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DECISION MADE LAST NIGHT -

‘Wage Protest Meeting Today. Set By Construction Workers

Prince Edward Island’s first |hood of Carpenters’ and Joiners, | wage-protest meeting has been had sent out invitations to all called for _1-p.m. today. Dissatis- |employers in the construction in- fied at increasing living costs idustry on P.E.I. to meet with and static wage levels, a large them and other union, represen and_militant_group_of_construc- jtatives yesterday afternoon in tion workers meeting at the Ba- |Charlottetown. ; silica Recreation Centre la t |

protest meeting. during normal |most of these employers were working hours. In this way ‘they apparently~-willing--to--eo-operate \they_ were unwilling to commit

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the Sent more of --the-/themselves.—without—genera}--ap-9 boa aoa tay aa Sores | | | S } yr esent ed : emp oyers' in the construction 'proval throughout the industry. Ployed. by. the Quebec govern- | — = eee — Re en This-is not a strike, nor is this HIGHER MARITIME WAGES | |™ent went, on strike Tuesday | By -LORNE YEO ‘believé-gur tax rate of $2 Is intended —to-he-one; it -was—ex:_—Mr.Coleman_told the meeting 20d’ a government spokesman | An increase in education tax |9ne_of lowest rates in the plained. Rejean Charlebois, in- that Prince Edward Island com- @"tormced plans for seeking a} las well_as-an_ increase in taxes|Maritimes. : ternational representative of the |panies. operating on their con. Court injunction banning the | on motor vehicles was proposed |woT OUT OF LINE ae ‘® Labourers’ International Union |tracts in other parts of the Ma- Sia tk t from | 'by the finance committee and| with respect to the increase / of North America, and Arthur |ritime ,Provinces, are paying h . wa ae tenes ea approved by the members of/in motor vehicle taxes, Council: Coleman, regional representa- |wages considerably in excess of What union leaders called~“‘im- | \City Council at the presentation |jor Nicholson: said, “we are nol tive of the International Brother- What they are paying to P.E.I penence _ with. government | lof the annual budget in Council! out-of: line with other Maritime ree — —— ween for the-same type of Sowness in negotiations. - oe ichambers last night. municipalities.” x e : jwork. ca ; | The proposal to raise the edu-| “By holding the tax rate at Fire Deaths umole: ne quiet ver 1 Names Selected _ cata an om tis Saree | ee cae eee ee ew Glasgow ; ft ied in the City from ‘0 or es ° | ; ” Blamed On — tit iat eer sie rns For New Ferries | eae astctenns trom Vid te His an Total, expenditures, fot iste aay : ‘Carpenters $2.50 per hour, ris-- ST. JOHN’S, Nfld. (CP)—Two | | wall as_a $25 increase in Char-| were estimated-at $2,377,027,40., a fe s ° \ing to. $2.75 per hour. in Novem. new ferries to ply between Nova | lottetown- motor. vehicle taxes | While the total-revenue—for the ‘ qu ty Wire lber 1966. Other tradesmen and Scotia and Newfoundland next } from $25 to $50 was expressed |year was an estimated $2,382,- se labourers were given compar. year are to be named after! | by Councillor John P. Nicholson, | 420.70. ; ; PERTH, N.B.--(CP)—Faulty able rates. |Newfoundland delegates to the| chairman of the finance .commit- |OTHER BUSINESS wiring was blamed Tuesday for LOCAL SPEAKERS | Quebec conference on confed- tee, who last night presented the | Other matters discussed at the starting a fire which killed five Claude Catroll, Federation of © 20H of 1864, Transport Min- annual budget. meeting, presided over by Mayor Persons as it swept through a |Labor William Shields and Twain ister. Pickersgill says. Ores anvil Walter Cox, included report: one-room home near here ear- | McDougall of the local Carpen- A letter from the minister to NOTE % NUE from the various committees and lier in the day: : tees” Union potted out that the /P--T- (Terry). Carter’ of St. , Mr. Nicholson brought _ the | the passing of five resolutions. “We have nothing. definite, average employer on PEI. is | John's, a great-great-grandson - , : Council's attention to some signi-} 1¢ was resolved by Council but we strongly suspect elec- decent and fair, but that the em-|°! Frederic Carter, says the - eI ficant figures as a result of the | dat Normen W. Lowther ami Ab tricity,” Deputy Fire Chief ployees on the Island have little |T@/-car ferry to Port aux Bas- TEACHERS BOARD OF GOVERNOR MEETS increase in taxes. ___ |fred Hennessey be appointed ce Louis Chantler of this western | or no bargaining strength. By al- | 9UUeSs, Nfld., is to be named the Toronto La er ; He pointed out that by raising |the Board of Appeals from Civie New Brunswick . town said. at | - ——|Frederic Carter and an east) wv y The Board of Governors of Regional High School, record-~ policy-making body of the fed- | the education tax by $5 on all|Rates and Assessment. was.a pretty poorly done job of | : : jcoast ferry to Argentid, Nfld., | Fi 9 000 the Prince Edward Island Tea- ing secretary; Francis Blan- © eration, which opens a three- ‘males employed in Charlotte-| Also decided by resolution was wiring.” B -|is to) be named the Ambrose | ined ' : re A ; day annual convention here {town an estimated revenue of | that the new street to fied ithe ae were ca urn : iner | Shea,’ The’ letter 1s dated’ April | - _..| chers’ Federation held meet- chard, Sherwood School, vice- today. The 45 teachers attend- $105,720.00 would be realized for |service the Wheatly sub-division mother, her three daughters Se ee oe yee a Se rag MONTREAL (CP) — A Tor-| ings-in Charlottetown yester-.. president; and J, Weeks Mur- ings were represent- | 1966, and by increasing the edu- |on the east side of Goodwill Ave. —~--~-and--her—grandchild, Reache es Port _|_Sir “Frederick Bowker Ter-jonto lawyer was fined ..$2,000 day. n here are, LEFT TO phy, Summerside, president. atives of feachers in the 10 | cation tax on females by appro- |be called Goodwill Court. ---Mr._Chantler. said the blaze | ** IES : | Tington “Carter —was’ the ~ first | Tuesday~ for -contempt of Que- | RiGgaF Mabel O’Brien;-Morell_.The Board of. Governors is the — locals of the.PEITF. - |ximately. $3-the- estimated -re-} That a census of the inhabit- had raced through the frame | a EAE TE Newfoundlander to~-be—knighted.|bec Superior Court by ‘disobey- eon nT |ventie would’ be*$16;080.00.-These-|.ants of the City be made accord- building “‘like a flash.” MIAMI, Fla. (AP) — The | He became prime minister of jing an injunction issued during ie — 7 _ ~|two—revenues combined in an |ing to Section 53A of the Act Killed in the fire were--Mrs, burned-out liner Viking Prin- | Newfoundland in 1874, was later a proxy battle involving two = lapproximate increase of $20,757.- | of ee een the de. “' Joseph Lovely, 49, daughters (cess. a modern prize of the {appointed to the Supreme Court |mutual fund companies last ex C ion n : je a mM 00 over a revenue of $101,043.00 | cision of Oot ncil vate ~~ % “ Lynda Marie, 16, Sharon Ann, |S¢a, arrived at the old pirate |and eventually’ became chief /February. > | i : N jlast year. dive Hag eae te to the 13, Margaret Rose,—seven, and {Stronghold of Port Royal, Ja- | justice. a 4 William H. Zimmerman was The tmotor-Vehicle. tax revenue _ sictiae ak een five-year-old grandson Richard Maica, but was denied entrance! Sir Ambrose Shea, active in |assessed two $1,000 fines and | : ° which totalled an estimated |‘ Mayors and Municipalities te Gerald Smith. Ito the nearby port of Kingston |Newfoundland politics for 40 |court costs by Mr. Justice J. P.| . : $108,750.00 last year is expected |be, held in Vancouver. — The bodies’ of two of the far fear she might sink. jyears, was governor of the |Charbonneau, with 15-day sen- ears Oo U is S im te anorodinaaly . eee —-daughters.—and—the—grandson-|_The Kingston __harbormaster |Bahamas from 1887 to 1895, He (tences in default of payment. $201,300.00 in 1966. an e ggooigy tone were found in their beds. The |@nd agents of rival salvage was nominated governor of| Mr. Zimmerman is-a_director;—-———-G tae vice of $2.-0n. $100, whicts! senotnded a sonia ea ble third daughter_and-Mrs._Levely |¢laimants all went to the scene |Newfoundland in 1889 but -didjand shareholder of Comtifion-| By_EDWIN Q. WHITE pledged: Tuesday “to- hold elec- , Knowledgeable Cal mint; ~The tate. aes anon thx, te osth-te, meth -fapaaie. ree were foynd- on-the ‘floor. in_the_harbormaster’s boat—to|not accept. ~ wealth International Leverage }----S¥-EUWIN @. WHESE. — | eee a piles {ters said there is no indication |18 in addition to ‘bu " : “.. ‘The five weré™ alonié in the |Work out the légal problems. > Fund.Ltd. and Commonwealth | SAIGON (AP) — The next tionis for @: elvifian regime as|it°° Conoress opened the way |i born by Sea ee ee ae house when the fire broke out.| The Viking’ Princess arrived | International Corp. Ltd., both |move in South Viet Nam's po-|soom as a constitution is dra for any solution. - |Messmen as well as estate A special’ meeting — of — City. Bi" = wee ' 7 } ‘ i i trugel ars to be up|and. the voting machinery set owners, said Councillor Nichol- = Mr. Lovely had left for work under disputed..tow of _ the ipper Reet ee er ee eee eee eee ee ne ea. But the Hpedhists boyeotted| Before . boycotting the eUIGION ok: Gace a tees reves of COUNT] Wf suetued tar Cle about .10 minutes earlier. freighter Navigator.~An! author- | : land. ce to the Buddhists. There is little prepatory congress at which |gress, leaders of the unified| approximately $359,690.00 for Morning to give third reading te An inquest~into the fire was jized salvage ship, the Cable, out ‘ | . He was fined for having acted /doubt the Buddhists are ready the offer was made. Buddhist. struggle group -de-| business taxes compared to an|by-laws levying and specifying ealled for April 20. - ‘of Key West, was standing by. Puts C aim as enaeines oe A to make it, perhaps as a show! Only 92 delegates, “roughly |Clared they have no confidence estimated revenue this year Of |the rate of assessment on real e : cng La she Uieked entrance ea Mont- {of force. half the number invited, swe oes oe te Pact as eee last coligetbange estate and business occupancy. : Director Of Travel Bureau On Treasure jfeal hotel’s meeting hall. The military government-up. Nguyen Cao Ky —and-_Nguyen |9g7.00. com: i to this year’s|and the amounts of motor ve- SYDNEY, N.S. (CP)—A Por- f Van Thieu, chiefs.of state. . estimated revenue of 1,2i2,177.60. | hicle taxes and educational tax- To Attend Madrid Ass mbl tuguese-born salvage skipper 7 I a . PROCEDURE TAKES TIME | “There are a number of cit-/¢s in Charlottetown as well as 9 Se fist 5e y claimed Tuesday the treasure of | : The “Buddhists are-demanding-|1zens. who don’t own property by-law to establish the time of = Siege wages “digo oe oe wie ee “oH ana | ! = the election of a civilian gov-|and do not carry as much a|payment of civic assessments hhameay, ..belongs—to—hith—and_ ww cea ernment —‘‘in—a_very—s-hort tax load_as_property_owners,” | and to fix the rate of interest ---the~ Prince. Edward_IslandTra. his_crew.: _ : time.” The military leaders j ho added “I thereon = vel Bufeau, leaves Friday for | * Capt.” Mantel “Sequera and toe =§ have -kaidthey—are-—-willing-to- = m: Lledo ze - Madrid, Spain, where he will at- | his crew became the third! : 2 ; tain quer obese 16 an ataetnd ’ Fe an aa SS tend the first _Spanish-Portu- | group to claim the treasure, | { tativ overnment, but 8 guese — American — Philipino which three Louisbourg divers | i that woek van the procedures ey Tourist Assembly April 18-30 as reported last week . they had | : ad Noite guchans wil take ‘ one of five official delegates re- |” found under feet off water | i ae rasa presenting Canada. — amt the former French fortress. | \ ae at page ed ai eb theta live" bate nae rpeseaauied a ae t officials talk : i 13 Capt: Sequeira said he\ and| OTTAWA (CP)—In a 39-point ;Pled. mail delivery in |tive barga Top government officia ve i the | Spat Gpreciane gr tha | [the crew of his vessel found the \brief brimming over with eriti- (Provinces, has visited some 40 the Industrial Relations and |in terms of completing such ac- |p important gathering of tor fy ‘wreck of Le Chameau in July, |cism of the post office depart-|cettres across Canada from St. Disputes Investigation Act ition in six months. There is no tourist leaders. The agenda will | |1961, and recovered three large |ment, the Canadian Union of{J°hn’s, Nfld., to Vancouver. (which contains _ strike provi- indication the Buddhists are | Of cover all phases of tourist plan iron cannons and two small/Postal Workers Tuesday de-| The~ commission-is investigat-|Sions). On this ee - Says: | willing to wait that long. XslJs ning and promotion, financing, |; brass cannons. He said he plans |manded remedies to’ avoid an-|ing grievances by postal work- vi ti nat idees acces table . : es professional training of hotel and | jlegal action to: back , up his other crisis in the service. ers outlined during’ the strike. | clon iA. bad aeKHe Viet Cong Hit | |. rrepericron, cp) — Fi-/$157,681,497 and capital account other tourist trades, internation- |, eae a iff The. 11,000 - member union it is expected to report Ge OT harenintnis rica thet the ° nance Minister L. G. DesBrisay|expenditures $44,259,186. ° al cooperation in-tourist develop. | eanwhile, S he r fi James made its points in a brief to the |8UMmer. = | isis in th tal oi U.S. Air Base presented a record - spending|ing fund payments would ; MacKillop of Cape~ Breton sy ; : ,., next crisis in the postal service in the New/sorb $7,000,000 ment and a study of tourist sta- | County olnbe to beain and. item ‘royal commission. headed by| Tuesday's brief took a swipe | in again be upon us.” 1966-67 budget in e ew 000,000. tistics. count tonight of items recovered (MI. Justice Andre Montpetit of|at just about every area of SAIGON (AP)—A_ Viet Cong | Brunswick legislature Tuesday/ ee rorm NOT INCLUDED All expenses- of the Canadian | from the wreck : |the Quebec Superior. Court|working conditions in the de-|pRACTICES ARCHAIC guerrilla mortar attack killed |/but made no provision for the ii Becker ian the delegates are being paid by the | Sherif ma aid T which is investigating working |partment and included a jab at! Personnel and equipment _pol-|tywo Americans, destroyed two |cost’ of implementing the Lib- ir; stds Tisay Spanish Ministry of Information | dae he E ae be day conditions in the post office de-/certain other civil service staff icies were termed “archaic, |South Vietnamese C-47 transport |eral government's, eateev era ee on 1 eee cueane » and Tourism. ? 2 Mage oae: Poseces on: Ona nartinent: Z associations which it termed obsolescent practices”; sections planes and set a fuel dump|municipal reform program. to imp y Mr. Fraser “was chogen be-| ; ze * bes aS boxes: of French gos and. The, one-man commissi com any unions.” of the Post Office Act gave the|aflame at Saigon’s Tan Son| He said a second budget will/ment’’ of the municipal reform cause of his extensive experience | GEORGE V. FRASER [pa Gon eet @ Sydney.) ne. 07 Se eat SL ital ingli ... postmaster general '’carte|Nnut air base early today. U.S. |be introduced when the neces-/program. pe b 1 ; in tourist promotion. He has been | ~ nde the eention ioe ane (tablished by the government| Heading the union's griev anche to practice the worst officials announced 34° Ameri- (sary legislation: is passed.-» . | . The legislation would give the director of the Prince Edward |months in West Africa on loan | Steen var eet of Wy | Sept. 1, 1965, after the two-week lances was the exclusion’ of” its’ ,ind~ of personnel policy. -im- cans--and--14 South Vietnamese | He introduced no new taxes province control oe Island Travel Bureau for 16 ‘from the Government of Canada wore ‘pe ssi ates aad maginable’’; and other statutes gir force men were wounded. and made no reference to Te eg rae oh Teta years and in 1959 spent three as tourist adviser to Ghana. , ‘helpful.’ i | explained why the See sat In addition to the two C-47s eagsrd 2 toc the pres. coutelts ocean ae Ne oe esas ere eae eee es eee es ee “spawns so many inept an i (en | : ; j|confused supervisors.” « Sear vee ss a ee a DOU leat: threo-per ‘cett sales tax tb| “When the thajar pletes sf TWO WERE ON L _.|American and South Vietna ix t to help pay for islation have bee ER INER The union says “managerial | mese—were damaged. six per cen oe ee legislation | at Decteaeats . |patronage- has - insinuated itself | municipal reform. 43 the house, i risay said, in place of ‘the merit principle” ; Mr. DesBrisay estimated 0- “a second budget will be ae ° in promotions and calls for N t book tal spending of $201,940,000, in- duced covering the expe \ y , | abolition of the present effi-| oTe cluding $44,000,000 for capital tures: and revenues for the new e en ersons Ose ives ciency rating system. . j projects. He forecast total rev-|program. : Departmental “spying upon Pp cd enue of $201,026,000, leaving 4) Final figures were not avail- D : employees” gets a real going! rovi es deficit of $914,000. : able for the fiscal year ended ie A OF ar New Mystory ere come ete auc cate : Widnes ; e ~ count revenues wou , mated ordinary accow n Fierce tla nt f C Storm | #3 ee ae a a ina Ne yste 269,650 and capital account re- ues at $156,287,913. and ordinary : : fices mus ar aaah coveries $19,589,942, while ordi-|account expenditures at 147,- ; lobservation., galleries, peeP- vancouVvER (CP) — Some ~ expenditures. would be 678,046 GENOA, Italy (AP)—A vi an eens | ‘holes, _toilet-flush-stop devices ee eens, eee eee A, Italy (AP)—A vio. four passengers and seven crew!Chuscal was recalled to base | of the mystery surrounding the ;

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oY ine d's ick leave must be dis: ; : persons. and damaged the ship, Werner Berndt, Joseph Badger, °"¢ Sea craft, including the casual sick : " give birth to fresh mystery. the company = announced rd SilviaeBorini and Fritz Ginuner. {coast guard cutter Bibb, had ee Sita ant tailat de. The latest speculation centred Tuesday night Natiorfalities were not immedi. 0°" diverted to the search {The Deep vee ene on a. black notebook said to be . : tely know: area after earlier being sent to vices have been used by the filled with: cade The government = Pun [tale os aid another distressed vessel. idépartnient to stop pilfering | ja Ae : ty \ Shipping Line, owner of the 44,-| ARGENTIA, Nfld. (CP) — it Fag k Mea from the mails—a difficult type; Spencer, 61, was found dead | e use i ‘ 000-ton Michelangelo, identified |Five men were given ,up for aacce Etberian tanker Rokog in his home here Saturday night | : eee

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an American. industrialist. The swept overboard fr th | ' é i , ing flushed. away.)’ inquiry Sere eae , WASHINGTON (AP) ' : other was ddetitified ‘nly wa ote Seittah Prsightey chigee thought ta be sinking 450 miles | ericence eine. Maher: & ‘have opened. here jecting President de Gaulle’s sessing massive military power, Washer Mbendt , tage setae prukbaant Ae iene ice southeast of here early Tues! An autopsy. showed a blood one-year ouster deadline, the will not be paralysed by the at- The company at its head wild / tHantic storm ~ | alcohol content of 24 parts per |United States. Tuésday set a titude of France,’ Rusk said in aciatlers’ here ead. the oh A’ spokentign: at: the Unified The 2,900-ton Rokos, with 66 INSIDE TODAY 1,000, well above the 15 usually \two-year time for her military jan rater ey with the magazine re f the Pp, : +, ,. men aboard, later reported the , consideted the: level of impair- |pullout from France _ and /|Paris-Match. which left April 7 for New York, | States naval base here said the hole in her side was: patctied Classified ....... verse 14,15 | ent, ; warned that French NATO| The U.S. position on French a bg by a wae ae aes ed as ane and’ she was: continuing on to! ota Laon ewe : Jchn ‘Fisk, deputy. city police junits stand to lose quickly their \military disengagement from fonal violence a 20, p.m, ‘ne area: after losing track of |New. Brunswick with a cargo of : ss SENS: ee oS canes. 3 chief, said Tuesday the police | t A ic. atomic 'the. North Atlantic Treaty Ms 4 ) Reena ee ‘ argo O 1! Rest ; sé sda) p jaccess_ to merican _Noi Tuesday, two days sailing time debris’ washed overboard at the oj] from Greece. The flooding | S ITH S A HAPPY FELLOW avenues ‘ investigation so far shows Spen- jarms. ganization and demand for re- from New York merce time in high winds and had been brought under control | en ey: : aoe al i ‘ ‘ 9 cer’S death was not due to foul) In a separate.statement, moval of U.S. bases and some an company said -the stormy heavy seas, ae and the ship was out of danger. Prime Ministey Jan Smith of — a joke,’ A British navy frigate Feditaciate rae "i play \State Secretary Dean Rusk .in 30,000 troops from French soil ; ast Cais a appree lable dam- — Her home port and destina- The Rokos and the Chuscal breakaway Rhodesia le ans Monday, acting under a Unit- Sv inmnevatila Ca ‘ 3 “The preliminary autopsy ‘effect .accuse _ the French pres- was set forth in a diplomatic age’ to the quarter degk of the tion were not ktown, And iden. were hit by winds of 35 to 45 gis as ed Nations mandate, forced a we seid. does fot support anything but ident of ‘one-sided treaty-break- note to Paris. France and her luxury ship and she was ex- tities of the men were not avail. miles an hour, rain, fog and esene Oy See ee tanker to change course: and td Fava ee : natural catses, but the finat jing which Rusk said ‘‘strikes. at 15° NATO allies havé been trad- pected to reach New York | 24 abie. ‘high seas from a storm which ,-buiy Tucsday and says’ of head for another port. st “Mar : 10 analysis has. not been coms jthe very heart’ of the sanctity ing ay stream of messages since hours late 4 U.S; Coast Giiard aircraft ‘covered: a wide area of the Great Britain's naval oii biock- (AP Wirephoio fy itadio froin Finante, Markets pleted. We are simply. investi. |of international , agreements.” the “French f i The injured were described ag originally diverted to ‘aid the: Intl Atlantic: shipping lane.’ ¢ ade: “T think its alla bit of Salisbury). gating this as a sudden death.” | ‘Fourteen nations, compris- their intent a month’ ago, x“ : : 4 vy ’ os é