Oshawa Times (1958-), 15 Mar 1966, p. 3

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STATEMENT READ TO HOUSE Gerda May Be Right About Lunches: Hees OTTAWA (CP)--George Hees said Monday Gerda Mu E be right" wien she iaixs of having had two luncheon dates with him when he was a cabinet minister, but he denied emphatically that there ever was a question of security involved. The tall, handsome former Conservative trade minister read a statement to the Com- mons a few hours after a Tor- onto Star story from Munich quoted Gerda Munsinger as say- ing Mr. Hees twice took her to lunch--and that was all. He rose on a question of priv- ilege and read his 225-word statement to a hushed chamber, its galleries jammed with on- lookers excitedly awaiting fresh developments in the Munsinger sex - and- security allegations touched off by Justice Minister Cardin. Mr. Hees began by recalling that on several occasions in the last 10 days he had stated pub- licly he did not know a person by the name of Olga Munsinger |That was the name originally jused by Mr. Cardin but it sub- FORMER TRADE MINIS- | TER GEORGE. HEES, shown on way to Conserva- tive caucus meeting at Ot- Germany tawa Monday,. said he left hospital in order to make a today on the Munsinger af- fair. (CP Wirephoto) U.S. Vetoe Gerda's Bid Story (CP) blonde, named as the central WASHINGTON (CP) The|rocking the Canadian. Parlia- U.S. state department said Mon-| ment, remained in hiding Mon- German woman in Canada's|000 were reported being made sex-and-security case, was re-|for her life story at Munich, West Germany was 'in an extremely dis- Press officer Robert McClos-|tressed state after being chased was denied by a consular offi-| press agent Josef von Ferenczy, cial. who said he bought the world government has been informed|for a six-figure sum of marks. "very recently" of the reasons.|(The West German mark is know whether the blonde, 36-| Canadian.) year-old former beauty queen! fFerenczy said he was consid- statement in the Cammons F 1 . | MUNICH, West or '03 Visa i figure in a sex-and-securilty case day that Gerda Munsinger, the|day while offers as high as $10,- fused an American visa in 1953; Mrs. Gerda Munsinger, 36, key declined to say why the visa|by so many journalists,'"' said But he said that the Canadianjrights of her '"'shocking story" McCloskey. said he does not|worth slightly less than 27 cents was married at that time to York City policeman. Mu?-|funds for the story of the former singer had met her in Europe: peauty queen who went to Can- during U.S. military service. (ada in 1955 and left for good McCloskey said at a regular}jn 1961. state department briefing, in re-| While she was in Canada, she sponse to questions, that the de-|i, alleged by Justice Minister partment is 'aware of reports" |Tucien Cardin to have associ- attributed to Munsinger to the|ateq with "two or-more' cab- effect that his wife was denied) inet ministers in the then Pro- a passport on security grounds. |cressiye Conservative govern- "T shall not' comment 0N/ ment, " , . | this," McCloskey said. | Prime Minister Pearson an- EXPLAINS STAND }nounced Monday the setting up He explained his reluctance to of a broad investigation into the give further details, on grounds | that 'by the language of the law, the Immigration and Nat-| uralization Act, the recerd of| The fact that whoever even- the (state) department and of/jtually gets rights to the Mun- diplomatic and consular offices | singer story will have to wait bearing on the refusal of visas| until April 2 to publish it appar- shall be considered confiden-|ently did not deter the many tial." Canadian and other bidders for Under further questioning, |the story. McCloskey said there "may! Ferenczy said Monday he dis have been exceptions" in the|.overed that the Toronto Star past, when the state depart-|has the Munsinger story tied up ment was willing to publish n4i) April 2. Originally a law grounds for denying a visa yer for Mrs. Munsinger said the "But for the present 1 am not|contract with The Star, which going to make an exception iN! originally located her in Munich this case. last week, would expire Monday Dupuis Trial vim Among the Canadian bidders is the CBC, which reported it is Jurors Picked -- srrpoWN HELD er ear ae ka ona onl AT 250 FEET charges of influence - peddling : continues today before Mr. Jus- LONDON (AP) Four tice Evender Veilleux at the building workers staged a criminal assizes of Court of sitdown strike Monday night Queen's Bench. 250 feet above London's fi- Twelve jurors were selected nancial district Monday, opening day of the P They refused trial. Mr. Veilleux also rejected! Gown trom , a bid for a postponement by Mr, and fellow workers sent up Dupuis' lawyer. food and blankets. Paul Martineau said he took The men were protesting over the defence of the former| @8ainst management plans federal cabinet minister Sunday! 9 cut back the work and had not yet had time to force and cut bonus pay- study the case. He asked--in ments. Other workers also vain--for a postponement of 10 downed tools when 56 men to 15 days. were dismissed. Manage- Mr. Dupuis' former counsel oe charged Tia the labor Raymond Daoust of Montreal orce on the job had become told Mr. Dupuis he had to drop unbalanced and production the defence because he must was suffering keep himself available for the trial of Raymond Denis in Ot- tawa : The charges against Mr. Du puis resulted from unsuccessful attempts to obtain a racetrack charter from the Quebec gov- ernment for a group in St. Jean Therville - Napierville constitu ency. Mr. Dupuis there was risk volved. a security come lo a } a nuge ¢ HEAT WITH OIL DIXON'S OIL 313 ALBERT ST. 24-HOUR SERVICE 723-4663 SERVING OSHAWA OVER 50 "EARS represented the constituency until the general election Noy. 8. Running as an independent Liberal, he was de- feated. Prime Minister Pearson fired him from the cabinet in Janu- ary, 1965, after an investigation into the charges FINAL FUR CLEARANCE 75 King St. E., Oshawa , Gerda Stays jease which includes allegations} | in- Is turned out to be equently terda "A person of that now reporied iG tiave | she lunched. with me name is wntd that said that twice, lseven or eight years ago," he} | said. "She may well be right. Al- though I still do not recall know- ing any person by that name, I have examined the pictures of that person in the Saturday newspapers and I believe that I recognize the woman pictured ithere,"" Speaking in firm, even tones, Mr. Hees said he did not want to mislead anyone by his previ- ous statements, which were made without the benefit of in- formation now available. "Mr. Speaker, I should like {to make a further point abun- |dantly clear," the 55-year-old {MP for. Northumberland went on. "The real and only issue which arises from the charges made last week by the minister of justice, both inside and out- side this House, is the security 'of the nation, awaiting developments in_ its rights. The only abouts of Mrs fused an American visa in 1953, was given by Andre von Fe- renczy, son of the press agent He said Mrs. Munsinger is "somewhere .in Bavaria state with friends."' She was last seen by reporters fleeing in a car with two male escorts after leaving her Munich apartment Sunday night Whether Mrs. Munsinger will ijtravel to Canada for the inves- jtigation is still unknown. The Munich newspaper Abendzei- tung quoted her in an interview Monday as saying she planned clue to the where- Munsinger, re- |dian government, that "the good }gentleman have something com- ing to them." She was quoted as denying that she had ever been a spy In Hiding Offers Pour In "That is the over-riding con- sideration, and I hasten to as- sure the House that at no time has my personal conduct jeop- jardized that secujity. "Tt defy the prime minister and the minister of justice to say that I ever did anything to jeopardize or affect the security of my country. I challenge them now to stand up and say that I id." Mr. Hees concluded: "Subject always to the na- tion's security and welfare, who my acquaintances are, or may have been, or who the acquaint- ances of any member of this' House are, or may have been, is not a public issue. "Mr. Speaker, Canadians everywhere have viewed the re- cent debate in this House with grave concern. I hope that this statement will assist in restor- jing public respect for, and con- ifidence in, this House and its| |members." FORMER CONSERVA- TIVE Justice Minister Da- |. vies Fulton comments on the Munsinger Case debate in the Commons Monday night. (CP Wirephoto) | When he resumed his seat) |there was an outburst of desk-| ithumping applause from both} jsides of the House. re 'Commons Briefs OTTAWA (CP)--Mines Minis-| ter Pepin told. the Commons) Monday he will make a state-| | ment today on the negotiations| | between Atomic Energy of Can-} jada Ltd. and General Electric} Ltd. about establishment of aj} statementi|second heavy water plant in | She issued a 4 shapely German|attempt to tie up the television|through Ferenczy saying she is| Canada. ' OTTAWA (CP) -- Creditiste) mentioned in reports concerning|Leader Real Caouette intro-| the Canadian government." duced a private bill in the Com-} While the Munsinger case re-| mons Monday that would turn} leeived increasing attention in|the report of the electoral re- ithe British and U'S. press, the distribution commission over to Munich newspapers seemed far}4 special committee of the less excited House charged with drawing "Tt doesn't affect our govern-|new constituency boundaries. ment,'"' said 'one Munich re-| Mr. Caouette said his bill was porter, "and besides we have based on the fact that 158 MPs better scandals than that here."|representing all parties have) The tabloid Nachtausgage Am raised objections to the adoption| Sonntage took a more alarming|! the commission's report. jview, "Sex and security scan- --_-- dal. Former German beauty; OTTAWA (CP)---A suggestion |queen did espionage for the So-| hy Creditiste Leader Real Caou- viet zone, Canada's government} ette that copies of Hansard-- 'the same person who has been --be sent free to all Canadian) were! families wishing them, could not interested in Mrs. Mun-|cost the government $10,000,000) singer and have no reports on!a year. State Secretary Judy her. M. J. Bjarnason, a Cana-|LaMarsh came up with the fig- 'dian immigration department|ure Monday in a written reply Munich police said they PARLIAMENT AT-A-GLANCE .By THE CANADIAN PRESS MONDAY, March 14, 1966 Prime Minister Pearson ta- bled in the Commons terms of reference for a judicial in- quiry into the Gerda. Mun-. singer affair. George Hees (PC -- North- umberland) read a statement io the Commons about the statuesque German blonde. He said he may have met her while she was in Canada but denied there was any question of national security involved. Davie Fulton (PC -- Kam- loops) said he was told the Munsinger case would be raised by the Liberals unless the Conservatives stopped pressure for an inquiry into the Spencer spy case. Privy Council President Fa- vreau conceded he had men- tioned the Munsinger case to Mr. Fulton but denied he had | threatened to reveal details. Justice Minister Cardin said he blurted out the Munsinger name in the Commons under provocation during debate on the Spencer case. Opposition Leader Diefen- baker said the Liberals kept the Munsinger case 'in cold | storage" to use at.an oppor- tune moment. Debate ran through almost the whole sitting and govern- ment and opposition remained at an impasse at the end. A second report by lawyer Joseph Sedgwick on immigra- tion was tabled in the Com- mons, It suggested tightening of rules for sponsored § im- migrants, relatives of persons already in Canada. TUESDAY, March 15 The Commons meets at 2:30 p.m. EST with the Mun- singer case still item one in the order of business Senate stands adjourned until March 22. The | China Says Call "Kiss Of Judas" PEKING (Reuters)--China to day described a weekend call for U.S. friendship with the Chi- nese people by Vice-President Hubert Humphrey as the "kiss of Judas." An article in the main Com- munist party newspaper Peo- ering offers in. the range of|to travel to Canada and, in an/about to fall? reads the front-|¢he repor ; : s|ple' , vg 48 olar ; , Tow | er : 3 3 e report of Commons debates|ple's Daily says "Humphrey's Mike Munsinger, now a@ NeW/$5.900 to $10,000 in United States| apparent reference to the Cana-|page headline. ; : 'kiss of Judas" cannot fail to disgust the Chinese people and make us maintain the utmost vigilance." The article said suddenly talked at Humphrey length of land described such claims as/representative, said he had no|to a Commons question by Mr.|friendship with the Chinese absurd. el eg Re ask Pee x, A eo | RE hia 3 i 'comment to. make on the case.| Caouette. Bb, i hc te Na eat a % ge May we suggest a people but "'such a tune can MAYOR LYMAN GIF- FORD (on right) cuts the ribbon as Nathan Steinberg looks on at Monday's official opening of Oshawa's first * Steinberg Food Store. i Gifford Opens Oshawa's First Steinberg Store More than 250 civie dignitar-; The ceremony was followed ies and guests attended the of-|by a condiicted tour of the new ficial opening yesterday of Osh-| store and a reception at the Osh- awa's First Steinberg Food awa Kinsmen Hall. Later in the Store. evening, an "'open house" was The store, located at 600 King| held for some 2,000 residents of st. e., between Wilson rd., and|the store's immediate: vicinity. Farewell, forms part of a new| The new Steinberg Food commercial complex known as|Store, which opened to the gen- the East Mall Shopping Cen-|eral public this morning is the | Women Press Ceasefire Plan MONTREAL (CP)--Voice of Women members from across Canada will travel to Ottawa March 22 to meet External Af- fairs Minister Martin to discuss Canada's role in the war in Viet Nam and to encourage the gov- ernment to continue its efforts to reconvene the Geneva con- ference. The organization will ask the government to seek a ceasefire, tre. Other retail outlets in the|first in Oshawa and the 155th to centre are scheduled for com-|be built and operated by Stein- Ipletion next June. |berg's Limited since the com- The ribbon-cutting ceremony |P@ny was founded in Montreal in i. was performed by Mayor Ly- OBE ig 8 f th 5 | man A. Gifford. Guests were) ryoq oar yi loeatee te On addressed by Mr. Nathan Stein- tario, including two in ne ta) berg, senior vice-president and Ajax. and Whitby Steinberg's| roasurer of k \ 'o.|* "s tre asuret of the well-known Ca also operates 11 department nadian food and department stor located i ; store chain which bears his fam-|) ore' ecatcn je One ane repegpos |Quebec, 12 Pinky Gift Centres, afhisoen 23 shopping centres and three 'ficial host was the com-|gas bars. Annual sales last year pany's Ontario division vice-| were over $379 million. president and general manager. ; Ange '| The new Oshawa Stein Mr. Oscar Plotnick. Also pres-/has staff of some 110 fall and ent were members of the Osh-! art time employees. Mi awa city council, representa-| Art waar stint age tives of various professional, so-|--* Pi ee She gh 2 © | cial and charitable organiza-|"2" of the company. tions in Oshawa and officials' of Steinberg's Limited. Good Nemes Te Remember When Buying or Selli | REAL ESTATE Reg. 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