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MEMBERS OF the Select Standing Committee on Education heard witnesses at the first public hearing last night in the I i' in Chamber. TOP. Front row. left to right. are William Acorn. Prosper Arsenault, Alexander Maclsaac and Dr. L.G. Dewar. In the back'mw far left is Hon. Dougaid Macxlnnon who was attending the hearing though not a member of the Committee.

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Others are Leo Rosaiter. Harold smith. Hervey Douglas and Mar- ley Bell. LOWER photo foreground are Miss Audrey MacI..eod. stenographer. Malcolm Macxenzie. secretary to the committee, and chairman Frederic A. Large Q.C. In the back row are Dr. L. W. Shaw. Deputy Minister of Educa- tion. who outlined Department policies. ILA. Parker. superinten- dent of City schools. Dr. Frank

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don nirvan- stituted a fundamental weakness in the educational system. Larger administrative units had long been

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Other provinces all have larger units and be cited examples of ar- bitrarily reducing the number and said it had worked satisfactorily. fed here was a sys- tem of uniform balance and uni- form assessment

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He said than presently was such a larger unit operatinglin the Augustus area where dis- tricts had combined in what he termed a consolidated area. Mr. Large asked about transportation In larger units but Mr. Shaw said this was not a particular prob- lem in the winter months. but it

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Budget Night is March 26

Ron. I. Earle MacDonald. Pro vincial Secretary-Treasurer will bring down the budget on Tues- -day night, March 8 at Bztll o'clock. Premier Matheson before adjournment yesterday noted that not too mud: legislation remained onllseorderpaperbutattheaame timeobaerved thatatbird ofthe members would be ngaged in hearings of the education com- mittee either in the morning or evening.

The House meets this afternoon at 8:00 o'clock.

N.B. Potato Men Anxious

ANDOVER. N. 3. (CP) - A meeting of potato growers and shippers here Monday night auth- orized a steering committee to send a delesatiun of 150 to Ottawa to press for action if United States and Canadian potato tariffs are not equalized immediately.

The meeting of about 1,000 was described as ”a demonstration of the anxiety of New Brunswick growers and shippers over pre- ferential tariff treatment which U.S. growers receive."

Speakers expressed dissatisfac- tion that Finance Minister Harris. in his budget speech. made no an- nouncement oi any firm plan for equalization.

Maclfinnon. Principal of Primed of Wales College. and Miss Ma- bel Matheson, president of the P.E.l. Teachers Federation. Very Rev. J.A.- Sullivan. Rector of St. Dunstan's University, who presen- ted a prepared brief and also answeed several questions. was seated to the left of the bottom group and is not included in the photo.

Committee Hears Plea

For Larger Sc

Units

Dr. Shaw emphasised Erg- lsation of larger ve units did not mean the abandon- ment of the local schools and that even.wben proposed regional hide schools were established by the larger units the smells children in grades up to Grade I would continue to attend the local school.

He thought this would also greatly aid the teachers who pre- ferred to work in larger units be- cause they ielt in closer contats with the governing body which su- uaily offered graduated supple meats and thus gave the teachers a greater incentive. Besides this the teachers maintained they could not teach 10 grades all in one room.

Mr. Large called attention to the

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N. ., where seven vans were

to transport pupils distances up to

22 miles. Dr. Shaw said that in the

Fredericton. N.B.. area they were

moved even greater distances.

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Icebergs Are Said Worst In 50 Years

NEW YORK (AP)-Heavy ice- bergs. described as the worst in 50 years. caused the Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth to veer 38 miles south of the regular southers track across the North Atlantic.

Commodore Sir Ivan Thompson skipper of the Queen Elizabeth. told reporters after the ship docked Monday:

"The descent of Arctic ice upon the Newfoundland coast has been earlier and heavier than any time in perhaps 50 years. It seems to be a portent for a long. rainy spring."

Mr Ivan said ocean liners usu- ally tabs the southern route after April is. traveIliag'ss' that course untllJulyI.HasaidtheQtseen Elizabeth on,thls westward cross- lnl passed about SI miles from the nearest ice.

lie added that a United States patrol boat on ice duty stood by a southerly berg that was break- ing into gnowlers about 300 miles southeast of Cape Race. Nild.

Three Dead, Two Ill In Auto Mishap

WALTHAM, Que. (CPD-Three persons are dead and two critic- ally ill from the effects oi an au- tomobile mishap in the deep bush :0 miles north of this upper Ot- tawa Valley lumbering commu-

ty.

The automobile. registered in the name oi Ralph Turcoite of Alice. 0nt.. 12 miles north of Pembroke. 0nt.. which is on the opposite side of the Ottawa River.

. was found early Monday by lot!-

ouva Roy and Donal Trem-

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htrcotte is on: of the survivors. the other being a girl of I6. Both wee taken to a nearby home. The three bodies were left in the car nhtil the arrival of police and coroner Dr. Harold Laycock of Folt Coulonge. 20 miles east.

Identities of the dead and the girl survivor were not imme- diately available.

The car is believed to have left a camp in the area. 12 miles north of Boyle Lumber Company

at Jim's Lake. Sunday af- afta a weekend visit.

TUESDAY. MARCH 19. PREMIER MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT

GOVIT R Of Aged, Bl

1957

Drew In U.'K. On Holiday

LONDON (CP)-George Drew, who retired recently as national leader of Canada's Progressive Conservative party. said Monday his visit to Britain is "strictly a holiday."

"I am Just meeting friends.in the ordinary way and I will not be addressing any meetings or any- thing of that sort."

Drew and his wife arrived in London by air during the weekend for the start of a three-month European holiday. They will Spend about two weeks in Britain be- fore going to Italy. Greece. Tur- key. Isracl. France and Germany. They expect to return to Canada about June I.

immigrants By Air Complain

VANCOUVER (CF)-Philip W. Bird, nupvsllllelldenl of I lgra- tion here. said Monday he is in- vestigating complaints by some of 29 Britons about travel condit- ions aboard an immigrant flight from London to Vancouver. Seventy-five persons. so of them Hungarians. spent 43 hours on the DCA airliner on the am night of the so-called Air Bridge to Canada immigration scheme On arrival here. salesman Alec Rankin said the plane was over crowded and that from Gander. Nfld.. to Winnipeg none of the pas- sengers had received a proper meal.

Six other English migrants were critical of conditions aboard the plane but some said they didn't "expect too much."

An immigration department of- ficial in Ottawa denied the air- liner was overcrowded. lie the maximum number of gore permitted on sync-4 is I. r; The slide! seldvnr . aunts had been made to serve a meal until the plane reached Win- nipeg. The packet lunch was served

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Customs department offldals said the immigrants were not per- mitted to leave the plane at Torn onto to go to the airport reatuab ant because they had notbeess cleared by customs officers. Thn clearance did not occur until the plane reached Vancouver.

The officials said immigrants are cleared for customs at their final destination If that was done at Gander it would be axessary to unload baggage for amino- tlon, then it would have to be re- garded for the remainder oi the

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-Canadian Troops Reach Egypt

CAIRO tCP)-The first group of delayed 4'' " relniu. t e-40 ordnance men-arrived at the Abu Suweir bass Monday from Naples.

The Canadians are part of an armored reconnaissance force which Maj.-Gen. l. L. M. Burns, the UN Emergencys Force com- mander. asked for several weeks

ago.

There had beerf reports Egypt- ian authoritles might refuse per- mission for more cuudiuu Lo

armored group numbering about I!) is scheduled to arrive in several RCA! boxcars today and W ,

There already are I.loo cana- dians serving with the UNEF. but they are administrative rsonnel and air force than the

because of the delay at Toronto. "1

Sealing Vessel Sinks, Crew of 11 Men Safe

HALIFAX (CP)eEleven crew members of the doomed sealer Beater rowed to the safety of an island Monday after his skip sank in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and left them stranded on the ice. Capt. Laurltz Brandal of La- Have. N.S. and his crew mem- bers pulled a dory and their belongings off the Beater when ice apparently punctured her watr. about one mile from Dead Man Island.

The ship went down Sunday night and for about 20 hours the men huddled on the ice awaiting rescue.

The lcebreaker Saurel, which left I i t g. . 5. Sunday night. reached the spot late Mon- day and reported tre men were heading for shore in a dory. The ice apparently loosened enough for them to row in. Several other sealers were standing by.

The Heater, owned by Capt. Karl Karlsen of Halifax, went to the seal hunt late in February. Several otter ships were nearby when she sank, but couldn't get

is Likely Appointee To The Canada Council

OTTAWA. (Special) - Dr. Frank Maclfinnon. principal of Prince of Wales College and prominent educatlonlsi of the Maritime pro- vinces, was reported here Mon- day night to be a likely appointee to the Canada Council. He would represent Prince Edward Island on that body to be established to promote the arts. sciences and culture in Canada.

Mr. MacI(innon's name came up in connection with a suggested list of members of the Council which will begin its work with a govern- ment grant of 3100 million. Ex- pected chairman of the Council is Brooke Claxton. former De- fence Minister and how head of the Canadian offices of the Metro- politan Insurance company. vice- chairman is believed to be Rev. Henri Levesque.

Other prospective members of the council are Mrs. Angus Mac- Donald. widow of the former pre- mler of Nova Scotla and Naval Minister during World War II: Norman Macl(enzie. president of

to the spot because of ice.

the University of British Colum-

CAIRO (AP)-President Nas- ser has pulled a diplomatic re- verse play on the United States by letting Saudi Arabia carry the ball for the Arabs on the Aqaba Gulf issue.

Although the islands dominat& the entrance to the gulf are so Arabian territory, it was Egypt which fortified them and pre

supportfos-freedom

ere. As the United States prepared to press Egypt for guar of free shipping. Saudi Aralia moved into th denial of any Israeli rights in those waters.

Since Saudi Arabia has become a cornerstone of the Eisenhower doctrine in the Arab world, this

makes it mu more difficult for the United 8 to give Israel the support she demands for be: shipping.

Those-who know King Saud say American pressure on the gulf ia- sue might change him from an i tlnl friend of the United States to a bitter enemy.

Crown Prince Faisal. brother of King Saud. arrived Monday for talks with Nastr on an to keep the Israelis from the gulf as a channel for high seas

Fires Took 47 N. B. Lives in '56

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FRF.Dl-JRICTON fCPl-Fires II New Brunswick last year killed 47 persons, including 8 children. and caused property damage of 334113.448. Statistics in the annual report of Fire Marshal Earl J. Sturgeon showed that while the number of fires was ll less than the 2.250 in 1955. the loss was 3790.465 more.

The fire marshal said all casual- mcn. occurred in some of the 1,- 730 homes destroyed. Ninety-eight per cent were due to eardesxaa. Poor housing and M small dwellings contrlbdd

air shuttle service ” tiweea. Naples and the Middle East.

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to the loss of ciIlld.llfe. .

Views

Possibility King Saud Could Turn into Bitter U.S. Enemy

commerce.

Faisal reiterated to newspaper- men the delcaration of his gov- ernment March I! that Saudi Arabia "will take all measures to defend its historical and leg- itimate rlghts in the gulf and to protect the safety of its territory and of its territorial waters. At the moment there are no oops-either E tan or Saudi Arabia-ea the Islands. Nor have he ' T Sinai shore podtions near the Tires draft.

Finnish UNEF troops hold the

Sharrn-el-Shelkh base. but have no orders to enforce free ship-

anteealtlls

DR. MACKINNON bia; Samuel Bronfman, leading

figure in the Canadian Jewish community and head of the World's largest distillery.

Appointments will not be con- firmed until royal assent is given to the Canada Council bill by the Governor-General or one of his deputies.

100.000 DON'T DRINK

TORONTO (CPI-A new organ- ization for drivers who don't drink has signed up 100.000 members around the world. the Canadian Temperance Federation an- nounced Saturday. The new or- ganization is the International Ab- staining M o t o ri s t s' Associa- tion formed at a meeting in Istan- bul last September.

FAROUK UNCIIANGED

ROME (AP) - Ex-king Farouk of Egypt told a press conference Saturday his attitude toward newspaper men is the same as it always was-"unfriendly."

U. S. Refuses To Toughen Her Policy Towards Nasser Gov't

WASHINGTON (AP) - Israel's! Foreign Minister Golda Meir ap-! parently failed in her first effort Monday to argue State secretary. Dulles into a tough U.S. pol-l icy toward President Nasser oil Egypt.

Mrs. Meir flew to Washing-j ton from Jerusalem amid lsraelll statements that her goal was U.S. 1 support of Israel's "stop-Nasser" campaign. .

But no change in U.S. policy; showed up in the four-paragraph: Joint statement issued after she met for more than three hours with Dulles and his aides.

what the statement added up to was that Mrs. Meir seemed to have blunted her lance on the: shield of Dullcs' adamant disin-. ciinallon to abandon friends-to-both policy in the Mid- dle East.

NEW CAUSE FOR ALARM Meanwhile. American officials had new cause for alarm in the troubled area. Saudi Arabian statements said the Gulf of Aqaba ls Arab territory. It alarmed U.S. officials fearful lest Saudi Arabia get embroiled in the Egypt-Israeli quarrel. If that happened, U.S. U.S. policy towards Saudi Arabia would have to be reaPPl'lll9fl- The stattment said Dulles "re- gmrmed" U.S. policy as ex. reused by Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge in the United Na- tions General Assembly March I and by President Eisenhower in hia letter to Israeli premier Devil

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pressed."

That did not seem to change things. It seemed a far cry from the "implementation of policy" which Mrs. Meir was reported to be requesting.

It seemed safe to speculate that Dulles counselled Mrs. Meir to keep calm, trust in the United Nations nd the United States. and above all not to do anything hasty-such as getting involved in more shooting with the Egyptians.

For her part. according to the Joint statement. Mrs. Meir "ex- pressed her deep ooncern" at the return of Egyptians to the Gaza

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"she also expressed her an- xiety." the statement said. "at re- ports and statements envisaging the estriclions against Israeli shipping in the Suez Canal and the Gulf of Aqaba. and the maintenance of belllgerency by

It was a statement last month by Dulleg and Eisenhower that no nation could block Gulf of Aqaba passage which apparently led to Saudi Arahials move. Officials isald King Saud. during his Wash- ington visit last month. tried to talk the two American leaders out of making any such statement.

New Move To

aise Pensions

incl, Disabled

Action Will Affect 1,000 P. E.I Persons

Prince Edward Island will fall in line with the other Provinces of Canada which have already ex- pressed their intention of raising Old Age Assistance, Blind Pensions and Disabled Person's pensions. This was announced in the Legls lature yesterday by Premier A.W Matheson who stated that after con- sultlng with his colleagues on the matter it was agreed that such action would be desirable. lie solo legislation making the increase possible would be brought before the House this session.

Old age assistance is paid on a 50-50 basis by the federal and Provincial Governments to needy -persons between the ages of65-70. The ceiling on such pensions at

If the incense is ratified by the Legislature the ceiling will be raised to :46. Blind pensions and those paid to disabled persons will be similarly dealt with. The in- come of the pensioner and the de- gree of disability are determining factors in the amount the person receives.

According to the report of the Department of Welfare tabled in the Legislature this session. there are 800 people on the Island ro- ceiviag old age assistance; :10 re celving disability pensions and I getting blind pensionsf

Under the new agreement. first cheques would normally reach pensioners at the end of July. ..mm......mm.:.....

ile do France to Undergo Repairs

NEWPORT NEWS. Va. (AP)- The liner Ile de France. llfth larg- est , ship afloat. stood a Hampton Roads Monday on son to the Newport News shipyard for extensive repairs.

Damaged several weeks all when she grounded at Fort ds France. Martinique. the 44.000-tos vessel has been making a slow voyage to this port.

The length of the repair period has not been determined. but till ship's transatlantic voyages of March 30 and May have been can- celled by the Frencls Line.

Naval Avenger Plane Missing

HALIFAX (CPI - Ten RCAF and naval aircraft and a number of small boats began searchinr the harbor mouth area Monday night for a naval Avenger 8ll'Cl'afI missing from nearby Shearwatcr Naval Air Base since 3 p.m. AST. . The pilot was identified as Sub.- . Lt. Morris Komarinsky. B. of Elli elbert. Man.. and Dartmouth. NS. lie was co-pilot of a Tracker. a new anti-submarine aircraft. re- cently when it became one of the first naval aircraft to fly "'0 Mi lantic. Naval official: said the Pill" last messaged the lllllifdsl" P3” 3, 3 Mug for lgnding instructions from a point five miles south of the base.

The Avenger had fuel to last until 6 30 pm-

'nu- navy isslwd a general re- call for crews of a destroyer and three mincswccpcrs to join the search. ggrjmj

NORTHERN INLET

Hamilton lnlcl on the Labradof coast is more than I50 miles long. with average breadth of It miles.

British Labor Minister in

Avert Strikes

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