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At a Government House recep-iris, C.O. U.S.S. Portage: Lt. D.
tlon in honour of the officers of three visiting U.S.N. ships Sun- day are shown, left to right, Lt. G.H. Ammerman, Commanding Officer U.S.S. Ely; Lt. J .W. Har-
OTTAWA (CP)—The CPR fire-
inen's strike loomed large as anl Issue for the new Parliament‘ which opens today. , While the walkout, which began Sunday, was efpected to be a major item of discussion, parlia- mentarians also must deal with two other big problems: unem- ployment and the state of federal; government finances.
But once the rail problems were behind, the foremost interest of the C_ X _‘ "ted March -81
was _, " ', ~ . he condition-of federal government finances.
Mr. Dicfenrba-k‘er’s Progresive Conservative, adrnirii-Sstr,ag;i<_)ii..j.s.1:ie.s.a Ported facing the biggest deficit in history.
Current forecasts are that the deficit for the fiscal year ending next March 31 will run be- tween $600,000,000 and $750,000,- 000. Some authorities believe it might go even higher.
LEARN SOON
An indication of the size of the deficit likely will come within two or three days after the MPs as- semble when estimates of gov- ernment spending for the year are presented. The full story likely will appear when the bud- get is presented early in June.
The government’s c u r r e n t 91100157 of funds. was obtained by governor-general’s warrants and will run out at mid-May. Hence the urgency of having a fresh Supply voted by Parliament.
The unemployment situation is another problem the first session of the 24th Parliament since Con- federation will have to deal with.
The number of unemployed dur- lflg the winter was t-he worst since the depression days of the 19305. The bureau of statistics es- timated a record 590,000 were out
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-“Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew” CHARLOTTETOWN CANADA. MONDAY, MAY 12, 1958
mand ‘Officer of the flotilla; and
W. Jones, C.0. U.S.S. Farming- Mrs. Hyndman. '
ton; His Honour Lieutenant Gov-
Mrs. L.E. Prowsd and Mrs. J.
RECEIVE FOR U.S.N. OFFICERS AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE
G. R. Foster, Mrs. G.D. Barr- lett, Mrs D.H. Saunders, Mrs. R.
‘ D. MacGillivary, Mrs. I.R. Rank-' ernor J.W. Hyndman; Command- N. Kenny poured and those serv- in, Mrs.
J .L.B. Hyndman and
er G.G. Moffatt, Tactical Com-l ing were: Mrs. W.N. Black, Mrs. Mrs T.N. Rogers.
Parliament Opens Today Faced By Tough Problems
of work as of April 22.
The main body of government legislation will be revealed in the speech from the throne. Gover-
nor-Genera-l Ma.ssey is to read it’
beginning at 3 p.m. EDT in the Senate.
That will be the official opening of Parliament. But Monday morn- ing the Commons and Senate will meet to choose their Speakers.
SPEAKERS ro RETURN
Both Mark Drouin the Senate and Roland Michener in the Com- mons will stay in the jobs they held during the single session of Parliarnent between last year’: June election and the March 31 election. ;
There will be the usual pomp and ceremony for the opening. The colorful affair will be shown on the CBC’s na-tional television facilities.
- The formalities over, the MP5 will get down to business quickly. Much work awaits them.
At the pre-election session, the government announced plans to chance national hospital insur- ance legislation to permit federal payments to start July 1 for pro- vincial programs.
The government will have about six weeks to put this through, if it is to get t-he plan off to a start six months earlier than existing legislation provides
or.
The Commons‘ work might pro- ceed somewhat faster this ses- sion than in previous ones as a result of the March 31 devasta- tion of opposition ranks.
PROBLEM KEEPING BUSY The Conservatives hold 208 of the 265 Commons sea.ts, the Lib- erals 49 and the CCF eight. The Commons membership will
be barely recognizable to anyone who last viewed it a year ago. Only 83 present MPs were mem- bers of the Commons that went into last June’s election and.only 160 sat in the between-elections Commons.
Some observers see a problem for Mr. Diefenbaker in keeping his record number of supporters busy during the next four or five years until another election.
There are reports that more work will be handed around to Commons committees, thereby using a.s many MPs as possible.
Greeks Elect‘ New Parliament
ATHENS (AP) -—- Greece elec- ted a parliament Sunday to serve
for the next foL-r years. The pro- western party of Ex-premier Con- stantine Karamanlis held a steady lead in returns early to- day.
A Communist - line party, the EDA, showed surprising strength. It ran second in the early returns but dropped into third place with more than a third of the precincts reported.
The vote, with 3,036 precincts reporting out of 8,828, gave Kar- amanlis’ National Radical Union 459,901 out of a total 1,089,804. The pro - western Liberals, run- ning second as expected had 246,- 416. The EDA, the Union of the Democratic Left, has third with 238,363. 'I‘he centre Progressive Agrarian Union drew 35,188. Other votes were scattered.
As returns piled up, votes for the rightist N a t l o 11 al Radical
Union held steadily at about 40
per cent of the total.
China Halts: All Trade ' With Japan
/-TOKYO (AP) China notified Japan Saturday it is suspending all business be- tween the two nations “becausc of Prime M i n i s t e r Nobusukc Kishi's hostile attitude toward China."
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since March 30, issued a state ment saying his government has stopped issuing import and export
anese. trading firms also were in-
nullified. -China last month _nullificd In
Japan when Japan refused to grant the Communist flag diplo- matic recognition in Tokyo. Li Chuo-chih, head of the Chinese delegation in Tokyo said Saturday “the Japanese government im- posed improper conditions for C-hina’s shipment of rice (in pay- ment for Japanese steel) and de- layed our negotiations."
I3 Lose’ Lives
In Accidents
By THE CANADIAN PRESS
Four persons droiwned were among 13 victims of fatal acci- dents in Canada this weekend.
A Canadian Press survey from 6 p.m. local time Friday to 11 p.m. ADT Sunday showed six killed in traffic mishaps,. ‘one burned to death and two dead in other accidents.
The toll by provinces (traffic deaths in brackets): Ontario 5 («ill Nova Scotia 3 (1), Quebec 3, Sas- katchewan 2 (1).
. James Mundy. livestock field- man with the Federal l)cpai't- ment of Agriculture. Charlotte-
l9“‘n who has served in the Pro-'berton. He attended the Univer- Vince since 1950 will leave at thclsity of Alberta but interrupted end of this month to lake up new i his studies to enlist in the Can- ladian Army. He served in the new Tank Corps in Italy and France. friendships made here. For bravery under fire. he was awarded the Croix de Guerre by
glgles with _the Department in L “W8. specializing in swine. Mr. “mill! lrightl is seen rcccivng :)°h9<l11e from Lloyd ‘.\lacLeod. slllldas. pl'€.\l(l(‘lll of the P. E. 1. “me Breeders‘ Assn in appreci-
ation of his services. H.W. Claw; newed his studies at Universi
WSWINE BREEDERS HONOR FIELDMAN
and graduated with the degree ‘of B.Sc.A., majoring in animal husbandry. Mr. Mundy‘s work in the production service will take “him from coast to coast and he ihopes from time to time to re- some of the many close
[Senior livestock ficldman Char- zlottetown looks on. _ 1 Mr. Mundy is a native of Al-
:the French Government. , Returning from service. he
Mrs. Mundy and their
four ‘children will move from East ,.e,:l‘to_valty to Ottawa at the end tylof the present school term.
HOLLYWOOD (AP)-—“Daddy will you get mama that r blanket for NIother’s Day? I don't suppose they'd let me out of here with this cut on my leg.”
Thus did little Richard Skelton die of leukemia Saturday night at the University of California at Los Angeles in E d i c al centre, thinking about his mother.
Red Skelton was standing in Richard’s room at home less than an hour after the nine-year-old boy’s death from leukemia — a death that had been foreshadowed for more than a year. Richard's toys, a favorite camera and other paraphernalia common to nine- year - old boys were scattered about the room.
N0 PARTY
“We had asked him if he wanted a party for his birthday on May 20.” said-Red. “He said no, all he wanted was a cookout with two or three of his friends —so 1 brought him the Sears-Roe- buck catalogue today and he picked out a tent and some camp- ing equipment——and the red blan- ket."
The cut on his leg referred to an incision made for blood trans- fusions. His veins had been punc- tured too much with a long series of daily transfusions over the last weeks. .
Although he was never told of the seriousness of his illness Richard apparently knew death was near Saturday night. When his sister Valentina, 11. climbed on a footstool to kiss him good- bye. he murmured:
“You'd better hurry up.”
EVERYTHING FUZZY Minutes later a final hemor- rhage sent him into a coma. That
was about 7:30 pm. His mother.
CPR-Firemen Bu’r Most Trains Running
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WEATHER
Cloudy, with showers. Southwest winds 15 shifting by evening to northwest'1o. Low-high at Charlottetoim 40 and a8.
Nor MORE THAN
Begin Strike
Authorities at St. University released yesterday the 1958 College Honors
fully the work prescribed the various grades the high School.
Commencement exercises will be held Tuesday afternoon begin- ning at 3 p.m., at which twenty- seven students will receive de- grees. conferred by Most Rev. Malcolm A. MacEachern. Bishop of Charlottetown, and Chancell- or of the University.
The list contains in
comprising
order of
,merit the names of the students
who have made a general aver- age of 60% in the year’s work and for First Class standing 80% and above in the course named. for Second Class standing 65% to 49% in the course named, for Passstanding 50% to 64% in the course named.
Biology 1—First Class: MacDonald.
Second Class: Kenneth Mac- Kinnon, Cyril Bryne. Leo Shep-
Robert
Communist -
licences to Japan. Major Jap-;
$190,000,000 trade agreement with - 5’
herd, Kevin Farmer, Brendan unphy. Passed: Eric Doucette, Mary
lEIaine Trainor, William Costain,
Michael Liu, John Whalen, John R. MacDonald, Koh,
George N g, Arthur
Biology z—First Class: Beverly Howard. '
Second Class: Eugene Wynne, Anthony Spenceley, Olga Dow]-
Passed: M a u r l c e Gauthier,
‘L i G ll t, D formed by cable from Shanghaillvag-_l-cnce a an esmond M0
that their contracts had been‘ Biology 3——First Class: Charles.
Campbell, Gerard Burns. Second Class: Anthony Spence-
e D‘?-. _ , _ Passed: Michael”Q'uigley. " "
Chemistry 1—First Class: Leo-I
nard Praught, Charles Campbell,
Island Grads At Dalhousie
Dalhousie University over the weekend announced the follow- ing Island graduates for the year 1958.
Bachelor of Arts---David Sam- uel Horne MacDonald, Ian Frank- lyn MacLean,' both of Charlotte- town.
Bachelor of Science---Vincent
Norton Beck, Ha’rry Russel Love,;
William Allison MacKinnon, all of Charlottetown.
Bachelor of Commerce---Archi- bald Allison Holmes, B.Sc., Char- lottetown.
Diploma in Engineering---Wib liams Alan Massey. Charlotte- town.
M.D.C.M. degree was awarded to Margaret Edna MacMurdo, Wilmot Valley. "
Red SkeIton’s Son Dies Oi . Leukemia; Parents Al Bedside
9 Mrs. Georgia Skelton, said he awakened briefly an hour later and whispered:
“I can't see. fuzzy."
At 8:35 p.m., the boy died.
Georgia and Red. stccled against the tragedy for more than a year, sat in the hospital room with their dead son for over a half-hour quktly weeping. Then they went home.
“I had to sit there and cry," said Georgia, “Richard wouldn't let.me cry before. He always chided me if I came in to see him with my eyes red."
Valentina had returned home be-fore her brother died. When the parents returned home, the fam- ily doctor told the girl.
“I wonder that the Big Man looks like," the doctor quotes Valentina. "Richard knows now."
“By the Big Man, I mean God."
HIGHLIGHT OF LIFE
Skelton told of one last wish the boy had made Saturday.
“The highlight of his life was our audience with the Pope last year. so he asked me if I could get him a Crucifix blessed by His Holiness."
Bo Roos, Skelton's longtime business manager, cabled Father Edward B a t e s, an American priest stationed in the Vatican. A cable came back that the mission was accomplished.
“Richard seemed happy when I told lilm that the crucifix was on its Way by airline. It was wonder- ful of His Holiness to take the time out of his busy schedule for our boy." ‘
The papal-blessed crucifix was en route over the polar route from Copenhagen as Richard died. Red said it will be en- tombed with the boy.
Everything is
Diinstan's , Claire Macllsaac, John
_ _ . .Iamcs, |M1chael Liu, Patrick Landrigan,:
Second Class: George Trainor,] gGerald F. Murphy,
lcau. Catherine Bolger, Emmett? Foley,. Alphie Landry, Barbara Roy, Arthur Koh, Baden Sexton,-, Peter Steele, Errol Cascley, Mar-1 iori McGinn, Frances Doiron, Fa-l .ber MacDonald, Eric Arsenault,‘ ,Will_i.:im Power, Louis Mclvor, 1 Emil Nagy, Wayne Shinners, Paul Arsenault.
Passed: Paul Crciglian. Sydney MacDonald, Brendan Dunphy, ‘-.oderick Rossiter, Avonna Mac-
usland. G e o r g e Maccormac,
'ictor Scott, Ronald Bolger,
lartin Clooney. Claude Peters,
‘obert Doyle.
Chemistry 2—First Class: A1- iicrt Young, Beverley Howard, Thomas Wong, Alfred Tsang, Lawrence Woo, Picton Bilodeau.
Second Class: Vincent Mac- Intyre, Thomas Ledwell, Martine 'Iichaud, Patrick Hengen. John ‘t. MacDonald. Thomas Beaghn, lcsmond Mclvor, Fred Corcoran, “toland Sullivan, Lawrence Gal- iant, Leo Shepherd. Louis Mc- lvor, Maurice Gauthier.
Chemistry 3--First Class: Ger-
Second Class: Michael Qulgley, ‘;Anthony Spenceley, Ernest Dia--. mond, Maurice Gauthier. , Passed: Louis Mclvor. ‘ -, Chemistry 4-First Class: An-‘ thony Spenceley, Beverley How-
Tlie Official program of the visit of His Excellency The Right ,Honourable Vincent Massey, CH, Governor General of Canada was released at a special press con- ference held at Government House on Saturday. morning. ,
Mr. Massey will be making his second visit to the island and his first official visit to the town of Summerside. His main purpose for coming to Charlotte- town will be to address the Can- adian Club of Prince Edward Island on Thursday night at the Charlottetown Hotel.
The Governor-General will ar- rive on Wednesday at 4-00 P-11!- aboard HMCS Sioux from Pic-j tou. He will be met at the Rail- way Wharf by His Honour, F.W. ,l-Iyndman, Lieutenant-Governor. ‘of Prince Edward Island; His Worship. Mayor Edwin C. John- stone: heads of the three ser-
i I
vices, Commander John ‘N. Ken- ny RCN, Group Captain ‘.V.H. Swetman, RCAF and Colonel A.
vete1‘an’s church parade in Char-ll lottetown _vesl'c1'day.
a.m. in front of the Legion Home‘ under the command of Arthur
Regtl accompanied the parade. Al wrealli was placed at the monu-l ment by Spurgeon Leard. pi-esi-1 ltlent of No. 2 Branch of the Can-‘
St. Dunstan's Honours: And Pass Lis’r Announced
ard. Second Class: Roland Sullivan,
. and passicharles Broderick, Justin Mac-:Cyril Maccormack. Maurice Gau- List, and in addition, the list of lN61l1. Francis Tam. Wayle POW-lthier. I students who completed success-191* for}
Lawrence Gallant,
i mond Mclvor.
Commerce 1—First Class: Sis- George Ng, .ter Thomas Marie, Reginald Pet- Gerald McCarthy. Gilbert Rou.Iers, Robert Linegar, Gerald D.
Murphy.
Second Class: Thomas Barry, William MacNeill. Ronald Bolger.
Passed: -Hubert McKenna.
Commerce 2—Sccond Class: Raymond Hickey, Donald Mac- Dougall.
Passed: Patrick ‘ Mcwade,
Commerce 3—First Class: Wil- liam MacNeill.
Second Class: Thomas Barry, Reginald Peters, Gerald D. Mur- ph_v, Robert Linegar.
P a s s e d: Hubert McKenna. Claude DesRosiers.
Commerce 4-Second Class;
'Hubert McKenna. Thomas Barry,
Robert Lincgar.
Passed William MacNeill. Reg- inald Peters. Gerald D. Murphy.
Commerce 6—First Class: Don- ald MacDougall.
Second Class: Faber MacDon- ald. Raymond Hickey, Wilfred Barlow.
Passed: Patrick Mcwade, Ro-‘
bert Doyle, Brendan McGinn. Commerce 7—First Class: Ray- mond Hickey, Donald McDougall,
_ Patrick Hengen, and Burns, Lawrence mckey,iWilfrcd Barlow. iG°“a1'~‘ Tm81°¥- Reginald Mc- Donald Gillis. -
The head of Red China's tracieiKenna- delegation, negotiating in Tokyo‘
Second Class: Faber MacDon- aid, Brendan McGinn, Robert King.
bert Doyle. Commerce 8-First Class: Wil- |Continued on page 2 Col.
Official Program OI Governor
rda
General. Anneuiified .5919 .Y
_ ;-'."',-~4:‘-‘tr’.-J--.~'y _.‘r
W. Rogers, Commanding Officerl of the No. 2 Mil-itia, Charlotte-l town. Group Captain Commander '
Kenny, Inspector Edward L. Mar- tin. of the R. C. M. P. and Brigadier G.G.K. Peake are the Governor - Gene-ral‘s Honorary
‘Aides-de-camp in this province.
Except that time will not per- mit a visit to Borden the itiner- ary is as published Saturday. The guard of honor that he will inspect prior to leaving on the
Sioux on Friday will be compos-,
ed of the combined cadet corps
of Birchwood and Queen Char-‘
lotte High Schools.
NIXON CI-IEERED
QUITO. Ecuador (AP) -— ViC€—.
President Nixon rode through the streets of Quito Saturday and hats and
mt took off their bowed. L ate r. 10,000 persons cheered “Viva Nixon" as he
kicked off the first ball for a soc- cer game.
companlcd by Danny Garnhum, Stanley Ward. and Ernest Farday with the Kingston Branch and
resented. The parade split with the Pro-
Des-
A SECTION OF THE PARADE
V-E Day Is Marked By Church Parade In Ch’lown
V—li Day was marked by a;\vas led by Harry Mortimer ac—_
I Special Union-Company l Meeting Is Inconclusive
MONTREAL lCP)—A meeting ;here b e t w e e n Labor Minister istarr and top CPR and union of-
ficers broke up late Sunday night‘
without any settlement of the CPR-firemen strike which started isunday morning.
' “There will be another meeting tomorrow but the time and place will be decided later,” Mr. Starr said at the end of this emergency meeting called in the expectation that it might halt the strike.
The conference in Mr. Starr’s suite in a downtown Montreal hotel was called by the minister
,at the request of Prime Minister
lDiefcnba-ker Sunday following a
- futile series of conferences in Mr.
.Dicfen~bakei"s office at Ottawa, which ended at 4:15 am. ADT.
After the meeting here, Mr.
Starr had no comment beyond saying the whole situation was discussed.
TOP OFFICIALS
He conferred with CPR Presi- dent N. R. Crump, President Claude Jodoin of the Canadian Labor Congress, John Graham, fircmcn's union chairman for the CPR, and R. A. Emerson. CPR vice-president of operation main- tenance.
Later, Mr. Jodoin said he did not know immediately whether jthe next meeting would be in .Montreal or Ottawa.
5 When the m e e t i n is started sl1oi‘l.ly a-fter 8:30 p.m., Mr. Sta-rr _ had said he was hopeful of a set-
I Passed: Patrick McWade. R0» ‘ tlement during the night. Mr.'Jo-
; doin expressed similar hopes. The imceting broke up just before 11 l p.m. ‘
I Mr. Jodoin_early Sunday ad- vanced to the CPR, on behalf of the firemen’s union, a compro- {misc p sat at a meeting in iPrime Minister Diefenba-ker’s of- fice at Ottawa which ended at .4-A-15. a.-!n::ADT~ v, ' --
COULD BE BASISHA "
’ As the meeting here opened, -’lVIr. Jodoin said he hoped that
Saturday night’s union proposition will "serve as a basis for final- it "
-
y.
The four-point proposal, drawn up by a CLC-appointed commit- tee, was:
l,'The question of the necessity of ‘firemen and helpers on freight and yard diesels would be re- ferred to the board of transport commissioners with the board de- cision to be binding on both parties.
2. Two subsidiary issues — the question .of mountain differential pay and that of pay for firemen’s “arbitraries"—would be referred to the board for a binding deci- sion. 5
3. Evidence taken by the Kel- lock royal commission. which in- vestigated the diesel issue and in February reported against the
, ge ion convened a meeting in " ‘M al tom'ght- to be-attended -' by the minister, president of the 1
Fl VE CENTS
the board. New evidence might be submitted to the board.
4. The date for the “finalizing" of any report from the board would be Aug. 1.
CALLS MEETING
Prime Min-ister Diefenbaker an- nounced earlier that Mr. Starr would meet with union and CPR heads in a new effort to stop the ‘st-ril 2 that started Sunday morn- ing.
and Mr. Crump along with Mr. Starr and other ministers were in the long and inconclusive series
a.m. Sunday without stopping the
In the final session, the CPR
essential on yard and freight diesel locomotives. v ISSUES STATEMENT
Mr. Diefenbsnker issued this ‘statement:
“It is naturally a matter of re- gret that negotiations failed to
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Canadian Pa ific Railway and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and that a strike has been called.
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The prime minister, Mr. Jodoin
of meetings that broke up at 4:15
I strike. ' l
chief turned down a compromise i,‘ ‘ offer from the union that was A ~_, retreat from the brotherl*ood’s ; previous stand that firemen are -'
achieve a settlement between the H
“The area of difference between the railway and its employees on the diesel issue has been substan-
tially reduced during the course of discussions held during the last few days at the instance of the government.
‘‘In the hope that further direct progress may be made towards a settlement I have asked the minister of labor to continue his efforts to bring the parties to- gether. . ' '
-“To that end the minister of labor, Mr. Starr. has at my sug-
Canadian Labor Congress, Mr. Jodoin, Mr. N. R. Crump, presi-
lfiremen, would be considered by
placed at the altar in memory of the fallen. The colours were dipp- ed with the Last Post sounding. The poem “They Shall Not Grow Old" was r ad ‘and the last re- veille sounded.
The "parties formed again on Prince Street. The Protestant :party was led by Spurgeon Leard
and the R.C. party was led by Pius Smith and J. J. Connelly.
Tilt‘ Dafade 501‘m0d 3‘ 10?30>l\Iount. Stewart Branch well rep-‘,'I‘1ic parade then proceeded up
lRichmond St. to where His_Hon- ‘lour I icutenant - Governor F. Wal-
Hale. The 17 Reece Band lP.E.I. testant party going to the Trin-gter Hyndman took the salute ‘n
ity United Church and the Roma“ i from of the Provincial Building.
Catholics to the St. Basilica for service.
Dunstan’s ‘
‘Proceeding to the Legion Hall
. . l At the close of the services ‘n '1‘? llarade broke off with “The adian Legion. The color party both churches a wreath wa5lQueen_"
dent of the CPR, and a represent- ‘ ative of the firemen‘s union." He said there were “reason- .
able" hopes of a settlement if the attitude shown by,the two sides -2; in this week's talks was main- 9‘ tained. There had been “a very -L.
large " diminution in the field of difference.”
Asked w h e t h e r the solution would involve acceptance by the union of the principle that fire- men were obsolete un freight and ‘ yard diesels, he replied:
“During the last few days there has been a very considerable ad- vance to acceptance of the ‘fact that in the future a seconr‘ man would not be nec .ary."
MEXICAN MOVIES
More than half the films shown in Mexican theatres are pro- duced In Mexico.
Pflimlin Gets
Answer Tuesday
PARIS t Rculersl Pierre
Pflimlin, 51 - year - old Catholic‘
leader who wants five months of unchallenged power as his price for becoming premier. gets his answer Tuesday.
An official announcement Sun- day convokcd the National As- sembly for Tuesday “to hear a communication from the prime ininistc1'-designate and take A vote of confidence on his prograin and policy."