flhe Peoyes paper . Covers Prince Edwird Island CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1950

ION OF PARLIAMENTOMAY OPEN

A llead.b rybody Like the De? .

At a special meeting of the rouncii of the Summarside Board at Trade held yesterday afternoon are following brief was passed ind copies are to be forwarded

rnmediately to the Hon. LDIHS 52 Laurent, Prime Minister of '.'snada. the Hon. Lionel Chev-

yler-. Minister of Transport. the Federal representatives of the Province. and lo the Hon. J. Wal- zer Jones, Premier of Prince Ed- ward Island.

"At a meeting of the Summer- ilde Board of Trade held today. me Board goes on record as pro- zesiirig the tie-up of the Depart- nent of Transport ships. the tbegwcit and the Prince Edward gland, due to the railway strike. Fhese ships are the only o..as n-ailable here to adequately 1andle.the truck and automobile :raffii- between this Province and me mainland and their operation is urgently needed and should be

Coming Events

"Mail vour Films to Garnhum

Photo Studio. Charlottetown.

"Dance. Iona Hall. Tuesday, ugustzand.

"Dance. Moreil Rear Commun- Ity Hall, Thursday, August 24th.

' "Dance. Valleyfleld Hall. Friday. iugusi 25th. Good music. v

"Dance. Millvicw Hall. Thursday. August 24th.

"Dance, Plat River Hall, Thurs- isy, August 24th.

"Kelly's Gross Plddllng Contest postponed llldhnnltely.

"Dance in Howe Bay School on rriday night. August 25th.

"Lot Oil. Friday. August 25th. lswn party and dance in hell. Good music.

"Clam chowder. bingo. games. dance. ctc.. North Rustico. Wed- nesday. Aug, 23rd.

"Come to Women's Institute ice cream festival and dance at Mer- maid school on Thursday. Aug. 24.

"Ice cream festival and bingo. Spring Park school grounds. Thursday evening 7.00 p.m.

"Come to Women's lnstitute's ice cream festival at North Mil- ion Hall. Tuesday. August 22nd.

"Chicken supper and dance. gthcharles Hail. Thursday. Aug.

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"Supper and Ice Cream. Beach Point school. August 25th. supper soc and He.

"Dance at Orapoud Wednesday. gigoust 23rd. Dancing from 9 till

."Ice Cream nstlval and Dance ln Elliott Hall. Wednesday. August ?3rd- MacNeill's Orchestra.

"Will be cleaning and buylnl Timothy dead in any quantity. -Min beard. Orapaud.

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Summ.ersideO Trade Board Places Carferry Tieup Onus On Transport Dept.

ring in and taking out supplies from the Province while the strike is 0;

been harpooned from the vessel

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aliowed for highway and ferry purposes.

"We would likeato emphasize that the ships are owned by the Department of Transport and that the C. N. R. is entrusted with them for operation purposes only. This Board has already gone on record to the effect that the arrangement between the Depart- ment of Transport and the Can- adian National Railway regarding operation of the ships is too en- cumbered with disadvantages. At the present time the people of this Province stand to suffer ser- ious economic losses if the fer- ries are not permitted to carry truck and motor vehicles. This Is the only adequate means of bring.

"Why should we be deprived of truck and bus traffic. especially in this emergency? ,

"The privately owned Northum- berland Ferries Limited is entire- ly inadequate to handle the traf- fic even during normal times. This Board ihcrcforc urges that the Department oPTrnns-port de- cide immediately to take over the operation of these boats."

The meeting yesterday was pre- sided over by the president of the Board. and adoption of the brief was moved by Mr. J. Frank Arnett and seconded by Mr. Fred- Bell. vice president.vS.

Swordfish Causes Death Of Fisherman

G-LACE BAY. N. 5.. Aug. 22 - (OP)-A young Nova scotisse fish- erman drowned today when is

cdmawordfish irantmed the bottan of hi! dory and tossed lilnl overboard. 'Moylc Levy. 26. of Little Tancbolt. N. 8., jumped into the dory to play the swordfish after 'lt nal

Dixie Lee by his brother. Ray Fighting mad. the fish rushed the dory, came up under it and rammed its hard sword through the heavy planking. Levy was

tossed GVO!b0Ild.

Shutdown-In . Prospect For Many. Plants

By The Canadian Press

The railway strike is hurting al- ready.

In one day it has painfully jolted Canadian business and industry. It has crippled transportation and win nicatlon. It has created the spectre of possible widespread unemployment.

On every hand, governments and -

companies and individ-uala'are try- ing to make do with substitutes. The huge task is to make trucks take the place of freight cars. to use buses where there aren't pas- sengar coaches any more. to squeeze onto the telephone all the messages that used to go by telegraph.

But the only hope is to take up some of the slack, to save some of the crops and to give the factories at least part of the raw materials they need. It means priority sys- tems and careful definition of what comes first in a national emergency of this type.

Across the country. railway stat- ions arc strangely silent. The rush for airplanes and buses is on. Ser- vice at some major hotels is dis- rupted. some remote communities are isolated. Tens of thousands of Jobs are threatened. Business stands to lose huge sums.

Canada Divided

The strike in effect has divided Cenada' into four sections-the west coast, the Prairies. Ontario-Quebec and the Maritimcs-and undone what the building of the railroads accomplished some 00 years ago.

British Columbia fish and lumber can't get across the Rockies. West: ern wheat is cut off from Eastern mills. oil can't be moved in direction from Eastern refineries. East-coast products. and goods

coming in from overseas. are stuck i

at the docksides. i

one of thoififst lb feel the effects . A

,of the walkout was.t.ho pulp and paper industry. A spokesm for the Canadian Pulp and Papas As- sociation at Montreal announced

that mills will have to start closing ' down by the and of the week if there , is no settlement. The reason: short- .

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More Union Men Ordered

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HALIFAX. Aug. 22 - (CP) - Unlon workers assigned to main. tcnance duty on strike-bound rall- way property here tonight were or- dered off their Jobs by tomorrow morning as the union said the rail- Wly had violaud an agreement on unloading of non-perishable goods.

Prod Nicol. International repre- sentative of the Brotherhood of Railway -Employees and the Broth- erhood of Express nbployeoshaaid passes given these workers would he canccllcd.

There was no irmlmiiat indic- ation on how many additional man this latest stop-work call will. in- -volvs. others walked off their jobs sharp at the 'l A. M. A. D. T. Do- minion-wlde strike deadline today.

Mr. Nicol said the trouble start- ed when a seal was broken on two railway cars containing canned milk, a non-perishable product.

Previously. he said, it was un- derstood that malntonance men would be provided to handle per-

"bsngo Long River Wednesday night. .

"allow at canoe Cove tonight at 0.6.

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ishable cargoes.

Mr. Nicol said the union would continue to permit removal of per- ishable gocds but it was their un- derstanding from the company that no non-perishable goods would be touched.

The point -mg tee in Montreal had told him lf the "break in the agreement" contin- ued to place picket lines along the waterfront and take off mainten- ance men. .

shortly after receiving this word. Mr. Nicol said. non-perishable goods were removed from railway cars and the union was forced to call off its standb workers. v

Railways oflcials declined rm. niedlate comment on the union's actlcn.

The union's order would apply to workers at the Fairview round- housc. those assigned to protect perishable goods in the yards. and elevator operators at the Canadian National Telegrapha building on mid-town Barrlngtcn Street.

car shops at ocean terminals and the O.N.R..'s Nova acotla Hotel would continue to. operate with maintenance men as they were un- der sellorate contract.

France To Send Infantry

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Edsssliries Already Begin To Feel Pinch, Of Strike

Economic Advisory Board For

PEI A'ppointeLBy Government P

Formation of a seven-mass Board of Economic Advis-

ors to survey the economic

situation of Prince Edward

Island in relation to the present notion-wide railway strike, was announced here yesterday by Premier J. Wal- ter Jones following two meetings of the Executive Council called to consider problems arising from the walkout. "Having under consideration the harm liable to be caused to the economy of the Province by the railway strike." the Premier said. "the Executive Council has appointed the Board to survey the economic situation of the Province and more particularly to advise what com- mocllties and materials are in short or excess supply: .what are neces- sary imports and exports. and to arrange priorities in traffic on all

available means of transport."

The following men have been appointed to comprise the Board: Frank J. Storey. President of the Charlottetown Board of Trade,

Provisional Chairman.

Richard Hinton, President of the Summerside Board of Trade. Louis Poole, Montague, President of the King's County Board of

Trade.

Louis O'Connor. President of the Prince Edward Island Federation

' of Agriculture. James Burden. Charlottetown. Island Fisheries Federation. Andrew Likely. Charlottetown.

President of the Prince Edward

wholesale merchant.

J. Frank Arnett. Summersidc, wholesale merchant.

1,200 "Island Affected By

"TALKING WAD." mill! -3- lid- ward W. Barrett. M. 5.. Assistant secretary of State for public af- fairs, has been named chairman of the new National Psychological

strategy Board. The agency will"

direct the propaganda. war. against communism throughout the world. one plan under considers” would place is ring of radio-ships amutlrl "iron curtain" sections of the world to broadcast anticommun- ist propaganda.

Big Flour Mill To Close Down Today

PORT COLBORNE. Ont.. Aug. 22 - (CP) - The Maple Leaf Mill- ing company iplant here. largest flour mill in the British lmvpire. will shut down tomorrow if the rail strike continues. some 800 employees will be affected. J.l". Ellis. on r y manager, said 40 freight cars a day are needed to prevent the warehouse becoming plugged with flour. The mill has an output of 13,000 barrels a day.

TOKYO. Aug. an (Reuters)- Gen. MacArthur's headquarters to- day announced the parole of six more Japanese war criminals. bring- ing to It the total released since a.

parole system was set. up last spring.

Battalion To Korea.

PARIS. Au . I2--(AP)-France will send a ial infantry bat- talion of probably soo soldiers to Ight in the United Nations ranks in Korea. informed sources and

-today.

The Cabinet decided to send a land force aftsr sa all-day meet- ing.at the summer chateau of President Vincent Aurlol st Ram- bouiilst. p This decision was taken in re- some to tho rcosat U. I!

. appeal to osnicstlsrsf l- substantial aid to the uni

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A Defence Idinistry spokesman in Paris said "I have no idea Just when the troops will be sent." He said they probably will be volun- teers from the Francis 'regulars now. assigned in lado-China.

it was a surprise decision for. up to now, Government inform- ants said Francs could not send any soldiers to Korea. The allie- ial line was that France was al- ready doing her part in fighting Communion. with il80.im troops engaged against Red-led Indo- p guerrillas. Irancata coil-

to U. it. forces had been

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last Friday.

Employees Rail Strike

The railway strike is affecting approximately 1,200 employees throughout Prince Edward Itland. All operational services are at a standstill. including the Borden oarferrles owned by the Depart- ment of Traneport.The last" train in operation, on the Tlgnish run. rolled to a standstill in Char- lottetown a few minutes before the 6 am. strike deadline. yester-

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day. -1 . - At the depot. in front of the

various departments. and at the

Charlottetown Hotel. pickets were stationed in small groups. work- ing in shifts of five houris. There was no disorder of any kind. and similar reports of orderllness have been received from other parts of nce.

The strikers permitt'ed hospital supplies to be released. and also some perishable goods. Among these was in carload of ice which was slowly rifnnlng out of the bottom of the car.

Picketers have been instructed to keep a close watch on the var- ious properties they are guarding. to prevent damage or loss due to fire or theft.

'At Borden - The Borden-Tormenune car- feri-ies made their last trip at

midnight Monday. Both the A.beg- weft and the Prince Edward Is- land are tied up at Borden. They are being picketed on four-hour shifts. two men to a ship. Reg- inald MacAleer. chairman of the committee in charge, said the pur- pose was chiefly to seals! in guarding the property. They had no fear of any attempt af.,strike breaking. he said.

only persons with passes were allowed on the ships yesterday. An occasional mainland car show- ed up expecting to get: across. In the railway yards everything was quiet.

At the Summerside yards also quiet; prevailed. Two firms which had commenced unloading cars of freight the previous day were allowed to complete the job. Ed- ward Ferguson. of the freight department staff. is overseer dur- ing the strike and there is also a C.N.R. policeman on duty.

lirgesllar Fooling For iiomemfroiii

BASKATOON. Aug. 22 - (OP) - oanadrs home front must go on a war footing without delay and civil defence plans must be strait.- ed quickly. Mayor George G. Mic- Lean of at Boniface. Mom, said today. .-

Mr. Isacuan, president of the Gonadian Federation of Ilaywa and Municipalities. addressed the open- lngtasssion of the reds:-ation's nth coo

as-oboe. . he said the Dominion cities and -want I am voice in civil- dofcnos pfillfations.

"we must call a halt to easy living on the domestic front.” he said. "what is going" on in Korea is war, and we are in it.

"Tbs post-was holiday is over and so is the Russian honeymoon."

Mayor Maelasn urged the con- ference to bring the inatterof civil dsfaneatoslassd. no cfitiolssdtho Federal and Provincial Govern-

mInts'f!cr . clv'il defence ativas. M ; sate wanted to be "in on 4 floor" in Mm!-MM vs nisasum

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No infer-vEniion' In iiail Slrilie Before Session 1

By John bollano

OTTAWA, Aug. 22-(GP)-Park lament is being called in for emer- gency action to halt the general rail strike.

A hastily-improvised "parlia- mentary airlift” will speed the mem- bers to Ottawa for a session-prob- ably starting Monday. it is expect- ed they will be asked to deal with Government proposals on the crisis.

No date was fixed for the ses- sion. A brief Cabinet meeting was held tonight. Later report- ers were told there would be no announcement until tomorrow. cabinet sources, following Prime

Minister at. I.aurent's announce- ment today of the call to Parlia- ment. said the Government at present does not intend new inter- vention in the strike before Parlia- ment assembles.

Drastlc Action

But the Prime Minister's an-' nouncement. issued after a mom- ing Cabinet meeting on the heels of a night session, held a hint that Parliament would be asked to ap- prove drastic action.

It might include the outlawing of strikes in such public services as the railways. where stoppages may affect the national interest.

The suggestion that some curbs might be in prospect came in two sentences of the Prime Minister's 200-word statement. First. he said

the railway strikers have not broken

any law.

Then he added:

"The record shows that our rail- way workers are and have always been . ponslblc and public-spirited Canadians and whatever action the Government may have to take will be intended solely to protect the interests of the whole Canadian people."

Mr. st. Laurent said that the Government "wants rarlis'rnant”tii

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Prince Edward-Island farmers are "greatly alarmed with the failure of railway workers and m agement to settle their differences and are critical of the uncompromising at- titude of both parties." according to a statement from the Island1"ed- eratlon last evening.

"Island farmers." the statement says. "are seriously concerned about the outcome of the dispute. They are acutely conscious of the fact that higher railway costs invariably affect agriculture. both as a dec- rease in returns for products sold and increased costs for fee s. mach- inery and other goods purchased. "Since farmers provide and pay for a. very large share of all the freight traffic in this province. the Federation is resentful of the ap- parent disregard for the welfare of our basic industry. They take the stand that the Borden ferry is not only a railroad but a highway and general service connection to the mainland and that the Federal Gov- ernment is entirely responsible. un- der the terms of Confederation. to maintain this service. They take the position also that losses occurring to our farmers, due to lack of ferry service. are the direct financial ch- ligation of the Dominion Govern- ment.

"The Island Federation is com- posed of over six thousand individ- ual farmer memb and represents all Agricultural Organisations in the Province. The rbdeiration Ex- ecutive suggests that farmers should keep a careful account of all losses sustained as a result of stoppage of ferry services at Borden and will assist in every way possible to ob- tain recognltlon fortsuch financial losses."

SINGAPORE. Aug. 22-(Reuters) -A British patrol today clashed with terrorists in the Pcrak jungle. killing one and we ding two oth- fora. Nos-yaadtlah ca ported. :5. A. F. planes again struck

at guerrilla targets in Johorc.

Powerful Atomic Oven Opens In United States

(By Howard W. Ihkesloe Associated Press science Editor

BROOK!-IAVEN. N. Y.. Aug. 22 -(AP)-The most powerful atomic" oven in the United States and probably in the world for research purposes started making heat and radio-activity here early today. There is no other as powerful for research- unless in Russia.

In the United states. at Han- ford. Washington. there are four reactors making plutonium. the atom bomb metal. Their power never has been published but they are believed to be greater than the Brookhaven "pile".

Other reactors have been built since the war. in Canada at Chalk River. Ont.. in Britain. France and the U. S. But none so pow- erful as this one. At full power. this new reactor -energy output in a few months equals the ex- plosion of an atom bomb.

The new reactor stands on the side of a sand dune. 75 miles from New York City. All that anyone is allowed to see is a six- storey. box-shaped. brick and con- crete building. having two enor- mous windows. of green glass. 53 feet high by 33 wide. The reason for the queer windows has not

been explained.

The reactor is a cube of graph-

ltfer were i re- -

lter nearly 40 feet on a side. The graphite is honeycombed with holes into which are thrust cans of aluminum containing uran-' ium metal.

This great oven was started at 2:30 am. merely by sliding some boron-steel rods that had been

sticking into holes in the gray

phite part of the way out. It will be several weeks before the re- actor is allowed to run ftill strength. That will be equivalent to an industrial plan producing 30.000 kllowattis of electricity 1