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caugiu Press Ital! Writer OTTAWA (CF) Harder piiiii-hes are being thrown as the federal election campaign nears ii. climax and John Diefenbalter 5h.,..,- a willingness to trade blow for blow. .
The Progressive Conservative followed a tougher line dur- mg 3,; two-Week Western CIOHI campaign: He is continuing it dur- mg mg wind-up of his tour in the
eafliiere was sharp personal criti- cism in Mr. Diefenbakers reply in two lines of attack taken bl Prime Minister St. Laurent involv- mg federal-provincial fiscal rela- iioIlS and family allowances.
in the light of Premier Frost's backing of the federal Conserva- tives. r. St. Laurent has aug- gesied Ontario would let P"!- icrred treatment over other prov- inves in any new tax - sharing iiiireement under a Conservative ipdral government. . ' Mr. Difenbaker sand that was "one of the biggest prevarications m Canada's political history." He plpdged equal terms for prov- mcps, with none receiving less than it now does in tax-reatal p,1illIL'nlS from Ottawa. "LIBEBALS SCARED"
The Liberals were "running .,,-..-ed," Mr. Diefenbaker said. ilr St. Laurent had "launched on , program of irresponsibility" in fear that his re-election chances 'have been Frost-bitten."
ilr. Diefenbaker'sl s s c o n d counter-attack began after Mr. St. Laurent had said Conservatives opposed introduction of family al- luunncel 13 years ago and asked: "Do you think that any Canadian party can win through an election with a program designed to re- peel the Family Allowances Act?" Mr. Dlefenbalier replied that the statement was "either frivolous or false or both." The prime minis- ter "knows better than that." He pledged the conservative pany to maintain all social se- ciii-uy mess va ”at a high stan- dard” and said pensions would be increased to match the coat of liv- ing and to keep pace with na- tional productivity.
Mr. Diefenbalrer has reiterated that the Liberal leader's gloves- nit tactics were an admission that the Conservative party is a strong threat to continuation of 22 years of Liberal government. CONFIDENT OF OUTCOME
The 01-year-old Saskatchewan lawyer. in his first campaign as leader, has been expressing opti- rniarn as the campaign progresses. He has spolnen repeatedly of a "tremendous upsurge" of Conser- vative support. At ” ' ' May 27 he said he had never been so hopeful and added: "That's a maximum of understatement." iluch of his optimism is based on the sizes of audiences he has been drawing. He had a.aoo in Vic- furl! on a rainy night and 6.000 luo Nights later at Vancouver nliore half the crowd jammed the iin-et outside the hall listening to iniidspeakers.
ilore recently in two small Que- hcv towns he drew H100 and 2.- MI on the Ascension Day holiday. .is the campaign progresses he has been dwelling more strongly
Dieferiboker Following Tougher Campaign Line
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was enouah. he said. and that was Why all other pensioners wars gatiziu no greater increase.
This theme has cropped. up in nearly every speech since and in- variably draws a ehortls. lBl0lG0(l5lGlll0IlVllorous cam- iulsns of any party leader in re- cent years. schedule of speeches and travel lIEhO9llIlIlIiIstreIIIt3Iwithfre- quest cat-naps and drinks of milk.
He told reporters recently: "I neverfeltbetterlnmylife... lseern to be gaining in energy." COST or PROGRAM
The question of fedenl-provln- ci-ai tax relations has recurred in his speeches. He has promised a larger share of tax revenues to the provinces and denied Mr. St. tzurenfs claim that this would
higher taxes.
Various Liberia! cabinet minis- ters have put price tags on the coat of carrying out Conservative promiael. ranging from 31.000.- 000.000 to 52.000.000.000. Mr: Diet- enbalne-r's reply has been that those figures are based on com- pilations of unofficial proposals made by private Conservative MP8 and that the party platform of current expenditures would not cost more than ssoo.ooo.ooo a year to carry out.
He has counter-attacked on the question of election promises. pointing to a series of pledges and hints made by the Liberal leader. Mr. St. Laurent had be- sun his campaign on a "no prom- ises” platform but had become "the most promising prime min- ister in history."
Mr. Dlefenbaker has been mak- lnil promises too. on top or pledges to cut taxes. increase pen- alone and give provinces a new tax deal.
ml 1811'" Policy is a major one: "Flexible" price supports to as- sure farmers a fair relationelilp between their return: and operat- ing costs: extension acmss Can- ada of the conservation policies of the Prairie Farm Rehabilita- tion Administration: strict appli- cation of existing antl - dumping tariffs on imports of United States foodstuffs.
Some other promisq made on his western tour: Support of the South Saskatchewa River power- lrrigation proposal: lnint federal- provincial "naming of power pro- ieeta. i ' ” Columbia Rivers development in British Columbia: equalzation of rail freight rates "within reasonable limits" to counter high ra"tes in the west: a federal-provincial program of mad-building into Northern Can-
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Advertising Executive Dies
TORONTO (CPL-Harry Soul. 67. dean of Canadian advertising men who for more than 40 years was a newspaper advertising ex- ecutive in Saskatoon, Regina. Winnipeg and Toronto. died Mon- day.
National advertising manager for the Thomson Newspapers for
an-. Dlefenbaker has been in... 'd
of sdvartisill for The Free Press and the sushi! Prairie Farmer until 154 will 1" Joined the Thomson amp is 1'0-
main.
HELD NATIONAL POST!
Mr. and helped set up many of the advertising policies which NW! are standard practice on newIvI' pers across Canada.
At various times he held execu- tive positions on a number of na- tional newspaper and advertisinl organizations.
A former director of the Clu- dian Daily Newspapers A ' tlon. he served as chairman of it Policy committee for a number of YCETS.
He was also former director of the National Advertising Execu- tives Association.
in 1947 he was a member of a trade mission composed of seven Canadian newspaper advertising representatives who toured Brit- ain to acquaint manufacturers with the possibilities of Canada as a market for their products.
When he retired from The Free Press. after several periods of ill health. he was hoilored at Bani! Alla-. at the convention of the Western Daily Newspaper Adver- tising Managers Association. and later at a testimonial dinner in 'v'uinnipeg attended by newspaper and advertising men from all parts of Canada. .
Mr. Saul wsii a Mason and a member of the United Church.
He is survived by his wife and one son. James.
15 West German Troops Drowned
MUNICH (Reuters! - Fifteen West German airboi troops were drowned Monday trying to march across the fast-flowing lller River southwest of here.
Army area headquarters here said that two bodies had been re- covered and that the remaining iii i men must be presumed dead.
it was the worst disaster yet for the new West German forces.
Army sources said four other man who tried to cross the river in marching formation were slightly injured. ..
A non - commissioned officer in charge of 23 men gave them the choice of wading across the river, about four feet deep at that point. or crossing by a nearby bridge. one man went across the bridge.
the last 2'1: years. he became ill a year ago although he was able
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ill-if-'ERS T0 QUARTET . At Midland. 0nt., he linked for the first time the pending 36 in-' riwixr in the old age pension with a iuiiiited rt-fcrcnre in the fact: lll.ll four cabinet ministers are. t-l.gihle to erccive it: Mr. St. Laurent, 75. Trade Minister Howe. 71, Agriculture Minister Gardiner. 71 and Revenue Minister Mc- "mini, 70. I
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to resume his job forr a perrlod last. fall.
Born in Birmingham. F1nglnnd.l he came to Canada in 1908 at the- age of ill. Ans; several years wilthl the Winnipeg ree Press, he went to Brandon. Man., as manager of The Sun.
He then joined the old Regina Leader. now The Leader-Post. be-1 fore leaving the newspaper busl-l ness for a short time to farm nearrl
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Says Newsprint Industry Help: The Newspapers
MONTREAL (CF! - Sir Eric. Vanaittart Bowater. chairman of”; the Bowater organization, says the nawgpj t industry deserves the thanks of the world's newspapersl
He told the annual meeting of. the lowater Paper Corp Ltd. in- Ianndon last Thursday that the in- dustry should be thanked "For pro- viding the foresight. finance. . equipment and ability to raise the I volume of newsprint, while keep- ing the rising curve of newsprint
below the rising curve of other productive industries." i
The report of Sir Eric's remarki- was issued in Montreal Mondav through the Bowater Corporation of North America. Ltd.
"Supply and demand of this world commodity now are almost in balance as a result of the great expansion in production that has taken place during the last dr-. ude," he said.
"Bowaters have played no -small part in this expansion. for in those 10 years we have installed, or Rf” in the course of installing, 10 new high-speed paper machines in the 'United Kingdom and North AmPl'- lcl, together capable of nrorliiclng 1,000,000 tons of newsprint or other papers annually.
"In our view ihe nevi-uni-iiit in- dustry . . . shnulrl not then he giggled out, as it so often is by implication, further to i'e(lii('e llS 311-endy slender pi-nfit.margins and thus subsidire another imliistiy even though that industry may be fgciug - temporarily, I hope - particularly keen and. in some re- spects. new cnnips-tition. the rest tried to cross the river
Eight of them, including the NCO, reached the other bank un- hurt. l
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THE PREMIER LIBERAL CANDIDATES
It is G well known fact that this province is on the verge of, if not already in, bankruptcy.
The cause of this serious situation is the refusal of the Fed- 'ercil Government to recognize our fiscal needs and the neglect of our Federal Liberal representatives to press our . : claims and insist on fair and just treatment under the 'rc1x- shoring agreements.
The seriousness of our situation was bluntly slated by Pre- ii mier.A. W. Mcilheson oi the last session of the Provincial
Legislciiu re as follows:
"If would be no good for all the members of this Assembly. headed by the Speaker to go to Olfa wa: our financial position has been made known in the Capital and if is up to our representatives . . . . . . I do
- not mean our Senators . . . . . . to press for Island rights . . . . . . I am convinced ihaf we will get no more at the present time. Last year the Premiers spent a whole day with the Minister of Finance and the answer was No. I do not think that anything could be gained if every member of this House were lo go and sit on Ottawa's doorstep. It must come from our Federal Members". '
BUT
Our Federal Liberal candidates don't agree with Premier Moiheson's statement and claim ihaiihis province is being very well looked after by the Federal Government.
Mr. Cecil A. Miller, in CI radio address ov,er CFCY on April 20th last, stated as follows:
"The financial settlement given our province is most generous".
Mr. Neil A. Maiheson has also strongly defended the Fed- eral Government and highly praised it for its "Generous" treatment of this province under the tax; sharing agree- menl.
If that is the attitude of the Liberal candidates, what hope is there for this province if Ci Liberal Government should be returned to power?
A PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT
IS PLEDGED TO
Immediately convene C1 Dominion-Provincial conference to bring about Ci settlement of all financial arrangements be- tween the Federcil and Provincial Governments.
Provide for 0 more equitable share of tax yields for the provinces and municipalities.
For our province's good-for your own
good elect a Diefenbaker Government
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