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Camp Says Leadership Not Question Of Age

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tive party. Mr. Camp has in- troduced a proposal that the Conserv.ative..party._examine. the position of John Diefenba- ker and either reconfirm the Tl-year-old - chief or replace hima. etc

servative’ Association where he will be guest speaker. On -hand__atthe—airport—_to—-greet— him were Arthur Wright, LEFT, a member of Charlot- tetown's City Council, and~re- presentaitves of the Conserva-

NATIONAL PROGRESSIVE.

Conservative President Dal- ton Camp, RIGHT, “arrived= in the province last evening to , attend today’s annual meeting of the P.E.I. Progressive Con-

Report Says Gerda Affai

jminister, Paul Martin, said he \Chinese regime on Formosa: re- were reported. ;doubts the UN can take any ef- |fuse to recognize each other.

Attacks Made

. |. SAIGON-(AP) — About 1,000 “————"|Viet_ Cong guerrillas joined _Frl-

on!

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( | k : dL ie ‘| London Hit ha sous ALD ats 1 _|By Huge Fire . , : - A: . LONDON (AP) London's | ce —”* a ; a a S lJ U & le am es Aaeee: eee eeaber | remen OUS S an | e : ” ; jyard Friday and * burned nine ' adjoining ‘buildings. By LORNE YEO er and a very good man, and hie | UNITED NATIONS (CP)—So-|called for unconditional cessa- terms of the charter.” juated from threatened homes. eadership of the Conservative province is a matt Aact viet Foreign Minister Andrei |tion of U.S:~bombing of North Martin said Canada wants to| The fire spread beyond the party in Canada was elaborated T have said this,” ‘wane iGromyko said Friday the solu-|Viet Nam and the withdrawal see the Chinese people repre- yard after engulfing 12 parked jupon by its instigator Dalton |‘‘and it applies ty to my own c : pou ; '- The problem, however, was [tanks to explode. evening from Montreal prior to sident, that when the’ time ve | He made his appeal before the how to reconcile this position| More-than 350 firemen fought his address today to the annual |comes in any party that a sign ‘Human Wa @ General Assembly, only minutes with the fact that the Peking the flames. Four were slightly Meeting of the P.E.I. Progres- |ficant number of supporters feel at |after Canada’s external affairs government_and_the Nationalist injured but no other casualties. P aloron es }° Mr. Camp, national president ‘their views in regards to leader- i the Progressive Conservati ‘tinued on re~- 7? 9) : _ 9 ssociation, intends to air “his - i as China and the two vig eee and ane . ee Wee a Wh o's: ‘ i Nams are unrepresented in the . Gromyko said the picture of.) : 5 the country in preparati fio ee jworld- bodym rebresenu-+-—-= 1-8. aggression—in- Viet Nam- is When—firemen_ kept.the flames _ a day im human - wave attacks } 5 stop: bombing the north, in re- : : | ake kc tee gal sor has come to Viet Nam, the : , line. | Following his arrival in Prince | i i eilanas oe hurled “ade |akgressor should leave.” rie what - sgh a de. Police were called in to inves- Edward Island, which is now un-| HALIFAX (CP) — Wallace in three hours of fighting, a IREITERATES STAND Tae inthe er ee lenieren Sf 6. Siete ee oe ee : south, and to consider a grad- } on ri i tence eee ees a octian etteaeel ae Senate eee Wee Sees ee The biggest guerrilla strike of put forward long ago by the all external military forces from ‘ , ae. president of the national PC

io. biggest fire since the wartime | 'By ALEXANDER FARRELL the United States to get-out: He tion -and~ are™not “bound” ‘by the | Scores of families ‘were evac- | A~ proposal to re-@xamine” the | contribution to {th® people of this tion to the Viet Nam war is for of all U.S. forees from the sented in the UN timber trucks, causing fuel Camp, who arrived here last responsibilities~as national pre«

{sive Conservative . Association. they should be-allowed_to-express— ifective action in the conflict as eee She onal. a averted Proposal from platforms across . n’i8trom reaching a storage tank the Party's annual_meeting Nov. fae "ies against a South Vietnamese | Gromyko said, “The aggres- unchanged by U.S. proposals {0 | ntaining :2,000 gallons of gaso- |1°-!6. Of Dalton-Camp ne - Ve : : itigate the possibility of arson. x end its military action in the ask. else hae, ;

South - Vietnamese spokesmam| The Vietnamese solution is to |government headed by . Alex jof Parliament for Oxford, said

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the month, plus a report by North Vietnamese government the south. The proposals were

Risked National Security

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US. sources that three new

and the Viet Cong in South Viet \made in a speech by U.S. Am:

' By KEN KELLY

OTTAWA (CP)—A judicial re- port says John should -have dismissed Pierre Sevigny from: bis cabinet in 1960 because Mr. Sevigny had a sex- ual affair with Greda Munsinger

. Which threatened national se- curity. - The report by Mr. Justice |

Wishart Spence of the Supreme.

Court of Canada said Mr. Dief- enbaker,, then Conservative

prime minister, should have re- |

solved doubt in a case of na- tional security in favor of the state, not Mr. Sevigny.

Mrs. Munsinger had been re- ported to Mr. Diefenbaker as a onetime Soviet espionage agent, prostitute and thief, said the re- port issued Friday. -Mr. Sevigny,

associate defence minister, had | MONTREAL

not denied his relationship with ~~ her when called before Mr. Dief- enbaker:

“Doubt must always be re- solved in favor of the “national security,” said Mr. Justice Spence.

___Mr. __Diefenba*er n ~he could resolve that doubt in favor—of the Hon. Mr... Sevigny's tetention in the cabinet. on the

One Man's Opinion, Fulton Says

KAMLOOPS, B.C. (CP)—Da vie Fulton, justice minister in the cabinet of then prime min- ister- Diefenbaker at the time of the Munsinger. affair, Friday said the report of Mr. Justice Wishatt Spence is ‘‘nothing more than one man’s opinion siz years after the event.”

“I do not agree with him,” said the Kamloops Progressive Conservative MP. “I have _al- ready given my views in my testimony and in the letter I wrote to the commissioner -in June. f

“Accordingly I have no ther comment to make on commissioner's opinion.”

Mr. Fulton added that he did fot “think. the report accom- .plishes' anything except to° de- monstrate the. pointlessness of

fur- the

the whole inquiry into events of |

six vears ago. :

“It is much more important for us to get on with today's business for Canada and that 1% what I intend to do.”

Diefenbaker |

“determined |

basis of his personal assessment loyalty “involved in any of the of the man.”’ } Mr. Justice Spence said there ‘yestj ”

jwas a double risk in the fae |Sevigny-Munsinger relationship: | But security may be jeopard- | 1. Danger of. pressure from ized alse by “persons who are, jenemy agents who might have or may become, unreliable be- itried to" influence the associate cause of defects in their char- \defence minister. jacter.”” x 2. Underworld figures might.! The report said Mr. Sevigny’s |have blackmailed or pressured relationship with Mrs. Mun- iMr. Sevigny. isinger, 37 - year - old German The. judge said “there is no |blonde. was much closer and iscintilla of evidence or any in- ‘more intimate than he wanted idication that there was any dis- ag -Diefenbaker of the inquiry | to know.

Spence Probe (“OTE a Termed. Foolish

Diefenbaker ‘‘much less than the. whole truth’. about. the -af- fair. This. should have driven

(CP) ihim to resign.

Pierre

‘fevigns. central. figure in the- Had” Mr. Dielenbaker ordered

inger “affair.” said when

'rea¢hed-by-phone at -his_broker- age firm here Friday that his jonly comment for now on the report of Mr. Justice Wishart ‘Spence is that is “foolish.” {ment alone. _.'I_ haven't read_it.yet —Fve ~The. danger_of blackmail_and been too busy — but I know improper pressure would have. iwhat’s init; he said: ‘been-revealed_ as startling.”

“This whole business was fool- | Mr. Justice Spence said Mr. jish to begin with and it’s as |Diefenbaker should have con- jfoolish today as it ever was. sulted the cabinet about the af- | “I am not a security risk and fair and have informed Defence I never was a security risk, and ‘Minister Harkness and Trade beyond that I have no further |Minister Hees. comment to make for the time | He said Mr. Hees’ association being.” | (Continued on page 5, col. 6)

R I Ridi |

| MUNICH, West Germany (Reut-, “It is ridiculous to think that |

ers}—Blonde—-Gerda Munsinger | could -be— connected with“ es-

\described as ridiculous Friday \pionage. The Russians ruined

night the report of an official my life completely. I would not

\Canadian government investiga- (tell “them anything.””

|tion. into her association. with | = ‘

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\former associate defence minis- [SAID SHE WAS RAPED

It Pi rignv. ; ;

ee eee Sevigny 2 : Munsinger's. claim that Soviet | Mrs. Munsinger, 37, who lived ‘Troops raped her at Second |

jin Montreal . from 1955 to 1961, World. War's end after they con- |

|vehemently and repeatedly de- 'quered her East German home- |

jnied that she had any interest jjand.

jin espionage or politics. j

‘a more thorough investigation ‘it- would have realed a situation jwhich would “have entitled him

to fire Mr. Sevigny for conceal-

“The whole thing is nothing | |but politics. — “T have no interest in politics. | {I knew Pierre as a man. *s|

she went ovt with him, but! vehemently rejected suggestions that she had. enticed. the minis-.| ter. It was he who called her. |

“But it was no secret. We: jwent openly to restaurants and |

iknew me asa woman. That is lall there was to it.

Secretary Robert S. McNamara |

\North Vietnamese battal-

lcircumstances which I have in-,ions have infiltrated into South

Viet Nam to support the Viet iCong raised a possibility the \Communists are bidding again for the initiative.

Murtay River Dwelling Damaged »

MURRAY RIVER + Fire thought to have started from a kitchen range last night severe- ly ramaged the of Mr. and Mrs. George Higgin The alarm was turnedin by hon. George Ferguson, minister of highways, who noted a_ slight ‘blaze about 10:3. _ The Murray River fire brigade responded to the call and soon had the blaze under control. Their* quick response probably prevented:a spread of the fire | as high winds were blowing.

_It-was_noted-by.Hon..Dr..M.-L- Bonnell that it was in this area several years ago that fire had | | destroyed a number of buildings. |He was pleased with the re- sponce and manner in which the brigade had handled the fire and said they deserved credit for their efficient work.

It was not known haw much insurance was carried on the’

. The ° Higginbotham family was not at home when the fire broke out.

U.S. Reports

ham here.

problems themselves.

path. of negotiation”

Nam—an unconditional halt to bassador Arthur

Goldberg

U.S. air attacks on North Viet |Thursday.

|Nam_, question, and that there are still no signs testifying to

Martin said it isthe General |the seriousness of the intention Assembly's..duty to urge ‘‘the of Washington to seek a settle- on both ment of this problem .and to sides, but “it is a fact that the |stop the aggression against the capacity of the United Nations Vietnamese people.” to play a useful role in the Viet | Nam conflict will be called into |.embly Friday he had made question as long as certain pat-|‘‘serious and geuine offers to ties involved in that conflict are preak out of the tragic impasse

not members of this erganiza-|in Viet

In reply, Goldberg told the As-

Nam.”’

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Leader_Diefenbaker_said_.Friday that Prime Minister Pearson when external —affairs:-minister did not put national security first in the 1956 Herbert Nor- man security case. :

“In a “preliminary state ment” on the judicial report into the Munsinger affair, Mr. Diefenbaker said that the point is made in the report that a

‘doubt as to loyalty must be re-

solved in favor_of the state.

“This was not followed by the present prime minister in the Herbert Norman. case,” Mr. Diefenbaker added in the. state- ment issued by his office here. Norman was Canadian ambas- sador to Egypt when he com-

@n Warheads

ROME (AP)—U:S. Defence told the Atlantic allies Friday the U.S. now has about 7,000, nuclear wareads in Western | Europe—an . increase of’ more | than 100 per cent in the last five years.

McNamara called the current | total ‘“‘a fantastically high in- |

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plishment.” | — |

Ont. Ma |

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Mrs. Munsinger admitted she | ill d {knew Sevigny was married when | Wi Hea |

Educationists | VANCOUVER (CP)-—Dr.

S. Phimister, Ontario deputy minister of education, has been

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mitted suicide after a U.S. sen-

ate committee revived charges

against him that he was a com-

munist.

Mr. Pearson at that time con- ceded. that Norman had_ had Communist associations in his youth but had given them up when he went. to work for the external affairs department.

This was a reference to Mrs. |ventory. a remarkable accom- QUOTES PM

Mr. Diefenbaker said Mr. Pearson, when dealing with the Norman case had told the Com- mons April 12, 1957:

“T have said that Mr. Norman to our knowledge had certain Communist. associations as a student many years ago, and and that we were not going to allow, that to drive him out of

ithe ‘public ‘sefvice“of Canada in

face of the-—long yearsofloyal face of the long years of loyal devotion he has given to the

OTTAWA (CP) — Opposition’

Dief Hits Back — At Pearson

‘It has always been a prin- iple-—_and,—1---think;“a @ correct principle of our security inves- tigation that we would not deal publicly in connection with a sé- curity_inquiry with the details of

jany allegations made,. for the

reason that the details of a man’s private life should not be the subject of accusation and re- buttal in public.’’

Mr. Diefenbaker added: ‘‘That was the principle in 1957.""

SAYS WAS NO PRESSURE Mr. Diefenbaker’s statement

in the report on Gerda Munsin- ger’s links with Conservative cabinet ministers of any pres- sure being brought to bear for obtaining security information “The doubt was resolved from 1951 to 1957 by the present prime minister in favor of the late Canadian ambassador toe Cairo. Was this wrong’’ The Munsinger report re- leased earlier Friday said Mr. Diefenbaker when prime minis- ter should -have Pierre Sevigny as associate de- fence minister ‘because ‘‘doubt must always be resolved in fa- vor of the national security.” The report by Mr. Justice Wishart Spence said Mr. Sevig- ny's sexual relationship with Mrs. Munsinger, a German

tional security.

Mr. Diefenbaker said Munsinger inquiry was ‘‘simply a political hatchet job’ from start to finish.

cle for

said there were no allegations |

dismissed | _

blonde, constituted a risk: to na- | '

“The report is simply a vehi- the dissemination of;

} ’ , SSS | : “g— ly governed by the oldest prem- | | lier Walter Shaw, now opposition |party at a convention in Ottawa { . ‘leader, he was asked to state his Nov. 15. . :

| pf! i

| Fourteen-year-old Brian Moase, |

\of Kensington, was killed in- stantly last evening when his bicycle collided with a one-ton GMC truck driven by 17-year- old Gerald Keith Matthews of Alberton.

The accident occurred in front of the Moase home, Kensington, at‘approximatély_5:45-p.m__The

was reported tot have proceeded | out his driveway... There - were | two other people in the truck. An ambulance from the Davi- but the boy was dead before its arrival. | The Summerside<Yetachment | of the RCMP investigated. An | autopsy will be performed today. Dr. Allan MacMillan is coroner. | No decision was-announced on | an inquest. In addition to his parents, the boy is survived by a younger brother, Wilfred, and-two young- er sisters, Bethany and Connie.

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views on younger party leaders.| Mr. Nesbitt, mentioned re-

son of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Moase |

boy, who was riding a bicycle |

Mr. Camp commented: “T don’t think that the ques-

the leader. ,

“T have ‘sinus thought so long

Shaw was a tremendous _Island-

Ontario MP Backs

Dief's Leadership

HALIFAX-(CP)--—. Wallace

gressive Conservative member of parliament for Oxford, said

Diefenbaker. “I certainly am, with no equiv- ocation,””. Mr. Nesbitt told a

trans-Canada tour to assess the party’s strength.

“T think we have a very good leader—I don’t see any reason for a change.”

He was replying. to questions about Dalton Camp, the Con- servatives’ national president, who has ‘called for an appraisal of the party’s leadership.

“Dalton Camp’s position is most improper,”’ said Mr. Nes- bitt. “Mr. Camp will not meet with much success in these en- I'm. shocked at his stand.” capes

Mr. Nesbitt said he had not read the ‘Spence report on fhe Munsinger affair, but doubted it would hive any effect on Mr. Diefenbaker’s role as leader.

“My own view is#that— the great majority of party mem-

the | #F,

bers are in full support of the leadership.”’

jeently as a possible successor’ jta Mr. Camp, said this sugges-

8 |tion of political leadership can jtion “is ali news:to me.” But ‘be resolved in any way merely jhe told a news conference there , ‘by consideration of the age of |was always the possibility he

would. make a bid for the posi- |tion. — afraid of Daltos: iCamp” he said jokingly. “ te tol oats tae a

|. He-said he-is displeased -with

| Nesbitt of Woodstock, Ont.,-pro-| the Liberal leadership and ite 7 aa | administration, but added Prime -

json. Funeral Home was ca | Friday he is completely satisfied | Minister Pearson is competent

iwith the leadership of John | in. certain fields—‘‘particularly

| foreign affairs.” : 5 | .He felt Mr. Diefenbaker would | be a more able prime .minister

‘news conference while on &/ than Mr. Pearson.

| Asked what he thought of De- |fence Minister Hellyer’s unifi- | cation of armed forces, Mr. Nes- | bitt said he is in agreement com

| cerning logistics but not highly ;

| specialized personnel.

; However, he said: “I'd like to | know just what Mr. Hellyer « | Means by unification, He has

| made a number of contradictory

| statements.”

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jother places. Everyone knew.” elected president of the Cana- L- Mrs... Munsinger: said it ap- dian Education Association for | t : z..a One-year term,

peared the only part of the ju- | fe. Phtenister,

opinion by a. commissioner hand-picked for his appointed task, with the objective of bring-

}country.” | He said Mr. Pearson had ac- cepted full responsibility in the

- New Ammunition See For Political Scrap

“OTTAWA (CP) ainzer

superintendent

ldicial report by .Mr. Justice : i N. i bout the destructi f the foe : y lof bl schools | Norman case. ing about the destruction o} | association with ioe apy oo 'H. T. Coutts of Edmonton, dean | S@¥'08 further: Iparty.

jof the University of Alberta's

minister George Hees’ had been | edutati tapulty only casual that i m- | be" 8 ‘ mal Aen tet eng | Elected vice-president at the

proper. had ‘taken place: iCEA’s annua! convention. which

Exactly What | Expected, rae) mesing of he Progen PR, NOT, RAOWLEM, ined Foun, was te | Dief Declares Of Report

sive Conservative Association: of |former Prime Minister Diefen- |for Newfoundland. : fen ce . -| TORONTO (CP) « The Star {tion released by the commis

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The Mun- report’s scathing crit-

, hat have rallied to his side in |ASSAILED CAMP fiance, businessman Ernst Wag- |statt y i * gai srevious challenges. | Supporters. of Mr. Diefen-|net. Her honeymoon plans jing the announcement Friday of read jhe: report (of Mr. Justice tole iver over the oalnnee It almost certainly will sef the baker, however, have assailed (not include a trip to Canada. \the awarding of the contract to|\": .F- Spence criticizing his .as¢ was “a flagrant attempt

ttage for a new round of polit- |Mr. Camp for timing his attack The wedding had been delayed |Kenney Construction .Co. Ltd., ean ge ig the Gerda Munsin- |. .eft-pélitical assassination”

‘eal blood-letting when the Com- to coincide closely with the ex-|juntil the report was published, jof Halifax and Yarmouth. P seer \by Prime Minister Pearson.

“When he revealed that He said he had made

mons session resumes Wednes- 'pected release of the Munsinger |““because we did not want it) Mrs. J.C. Binnie, president ot |

tism of John Diefenbaker could Canada here Nov. 13-16. bak provide fresh ammunition for. Dalton Camp of Toronto, the | "c a quotes Progressive Conservative |sion earlier this vear but not) | hose inside the Conservative association president’ | Mrs. Munsinger said that) ‘ ngres if arher this 3 | party who have been attempt- ‘night "nuggeeted cut sis Yeadiere lwhen she first met Sevigny she» Contract Is Let tee Sbadue tenor wie vcs eT seaty aint Ot dl e or o ng to remove him from the ‘ship question ‘be put to a test |knew. nothing. of his government | F | ill eeiiy what - es etal a aanaeee. hak amt te eadership. ‘by. the 1,400 “delegates at this |POSt. She was interested in him, | FOF Flour Mi Cee : ae examine the exercise of disere- But some observers believe it |meeting. Other prominent mem. |P0t his. position. T HALEFAX (CP) — Construe- | Mr. Diefenbaker was. inter: |i.) of « prime minister. That will supply just as great’a soue bers of the party ave sup-| Mrs. Munsinger said her only |tion of the Atlantic Provinces’ viewed in Boston, where he and hasn't been done- since the days 0 the pro-Diefenbaker elements [ported this view. plans now are to marry het 'firs flour mill is expected to Mts. Diefenbaker were on oF the Star Chamber.” here immediately follow- OD¢-day visit. He had not ye the

DIEFENBAKERS VISIT PLANTATION

his

tay, Oct, 6:0. report. Most political experts hanging over our marriage.” ‘Dover Mills Ltd., said the bid of |‘handy document,’ I knew what view clear in the past that no . The latest in a Series of chat jhad forecast that the report | She emphasized the case had |$794,000 was the lowest of five to expect,’’ Mr. Diefenbaker is |security was involved in the af- Canada’s former Prime torical landmark to his wife moth Plantation in Plymouth,

lenges. to Mr. Diefenhaker’s would treat the former prime.|not made her dislike Canada or for the mill to be located on the quoted as saying in reference fair and he saw no reason to| Manister John Diefenbaker with the Mayflower If in back- Mass., Friday ay Cenedign> (AP Wirephoted

leadership is shaping wp for the | minister roughly Halifax waterfront. gestures as he points out his ground as they visited Ply-

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