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IAIGON. South Vlet Nam (AP) -..pi-emlar Ngo Dlnh Diems Na- tionalist forces and Binh Xuyen former river pirates maintained an uneasy truce today in South Vlet Nam's "little civil war. '

The truce was arranged by Gen. Paul Ely. French commissioner general. in talks with the premier and a representative of Gen. Van Visa. Blah Xuyea commander and once csar of Iaigon's organ- ised vice.

The truce went into effect It 7 p.m. Wednesday for 24 hours to give tempers time to cool before

. negotiations start for a firmer aet-

tlement.

f Saigon was quiet. in the wake ' of clashes early Wednesday be- tween government forces and mo- bile units of Blah Xuyen's private grmy that left at least 26 dead and 112 wounded.

The French expeditionary force took over protection of the French section. About 17.000 foreigners. in- cluding members of diplomatic. military. and economic missions. live in the French section. No for-

. Uneasy Truce In uth Viet Nam

eignera wer the fighting

HOLD POLICE CENTRE

There was an ominous tension around the national police quarters in the centre of the cap- ital. still held by the Binh Xuyen. There soldiers armed with sub- machine-guns crouched behind her-

e reported wounded in

Le ricades and eandba s.

Gen. Tran Van si. a leader of the Hon Bao reli oua sect which is a partner of Blah Xuyeh and the Can Dal sect in the disaf- fected united front. was reported to have quit Saigon to organize a military campaign against Diem's troops in the west. Soal is one of Diem's bittereat enemies. The army has been under repeated at- tack ln the west in recent weeks by one-armed Gen. Le Quang Vinh. known as "moot." also a Iloa I-Iao leader. .

The united front. whose private armies total between 30.000 and 40.000. demanded in a cable to Viet Namese chief of state Boa Dal Wednesday that he oust Diem as premier. Bao Dal is in France.

St. Laurent Optimistic Economy is On Upswing

WOTTAWA (CP)-Prime Minister

St. Laurent said Wednesday night

that the recent upswing in the ' United States economy may indi- . cafe another period of full steam ahcad in Canada.

He said unemployment and other i-urriint problems represent tem- porary adjustments in Canada's basically-sound machine.

In a brief reference to' the inter- national situation. the prime min- istcr said the world remains on I precipice despite the increasing strength of the free world.

He spoke at a banquet winding up a three-day meeting here of the advisory council of the Na- lonal Liberal Federation.

His statements were included in notes of a speech issued to the press before delivery.

EMPIIASIZE DOOM

Mr. St. Laurent said all political arties do not share the confidence . iberals have in Canada's future. , Despite a lack of pcl A gas r on which to base a recllctiun. too

many people were-alklng of im- pending doom.

They emphasized unemployment. srikes. industries in difficulty or terms failuresvasr-tholam such con- dltloiis were normal. There were problems and it would be foolish in ignore them. But to emphasize them out of proportion to their ef- fect on the economy was is disserv- ice to the country.

Mr. st. Laurent said it is true that in the last 116 years there has been a slowing down in some sections of the rapid economic ex-

' which"l it " J world War. This was in part a reflection of what was going on in the U.S. where a mil recession oi-rllrred.

However. there already were significant signs of resurgence. The industrial production index for each of the first nine months of 1954 was below the some months of I053. but the index for October. Nmember and December was liiizlicr than that of the previous )'f'.'IT.

ilci-elit forecasts that capital in- vcslmenfs in Canada this year woillil rise six per cent over the , J9.-4 level was further proof there still were confident Canadian bus- inr.-.-nirn and governments. A can- IirlPl'lIllnn of these factors should . rrninve any apprehension of the immediate economic future of Can-

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Mr. St. Laurent said current grave international problems threaten the very existence of Canadians. The required defence build up to meet the threat ab- sorbed 40 per cent of the national budget and prevented total energ- ies being devoted to development of. resources and to perfecting soc- ial services.

Double Murder And Suicide

EDMONTON. (CPI-Police said a 30-year-old mother apparently shot and killed her husband and infant son as they slept early Tuesday in a downtown suite. Then she shot herself twice. the second time fatally.

The bodies of Yvonne Jensen. Alfred Jensen. the 47-year-old husband. and 15-month-old son. Ronald. were discovered ' by the woman's elderly father. George Anion. proprietor of a next-door cafe. The 70-year-old man found the bodies when investigating a .45-calibre bullet he discovered

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STRETCH-OUT

OTTAWA. (CPi-- The advisory council of the National Liberal Federation recommended Wednes- dsy.that the government appoast a commission to consider bringing Canadian radio and television broadcasting under an independ- ent regulatory tribunal.

The 225-delegate council. wind- ing up a three-day convention. proposed also that the government speed up established efforts to fight unemployment and to get greater cooperation from indus- try to establish new factories and products to eliminate long periods of unusual unemployment.

The council also asked that the government implement a compre- hensive contributory health insur- ance scheme as soon as agree- ments can be reached with prov- inces and that legislation be brought in to ensure that women get as much pay as men for equal work in employment fields under federal jurisdiction.

These proposals were among 22 resolutions unanlmoiisly approved by the delegates and made public after private sessions were com- pleted. '

INDEPENDENT COMMISSION

The council said it generally commends the government for its radio and television policy. but recommended that an independent commission be appointed to ex- amine the whole current situa- tlon.

It asked that the ommission look into the "advisability of es- tablishing a iegulatoy tribunal not connected in any way with any operating broadcasting sta- tion or stations" make recommendations as to whether such a tribunal should be set up.

At present. regulation of radio and television broadcasting is in the hand of the publicly-owned

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Liberal Federation Asks Radio, TV Commission; Action On Unemployment

Carin. Opposition demands that

slstently rejected by the govern- ment.

on unemployment. the uncil said the government "has organ- ized the economy so that there will be no long periods of un-

done through social security bene- fits. encouraging of housing con- struction and assistance in the development of big projects.

ACCELERATE POLICY-

lt recommended that this policy be continued and if possible an- celerated and that greater co- operation be developed with pri- vate industry to promote indus- try expansion and shorter periods of unusual ' yment.

The council reiterated its con- fidence in the leadership of Prime Minister St. Laurent.

It dbserved that bu dgaiing against the cost of illness is at present beyond the financial means of a large number of Can- adians and proposed implement- ing a contributory health insur- ance scheme to be administered by the provinces.

Pariiame-nit 1 At A Glance

By THE CANADIAN PRESS Wednesda

Defence P r o d u c t i o n Minis- ter Howe reported arms produc- tion expendltures in 1954 totalled .009.200.000. down from 1953. The Commons gave final ap- proval to 558,034,000 in supplemen- tary estlmates. boosting I954-55 spcndlng to 34.567.724.000, a peace time record. John Pa1lett,(P,C--Peel) pccused

WASHINGTON (AP) - Pres- ident E' ” has i t' ed an oblique rebuke to Admiral Robert 1!. Carney with a. declara- tion that too much speculation about war does not serve world peace and tranquillity.

Carney, chief of U.S. naval op- erations. has been named as the source of predictions that war may start in the Formosa strait around April 15.

To prophesy when a war is go- ing to break out. Eisenhower told a press conference Wednesday. is to assume an accuracy of infor- mation never yet attained by a country that was to be ttacked.

The president said e cannot say. because he doesn't know. that there will not "be an attack from April 15 onward on the Na- tionalist-held Matsu islands. off

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Lawrence Ready For N

QUEBEC (CPI-It. Lawrence rilcr navigation season opens of- lil'lH”y at midnight April 1 but "ulx the lighthouse keepers are ready.

Tr-navort denlrtment officials said Wednesday an unseasonal cold spell has created dangerous we conditions. Buoys have not hi-on placed and pilot service would not he ilp to per until lee conditions improved. '

looks as if the lighthouses will blink at s ti-emc.b..-. I-1...; ”'ll"' 0103' light up. a port eu- llmflly said. Their operators took over last week.

Coming Events

"Mammoth nsoccaata daaoe rm-um. Thursday, larch list.

"Croklnole Perv. Wbeetlw liver. Friday. Apil let

"C eheed-Btaahope commit!- i1i.y1 cgdcitt suraoola inn. An-ll

"We can do your custom - llls and axial now. at our - lelietown M . P. L Harris. lower Queen-ltuet.

"Cake 8110. loose & Ielad.

Ilturday. April - ass. 1 o'clock. by algae w. r.

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' river in one of the worst condi-

lines

the Chinese mainland.

River Not avigation

The 22-ton pilot boat Abraham Martin which carries pilots to Pointe au Pare. ill) miles down- l'lVll'. whore they meet incoming ocean vessels. remained in port Wednesday. She was to have left Tuesday.

A second pilot boat. the 133-ton Citadel, is undergoing drydock repairs and will be out of serv- ice until April 4.

IUOYI STILL UNPAINTED

Capt. G. E. Gaudreault. depart- ment of transport marine agent here. said ice began to form late Inst week and worsened during the weekend blizzard. Buoys. to have been placed this week. still are buried in snow on wlisrves and unellnted. .

The cold spell has placed the

lion! in Quebec's navigation hie-

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Of War; Rebukes Admiral

I "But I do say." he added. "that if anyone is predicting it will be that soon . . . they have infor- mation that I do not have."

NO REPRIMAND

While Eisenhower told a press conference that Carney will not IJG reprimanded "by me" he also said that:

"I do not believe that the peace of the world. the tranquillity of the world. is being served at this moment by talking too much in terms of speculation about such things."

Shortly after Eisenhower's press conference. D e f e n c a Secretary Wilson ordered defence officials to submit to him in advance any press releases. -speeches. photo- graphs or "other lnforrnaiirln” on military matters they prepare for publication.

A Pentagdn spokesman said this dld.not apply specifically to Car- ney but that it would tend to discourage off-the-record remarks.

OTHER TOPICS

The press conference ranged over these other topics:

I-lormo The president said he does not believe the cause of Peace in to be served by making any further commitments about American intentions regarding the long-range defence of the Chinese Nationalist stronghold.

Big Four Eisenhower said again he would do anything, meet on any basis. "as long as war are not. in so doing. creat- ing an impression we think Is damaging." He said. though. that there would be "many dangers" in something of a social meeting. without any agenda, at a four- power conference of American. British. French and Soviet lead- UYI. Q

efnment business. The Senate will s

brosdcasting be shifted to an in- ' dependent body have been per- '

usual unemployment for those ' who want work." It said this was I

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Captain FI"dl1Cla' B. Caldwell, I-C.D., tt.C.N., will carry out the lannual inspection of the naval es- gtablishment at H.M.C.S. Queen lCfIEI.'l0l.l.e on April 13. Arriving by lplane” at 4:45 p.m. he will make his inspection of naval personnel lat 8:00 p.m.

Captain Caldwell who is years of age started his naval career at the age of 17 when he enrolled as a cadet at Royal Mili- tary Collcge in Kingston, Ontario. After several years spent with the Royal Navy. in 1939 he assumed command of the Canadian de- stroyer II. M. C. S. Saguenay and later the H.M.C.S. St. Laurent. Sn-"sequent commands were with the destroyer "Athabaskan" and the cruiser "Ontario". His pro- Emotions have been consistent throughout the years until on July 1. 1954 he was raised to the rank of Captain at the age 30.

Potato Tail"

The Commons will consider gov-

Expe;-Rood To Village Open Today

STE. CBOIX DE LOTBINIERE. Que. (CP)-A powerful bulldozer Wednesday Joined two snowblow-

lodzsd in. 8 bstllrooni will of his Canadian... . .. por.a- .,t.tu,ispm't...d.Q9 en! -ull- :g?.e”I:a swlgiclktaken to hospital gun Wtlllcll re to Parliament fE:'":1"hln-':' 9;l3:'l:lflE:E3:,lr l.I;rpocl0tl'I- V .uhM Mum produce n. E . roug Revenue Minister Mo 0 ... . D said tn; gun. lntcrggled 1;. (hp luul, . f' vgm-3,. -... 1." t A t regarding the general P ' d become a "rubber stamp" far "V. at ement on tariffs”. said Mr. a ernment legislation, Donald A. MacDonald. chairman Tlsugdsy of the P.I:.1. Potato Marketing

Board, last night. "They are particularly interested in what chances there are of having the present Canada-U.S. structure changed."

Mr. MacDonald said that while no changes have been made as a result of negotiations. any coun- try is now free to withdraw any of the tariff concessions it made to any of the treaty countries

Growers Keenly Watching

after negotiations. during which some compensation must be of- fered ln lieu of the requested change. If no compensation is of-

ers for I final assault on two miles deep. hard-packed snow-the last barrier between Ste. Crolx and the outside world it has been- segeratencl from for lordaiys. - nu ma. mayor o t is snow- Me

bound. hungry village. said Wed-ipfove n can nesday night the nine-mile road tolLsVQ on SQQ waffr Laurier station should be openedl

completely sonle time this morn-1 BREST. France. (Reuters) -Al ing. Work continued all night. lliardy little band of French navy The village has been.wrapped lnlmcn have proved that ship- ! Sh!" 0' "101" Ill!” 8 WEN Ill-H wrecked sailors can stay alive by last Monday as a result of threelm-inking ... wne,-, surgeon. saledrlven Itorxns Food Iunplleslcommsnder Pierre Aury reported dwindled to the point where ihelgpuesday,

arish priest. Rev. Alexsndre De-g Aury and 10 other nencl. navy lols. asked parishioners at Sun- personnel-two officers and eight day mass to eat no more than nec- menmhad spent up to six days on "53'V- F"el- P'l'"c"l"ly 9"- '5 a tossing rubber raft to find out being shared among neighbors will now shipwrecked seamen can sur- there are no fresh meat or vei-lvlve. He claimed Tuesday that 9”” "' lsalt water, believed by many to

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l But Aury added it must be Viscount. fifth of the British pro-'dl'""ll in Small l1UlPS. ilk! Wlll!ky- peller-turbine aircraft to be ferried. Allry Hlllnned llll I'M" 10 10 in Cgngdg for 1-.-.n...c.n..-1. Ah-.1.tumblers of sea water a day. the "nu, mw non..iop Tuumy from equivalent of half an ounce of. Blule, West One. Greenland, to salt. He explained that most per- Montreal. The plgne covered the sons normally consume. one-third 1.500 miles in four hours. 4!. min- at an ounce of salt a day.

utes. It's flying time fromiWls- When lhc experiment ended, the icy. in southern England. to Mont- 11 men had lost an average of real .was 12 hours and N minutes. ii" pounds.

British Join New

LONDON (AP)-Britain has as-

tabli bed a new defence llnkup

with Turkey and Iraq extending the defensive area of the north Atlantic pact to the Indian Ocean.

New accords were signed in

, Baghdad Wednesday to replace a

25-year British-Iraqi treaty with a new system of military co-opera- tlon.

Foreign Sei:l'elary Eden told the House of Commons these can

, serve as the "foundation of a gen-

eral defence arrangement in the middle east."

blocked Allied efforts to build up a military barricade against oom- munlsm in the Middle East. There were immediate signs that some Arab states intend to stiffen their resistance against the Turkish- Iraqi-British grouping.

.RIVAI. ALLIANCE l

A rival defensite alliance among Syria. Egypt and Salldi Arabia is in the works. Egypt. jealous of Iraqi influence in the Arab world. has sponsored the project.

Iraq is the first Arab state to align itself with the West in the lbuildup against communism. The eventual Allied aim is to extend

the Turkish-Iraqi alliance through neighboring Jordan and Iran to

NEW cosrnxasun WHEAT

PEMBINA. N.D. iCPi .- Cus- toms officials at this border town say they are facing the greatest wave of smuggling from Canada

in 1933. Selkirk wheat-not liquor -now is the contraband flowing southward across the border they said Tuesday. To date. 1.000 bush-

heen seized.

:.Ttends

feI'ed.'then the country affected can retaliate by imposing a tariff on some item or by increasing the existing rate."

"As an example." he said. "If this principle were applied to potatoes, the Canadian Govern- ment could propose to put a tar- iff on potatoes coming to Can- ada from the United States

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Dismiss I02 Como Strait Employees

MULGBAVYI. N. S.. ((:P)-- The CNR dismissed I02 Csnso strait district employees Wednesday be- cause the ferries on which they work will be idlcd in May by the causeway linking Cape Breton is- land to the Nova Scotia mainland

The dismissals were contained in individual letters to personnel from Capt. R. H. Worthen. CNR marine services supervisor at Moncton. They are effective May 14 at 11:59 p.m.

The railway expects to move its first train over the I'M;-mile-long causeway about May I. Work on the canal and swing bridge near the Cape Breton shore is nearing an end.

No Decision On Benefits Date

OTTAWA (CPi -- Labor Min- ister Gregg said Wednesday the government has not decided whether supplementary unemploy- ment-lnsurance benefits should be extended beyond April 15.

He was asked in the Commons by Joseph Noseworihy lCCI-'-- York South) whether this is being considered. The supplementary benefits-providing additional cov-

since American prohibition. ended 1

els of the rust-resistant wheat-have G.

imany employees at work as were

Middle East Pact

Pakistan. which already has a mil- itary treaty with Turkey.

These countries form the north- ern tier of the weakly guerded Middle East. Within their frontiers lie the great Arabian nil-fields which help to keep the wheels of Western life revolving.

Housilhg Project ?For Moncton

r . l Arab nationalism had heretofore OTTAWA (Cp)- Pmmspd '0" l

structlon of 110 houses for use of defence personnel at Moncton. N.B.. was announced Wednesday by Henry Murphy. Liberal Cum-

Mr. Murphy said in an inter- view he has been advised by Works Minister Winters that ten-

ders ior the buildings should be called six to eight weeks from now. The contract would be a-

the calling of tenders.

The homes are in he hiiill for Central lilnrlizagc and HDIISIHQ .(Iorporalion. the federal govcrli- ment's housing agency.

Report Co-op. Textile Mill Doing Well

FRI-IDERICTON IFPI - Mill- town's co-operative textile mill is doing well. members of the legis- lature learned Wednesday.

The information was passed on to the municipalities committee by F. Nicholson. QC. as he stated Milltownis case for a higher pollg tax. . l

Mr. Nicholson said it was his llndcrstandinn the mill now has as there when Textile Sales Ltd.. shut down last year. The big plant no-opened as a co-operative ven-g ture not long afterwards. I

The St. Stephen barrister said he understood the co-op is pro- greasing "very successfully." But to help bring about this end. the town of Miliown had made cer- tain tax concessions which sharply reduced its revenues.

Milltown sought authority to in- crease its poll tax to not more than 540. and not less than 518 for male residents between 21 and 05. The fee would he 34 between 65 and 70 years. with the tax ending at that age.

The committee approved the town's petition.

mons member for Westmurl-laud,

warded about three weeks after