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OTTAWA. (CP) — Labor Minis-
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Canadian Labor Congress to “political patronage” and a violation of provisions for con-
‘sultation with labor.
“I deny both these charges,” Mr. Starr-said while government supporters thumped their desks.
Political considerations ‘were not absent” in the resignations
He was not prepared to reopen negotiations on the appointment with a view to reaching agree-
~") Mr. Jodoin had been consulted
along the line.” The princi-
consultation was carried will continue to be car- Mr. “Starr said.
of and out,
filling the $13,000 - a - yéar post, asked whether it was not an absence of good faith for the minister to
Qutherined as Gecend Class Mail by the Pest Gffes Department. Ottawa
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Ainister Defends— MacArthur Appointment.
state.e-eonference for tue man and “follow this through” by ig-
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“That is not consultation,’ Mr. “That is compul-
of order and by several opposi- tion spokesmen that it was.in conformity with Commons rules.
He will deliver a ruling on the amendment today. Meanwhile, discussion on the cigaret tax
boost was suspended.
Pulitzer Journalism Prizes Are Awarded
NEW YORK (AP) — Archibald MacLeish won the 1959 Pulitzer Prize for drama Monday with his first play—“J.B.” — a modern rendition -of the biblical story of Job. Twice previously he had won the poetry award.
The play opened on Broadway Dec. 11, starring Canadian-born Raymond Massey. Last month it won the American Theatre Wing's award as the year’s best
play.
MacLeish, former Librarian of Congress,- will celebrate his 67th birthday Tuesday. He won Pulit- zer prizes for poetry in 1933 and 1953.
He was one of the few repeat- ers in this -year’s list of Pulitzer
+ Prize winners annourited Monday
, a trustees of Columbia pene
SECOND FOR MAULDIN Another was William H. (Bill) Mauldin of the St. Louis Post-
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Dispatch, who won his
award for cartooning. On recommendation of the ad-
visory board in Pulitzer Prizes,
second
the university trustees selected | ™#2
for the 1959 fiction award Robert
‘|Lewis Taylor's The Travels of
Jaimie McPheeters. It concerns a Wagon-train journey to Califor- nia during ‘the 1849 gold rush.
The international reporting prize went to Joseph Martin and Philip Santora of the New York Daily News, for their account of the downfall of the Batista reg- ime in Cuba.
FLORIDA STORY WINS
The other journalism awards were:
National — Howard van Smith of the Miami (Fia.) News, for his account of the cleanup of a Florida migrant la- bor camp.
Local reporting — Miss Mary
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cized ‘the appointment earlier, Mr. Starr acknowledged getting a telegram from Mr. Jodoin in which the CLC president asked to see Prime Minister Dief baker about the dispute. But Starr_said he had not thought
CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1959
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India Seen Important
“WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice- President Richard Nixon said Monday that what happens to In- dia over the next five to 10 years could be’ more important to the Western world than the approach- East-West negotiations on
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WINCH REQUEST
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‘Common Law Marriage Income Tax Relief Asked
OTTAWA (CP) — A plea for income tax relief on commondaw marriages — ‘‘many are more moral than those within the law” —was voiced in the Commons Monday by Harold Winch (CCF— Vancouver East).
But Finance Minister Fleming ee ee ae liament amend the Income Tax Act to recognize these ‘“‘illicit’’ arrangements and perfhit a man to claim his common-law wife as a dependent.°
During study of tax resolutions on which taxation legislation will be based, Mr. Winch said he learned only within the last two weeks that a commondaw wife is not treated as a dependent.
BACK TAXES SOUGHT
“A case was brought to his at- tention of one man whose tax re- turns for the last six years were being re-opened. by the revenue department which claimed he made false returns by putting
Mr. Winch said sometimes these -commondaw relationships
are entered into es a result of a}
man or woman being confined to prison for life or being hopelessly insane: Most provinces
as legal such relationships en- teréd into ‘by the free partner
with another. person He said he gon concerned
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Late’ reports from Guar- dian news bureaus in Sum- merside, Montague, Alberton and Souris, and from special corresvendents.-.now a*near
are more moral than those within the law.”
A number of opposition mem- bers spoke against the govern-
Total Fish Catch Is Up In March
OTTAWA (CP) — ‘The total catch of. sea‘ and shellfish in March rose one per cent to 61,- 780,000 pounds from. 61,420,000 a year earlier, but the total value dropped 15 per cent to $2,447,000 from $2,876,000, the bureau of statistics reported Monday.
=: $3 Million So Banker
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP)—
The suicide of a banker whose books show a huge shortage was
ment resojution making ineligible as tax ‘deductions hospital bills paid by the federal - provincial hospital insurance plan.
J. W. Pickersgill (L — Bona- vista. - Twillingate) said there doesn’t seem to be any differ- ence between paying premiums to a government plan and paying premiums to a private plan, with an insurance company, say.
Mr. Fleming said that while some provinces such as Ontario assess a premium to meet their share of the costs of hospital in- surance, others” were instituting
Missing — Suicides
attributed Monday to his promo- tion to a job in another bank, making it impossible to hide a cheque-covering scheme.
Federal authorities say $3,000,- 000 or more is unaccounted for. But bank officials think the shor- tage far less, probably well under $1,000,000. 4
George Hewlett’s suicide was followed by the arrest of John Hendrickson; a businessman im- plicated by the banker's farewell note. Hendrickson denied any knowledge of the missing funds.
BANK MERGER
A’ bank official who declined use of his name said the -begin- ning of (58d for. Hewlett, 40, came last month when the U.S. National Bank of San Diego merged with the Long Beach Na- tional Bank, where Hewlett
moted to vice-president of an- other branch in Long Beach. “The promotion made it im- possible for him to cover his tracks,”’ the official said. Hewlett slipped away from his wife Friday during a play, drove to a vacant lot, spread a blanket and shot himself with a .38-cali-
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worked as cahsier. He was pro-/
By HAROLD MORRISON Canadian Press Staff Writer OTTAWA (CP) Canadian
truckers, supported by the gov- ernment, are digging in for the battle of the shrimps.
The government has rejected the United States view that haul- age of frozen shrimp and other Red Chinese foods over Ameri- can highways by Canadian truck- ers threatens U.S. security.
Prime Minister Diefenbaker in- formed the Commons Monday that the Canadian government has made its views known to the U.S. administration, following the American road ban Feb. 19.
ing given as to what action ‘“‘can be appropriately taken by the Canadian authorities in the cir- cumstances,” he said.
U.S. Truck Ban Is ‘Justified’
WASHINGTON (CP)—US. of- ficlals Monday described as “completely justified’ an Ameri- can Ban on Canadian trucks which use U.S. highways to trans- port Communist Chinese food- stuffs from one Canadian prov-
Now full consideration was be-
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‘Security Threat’ Reason > Not Accepted By Canada
Meanwhile, outside the Com- mons, John Magee, secretary of the Canadian Trucking Associa- tions, indicated truckers will dig in for a battle to get the Ameri- can road ban lifted.
“We regret the decision of the U.S. government to continue the ban,” he.said in a statement, “We hope that the U.S. govern- ment can be persuaded to lift it. We are continuing our efforts to obtain that result.”
He took issue with the Ameri- can argument that entry of goods of Red Chinese origin had been rigidly prohibited by U.S. laws since the Korean War. In fact, he said, Canadian truckers have been hauling- Red Chinese foods over American highways ever since the Korean war.
The first ban imposed by the Americans on the Canadian truckers, moving from one Cana- (Continued on page 2 col. 2)
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OTTAWA (CP) — An Ottawd lawyer is on ea way to Middie East in
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Is Located
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation said a body found in the Pearl
-| River in Mississippi Monday was
identified as that of Mack Charles Parker, who was forcibly re- moved from a jail at Poplarville, Miss. Pi Parker, a 23-year-old Negro, had been missing since he was dragged from the Pearl River County jail April 25. He was kid- napped by a band of masked raiders while awaiting trial on charges of raping a pregnant
white woman last February.
OFFICIAL OPENING
A Summerside singer, Carol MacLean, whose mark of 88 won her first place in Class 64, oper-
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vocal and instrumental section of Prince Edward Island's 14th an- qual Festival of Music got under- way in Prince of Wales College auditorium last night.
—Second highest mark of the opening session of this phase of the festival in Charlotetown went to Notre Dame Academy’s Girls Chorus, awarded 87 marks for their rendition of ‘‘Golden Slum- bers” in a three part arrange- ment by Jacob.
Making their first Charlotte- town appearance of the 1959 fes- tival were adjudicators Earl Terry, Garfield Bender and Boris Roubakine .
OPENED BY GOVERNOR
Prior to the commeneement of the evening competitions the fes-
tival was officially opened by the
Mark Of 88 Is Awarded
To Summerside Soloist
Lieutenant Governor of the Pre vince, Hon. F. Walter Hyndman, who was introduced by the As- sociation’s president, Neil A, Matheson, Southport.
His Honor noted that few peo ple realize or are prepared to admit that music and arts fill an ever increasing role in their daily lives. “Without them life wotiid be drab indeed,”’ he said.
The great improvement in sing- ing evident in all social groups and ages during the past few. years was largely due to the work accomplished by the an- gual festivals, the vice-regal representative observed.
In thanking all who had work- ed so hard to make the 1959 fes-\ tival a success, Mr. Matheson
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TORONTO (CP) — Premier Frost asked Ontario voters Mon- day to give“another mandate to his powerful Progressive Conser- vative administration and called a. provincial election for -Thurs- day, June 11.
The announcement came on the 10th anniversary of his premier- ship, longest of any Conservative premier in Ontario history.
“These last 10 years, beyond all comparison, have . witnessed the greatest development in the history of our province,” said the @ - year - old premier. “At this time, in the. same spirit as 1949, I ask for the confidence of the people and a mandate te go
Ontario Premier Seeking Mandate
ahead with our great program.” 3,000,000’ MAY VOTE
At the premier’s request, Lieu- tenant-Governor J. Keiller Mac- kay dissolved the Legislature and issued eléction writs for 98 new members. More than 3,000,000 persons are eligible to vote. Nomination day is May 28.
At dissolution . Conservatives held 83 of the 98 legislature seats, Liberals 11 and CCF three. A va- cant seat had been held by a ~ Conservative.
Liberal Leader John Winter- meyer, 44, and CCF Leader Dom - ald MacDonald, 45, welcomed the election and expressed confidence
about their chances,
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