Lang accused of
election gimmicks

]

_ list. of, tra

Progressive Con-

seryative MPs accused
Transport Minister Otto
Lang day of doling
out ‘federal tran-

sportatlon grants as elec-
on icks,

“The government is
selecting its political
plums and spending i
money in an unjust
fashion, which brings
about .disunity in this
nation,” Fred McCain
(Carleton-Charlotte) told
the Commons.
~The government has
suddenly begun to pay

attention 2 b ans-
ion icy because
porfederal election is -

imminent, Conservative

transport critic Don
, ki

(Vegrevill ) added

le) a :

The Canadian people
will again be bombarded
with “another assort-
ment of transportation
goodies which the Lib-
erals have no intention of
implementing, even if
they were elected, he
sai F ]

Lang rejected op-

; position charges, saying
e

Conservatives ignore
all the positive steps the

pro transportation
across country.

They were speaking
during debate on a
Conservative motion
condemning the govern-
ment for failing to fulfill

government has taken in

its 1974 cam aign
promises on ans-
portation and failing to
ie Canadian
transportation policy
efficiently.
MASTEROF
MOTIVATION th
ng e
master of political
motivation, Mazan-

kowski said ali of the
government’s  tran-
sportation policies are
politicaly motivated.
: Reading from four-
ear-old press releases,
Mazankowski recited a
s ortation
e

f

- Street.
‘patrol

A street-patrol program
designed to assist native
people suffering from
aleohol problems may
turn into a year-round
welfare program if the
federal and provincial

governments agree to fi-

nance the scheme.

‘Organizers of the
Kenora Native Street
Patrol are calling.on the
governments for funds to
expand their assistance

. program.

‘Joe Morrison, ad-
ministrator of the street
patrol, said his or-

tion wants to hire-

0. workers to patrol’
Kenora’ atreets after
dark, le woo
are unable to find shelter
or who need medical at-
tention. =,

“The street
founded in 1975, has been
credited ‘this winter with
assisting 974 persons who

, were unable to.

shelter, Morrison said.

Morrison said the
street trol was
established after studies

by the Kenora social
planning committee
showed that one person @
week was dying violently

‘in the (Kenora area fro!

exposure, drowning an
train accidents.

' “Morrison said the study
showed, most ‘cases of
violent death involved

‘ aleohol abuse.

Under. ithe _ patrol
gram, two two-man
eams patrol Kenora
streets from 4pm. to
8a.m,, helping home and
assisting persons who
‘have medical and social
problems. -
Gerry Norris, director
of the Kenora Children’s
Aid Society, said the
.Btreet patrol assisted. his

- organization last winter

by discovering 14 cases of

. emnild abandonment.

‘Kenora police say the
was responsible

trol
er finding and helping

between 30 and 40 people
who fell. asleep in snow-
banks during

patrol, «

with much fanfare a and
ater quietly, dropped.

A scheme! to provide
$290 million’ in aid for
urban transportation
systems throughout the
country, announced in
1974, was cancelled in
1977 because it was too

ts: expensive. Lang sald

later that that program
was replaced by another.
Citing other govern-
ment promises, .
Mazankowsiki said the
government has not re-
moved any of the
discrepancies in freight

rates. ‘‘In fact, the
disparit has been
widened,’ he sai

New Democrat Les
Benjamin (Regina-Lake
Centre} _sai Lang
betrayed the public by
not living up to its 1974
campaign promises.

CRITICIZED CONCEPT

Benjamin criticized

Lang’s concept that each
form. of transportation
should pay its own way.
He said all Canadians
chould be willing to share
wensportation costs.
“We all share those
costs— that is called
confederation.’’, a
_ McCain accused the
overnment of favoring
e West in its tran-
sportation policies at the
expense « of, our
Atlantic provinces.

that Lang: m
Saskatchewan, McCain
said there must be im-
proved ‘rail service
across Canada, ‘not just
in the area of Canada
where the minister
lives—that’s not good
enough.”

“Transportation in this
country is, every day, in
better shape,’ Lang
responded.

Flying Phil

won't run

Phil Gaglardi, the former
British Columbia cabinet
minister known a8
“Plying Phil’, said
Tuesday he will not run
for the national Social
Credit leadership be-
cause of lack of party
support and a jet plane.

He told reporters that
he had set certain con-
ditions which must be
met before he would run.
They included the jet,

three research writers -

and an. estimated $1
million for campaign
funds

He said the conditions
have not been met.

Gaglardi, who was a
provincial cabinet
minister in the 1950s and
1960s, said that he
probably will not even
attend the Soctal Credit
leadership convention
scheduled for May 7 in

pegram wh: saia’.Winnlpeg:::"") JD ert
were‘ been: adnounted.>\* He ‘Said ‘He hoped’ his

‘supporters will vote for
onton lawyer Martin
Hattersley, one of two
candidates left in the
leadership race. .
“Tf I am going to run, I

will only go first class
because all the other
leaders will be going first
class,” he said,

“I will need certain
things available such as
the jet plane, three
research writers and
enough money to do
things without having to
worry about where the
finance is coming from,”
he said in an interview,

He said he had asked
the party to show him
where the support was
“and ita not there . . . it’s
not a party of great con-

sequence,’
aglardi was in Ed-
monton to appear with
Hattersfey and the other
leadership candidate,
Lorne Reznowski, a
Winnipeg university
professor, at a candi.
dates’ meeting.

Gaglardi also told the

audience of about 100 he -. ;
mat. ‘cam :i3 one, Irish moss harvester
would ‘not-be a candidate :- in "this Northumberland

‘for the leadership. ©

Hattersley said later he
is not convinced t
Gaglardi will not run for
the leadership but feels

that ifheis out of therace _

“T have a better chance.”

Hormone helps
short people

WINNIPEG (CP) — A
locally based program is
helpi ‘about ' 200
Canadian children
achieve what they never
could before— growth,

The program, eaded
by physiologist Dr. Harry

esen, helps drastically

. short children grow taller
by injection of a natural
substance called growth
hormone. -

The a hurmone ; tant
secre y the pituil
gland in the neck and
stimulates growth during
the early stages of life.
When too little hormone
is secreted, the child will
age normally, Oe bile.
“grow up” on y.

An estimated ive to 10
per cent of drastically
short persons suffer from
this hormone deficiency.

Children from across:

Canada, including 16
Manitobans, _receive
’ injections of the hormone
three times a week
through the program
financed by an $80,000
grant from the ‘Medical
Research Council.
Results are impressive.
The children can grow by
as much,as four to five
inches in only six months,
said Dr: Friesen, al-
though ,a_ three-inch
growth per year is con-
sidered .ayerage. -
WON'T HELP ADULT
Dr. Friesen, head of
physiclogy at University
of Manitoba faculty of
medicine, explained the
injections will: not work
on adults, since they have

already _—lost their
potential for further
growth. ’

“Most of the growth
takes place at the end of
the long bones and spine.
The cartilage is what
actually ‘grows, ‘ causing
the two bone centres to
keep going up with it. The
cartilage disappears at
the end of puberty, when

growth hormone and sex
steroids combine | to
produce growth spurts.
The growth hormone
was first isolated in the
pituitary gland in the late
1950s, he said. However,
in 20 years of study, re-
searchers still are limited
by the fact that the.
hormone is only of use
when ~ the and. is

removed at an autopsy. :

uently,
rogram relies totally on
donors for the 15,000
pituitary glands received:
each year. The growth
substance is extracted
from the —_ gland,
rocessed, and then dis-
ributed across. the
country to the children.
Each child can then
receive his injection in
. his or her community.

BOOSTED PSY
CHOLOGICALLY TOO

Growth occurs within a
month and noticeable
growth in three months.
The positive effect for the
_child can be bignificant,
Dr. Friesen said.

“It’s helpful because
the kids can see they’re
growing. It's an enor-
mous psychological boost
for them.”

Treatments last until
the boys reach five feet
‘two inches and the girls
five feet, or until xrays
show. there is no more

Conseq!

growth otential in the |
this may take ;

mes, J
10 years.
The most serious
problem facing, the
program, Dr, Friesen
said, is collecting
pituitary glands. The
15,000 collected annually
ate not enough and
there’s a. waiting list.
“We could double or
triple the number of
children treated. with
adequate supplies. Right
now, we. must restrict it
‘ta those absolutely

e winter: a combination of the deficient in the gland.

Referring to the fact in

OTTAWA (CP) — The
mining indusiry is
pressing the government
to put the mint to work
turning out gold coins for
investors around the
world. ‘

Industry § spokesmen
say stich a multi-million
dollar business would be
a boon to the gold mining
industry and would allow
Canada to cash im on a
need being felt by in-
vestors around the world.
They say it would create
thousands of jobs.

The coins, unlike the
betterknown collector’s
coins, are bought and sold

banks and other
financial institutions.
They are one of the most
popular small in-
vestments now available.

Until now the mint hag

roduced limited-edition
fesues for Preaeaant it
commemora’ specific

the Olym-

events such as oly
‘pics or the Queen’s Silver
Jubilee last year. ;
Supply Minister Jean-
Pierre Goyer said this
wenn int? pulion id
Cc on go
coins is attractive and he
is prepared to investigate’
of its merits. :
The idea came to light
Monday as Goyer ex-
plained legislation that
would allow the mint to
strike gold coins without
parliamentary approval.
FOR COM- -
MEMORATIVES
Goyer’s ose in in-
troducing the dill was to
make it easier for. the
mint to issue new com-
memorative gold coins.
But these are
marginal interest to the
mining jobby. It bas set
its sights on the much
larger bullion coin

ess.

The trading value of a
bullion coin depends on
the price of gold on any
given

of -

of thousands both in

day. A com-.

memorative coin is a
collector’s item with a
value . that changes
gradually, if at all.

Bullion coins must be
produced in great volume
with a low profit
margin—three per cent is
the widely accepted
standard—unlike com-
memorative cdins which
are produced in small
nunibers with a large
mark-up for the mint.

Mining officials prefer
coins to other forms of
gold becaawe gover:
ment-minted cols can be
sent out of the coyntry
duryfree. Other gold
exports are subject to a
17.5 per cent duty.
AFTER SPEED

Mining officials are

yer to get into

the market as soon as

possible after passage of
is gold coin bill. ;

Market conditions are
ideal, they say. The large
U.S.-banks and financial
institutions are searching
desperately for gold to
offer investors.

They say Canada’s
mining industry would
allow gold mines to
double production within
a year, assuming. gold
was selling for at least
$200 an ounce, With the
increased demand the
bullion production would
generate, such a price
was not unrealistic. Gold

now is selling for about —

$i71 an ounce.
They say bullion coin
production would allow
Canada to cut its foreign
exchange deficit and
create jobs by fhe
le
mint and in the mining
industry.
We've been discussing
this for more than a year

- with various government

officials,’ said William

Costello of the Mining

Association of Canada in
an interview.

Wind turbine ©

- heats

(CP) — Tom Rogers is

Strait village who won't
be worrying about high
fuel bills next winter, He
‘will extract heat from
Nova Secotia’s abundant
supply of wind.
_ Taking an idea from a
science magazine,
Rogers drew his cwn
ans and built a 20-foot-
wind turbine
po aera of generatin
enough electricity to hea
his small, three-bedroom

home.

The wind turbine, a
type that has become
popular amo wind
power enthusiasts, bears
no resemblance to a
traditional windmill. It
locks more iike an in-
verted eggbeater, with
three fl
blades bent together at
top and bottom in an oval
sha roughly like a giant
a0

Unlike traditional
windmills, which must-be
pointed into the wind for

aximum power, the

rbine can ‘use wind
from any direction. The
blades of a turbine do not
‘Totate automatically but
must be started either
manually or electrically.

The bine is con-

nected to an &,000-watt

alternating-current :

generator which Rogers

‘purchased from aircraft

_ surplus.

BLADES SLOWED
Unchecked winds o

_considerin
le glass fibre .

a ‘
—PERSONAL AND SMALL BUSINESS a.
INCOME TAX FREPARATION ,

ORO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY” *!

$10

4602 LAZELLE AVE. | |
_TERRACE B.C.

stronger than 23 or 24
miles: -- an
frequent occurrence in
this gale-prone provin-
ce—would spin the
machine so fast it might
break up, so the blades
are equipped with
aerodynamic spoilers
that slow them down in
high winds.

The mill cost only $500
for materials but it. took
nearly 800 hours of work
before installation was
completed in late March.
Rogers estimates that a
comparable ready-made
unit would cost about
$10,000. ~

He hopes to be able to
do without his furnace
next winter, using wind-
powered electrical

seboard heaters. He is
building
another mill to operate
his lights and electrical
appliances.

Rogers had considered
using solar energy but
decided - it was — too
complicated. , .

“Solar energy is
gathered mostly in
summer and then must
be stored,” he said.
“With wind, you get most
in winter when you need
itand use it right away. It
is very simple.” -

WATCH YOUR STEP
LONDON: (cr) = 4
shopkeeper § pu
beware of-thedog notice
on the door - because
customers kept treading

i on his chihuahua:

Wie

and
up

information on fed

hour—a ‘-

TORONTO (CP) — The
Globe and Mail says that
selected members of the
RCMP were _ issued
detailed instructions on
political surveillance and
on reporting on can-
didates in federal,
provincial and municipal
elections in the early
19706.

In an Ottawa story, the
newspaper says seven
pages of instructions,
spparently taken from an

‘MP manual, were
received in the mail
Monday by one of the
national political parties.

With the document was
an unsigned, typewritten
note—in French—from
someone described as a
victim of the RCMP.

RCMP headquarters—
A Division. in Ottawa—
was to supply statistical
eral
elections, including a
complete list of can-

didates, their occupation, ©

address, constituency,
votes received and in-
formation concerning
popular vote by

Quebec the term

Cash in on coins Candidates watched by
RCMP newspaper says

‘provinces; the Globe

says.

One set of instructions
applied to. feports _on
election candidates in
English Canada, with a
different set for can.
didates (on all three
levels) in Quebec. ,

The Globe says the
document states:

“All election can-

didates of security in-.

terest: will be reported on
the files listed below
regardiess of their
organizational affiliation,
tical orientation or
geographic location.

“In the province of
0
security interest’ will
apply to any candidate
who runs for office under
the banner of any known
or suspected subversive
or separatist group, or is
himself a known or
suspected subversive or
separatist.
‘In all other provinces
it will apply to any
candidate - who has a
subversive trace at
division level.” .

CBC workers
off the job

TORONTO (CP) — For
the second time in a
week, most staff an-
nouncers at CBC’s head
office in Toronto have
walked off the job to

‘ protest the corporation’s

position on contract ne-
gotiations, a CBC
Spokesman said today.

Cee Smith, CBC public
-Telations officer, said
about 30 announcers,

members of the Canadian .

Union of Public Employ-
ees (CUPE), left their
Jobs at 6a.m, EST, It was
not immediately known
how long the announcers
would remain off the job.

Smith sald. their work
was being done by
supervisory rsonnel
and that.no major. effect

on. radio. and television.

programming was an-
ticipated. He said he did
not think there would be
any interference Thur-

_ sday with the sixth game

of the Toronto Maple
Leafs-New York Islan-
ders finals of the Stanley
Cup playoifs,

The announcers, who
have not indicated when
they will return, walked
off the job April 17 for
three hours to protest
what. one union
spokesman said was a

C attempt to win the
right to hire announcers
on contract rather than

Bl or simply return

as permanent employees.
That walkout fo

%4-hour boycott by an-
nouncers the previous
week in Montreal.

The contract between
the CBC and about: 300
announcers, part of a
2,800-member CUPE
local; expired last July 9.

lowed a,

SPELLED OUT
A subsequent
paragraph indicates what
the RCMP means by a.
subversive trace: “In
submitting the ‘sub-
versive traces’, only a
very brief staternent will:
required, ie.,
‘member of Communist’
Party of Canada,
Brandon, Manitoba,
1954’; or. ‘associate of

known Commmunists,
1965’; or ‘executive
member of AUU

Cc, .
Welland, Ontario, 1961’;
or ‘donated $25 to Front
de Liberation Quebecois,
1969," .
The uses to which the.
election information
collected by the RCMP .
was put are not clear
from the instruction
document.

“ The Globe continues: |
Although ‘election’ files .
are of value to the ©
security screening
program,” the document °
States, ‘‘their main
purpose is to gather :
Statistical (the world ,
statistical is underlined)
information for various
briefs, comparative
analysis, and federal .
Government
requirements."

RCMP officials refused <
to comment Tuesday .
night on whether the .
, policy of election sur- .
veillance spelled out in .
the 1971 document is still

~ in force, the Globe says. ’

Last Novernber,
however, Prime Minister .;
Pierre Trudeau said the :
RCMP had been in- .
structed in March. 1975, .

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