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SERMAT, Switvetand (Rew-|bexn found calburt \ 2. = ZF) : on a 12,000-foot ‘ A’ man anda woman who|Swiss glacier. They were seen by |"acier beside the wreckage of) — 4 = ‘ This is the first of a four- j;Germany by one railroad and part series analyzing the Ber- | one highway under Soviet control, lin crisis. and three air corridors, lies 110 SEYMOUR TOPPING miles inside East Germany. BERLIN (AP) — It was noon} To understand its upsetting quiet day in West Berlin.jimpact on the East Germans, shabbily - dressed woman/take a tour of West Berlin. Then walked down Tauntzien Strasse|visit East Berlin. looked into the window of aj Start on West Berlin’s fash- department store. jonable Kurfuerstendamm, the radio announcer read thejbroad glittering boulevard lined news. with colorful sidewalk cafes and grey-haired man entered the|shop windows crammed with Marienfelde refugee camp, just |choice Zoods. 4 some 300 persons do every Driving past the magnificent ‘ : new Hansaviertel residential dis- c Common events. Hardly no-|trict suddenly you come upon the Brandenburg Tor — gateway te they contained the kind of | East Berlin. : cumulative explosive force that}sUDDEN DRABNESS Pp resulted in Russia's Premier} The contrast is staggering as * third world war over Berlin. | uniformed people’s police into the Til A DIFFERENT LIFE ; drab, bomb - shattered > East Berlin. What she| There is little of the cheerful 3 the store window made| bustle of West Berlin. The grey, her—think-hew-much better life/ dirty walls of the buildings are , be in ‘the West, and she/ decked with red banners bearing eS slogans: “Socialism triumphs.” adio announcer was; The Reds promise that major broadcasting western news and seocapianietes of Haut Betta wil the 18,000,000 people of |begin next4year. surrounding East Germany. The facades of East Berlin and Slane’ it Sedeae: eieed it et en ee veal the most significant differ- thousands of professionals, tech-|ences between the two cities. fied into West Berlin from | put its short supplies of capital Germany. and structural steel into an im- the East Germans, West |pressive buildup of heavy indus- P — stands as a symbol ofjtry, rather than into the recon- ; . struction of its capital. . o . fa. At the same time West Berlin . —_ i ~ throa has had the benefit of nearly FIREMEN F a sos =~ occups-|§1,000,000,000 in American aid. It J HOLD TEST , so-called .. free _ city, .. Khrush- oo air wan Several members of the} umper which they had just put;Coffin, Leland Nelson, _R.__R.| Arnold _MacLare, Austin Fraser hopes_to neutralize the soaiake oo" aoe ee i Montague Fire Department are| hrough a complete test. Mem- Beck ice a : Aa aes a » and| seen standing in front of the new|bers are left to right: Fire Chief |2°*™ atubeasicneszesed maboowsh anes this he cannot do as long ® as divided Berlin is governed by In_ the field of agriculture, lion, and Finance Minister Flem- -war four-power accords. RAIL CARRIERS OTTAWA JOTTINGS amendments will be introduced | ing in his budget forecast an eves assure free movement be-| Canadian railways had 197,907 : to assist the provinces in imple-|greater increase for 1950 than West Berlin and East Ber-|freight cars in service at the p ti er Doi 5 Pa. 4 menting crop insurance, as welljin 1958. These and other factors lin. start of 1958, compared with 187,- roroga ion y minion as a bill to extend and improve |purport a greatly improved econ- : West Berlin, linked to West'980 cars a year earlier. ae farm credit facilities, and a billjomic picture for the months . : to allow veteran farmers to take|ahead. It is urgently hoped that ‘ : ‘ By John A. Macdonald, M.P. ricultural practices will be intro-|dance with the present trend re ; — duced-by way of amendment to|and forecasts for the remainder : Many people who are interest-|the Unemployment Insurance /|the Veterans Land Act. In ad-|/of the year. | | ed in the work of the House of} Act, a Bill to Establish a Nation-| dition there will be, of course, the| FISHERIES PROSPECTS . Commons have asked when the|al Energy Board. a Bill to Amend | budget legislation and the usual} While home for a quick check House will prorogue. This is al-} the Export Credits Insurance Act,| measure respecting the financing |0n various public works projects — ways_a difficult question toja Bill to Provide Additional|of the Canadian National Rail-| over the week-end I visited many handle but @ few days ago the|Grants to the Province of New-|ways. Consideration is also be-| Of the harbours. In some, extreme Prime Minister outlined the prin-|Toundland,-an amendment to the|ing given to certain other mea-/ice conditions of the past winter ciple items of government busi-| Bretton Woods Agreement Act;| sures of lesser importance.” had caused considerable damage E ness which it is intended shall|bills respecting the superannua-j It will be seen from this lineup | while in others fonditions were be produced this sessjon. tion of members of the Royal|that a very heavy agenda re-|fairly good. I ’is an awkward There were a number ean Sonetien Mounted Police and/mains to be considered. Earlier|time of the year to get public on the Order Paper and to th members of the Canadian forces; | forecasts for a closing date point-| Works repairs carried out since he added the following: “‘The/a Bill to Amend the Combines |ed to the time of the Queen’s vis-|the ice has been gone only a Bill _of Rights, a Bill to Afnend|tdé the Criminal Code. it late in- June but now this|Stiort time and heavy equipment cae would seem to be over optimis-| cannot be moved over the tie: However, if the work of| Toads. the House is well organized and} Most of the contracts for @m- / tensions or new landings and for .

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This was particularly surpris- ing for March since the unem- ployment peak is normalig reach- ed in that month. The situation

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During each of the past four months’ the cost of living figures have shown a decrease. At the énd of the year our Gross Nation- al Product rose to almost 33 mil-

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dredging will be held off until the end of Jung in order not to interfere with the lucrative lob ster fisheries. In my brief tour I talked to many fishermen and went out with several ef them

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In most areas there were boats than ever this year they are hopeful of a good catch. A few claim that afier a winter of heavy ice there is often more

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fishefmen discount this idea as being purely superstitious. It noted that lobster prices on the mainland have been at record levels, and it is expected that they will be high in our province also. As this is being written I know that the fishermen are working

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ous labors. ECONOMIC PICTURE

Not to many days ago the un- employment figures, as compiled for the end of March, were sub- mitted by the Minister of Labour, the Hon. Michael Starr. As in February the figures showed a SEAWAY OPENING downward trend.

Last week-end the actual open- ing of the seaway and power pro- ject on the St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes took place. The official opening, of course, is scheduled for late June when a joint. ceremony will be held at

i] the. Canadian entrance with ~{]/Queen Elizabeth and President ||Eisenhower jointly participating

rin the grand event.

Behind the Department of Tran- sport ice-breaker ‘“D’Iberville,” the first ships moved into the seaway, last Saturday. On the lead ship were Prime Minister Diefenbaker, *Transport Minister Hees, Hon. Lionel Chevrier-for- mer Transport Minister and Pre- sident of the Seaway Authority- members of the Senate and Par- liament and other dignitaries.

Tolls will be charged on the ships using the seaway and it is the costs of this huge project. Eighty percent of. the world’s

onto which can now be termed a “world port.” This introduces a new era in water shipping for Canada and will also bring great- ly increased power potential to that area and to New York and other eastern states.

Although Maritimers look ra- ther askance at the effects the program may have .on shipping

in the eastern provinces it can- not- be denied that the seaway will be of great assistance to the economic life of our country. It will probably take ai least a year

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