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Matheson announced his survey into‘ the high price of farm 1fiaC'I1Il'I€'I‘y, Leo Rossitei‘/(l3_C_ second Kings) said yesterday he was certain that not one . dealer on the Island had been
contacted by the committee ap- pointed to inquire into the mat-
_ter_ He said ‘the whole thing is at big blubb,”
0 MI‘, Rossiter said dealers for ;‘»'three of the major machinery ."_coinpan1es operating in the Pro- vince have given up their agen- ‘“- cies; during-the past year or so. - In his opinion this was not an yindication that “there was any fortune to be made in the busi- -I; ness.”
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*‘.Et No progress in the probe can _-be made‘ on a provincial level, ~, Mr.‘ Rossiter thought. ‘It might ’-‘be a good thing to bring before
when it comes here," he added, to the Province, the Second
-;'Kings member recalled that ._PreI;m'er -Matheson a year ago
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. _(AP)
~;,‘lThe United States fired its third ..-.-jsatellite into orbit Wednesday but -ithe‘new‘est man-made moon may
:exist .only a few days in space. ' Explorer III, an 80 - inch-long .metal tube six inches in diameter ” with: instruments d e s i g n e d to
_ solve some of the secretar of the
outer atmosphere, was blasted aloftby the U.S. army's Jupiter- C rocket/at 12:38 p.m. EST. Four hours later, Maj. - Gen. John B. Medaris, head of the -army ballistic missile program, said the satellite probably will plunge to its death in a maximum
= ‘- of two weeks.
V It may come down in two days, Medaris told a press conference,
_ adding that this is “only an esti-
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' -man scientist who developed the
' Jupiter-C, said the satellite will ¢’w§g‘vas close as ‘ _, , "its wobbly'ol*Iait. ' 7
5&5 is a much closer approach
than; any of the other satellites had made. It means that Ex-
- olorer III soon will be dragged
down by the earth’s gravity.
For more than two tense hours after the rocket streaktd sky- wardfi with a thunderous roar, scientists waited to hear whether the 31-pound moon had gone into orbit.
Not until 3 pm. did Mr. Rich- ard Porter, chairman of’ the tech- nical panel of the U.S. earth satel- lite program, report in Washing- ton that the satellite was orbit- ing and had completed its first trip around the earth in 121 min- utes.
THIRD SUCCESS
It, was the third U.S. success since Russian announced its .- test venture in space-—-tl1e.firing of Sputnik II, a 1,118-pound satel- lite with a dog aboard.
, A rainstorm lashed Cape Cana- : veral this morning but it did not 3 Interfere with the systematic
blew Safely Measures Not Reassuring To Bomber Crews
WASHINGTON (AP) — New safety measures ordered to pre- vent an-y further accidental drop- Ding of nuclear bombs appar- ently reassure everyone except th‘e__ bomber crews.
Ihe chances probably are low that the crew could jettison a
ll0ll’tb quickly if plane trouble
Were to develop during the crit-
fial moments of takeoff or land- g.
It is understood that Strategic
‘Command bombers now tak-
I : 4"l‘E-of>f from American and over- ' ‘-5838 bases have nuclear weapons
firmly attached that (wrenches Ffllfscrewdrivers are needed to are the bombs for release. -Ence a bomber is at altitude gcruising, a crew might have "to disconnect the safety _de' » ' and clear the way for Jet- ~...g a bomb in event of j _,ble.
“ ‘nut the periods of greatest hoard in flight are during take- Wfywihen engine failure or loss V! power can occur, and in the §llIa,- phase of approach for land- IE’. No rnun
Here there would be no time
' .301” the air crew to unfasten
“Ifety devices and rid the plane Of its TNT trigger for the nu- °1e1=l!' bomb. The airmen would have to ride the plane — and “heir luck—«to a landing.
A safer bomb fastening actu- ‘lly answers only one part of
8 potential accident problem.
Aircraft accidents, rather than bomb release troubles, h a ve Willised most of the dozen or so ‘°,°_ident,s involving planes carry-
Wernher Von Braun, the Ger-
LEO ROSSITER, M.L.A.
put the blame for insufficient
“If he was so ready to give the blame to the members last year why is he not just as ready togive the credit to the M.P.‘s thls year?” he asked.
Turning his attention to the Provincial Treasurer, Mr. Ros- s1t_er said he was greatly sur- Drised and he was sure the farm- ers of the Island would be dis- appointed to read of Mac- Donald’s recommendation that margarine be brought into the province for sale_
He said the farmers were try- ing to build up their dairy herds and in so doing would be greatly handicapped if margarine were to go on sale in the Province_
Mr_ MacDonald: ‘It wouldn’t hurt anybody_ The smaller amount ‘of butter we would use as a result would have no ef- fect whatsoever on the price farmers would receive_”
The member from Morell felt that the Newfoundland trade could be greatly expanded if “a proper selling job were done". He said other provinces had a
grants. “squarely on the should-
count-down of the dependable, 70- foot Jupiter-C.
Inside Explorer 1-11 are two ra- dio transmitters. Their message-s will help to determine in the final analysis whether it will be pos- sible in time for men to travel to the moon, mars and other plan- ets.
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IfSjh.or’r Life Is Predicted For Third Yank Salellile
of 108.03 mega-cycles. The other on 108 megacycles.
Something new in Explorer III is a tiny memory unit which can store up information on cosmic rays and, on radio command, transmit it back to earth on a tape recorder.
Cannery Al Middleton To
Remain Closed,
MIDDLETON, N. 5., ~— (CP) — Operations of the Canadian Canners Limited plant here will be suspended for 1953, it was ‘an- nounced Wednesday night. The company is the town’s major in- dustry and one of the biggest canners in Nova Scotia’s An- napolis Valley.
Mayor M. P. Armstrong said a .‘.I'etter. .-h'e.wreceived' from the company's head office in Hamil- ton notified him that large in- ventories made necessary the production stoppage. Date of the planned suspension was not dis- closed.
The plant, opened in 1936, em- ployls about 200 persons from July through October. Between 50 and 75 persons are employed in the off season. The letter said only a skeleton staff would be retained in the label and ship- ping departments.
Among products canned here are apples, strawberries, blue- berries, peas, beans, squash and pumpkins.
SNIPERS SILENCED
JERUSALEM (Reuters) — An Israeli army ‘spokesman said Wednesday Sy-nan snipers fired intermittently for several hours Tuesday and Wednesday on Is- raeli workers south of Lake Hula. Israeli border pohce opened up
on the snipers and silenced them. There were no Israeli casualties, the spokesman said.
ing bombs. The Planes ha“ crashed ‘with the bombs aboard or, in one instance, the crew de- liberately jettisoned a_ bomb aflief a collision 111 the air near Sa- vannah, Ga., last month-
As far as is shown, Only t‘lV° cases of malfunctlion of bomb is- lease mechiah-1-sun have occurre . although air force planes have been carrying bombs .f01‘ 3 d°Ze“ years, and scores or hundreds _of them now make patrol or train- ing missions each day VVW1 “'1' clear weapons aboard.
Because of the nature of nu- clear weai>ons. 1'10 n'11‘°1ea1‘ ex‘ plosion has occurred in any of the crashes or accidental drops. although TNT used in the trigger exploded in one case. Thebombs must be armed, III the airborne plane, before nuclear detonation can occur.
Head Injuries Killed Salesman
SHELBURNE, N. S. (CP>— A coroner's .lU1‘y ruled Werfmes” day that salesman Vlllfred Crouse of New Minas, N. S-. died of multiple head inluI‘i€S-
Two local youth. Robert Boudreau. 16. and Aubrey B13‘ des, 17, were charged with the murder of the 25-year-old travel- ler after discovery of his body on the town’s outskirts, March 17I?relimina1‘y hearing °f the charges adjourned last week to allow fiirther investigation, is slated to resume here today
Oscar Awards Announced
HOLLYWOOD (AP) Alec Guinness Wednesday night was named best actor of 1957 by the motion picture academy for his role in The Bridge on the River Kwai. )
Actress Jean S i mm o n 5 ac- cepted the award ‘for Guinness who is in England.
Best s p ec i al effects —— The Enemy’ Below, Walter Rossi.
Ed Hawonth (set direction—Rob- ert Priestly).
Best film editing-The Bridge on the River Kwai.
Best music scoring The Bridge on the River Kwai, Mal- comb Arnold. '
Best achievement in cinemato- graphy—-The Bridge on the River Kwai, Jack Hildny-arcl.
Best foreign language picture- The Nights of Cab-iria, Dino De Laurentis Production (Italy).
Best screenplay based on ma- terial from another medium- The Bridge on the River Kwai, Pierre Boulle.
Best story and screenplay writ- ten directly for the screen—De- signing Woman, Gerge Wells.
Best costume design Les Girls, Orry-Kelly.
Best song—-All The Way from The Joker Is W-ild.
Eden To Stay On The Riviera
LONDON (Reuters) — Sir An- thony Eden, 60, plans to stay in a villa on the French Riviera this summer, sources close to the former prime minister said Wed- nesday.
Eden, who resigned in Janu- ary, 1957, because of ill health, is writing his memoirs. I _
He and his w-ife now are living near Newbury, in Berkshire, 50 miles from London.
WASHINGTON ‘ (AP) — Presi- dent Eisen.hower’s space scien- Lists offered a “rough estimate” Wednesday night of the cost of sending a man to the moon: A couple of billion dollars.
The president issued a 4,000- word Introduction to Outer Space, a summary of the prob- lems and prospects of space tech- nology prepared by his science advisory committee. He said:
“This is not science fiction. This _is a sober, realistic presen- tation prepared by leading scien- tists."
KNOWLEDGE AVAILABLE
The emphasis of the document was heavy an the vast scientific knowledge to be gleaned from un- manned and manned probes into space.
The treatise was prepared by the 18 members of the advisory committee, headed by Dr. James R. Killian.
Here are some of the things
(Thursday l ~
scientists say:
One broadcast on a frequency "
“Reduced imports of Cana- dian fish to the United States under previously existing tariff rates has given cause for ser- ious alarm”, said Hon. Dougald MacKinnon, Minister of Fish- eries speaking in the Legisla- ture yesterday.
Mr. MacKinnon quoted ’from a Fisheries Council Bulletin which states that on February 14 the U. S. Bureau of Customs reduced the import quota on fresh and frozen groundfish fil- lets andt steaks from 37, 375, 636, lbs to 35,892,221 lbs under the 1 7-8 cents duty. It is the first significant decline since 1951. I
The quota is arranged on a basis of 8,972,055 quarterly and when ever each quarterly quota has been reached the duty jumps to 2 1-2 cents per pound.
Reviewing the tariff situation regarding the export of fish to the United States, Mr. Mac- Kinnon said that efforts have been afoot for some time among
_ "Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew” :0 PAGES , "'""""°" " ““°-»".‘l...‘i‘.“:....“‘3‘.’..t?.'. "" "°" °‘“°' CHARLOTTETOWN CANADA, THURSDAY, 27, 1953 "'°l,,,",§‘,’,"" FIVE CENTS Machinery Price Survey Is a I I A ~ I E d O O 7% u -c ' _ . .. ~ “Bluff”, Says Rossrfer S L V
U.S. Cutln Fish Imports
Quota Is I‘/2 Million Pounds Less Under Present Tariff
HON. MR. MacKINNON
teres-ts for some time in an ef-
fort to prevent such a move. He said a great deal of money has been spent by Canadians to hold the duty as it was.
He told of an urgent call he received last summer from two
of the largiest fish dealers in the (Continue on page 10 col. 1)
American fisheries interests to have the tariff increased. “Some would have our products barred altogether," he said. ‘ DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS _
The Minister said Canadian Fisheries people have been cur- rying favour with American in-
‘INCLUDED IN the guests and
officers taking part in the an- niversary dinner of the Royal Canadian Air Force Association, No. 201 (Confederation) Wing at
night were: LEFT —- W. Black, speaker’: S-L Lafferty and G-C W. H. Swetman, C. 0., R. C. A. F. Station, Summerside, J. M. Larabee, retiring president and David Lecky, president-elect.
Install President Al R.C.A.F.
Opposed To U. S. Sloppage ‘Of Canadian Sale
CALGARY (CP) —— Agriculture Minister Harkness said Tuesday night the United States has “no right or authority” to prevent
Want Potatoes Under New Act
The Prince Edward Island Legislature will ask the Federal Government to include potatoes in the list of named commodi- ties in the Farm Price Support Bill number 23'/.
the Charlottetown Hotel last
Canada Reveals Im/migrants Cannot Enter Via The U. S.
Best "a'rt"'fi'i'i'”ectio'n‘—‘-S’:iy‘(Jnara,'
Canadian companies from export- ing goods to Communist China.
Answering a question at a pol- itical for-um, he said -the Conserv- ative party would take steps to avoid a recurrence of the recent stoppage of Canadian export of ca.rs to China.
The VU_.S. vernm.ent,_ recently
"Bracken".-.1”sa‘é"6r“’i;ooo cars‘ to‘
China by Ford of Canada.
“It is unfortunate that there is American control over a subsid- iary llke this,” Mr. Harkness said.
He said if the U.S. continues to restrict oil imports from Alberta, the Canadian government will have to establish import quotas to counter the action.
Boyfriend Of Princess Denies‘
‘Romance Rumor
LONDON (CP) — Billy Wal- lace, sometimes dubbed the “old faithful” of the Princess Mar- garet set because he’s about the only bachelor left, now is deny- ing reports of a new romance~ this time with a Canadian girl.
Wallace admits, says the Daily Mail, that he saw a lot in his recent Nassa—u visit of Louise Tay- lor, pretty daughter of Toronto industrialist E. P. Taylor.
“It's a tight little island and one sees lots of people fre- quently,” the wealthy, 31-year-old Wallace is quoted as saying. But there’s “no romance.’
Wallace recently returned to London from Nassau. He has been one of Princess Margarets
David Lecky was installed as president of the R. C. A. F. As- sociation No. 201 (Confedera- tion) Wing at the eighth ani- versary dinner held at the Char- lottetown Hotel last night, at which the retiring president, J. ‘M. Larabee was chairman.- ~ »
The dinnermeeting, which was ‘followed by the annual dance of the Association brought to- gether 175 members and their wives in a most enjoyable with
Ass’n. Anniversary Dinner
|friendship and -affability as the
dominant note.
The guest speaker was Mr. W. Black of the Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys, Otawa who is on loan to the Defence Re- search Board. Mr. Black, by the aid of. a large map, explained the‘ object of the survey"-hem is ‘conducting over the River and Gulf area of St. Lawrence and down through Nnrthumberland Straits. The aircraft and/ per- (Continued on Page 10, C01 4.)
TORONTO (CP) -— Sale of the Toronto Star, largest daily news- paper in Canada, was approved by the Ontario Supreme Court Wednesday for the highest price ever reported paid for a single newspaper property.
A $25,555,021 offer by the Haw- thorn Publishing Company ,. was endorsed by Mr. Justice J. L. McLennan after a two-hour ‘wear- ing. ,
- Ha /thorn Publishing is a new company set up‘ by five trustees of the Atkinson charitable foun- dation—Jose-ph S. Atkinson, Wil- liam J. Campbell, Ruth Atkinson Hindmarsh, Burnett M. Thall and Beland H. Onderich—and Harry A. Hindmar-sh, a grandson of
the Star before his death.
Mr. Justice McLennan said the Hawthorn Company will agree that if tlienewspaper or any of its assets are resold within the next five years any profit from such sale will revert to the Atkin- son Charitable Foundation which
steadiest boyfriends over the years.
1. Study of the moon through use of instrumented robots rock- eted up there could interest sci- entists for many decades — but r/nan is such an “adventurous creature” that he can’t resist go- ing, to see for himself. Manned flight to the moon, with return journey, might not arrive in this cen»tury—-or it might come within one or two decades. It will de- pend on how rapidly the program is pushed.
2. How much money? “Accord- ing to one rough estimate it might require a total investment of about a couple of billion dol- lars, to equip ourselves to land a man on the moon and to re- turn him safely to earth.” A couple of billion dollars was the cost for developing the first atomic bomb.
3. Even before journeynig to the moon, to Mars or to Venus. the artificial earth satellites can provide vast benefits for man. Two or three weather-watching satellites could survey the whole
has held controlling interest in
Joseph E. Atkinson, publisher of;
Toronto Star Sale For 25 ‘Million Approved By Court
the newspaper enterprise since Mr. Atkinson’s death, NO QUICK PROFIT
The condition was proposed by Hon. R. L. Kellock, counsel for Hawthorn Publishing, who said it would give assurances that the company was not buying the paper to realize a quick profit.
Following Mr. Kellock’s pres- entation of the F".vthorn offer C. F. H. Carson, counsel for the public trustee of Ontario, -alled it “fair and reasonable.”
In approving the sale, Mr. Jus- tice McLennan said: “the argu- ment has been clear and leaves no doubt in my mind that appro- val should be granted.”
Mr. Atkinson, who died in 1948, decreed in his will that control- ling interest of The Star be held by the Atkinson Charitable Foun- dation which he had set up prior to his death. '
Previous record price for a single newspaper property was $18,000,000 paid by Cyrus H. K. Curtis for ‘he Philadelphia In- quierer in 1930.
Two Billion To Send Man To Moon, Is US Eslimale
globe in a few hours, tell of gath-llf we are to test this intriguing
ering storms, spot hurricanes and chart their direction. They can provide virtually trouble-free re- lay points to link the earth's com- munications.
They will provide answers to the question of how intense is cosmic radiation from space.
From them, science can peer with undistorted vision out into space to see “new sights forcver hidden from observers who are bound to the earth.”
4. Before man jumps to the moon or Mars, he should first look to see where he leaps. “We shall want a really sharp view before launching the first rocket to Mars."
5. “While the moon Is believed to be devoid of life. even the simplest and most primitive, this cannot be taken for granted. Some scientists h-avesuggested that small particles with the properties of life -—— germs or
spores--could exist in space and could have drifted to the moon.
hypothesis we must be careful not to contaminate the moon’s surface, in the biological sense, beforehand. There are strong sci- entific reasons, too, for avoiding radioactive contamination of the moon until its naturally acquired radioactivity can be measured."
This is indicated in a resolu- tion appearing on the order; paper. The motion is sponsored by Harvey Douglas (Liberal Second Kings) and seconded by
William Acorxi (Liberal First Kings). In addition to asking the
above, the resolution laskswtllél _th‘e"fI*oor price otifiotatoes b_e_,_in relationship to the cost of pro- duction rather than 80 per cent of the average price paid in the lastten years. '
Yesterday. Opposition Leader ‘ Bell through a question on the order paper gave notice that he will ask Premier Matheson whether it is the intention of the Government to allow. margarine to be sold in the Province or is it the intention of the Govern- ment to amend the law to allow possession and sale of margar- ine ll‘l Prince Edward Island.
Mr. Bel1’s question explains that the query is being made in the light of a statement made by a Government Minister (Hon. Mr. MacDonald) concerning the presence of margarine in the Province.
Bank Bandits Get $20,000
QUEBE C(CP )— Two armed men held up a lowertown branch of the Banque d’Economie de Quebec just before closing time Wednesday and escaped with be- tween .$18,000 and,$20,000, police reported.
There were two customers .in the bank when the men entered, revolvers in their hands, and or-
dered a teller to hand over the, money. *
New Jobs Let In Gagelown. Area
\ FREDERICTON, 13., —(CP) ~— Shortly before noon. Wednes- day Chester MacRae, Pro- gressive Conservative candidate for York Sunbury _constituen~cy. Announced two additional build- ing contracts for Camp Gage-
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OTTAWA (CP)——The immigra- tion department announced Wed- nesday that entry visas and med- ical cards will be withheld from most overseas immigrants at- tempting to enter Canada "in the United States.
The department. said instru‘_c_.-, tions havetbeen, to inimi- gra-tion officers overseas to with- hold these documents u-nless im- migrants can prove they have booked transportation on a ship or aircraft proceeding directly to a Canadian port of entry.
Last July the ‘department asked transportation companies not to book immigrants unless they were bound directly to Canada. At that time the department said ports of entry on the Canada-U. . border are not equipped -o handle large numbers of immi- grants.
A department official said the transportation companies did nothing to reduce the flow of Canada — bound immigrants to U.S. ports. The department last October then issued a directive that immigrants from overseas be landed at Canadian ports. -
NEED EVIDENCE
A department spokesman said Wednesday that "unfortunately some transportation companies have not seen fit to co—operate.” As a -result they were informed March 24 that Canadian visa of- ficers abroad will withhold visas and medical cards from immi- grants unless they produce evi- dence they are going directly to a Canadian port of entry. ,
Exceptions will be made for immigrants travelling from Asia or countries from which there is no direct transportation to Can- ada, immigrants who booked pas- sage before March 10 for travel via the U.S., self-paying immi- grants accompanied by a Cana- dian citizen or legal resident of Canada who is a member of the immigrant’s immediate family and is himself returning to Can-
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ada via the U.S., and immigrants
who would suffer undue hardship by travelling a direct route.
The latter group would include immigrants who have urgent rea- son to be in Canada. by a certain date and cannot book direct pas- sage to arrive on time. These im- _!nlg;‘§,1_1ft,<; _‘_andi«, ‘self-“paying immi- .. 1,,S....3;¢'Q0l1l)li3lli?§Iby. .a mem- ber of their immediate family must obtain the approval of the department to travel to Canada via the U.S. '
/U.K. Byeleclion Scheduled Today; Gov’l. May Lose
LONDON (CP) —— Prime Min- ister Macmillan’s government is threatened today with the loss of its third Parliamentary seat in six weeks.
Despite a majority of more than 9,000 in the 1955 general election, .the government is en- countering heavy weather in its effort to retain the Devensh-ire constituency of Torrington.
Even though the Liberals have not contested the seat since 1950, public opinion polls give a clear lead to their candidate, Mark Bonham Carter, over‘ Anthony Royle, his government opponent a National Liberal and Conserv- ative party candidate.
‘Mrs. D-iefenloaker Forced To Rest
MONTREAL (CP)—-Mrs. John Diefen-baker, suffering since last Saturday from a recurring back ailment, is to leave her husband's election campaign tour Wednes- day for a few days’ rest in Ot- tawa. '
Mrs. Diefenbaker, t 1' o u b 1 e d periodically as a result of an old injury, is to rest at the prime minister’s official residence until Saturday when they are sched- uled to fly to Prince Albert, Sask.
town and the town of Oromocto.
Together they total about twoi million dollars. I
Mr. MacRae said that he had§ been advised by the Federal De-I partment of Public Works that a recommendation has been for- warded to the Treasury Board, approving the contract for the building of 187 new homes in the Oromocto area for army per-
MEANS PROVIDED 5 I
The scientists said the means for peaceful exploration of space has been provided by “the mili-V tary quest to rultra-long rangel rockets.” ‘ ‘
To put a. satellite weighing from half a ton to one ton into orbit will require a thrust of be- tween 200,000 and 400,000 pounds, said the committee. It added: “rocket engines able to supply this thrust have been under de- velopment for some time.”
There are, the scientists say, “important, foreseeable, military uses for space vehicles" in the field of communication and re- connaissance.
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‘sonnel and their families.
Montclair Construction Com- pauy of Montreal was the suc- cessful bidder for the job. Its bid totalled $1,850,000.
The second contract is for the extension of a railhead whare- house in the army camp area. The Newton Construction Com- pany of Sherbrooke, Quebec, was the successful bidder with $317,- 000.
BANK RATE DOWN
BRUSSELS (Reuters) — The National Bank of Belgium Wed- nesday announced a reduction in
I00 Million To Be Spent On
Defence Projects This Year
OTTAWA (CP) — Works Min- ister Green said Wednesday night that federal government expendi- tures on defence projects this year will total about $100,000,000.
He said these p r 0 j e c t s and other public works could have been postponed until later in the year or even longer but are being undertaken now to create employ- ment. .
The statements were included in the text of a recorded speech issued to the press before deliv- ery and broadcast from Ottawa over the CBC’s Dominion radio network.
Mr. Green said public works projects planned by the govern- ment would have been undertaken but not rushed.
“Now—to provide jobs — they
are being speeded L.p—and, in ad- tion, every other useful project
the Belgian bank rate to 4% per cent from 41.-'2‘, to take effect to- day. ‘
that can be built quickly by any department of the federal gcvei"
or has been approved and will shortly be under construction."
AID FOR PROVINCES
Referring to road building, he reiterated that the government is prepared to join with provincial governments in the construction of northern development roads. The government also would help the provinces in the building of main highways in addition to pro- viding help in the construction of the Trans-Canada Highway.
Mr. Green said about 25,000 homes new are under construc- tion across Canada as a result of government action to make more money available for loans for low- cost housing.
The housing activity had pro- vided jobs for more than 100,000 persons and had created work for thousands of other Canadians pro-
‘ucing lumber, furniture, hard- vare and other materials to
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