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-. OTTAWA (CP)-—-Labor Minister “cue: Starr Friday night con- ? ‘med that Gordon Cushing, ex- utive vice - president bf the 909,000-menvber Canadian Labor ongress, wil belcome assistant .-.. minister of labor May 1.
The minister’: statement fol-
Friday that Mr. Cushing, 45,
tion of M. M. Maclean, 71, senior “assistant (1 e p u t y and another union man. .
Mr. Sta 1' r ’ s announcement, originally due to have been made next week, was put out hastily Friday night from his office sev- eral hours after publication of the report of Mr. ‘Cushin-g’s move from one key labor job to an- other.
«During the day», no one would tonfirm it officially, either at congressflheadquarteiws or at the -‘labor department/i~x_‘(Mr: Star.r’s absence on an election campaign-
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"No comment,” was all Mr. Cushing would say, -and CLC llresideni Claude Jodoin said the same.
‘ TOP LABOR TRIO
The two aremembers of a tri- nmvirato that runs the largest of Camdian labor bodies, formed two years ago, between biennial conventions. Third member of the 0110‘ executive committee is w-Mamet Donald Mac-
The first convention of the con- gress since its founding is t5 open In Winnipeg Monday, April 21, Mid to run for that full week.
M13 Cl! shin g ’s prospective NW0 will continue a practice f having I labor man close to the
Union'And MCA Sign Agreement
(C’P)~The Inter- _“3I1°M1 Association of Machin- ms ICDC) and Maritime Central
‘aye have signed a one-year
01‘ agreement covering 105 em- Iéliiyees in suburban D o 1' v a l,- harlottetown, Moucton, Frobi-
er Bay and Goose Bay, it was dnnounced Friday. - W initial contract gives the
°‘.l“’1'5‘9mi>loyed in the repair, ‘tor lellance. station service and W3 93, vdeliartments-—an average
. gefaglecsrease of 7.8 per cent, the mom. range up to $75 a.
goth contract.-also provides for my‘h°l¥P-Week,_ eight paid statu- Wem ‘-“lays. time and a half for WM me, two weeks... vacation a “Pay after one year’s service,
ion shop and other benefits.
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vincial Treasurer yesterday af- ternoon. Left to right -— Burton MacDonald, Georgetown; Mayor R. W. Soloman Georgetown; Councillor J. W. Don Campbell,
Top Union Executive To ake Labor Dept.
minister’s ear, started in 1942 when Mr. Maclean was brought in as director of the industrial relations branchfrom his job as secretary-treasurer of the Cana- dian Brotherhood of Railway Em- ployees. ,
It was understood the CLC of- ficer, in his new job, will be con- cerned chiefly with industrial re-
.lation-s, the business of keeping
the peace between employers and
Good Samcrritcrn Gets Arrested
MONTREAL (CP) -- Spataro Cnuciano, 32, played the good samaritan Friday and was pinched for his trouble. jcruciano was in a. long lineup atthe auto licence bureau. He craved a cup of coffee and asked the next _ma.n to keep his place. Thefellow decided he Wanted‘~cof'-
lineup.
Cmuciano ran the errand, re- turning laden with paper cups of ‘hot coffee. The waiting licence- seekers drank happily.
Along came -two cops in a cruiser. They pinched Cruciano for selling coffee without a per- mit. More proficient in Italian than French or English, Grucia-no could not get his explanation across. - -
At the police station he finally made things clear. But by then he had been booked and a court appearance several hours later was necessary. He had to post $9 bail. '
Embarrassed police asked that the charge be withdrawn. Judge Roland Lamarre complied. Cru- ciano signed a waiver of right to damages for his arrest.
But it just wasn’t‘ Cruciano’s day. He told police he took 10 cents from each of the men, in the lineup. The charged him 12 cents for take- out coffee and he never did col- lect the balance.
I6 Canad-i~cr«n A Jets For Belgium
OTTAWA (CP) — Belgium was to receive 16 CF-100 all-weather
jet interceptors from Canada Fri- day -under a joint Canadian-United States , mutual aid agreement.
Air force headquarters said the aircraft left Keflavi-k. Icelanfi. Friday on the last leg of their -trip and are expected tolarrrve at Beauvechain, Belgium. later in the day.
Friday's delivery brings to 30 the CF-100 jets given the Belgium air force. Another 23 will be flown
dosélwage rates were not dis-
to Belgium in early summer.
Plfispectors Report Pilot Prevented Tragedy In Crash
(Cl§AULT srn. MARIE, Ont. l~0ne of four young pros-
Dectg;-S h . lam W 0 survived a crash-
lake -ng 011 a remote northern Fridafllfli from a hospital bed “event 0'W a bush pi1ot’s skill and? tragedy‘
med (Hiliodln. 2?, said saw, st°1y> Ilollingsworth of
eaaer 91- Marie, 0nt.. But. his wednes d1’ 311? down on to a lake chad bbtfilyd 111 a blizzard which ‘ The mail: ‘0llI2_:VlSlb1l.'1I.y. in the 1,, 3,5 skis were smashed both win“ “lg and the tail and and kegs “Wed off by stumps feted a'di01n1y Godin, who suf- ml-filredl socated shoulder, was erannmfisworth, 39-year-old vet- ldkj nilrihern bush flying, was ‘lien fme f°l11‘ New Bruuislwlcl-: main,-mem ,1-ochaisn. a_ CPR pest of Domt 180 miles north-
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pilot
Sudbllry. on a prospect- I0 lake Wabatouguishi.
six miles away-
RIT BY STORM _
Near the destination the plane was struck by a sudden storm. Godin said the men in the cabin couldn’t see aflythmg thmugh the blowing snow: Hollinbsworth was forced to estimate his land- ' b mory. miftgr Itrhee crash the five 16'” I119 wrecked plane and spent: Wed‘ nesday night in a deserted lake- shore ‘cabin. The next mormllg ,H011in.gs:worth and ivlerl Currie. ‘Z3, walked seven miles to L991“ ‘alsh Meanwhile a search Plane spotted the wreckage and Picked up the Randall, 24. and Wayne H°1'“"rv ;25'GOdm was f]O“1I1 to hospital ‘here and the others returned by
is owned by Algoma ore PI‘0P- erties, subsidiary of é18L0‘m3
fee also. So did others in tin}.-
restaurr-a.n-t
three others——Godi1L Ed
train from Loclialsh. The plane
but w
by the Post Office
MUNICIPAL DELEGA'I'ES REVISE FBRIEF
part of the delegation of ‘cipal representatives revise '. brief , at Charlottetown’s Hall before presenting it to mier Matheson and the Pro-
Alberton; John Cameron, town clerk, and W. E. MacAusland, finance chairman of Summer- side; Elmer MacDonald, Souris;
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employees.
It pays between $13,000 and $14,000 a year. In the CDC, Mr. C-ushing has been getting $12,000, same as Mr. MacDonald. Presi- dent Jodoin receives $14,000. I Mr. Cushing is expected to take over the departmental job fight after the April 30 retirement of Maclean.
Dr. MacKisnno?n Will Speak Ar Two Dinners
HALIFAX (CP) — The Atlantic Provinces Economic Council said Friday a delegation of business men from the Atlantic provinces, headed by Premier Stanfield of Nova Scotia, and APEC Presi- dent Dr Frank MacKinnon,.will attend -two sponsoI;e4:1.,.diuri;ct::s..i,n- Montreal and Toronto next week to tell of industrial expansion here.
The Montreal dinner, will be attended by officials of Dominion Stores Ltd, and the Toronto din- her by officials of the A. V. Roe Comps.-ny.
-ner-meeting, March 10, will be E. Finlay Mac-Donald, manager of radio station CJCH Halifax. Chairman of the Toronto meeting, the next day, will be J. S. D. Tory, Toronto lawyer and native Nova Scotia-n.
SURPLUS SALE TO ITALY-
ROME‘ (AP) —- Italia-n Foreign Minister Giuseppe Pella and U.S. Ambassador J. D. Zelleubach Friday signed an agreement for sale of $25,000,000 worth of sur- plus American farm commodities to Italy. Cotton and tobacco are the chief» items.
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“Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew” CHARLOTTETOWN CANADA. SATURDAY. MARCH 8,1958
Mayor Edwin Johnstone, Char- lottetown; _Council1or Wilfred Wright, Souris; Councillor Rus- sel Deighan, Borden.
‘ Thjre-e Children
Killed; Police Hold Mother
THE STE. TI-IERESCE. Que- (CP)——The three tiny children of Mr. and Mrs. Emile Lapalme were slain Friday in their home in this community, about 20 miles southeast of Montreal.
Provincial police said they are holding the 26-year-old mother. She was being detained at the hospital in nearby St. John, Que.
Two of the child-ren—-Gin-ette, 3, and Lorraine, eight months-—died after they were brought to the hospital. The third, Claudette, 2, was found dead in the house.
Police said the children had been attacked with a knife and a hammer.
They were discovered by their uncle,. Roger Lapalme, who noti- fied authorities.
Police said whereabouts of the father /was not immediaitely known.
A Liquosr Raid I "RuIihg*Soughr. f‘
MONTREAL (OP) —- A judg- ment is to be returned in a week on the legality of the mass liquor raid which netted 96 young folk in a suburban V-erdun dance hall.
Judge Ir-enee Laga.-rd of crim- inal court asked for written ar- guments Friday. In dispute is whether the uebec Liquor Act applies in Verdun.
' The case concerns a girl, 21, who was the only person‘ to plead
arraignment. The others, mostly teen-agers, pleaded guilty and drew fines and costs.
Parents protested vigorously on grounds police hadn’t: informed them where their children were, that they had . been unable in many cases to see them before sentence and that the teenagers were unaware that beer was being
not guilty last Saturday at a mass‘
—. REPR!ES~ENT 3I°/o- POPULATION
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“No announcement has been made or is anticipated with res- pect to a change in the present Island railway service”, accord- ing to wor received last night by Mr. Heath Macquarrie from Hon. J. Angus MacLean, P. E. I. member of the Federal Cab- inet. The statement added that
only of continuing national sur- veys for improvement of the service, with no immediate in- tention of change.” ,
Mr. MacLean’s statement had reference to an unofficial report in The Guardian of March 4,
PM Opens, Western Tour
STEIIINBACH, Man. (CP) - P rim e Minister 'Diefenbaker opened a final 10-day campaign swing through Western Canada Friday night with a bid for farm votes on the basis of his govern- menrt’s new farm price support legislation.
“I am asking for the support of farmers . . . because this legisla- tion holds out the greatest hope to farmers of any legislation ever placed on the statute books of this country,” the Progressive Conservative leader said.
He spoke to an audience of some 1,200 in a big barn-like storage building.
Mr. Diefeniba-ker; said the farm price legislation will provide for supports which will bear “a fair relationship” to farmers’ produc- tion costs. Farmers would know ‘fair the stlart»~of--thererop-.year=-the :-.u-pp ort they could expect throughout the year. ~
That was “what the farmers have been asking nor,” he de- clared. T >
Ship Grounds Off B.C. Coast
VANCOUVER (C-P) -— The 10,- 000 - t-on Liberian freighter Loma- land ran aground off the mouth of the Fraser River Friday in heavy seas and a driving storm.
One report said propeller trou- ble caused the mishap.
Four tugs raced to her aid, and she was taken in tow. ,
The freighter, with ‘a, crew" of 35 aboard, reached Vancouver
disabled with propeller trouble 400 miles off the west coast of Van-
sold illegally in the dance hall.
couver Isl-and.
AMONG THOSE attending the
meeting of representatives. of electrical industry last night were:
SEATED (left): Major W. Poole, Chief Provincial Electric-
Mr. Norman W. Purdy, Mana- ger of Market Development for the National Institute of Elec- trical Living, addressed a gene- ral meeting of representatives of all phases of the electrical in- dustry at the Rendezvous Res- taurant last night.
The meeting was sponsored by the Electrical Service League of P.E.I. and was open to all those who were interested in the future of “Electrical Living” in this province.
Steel corporation-
Mr. Purdy was Introduced by
al Purdy, manager of Market De-_ velopment, National Institute of Electrical Living, Toronto; W. V. Burke, chairman of ‘Electrical Service League of Prince Edward
Electrical Living Theme Of Address At Meeting Here
H. Barry Budgeu, Secretary I‘-reasurer of the Electrical Ser- vice League.‘
A series of 60 slides were shown dealing with the growth of the Electrical Industry in Canada. Mr. Purdy pdinted out the defects in wiring and re- ferred to the words of the Do- minion Minister of Public Works, “We must consider -whether the present-wiring of homes is ade- quate for the expected upsurge of electrical equipment.”
He then told the meeting that
Inspector; Norman W.
Island.
STANDING: A. D. Cameron, chairman of Planning Commit- tee and P. E. Paliner, of Palmer Electric Limited.
a total of 38,000 homes in Canada were rewired in 1958 to 100 amperes services.
Mr. Purdy also stated that in Alberta, where natural gas is readily available, 70 percent of the new homes are Red Seal homes certifying that they are adequately wired for all elec- trical appliances.
At the close of the meeting a vote of thanks was given the speaker by Mr. A. D. Cameron, chairman of the planning com- mittee.
At the head table were: L. Hacker, Summerside Light and Power; A. D. Cameron, Mari- time Electric Company Limited; Mr. Purdy, Chairman; W. V. Burke, H. Barry Bugden, Secre- tary treasurer of the League.
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any survey reported “was part
last week under tow after she was _
that the Canadian National Rail- ways proposed to replace the Charlottetown-Borden train ser- vice with a single unitdiesel rail liner which is commonly in service in other parts of the system. This, it is understood, would mean doing away with the pullman service now provided.
It was indicated in the unofficial
“No Immediate Intention"
OfCI1ange|n CNR Service
report that the change would likely take place by the end of April. ,
Mr. MacLean’s statement is interpreted locally as meaning that this period will be consider- ably extended before any change is put into effect, and then only after further consideration is given.
N.S. Legislative Adjourns Until After Federal Voter
HALITFAX (OP) —- The Nova Scotia legislat-ure adjourned Fri- day night until April 8, leaving members free to campaign for candidates seeking election to the Commons March 3. 1
Lt.-Gov. E. C. Plow visited the House late in the Friday. sitting and gave royal assent to 20 bills passed since the House convened Feb. 12. The 81st bill was intro- duced Friday.
The adjournment came after members endorsed unanimously an ‘amended opposition motion calling -for continued efforts to settle a four,-months strike of the Nova S c o t i a Quarryworkers Union against the Canadian Gyp- Company in the Windsor area. -
Attempts. to bring the throne speech debate to an end floun- dered because of the debate.’ W. F. MacKinnon (L—Antigon- ish) moved adjournment until the legislature reconvenes.
COMZPARATIVELY QUIET
The first -three weeks of the 1958 session were comparatively
' "Chiéf"“§oifit “of ‘contention-
was the government’s decision to hold back the 195869 budget un- til after the recess and federal
election. Opposition in e m b e r s.
claimed, the government was afraid to reveal its estimates be- fore March 31 because provision is made for a sales tax to finance the province’s sh-a-re of national hospital plan costs. .
It is the second time in the his- tory of the Nova Scotia legisla- ture that a mid-session adjourn- ment was decided upon because
$50,000 Fire AI Po-riland, Me.
PORTLAND, Me. (AP)——A gen- eral -alarm fire fanned by gusty winds roared through a huge wooden shed Friday in Portland's
most spectacular waterfront fire in years. -
some 5,000 tons of china clay valued at $7 -to $20 a ton and used in the paper industry was badly damaged. Damage to the 460- by 100-foot shed was estimated by owners at $50,000.
There were no reports of seri- ous injury. Fire chief Carl L. Johnson said sparks from a weld- ing torch set off the blaze.
Stuclenf Trio CampsOn Doorstep Of Duplessis
QUEBEC _(CP)—Three Univer- sity of_ Montreal students trying to get Premier Duplessis to set a date for a meeting with delegates from the province's six_univer- siti-es said Friday they “will ‘wait forever if necessary,” to see him.
Bruno Meloche, Jean Pierre Boyer and Francine Laurendeau tried to see Mr. Duplessis Fri- day but were told by his secre- tary, Emile Tourigny that the premier has refused to meet them.
They said they will park each weekday in the legislature hall outs-ide the premier’s office in a bid to see him.
SACRIFICE STUDIES.
All expressed willingness to sacrifice their school year. “A week, a month, perhaps until the next session opens——we will wait forever if necessary," said one of
‘ the students.
No attempt was made to have them ‘leave the legislature hall.
Their move was a continuation of orderly student demonstrations to back demands for increased provincial government financial aid to universities and students.
Thursday, students at Laval University, here, the University of Montreal, McGill University and Sir George Wi1liam’s College in Montreal and Bishop’s College
of a federal election campaign. The precedent was in 1940. Premier Stanfield. said the ad- journment was in the public in- terest because members were too “distracted” by the political cam- paign to properly “despatch” the
-business of the province.
N.B. Ho-use Adjourns Too -
FREDERICTON (CP) — The New Brrmswick legislature re- cessed late Friday night until after the federal election. I-t will reconvene April 3. The session opened Feb. 18. -
The Liberal opposition objected to the government motion to re- cess, arguing the House should stay in session to consider prov- incial problems. The government carried its resolution by a- vote on straight party lines.
Liberal Leader campaigned In ‘- Quebec Friday ‘
QUEBEC (CP) — Lester 3. Pearson said Friday night that the Liberal party has never had to “bribe” Quebec for its votes because over the last 70 years two of the party’s four leaders came from this province.
"As far as I am concerned, I firmly believe the. province of Quebec is not trying to dominate the -rest of Canada and that it will never accept, on the ‘other hand, to be dominated by the rest of the country,” . the Liberal leader told a rally in this ancient capital. - - ‘
“What French-Canadians want, above all, in national matters is to play their role to the full and be treated with justice.”
Mr. Pearson said that the time has come to have a distinctive national flag around which all Canadians can rally and which will remind the world “we*con- stitute a sovereign and indepen- dent nation." _
He pledged to continue the pol- icies of his predecessor, former prime minister Louis St. Laurent, who recently retired from active politics.
Moer than .1,000 persons at- tended the rally.
Students at the French-language University of Sherbrooke were, the only ones in the province who did not take part.
TWO-DAY BOYCOTT
The Laval boycott continued Friday, even though classes were cancelled for the Roman Catholic feast-of St. Thomas Aquinas. and will be on today when morning lectures are scheduled.
Students at the other universi- ties staged a one-day walkout.
Student’leaders agreed to the move after Premier Duplessis twice refused to meet them to discuss their grievances. He said he was too busy but that their brief would receive careful con- sideration.
FOUR SEAMEN DROWN
COPENHAGEN (Reiiters) All four seamen of a Danish fishing boat were b,_elieved to have been drowned during a storm in the north sea Thursday night.
THREE QUADS DIE ,
WARSAW (Reuters)-:Three of the quadruplets born prema- turely Tuesday to the 30-year-old wife of a peasant farmer died Thursday. The fourth was re- ported Friday to be weak and
at Lennoxville boycotted clesses.Ilosing weight.
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$253,629 , From Gov,'t
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Assistance Grcrnf To Prov.
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The City of Charlottetown and seven incorporated towns of Prince Edwrad Island are seek- ing $253,629 as their share of the grant of $2,500,000 announced by Prime Minister Diefenbak‘er fol- lowing the Federal Provincial Conference.
In a brief submitted yester- day afternoon to Premier Matheson and Provincial Trea- surer B. Earle MacDonald, the municipalities pointed out that with a combined population of 30,743 people, they represent ap- proximately 31 per cent of the population of the Province.
At the present time the pro- vincial per capita grant to muni- cipalities is $3. The increase sug- guested in the brief would bring this grant up to $11.25 and would call for an over-all increase in grants from the Province of
‘«\$l61,400.
PREMIER’S STATEMENT
Contacted following the pre- sentation of the brief, the Pre- mier stated that since he had, not as yet, received any official con- formation of moneys to be re- ceived from Ottawa, he was in no position to ‘say to what ex-
tent the Government would be _
able to implement the requests presented in the briefs. “I can- not be expected to act on state- ments made by the Prime Minister in one of his political speeches,” he said. TEXT OF SPEECH
Following is the full text of the_ brief:
Mr. Premier and Members of the Executive Council of the
Province of Prince Edward Is-“
land.
We appear here today before you -as representatives of 'the.City of {Charlottetown and the seven
Vince on a matter of real con- cern to all of us, and all of those citizens whom we repre- sent. Those Towns comprise Summerside, Souris, Montague, Kensington, Albertoll, Ge0P89‘ town and Borden, or a total population of 30,743 people (in- cluding the proposed ar_na1gam3' tion of Spring Park with Char- lottetown) which in all repre- sents approximately ‘31 per cent
of the population of this Pro- vince. _ Firstly, Mr. Prermer, we
would like to thank you for this Hearing, at what’ we know must be a very busy time for you and your Ministers, coming as it does but a few days before the opening of the Legislature and at such short notice from us.
FORMAL REQUEST
The purpose of our being here today is to formally request from our Provincial Government what we consider to be our -equitable share of the recently announced Special Grant of $_2,- 500,000.00 which ic to be paid to this Province by the Federal Government during,each bf the next four years. As you are aware, the Munici- palities in this Province are re- -ceiving from your Government,
ita grant of $3.00 at the present time.
Because of continuing rising costs In every field of Municipal Administration, our Municipali- ties in this Province today are faced with a most serious finan- ,cial situation.
This is understandable, per- haps, when lt is noted that whereas in 1942 Municipalities were receiving'27.6 per cent of the Canadian Tax Dollar, today
Incorporated Towns. of the Pro-
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Committee Will Ask View Of Cuba's Re-be-I Band Leader
HAVANA (AP) — The views’ of Fidel Castro, a shadowy figure mountains more than a year ago, will be sought by a committee since he took a rebel band to the trying to restore order in Cuba.
Committee chairman Raul De Cardenas announced Friday that the group-appointed by Roman Catholic churchmen — naturally wants to hear from Castro as well as from theleaders of opposition political parties. ,
The former vice - president ‘did not indicate whether might be di- rect, discussions with Castro. ,
The guerrillas are attacking the government troops and spreading sabotage in an effort to overthrow President Fulgencio Batista be-_
government is running former premier Jose Rivero Aguero for president. . FREE ELECTION UNLIKELY
Opponents of Batista charge that a free election is unlikely under present circumstances and that Batista will retain the real power.
The three Montreal students stayed at a boarding house here. They planned to use each week- end, when the premier usually leaves town, to. setup a schedule for the coming week. '
The four-member conciliation committee was announced '1ihrurs- day night ‘by Caltholic church leaders.
' Batista issued a statement promising to co-operate, saying he shared the Catholic church’s desire for peace. Opposition spokesman hailed the commit- tee’,s appointment as a possible life-saver for Cuba. .
Batista also" called off without explanation the big military fes- tivities planned for Monday to celebrate the sixth anniversary of his seizure of power.
THREATEN STRIKE Rebels, however, had threat-
ened to start a strike and to give’ I 0'
Batista something else to remem- ber on that day. The cancellation may have been a move to keep down tension.
De Cardenas, a 73 - year - old lawyer who was‘ vice-president under Ramon Gran San Martin, has opposed Batista in the past. Another committee member, Dr. Gustavo Cuervo Ru-bio, 67, was vice-president under Batista from
V 1940 to 1944.
‘The others are Victor Pedroso A1‘0Steg*ui, 41 - year - old banker,
and Rev. Pastor Gonzalez Gar-
cia, a parish priest highly re-
, garded by the church hierarchy.
As the committee began its work, rebels. continued bombings, burnings and clashed with troops.
STORMS IN UK. ,
LONDON (Reuters) Snow swept across the British Isles during the night and Friday, Gales drove shipping to_ shelter around the coasts.
Canada, Switzerla-nd , Sign Atomic Energy Agreement
OTTAWA (CP) -—' Canada and Switzerland have signed an agree- ment for co - operation in the peaceful uses of atomic energy,
the external affairs department announced Friday.
The 'agreement will permit El- dorado Mining and Refining Lim- ited, .a crown company which purchases and sells Canadian ur- anium, to sign a contract with Switzerland for sale of uranium to that country. Contract negotia- tions have not yet been com- plcted.
Once a contract is signed, Swit- zerland will become the fifth country to buy Canadian uran- ium. Canada now sells uranium to the United States and Britain, is negotiating a contract with West Germany and has sold a small quantity of unprocessed ore to Japan. _) ’ ~
The Canada-Switzerland ‘agree- ment was signed in Ottawa Thursday.
The agreement provides for co- operation in several ways for peaceful uses of atomic energy, including exchange of informa. hot}, supply Of, equipment and ma- terials and access to and use or research facilities.
It is similar to an agreement signed with West Germany last December. Bilateral’ agreements of this type ‘are consistent with membership in and support of the
Agency to which Canada, Switzer- land and West Germany belong.
ons and for peaceful uses. How-
ever,’ countries signing bilateral ‘ agreements must guarantee that ~ themetal will not so used so: i‘
I military purpose;
Mr. Premier, an annual per cap- -, ,_
International Atomic E n e r g y 1‘
Britain and the U.S. may use A Canadian uranium both for weap- _,