of governments to protect their people and to account for the activities of their Goon the Reagan administration May wish to disregard the unbridled brutality of its anticommunist but the harsh reality and the continuing International concern about it will not go our outdated army Rifle defence minister Gilles Lamontagne statement in Vic Toria that the Basic Canadian army Rifle is to be replaced is not in the 1980 annual review of the activities the department of National issued More than a year appears the statement action has commenced to meet the requirement for the replacement of the Rifle in and the sub machine gun with individual and Light support weapons firing the smaller and now standardized nato the most recent statement by the minister indicates that not much has happened since members of the North Atlantic treaty organization agreed to new standards last such inaction might be acceptable if Canadas land forces were equipped with relatively modern personal the in Rifle can be described neither As nor As it is no longer manufactured in Canada and the privy source of Supply in the has been saddled with Calls from the less sophisticated parts of the world to the Point where new rifles and spare parts take too Long to arrive where they Are the Stock Canada has on hand is in less than acceptable rifles Are being cannibalized to keep others the Bright Side of the picture is that All members of nato have agreed to a new calibre which will be at the american forces in nato use weapons that fire different ammunition than those of the other Canada All of which adds up to More logistics problems for nato officers who must plan the countermeasures that would be required if the Warsaw pact countries decided to move in mixed calibres Are not a problem for the Warsaw pact the problem needs to from the nato forces As and it is a place where Canada can while solving its own problems with old and unacceptable weapons at the same it is nearly 70 years since the wrong Choice of infantry weapons caused so Many Canadian casualties and the subsequent change from the Ross Rifle to the More practical Lee Enfield during the first world the Choice of a new Rifle need not take As Long As was spent Many suggest the replacement for Canadian fighter aircraft to serve in nato and at Why Seatbelt the government of Alberta has decided against introducing legislation to make the wearing of automobile Seatbelt putting itself firmly on the Side of Manitoba in preserving the right of its people to kill and injure them selves largely at Public the evidence in favor of Seatbelt in the Case of the need for making helmets compulsory for is which has no compulsory Seatbelt ties with British which has such a for the dubious Honor of having the highest rate of people killed on its which has a compulsory Seatbelt has the lowest rate in the it does make that the wearing of Seatbelt and helmets reduces the number of injuries that require Hospital responsible organizations Sug Gest that motorists wearing belts Are 20 times More Likely to survive a serious Accident than those who leave their belts taxpayers in general pay the Cost of Hospital treatment across and the Burden of this Cost is reflected by Sharp increases in the amount of tax Money that has to be allocated to if a compulsory Seatbelt and helmet Law will Cut Public then it can be even though it May Fly in the face of an individuals right to act As foolishly As he thinks he letters the Winnipeg free press welcomes letters from writers must give their name and the authors name will be used and letters Are subject to new morality everyone who reads or watches is Well familiar with the to Tarzan the Story is she makes a someone sues the papers give it lots of coverage and everyone wants to see Why All the the result ten million dollars in free pub but what about the poor movie is no one worried about the fact that a Beautiful and innocent Story was prostituted for the Dollar 1 am glad that one judge removed the most vulgar it is time that the Public stood up for what they be Lieve i cant wait to see what John and to will do to Adam and i am glad that i can leave that up to the better judgment of John he understands the new that is a euphemism for the old immoral if the Derek have their they will have put both Tarzan and Adam and eve under their so what is next How about the new morality version of Mary and Joseph let your imagination believe me when i say that it cant go too i keep a sanguine Hope that the Public can Only be pushed so am i right we will John Martens John town stress on the Job this letter is prompted by the recent decision of an arbitration headed by to give the Manitoba paramedical association a Mere 24 percent increase Over a two year Peri less than the last offer received before our voluntary return to the goal of the Mpa was to achieve parity with registered we were close to this goal before the nurses latest the Board claims this is unrealistic because members of our profession do not have the emotional stress that nurses do due to their Deal ing not Only with those who Are but with loved ones As i am amazed the Board took this attitude because we do have a great Deal of stress in our but of a differ ent we Lack the benefits of being Able to follow through on our work and see individual patients Benefit from our diagnostic most of us Deal with High volume workloads and find that the Lack of patient Contact makes our jobs less we Deal with failure to produce results within a certain period of time for whatever reason brings a storm of Wrath from the interested we find ourselves in a catchup Situa Tion where staffing is we do not get additional staff when our work Load increases until this increase is noticed in our work we have to Deal with a misguided Public that has no concept of the complexities and variety of work we accomplish or the training we the effects of the poor settlement will be technologists Are going to leave Manitoba for better paying or quit the profession it is also a deter rent for people who Are considering entering our i fully expect enrol ment to drop in training especially medical Laboratory this will result in a shortage of trained professionals a few years Down the Road Sandra it Winnipeg Sun buried after Reading the article two papers going free August 18 it is to me Why we need to support the Winnipeg Sun in its Effort provide Competition for the free the article relates information about news papers All Over and in Partick mentions the Star and the London free which will soon begin to print morning Why Doest the article mention the which switched to morning Deli very on August and surely must have had some feedback As to the Success of a morning paper in Winnipeg i believe Manitoban Reading the free press would find a discussion of a local example of morning news delivery which is already in effect As interest ing if not More interesting quotes from the publishers of the Edmonton journal and the Toronto i am not an employee of the but i did have journalism experience in and i am aware of the importance of headlines and the first Para graph of a to Bury the Sun in a sentence begun by the Globe and and to make no mention at All of its new morning delivery is Dis Crimi Katherine Teller Winnipeg unfair policy the Kildonan players theatre group has just recently completed a Success Ful it seems that the free press did not think it deserved a the reason for this is mystery to me As our opening night took place on a night when there were no other openings and very Little else happening that could prevented the free from sending a a Small group such As ours depends on reviews to publicize our the excuse that there is not enough time or space to cover every group is not a valid there Are not that Many theatre company in this City and there will be even fewer with coverage like i Hope that the free press will reassess its unfair and damaging poli cies so that people who sacrifice time and efforts for months can receive some of the recognition that they de Darrell Miller producer Kildonan players theatre group Winnipeg but suppose your walkout Doest produce the settlement youre anticipating the Cost of Tough Guy Rule by Wilson special to the free press ii Ottawa this time last year the Trudeau government was revving up the engines of what it thought was to be an irresistible political Force plunging ahead with so much momentum that no one would be Able to Stop tiny coterie a tiny coterie around the prime min ister gathered All meaningful Power into its own failure of the impending constitutional conference was anticipated and aggressive game plans for unilateral actions were being the National Energy program was being put in shape with disregard for provincial and foreign Susce Zibili nothing remained but to swing the Maul and drive the pieces into even a few weeks a member of the inner group telling an outsider what action was wanted in a certain Field and warning How Tough the Junta would be if it did not get its could finish with the warning were Here and were going to be Here for a Long then the defeat of Jim courts left the real vulnerability of the Trudeau government there for everyone to it is right at the Edge of full loss of credibility with almost no time left for recovery before the most powerful men in Canada stand like bumbling clowns whose act has fallen into the courts downfall has done much More than leave his political ambitions in it has stripped the coterie of the Public illusions that protected no one cares now what happens next to Pierre Marc Allan Michael Pitfield and de the True danger is con fronted with they will plunge seeking to restore themselves through new still forgetting that political Force is the worst of substitutes for political their most pressing need is to demonstrate that they know what to do about the economic situation and no one believes they do because they have Long since abandoned the search for Wise policy at Home in favor of Public whining about the Reagan administration in Tough Guys during the year of Tough Guy gov inflation has run out of control and the governments failure to support the Bank of Canada with ratio Nal action of its own has become a preposterous none of the actions that could have supported the Dollar has been taken except for the Banks involuntary imposition of astronomical interest the postal workers won their strike hands humbling the government and strengthening their own militant since the government was going to surrender to the Union in the end it might As Well have done so at the beginning and saved the country millions of dollars in urgent need if Allan Maceachen has an urgent need to demonstrate that he knows what the finance portfolio is All Marc Lalonde has an equally pressing one to prove that he can negotiate the Basic agreement with Alberta that is so Many months he has not much time left before Albertas Pri vate warnings to him that he should Stop arriving at negotiating sessions so ill prepared will become Public com the impression of Federal stubbornness is rapidly being replaced by one of Federal one of the factors that has been causing delay has been the frequency with which Federal supporting data has failed to stand up to critical the most urgent need of All is for the prime minister either to leave or address himself to the full Range of prob lems that form the every Day duty of a head of he has been advertising to the country How Little of his Job interests him these Days and How reluctant he is to do it he is being irresponsible and the country sees this tattered government which is failing the country so badly makes a sorry it is in that state be cause the inner coterie has been driven by vanity and who cares about the Csc by Frank Walker special to the free press Montreal this has not been a Good year for the Csc and it should have As a a bad year for canadians but it was How is it that what was once a broadcasting showpiece can be fouled up for with no one caring except the Partick and they not very apparently what was once almost unthinkable no Csc news occurred in Quebec for weeks and no even the seemed to miss tragedy this is the tragedy of the two pro longed strikes which have affected the corporation this they did not yet they should have for the idea behind the Csc was a Good idea and the concept remains As valid today As it was when it was first mooted a half Century that was to provide canadians with something distinctly of High free of the Burden to make profits and Able to produce entertainment and news but particularly news from a Cana Dian Point of it has never quite but it has come awfully certainly on the journalism there was a Day when it was almost a social compulsion to listen to the National news on the Canadian broadcasting that need is gone and in terms of the Csc is far Down the before the strike the Csc French language television news in Montreal had an audience of the private French station had on the English it was for the Csc an for the differences Are bad but they could have been justified if the Csc had been a Quality performance and the ctr a popular it was not the National news is not important any it has been described As which is an Eagger hut it certainly int any longer the Seal of Public Confidence it once tiie strike of the journalists in Quebec and the strike of technicians across the country were primarily about but la the Case of the Knowlton Nash technicians there was the added Issue of the abcs right to use Independent producers and Independent producers and freelancers Are no matter How competent the because they bring a fresh attitude and fresh ideas to the the More Complex the world the More impossible it in journalism of All to maintain a staff aware and knowledgeable about Money alone would make it but so would whether unions like it or and they should like the net must be cast wider and wider for and this in what the Csc management is trying to if the technicians do not see or understand the need for More is the radio suffers has and is Over Large areas of the country and for Many Urban radio is where the Csc made its reputation and set its it has not been outstanding in though even Here it has recorded big Points which raised if they did not fulfil expect the institution seems the fire out of its too much motion and not enough the ideals which came with its creation now seem no More than Dusty the proposal for a second network showed How threadbare the performance for the primary network is the one in need of new inspiration and new conceptions a second network is merely a confession of failure in the whatever Money is available is needed to restore perform particularly on the news and particularly on that Side of the news Side where the prospects for qual Ity the viewers will or at least that proportion of them who Are in when what is done is done providing news and commentaries or even entertainment should not be As far As the Csc is con on counting eyes and at Tention to the ratings is a certain commitment to Gresham debate Over news there is a debate about the new National news format and its Early there should not it is the first Good idea which has come along in this area for Many it is a serious attempt to provide something important if one studies the one sees How Little will be lost by an Early Start nothing but an endless Parade of second rate commercial television programs which will hold but not the listeners that competing for numbers is not the primary task of the it is Reward ing to have Large numbers of but it is More rewarding to do what the Csc was established to provide a product of High for canadians and by what is going on today in the Csc is not a matter of Only Union intransigence or managerial though both Are it is a kind of madness in the face of an incredible revolution in which is producing an outpouring of information and entertainment on a scale never before even today the networks can be bypassed and direct Contact achieved with broadcasting systems All Over the con instead of a handful of 90 and 100 channels Are becoming the crts May protect the status quo for a time by its plodding process of but it will been gulped in the tidal wave like everybody it is at once a Nightmare and a and the Best efforts of Broad casters should go to meeting it with something better than the marketplace As a ;