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EX-NAVAL OFFICER Briggs To Get CBC "Shipshape'" OTTAWA (CP) -- Communi- cations are going to be "a bit sharper' aboard the CBC ship with W, E. S, (Captain) Briggs in charge. Mr. Briggs, a wartime naval officer and long - time member of the navy reserve, was con- firmed as the man responsible for day-to-day operations of the corporation in an announcement from CBC headquarters this week. In effect, the 58-year-old first vice-president of the corpor- ation will be functioning as cap- tain of the ship with Alphonse Ouimet, CBC president, acting as the admiral in charge of long-range strategy. Mr, Briggs, a heavy-set man of about five feet, 10 inches, who still retains a naval offi- cer's bearing, is quick to em- phasize that any suggestion that there will be a '"'shackling or handcuffing effect" on the cre- ative side of the CBC is "utter nonsense." . The announcement by the CBC confirmed Mr. Briggs in the position -- "in a sense it's the job of a general manager" --he has occupied for some time. ASSIGNS EIGHT It also assigned eight other vice-presidents specific respon- sibilities. Allotment of specific areas of responsibility should clarify the communication picture, Mr. Briggs said in an interview, He sees communication within the corporation as '"'a vital factor" and notes that he will be "deal- ing more directly with some ~ people than heretofore" under the system. "Tt should simplify things." Clarification of responsibil- ities became necessary partly because the publicly - owned corporation "has grown astro- nomically," Mr, Briggs noted.|it In answer to a question in the House of Commons this week, it was stated that the CBC em- ployed more than 8,000 people as of last Sept. 1. Writers and producers would continue to get 'all the free- dom in the world" under the system, Mr. Briggs said. "No- body is trying to stifle our cre- ative people." If this occurred "we might as well pack it up." THERE'S DISTINCTION However, there is that fine distinction be t ween freedom and licence," he added. Those on the creative side of the CBC would still have to subscribe to corporation policy, as in the past. Born in St. Catharines, Ont., Mr, Briggs served in the Royal Navy before he started in the! advertising field in Canada in 1929, He joined the RCN before the} Second World War and, as com-} mander of the corvette HMCS| Orillia, won the Distinguished | Service Cross in 1941 for his) part in helping salvage a tanker) with a $1,000,000 cargo, King) George VI pinned the decor-| ation on him in a ceremony at) Buckingham Palace. Mr. Briggs started with the) CBC in 1937 and returned to it! after his wartime service in the) North Atlantic. In his 28 years with the cor-| poration, Mr, Briggs says, he) has found the freedom from po-| litical pressure "quite amaz-| ing." THERE'S NO 'EROSION' Any suggestion that there has been an erosion of this freedom is "absolute nonsense. We could not expect to enjoy greater freedom. We have been given a job to do and left alone to do " Early in his CBC career, he was an announcer, producer and station manager. After the war he was appointed regional representative for the Maritime provinces, a post he held until his latest move. Mr. Briggs is well aware of the complexities of CBC oper- ations -- providing radio and television programs of wide di- versity in two languages across a country stretching more than 4,000 miles from east to west, and into the far north. "We are cognizant of our re- sponsibilities,' he says. "We hope to serve the people of Can- ada to the best of our ability." |barbers, manicurists, souvenir 1s (© Make money, Got Something To Sell? Then 'Nate's' Your Boy MONTREAL (CP) -- If you have something to sell, and it's the best of its kind, there's a man at the Montreal world's fair who wants to talk to you, He's Nathan Steinberg, no mean hand at selling things himself, who has the job of lining up concessionaires for the 1967 exhibition, which will at- tract an estimated 30,000,000 Expo, other, representing the brother- hood of man. Hundreds of items could carry the symbol, including postcards, guide book, souvenirs, jewelry, T-shirts, ties, flags, matches, novelty hats, glassware, ceram- ics, medals and coins, ~ WANT THE BEST Mr. Steinberg, who with four cants. make a success of prise." CHECKS QUALITY Expo, he says, money for Expo, and through for the- Canadian tax- payer who is footing the bill." Expo will take its cut from concessionaires and licencees "and we will try to make the best possible deal for Expo" when ,, bargaining with appli- "But once the concession has been granted, we will do our best to help the concessionaire "to makejchecks on prices, quality ana service and will offer merchan- dising advice from experts. In restaurants particularly, con- cessionaires will have to agree "Do you know that 40,000,000 on minimum and maximum! postcards were sold at the Seat-\elderly : prices. The general standard Me ter? =m" 0) a doc: will be the prevailing price in . are the Montreal region for equiva-| '"You must realize from these|designed mainly for those who lent quality and service. two simple facts that the sou-|ave no family doctor and sel- He says the possibilities of|venir business can become @ dom consult other doctors. doing good business at Expo @re) creat business for some Cana- ay me since' Conaalas dians if they wish to seize the oe opportunity which is there and made souvenirs to be sold at the ' ; fair. "Do you know that 80 per|Which is going begging right at this moment." THE OSHAWA TIMES, Friday, December 18, 1964 CLINICS FOR AGED ~ Zach ore citizens have in Canada are made outside of Canada?" KID'S SOLE NOTE Gunslinger Billy the Kid was known to have written one let- ter in his life, and it's worth $5,000 today to collectors, his enter- brothers operates the Steinberg chain of supermarkets, says he wants the best concessionaires business has to offer, "We do not want fly-by-night concessionaires,"" he said in an interview. One of the first requirements is that the applicant be in the business he represents and that he have an organization behind him. "We want to see the attitude). of the applicant. Is: he thinking about what he can get out of the exhibition or what he can give to it?" customers. He must find the restaurant and shoe shine operators, the stand operators and post card distributors for the fair. The range of items and serv- ices to be offered is limited only by the imagination, says the fair, which has started a year- end, country-wide campaign to attract concessionaires. 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