Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 21, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba
4 Winnipeg free september 1981 up photo soviet pressure builds in Poland Christiaan Quittner stands in his Home in an underground garage where he is taking shelter from the High Cost of housing Cost drives Man underground Home is a spot beneath Toronto apartment Block Warsaw a Solidarity accused of turning their Independent labor movement against the communist system and the soviet Are meeting behind closed doors this week to discuss the new threats from the soviet and polish the unions presidium was to meet in Warsaw today or tomorrow amid signs that the communist government May be preparing to move against it in response to the Kremlin demand last week for a the labor leaders were expected to decide whether to soft pedal their Polit ical demands when the unions National Congress resumes on the so Viet note charged that the first part of the Congress earlier this month be came in effect a permanent Tribune from which slanders and insults sounded against the soviet Premier Wojciech Jaruzelski held an emergency meeting yesterday with his Cabinet and officials of major cities and provinces and discussed the state of readiness of the the offi Cial Pap news Agency indispensable decisions were made to prepare for various needs and a government com Munique said without it was the second emergency Cabinet meeting in four after the Previ Ous one on the government warned Solidarity that it was jeopardizing Poland it was a Clear threat of soviet military occupy the news Agency indicated Poland economic crisis was at the top of the it also claimed some of Soli Darity million members were quit Ting the Union because of its leaders Calls for political and social there was no confirmation from the Pap reported mounting dissatisfaction in some cities because of critical shortages of warm shoes and it is the situation is difficult As regards fuel and raw Materi Deputy Premier Janusz obo the governments economic said in a television production is in connection with such a we must carefully Cut up what we fire hits Block for fourth time arson is the suspected cause of a fire which struck the Westlock apartments at Portage Avenue and Furby Street Early this morning for the fourth time in seven a fire department spokesman said the Blaze broke out in the vacant build slated for at and caused minor damage before being no injuries were the spokesman said All four investigations Are he added that arson seems probable because there is no electrical Power in the vacant build ing built in its been boarded up and each time somebody has removed the he no damage estimate was continued from Page 1 he says he uses a portable toilet with scalable bags for but it is not in Quittner sleeps on a makeshift bed jammed Between the cinder lock Wall of the garage and the Side of the Van and has fashioned a closet from support beams at the Back of the he has set up a battered card table and chairs near the fridge for a combi nation living and dining room just inside the garage off in another spot he has Cartons of books including Law books a red moped he bought from his Mother for trim and neat in says he Doest have a although he does Volunteer work at a nearby hospitals rehabilitation unit for he says he has never had a social insurance has always been Delfem played and has never paid income these Days he earns the or so a month he needs to live by doing Odd such As Auto for part of that a month goes for the rental of three outside parking spaces where he keeps two cars and another Volkswagen another car and Van Are parked on the rim of the driveway leading to the he says the five vehicles Cost a total of but Only one of them actually that no problem Quittner has never had an Ontario Drivers congregation puts Church on Block after mortgage payment doubles continued from Page 1 Keith manager of the Bank of Montreal at Portage Avenue and Wes Twood said Church members have dissolved their organization and that basically the Way it Scaife said the Church was informed by Federal government officials a month ago that its religious society number for taxation purposes was to be Wetter said when he arrived five years the Church was already behind in its mortgage payments of under a As interest rates the then congregation of Between 130 and 180 parishioners found its payments had risen to More than a he Wetter said he also ran into some personal Money problems after he was assessed in Back taxes by reve nue Winnipeg Baptist received some do nations from Wetter and the congregation tried to pay him when they the pastor said he regarded the Money As a nontaxable but Revenue Canada looked at it a different Way and said it was Wetter said he borrowed Money to live on and paid some of the Church expenses from his own the Church would then reimburse him with a Cheque deposited to his Bank he he said Revenue Canada saw those funds As one Church who is owed Between and by the said i just loaned them the Church some Money and i hear they Are in Quittner is currently sharing rent with a Friend who has chronic Bronchi tis and cannot sleep lying so Treyve built a makeshift chaise lounge out of an old armchair to prop him tenants of the building in the metro Politan Toronto Borough of Etobicoke have City Hall has been trying to move Quittner for six but without in the zoning department or dered the to evict they said parking spaces Are for but Quittner is not a Legal tenant because the space is rented for not Pilcher would not comment last week on the but he did Bow to municipal pressure in the Spring and asked Quittner to asked Why he didst just say the space was no longer Pilcher said quitters pres ence seemed to reduce and arson that had been occurring in the at one Quittner relented and agreed to leave by but when the zoning department threatened to take Pilcher to the landlord decided to fight now who has become an expert on landlord and tenant Laws Over the has offered to he says he started living this Way because he wanted to save enough Money to buy a House in the Mil begins Campaign to raise funds for clinic continued from Page i profession in this country for the most part is not prepared to look at these conditions As being Art federation executive Sec who personally pledged towards the described it As the most important Resolution to be consid ered at the which ends a total of was collected yesterday in pledges to the clinic from among the 500 la Jay Cowan who attended the convention As a Dele Gate from the United steelworkers of said in an interview that he and members of the mfrs workplace safety and health committee have been planning a clinic for about six Cowan conceded that is a Large amount to be raised from the mfrs but said tax receipts will be issued for All donations and the Money returned if the fund raising Falls Short of its Cowan said the clinic initially would hire a physician specializing in occupational an occupational health nurse and a he said the committee had discussed eventually expanding the clinics services by adding personnel such As social psychologists and on Martin attacked the chamber of Commerce for demanding legislation to withdraw the right to strike from Public sector he also accused the Lyon government of considering such the Mil backed by a supporting convention said workers in the province would oppose All efforts to limit or remove the right to strike and said the federation would Start an information Campaign to explain and defend the right to he attacked claiming the fundamentalist group was anti Union and a part of the moral Majori righting movement which has had a marked influence in the politics of the Reagan also addressing the delegates Satur Day was opposition Leader Howard who took the Opportunity to attack the Lyon Pawley said the tory record of eco nomic management Over the past four years was he said Manitoba has the worst economic record in terms of unemployment and growth of All the provinces Over the past four Ryan backers not All convinced video expo Sale up photo Ryan appeals to delegates for party continued from Page 1 some who Are generally thought of As Ryan backers were unusually ryans nationalist message stirred the blood of especially Young que and its one he should have Given in the last election said one Hes trying to shift the blame for the but Hes the one response another Man spoke critically for the it certainly muddies the that for said mount Royal Liberal John speaking of the weakened distinction Between the liberals and the some not convinced the fact that Ryan won a vote which could have been seen As a leadership test does not convince even some who worked for him and favor his staying there Are not two one pro and one said a senior party there Are people who Are for and people who Are and people who want to wait for awhile and see what to Ryan would have to change his tactics and his bowing to pressure to run a geared for television Campaign like Ottawa liberals the Man said his Liberal Leader would not be credible if he tried to twist himself out of shape to win the next in the vote ryans forces were opposed by Only a handful in their successful bid to hold the next party Conven Tion in As opposed to the Spring of the same which some opponents had potential leaders if it were a secret vote instead of a show of one Man who said he backs speculated it would have been a 5050 in the corridors Many Back benches and constituency chiefs were talk ing about other potential the current favourites Are former Premier Robert and Daniel Johnson son of the former Justice minister Jean Chretien is not Given much Chance Here now on the subject of running in but its not its Ryan wont quit you sell anyone coming from Ottawa for the provincial leadership said the same the party did it once with former Premier Jean but at that time both the provincial and Federal Levels were completely now they Are almost totally distinct Ryan said yesterday he wont in not the kind of person who would escape 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