Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 9, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 8 Winnipeg free november 1981 dead doctor looms Over Trinidad vote by to Thomas new York times Trinidad he for 25 at the absolute Centre of his a Brilliant Antico Lonial father figure growing More eccentric and secretive As the years running what his critics called a now that Eric Williams is his ghost is still the most compelling presence in the Campaign to elect a new government for Trinidad and Tobago he had grown reclusive in his final years he held no press he had his telephones disconnected be cause he thought they were and he ordered the Flag removed from his residence because he feared it could be a Marker for planes intent on bombing few knew he was suffering from and when he died at the age of his death went unreported for so Many hours his body began to decor a lapse that led to published reports that his aides had used the Opportunity to search his House for damaging by a twist of his wish for privacy at the end was granted he died March one Day before the assassination attempt on president which obscured his passing in the world but Here in this nation of two islands seven Miles off the coast of More than 65 per cent of the voters Are under 30 years of age and have never known any other prime although there Are six major political parties and 157 candidates for 36 seats in it is still the Williams record and promises that Are at Williams has never been More alive than he is said Lloyd the 47yearold Leader of the Tapia House which has joined with two other parties in an Alliance to Challenge the incumbent Peoples National move that which first won election in 1956 As an anti colonialist party that offered Hope to Black was led by Eric who had built a reputation As a Caribbean Histo Rian and Black he led the country to Independence in on the country became a parliamentary but the Williams style was More that of a Homegrown colonial governor general As the years demanded and acquired absolute there were crises a Black Power revolt in 1970 that almost brought Down the government and Williamss announcement of his resignation in when the country was almost but the prime minister withdrew his and the Arab Oil embargo rescued the Economy with a tidal wave of Oil although Williams insisted on he was also a civil he took no political although the prime minister regarded the press As hostile and controlled by big it was also he emphasized Educa Tion school enrolment increased by 11 times during his tenure and the literacy rate Rose to Over 78 per starting in he oversaw the trans Fer to local ownership of the Bank and insurance sectors of the econ omy without frightening the business he offered stability and a sense of we Are said Mervyn de a spokesman for prime min ister George the new party i there is so much we have to give us a Chance to finish what we like his a reduces is not available to the it goes Back to the old de Souza Hes waiting for a mandate from the people before he changes Williamss who is 52 years is considered by de Souza to be Tough Able to Delegate although nowhere close to the brilliance of Eric we would have made a mistake to get a second Eric de Souza a Brilliant Man would have tried to wipe the memory of Eric Williams it would have been too trauma there Are few ideological differences Between the incumbent Peoples National movement and its new and ener Getic the organization for National led by Karl 48 years a former attorney general under the Williams the Hudson Phillips Campaign has hammered away at government mis management and revelations of Cor which have ranged from scan dals 6ver commissions received in the Purchase of jets for the National airline to the disappearance of Linen in the newborns in this wealthiest nation in the Caribbean were being wrapped in Brown paper hospitals and utilities Are generally conceded to be in deplorable a person can have a House and no sewage or Hudson Phillips said in an interview in which he declared that his party wants the government to decent Ralic and to be a former University of the West indies has joined his Tapia House movement with the United labor led by Basdeo 48 years head of the largely East Indian sugar and general workers and the democratic action con led by 55yearold Robin a former attorney general and political Leader in the Alliance is making a concerted Effort to Appeal to both Black and East Indian voters in a country that is 43 per cent Black and 40 per cent Hudson Phillips and his which have Strong Middle class Are also courting both a sixth the National joint action a Black nationalist is not considered Likely to but has added to the sense of urgency in the warning that change must come or upheaval is around the Eric longtime ruler of Trinidad and Luapi Luigj air lulled u1ci us 1 1 in Luctus ii1u 1 two poached secretaries of state on Ham new York i got to the office late of aspirins i youre Vivino into fed new York i got to the office late and Hung Over and started to make a pass at the Bourbon and my slow she youve got fancy company waiting Al the name rang a but i could not place the youve read about my problem in the i he i had so i said actually in a Little Vaig on my Haigs this a Little wobbly on my lags to Tell you the he did not take it did a mysterious source at the White House Tell you there was something funny about the Way i spell Hague dont give yourself i advised the White House has bigger things to do than coach broken Down old private eyes on How to Needle their whats your Angle he said he was the Secretary of i started to say and in the Secretary of but let it instead i said for Twentyfive Bucks a Day and expenses ill track Russell Baker Down and unmask anybody you want me he liked the somebody in the White House was trying to destroy had victimized him for nine guerrilla trouble he did not know who it probably the phantom of the White i watch out he dont drop one of those big East room chandeliers on you when you walk through the East room on the White House i dont have to take the White House he i am the Secretary of the hangover was getting to me almost As bad As he got a couple of aspirins i youre giving me a Haig head he not terribly Haig head Haig its All the said he had no time to cure Haig Busy important things to save Sam Salvatore from comm pacify saudi and so would i please get Down to Busi Ness i started taking first you think theres a Sinis Ter Force in the White House trying to destroy dont say sinister you Call the phantom of the White House a sinister Force there was a sinister Force in the White House when i worked there in he and it erased minutes of a presidential tape record but i can assure you the sinister Force was incapable of leaking obnoxious rumours to reporters in an Effort to belittle and discredit so what you want me to do is slip into the White House and get the Sinis Ter Force to erase the phantom for has it Ever occurred to you that there might be Laws against erasing Phan Toms Ive said nothing about erasing any i ignored has it Ever occurred to you i might be scared about slipping into the White House with All those secret service Guys packing in not the bravest Guy in the you in in pretty much a Coward who do i owe my loyalty to to myself or you who comes the Chicken or the Haig he Rose to i see Ive made a Good in not i Shamus is my first my last name is you should have Good a real Secre tary of state would have been briefed by his protocol officer before coming Here and have made that he bowed youve blown it a real Secretary of state is usually but never when he was gone i cuddled up with the Bourbon and coddled my can you beat that Mug coming in Here and trying to pass himself off As the Secretary of state she for you trying to pass yourself off As a Detec that in was the Secre tary of i whistled in How about that and i had him right Here in my it gave me an i dialled the number of a newspaper office in Washington and disguised my voice 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