The Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • Page 23

Union rebels smash up ballot boxes MONTREAL (CP) A meeting of Montreal-area clothing workers ended in confusion Tuesday when workers became angry at their union leaders and smashed ballot boxes follow-' ing a vote on a management wage offer. Laurent Gaudreau, an official of the Quebec branch of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, said the trouble started after about 6,000 union members had completed balloting at the Montreal Forum. Ballots from rural areas were then brought in to be counted. "The union members from Montreal wouldn't accept it when they brought in the ballot boxes from the rural centres," Mr. Gaudreau said.

"They just revolted and smashed all the boxes." The Montreal police riot squad was called to the scene and stood by. There were no arrests. Gaudreau said Montreal members apparently Controllers will still use French at Dorval MONTREAL (CP) Two Montreal air traffic controllers recently suspended from their jobs for one day for communicating in French at work said Tuesday they will continue to press for the use of their native language on the job. Speaking for his two Suspended colleagues, Noel Salomon, a third air traffic controller at Montreal's Dorval Airport, said they intend to lodge a complaint with the federal ministry of transport. Mr.

Salomon said he was threatened with a one-day suspension himself if he continued using French. But he added this will not deter French-speaking controllers. "We'll follow the rules as closely as possible, but if it's necessary, we'll speak French," he said. In Ottawa, Transport Minister Otto Lang said the two French-speaking air traffic controllers were suspended for using French "contrary to the rules," but said an English-speaking controller in Quebec City has also been disciplined for refusing to use the French language as part of an experimental bilingual traffic control program in the province. Sunday law: Now it may be illegal TORONTO (CP) The Ontario government's bill to limit Sunday retail operations was approved by a select committee Tuesday with several amendments, including one that the solicitor-general said casts some doubts on the legislation's constitutionality.

The doubtful amendment, proposed by the New Democratic Party members of the committee, changed an amendment proposed by Solicitor-General John MacBeth, the bill's sponsor. Mr. MacBeth proposed a change to allow some leeway for merchants whose religious sabbaths are Saturday. His measure would have excluded from the bill small stores that have been closed for 32 hours preceding Sunday. They would have to close from 4 p.m.

on Friday. The traditional Jewish sabbath is observed from sundown Friday. However, the NDP amendment inserted the words "for religious reasons" as a condition of closing. Mr. MacBeth said he feels the words might form the basis for a challenge of the measure on a constitutional basis.

He said religious matters traditionally have come under the jurisdiction of the federal government, a tradition upheld by the Supreme Court of Canada. Gun went off accidentally, ex-KKK wizard tells police CALGARY (CP) The former imperial volver in 1972, had never used it, but wizard of the Alberta Ku Klux Klan' told po- showed it to i Ramirez at the latter's request. lice after his arrest that he was showing Court was told at the opening day of the trial that Mac A Phearsoin brought RaElias. Aguilar Ramirez, a Mexican -immirez, 23, from Mexico to look after his 80- migrant, a revolver when the gun went off, year-old stepfather. Mac A Phearsoin rekilling Ramirez.

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