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"Covers Prince. Edward Island Like The Dew”

Former Lieutenant-' Governor, Hon. T. W. L. Prowse (left), and his successor in office, Hon. F.

VICE-REGAL PARTY AT RECEPTION

Walter Hyndman, with their consorts, Mrs. Hyndman and Mrs. Prowse, make up this smiling

vice-regal quartette at the recep- tion held Monday afternoon in

following the Confederation Chamber swearing-in ceremony.

-Hon. Mr. I-Iyndman’s residence

Series Of Maior Decisions Face Diefenbaker Gov'f

By ALAN DONNELLY Canadian Press Staff Writer Prime Minister Diefenbaker’s Progressive Conservative govern- ment, confirmed in office by a record-smashing election Victory, now switches from the hustings to tackle uneniployrnent. Alrezdy there has been a hint of tax cuts.

The cabinet, all returned in Monday's flood tide of votes, is

- expected to meet-in Ottawa later

this week, probalbly Thursday. The new Parliament, with a government in a j o ri t y greater than any since Confederation 91 years ago, will meet in about six’ weeks. Mr. Diefenbaker has said its first responsibility will be to act on the unemployment prob-

To deal with that and other is- dues the 62 - year - old Sa-skatch- éwan lawyer, who led the Con- servatives in-to minority power last June 10 after 22 years in op- position, now has a mandate stronger than any previous prime -minister.

OPPOSITION SHATTE-RED

Opposition forces in the 265- seat‘Co-mmons were shattered by the ballots of more than 7,000,000 Canadians, a record poll.

Liberals under Lester B. Pear- son, who was personally 1'8- elected, suffered their worst de- feat since Confederation. CCF, Commons strength was cu-t by more than -two - thirds. Social

lem.

Credit was wiped off the national

Cold Waterls Thrown On Election Rumors In N. S.

HALIFAX (OP)—Rumors that Nova Scotians face another elec- tion campaign this year went the rounds Tuesday but Conservative Premier Stanfield and Liberal Leader Hicks gave them little support. ~

Mr. Stanfield said his cabinet members ‘‘haven’t even discussed the idea." He wouldn’t comment on the prospect they might dis- cuss it a-t a later date.

Mr. Hick-s said he sees no

reason why Premier - Stanfield should call an election in the near future. ' The government took office after ousting the Liberals in a provincial election only 17 months ago. They hold 24 seats in the 43- seat legislature. The Liberals have 18 and the CCF one.

TAX QUESTION

Ordinarily an election would not be expected before 1960. However, Premier Stanfield has said the government is considering a hos- pital insurance.

Rumor has it that the premier will seek a new endorsement from the people before imposing such a tax. He also is said to face

the prospect of losing two of his four-m-an majority in the House through resignations.

These reports say the govern- ment would prefer to take advan- tage of the federal Conservative tide‘ to get a more comfortable margin. ’

Lands Minister Levy is re- ported ready to resign to become a county court judge. John M. Macdonald, Conservative mem- ber for Cape Breton North, is said to be in line for a Senate alppointmevnt.

N0 RESIGNATIONS YET

Premier Stanfield said Tuesday he has received no resignations. “In any-event,” he said, “there would be none until the appoint- ments are made and both these are federal’ matters.”

Mr. Levy had no comment.

Liberal Leader Hicks, a former premier; said he would consider it a “sign of weakness” if the premier called a new provincial election so soon.

If n election were called be- fore t e end of October it would be the fourth federal or provin- cial campaign in Nova Scotia in two years.

Recountsr Soldier VOIG C0UIlCl

Affect Results I

By THE CANADIAN PRESS

Reco'un-ts and results of the soldier vote could affect the election of candidates in at least five constituencies where ballot- lug in Monday's federal election was marked by tight races.

T ce candidates —- two Pro- gres ive Conservatives and one Liberal —— were elected by fewer than 100 votes each and it is likely no final decisions will be reached until the soldier vote is announced. This may be known next weekend.

In all", 10 were elected by fewer than 300 votes each. Five of these are Liberals, four are Progressive Conservatives. The} Other, (‘CF candidate Arnold Pc-I ters, had a tight squeeze for thel second s11'ai::l1t time. Last June? Mr. Peters unscatod Mrs. Ann Sl‘iDIc\' in 'l’imi.~kaming by 183 Vole and ll1l.‘\ limo his ma1'_;'in1 0"€r PC l'n.~:Lcr Rice is a more 264. I,

45-VOTE MARGIN I

T‘-M‘ ::_"'1c .1 l'.‘l«'(‘ \\‘:15 in lhl,‘ mllarm '.‘!ll'u':_ nu” Fm‘: \\'ilIiam \\ here l.i|.\v1'a.'. II:fIJl,‘l’l lsurlzzual

had a 45-vole xiiaralli over PCI Arthur Widnall. Another closefiti

n Five Seats

was the 58-vote bulge PC Robert S. Maclell-an held over Liberal Allan J. Maceachern, who won -the Nova Scotia riding of inver- ness-Rlichmond in the €1e0t10Il last June.

Stanley J. Hunt of the Progres- sive Conservatives nudged 0|}''‘- James M. Forgie by 65 Votes‘ In the Ontario riding of Renfrew North. Forgie won the Seal 111 1957 by a margin of 1,095 votes.

There were also tight Sqlleeles in Winnipeg North and Villeneuve.

Alistair Stewart won the Wm- nipeg North riding for the CCF with a plurality of 10,548 last June bu-t this time he was de- feated by a 167-vote margln by PC Murray Smith. In the Que- bec riding of Villeneuve, Armand Dumas held the seat for the Lib- erals with a l56~v0te margin over PC Paul Andre Lemicux.

There were light fits in three other Quebec constituencies with Liberal candidates winning out in two by 234- and 290-vote plural- ities in Montreal Cartier and Bcaucc while PC Paul Lahaye won out by ‘$52 votes over Lib- eral J. Alfred _\1ontl'ai.u in Cham- plain in a straight two - party fight.

scene. Leaders of both parties were personally defeated in the rout.

.'I’ is is the makeup of the new Parliament chosen Monday:

. 1958 1957

Prog. Con. .......... .. 209 112 Liberals . . . . . . 47 104 CCF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 8 25 Social Credit . .. 0 19 Independent ........ . . . 0 2 Ind. Lib. . . . . . 0 2 Ind. P.C. 0 1 Doubtful . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1 0 (Doubtful seat: Kenora-Rainy

River) -»_ « _ The possibility of reduced taxa- tion was raised by Finance Min- ister Fleming, who said he does not think the government is “through with -tax-cutting, by any means.” Last fall the government cut taxes by some $170,000,000 a year. Throughout a vigorous cam- paign Mr. Diefenbaker met the major election issue—unemploy-

ment-—-by saying his government‘

h-ad launched a $1,185,000,000 pro- (Continued on‘ page 13, (201.2)

ROYAL RESIDENCE

As a private residence of the royal family, Sandringham House in Norfolk is not open to the pub- li-c. '

Sub Fleet

Calls Red

Grave Threat

NORFOLK, Via. (AP) — The growing Soviet submarine fleet constitutes “one of the gravest threats the Western world faces," the flag officer of Canada’: At- lantic Command said Tuesday.

Rear-Admiral H. F. Pullen, vis- iting the United States Atlantic Fleet headquarters, said “if we lose command of the sea we've had it."

He said submarines almost de- feated the A:1lies'in both world wars. The Canadian Navy--or any small navy—was always faced with the problem of trying to be good at a lot of_th.i-ngs or in one special field.

After the war -experience, he said, it seems logical for Canada to. concentrate on a=nt.i\-sulbcrnarine warfare.

Election Makes

Paris Page One

PARIS (Reuters) — Paris eve nlng newspapers gave front-page play to the Progressive Conserva- tive victory in the Canadian elec- tions. 5

L’Information and the ’Roman Catholic La Croix quote Ottawa observers as saying the voters’ choice was for a harder policy

toward the United States.

CHARLOTTETOWN CANADA, _WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1958

WEATHER

Intermittent rain and occasional wet snow; at little colder; northeast gales 35 with gusts to 50. Low-high 32 and 35.

NOT

BOUND FOR AUSTRALIA

1,200 Immi

JERUSALEM (Reuters)—Pre- mier David Ben-Gu-rion held an emergency cabinet session Tues- day to discuss rising tension on the Israweli—Syrian frontier.

The session, unprecedented on the eve of the Passover holiday, came shortly after the United Arab Republic of Syria and Egypt called for a UN Security Council meeting to discuss Arab charges of Israel aggression. Ben-Gurion, 2-year-old veteran of many previous border crises, called ‘his cabinet following an ex-- traordinary meeting of parlia- ments -security and internal af- fairs committee.

He and the Israeli chief of staff, Maj.-Gen. Chaim Laskov, made full reports to the commit- tee on clashes during the last three days in the Huleh area. Israeli workers there have been digging a can-all as part of a land

. reclamation project.

DISPUTED AREA

The U nit e d Arab Republic claims the area is inside the de militarized border zone estab- lished by the 1949 United Nations truce. Israel claims it is clearly inside Israeli territory.

Fighting broke out briefly Mon- day and the day beflore.

Ben-G-urion reported approaches have been made to Col. Carlsson Von Horn, chief of stadf of the 1_TN truce supervision organiza- tion W].I.I bring its influence to «bear on the Syrians to stop them from “interfering” with me work the Israelis a-re doing. PROTEST TO UN

In Cairo. information office di- rector Saad Affra said his gov- ernment, has protested to UN sec- {‘€tray-General Dag Hamunarsk jold that Israel moves constitute

Manning Has Election Comment

EDMONTON (CP) -- Premier E. C. Manning of Alberta said Tuesday Canadian voters “have put all their eggs in one basket -and shot the hen.”

The idea of giving the,C=onserv- atives the majority. they re- quested to carry out their pro- gram is “the only explanation” for such a landslide victory, the premier said. The outcome could be summed up in four words- Give Diefenbaker a Chance.

PM And Wife Plan For Week's Visit To Bermuda

PRINCLE A.LBER’l‘_, Sask. (CP) Prime Minister and Mrs. Diefen- baker are to leave Ottawa this weekend for a week's holiday in Bermuda. ‘

The disclosure Tuesday by aides followed by minutes an an- nouncement that the first post- election meeting of the cabinet had been called for Thursday.

The one-week break would en- able both Diefenbakers to rest up from the effects of the arduous election campaign. Its rigors left Mr. but saw his wife reduced to bob- bling on crutches.

No details of cabinet business were disclosed. -

Mr. Diefenbaker, in a general election statement Monday night announcing that P a r l i a men! would be summoned “as soon as possible,” said solution of the country’s unemployment problem will be the “first task’ of the new government.

HEADS FOR OTTAWA

Victor of the most smashing ballot-box triumph in Canad-as history, Prime Minister Dieteti- baker flies to Ottawa today.

A stop-over of several hours is planned in Saskatoon, to ‘enable Mr. and Mrs. Diefenbaker to pay

a visit to the prime minister's 85-

vear-old mother.

The prime minister spent Tues- day “mucking around”—his cur- rent term for strolling Prince Al- bert’s Central Avenue ' This marketing centre of 22,000, which has sent three prime mul- isters to Ottawa—Libera-s S11‘ Wilfrid Lauricr and William Lyon Mackenzie King. b e s i d e s Mr Diefenbaker -— takes its current representative's “main - street- ing” in non-chzalant stride.

PERCH ON STOOLS lic a nd lllrs. Dieieltbaker vbreakfasted, p e r c h e cl on the

Diefen-baker apparently fit-

'l'-hey 1-unohed in the prime min- ister’-s private railway car, sent here against the possibility of a return to Ottawa by train.

Mrs. Diefenbaker, who took to crutches in Halifax eight days ago to relieve the strain long re- ceiving lines meant to her back, improves in health daily. The

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back complaint is described as mluscu-lar spasm and Mrs. Diet- enbaker has said it derives from a fall suffered when she was a school-teacher in Toronto. The pain recurs periodically. A band- age she occasionally wears on her right leg is to offset a touch of bersitis.

“violations of the truce agree- ment and a menace to peace."

The UAR foreign office said Foreign Minister Fawzi will fly to Zurich, Switzerland, today to confer with Hammarskjold about the dispute. Fawzi also conferred Tuesday with both U.S. am-bsasa- dor Raymond Hare and Soviet Ambassador Evgeny Kisselev re- garding the UAW’s request for a

Firemen

MONTREAL (CP)——The Cana- dian Pacific Railway announced Tuesday it will start eliminating firemen from treig-ht and yard- service diesels May 11-—-a prac- tice the union said it cannot ac- cept. -

CPR President N. R. Cru-mp said the company intends to pro- ceed with the plan for gradual elimination of diesel firemen that the Kellock royal comxmission de scribed as “-fair.”

Canadian leader W. E. Gamble of the Brotherhood of Locomtoive Firemen and Enginemen (CLC), which struck against the CPR for nine days last year on the issue, had no comment.

He said he would wait until the matter is discussed with the con- tract negotiating committee.

EXPIRE MAY :1 _

The ‘present labor Iagreement expires May 31‘ and the -union as of today has 60 days in which to

Britain Shows

LONDON (vC=P)—CBritain Tues-

the Soviet example and suspend- ing nuclear test explosion-s.

1 Prime Minister Macmillan held fast to the Western position that test suspensions are a subject for international negotiation in which safeguards can be worked out.

He told the House of Commons that Britain has put her faith in the -prospect that a summit con- ference would settle the problems of nuclear tests and disarma- ment.

But he added:

“I note that the Russian an- nouncement was timed to come after the completion of a-n exten- sive and accelerated series of Russian tests and just before a series of American tests already announced by the United States government——and when the cur- rent series of British tests is not completed.

“We have long been anxious, as our proposals have shown, to ne- gotiate an agreement on disarma- ment that will include arrange-

Emergency Session Of, Israeli Cabinet Called

Security Council meeting.

A UN announcement i-n New York said the meeting between Fawzi and Hammarskjold was ar- ranged before the border clashes and that they would discuss rela- tions between the United Nations and the newly-established UAR.

But sources in New York said it is more than likely the border clashes will enter into the talks

C.P.R. To Cu’r .

.May I

file new demands. 1

The union and Canadian Na- tional Rail-ways began concilia- tion proceedings recently on their contract. The government - owned CNR announced earlier it sought “sole discretion” in the use of firemen on diesels for freight or yard work. |

Mr. Crum-p’s statement Tues- day said the company had with- held actoin on the Kello-ck recom- mendations ni the hope the union would accept the non - bidding findings. » .

The union, with about 10,000 Canadian members, has con- tended that removal of firemen would increase accident hazards. The CPR decision would affect eventually 1,400 firemen.

It told the Kellock commission that removal of firemen would not jeopardize safety and would save more than $5,700,000.a year-now and ultimately more than $11,500,-

day showed no signs of following-

000 annually.

No Signs

Of Dropping Nuclear Tests

sion of tests under proper condi- tions, at a suitalblle date and with agreement on an inspection sys- tem ~

Macmillan assured the House that the Soviet decision -to stop

nuclear tests is being carefully studied by his government.

It Could Have Been Worse .I

REGINA (CP) — The Progres- sive Conservatives’ sIr...shing

- election v i c t o r y Monday re-

minded CCF Premier T. C. Doug- las of a prayer.

He led up to it by telling the Saskatchewan legislature the only consolation CCF supporters in this province have is that the Lib- erals fared worse than they did.

Mr. Douglas, a former Baptist minister, said this prayer was of- fered at a Baptist church meet- ing:

“O Lord, we have had a bad year. But we want to thank you that the Presby‘ "ans are having

ments for the ending of suspen-

a worse time than we are.”

Cllarlolie Eartha. Hungarian- born Canadian, is l’t:‘lll1_ll€-CI 111 Montreal with her parents, Mr.

stools of a coffee-shop counter.

and Mrs. Ignatius Bartha, after

JOYFUL REUNION

1-! years separation. (.‘ha.I:lol.ie lagl saxv her parents in Buda- pest in 1914 when she was separ- lated from them by the Russian

gency powers that may lead to

Snatched Fro

LONDON (AP) — T-erse radio messages from a British freighter Tuesday described the rescue of 1,200 persons from a blazing Norwegian immigrant ship in the Indian Ocean. Passengers and crew members of the 9,786-ton Skaubryn were rescued by the British freighter City of Sydney and transferred to the Italian liner Roma. The Rom-a headed toward the British Red Sea port of Aden.

The City of Sydney reported only one casualty - a German who died of a heart attack in a 1i-feboat—in one of the biggest sea rescues recorded.

An engine room explosion rocked the Skaubryn as she sailed toward Australia through waters east of Africa Monday night. The vessel soon was an island of flame.

RESPONDS T0 S O S

S 0 S messages brought the City of Sydney to the rescue. The 1,011 migrants-—mostly Germans and Maltese--were ordered into lifeboats ‘by Capt. Alf Haaklon Fes-te. . __

The Skaubryn was still afloat, a message said, but was gutted. Black smoke poured from’ the

Blows In

HAVANA (AP) — Rebel chief Fidel Castro launched a first Dlhaese Jot l1is~so-«called total. war against President Eulgencio Batista Tuesday. His men struck sharp blows against communica- tions and transportation in Ori- ente province.

Roving guerrilla bands fired without warning on all moving highway and rail transport and virtually paralyzed communica- tions between Santiago and the remainder of eastern Cuba.

Rebel sources in Havana said the all-out war be extended to all of Cuba after mdinight Sat- urday. Th at is the deadline Castro has set for Batista to quit.

The Batista government re- acted by arming itself with emer-

martial law and mass arrests.

FIRST PHASE

The first phase of the increased rebel activity was concentrated in Oriente, where Castro has made his headquarters in his 16- month fight against the Batista regime. Communications, trans- port and to her business and in- dustrial enterprises continued to operate normally in Havana and surrounding areas.

B-atist-a’§ government, which previously had revoked constitu- tional guarantees, obtained from congress full authority to do “whatever necessary" to smash the rebellion.

Under the state of emergency

Pearson Plans Florida Trip

OTTAWA (CP)—Liberai Leader Lester B. Pearson will fly _to Florida today for a holiday with friends.

The 60-year-old Mr. Pearson, who failed to bring his party back to power in Monday’s election bid. will -be accompaneid only by 1115 wife. He will stay with friends

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FIVE CENTS

. grants Saved In Mass Rescue Operation

m Blazing

Ship In Indian Ocean

h-ull, left drifting about 300 miles southeast of the island of Scootra.

With survivors crowded onto the deck under a broiling tropical sun, the City of Sydney raced to meet the Roma. The City of Syd- ney normally carries only 66 In- dian crew memnbers and 20 offi- cers,‘and food and water were running short. ‘

Late in the afternoon all sur- vivors were transferred safely to the more-spacious Roma, which headed toward Aden at top speed.

survivors ALL WELL

Officials of the intergovern- mental committee for European migration, which sponsored the Ska-ubryn’-s voyage, said all sur- vivons are in good health and spirits.

There was no announcement whether the surviving "795 Ger- mans, 150 Maltese, 36 Finns, 25 Danes a-nd seven Nrowegian ml- grants would continue their jour- ney to Australia aboard antohei vessel.

A British warship was sent to the charred hulk of the Skralubryn, owned by I. M. Skaugen of Oslo. The warship may attempt to sal- vage the vessel or may sink it with gunfire to eliminate it as a hazard to shipping.

Rebels Strike

Cuba

5 declared by congress. effective immediately throughout Cuba. Batifia may delearo martial law. impose curfews, enlarge the armed forces, impose new taxes. settle labor disputes, exercise rigid control over communica- tions and transport and order severe punishment for any at- tempts to disturb public order.