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By DON MacLEOD Guardian-Patriot Staff Writer A thorough investigation as to why three "ballots" for use the Dec. 10 provincial general election were found on a street

in Charlottetown was promised by Premier Walter R. Shaw in the Legislature yesterday. Beginning his debate on the draft address. Opposition Lead- er A. W. Matheson severely cri- ticized the government for hand- lin: returns on election day. "About a month after the elec- tion." Mr. Matheson said, man told me that he had found

By NEIL MATHESON

Guardian-Patriot Staff Writer

"the farmer has come to the end of the road." Frank Myers i‘(T-Jst Qwe e le‘ laurre as he seconded the mo- on for the Throne Speech de- bate yesterday afternoon. He blamed the professional men who have adopted assembly line on lhods of production—“t h e y 2r: not {arming he criticized—- for the ills of over production.

Mr. Myers followed mover Kcth Harrington. PC-ard Prince n'lu- emphasized that agricul- tl-w provides the prime source of wealth as it is the Island’s basic industry. welcomed what he termed the legislation pro- vided by the government to help the industry. and noted govern- nn-nts must accept responsibil- ity for the problems that increas- mg mechanization and automa- tilr bring.

Mr. Myers spoke With an- ortciatior. of the improvements machines have brought to farm- ing—he contrasted groin cders ith the s0\\lnfl if other years—bu sanl it is the assembly methods of professional

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MATHESON BEGINS SPEECH

Investigation Promised Into Ballots Allegation

'said it couldn't be possible but lhe produced them and here they

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he lsheet for the members to see. I "I have had years of exper-

gience in elections." the Opposi- In

;tion Leader said. “but never ldid I see anything like this. It lmay be possible to make an in- vestigation. The ballots are marked Provincial Kings County Polling. Dec. 10. l1962. Prince Edward Island.‘ The lnumber 1430 is peneilled on it.

‘ a :The s t a m p of the provincial election is on it and it was pick- . d r we some ballots on the street. {led up in the street. If we had’

Over Production Farming Ills Blamed On ‘Prolessional Men'

That would be a calamrty to the entizc country. said Mr. Myers who recalled that the .lhouglht of raising agoicultum to the idea of industry had been c of the first stated goals of the community of European countries who some time ago had been planning common ac- tion to improve their standards. Mr. Harrington, a farmer and potato snipper, advocated any- thing that can be done to en- courage maximum production as economically as possible. Many island dairy herds hold ton '

we: both seed and table are second to none and the soil responds well to cultivation and fertiliza- lieu. Government policies out- lined in the speech from the throne will do much to further 1the indus'ry, be said. . increased mechanization lmzans that. one former can do ;as much as 10 could 35 years ago but the problems that it

modern l in rugs are the responsibility of | 'l‘efened “11" Pride to NO young 1 . . l, discouraged

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nhich is mostly responsible furl 0 “he WWW“ 3“ “i is "lfie mainland-meander In °‘ gage Ms»,

He suggested that those but MOSCOW (Reutersl—The So-i “m' Mm Camel

1viet Union opened its 1963 space lprogram Thursday with the

Deputy Speaker

Frank Myers. veteran mem- ber of the vaincial Legislature fer 151 Queens. was named De- my Speaker yesterday Premier Walter R. Shaw whose announcement was greeted by appEause from both szdes of the louse.

Mr. Myers. a Hampton tarm- er. was first elected to the legislature in 1951. He was de- feated in the general election of 1955 but was returned in a lit-election in 1957 to fill the vacancy created by the dea of a former colleague. W. F. A‘an Stewart who had been a minister of agriculture and also a speaker under previous liberal administrations.

House To Meet This Morning

The Legislature will reeon-; l'ene at 10 ihis morning. follow-i mg the new schedule announced . by Premier Walter R. S h aw1 Wednesday. 1:

Afternoon sessions are held Tuesday. Wednesday and Thurs- day and to give members an 0llimrtunity to get for weekends. sittings are schedul- ed for Fridays from 10 to 12.30.

This morning. Opposition Lea-I er A. W. Matheson is expected! to continue with the debate onl the Speech from the Throne. l

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him from the Ottawa “PM.” I. this e or 1'3}: week wbidl referred to ‘u’V'luIItion to determine the feasibility

which were prepared tale in Hit and sent to the I'l'mtef‘I

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[launching of another unmanned- ‘Cosmo Sputnik to circle the earth.

The sputnik—named Cosmos ‘XllI—is the latest in a series begun a little more than a year ‘ago and designed to pave the way for further manned space lprojects — presumably includ- ling a moon flight.

Thursday's launching was the .3lst publicly announced here ,since October, 1957. when a tiny 1Sputnik was lobbed into space ‘for the first time by any coun ry _ C 'mos X111 is orbiting at _maximum distance of about 210 lmiles from earth and a mini-

lmum of about 127 miles.

l POPCORN ears 1 RUSSIAN PLUG

' MOSCOW (APl—lzvestia Thursday night followed up Premier Khrushchev‘s re-

' f American cornflakes and potato chips with news of another treat— popcorn

“The Americans love alr com." the go ernment newspapers said. “They sell small packages of it in theatres. recreation spots. beaches. cafeterias. railroad stations and airports. Adults

and children en ' " cm." as the Rus-

sians call it. is made from , special hybrid corn. lavestia explained. It then gave de- tailed instructions on grow- ing and preparing it.

Fisheries Minister Explains CauseWay Feasibility Fund

nounced by Prime Mlnbtor Diefenbaker in April 1962. just before be enhanced be gen~ ernt election fol-June in. but that was several months after the athletes for been

m M's molt. V method of financing expendi- tures when the house 5 not session. but the warrants‘ have to be lined in exutly S

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lchard Wainwright. Liberal: 15.- 994: A

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;anyone but the Provincial Sec- lretary‘s department giving out lnews of the returns. it would not have been so serio .

“The delivery of election re-

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1955. re-r turns were in in less than any hour. This time, I received. in

ii polls. a majority and it was i . not announced until 9 pm. Why? ‘ Holding up the ballots he said I :were found in the street. Mr. ‘Matheson asked “is this.why?l .Others told me that they had seen similar ballots. No won~i didn‘t have Canadian. rd on page 5, col. 5i

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.the government. he said. There are the problems of surplus foods. of education for those on the farm and those who must .eave it to mek employment eisewhere.

He praised the government for the effort to develop new indus- trves. spoke the “wonder- ful a-ttraclions here" with so many natural benefit;. and said the government is contributing a great deal to the province‘s future.

"i appreciate the honor of being asked to move the de~ hate. I appreciate it particu- larly on behalf of my dustrict said Mr. Harrington who em- phasized the importance of the electoral reform bill that will be consider

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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1963.

JFK Shows Concern

WASHINGTON lAPI—Presi-

dent Kennedy estimated Thurs- thn; " has “with- drawn approximately 3.000 'oops" from Cuba in recent weeks. He said he hopes the Soviets will pull out more. Kennedy also underscored at a press conference a seven-na- ' pledge at this week's conference in Costa Rica t take measures “to halt the flow of agents. mone arms and propaganda from Cuba to Cen- tral America.“ the domestic field. the

president said he foresees no recession in 1963 an that “we plan to get the tax cut" he has proposed to Congress. ‘

On one point. Kennedy showed concern. by tone and word. That was about the problem of trying to- get an agreement with the Soviet Un- ion on banning nuclear weapons tests. "I am haunted by the feel-

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ing.‘ he said. "that by 1970. unless we are successful. there may be 0 nuclear powers

instead of four. and by 1975. 15 or 20. . . . I regard that as tlv. greatest possible danger and

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\rle is not good enough In it- self. there should be provision so that all men will have equal voting privileges. he said. PRIDE lN STUDENTS The member for 3rd-Prince

people in the area who have outstanding scholastic records. .Frederick .l. Arsenault has won 1a Rhodes Scholarship award at possible I am of

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And that. he said. doesn't even take into account contamination of the atmos-

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Kattack every effort we make to get a nuclear test ban.“

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sa , he. . at all by those who

Kennedy's estimate of 3.000‘than 2,000 Cuba. was the first official word from I vote

'On lest Ban Problem

[the government on the extent! .to which the Soviets have kept f Feb. 18 to pal thousand" At the '

‘a pledge o 1 out‘ “several

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were on the island. FIRST FOR PRESIDENT 'llhe Costa Rica meeting was

0 the first time. he said. that a. US. president had journeyed to} '_ Central America and conferred;

with all the leaders of this vital .

area. ‘

In addition to agreeing on continued efforts toward eco- nomic advances. he said. “we also agreed on the necessity for .measures to halt the ow of lagsnts. money. arms and prop :aganda from Cuba to Central lAmerica."

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:toward safety. laden With what- lever possessions they could ; carry.

Bali Dis

DENPASAR. Bali (APl Government official s said; Thursday that more than 1.000' lpeople are believed to have

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More Than 1,000 Killed n Eruption Of Volcano

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sem. northeast of here. when emergency aid measures were hampered by heavy floods that have ripped down bridges.

ldied under foaming lava and ldeluges of hot ash pouring -from‘ lthe sacred Agung volcano in [the past four days.

They predicted the death toll ’would rise from that figure. ’ . Some 70 persons were e lported in hospital with burns. {and an estimated 100,000 were.

said to be walking and riding}

They were trying to get away as quickly as possible from the 10.308-foot volcano that burst linto activity in February after lmore than 100 years of silence.

“We have no exact figures." said an information officer of lthe Bali provincial government.

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By ALAN DONNELLY . HALIFAX (CP) Liberal.

night Prime Minister Diefen- .

‘ baker is adopting "manufac- led martyrdom" in his

election appeal to r another

chance at office.

T. prime minister is using "tactics of desperation and dc. ception." Mr. Pearson said in a campaign speech to more \ persons here.

“He‘s Twfll‘h for my party because

Que. Candidate Dies Suddenly

MONTREAL ICPl — Leon Crestohl. Liberal member of Parliament seeking re-elect'lon April 8 in Montreal Cartier. died of a heart attack Thursday.

everybody‘s against me.’ It‘s a; Llilld of manufactured martyr- dom "

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l lTl-iWAlTE. England; ltReutersi—Jllhe Labor opposi-i [tion party retained its parlia- lmentary seat of Colne Valley in .a byelection Thursday.

. middle-of-the-road Dib- jcl-c! party ousted tlha Conserva- ltive party from the runner-up position it achiev in th [constituency in the 1959 general ‘election.

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gaxr.“grseséghl. 2 Eigvgegfnwnzgl REGI'NA .pr._prime Minis.. critical article about him. for Montreal Cartier since 1950;"?r Dle‘enbalfet said Thursday? ARMORIES cnownnn when he was elected in a by-inlght that Within the next two; The”. were about 4500 p“.- electlon- .or three days a United States.sons in the armories to hear imagazine would hit the newsvilxlg. Diefenbaker‘s address. lstands and advise Canadians! out 3'00" fine“ 59.3” 0" the as. .floor and the remainder stood: how to You!“ _ . . in balconies. P The prime minister. speaklns- Mr. Diefenbakcr said that two lat an election rally in the weeks ago He OEFESSiVE C011- ?Regina Armories. said the mag-ii servative party was he i ng. HALIFAX (cpl - Lieuten-razine would be urging counted out in the election

ant-Governor MacKeen

. P. 'gave royal assent to 103 bills

in the Nova Scotia legislature hursday and prorogued the shortest session of the House since Confederation.

The governor gave his assent to the bills in a formal cere- mon

noon sitting of the House.

after the regular after-‘

I balcony—woe of

The Liberal leader intermittent interruptions from

the Leader Pearson said Thursdaylhecklers scattered through the

surname. "two hecklcrs were removed by police from the them before Mr. Pearson arrived.

1! was the lleavssf. hcckling of his campaign so far. and Mr. Peorson answered‘ one young man who challenged his nuclear weapons policy.

p; ote for me. [READY Fort. QUESTIONS ' be

“I'll glad to deal with any question at all tonight." he said. amid applause.

Mr. Pearson said he hopes to

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ran into, see. the day when all weapons will be removed under interna- '

tional agreement but “that day has not yet arrived.

“Until that day arrives. foundation for peace cannot be assured with one side b' armed and the other side not armed." Canada had committed itself to accepting weapons which needed nuclear ammuni- tion to ma e them effective. “then i say let‘s follow through

on our commitments until. those ‘_

commitments are changed.‘

The government. now had "the worst of both Worlds"— ineffective weapons. and a pol- icy that it wouldn‘t make up its mind until an emergency devel- 0 ed

"n will be too late then to go down in Washington and beg for 'ril'l."

‘ know is what we hear ’from those who came out." i According to a late report {received in this island capital. he 5 id the flow of lav

.Gunung (mount) Agun dwin- ‘dled Thursday morning. But he Esaid a heavy pillar of smoke and ash was still belching from

lthe volcano. The pillar. looking like al mushroom - ha ed thunder-

cloud. was visible from aircraft flying into Denpasar. But there was no sign of ash in this , town ' extreme isouth of the island. which Indo- nesians call the Isle of the Gods.

l Most of the northeastern ,cor- finer of Bali—off the eastern tip ‘of Java Island—was declared a ldsnger zone. Roadblocks ima, edvby army and police ’erec ed on major roads leading r to the area. Agung lies about l70 miles northeast of Denpasar. ' “ ‘ ' a major disaster forl :us.“ the spokesman said. j 3 He said a number of smalll :towns on the northeast coast.‘ where most of the lava has flowed. have been evacuated. Efforts also are under way to clear the. area around Karanga-

Adjournment Report Said To Be Error

Hon. 1. n. Stewart was re- ported in error Thursday as saying the provincial legislature would adjourn next week for two weeks. he told the house yesterday when he mac on a question of privilege.

The provincial secretary and holder of several other portfol- ios was in jovial mood as he suggested “I must speak more distinctly or the press get hear- ing aids.” then added “there are enough rumors flying around now without compounding

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Mr. Stewart brought in the names of the committee on Pub~ lie Accounts which is headed by Lloyd MacPhail. PC 3rd

ueens. The committee does not have any members of the gov- ernment, on i .

Mr. Stewart explained yester- day that, although he could not find any rule against having members of the government on the committee, he was owing to the precedent established a long time ago. as explained by Opposition Leader Alex Mathe- son the previous afternoon.

Mr. Matheson rose briefly in note that the long established tradition had been broken once, in 1935. That was the term ‘dur' ing which the legislative assem- bly was made up of 30 Liberals and no official opposition.

. . P. Matheson. minister of highways and public works, tabled reports of both depart- ments.

The legislature adjourned at 5.30 to meet. again this morning at 10.00 o’clock.

‘Hospital Insurance Rebates

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lCanadians to vote for the Pro-reampaign. “Have you noticedj

lgressive Conservative party.

1 "i that . . . it‘s‘. lwonderful help.“ he said. i l Earlier in his address the; lprime minister noted that a' ireeent issue of Newsweek. an lAmerican news magazine. had had a picture of him on the lcover that he. said was unflat-

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the press?" "Now they're counting us in.‘

The prime minister told his audience. drawn from the capi. tal and surrounding rural areas of a province highly dependent on agriculture. that he has been accused of doing too much for the western farmer.

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‘ Monday, Dr. i’rowsc. hairman of the Hos- p"'nl Servtces COmmissbn. said

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'fotal rebate is approximately 900.000 Fifi about. 31.000 cheques have been made payable in the name of the prcmium payer.

Con~ Fox.

ndrew Alexander.

independent, 266.

in a three-cornered contest in the 1959 election the figures William Gienvil Hall, Labor. 19.281: C. J. Barr. Con- servative. 13.030: R i c h a r d Wainwright. Liberal. 11,254.

The standing of parties in the sea nose of Com after the byelection is: servative and cities :54: 'Labor 254: L era] seven: independ-

‘ four vacant seats.

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