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An amendment which would li- ‘ @ense funeral directors and em- balmers in the Province failed to get second*reading in the Legis- lature when # was. brought into committee last evening by F.A. Large (L-lIst Queens).

William Acorn (L-Ist” Kings)

‘Impending

newly formed Brotherhood of Newfoundland Woddsworkers

noon and will resume today. In the in- terim BNW executives met to dis «’ uss proposals presented’ to the

company. Details were not re leased.

Speculation was strong that there would be a clash between BNW logers and striking Inter- national Woodworkers of America (CLC) loggers if the new union secures atworking agreement with the company ami attempts to cross IWA picket lines. The TWA was decertified Friday as bargaining agent for about 11,000 members in the A.N.D. Company and the Bowater’s Pulp and Pa- per Company woods operations.

JOINT STATEMENT

NBW temporary president Max Lane, Liberal member for White Bay North and general secretary of the Newfoundland Federation of Fishermen (Ind.) said the com- pany ahd union would issue @

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Burgess Seeks | Visit ‘Home’

" LONDON (AP)—A government spokesman confirmed Monday that Guy Burgess, the British diplomat who fled to Moscow eight years ago, wants to come home for a vacation.

David Ormsby Gore, a of state for foreign affairs, told the Commons Britain declined to promise Burgess he - woukd be permitted to return to the Soviet Union after the visit.

Burgess raised the question during Prime Minister Macmil-

lan’s recent visit to the U.S.S.R.

Violence’ Reports Mount fn pe Sao Falls Area

been considerably strengthened over the last few days. IWA Dis- trict 2 président H. Landon Ladd said reinforcements have poured in from outlying settlements but not at the union’s request. President George Stoodly of

Opposition Is Gaining, Chafe View

ST. JOHN’S, N4d. (CP) — W Frank Chafe, eastern Newfound land representative for the Cana dian Labor Congfess, said Mor day the response to his appez’ to the public -to protest agains‘ anti-labor legishation passed in the provincial house “appears to be increasing.” :

Mr. Chafe said.“‘quite a number of telegrams, petitions. and tele- phone calls from citizens through- out the ‘province have beef directed to me. I have also re- ceived various types of messages informing me tliat petitions have been sent to house members.”

He was referring to the two bills given royal assent -in legisla- ture Friday which gave the gov- ernment power to decertify the striking International Woodwork. | ers of America (CLC) and out law the teamsters union.

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FWA striking Local 2-254 left Gan- der by plane Monday for Ottawa where he will begin a nation-wide speaking tour to aquaint Cana- dian sunions with the strike. RCMP KEEP WATCH

A reinforced RCMP detachment keeps constant watch on the tense situation. Last month the RCMP said 6 men were stationed here. An FWA official Monday esti- at 175. Inspector Arthur Argent of Corner Brook, in charge of ROMP here, could not be reached for comment.

In St. John’s Attorney-General Curtis declined to exact number of police in the

of Newfoundland constabulary of-

Monday as reinforcements. The Newfoundland constabulary had

district following ‘Confederation.

said there. are now more than 1,000 loggers in. the woods and all

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OTTAWA (CP)—A! mass dele- gation of neatly<iressed, politely mannered western grain men in- vaded the capital Monday to pre- sent to the government and make known to as maffy~other Cana- diangs as possible their case for grain deficiency payments from the federal treasury.

The delegates from the three, Prairie provinces—1,019 accord- ing to latest count—arsived Mon- day morning to be greeted by a CCF-hired brass band, three cab- inet ministers and a number of western members of Parliament, both CCF and Progressive Con- servative.

The westerners -moved into closed sessions in the main ball. room of the Chateau Laurier Hotel for 3% hours during Mon- day afternoon to go over, point by point, a-brief they are to pre- sent to Prime Minister Diefen- baker and other cabinet ministers this morning.

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\ REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH

If the money were paid out of tne federal treasury’s genera tax funds, he said, “it would merely be a redistribution of wealth.”

He said the farmers “violently” disagree with a statement by Agriculture Minister Harkness in a”“radio speech Friday that the acreage payments were a better way to help the farmers that need help than deficiency payments.

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BERLIN (Reuters) — Willy Brandt, mayor of West Berlin,

tion from. visiting Soviet Premier Khrushchev .to lave talks with him, the West Genman news agency DPA reported.

The decision came after a spe- cial session of the .West Berlin city council convened to consider the invitation. A municipal spokesman said the invitation was for this morning at the So- viet Embassy in East Berlin.

Fire Takes Lives Of Two Children

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lin administrations is increasing,

unity. “I don’t believe we're going to get reonification very soon or all at once,”” the minister said in replying to Harry Jones (PC— Saskatoon).

“We would tike to discuss this . « » it would be a gradual pro- cess.”

Phe West should_try to avoid appearing siways to say “no” to EXPRESS ADMIRATION

Mr. Smith, joined by Liberal and CCF spokesmen, expressed admiration of Mr. Macmillan’s conduct during. his recent 10-day Visit to Russia.“The British prime minister had shown “‘wis- dom and strength’ under trying conditions.

H. W. Herridge (OCF—Koote- nay West) described Mr. Mac- millan as ‘“‘just the right ¢ype of personality” for the Russian jour- ney. Opposition Leader Pearson said the British leader won “all

our admiration.” |

Rebels And

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP)—Iragqi rebels claimed Monday night they hold the oil-rich north, under air attack, and are fanning out over Iraq from Mosul.

The government claimed the jrebel uprising was destroyed by bombers and troops of Premier Abdel Kassem’s Baghdad regime.

Both sides — government and rebel—claimed victories in rival

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tions 200-odd miles apart. There wes no independent: confirmation of any victory claims. ’

The revolt came at a time of high religious feeling. This was the eye of Ramadan, the Moslem holy month of day-time fasting and consequent short - tempered ediginess aniong the millions._The revolt may have been timed de- liberately to strike a pre-Rama- dan blow at the Kassem regime.

Twenty . four hours after the rebel radio at Mosul announced Col. Abdel Wahab Shawaf set off his rebellion against Kassem_ it was still reported going strong.

TORONTO (CP)—Th_ conten- tious fluoridation issue split the private bills committee of the On- tario legislature Monday.

Three bills, were presenited—on behalf of Ottawa, Owen Sound and Teck Township — to permit fluoridatiog- of municipal water supplies as approved by plebis- cite,

The Ottawa and Teck Town- ships bills were withdrawn with- out discussion, but the Owen Sound bill touched off more than an hour of heated debate before

it was quashed.

Dr. Gordon Bates, genera] di- rector of the Health League f Canada, spoke in favor of fluori- dation. and was opposed by Dr. Sam Leslie, chairman of the Col- lege of Dental Practice ot Med- icine.

LIKE PASTEURIZATION

The debate came. four days | after the Ontario government banned the implementation of

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Khrushchev’s speech was gen erally conciliatory, but he lashed out against what he called sabre- rattling by. the West.

a Communist blockade of @Vest Berlin, the. Russian leader said:

“We are ready to give the de- served rebuff to anybody whe tries to use ‘force against us or our friends.

‘Don’t forget we have the same military means as those who threaten -us.

their words and especially care- ful with their deeds.

‘‘We propose to solve questions that are building up to the danger of a third world war. The slight- est carelessness could cause the powderkeg to explode.”

Committee Splits On Fluoridation

which do not already have it.

Dr. Bates said:

“This question is just as im- portant as pasteurization of milk, Fluoridation is not a medication. It is preventive—it will not cure anything. It is an adjustment to make water ‘pure. It is not an in- vasion of civil-rights any more than pasteurization. of milk. 3

“We can argue that chlorina- tion is an invasion of civil rights, ‘We certainly wouldn't argue that people should die of typhoid.”

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“I am not oppose to the use of fluorides in the treatment of den- tal caries—I am opposed to put- ting it into drinking water which everyone must drink.”

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