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VOLITXXVI. N0. 32
OPEN FOR PROC
Pritish Market Remains Closed to Potatoes From this Province
Agriculture Minister Andrew lint-Rae said yesoerdaiy that l‘dll‘lll not be exported to the United KillL'dOl'Il. unless federal in- glit‘t‘lol‘s certify that the pota- iots are from areas free from (‘9 rain diseases. l.tiid. yesterday to get clarifi- l.li'nn of a telegram sent to fill“ provincial government by t‘;.ti.-irla House. in which it was :tmcd England is prepared to import potatoes on \an open lic- ctt~c asis.
"England will accept pota- tui-r. front disease-free areas."
American potatoes can-‘
lie telephoned London. Eng-‘
Authorised aa sac
Ottawa. and for payment
ESSED PRODUCTS
the said. “but tltis .does not apply to this province. Ikegulauons governing fdlseases are very strict and at. present we cannot .them. England is particularly. ,worricd about importation of: ’thc Colorado Potato Beetle. "Under our disease control i {program here. we are a-pproach- . ing the time when our potatoesl may qualify for a health cer-‘ tificate which would be ac-;' ceptable to British auohwtlies.‘ if we keep on with our prop. gram. we will soon be qualifiedl to be declared as It disease-free. ‘
live up to;
_ at present._
plant . i cerned. But it will take a con-
‘going over very well and there
and Claas Mail by the Put Office
of poa'aga to at
area. Then we would be in a tprcferred. position as far as the iUnzted Kingdom market is con-
certed effort on the part of growers in thi. province to put us in this position."
Mr. Mac-Rae said the British market is “wide open“ for pro- cessed foods. “‘Frozen French fried potatoes." he said. “are
is a demand for more. There is also a demand for frozen peas and cole crops and Island pro- cessors of these items are now lookzng into the situation."
By JAMES NELSON ii'l‘TAWA tCPl—‘l’he national lt‘il(l(.‘l'5 and spa of Can- ada‘s four main political par- ties- have pinpointed a wide va- riety of issues they expect will form tltc basis of the April fl gcut-ral election campaign. 'l‘hough tllcy vary front party to party. the three basic themes gunning through them appear to .91
I The performance of the gillf‘i'lllllf‘lll and of tile. opposi- tion ill the 25th Parliamcnt.
T The national and interna-
lnc whether the country sltould more to the political right or left, or into or out of closer at- llflllt‘f‘S with other nations.
3, The still unsettled question. which all parties have found morning. of whether Canada should acquire nuclear weap- oils and under what conditions.
lltZI-‘ENDS POLICY
Prime Minister Diefcnbaker stated his views in a vigorous defence of his government in
T‘Gfibst' Trawler Blown Out To Sea
ROSSLARE HARBOR. ire- lanrl (API — The 314~ton Bri- ti~h trawler Achroite put to sea Wednesday without a crew. gale ripped her from her moor- ings. With no steam up the crew could (in nothing and jumped to minty. Thc trawler sailed out of the harbor entrance and van— ished in a storm
Russians Worn
Japan, Germany ’l.0NDON (Reutersi - Russia
a foreign atomic fleet to enter its ports.
ll said Amenican submarines entering Japanese ports w obviously “pave the way into Japan for American nuclear
wrapons." the same time. Paris officials said II. it s s t a has
warned it would consider the nuclear armament of West Ger- many which would oblige Russia to .ikf counter measures.
4 Dr. Phillips Youngest ln Senate
CAPITAL BUREAU ' OF THE GUARDIA I OTTAWA —Dr. Orville Phil- ips becomes the youngest mem- ::r of the Canadian Senate. on hf llmmiutmelit here this week Ti, Prime Miniater Dlefenbakcr.
t‘ Summerside dentist will not , 39 years of age until April ° "1‘5 year.
Hit appointment. which came '3 something or a surprise to "WIN era. was the four In the upper house by Mr. Dtefonbaker in one
Vacanc filled y day.
'8 Reason
13le and a medl~
tional future of Canada. includ-j
Hnllsc. His» smin‘Eh-ah & uould "con one o mediating
“ said Canada needed to reaffirm
“immediate threat" ‘
tilt to wait until a new parliament
, Three Basic Themes Noted; As Likely Election Issues
[with the United States to have. inuclear w a r h e a d s “readily tavailabie in case of need." thus gassuring the nation's security }Wl‘lllf‘ doing nothing to increase [the nuclcar family. i Hc rcjcctcd policies not made ' ‘ and said Canada t
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in Canada. must always speak out agains lprcssurcs fri‘m abroad,
l Mr. Diefcnbker charged the Liberals with “one of the great- est elcction frauds in our h tory“ in crying economic following devaluation of the Ca- . nadian dollar in last year‘s‘ election campaign. and said that ‘country's economy was rolling forward.
He also accuscd the Liberals ‘nf obstructing the government‘s program in Parliament. smear- ling his name and inspiring re- ‘ports of disscusion in the Con- servative cabinet.
lCALLS FOR ACTION
Liberal Loader Pearson. call- ing Wednesday ill a statement "decisive action and firm 5 a id -‘
E =
i for responsible leadership."
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( itir Commons Tuesday in which .Tuesday night the government The surf was still running high he tried to avert defeat in the i had called last year's election in , along the
the nd
{ nuclear arms.
J Canada, he said. was alrcadyl in its final bulletin. the Mi— lowed a place in the over-all
Lcommitted to nuclear arms and ' :should negotiate a more real- llstic defence rolc for Canada.
“We are in favor of doing .away with nuclear weapons. of ldoing away with testing. of do- ‘ing away with all weapons—ofl doing away with war which is: the ultimate immorality." ‘lr ‘ Pearson said. “But we are not] going to take steps now that; will dishonor thc pledges we} have made. until we have a chance to reexamine the basis of defence policy and find a bet- . tet- defence policy . . ."
Before. the major party lead- -ers spoke. Social Crcdit Leader tRobert Thompson. announcing his decision to swing his mem- bers against the government. recited basic party policy and
iAtIontic Storm
'parachutist Major Evgeni An-
1
Thompson has said they mighti
be 'acccptahlc for Canadiant
troops serving under NATO in‘ Europe.
Douglas, New Demo-
cratic Party leader. said: Canada needs a government
|"lllal will so plan the economy,
of tilts nation tltaat the major economic de c i sion 5 affect- ing the. people of Canada will be made by the people of Can- ada themselves. . . .“
He also called for planned economic g r o w t h. increased ‘ welfarc. health and educationt assistance. and “a governmentl which is prepared to pledge! itself to a non-nuclear role fort Canada so that this country can . make its contribution to worldiI p . by strengthening the! United N
ations." . t
Moves Northwo rdi
NAGS HEAD, N.C.
AP) —l
l U.S. southeast Atlan~
fact of a financial crisis. \ tic coast Wednesday night. but alliance as we ' ' M:
la .,~wvas._9alhna»,.thlS-I~~¥efl r. . ' i‘. ‘ ' 0 m'm’o election to avoid a decrsion on storm which eroded beaches ap- pmfegg to believe that so
peared over.
ami weather bureau said indi- cations were that the storm would not worsen through t and improving conditions could be expected thereafter.
The storm drifted slowly northward and was centred 100 miles east of Charleston. S. C.
'Chutist Breaks Ankle On Street
LONDON (Reuters) —— Soviet
pi g
dreyev. ho dropped 15'2' miles last November to set a world frcc-fall record. has broken an ankle in a street fall. the Rus- sian news agency T-ass said
ideep uneasiness
3".”- CHARLO’I‘I‘ETOWN, CANADA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1963.
o' Ammonia 'lVOTIN/G DATE IS APRIL 8
NOT MORE
l‘HAN
FOR ELECTION
OTTAWA lCPl—Key dates and times for the federal gen-
eral election April an- nounced by Prime Minister Diefenbaker:
Feb. 18 (Monday) w Eun-
meration of anticipated 10.- 000 vote begins. ending March ll tMondayl—Nomi- nations close at 2 pm. in 21 large scattered constituencies arch 25 tMondayl—Nomi nations close at 2 pm. in the
‘ Dief Comes Up With Party Ranks Firm
remaining 242 constituencies. two of which return two mem- bers apiece. l
March .10 and April 1 (Sat- } urday and Mondayl—Advance polls open 8 am. to
April S—General a m
. . 7 pm.
All times are local stand-
rd.
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AUCKLAND. N.Z. (AP)- l Fourteen people were killed; and 19 injured today when at busload of Maoris returning from a welcome to Queen Eliza- beth went over a ISO-foot bank. ;
An eyewitness said the bull broke in pieces. t
The bus accident injected a tragic note to the visit of the Queen and Prince Philip whoi arrived Wednesday from Fiji. ;
Anti-US. Campaign Feared
By JACK BEST OTTAWA (CPl —— Theae Is in diplomatic circles here that anti-Amerl~ cattiism may be. whipped up and exploited as an issue in the coming election campaign. i
Highly responsible sources say this could do nothing but harm to the essential interests not only of Canada but of the United States and the Western
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;. NEAKER‘ " “SACRED” lament Hill. At Mr. Diefenbak— er's left is Trade Minister
Hees. The caucus was report- ed to have given resounding
pttmistte‘ - ch an emotional issue will not be al-
Prime Minister Diefenbaker campaign strategy of the four, is deep in conversation prior major parties. 1 to the start Wednesday of the
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support to Mr... Dicfenbaker's leadership of, the Progressive Conservative party. .(CP Wire; photo) ,
Nevertheless a haunting fear Conservative Cancus on Parl- persists that even if this hopel is realized the issue will he in-- jected into the campaign in subtle and devious ways. per- haps primarily at the local level. and thus ecome a po- tent undercurrent.
The fact. that the danger ex-
Over De Gaulle's
lsts at all. n such an acute}
form. is directly attributed to
the us State department‘ By ALAN HARVEY circles. although reluctant RESENTMENT STRONG LONDON (GP) —— Britain's stir up further Anglo-French There still is strong resent“ Stiff upper lip trembled in
ment in official quarters over indignation Wednesday over one that Macmillan. the pionccri the state department release President de Gaulle's latest
just one week ago Wednesday;rep0rted remarks. iconceivably have use (Continued on Page 3 Col. 6) i “Absolutely breathtaking. " As usuat_ the”, was rescnb‘;
her stand on the elements of democracy.
“We must adapt our mcth- ods so that they will fit the con- ditions. so that. that which we re a e to produce will be available to the Canadian peo- ple according to their willing- ness to work. their enterprise and their pioneering spirit." lSTA'I‘ES NUCLEAR POLICY
The Social Credit party is. basically opposed to acquisition 1 iof nuclear weapons. but it.
Becomes
known that a large number of people had expressed Interest in the appointment. including some of the other Island MPS and a number of residents of P.E.I. Dr. Phillips. who won his seat in three elections for the Con. Servntlves. plans to return to the Island at the end of the week. He has signed the neces- sary papers following his lip- pointment but will likely have
assembles before taking h l a Olth. ; RESIDE IN S'SIDI': :
He. plans to continue to reside . in Summerside and will carry! on his dental practice on a part- time basis. He will meet with hla riding executive on his return
- home next. week to make plans
for the holding of a convention to choose a new candidate. Ha. there are several good'
:candtdates who have expressed‘
interest in seeking the nomina- ti
on. Meanwhile, the other th rco Island MP: have all announced they will again be in the field and seeking ire-election to the Commons.
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Announcements. notices . 14 Births. atha . . . . .. 3t.
Classified . . . . . . . . . .. 14. 15
Comics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3
Finance. markets . . . . . .. Is
Eitorials , . . . . . 6 City. Queens .. 5 Kings County .. . 4 Prince County . z Summeralde . . . . . . . .. 3 Sport . . . . . . Io. It Womcns‘ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 8
Mary Pancgooahl flail) of the northern attain depart- ment shows Eskimo prints to Northern Affairs Minister Din-
lwas one comment in Whitehall ment at the French as officials studied accounts of unusual methods 0f What ‘19 Gaune ‘5 supposed ‘0 eating his opinions to the world
president’s
' I Fleming 5 Son‘ '5 Recoverlng 3" Elysee, Palace recepti‘m 'ond-hand reports from French TWSdaY "'th- of parliament with
. member OTTAWA tCPl—Donaid Wat-’ One Statement attributed, to all the possibilities of misquo- SOII Fleming. 20-year-0ld son at de Gauuefluoud Pnnle Mm}5' tation and misinterpretation. the justice minister. was ' - tel‘ Macmillan 35 havmg Sflldi One sample quotation from moving slowly Wednesday from in talk? With d9 (Paulie at the Elysee Palace was that gunshot wound in the chest, Rambouilict. that Britain and Macmillan had induced the
hospital authorities said, France should try to associate British press to compare de He was wounded by a shotgun their nuclear forces in a uro- ‘Gauue with Hitler.
blast at a home in nearby South lpean framework. independent ‘ .
Hull. Que. last weekend. iof America . PARIS (Reutersl —~ Prcsl- Police were waiting to inter-i The rds “independent of’dent de Gaulle was sharply
View him in connection with the lAmcrica" caused baffled incre- 'criticized by th e influential
incident. dulity in British circles. Official newspaper Le Monde for re-
British Show Indigna’rion
to i marks
communt. .press
have said to French deputies at _through the medium of sec.t
Remarks
about B r i t ish Prime lMinister Macmillan reported in
animosity. said the phrase waslthc French press Wednesday.
Le Monde's a t t a c. k was
of interdependence. could notipn-Med prim. m the issuing 011
'a de Gaulle communique warns} ing the public not to believe all;
lthey read about him in that ‘ — particularly contro~l .versial quotations. 3
Le Monde diplomatic corms-4 ‘pondcnt Andre Fontainc wrote: i l " hen he tde Gaullci ac-i icuses the British prime minis- ‘ter av' him:
l’compared to Hitlcr by his press, .he is indulging in a gratuitous! lslandcr as gratuitous as that of; ‘the British newspapers who insulted him. i
"He (dc. Gaitllcl cannot be iunaware that if there is one icountry where the press is free. land where outrage is discour-‘ ‘nged it is England.
csxriwo GIRL tiuouoneo
tawa'werc guests at a party will have for In Mr. Dlnsdale home ta hoa-
Ghana shortly at a cultural exchange visit. About 3'6 Eskimbs living in Ot- or of Miss Panegoosha, v» (GP WW)
adale and Mr. and Mrs. HA. A. Ankrah of the Ghanaian embassy. Wednesday night.
iLoke Freezes
lFirst Time 1...
.Since 1880 t
l LONDON (Routersl -- N
cw hiizzards. frost and floods icreated havoc in Europe ch-i ‘ncsday. The seven-week cold wavc frozc Switzerland's hit:- gcst strctch of water. Lake '(Tonstancc. for the first timc since 1880 lo Britain. the big frcczc brokc another record when wcathcrmen announced that snow has been on the ground in southwest England for 43
days, This was one day longer
In 1946-47. the previous worst iw'inter of the century. the weather office said.
The government of Northern lrcland. fnccd with the worst weather conditions in rricmory. introduced emergency mcas- urcs.
Edinburgh was completely is- olatcd. with all main roads in and out of the city choked with snowdrifts.
On the contincnl. a huge l mass 0 ice six fch thick t blocked the entire Hungarian
lstretch of the Danube and was ‘expected to reach Vienna next lweek. It was growth; by six mile! a day.
.“House of minorities" was dis-
;of the Canadian people.“
.iaatl
Itucncy in British
.mcnt's press release a chk scrvativcs.
W E A T H E R Overcast. snow beginning in afternoon; mild. light winds. Low-high 15 and 25.
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Smiling
Caucus Gives Full Support
By ALAN DONNELLY i NDP Leader Douglas 'haa
OTTAWA rapt—parliament's‘lndicaled he'll campaign troneg for a non-nuclear rota or
If Canadian defence. solved Wednesday for an elec-‘ The pre _ election tens,” tion on Monday. April iheiglttened Tuesday with re-
Prime Minister Diefenbaker. i ports a group of cabinet minis with party ranks closed behind ; ters had met to ask Mr. Diefen- his leadership. rode through a ‘lbaker to yield the party leader- snowstorm to obtain Governor-1 ship to someone else. General Vanier's approval forl One informed source dissolution of the 25th Parlia-that at Wednesday's Conserva- ment elected only last June 18. :tive caucus meeting the prime
It will be the fourth election ‘minister asked and got.
for. in six .years and. like the 19533 ‘ individual pledges of loyalty
campaign. will be fought in from each cabinet minister. :wilnter. ' Repeated cheering was heard ‘ Ml‘. D19fcnbaker came UP by reporters outside the. closed-
smiling Wednesday after Tues-.doors meeting. Cabinet minis- day night's two non-confidence1ters emerged with declarations votes in the Commons in which ‘ that the party and cabinet are the three opposition p a r t i e s . united. '
united to topple his minorty . ' Progressive Conservative gov- STORY UNPOUNDED ernment. Said rade Minister Hees. : He attended a s h 0 II t i n g. report Of an internal cheering two-hour caucu5 meet. cabinet revolt. said. was.
“one of the most unfounded and
members. held . I _ s’rng stories heard in a long
mg
following persistent reports that am" a group within the cabinet. had me challenged his leadership.
c said afterwards he had (391‘: been given “the most over- i and. We whelming support Itatl have families-l ‘ ~ I ’ ever received in an my years of. The prtmc minister said little politics," as he left the caucus meeting.
Liberal Leader Pearson said Commons S it c a k c r Marcel he was happy the date had been Lambert stopped him in the hall nd said he was prepared to
the Commons at 2:30 pm.
Said Transport Minister Bal- “We are a large family argue as in all large
lxed. “We hope that the, result will meet
the dean- cut and that, the Lib. as. usual. .Mr. Diefenbaker re» leral party will win the support Diledi- ThlS
time I doubt whether the preparation will. be necessary. ' [SETS CAMPAIGN MOVING The prime minister held a i Mr. Pearson's campaibn kick- hl‘lef cabinet meeting. then left ‘off will be Monday night in a in an army staff car to call on lspeech to the Liberal party's‘Governor - General Vanier at onal‘ cbfincil‘ mc'etiing ht‘zre. l‘Gnvcrnmcnt House. ere was no indication wten‘ HP “I.in at 12:59 Dim“ l33...Thaliamlliiélbfiiiu3"" i““”‘..“".”‘. “W?” 52‘" 3°“ ‘ . . -- ' iac: 0 see it. an- Soclal Credit Leader Robert “gerde at 1.13 pm. gfgenclyssogi toclgosgcglifiggtermf with the news that Parliamlent ’5 ' ‘ ‘ W'. '.solvcd for the A rt 8 paigning to begin in four weeks. ielzzfig: p New Democratic Leader T. C. T . _' .. t h Douglas travels next week toi 0 mm] “5 ""‘Tf‘m‘s'. e Burnaby_c°quitlam comm i said there would he no cabinet Columbia changes as such .but there are Chief Electoral Officer Nelson ‘ fin? :Yifi‘éznfiles m me cabinet Castonguay quickly put the B: said 3.] ca“ election machinery in motton. H m 5“... ho“, A week - long enumeration of “Emimmpn‘s were ioprge m10,000,000 voters starts hm quickly and firmly ‘ at this statement contain Observe” “3‘99” ‘3 hmy'mm no implication of further resig lFSlOd campaign “’"h “‘9 P33" nations from the cabinet.
2'. In
tell
ties fighting strongly to wm
majority control in the next FOUR VACANCIES Parliament. t dissolution. there were it Last June's election ended CONSPTVMWP member! 1" u‘
the record majority won in 1958 Comm‘lnst 99 Liberals‘ 30 500131 by the Diefenbaker government Creditors and 19 ND? men!- and left the prime minister with Per-Q. The” were {our V8083.
tenuous minority position F195 _m “‘4’- 255-59.“ House. which depended for support, in including two vacanctes created most vote tests. on either the TUCSda)’ by “19 appolntment of
Social Credit m. New Demo. Conscrvativcsmne as Huts!- cratic groups. ant-governor of Saskatchewan.
the other as a senator. MOMENTUM BUILDS In an ilth-hour move. Mr.
The beginning of the end Dict'cnhakcr appointed four new came last week with the Com- Conservative Senators Tuesday. mons dispute over nuclear pol- leaving only three vacancies in icy. The momentum of events the rumor chamber. The Senate built upathe US. state dcpart- now has 59 Liberals. 37 Cone ’ two independents ago criticizing government pol- and one independent - Liberal. icy: Monday‘s resignation of When he came to power in 1957. Defence Minister Harkness over there were only five Conserve an "il‘rcci-iciliihlc” noiicy tiif- tiycs ill the 102-seat Upper fercnce with Mr. Dicfenbakcr. House.
T e nuclear question will he The \pril it election comes one of the campaign's main only 294 days after last year's issues. with the government clccliounnr'tching to the day asserting its "madc-iin-Canada" the period between the 1957 ahd policies and the Liberals accus- 1958 clcctions. They are the the government of indeci- hricfcst bctwccnclection inter-
sion and confusion. vals since Confederation.
Politicians Make Ready
1 l1 S I For Li e, Dth trugg e
y KEN KELLY Quebec is a key area for OTTAWA ‘CP‘r—Tllf‘ politi. iltcm a: it is for the Social cians gilded themselves ch- (‘rcdit party which Won 26 seats ncsday night for a life-and. in Quchcc where they ltcld none death clcction struggle. bctorc. For Ihc Liberals. Que- Lcadcrs and parties all an. hrc moans rccoup' l.
pcared to be under the gun in loss-cs and for Social Credit. it
several important ways. They mcans proving the Quebec rise got into thc campaign from a was more than a flash in the Parliament which ccncratrd pan
The New Democrats will be aiming to show that winning It seats last June was only a start no bigger things for a party which arose in its present form less than a ycar before its clcrtion.
Tltc lcadcrs too must pva themscivcs ancw
Mr. Dictrnb“ or will be ex period by his party to slim that he can revive the electtol magic that Int to thc Conserva- tivcs' 1938 victory and n recon
considcreblc bitterness.
For the Progressive Conscr'v- ativcs. the. April it election means more titan just asking for a majority to continue the term in office that began in .Iunc. l957.
The caucus of Conscrvat‘vc
P and senators Wednesday showed titcy are prepared to present a united front against rumors of cabinet disscnsion and thc cffects of the resigna- tion of former Defence Minister iHarkness. majority of seats in Parliament.
The Liberals. boring steadily Liberal Leader Pearson lead: lat toppling the government and his party into combat for tht lforcing a new election since third time and his future may tlast June. want more than just depend on success.
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