Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 26, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba I 6 Winnipeg free january Winnipeg free press Freedom of Trade Equality of civil rights Liberty of religion published six Days a week at 300 Carlton Winnipeg r3c 3c1 by Canadian newspapers company limited Telephone 9439331 Winnipeg free press Winnipeg Tribune 1890 Donald Nicol publisher John Dafoe editorial Page editor Murray Burt managing editor Rudy Redekop controller a member of Trie Manitoba press Council a needless declaration external affairs minister Joe Clark has stirred up a hornets nest by his entirely unnecessary decision to declare a position for the government of Canada on the Reagan administrations strategic defence popularly known As Star his support for scientific research into president Ronald reagans fantasy about an impermeable defence against strategic nuclear missiles serves no identifiable Canadian National Canada did not declare positions on previous the multiple reentry vehicle the multiple independently targe table reentry vehicle the by Jet bomber and the ten warhead missile experimental my All were the subject of research without Canadian governments feeling any need to declare publicly whether they were for or against this did not mean that Canada did not recognize the implications of such it was just a recognition of the pointlessness of a governmental declaration that could have Canadian views have always been expressed through diplomatic channels and at International meetings Deal ing with arms control these views have been a great Deal More sophisticated than simply announcing support or opposition an entire Clark May not be entirely to there is evidence of pressure from within the Federal tory caucus to take a leading to a Cabinet debate that took some weeks to part of this pressure undoubtedly came from the less intelligent Wing of the which substitutes prejudice and emotion for part May have come from prime minister Brian who May have seen this empty gesture As yet another Way of earning Brownie Points in Wash it is possible that the Reagan administration applied secret which should have been for a Public declaration of among the motives for such pressure would have been the need to impress doubters within the United states and the desire for Broad Alliance support on the eve of official level superpower arms control talks that will include space based defence Clarks declaration will not impress the highly qualified scientific and technical his support for Star wars research will neither help nor hinder the position at the another possibility is that Clark was talked into his act of Folly by an enthusiastic Booster for Star wars research with whom he talked lord Secretary general of the North Atlantic treaty was in Ottawa for a Short visit and told reporters tuesday that it would be the height of imprudence for the United states not to do space defence on Clark told maps it would be Only prudent for the West to keep up with such the curious similarity in wording at least suggests that lord Carrington did his Job of trying to persuade a nato foreign minister to provide Alliance unanimity on Star while he is paid to try this Clark is paid to know when to smile and with hold unnecessary Clarks eager declaration of support for Star wars research is a mistake and another indication of his tendency to Rush to his statement contained a strange suggesting total ignorance of super Power arms he said in Light of significant soviet advances in ballistic missile defence re search in recent and deployment of an actual ballistic missile defence it is Only prudent that the West keep abreast of the feasibility of such is it possible that Canadas minister of external affairs does not know that the sole soviet abm based on the Galosh was placed around Moscow in 1968 is this elderly system the threat that justifies his Blessing Star wars research policing the police attorney general Roland Penners Agency to review complaints against municipal about to be born after two years has been tailored to placate the anxieties of six of the 12 Mem Bers of the Agency Board Are retired the chairman is a former Crown the commissioner is a former Manitoba commissioner of Correl policemen who May be called to appear before the Agency can count on dealing with people who thoroughly understand the nature and the demands of police work and the unwritten codes of police continuing complaints about the Agency from the Winnipeg police association and from the Brandon chief of police Are therefore civil libertarians might be nervous about the shape the new Agency is they might easily fear that it once a system for policemen to investigate each but after the Battle Penner has had to fight to get any kind of Law enforcement review Agency at All the wonder is that the project is still the review system should cover the work of the Royal Canadian mounted which serves As the Munici pal police and provincial police on most of Manitoba territory but which holds itself above the provincial police review the ramp will continue to operate in its secretive making its own internal decisions about discipline but giving Manitoba which is paying for its no explanation of its when Manitoba buys the ramp exclusive internal control Over the policemen comes As part of the a mighty intergovernmental Battle would need to be fought to bring the Federal policemen under provincial civilian that Battle must wait for another the immediate task is to build a Good reputation for the review Agency both with the Public and with the police lobbying has already won the Assurance in the act that a policeman accused before the Agency will not be publicly named before his Case is disposed aggrieved people have been allowed just 30 Days to complain to the Agency following the police behaviour they object the evidence against an accused police Man must persuade the review Board beyond a reason Able with these protections for the com plaints that the retired policemen on the Board Are drawn from the wrong places too Many with ramp not enough from Brandon sound like the method which the Law establishes for the Agency May tend too much to make a Scapegoat of the individual policeman who misbehaves and to excuse the Superior officers who trained equipped him and gave him his internal inquiries on excessive use of Force tend to exculpate the Constable because once a policeman is sent into a dangerous situation where the Only thing he can do is then he cannot be blamed for the Agency should try to look beyond the accused individual and the immediate circumstances to identify the reasons Why constables Are thrown into dangerous situations and the Way those dangers could be mini the aim should not simply be to punish police it should be to improve gallery Phil Mallette hazardous inauguration it appears that canadians might As Well accept the fact under some name or a centralized information Agency serving the Federal governments needs is to become part of their the liberals dismantled information Canada after a committee of the Senate pointed out the discrepancy Between the amount of Money required to keep the Agency alive and the evidence of the Agency ability to get the governments Story although the Canada Unity information office it did so Only until the conservatives gained Power and dismantled what they had criticized so often from the opposition an idea of a centralized propaganda Agency has deep it requires Little nourishment to and promises to do so As soon As a name can be found for the Central communications unit that has been recommended following a study by the department of Supply and the new the study is because a Lack of coordinated communications has hampered the development of a strongly unified corporate image for the every government wants a strongly unified corporate an image of getting things it really does not matter that communications minister Maryie Andre has not seen the and that he has described its recommendations As beyond the mandate Given the department in his talks with his it will take the Shonto recreated Bureau Cracy of the centralized communications unit Only a matter of or perhaps to persuade the minister that there is nothing of the big brother approach to communications in the Only a strongly unified corporate about the Only thing that is not known or cannot be guessed about the new Central communications unit that is bound to be saddled with the task of streamlining the government information is what it will be by Christopher Dafoe special to the free press cold weather spoiled the inauguration ceremonies planned for president Ronald Reagan in Washington this the weather was so frosty that the Swearingin and the inaugural address took place the crowds remained at the customary Parade through the streets of Washington was called president Reagan is no longer a Young Man and his doctors undoubtedly Feit that it was unwise to expose a Man of his age to the icy Chilly this is not the first time that cold weather has intruded at inauguration inauguration weather in Washington is usually Chilly and officials have frequently feared for the safety of elderly and Long winded presidents As they spoke to the multitude from outdoor pres ident Dwight Eisenhower shivered at both of his inaugurations and Ulysses Simpson Grant endured his second inauguration on March 1873 in a it was so cold that several West Point cadets in the entourage lost those attending Grants inaugural Ball that night wore their overcoats and the Champagne and ice Cream were Frozen Grant relied on his on March 1909 a blizzard was raging in Washington and William Howard tafts inauguration was held ice forming on Trees cracked and incoming trains bringing visitors to the Cere monies were prevented from enter ing the when Franklin Pierce was inaugurated on the East portico of the Capitol in a raw northeasterly wind ruffled the pages of the Bible held by the chief onlookers stood uncomfortably in melting James Monroe was the first president to be inaugurated out the decision to move the 1817 ceremony into the open air was made when senators and Congress men quarrelled Over seating in the the weather was agree presidents Monroe second inauguration in had to be postponed because of heavy Snow and those who elected to cancel presi Dent reagans outdoor appearance this week May Well think ing of the unfortunate events that surrounded the inauguration of the hapless William Henry Tippecanoe Harrison on March president a won the election of with a narrow Victory Over his Democrat Republican former president Martin Van at age he was the oldest Man to take the oath of office up to that departing from Cincinnati on Jan uary 26 on his Way to president elect Harrison addressed Well wishers As follows gentle men and fellow perhaps this May be the last time i May have the pleasure of speaking to you on Earth or seeing i will bid you if fare thee How right he by train Harrison arrived in Washington on a the first president to do having boarded the new railway at the inauguration took place on March 4 on the East portico of the president Harrison Rode a White horse to the ceremony from his lodgings at Gadsby refusing to Wear coat or a the weather that Day was bitterly cold and after Tak ing the the president read a word said to be one of the most Long winded inaugural addresses on it took him one hour and fort live minutes to deliver those listening turned Blue with the so did the he was an old Man and he had a very Busy following his excess Long president Harri refusing offers of a coat and declined to go he led an impressive Parade through the Frozen it is recorded that Many floats in the Parade depicted log Cabins and cider presi Dent an old was unwise enough not to enter one of the Cabins or Call for hot three balls inthe the president at tended three inaugural including the Lively Peoples Tippecanoe Ball at Parusis Saloon in c attended by each of whom paid to get president Harrison caught cold that Day and was prostrated by a chill on March he died of pneumonia on sunday april he was delirious on his death bed and died nagging his John his last words were i wish you to understand the True principles of i wish them carried i ask nothing president Reagan is much older than William Henry Harrison and it was easy enough to see Why he and his advisors decided that it might be safer to take the oath of office in after Why tempt history to repeat itself when you consider the fact that Many presidents have taken the oath during Snow it seems Odd that the ceremony has tradition ally been held perhaps the americans prefer Tough massive new sculpture to Rise by Law courts Gordon a sculptor of Fine an individual in his thirties with a wide View of is about to make one of the strongest Public statements Ever made in the it will be in the form of his stainless steel a massive yet sensitive sculpture that will Rise by Spring outside the new provincial Law courts building at York Avenue and Kennedy there is no other sculpture of its dimension in or in Canada for that and in size alone it will constitute an impressive and notable presence on the City the sculpture is 33 feet weighs pounds and is bound to stir some controversy but so have All the great works of recent massive sculpture moves at a touch it will become one of the talking Points of constructed of three ribs or and three it suggests the Sinape of a to complement the one on the adjoining old la courts the three Long each shaped differently in the form of a relaxed Are so balanced that they can be set in motion by a despite the i wanted to create a says to carry the metaphor of one that is responsive to the yet enduring and my Hope is that even a child will make it the 30 to 35 feet will move under pressure but will return to seek their balance As does happen in the formulation of Shock at the Point where the arms join the will control the it is a remarkable Conception in terms of its the use of the execution and changing moods with the stainless steel is a Brilliant Silver and most sensitive to it will reflect the sky instant on a Dull Day it will be Grey and when the Sun shines it will have a Golden tint turning Crimson in the it will shimmer with the lights of passing it has been evaluated by computer to make cer Tain of its strength and resistance to it is a tour de Val Werier Reeve chose stainless steel for several although it is most difficult to work it will resist corrosion and will last Symbol of the endurance of the state of it also allows the sculptor to draw Over the entire Reeve has ground a random pattern on the ribs which give it a third the ribs Are hollow and this will enable spectators to tap them and elicit a resonant a sculptor in stainless steel must be a a an improviser and in such a Large Struc Ture a Reeve was so precise in welding the contoured 30foot ribs that he was not on equal Ter of an Inch that is astonish considering it warps Reeve did the initial rough work in Sweden because it was there he obtained the Best Deal for stain less he received from the provincial government As his he Felt the site and surroundings of the sculpture opposite the Plaza of the Norquay building a Large Structure but the Cost of pounds of the Metal in Canada would have More than eaten up All his he searched the the Axel Johnson in gave him the lowest Price at a Pound the swedish firm also donated fabrication space and Power Worth several thousands of on top of it provided the stainless steel for a Flange and the stopping the product Ion line to do this was Worth an additional Reeve 18 hours a Day for six weeks in for it was during the summer of total Sunshine and he could not As a result of an article in the local employees of the firm would come in during lunch hour and stand and watch him at then someone would thank me for making the sculpture in their he up rail charged him half the costs to ship the pieces from Montreal to Russel steel in win has been most generous in providing the space and facilities to Complete the he is hop ing one of the Crane companies will donate its services when he joins the pieces at the this will be a delicate using a plasma arc an electric current of degrees and being careful not to destroy the qualities of the exotic he has already spent and stands to lose on the the government gave him a downplay ment of and he has borrowed from the Reeve in effect is donating his work to the province but he has derived great satisfaction turmoil in its it is in deed a great he will have made his Mark on Winni Peg in an unusual and provocative it has changed he it has made me much More aware of my failings and the things i aspire it is so massive that i Felt like one of the people working on Reeve is a native of Chath studied at the Cran Brook Academy of won a scholarship for his masters degree which enabled him in 1972 to work and study at famous for its he came Here in 1976 to teach sculpture at the University of he did not intend his work to be but it was disputations from the the govern ments Art advisory committee chose his work but a Cabinet com Mittee of three rejected apparently thinking it would not go Down Well with the As in his Reeve is not afraid to express he is an he fought made a detailed presentation and changed their Manitoban i am sure will be glad he ;