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AN ADMIRING FAN Laurier LaPierre, co-host of the CBC television pro- gram "This Hour Has Seven Days", obliges ad- ' mirers pith his autograph : following speaking engage- » ment at Ottawa. Mr. La- Pierre, an associate pro- fessor of McGill Univer- sity, Montreal, has been ad- vised that his CBC contract will not be renewed next year. The CBC decision has stirred a storm of contio- versy, --CP Wirephoto 5 B.C. Boys Met Philip By Way Of50-Mile Hike By MARILYN ARGUE OTTAWA (CP)---A 50-mile hike that took them close to the summit of a 7,100-foot mountain led to a meeting with Prince Phillip for five boys from British Columbia. The hike filled the "'expedi- tion" requirement for the Duke of Edinburgh's' gold award. The B.C. teen-agers were among 18 Canadian boys who received the award from the prince during his Ottawa visit in March. "That was a_ wonderful day,"' said Stephen Owen, a slight, brown - haired boy whose business-like manner is offset by a dimpled grin. "We talked to the prime minister in his office. He has quite-a bit in common with the head- master of our school--like they both went to Oxford." Prince Philip chatted with the winners during the award ceremony held later that day at Government House. "He asked us about the expedition and about our school." The boys also met Gover- nor-General and Mme. Vanier and members of the diplo- matic corps. The B.C. boys are all 17 and in Grade 12 at Shawnigan Lake school, on. Vancouver Island about 30 miles north of Victoria. .It's a private school ij 240 boys from Grades 8 to ee It was the headmaster of the school who got them inter- F ested in the Duke of Edin- burgh's Award scheme. It was started about 10 years ago in Britain by Prince Philip to teach young people how to use their leisure time constructively. Usually supervised through a school or organization like the boy scouts or girl guides, the scheme offers.a lapel pin and certificate at-bronze, silver and gold levels for achieve- ments in four categories--pub- lic service, expedition, hobbies and fitness. "We've been working on *| since we were in Grade 9,' said dark-haired Robin Me: | Daniel, who got his hobby award for drama. '"'About 12 | of us started out." That made it a three-year | undertaking. Reports that the five had | actually climbed Mount Gari- baldi were denied by Peter | Quinn, a smooth-spoken mem- ber of the group. "No, we went across Whis- tler Mountain in Garibaldi Park, and that was just be- cause it was in between where we started out and where we wanted to end up. And the part where we were is only about 6,000 feet up."" "We prent through a pass on "the Black Tusk--that's a vol- canic formation,' explained Robin. 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O'Brien, counsel for the royal commission on the Gerda Munsinger affair, is adopting @ no-nonsense approach to the inquiry, aiming at keep- ing it stricily to the point and away from public sensational- ism, The 67-year-old Montreal lawyer is the key man in bringing 'evidence before Mr, Justice Wishart Spence who is a one-man commission of inquiry into sex-and-security charges by Justice Minister Cardin. Mr. Cardin said at a press conference March 10 that two or more Conservative cabinet ministers were involved with the 36-year-old German blonde who "had been engaged in espionage work" before com- ing to Canada in 1955. Mr. O'Brien, now working on preparations for commis- sion hearings, says Mr, Car- din's statement 'would have to be established by him from information he has--if he has it. "My concept of what was being said (by Mr. Cardin) was what had becn reported to the cabinet of the day or members of that cabinet." Mr. O'Brien is every inch the lawyer - businessman-- neat grey suit, carefully groomed silver hair, healthy complexion and con fident manner. He also expresses bluntly his personal views on some aspects of the inquiry. '"'There's no one more inter- ested in getting rid of the thing and getting home. It costs me a lot." | HOPES FOR BREVITY On the chances of the in- quiry extending for months as | did the 1964-65 Dorion inquiry | into bribery and coercion: "Over my dead body." He says of his appointment as counsel: "T was put on the spot, I guess. They wanted someone with no party associations and someone old enough not to ex- pect rewards." Furthermore, he says he doesn't know any of the min- isters or formeit ministers who may appear. baker cabinet in an appeal for the Bell Telephone Co. He probably did the same before the St. Laurent cabinet when Prime Minister Pearson was external affairs minister. "I've never met Cardin. I think I met (former justice minister) Fulton once socially. |r met (former trade minister) Hees at a dinner when he pvas president of the Montreal Stock Exchange. "Sevigny (former associate defence minister Pierre Sev- igny) I met once in my life when I was president of a Montreal hospital' and "he acted on a committee." Whether any of these men appear before the inquiry is uncertain. Mr. Sevigny has said he knew Gerda socially and Mr. Hees has said the woman may have been right when she said he lunched twice with her. MORALITY NOT INVOLVED A central issue of the in- quiry is Mr. Cardin's charge that Mr. Diefenbaker was aware of the Munsinger case but mishandled it by not send- ing it to the legal officers of the justice department for an opinion. Mr. O'Brien has firm views about keeping the inquiry to the point. "If this is an investigation into security, it is not an investigation into morality." On publicity about the com- mission hearings, he says: 'Personally, to the extent possible, matters involving possible reflections on the names and reputations of per- sons who are not themselves involved in matters of secur- ity should be kept from the public. "T have no wish to feed the public desire to read sensa- tional news." He says he wouldn't of his own, volition introduce evi- dence that might damage rep- utations of persons who might "unwittingly have got into the area being investigated." "To the extent it is neces- sary to bring in (such) evi- dence, I wouldn't be party to making it public without their consent." WON'T CHANGE TACTICS The bilingual lawyer says he foresees NO problems with the commission's terms of reference. One criticism has been that 'Mr. Cardin said there was a_ security risk while the commission was asked by the Liberal cabinet to see whether there may have been a security risk. "If you're talking about this exercise in semantics, I don't think that's going to be a problem... . "If someone said there was something or there may have been something, the investiga- tion I would pursue would be the same in either case." He's equally certain there will be NO problem about the commission's powers in the wake of reports that Mr. Diefenbaker and some of his former colleagues may NOT appear, partly on the ground their oaths wouldn't permit them to testify. "This is not a gun battle we're going into. We're deal- ing. with responsible members of a government or a former government and responsible members of the bar and I don't see any of these pitched baftles coming up... . "T don't think we are going to get into the issue of the secrecy imposed by any ath, . .. "I don't think it's a matter of concern; I wouldn't think it grould require any deci- sions by the commissioner." Mr. O'Brien says he's never served on an inquiry "on the commissioner's side." "IT acted for the railways before the transport board and for Reader's Digest in the (royal commission on) publi- cations inquiry, private' industry man. I've never taken a government re- tainer in my life nor has my office. "TL would hope that my ex- perience before many boards and courts would serve me in good stead. I feel the burns in many parts of my body and to protect against The "burns" gained in the polite legal warfare of boards and courts came to Mr, O'Brien largely as counsel for the railways or Bell Tele- phone and other utilities. In earlier years, he taught insurance law at McGill Uni- versity in addition to his prac- tice as head of the Montreal firm of O'Brien, Home, Hall, Nolan and Saunders. "In recent years, I gravl- tated more and more to the financial end and to repre- senting utilities,' he says. "As age weighs me down I get more into the board of di- rectors area." Questions about his hobbies he dismisses as '"'meant only for who's who; [ enjoy a lot of things--fishing and sleep- ing." He is the father of six chil- dren and has been active for years in community work, especially for the Montreal General and St. Mary's hos- pitals. He's a former head of the Quebec and Montreal bars, and a director of sev- eral companies, including the Royal Trust and Industrial He once | appeared before the Diefen- | Acceptance Corporation. BUACK)VEUWET i 'one of the finest Canadian whiskies this country has ever tasted' by Gilbey's Interest - Free Loans Up To $1,000 For Farms TORONTO (CP) -- Taterest-/ "In order to receive a loan free loans up to $1,000 will be|from the bank... the farmer made available to Ontario farm-| seeking assist a n ce will be ers who lost 25 per cent or more obliged to present a sworn affi- jof their crop last year because |davit declaring that the money \of poor weather. 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