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PDTATO INDUSTRY THREATENED

The Mini ter of Agriculture yes- (erday warned in the Legislature that no pt..,.lics will be pulled in hriiigiiig vit.laturs of the Plant Dis- ease Eradication Act and the Pot- alu Protection Act of the Province to justice.

Hun. l-Eugene Cullen. speaking on the Draft Address said the potato industry in the Province is being gravely thieatened by the careless- ness of a few farmers in isolated areas who will not co-operate with the Department in trying to con- irul the spread of disease in pot- Il0('S.

ilr. Cullen will resume the de- hate this afternoon.

He stated that is the Depart- ment's intention to police the areas in which dise.se is known to be prevalent and violators will be punished under the maximum pen- alty provided. "The annoying part of the whole thing." said Mr. Cul- in. ”is the fact that the disease with very little trouble can be con- trolled and stamped out complete- ly. The Department is doing every- thing in its power to eradicate dis- case In potatoes but its efforts are fruitless if the growers do not co operate."

LOOK! DELIBEBATI

Mr. Cullen said he could not over emphasize the seriousness of the matter. He recalled that a Mr. Keenan from the Federal Plant Protection Department. accomp- lnled by local potato inspectors visited the areas where infection "I nrescnt. Mr. Keenan told the growers the seriousness of the alt- nation and gave them expert ad- vice on what to do. In spite of this. violations continued in the area in question.

The Minister said that Mr. Kee- nan said the lack of co-operation of a few could mean the quar- Intinlns of a whole area and if

Department To Take Firm Hand In Disease

the situation were not controlled.

it might effect the crop in so far :5 the whole Province is concern- To show that the potato disease can be controlled. Mr. Cullen re- called that in the Souris area dur- ing 1955 there was an outbreak and the growers. anxious to preserve their livelihood. co-operated with agricultural officials in stamping the disease out. He said he was happy to report there is not a single i ” that area.

"This is a very serious matter," said Mr. Cullen. "and if those responsible for the spread of dis- ease can be found out, they will certainly be brought to court and penalized." l

GREATEST PROBLEM

The Minister said the greatest problem facing agriculture en the island was transportation. "If we had this Island with all the differ- ent things we can grow, some- where near New York. there would be no problem of markets. There- fore any progress we make in the field of transportation is note- worthy." he said.

Mr. Cullen noted from a recent press release that the Federation of Agriculture had recently claim- ed the credit for having the freight assistance to the Island increased. While at the same time he noted the Maritime Transportation Com- mission was taking the credit.

"In the meantime while they are trying to decide who should get the credit. I might call your ltten. tion to the fact that this matter had been brought up at the Dam- inion - Provincial conference of Ministers and Deputy Ministers last fall. We fully supported the . ommendntlons of the Federa- tion of Agriculture at that time. In any event I am glad to sea

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C OWN. CANADA THURSDAY, MARCH 7. 1957

De Valera Takes

CURFEW IMPOSED AS CLASHES FLARE

Strong Lead In Irish Election

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Early re- turns in Wednesday's Irish Re ub- lic elections gave Eamon De al- era a strong lead in his bid to unseat the three - year coalition headed by John A. Costello. Both leaders were re-elected.

By ll p.m. local time. De Val- era'a Fianna Fail party had won 43 seats. The Fine Gael had 19, Labor seven. independents three. farmers two. Sinn Feln two and

Control

New Republicans one. Costello. leader of the Fine Gael party. was among the first win-

WOULD. GIVE SECURITY

ners to be announced.

This swing against his govern- ment became more pronounced as later returns came in.

Among Fianna Fall wins was the capture of a Fine Gael seat at Outh; the election of Maj. Vivian De Valera. the party leader's son: and the victory in Dublin South- east of S. Macentee. finance min- ister in De Valera's last govern- ment.

In Dublin southwest, Robert Briscoe, first Jewish lord mayor of Dublin. topped the poll for Fi-

A floor price of 81.00 per bushel on potatoes to be maintained by the Federal Government was pro-

anna Fael.

The election, caused when the small Republican party withdrew its support from Costello's coali- tion, took place on Tuesday. The System is on a transferable vote basis. with voters listing candid-

IION. EUGENE CULLEN

that these increases have been ates in order of preference. and rattfied.". I lqnsthy Collnlinl Process is ne- cecesary.

NEWFOUNDLAND SHIPPING The Minister stated that a sub- sidy agreement has been signed with the Federal Government for a continuance of the shipping ser-

vice to Newfoundland. He said the wants U K Data M.V. Fergus last year made 28

trips to St. Johns during which on Atomic Power

time she carried 12,629,732 lbs. of g Island produce. This. he said. was ,iiLvelzsIhI::'T?r1)l.n:AE)T,nnSf"::?; three million pound more than had Wednesday the .United 'States EV" been carried In any previous "should insist that Great Britain V95?-d make available to us the latest is er the terms of the new sub- technology" it has developed for Ildy -gieemen . The federal Gov- an atomic power plant. Gmmenl Will Ply 3) per cent of Gore told a reporter the U.S the subsidy with the Province has been "negligently tardy" is; paying the balance. The maxim- developing her gas-cooled concept (Continued on page 11 col. 1) of nuclear power r' velopments.

U. S. Senator

Dr. Dewar Reviews Gordon .Commission.R

Royal

With Ihologiaa to."Ilamlet". 21):. LG. Dewar. Conservative mernbe tor Second Prince yesterday mm. tiled up his opinion of the Gordon Commission Proposal for the Maritlrocs. Spe- akers in the draft address. and E31. :ar:lcular feference to Ot- EM. prov ml; '1: :1” dproposals for

To move or not to move: that is

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Whether 'tls nobler to hear these

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Or mar h o A.duun';'m0n ttswa and shake ll

Dr. Dewar in more serious vein .1!

wever commended the report. He said it whould be studied thor-

Sinclair will Visit Nova scam.

HALIFAX .. erles Minlster((ll:iise?gl:i:llalrFuh. arrive in Halifax March 10”" "'9'" I lpeakin I. '3 Scoti i on No-vi:i-; ':sl.'33i2'i; 1, g - . 90 B remier P: l blf'lllll('-Ifl and Liberal Leader rnrv D. Hicks. He will vl it th lfcsidents of Nova Scntia ugly":

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will call

I tour of Liberal said

oughly by all the Members of the House and suggested the read- ing of a chapter Just before retir-

each night. - a said the report was prepared

men who were well educated and experts at their task. "Wheth- er or not it is the infallible voice of prophesy or not. it gives some indication of what trends we can expect in the years to come.” said Dr. Dewar.

No SLIP OF TONGUE

The P.C. member from Prince County however did not agree with those who termed Mr. Gordon's emigration policy for the Maritfmes as " a

p. Dr. Dewar stated that since 1940 the Federal Government has paid only !N.000.00o to farmers. "It is not very much," he said. 'when you consider that they have sur- pluses of uoo.ooo.ooo. andars go- ing to pay out tI00.000.000 for pro- moting ballet and the acts in gen. eral. We have heard a great deal about promoting agriculture Ra- develonnent is the answer." be

I-Ifgil commendation was given Island hog producers by Dr. Dewar who noted they had achieved the high average of 5! per cent grade A hogs while the Canadian aver- age was 28.5 per cent. He also not- ed that Prince County last year produced two miooion pounds of

New Nation Welcomed To The Commonwealth By St. Laurent

OTTAWA ICPF-Prime minim . Laurent wcduuh, "dawn! 0 new natibn of Ghana us as.

mmnnwealth and told a clear. his rnminons that at

French. said the new nation may

receive other members wealth who have gone titroun sage of political life Gaaee

beIlVennotin.llVllId tcfesancelnitonlyeebe TIIIUIII

plenty of advice ts-an of the Canines

the

That is the process. now being exploited by the British. on which Gore called for data.

U.S. government scientists and mwnwvmwomn e s u no rig ever was done to put it into a lnrg cal 23:! Producing electrtcity.e-Liar: 5.,” .., .. V P0” gr are .::..':::."..-:.'i . turned to Brit- cheeu which was two thirds of ' :Yx:lIiange-of- the whole Island and has half the onnntloo Ilnament. "”3'wi"ill'3”2'lil."3l'5.i'.""h. l... u.?.2?'.t..."l5'”3:5.:5 ?:..f.?il2iS crease in the site of farms with developed testimony Tuesday that a corresponding decnase in the there is doubt as to how much in- laolyeird ft:li;ce." said Dewar, who gal-iitlnftlon tit: U.S. canlegdet from I CFC were nlml III 0 I - services which shouldrh: Cd0yllll&l: plant at ICaldei-I I'Iall.coo PW” ed. They were. he said: 1. Increase Atomic Energy Commission gen- in technological services; 2. in. oral manager Kenneth Fields tes- creasod markets; I. increase in the filled Ill-It Great Britain has un- conaninptlon of meat: der oonaldera ' a U.s. request A CHALLENGE

He felt the Gordon Commission Report was more of a

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get out and improve their scale- omy. He noted that among ' recommendations for the Island was a causeway; the replacing of the railway with a trucking ser- OTTAWA (CPI-Restoration of vice and the reverting of certain twice-daily mail deliveries in ur- rWwmm- .. ownohnwarm Thasnowremovalln r nca . . . . . Osman- County this year was quite use al Lapolnte said Wednes- factory. Dr. Dewar said. He atat- Gly- ed that Second Prince was partt- He added in the Commons that cularly fortunate in having such he believes rural mail service "cam", mow op,,.m,-5, in mi should be improved first. um-e wu . change in attitude Mr. Lapointe.'durtng debate or among plowmen from that of do- his department a spending est- hg . favor to one of rendering a mates was replying to requests """"" nuuiaiiniimbei ir:ii""tmimtiaiir TARIFF RESOLUHONH mail deliiieiiyuin zltlese aiivdcinn'nsI., MN"! "I9 9"95"""' C." "Y The service was reduced five years ION Will 90"" 9” "I 0I'"”' ' ago as an economy move. DI” D9w3" ""”ed um " ' "net The postmaster - general saltl IDI OI ""3 W?" P”''" I'Ib"'I that perhaps because he repre- Aasoclationavery soodlhltll um! mm 0,. mm ,.,d,,,g of mbin. 0'3 0' 0'l49"Y- "E W" ”I lore. Que. "I find some merit in i5 ""”""""'d'"” I” representations that before restoration of twice-n-day service in large centres. some of the rural

W” W population who are not getting action was beins taken on this . g I h M be matter and susieitid "W ll” nu ..n.:.T'y "W M E 0"

o'Leary resolution had turned the tide

for technical data on Calder Hall mo

posed by Mr. Harvey Douglas. Liberal tsecond Kingst who spoke on the Draft Address in the Legis- lature yesterday.

Mr. Douglas intimated that such a subsidy should apply only to the small grower of about five acres or less. He felt it would not cause a serious drain on the Federal treasury since potatoes were usu- ally higher than 31.00 a bushel.

The Second Kings member said young men on the farms today were looking for some form of se- curity and since potatoes represent- ed the major cash crop in the Province. they were not going to gamble their chances of spending a year at hard work to find that they could get only 35 cents a bushel at the end of the year.

DEPARTMENTAL ASSISTANCE

Mr. Douglas said the Department of Agriculture was always trying to assist farmers but farmers must do something to help themselves. The Department will go far in helping those who are making a special effort. he said.

The Farmers of his district were happy this year. said Mr. Don- glas. who noted that the 0ppoIl- tion Leader did not have his usual "t.ale of woe" to tell. He noted that

Advocates 51.00 Per Bus.

Floor Price On Potatoes

kept hogs a little scarce and maintained a high price. Mr. Dou- gins felt, however. that the price of hogs or eggs was not the deciding factor on the farm. "These things." he said.' ”no' more than buy the groceries. Potatoes are

are a good price. the farmers are happy.”

In making brief reference to the Gordon Commission report. Mr. Douglas felt it should have been more widely published in the Mari- time newspaper-. especially that part dealing with the Marltlmes.

MORELL HIGH SCHOOL

his appreciation to the Department of Education for the new four room high school at Morell where grades 9-10-ll-12 are taken care of

He said transportation in the winter time was presenting quite a problem. He thought however that this year was a particularly bad one and under ordinary cir-

es this would not be the case. Mr. Douglas noted that not all parents of eligible students were patronizing the school and hoped they would take advantage of this advanced training in their

Douglas said the people of his district were beginning to talk

the price of hogs was up and felt farmers would be better off if they

about paved roads. "And w h y shouldn't they." be observed. "with

US. Pota

Growers

WASHINGTON (CP) - United States potato growers Wednesday protested aganst a Canadian gov- crnmant proposal to renegotiate tariff arrangements covering po- Caoada and

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the United States.

Representations against any al- teration in the existing tariffs were placed before a U.S. tariff com- mission committee hearing by Con-

gressman Clifford tire (Rep. IltIe.). appearing. Maine po- tato producers. s A. E. Mercber

of the National otato Council. which represents the U.S. potato industry. i '

Mclntlre said there are advant- qes and disadvantages for both countries in the existing tariff ar- rangements and any alternation in them simply would upset the cur- rent balance in potato shipments and call for further adjustment.

WORK 0U'I' QUOTA!

Mercher suggested potato pm- dttcers of both countries should meet to work out shipping quotas. as was done now by Canadian and American apple growers. This would avoid producers of one coun- try flooding the market of the other.

At present. American potatoes enter Canada duty - free except from June 15 to July 31. when the Canadian crop comes to market. During that period. they carry I

to it Protest

Canadian potatoes may enter the U.S. only if the American crop falls below 350.000.000 bushels and then at a duty of SW: cents a bun- dredweight up to 1.000.0tX) bush- els. Beyond that quote. the tariff rises to 15 coils.

Canada has sewed notice under the Cancel Agreement on Tariffs and Trade that she intends to re- negotiate the tariff, thus lndicat-' fng she plans to impose additional duties on the American product. Under the agreement, the tariff commission is required to hear representations on what conces- sions the U.S. should ask Canada in return. None was suggested at Wednesday's hearing.

our main cash crop. When they g

The Kings member expressed .

the entire Israeli civil administra- tion from the Gaza Strip was com- pleted early Wednesday night and United Nations troops rolled in.

Steel - helmeted Israeli troopers. stood by as a United Nations col-I umn of about 2.600 men of five nationalities Danes, Norwe- gians, Swedes. Columbiaus and in- dians-entered Gaza City from the south in drenching rain.

A few Arab youths broke an 15- raeli curfew to dash through the streets shouting "Long live Nas- ser" and "Long live the United Nations."

The transfer of Israeli civilians, including police, officials of govern- ment departments and civil aides to the mlltary governors. started early this evening. An anny com- munique said total evacuation from Gen will be completed within 24 hours.

"The administration of Sharm el Sheikh (on the Gulf of Aqaba) will be transferred to the United Nations Emergency Force by Is- raeli defence forces on Friday. arch 8." the communique ad-

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DAYAN GREETS FORCE

UNEF troops entered the Gaza strip early this evening and ad- vanced northward along cactus- llned desert roads to enter the city about 10 p.m. local time (3 p.m. ASTJ.

Maj.-Gen. Moshe Dayan. Israel's army chief-of-staff, greeted IJNEF commanders in the city's main square.

Canadian transport trucks rolled into the city car.-ying tents. equip- ment and supplies. The curfew- darkened city started to brighten as citizens drew curtains and shut- ters to peer out at tbegllhi forces.

The final of the Israeli withdrawal is expected after dark tonight. bringing to an end four months of Israeli rule in the amp. It also will mark the unprecedented event of the United Nations be- coming sole ruler in "a state of its own."

The force pulled out despite Is- raeli fears that Egyptian Civil llmlnlstrators would move in.

The withdrawal also was made against threats to renew hostilit- ies if Egypt tried to use the strip again as a base for raids.

Premier David Ben-Gurion ord- ered the withdrawal to start shortly before he told the Knesset (par- liament) that his government re- gards the l949 armistice as "dead" and not applicable to

MB. DOUGLAS

all the pavement. including the Trans-Canada Highway which they have in Queens County. surely we are entitled to compensation."

CROSS COUNTRY PAVEMENT

The member expressed the hope that a paved road would be laid between Mount Stewart through Baldwin's Road to New Perth. Ila pointed out that in the Mount Stewart”:-res there are a great many wberri ,. IIOWII and csnntrtsgport tho fruit over rough roads in hot weather and have it arrive at the market in good condition.

Another argument used by Mr. Douglas in favor of a paved high- way in this area was the fact that mail and as from Mo u at Stewart station had to be trans- ported to Peakes and surrounding areas by road. In the spring of the year it is almost an impossibil- iw to carry on this service with any regularity. be said.

RURAL ELEC'I'ItIP'ICA'l'IoN

Mr. Douglas said the rural elec- trification program had in a d e great progress in spite of the sleet storm experienced last year. He said there were a number of dis- tricts in second Kings that did not

UN Troops Move Into Gaza Strip As Israeli Withdraw

Expect Changeover Will Be Completed Some Time Today

Gaza's future.

After the premier's address. parliament overwhelmingly de- Ifeated three no-confidence motions lagainst his government.

The withdrawal was almost put off after reports that Egyptian ad- ministrators planued to return to Gaza.

Israeli Foreign Minister Mrs. Golda Meir told the UN General Assembly last Friday that the withdrawal would be ordered on the "assumption" that the band- over of the Gaza Strip would be exclusively to the UNEF.

Withdrawal also began from lllt Gulf of Aqaba coast. A spokesman said the Aqaba withdrawal should be complete by Friday.

Ben-Gurion told parliament is- nel would disregard the 1949 arm- istice with Egypt because it was "tr ' ” under foot" by the Egyptians. The future of Gaza. he said, could not be governed by tht armistice.

"If anything is done in Gaza on the basis nf the armistice '-irvrrw ment which will restore the posi- tion that existed four months ago Israel will recognize her right ts freedom of action and the use of her forces." he said.