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e o ‘ mutton with

If It's Good For The Island The Guardian Is For It

who intimation

“Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew”

VOL. LXXVII. N0. 117

THE FRESHLY red-carpet- ed foyer of the newly com- pleted Memorial Theatre was the scene in Charlottetown last night. of the Dominion Drama Festival opening. Men in tails

Kamloops Theatre Group

III!“

Authorised Id Clue Department. om... “I

and women to evening goWns matched the resplendent new theatre. Host for the evening was rank MacKinnon, centre. president of the F a t h e r s of Confederation Memorial Foundation, who

let] for ply-ell

by the Poet (mine If m I- a.

himself could be called “father of Memorial Center.’ With him are Alan Holman. P.E.I. Centennial committee, Charlottetown. a nd Mrs Samuel Herscnhoren. Toronto. member of the DDF executive.

Praised For Performance

Before last night‘s ant-e. first of the 1964 Domm Drama Festival. Tom err. rector of the play Chips With Everything. said than Montreal cncoun-te group “almost insurmountable." t up until the curtainl npcnrd for the starting cerc-. monies workmen. stage crew andl clraning woan were hiisy hack- stazc trying to put the theatre Ill order. Not once before til

t h e

pinych able to conduct a com-

Minim-

were

plric rehearsal on the stage they 3“ throughout

equipment was installed barely‘shown its feeling at times quitct And the Kamloops pTA ovciwheimtingly.

urt'c a out. 0 use Lighting In rmc 'l'li-ontrc Wing had ('Omc the cx-j hailsting way across the

New Memorial Thea-ire Is Officially Opened

Rarcly rcady for its premiere. .and a night lhi-ama opened its doors to an audience fling that tonight the first group

d color-.to perform on this stage. and - Ithe play to open is from the (in stage for the. opening jfarthest province."

\lcmorial Theatre last

both distinguished an In]

ceremonies the r e d—tuniced i

band of the P.E.I. Regimentla few sat playing. The moment hadtswitchcd hack to English to ftl‘"l\'(‘(I. ‘ finish.

With it fluorish from thel Then. far spin the balcony. ‘and Dr. F a k MacKinnon. {came,. . _ound of the official almost solely responsible for;piper: emier Waiter Shaw

stepped forwardi from behind the dark curtains and began to address the large ‘ audience.

I “I welcome you all." he said. :Ttlnlglll is a double premiere. of this beautiful building.‘

I

tools 311- ‘ night.

‘with his wife took their front

tincntt from British Columbia to t the Festival off on its first

PRAISE BY ADJUDICATOR l Everyone backstage feared 9

wurs . Except the young actors them, selves. When it was all over," adjudicator Philip Hope-Wallace; summ rmance upr. “Let's not dice words. They ‘tlie cash have done extreme- Iy well." His words were greeted with ovation. for the audience! the evening had;

ere were small technical

con-'crrors in the performance, but‘

so of the. Dominion Festival. It is only fit-

He spoke. too. in French for minutes. and then

Governor W. J. MacDonald

row banged? seats. ' The band played the Maple. Leaf Forever and the last bars

‘of the Queen. and departed.

Mr. Hope-Wallace said, “these thing are not important. They were bound to happen here at. this first night.“ What was im- portant. he went on to say, was that the young company. most- ly highselioolers. manag bring across at least 75% of the moral of the play.

DlFFlCULT PLAY Playwright Arnold Wcsker f had written what the adjudi-1

cator called a "hot potato." a very difficult play. and a very

l tContinued on Page 3 Col. 3) mm :25. But some seats were won figare who stopped an Indian ‘3“‘055 the country by slim margins. raising the attack aimed at Montreal.

THEATRE JOB NEAR MIRACLE i

almost a miracle the Mem- orial was com- I pleted for last night's open- :lng production of the Dom- inion Drama Festival. . Sceptics had expressed the. , opinion frequently the dead- line could not be met but an extra push on the part of the builders accomplished the job on time. Finishing touches were being given al- t as the audience was arriving for last night's per- ance. 1

To some observers. it was ‘

Comments such m- l pressive. marvellous. breath- ‘ taking," were from members of audience. both those viewing the inter- ior for the first time and from others who had only

comparatively recently seen I it in a partially- completed .‘ state.

The show was on.

PREMIER SHAW DIVES VI'EWS

J“ r! .

Confederation is in serious danger of breaking up it Can- ada is established as separ- ate states without regard for an evenly distributed economic status, Premier Walter Shaw said Saturday night.

He was not disturbed by the posstbtlity of disintegration through bicultural or bilingual differences as be recalled thi "Wino nee film the same

its o lo Speaking Gaelic, N p

cial problems of The Island.

Premier Shaw said it got ‘opting out' of shared cost pro-’ be no postponement in the 50-

lowest percentage per capita of} all special grants He opposedl concentration of wealth in thel larger provinces while others were weakened and said this was not the “vision of the Founding Fathers." not laying down inflexible rifles. just trying to make provision for adjustments to even mat- ters.

"1 Premier was addressing «if closing dimer of the Com adtan ,o -

the pro-

wboie Confederation was begun-imam. W&m« 0M conference

an Nottingham! a not.

INSIDE TODAY

Birth. death 3. 10. Classified ..... in. it Cynics . . . . . . . . . . .. 17 Sport , . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 15.10 Flu ee. market- . . . . .. :0 Edit It . 4 K Queens. City s Sun ..l ..1

I

Noting larger provinces were!

grams so greater wealth would go there Premier said they

to lieutena I party

upower until recounts are com-{youths ome constituencies in l streets Monday from Lafont-ainejming or t 22 general election. .‘ Park to Place Ville Marie. wav- fine for open-int: CONBRGS. 01‘ WS- iting. Sunny skies favored most

I pleted in. 5

available on the value of the dead animals.

Danger To Confederation “an Seen From Another Area .

grounds. Some got out of the track area and galloped down nearby

.of their stalls ii barn or two

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1964.

Offensive In N. Iaos

By ANTOINE YARED VIENfl‘I-A‘NE IAP) — Pro-

northwest winds 15.

WEATHER

Sunny. little change in temperature:

Lou high 35 and

“mull?” SEVEN CENTS

20 PAGES

RBdSPUSh Apologies Tendered IPM

Over Reception AI Legion

t PARADE IMPRESSIVE

Communist Pathet Lao forces pushed an all-out offensive Mon- day to seize sole control of the Plaine des Jan-es region and. with it, northern Laos. ’ neutralist army was thrown into retreat.

p] 3' m

nds of Pathet Lao troops. striking at dawn behind a 24-hour artillery pounding. vaneed on a front several mil-as wide on the eastern fringe of the strategic plain. a barren pla- teau 110 miles northeast of Vientiane.

Moving out into the wooded hills, Pathet Lao forces over- ran the command post of neu- tralist Gen. Kong Le at Muong Phanh. six miles east of the Plaine. and drove neutralist de- fenders off Phou Kheng hill seven miles to the northeast. There was no word on casual- ties.

Kong Le.

B a u

a wiry little ex- retreated south- before the mountain the Communists after heavy fighting.

estern military observers, who flew to the battle zone to evacuate wounded and women and children, said Kong Le's new hilltop command post at Ban Khong a few miles south- west of Muong Phanh was also under attack. They said it was being evacuated and its fall was

An excellent view of the May de in Red Square in

lights of two Weeks spent in Russia. as recalled last night by Provincial Secretary .1. Da- vid Stewart.

He was one of atbout 40 prom- inent Canadian businessmen who visited several of Russia‘s largest cities and toured some of the outlying areas.

Western nations to get tickets.

He said he was “tremendous- ly impressed with the immen- sity of the parade. It took from 1

reviewing stand. One o the parade‘s bands was made no of L500 pieces." . Stewart added that Square is equivalent in size to

only a matter of hours.

Speculation Rife In Sask.

P mer,

Loaf On HolidaYI

REGINA (IP' —»- re i Woodrow Lloyd visits L. Han- hridge today. perhaps to start the constitutional process of ending his CCF government‘s 20-year reign in Saskatchewan.

Mr. Lloyd declined to specify be reason for his visit. giva

submit his government's resig- nation he id advise the remain in

intends to

the. April A final count of ballots last week by returning officers eon-

I‘firmed the Liberal party‘s Vic-I the park after a demonstration

by the same election-night

tory - 1 of 33 seats to the CCF's

possibility of recounts. The final standing showed one

Progressive Conservative mem-, demonstrate They said they felt‘

I...

. _ members are needed to control the Sit-seat legislature.

Premier Lloyd alsn meets to- day with Liberal Leader Ross_ Thatcher. who would be pre- mier in a Liberal government,1 Mr. Thatcher said he did not‘

;know why Mr. Lloyd requestedi lhhe meeting. i

28 Horses Lost In Fire ‘

LOUISVILLE. Ky. (AP) _I

JFire raced through 13 woodenI t barns . Track 'death of at least 28 thorough-J * bred horses.

at Miles

Park Race I Monday.

causing the g I

General Manager H o r a c e I Wade said 23 horses died in the 1‘

l‘ barns and five others were so

seriously injured they had to no destroyed. I.

He estimated damage to the: barns at $150,000. No figure. was 3

horses n the

streets and highways. s on

Grooms turned the horse

ahead of the spreading flames. Wade said after surveying the damage there probably would

day summer meeting scheduled to start Friday.

Moscow was one of the high-j

Mr. Stewart said the Cana-‘ . dians had a good stand to viewl Plcmre 0‘ 8 land 0‘ 220000000.

the parade, “which is unusualK Peoplei “RUSS”! appeared 10‘

Moscow's Red ,

Soviet Union Visit Called Fascinating

I Khrushchev. who was in Egypt but did meet the "number-two" man in Russia. Anastas Miko iyan. "we had a question and :answer period with him." said ‘ r. Stewart, “and he appear- ed to the a very acute and ITI‘ . tent politician."

Mr. Stewart called his tour t"fascinating and one of the ' most fantastic I have been on." :He said that while it is diffi- cult to see in 14 days a true

be a land of tremendous con- . trasts." .. y phasis is placed on cleanliness 1 in city streets but sanitary fa-

0 am. to 2.45 pm. to pass the cilities in hotels leave much to f

be desired. Hotels are not up to our standards."

Russians still line up at stores for food. While stores are. open regular hours. food goes on

Charlottetown. I the day. “Housing is n tremendous MET MIKOYAN tproblem in Russia." said Mr. I The group was unable to Stewart. “with the average i tContinued on page 10. col. 4)

Imeet Soviet Premier lel'fl

I'Mosi Ca

I I

I. BY THE CANADIAN PRESS ‘ The weather was fine

'ing over most of the three-do Victoria Day holiday weekend.

won nt o governor the COP Most Canadians leafed. InIRiver. ' about 150: he w orig theistillalittle

however. a 1

Montreal. marched

ing flags.

for rise to speculation rather than loafing or vigorous demonstrat-

nadians

overlooking

I

about two blocks in downtown: sale Just at certain times of‘

I

I In Quebec. sunny skies drew; large crowds to such well-known. ‘outdoor centres as the Plains of; Abraham and Dufferrin Terrace. ' the St. Lawrence'

fiber in Ontario wasl cool for mass swim-1 beach parties but was‘

t I The group marched off from‘ of the province Monday, marred-

‘in front of a statue of Dolla des Ormeaux. a 17th - century

le tice earlier they planned to

Victoria Day should be renamed

“Dollard "

Traffic across bee. ttario and British Columbia was {heavy Friday night and Satur- [day but tapered off Sunday and ‘ onday.

British Columbia was an ex- ception to the fine weather with an odd mixture of sun and show- temperatures

on.

ers maintaining

that gave the province its cool-

est May weekend ever. emper- zrturcs were below 60 degrees throughout th pr 0 v I no 0 all weekend

only by cloud and showers in I.dlnorrhern Ontario.

out in but

. Anglers were

for a start on

fine weather in droves. .Highways were jammed Ifishermen going to and coming 1 from their favorite spots.

traditional day

E. S-

f we in the Maritimes Victoria Day is the

I Lord Russell : Marks Birthday

LONDON (API % Congratula- Itory messages from all parts 0 Ihome of Earl Russell Monday on her 92nd birthday.

The philosopher and pacifist

. Irebel. better known as Bertrand Pleasant. sunny weather rang.|Riissell. spent the day reading.

i I I

the world poured into the Welsh

PRINCE PHILIP E HAS PROBLEMS

i As an example, he. said "cm-.

Windsor Horse Show cup final for polo prince's Windsor Park squad and Friar Park.

sent the cup to the team.

. the end of the. w t'hird

ith a broken stick. In chukker he departed ice ~ once with a broken

9 a ‘5

stirrup and yet again with a broken stick. threw down the broken stick in goal and his team won 4‘5-4 on the strength of a handicap. W . a ~ted with a ‘z—goal handicap in its favor.

o cup to the prince with a smile and the big crowd was de- lighted.

Space Probe Alters Course Soviet.

Zond-l has changed course and

sponse

r9 3! '5

ported Mondav.

last I ‘1 about 8.000.000 mil e s from W l‘ 9 made

earth.

Information from the satel- lite. ‘ t e disclosed target from an orbit-‘ ing platform April 2. ' being received, ’l‘ass said. I

In Washington. a US. 5 ac official said last month Zond- was fired “at the right time

d

Venus

day

his

ary

HON. JJ). STEWART

' barra

WINDSOR. England ‘:\P)— 11:32; Prince Philip had his lems Mondayr~and his was watching.

prob-

ings

It happened in the Royal

teams between the 1.

The Queen was there to pre- rand

winning

The prince lcft the field at first. chiikker t'h flag.

This time he

anger. But he, managed to score 3

But the Queen presented th

LON D( )N

Union‘s space

to radio orders

a second Thursday when it was

launched towards an un-

c .

for ‘ Venus launch" was

were sent . “1051

Speech On Flag

WINNIPEG poured

out

toa

following Sunday

'rowdy reception when be into the

flag campaign

‘ enemy‘s camp

. prime minister

into a

submission on

ssed bv

run wild.”

said he

the

then on

WINNIPFIG Monday to background.

IRcuicrsl — ‘l‘helmaple leaves an station bars on

about ' dications faVo

the design

one 51 This design. and another sim- resulted from many ideas and speed for a second “mp in re; liar flag without. the blue bars. contributions. They were drawn from were shown at a press confer- on paper and pasted on card- rrass news “Hwy {9. ence attended by Mr. Pearson. board hat-km: for use at ch. e said these two were being press conference, It said II‘iP‘SIEIlalS cliangingvmnsmel‘ed "along Wll‘h bout the direction of the satellite and 300 others." but there were In-

tIncreasing the speed by

they 50 yards ed

I‘

design.

tension-filled

l‘ SOII

were

i Stirs Up Furor

By STEWART MacLEOD

'CP)-ApOIngios word-weary Prime Minister Pearson Mon-

night‘s took

and was given

:7 I:

question, made it clear Monday that it regretted—and was em- , every interjection that was fired at the prime minister.

"I feel so badly about this," said Judge C, C. Sparking. the Legions Dominion president. “ re so very. very sorry it ed. We thought we had I everything under control. but “’lfe -some members let te‘r

feel-

Mr. Parson battled with his -hecklers at ' ' legion's annual convention when he. placed the -flag issue firmly before about 900 delegates and their wives ‘ “most sincerely" r believed Canada should have a. distinctive new maple-leaf

At the first mention of a new

flag with a

theatre

let loose a yelling endorsation of the Red Ensign. and from Mr. Pea . ging through a minefield, his

Pearson likes Hag Wih Leaves, Bars

was ed-

‘ ICPI — Prinic'to sea" {Minister Pea rson indicated should not he favors cal bars. He would deplore this r a Canadian flag is a white break from proper heraldry. with three big red d vertical blue d

the two

words iguttin: blast of

reaction after

TOLD T0 DROP DEA" "Drop dead." he was told. "God bless .lohn Diefenbakei‘." he heard. "Shut up." “kick him " He doggedly delivered his prepartcd text. jutting his jaw

one another.

V

min the microphones So his words would carry over the noise below.

"I believe most Sincerely it is time now for Canadians to unfurl a flag that is truly dis- tinctive and truly national in character: as Canadan as the maple leaf which-should be its dominant design; a flag easily identifiable as Canada's: a flag which cannot be mistaken for the emblem of any other coun- try; a flag of the future which honors also the past: Canada'l own and only Canada's."

Would such a change mean any disrespect for the Union .Iack'.’ he asked. And before he could reply himself, he. was drowned out by cries of “yes. yes. yes."

Judge Sparling had to com. to his at on two occasions in try to restore order.

Mr. Pearson made it clear during his speech he didn't. in» tend to hold a referendum on the issue as frequently re- quested by the legion.

While Mr_ Pearson didn't sug- gest any particular design. he made it clear the maple lea! IL‘ontinued on page 3, col. 1)

was to be depicted. I! be done with verti-

‘.\'o one ons was responsi- ble for designing either of the flags. .\lr. Matheson said they

,LEAVES USED IN IMX

Mr. Pearson said until he studies the question he woukl

prime minister said that have “0 Idea MW dPQP The “11‘”

no decision the design, and question hadn't been discussed “59d 85 early as 1868 and hay. with his cabinet yet. he thought I been used

on

He said both flag . impressive design

has

been

red maple lea-yes go into Canes dlan history. They had been

in many official em-

”shmnd have the blems and badges.

looking at

apparently heading toward BARS NOT CORRECT However. he understood that

s were "very S_.. a

n

hem.

at

13 another point he said he had I hankering for the blue edged flag.

ing between so an no degreeslond writing as usual. said his; ..

Monday kept holiday spiritsjsecretary. Friends and rela- It would take a spacecraft the blue bars were not correct.

high in Saskatchewan and Al-]tives called at his home at PlasI about four months to travel to from a heraldic point of view.