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. Local Tories l disappointed in split vdte By Mike urethane Cr Special to the cm Charles Joseph Clark has man- aged to maintain his leadership at the Cmative party, at least for the time being, on the basis of the 67 per cent support which he re ceived at last Friday's geheral meeting of the Progressive Conser- vatives in Ottawa. However, if the opinion of Wa- terloo area delegates is represen- tative of the over 2,100 delegates from across Canada who voted on the question of leadership review, there would seem to be con- siderable disappointment with the outcome of the vote. Although fully supportive of Clark, no one the Chronicle spoke to seemed pleased with Clark's performance or the result of the review vote. Marion Shun, a Wilfrid Laurier student and delegate to the conven- tion, admitted that she would have preferred a more clear-cut result. Shun enjoyed the convention, ex- pressing the view that “It was a great success ... except for the re- view.'] _ Many delegates anticipatéd a much stronger show of support for Clark, and were somewhat taken aback by Friday's events. Over 700 delegates (or about one- third of.the total membership) felt that Clark’s leadership needed to be reassessed and voted in favour of holding a leadership convention. The pro-review faction appeared evident in the Quebec caucus, along with many north Toronto and other right wing members of the party. _. _ ...t_ _ Some delegates seemed bitter at the mistakes which the Clark 30 vernment made while in power, blaming Clark for the party's de- feat at the polls in the 1900 general election. Others, who spoke favourably about Joe Clark‘s personal quali- ties, voiced doubts about his elec- ability. In an interview last Saturday, Conservative MP John Crosbie said, "it's very obvious that people in the party like Mr. Clark and re- spect him ... but there's con- siderable feeling that he cannot win an election." The theme of this year's PC con- vention was "Responding to the Challenge." The challenge, which the Conservatives had in mind was that of uniting the rty and elect- ing a Progressive auewative go vemment nationally. lit the wake of the convention, it appears that the first aim is as much a problem now as ever. More than a few Tories feel that the lat- ter will prove to be an extremely difficutt, if not an impossible one to achieve, under present conditions. Dr. R. Woolstencroft, a Univer- sity of Waterloo professor and de- legate to the convention. supported Clark, and was among those who were disappointed by the outcome of the review question. In Wool- stencroft's opinion, the leadership question "may be a little or a big bump in the road" tor the party. Clark’s speech also lacked any firm statement of direction ac- cording to some. He refrained from "Trudeau bashing" and many delegates commented that a vi- gorous attack upon the incumbent Q',',":,",','-,','")', might have greatly Iped his cause. Wttouteaterit believes the party does not know the significance at the review "at this point". He be lieve: however, that the meaning will soon unfold. “I: [ICU PI -b, I _._. "lull-1y. Blaikie, a fluently bilingual. Mon- treal lawyer and former Rhodes scholar, was strongly supportive of Clark during the presidential cam- paign. Blaikie won convincingly over T,,1"v1i"rti' Pat Knowlan and Chris peyer on the first ballot, polling 5'6 tier cent of the 1,636 votes cast. - 7 A Clark's televised address to the delegates and to the nation last Friday evening wasn't considered a particularly good speech by many delegates., _ One possible explanation for Clark's Ill',', performance is that he misp ced his emphasis. Clark appeared to be focusing his atten- tion upon his television audience rather maximum delegates listening to him in crowded Ottawa civic centre. In so doing, he put the cart ahead of the horse. Cdnsideiing its importance, it could be seen' as a bad speech. Wilfrid Laurier student and youth delegate Steven Patten felt the speech consisted largely of pla- titudes and suffered from a lack of substance. Patten felt that delega- tes wanted to hear specifics, which Clark should have provided. One thing thatUoe Clark has going in his favour is the election of thsngw maidens Pytter Bieihie. Former Toronto Maple Leafs coach Joe Crozier was among those who worked in vain to get Speyer elected. For Crozier, It's one losing, team to anothel; During his Sunday morning speech to the convention, Speyer attempted to appeal to the historic roots of the party and mistakenly referred to the Conservatives as being the party of Laurier, a former Liberal prime minister. . Speyer's campaign suffered a number of setbacks. He made a major mistake in failing to show up for a scheduled address to the On- tario caucus on Saturday after- Cambridge MP Chris Speyer, who was regarded as a strong con- tender going into the convention, finished a distant third. Despite running a lavish and expensive campaign. Speyer polled only 315 votes. - --_ A - - One area delegate who supported Blaikie said Speyer lacked charis- ma, and was not the right man for the job. Blaihie Was seen as a strong man “who should be able to pull every- thing.tagether" for the Conserva- tives according to another delega- te. Given the uncertain attitude which prevails among Conserva- tives at this point, that remains very much to be seen. (Continued from page 1) lante-type atmosphere." Students met with Wa- terloo region police Monday to discuss plans for the mention and El- liott said the meeting "went very well. It looks like we have their bless- ings (but) they're going to have a fair amount of control." Sgt. Duncan MacLach- Ian, of the community relations branch of the police force, said yester- day "we have no objec- tion to the students' par- tietation." Joe Clark addresses delegates Friday in Ottawa moments before a leadership review “I was quite im, pressed with their ap- proach to the matter," the sergeant said. "They made a good presenta- tion and seemed very re- sponsible." . However, Sgt. Ma- cLachlan indicated stu- dents' plans to begin the escort service onday matte premature. . vote. "We don't wish to dis» courage them,," he said, "but we have to be very careful. We would like to initiate and control wha- tever happens.“ . The sergeant said po- lice will meet with stu- dent volunteers at their first organizational meeting tomorrow. Escorts to protect women He §aid volunteers will be screened for pos- sible criminal records and said time will be required so that "some type of program can be designed." "Our main concern is who are these people tthe volunteers)," he said. "We'll have to check them out." The. sergeant said the screening is particularly important "when people are, protecting people.“ As well, he said "we don't want one of these vigilante - type things deytslopirt.g." . Simonis said he is agreeable to a criminal record check and Elliott said "we have to set out what their (the volun- teers't bounds are. We don't want any heroes. We're not out to appre- hend anybody. From a policing point of view, we're trying to institute crLny. prevention." Elliott said tentative plans call for three vo- lunteers to work each night ttig,tte't','fg through until t end of (can in early Apt!). The students will posi- tion themselves at path- way entrances to the park and escort any walkers who approach WATEIILOO CHRONICLE, “MESDAY, MARCH 4, tgm - PAGE 3 from 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 Volunteers will wear bright yellow tops as identification and carry a flashlight and whistle. tobeusedincasdofany emergency. "'Ney'll have no wea- pon and no special powers," Elliott said. “They'll just walk the students through the park." He admitted the es- cort service is only a short-term answer to the problem of park as- saults. but feels "it will draw attention to the issue and put some pres- sure on council" to pro- vide park lighting. Simonis said he has already been talking to various student groups and organizations and is confident the required number of volunteers will comeforth tomor- When the program is over. Simonis said he hopes new lighting and a conscmusness among students to walk throng the park in pairs or groups will alleviate any problems. . . He also pointed out an ongoing program by stu- dents at the university's Simonis said indecent assaults and rapes in Waterloo-park were pre- valent several years ago and that "it's becoming a problem again." Alderman Mary Jane MeWhinney said yester- day she has been ap- proached by Simoms about the situation and that she intends to sup port the request for lighting in the park. Philip St. residence where anyone can call the residence at night and ask to be escorted from the campus head- ing north to the residen- “I thought it (the request) was extremely reasonable," she said. “If there is anything we can do to alleviate a po- tential hazard, we should do something about it." MeWhinney said she has asked community services director Ken Pllug to look into the feasability of providing lighting in the park and redirecting some exist- ing lighting on the out" ikeiot ttie are, "ttd said Jh' ex ”1mm report toixtun- cil is Monday. {he said slit expects