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KENNETH MACLEAN. Cen- -tral Lot 16. left. president of the Cooperative Union of P.E.I.. and Dr. Alexander Laid - law. Ottawa. national secre- tary of the Co-operative Union

of Canada. discuss the report on the growth o e move- ment in Canada. which was presented at a recent national conference. Dr. aidlaw ar- rived in Charlottetown last

EFFORT PLANNED IN MARITIMIES

Co-op Movement Surges Ahead, Secretary

N t. I By STAN BOWLES

uardian - Patriot Staff Writer "Throughout Canada co-op- eratives are gaining courage and are daring to go out into many new fields“. Dr. Alexander Laid- law. Ottawa. national secretary of ooperative Union of Canada. told the general meet- lng of the Cooperative Union of P.E.I. in Prince of Walm College last night.

To illustrate his statement. he noted that all across the country the development of consumer co-operatives is ever on the in- cmasc. The most notable in- crease in new organizations and

Two Men Killed in N.B. Collision

MONCTON (CP) - Two men were killed and two others _ln- two-car

Dead are Jasper Vernon Hors- man. 02. and Arthur Hillard Dickie. 48, both of Berry Mills, N.B. Injured were Iorne Trites of Jones Road. NE. Le- glncée Landry of

mitted to hospital here but there was no immediate word on their conditions.

The two -injured men were ad- on

groups is taking, place in the Prairie Provinces." he said.

ted that in these three provinces. there are now more than 450 working co-operative units all working and draw‘ their consumer goods from the one wholesale organization.

IN OIL BUSINESS The field of activity in which the co-operative movement has me one of the most effec- tive in the western provinces. is in the oil business. “The co- operatives there have organized and now operate their own D..- fineries. distribution and pump on systems. an have reach- ed the stage where they are the second largest petroleum‘ pro- ducts in the Province of Saska- tchewan." he said. ' ‘

In that province the co-opera- tive movement is now extending into the field of agricultural ch cals. and work has start- ed on the construction of a large chemical plant in the Saskatoon district. the first of its kind in Can d

CREDIT UNION GROWTH

Dr. Laldlaw also informed the meeting that the Credit Union throughout Canada in recent years has undergone a tremend- s growth and it now occupies the position of being a very strong competitor in the field of finance. ' _

Ominous lhreat Held From Buildufl

wssamorox (A?) L. The senate was urged Tuesday to

0|! an inter - American military allihnce aimed at crush ’ ... A soviet sateliiteone Senate 195091‘ ed‘ in “ominous tin-eat",to the entire western homlqhere

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in Cuba

evening from Nova Scotla and was the guest speaker at a

UN Elects Pro-West President

UNITED NATIONS (CP) The United Nations General Assembly opened its 17th ses- sion Tuesday with election of a Western-supported president. It braced for sharp debate in the weeks ahead on a host of controversial issues. including seating of Communist China proposed by the Soviet Union.

uhammad Za rulla Khan. 69. veteran Pakistani diplomat who served the old League of Nations, was elected president. He won 72 votes 1' G. P. Malalasekera of Ceylon. who was supported by the So- viet bloc.

The assembly also unanim- ously approved admission of four more countries. bringing the UN membership to 108.

T new members are Ja- maica. Trinidad and Tobago. Rwanda and Burundi. The lat- ter two countries formerly con- stituted the Belglan - adminis- tered trust territory of Ruanda- Urundi.

While pickets protesting re- sumption uclear tests marched in the sunshine outside

h e a dquarters. delegates from all over the worId—many in colorful Oriental and African robes—filed into the great blue and gold assembly hall. They included more than 40 foreign ministers. .

CALLS SESSION To ORDER

Mongi Slim of Tunisia. pres- ldent of the 16th session. called them to order at 3:32 p.m. election followed the traditional minute of silent meditation or

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general meeting of the Island organization held in Prince of- Wales College.

eclares

Anoth-er field in which the co- operative movement is grow- ing is that of insurance. both

fe and eneral. “Co-o in- surance operations have reached the level where thev are now

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BERLIN (GP)-Twenty-nine East Germans reached free- dom through the longest tunnel ever bored under Berln wall. West Berlin author‘ties announced Tuesday.

There was no indication the Communists had uncovered the underground escape route

Friday night was the largest mass flight through e w since it was built 13 months ago. The previous high was the escape of 28 through a tunnel last January.

Squads of West Berlin young- sters toiled for weeks to bore the elaborate tunnel into East Berlin under Bernauer strasse. scene of many dramatic es- capes. On Monday night three youths escaped through a cellar e same area.

Existence of the tunnel was kept secret —- even after the weekend escape —- because it

c an ominous threat. is [now on "the very doorstep of the United States."

The developments came against this backdrop:

open tuatlon. -

New economic and travel re- .°

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furtheii; quarantine

Quebec-Montreal Highway Urged

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The group which escaped last ye,-11,,

prayer. Applause rippled through the all when Slim anno c e the vote. and invited an to come to green marble podium to as- sume ht post. Despite a decisive defeat last year Soviet oreign Minister Gromyko asked the assembly to consider once more expelling the ese Nationalists and giving their UN representation to the Chinese Communists. He asked also that the as- sembly debate Sovlet Premier K.hrushchev’s proposal for an international trade conference. Last year the assembly voted 37 in favor. 48 against and 19 abstaining on the China issue. sources expressed confi- dence the vote would be at least as strong against the Pe- king regime this year. and per- haps stronger.

outcome of Z

LARGEST MASS FLIGHT 29 East Germans Escape Via Long Berlin Tunnel

was hoped more. refugees could e the same route to the West.

But heavy rains flooded the tunnel -on Monday. Efforts to pump it dry were fruitless and the plan to bring more people through it under the wall was abandoned.

Heinrich Albertz. the West senator for interior af- fairs. disclosed the mass escape at a press conference.

West Berlin police and Com- munist bord er guards mean- while fought a tear gas battle

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Propaganda On Berlin

MOSCOW (APi—The Soviet government shifted its propa- ganda campaign on Berlin into high gear Tuesday with a charge of military collusion be-

een France and est Ger- many “for revision of the re- . suits of the Second World War."

. -word statement issued through the official news agency Tass said results of the recent visit of rench President de Gaulle with West German Chan- cellor Adenauer show an urgent need for “the conclusion of a German peace treaty and nor- malization on this basis of the situation in West Berlin.“ No‘ deadline was set. Again the Russians threat- ened that, if the Western Pow- ers do not go along, the Soviet Union and its Communist part-l ners alone will sign a treatyl with Communist East Germany. “with all the ensuing conse- quences.“

Victor Oland (left). Halifax brewery executive was nam- ed president Tuesday of the Canadian Chamber of Com- merce. C. Ross MacKenzie of Summerside was made vice- president for Prince Edward . Island. Others on the execu- 3 live with Mr. Oland are: Ho- l

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ward Mitchell of Vancouver. first vice-president: A. J. Lil- lie of oronto. second vice- president. G. P. Keeping. Montreal. is the new chair- man of the executive council with G. Egerton Brown. Mont-

By ALAN DONNELLY LONDON (GP) —— Common- wealth leaders struggled Tues- day with what was described as the most'difficult communique the family of nations has ever

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hey will tackle the job again today in a final attempt

summarize. in clear but dip- lomatic language. their varied and strongly-held views about the consequences of British en- try into the European Common Market.

After a two-hour session late Tuesday. conference sources in- dicated the communique will express the view of Canada- and most other members—that Britain should try to extract better trade terms for Common- wealth exports when it resumes negotiations with the Common

real. is vice-chairman along with J. A. Boss. Toronto.

URGENCY IIEIGHTENED The statement said the ur- gency of the situation has been heightened by de Gau1le’s visit with Adenauer in Bonn. which emphasized “the anti - Soviet trend of their bloc." ' It declared French ruling clr-l cler, agreed to the establishment ' of a Bonn-Paris axis with the "secret hope t they would be able to take a leading place By DAVE McINT0SH ; in this military lance, to se- OTTAWA lCP> -— From nowl cure a leading role for France until further notice. navy wives in the capitalist world." sweethearts should check atever the plans of the I arrival times carefully before French politicians in the Bonn- going dockside to welcome their ; Paris axis." it added, “their lot sailors home from the sea. ; is to trail behind their stronger . The fleet will be in all right. l and more predatory West Ger- but it may a little late. l follow in the As part o s $86.000.000 aus-i watkie of the revenge-see eri" terity program. the defence de- froin the Rhine." » partment has or red the navy.

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MONTREAL (CP) — guards have been taken hostage _ _ at knife-point by seven prlson- D01l1t.f0!‘ nlst 0 ers in the mental wing at north- 10 Port On

Bordeaux Jail, it was

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The navy has always made a ‘ f tt' g ‘

learned Tuesday nig t. im MAKE NEW TIME i In such circumstances. a na- val spokesman said Tuesday. a ship now will hold down her speed and send a signal giving a new arrival me. At igh speed, a destroyer burns ap- proximately twice as mucli fuel as at normal cruising speed. ‘ The navy said the new order will not affect the realism of

ities at the reason with the prisoners to re- lease the hostages. l

war games at sea. Higher speeds will be used when the tactics call for them

In 1961. the RCN steamed I.- 200.00i' miles. Officials said is year's mileage can't be ac- in the northern dish-leg of Rein. curately predicted except. that ll. endo .

The East G e r m a n guards were infuriated by a loud- speaker truck of the West Ber- lin city administration broad-

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Dies In Halifax

HALIFAX (CPi - Dr. J W. ‘ Cormier. 64. a native of Ba- thurst. N.B.. and a prominent Maritime dentist died here Tuesday. Dr. Cormier. who practiced in several Nova Sco- tla communities. had lived in Amherst since 1939.

casting news into nlst sector.

When the Eastern guards threw gas grenades across the wall, the West police retaliated. A w ly wind swept the fumes of the Communist gre- nades back at the throwers and forced them to retreat.

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es College was the presanta- receives her certificate from ‘ mu Eleanor

tion of a life Lowe. president Mrs. Bayfleld Ellis, Charlotte of the society. also of Char- town. Here In. Ellis (right) lottetown.

will be less than last year‘s. ‘uc

. of "gross and unpardonable de-

On Fuel.

‘Market at Brussels.

One source described Tues-

“confused." with a welter of suggested amendments in the draft of more than 1.000 words that was ammered ommonwealth officials day night.

IMPASSE UNLIKELY Authoritative British sources

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Commonwealih PMs Stall

Over Communique Drafi

New Session loday lo Decide Details

the purpose of this «.oi1fm:n=.nce '15 not to SWF its verdict on this ‘issue. but only in say: what the ;effec. of such a move should be. One suggestion is that it may take another day of talks be- fore final agreement is reached on the formal statement of what the nine-day conference has been doing. However. the 15-nation gathering stems vir- =tually certain to wind up today. Prime Minister Diefenbaker plans to fly back to Ottawa Thurs ay

f It appeared Tuesday night ‘that the Canadian delegation 1 won't. get its way on two points. ,One is Diefenbaker‘s proposal ;for a Commonwealth initiative -in summoning a free world trade conference to reduce tar- iff barrier:-. The other is the Canadian desire for a second Commonwealth "summit" con- feience of prime ministers be-

lday's communique debate as fore Britain makes its final de-

Navy is Orderedl

cision on joining Europe. -

NEEDS MORE TIME The Diefenbaker world trade conference idla wa:- described something that will take more time before it can be worked out. As for holding another prime

lsaid there was no question of‘ ministers conference. the Cana-

in the 1961-62 fiscal year. the navy's fuel bill amounted to $5.- 26.’i.00t". In the current fiscal year ending next March it: will be less but the navy isn't‘ sure yet by how much. 1

The austerity program did not affect e navy’s new man-! power ceiling of 21.720 and a spokesman said recruiting will be maintained as usual.

LONDON. Ont. iCPi —- The United Church of Canada de- cided Tuesday to launch a study of public education in Canada with special references to the impact of the shifting ratio of Protestants to Roman Catholics.

Council approved the appoint- ment of a special commission to examine "the extent to which

. there may have been en-‘ roachment upong rights con- firmed by the Canadian consti- tution" in attempts to "compro- mise" between state-controlled and purely denominational ed- ation The commission was assigned to study the effect on schooling. both regionally and nationally. of population changes "by na- tural growth. immigration and movement within Canada, espe- cially as these change the ratio of Protestants to Roman Callio- ics.“

RECOGNIZE NEED Dr. Ernest E. Long. perma-=

TORONTO

ascribed rime mister play of diplomatic and political gaucherie“ at the London Com- monwealth conference

He said the prime minister had taken a "carping." "nega- tlve“ and '‘sterile‘‘ attitude lo-, ward British entry into the Eu- . ropcan Common

Mr. Diefenbalcerls position all noon “is one more reason for - getting rid of this Tory govern- ment as quickly as possible "

1. Pearson. speaking at a testimonial dinner for Toronto area Liberal MP5. also said the . success of the government's} emergency financial measures we are able to get rid of m ..

"We must not allow them to become Tory protectionist pol- icy under the excuse of emer-‘ gency and the need for aus-‘ terlty." he said.

Hr accused the government;

cell“ in withholding the aus-j terity program until after the; June 18 election and "completej contempt of Parliament" for

- an . gates failure to agree on a final Walling ldraft during morning and after- Common Market

‘ education,

iCPl — Liberall F lLeader Pearson Tuesday. night by Mr. Diefenbaker who talked

impasse despite the dele-

noon sessions.

t was reported that Canada was opposed to including any- thi g either approving or dis- approving of the British govern- ment’s policy of joining the six- nation E u r o p e a ii Economic Community. -

he Canadian position is that

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the scheduled time.£ - I

end If a ship were delayed by a;‘ 1; storm. she merely cranked onll It was reported that author- more speed to hit the scheduledl jail are trying to arrival t e. ‘

nent secretary of the councll.;

said the study was prompted by

recognition of the expansion of th

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education in Canada and fact that "the United needs a well founded philosophy of education."

He said the Roman Catholic Church already has "an excel- lent and well-articulated policy on education."

Between a dozen and 20 com- missioners. in c I u cl i n g edu- cational specialists. will be named by the executive to make the study.

A recommendation calling for the study was drafted by a sub- committee of the general coun- cil executive an cl approved along with a progress report of the United Church Board of Col- leges and Secondary Schools. The church maintains or sup- ports 11 institutions of higher offering both aca- emic courses and theology. (Continued on Page fl Col. 3.)

and unconstitutional behavior‘

so much about the sacredncss

Diefenbaker a “deplorable dis-lof parliamentary institutions.

SAYS DECEIT

1‘ Pearson taxed the govcru- menl with "stupidity and cell“ for "concealing a serious financial crisis for poltical rea- sons landl refusing to report it to parliament."

The austerity program would not do as a long-range econ- omic policy for dealing with the root causes of "our economic stagnation. of our lack of ade- quate growth. of our chronic un- employment."

Some of the restrictive features such as tight money and surcharges on imports

‘ ‘will depend "on the speed that would harm the economy. slow

dowr. production and crcalc more unemployment. Mr. Diefenbaklr had Eivco the country no indication of what should be done or even whether anyihinz should be

“The wastcd years iiavc hccn followed by the wasled weeks.“ the opposition leader declared

GIVES ALTERNATIVE I.

not convening Parliament as government would not have im-

soon after the election as pos- sible. This was "indefensible it

posed surcharges or raised the bank rate to six per cent. It

Ir. Pearson said a Liberal:

dians appear reconciled now to ‘ to see how Britain‘: negotiations

pan on. On another issue unrelated to the trade question. the confer- ‘ ence was reported in agreement on the request of Canada’s Ex- iternal Affairs Minister Green "for a Commonwealth statement on disarmament. , The Commonwealth's newer members in Africa Asia and ‘the West Indies fool-: an active to ' uesday's line-by-line study of the draft communique. They were reported to have presented many of the large number of mendmeuis. Canadian correspond- ents contended an official Icontinued on page 3 Col. 2;

Green Claims Pearson Talks ’Tl1rougl1 Hat’

LONDON !CP|-—E:.lernal Af- lfairs Minister Green said Tues- Tday night Liberal Leader Lester ‘:Pearson was “talking through 'lils hat" In his romnienls on lPl‘llTlP Mim:lr=r Dicfr-*iibalsc=r‘a plan for a u-orlri trade confer- .rnce

Pearson said in Ollaua Mon- Iday that Dicienhaker. in sug- lgestmg the tariff-riitiin; meet- iin was ,]llSl "throwing up a lsmokescreon " Pearson said the lproposal was "vague and ‘would accomplish lillle other [than prcs:'- lirarllines. l Asked by rcporlers in com- .menl. Green said merely: ‘He's talk-in: thrnuzh his hat."

Diefenbalccr made his sugges- iiion for a world-\\'lClf’ lradmg conference-. with Canada as host counm. ill a speech at .'Monday‘s plonarv session.

‘Liberal Leader Declares PM's Attitude ‘Ca rping'

would have declared with the United States a dF(‘lSl0ll to col. labrrale with the Euro .

Common Mariel and other free

nations for the expansion of Ir."-.r!e “More important we would

havc taken a lead in workout mil mini ai‘i'anEemont.= to this end with Wasiiimzlon instead of la;£:IilE aionc: behind the Ken- ncciy lrarll progzrnm and throw- ing roadblocks in front of the Umterl Kiuczrlom ‘ v A Liberal l:o\'c=rnment would have also declared nut‘ accept- ance of the importance and t d.~.sirahiill_v. on political as well as economic grounds. of Brit; ain‘.~ new role in thc developing European community; which would hclp to cnsure mu ihc Common ’.\1orl<c-‘I would con. tribulc to NW E(‘l1(?l‘Hl expansion of world lradc. in peaceful free world strength a role which necd not weaken at all the Can- monwealth association.“ '‘If Mr. Dicfcnbaker. Bcavcrhrook and lhc Londoli