Crossed Mountie’s mind that
office break-in was illegal |

OTTAWA (CP) It
crossed his mind before the
event that RCMP plans to
’ break into offices containing
Parti Quebecois .mem-
bership lists might beillegal,
Robert Potvin told a royal
commission into RCMP
wrongdeings Tuesday.

But Potvin said he relied
upon “the experience and
discretion of my superiors”
to see that he aml other

—_

Mounties weren't called.

upon to do anything illegal.

The ita.m. break-in,
dubbed Operation Ham, took
place Jan. 9, 1973; RCMP
security service members
took computer tapes con-
taining the membership
lists, had them copied, then
retumed the originals the
same night.

Potvin, who later retired
from the force, was senior
NCO in the anti-terrorist unit
at RCMP headquarters at
the time. He participated in
planning the operation.

He testified that he felt au-
thority for the operation
must have come from John
Starnes, director-general of
the RCMP Security Service
at the time.

Furthermore, Potvin said,
he believed ‘that in some
way my superiors were
advising the minisier or
people in the ministry” of
plans for the operation.

Solicitor-General at the
time was Warren Allmand,
who has denied any prior
tnowledge of the break-in.

Potvin sald that the at-
titude among those engaged
insecurity work was that the
conditions that caused
government to invoke the
‘War Measures Act in 1970
atl] existed late in 1972 and
were escalating.

WASN'T SURE

Potvin said he recognized

the possibility that there was

Steel _
shutdown

in Ont.

By THE CANADIAN PRESS
Company .and.-union .of-
ficials bay the shutdown of
the Algoma Steel Corp. plant
inSault Ste. Marie, Ont., was
proceeding with few snags
Tuesday—the first day of a
strike by 6,000 steelworkers.
Officiala of the Local 2251,
United Steelworkers of
America, have told the
company they will ensure
enough workers stay on the
job to help close coke ovens
and blast furnaces. Com-
pany officials have said the

‘ocess takes about 48 hours
to complete safely.

Picket lines appeared at
Algoma's gates at midnight
Monday night, shortly after
54.5 per cent of 5,650 workers
who voted rejected a
memorandum of agreement
signed Friday after three
months of talks. ‘

Meanwhile, a walkout by
12,000 employees of Steel
Co. of Canada Ltd. (Stelco)
in Hamilton was averted
Monday when members of
Local 1005 voted to accept
what union officials called a
virtually identical offer.
Both contracts expired at
midnight Monday night.
MORE PAY OFFERED

Thecontract offered by Al-
goma amd Stelco provides an
average wage increase of 40
cents an hour over three
years and a_ cost-of-living
increase of about $1.35 an
hour over the term of the
contract.

Average wages will in-
crease to $7.95 an hour in the
first year, to $3.39 in the
second year and to $9.08 in
the third.

The agreement also
provides a §20-a-month in-
crease in pensions, effective
Aug. 1, and improved life
and medical insurance,

The union’s negotiating
team in Sault Ste Marie haa
recommended acceptance of
the pact, but after two
weekend meetings, the
union’s board of delegates
recommended rejection,

In Hamilton, the new
agreement was recom-
mended by union
negotlators, who said it was
the best package they could
negotiate, and by the
executive board of the union
local.

Treasurer Ron Moreau of
the Sault Ste, Marie local
said workers rejected the
contract primarily because
it lacked improvements to
vacations and pension
benefits and offered an
inadequate wage package.

Algoma officials have de-
clined to comment on when
talks might resume, but
issued a statement saying
they are disappointed the
contract was rejected.

something illegal in Ham.

But he said he did not know
the full extent of the
minister’s
matters of national security.
In short, he thought the
tiinister. could authorize
such an operation. | ,

The royal commission héld
a brief in-camera session
before adjourning for a five-
week recess. Hearings will

OTTAWA (CP) — Five
predominently Canadian
consortiums or potential
consortiums exp in-
terest Tuesday in designing
and building six mid-size
economy frigates for the
navy for about $1.5 billion.

About 50 representatives
of the 17 interested com-
panies held discussions with
the navy on its requirements
for replacement of six St.
Laurent-class destroyers in
the 1980s.

An industry representative
said later the government
requirements are feasible

Arnott, manager of the new
frigate program, said the
government wants a vessel
smalier than the navy's
destroyers with the
minimum armament neces-
sary to protect Canada’s
sovereignty and meet NATO
requirements.

He said other navies have

regume Sept. 11 when senior
Mounties, politicians and
bureaucrats will be called to

authority in testify.

More than 15,000 pages of
testimony from about 70
witnesses have been taken
since last Dec. 6. Twenty
days of in-camera hearings
also have been held.

Mr. Justice David C.
McDonald, the commission

compared Canada’s highly-
sophisticated destroyers
with Cadillacs.

Now the defence depart-
ment has asked for a
“minimum-requirement
ship because no longer are
we going to drive Cadillacs.”

He said if compared with
cars ranging from an Austin
to a Cadillac, the new ship
would fall in the class of a
Chevrolet.

NOVEMBER DEADLINE

The interested companies
have until November to
submit their initial ideas for
anew ship. The government
hopes to let a contract next
May and to have the first
ship at sea at the end of 1985
and the last ship four years
later.

Represeritatives appeared
Tuesday from these groupa:

—Canada Steamship Lines
(1975) Ltd., Collingwood,
Ont.: the Nova Scotia
government on behalf of
Halifax Shipyards; Cantleri
Navali Riuniti, Italy, ship
designers. :

“Sperry Rand Canada
Ltd. Ottawa; Marine In-
dustries Ltd., Sorel, Que.;
Saint John (N.B.) Ship
building. ;

chairman, said the com-
mission is not shutting down
for August.

Seven investigators would
remain at work, ag well as
four researchers. Six teams
of lawyers would review
testimony “and pore over
documents as they prepared
to question senior witnesses
during seyen weeks of fall
sessions.

$1.5 billion for frigates

—Genstar Marine Ltd.,
Vancouver, which controls
Vancouver Shipyards.

—CANTEC Marine Ltd;
Litton Systems (Canada)
Ltd., Rexdale, Ont.;
Canadian Vickers Ltd.,
Montrea); Burrard Drydock,
Vancouver: Davie Ship-
building, Lauzon. Que.; Y-
ARD, Glaegow, Scotland, de-
signers. ,

—Pratt and Whitney
Aircraft of Canada Lid.,
Longueuil, Que., and a group
of designers made up of
German and Milne of

Montreal, John J. McMullen

Associates of New York and
Nevesbu of The Hague.

The Nova Scotia govern-
ment has an option to take

over the Halifax Shipyards .

from Hawker Siddley that.
expires next month. At-
tempts are. being made to
form a consortium to acquire
the shipyard.

Government spokesmen
said there is no way. of
knowing whether these five
groups will stay together or
break apart and form new
groups. They said they will
not know just what con-
sortiums are in the race until
submissions are received in
November,

130 fighter planes
up for contract

OTTAWA (CP) — The five

companies secking a $2.3- -

billion fighter-plane contract
made final sweetening

subniissions to the govern-...

ment Tuesday.

The European Panavia
eompany later announced
that it has told the govern-
ment Canadians coud ex-
pect $6 billion in business by
1991 if its proposal is ac-
ggpted, a 300-per-cent. in-

ease over its previous
offer.

Defence officials now hope
the government will be ina
position within two months
either to pick a successful
applicant or to at least
eliminate some of the

competitars.
If ali goes well, the gcvern-
ment will let a- contract for

about 180 fighter aircraft in*

for elderly CF-101 and CF-104
fighters in use inCanada and
Europe will start flying in
1983.
The government received
what one company
spokesman called the ‘beat
and final offers” for the most
expensive defence purchase
in Canadian history on the
same day it was briefing
industry on what will be the
second most expensive
contract, $1.5 billion for six
new frigates. —
Spokesmen for United

States companies declined to
say what additions they

-made ‘to contract offers:-
aft in‘ “submitted: earlier this year,“
Februaryiand replacements-'' But Brig.-Gen, Paul Manson, *-

head of the fighter project
team, said most submissions
concerned Canadian in-
dustrial benefits that would
resultif one of the companies
got the aireraft contract.

The government is consid-
ering the Grumman F-14, the
McDonnell Douglas F-15, the
General Dynamics F-16, two
versions the F-16 put out by
McDonnell Douglas and
Northrop and the British-
Germanitalian  Panavia
Tornado.

Contaminated fish in
. Britain not from us

OTTAWA (CP) A federal
health department
spokesman said today that
contaminated salmon
reported sold in Britain does
not come from Canada,

Ahealth alert issued by the
British government warned
consumers not to eat tlined
salmon from Canada or the
United States after four
elderly persons showed
symptoms of botulism.

‘The four are said to have
eaten out of a7.5-ounce tinof
John West brand salmon
canned by a United States

rm. :

Health and fisheries of-
ficials said they are not yet
able to explain why the cans
are labelled Produce of
Canada when they are
processed in Bristol, Alaaka,
and shipped to England via
the Peter Pan Seafood Co. of
Seattle, Wash. the spokes-

said.

“Naturally, our main
concern whether
Canadians are in danger,”
he sald. “And there is a very
good chance the salmon cans
didn't come into Canada,”

Officials are checking to
see whether the brand is sold

here and why the cans are

labelled as Canadian
produce.
"(I It is distributed in Can-

ada, we will talk to manufac-
turers to make sure it is re-
moyed,” the spokesman

He said even if the fish are
caught in Canadian waters,
the danger is in the
processing, not in the fish.

Symptoms include =~
yornlting, abdominal pain,
difficulty in vision, dryness
of the mouth, a barking
cough and disturbances in
the central nervous system.

_ Lawyer hostage kicks
prisoner, frees self |

EDMONTON (CP} — A
city lawyer who was held
hostage by his chen: for six
hours in the provincial
courthouse last Friday says
he freed himself with a well
almed kick at his abductor.

David Batchelor, 31, said
in an interview Monday that
he booted a screaming,

_knifewlelding Kelly Kemp-

ton, 21, in the chest. Secon
later, a detective acting as a
negotiator leaped onto
Kempton just before a city
police tactical squad burst
through a closed door to end
the drama.

The Incident began about 2
p.m. when Kempton, an es-
capee from Manitcba’s
Stony Mountain Peniten-
tlary, appeared in court for
sentencing.

Kempton, who was serving
12 years for eight armed
robberies when he escaped,
was picked up in Banff,
Alta., about a month ago. He

had pleaded guilty en
Wednesday to nine ad-
ditional charges of armed
robbery and single counts of
escapii

theft a

property,

possession of atolen

lawful custody, car -

Batchelor asked the judge .

for a brief adjournment so he
could talk to Kempton but
when the two returned,
Kempton held a knife on
Batchelor. The two were in
the holding cell for six hours.

Montreal school
board backsdown

MONTREAL (CP) — The
Protestant School Board of
Greater Montreal voted
Monday night to stop defying
Quebec's language law by
admitting ineligible students

into its English-language

schools.

In a 9-ta-3 decision, the
board reversed earlier
policy allowing parents to
decide on the language of
education for their children.

an ri ia

Childr current!
enrolled “thegally in “the
English sector, as well as all
ineligible newcomers, will
from now on be enrolled In
the board's French sector.

By law, only children who
have at least one parent edu-
cated in English in Quebec
may go to English-language
schools.

The board decided Monda’
ta appeal that decision. ad

|Playing politics in O

politics’ in, the pockets” of
Quebec taxpayers.

- QUEBEC (CP) — Labor
Minister Pierre Mare
Johnson today accused
federal Finance Minister
Jean Chretien of “playing

Mail delivery reduced.

By THE CANADIAN PRESS

Although mail delivery re-
sumed Tuesday in
Metropolitan Toronto.
delivery was reduced in
Windsor, Ont., when some
letter carriers went on strike
in support of postal drivers
who walked off their jobs
Monday.

The dispute over the safety.
of delivery vans that
disrupted mail service in
Toronto for almost a week.
ended late Monday when an
‘agreement was reached
between the Letter Carriers’
Union of Canada and the pos
office. ; :

The Toronto dispute
resulted in a 40-per-cent
reduction of mail volume to

Windsor, which led postal .

officials there to cut 14
courier routes in half and to
double-up drivers.

Seven of 14 drivers in
Windsor walked off the job
Monday, saying the decision
to cut routes and double-up
senior and junior drivers
was a threat to their se-
niority.

VOTE IN FAVOR

At a meeting later to
discuss strike action, 77 of
Windsor's 102 letter carriers
voted 56 to 21 in favor of a
walkout.

However, on Tuesday, 105
carrlers reported for work.

George Kerr, a spokesman
for the post office, said talks
between both parties ended
about noon Tuesday, with
management saying it
reserves the right to double-
up drivers when volumes

Thousands >

ereet
Queen

“(CP) —"An old nian

Queen approached him.

‘It appeared for a while
that the old gentleman
wouldn't make it, as he got a
few inches from his chair
and fell back again.

But in the nick of time he
managed to get up and he
tipped his well-worn grey hat
in gallant style.

A look of pure joy crosaed
his face when Her Majesty
acknowledged his greeting.

The Queen and Prince
Philip arrived at this nor-
thwestern Alberta
agricultural and ‘lumber

community Tuesday, the ~

seventh day of a fast-paced,
12-day Canadian tour. -
LINE STREETS

Only a handful of well-
wishers greeted the Queen at
the airport but thousands
lined the streets of Grande
Prairie, which has a
population of 17,626.

A small van packed with
reporters and cameramen
brought up the rear of the
royal, motorcade. The crowd
laughed at the the sardine-
can sight, reminiscent of the
old circus trick of cramming
as many bodies as possible
inte a Volkswagen.

First stop here was 4 .

hospital where the Queen
unveiled a plaque and turned
the first sod at the site of a
new medical building.

From there, the royal tour
went to the Grande Prairie
Regional College, where a
band struck out and smail
majorettes went into a
baton-touting routine.

The Queen and Prince
Philip went inside the college
and watched the first act of a
cultural show before going to
a lunch with Alberta
Premier Peter Lougheed.

Deadly
Protozoa

ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) —
Certain strains of a usually
harmiess, single-cell
organlam found in lakes and,

‘ ponds can work lis way into

the brain and cause death,
the U.S. Centre for Disease
Control said Monday.

Dr, George Healey, of the
CDC’s Laboratory Bureau,
said a strain of protozoa can
travel through the nose or an
ear and cause amoebic
meninga encephalitis.

He said several deaths
from the disorder have
occurred in recent years in
Flarida,; Georgia, South
Carolina, Virginia,
Louisiana, Texas and
California.

GRANDE PRAIRIE; Alta: ‘°
tried
‘frantically to stand as the’-*-~-

Johnson, who is interim

Quebec finance minister
while Jacques Parizeau is on

warrant it, -

“That doesn’t thrill the un-
ion,’ Kerr said. A union
membership meeting was
scheduled for Tuesday night.

Ron Emslie, spokesman
for Windsor’s Local 16,
Letter Carriers' Union of
Canada, said having senior
and junior drivers share one
truck threatened seniority.

He said couriers get routes
by seniority and had to sit
and wait in the trucks while
junior couriers finished their
routes. -

Emsliealso said the trucks
were unsafe because
management bolted extra
seats in them during the
weekend and there was “‘a
danger the extra man ofn
get hit by flying parcels.”
SEATS REMOVED

Kerr said the extra seats
were removed from the
trucks early Tuesday but
that about 25 carriers and
drivers continued picketing.

Thé post office wanted to
save money but did not want
to lay off workers, Kert said
af the decisiva to cut
couriers’ routes.

vacation, was commenting
on inclusion of a letter from
Chretien with $85 tax rebate
cheques sent to Quebecers
this week.

.

The Windsor __ letter
carriers had voted to go on
strike before the Toronto
dispute was settled.

Picket lines set up by the
Toronto drivers, members a!
Local 1 of the union, were
lifted about midnight
Monday night.

The dispute began a week
ago when seven drivers
refused to use their 1977
Dodge series 115 vans,
saying the vehicles have
defective brakes and
steering and inadequate
rear-bumper assemblies.

Although the post office
said Transport Canada and
Chrysler Canada Lid,
manufacturer of the vans,
found the vehicles safe
about 200 drivers set up
picket lines in support of the
seven workers and the other
200 drivers refused to crass.

Nigel Dunn, post office
manager of public affairs in
Toronto, said that under,the
agreement signed Monday,
the post office will proceed
with its plans to complete a
limited adjustment of the
vans.

uebec pockets! :

The cheques were
authorized by federal
legislation ‘aimed at retur-
ning directly to .Quebec
taxpayers $186 million owing
the Quebee government ina

dispute over reductions of

the sales tax. -

“ think Mr. Chretien is
playing politics in the
pockets of the people,”’
Johnson told reporters.

The Chretlen letter says
the Quebec government's
refusal to go along” wilh
federal sales-tax reduction
plans "would have deprived
the people of Quebec of the
benefits of the federal
budget."

“They're acting asif we've
donenothing, whichis unjust
and demagogic,” Johnson

said. .
Quebec adopted a one-year

measure wiping outits eight-

per-cent sales tax on shoes,
clothing, textiles. and fur-
niture rather than cutting its
sales tax partially on all.

gaods.

Jonson said he had not
yet received his $85 rebate
cheque but he will not rush
out fo buy some consumer
goods when he gets it.

“] won't be putting that
‘money in my pocket,’ he
sald, “I think it belongs to
the government.” ;

Parizeau has not yet
decided how the Quebec
government is going to
recover the money, which it
chad counted on receiving
directly from Ottawa.

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