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VOL. TXXV, NO. 17

NEW DEMOCRATS HOLD SEMINAR

Checking the agenda prior & last night's opening of the New Democratic .Party's Seminar on political and ecoa- omic affairs, at the Charlotte- town Hotel are left to right, (haries Campbell, chairman, Thomas Dunphy, provincial

organizer, and Russell Irvine, Ottawa, assistant research di-

Fconomic Planning Does Canada need it." The seminar gets underway io full sewing

today with day-long sessions | being held at the Chariotte-

Racial And Religious Bars

By THE CANADIAN PRESS Recounts in three tight fights

the govern- Conservatives of unofficial coun:s

gressive Conservatives wil! make a decision after the Jan

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and mixed-up count found the Liberal abead. Liberal leader _ shdulo

count

On the existing basis of count ing, the Liberals snatched the Renfrew riding from the gov- ernment party—the only seat to turn over. .

Brant and Kenora stayed in the Liberal ranks, with handy ‘wins in both constituencies.

NDP TRAILS The socialist New Democra- ti® Party trailed everywhere, all candidates except Stan Bui- lock in the Beaches polling less half the winner's vote. Like —. South, the an tests in provincial capi.a city's Eglinton apd Beaches were squeakers, with the Lib-

CANADA, 8A .

WEATHER °

Cloudy fm afternoon, snow by evening; light winds increasing to east 20. Low. high zero and 25. Sunday: enowflurries,

JANUARY 20, i662.

‘Dominicans Celebrate End Of Dictatorship

MAILING STUNT PROVES FLOP

LONDON (Reuters) fa woman who tried to mail ber self to the, postmaster-gene ral in protest against current pos- tal delays in Britain was told the post office no longer ac

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Members Urge More Pay,

National Flag And Lottery

- 66 Proposals Made ~ By Private Members

SANTO DOMINGO (AP)—: Th Tuesday night, Rodri- cepted human parcels OTTAWA (CP) — A national Mr. Pickersgil! alse proposes Dominicans went back to the guez Echavarria and his asso Mrs. Gertrude Wood, pro lottery, higher pay for members removipg from the prime min cent of jtutional govern- ciates overthrew the interim ‘esting against the work - to of Parliament and the perennial ister the power to fix dates of Friday and celebrated the! regime, in which Belaguer was Tule Slowdown by postal work question ofa distinctive Cana- byelections to fill Commons va Sa securring 4h rahip..| still 9 leader . ers to back pay demands dian flag are among 66 propo- cancies. Under his bill the dates + enunieel »: tin | COUNCIL TAKES OVER walked into a London post of als already put forward by pri- would be fixed by the chief elec- was set off by a counter-coup| Thursday night a new seven- ed Twereday with a 2 ees ‘ ‘he new session RESUBMIT BILI : acard around her nec . ee “* oh - ousted pat ome fae = —— emcees dressed to Postmaster - Gen The luck of the draw smiled Frank McGee ‘PC York hf Pedro Echa | Rodri , eral Reginald Bevins at the om 4 bill for a national hospital Searborough' also has resub. arria, whe had been assuming) prisoner and put Balaguer’s '*\- House of Commons. but was sweepstakes sponsored by Fer mitted hig bill which would have

strongman powers with the backing of a military civilian

People hugged each other and derisively chanted tae name of Joaquin Balaguer. a holdover from the Trujillo dic- tatorship who reluctantly e- signed the presidency Tuesday aight.

This was the way evenis had gone:

Sixteen days ago. in agree ment with most of the opposi- tion elements, a new council was set up. It promised elec- tions and Balaguer's with- drawal from politics.

ignation into effect immediatey

N.S. Barn Fire ‘Has $15,000 Loss

turned away

Before the Second World War a person could ‘posi’ himself fen ‘sixpence as ap express. delivery and be es corfed on public transporta-

AMHERST (CP) — Damaze = tion ‘0 the required destina- was estimated at about $15.000 0" in a fire which destroyed a The service was discon barn, 24 head of cattle, 11 pws tinded in 1939, first because of a horse and farm machinery the war and later‘ through Friday at Shinimicas, 20 miles ‘ack of demand east of here. The only way Mrs Wood Cause of the fire. which was 4" now be posted is by di- prevented from spreading to @ Viing herself into 15-pound

parcels, the maximum weight

nearby farm house. has not y - as the post office will accept

been determined. The barn was owned by Noel Black

guson Browne ‘PC—Vancouver

Kingsway The Commons’ own lottery held at the start of each ses

sion to decide the order of pri ority, put his bill at the head of a list of 38 private members bills. and thus it will be the first

constituency voters of the name and address

returning officers

of candidates and their agents The purpose To make it easier for voters to give financial sup port to the party of their choice.

Mr. McGee, whose fight in re cent years for abolition of capt

debated tal punishment led to govern-

Commons adoption of a pri- ment reforms on the death val- vate member's proposal is a ley penalty last session, has rarity In the past. however, also put forward again another some have resulted in generat- bill to abolish capital punish-

ing enough support, both in the Commons and outside, that the the government itself brought in legislation on the subject Douglas Fisher (CCF — Port Arthur’. sponsored a resolution

ment completely

The CCF served notice it will continue its campaign for changes in Parliament's pro cedure for handling divorce ap- plications from Quebec and

t ——— LL - asking the government to give Newfoundland. which have ne + . ~ = oneal ae’ me ‘ . e immediate consideration to the divorce courts

re Litted For Immigrants (“2 AT G IDecides 8.7.7.0" “ES Ss5 oe

, a = MPs by private members includes:

; g wae Sen ae ormey enera ecl es WANTS $3,000 RAISE Creation of a federally - fine

OTTAWA (CP) -- A formula Friday by Immigration Minis- somewhat wider list of non- With 19 of 141 polls still to , a veer ch gn 000 ee Aulnatie ween ieee f® remove racial discrimination .ter Fairclough. white immigrants who have be heard from in northwesterly tax - free expense allowance °

from Canada's immigration She told the Commons that Kenora—the province's

relatives in Canada and provide

largest for a broadening of the type of

riding is he Liberals had Mr. Fisher said he considers

laws without opening this coun- new immigration regulations, $3,000 a minimum increase. The

try’s gates to a flood of immi- effective Feb. 1,

Parliament

To Support Prison Farm

‘ - will make it appeals: which may be taken over-all about 45 per cent of ihe last increase—to $10.000 trom Fe ot ition tas aaoatki Part ofthe world renter Cant peaa, ne Immigration Appeal fopuler vole, aginst 98 for ‘Me Altorney-General Melvin Me- view lo-serving the whole ofthe during the past year, “Mr. Me 000 — occurred is 8A A Glance = * ada if they have the levets of Mrs. Fairclough said the reg- » NDP Quaid said he is prepared to re- | province Quaid said ‘those of us con Three private members’ pro- ’ education, training and skills ulations mean that any suitably- w th commend, “first to the yovern- “The capital outlay.’ he said cerned have noticed the @bsence posals involving a new national . Joey Reveals |necessary for them to beeome | qualified person from any part ith a general election ex. ment, and then to the Legisa ‘“‘may be spread over a period of serious crime flag are already in the hopper. By THE CANADIAN PRESS : . absorbed {n Canadian ecanomié of the world can be considered oa in 1963, party standings ture, that we proceed: immedia of years and a great dealof tne He pointed out that the \asi Likely the first to be de. RSDAY. Jan. 19, 1962 Metal Discovery urd geciak life. © © ‘few immigration to Canada en- inthe S¢heat legisisture now . tely’’ toward the gonstruction o' work im the establisiment of a session of the Supreme Court of Gated is a resotution by Louis mffuration “Minister Fatr- . "The new regulations also pro- tirely on’ his own merits ‘and eae a prison farm on’Prince Edwain central prison ¢ould be per- Kimgs County; the last two ses Joseph Pigeon /P( Joliette- elough announced revised im- ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. (CP)—Pre. vide for the admission of a without regard te his race, - rals 3, NDP-5. | Island one formed by the prisoners them sions for Queens County and in L Assomption . Montcalm) that migration regulations de mier Smallwood Friday an color, national origin or country, LIBERALS JUBILANT He was speaking last even sélves.” last session scheduled for Prince @ Joint Commons Senate ecom- — signed to eliminate discrimin-

nounced the discovery of mineral beryllium in Labrador, | He said the fird was made| at Seal Lake, 90 miles northeast B Ba = Doo of Goose Bay. by the Rio Tinto | y rn r Mining Company of . Canada| “ve Limited, but he gave no details SYDNEY as to the size of the discovery. He said beryllium was an “extremely valuable, useful and indispensable part of the space program.” ,

(CP)

er of nearby Mira, died Fr when he was struck on_the hea

RC Mission Attacked. By Congolese Rebels

LEOPOLDVILLE (Reuters)— Rebel .Congolese army~ troops Friday attacked a Roman Cath-

alic mission station at Sola, én the border between Katanga and Kivu provinces.

United Nations military head- quarters here planned to “take : @very possible action’ against the rebels at first. light today and sources said UN troops would be flown into Sola by helicopter.

Little was known about. the attack at Sola, since UN. air- eraft were able to make only one._flight over the mission, which contains a college and

ls’ school, before darkness

who ran for cover in the mis- sion church when the jets ap- peared overhead.

HAVE TROUBLES

Sources at UN headquarters stressed the difficulty of deal- ing with the situation § since there are no UN troops in the immediate area. and soldiers ‘flown in by helicopter would make easy targets from the

ground, In Elisabethville, amateur ra-

ports that rebel troops killed four missionaries and 11 civilians at-Kabonga, in north

Two Ethiopian jet pilots re-| ported that several houses at Sola were ablaze, but the only sign of life was two soldiers

Proposed Rail Line s Described Waste -

OTTAWA (CP) — Canadian Peninsula is a waste of public Trucking Associations, said Fri- money which has truckers ‘‘ut- a government to. mauatified.”

a railway line in the Gaspe The plan for

and Ste.

pe

Dairy Farmers

MONTREAL (CP) — Jean B.

of Montreal, president | of L'Union Catholique des Cu’- tiyateurs.

- John Alex MacDonald, 77-year-old farm- ao

; tions applying to non -

by a barn door which swung toward him in a gust of wind.

dio operators also picked up re- had

-$1 next Monday, maintained

The chief beneficiaries would be Asians, Africans and nation- als of Middle East countries.

CRITICIZES BILL :

J. W. Pickersgill (L—Bona- vista - Twillingate), immigra- ister in the former gov- , said the new regula- whites substitute “‘one set of criteria for discrimination for another.”

There was no racial discrim- ination in the old regulations and the minister had admitted it, he said. The new regulations would create an administrative problem which would be im- Posible to cope with.

Mfrs, Fairclough said later at @ press conference that she does not think the new regulations will alter: the current pattern of immigration to Canada. There would be no change in the pre- dominantly-white complexion of this .country.

Sportsman ls Killed

ANAHEIM. Calif ‘AP)-—Hugh W. (Jack) Russell, a sportsman, author and explorer who be- came an expert on salmon fisa-

ing, died in a traffic accident |

Thursday night.

Police said Russell and a

ae Sandy Lee Sem, |

were hit by a car waile

Russell, who would have been

Mr. Wintermeyer called the results a “fantastic swing” his party, now sniffing a gen. eral election victory for the first

time since the Conservatives obit |

it out of office In 1943.

‘Moon Shot 's Delaved

|

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fila. (AP)—Technical troubles with the booster rocket Friday forced at least. a four-day delay of an attempt to launch a Ranger 3 spacecraft to the moon to take close-up television pictures and land an instrument package.

The launching had been sch- eduled for Monday.

ing on , “Cabinet “eport.”” a teie-

to | vised series of broadcasts deal-

| ing with provincial government

| affairs.

Mr. waid said that

| result of his exploratory work, whic’ Wieluded visits to prison farms in other parts of Canada and consultations with officials

| Of the federal department of

| justice, he is personally con-

| Vinced that the establishment of

a prison farm will solve many of the major problems “‘inher- ent in our present system.” The Attorney-General said that several sites have already | been proposed to the govera- ment but “extreme care” wiil have to be excerised in selec-

tion beeause the prison shouid be designed and located with a

ife’s Condition Improves,

OTTAWA (CP) — Heath Mac- quarrie. Progressive Conserva- tive MP for Queens, P.E.1:, said Friday night his wife is improv- ing slowly after being severeiy injured in an automobile acci- dent and undergoing two emer- gency operations.

“T feel better tonight than at any other time in the past 24 hours,’ he said. The hospital re- ported Mrs. Macquarrie’s con- dition as ‘‘fair.”

Sh- suffered 1:"liin'e mte ‘nal injuries in the abdominal region |

Queens MP Tells Newsmen

and a fractured rib Thursdav when her car went out of con: trol and overturned on a road in South Ottawa. ~~

Police ‘said they believe the gas pedal stuck while the Mac- quarrie car was being pushed by a tow. truck. The car leaped ahead too fast for the MP's wife to control. it.

Mr. pleased that his

wit : Seing

treated by a personal friend, Dr. Donald Brown, Charlottetown.

formerly of

Macquarrie’*-said he, ts.

County were not held ‘by rea (Continued on page 3. col. 9

Commenting on the adminis tration of justice in the province

AT SUMMERSIDE

Drama Festival Dates Released

as a

OTTAWA (CP) — Some thea- Anjou Theatre, Montreal, and tres in Canada can count on Theatre d’Ete Chantecler, Ste booming -business in the last Adele, Que. Western Quebec re

three weeks of March. gion, Montreal, March 28-31

In 14 towns and cities from Zone 7. adjudicator, Florent. British Columbia to Newfound- Forget, CBC television drama land, actors and actresses wil] Producer, Montreal. Eastern

Quebec region (no location de- cided) March 21-24: New Bruns- wick, St. Stephen, March 2-3)

Zone 8, adjudicator, Norma Springford, producer, di- rector, university lecturer, Mon- treal. Newfoundland region, Grand Falls, March 12 - 17; Nova Scotia, Halifax. March 2)- 24; Prince Edward Island, Sum- merside, March 28-31.

At the Winnipeg final. the win- ning play will win the festival trophy and a cash award of $1, 000 offered by the Canadian As sociation of Broadcasters, the festival's major sponsor

Dr. Leslie Bell Dies Cf Cancer

TORONTO (CP)—Dr. Leslie Bell. 55, leader of the famed Leslie Bell Singers, died her2 Friday of cancer.

He was tak n to hospital for surgery a week ago, the day before he was-to have inaugur- ated a new radio show..

Dr. Be'!l ‘formed tis . all-girl choir in 1939 and it carried his Name to ‘international fame in radio, television and in personal | appearances.

He was staging a_neighbor-

Dates of regional festivals and names . of their adjudicators were announced Friday by the DDF’s national office here. The regions are grouped into eight zones from which- the finalists will be selected.

Regions from British Colum- bia to Ontario form zones 1 |o 5. Zones for Quebec and the At lantic provinces:

Zo.e 6, adjudicator, Paul He bert, founder and director pf the

when he fell from a rooftop and _ peverely injured 2 ‘'eg. > spent | next four years in bed, the jeg in a cast. His convelescence Was. spent listening to a small | phonograph and practising the | darinet

He ceme out of it with a perm-

| of music.

| blem

Mrs,

" anent limp and an abiding love

mittee consider ways of giving

Canada not only a distinctive

flag but an official national an them

Laurier Regnier (PC St Boniface’ proposes a national referendum asking: ‘Are you>in favor of a flag for

Canada which would not include the Sn qt apy other-country’” And.’ for the fourth time, Samuel Boulanger (1 Drum- mond-Arthabaska) has a_ bill which woul’ ‘ave ‘he cabinet prepare a flag design for Par liament’s approval A resolution by J. W gill (L Bonavista - gate) calls for a specia mons committee to reco more effective measur limit and control election paign expenditures in the ests of ‘‘assuring greater pendence to members of | liament.”

Pickers. Twillin- Com- nend to vm. fe

ation based on race. color of crecd

She said the regulations te take effect Feb 1. will make it possible for anvone to enter Canada jf they have the re- quired Pacation training and skills

Prime: Minister Dyefenbaket declined to say whether Can- ada is negotiating tariff cuts with the European Common Market

Rodrigue Rourdages ‘PC— * Montrea! Laval and Ferg son Browne ‘PC —Vancouver Kingsway moved and see

onded the traditiona! reply te the throne speech

{ONDAY, Jan. 22

The Commons meets at 2.30 p.n to open the throne speech de'vate with addresses by the party leaders The Senate is adjourned to & pm. Tuesday

PC Goverr:i.ent’s Record Is Praised In Commons

OTTAWA ‘CP Praise was heaped on-the Progressive Con- servative government's record and Prime Minister Diefenbak er’s contribution as the Com- mons prepared to launch the eight-lay throne speech dehate Friday.

Following tradition] two back- bench members of Parliament moved and seconded the rep'y to the speech from the throne read Thursday as the parlia Mentary secsion opencd

announcement of revised immi gration. regulatiogs removing discrimination a: on vace

color or religion. \

The question period. fiyst of the young session. covered a broad range of activities put aside from a little fencing on the five Ontario byelec'ions Thursday proceeded routinely

hood circus at the age ‘of five’ anyguRN EARLY

Adjournment c>me car'y efter speeches by Rodrigue Bourda- ges (FC—Montreal Laval’! and + Ferguson °Browne ‘PC Van-

couver Kingsway). both smack-

ing of the general expectation. that -an election is possible any”

time this year Monday is the start of the “throne speech debate proper and

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7] Mr.

will begin with contributions }from Liberal Leader Pearson. Diefenbaker. arid Hazen Argue; house” leader for the CCF - New Democratic party group. = year 1867 has known great men who were given the | Rames of Fathers of Confedera- | tion.” said Mr. Bourdages, who «Spr mostly in French “Today, close as we are \o celebrating the centennial f that great event, the whole pop- wlation of our country can be Proud of its o- me minister. a | wrime.minisier who. because of

his energetic action, deserves the title of ‘father of modern Canadianism.’ "

Mr Browne, seconding him. piled up claim after claim of achievement to decry what he

called the unprocedented and unwarranted attempts by some Canadians to promote _pessi-

pism and gloom

Laotian Princes

Reach Agreement

GENEVA (Reuters) The three Laotian- princes Friday announced they have reacned broad agreement on a coalition governmegit for their emba:- tled Indochina kingdom

But they will have to con- tinue negotiations in Laos on the | still-controversial question of who will zet what portfolios in the government

Molotov Seen Dragging Feet

MOSCOW (AP) Western ambassadors speculated Friday that V M. Molotov’s return to Vienna is delayed not because the Soviet government wants it delayed but because the tough old Bolshevik simply refuses to , go

Top diplomats of the Western powers were practically united in a belief that the Stalinist former premier and foreigs minister is fighting Premier Khrushchev and has dug in hus heels against being shunted off again to a minor job in Austria.

The job is Soviet representa- tive of the International Atomme Energy Agency, the Atomsfap Peace Organization. Molotov took the post im September, 08