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Confers With Chief Foes ”

SAIGON’ (AP) Premier| ‘or a new school, Mrs. Wiw- Nguyen Gao-.Ky extended a! charuck said of the evacua- peacéwfeeler to. the Buddhists: tion: “This is our second one, Fiiday and conferred with the; but we're going . back —we chief of his foes within South, hope e

Viet Nam's armed 8, Le ed Torces, Lit-! “ ogsics WERE HEAVY

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of a South Vietnamese soldier | by a U.S Army private, : | PERMITTED ACCESS

Ky said this was to permit the faithful aecess to the shrine. - auring celebrations, already. be- |

Gen. Nguyen. Chanh Thi.’ Monks) gun, of, Buddha's. birthday in’.

rejected~the peace __feeler. Se.| —Op the -war front, South Vi June. Vikee a ee ; i

crecy veiled results of the con-| ¢iamese government troops. At a press conference_in Da “ira - ference. reported killing 94: Viet Cong | Nang. Ky again -emphasized

Elsewhere in the civil crisis ‘that South Viet Nam’s military government hopes now to end without further recourse to arms:

—Tear gas and warning. shots

from South Vietnamese mar-

guerrillas and capturing 50 in) —a_series_of fights Thursday in the Mekong Delta. Govern-

that*he is a Buddhist. He. said \it is unreasonable to say. he—op- poses Buddhism. sg leadership

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ment losses in one case Were ‘The Ruddhist. heavy. \Elsewhere the war snubbed the overture. Even be- continued. \ : fore the big mob. took to Saigon

” premier Ky and his chief mil-

i eV iy : streets, yellow. - rohed. monks itary rival held “their meeting :

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7 ; qe | . sce re Labor Minister

PondersSolution —

ines suppressed rioting hy a, :. braved ter gas.and sticks df

‘howling mob- of 2,000 or’ 3,000 | U.S: marine, headquarters at riot police to dramatize their - ,

_ anti-government, anti - Amer: CHU Lai, 340 miles northeast. of campaign against “Ky. OTTAWA (CP)-Labort Minis: ing 50,838 workers, compared ican demonstrators. who Saison. eG .. + ‘The Buddhists sent - another ér Nicholson said Friday-a | with 90 stoppages affecting 30,- marched in forch-lit proces-| I{. was the military junta’s message to President Johnson _| flood_of disastrous strikes in re-/079 workers in the ~ previous sions from a_rally at: the dismissal of Thi March 10 ay calling on the United States .to ‘cent’ weeks seriously threatens month and 66 stoppages involv- Buddhist Institute: in Saigon. Commander of the Ist Corps withdraw support from the mil- “ithe e¢onomy. . : | ing-’- 11,612 workers in.-April,

= Civil authority collapsed in area, the five northern prov- itary regime. Wks | He listed as possibly the most | 1965. : Hue, a stronghold of Budd- |inces of..South Viet Nam, that There was an air of insecor-) lserious the current. dispute be-, The minister told the Com-

. hism and rebellion 400 miles.,setolf the current uproar for ity’ even among Buddhists in, tween. longshoremen tm Mont-:mons he hopes Parliament

Hue, where students sacked and -ireal, Trois-Rivieres and Que-| won't have to- deal with the

: eet of Saigon. The mayor, |“uick restoration_of the—eivilian

#SCol.. Phan. Van Khoa, who ‘ule which. Ky had promised'in burned. the U.S. Information hee City and the Shipping Fed-| Freedman report on railway . also {8 governor of Thua late 1967) —— Service libraty Thursday and:| Peiton of Canada: ‘ ‘run-throughs. He had -been as Thien ;ptevince, ‘pulled out Before leaving Saigon to take threatened to follow upsby sack- — ‘| Mr. Nicholson told the: Com- sured by the railways and rail

mons. of ‘his planned interven-| ways and:railway unions that. ;tion later in the day~in-an ef-jthey- were working toward -an: fort to reach a settlement of a/agreed formula to ‘deal with the dispute which, he said, arises problem. _.- : :

¢) |from technological changes. Businesses affected -by the %. | Of the general strike picture, |hours-of-work provisions of “the

with 1,000 loyal troops and set-/personal charge of damping the. up headquarters--at-Hung/|remaining embers of revolt..in Thuy, five miles away. Forty- |the north, Ky made a gesture five American and other for- of peace to the, Buddhist hier:

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“eigh -nationals ‘also quit the erchy.

ing. the consulate. ‘ ey

NDP Leader

city. He ordered. down fences of 4

Among those evacuated barbed wire with which ‘secur- Requests Mr. Nicholson. said the solution new Labor Standards Code~had were Mr. and Mrs. Peter jity forces blocked the entrance : may lie in some: form of arbi- | been urged. to work out agreed Wiwcharuck - of Vancouver, |(o0 Saigon’s. main pagoda- four ltration courts whose decisions |syftems of meeting the five

who had. been in Hue.in_con- days before after anti-Amertcan | would be—binding—on—labor-ahd ‘day, 40---hour -week---provision——~———-

nection with thé construction rioting set off-by the shooting BRST Ff suasethent. within a reasonable period. : : a no OTTAWA (CP)—New Demo- | "On the whole, experience with| Replying to Reynold Raps oan cia onmeinac— ena t pa der Douglas asked: itt iguch.—courtg in_other countries |_.(PC- Humboldt _- Melfort——Tis- ss was such that adoption of a Nicholson “said he

fears. the longshorernen's strike . will: have a serious effect on the

1; = the Commons Friday for a av f ‘ aw er - ‘ernment promise that the pu 2 sea {lie wilkknow about all future | na A : moves on St. Lawrence Seaway) | os ; e : (tolls. : = : 1 , | Prime Minister’ Pearson said! : Nn ro uces | ; he. could . assure. “appropriate | 3 leonstitutional procedures” will | e ae : * oe be followed. se ed _ OTTAWA, (CP)--Lawyer An. inquiry’ and- would be admissi:' -The St. Lawrenee-Seaway Au-, . drew Brewin (NDP — Toronto bie in a court of law.” thority has just completed’ pub- | Greenwood) introduced a bill It will be debated later in the lic hearings on proposals to in- | in“ fie-Commons Friday® which | session. : oe = eae biel I to= ary a would place restrictions on the | ot i si jtario tolls by 10 per cent and) reporting of government - Conptns ye Brawn anne “4 to levy lockage charges in the dered inquiries, bill was “inspired by the Gerda | elland Canal.

, |similar system in Canada mer-

,ited “serious consideration. ; : ‘movement: of grain unless it ia, © (MUST BE SOLVED. _ jaettled soon. . ere ate ee Le ee, CONSIDERS ARBITRATION ‘bee ports strike must be solved | CONSIDE as quickly as possible. Huge| He also said the labor depart- \quantities of western. grain [ieee ag Gree euler Sok e | iting t ipped | siderati

leita ae = itration in recent years. The dif-

| ficulty was. in working out a

| Quebec oes were suffering from. shortages of essential Heeds for poultry and Tivestoek. favorable and_acceptable forme __ rongcinologtcal change im shiD | Believing ax he did in collecte dace the dock labor force by 40 4ve bargaining, it would be diffi- — . orce jeult -to say in how many. cases

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+ Mr: .Brewin's bill, which got | ‘oi | The Commons — : ' 4 ) ‘automatic first reading, would eee — ius and |day in emergency debate on the The 27th annual conference Centre Library with delegates federation Centre Library, \s os tne atau econo Mpc compulsory arbitration would ‘prevent publication: of “any de- d iting % &P-|matter, which* goes. to the cabl- Z| of the Atlantic “Provinces” Li- from the three Maritime pro- registering a few of the dele- 4:.; adhacti Nor 1a-Be needed. There were some

; ‘}peared as counsel. - |met in the form of. a final rec- brary Association a... last- vinces attending. Joanne Mac- gates who attended the open- | a could’ eases, however, in which he

ithe, shippers’ be blamed for Sersonaily believed compulsory

famatory matter disclosed at or, He said ‘to make changes to!

during the-course--of-an- inquiry

Satisfied |

ing fast night.

aes eee as el be jommendation from the author- fi ne” rer mpenca on rom one ae uniess such evidence or matter) oerning <-s sulee @ov> | iy by July 1. s

arbitration should be used. . Cay itiste Leader Caouette

night at the Confederation re , the. three St.~ Lawrence |

Fadyen, a. member of the-Cén-

: them: caniiot be re- = Wi AR ae : : : _4s relevant to the matter under) structed aa publi : | it eport : eS eg fo ea ee, | - ; ieee 3 £ = oie. e i +f DISABILI l Y PENSION ~ eaath esc 8 Ports jong fora trike and on agate lee — die 8 - - - threate strikes must be putes of national interest. He

WINNIPEG (CP) — The 15-. gej\member Winnipeg: Association | of — Television-—Producers said, |Friday it fs happy with what it jhas seen of the report by. Stuart [Keate on the CBC. producer | Management dispute. |

Association President Frank |

Royal Canadian Legion “vaso ra Backs Veterans Demand

jreport on the clash that arose) OTTAWA (CP) =- The Royal |pensions that have been paid to/arising from normal. service in

over the dismissal of Patrick |Canadian Legion Friday backed them since their service.” Canada or_elsewhere.”’

Watson and Laurier LaPierre up the demand of :- the. Hong SUFFERED MORE A 100-per-cent disability pen-

,as co-hosts of ind ee eer Kone Veterans Association for, The pension @commission, |sion is $2,400 a year. Widows

|sion program is Hour Has'g minimum ‘disability . pension ‘which. sets the amounts of the,arid children of veterans who i :

‘Seven Days. “lof 50 per cent for_all-its surviv- vcterans’ d i's. bility pensions, po disability pension of the same time, purchasing ee ee Mr. Rasler said Mr. Keate ac- ‘ing mémbers. ‘ mae ‘had used “‘the same yardstick jJes: than 48 per cent are not power had substantially in- = ; :

jcomplished a major step in se} Of the nearly 2,000 dians as -was used -in-dealing with jentitled to sutvivors’ benefits. |ereased. hal Caouette’ replied a. Social

lfound ‘‘to. prevent matters from wanted an end to these ‘‘useless getting completely out of conflicts .-. . which sow orily -hand,"’—he said. s Unate.”’ se a Part of the labor troubles. He said people are tired of grew- from a period of unprece- endless discussions going on if” dented, prosperity. Employment Ottawa. which produce no re- in 1965 was up by 250,000 for jsults. Farmers wanted” feed “for the first time since the out-'their animals in Quebec now; break of the Second World War, |cattle and hogs wouldn't get fat «Employment totalled more ~ discussions taking place in’ unemploy- Ottawa.

aoe _— a was a Tom Barnett (NDP—Comoz- slightly above the three-per- Alberni) asked Mr. Caouette to cent figure proposed by the -eco- | UPPOM, ¥ a ae me baer. oe nomic council as a target. At, er. ae eat ee

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Sunply Bill : should not be the occasion for;

. * blackening the reputation of in- |

A Tor dividuals needlessly." - asked opposition members Fri- CITES EXAMPLE _ oe day to block a routine govern-; As an—example, he said a, ment supply bill until the Com- | document released by Mr. Just-| mons is#given assurance some-"ice Wishart Spence in the Mun-| thin, will be done about the singer inquiry contained a) high cost of living. .|statement by the German |

However,__after__a_.couple _of blonde about_a conversation she | hours debate the bill -was ap- said-she had with Opposition!

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proved: : ‘Leader Diefenbaker. ‘curing. CBC top - management jsent’o Hong Kong. in 1941 td claims from veterans suffering; A minimum 50-per-cent “diss” at ae el ’ Reid Scott (Toronto Danforth) - The document quoted Mr. | |eommitment to return to. the polster the British . defences from well = defined conditions |ability pension i the Hong EXAMINE SPENDING - pre ait ao —— said the Spr eraroen , emt Diete nbaket as commending ~ {Principle of consulting with. a|there, 290 were killed in action |———-—— —————— Kong veterans thus would auto-| Mr. Nicholson spoke. as the”, ny ae. ie ’ rise a ae te nea Mrs. Munsinger for the good APPOINTED producer before taking action and 267 died in 42 months of {J §, Secreta matically’ ensure benefits for Commons opened examination ORLIKOW NOT SURPRISED Band repe :P job she. was doing for Canada. jagainst a program or its pal- sihsequent imprisonment by See ry _|their. dependents after they die lof his department's proposed) “pavid Orlikow, (NDP — Win-

Gerald Laniel (L—Beauharn- (Spending ‘program for “1966-67. “‘nipeg North) said it is “not sit “lois - Salaberry), committee, Outside the House, Mr. Nich- prising” that strikes were sociation i “4 #2. lehairman, told the Legion dele-0!s0n’s department released & threatening - inn railways, | aif: -

presented its demands_:..., ie c th : | thre; un} u ; ih a baat to" Ble” Commons ey ARaND ION ane aia eat | zation the committee would |Teport saying there were - ways, flour mills, steel an tum. veterans affairs committee 4, the:-Unitad States. has told make recommendations fo Par- work stoppages in April involv-| ber.

‘ticipants, and that not doing so |wasscause for appeal.

He said‘ Winnipeg producers | ‘are interested in what the CBC! board of directors will do about /Mr.- Keate’s recomimendation

Such an unsworn statement Clarence Lyle Barber of the : : ’ would not have been admitted University ‘of. Manitoba — has.

The Canadian consumer was in 9 court of law, Mr. Brewin | been appointed a one-man co- (being “‘gypped, robbed, ata |eaid. Under his bill, the. press mission to investigate the costs | darted, roo ked and taken advan-| uid not have -been ‘allowed to of farm machinery and repair. > { tage of. ipublish it : -—_Dr-—Barber,—49,is-a-nétive of

demand for establishment ef a|

prices review board. . the “Japanese.

The Hong Kong Veterans As- States Position

'liament ‘“‘to the full satisfaction

£ ‘its NATO allies*that American |

The commons began to give) | what appeared to be quick pas- | gage of an interim supply bill | to provide the government $450.- | 944,478 to pay its June, 1966, { bills, when Douglas Alkenbrack | (PC — Prince Edward-Lennox) | ‘ raised the high-cost subject. i

Federal Agriculture Minister: -

CAPITAL BUREAU : OF THE GUARDIAN

OTTAWA Federal Agricul- ture Minister J.J. Greene yes- terday took exception to.a state- ment. credited to P.E.I. Agricul-

* ture Minister Andrew MacRae ity the Charlottetown. Guardian of May 20 to the effect that eva- porated milk was neglected in the Federal Government's new dairy support program. _

Mr. MacRae, in..announcing: a provincial subsidy . to PAL farmers of 10 cents per -hundred ° pounds of milk delivered. for the manufacture of _ evaporated milk, was reported as criticizing Ottawa for failure of the Feder- al “covernment to include’ eva- porated milk in this new pro- gram for a guaranteed $4.00 price a

Mr. Greene said.” ‘'T am: sure Mr; MacRae knows that the di-

* rect federal subsidy to produc- ers of. 75 cents per hundred- ‘weight goes fo all shippers” of manufacturing milk and ¢ream, reczardiess of the use* fo “which processors put . their produce. This"includes. milk used for eva- poration. .? ji

“The federal program Is bas-

-¢d 6h our taking purchase and support: measures, as necessary, within the federal area of respon- sibility designed to keep the pricecof dairy.products-at a le- vef which will permit processors to pay an average price of $3.25 to producers. The direct federal

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~The: Toronte: MP. sald the bill doesn’t affect the conduct of in- | quiries or royal commissions. It did lay down ‘‘guidelities for the press,"’ which he believed would be happy to receive them.

subsidy pf 75 cents per hundred- weight for producers is intended ‘then.to bring up the total aver- age ‘price to $4.00. NO AUTHORITY

“The Federal Government has no authority to require process- ing plants to pay a minimum of

| $3.25 to farmers. Only provincial governments have this authority and producers,

through — their boards and organizations, must ‘still bargain for the best possible price from processors.

“Evaporated milk -made_ in

|P_E.I. is sold almost entirely in’ ‘the Atlantic provinces and the only. competition is from Ontario ‘and Quebec. In both. these. pro- |

vinces processors are paying farmers at least $3.25 per hun- dredweight..In Ontario at ‘the requirement of provincial legis- lation. In addition processors in Ontario and Quebec ist pay freight costs if they wish to sell their: product in the Atlantic: pro- vinces. 5;

“There 1s no reason why. eva- porating milk plants. in - PEE, should not be able-to pay their.| farmers $3.25 for-milk as similar plants are doing in Ontario ‘and | Quebec ‘

“Tf the ‘attion that Has been taken by the P.E.1I, government is necessary, it is. because of the lack of provincial price. con- trol authority or competitive fac- tors. rather than because of. any

deficiency in the’ federal support

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~Wolseley,. Sask. (CP Wirephoto)

|May 17: | Friday, “the -280,000 ---member legion. told the committee that

of the. Watson-LaPierre dismis- sal.

Cc BC Directors Admit Mistake

Has Comment On Statement

OTTAWA (CP) °-- The CBC hoard of directors acknowledged again Friday ,the corporation made a mistake in the way _it handled dismissal of hosts of program This Hour Has Seyen Days bit reaffirmed. that the reasons for the actions were ‘‘cogent.’’- Ae “While it regrets the failure of due process’ in the decision not to renew the contracts of hosts Patrick Watson and Laurier LaPierre, of the tele- vision’ program,-the--GBC_ said in a statement ‘‘it still believes that these reaséns .are cogent and that the action based on them was justified.’ The publicly-owned ‘corpora- tion issued a statement on: the matter after an afternoon-long meeting of ‘its hoard of direc- tors, a: *

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program,”

ASKED—RE-EXAMINATION——for—it-_—_—_—_.— = Stuart Keatea, who went on)

i\‘‘because of. the inadequate medical knowledge of the after- |, effects of this type of imprison- | “ment the majority of (former Hong Kong prisoners of war) have been’ shortchanged in the!

leave of absence from hls post as publisher of the Vancouver Sun ‘for a two-week study of the. producer; management dispute | that blew up around § Seven |-Days, in a report issued Thurs- |day had asked the CBC board re-examine the reasons ~ behind ~ the- decision and issue a public

| statement. \ Sa

| Dealing specifically with the idismissed co-hosts,2 the CBC statement’ said:

‘Mr. LaPierre’s ‘contract was not renewed. because it - was Management's opinion that. he idid not acquiesce to the prin- ‘ciple that the CBC had no: pointed view ‘on controversial” ‘matters. As co-host of . Seven Days, he was identified with ‘CBC and became, whether he |wished to or not, a spokesman

‘tfoops will “stay in’ West ~Ger-go! the Hong. Kong __veterans."” any" eithoet. any” HaNe ~ Mr. Laniel said ‘following the ‘duction: |meeting that though the com-

“We have indicated to the | mittee had not yet. written its NATO council that our forces |feport ‘to the Commons, he felt will remain there as long as |the committee members in gen-

they’ are. needed and wanted,” eral were in -full agreement

Rusk told .a press conference. - 1 with the veterans’ demands.

“He often let his own opinions | jand his own feelings ‘in contro. versial matters show on.the air with, the resulf that. he tilted ‘the balance of the program.” |

It said management's actions with respect to Mr.- Lapierre; ~ had to do with ‘‘his on-air per-| © formance, and to nothing -else’’. : ibut the case of Mr, Watson was ,* | different. bia :

The decision not to renew his we , ‘contract ‘‘was directly related | 3 to management's, concern about | fhe shortcomings of This Hour jHas Seven. Days:

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Sharing In Medicare’

Restated: By Minister

Federal , informed the Commons Friday.

OTTAWA (CP) The original federal offer

sharing inthe cost of accept- |

‘able provincial medical care in-|made fast year was to pay half

suratice programs will be based the .average national. per capita on the average per capita casts costs of provincial medical. care lof participating provinces, insurance programs which. are |\HeaAth Minister MacEachen acceptable to Ottawa.

‘i Mr. MacFacher’s restate Department Calls

;ment of the. basis of payment _For Applications

‘was aimed at clarifying. it im the event all 19 provinces do not have plans ready by the federal

OTTAWA (CP) All Canadi- ans reaching age 68 during 1866 | should. get -their application for

target. date of July 1, 1967. » Mr. Macfachen old. age pension payments to. the

earlier that federal — payments: will be. made to acéeptable pro- vincial programs regardless of

government as soon as, possible, i the health department said Fri; how many provinces meet the lday. ' Headige oe

It sat 75 per cent of the 80,- However, it only half the 00 Canadians who will become provinces Should qualify the

eligible by. the end of 1966 have mot yet filed applications to re- ceive the $75-a-month pension. Applications should be. in by July in order to ensure that eligible — persons will start next January, the de- ‘partment: noted.

Lowering the eligible age’. for the pension to 68. effective next 'Jan. 1 is the second step in a five-year program. that by 1970 will make the pension available |to citizeps 65 and over. A citi- wen must have a minimum of (10 years residence: to qualify.

ment will be made on the basis of the average of the per cap- ita costs-of the five Mr. “MacEachen said outside the Commons that his: state ment is not an inditation that he is any less confident that all provinces, ,will have acceptable’ plans in force by the target date. ; < §0 far only Alberta has: re jected’.the conditions attached to the federal offer. The other aprdvinces have either .atcépted or reserve decision pending. fur-

lable from any post office and ther discussions, with prote®

should he mailed to the regional. §: t olf age security .office in. the |sideration of, possible changes jeapital city of the -applicant’s in’ their own. medical cara im

‘province, the department said. surance legislation, ,

announced ©

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