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layer insets sales will consist cl-rwlh-t-vd-lvll-villi" WentAds.DleII!06edtferelaII6- mnhoanutus-1s.hw-Ushucb-n nu ed telnet. for quid. muss imam. is and so. "Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew" 16 EAGES C WN. CANADA THURSDAY. MARCH 23. 1957 ""93 5'

Warns Against Increasing Debt During Inflation Era

Dr. L.G. Dewar. Conservative. sum to the ordinary eiti1.en,'1'.k. Second Prince yesterday chalieng- Jul 1. on the hub of now mu" ed the Provincial Treasurer's re- ldrmnm he "id um m". can

k in his budget speech to lliltirelfect that the Province was l in wwld 99'' "19 mt"-OTN lbitllt 3330 extra or I total of 8160 tax for

heifer able to carry I 25 millionl

dollar debt than in two million the year.

dollar debt 30 years ago. 3 Dr. Dewar thought that farmers The West Prince member claim- And fishermen Were being asked to

ed the Provincial Treasurer was ll?-Iy I heavy gasoline tax. Under

sheltering himself under an um- 3 the old tax rate they were paying

hreiln of inflation. "There may be 1 3 cents and with a two cent in-

I change in the onomic weather i Creale they would now be re-

nt the Province and the picture:

quired to pay five cents.

Hon. Mr. MacDonald: "Why talk about five cents when it is only a two cent increase."

Dr. Dewar: "I am referring to the three cents which they were paying plus the two cents they

SAYS DELEGATIONS INEFFECTIVE

Places Onus Of Pressing Claims On Federal M.Ps.

will have to pay".

Hon. Mr. MacDonald: "Th at three cents was tn effect before you were born."

Dr. Dewar said the tax on fliose

(Continued on Page 10. Col. 4)

will be entirely different." he said. i

Dr. Dewar said the consumer dollar today is only worth il6'lsi cents of what it was a year ago Ind only 50 cents of what it was in 1939. if the recession of 1939 were to come back. the Provincial Treasurer would have quite a time getting the money to pay off tbel debt." he added. l DIMINIBHING RETURNS

in pointing out the effects of. LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Inflation. Dr. Dewar said infls-iMinlster Macmillan flew home llnn at the rate of three per centl from Bermuda Wednesday to face would mean that a person borrow-i I suowballing industrial strike and lng money at age forty would I critical decision on the Cyprug have only 31 cents on the dollar dispute. to pay back at age 89. At 5 per During his eight - day absence rent, he would have only 9 cents for talks with President Eisen- on the dollar." hower and Prime Minister St.

The tight money policy of the Laurent of Canada. 1.000.000 in. Federal Government. he said. ldustrlal workers began I wage might have the effect of prevcnt- strike and 500,000 more threat-

Macmillan Back To Face Problems

lng inflation but it effected uiel

Marliimes who he claimed had a chance to catch up to their indus- trial neighbours of Upper Canada but that right had now been den- ied them. .

”0ttaws is acting in In arbit- flry manner in regard to tax- renial agreements but somehow I do not believe it is the states- men who are guiding this policy. rather. I believe it is I group of statisticians and other itlght rope walkers' who are setting the pat- tern," said Dr. Dewar. "perhaps the discovery of oil in the Pro. vince will sate us from disaster." GASOLINE TAX

Dr. Dewar noted that the ga hi". um . J to I . I.I

ened I walkout in the London area Saturday.

Shortly after his arrival. Mae- ymillan consulted with Home See- iretary R. A. Butler about the strike and Cyprus.

Macmillan scheduled a cabinet meeting for today to report on big Bermuda talks and discuss terms for the release of Archbishop Ma- karios. exiled leader of Cyprua' union-with-Greece movement. A government statement on Mahar- ios is expected in the House of Commons today.

UP 'ro EXPECTATIONS Macmillan told reporters at Lon-

don airport that his conference

with i f -. "had more than

snousno linaior 4 '

Elder French Statesman Dies

met all that we expected of it." He said his meeting with St. Laur- ent hld Proved "very valuable."

A reporter asked: "Is President Eisenhower prepared to get tough

With. (Egyptian President) Nas- ser? ' . LYON, France (Reutersl - The Mtcmlllln replied: "Now you body of France's elder statesman.

are just asking questions which are just arriving at a very import- ant point. We shall have to wait to see the answers."

When I reporter suggested that U.S. policy seemed to be based too much on United Nations deci- sions, Macmillan replied: "That is the purpose of these talks. No country can have I policy which merely says we leave it to the United Nations."

Macmillan said the U.S. promise to provide Britain with guided mis- siles "will make I great differ- ence to us."

"if we had to do it for ourselves. we are so far behind that we would have to spend years and immense sums on development and research and still be five or six years behind the date that Am-

Edouard Herriot, will lie in state today in the city hall of Lyon, the town of which he was mayor for more than 50 years. Thelit-1-year-old former premier, who died Tuesday. is expected to be buried here privately Saturday.

There will not be a state funeral in deference to his own wishes.

Refuse Canal Tolls To Egypt

LONDON (Reuters) -- Britain and France Wednesday night stood firm on their refusal to pay all Suez Canal tolls to the Egyptian

canal authority. But. despite official government "advice" against such payments,

ercan production proves to be-"

Farm People Shortchanged Educationally Says Brief”. hp

That many of our farm peopig ' have been ahufcliangad educatl.

'39 5lPiUpro- sented to the Committee on Edn. cation by the P.E.I. Federation of Agriculture. it added the belief that this con. dition still exists and will continue ""19" ill" Rreater public interests ll dlsplllred in the study and solu- tion of our educational groblems. The brief said there we I tend. "It? on the part of too many to look on education solely as 3 means of improving earning power -usually in some field of endeav- our not involving physical labor- Ind that in many cases the working man contributed to the glm 0' Miller education and felt It the recipient. used their ad- vantage to exploit him. The Federation stated that gen- :"", S "'"l "0"0my constitutes :1! unsatiafacto , medium (0, gu, hga PlII'P0Ies and P.E.l. is no es- mv on to I condition aggnvnied -I 0'" hish Plioportion of school ch ldren per thousand workers) g:'l:'l'I"ifh"" may be grounds 0V II: that educational ex- Penditures here are not in confor- :::":'h "1"" Blh" Drovinces either me t' ""31 0' llfovlnclal govern- n or district school level.

REVEALING FIGURE! Contained in the brief wa I table of figures on the increase: in

the constant dollnn pa- pupii in Ichool districts and in provincial

government Il'illl3A sets of

figures show Prince w llnd lnssins far belittle .3: vlnces across Canada. ' table

represents increases between tb e years 1036 and i052.

At the district school level the increase in this province is only 20 percent while Sasmstchewan leads with 130 percent. New Brun- swick holds second place with no Pzrcent and Quebec is third with 100 percent increase. For Canada as I whole It the school level the increase is 70 percent.

The figures are even more start- ling in relation to Provincial grants which have increased Si percent for all of Canada with Quebec soaring to I record increase of 7!) per cent. In contrast this province shows I decrease of five per cent. For each dollar t per child in Prince Edward and in providing classrooms. books. teachers and other essentials of t cation the other provinces spent as much as 33.30 in British Columbia down to 31.36 in Nova Scotla. In others the amounts were New Brunswick 31.73: Quebec 81.57; Ontario 82.15: Manitoba 81.89; Saskatchewan 82.2! and Alberta 81.24-

LAND VALUATION

While believing establishment of the Land Valuation Board was a step in the right direction the Federation felt the formula used by the board placed too much em- phasis on the value of buildings in relationship to that of the lead.

I little British cargo vessel under

start through the canal today and already has paid 3800 in dollar currency. the bulk of the required

Panamanian registry planned to

House Committee

the Legislature takes power awayi from them and the Minister of; Education had the power to exam- . ine pplicants for teachers lic-l enscs. Mr. MacDonald maintained title the Minister to give ”blanketl coverage" through a university.

that that pdwer only extended W." A l(

The largest gathering of citizens yet to attend a public hearing of the Select Standing Committee on Education jammed the main floor and gallery of the Legislative Chamber and overflowed into the corridors last night when five briefs were presented.

All members of the Committee were present as were Premier lilatheson and Hon. Keir Clark. Minister of Education. who are ex officlo members. Dr. L.W. Shaw, Deputy Minister, Dr. Frank Frank MacKinnon. Principal of Prince of Wales College. and Miss Mabel Matheson. president of the Teachers Federation.

The first brief was read by Mr. W.C.S. MacDonald. Summerside attorney, who stated he represent- ed a large group of Prince County citizens. The brief appears in full elsewhere in today's Guardian.

CONTROVERSY FLARES

On its completion the Minister of Education rose to speak on the subject of the brief and said the speaker "who represented an an- onymous group of citizens" should have consulted I lawyer before appearing. Hon. Mr. Clark pointed out that his powers came from the Legislature through the Education Department Act and its provisions were not repugnant to the terms of the Public Schools Act quoted by Mr- MacDonald.

Premier Matheson and Mr. Mae- Donald then engaged verbally on the interpretation of the Schools Act. The Premier stated the Acts

to the individuals and did not en-

OTTAWA (CF)-Prime Minister St. Laurent, his complexion show- ing no tan from two days in Ber- muda, said Wednesday that the Queen will be asked to make Can- ada a first stop in any North Am- erican travel plans she has for this year.

He also announced that I Com- monwealth prime ministers' con- ference is to be held in London this summe . and that the possi- bility exlsts that such conferences in future will be held in the other capitals of the Commonwealth. in succession.

lie issued broad hints. too, that the forthcoming general elections will be in June.

The prime minister was accom- panied. by Trade Minister Howe. External Affairs Minister Pear-

toll.

abs - adds. it disadvantage to I farmer who neglects his property and who ml? have ver! substantial fluid assets."

"it is our opinion that the land- . owner and this lI particularly true ' in sub-urban areas is paying far too high I proportion of school taxes. The wage earner who rents I home and who may have an income far in excess of many farmers pays only I nominal tax. We suggest that this Committee should give very careful attention to this mat- ter as its solution will serve a uso ful purpose in broadening the tax- ation base."

The brief added I rider to the above when it stated that business and professional people who do not own property would appear to of- fer some special possibilities in the way of taxation.

FEDERAL AID

The Federation also said it agro- ed with the Teachers Federation that the prospect of lack of pro- spect of Fedcrsl aid for education It the elementary and high school level should not be I factor in this province In determining that we will grapple with our educa- tional dlsabiliiies in the most, vig- orous manner possible. v

However. the brief pointed out that regardless of what some us- informed people may believe the

DISCUSS

lc”""''"9d ”” Pue 5' ems ” British and Canadian govern-

Legal Questions Raised In Brief From Prince County

'0"0'lIIJ ll the test of I brief common I leader or I dlltinctlvlwerjoug bi-epkdown of responglbh

resented

U

Ref9I'!:'0I IO pears sewbere in today Section 140 of the ' Prince Edward Island. statutes P.E.l. 1051. reads lows:

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elillheu whose parents or guss- Gilldeslre it, without comment. 9'KIlIaItlon or remark thereupu

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ldoctrine: I

oftbescbooIActiI lulu

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reveals that this

rnent leaders gathered at Mid- Ocean Club in Tuckers Town. Ber-

muda. for discussion of Common- wealth matters following meeting

Attracts Public interest

0

Hearing

Premier Says Province To From Ottawa

Get No Less

Premier Matheson yesterday placed the responsibility of pre- h senting Islanld fiscal. clis1ilm5dI:'0t; taw suare on eao e 0

Mr. MacDonald stated that law- the '1,-31",, ymemben 0; pm-13.. yers might argue the matter for . mm".

a long time - the Premier agreed -1 --it would be m, good for nnd that eventually it might mid all the members of this Assembly. itself before the Supreme Court headed by the speaker to go to 0t C8n8d8- Ottawa. Our financial position has

Mr. Clark stated that though he been made known in the Cgpital was no lawyer he could not find and it is up to our rep,-esgmg.

(Continued on Page 15. Cal. 2) mes. . ,1 do Mt mean our gen.

Queen

alors. . .to press for 1313110 rights". he said. "We will not receive less from

Ottawa than what we are now getting." said Premier Matlicson speaking on the Budget debate. He said he was basing his remarks on the promise that Ottawa had given that no Pro- vince would receive any less than

To Visit Canada

Kingdom high commissioner to Canada, who attended the Ber- muda taiks between the Canadian prime minister and Prime Min- ister Macmlllan of Britain.

WOULD BE SHORT

Questioned by reporters about the Queen's travelling plans and the possibility of a prime minist- ers' conference he said:

"it will be IE1. mended by the United Kingdom government to Her Majesty that if she comes across the Atlantic this year she should visit here first. It could be just a short visit and she could go from here to the United States." he said.

To suggestions that I confer- ence of prime ministers is pend- ing. he said:

"There probably will be I

work together until such time Is son and Sir Saville Garner. United

COMMONWEALTH MATTERS

of British Prime Minister Harold Canadian Prime Minister; Mgc.

Macmillan with President Elscn-lnllllan; Lester Pearson. Cnngdjgn hower last week. Shown, left tozltiinister for External Affairs, and right: Selwyn Lloyd. British For-:C.D. Howe. Canadian Minister or till! Secfellfy: Louis St. Laurent. iTrade and Comm cc.

prime ministers conference.

under the exlsiting agreement. The Premier said there had been about a ten thousand over esti- mate of the population of the Pro- Vince and under ordinary circum- stances would consider the Pro- vince overpaid under the terms of the agreement.

R.R. Bell: hope we won't have to refund anything." '

Hon. Mr. MacDonald: "They would have I tough job izettlns

Premier Matheson replied that the Island was getting the same treatment as the other provinces but not the same as the province would get. say. under the recom- mendatlons of the Duncan report.

LITTLE CONCESSIONS The fact that the Province was getting I number of little con- cessions was noted by the Premier. He referred to the construction of the Hillsboro Bridge. . . I 33.000.- 000 projeet of which the Federal Government is paying 90 per cent of the cost. He also noted that e with

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realise the seriousness of our situItion?'; I u

year the Premiers spent I whole day with the Minister of Finance and the answer was. No."

The Premier said he had been basing his appeal on the matter of administrative grants. This principle. be said. was already in effect in so far as health grants were concerned. If this conces- sion were granted. be estimated it would give the Island In addition- al million dollars.

: "You should threaten

: "Yes tell them you will resign in protest".

Premier: "That wouldn't make any difference because we would all be back here again if an elec- tion were railed." "I do not think that anything could be gained if every member ofithis House were to go and sit og Ottawa's doorstep. It must c me from our Federal members." said the Premier.

RURAL ELECTRIFICATION

with siekasss and ashes: financially able to ulsfertabefle

cl the policy of the program calls

PREMIER MATIIESON

electrification this Year." said Premier Matheson who noted that the estimated cost to the Province of a million and a half dollars would in all probability be exceed- ed

Mr. Matheson said the program could advance only to the extent of the Provincial finances. Mileage completed during the past year was 120.

Some of the snags noted by the Premier in the way of completion of the electrification program it eluded persons who would not agree to take electric power It the time of the interview but wanted to come in at the last moment. "We hIvatobIve75pes'centofthI household in I district but we can always main hr such cases as

v

ist

program.

COMPLAINTS ” Mr. Matheson said there had been I number of complaints front applicants regarding the p of service lines which IccordinB': the distance from the centre of tbs road to the buildings. The Premier said that to datl this policy has been strictly adhered to but it has been called to his Ittentlon that in cert-Ill! areas all the houses are on one side of the road. In such cases. he said consideration would be given and if after investigation it was found that these claims were valid they would possibly be chlrled only from the line to the buildings.

Mr. Acorn said certain people had found they had been over- charged and when they appealed to the Public Utilities Board wen given I refund. He wondered if those eligible for I refund should get it regardless of whether they appealed to the Utility Board. The Premier felt it would be only right for any over charges to be refunded in cases where they could be substantiated. PROGRAM TO DATE

The following extensions have been rccnmmendcd for the 1951

''If we can get good weather we prnrzram. can complete 106 miles of rurall

tContlnucd on Page 16. Col. ll

Juvenile Delin

Juvenile delinquency was o e of t'flG many topics studied at :'be oInen's institute Leaders ip ills committee the strongest op- w.,gm,, which opened wed"... M to the WWW It 9- day at Parkdale Hall. Sixteen dis- !" U"l"""7 Pf ' "'5 trlot convention areas were repre M is sented by :5 ladies at the meet- " nu lllg which resume Thursday Inn-ning. Registration was in charge of Mrs. ILL. Burge. Mrs. M.N. Me- Gowan. provincial president was in the chair at the morning sess- Ion. Ilse introduced the theme of " so Responsibility."

Government. We further wish to register with

no the following grounds: 1. The publlcischools of this

law be

At W. I. Leadership Workshop

PARLIAMENT YESTERDAY

By THE CANADIAN PRESS Wednesday

Prime Minister St. Laurent InQ. cated "dissolution of Parliament." which means In electftm. come within three weeks a hut. day.

quency Studied

Woolner save I splendid demon? stratlon of handicraft work. some of the other topics taken "I3 included loci! Institute pro- tect: the poetry contest; women in politics; and borne economy.

also prime ministers' conferences in” eventually be held in 11 up itsls than London.