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‘;‘f.orrAwA.— some at the 2,500 Qting delggates and alternates j pine" Liberal party’! lourth na-

.*§o'rTAwA (CP)-—Liberal polit- ihsl artillerymen lambasted the l atives and an election

O arm began to emerge Wed- 5-ylay at the national Liberal

rvieatinn. ., “As delegates sharpened their _‘cies on the issues of trade - development. they learned candidates will be in 2 ' nllining for the party‘ leader-

. _ -7in' tonight’s balloting.

--n ation papers were filed ' B. Pearson, 60, former ' affairs minister; Paul ‘M, farmer health min- -e nova Header.-

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'43,“ Man.‘-.*‘ - » - three madeappeals for sup- ’ from the convention plat- Wednesday night.

7 ,-.1‘ s back-room preparations. for ih vote went on—-with continued ,fill_ications favoring Mr. Pearson

—s_ome delegates stirred up a

nunpus over not getting a fuller

hearing in discussing resolutions.

Allan Cantor of Winnipeg, pres-r lient of the Manitoba Young Lib- crals, was ruled out of order

when he tried to get discussion

otipolicy resolutions given pre- cedence over speeches. The three - day convention has 33 speeches scheduled, not counting

time of the leadership aspirants. KQSION RUNS OVER

inn overtime to allow more con- Iideration of resolutions ‘from constituencies, most of which have been promptly referred to ' committees. '

tempo of the convention ltdped up considerably from .'fi.1¢sday’s plodding. The ap- Droéch of speeches by the leader-

llicandidates helped. '

Party Brass

'-OTTAWA (CP) — Young Lib- Qlls Wednesday took a crack at Fifty brass, charging “dictation 911. central control” was 85581113 free discussion at the #191131 convention. Ifillan Cantor of Winnipeg, pres- ‘ “ht of the Manitoba Young’ .. s Federation, All individual delegate “can’t get . i heard without going .‘..“8‘11 :1 lot of red tape.” And so far, there appears to ‘Reluctance from those in cent- Q-l.".eontrol to allow people to Nine out and say what they want Illfly." he added. ‘églhflges of the 28-year-olddLib- . made to reporters an ra- . . commentators, ' followed two '0! mstim from the floor, one in- - . C t d h' UP . ml lllother aa!d5(-I562:-0ldlSR%I;ln3 ther, hopping mad be- not enough attention was paid to a young speaker. n» .°’l‘e asked to enco age the _. 91‘ members of t e party ‘Elle more active " said Mr Nel- Ih‘h‘“'k€. provincial treasurer of $1; skatchewan Women Lib- If the youngster did not “W we the attention they de- men:-__ this party risks losing

“HANDS ATTENTION

demand they get full atten- _ , 0m a full hall." ' '~ .fi0utbursts developed when . lltor attempted to change ~°rd_°T Of business to allow , Slscussion from the floor. - . ‘ ested too much time was . , formal speeches. "Wet. Roy Power of Hal- "natlonal president of the

‘l . Liberals, ruled Mr. Can- out

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-iberal Platform Begins o Emerge At Convention

; The 2,500 voting delegates and alternates q u ic k l y whipped through three declarations of pol-' icy from the 150-member resolu- tions committee, which covered a wide field of action in trade and developing the economy.

A third resolution affirmed the basic Liberal faith, with, “full!?

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secur'j.y- high on the list.

The trade plankgave qualified- approval to Britain's proposal for gradual evolvement of free trade,

WOULD STUDY IDEA {The resolution called for “im- mediate, sympathetic and, de- tailed . consideration” of the Brit- ish proposal. .Bn_t it added this would take into account “the im- portance ‘of maintaining, existing industries and living standards in Canada.” '

A Liberal government also would consider reducing trade re- strictions within the Common- wealth and Atlantic Treaty com- munity.

Other points in the trade state- ment: .

1. The prime object of Cana- dian trade policy should be to in- crease exports and do business with more countries.

2. Canada should ‘continue to seek the reciprocal removal of world‘ trade barriers. '

3. Canada must work towards a close interdependence of the economies of the free countries.

The party promised to stimu- late employment by a country- ‘wide program of economic de- velopment, public works, tax re-

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booed by four or five University of Toronto delegates. - -

Mr. Cantor quoted Duncan K. MacTavish of Ottawa, joint choir- man, as saying Tuesday that resolutions would take prece- dence over speeches. "

The ‘protest gained headway when 23-year-old Therese Giro- day of Winnipeg, in seconding a resolution on free trade in a half- empty hall, called on Mr. Power to “relay my protest to the “brass” that she was getting little convention attention.

“WE ASKED TO SPEAK”

“We asked to speak when the hall was full,” she said, referring to Mr. Cantor's earlier request. “We were not allowed to. Now there is almost no one here and you can see why we asked.”

Then veteran campaigner Mrs. Burke seized the floor micro- phone, siding with Miss Giroday. A great shout of support rose from the floor. For a moment the microphone went dead.

“You get the power turned back onto this ‘microphone, Mr. Chairman,” shouted the mother of three children and grand- mother of 10. “I'm going to talk.” She then demanded atten- tion for the young Liberals.

Reporters rushed toher for in- terviews.

“I was forced to speak," she told them. “I was so angry.”

Miss Giroday said her feelings about the convention, and those of Mr. Cantor, permeated through most young Liberals though some Toronto Osgoode Hall students said they did not share them.

“So far we have not had 811 opportunity to really express 0111"‘ selves.” Miss Giroda)’ Wld 3 35‘ ‘porter.

tional convention are seen ip this _ the 'capital’s Coliseum. The three-day conven-

employment and improved social.‘

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tion, was called to select a suc- cessor to -retiring leader Louis St. Laurent. (CP Wirephoto).

ductions, adequate unem- ployment benefits and assistance to_“all hard-pressed groups."

NEW TAX DEAL?

It said that in tax-sharing ar- rangements‘ the Liberals would give special consideration to those provinces with less than the national average per capita income.

‘Other main points:

Budget: Continuation generally of past Liberal policies.

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' Sw ‘ --: '‘‘Monetary policy: It would geared to the‘ state. of the eco- nomy. A

. Banking: The Bank Act should be revised to bring small loan and finance companies under its control to protect against abuses of consumer credit.

Resources: Liberal develop-i ment policies would be continued and adapted -to changing needs.

The convention also passed on .a series of proposals to the fest}- lutions committee. , ‘

One calling_ for free education at all levels — with provincial autnority safeguarded —— got a hefty round of applause, an in- dication something along that line will be endorsed later.

It also would pledge the party, as immediate measures, to an in- tensive scheme of scholarships for university students and inter- est-free loans to students for higher education.

WOULD BARE FUNDS

Other resolutions included:

1. All political parties should have to disclose annually the amounts and sources of their funds. ' ~ 2. There should be no further increases in rail freight rates.

3. Various measures—including extension of foreign and domes- tic markets -— should be under-

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"Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew” Cl-IARLOTTETOWN CANADA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16,1958

Storm Dumps 23

In New England

BOSTON (AP) — A Winter nor’easter battered the northeast- ern United States Wednesday with gales, high tides and knee- deep snow.

The storm left up to 23 inches ofsnow in New England and up to 17 inches in New York’s Cat- skills. ,

Schools were closed in New York State, power lines were down and highway travel was dis- rupted. -

High tides in the Boston area flooded wha-rves and rpilway ‘bridges. . . -

Wind gusts along the New Eng- land coast reached 40 to 60 miles an hour. ,

made to. the Progressive Con- , Taxation: Taxes should be’ e ground, seltvativeg government. at” last ‘spread apcording “to ;,abi_l.ity, to . ‘ quit. fad_l’s._._Cxjnmo_nn/ealtlig fin anlce pays Liberals;-would;i%dn-' ; " " ' . “ ‘ é,f'3¥‘ ' ‘ ‘.’

sow-landed i’ _ recorded

h!i‘,top_j_of .3 10.-fiich Tn sday-' x‘. K, . [ storm dumped rain‘ over coastai sections = of southern . New England. Increasingly colder temperatures inland caused a

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Edge Of Storm Hits Maritimes

HALIFAX (CP‘)—The edge of a storm centred off Cape Cod swept into the Maritimes Wednesday, dropped up to four inches of snow in some areas of New Bruns- wick, and lashed Nova Scotia

hour and heavy rain.

two engine houses used to haul up fishing boats on lonely Seal Island, 15 miles off C1arke’s Har- bor, N.S.

Gale warnings were issued for most marine areas. Winds were expected to rise to 40 miles an hour today. Snow and rain were forecast for most of the Mari-

for northern New Brunswick.

taken to assist fisheries.

4. Federal labor legislation should be revamped, a major change being to force employers to grant the voluntary revocable checkoff of union dues to work- ers.

5. A national hospital insurance plan should include mental and tuberculosis hospitals and nurs- ing homes for the aged, which the former Liberal government refused to accede to.

PARLIAMENT AT A GLANCE

By THE CANADIAN PRESS Wednesday

George McLeod (SC — 0kana- gan-Revelstoke) proposed: com- pulsory Canadian citizenship for immigrants who do ‘not . upset the balance of our social life.

The Commons have final appro- val to legislation enabling federal aid in thermal power develop- ment in the Atlantic provinces.

J. W. Pickersgill (L—Bonavista- Twillingate) appealed again that hydro power development be in- cluded under the legislation.

Revenue Minister Nowlan and F..1ance Minister Fleming both accused the Liberals of filibuster- ing on the bill. The Senate gave final approval to a $30,000,000 federal loan to New Brunswick for the Beech- wood hydro power project.‘ Th Commons adjourned at C p.m. EST until 11 a.m. Friday to enabie Liberals to attend their leadership convention. Friday

The Commons will consider the government's agricultural price The Senate is ad-2 Jan. 21. 1

‘supports bill. ljourned until 8 pm. EST

likely weaken today, but the ‘rm will be felt in the Mari- ies until Friday. '

"sTT1fi<fi'F°KfiisTiI)—" South Australia has the world’s

ongest straight railway line, 300 miles without a curve.

belt of freezing rain adjacent to

with winds gusting to 50 miles an,

Inches Of Snow‘

the rain and heavy snows farther west. The ' snow belt extended westward to the lower lakes and ‘Ohio Valley. ’

Gale-whipped flames levelledi

Nephew Fiddles, Uncle Dances ‘ At Convention

OTTAWA (CP) — A nephew fiddled and his uncle danced Wednesday as former agriculture minister James G. Gardiner—the uncle in the cast—stepped up to make a Liberal leadership con- vention speech.

the Coliseum' crowd came to the tune of a Newfoundland folksong -—The Squid Jigging Ground— played and sung by a western- type five-man band.

Fiddler Ward Allen tunred out to be Mr. Gardiner’s nephew-

musicians lined up behind singer- guitarist and song writer Joe Brown of Amherst, N.S., while the crowd went wild on lines like “We’ll set all the Tories adrift in the dories." Mr. Brown said he composed the song Wednesday morning. A sample verse: “Oh this is the place where the Liberals gather , To pick a new leader for the coming years; But amid the cheers there‘s a sprinklin’ of tears For it's farewell to Louis who's led them for years." _ The band was composed of three guitars,‘ a bass and a fiddle. The other musicians were _Ken Davidson, Halifax, Bob King and Vince Lebeau of Ottawa.

Senator Inman -Sq ueezed Out

At Convention

‘OTTAWA (CP)-_—It was. quite a day for the ladies at the Liberal

leadership convention.

_ , gled ,‘witli,th;e;convenfion chair.

-.........’.'.,....‘..__g.. _ which‘ sprang from V -nearly.-‘empty, Coliseum.

‘ One woman -del’ega.te~—Sena‘tor Elsie Inman of Prince Edward Island, resolutions chairman for the National Federation of Lib- eral Women—never did. get to present a federation resolution. Half - way into a microphone -stand on the convention floor, Senator Inman realized that Chairman Walter Tucker, MP for Rosthern, Sask., was ending the presentation of resolutions and proceeding with the first of four platform speakers. ' Sena-tor Inman retired as a western band serenaded speaker

culture minister. ._

Some federation officials admit they're rather irate over the inci- dent. .

Mr. Tucker said the resolution had to make way for the pre- pared speeches on the timetable.

The federation has been prom- ised a “better place” ontoday’s agenda, Mr. Tucker said.

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times. Heavy snow was-.predicted- LUNENBURG, N_5_ (CP) __ A _ , _ 27-year-old duck hunter, Regi-9 The Weather otflce here sa_1d~na1c1 Keeping of Lunenburgnyet on what form it will take.”

the Cape (305 disturbance W111'drowned, Wednesday after he and‘ The Post says a team of finan-

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DR.‘ MACKINNON

To Represent Canada At NATO Conference In Paris

A four-man delegation will re- present Canada at a Nato Con- ference to be held in Paris, Jan- uary ‘20-24. They are Professor Edgar Mclnnis, President of the Canadiamlnstltute of Interna- tional Affairs; Dr. Frank Mac- Kinnon, Principal of Prince of Wales College; Charlottetown; Mr. Pelletier, Editor of :-'‘Le Tra- vail,” Quebec, and Dr. R. A.

J Royal Military College, Kingston. The group will fly to Paris this Sunday and return the end of the same week. .

The invitation to the conference was extendedby Nato itself to de- legates nominated by ‘all member nations. A full‘ five day agenda in- cludes addresses and discussions on various Nato activities, and visits to SHAPE and‘ other Allied enterprises in Europe.

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.a_.'causeway _M V, , , Island to New 'BruIiiz'wick~, Char-_ les Linkletter of Summersidez" at the convention Wednesday after- noon presented a resolution. ‘As president of the Young Liberals Association, Mr. Linkletter spoke strongly in favor of a causeway, insisted it was self amortizing. The Liberals at the convention here at The Coliseum listened with interest to this appeal from Canada‘s smallest province.

“The reason for the causeway, “He began, "Is because we are primarily an agricultural fish- eries and tourist Province.

He saw faults in ‘the ferry sys- tem, deemed the boats inade- quate for this aggressive and

Hear Sales Tax Slated In N. S.

SYDNEY (CP)-The Cape Bre- ton Post says it has learned the Nova Scotia government is al- most certain to impose a sales tax to finance its share of the proposed national hospital plan scheduled to go into effect Jan. 1, 1959.

In Halifax Premier Stanfield said Wednesday it is "probable

there will be some new taxation, but there has been no decision

a companion were thrown into cial experts are working on de- ‘the water when their small boat tails of a sales tax plan that will

capsized.

probably be debated when the

James Harpell of North West legislature meets next month.

near here, swam a quarter of a

The premier said methods of

mile to shore. They were edfinancing the plan are being stud- route from here to Baysport, flvelied and a decision will be made

miles away.

“within the year."

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_ _ -;s’m'nmer run- our tourist industry is badly handicapped by’ lengthy delays owing to the present incapacity of our ferries to handle the motor traffic". s ‘d Mr. Linkletter. ' at the en of his talk, he said:

"Be is resolved therefore that this convention support the con- struction of a causeway between the Province of Prince Edward Island and the Province of New Brunswick." _ Delegates said it also has been approved by the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia groups at the convention.

Pleads Guilty 4 To Robbery

HALIFAX’ (CP)—Edwwa~rd Wins- low Hayes, 29, of Halifax pleaded guilty Wednesday to armed rob- bery in connection with Saturday night's holdup of merchant Mon- nis Mosher. He was remanded un- til Jan. 22 for sentence.

Police said a warrent has been issued for the arrest of a second man, whom they identified as Stephen Pottie. His last known address was in nearby Dart- mouth.

Mr. Mosher said he was watch- ing television last Saturday night with his wife when two men en- tered his home with pillow cases over their heads. He said one carried a shotgun and the other, a knife. They forced him to go upstairs to a safe where he handed over about $1,950.

Police Chief Verdun Mitchell said today $1,750 has been recov- ered.

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Among those

special meeting sponsored by the left to right: Mr. W. Chester S.

Young Progressive Conservative Association of P.E.I. held at the

‘MacDonald, Summerside, presi-

END CONSERVA TIVE MEETING HERE

present at a Queen Hotel last night, were, lion; Hon. Angus MacLean,Minis-rof the Progressive Conservative detained by police Wednesday construction of a tunnel by Rus- rtel‘ 0f F iShe1‘l€S. guest Speaker: party in Prince Edward Island.

ldent of the sponsoring organiza-land Mr. Walter R. Shaw, leader

(Guardian Photo)

WEATHER '

Snow mixed with rain; temperature; northeast

little change in winds 25 with

gusts to 40, this morning.

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Pearson And Martin Make Vofe- afching Speeches

OTTAWA. (CP) — Lester B. Pearson and Paul Martin made their’ main vote-catching appeals to the national Liberal convention

‘Wednesday night and the temper

of the delegates indica.ted Pear- son will be the next Liberal leader.

" Party representatives warming up for Thursday night's voting gave Mr. Pearson, 60-year-old former external affairs minister, a reception for outdistancing that of the former health minister.’

The third candidate-—Rev. H. Lloyd Henderson, 50, mayor of Portage La Prairie. Man.-was nowhere so far as delegate recep- tion went. and he conceded he had no chance.

Mr. Pearson promised to re- form the party and work for peace and full employment.

“Liberalism means reform and

Pearson Pledg

OTTAWA (CP) - Lester B. Pearson p l e d g e d Wednesday night to reform the Liberal party and steer toward peace. and full employment if he is elected to the leadership.

The former external affairs minister said the accent will be on youth-“on its energy idealism”—in his moves to build a party that might recapture‘ the

. power lost last June.

"Liberalism means reform and I_ hope always to be a reformer," Mr. Pearson told a huge audience

tion.

-“Mr P ' o cial

30 years. "'

"I know—as well as anyone-— ‘liow, devotedly and how effec- tively he has served in govern- ment and Parliament, over so

many years. If I said anything more about Paul Martin it would

OTTAWA (CP) — Paul Martin said Wednesday night if he is en- trusted with the Liberal leader- ship the party can win the next election whenever the Diefen- baker government dares risk its life. '

"We—you and I—can restore Liberalism to its proper place in this country," he told applauding delegates in his nomination speech at the national Liberal convention.

Mr. Martin, given a standing ovation, said the leadership de- cision can’t be imposed but must come from the rank and file.

The question was -not which candidate is best but which Cana- dian is best qualified to lead the liberals.

This was an apparent reference to the Martin committee's conten- tion that the Liberal “brass” is trying to tell the convention how to vote.