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LOBSTER PRICES CONFUSED 7 No Logical Reason Seen For Poor Market Threats |

\Gloutester, New - Bedford and (Boston areas. te | In fact there is very little hold- over at all, they said, and these ; |areas,.. -Mr.. Sangster observed, .| ‘constitute the best. sales area in ‘North America for lobster meat. FROZEN LOBSTER | Also reported here last ‘night | }was that the price of frozen lob- ' |ster meat in the Boston area is '$2.00 to $2.25-.a pound at the |wholesale levelwith the. retailer |paying up to $3.00 per pound, ac-

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By NEIL MATHESON

There is no logical reason why | the lobster price situation should be in the present confused state, | with threats of a. poor market, The Guardian Was'told last night witha considerable degtee of | —emphasis-— Reid-—-Sangster. director of ‘marketing for P.E.I., and Mike| Gillis, who does-the Fishermen's | Broadcasts. for the CBC at Hali- fax, have made a concentrated |- study this week of the lobster, _ holdings and the current price | ““structire” along the Eastern” Un- ited States. seaboard. The two} men are in complete agreement | that there is no reason: why. the lobster market should _ be ~ de- @ pressed unduly. -

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Prime Minister

Obtains Majority

years, there had been political intervention, or attempted po litical intervention, in police in- vestigations, in the. administra:. tion of ‘justice and in our pro-

nie (CP)—Prime Min- ister Pearson was given a thun- derous round of applause for a solid minute before the Com- mons voted Tuesday night to

ij $ | There is some slight explana- | indirect suggestions that he -re- | suggestions and he ufiderstood | sustain his minority. govern-|cesses of law, to determine te Mode iaes aisles Auda 5 ition for ge ta tate ot | sign, © Ithe source was management. ment and, in attect vindicate |what extent there had been i a year a | a t:7 abuse of position.’ MacRae told this paper Tuesday | "| Mr. Haggan told the Com TO STAY his personal conduc the government has not been sa- | : ; ee oan ie Bee mons broadcasting committee ES aire Stanbury (L— The vote — 18% fo le Crnce ne ae yabelled Me. tisfied.that the talk of a -depress- MR. SANGSTER | --It-is-understandable,-Mr, Sang. |that management . has _- acted York-Scarborough) he decided _|amounted to endorsation by a ker imm — iiae fen cane ed lobster price situation was within his field of jurisdiction : . majority of the Commons of his |Pearson's explanation ‘ day with John O'Brien, a know- ster said, that the consumer | to remain berause of a man- contention that he acted from of tortured. guilt.” Mr. Pearson

warranted, ‘‘so we have asked our Marketing Director ‘— Mr.

Sangster works for the depart- ment of agriculture — to inves- tigate the situation.” The survey

i d ledgeable fisheries observer in ‘should like to get cheaper lob:|Without consulting him, and thes Wesierh United States. This ster meat. But. with the present |treated him with - “‘contempt ‘man said, The Guardian was trend of low catc hes it is not |by unilaterally firing one pro- ‘told last night, that there is no/-realistic to expect the fishermen jducer in his department. |holdover in frozen lobster meat jto accept a much lower price for | Hé said that J. Alphonse Ou-

had ‘“‘placed the (RCMP) com- missioner on the dock and said of him that his evidence was false.”

“The evidence

date from. the people working under him, but added: \

“If I was to consider my own| health and peace of mind I would not stay.”

the highest motives in asking the RCMP to tell him whether any MPs had contact with du- bious and criminal elements 17 months. ago.

(before the

results reported here are the re- } | met, corporation -- president; H. Se eee, Oe ee by oe ere a eee yesterday across |G. Walker, coniral raanager| 200 comunittee is investigating | en eee: denied — asking Muntinase imgaiy) Swe oe ster has been working ‘in’ close-) inued-.on.-pa lon ; management’s removal of co- ederal police force to give |what was done

‘ font - = BSA) ft vicepreniient ant a words and contemptuous - ridi- |

expecting: lower ov —in the

Britain’ s New Payroll Tax

hosts:.- Patrick..Watson..... and Laurier LaPierre from the pub- lic affairs television program This Hour Has Seven Days. It is also investigating statements

him. information on the past ‘lconduct of MPs “generally: This has been alleged in. a Conserv- ative non-confidence motion. ~

Mr. Pearson’s Liberal party)

co-operation. with Mr. Gillis and |= this situation will continue, The “Guardian was assured.

Nova Scotia lobsters shipped /' to Boston yesterday, the ed

cule; “was* calculated--to— annihi-- late political opponents.”

At the root of the Conserva- tive indictment were two major crises which rocked this and the

' Sahgster pair reported last that the Seven Days - contro- stood solidly behind him and 115 bea sold le 76 peaks which versy is only a symptom of gen- Liberal MPs were joined by |previous minority Parliaments. means well above 8 cents eral trouble between manage- |four New Democrats, the nine| The first involved ition pound when the rate of asahakea Eee S$ ro. uctive: ervices ment and the program person- members of the Creditiste |charges in November, 1964, af is considered. This price is no” ae —nel_——— party, three Social Credit MPs|bribery and coercion against and the. two independent MPs. |

[Liberal “supporters over” efforts to get narcotics smuggler Lu cien Rivard out of jail on bail.

Mr. Haggan said the low mor-}, ale among ‘production units is}; . most noticeable

weaker than it was at the same

time a year. ago, Mr. Sangster The 93 Progressive Conserv-

e .of £9,177,000,000 ($27,- atives voting for the motion

By HAROLD MORRISON Ipen ing output has been seriously

observed. | LONDON (CP) — Calling on |531, 000). ~ impeded by labor short nd in the . public } Mr. Gillis was in touch yester- | ‘whan peded by labor shoriages an \affairs and news departments) were joined by 13 New Demo-|A judicial inquiry criticized the ee {Britain: to: produce i nee mt iy Pallant ee ae ate if manpower can be saved in|but added it pervades the entire crats, including NDP. Leader |judgment of then justice minis- (Callaghan, Sain 2 ee ae ae the service industries . . . extra French and English-networks. Douglas. ter Guy Favreau, who resigned exchequer, Tuesday announced,;man..in the street—the tradi- aes GE anon bontldence ‘|to become -president of the

labor —may—well—hecomeavaila-= ble for, manufacturing, giving it

‘WORD ACCEPTED ea Immediately after the vole, |

Director

fa new payroll tax aimed—at ‘tional —_revenue—-producers —-of- Channelling workers into the 'beer, tobacco, income and auto

The second involved charged

vote in the Commons, the com- mittee adjourned its hearing

Will Review Prison Term —

tries. ©

| The chaneellor hopes _ the new : tax .will re-direct millions of [employers will act indirectly as

country’s manufacturing indus- itaxes were left untouched at

,their_ current high levels. | But the new payroll tax on

greater scope for growth.” Political, observers said the

—tax—was—aimed—at—putting—pres-_

sure on companies and labor

until Wednesday afternoon when it will hear testimony from -Mr. { Walker.

two New Democrats who. backed Mr. Pearson — H. W. Herridge (Kootenay West) and Tom Barnett (Combx-Alberni)

by Justice Minister March 10 that two or more can

servative cabinet ee were improperly involved

lworkers from non - productive |? three: or -four-per-cent sales unions to stop hoarding iabor. CHANGES, NEEDED .. —issued statements saying they Gerda Munsinger and that Mr, | TORONTO (CP) — Wiliam fovitheates and’ holconi and_probably ‘wil Taine rier Wen, the ew tax Deas (2 |asor ‘re need Mr. Hag a Le ee | Bowman, Ontario director ofthe mills and factories which |0M services ranging from legal Sevier Pa Sy slo . ie gan said that for the good of|/ Two .other New Democrats, sthontien Gator, his term ae public prosecutions, said Tues- |form’the heart of the country's ifees to dry cleaning, and the |* Pay ag the “corporation” and the country Frank Howard (Skeena).-~and {prime minister * : iY he will review a “six-nionth lexport drive. leost of food and clothing. a he oer sop fe management should be more: up|F ||Barry Mather (New Westmin- |”, sticitt ‘cies soak sas: prison term given Monday in| Callaghan also told the House | Nothing extra on. beer. OF inovs and 88 ($1.20) a week for |t© date in understanding the ster), abstained from voting. | Justice Wishart Spence of the connection with the death of @\j¢ “Commons in his annual |cigarettes or income tax—I can| girls: problems of television and the PRIME Minister Pearson is _vati i. baa ee eae _ Supreme Court of Canada now™

one-year-old boy. : haedly believe it.’” country it serves. Robert Charles-Armstrong, 24, /Dudget_message the Labor gov- |" io. the immediate man-| But, employers tn manufat- Mr. Haggan said management | sen-on his way to the Com- Mudertting “the institu- ling by the two major parties. Stes ian ae

ernment is starting a voluntary t—back : * tion of Parliament oak one ae ie system of limiting overseas in- oo reaction “to the ae Bien ee tiey pe is on record in favor of contro-| mons on Ottawa's Parliament 4) pewap a =m ward us stated foot Clellan__that Mrs. _Munsinger definite and 12 months indeter-|“°stment. This is to help the. ee jin .this tax through a special |Versial programming. “It's | Hill yesterday, where he took on the past of all MPs. sien ment in a veosifidente Wels cee hee, fe Minate after pleading guilty. to| convalescing British pound. BOOKIES TAXED |premium. when you try to do it that er part in a debate on a Conser- . (CP Wirephoto) [fect ceived RCMP a, stating manslaughter in the death of, Callaghan said his’ budget! Callaghan walloped British’ In a full year, Callaghan said, pou aes Conservatives Davie’ Fulton |22¢. Was the mistress of former y He said he has never heard | associate defence minister

(Kamloops) and George Chat- iterton (Esquimalt-Saanich)—an- nounced they did not vote be- cause they. were paired ‘with ab- | sent government mem-

» Roy Laquerre. the new tax would provide the Roy was the fourth child “of Mrs. Carmen Laquerre; -with whom Armstrong was _ living.

The boy died in hospital March

|would ‘provide a_ surplus and | bookies by imposing a betting imight allow —Britain—to-_begin | tax of 2'2 per cent pf their turn- treasury with an __ estimated |

repaying its debts-to the Inter-\over. ——~.1£240,000,000__($720.000,000) .. national Monetary-Fund-before| And he hit at Britain’s spread- schedule. ing gambling clubs and casinos,

Pierre Sevigny before leaving ~

jany objections stated . Sia Canada in 1961.

;Watson’s — performance - | Geven-Days_hest The other major disclosure.by| To some. extent some extent he agreed Callaghan was his announce-jwith criticisms of Mr.

ith, Third Liberals —

at yk the public galleries

30 from brain injuries.

Armstrong, originally charged with non-capital murder, was quoted by homicide detectives | as saying: @

“He wouldn't: stop. crying, so I belted him. I killed him. He fell down in the crib. He was bleeding about the nose and mouth. I got a cup of water and threw it in his face. |

“He stiffened up. I wiped me face off, ‘but -he~wouldn't-sit-up> right so,I took him to the hospi- | tal. 1 told the nurse he fell oft | his bed,’

In addition to the fractured | skull. the baby had a burned | hand. four fractured but healing ribs. two chest burns, four loose | front teeth and multiple bruises behind his ears and in the groin.

PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE

ayher husband, took an early lead mons when Bryce Mackasey

Tuesday night in the race for | (L—Montreal Verdun) said Mr

the Democratic nomination for |Tremblay, accused by the op

~ Que- {governor in Alabama, focus of |position — of impropriety in a

‘national attention jn primary. furniture .purchasefour—yeats

over-all standings. ~~" “~ ‘balloting, j “on his death - bed.”

Rosemary Smith ‘of Dublin, Ireland, blows away, the dust before installing a new a air fil-

, £900,000,000

Britain has to:‘repay the fund and other creditors. more than ($2,700,000;,000) be- tween 1967 and 1970.

IMONEY BORROWED

The monéy was borrowed in 1964 and 1965 to bolster ‘the pound sterling and ease the bal- ance-of-payments crisis.

The chancellor said total rev- enue in fiscal 1965 66 was ;£9,145,000,000 ($27,435,000,000), than forecast in the estimates. Expenditure of £8,456,00,000 ($25,368,000,000) was '£26,000,000 ($78,000,000) less. than forecast.

His budget Tuesday for fiscal

|1966-67 gave estimated revenue

as £9,838,000,000 1$29,514,000,-

|000), an increase wf £693,000,000

'($2,079,000,000), and total. ex-

ter during a stop in Saskatoon 000 - mile Vancouver yesterday. She’s the only wo- bec Gar rally and was fifth in mian competitor left in the 4,- :

jlarger government

where everything goes from rouelette to craps, by imposing a gambling tax calling for a cut in the takings.

Callagahan announced a cor- poration tax rate-of 40 per cent on company earnings. This rep- resented a slight rise from the old system of combined profits and income taxes, but it was not as bad as some industrial-

change prices bounded up. Outlining his payroll levy, of- ficially termed a ‘‘selective em- ployment fax’’ and unprece- dented in Britain, he said - it

aimed to make the most effec- tive use of the’ nation’s man-

power. “The growth of manufactur-

Gt ta id se

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ists. had..feared,..and stock ex-'|

atiteccee |George C.

ment that the imports surcharge would be lifted in six months. Callaghan said the import isurcharge, imposed during the 1964 crisis of the British pound, would end in November.

as far as they went, bat tay

getting rid of him. “For that program

host,”’ he said.

In 4th Kin

MONTAGUE — viterifbe Lean, Peters Road and Robert Dorgan, Woodville Mills were nominated to represent the pro- gressive Conservative party in Kings in the May 30th. Prov- incial election. The convention was at Murray River. ;

Mr. MacLean, for councillor,

Soviet Minister Is Called Liar

HONG: KONG (Reuters)—-The Chinese Communist government has called Soviet Defence Min-

‘ister Marshal Rodion Malinov-

sky a lair for saying that China had hampered the transit of Russian aid to North Viet Nam.

A Chinese foreign ministry statement quoted by the New) China news agency Tuesday

said all ‘military aid requested | by North Viet Nam and deliv- | ered by Russia to China’ had been forwarded with priority. | The statement claimed that | Soviet aid to North Viet Nam | was -deplorably meagre and consisted mostly of old weap- ons, some of them worn out and useless,» . The statement said ‘‘Mali- novsky is a liar. China has*¥ never hampered the transit of | Soviet aid materials to Viet! Nam. ” ~

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“Mrs. Wallace

‘Captures Lead:

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mrs Wallace, stand-in for

ago, was

Conservatives Named as District

the area was nominated by Mur- dock McGowan of Kilmuir, seconded by Russell Moase, High Bank. Mr. Dorgan, a farmer,

man, moved by John Daly of Whim Road and seconded by Nat Campbell of Montague.

The, meeting was largely tended with approximately

at- 150

Preston MacLure, Dr. J. C. Sin- nott, Albert Fogarty, Tom. Cur- jran, Harry McCallum, Hon. Leo

Pratt. Hon. Andrew MacRae was guest speaker. The meeting was | chaired by John

of Kings. Progressive Conser- | vative Association.

Rene Tremblay Still Suffering

OTTAWA (CP)—Rene_ Trem- ;blay, 43, former immigration minister and postmaster-general in’ the Pearson cabinet, re- ‘mained in serious condition Tuesday 11 days. after suffering his secorid heart attack

Bernard _ Pilon, Liberal. party whip in the Commons, said he had been told Mr. Tremblay will have to remain in hospital here for another 10 days before he

were not compelling reasons for |

Selected For Election

(Seven. Days) I cannot think of a better

farmer and machine operator of |

had his nomination as assembly- |

‘on hand. The speakers were: | Russel Rriscoll, Robert Dorgan, |

| Rossiter; Walter Dingwell, Roddy |

| SUMMERSIDE. ~ The leader of the an wa party, Alexandef Campbell, was nomin- lated. once again -to represent | Fifth Prince as councillor in the | forthcoming provincial election | on May 30th.

Mr. Campbell, ‘who was ‘first elected in February of 1965 by defeating Conservative represen- tative Claude Wes in a by-elec- |tion for the seat left vacant by 'Progressive Conservative mem- ber Lorne Monkley, went in. by |acclamation last night. | His nomination was moved by Edgar Ramsay and seconded by James DesRoches.

Nominated as _ his © running | mate in fifth Prince was T.. Earl | Hickey, Summerside, president lof the chartered accountants

Minister

firm of T. Earl Hickey and Com- pany.

Last night’s "meeting was held at Elm Street School Auditor: ium here, was a joint nominat- ing convention for two districts, third and fifth Prince.

Nominated as councillor for Third Prince was long time LI- beral party worker and former president of the East Prince Li- beral Association, W.H. Burns. of Summerside.

His nomination was moved by Edmund L. Arsenault and se- conded by Frank MacNutt.

Nominated as assemblyman was Leonce Arsenault of Sum- merside. His nomination was moved by Mrs. Justin MacLel- lan and seconded by Adelard Gallant.

Chairman of the-meeting was Dr. W.E. Callaghan. The meet- ing was originally scheduled as

. |the annual meeting of the East

Addresses Conference

c McGowan, | president of the Fourth District |

‘HALIFAX (CP)—Health Min- ister Allan MacEachen says ‘governments must try to aid

those now suffering from poy- erty while trying to’ eliminate

the problem for future genera- |

tions Speaking to the Maritime con-

ference on social welfare, Mr. |

MacEachén said Tuesday the federal government hopes its proposed Canada Assistance Plan will make possible a social welfare. program “in keeping

S_with-the-demands. and problems

of the mid-20th century.’

However, mew. situations would develop and the _ plan could not be regarded as the final answer.

can be safely moved to Quebec.

~ FCity

The hospital said. the former minister, who résigned last Dec. 16 on grounds of ill -health, © is not allowed visitors or telephone calls.

First. word of the heart attack came Monday night in the Com:

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Prince Liberal Association, but this section of the meeting was adjourned to a later date due to the late hour in the nominating convention’ was completed. ' Main speaker was Alex Ma- theson, former opposition lead- Other speakers included Dr. Lorne Bonnell and W.R. Jenkins, Charlottetown, provincial presi- dent of the Liberal Association.

~|unusual step of asking the in-

bers. Both said they would have supported the motion. Mr. Pearson said he took the

formation of the RCMP in late November, 1964, when ‘deeply disturbed . . . by the disclos- ures. of-pressure on members of Parliament by dubious and, at times, criminal elements.”

The vote came after two days of debating attack and reply on a Progressive Conservative non- confidence motion. which said:

“This House strongly deplores and condemns this govern- ment's actions in having the RCMP provide information to the government as to the past conduct of all members of Par- liament generally—a course of action which..would destroy the independence of all members and undermine the institution of Parliament.’’

FOLLOWS RCMP TESTIMONY The motion, moved Monday by R. G. L. Fairweather (PC— Royal), followed testimony Thursday by RCMP Commis- sioner George B. McClellan at hearings of the Gerda Mun- singer judicial inquiry. . Commissioner McClellan said on oath Mr. Pearson asked him whether .the RCMP had. infor- mation ‘indicating any : impro- priety or anything of a scandal- ous nature’’ with respect to MPs

were packed.

Bitter Dispute Develops

SEATTLE (AP)—The Times says a bitter dispute has devel- oped between -the United States and Canada over salmon fishing in the southeastern Alaska-Brit- ish Columbia boundary area.

The newspaper says cool heads prevail at a U.S.— Canadian disies meeting here May 17.’the longtime fisheries partnership between. the two countries could be in °

Until recently the quarrel was hidden in secret negotiating ses- sions in. Washington, D.C., last October “and in Ottawa early last month, The Times says.

It outlines the situation this way: ;

Canada is insisting that Amer

in the previous 10 years.

Mr. Pearson said what he sought at ‘the-time ‘‘was infor- mation as. to the extent to which, over a period of 10)

ican fishermen stop intercepting what it says are Canadian-bound jsalmon off Noyes Island’. in ‘northern British Columbia.

'GATHERING ALL

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By GENE KRAMER | . CZESTOCHOWA (AP'—Thou- isands of Roman. Catholics |Massed at Poland's millenium rites Tuesday lamenting

NIGHT

prestige of Poland was lowered the closing of the frontiers to the Pope.

the |. The crowds had been gather-

‘barring of Pope Paul from the |img all night below the ram-

Ic ardinal Wyszynski,

ing castigated by ‘nist government | -A crowd estimated at from | 200,000 to 500,000 by church offi- ‘cials was told that Cardinal | \Wyszynski, Poland's primate, is being slandered and that the

who is’ be- the Commu-

country -and acclaiming Stefan |Par

of the Shrine of the Black’ Madonna of Czestochowa ito observe the 1,000th anniver- sary of Christianity in Poland | |with-- prayer and. singing pag- eantry.

They. cheeréd Cardinal: Wys- \zynski, who had been barred ‘from foreign travel and assailed |

sige

Thousands Of Catholics Lament Barring Of Pope

by the government as an enemy of ‘‘people’s Poland.”

| At one side of the huge out-

door altar high above the crowd of pilgrims was an empty Papal throne. A wreath of yellow roses and a portrait of the oa were on it.

|MENTIONS PONTIFF

Facing the throng, Card inal |Wyszynski said, on the Pope (behalf

that. the _ pontiff. “Son wanted to come “but God’s will Continued on page 6 eol. 1

unless .