European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 8, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday August a 1987 Handy Man a photo it looks like a malt Larned drummer abort to nuke quite Racket but it s actually four members of the Scarborough card snub drum corps. They clowning around before performing in Toronto. Many nazi War criminals entered Canada after Wii study says Toronto a a significant number of nazi War criminals and collaborators from a dozen euro Pean countries probably entered Canada in the years following world War ii when entry restrictions were lax. A study released thursday says. The study of postwar immigration policy was con ducted by Ottawa researcher anti Rodal for a govern ment commission on War crimes. The commission was headed by judge Jules Desch�nes. Two suspects were admitted As recently As 1983 by a screening officer of the Royal Canadian mounted police who believed the War crimes Issue was blown out of All proportion by the jewish lobby the study said. Names and details of the alleged War criminals and their offences were not released. Last March the commission completed us work by recommending that the government Lake urgent Steps to prosecute or Deport 20 suspected nazi War criminals and investigate 218 other cases. The government withheld full publication of the sensitive Rodal study but pans were released thurs Day under Canada s Access to information act. Some of the contents had been reported previously. The study said that . Intelligence officers screen ing europeans who sought a new life in North America after the War misled Canadian authorities about the background of some immigrants who should have been rejected As undesirable nazi it said 620,000 immigrants from Bulgaria Czecho Slovakia Estonia France Germany. Hungary. Latvia Lithuania Poland Romania the soviet Union and Yugoslavia countries where participation in War crimes was extensive poured into Canada Between 1946 and 1967. Canadian policy at the Lime was to keep out communists but otherwise show great leniency As a result the study said it would be rash to assume that significant numbers of War criminals and nazi collaborators did not enter in evidence submitted to the Deschenes commis Sion jewish nazi Hunters alleged that up to 6,000 War criminals could be living in Canada. But Deschenes found Only 900 cases to investigate and dismissed most of those including Blanket allegations against ukrainians who joined the Galicia division of the Waffen is. The Rodal study said investigators May be stymied because immigrants could have changed their names upon arrival in Canada. Fingerprints were not required Ard application forms failed to mention War time military service. By 1950, membership in the nazi party was removed As a ground for rejection most of the records have been destroyed. The study found no evidence of direct and willing Canadian participation in programs to resettle former nazis but recommended More research. In response to the Deschenes commission the government introduced legislation to permit the first War crime trials in Canada. But the Bill has been delayed by two legislators representing districts with Large East european communities. World today air traffic controllers suspend strike in Greece Athens Greece a Greece s air traffic con trollers called Ofta 48-hour strike scheduled to begin at Midnight thursday following government assurances that Basic problems would be confronted. Manouis an Fantakis. President or the air traffic con i rollers Union said the strike was suspended be cause of the inconvenience it would have caused to the travelling Public at the height of the tourist reason. The decision to Call off the two Day strike Wai announced after Ani Fantakis met with minister of communications constant inc Badounas and assurances were Given that every Effort to confront the traffic controllers problems would be made. The strike would have affected air traffic in he East Mediterranean and paralysed Athens International Airport. Police reportedly prevent czech Rock n1 Roll concert Vienna Austria a a concert of several czechoslovak Rock groups organized by a Young Musi Cian was prevented on july 25 by a police action near Karloy vary Czechoslovakia. The police action involved temporary detentions and massive police harassment an emigre source re ported thursday. The concert of Independent activists was to take place at the czech town of Slu Zelin in a private Holiday Home of 30-year-old Daniel Mraz a member of the Prague Czechoslovakia Rock group Zeny. Of arrival Mraz and his friends Jiri Fiala and Alois Borsuk were temporarily detained and the latter two were shown a police order forbidding entry into the Village said to Palach press a London based newsletter monitoring human rights in Czechoslovakia. 17 people killed in attacks by sikh terrorists in India new Delhi India a sikh terrorism Mas sacred 13 hindus in a Punjab Village near the sikh holy City of Amritsar and killed three More hindus and a sikh in other attacks in the state police said Friday. Amritsar police chief liar Alam blamed the attacks on the Khal Stan commando Force a leading sikh terrorist group. Ern i a top Security Alert was ordered throughout North India to prevent More violence by sikh separatists belgian Road fee plan assailed Geneva a the International Road trans port Union charged Friday that Belgium would break International free transport agreements and invite retaliation if if approves a plan to make com Gnirs pay for using its highways. The transport lobby urged Oiler governments to pressure Belgium into abandoning the idea. The Union said the measure would violate belgian double Una lion accords with other countries by forc ing foreigners to help finance the National budget practice that the Union termed discriminatory and reminiscent of the Middle the Union which lob Bici for 120 transport associations in so l nullifies Laid n appealed in belgian prime Mmiller Wilf cd Martens to Hlotke the measure to avoid grave consequences and disorder in european transport Belgium would violate Mulu micral agreements on inc free circulation of goods Anu people and threaten inc goal of the european common Market the Union charged. Under the plan foreigners would have to buy a Slider probably for about 500 belgian francs ji3. When in cling the country. Belgians would gel it free As part of their car taxes. The measure which would affect some 4 million vermin would earn the belgian Treasury an estimated 2.1 Milliun francs 5.2 million to has yet lobe approved b the belgian parliament and us Nel. Before Indian Independence Day on aug. Is. Key South korean plants shut Down by walkouts Seoul South Korea a South Korea s Export oriented Economy was staggered Friday by spreading labor protests that have forced major Industrial plants to shut Down or reduce operations. About a dozen major plants including South Korea s largest shipyard and automobile footwear and machinery producers remained closed after Days of Wildcat strikes by their workers. Government officials said 25,000 militant workers stayed overnight at 48 workplaces thursday As they continued to press for improved pay and working conditions. Italian hotel to lose License for handicapped Bias Bellaria Italy a the mayor of the resort of Bellaria on Italy s East coast says he will suspend the operating License of a hotel owner who refused to Lodge group of handicapped people newspapers reported Friday. We Are convinced that a Strong action was Nec Essary to condemn these acts of intolerance mayor Nando Fabben was As . He said the town will Prou Bly allow Tuilio Giorgetti to operate his Kyj hotel through the end of the summer in order not to disrupt the Normal tourist season. On aug. 3. Giper Gatli lunged a a group of six handicapped Louriski from la Northern City of Tunn. They had reserved rooms in the hotel with an Advance Down payment. The incident Tus damaged thu image of the whole said Micro la one the president of the local tourism promo Len Agency which announced it will Host a group of handicapped Luu ints Nam year
