WRITING BOOK

. OTTAWA (CP) — Gov.-
_Gen. Jules Leger hopes to
‘write a book in his for-
thcaming retirement to tell
Canadians that life at Rideau
Hall is not always a dull,
- Btulfy affair.

But the former journalist
and diplomat, who brought
his special sense of humor to
the official residence of the

, Queen's representative, is
meeting some resistance
_ from his wife, Gaby.
_ “Twant to convince her to
write a book with me on the
lighter side of Ilfe at Rideau
Hall, but she is not yet con-
vinced,’* the Governor-
. General said in a farewell
interview. “But I am very
stubborn,”
_ -Quips and one-liners were
the trademark of Gov.-Gen.
Leger during his five-year
‘stay at Rideau Hall. He was
_ known to break up more than
one official state dinner with
-his candid remarks.

And true to his non-
political role, each remark
‘about “my .boss,"’ Prime
Minister Trudeau, was
followed by one aimed at
Progressive. Conservative
Leader Joe Clark.

The book, however, will
not be his first project next
“month when Ed Schreyer
-assumes the highest post in
the country and Gov.-Gen.
Leger begins what he terms
_&@ period of unemployment.
“” First, there will be a
. period of rest in the Leger's
‘Ottawa condominium from
the rigors of travelling,
speech-making and = en-
tertaining royalty.
“Yam behind in my
dialogue with God,'' the 65-
year-old Governor-General
says. I hope he will reply to
-me from time to time.”

Gov.-Gen. Leger has five
-words of advice for his
successor, the former New
Democratic Party premier
-of Manitoba;“‘Do your thing
with prudence.”

It is a motto he has
practised since leaving the
‘foreign service and im-
portant
“appointments to France and
Italy to become Governor-
General in January, 1974.
“*The native of the’ tiny
’ Quebec village of St. Anicet
did the job the way he saw fit
but never rocked the boat.

“T opened the doors to
Rideau Hall to Canadian
artists, for chamber music,”
he says, alternating between
French and English.

“T forced the government
to buy Canadian paintings. I
think the house is more
human than before and more

-open than before, more
Canadian.”
- The works of Canadian
“artists line the walls of the
rooms that before reflected
more of the European
heritage that first shaped
Canada.

One such painting is a por-
trait by the famous Quebec
artist Jean-Paul Lemieux of
the Governor-General’s
brather, Paul-Emile Car-
dinal Leger, the Roman
Catholic archbishop of
Montreal who went to work
with the poor and lepers in
Africa.

’ Yn the classical sense,
there is no Canadian culture,

Gov.-Gen. Leger says.

- “But in the contemporary .

sense, yes, in that we have
an expression which is
Canadian, French, English,
American and this impact on
the country is so great, itis a
culture. ;
“For example, ] pray i

French; I work in English —

part of the time and I dream

about things American. This .

is our culture today and
more so in the future.”

The current crisis between
English-and = French-
Canadians “could be a long
one” but may lead to a better
understanding between the
two founding ethnic groups,

he says. ;
Linguistic tensions are not

the only problems facing the

country. :
“In Canada we have at the

ambassadorial

role of the Queen can be
complementary for many
years to come, maybe for a
generation. After that, I
cannot say.’

The real powers of the
governor-general are
exercised only In times of
emergency, such as when a
minority government
collapses,' The governor-
general may then appoint a
prime minister.

Usually, the governor-
genoral maintains a largely
ceremonial role. Former
governor-general Roland
Michener noted recently that
he was described as the
commander-in-chief of the
armed forces '‘but they
never took any of my or-
ders,"

The influence a governor:
general has upon the country
is heavily determined by the
temperament of the-person
holding that office. Gov.-
Gen. Leger illustrates his
point by comparing
Schreyer, 42, with himself.

Schreyer, who received his
first official tour of Rideau
Hall this week, is younger, a
political idealist :and a
socialist, Leger notes.

“T'm old, not socialist,
well, maybe a bit, and,
therefore, you realize the
contrast belween the two
men is great and, therefore,
you have to conclude the role
of the governor-general is
changing today in this
house.”

Gov.-Gen. Leger says he
believes part of his job is to
speak on important social
and cultural issues with
which he is familiar. But
prudence again is the key.

“For example, my suc-
cessor can speak of the West
with great authority. This is
good for the country.”

Being a former journalist
al the Ottawa French-
language daily newspaper,
Le Droit, Gov.-Gen, Leger
occasionally challenged
reporters to ponder the
impact of their work.

News organizations should
take part ina search for ‘'the
path of. light and help: others
to find it," he told the annual
dinner of The Canadian
Press in Toronto in May,
1974.

A month later, Gov,-Gen,
Leger met the toughest
challenge of his life when he
suffered a serious stroke at
Sherbrooke, Que.

_ Leger says there
was a light side

‘

The illness damaged hig
speech and resulted in a
paralysis of one arm.

Six months later, after a
holiday at Palm Beach, F'la.,
he was back at work.

His traditonal New Year
Message for 1975 had a
special poignancy.

‘“These long months haye
brought me close to those
who suffer. 1 wish them well
on the way to recovery. They
should not despair.”

The resulting speech
handicap meant his wife, the
daughter of a Montreal
motor executive whom he
met while attending the

Sorbonne in Paris,
frequently became his public
mouthpiece. ;

“Mme, Leger met with
gusto the challenge at
Rideau Hall and sho helped
me greatly in my difiicully
after my attack,” Gov.-Gen,
Leger reminisces. ‘And I
am very fond of her.”

“The job of the wife of the
governor-general is very
important but oddly enough
the studies that Mme. Leger
went through, mostly in
Paris, helped her a great
deal at Rideau Hall.

“Such studies, three years
ef cooking lessons and three
years of arts lectures, helped
her acquire a. knowledge
essential to the job.”

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- Cabinet to decide

WINNIPEG (CP) — The
Hudson’s Bay Co. has put its
hopes for a larger presence
in Eastern Canada in the
hands of the federal cabinet.

Donald S. McGiverin,
company president and chief
executive officer, said
Wednesday thal Ottawa will
decide whether its plans to
take over Simpsons Ltd. will
be allowed to proceed.

Hudson's Bay made an
offer to Simpsons
shareholders last month to
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shares.

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eastern markets now served
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proposed merger with
Simpsons-Sears Ltd., the
department store chain half-
owned by Sears, Roebuck
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Canadian contral of Simp-
sons, and he said he doesn’t
see how Ottawa could ap-
prove the merger plans of
the company’s rivals.

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if the federal cabinet came to
the conclusion that made a

merger of Simpsons and

SimpsonsSears possible,”
However, he added: “If
the federal cabinet is sold on
the Simpsons and Simpsons-
Sears merger, that blows us
out of the water.’4
Simpsons and Simpsons-
Sears have asked the federal
government to decide by
Friday whether their latest

merger proposal is per- -

missible under the Foreign
Investment Review Act.

McGiverin said that if the
merger is approved, The
Bay would be forced to with-
draw its offer and Simpsons
shareholders would be left
with no other choice in the
matter,

The Bay has_ offered
Simpsons shareholders the
equivalent of $8.30 a share
based on latest market
prices. McGiverin said a
preliminary analysis of the
latest merger proposal
would give Simpsons
shareholders only $7.60 a
share.

Principals in the merger
say their Jatest proposal
betters The Bay’s offer.

McGiverin also said The
Bay's offer is superior in
terms of future dividends to
shareholders and proposed
new investment, jobs and
merchandise purchases in
Canada.

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operate Simpsons as an
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