Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 10, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press Freedom of Trade Equality of civil rights Liberty of religion published and printed six Days a week at 306 Garufi r3c 3c1 by Canadian newspapers company limited Telephone 50nald Nicol publisher John Daft fed Tor Murray 6urt Rudy Redekop controller tweaking the bears nose members of Poland free Trade Union Solidarity Are working overtime at tweaking the nose of this russian the unions first National Congress in Gdansk was scheduled to end after three Days but was extended to allow More speakers to propose More most of which will cause consternation in the governments of the entire soviet the Congress adopted one Resolution that will be particularly upsetting to the polish and another that will have jangled nerves in every capital of Eastern Europe and which has already been denounced by Moscow in unusually ferocious the first was a proposal that the polish government scrap its own Bill for economic Reform and adopt a Radical policy of worker control put Forward by the Union failing the workers want the government to hold a referendum and let the people choose which program they Union spokesmen realize that the government is unlikely to it is not As one unionist said and have said that Solidarity will go ahead on its thus setting the stage for another major Union government the second was an invitation from Solidarity to All the workers of Eastern Europe to follow the polish example and form their own free Trade although the invitation will not be passed on through the government controlled press of the soviet that eventuality is probably the single greatest fear right now of every communist government from East Berlin to As welf As these two the Congress heard proposals that attacked almost every aspect of the soviet political they included demands for free parliamentary elections a demand for a free press suggestions that education be taken out of the hands of the party and Given to the people so that children will not be raised to be a suggestion that the Union publish its own history of Poland that would describe the True nature of soviet polish including a factual account of the Katyn massacre a proposal that the communist party be relieved of Alt its governmental responsibilities except for the police and the military and a recommendation that poles be prepared to defend their Reform movement in an armed conflict with their As All this was going the soviet Union was conducting its largest military exercises in years along the polish Moscow claims these Are but they were also undoubtedly intended to intimidate the although they have not been very successful at the Union meeting has been a remarkable exercise of democracy and free expression that would have been inconceivable anywhere in Eastern Europe Only a year As Well As evidence of How intoxicating a Little taste of Freedom and a Little sip of Power can be for people who have not experienced either in All or most of their taken these two the massive demonstration of soviet military might and the Heady democracy of the polish Congress represent the polish the soviet army rumbling along the polish Border is a reminder of what can happen if the poles attempt reforms that Are too Radical or if they become too obstreperous in their attacks on the totalitarianism that rules the soviet the Reform of polish has now gone too far to be turned Back without and the events of the Congress Are an indication of How difficult it is to keep a March towards a Freer society from becoming a it is easier for westerners to look at this situation and to urge caution and moderation on the poles than it for the poles to practise but moderation remains the key to continued As polish leaders in both the Union and government the polish situation is unique in Eastern and the ultimate question that remains unanswered is How often can you tweak the bears nose without being a Campaign speech the establishment of a government Industrial benefits group to ensure that Manitoba manufacturers get the most from the governments announced Meg projects is not in itself important enough to produce a particularly Well at tended press any press conference called by Premier Lyon Between now and 1982 will probably be Well attended because of the possibility that it might contain an announcement of a provincial what was announced this in place of an was a committee of Deputy ministers to make sure Manitoba business gets All the benefits it can from the billion Worth of aluminium Potash Power grids and other projects that the government says Are just around the next economic the committee will work to make sure that Industrial offsets from the projects flow first to manufacturers and suppliers based in next to those based elsewhere in Canada and will go outside the country Only if no Canadian supplier can be found who is competitive with the rest of the the if it functions As has been promised by Premier will be a Good it has no in the form of preferential buying and the quite says it will get in making his Premier Lyon also made what sounded suspiciously like an election Campaign it contained Many of the promises he made when he was running in except that the promises were described As and All the tenses were in the he took the appropriate swipes at the previous criticizing it for both enforcing local Purchase preference by ordering provincial institutions to buy Only food manufactured by the government Cannery in and for sending dollars offshore by buying electric turbines from the soviet the speech contained All the information the general Public would need in order to Mark ballots for the right but stopped Short of telling anyone when the ballots were to be the conference was not called to announce an it was called to Lay the foundation for the conference at which the election will be economic no solutions while the Federal Cabinet dithers Over what to do about the nip Leader with customary proposes the solutions he proposes Are not Likely to do much to solve the Broadbent persists in the notion that fundamental weaknesses in the Economy can be solved by government he proposes a decrease in interest rates Allied with controls on the Export of capital so that the lower rates would not Lead to a vast outflow of funds and a further depression of the value of the he proposes a six month moratorium on mortgage legislation to Force financial institutions to lend some of their Money at interest rates no higher than the rate of inflation and vague action on the part of governments to make More land available for none of the nip leaders proposals seeks to Deal with the fundamental reason Why interest rates Are some of them would be Likely to make the problem worse rather than a ban on capital exports would launch Canada on the dangerous path of Exchange controls which prompt Retalia Tion from our trading the moratorium on mortgage renewals May or May not help those families facing vast increases in monthly there is no guarantee that rates will be lower in six months than they Are whatever help they did provide would be totally those who benefited most would be those most with Large expensive houses and substantial forcing financial institutions to lend Money for substantially less than they borrow it May provide a Bonanza for those Lucky enough to get in on the especially for those Clever enough to borrow at 13 per cent and invest it at 20 per it would contribute to economic the Basic weakness of Broadbent proposals is that they Are based on the illusion that government directives can counteract Basic economic whenever that is it tends to Reward those who Are Clever enough to evade the restraints and manipulate the not those who really need there is a need to provide Relief to those canadians who face the threat of being driven from their Homes by cruelly High interest rates but Broadbent gimmickry is not the sowing the seeds of inflation by Wilson special to the free press Ottawa the seeds of a new surge of inflation Are being sown this year and the top priority of a sensible government would be to find the ways of preventing them from growing into a flourishing crop of higher and higher Bank cant Cope even a finance minister As reluctant to act As Allan Maceachen must have realized by now that it is not within the capacity of the Central Bank to Cope with the problem through its twin tools of interest rates and control of the Money that has been obvious to the entire nation for Many Long and costly months without nudging the min ister of finance into the upward pressures that will prod uce the next burst of Price increases come from this years wage Many of which have been significantly above current inflation and from the schedule of Oil Price increases which has been Laid out for the next five wage demands running ahead of the inflation rate Are the worst of develop ments economically and the most understandable in human this inflation has lasted a Long time now and people everywhere realize aside from the Central Banks doomed at Little Effort is being made to bring it under there Are perfectly real attempts to keep govern ment spending under some control but these Are invisible to those outside government inaction has helped entrench the inflation creat ing the Universal mindset in which everyone feels completely certain that prices will be higher next year and still worse the year afterwards and so on into the it would take a Union Leader courageous to the Point of fool hardiness to resist the sort of popular pressures this the fact is that Union leaders today have no prac tical alternative except to go for As much As they can possibly get for their whether or not that will be self defeating by helping push prices higher a Case has been allowed to develop for some form of incomes unsatisfactory As experience has generally been with this sort of device and unpopular As open controls would so far As there is a it exists largely As a result of the governments default in failing for so Long to take any of the other Steps that have been open to gimmicks since the unpopularity of controls of the sort attempted in the mid1970s is there is the Strong possibility that the government will at tempt some Gimmicky fall ing Back on the Cove phrase tax related incomes policy with no real knowledge of whether it will work or about half the new increases in Oil prices will be made up of very heavy sales introducing new factors into both the general economic and government financing there is a risk that this will Lead to relaxation in the behind Hestenes efforts to curb the growth of government the record of the Trudeau ments Over the years should warn us that this risk is safety Factor the safety Factor Here is that Public reaction to heavy government spending is Likely to undergo a Radical change As people make the adjustments that will be demanded of them during the next few the prime ministers big Deal snort Over higher Oil prices was a politically remarkable not much different from his Why should i sell your wheat demand some years but it is actually an advantage if politicians do anger the Public these Days because the reaction May help keep them on a course of economic with its by election reverses in the background and the unavoidable Bud get just the cabinets priorities and planning committee took to Cape Breton to Ponder its whether Allan Maceachen Riding offers better air than the capital seems but at least the thought processes Are being cranked the cabinets dominant thought should be that unless action is taken now the next surge of inflation is on guard the article court upholds City hand Bill poster free August 27 concerning the conviction of a Mas Sage parlor operator implies that the Antip Ostering bylaw has been upheld in the Manitoba court of this is not in August Winnipeg residents defence an affiliate of the Peoples proved in provincial court that the bylaw was Ultra Vires and this Deci Sion has never been appealed by the the invalidation of the Antip Ostering bylaw came in the course of a two year struggle waged by Winnipeg residents defence committee and now Peoples front in defence of individuals persecuted for putting up political this struggle has won widespread pub pow Cal posters defacing lie including a 1979 petition of names which called for a halt to the arrests and the punishment of those who were in the present Handbill the civic authorities Are trying to present them selves As opponents of the Massage against which they would take action if Only there were adequate nothing could be further from the there Are already numerous Laws on the books which prohibit pros something the City does not even openly admit the Parlours so Why All this costly Effort to uphold a Handbill bylaw it is because the authorities Are trying to strengthen their Legal apparatus for use against the democratic and progressive and to further restrict the ability of the people to do propaganda for their As the people must be on their oppose this and similar antidemocratic court decisions and fight every encroachment on their rights and Brian Ostrow National spokesman Peoples front against racist and fascist violence vendetta according to recent press air a nationally owned airline and the Arch enemy of charter has set up a subsidiary tour am which could effectively put he present charter air such As out of business by Means of predatory As part of its vendetta with Success Ful charter specifically War Dair air with 130 using taxpayers is trying to kill off an airline with six planes i strongly urge All persons to make their views known on this Issue to their Benusis ont 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 Only Rock in the past two years something strange has been happening around first it happened at Cecis Bogart and now the big a it seems the executive held a meeting and decided that the big a needed some drastic after testing live entertainment and a week of country music they reached a firm and final conclusion the big a will Only play the executive probably see it As a business i see it As a biased and bigoted the big a happened to be one of the last Nice places to go and dance and maybe forget your troubles for three or four i still have my Trou Bles but no place to go to forget Alaka Winnipeg brotherhood it is unfortunate that the answer Given to the Why Aid the third world in your answers column of september should be so Ina Ccu there is something patronizing in the its always Nice to help those less fortunate than those in the third world Are certainly less fortunate than but this state of affairs is primarily of our own making through exploitation of third world resources for the Benefit of the first we need not Pat ourselves on the Back for returning that which we have taken it is a Basic implication of our brotherhood and sisterhood on this Paul Chorney Winnipeg Helsinki accords five years have passed since the formation of the ukrainian Helsinki the group has achieved much several score documents eloquently pleading the Ukraine claim to participate in the Helsinki and an enhanced consciousness among the population of the significance of the human rights but the Kab has its own impressive score of the 37 members of the 25 Are two Are in six have been banished to the one is incarcerated in a psychiatric hounded by the has taken his own such is the backdrop to the ukrainian Helsinki human rights it is a backdrop that conveys the depth of feeling that the lofty promises com trained in the accords evoked among the Peoples of Eastern the feelings that must have come As a Shock to the government leaders who signed the they convey the degree to which the word Helsinki has come to be associated with the concept of defence of human they convey the sense of commitment and sharing the Helsinki process that human rights advocates in the Ukraine and in the other republics of the they transmit the belief of these people that the International in drafting the has made com Mon cause with them in their defence of these documents convey the special meaning that the signing of the Helsinki accords had for the ukrainian a the original ten signatories knew what they were up put they Felt that the Helsinki accords were an historic Opportunity that might come these men and women did not hesitate to make the sacrifice be cause they saw that the Ukraine had a special need and claim the promises of the Helsinki final the ukrainian Helsinki group has reached the minds of thinking people the world Over with the Force of its arguments on behalf of the ukrainian and it has also touched the hearts of Many by the example its members have set for All who believe in the Ideal of human John Mazur for ukrainian students of Michnowsky Winnipeg Cameron gallery in articles on both August 24 and the Janet Ian Cameron gallery was identified As the Possession of the University of although the Ca Meron gallery is located on the Campus of the it is specifically located in the University a building which is 35percent owned by the University of Manitoba students the gallery is in no Way administratively connected with the universe since it is governed by a manage ment Board created by the Umsu and the University Centre the University of Manitoba has not directly participated in the funding of the Gal Lery since but the Umsu has directly funded every including 19801881 for a total of and has scheduled the gallery in its estimates fort Tom the decision to show the finn Howorth exhibit was made by the management Hoard of the although the Umsu does not control the it does have representation and we were pleased to participate in the discussion that led to the approval of the the Umsu is pleased to see the gallery responsibly encourage controversial themes and Hopes that it will continue to be a forum for discussion within the artistic Tim Rugby president University of Manitoba students Union Winnipeg support Joe prime minister Trudeau legacy of wastefulness and Bro Ken pledges must be apparent by now to even the most fanatical of his follow after 13 years of mismanagement the chickens Are coming Home to As can be seen by the various events taking place in Joe Clark and the progressive Serva Tives would win an election hands Down at this the Only thing that could keep Pierre in is the seeming Lack of Unity and support of Clark by some of his own party Ern canadians particularly should Stop nitpicking and recognize the excellent Job Clark has done for especially in such important areas As blocking Trudeau new cons Titu if the East cannot accept the native party because its Leader is from the West in other words if they insist on having the deck stacked that leaders of All parties must be from Ontario or Quebec then the West has no other viable Choice but to certainly the Western Dollar would he much stronger than the slipping East Ern Trudeau i am sure most Western canadians will be Able to grasp the real issues it stake and realize that our Only now for a More sane and rtt Fenaja government in Ottawa is to support Clark from now to the next Henry Krueger White Man speak ;