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The first contingent of South Korean troops, who will help South Viet Nam in its war against the Viet Cong, land at Saigon Thursday. Be- tween 700 and 1,000 Korean soldiers in battle gear disem-
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REAN TROOPS LAND IN VIET NAM__
barked from landing ships. With the landing, Korea _ be- came the first country other than the United States to commit a substantial number of fighting men to the conflict against the Viet Kong. Mean-
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while bombs rained by the ton on widely-separated Viet Cong positions from U.S, Air Force jets rounding out week of active warfare. (AP Wirephoto via radie from Saigon)
Premier Challenges Liberals To Outline Expenditure Cuts
By MARIAN BRUCE
| What would that do to the ser-
Premier Walter Shaw yester- | vices we are trying to give our
day challenged Liberal members of the Legislature to tell the government where the provinces’
expenditures coald be reduced |
to decrease the yearly deficit.
Speaking in the debate on the draft address, the premier ask- ed if expenditures should be ‘e- duced in such areas as teachers’ salaries, civil service -salaries, cutting down on road activities, closing high schools. and voca-
tional schools, or cutting back | on relief pensions for the needy. | greater. service if this “Yes, we can declare a |
plus every year,” he said, but
Liberals And NDPs Reject Conservative Pension Plan
OTTAWA (CP)—Liberal and New Democratic Party spokes- men flatly rejected Thursday a Conservative pla to guarantee minimum pensions of $25 a month for all under the Canada Pension Plan.
Lloyd Francis ‘L—Carleton) said the Conservative proposal could not apply to Quebec since that province intends to eperate its own pension plan similar to the federal one. Nothing would divide the country fore, he
added. The first step in the Conserva-
NS. Surplus Forecast WithBuoyantRevenue:
By ED WALTERS HALIFAX (CP) Finance Minister G I. Smith presented his budget to the Nova Scotia legislature Thursday, reporting | buoyant revenues with a surplus. for.:the currert fiscal year and | forecasting recort expenditures | of $130,700,000 without. an crease in taxes for 1965-66.
The Conservative wound up 1964-65 with a surplus of $70,100 after
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for $2,000,000 in capital expendi-igcotia with $58,718,000
tures out of current
end and transferring $1,000,000 to a lending | “The sales
ithet a person can come to Can-
government j¢ricity distribution. , i forecast | The federal government is ex-
| people?” | COULD BE SURPLUS |
He said the government could declare a ‘“whomping surplus" next year if the Opposition agreed to’cutting down on these services, “but you won't.”
“Let our friends come out and tell us where we should re- duce, s0 that we may let the people know their stand.
“We could have given even great Liberal government at Ottawa had not retreated to the same
tive proposal — to establish a residence clause — was voted down 99 to 48. The government was joined by members of the
NDP, Social Credit and Credit-|
iste parties in voting against it. Conservative spokesmen said
ada from any foreign country, live here for one year and then leave with a guaranteed pension of $10 monthly.
Under their proposal, a per- son would have to live in Can- ada for 10 years before becom- ing eligible to benefit under the
Canada Pension Plan. }
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| government
position which my honorable friends criticized them for—the same treatment they received from the same group in the 1950's,"" the premier said.
both affiliations to | “join together and promote our | best interests at the federal | level.”
Premier Shaw said the vince has reached “the stage of history where we cannot af- ford to carry out our policies | on the basis of political expedi- | ency. We must first consider | what we can do as citizens | for the province.”
The premier said to all. mem-+ bers that he was “approching | with sincerity” his discussions | of financia) affairs. He said
realize the pro-| vincé has a great measure of difficulty in providing within | the limits of finances the™ ser- vices people require. We have to watch money carefully. Ex- |
| ions of money.” | NOTHING DEFINITE
termed a modest —
He appealed to members of | political
pro- and now we have to pay the
| pansion of some services is im- | remov- possible because of the limitat- | 5} the costs of which re alead-'
CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1965.
Serious Danger Four To Canada’s Existe
By RALPH CAMERON
A belt-tightening budget re- flecting rigid economy in spend- ing and a ‘get tough’ approach to tax collecting was introduced to City Council yesterday after- noon by finance chairman Wil- liam R. MacNeil! in his first ap- pearance in that role.
Dealing with income and ex- penditures over the $2,000,000 mark, Mr. MacNeill’s ‘no non- sense’ budget calls for. what he
$248.95 in the coming year.
im the tax rate of 2 per cent to
|provide revenue of $2,122,516.17 from parking meters of $41,000: to the monarchy to take care of expenditures of street and sidewalk payments of lish Canadians
| $2.122,267.22.
flatly if further financial assis- ,tance is not made available by senior governments — especial- ly in the field of education — “the only answer will be higher and higher civie taxes in future years”
He noted this year the city is called on to pay $396,000 for school upkeep and maintenance “and this has nothing to do with our expenditures for the pay- ment.of our school properties.” | Mr. MacNeill also referred to the situation with regard to wa- {the and sewerage when he
the Commissioners _ this | funds “‘but the cost to us will be | over $80,000." He said he reai-|
to keep the system up to
as we do in regard to
SERVICING DEBT
Highest cost item to the city |examina in the budget is that of servicing |and vehic
the debt which ¢alls ditures of $760,000, cond highest of education ing to be t
of School ‘Trust :
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its
cludes winter
Protection ‘provided citizens
$66,420,000 or about 47 per cent | of the total. Ze
GRANTS TO NOVA SCOTIA | Nova Scotia will get :$58,137,-" 000 «throughtax sharing ar- rangements with the federal a $10,500,000 At-
pected to have provided Nova by the + fiscal y
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ew Budget For City Sees Modest Surplus
partment running to $170,000 and the fire department $75,000. Genera! civic government costs $166,000: recreation and com- munity services, $54,000: health and welfare, $47,000: and other costs, $14,000
With no changes in the tax
rate real estate is expected to +
provide income of ~ $1,191,075; the business tax $359,000; auto- mobile tax $108,000: and educa- tional tax $104,000
Ole Grams-witt-oring “im $229,000 ~—-Mr>—B
while other sources will add
No changes have been made $155,000 to the city treasury. In| French Canadians
\this class is included income
$22,000: police court collections of $44,000 and the $35,000 from
\the Commissioners of Sewers
jand Water Supply.
| Following are the details of
| Fevenue and expenditure: (Continued on page 14, col. 7)
Vehicles And Drivers
Scheduled
said - ! year, The need for stricter controls ther than at the beginning of would pay $35,000 into the city|in the issuing of drivers’ licens- ¢4ch year.
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| Legislature yesterday to a bill j entitled an act to amend the |
Gas Tax Act To Be Amended
First reading was given in the
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| Gasoline Tax Act. Promoter of the bill ig Pro- By RONALD LEBEL vincial Treasurer Alban Farmer. QrraWA (CP)—Quebee—could
~ secede from Confederation if Monarchy Backed
“the current French-English cri- sis is cnet to worsen, the By Leon Balcer OTTAWA ‘CP)—Leon Balcer,| The commission
Quebec leader of the Progres-| “wide-ranging negotiations sive Conservative party, says the government and grass-roots he monarchy has helped pro-|levels to bring about “
tect minority interests in Can-| changes” - in ada and should remain a part tion.
of this country’s system of gov-
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view same sentimental
. the “always rendered a ice” in protecting
“It is not only a a part of our ment,” he
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