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CONSTITUTIONAL CONFERENCE OF PREMIERS TO BE CALLED

NEW GREEK THREAT HAS BIG POWERS WORRIED Prime Minister Tables

Full Representation‘ From P.E.I. At Opening Of 21st Parliament

No Russians With Visiting Attaches

OTTAWA. Sept. 15 -(CP) — Russian representatives will be ab- sent from foreign naval. military and air attaches in Ottawa who will visit defence installations in ihe Halifax area early next week.

Defence headquarters said prev- iously that the Russians w_ill not be invited on tours and manoeuv- res until similar privileges are ex- tended Canadian attaches in the soviet Union.

Coming Events

"Mail your Fllml to Garnhum Photo Studio. Charlottetown

"Regular Dance at Skyline. New london. each lfilday night;

"Diince in St. Peter's llail every Tuesday night. Peters Orchestra

Legion Cliff

"Dance every Friday night at the Gordon Lodge. Good music. Dancing from 9 till 1. .

"Chicken Supper, Bingo and Dance. Kelly's Cross Hall, Monday, September 19th.

"Cardigan Hall, Annual Chicken supper and Dance, Tuesday, Sept. 20th. Music by Webster.

"Now buying tlmlthy seed. Reg- l-itcwd. cleaned. or uncleaned. Mc- Gulsan 6a Boyle.

"Come to the Dance in Kelly's Cross School. many. September 16in. hunches served.

"Show at North Wiltshire to- night at 830 o'clock. Roy Rogers in "Heldorado."

"Dance. Riverdale School, Fri- day. September 10th. sale of lunches.‘ MacNelllk Orchestra.

"Dance. Orapaud Hall. Monday. September 19th. lVI-cNellPs Orch- estra. Crapaud W. I.

"Chicken Supper and Dance, Iona Hall, Monday. September 19th. 5ill1il7¢r served at 8.

"Provincial Ploiving Match and Horse Show at Dundas. Wednes- day. September 21st.

"Riunmage sale. Holy Name Hall. Saturday. October 1st, 2 PM. Si. Charles Auxiliary.

"Unloading Thursday and Fri- day, car Inveruess Screened Coal, low-est prices. P. J. Noy and 00..

“Reserve Wednesday. October 6th for Q-oss Roads Church Chicken Supper.

_"Come to Chicken and llaim Nipper in Graham's Road Hall. Thursday. September 15th. Sta-rt- ing at 5 P. M.

"Chicken Supper. Rose Valley H811. Wednesday, September 21st. Sponsored by the W. M. S. and Ladies‘ Aid.

"Come and enioy Ham Sand- wiches and Tee, Apple Pie and Ice cfclm at Dunltaffnage Bohool, ‘Wtcmber 10th.

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‘Vidtorla Cross Women's In- tlltate Pantry Sale. '1". M. Llew- ‘lime. store Montague, Spiurday, Interim: ma, starting a P. M.

"Food Sale, including Roast. Chicken at Rogers Hardware, Sat- “Nlv. SQDl-ember 17th. at zoo PM. b! Hampshire W. M. l.

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OTTAWA, Sept. l5 — (Special) — For ihe first time in nearly a year, Prince Edward island had its iull quota of members in their seats when the 21st Parliament of Canada opened this afternoon. All four members and the four sen- ators including the two new ap- pointees, Dr. T.V. Grant and Sen- ator George Barbour followed the Throne Speech carefully as it was read in the Senate Chamber by the Governor-General,

Prince Edward Island members were hesitant to comment on the contents of the addrez, limiting

e remark that it was much as they expected, and that no Government of Can- ada had ever revealed a detailed policy in the Speech from the Throne.

Some of the clauses of the ad- dress. Maritlmers felt, could be taken as favorable to the east coast provinces, particularly that regarding national defence. Log- ‘lCal place for defence installations ‘he? reasoned, are the frontiers, and Canada's frontiers are her coasts.

In the Commons Chamber. only J’. Watson MacNaught. M.P.. for Prince and James Lester Doug- 155- M-Po for Queen's retain the seats they held last year. W. Ches- ter S. McLure has been moved down the Chamber with the new seating arrangements and is now in the third row of the Opposition benches, almost directly behind Progressive Conservative chief-

Prsmier Jones in Full Accord With Ottawa Suggestion

While he had not yet received the Prime Minister's letter inti- mating his intention of inviting the Provincial Premiers to Ottawa to discuss constitutional rights and privileges, Premier J. Walter Jones stated he was in full agreement with this proposal. He favoured holding the conference as soon af- ter the present session of Parlia- ment as possible, as suggested by the Dominion Government leader.

Premier Jones said he could see no advantage in holding a preli- minary conference immediately, lwhlch was an alternative proposal made in the Prime Minister's nn- nouncement.

Questions frequently arise in the Legislature as to whether such and such a clause would be ultra vires, Premier Jones said. "A Dominion - Provincial conference might help to clarify such ques- lions.”

1-le cited the question of Federal aid in education as another case in point.

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.- -- The United States Senate today passed the administrations legis-

Honored By C. E. A‘.-

FREDERICTON, Sept. 15-(0?) - Honorary life memberships in the Canadian Education Associa- tion today were conferred on four prominent Canadians at the final session of the C.E.A. annual meet- ing.

The four are Dr. GD. Steel, (above), former principal of Prince o! Wales College, Charlottetown, Dr. G. Davis, principal of the Nor- mal College, Truro. N.S., Dean Sinclair Laird of Macdcnald Col- lege, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Que, and Dr. H.132. Amoss of the On- tario Dept, of Education, Toronto. The memberships were given for distinguished contribution to edu- cation.

Reciprocal Trade Measure Passed

wasmnardu, Sept. 15—(AP)

lotion for reciprocal trade agree-

ments without restrictions de- manded by Republicans. The measure, previously ap-

proved by the House of Repre- sentatives, goes directly to Presi- dent Truman for his signature.

In the big test before the final vote. the Senate beat down, 4.3 to 38, efforts by Republicans to add to the measure their "peril point“ plan for restricting the President's tariff-cutting powers.

The measure gives the Presid- ent authority until June 12, 195i. to make agreements with other cvunlries for a mutual cutting of import duties.

N. B. Pair Fined in Lobster Case

CHATHAM. N.B.. Sept. l5 -. (C?) - lvon Legere, St. Anth- ony s. and Norman Melanson, lduciouche, pleaded guilty in pn. lice court today to illegal posses- sion ‘of lobsters, Magigtrgte J_p_ Morrissy fined Leger-e $300 and costs or three months in jail and Melflflifih $100 and costs or one month in jail. The fines and costs were paid.

T118 men were arrested afior °"‘_'""1"‘ of a truck loaded with 2-109 Dflunds of lobsters at Nordin Sept. 5 '

Iy DOUGLAS I0"

WITAWA, Sept. 15 -- (C?) —- lt wasn't part of the scheduled formalities and it shrieked of an absence of accustomed dignity but a real hell-ior-lesther manhunt sneaked into Parliament's opening today.

It. was provoked, really, by the steady and sometimes embarrass- ing decline in the number of Pro- gressive Conservative Senators, new at a low of l5 of whom pos- sibly half are seldom on hand. There are 103 seats in the Chamber.

They needed an Opposition Senator for the _, ceremony of swearing in u new Speaker for the Upper Chamber st 10.30 mm. and they couldn't find one. They be-

"Hnt Chiflen Dinner will be served It Lskeview Lodge. Caven- dish. October 5th from 5 to 10 PM. By Avoiiee Women's Institute. I-‘llms by Notional Film Board.

"lee Iddie Deon in Wild West in full technicolor. showing. Mon- Theresa's.

nd. day. limite- leturdny. lt- Curios

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Manhunt Sneaks Into , Opening Of Parliament

[an to fret a half hour or so be- fore the event and thelthdy be- gan to hunt. ‘

Outside, Mounties stalked, un- aware of a manhunt quite outside their province. In the Commons Chamber. the last members were being sworn in with an informal- ity quiie different from that later enacted in the Senate.

And through the corridofs went the hunt, spearheaded by stout. perplexed Senator Charles Bed- jamin Howard, the Liberal whip from Sherbrooke, Que, and bul- warked by secretaries, runners and ancillaries.

Senator Howard, it is reported. was finally reduced to a r connois- lance interspersed with bellow! of ‘Leger... Leger" in hopes of turn- ing up Senator A. J’. Leger (PC- New Brunswick). It was useless. There were plenty of Liberal Sena- tors, but no Tories.

And then as the crisll hour neared someone cut an eye on the floor of the Chamber itself and there, among the others, was a

l‘ Tory-short. suave Lucien Moraud

of Quebec City.

A few minutes later. Senator Morlud nicely spoke the compli- ments of his party to the new Speaker. The missing Senator Le- |er lat quietly beside him. Sens- for Howard smiled benignly across the aisle. There wu noth- lns to indicate gnrihins had been wrongs

Highlights 0f Throne Speech

OTTAWA, Sept. l5 — (GP) -- Hlghlighta of the Throne Speech read at the opening of the 21st Parliament:

The Government gave notice it. will introduce a bill at the cur- rent. session to make the Supreme Court of Canada. the final court of appeal, eliminating appeals to the Privy Council.

Parliament will be asked to ap- prove measures to give Canada the right. to amend her without necessity of approval of the United Kingdom Parliament.

The Government will arrange early consultations with Provincial Governments with a view to reach- ing agrecment on appropriate pro- cedure for amending the constitu-

Throne Speech Forecasts Legislation To Abolish Privy Council Appeals

constitution f,

By i1. DENT liODGSON

OTTAWA, Sept. l5 —- (CP) - The new session of Canada's 21st Parliament, expected to last about l0 weeks, today was form- ally lanched by Viscount Alexan- der, Governor-General.

He read a Speech from the Throne forecasting that the session will concern itself with making the Dominion more constitution- ally independent of the United Kingdom and legislation regarding housing, defence, a Trans-Canada Highway and other matters.

Ulleninl day kept the centre block of the Parliament Buildings in a constant bustle as both Cham- bers elected Speakers. new mem- bers were sworn in and 13 new Senators took their oaths of of-

ce.

Coupled with the flurry usually attendant on a new session, there was added excitement as parlia- mentarians who survived the June 27 election congratulated each other and met mew faces, includ- ing the first seven Newfoundland

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Interviewed yesterday with re- gard to rumorsihat the Wood Isi- lands-CeIl-bou service is to beitak- ‘en over by the Federal Govern- ment and operated by The Canad- ian National Railways, Mr. R. E. Mutch, president of Northumiber- land Ferries Ltd, which operates the service, stated that he had no knowledge of any such proposal.

lie ad ed that such a. move would relieve the shareholders of the com- pany of “a lot of headaches they have had, as their only reward for ten years of hard work in carrying on the service in its present state of development."

The company's contract with the Federal Government expires This year, and no new agreement has been made although some propos- als have been placed before the Canadian Maritime Commission which represents the Federal Gov- ernment, iMr. Mutch said.

He pointed out that the public "is very apt to lose sight of the advantages that. have come to the Province through the development of this route," which in 1948 ac- counted for the movement of over 5,600 tnick loads of goods between Wood Island: and Caribou.

Through the efforts of the local Government and Boards of Trade. rates for trucks similar to those in effect at Wood Islands have now been secured on the Borden route. thus proving the discrimination which previously existed against the western section of the Prov- ince. "The benefits new enjoyed in this respect by the Province as a. whole may be credited to the inauguration of the Wood Is- lands-Caribou service." Mr. Mutch said.

He slated that his company did not claim any credit for this im- provement, because the rates charged by them are- written into the contract under which the ser- vice is carried on. The present rates, he said. are the result of the interest of the Prince Edward Is- land Government. Boards of Trade, Federal members and Senators. and. above all, the Canadian Meri- time Commission. which is‘ directly responsible for the contract and made it. possible to operate the ser- vice on the existing rates.

Cheaper Turkeys For Thanksgiving?

VANCOUVER, Sept. 15 —(CP)—— Housewives have one consolation in store for Thanksgiving Day- they won't have to pay no much for their turkey dinners.

Turkey-raisers at the annual con- vention of Canada's Federation of Hatchery Associations today gloom- ily predicted the much-prized gob- blers will be cheaper fer the Oct. 10 holiday.

Verne Hellman, veteran Calgary grower, told breeders during a round-table discussion on the in- dustry's future that bids this your are "very low, much below 1048."

INIUII-D BY IIOIII

WIN? 11.8., Sept. 18 — (OH-Condition of finest Nord- well of Sums. N.l., admitted to hospital after boi kicked in the heedbyehorsew leattendingn farm“ exhbitiou hero yesterday. was reported as “improving” today. mum or his initiglss wgrp not an- nuanced.

Mr. Mutch Interviewed

R e Rumored Operation By C'.N.R. At Wood _ Islands

To Wesl indies On Winier Run

It is possible that during the winter months the Provincial Gov- ernment motor vessel "Eskimo", now running between Charlotte- town and outlying poi-ts in New- foundland, may go to the West Indies for freight cargoes, Premier J. Walter Jones informed a Guard. ian representative yesterday.

The boat has made seven trips to Newfoundland with Island pro- duce so far, and the Premier said he considered the service a sound business venture. “We started right in the slack of the season, and got more freight than the other two steamers which were plying to St. John's, he added. "From now on we ought to have full cargoes. We will he making good runs until around Christmas, which will mean eight or ten more trips before the season closes."

Asked whether the boat could not be operated from Georgetown after the close of navigation here, the Premier said this idea was being considered.

The boat had one accident since starting the service, when she broke her propeller shalt and drifted for some time off the south coast of Newfoundland. The under- writers had her hauled into Sydney and repaired. She arrived in Char- lottetown on Sunday. Sept. 4, about five clays late. The longshorenien in Charlottetown loaded her on Labour Day to enable her to get away as quickly as possible.

"The longshoremen have been very co-operative," Premier Jones added. "We appreciated their oc- tion in working on labour my very much."

New Chancellor 0f Germany Elecied

BONN, Germany, Sept. 15——(AP) -— Dr. Konrad Adenauer, elected Chancellor of Germany's new re- public by n one-vote margin, worked tonight to strengthen his Government coalition.

The 73-year-old Roman Catholic Conservative from the Rlilneland. faces knotty patronage problems with the three right-wing parties slated to make up the Cabinet.

Tonight, he said in a statement that Germany will never give up claims to Polish-occupied eastern territories. He attacked Russia's insistence that the line of the Oder and Nellse Rivers be Ger- many's eastern frontier.

BITIIIED IUHGEON DIES

TORONTO. 90M. 15 —(CP) —-'Dr. Charles K. P. Henry. 71, tonne: chief surgeon at Montreal General Hospital died lui. night at his home hero after s seven-week ill- ness. Born in Ottawa, Dr. Henry was grldulted by McGlll Univers- ity. Montreal, and practised there until 1M7 when he retired because

Seek ToPEave Alhens Modify Albanian Stand

ATHENS, Sept. 15-(AP)-Cireece's decision to invade Albania in self- defence if necessary appeared to- day to have London, Washington and Moscow worried.

There were indications that the Western Powers might try to get the Athens Government to alter its position.

0n Tuesday. a high-ranking mem- ber of the Greek delegation to the coming Uniied Nations General As- sembly said Greek troops would invade Communist Albania if guer- rilla forces launched any new ai- tacks on Greece from Albanian soil. He said the United Nations would ‘be told of this decision dur- ing the debate on the Greek case. Today, boih the British and Am- erican ambassadors in Athens were scheduled io confer with Vice- Premier Constantin Tsaldaris. Itf was believed that U.S. Ambassador‘: Henry r‘. Grady and Sir Clifford! Norton, Britain's top diplomat herel might. try to persuade the Greeks‘ to soft-pedal their ialk. Reports from Washington said the U. B end Britain frown on the Athens decision. Tsaldaris will head the Greek U.N. delegation.

Foreign observers in Moscow said Russia would take a grave view of any Greek invasion of the little country on her Northwest frontier. These sources said the current situation contains diplomatic dyn- iimite. They added that any move- ment of Greek troops across the Albanian border would have ser- ious consequences. . Athens press dispatches today re- ported the Greek decision had caused disquiet in London and Washington diplomatic quarters. Premier Alexander Dlomedes. 110W- ever, was quoted as saying there is no reason for disquiet as the Greek stand is a warning, not a threat. to Albania.

rmpinuisn MARRIED

NEW YORK. Sept. 15 ——(A.P)—- The auihor of "How To Be_ Happy While Single". Jenn Van Evera, has decided she can be even 118-17- pier married. Her engagement to John Markle. a telephone company executive. was announced today.

With an expenditure of over two and a quarter million dollars. the "heaviest construction programme in the history of the Dccninion

blic Works Department in Prince Edward Island" is currently under way, according to information re- ceived from the office of the Disi- rict Engineer yesterday.

An indication of the increase in the activity of the Department is the increase in staff from an aver- age of three. to the twelve engin- eers at present employed. The cur- rent programme is due in part to the defernrnent of construction work during war years and also to an increase in shipping and fish- ing.

Some of the work on this pro- gramme has already been com- pleted. A number of projects will be completed this fall. Others will commence shortly and some will re- quire further estimates to COmple-te in a year or so.

Projects Completed

A frost-proof potato transferfled has been recently completed on the Railway Wharf at Simmerside by the contractors, Diamond Con-

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of Toronto.

Welcome News

Dominion Public Works Program Well Advanced

Letters In Parliament

Heads (l. E. A,

FREDERICTON, Sept 15 —'Dr. (above). Director of Education for Prince Edward I5- land. today was elected president of the Canadian Education Associat- n. iOHe succeeds Dr. JG. Alihouse

Dr. M. E. LaZerte of Edmonton was elected vice-president.

Says Macdonaid

HALIFAX, Sept. 15 -— (CP) -— Premier Angus L. Macdonald. “rhoso long verbal battle with Ot- tawa on Dominion-Provincial rela- tlons featured his vigorous de- mands that u constitutional confer- cnce needed precedence over fin- ancial talks; happily welcomed t0- day's Parliamentary announcement of a new meeting in the Cflhfldlafl capital.

“We not only heartily welcome the conference but will be S184 to alicnd it whenever it is held. the Premier added, He said his Government would be prepared

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OTTAWA. Sept. 15 -— (OP) Prime Minister St. Laurent to requested all Provincial Premie to meet with the Federal Govem- ment to seek agreement on ways o1 Emllldlflfl the constitution to establish u-ithin Canada "full and. final responsibility for all our na- tional affairs."

In a letter sent to the Premiers, Mr. Si. Laurent suggested that a. Dominion - Provincial conference be held after the current session of Parliament. However, if the Pro- vincial Governments wanted it, a, preparatory conference could be held immediately by Federal-Pro- vincial constitutional experts,

The prime minister tabled in the Commons a copy of the letter ta Premier Frost of Ontario and. Premier Duplessis of Quebec. Sim- Liar letters, he said, were sent to the other eight provincial leaders.

Earlier, the government gave no- tice in the Speech from the Throne that it u-iil ask the United King- dom Parliament for the right to amend the constitution in relation to such matters which do not come within the Jurisdiction of the prov- inccs.

0n National Level

Mr. St. Laurent sald in his let.- ters that the government only wants authority to amend the constitution on a federal or na- tional level. It did not want to in-‘ terfere with the rights and priv- ileges of the provinces. '