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Revenue Minister Accused

Of Continuing CBC Strike

showin te Press Staff » ur Ue OTTAWA (CP)—Revenue Min-

legality of the strike. At the start of the day’s sitting Mr. Nowlan, who reports to Par-

- But Solicitor-General Balcer, questioned by Mr. Chevrier on the same point, said that in his opinion the strike is legal.

The minister was “in the Commons as Mr. made his criticism of Mr. Nowlan and of the government's refusal to in- ition which Prime

MAJOR TOPIC

eThe CBC strike was the major topic of the continuing throne speech debate through the day. And fo: most of the time the pub- lic galleries held representatives of the 1,500-member delegation of strikers and

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sympathizers—~ who).

real to demonstrate support for the strike.

In another development, Mr. Winch said the B. F. Goodrich Corporation of the United States

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WASHINGTON (CP) — State Secretary Dulles Tuesday blew cold on Soviet-American relations with a declaration that he sees nothing to indicate the Russians wish to end the cold war.

He told his weekly press con- ference he believes the Soviet leadefs are trying to delude the United States and the rest of the Western world into believing they want to end the cold war while actually they are seekirg advan- tage to win it.

up to that autocrat over there (Mr. Nowlan) and said ‘we want the strike to be ended’ it would be ended.”

The day's debate was notable for another factor—the Liberal ’s repetition of the demand, made Monday night by Op- Leader Pearson, that the government agree to an immedi- of the throhe speech de- , which otherwise could last

week's end. Mr. Pear-! that would permit the to go ahead with leg- counter “unemploy-

REFUSE SHARE

* Justice Minister Fulton reply- ing to Liberal criticisms of the

to

im:

Opposition had refused to accept its share of responsibility for making suggestions to nao the situation.

The government didn't claim to have mastered the recession. But the fact that the recession now was less serious was due to the government's ee and vig- orous actions.’

ulles Blows Cold Air On US.-Red Relations

a high level Eas.-West confer- ence on German and European security because, he said, it is occasionally poss bie, through hard bargaining, to reach agree- ment with the eas.ern bloc, such as was done in tne case of the Korean . Armistice. the Vienna Peace Treaty and cultural ex- changes.

Dulles’ comments appeared to be designed to thruw a damper over Soviet Premier Khrush- chev’s Moscow suggestion that the recent Mikoyan visit- indh-

But, at the same tim», he ex-

came to the capital from Mont-

pressed his willingness to go to

cates the possibly of a thaw in

| Soviet-U.S. relations.

Steps To Assist Atlantic Economy Urged In House

OTTAWA (CP) Steps to bolster the economies of the At- lantic provinces were suggested Tuesday by Liberal and Progres- sive Conservative speakers in the Commons.

Jamies R. Tucker (L—Trinity- Conception) said federal finan- cial help must be given New- foundiand to enable it to reach the level of economic develop- ment of the three Maritime prov- inces. This must be done without raising the tax level in the prov- ince. “Ue J. Chester Macrae, (PC—York- Sunbury) proposed a four - point

am for Atlantic provinces development including federal aid for resources development, aid for such projects as the Chignecto Canal and Prince Edward Island causeway, industrial decentraliz- ation and a transportation policy to enable Atlanti¢ products to compete in central Canada.

Mr. Tucker said that through nd fault of its own, Newfoundland lagged far behind the Maritime provinces in development. The situation would remain so until the federal government lived up te the obligations assumed when

the province entered Confedera- tion 10 years ago.”

WAIT FOR TWO YEARS

For two years now, he said, Newfoundlanders had awaited word from the Conservative gov- ernment regarding the revision of financial aid to be given New- foundland.

(Prime minister Diefenbaker | and Premier Smallwood of New- | foundland conferred here Monday on a recommendation of a royal commission that Newfoundland receive $8,000,000 a year from Ottawa to enable it to maintain public services at levels reached in other Atlantic provinces. New- foundiand wants $15,000,000 «a year.)

Mr> Tucker urged that Mr. Diefenbaker reconsider the policy announced by Labor Minister Starr not to reduce requirements for qualification to collect unem ployment insurance. As a result of the failure of the Newfound land fisheries last year, thousands were unemployed and could aot qualify for insurance.

He proposed provision @eater sumber of mobile

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units, late fall or ypring—rather than winter—construction of figh” ing stages and additional dock- ing facilities. :

Mr. MacRae said that in re- sources development the govern- ment should look east as well as north. Large - scale help was needed there as well as in the noryp.

PRESS INQUIRY

The government should press its current inquiry into the feas- ibility of building the Chignecto Cana! linking the Bay of Fundy with Northumberland Strait.

He said dispersal of industries is basic to defence in nuclear war. The atlantic provinces had the- electricity and’ manpower to support industry. What was needed was a policy to encour- age industry to build there rather than concéntrating more and more in central Canada

Legislation to relieve the ef- fects of the recent freight rate

increase, as promised in the throne. peech. would be useless unless a formula was devised'te

California Potatoes Go Into Arctic

OTTAWA (CP)—A penetrating look was taken Tuesday at why California potatoes are imported to the Canadian Arctic when three-pound spuds can be Fi there.

Northern vegetables are tasty and certain types grow well, con- cluded the Northwest Territories Council. But it was suggested during a discussion on northern gardening generally that a little organization is required to dis tributetthem.

cool nights and 24-hour-a- day sunshine above the Arctic Cirele impart a distinctive flavor to berries, declared trader Knute Lang.

“It's easy to grow potatoes in the north,” said J. W. Goodall, farmer from Fort Simpson. There are no tato bugs.”

The potato crop last season ran 10,000 pounds an acre. Some po- tatoes weighed as much as three pounds.

But Mr. Lang said California potatoes are imported and sold to the Indians and Eskimos eacn spring at 20 or 25 cents a pound, largely because storage .acilities aren't available for ine home- grown product.

CHILD FATALLY INJURED

NEW GLASGOW (CP)—James Wilsack, 8, died in hospital here Tuesday shortly after he was struck by a car near his home in Stellarton. The car driver told police the boy dashed from be- hind a parked truck into the path of his car. -

NATIONAL officers attending the meeting of the P.E.I. branch of the Canadian Dental Associa-|

Fluoridation Is

Warning against the danger’ of attempting to settle such an im- portant health issue as fluorida- tion of Chariottetown's water supply by a plebiscite was sound- ed last evening by Dr. George

M. Dewis, Halifax, national presi- dent of the Canadian Dental As-

sociation. Noting that thts course had been indicated by the City. Wa-

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a operating surplus of $41,- 577 coupled with an increase of $436,551 in the city’s net debt was reported to the city council last night by Councillor A. Walthen Gaudet, making — his first annual review of the city’s finances since his appointment last. year as chairman of the

council’s finance comimittee.

While asserting that this sur- plus was chiefly due to the extra tax revenue accruing in Ward Six, Councillor Gaudet declared that a substantial part of the saving was achieved by the various council standing a close watch on their respective esti- mates and, in general, operating within their respective budgets.

Total civic revenue in 1958 was $1,247,078 with expenditures totalling $1,205,501 the finance chairman noted.

Held in the council chamber the annual meeting also receiv- ed reports from the mayor, the chairmen of the nine other coun- cil committees, the commission- ers of sewers and water supply, the board of school trustees, the chief of police, the fire chief, the firg inspector, the city

engineer. COLLECTORS PRAISED

The “continued : marked suc- cess” of the city’s tax collection department was noted with sat- isfaction by Mr. Gaudet. “The combination of Mr. Jenkins and Sergeant | Howatt was an effec- tive one,’ He declared

Public advertising of arrears, plus the fact that 1957 was pre-| election year accounted for the higher percentage of taxes col- lected that year compared with 1958 (102.7 per cent as opposed to 86.2 per cent), he said.

Mr. Gaudet gave ic warn- ing in his report that finance committee would insist on more effective use of that provision in

Farm.-Income Hike Reported

OTTAWA (CP) — Canadian farmers’ cash income from crops and grain pools climbed to a six- year high of $2,808,234,000 in 1958, a gain of 8.3 per cent from the $2,591 .361,000 obtained in 1957, the bureau of _ statistics Tuesday. All provinces shared in the rise.

tion last night were Dr. Don Guilett of Toronto, secretary- treasurer; and Dr. George Dewis

Science Issue

tunate because matters of this kind are generally decided “upon by scientific authorities after careful consideration of all avail- able facts.

He went on to tell the P.E.I. branch of the dental association that if the matter is going to plebiscite, it is up to the people with knowledge of the facts to mform the rest of their f eitizens.

health officer, aad the city}

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MAYOR JOHNSTONE

the act by which after May - ist employers become responsible for the deduction and payment

of that portion of their em- ployees’ educational tax still un- paid.

This year the committee will insist that the required _ notices

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Duplessis Ordered To Pay

Damages To

By BERNARD DUFRESNE

Canadian Press Staff Writer

OTTAWA (CP)—The long and bitter feud between the Jehovah's Witnesses and the Quebec author- ities reached another milestone in the Supreme Court of Canada

: 3 Tuesday when Premier Duplessis

lost a personal fight with a mem-

= ber of the religious sect.

The Supreme Court, by a 6-0-3 majority, ordered Mr. Duplessis

*|to pay $33,125 damages—plus in- terest—to Frank Roncarelli

for

“a \flegally ordering the Quebec

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go forward prior to June 30th, he said.

DEBT SITUATION

Though the city books showed that net debt had increased by $436,551 in 1958. various offsets

(Continued on page 9, Col.1)

Deferment Of Plebiscite

Sought By Commission

town’s commissioners of sewers! and water supply wish to defer until] next. year the proposed plebiscite on water fluoridation, ‘commission chairman H.R. Bev- an declared in his annual report delivered to city .council last night.

Recalling the commissioners decision that the question of fluoridation should be submitted to the citizens for approval or disapproval, Mr. Bevan advised the council that application for the necessary authorization was now being made to the provincial legislature. *

“As to when the plebiscite will be held, it is the intention of the commission to discuss the mat- ter with representatives of the Council,”" he -7'¢ “Considerable xpense being involved. the | missioners are of the opinion that

of Halifax, president. The meet- ing was presided over by §he

P.E.I. Dr. G.D. Bar-

rett.

Canadians drink fluoridated wa- ter. “Before reaching school age. 80 per cent of our children will have four or five cavatiesy and by the age of 12 they will have eight. And the cost of fluorida tion is practically negligible.”

Dr. G.D. Barrett, president of the P.E.I. Dental Association, presided at the meeting last night at the Charlottetown Hotei. It was attended by 22 dentists. Dr Don W. Gullett, Toronto, national secretary, is accompanying the president.

There was discussion on the

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nation

Sper' er ovecoly, Dr. Dewts pointed out that about 1,000,000

on a d fu.ure treads of (the pro

lession.

| To save expense, Charlotte-| the plebicite should be held over

until the mext general civic elec- tion.’’

Capital cost of fluoridation was estimated at $13,000; with annual fixed charges of $3,219.30 per year in addition to mainten- ance, electrical costs, etc., he said. $46,111 SURPLUS

In 1958 the commission hand-

of $46,111.64, chairman Bevan noted. This decrease of $2,969.62

in comparison with the sum paid!

over in 1957 was attributed to higher —o expenses.

Water rate collections totalled $135,437.62, with expenditures amounting to $89,325.98, he said.

Mr. Bevan told the council that approximately 7,400 feet of water main had been installed last year in the Ward Six area.

Over half of this amount (4,- 250 ft.) was laid in the Pond, Summer, n, Willow and Young Street district, with the

wood Drive (900 feet).

“Fire hydrants were placed and near all the houses are con- nected to the system,”’ he added.

During the year 22 new water services and 21 new sewer ser- — were connected to the pre-

reported.

He added that the average daily consumption of water was 1,937,- 154 gaiions. He said that 212.034,- 317 galions of water were sup- plied through meter accounts, with the balance of the year’s Pumping, 595,026,698 gallons re- Presenting the amount used for

purposes, small com- mercial accounts, fire fighting, street flushing, etc.

Chrysler Strike Settled Tuesday

WINDSOR, Ont. (CP)—Chrys- ler Corporation of Canada and the United Automobile Workers

(CLC) reached agreement Tues- day on a few contract, ending a strike at the company three hours before it would have com- pleted its seventh day.

But company officials said it will be at least Thursday and maybe Friday before production at Windsor’s laigest industry can be resumed.

Before the 3,600 members of Local 444, UAW’s Chrysler divi- sion, return to work, terms of the new three-year contract must be ratified by the union member- ship.

SUNSHINE IN U.K.

LONDON (Reuters) — Sunshine over most of Britain Tuesday quickly thawed ott icy roads after.an overnight froat. [It also dispelled fog whicn had covered indu ec! areas for several days. | Floods alyng big rivers started to ' subside.

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Liquor Commission te cance] the former Montreal restauranter’s liquor permit in December, 1946.

The court increased by $25,000 the amount of $8,125 damages originally awarded Mr. Roncar- elli by the Quebec Superior Court in May, 195]. The Quebec Court

of Appeal_in 196 quashed the Judgment of the Superior Court, thus paving the way for the ap- peal to the Supreme Court.

RAILWAYS WIN

OTTAWA (CP)—The railways Tuesday won two freight rate cases in the Supreme Court of Canada.

In unanimous decisions, court ruled:

1, The raihways are entitled to assess demurrage — penaity charges for over-long unloading times—on boxcars at western ter- ve hee elevators.

t rates on grain going to British Columbia points for consumption in that province need not be reduced, as sought by the B.C. nt.

Both involved appeals from judgments of the Board of Trans-

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C B C NOT UNDER BAN

OTTAWA (CP)—The CBC has been freed by Canada’s highest

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court of any limitation being placed on its Sunday broadcast. ing activities by terms of the Lord’s Day Act.

The Supreme Court of Canada Tuesday upheld the publicly- owned corporation’s appea) against Ontario court decisions that the CBC could be prosecuted for breach of the act, passed by Parliament more than 50 years ago to ensure observance of Sun- day. The court split 4 to 3 im favor of the CBC. i

‘WITNESS’ WINS

OTTAWA (CP)—A majority of the Supreme Court of Canada Tuesday stron _ io Quebec provincial police cer Paul Benoit for arresting and de- taining Louise Lamb, a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses, and Pordered him to pay the Verdun,

judgment, dismissed I ‘iss Lamb's damage action against two other QPP officers — Charlies Nadeau and Charles Forget — on the ground that they were not re sponsible for her arrest or de tention.

The court found that Miss Lamb was falsely arrested on a

Ontario Plans

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TORONTO (CP)—The Ontario government plans to establish a

snew energy department and ini-

tiate a searching inquiry into agriculture.

This was disclosed Tuesday in the speech from the throne open- ing the 1959 session of the legis- lature. It also forecast higher public expenditures and new pro- grams for mental health, alcohol- ism, prison reform, provincial parks and natural resources.

The speech, Premier Frost's outline of the Progressive Con- servative government's legisla- tive program, got quick criticism from Libera] Leader John Winter- meyer and CCF Leader Donald MacDonald.

Mr. Wintermeyer, the Opposi- tion leader, called it ‘‘a hold-the- fort’ speech and “‘little more than a pre-election summary of the government's record.”

EYE AILMENT

The 2,800-word document ‘was not read by the lieutenant-gover- nor for the first time in Ontario history. Because of an eye ail- ment, Lieutenant - Governor J. Keiller Mackay read only the

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opening and closing paragraphs, leaving the rest to legislative clerk Roderick Lewis.

Premier Frost held a press conference to discuss the speech and there emerged a forecast ef these government measures:

Free rabies vaccine;. reduced isolation of mental! patients; more picnic grounds and camp- sites; wilderness parks; an air- port at Moosonee; tripled access road construction; a new deal for Indians; anti - discrimination measures; help for immigrants through adult education; a civil service review; higher jury pay; and increased exemption from succession duties for widows and their dependents.

The Liberals have 11 seats and the CCF three compared to the 84 held by Conservatives in the 98-seat House.

” SPARROWS KILL COBRA

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters)— A flock of about 60 sparrows at- tacked and killed a five - foot cobra near here when it raided a nest for eggs. Two of tne birds were killed in the 10 - minute battle.

Farmers Need

New Concepts

CFA Annual Meeting Told

SASKATOON (CP)—The presi- dent of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture told farmers Tues- day they must become better or- ganized to meet technical reyolu- tion in the agriculture industry.

H. H. Hannam, addressing the ‘CFA annual meeting here, said farmers must integrate individ- ual farms where profitable and must become better organized at regional and _ national levels if they are to retain control of ag- riculture and enjoy the benefits of increasing productivity.

New concepts must be adopted to meet the challenges of a new era, he said.

The agricultural revolution got under way in the war years and was increasing in intensity. Among consequences of this up- heaval were:

Great increases in farm output; a mevement of workers away from agriculture; a lagging worki market for farm products; a spread of contract farming and “vertical integration’: a , price squeeze between low farm price

levels and a contituing cise in

farm costs; surpluses and their interference with normal market. ing.

PRODUCTION CONTROL

The revolution gives rise to an urgent need for shaping produc. tion to demand, he said, and the extreme difficulty is directing and co-ordinating family farm production for this purpose.

He said vertical integration is here and is bound to spread. Ff the farmer is to retain control over his land and enjoy prosper- ity; “then farmers must continue to move into the ownership and

direction of integrated enter- prises.” “Organized in co - operatives

and into bargainitig and market- ing associations farmers can, if they want to, keep control of their own business,” he. said. “When somebody outside of ag- riculture controls the finances, the market and the earnings, the farmer becomes virtually a share - cropper which can be something better-“or something worse thas a bired maa.”

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