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Snowflurries. clearing by evening: north. west. winds 30. gusts to 45. west 20 by evening. Low-high 3 below. 5 above.

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By ROBERT RICE

upnflipIOVmenI insuranco plan The our man

ment in a 55.000-w-ord lpli‘cd Thursday to. the

:rent for jobless workers calls

Ior‘

i in insurance plan founded on insurance principles and sup- ppi'lf‘fi by contributions from phinloyers and employees—but not from government. as under the nrcsenl plan. ‘ plan would take the first impact 0 iinemiilovment but only for a limited time.

.. \ plan of extended benefits payable to those who have ex- hausted their insurance benefits and. snbicct to certain condi- fins. to those whose unemploy- ment follows a seasonal pattern ...to he paid for by the federal government. The annual cost ts estimated at $150.000.000 on the basis of recent unemployment rates 3 ,\ii assistance plan to deal “’lIIl residual. hard-core unem-

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test basis under the present pro- vincial - federal unemployment assistance program.

“With CHANGE SYSTEM The proposals would sharply alter the broad provisions of the present unemployment insur~ ancc plan in an effort to place it on insurance principles.

For the insurance plan. al- most all employees over rrcnrdless of income—would be ) reouired to contribute to the in- surance fund. Thus. the com- mittee urged that coverage be

plnyees. to those earning more than 55.460 annually. to workers employed in hospitals and char- ltable institutions. and to teach- ers ‘

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ll e e a ii s e of administrative problems. the comittee eluded coverage for employe in agriculture service but. urged that an effort be made to extend the plan to

ex-

plovment. applied on a needs-‘

and domestic ‘

Authorized as

‘cover these groups if and when

For self-employed fishermen. committee recommended a replaced by a new plan fitted

comittee to the. particular needs of fish- piat-ut 45 major recommenda- ermt’n-

“om before the federal govern- report Com-

SllnGESTS SAME RATES The report proposed no change in the present rates of

I15. . 2.1". mm. _ my, support mm contribution to the unemploy-

e und

ment insuranc . ted that the new

t was expec . higher-earnings tributing an estimated $1.05 each week—would more than offset the withdrawal of : 'ircrn- ment c o n t r i h u tions. which amounted to 555000.000 in the

f 1mitt-62 fiscal year.

. The government was urged to

.scrap the existing seasonal t)en- .

.efit plan in its present form— said to be a major cause of the rapid decline in the insurance fund. Under the new plan. in- surance benefit would not be paid to jobless workers for pc- friods of unemployment that are Tshown to be of a repetitive sea- ‘isonal character.

‘ FORMED LAST YEAR

The four-man committee of

inquiry was established July it, ‘

.1961. under Chairman Ernest C. {GilL 59. of Toronto. president of Provident Assurance Company: Joseph Richards Petrie. 54. of 'Montreal. an economic consul- tant. and John J. Deutsch. vice- ‘principal of Queen's University .at Kingston. Ont. and former .assistant deputy minister of fi- ‘nance and adviser to the 1960-61 ‘special Senate committee on i manpower and. employment.

he committee was set up when the unemployment fund ‘showed signs of heading into bankruptcy. under the pressure jof heavy national unemploymen

Nondod to a" government em_ land the extension of insurance | URGE POSITIVE ACTS

benefits to seasonal workers land selfscmployed fishermen.

i e in. i c fund estab- lished in 1941 hit its high point. .of $926 776.000 Doe.

I l

luoms RESERVE

The government has 325.000,- ititi0 tucked away as an emer- gency loan if the fund dries upl

. 1956. an tits low point of «9.851.000 last May at.

Bacon Ottawa. and for payment of postage

Three-Stage Support Plan ForJobIessRecommended? ln Gill Committee Report

category—con-

d ‘5 employment..- There'ii‘no sys-

imamter that is at the

d Class Mail by the Post Office

in u

:this winter. The Gill report rec- ‘

OTTAWA tCPt—The Gill com-.appropt‘tate PI‘OCEdUt‘es Cén be‘ommended that under its new 'heavily - populated Dorchester ‘ mittcc on unemployment insur- 1deVIsed. tiiicr proposes a three-stage pro- . gram of support for unemployed the workers. includinga universal Withdrawal of coverage. to

iplan. the government he ready

:to advance further leans to keep .

Ithe fund solvent until an ade- quate reserve is accumulated.

The government has indicated ;carlv action’based on the Gill .report. possibly early in the new year.

The throne speech at the open- ing of Parliament Sept 7 said "appropriate measures" would he placed before Parlia- ment by the government after 3the report had been considered. However. in a statement ac- ,companving release of the re- port. Prime Minister Diefen- lbaker gave no indication of 3what action the government wil take.

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:FOR RECESS STUDY ‘ The government } ised recently that the report would be in the hands of Com- ‘ mons members in time for them 1 to study it during the Christmas-

] New Year s recess which starts ' ca

1 today. i The report warned that the ‘system of unemployment insur- :ance in Canada as it operates inow will not and cannot meet ;the problems and requirements of either today or tomorrow. “We are living in an era of 1extraordinarily rapid change. .Revolutionary advances in tech- Inolngy. new conditions of foreign itrade and a continued marked icxpansion in the labor force will lliave far-reaching effects on the iopcration of the. economy and [on the occupational structure of lthe population." - I In framing its over-all plan. ‘the committee.

sought pro- gram of support for the unem- iploved that will be economically

: and financially sound and at the, same time deal adequately with the social problems ahead.

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I “First and foremost.” de- clared the committee. “we place great emphasis on the positive solutions to the problem of un-

tem of unemployment insurance ‘that can cope with heavy and prolonged unemployment in a same

OTTAWA (CPI — The most noteworthy speech in the Com- mons Thursday was the one that wasn't made.

Prime Minister Diefenbaker did not appear. though his de- parture for Nassau was de- layed until this morning.

“The prime minister ls sulk- Ing.‘ said Hazen Argue t Assniiboiai. "A rather juvenile performance."

Mr. Argue

challenged Mr.

her and deliver the spech he sought to make Wednesday.

At that time Mr. Dtefenbaker “as first shouted down by the Liberals when he tried to re- vli' to Opposition Leader Pear- son and subsequently turned ‘doun a Liberal offer to hear im

Mr. Argue said Thursday he wonders whether the Prime mtnister really wanted to speak Wednesday at all. or whether he was "playing martyr."

mons wound up the interim

debate has been going on sinceI

OTTAWA tcPi-Jriio Senate 3"" ,I‘MI approval Thursday to the bill to establish an Atlantic DEVPIODment Board—with one “’m‘nttns voice.

Jenn-Francois m uebecl laid opposed ,‘rd reading because the bill I “its "meaningless." The board :99“ Work With the piouoscd ""‘Ml Economic novel- Wment Board Productivity "any cooks

Pouliot

and the National Council and 'too I broth."

9" II .(L— b. 0500‘ lrnoo and pleaded with IE collooluo I. 8 his

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towork torthebollntoftbo At-'

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BLACK FRIDAY RECALLED

Prime Minister Sulking ' Argue Charges In House

1Dec. 12 on a bill to grant the government another one-twelfth 30f its 1962-63 spending estimates 1 to pay its January bills.

IRECALL BLACK FRIDAY

‘, Stanley Knowles tNDP—Win- .nipeg North Centre) and Ft- tnance Minister Nowtan said the .Liberal shouting of Wednesday lreminded them of 'Black Fri- Iday“ June 1. 1956. the. most up- lroarious day of the pipeline de- lbate.

; Mr. Knowles said the Liber- lals acted like an “unruly mob" and had done. irreparable dam- lage to Parliament. The Liber- lals couldn't achieve power by lshouting.

‘ Mr. Argue repeated his .charge that inspectors of the Prairie farm administration are .requircd to do political work ifor the government.

i He. said Conservative MPs .have attended meetings called Iby the administration to in- :struct inspectors how to make

The Liberal convert. tormer crop reports. MPs had no right CCI- leader. spoke as the Com- to be present at such meetings.

r. Argue said Agriculture

"‘ON‘Y supply debate. that ended Minister Hamilton took six Cons WWW-“>083! in an uproar. The servative MPs with

him on a

transport department plane to

'Senalor Pouliot Votes Against Atlantic Bd.

When the. vote was called. Senator Poiiliot interjected: "with division." He. then ex- plained he would not have. in- sisted on the division lf Senator

~Dupuls had not urged him to support it. "i can stand alone without a

crutch." He said Senator Du-

puts was not his mentor -- "thank God." Senator W. Ross Mocdonnld.

Senate opposition to . said that since the Senate had agreed not to hold up the bill by referring it to a committee. - etpecto the government to on in establishing the proposed board. Itthobonrdisootutnpby

to e. be

Jon. I. be sold. the low"- mont will have broken faith with the donate.

(Continued on page 5. col. 2)

:Regina to do political work in

their Prairie ridings The. trip

had been paid for by the tax- vers.

He said the press has to un- dergo a “political blood test" before it can obtain information from

the agriculture depart-

mrnmrtmu ‘CHARLOTTETWNT—C‘XNADA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1962.

had prom- .

NOT MORE THAN

tigt‘jitjgtg Skybolt For Polaris T

truck was robbed of registered mail Thursday night by three .men after the truck driver was .tricked by a man wearing a ’carrier's uniform.

William F. White. chief pos- ‘tal inspector for New England. Isaid the. thieves stole between $2.000 and $2.200 in cash.

The robbery occurred in the

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Decided At Nassau Talks

district.

Driver John L. Sullivan. 05. tolcholice he was pulling away from a sub-station when a man :wearing a carrier's uniform ap-

at

p‘roached. “He was carrying a mail sack over his shoulder." Sullivan

.told police. “He told me his car . had broken down and he. needed to

Decisions Important

By JOHN VI. HIGHTOWER I NASSAU (APl —— President . 1‘: ‘Kennedy and Prime Minister '11:; Macmillan are understood to have reached substantial agre- ment on a formula for ending the U.S.-British Skybott dispute ‘affccting Britain's future as a 1 nuclear power. I‘ The formula calls for the a iUnited States to grant Britain .Polaris missiles instead of the ‘discarded Skybolt, officials said ‘ privately. ; This would be subject to the jcondition that Britain's inde- ;p€ndent nuclear deterent be. in- ttegrated eventually into a ;NAO nuclear striking force. British spokesman H a r old Evans told a press conference .that enough progress now has been made on the Skybolt prob- ilcm and related issues of West- .ern defence policy so that full, ifinal agreement is possible at IFriday's concluding session of ithe Nassau conference. I as expected. this agree- 1ment is finally put. through by |Kennedy and Macmillan it will Ibe announced in a communique ‘to be issued at the end of the ' conference. ‘ CABINET Tn MEET Meeting the press in company with K en n e d y's spokesman.

get to south postal annex. sew ‘l took pity on him standing ‘ : jthere in the cold and told him to hop in." Sullivan said. TheI . Ttemperature was a bout 10 f

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‘PULLS GUN Sullivan said after he had‘. driven about four blocks his; ipassenger pulled a gun and or-l dered im to the side of the; ‘strcet. i Two other men jumped into ‘the truck. Sullivan said. and [three pouches of registered :mail were taken. 3 The three drove away in a r

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. The robbery took place just ‘four months and six days after the 31.500.000 holdup of a mail {truck in Plymouth on the main ibighway to Cape Cod.

Park Jobs

Announced ~ I At Ottawa ~

CA:&;AEUB&%F;§S: '15 TeSIed or . . . _ Without Big

PREMIER HONORED ON 75TH BIRTHDAY

Premier Walter R. Shaw found a set of cut glass vases in his birthday parcel last night. He. later gave Mrs.

at the Charlottetown Hotel honoring Premier Walter R. Shaw and Mrs. Shaw on the preniier‘s 75th birthday: and

with gifts. The dinner was attended by cabinet ministers.

OTTAWA — A $73500 winter their wives. successful and de-

works program for the Prince.

Edward Island National Park. 0 Shaw a hand at unwrapping Hon. Henry Wedge and Mrs. “53'”! PmFress'V“ Cmsena" Pierre Salinger. Evans said was announced here Thursday her present The gifts were Wodgp on their recent mam. tIVP candidates and their Macmillan wouldhave the. opin- Y 1'10“. J~ LAHRUS - “Lean-L . presen at a joint dinner age. They were also presented wives. L00 d hthethBrltlSh ‘Cablnet .ln minister of fisheries. and Heath; ‘ .‘” an w en eVmorning session Macquan‘ie‘ Mp —for Queens, EDWARDS A'P'B” Ca 1 f' opens. The. cabinet is scheduled

‘to meet in London a few hours earlier.

Evans spoke of major policy decisions being involved. This :coincided with private informa- tion from highly placed officials that Kennedy considers the nu- clear defence decisions to b ‘made here of great importance "for unifying Western defence strategy through an allied nu- clear force.

The announcement was on be- “PL—A“ x ' 15 mde Plane‘ half of National Resources Mln- :shot into space Thursday andi ister Walter DinSdaIc- ireturned safety from the high-l misfit: $3:il§§“.i“.§iifn.‘ti‘ir°st . ' ~ tits lg n om in remove. I 21-“ man'momhs 0‘ labor ‘Iur‘ngf Preliminary information indi-i the winter for men who live in 1 can,“ 3 mp Speed of 3386 miles. the "C'th 0f the 98”“ {an hour and an altitude of 157,-t

(3 work comes under the $2 3 000 feet.

Souris Dragger Makes Port After Engine Breakdowns

million federal winter worksi _ I , _ I SOURIS - The Souris hased‘Rosc-uc in Halifax were alert-assisted bv' engineer Bernard ro ram and is art of the con-i A spat“ ammo". $0M?“- dragger Fan and Jo-Ann made ed. The CGS Tupper and Saurel Barry. Souris. got the. engines p. g. ‘ p .‘man said it was the first time‘ 0 may wPre tinuing development. program (ofth X45 had gone high enough

- t Satin er said three r thenational parks branch. Fun 5 and fast enough without the after it expeiicnced engine alcit. . I F laFto 20 miles off East Point. sumac: we“. discuséeéieaait allocated cover the period Dec- ventral fin to meet c0"(minus{trouble at . .m 710 miles The. MV Iceland and title tan ‘ Phil. RCMP I H_ d n Tmsdayg mornin: and after” ember 15- 19621" Mam" 31- 1963‘ 1 future spacecraft will encounter t we“ or Cheu‘camp' P'S' The . and ‘IOZAnne Wale the guy .e “are “2 I. ’9 1e noon sessions. The afternoon

The major items include affluent”ng mt, atmosphere lad-agger. escorted by the MV'draggeis of the Souris.eeths ielrn‘zii‘ijesU’yiereInow lgang meeting continued in." "my continuation of the campgroundi A, the mmmls was ".5, pilot tlceland. arrived in poit at fishing and were returniiligd omet gamer1 Eias'i'na 11g “pic; "min: Th.“ subjects we” development and the develop- Joseph A. er. who iias‘ ‘ ~m‘ . . . “'th “‘9 “0””? “f” . - KC”? ‘ 1m”? “3‘3 “My ‘“ ; Westcr defence policy. the Red mam of the Bracklp‘v picniciroached 245700 R.” and 4.104 The captain. franc-is Mac- The MV Iceland. Captained byaieie boning at 60 mp. . an Chino“ invasion of India. and

area. In addition thf‘re Will I)“ a l miles an hour with the ventral

the state of East-West relations. continuation of the construction in" in ace,

ilntyre. Souris. called his home‘Jouas Bjornsson. Souiris. was dense. snow cut visibility to 200 lpoi‘t Through their spokesmen. the

9230 am. 311d Statedlncar Souris when the sister yards at times.

ment.

- - 7“ . ‘ . he. i ship's trouble became known. H \. r hmwppn n m and , of the sewer and water Syfitt‘m The large fin was des1gncd to “15 engine,“ had 5‘0pr and .~ . . ovevc . y I - tun leaders throw their per- to Dalvay Hotel and to the licad-iincreasc the stubby-winged skyiwas dl'lttlt‘l H9 331d It" had The dl‘agger tmmCd'tateLV t”"‘“'.1:.’ift the draggers engines stop- sonai New”. min diplomat“, quarters area. Repairs to Dahdarrs Stability in' atmmmhericltliirown his anchor oveiiboard ed around and headed toward pod twice. At 1:00 pm. the effort; in group the leng.sfand, vav House will continue andlfliglits. but tends to cause it to bl" the dragfle" “Ontmued ‘0 tit? distressed Sht‘P~ ship was eight miles off East 1m: Kashmir diSpule between - _ . ,1] b b .n on. ‘ . Hm”, from extremetdrm, lPonit. At 2:15 it was again India and Pakistan in order to Ihgkgr‘lili’ltf ii‘olad. e m ml m r ) RCMP I" Cihal'loueww" were GET ENGINES GOING (Witt: under its own power strengthen the defences of the

PM

it's Christmas tree decont- ing than in Canada. from the most humble home to at sex Drive where Prime Min- ister J o h n Diefenboker and

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. . rm awn]ch At 11:10 Captain Macintyreiand

East

‘ I I ,ESCORTED 2:4 MILES ‘ The MV lceland met tier sis- In S for ship 23 miles from Souris and escorted her the rest of the way. They landed at their C I Il lravel

icallerl and RCAF Sear?“ attdl Asian subcontinent against Red ‘ ina.

PRAISE" LEADERS

t Tliey praised Pakistani F‘i‘es. ldcnt Ayiih Khan and Indian Prime \Iinlster Nehru for statesmanship In their recent agreement to seek reconcilia—

at 3:15 had just passed mm.

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home port at 6.10 pm.

In addition to Captain Mae- Intyre and Engineer Barry. Lee Jenkins. Souris Line Road an Roger Walker. Souris were also

ti .

ITS. Assistant State Secretary Averell Harriman: the Cana- dian - born U S. ambassador to

India. John Kenneth Galbraith,

. ‘abOai'd rm" ""5de and the British Commonwealth

At ll:.'iti.lasl night the meteor- RCMP reported that vehicle The Fan and .lo-Anne had secretary Duncan Sandysi "wk

ologist at the Charlottetown movement was cxt!'_entely_ltgltt- 25-tm‘35-"m Dmmd“ 0f “Sh part in the talks on India. U.S.

radio range forecast that this “'lIh highways oiitSidc built up aboai . I Ambassador whith Mach“.

section of the province at least arcas being almost deserted. The Snuris tubing season has naghy. envoy to Pakistan. ar-

‘iias destined to be battered Although the snowfall is to.now ended with the arrival in riverl‘ late in the day from with the surprise. wind nd let upthis morning. the weather-sport of the two dra-ggers. Washington to take part.

man reported that heavy ground drifting is likely to continue

snow storm for at least another

10 or it hours. th h ' H d d t f . ‘1 w was M. ‘ mug on. -ie ay an pair to ptfiii-ldmighlctnii‘p Iritne this moi‘n- lmmzmt “"rh “1“ WWW" Rh‘mng mg. the province will remain 1"““0‘1 I? “'GSI'“mrh‘W°5'

in the grip of the cold icy winds 20 “it” higher "Just-sir“ until late tonight or early Sat. Rem?“ I" an“ -- - - last night the temperature in

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'RCMP Pay Increase

I “T'II‘II: province received little Cha“‘°"°"?“’“ was "no dpgree in the way of snowfall. with 22":“nmggmit- summers‘de u u only 3‘2 ‘m‘hn‘ N‘mrdfld ' Winds in the Prince County

The main discomfort \i'a:‘:.;ah “Cfiungmtzmgg u from dn‘it'ting snow. which Was _,‘_'.".. " ..--.,_,_,

being pushed around by west

tITTAWA '(‘I‘t Pay in: th'TTittt; Assistant creases from de iity cnmniis- 0“ “““ Slim" ‘I 350“ n superintendents “2.900 t12.3flfli;

t'nllll’nISSIOn' chie

~ ' to constables were an» winds of 35 mph. It‘t‘ftltt‘nlly F d I sum” superintendents. third year Sit.- gusting to 35_ e I go .nounced T h \I l' s d a y Ini‘ the 520 (“fund ‘Nmnrl FM”. $11120 Police reported that travell- . RCMP. H itlttfitttl‘: tii‘st ,W‘m‘ 510.020 '10- log on all highWRVS WM dan‘ A Tht‘Y It‘IIf‘W Wt" artillst~ 240‘. inspectors third year $9..