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PARLIAMENT ADJOURNS WITHOUT PASSING PRICES BILL

Allies Demand Reds Account For I,0OO POWS

Declares 85 Per Cent Of Population. Supports Ban. On Price-Fixing

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OTTAWA. Dec. 21-(CP) - A Maritime fisherman told the Com- mons today that he believes 85 per cent of the people of Canada support the government's proposal in ban retail price-fixing.

Canada has about 14.000000 citi- 7ens. on that basis, about 12,000.- 000 would be in favor of the leg- lsllltlon to make resale price maintenance illegal.

A. Wesley Sturt (L-Charlotte), nioinbcr of a special committee niiirh studied the government's pr(lP05llI. said that under resale pl'll'f' maintenance: '

1. The consumer has not the ii-cc choice to purcilase goods. llc has to buy price maln- inincd goods under the "de- iuxe" service provided by price-maintenance stores. He has to pay for the service as ucll as the gods-even though he does not want the service.

2. The retailer is not a free agent. He is, in fact. an agent of the manufacturer. forced to maintain the prices which the manufacturer sets for him.

The words "resale price main- truancc." Mr. Stuart told the l-hnmher during debate on a sub- runcndmcnt arising out of the main legislation. indicate that prices are "maintained"-maintalm or! against the interest of the cuilsuillcr. .

He believed that a consumer ulio wanted to buy goods, without luxurious surroundings of some stairs, should be able to do so. Prirc maintenance does not allow lllill. Price maintenance means he must pay the price, whether -he buys over the telephone and gets (l"liYcl,V service or whether he goes out to shop. seeking lower prices.

Mr Stuart said he di.rLnof...want '0 riuarrel with those people who wanted to pay for the delivery srrvice, but there should be the free choice fof the others to go mil. to the shops and possibly ob- tain the same merchandise at a lnwer price.

Hccklcd By Opposition

Amid heckllng from Progressive Conservative benches. the Mari- time member read from a brief submitted to the special commit- tN- by the Woodward Stores of Firitish Columbia. which support- NI the governmcntis legislation. The Woodward organization maintained that under price maln- tvnance. the consumer cannot ob- iilln the lowest price possible. In fart. under resale price mainten- -lllrr. consumers are forced to lIll.V the highest price the market will bear.

Woodward's. said Mr. Stuart, is Min of the biggest retail stores in British Columbia. It got that way by building up an independent irndc, facing competition.

This is the "creed" of the free """l1'l'H"lser-and for Canada it ms a "blessing" that there still urrc many of them in the coun-

try. a Takes issue With Claim

Another east-coach member, W. J. .Browne (PC-St. John's West) a former Newfoundland county iudge. took issue with Mr. Stuart's claim that 85 per cent of the people would support the not-crnnlcnt proposal.

"We don't think that even ap- lllnncilcs the facts." he declared. l-or instance. he said. only one ilrr cent of grocery store lines nor: covered by. price mainten- - ('.

Turning to Trade Minister liuwc. Mr. Browne said he is sure "mt Mr. Howe "in his heart" does "M agree with the legislation. lie minister retorted he has

Coming Events

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"Victoria Rink. 1' u e I d a y, Christmas night. Special skate.

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--"special price 'on lriour until New Years. Limited quantity. Ht. Herbert Feed Service.

"Buying llvo fowl and chicken dilly. w. weigh and pay at farm Write or phone collect for pick up Iervlos. Imlth Ir-os., Pownsl.

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heard of dealers unable to get rid of their stocks who had been told to raise their priccs.'

Mr. Browne attacked the "loss leader" practice-that of selling goods at ti loss to attract custom- ers. He said Mr. Stuart in his speech showed he had "no con- ception" of what was in the Mac- Qurrie committee report on this point.

Jurors Report Deaih Due To Natural Causes

Death due to natural causes was the verdict returned last night by a coroner's jury empanelled to in- quire into the death of Mrs. Edith Cavell Gallant who died suddenly on December 12. The inquest was held in the court room at City Hall with Coroner Dr. L. E. Prowse presiding. Mr. John Nich- olson represented the Crown.

There were nine witnesses call- ed last night with the medical testimony of Dr. Thomas Laidlaw and Dr. Harold Shaw, Provincial Pathologist. practically assuring the verdict as they stated the de- ceased apparently died from cor- onary heart disease.

The first witness called was Mr. George Williams. Summersidc. fa- ther of the deceased. His testi-

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Ching Passe: Steel Dispute To. President

WASHINGTON. Dec. 21 -(GP) Government mediators gave up trying to head off a country-wide steel strike today and dumped the problem in President Truman's ap.

The President now may invoke the Taft-Hartley Labor Act. as): the Wage Stabilization Board to make recommendations or take some other step not. apparent at the moment. The strike, of more than 1.000.000 members of the Un. lied steel Woriccrs of America tc.I.O.) is set for New Year's Day. .

Cyrus S. Chlng. the govern. ment's No. 1 labor-management nesotlator. told reporters he was sending the case to Truman be. cause all hope of a quick agree- ment had vanished,

He said the steel workers, head- ed by C.1.0. president Philip Murray. had not nudged from their demand for an 1835- cent. an-hour wage increase (above the present average of just under 52).

He said too that the steel com- panies are sticking to their posit- :on: the workers are well paid, to raise their wages further could contribute to inflation and the companies would have to have a price increase.

chins. ll native of Prince Ed- ward Isiandr has been conferring since yesterday with represent- atives of the union and 10 major steel pompsnies. which together produce 70 per cent of the coun- try's steel. l

While production is at a peak, it is still not enough to meet com- bined defence and civilian needs.

Left oiiidi But Held By Enemy Earlier

ay SAM SUMMEIILIN

MUNSAN. Korea, Doc. 22-(Sat- urday - (AP) - Communist. truce negotiator; were confront- ed today with a. blunt Allied de- mand that they account for more than i,ooo allied prisoners omit- ted from the Reds' official list.

while the prisoner exchange question remained snarled, pos- sibility of agreement on auP9K'Vl8- ing an armistice in Korea. seem- ed nearer. l

Today's session on the issue of truce supervision was slated 10! to a.m., (8 p.m. EST, Friday). The sub-committee on prisoner ex- change was to meet an hour later.

Ailicg Malta Concession

'An Allied offer to yield islands off North Korea laid the founda- tion for a possible compromise on the broad question of supervisinll an armistice. A U.N. spoksman called it a major concession.

On the issue of prisoners, how- ever, the UN. was far from satis- fied. A stifiily-worded note Fri- day demended that the Commun- ists account for more than 1.000 prisoners not named on the list. handed to the Allies Tuesday.

The Allied note said the men were named in earlier

Communist propaganda broad-

casts - mostly in messages

to relatives - but did not appear on the roster of prison-

era.

The official Red list contained names of 3,198 Americans, 1.219 other U.N'. soldiers and 7.142 South Koreans. The Allies gave the Reds a list of 132,472 Chinese and Korean Red prisoners.

Two days after Christmas. the tentative buffer zone drown across Korea between the warring troops will be wiped out. A new zone must then be plotted reflect- ing changes in the battleiine at the time an armistice is signed.

Demand Accounting

In the demand for a full sc- countlng-of more than 1.00 Arn- erlcans and other Allied prison- ers, the U.N. command insisted on information about "tens of thousands" of unlisted South Ko- rean soldiers believed prisoners.

The prisoner Issue overshadow- ed the vital work of Allied and Red staff officers wrestling with the problem of how to police a Korean armistice.

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TAIPEH. Formosa. Dec. 21 -(AP)- -Gen. Yolbar Khan, 63, married his secretary today. she, 25. is his 11th wife. will wife died last year during

took over.

I D.. OTTAWA. Dec. 21 Corporation and personal-inco

tax collections jumped in Novem-

ber, boosting the government's , budgetary surplus. by 3-ao.ooo.ooo for the month and bringing the

eight-month total for the 1961-52 fiscal year to :634.'i00.000. a mon- thly treasury statement disclosed today.

The eight-month surplus was 21 times higher than the 530,000,000 forecast by Finance Minister Ab-

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Slow Business Brings Breadlines To London .

IONDON, Dec. 21 -tReut.ersl- A minor depression in two major industrles has brought, bread lines back to Britain for the first time since the 1030's.

Trade union leaders say that unless the government acts swiftly to check unealployrnent among clothing workers and furniture makers the situation may get serious.

A deputation from the National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers Union impressed on members of parliament the urgency of the problem.

More than 23,000 registered un- employed in the tailoring trades are looking for jobs. Union of- ficlahsay that figure is deceptive- ly low as many women. who make up per cent of the wmkas, do not register for relief.

The number of jobless furnit- ura man runs into the thousands. Mun arses affected are London. particularly the East hid where

on waiting for unemployment money are once again beoomln a familiar sight.

Generally the pre-Christmas per- iod is boom time in both indust- ries. ft is feared the unemploy- ment posiilorl will worsen consid- ersbly in January.

Main reason for the present de- cline is the general shortage of money ombined with the high cost of clothes and furniture. furniture men have I particular complaint following the govern- ment's recent clamp-down on bank loans for instalment buying.

industrialists and union leaders agree that people began to "stock. pile" clothes in 1060. fearing what would happen if the international situation got worse.

As a result they cut down buy- in: this car. Many may make their olo so do next year as well if prices stsy high.

Clothing leaders an pressing the government to reduce csiilnt

straggling lines of men and wool-

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The Gencral's in Tibet their flight from China's Sinklsng Province where Yolbar Khan was governor until the Reds

Session WITI

ROME, Dec. 21- (CP) - Ten Western countries. including Bri- tain. France and the United States, formally told Italy today she is free to disregard all 1947 peace treaty limitations on the size and equipment of her army, navy and air force.

The Western Powers took the action despite the certainty of bit- ter protests from Russia which calls it an "aggressive" move.

The go-ahead paved the way for

flank of the Western against possible aggression.

tries sent diplomatic Italy agreeing to aiian request for revision of peace treaty terms. Italy considers

notes to

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Govlt Surplus 21 Times Higher Than Forecast -

1 -(CP)-- bolt in his budget speech last spring for the fiscal year ending

March 31 next. Recently, Mr. Ab- bott, noting the sharp the surplus, 000 or S3D0.000.000. During November, tallcd S30ll,100.000.

more than 050.000.0110 from

eight-month period to first eight months of the last fis- cal year.

Government spending :thc month increased 000 from 8209.2o0.000 in November. -1050. pushing

3al,(nd.000 in period last year.

Most: of the increase in spend- ing was stimulated by an expand- ed resrmaplent effort.

The big boost in revenues, said the treasury statement, was main- ly due to higher corporation and personal-income-tax collscflolil,

Corporations-incotne-tax millet- ions climbed to sos,wr,ooo- from 376304.000 in November last year. boosting the sight-month total to s'm.orrl.ooo from M4'i.7'l0.00o.

Personal-income-tsx collections increased to o7o.ooo.ooo for the month from 310500.000 in Novem- ber. 1050. boosting the eight- manth collections against ulo.ooo.ooo tn the corres- ponding psrlod last year.

or the total ,0l.S83.2d1.00o gov-

the

eminent spending for the eight monthl. osst,ooo.ooo want to the 817.600. ooo to the defence-production do-. the armament-ourcnsm

oefencs department and

nsrtment. .ins agency for the fighting forces

Italy Told All Limits Oil Size Oi Armed Services

rebirth of Italy as a major mili- tary and naval power in the Medi- terranean. protecting the southern alliance

Eight of the 20 signatory coun- the Dec. 8 It-

the treaty in- compatible with her present demo- cratic status and West sees it as

Hungarian Courts To

NEW YORK, Dec. 21 -- (AP) - Sale of the world's tallest building.

completed today in a 351,500,000

while television cameras clicked. Roger L. Stevens. Detroit real es- tate man. handed. a token cheque

the heirsiof the late financier and chairman. John .7. Raskob. The real cheques involved in the transaction. includ- in: one for 517,000,000. remained in

The sale price closely approxim- ated the 852000.000 spent on con- struction of the I02-storey struc- The original owners included Raskob. the late New York governor. Alfred E. Smith. and members of the Wil-

stevens who heads the purch-

venture with Alfred E. Glancy Jr.. also of Detroit. Ben Tobin of Hol- lywood Beach. Fls., and Col. Henry

TAIPEH. Formosa. Dec. 21 - (AP)-Nntionalist China's defence minister said today Soviet trained and eqi:rir5l3'S-d Red Chinese troops are pouring into Korea ready for combat. Gen. Kuo Chi-Chiao, said more than 1,000,000 soldiers have ht-on shifted from China proper

increase ill revised his forecast and said it may be about 5250.000.

revenues to- an increase of the s25l,900.000 ill November last year,i and bringing total revenues for the 32.465000. 000-a ss81.000.000-gain from the

during to 3278.000. the eight-month

total to sl.ll30.2.')1.000 Illlinat .1, corresponding

to O632.000.000

Resume Alter ChrisimaL

OTTAWA. Dec. 2i -(CP) -- A reluctant House of Commons, stalled in efforts w get an early " ' t on the government's prices legislation, decided today to take a brief -Christmas holiday and come back to work Thursday. Dec. 27.

Tile adjournment became effect- ive at. the customary 10 p. m. ris- ing hour tonight.

As the house rose over the hol- iday with a good-natured flurryof greetings after acrimony of the last few days, the suggestion was heard that the late-year session might, stretch to New Year's.

In reply to an Opposition quest- ion as to whether the government intended the house to sit beyond Jan. 1, Works Minister Fournicr. government floor leader ill the comons,- said the administration would "cross thap bridge when we come to it."

a block of Italy's role in West- ern defence.

Russia and other Comtnform countries have not yet answered the note and are expected to re- fuse.

The cight replies came from the U. S., Britain, Greece. New Zealand, Nationalist China, Hol- land. France. and Belgium.

Two Commonwealth countries, South Africa and Australia, said they associate themselves with Britain. Others have promised similar replies.

Canada has reported that while the revision question is under consideration. no statement can be made at present.

Italy pressed for revision, es- pecially of those clauses limiting her to 250,000 troops and secur-

lll! guards. 300 fight-er Md 11- There was no doubt. he said that connalssance planes and two the strife-ridden prices bill would battleships 8nd Yafblddlnk ll" be the first item on the agenda

atomic weapons. aircraft carriers and submarines.

next Thursday.

For a time. there had been mild hopes that the contentious legis- lation might pass by tonight and that parliament could prorogue until the 1952 session. but the Progressive conservatives mounted a relentless. repetitious debate which made this impossible.

Even as the chamber agreed to meet agdln next, week. Progress- ive conservative leader George Draw made it clear that his party's campaign against the legislation will continue unless the govern- ment agrees "io let it stand until the next regular session of parlia- merit."

Prime Minister St. Laurent said he could "make it quite clear that there is not. nor is there likely to be any intention of the govern- ment not to proceed with this bill before parliament prorogues."

No Mention Of Closure

But. the Prime Minister made no mention of the possibility that he might invoke the rarely-used rule of closure to bring the prolonged debate to a close. Closure drastic- ally limlts debate and sets a spec- ific deadline for action.

Thursday. as the chamber

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Airmen

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BUDAPEST, Dcc. 21--(AP) Communist - ruled Hungary an- nounced tonight it will bring to trial the four U. S. airmen whose plane was forced down in this country by Soviet fighter planes.

In a note to the American leg- ation. the Foreign Ministry said the flyers will be turned over to a Hungarian court "as persons having, with premeditated inten- tion, vlolated the border of .Hill'b gary." The note did not give I trial date. ' C

The fiyers have been identified as Capt. Dave Henderson of Shaw- nee, Okla.; Capt. John J. Swift of Glen Falls, N. Y.; Sgt. James A. Elam of Kingsland. Ark; and Tech. Sgt. Jess A. Duff of Spok- ane, Wash.

Their U. S. Air Force C-47 transport plane is said by Ameri- can nuthorltles to have is

I PANMUNJO

A One Fireman. Killed, 18"

Injured "As Huge London Warehouse Block Burns

LONDON. Dec. 21 --(ReutersJ-- one fireman cited and 18 were in- jured tonight fighting London's biggest blaze since Hitler's blitz.

News In Brief

VJASHINGTON. Dec. 2I-(AP)--

, . , A huge block of warehouses in HCe'p"sIdemd Tlvlllhlgtarkgxifnlfgln the city's jammed commercial gl"l'l:StTl(liIl wlll llfddrcssaa joint ses- '9-m'”cI' humed m 3 gutted hum si1n of Congress "about January Flreme" wmkms m relay. . fought throughout the night to ' stop the flames from spreading to LONDON Dec. 21 - (Ap)..A important Broad Street railroad highly placed informant said to- terminus.

Ambulances sped to the scene to take to hospital fi.emcn overcome by fumes or injured by falling de-

ris.

day the British Government firm- ily believes an armistice will be reached in Korea, despite the con- fusion of recent weeks.

By the time the first fire engin- es arrived the two top floors of the five-story block were belching flames. Soon afterwards the roof crashed in. sending sparks flying over a wide area. A frantic radio call brought '70 fire engines and more than 3C0 firemen to the scene.

OTTAWA. Dec. 21--(CP)--Term porary Canadian workers and Can- lndinn students studying in the llinited States are not liable to serve in the United States forces. External Affairs Minister Pearson lsaid in the Commons today.

M. Korea. Dec. 22-

Hs d ) A cm Commung The fire chief ordered all fire- ,i cm" "gm: Mid mag: me Redg men out of the building and sur- C:DllI:lEpt?"IIVEI' all Allleli prisoners mlmdmg apartment building” within one wek after an armistice were evacuated' was signed.

BELGRADE. Dec. 21 --(AP)--

TOKYO. Dec. 22-- (Saturday)- (CP) - The Canadian destroyer Cayuga and the British frigate: Alucrity and White Sands Bay joined forces Friday to fight an artillery duel with enemy shore batteries near Chinnampo on Korea's ,west coast.

100 Trapped In Burning Mine

WEST FRANKFORT. lll.. Dec. 21-(AP)-Lleut. Denzil Will of the Illinois State Po- lice reported four bodies were taken out of a blazing coal mine here and that about 100 were reported trapped.

Belgrade radio said today Hun- gary has landed troops on an is- land in the Mura River which is the boundary between Yugoslavia and Hungary. The island belongs to Yugoslavia and the Hungarian action is a "new provocation”, the radio said. &

HERE is NOBODY LIKE SANTA ,cl.Aus FoP. Cancilmc.

The mine is the Chicago, Wilmington a n cl Franklin Mine No. 2.

A mine spokesman said ear- lier that a fire was burning deep in the mine and "there may be some men trapped, we don't know."

lost over Hungary Nov. 19 while on a flight from a German air force base to Belgrade. Yugo- slavia. It was forced down by Soviet fighters stationed in Hun- gary under the peace treaty.