Convention to replace
OTTAWA (AP) - The Liberal Party The party leader will take over as
opened its convention yesterday to pick prime minister when Trudeau resigns
a successor to Prime Minister Pierre later this month, but must call an elec-
Elliott Trudeau amid reports of an tion by next spring.
emerging alliance to block succession If Turner is chosen, he could even set
by the frontrunner, John Turner. up his government without a seat in
After formal opening ceremonies, the Parliament, but would be expected to-
convention schedule left plenty of time try to win an election within a few months.
for wheeling and dealing. Aside from The other six candidates are all mem-
some caucus meetings, the only ac- bers of Parliament and all in Trudeau's
tivity planned yesterday was an Cabinet.
evening tribute to Trudeau, featuring ENERGY Minister Jean Chretian, by
such Canadian stars as singer Paul all published delegate counts, is run-
Anka and impressionist Rich Little. ning second to Turner with at least 1,000
TURNER, A former finance minister votes. The other five candidates trail
who broke ranks with Trudeau in 1975 far behind, but are campaigning
and quit the Cabinet, appears close to a energetically, wooing delegates at late-
first-ballot majority of the ap- night parties in hotel suites and large
proximately 3,500 delegates. Voting for tents set up around the national capital.
the new leader will begin tomorrow af- A flurry of news reports spoke of ten-
ternoon. tative moves toward an alliance bet-
The Michigan Daily - Friday, June 15, 1984 -
Trudean
ween Economic Development Minister
Donald Johnston and Employment
Minister John Roberts, one of whom is
thought likely to finish third in the first
round of voting.
Roberts told reporters he had not
spoken with other candidates about a
coalition, but expected to attract John-
ston's delegates after the first ballot.
Justice Minister Mark MacGuigan,
who may not even have 100 delegates,
told reporters he was having no part of
any pacts. "I'm a no-deals candidate,"
he said.
The other two candidates,
Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan '
and Indian Affairs Minister John
Munro, are thought likely to throw their Trudeau
support to Chretien once they are
eliminated. ... makes farewell s
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Surveys shoiv worsening problems for homeless
NEW YORK (AP) - A 66-city survey found that "Despite rising levels of poverty and The mayors' survey, which covered cities ranging
demand for housing aid by low-income households is homelessness, and the accelerated loss of low-income in size from Los Angeles with 2.97 million people to
soaring, with some families having to wait more than housing stock, budget cuts enacted by Congress since Burlington, Vt. with 37,712, also found:
25 years for such help. the fiscal year 1981 have reduced federal low income " Demand for publicly assisted housing is so far
A related survey of 10 large cities said that the housing resources by almost 60 percent, the largest ahead of available space that 61 percent of cities sur-
economic recovery has not improved the plight of the percentage reduction of any discretionary program veyed have closed their waiting lists.
urban homeless. Officials in all 10 said they had in the budget," he said in the introduction to the o Even where assistance is available, families often
raised about as much money locally as they could and housing needs survey. can't spend it because affordable housing is so tight. -
that federal money was needed to solve the problem. THE 66-CITY housing survey, titled "Housing - Of the cities surveyed, 89 percent said the private
BOTH REPORTS were released yesterday by the Needs and Conditions in America's Cities," found sector could not meet local housing needs without
U.S. Conference of Mayors, which begins its annual that 77 percent of those cities reported increased subsidies.
convention on Saturday. demand for housing assistance during the past year. " Fifty-seven percent said the stock of low- and
John Gunther, executive director of the It said the average wait for help was 20 months, but moderate-income housing had decreased or
Washington-based mayors' group, blamed urban the wait for some kinds of federally funded housing remained the same over the past five years.
housing woes on Washington. Housing aid was cut aid was reported to beas much as 302 months - more
more than any other federal discretionary program than 25 years.
in the last three years, the report said.
Environment faces threat
from toxic ehemieals decay w
WASHINGTON (UPI) - America's
campaign to clean up its environment
has made remarkable progress, but the
nation still faces threats from toxic
chemicals, forest decay and soil
erosion, the Conservation Foundation
reported yesterday.
The foundation's book-length study
on the state of the U.S. environment
also found the "turbulence and disorder
in federal environmental agencies has
subsided" since the resignations of In-
terior Secretary James Watt and EPA
chief Anne Burford. It also said,-
President Reagan's cutbacks have
significantly reduced government
environment spending. -
THE REPORT, "State of the En-
vironment: An Assessment at Mid-
Decade," culminates two years of
research by the foundation, sometimes
called the "Vatican" of the U.S. con-
servation movement because of its
traditional nonpolitical posture.
"Our new report continues to record
progress," foundation President
William Reilly said in an interview with
United Press International. "The
largest single success story has been in
reducing the principal air pollutants
that were the target of the Clean Air Act
in 1970."
The study also cited improvements in
controlling industrial water pollution
and in protecting endangered plants
and animals.
BUT THE foundation called for a
major "adjustment" of federal en-
vironmental laws, which it said tend to
focus narrowly on individual pollution
problems.
"The largest problem ahead is the in-
tersection of toxic pollutants that can
simulataneously affect the air, water
and ground water," said Reilly.
Other major problems identified in
the report include:
" Toxic wastes: "Current estimates
suggest that approximately 2,500 poun-
ds of hazardous waste ... are generated
for each person in the United States an-
nually."
" Forests: "A widespread slowing of
tree growth in the eastern United
States" has been observed by scien-
- tists. The government's acid rain task
force reported Monday that man-made
air pollutionis the "prime suspect" in
causing the damage.
* Underground water: "No national
program to protect this valuable
resource exists." The nation gets half
its drinking water from underground.
" Soil erosion: "Cropland erosion con-
tinues to occur at an average annual
rate of eight tons per acre."
The study noted Reagan's budget
cutbacks have reduced "total federal
environmental expenditures" by 23
percent from Carter administration
days, when adjusted for inflation.
Leyland to sell
Jaguar stoek
LONDON (UPI) - British Leyland
yesterday confirmed plans to sell stock
in Jaguar cars on the public market.
Jaguar, one of Britain's most famous
racing and luxury names, now sells
more than half its output in the United
States.
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