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Tt E LIBERAL PARTY | BELIEVES

OUR ISLAND HERITAGE...

In The Fair Play and Common Sense of Islanders!

For this reason we ask you to read on:

WE HAVE DONE THIS AND MORE!

© Hard-surfaced 350 miles of road in © Erected 694 miles of line in the rural

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the past six years. Widened, sub-graded, gravelled or

shaled 1700 miles of road in the past ‘

six years.

Increased teachers salaries substan- tially and raised their sick leave benefits from a maximum of 15 days a year to 100 days a year on an ac- cumulative basis.

electrification program.

© Introduced Mothers’ Allowance to

give financial assistance to deserted mothers or widows with children to

_ support.

Established 13 Artificial Insemination Units, giving our cattle breeders ac- cess to the best sires in Canada.

WE WILL DO THIS AND MORE!

Continue our policy of rural electrifi- . cation until power is available to all homes and places of business.

Provide pensions for widows who

no longer qualify for Mothers’ Al-

lowance and also for single unem- ployed women over 60 years of age.

Encourage the young farmers of our Province by raising the limit to 41

years of age for loans under the

Farm Establishment Act.

* Build sonitdaiettaly a home for re-. tarded children of Prince Edward Island.

Provide further substantial equatiza- tion grants, primarily to pay teachers supplements in needy school districts and to create a more uniform level

- of school services. |

Establish a Department of Tourism and Information to take full advan- tage of increased tourist traffic. :

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TE LIBE

ON SEPT. 1ST

Inserted by the P. EK. L Liberal Associate in