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VOL. LXXVII. NO. 124

CENTENARY COUNCIL MEMBERS AR

Registration for the Cana~ dian Centenary Council meet- in! being held this week in (‘hllriottetown was started last night at the Charlotte- tnnn Hotel. followed by a re- cept ion sponsored by till.

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Prince Edward Island Cen- tennial Committee. Sb 0 wn here signing his registration slip is Daigle Alban of Mon- treal while behind him. P a u l Cantor. Toronto. of the World

who (underlies ‘

“Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew”

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1964.

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University Service Committee collects his conference infor- mation details. The girls be hind the desk are. left Mrs. Yvette Thompson and Diane MacLellan. both of Charlotte- town.

Speaker Stresses Food Market

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Preferential tariff between Commonwealth countries and the United Kingdom have bl- enme less important since tile Second World War. a result of a steady trend toward free norld trading. the Marititns Provinces Board of Trade was told at a luncheon meeting here lesterday. The speaker was Mu- jnl' Shaun Stewart. deputy sen- im- British trade commissioner at Ottawa. He was replacing Alex Currall. the senior British trnllc commissioner was 5 taken til late last week.

Advantages of the Common- llcaltll system now should give nay to the greater good of all markets. he said. “We therefore look forward to a successful outcome of the Kennedy Round of tariff negotiations now under “or in Geneva and hope it will lCElfl to a substantial reduction ill uor!d tariffs. even if our preterellecs in Canada and else- Mlcrc are reduced in conse- oucnceS.”

He said the remaining value at the preferential tariff system should not be overlooked. The system made it easier for

firms to markets wealth. Canada had always been one of Britain‘s major export matr- kets and. although she he s slipped “a place or two" down the list. she remained one of the largest'per capita purcha- oods.

establish new export within the Common-

sers of Britt

The British trade commission in Halifax and throughout Can- ada was busy advising British industry of “every possibility of new business in Canada. . . ."

He said Commonwealth pref- erence should help the Atlantic

provinces develop industry and exports. The Commonwealth took 27 per cent of all goods

exported from the Atlantic prov- inces. but only 21 per cent of total Canadian exports.

MARKET LIES OPEN

“The British market lies open to you for almost anything you like to sell to us and i am sure you are seeking every possible Imeans of developing your tready large business with us.” I He said the Atlantic provinces ! could find their most imm '

lnew British markets in food-

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17 Dead, Government Carries Vole

Missing in

Castle Fire.

LI-EGE up) _ rm ragedi DEBATE DU’E SHORTLY

Tuesday through an 18th cen- tury castle used as a holiday

reat ’ Belgians. killing six and leaving 11 misl- ing. authorities reported.

There were 108 retired per- sons vacationing at Weg-imont Castle in the beautiful wooded country of the Meuse Valley near Liege. Most were ' when fire broke out kitchen early Tuesday. The flames raced quickly through the wooden - pannelled rooms in the restored part of the castle. Two women lea from windows and were killed. Four charred bodies were found in the ruins.

the others made it to the exits. but police said 11 of party still were un~ accounted for. Firemen dug through the rubble looking more bodies.

Police found a elderly persons who had escaped the blaze crouching and trembling near the castle. ey were so shocked could not remember their names.

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stuffs. However. traditional At-i lantic provinces exports. partic- ularly forest products, “should see a steady development." re said he hped it would not “be idle to look forward to a substantial development of science-based industry in the Maritime provinces." Problems of transport and

geography were less important by

in the sale of such products and the potential could be large.

Earlier yesterday. MPLBT dele- gates heard a report on the Atlantic nces Econouflc Council by President J. 8. Wright of Summerside, PiEJ.

A panel discussion was held

by representatives of three Maritimes organizations that had it in business more an

100 years. Panelists were Harry Haliworth_ vice - president and managing director of T. Simms and Co. Ltd. Saint John. NB; Victor Oland. .pres- ident of Oland and Son Limited. Halifax. and Alan H. Holman. president of R. T. Holman Lim- ited. Charlottetown.

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Migration Of Unemployed ls Feared By Queens MP.

By FARMER TISSINGTON Capital Bureau. The Guardian

OTTAWA — Fear that the l.il)(‘l‘8l government may be adopting a "Gordonesque" mi- gration of unemployed Atlantic region workers to other par oi Canada has been expressed here by Heath Macquarrie. MP for Queens.

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Mr. Macquarrie asked Labor Min i s to r Allan MacEacnen Tuesday if he had any special plans for quick action of tile 72.000 jobs needed in the Atlan- tic region. Speaker Alan Mac Naughton said he realized the great importance of the ques- tion but asked Mr. Ma-cquarrle to put it on the order paper.

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Hag Feelings lo PM

FREDERICTON lCPl — Members of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire at their 64th annual meeting here “rote letters Tuesday to Prime Minister Pearson and members of Parliament about feelings‘on the Canadian flag lssue._

.ome members from across Canada were urged by national President Mrs. D. W. McGibbon of Toronto .to wr.te notes during the lunch hour be- lwecn business meetings alter Mv'spaper reports said Mr. Pearson told Parliament he was m‘l sure whether he received I ‘tjelegram ’ the order . sent Mon- a\' '

The report said Opposition Leader Diefenblker asked Mr. Pearson whether he lied rc- reveri the lODE nicest-lie and “‘9 prime minister replied oc- hat received "a good deal of correspondence the ques- tron." but wasn't sure anythan had been from the 1003. II the telegram the order uau they "deplore that in this demo cralic country individuals In deprived of tho‘ to vote an an issue as vital as use a NATION I

Th e a na- uMill plebiscite "so that the work of Canada may decide

whether the Canadian Red En. sign or a flag of a new design shall be the official flag of Call da'"

The IODE. a 29.000 - member Canadian women: organization. has strongly supported the Red

nsign since 1945.

The Canadian flag design nan.

been the leading issue at the five-day 'meetlng which Gnu; Wednosd . The order also voted Tuesday to back a recommendation far- oring a Canadian immigratr-u. policy withoutvrocial discrimi- nation. ‘

The recommendation stated the lODE favors a policy, “based on the economic needs of the c ry . . . and which does not discriminate on in. grounds of race. national origin

religion." War Memorial gecreltgy . it of am n. . R. C Deane of no” second war memorial scholar- ships for the in”! academic or. ye'l'bey include Rosalie neck of Lunonburg. N.S.. a post ,- grad-

te stud” .

“Milkmen said the totai amount spent 005d lODE First

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Earlier. NDP leader 1‘. c.‘ Douglas referred to a speech Mr. MacEachen made the other day to the effect that workers deciding to move from one part of Canada to another should be given financial assistance. Mr. MacEachen said that he had

suggested consideration should '

be glven to widening the has- is upon which assistance was given to unemployed workers. but that no decision has been reached by the labor depart-

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Outside the house. Mr. Mac- quarrie said his question stem-

Serious Fire ls Reported

they said Tuesday night

Proposed

By STEWART MncLEOD

OTTAWA (CP) — Canada‘s proposed maple leaf flag will be shown to Parliament for the first time today.

Prime Minister Pearson told

the

lution describing the new Cana- dia-n flag design would be pub- lished in today's votes and pro- ceedings. a Commom document usually issued in mid-morning.

He also indicated a pictorial representation of the flag would be distributed to MPs. by Thursday at the latest.

A spokesman for Mr, Pearson that the pictorial representation would definitely be ready r today.

it was learned the colored

licly at 9:30 am. EDT in a committee room of the Paria- ment buildings.

Earlier. the spokesman said

Near liverpool

LIVERPOOL, N.S. (C?) _A forest fire that threatened reach serious proportions broke out in heavy softwood about [7

miles west of this south Show started "in a matter of days."t ground. There was also a re-t

town late Tuesday afternoon. The lands and forests depart- ment issued an immediate ap-

an hour through spruce and pine between Lake Kempton a nd Lake Eagle ' the Queen‘s County interior.

it was not Immediately known if‘ the land belonged to flielMer- sey Bowater Pulp and Paper Company Limited which oper- ates a paper mill in this town 96 miles south of Halifax.

Winds earlier in the day were so high a forest ranger was un-

able to climb a fire-spotting to; wer in the area. the first time.

in 14 years this had happened. Meanwhile. Lands ests Minister E. D. Haliburtonl

announced in Halifax Tuesday‘eswd

that the woods in some area. of Halifax County had been closed to travel because of tne

forest fire danger. Closed were the w o o d e d areas of Spryfield. Jollimotl.

and Purcell's Cove. all west of Halifax. Several fires broke out in those areas earlier this month one of them threatening sever- al homes.

Most of Nova Scotla's Woun- land were listed as being ex- tremely dry Tuesday.

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officials were waiting to see how the color reproduction turned out at the printers' plant before deciding when to reveal it.

Mr. Pearson said debate on the flag resolution would be

He wanted MP5 to have ample opportunity to study the reso lution and design first.

1 0n the eve of the new flags iparliamentary introduction. it ‘still wasn‘t certain how the thorny issue would be handed to the MP5. most of whom have strong. and often divided feel- : ing

s on the matter.

Conservatives stillbers would have ample oppor- ; cused Senator Barry Goldwater. ; them for dust.

Som lepeak privately in favor of a

To Be Shown loday

Commons Tuesday a resow

design would be revealed .pub-r

New Flag

filibuster. confident they can rally enough support in the‘ country to support their stand. lBut most Quebec Conservatives. ‘ e anxious to see the proposed: flag adopted without undue de- lay. So far there has been no‘ indication of the party itself tak-l . ing any stand. I ' The Creditiste group has aI~ ready pledged support to the government and a majority of Democrats and Social Credit members have indicated they will support the maple leaf 1

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The design of the new flag! still remained an official secret Tuesday—five days a r the l cabinet approved it. The 25 cal)- inet ministers and about half a dozen others who know the de- .sign ave been sworn to sea ‘, crecy. ' ‘ Most speculation runs to the] lidea of three red maple leavesl lon a white field with a blue bar 5 .at each end. Others known tol t be considered by the cabinet in-! gclude the same design without] lthe blue bars and with tel lleaves on a plain blue back-l

’port a single-leaf design was5 among those considered.

The prime minister told the ‘. Commons Tuesday he wanted to .give members a few days to {study both the flag design and the resolution before t e debal opens. Once started. he

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l not be interrupted and all mem-

‘..tunity to discuss the issue.

[Industrial Aims

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industrial Estates is in seeing all the Mari- time Provinces going ahead in. dustrially." said Frank A. So- bey. Halifax. president of that Nova Scotia corporation, speaking at the annual dinner of the Charlottetown Board of Trade.

The dinner. held last night. set prec envt at least in the oceedings. For the first

time women were in attendance and there was also a number of people from around the Man‘- itimes involved in. among other

Man Is Chargedl In Wife’s Death i

TORONTO ICP) — Glen Armfil strong. 34. was charged with capital murder Tuesday in the strangulation death of his wife. yrtle. 2'7. mother of four chil-

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ren. ‘ Police said they found Mrsi Armstrong‘s body in her down-l town apalrtme An autopsy showed death was due to asphyxiation caused by strang-l ulatlon.

Armstrong's children .

things. the conference today of the Maritimes Transportation Commission. About 15 of them remained from the Maritimes Board of Trade conference held during the past two days which broke up at noon Tuesday. Mr. Sobey was guest speak- er. His name is familiar to; Maritimers for the chain of stores which bear the name. It was his family that started the organization in Stellarton. N.S.. from where it spread to include today something in the

iboard. Mr. Sobey was asked to inlcome here. and his appearance. 'was in itself a rare occasion—l

‘ Scotia, l According to members of the

to clarify just what Industrial Estate has done. and why it‘ has merited the success it has found. This was in the hope that some of the ideas behind that success would be trans-

rred to th Charlottetown board. which is anxious V bring as much industry as pos-l sible to not just Charlottetown, but also to the island.

AVOID CONCENTRATION “In order to maintain econ-

”mic heanh'” Mr' sabe-V said' Nicosia bill they escaped injury; they are sincere and 1

"business must avoid concen-l trating in one area." He referr-I

ed especmuy “{th indusmallincidents so far in the two} riculture outside of

complex of Ontario. l He outlined the program My his corporation. and said that.‘ above all. success in it took “constant. persistent (Continued on page 5. col. 5t;

of 45 stores. But it was in his official ca- acity as president of that lcrown corporation. which has‘

range in ages from two to iolgained for itself a great repu-

ltation as a bringel‘mf-manna in

med the anxrety OVCA r Mr. MacEachen's statement m that “the federal government

should pay the fare of any un- employed Canadian whose any hope of finding work into move to another part -of the country."

RECALLS REPORT

The Queens’ MP noted that in his royal commission report. now Finance Minister Walter Gordon had suggested that gen- erous assistance should be giv en to people who might wish to move to other parts of the country whe re opportunities were greater if there was not the necessary

constitution of resources in the Atlantic region to permit a substantial rise the standard of living.

Dedicated. u I am. to the cause of fighting regional in- equalities. ! deplore this latest statement with its frightening Gordonesque ring." Mr. Mac- quarrle declared.

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Wage Increase ls Recommended

- By ROBERT RICE OTTAWA ICPl — A two-year 350000.000 wage package a been 0 or Canada“: 100.000 non-operating railway workers. it was reliably re- ported Tuesday.

Mr. Justice 1". Craig Munroe

of Vancouver. chairman of a three-m rai conciliation board. is reported to have pro- posed I lO-celit hourly boost over a twoyear contract for the vnonop employees of the C R. the CPR and several smaller railways.

His award —- not binding on either railways or the 15 unions representing the non-op

war force—was sup by David Lewh. a Toronto labor lawyer and former New Demo- cratic member of Parliament who re the conciliation board

Gordon W

V0 cent hourly pay boost moi-Ry upon a.

vnominee on the conciliation ’ board.

The majority report is be- llieved to propose the ill—cent lpay bcost be spread in four ’stages over the two-year com 31. till“. ipaid this year. amounting to labout nine cents an hour. The next two stages. expressed in percentages rather thencents lper hour. would be applied in l1965. They would work out to u about 10 cents an hour.

1 The two reports are expected in» be made public today.

‘ Indications are the unions will accept the ill-cent prooosal. The railways will favor the HM suggestion of their nominee on the

'nie 8p would likely be the g « ~ “lotion

on subject of . . [negotiations between the dis-

. I Halifax potent lawyer who served as counsel If: the Magnum mg“ Icom- me salmon mpatat . see- man-fa 13- wli the dire

or N.S. outlined

‘ :and Senate. Tile exchange went we ran brin to ether the sort "lnter- the form of industrial develnp- like this; ( g g lments to the province of Nova:

A1. A. CUMNIING Toronto Man ‘ To Head CMA

MONTREAL lCP‘l .. A. Cumming. president of Union Carbide Canada Ltd.. T

of the Canadian Manufacturers' . Association. succeeding ll. Roy.

Crabtree of Montreal. H, B. Style. president. of John: Inglis Co. Ltd.

elected first vice—president: H.

Joly. president of B, Houde; Members of Parliament don't.

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pronto. l was elected president TllCSday‘

OTTAWA t(.‘P'-The minority Liberal government survived its 10th non-confidence vote of the 1964 parliamentary session Tuesday night with the backing of the two . mocratic and eight Social Credit MP5.

A Conservative motion accus- ing the government of failin to meet pressing agriculture problems was defeated 130 to 11-.

Twelve NDP members and 11 members of the Creditiste group voted with the 89 Con- servatives present.

There were 120 Liberals on iland for the vote.

Commons standing: Liberals 128. Conservatives 96. NDP 17.

OTTAWA tCPl — Agriculture

Toronto. was Minister Harry Hays said Tues“ “absolutely nothlng

lday in the Commons

t

some

To Show Farm Problems ‘

By Margin Of 130 To 112'

pposition MPs '_ Support Liberals

Cl‘edlilstes 13. Soc-la! Credit 9. Vacant 2.

The two-day debate on the innit-confidence motion, moved Monday by former Conserva- tive agriculture minister Alvin Hamilton. ended with a declar- ation by . A, Olson ISC — Medicine Hail his party's group of nine members was all that ‘was giving stability to the par- ‘liamentary system.

‘ Social Credit voted to sustain .the government. 5 ' , to lavoid a general election which ‘would follow a government de-

[feat in the Commons. es- lent. such an election would be .‘on issues tearing the country

lapart. rather than on the agri- cultural question. Mr. Olson ‘ said.

Hays Plans Canada Tour .

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. let-Yanlaskal later charged that ' been agriculture."

done for Eastern

He said the price of feed grain

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W. and Grothe Ltd” Quebec City-i know anything about agriculturg—uhich eats up 2') per cent of

second vice-president:

Goldwater Given Blast

OTTAWAt CPt « United

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i'l‘hant Tuesday indirectly ac-

’US. l being

presidential aspirant. of “out of his mind‘

Communist insur- no.

nos against gents in Sollth Viet N-a Senator Goldwater's name as not mentioned by the ques- ner nor Mr. Tilant at a press conference following the sec-‘ retal'y - general‘s address to a; joint session of the Commons!

it was no otf—the-cut‘f remark. Informants said Mr. Tirant had

been expecting such a question the Commons was to vote on a i '8‘“? for some time and had l-are- Conservative non-confidence mo.l_f3rl!“"2- fully thought out what he would tion which accused the govern-t