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Saturday, November 5, 1977 OtUwa Journal 3 Metro news Crawley by board honored of trade Question remains: How public will judge probe be 1 arnttm in iih nmt Tfi miffii i Budge Crawley reads While the terms of reference for the Judge Williams inquiry have been set and a date Is expected to be released shortly, the question of just how public the public inquiry will be won't be answered until the opening day. There is allowance under the Public Inquiries Act 1971 for the hearing to go behind closed doors, if the inquiry chairman rules that the damage done in disclosing certain evidence outweighs the benefit of making it public The actual report which will be compiled following the inquiry -by-the chair- man, Mr. Justice Sydney Robins of the Ontario Supreme Court, will be made public. The act allows for evidence -of "intimate financial and personal matters" to be heard in-camera, if the chairman rules it meets the criteria of being more damaging to the party involved, than beneficial to the public if released. The terms of reference for the inquiry into the personal conduct of the 63-year-old Harry Williams are to study circumstances relating to the "behavior or misbehavior" of the judge "respecting his ability or inability to perform his duties properly, including alleged incidents involving the said judge and one Lynne Martlneau." Martineau is scheduled to appear as a witness' in the March 20 preliminary hearing of Robert Mitchell of Spencerville and Helen Cunningham, both facing counts of keeping a common bawdy house Bridging the gap Professor hopes to bring 7 Journal-CP Photo about his latest 'coups' Crook family, but added he was optimistic.

"You can try, but if you fail, at least you've tried," Richardson said, adding he- would act as a mediator in the possible meeting. During a session in which parents recounted the hardships they faced while one of their children explored the realms of religion, Richardson suprised the 50-member audience by introducing his own daughter and himself. Ruth Richardson said she left for Nepal after dropping out of high school before she was sixtee but felt secure because she hacPher father's "support." While there, she fell ill and came under the care of a fundamentalist Christian group, which made her want to be baptized again by her own father. Richardson said it was "anguishing" to allow his daughter to seek her own spiritual life, but- lis wmm rnrtwiiTTiiiWB.l By John Wylie Journal Reporter "Budge Crawley in Film Coup. Buys NFB, CBC from screamed the Ottawa Journal headline.

The front page story went on to tell how F. R. "Budge" Crawley, president of Crawley Films Limited, had confirmed he had closed a major deal with the federal government to purchase the National Film Board. And at the same time he had confirmed he had taken a firm option to purchase the entire Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and make it a wholly-owned subsidiary of Crawley Films. According to the story, the two deals were closed following a secret Order-in-Council by Cabinet and although Crawley was unable to divulge any figures involved he family together when she fell sick in Nepal he travelled there as a concerned parent and also brought his-ministerial robe to show he accepted her new found faith.

A more critical case was that of Mrs. Fred Bowser of Seattle, whose daughter is now Sister Suzanne of the Apostles of Infill ite Love. Mrs. Bowser said her daughter was "not happy with'Whal young people were doing drinking, drugs parties and free sex," and joined the order in Stc. Joviteafter frequent visits.

"I felt she was mature, and I was impressed by the unity and spiritual reverence to God which I hadn't seen," Mrs. Bowser said, but added she was still suspicious and went to visit her daughter. "From the moment we saw her, it just showed on her face how happy she was. and living off the avails of prostitution. One of the charges against the pair reads that they did between June 15, 1977, and July 15, 1977, "live partly on the avails of prostitution of Lynne Grace Martineau." Martineau is one of three women subpoened as witnesses at the preliminary hearing.

i Williams' lawyer, Dan Chilcott, has said the allegations against the judge are personal and have nothing to do with his duties on the bench. Chilcott also stated the allegations do not Involve bawdy houses in any way. Williams went before a Judicial Council of Ontario review this summer. The council recommended the Ontario government take steps to remove him from the bench. The public inquiry was subsequently called.

Robins is said to be an ideal choice to head the inquiry. Appointed to the bench March 25, 1976, he had gained a reputation as a lawyer specializing in civil court cases and labor law. The supreme court justice, who was born In Toronto, is considered -to be the ideal man to review a case involving a question of judicial ethics. Williams is considered by many local lawyers as a "compassionate, sincere judge." He Is still listed as a judge pending the outcome of the -x upcoming inquiry, although he Is not hearing any cases. for both the government and the did admit that nine-figure amount was involved.

The headline and the story was a little; joke one of the many, worked out as part of a roast of Canada's pioneer film maker. Actually it was sort of a corn'--bined roast-toast Friday night as. members of Ottawa's business community filled the Holiday Inn's lit. 1 1 isuminunweaiin Dttiiruum ui pay tribute to Crawley. The 65-year-old veteran producer has been named winner of the Ottawa board of trade's "1977 Award for Distinguished Service, to the Business Community." This award is given to the indi- vidua! "whose activities have been demonstrably in the best interest of the business community in par-: ticular, while also serving the pub-; lie interest." Crawley received an additional honor.

Ottawa. Mayor Grcenberg presented him with the key to the city. And while friends and colleagues joked about his rumpled appear- ance ajyrhis unpredictable ways. they paid tribute to him for devel- loping talent and making award winning films. It was noted that performers such as Genevieve Bujold and -Rich Little worked for Crawley in their careers.

It was also pointed out that one of Crawley's features The Man Who Skied Everest won the 1975 Academy Award for best docu- mentary feature. Several speakers paid tribute to Crawley for his work in the com-: munity for his efforts on behalf of the YM-YWCA and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. Crawley Films vice-president Graeme Fraser described his! long-time friend and business as-; sociate as the most interesting, the most unpredictable, the most ex-; asperating and the most energetic man he knew. Fraser joked about Crawley's', ambition to make the list of the HI best dressed men in America. "He's an unique kind of charac- ter a brilliantly talented man," Fraser said.

simple family i tenons Gov't braved heat surprisingly well By Ron Clingen -V Parliamentary Bureau This past week was one of the most tumultuous in the House of Commons since Prime Minister Trudeau's minority government was brought down in 1974. Opposition parties jumped on the Trudeau team and stubbornly refused to let go despite gallant efforts by his ball carriers particularly Solicitor General Francis Fox to manoeuvre around an onslaught of criticism over RCMP wrongdoing. But perhaps the most amazing part of it all was the government not taking as bad a shellacking as might have been expected under the circumstances. Even when under heaviest fire, when facing interrogation for the entire question period on Monday, Fox braved the heat surprisingly well. Prime Minister Trudeau an acknowledged master in the art of smooth talking and clever manipulating in difficult situations was as slick as ever when he returned to the fray Wednesday after unity talks with the premiers of Alberta and British Columbia.

As Opposition Leader Joe Clark put It in the. Commons, the I'M "demonstrated his capacity as an artful dodger." i While Trudeau was further confirming his abilities, Clark, on the other hand, was making significant strides towards establishing himself as an aggressive leader of the Because Clark was cast in the role ofjhe dcfenYer of truth and justice while Trudeau (whether because of his own mistakes or not is still very much a matter of opinion) was seen as attempting to justify a coverup, Clark clearly gained the most ground in terms of public popularity. Then, of course, there was the added flavor Injected by discovery of the cheap bugging device found in the office of Tory Elmer MacK-ay. The plot gained more later with revelation that a "highly professional and covert" eavesdropping device was thought to be located in a telephone in the Tory leader's own boar-droomf The Commons week Was a short one only four days because of a speclalVriday holiday to allow Conservatives to attend their party By Bruce A. McLeod Journal Reporter A moderator of a conference on Religious Liberty and the Canadian Law at the University of Ottawa is hoping to bridge the gap today of an Ottawa family torn apart by differing faiths.

Dr. Herbert Richardson, a professor of religion at St. Michael's College in Toronto, said Friday he hopes to bring together Mrs. Eric Crook and her 19-year-old daughter Wendy now known as -Sister Anita in the Apostles of Infinite Love religious order for a private meeting during the last day of the conference. Mr.

Crook said he believed the Apostles of Infinite Love had "brainwashed" 1 his daughter against her family, and added he was told that, in, order to see Wendy, he would "have to go down on knee and beg forgiveness." Sister Michelle, Mother Superior of the Catholic-rooted order, said the only condition the parents had to meet "was the one set down by her (Wendy), that they respect her own choice." Wendy Crook was scheduled to speak at Friday's meeting, which prompted the Crook family to appear, but Mother Michelle said she stayed away because she feared she would be "forcibly" taken by her parents. Richardson said he was not awareof the exact situation of the Aron is suspected in Hull fire Arson is suspected in the Sept. 9 fire which gutted Le Diplomate cafe and hotel in Hull, fire inspector VUncent Presseau said Friday. An investigation has revealed it was set in the basement of the motor hotel in a pile of papers, he said. No suspect has been found In the case.

The six-hour Waze broke out near midnight and quickly spread through the hotel to the adjoining discotheque on Montcalm Street. Damages were estimated at $400,000. The 25 people in the buildings escaped without Injury. The Diplomate blaze may be one of several suspected arson fires to be heard by provincial fire investigator Cyril Delage when he arrives in Hull for a hearing Nov. 25.

A fire in February at the Village Autrichien, 399 Tache will be investigated by the Inspector, witnesses called and charges laid if evidence confirms the arson suspicion, said Hull po Ice department fire inspector Maurice Sauve. At least one other fire in the past year will be Investigated, he said, and criminal charges may be laid. The department Is investigating 30 unsolved fires In Hull which occured this year. An electrical short was found to be the cause of a Notre Dame Street fire Sept. 17 in which a fireman, 39-year-old Jean-Claude Charbonneau, dledP The fire began in the kitchen of a home, owned and occupied by Authur Gauthlcr.

Gauthier and another man escaped from the blaze which destroyed the bouse and seriously damaged two adjoining buildings. convention In Quebec City but It's now easier to buy, and we'll show you how and pleasant it is to become part of a bustling, exciting, new community. And" practically every can afford to buy. tCan you afford not to visit? $38,000 to $79,900 A wide selection awaits you opposition it seemed like the longest in many months. It was clear the Conservatives, New Democrats and even the tiny Social Credit caucus felt they had the Liberals on the run and they had no intention of quitting without milking every possible bit of political mileage out of the break-in, theft and arson charges against the RCMP.

The opposition insisted Trudeau and his cabinet should have known what was going on and stopped it sooner than they claim to have done. And they kept very much alive the insinuation that Trudeau and his solicitor-general actually did know and deliberately chose not to stop it until their objectives had been achieved. Trudeau argued that his government had never attempted to assume the role of overseer of the RCMP's daily activities and moved only when evidence of wrongdoing like the 1973 theft of computer tapes containing financial and membership information on the Parti Quebecois came to Its attention. Despite the opposition heat, the prime minister remained impress-Ibly cool throughout most of the fray. The closest he came to losing his temper was near the end of the question period Thursday when he angrily suggested the opposition had planted "phony bugs." For the Commons, it was the busiest four days of the new session.

The blistering attacks on the RCMP made it a memorable week, too. The opposition clearly gained performance points. But should the attack be prolonged much further, the Tories and New Democrats may risk portraying themselves as enemies, rather than defenders, of the long-respected RCMP. The Trudeau government wjl, if given the slightest opportunity, attempt to stickhandle its way into becoming the staunch defender oj and order, even if there was a break-in or two thrown in. Banrhaven VieJy Orleans Common IWlSCnomCl Wood "Weekdays: 1 2-Saturdays: 10-6 Sundays: 12-6.