Christmas Messages Planned
MONTREAL (CP) T I! e Qugerrs annual Commonwealth an-istmas message will be car-
,,'ed on CBC television and radio
.93,-works at 1 am. EST (11 ‘_m_ A51‘) Dec. 25. the CBC has announced
on television following the Queen's message will be Christ- mu Day addresses by Prime _{{é__s——-———————»— —~ - H _..
tries;
Mlntlur Pearson and one Prec- ident J. Alphonse Ouimet.
On radio the Queen's message will be followed by Prime Min- ister Pearson. Mr. Ouimet's ad- dress will be heard at 8:30 a.m.
EST (9:30 a.m. AST).
A repeat of the Queen's mes-
sage will be heard on CBC tele 09 pm. EST 112209
vision at 11: la.m. AST).
1 On radio t.l1e messa
ges by_ the
,QiIeen and the prime minister IWIII be repeated at 10:10 p.m.
lEST (11:10 p.m. AS/I‘)
T-he Queen's message was
-prerecorded for release in Commonwealth cou
simultaneous nu
Quebec Economic Council
Aims At Destiny Control
MONTREAL (C‘P)—Quebec's, Council for Economic Expan-: sion has joined in an ambitious program aim ed at making; French -Canadians masters of! ltheir economic destiny.
I Bernard T e s s i e r, director- 1 general. said in an interview has
the immediate program
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I "First, we are pressing? b a n k s. insurance companies, ‘ caisscs populaires lcredit un- ions» and any other organiza- tions which collect money from people to reinvest it in French- Canadian industries," he said. r. Tessier said people in ;Quebcc pour roughly $500,000.- ;000 a year into insurance but only 20 per cent of this is in- , vested in French-Canadian busi- j nesses. 1' “Every year we throw more ‘than $400,000,000 over the fence
l “Our next. step will be to pub- lish a list of retail owned by French-Canadians. This will be distributed to 300,-
find out who really owns Lingerie Ste. Louise «Mr. Smith or Mr. Benoit." ORGANIZED IN 1958 The council was organized in? 1958 to promote the interests of French—Canadian people with respect to economic affairs. Businessmen sponsored the project and there are no con- nections with government, Tessier said. The council’: $100,000 annual budget comes from member contributions. There are three classes ‘of membership — individuals. ;small companies and large cor- 'porations-—wit.h 80 per ce 1 e 850 members in the last ; two categories. Mr. Tessier praised General
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M1'- nounced that it has rejected
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investment Corporation. a gov-i
ernment-organized firm offer-'3
ling capital assistance to Que-.‘the capital.’
bec's needy industries.
“The IC is a step in the} right direction. It is an excellent] method of helping existing in-l
Idustries and providing capital; for the establishment of newiis three phases. lone
S. 1
“Our basic purpose the‘ same as GIC. We are teaching French - Canadians about economy and GIC is providingl the financial structure for eco-. nomic development."
To EXERT INFLUENCE 1' r. Tessier said it is notl necessary to control capital to? exert influence. “Purchasing power is also an important factor. It is here that French-Canadians can make their presence felt. Remember. ut 75 per cent of national revenue’ is in the hands of the
The council was not against the inflow of foreign capital but "we don't want to be in th position where we make up 80
Sydney Call Rejected
OTTAWA (OP) Transport Board
The Air in s
an-
a bid by Air Gaspe Incorporated to add. Sydney, N.S., to its air service linking Gaspe, Mag- dalen Islands and the renc islands of St. Pierre and Miq- uelon in the Gulf of St. Law-
The board also said St. Felic- ien Air Service Limited has ap- plied for authority to operate a regular air service for passen- gers. mail and cango serving
tak. Wakeham Bay, Sugluk and
per cent of
ation and hold only 10 r e
the popul ’ nt of
to Z) pe “Our young people are being. prepared for financial respon-l sibility. We're ready to admin-T ister our own affairs." ‘ Dr. Tessier said the a pos' ve movement "We are not against any.: body. Our movement is based.’ on the interests of the commu-’
council
ty.
“A solid. strong and aggreg. sive French-Canadian economy, is necessary for the progress of} the Canadian economy."
Sterilization I-n Alberta ,
EDMONTON (GP) — No se-I crecy surrounds sterilization of mentally retarded persons inl Alberta. Health Minister Dr. .1. Donovan oss s 1' here.
He said 2,103 mentally delec- tives were sterilized between! 1928 and the beginning of 1963 u-nder the province's Sexual Sterilization Act.
Each year, an average of 139 cases are considered by the four-member eugenics board and an average of 78 are steri- lized. Dr. Ross said. I
He was commenting on state- ments by David Gravells, pres- ident of the Calgary West New Democratic Party, who said during the weekend it was not I generally known the majority of children at the provincial; training school for retarded 1 children at Red Deer have been
No Secrecy On I I
s ze .
Mr. Gravells also said a psy- ,' chiatrist had resigned from the ' school in protest over the prac- tice.
Dr. Ross said it was untrue that the majority of the chil- dren at the school had been sterilized. He was unaware oi
lvugivik. all in northern Que- lbec. Submissions dealing with this application are to be made before Dec. 28.
LONG SERVICE
South Africa's retiring foreign minister. E. H. ouw. repre- sented his country at both the League of Nations and United Nations.
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PURITY DAIRY
any resignations because of the practice. "Those who have undergone surgery have done so with ental consent wherever possi- ble." he said.
The board is comprised of two doctors and two laymen ap- pointed, by the government. The Alberta Catholic Welfare Association voted during the weekend to appeal to the pro- vincial government for elimina- tion of the legislation providing for sexual sterilization without c
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Charlottetown, Thurs, Dec. 12, 1963.
WHERE POPE WILL CROSS ‘NO MAN'S LAND’
This is the Manidielbatun Gate in Jerusaliem when-e Pope (Paul VI is expected to cross the 100-yard ‘No Man's
Claims U.S.
By HAROLD MORRISON
WASHILNGTON (OP) — Sena- tor Philip Hart of Michigan has emanded a congressional in- vestigation of charges that U.S. rail rates are designed to dis- courage shipments to Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Sea-
way ports in favor of longer I
hauls to ocean ports.
The Democrat aired his views there as Joseph H. McCann, head of the U.S. Seaway De- velopment Conporation, told a special Senate subcommittee
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that the rise in cargoes carried on the seaway is “.phenomenal" but that they are running below estimates made when the sea- way opened in 1959.
Land‘ d.LI.l1'LiII.xg his January 4-6 -tour of the Holy Land. Du.n1'.~ng the tour the Pontiff is expect- ed to celebrate a pontifical
Rail Rates
Aimed AtSeaway Ports
3 With heavy Canadian wheat shipments to Russia and other increases, total cargo carried on the seaiway this year would rise to more than 30,000,000 ns -from 25, .000 year, he said. But according to 1959 es- timates, the tonnage this year should be 41,000,000.
McCann said it is obvious that the goal of 50,000,000 tons by 1968 will not be reached but he Ibelieves this goal is attainable by the early 1970s and "then I expect that we will able IPLIIICII through that ceiling and
60,000,000 tons."
BEHIND IN PAYMENTS Meanwhile, the U.S. portion of 1 the seaway, operating on a basis
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mass at the Churcih of the Nativity in Betrhletrem. After the -mass he will make a
of sharing of toils with Canada. is running behind in its pay- lments to the U.S. treasury.
“We owe the treasury more than $130,000,000 and re proximately $5,000,000 behin revenue available to service debt," Mccann said.
The shipping season runs from April 15 Dec 1, "give or take a few days. depending on ‘weather conditions." McCann believed the season cou extended but “this will call for studies as well as discussions with Canadian authorities."
Hart concentrated on what he described as rted rail and other transport discrimination against the seaway. This meant that in some instances mid-west- ern cargoes designated for Great Lakes rts ' the same or even higher rates than those charged on haulage over longer distances to southern and eastern coastal ports.
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Rome. (AP Wireplloto)
§FrencI1 Minister Gives Warning To ;Ma rket Partners
' anussms. Belgium (Reut- ers)—French Agriculture Min- ister Edgar Pisani walked out of a key European Common Market meeting here after giv- ing it a “grave and solemn warning” for its lack of pro- gress so far.
He told the agriculture minis- ters of the member nations the year-end deadline to make a “package deal" on common .farm policy is not a myth or degend as it seems to be to some peop e.
A French spokesman _ said Pisani would return to Paris for consultations with the French -government, but he would prob-
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