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Miners To Sign New Contract: At Old Wage Rate

Not Enough Planning For Future In Budget.

Opposition Declares

~O'l‘TA\':‘\. April 4 —(C P)— The sovcrnment was paid today by spokesmen for the three oppggu. [OH group! in Vie Commons that it should have done more planning for the future in its 1950-51 budget.

Openir.-g formal debate on the hudset presented to the com. mom a wreck ago, the spokesmen described the budget as one with a "negative" approach to problems; one that contained no plan; to keel! production and employment bush. and one that did not meet the demands of the Canadian people for removal of the sign. percent sales tax.

The spokesmen were J. M. Mac. donnell. chief financial critic {oi- ths Progressive Conservative party and mtmbcr for Toronto Green. wood; M. J. Caldwell. c. C, 1!‘, lender, and Solon Low. Credit leader.

Mir. Macdonncll and Mr. Coldwcll backed up their criticism with motions calling for votes of non. confidence in the Govex-nmqnt_ Mr. Low was prevented by House fillet from moving a similar mot- on. ‘

Mr. Macdonnell asked the House to eiipress regret that Government

cles make higher taxation evitable; make no adequate at- tanpt to eliminate extravagance and avoid unneceuary expenditure; Ind make no provision for a pro- gram of national development, without which there can be no hope of a reduction of taxation and the present high cost of living.

A‘: Non-Confidence Vote

Mr. Ooldwsll asked for a non- confideuttce votswgactcsuss the Gov- amnion indtca hrough ft! pol- icies that it was prepared to ac- not the present level of product- “! II I-dequate for the Canadian

is. This meant iiherc.wcu1d a limit on the services and the tgaourlty of the people.

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Coming Events

°°Ma.i.l your Films to Garnhum Photo Studio, Charlottetown.

"Dance, st. Teresa's Hall. Easter Monday. Ausplces C. W. L.

"Farmers now booking Clover Seeds. Rush onier. Mcauigan as Boyle.

"Limited quantity beet pulp now available. Phone or write Benton as Mcrtae. Winsloe.

“New Glasgow tonight — Show. "Prison Train" and “Tumbledown Ranch". Two big hits.

‘ "One act comcdy. concert. dance. Kelly's Cross Hall. Monday. April 10th. Starts at 8.15.

"Loading hogs at Fredericton until 11 s.m. and Colvlllo until 11.30 am. April 6. D. 1... Mac- Dowcll.

“Now booking orders for Grau Seeds. Place your orders now as -supply is limited. Prices on re- quest. Benton as Machae. Win- aloe.

"Unloading car of Oil Cake. Wednesday and Thursday. April liih and 6th. Wiltnhire Dairying Go.

"Dsnsa h to oaaalfaa Legion Hall. ‘Mount Stewart, nutnr Mon- day. loth. Music by Burns Orch- ssira. complete sound system.

f'By popular request repeat per Romance of Musicale by im. Davi- son. Mrs. Maoliae. Donn . ‘Baptist Girls choir. April nth. aapuat church nan.

“come to the Orokinola Party in nrookileld orange Ball. Wad- naadsy. April sin. lufraahmcuia carved. onus comm at 0 ma’ Admission as sania.

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saunas until I. II. and xausihltdb until I fl and . .--0 ..nm is Iiiatcasdar 0 aka“. ya "ins" cc and“ “Irv

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Denies Rumors

_ MOiN'l'R»EA-‘L. Anti: 4 —<or) .- vlscount Alexander. (above) Gov- ernor-Genaral of Canada. said to- nighit there was no truth to “re- ccnt runurs" he would succeed Field Marshal 'v"acousil’ Montgom- ery as chief of the Western Union defence set-up-

Lord and Lady Alexander landed at ‘Montreal Airport after I had

non-stop night from Gandu. Nfld, to Rochcltffe. Ont.

‘ms Governor-General Wu re- turning to Canada following a trip to llngland.

labor-Majority Drops To_T_wo

LONDON. April 4 —— (Reuters) -5 The Government's effective majority in the House of Com- mops dropped temporurily to two tonight when Labor member James Glanville was taken to hospital with a fractured flrull.

He was injured in a fall from a streetcar last night.

There now are three Labor and two Conservative members of Parliament in hoqaital.

Heat Wave Grips New York State

NEW YORK. April 4 — (AP) — A prc-Easter heat wave grip- ped the New York area today. The mercury reached 78 shortly before noon in Paterson, N. J., and the weatherman said it would climb well into the 80's before sundown. New Jersey's previous oiiflcihi high for the year was a 74 on Jan. 26.

BETTY BUTTON DIVORCED

SANTA MONICA. Callf.. April 4 -— (AP) -—- Bouncy, blonds Betty Hutton wept through the pro- ceedings today as she obtained a divorce from Theodore S. Brislsin. wealthy camera manufacturer. She obtained custody of their two children. The 28-year-old actress charged mental cruelty. When she -filed the suit she said she and Briskin "did everything we souls to make a. success of it. but it was no go."

TDNDON, April 4 — (CF) - Plana for construction of a new

atomic-energy works of a secret type were disclosed today by the lllniswy of

Surviv- ‘lha new atomic establishment- lritain'a al:tb—wi1l be built at gbtanuton. aaar llaadiag. Bark-

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will be carried on at Raiaaitataa ccnsiucflcn will «again aavual.ysars a a “sub- staatfil lIlioLforcaP' will be kept

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Nova Scoiia Coal Diggers ~ In Close _V_cie

GLACE BAY. N. 5.. April 4 — (CP) -1 Nova Scoila coal miners voted by a close margin today to sign a new working agreement with Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation without a wage in-

crease.

With all ballots counted the vote among members of the United Mine Workers (C.C.L.) district 26 was 3,401 in favor of the new con- tract and 3.223 against.

Locals in the Glace Bay area turned in a heavy no vote while main support for the move came from mainland units.

Two of the locals in this area voted 511-291 and 537-zs7 against whlle,ln the Stellarton. Spring- hlll, and Thorburn areas on the mainland the votes were favor- able by such counts as 645-51. 497-87 and 49-0.

The proposed -contract, recom- mended to the membership by the district executive. also is to run for a two-year term. Previously the union signed only one-year agreements. ‘

Minor changes will be made unp dcr the contract but the basic daily rate will remain at $8.14.

President Freeman Jenkins said the union international had ap- proved the no-increase recom- mendation. .

He said about 68 per cent of the eligible voters cast ballots. He could not say when the contract would be signed.

When negotiations opened the- union asked an increase of 26 cents an hour. I 50 per cent in- crease on long-wall loading rates. douable time for Sunday work and siamtory holidays and straight time for statutory holldn-ya not worked. '

The union alsoasked afla 1-3 per cent vincreasemnn .contract, rates. I

A V ' ‘ in - which included a reduction _of 3150 a day for miners employed by Acadia Coal Company, a Dosco subsidiary, and a 15 per cent re- duction in contract rates at the same mines was . jected.

The company offered to main- tain all existing rates if the union signed the two-year. no-increase agreement.

The vote was watched with keen interest by other union.s_ in in- dustrial Cape Breton, especially the 4.000-member United Steel- workers of America (C.l.O.-C.I.L.). The steelwonkers also are negoti- ating with Dosco for a new con- tract. They now make a basic hourly age of 81.04.

TWO EPIDEMICS

CA1KJU'I'l‘A. April 4 — (Reut- ers) — Calcuttq has been gripped by two scfious epidernlc.s—smsll- pox and cholera-—-in the lost three months, with a death toll of 2.385 lives, official reports said today. Smallpox. which reached epidemic proportions early in January, has claimed N700 lives so far. Cholera. declared an epidemic Jan. 28. has so far taken a toll of 635 lives.

PLANS SECOND TRIP

ST. JOHN'S. Nfld.. April 4 The sealer Algerlnc. first back from the ice floss. today was pre- paring for another trip to the northern iloes.

Crew members cleared about $360 each for the two-week voy- age. The Algerine brought in 3.972 pelts and the sale of flip- pers, a Newfoundland delicacy. aa- counts for the remainder of the crew's income. 4

Britain Plans For New . Atomic Energy Works

:¢: energy piles which have been de- voted mainly to tha production of radioactive materials for medical or wrnmorchl usa. -

A second works has been under construction for a year at Bella- field. Cumberland.

The Aldeimaoiou project will

occupy a wartime bomber airfield .

which now is lbs’ of Ilia Ministry of Civil viaoioa.

In addition to the pro- ject with piles where acbual atomic energy will be produced. Britain has two other atomic in- stallations built and can blinding.

Thais are at nisloy. laasaabire.

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Gov’t Disapproves Talk By Atomic Scientist

OTTAWA. April 4 — (CP) - Governmsnt disapproval of a Chalk River scientist's public dis- cussion of the question of further Federal expenditures an atomic energy was indicated in the Com- mons today by Trade Minister Howe. acting Prime Minister.

Answering a question about a speech by Dr. L. G. Cook. chemistry research director at the Chalk River atomic project. Mr. Howe said he was "surprised to find one of my scientists discussing financial problems."

He was answering a question by George Drew, Progressive Conser- vative leader. about a speech yes- terday by Dr. Cook. before the Ottawa Rotary Club.

Mr. Drew quoted press reports of Dr. Cook‘: statement that Chalk

Cost-Of-Living Index Reaches All-Time High

Asks Question. lle Poiaioes

OITAWA. April 4 (GP)- A rqiort indicating the United states might restrict imports of Canadian potatoes came up to-, day in the Commons‘ question period. ‘

I-1.1-I. Hatfield, Progressive Conservative member for the New Brunswick potato-growing riding of Victoria-Carleton. at- ed about the accuracy of a Geneva report that the con- tracting parties to the Geneva trade agreement have "agreed

' ', to let the unites States take measures to restrict the flow of imports of Canad- ian potatoes."

He asked also if Canada had a representative at the meeting. The report said Canada agreed. ' in advance.

Trade Minister Howe said he would get the information and reply later.

DisiressiMessages Possible Hoax

IDNDON, April 4 -— (OP) -—- Radio messages purported to be from “an American civil airplane" in distress tonight were labelled a probable hoax by the Air Ministry.

The messages picked up by the Ministry said an American plan» was going down in the sea off the Irish coast. A Trans-Canada sir- iiner and an R..A.F. Halifax res- cue piane searched the area. for several hours and found nothing. Airports reported no planes miss- ing._

"There appears to be nothing in it," the Air Ministry’said.

llnion President is Convicted

SAN FRANCISCO. April 4 -7 (AP) .- ll-lorry Bridges was con- victed today of perjury.

Ho and his two co-defendants wda likewise convicted on all three counts in tha Federal grand jury indictment.

The co-defendants were J.lt.‘ Robertson and Henry Schmidt, fel- low-officars of lridgas in the O.- 1.0. Longmorsmenk Union.

Bridges. Australian-born, is pre- sident of the union.

Bridges was indicted for swear- ing falsely in his citiaanahip hear- ing in 1046 that he never was a Communist.

The other men were his witnesses at’ the naturaliaaticn hear-ing."1‘hey were indicted ‘for "conspiring to defraud the government" in help- ii-:g kidgl lot 0.8. citizenship

0031- . tad: of the three convicted men

obtained in iii. and to deportation to Australia.

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SAINT JOHN. Nil. April 4 - (CP) - Amointancnt I Aaliltarit fin chief llclland 3. night as onus cf the aunt Jilin litre Da-

. It . last . cam nsieht. 47. join. ed the permanent branch of the dloartilisnt in ltll. ‘ » I

._.:___...._....___j. River “is at the crouaab" and the people should decide. through Parliament, whether C a n a d a “should ante up with money and

men and stay" in the world atomic race or whether “we should let our little fire run its course and flicker out."

The fire is Chalk River‘: one radioactive pile or reactor. A Commons committee I ommend-

ed last year that the project be expanded and a second reactor built. There are no plans to start,one this year.

Under British and Canadian sys- tems of government. civil servsns are supposed to advise their su- periors on questions of policy but not to discuss them publicly, lnformed quarters said Dr. Cook will probably be told of this view.

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OTTAWA. April 4 — (CP) — An unparalleled advance in rents. combined with a sharp rise in food prices. pushed up February living costs by 2.1 points to an all-time hilh. ‘ '

The cost-of-living index touch- ed 168.7 points, compared with 161.8 in January and the previous high of 182.8 in July, 1949. the Bureau of Statistics reported to- day. The index is calculated on the basis 1935-39 costs equal 100.

The rent sub-index made the biggest jump. It rose 7.7 points from the previous peak of 125.0 in January to 132.7 in February.

The food sub-group. biggest sin- gle factor in the barometer's movements, climbed 2.7 points from 201.3 to 204.0. 5.2 points be- low the previous peak of 209.2 in July. 1949.

The combination of these two major advances told the story of a reversal of the index which started to come down last Septem- ber. it dropped 1.2 points in the September-December period and

points from Decembcr's level of 161.0.

Rent advances reflected‘ the hikes in the Federal rent ceil- ings. allowing increases of 18 per cent on unheated and 22 per cent on heated accommodation. Most of the increases went into c-ftfect in February.

Food hikes mirrored a general stiffening of food prices. Prices ,were stronger in February for beef. lamb. eggs. codfce and fresh vegetables. outwelghlng slight de- clines for canned vegetables.

Of the remaining four sub-in- dexes. only fuel and light showed an increase. but the four-tenths of a point advance put the sub-group to a new peak. The sub-index ad- vanced from 135.9 to 133.3.

The miscellaneous sub-group. re- flecting prices for medical fees, streetcar fares. gasoline. news- paper prices and other items. re- mained unchanged at 132.1.

Clothing and home furnishings both dropped. Clothing went down 1.6-points from 183.0 to 181.4.

Home furnishings declined one- tcnih-of-a-vpoint, from 186.4 to 168.3.

These changes were shown at

retail or consumer level. But on the wholesale side. prices looked upward, too.

The Bureau's index of industrial material prices advanced from 152.8 for the week of Feb. 24 to 153.0 for the week of March 24.

The index of Canadian farm product prices at wholesale level also moved higher. by 2.0 points, from 145.3 to 147.3.

This general advance of living costs in Canada appeared to re- flect a trend prevalent in a great number of other countriu.

The Labor Department, issuing figures compiled by the Interna- tional Labor Oflice at Geneva. stated that a survey shows that the cost of living increased in 23 out of 84 countries during I 12- month period.

The increases ranged from I high of 27.5 per cent in Austria to a low of thraa-tenths-of-a-point in Sweden.

The 1. L. 0. rated Canada‘: ad- vance ln 1009 at eight-tenths of a point. the same advance was not- ed in Norwy. The United King- dom went up 3.7 per cent.

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51'. JOHN'S. Nfld. April 4 — (OP) —- largest fmh filh catch aver landed hora was being unload- ed today from the schooner mus roam. The catch. mostly haddock.

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HALIFAX. April 4 _- (GP) .. Legislation to provide pensions to Provincial cabinet ministers afur 10 years in the cabinet was intro- duoed in the Nova Scotia Legisla- ture today by Premier Maodonalrl.

The legislation is unprecedented in Canada.

But such a move has long been discussed in both Federal and Provincial political circles.

Amount of the pensions will de- pend on the length of the minis- ter's service in the cabinet.

It was learned t.he,blil providts for a maximum pension of '10 per- cent of a minister's salary after 14 years in the cabinet.

Generally. the pension system will parallel that for civil serv- ants. The ministers are to con- tribute eight per cent of their sal- ary _. a larger contribution than that paid by civil servants — -which will be matched by the Govern- ment.

Unlike civil servants. however. the ministers pension contributions will not be returned if they leave the cabinet. through death. retire- ment or electoral defeat, after less than three years.

Explains Bill

Premier Macdonald took the un- usual step of explaining the bill on first reading. He said he intro- duced it with "some embarras- mcnt" but because it involved ex- penditure of money it could only be introduced by the government.

Nova Seotia. cabinet ministers now receive a salary of $8.000 a year. The premier receives $9,000.

It was not known if the provis- ions would be made retroactive to include ministers who have already retired from public life or if the service of present ministers would count towards their pension.

No similar legislation exist: any- where in Canada.

But pensions for cabinet minis- ters and members of Parliament have been suggested on numerous occasions.

The arguments advanced for them have been that the salaries of cabinet ministers —. regarded as meagre when compared to salaries paid for comparable work in other fields -—- have been too low and their expenses nave been too high to permit them to make adequate provision for their old age and for their families.

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For Bo at Harbor Awarded

OTTAWA. April 4—(Speclsl)— Contract for the construction of a boat hflrbor at Skinner's Pond as provided in parliamentary esti- mates this spring is being award- ed to the Diamond Construction Company of Fredericton. N. 8.. it was learned here today.

The Fredericton firm submit- ted the lowest tender of 386.000. which was some $2.000 less‘ than the second lowest offer to do the work.

J. Watson Macblaught. M. P-. for Prince and parliamentary as- sistant to Fisher es Minister May- hew, who persu ded the 80%"!- ment . to initiate the Skinner's Pond project. told the Guardian today that work to be done this year would be excavation of a "run" from the pond to open water, construction of retaining walls on either side of the run. and the building of two "outer blocks" to protect the harbor from ice and storm conditions.

Will Shit Bhorfly

Dredging of the inner lagoon will be done by contract which will be awarded in 1951. Estimate of the Works Department for this year's work is $110.000 so it i5 expected that a surplus-will be left over at the and of the cur- rent season. Actual work on the job will start within a few weeks’ time. Mr. Maclisught said.

As is customary on Federal Government contracts. local labor will be employed on the project with the exception of a few key posts. Workers will be protected by the fair-wage clause which sets forth that wages to be paid are to be comparable to those paid for similar work in the district.

Brooks Shore Wharf

Mr. MacNaugl\t further announ- ced that he had received details as to size and materials to be used for the new wharf at Brooks Shore. Prince County. The wharf is to be built at the end of the public road at an estimated cost of $5,500.

It will be 125 feet in length with an approach 16 feet in width and a head block 30 feet by 30. Substructure will be of creosoted pile and superstructure of untreat- ed four-inch planking. Plans for the wharf are currently being prepared at Charlottetown and

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LONDON. Apr: 4- (Cl?)-Sir Stafford Cripps announced today that the sterling area earned a surplus of $40,000,000 in the first quarter of 1950.