with her, -

Mie aid not ads him, 1.

don’t pdonine’ hit now,’ the
- forttiex chairman of ‘the food :
+ prices’, review | ‘board ‘and’
~ “vice-chairman: of. the antl.

Anftation - board ‘said: during
an Interviews. < oj 1"
“T personally never knew

- Mr. Whelpii, although I did :

“meet him: once “in ‘an’

elevator, much -to-hisysur-

prise. But..I. Hidn't - really,
know the man’ ‘at all,» ;
' But: ‘the:, a-year-old°-
Plimptre + was ‘and: reniains,
quite -, familiar: *

Whelai’s - rr
marketing . ‘boards. that :
control production . and set -
prices. ‘And - she. ‘reniains ©
opposed: to.” Buch - sbénrds.

; because she feels they harm’.

consumera and farmers. .
Canagrex, the . proposed

federal Crown corporation .

to promote food. -exports,.1s

“another: baby. for. Mr,.

Whelan": ‘Plumptre’ ‘hopes: °
will disappear.: ‘Progressive.
Conservative MPs. agree

eo don’t. ‘think ‘ive
necessary, phe: paid
without hesitation as she sat.
‘atastable ina: plant-filled ~
sunropm of her’: home» in’:
Rockdliffe : ‘Park.—'a posh -.
village of.-the rich and

’ powerful | ‘surrounded by

Ottawas on... .
Whelan’ a. assessmient of

Plumptre on-the.day of her,
departure . ‘from * the anti: |

inflation board was that she;

. “had cher faults”. but she

take’ steps ta do. something -.

7 ‘Plumpice- ‘took:
Vewipe -atethe ..
ent. this, time for

time to realize: the- Snead | te

“for the’ unemployed,” she |
Bald. “After, all, people. are

vey “important ‘and you |

can't. just let people suffer.””

: ‘although never a. federal .

‘politician, Plumptre can be |

‘a. -very:, ‘political “woman.
Byen’ when ‘she wields an -
ae, “the ‘seemingly’ om-
-alpresent - smile remains.

*-Plumptre -was | recrulted:
“to Rerve on: the food - prices
“Feview boatd In 1973 and the
antiinflation board in 1976
“because: of Her © solid .

~" reputation as a: no-nonsense —
economist _ and consumer —

advocate.

- The ‘appointment rity not ©
‘please. the country’s senior |

“woman politician of the day

_—Judy Lamarsh, a Liberal .

_ cabinet minister. Lamargh
- thought Plumptre could not .
dasa good job because she |
“WS: ‘born dn -Australta,
‘althoughi’ she: arrived . in
“Canada: in 1938:and | con- .
bldered herself very”
- Canadian!" ee

* Plumptre, offen proved to
‘bea thorn in the side of the
. Liberal government, not.
just because of her. lack of
- admiration for Whelan, but
because of ther difficulty in
accepting ‘the concept of
“price and wage controls she

the philosopher's granite tomb dn: London's Highgate

. easier. for ‘ er Bangladeshi: expatriates to get refugee .

~ Marx honored _

LONDON (Reuter) '~ West Germany's ‘ambassador to

Britain was among those who pald respects to Karl Marx on -

“Monday, the 100th anniversary, of the- German-born
revolutionary’ 's death in exile In London, oe
‘Ambassador, Jurgen Ruhfus placed a wreath at the foot of -

Cemetery... ;
Karl Marx was a 1 German citizen. and. a. noted Political

My ; rc 1 the: §
. ‘other embassies ‘called’ tt the | demetery ‘to lay ‘Wreaths on :

the tomb or simply stand in silent respect.
. One ‘delegation of 120 young Communists trom elght

“countries had walked all the way from Trier in West |

Germany, where Marx was born in 1919, the son of a Jewish
lawyer who converted ‘to Christianity.

Vyacheslav Dolgov, the Soviet charge daftaires in ¢

London, visited the cemetery with two of ficials of the Soviet
Cofmunist party. |

Marx lived in London for 34- years after his politcal
activities forced him: to leave Germany. -

on of Abdul Rout as a refugee will make it /

status in’ Canada, says Roop Sharma, a.. Toronto

- immigration: ‘lawyer.:

“Ii'ig-really a landmark decision ih n that: ‘Canada has

. opened its ‘doors to at least'one of those persons who has |
' been pérsecuted in the most heinous s manner,” Sharma sald

Siniday, Seven. Bangladeshis represented by Sharma are
seeking refugee status ‘in Canada,. _
- Thé Immigration Appeal Board told Rout last week that it

recbgnized’ hig fear of being persecuted by the military ‘
“government of Bangladesh because of his membership in a

- political party.

The ruling ended a 20-month legal battle during which:
Rout was denied refugee status in ‘Canada by both the .
Department of Employment and immigration. and the
Refugee Status Advisory.Commigsion.

Evidence presented to the appeal board. showed Rouf, 34
had been repeatedly harassed by scldiers and police from

1995 to 1977. :

a was picked, up approximately 15 mes. by the police

_ and military and tortured in jail and on each occasion-my —

life was threatened," Rout said in a sworn statement to the’

Appeal board. . re
- "On. these: occasions, L was beaten _merellessly with
rollers similar, to baseball bats and, kicked wes They

. threatened me, beat me and tortured: me, ‘ticking needles

into my: finger.”
‘ Rout, now head chef at.a Toronto restaurant, fled the
‘country. as a tourist In September, 1880, with a passport
obtained from a travel agent: He heft hia pregnant wife and,
Bon, Hy ae
- He. bad not heard from his. wile, Rina; since, ‘recalying'a
‘desperate letter from her lest June; In that. late, she told. -
him, he had‘ a second son. :

Lacing ted

“T ean hardly stay at home hecaube t the police ‘from. the |

pollée ‘atatlon always come, and look for. You," the, letten,

said. “Then the police arrested me and took mato, the palice ,
_statlou,. They kep{ ine there for three days in, the. statlon,.

aaklng § mea lot of questions, Then they Jet-rie Ro.
. “What should [ write about the unbearable persecution ‘by.

; the police," she wrote. ‘‘In‘this country, young boys and ~
girls’ have no right ta live, have no right to speak thelr

hearts. out. But what can J do? To survive this, | we are just
running ‘away from one ‘place to another . . You're
surviving because you managed to get away “from the
country. ‘Otherwise, the tyrants would have killed you by,

: now.”* ;

“The letter said soldiers had rankacked aiid distivyed the’
offices ‘of the Jasad political party. Rouf has been. a

. theihber of the party siace (ts Inception in 1973 after the

assassination by the miltary 6 of the country’s firat prime.
minister-.

+ when asked:
MPs
coritrols,’ replied:

{gnorant: ”

feels some type of a

° restraint. program ‘can ‘be

“useful, providing ‘specific

Atoups do not feel they are |

being singled out.

: pinies and utilities.“

lt contre) ‘didn’t
really solve. anything. " a
about her - opinions on’

- controls in *1978 when she *
ec nesied from "the board,
‘ Prime Minister ‘Trudeau, be
‘by opposition ;
if. Plumiptre © had -
-beeome disillusioned | with
“T find |
-this Ine of questioning,” If :

MOE malicious, extremely

‘left’ “ination 1 attairg’”
* senior Finance Department
: “official, was dying.

ture fromthe AIB, Plump.
tre Was. a. widow, nut : fea

= Plumpire - sald:- “she: also’:

A. year- after. her‘

’ She served ‘en the board of:
directors: ‘of ‘séveral “com::

_- panies, * i: into-‘her: thitd:-

. term as reeve of Rockellffe;:
‘Plumptre: éald ‘ahe hopes

the. government, WiLL. “not :.
reinstitute controls, .but

does “charity. ‘work, ‘oc-.
casionally’ jets off to: places

. Buch “ag China, Brazil ‘and’

Britain; tends the ‘garden ‘in’:

- ther yard by asmall lake and.

eccaslonally Plays £0
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Ottawa's. Mrs, as

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aaa |

“spotlight. = *,

a In 1973 and.1975, Plumptre:
“-“was~ chosen , the ‘country’s:

most hewawarthy woman in,
‘the annual: Canadian. Press
poll: af NEWSPAPET editors,

‘Now’ she* ean; roften: be
potted a
me was.: sitting.

quietly ata. meeting of. the *:
Fegional council, listening t to
others argue ‘fibout. sewer .

_ Systems or land zoriing.’*. ne
should gay.”.

Municipal politicians, she
- Buggests, are. often" leas -

: well-briefed "on " iesives . and -
‘.Bhow less regard. for. punc-

tuality than did-her former
‘colleagues ° on national
~ boards, -

* Sometirnes, ihe sald, she:
‘ misses being in‘ le ational

~ “Naturally, you. tend to

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_ tivities, Plumptre ‘bald:
a © ‘don't ' know
‘achieved very much, except

‘that “perhaps ‘I .was very
. fortunate and had a ‘very

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