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More Jobs Than Year Ago, Cabinet Minister Declares

minister Wednesday criticized the Liberal opposition for ‘“‘concen- trating all its economic thinking on unemployment.” ~ “T hope we can get away from twisting, turnihg and squirm.

other side. In December 5,680,000

to the increase in the working

s@ PER CENT EMPLOYED “After all, -more than 90 per cent of our working force 1s employed . . and they are able, improvements in condi- which will mean the re to work of the unemployed, keep | the unemployed from) stress.””

Mr. Macdonnell's speech, dur- the continuing throne speech was followed by a CCF on the government for to, “a piecemeal, ad ” approach to economic af-

Douglas Fisher (CCF — Port Arthur) asked why Progressive Conservatives are so “afraid” of idea of economic planning

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between free enterprise and so- elal planning. The trend of the times was to planning in the They were among the handful of Commons menfhers who spoke

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(CP) — A cabinet in the throne speech debate, ex-

pected to end Friday.

Herman M. Batten (L—Hum- ber-St. George's) renewed his party’s, call that the government agree to ending the l0day de- bate immediately to permit an immediate start on government legis'ation, giving priority to anti- unemployment measures.

Every Liberal speaker in the last two days of the debate has

his speech with a repetition of t proposal, first made Mon- day night by Opposition Leader

-\Pearson. But there has heen no

indication of the debate ending. ores DEVELOPMENTS In other Commons develop ments: ; 1. External Affairs } Minister Smith told Mr. Pearson there has

been no attempt to revive the wartime Hyde Park agreemént on sharing of defence production efforts. Present arrangements for consultation on sharing of defence production were ‘‘working to the satisfaction. of both gov- ernments.’’ Defence Production Minister O'Hurley would be mak- ing a statement soon on Canada- U.S. defence production sharing.

2. Mines Minister Comtois said he has asked for recommenda- tions on surplus and marketing problems in Nova Scotia's coal industry from W. E. Uren, chair- man of the Dominion Coal Board, now attending a Halifax meeting on the matter with Premier Stanfield of Nova Scotia and representatives of coal compan-

ies and unions.

Only Three Applications Are Received For Course.

__Only three applications have been received to date for the youth training course being of- fered by the department of agri- culture to commence at the Vo- cational School.

Hon. Eugene Cullen, minister of agriculture said yesterday he was disappoinnted that more youths have not r@sponded to this course of 4-6 weeks duration giving instruction in animal health, animal husbandry, field soil analysis and other phases of agriculture.

The: course offers students $9 a week expense money and an opportunity to receive expert in- struction from both federal and provigcial agriculturists.

Mr. Cullen stated that the course has been widely advertis-

ed with applications closing on

Railwaymen Seek New Transportation Policy

By JOHN LeBLANC Canadian Press Staff Writer

-OTTAWA (CP) — Representa- tives of 140,000 railway employ- ees, Wednesday asked the federal

government for a new transport- ation policy that would give the railways more freedom to meet competition.

. In their annual submission to the cabinet, they got no reply to this point from a group of ministers headed by Prime Min- ister Diefenbaker.

The proposal—a recurring one —came from the national legis- lative committee of the. interna- ‘tional railway brotherhocds, made up of representatives of eight unions.

FEDERAL ASSURANCES

From government spokesmen, the committee got these assur- ances:

1. Amendments to the Unem- ployment Insurance Act will be submitted to Parliament at the current session which ‘in the main” may meet labor demands.

2. Labor representation on gov- ernment boards will be enlarged.

On the second point, the prime minister told the delegation the first retirements of the culture- developing Canada Council are due in April and he hopes it will be possible to have replacements from labor and agriculture. They are not now represented on the council

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that his government had done much to block the recession and? consequent unemployment by:

1. Extending the field of opera- tion of the National =e Act.

2. Public works.

3. Assistance to “encourage production that otherwise would not have taken place.”

INSURANCE CHANGES

Labor Minister Starr said un- employment insurante changes are proposed for this session. It is understood they will put new wage ceilings on coverage of workers, hut not up to the $7,200-a-year ceiling proposed by the railwaymen.

Dealing with possible changes in..the federal labor code, Mr. Starr said he has been receiving many representations and “a good deal of work’’ will have to be done before amendments to the code are presented to Par- liament.

A new recommendation of the railwaymen as that the gov- ernment should have the Com- mons set up a committee to in- vestigate and report on the ef- fects of automation and other technological developments.

There was no\reply from’ the government spokesmen on this point.

On the unions’ proposal for a \new national transportation pol- icy, their suggestion was that the railways were shackled in rela- tion to competitive carriers,

mainly highway transport.

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the 3ist of January. He is in hopes that during the next two days a sufficient number of young farmers will avail. them- selves of this opportunity’ which is being created for their benefit.

Oil Blast 3 Decision Pending

OTTAWA (CP) — The cabinet

has yet to consider formally an American oil company's proposal for trying to free with a nuclear blast the fabulous oil wealth locked im Alberta's Athabasca oil sands, it was learned Wednes- day. But when cabinet does take up the proposal, possibly within a few weeks, its decision conceiv- ably could be of importance to the whole Western world.

A mines department official closely connected with the situa- tion said the sands contain an estimated oil supply greater than the known reserves of the whole Western world at this time, some 250,000,000,000 barrels.

Small Boy Is Drowned

SYDNEY (CP)—A _ three-year- old boy drowned in 20 inches of water in Sydney Harbor Wednes- day when he slipped through a small hole in the ice and slush near the shore. The victim was Philip Wells, son of Mr. and Mrs. Blanford Wells.

about 400 yards from A three-year-old playmate raised an alarm. The search went on for two hours before the body was found.

KING NEARLY RECOVERED

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) King Frederik IX has nearly re- covered from the minor rupture of one lung caused last Christmas

Eve by a violert coughing spell.

Many Nova Scotians In Ugly Frame Of Mind, Senator Says

OTTAWA (CP) — Liberal Sen- ator Wishart Robertson said Wed. nesiay many people in Nova Scotia are “in an ugly frame of

mind” over what he termed lack of action by federal governments to improve the economic climate of the Atlantic provinces.

Speaking in the Senate throne speech debate, the Nova Scotian said federal subventions and sub- sidies, increased federal pay- ments to the provinces and other federal Measures “have done lit- tle to aid our economic develop- ment.”

“We have sought to answer the charge that we have not done enough’ to help ourselves.”

The Atlantic Provinces Econ- omic Cohncil, representing prov- incial governments and business-

men, had made “‘heroic’’ efforts to encourage industry but it was an uphill! fight.

He described proposals to keep the St. Lawrence River open in winter as “ill-conceived projects to defy nature.”’ Shipping through Atlantic ports would dwindle and die.

“Many Nova thoroughly disillusi with pol- itical parties and are getting in an ugly frame of mind,” he said. “They will aid in ummaking gov- ernments in the future just as dramatically as ‘ey have in the past.”

“The truth is that no govern ment — Conservative, Liberal or CCF—can do much more than

Scotians are

;has been done in the past’ unless jnew proposals are adopted to

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ed, Hon.. Eugene Cullen stated in Charlottetown yesterday.

Speaking at the opening ses- sion of the two-day Dominion- provincial agriculture conference, the Island minister of agriculture declared that farming was ‘“‘very definitely’’ a business, and re- quires a business approach if pro- fits were to be made.

He said that many of the pro- vince’s poor farms could be plant- ed to trees ‘now regarded as a profitable long term crop on Prince Edward Island.”

Other speakers heard during the day included G.B. Whiteside, president of the council, S.C., Wright, deputy minister of agri- culture, and R.C. Parent, super- intendent of the local experimen- tal farm.

FILM SHOWN .

In addition, the council wit- nessed a film entitled ‘‘Revolu- tion on the Farm."” Shown by John Martin of the National Film Board, the film. depicted some present-day aspects of farm fin- ancing and management.

Mr. Cullen congratulated the agriculturists on the work accom- plished during the year and as- serted that it was a pleasure to observe the co-oper>tion that ex- isted between the federal and pre vincial workers in their efforts to SOlve problems ‘concerning agri- culture on Prince Edward Island.

The Island cabinet minister de- | clared that the improvement in ; Island soils during the last 30 years was largely due to the policy of bonusing the purchase

of lime, which lie -termed “a

valuable soil amendment.” Improved pasture and grain

yields have gone hand in hand

with improved livestock feeding resulting in livestock quality that is better than ever before, he said.

INSPECTORS PRAISED

Mr. Cullen commended the men who spent much time and effort to keep up the quality of Island potatoes. He emphasized that the standard of quality leaving Island shores could only he maintained by grading and inspection.

Mr. Whiteside presented a gen- eral review of the work done dur- ing the year and siated that most of the recommendations of the council had been implemented. Winston Smith, secretary of the group, was congratulated for the very efficient manner in which he performed his duties. Mr. Wright reviewed the activities of the provincial department. The text of his address will appear later.

Mr. Parent outlined the general activities carried out during the year at the experimental farm, and then called upon various members of the staff to present more’ detailed information.

Certain marginal forms could ;

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Following are the highlights of | for improving broilers are being compared

some of the work undertaken there:

Investigations in poultry breed- ing and management are being conducted. Equal emphasis is placed on work with meat-pro- ducing strains of domestic fowl.

Various methods of selection

ial oo lines being as follows: Line A is selected on nine-week body weight; Line B is selected on nine-week breast angle; and Line C is_ selected on a selection index which incor- (Continued on page 17 Col. 2)

Fourth Story To Be Built. On Vocational School Annex

The new wing of the Prince Edward Island Vocational School now under construction is to have an additional storey according to a joint announcement made yes- terday by Hon. J. George Mac- Kay, minister of public works and Hon. Keir Clark, minister of education. The extra floor will cost approximately $75,000.

When the construction of the new wing was started,yit was the intention to add & tourth floor at some future date i. a recent decision reached by the government pointed out that the architectural structure would, be more uniform if the extra floor were carried along while the main part of the building is un- der construction It was also shown that the cost of putting a second roof on would be saved. _ The dmnex to the Vocational

School built of steel. brick tile and concrete is 130 x 60 feet and was started last summer. The department of public works is carrying out the work under su- pervision of their own engineer- ing staff.

Hon. Mr. Clark said that with expanded courses being offered by the institution and the in- creased attendance, there was little doubt that all the space in the new building would be oc- cupied shortly.

It was beca of crowded fa- cilities that it was decided to build the extension consisting of one basement floor and two above this. With the extra floor, the building will now be the same height as. the original building erected following the

end of the second world war.

‘Moonshining On sland Still Serious Problem

OTTAWA, (Special) — ‘“‘Moon- shining’—the manufacture of _il- licit spirits—countinues to pre sent a serious for the

RCMP in Prince Edward Island.

The RCMP, in its annual report tabled in Parliament, disclosed that the number of stills discov- efed by members of the force on the Island in 1957-57 totalled 16. This was only one less than in 1956-57.

The beer and wash uncovered, however, was consjderably high- er than in the previous year. The report showed that seizures of beer and wash totalled 759,000 gallons, compared with 640,000 gallons in 1956-57. In addition, 29,000 gallons of illicit spirits were taken, jas against 43,000 in the year before.

The seizures were made under Excise Act regulations which cover stills and the spirits pro- duced by these operations or the wash required for distillation pur- poses.

The. report said the quantity of. spirits across Canada as a whole was only a- little more than 50 per cent of the number of gallons seized in 1956-57. How-

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ever, there was a big increase in number of stills seized. The tota' was 196, highest for any yeaf since 1951-52.

the large number of stills in P.E.I., but it is believed the strict provincial liquor laws have much te do with it.

pointed out by the RCMP that there were no large seizures of illicit spirits on the Island. Most of the stills uncovered are pol or the small rectifying stills.

Nov. Pulpwood Production Up

OTTAWA (CP)—Canadian pro- duction of pulpwood in Novem- ber, 1958, rose to 1,555,379 rough cords from 1,228,479 a year ear- lier, the bureau of statistics re- ported Wednesday. The 1958 Jan- uary-November output declined to 11,337,658 rough cords from 14,068,176 a year earlier.

The ROMP gave no reason for |

Too, the availability of potatoes , has a definite bearing. It was |

NEW YORK (CP) — Justice Minister Fulton of Canada Wed- nesday night charged that United States anti-trust action against American companies and their Canadian subsidiaries constitutes more interference in commercial projects in Canada “than is fit- ting and acc e

On the eve of discussions with U.S. Attorney-General Rogers in Washington about the case, Mr. Fulton said the solution lies in the U.S. acting with restraint in taking court actions “that inter- fere directly, substantially and deliberately with matters that are essentiaHy matters of Canadian commerce within Canada.”

Mr. Fulton confers today with Mr. Rogers about the anti-trust action in New York against Gen- eral Electric Company, Westing- house Electric Corporation and N.V. Philips Company and a number of firms charged as co- conspirators, mostly Canadian companies participating in a pat- ent pool known as Canadian Radio Patents Limited.

FRANK CRITICISM

He spoke Wednesday before the anti-trust section of the New York Bar Association, devoting his remarks largely to < frank criticism of U.S. ‘‘interference” in Canadian affairs through anti- trust actions in American courts against parent companies of Canadian firms. _

The statement were included in a text of the speech issued to the press before delivery.

“The (anti-trust) complaint,” Mr. Fulton said, “alleges that the defendants, operating through Canadian subsidiaries, engaged with other co-conspirators, most of them Canadian companies, tn an unlawful conspiracy in re straint of foreign trade and com-

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ada in radio and television re- ceiving sets.

“Such restraint, it is alleged, was accomplished by the organ ization of a Canadian Patent Pool, controled by the defendants’ Canadian subsidiaries, which pre-

vented the importation into Can- ada of radio and television re a sets manufactured in the

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THE-REAL ISSUE

Mr. Fulton said that for Can- ada the real issue is “that ia important aspects such cases ap- pear to be directed ar rangements entered into by Cana- dian companies in Canada whica are matters of Canadian com- — merce governed by Canadian — laws including the anti-combines — and the patent legisia- ion.”

“Such cases appear to illust- rate a tendency, apparent in the field of foreign affairs ag weil as of anti-trust, for U.S. author- ities to regard foreign subsidi- aries of US. parent companies merely as projection of U.S. trade and commerce and thereby subjec to U.S. policies in priority to the laws, customs and interests of the countries in which such subsidiaries are Lanne and carry on business.

Mother Given 5-Year Term

HALIFAX (CP) — Mrs. Mar garet McNeily, 33, of Woodville, N.S., was sentenced to five two- year concurrent terms in penites- tiary Wednesday after being con- victed earlier on five counts of forgery and false pretences. She.

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is the mother of five children.

| Edward P. Foley, al mem- ber for 5th Prince, Will be pro- posed as Speaker of the House when the P.E.I. legislature con- venes Feb. 10th., it was announ- ced Wednesday t. Premier A.W. Matheson.

Mr. Foley, a member of the cabinet until last summer, will succeed Hon. J. Augustine Gal- lant, 3rd Prince, who has been speaker for the past two years.

A Summerside pharmacist, Mr. Foley was first elected to the legislature in 1951. He was ap- pointed as minister without port- folio in 1955.

Mr. Foley was born at Kildare and attended public school and Prince of Wales College. He is past president of the Canadian Pharmaceutical , Association and is a member of the Summerside

5th Prince Member Is Pick As Speaker Of The House

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By IAN DONALDSON Canadian Press Staff Writer HALIFAX. (CP)—Nova Scotia’s slumping coal industry decided Wednesday to ask the federal government for a helping hand through one of the gloomiest chapters in its troubled history.

A meeting of Dominion Steel ami Coal Corporation, govern ment and union representatives unanimously voted to send a delegation to Ottawa to seek further subventions on coal ship- ments to central Canada.

Premier Stanfield and Mayor Dan A. MacDonald of Glace Bay were appointed to the delegation. Others will be named later. No date was set for the Ottawa trip.

CLOSE PITS SUNDAY

The meeting -pvas called after Dosco, producer’ of more than 90 per cent of the province's coal, announced two weeks ago that five of its Cape Breton pits would close for at least one month beginning Sunday because of market conditions. Five other mines are expected to Close

later

| -The 52-hour meeting generated

little optimism, ‘although Premier Stanfield told the 50 delegates that “I refuse personally to be- lieve that the long-term outlook is dismal.”

Bill Marsh, president of United Mine Workers ‘Ind) District 26, said his 7,500 miners are ‘dis- gusted.”

“We are faced with hardship, deprivation and. hunger,” he said.

GORDON PESSIMISTIC

Harokt Gordon, Dosco’s coal chief, was pessimistic of the short-term outlook for the indus- try. The five mines, which em- ploy 4,100 men. have been work-

ing too long with a_ slowing down " he said. : : “There are 1,200,000 tons of

coal on the ground (stockpiled). we must find a market for it. There are no ulterior motives in the cutbacks. The company is 1p to the hilt in its bank loans. We have reached the very limit. “Competition has become very keem'"’ he said. ‘There is more

N.S. Coal Mines To Seek. - Assistance From Ottawa

There is also a surplus of hydro. Some of our bigger customers haven't been taking any coal since last March and we have been told they won't be taking any until next June.” 5

EXTENDED SCOPE

Mr. Marsh said the Dominion Coal Board's scope should be ex- tended to enable it to become a, coal-marketing agency. ‘‘The fact that we are meeting here today proves subventions are not the answer.”

Coal board chairman Wilbur Uren said present. subventions mean, in effect, that the board sells 40 to 45 per cent . - Dosco’s coal and pays half the work force.

He said if present Dosco pre | duction continues, 1,700,000 tons - would be stockpiled by .the end of May.

The Quebec-Ontario market ne quirements are not expected to increase this year, he said, The price of coal at the pithead in Nova Scotia was higher than the delivered * price in Ontarie of

fuel of all kinds than is required.

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