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OTTAWA (CP)——The economic soundness of New Brunswick’s Beechwood hydro project, which recently went into operation on the St. John River, was ques- tioned by , the Liberal l0pposiition in the Commons Wednesday.
Progressive Conservative sup- porters from New Brunswic ar- gued the project is economically sound.
The debate arose on a prelim- inary resolution for a government bill to lend New Brunswick up to $30,000,000 at a maximum inter- est of 4 per cent. The federal loan would be repayable in eight annual instalments.
At one point, there was even the sembl-ance of an invitation by A. Wesley Stuart (L—Charlobte)- to Donald Maclnnis (PC——Cape Breton South) to step outside.
Mr. Stuart, 55, a former fisher- man, told Mr. Maclnnis, 39, one- time Cape Breton coal miner, he was _ready to debate the issue “any time . . . either inside or outside of this House, just let me now and I am ready to pro- ceed.”
QUESTION SOUNDNESS
The soundness of the project was questioned by Mr. Stuart and Jean Lesage (L — Montmagny- l’Islet), former Liberal resources minister who handled past re- quests by New Brunswick for as- sistance.
- _Mr. Lesage said the Liberal 'v1ew_was that the project would hesound only with three prpduc-
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The present project had only two unitsand no water storage rights. This could mean fluctuat- ing output.
He a.sed for government as- surances that Beechwood would be economically sound.
Finance Minister Donald Flem- ing said the loan was intended to help'New Brunswick repay bank loans used for construction. It was designed to surmount a fi- nancial problem, not reduce the cost of power at Beechwood.
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He said Opposition leader St. Laurent, while in power, said the project was sound and that New Brunswick could finance it.
Mr. Fleming said the Progres- sive Conservatives in e v e r ac- cepted the former government's refusal of financial help to New Brunswick.
Mr. Lesage replied that New Brunswick asked tor a loan of close to $90,000,000 at no interest or at a rate of 11/: per cent, re- payable over 66 years.
' Earlier, Trade Minister Church- ill announced Canada will make available $35,000,000 to supply wheat on long-term credit to Colombo Plan countries and $15,- 000,000 as an‘ outright gift of wheat and flour to India." Paki- stan and Ceylon. Fifteen million bushels of wh eat would be shipped to India by early spring.
The Beechwood loan is part of government assistance to power development in the A:t1=a-ntic prov-
ing units and water storage rights upstream, in Maine or Quebec.
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Chief interest in obtaining ther- mal power plants has come from ' New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. But Prime Minister Diefenbaker said today Prince.Edward Island and Newfoundland have asked -that they be covered in the plan. Newfoundland had asked that aid be available for new hydro plants as well.
Mr. Fleming sa-id the loan will be repaid out of revenues from Beechwood power and by long- term bonds of the province or the New Brunswick Electric Power Commission. .
Mr. Lesage sa.-id Prime Minis- -ter Diefenbaker has said loans for power developments would not be available to refund debts. How- ever, this loan would be made only after the project was com- pleted. ‘
Not so, interlected Mr. Flem- ing. New Bru-nswick’s obligations had not yet been funded. '
Soc-i-al Credit" leader Low said if federal funds are to be used ~for'a provincial project, its econ- omies and the ability of the prov- ince to repay must be clearly established.
At times, it was necessary to {help the provinces develop their »re s o u re e s. New Brunswick needed more power if it was to
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TORONTO (CP)—Ronald Hast- ings, newly appointed chairman of the North York education board, said Wednesday more dis- cipline, hard work and more use of corporal punishment are nec- essary in schools to combat the failure record.
Elaborating on a “lash ’em and learn ’em” inaugural speech made Monday night, Mr. Hast- ings said: _
“The only way to improve the standard of education and cut down this rate of failures in high schools is more discipline and more competition‘ in the class- room." _
He said there should be ent- rance examinations for all grades, percentage marks instead of al- phabetical gradings on report cards and homework for all chil- dren above grade-two.
“Also there isn’t enough discip- line in the schools. Corporal pun- ishment should be used——at the discretion of the p r i n c i p al though.”
Mr. Hastings, father of fqur children, said parents’ reaction has been mixed. '
“Some have phoned to congrat- ulate me on my sepech,-” he said. "And the usual number have phoned for the, opposite reason.”
Dulles Sees Summit Talks Pointless Now
WASHINGTON (AP) — State Secretary Dulles told congress- men Wednesday there is no point
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INTERPRETING THE NEWS
U. S. Budget ls Designed To Restore Power Balance
By GEORGE KITCHEN Canadian Press Staff Writer
President Eisenhower’s so called “space age budget," alloca-
ting just under $40,000,000,000 for military spending, is designed to re-establish the U.S. position of strength for the continuing diplo- matic struggle between Washing- ton and Moscow.
The $73,900,000,000 budget, big- gest peacetime outlay in U.S. his- tory, proposed increases of $1,118,- 000,000 in defence expenditures and $1_.000,000,000 in foreign aid. Civilian programs were cut back slightly and tax rates left un- touched.
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YEAR OF FIFTY EIGHT
Across the sky in sonic space The Sputniks spin in flight
To show that man in eager mood Resolved to show his might Against the laws of gravity In ether‘s cosmic race
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moons Revolve in outer space.
Amidst the back-drop of the stars Where suns and planets spin -, . Where sonic barriers dissolve And astral life beings
As man speeds on in -gusto Where the angels fear to trod
In the sparkle of the star dust And the sacred orb of God.
Where Satan hurtled earthward From the throne of love and grace As a Sputnik of rebellion To the abyss of disgrace To confuse confound and chal- lenge _ In a prime considered goal All -the virtues of the spirit And the values of the soul.
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Perhaps the Man of Mercy Who ascended to the Throne Will return from Spaces Yonder To again our sins atone In a flash of light and kindness That will evils mitigate In destruction of the Sputnicks In the year of FIFTY-EIGHT.
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the Russians. /
Both Democratic and Republi- can members of the House of Representatives toreign affairs committee seemed to agree with Dulles after a three-hour secret briefing. .
Committee members gave re- porters a partial fill-in on the testimony.
It apparently was a harmonious meeting. Dulles will appear be- fore -the Senate ioreign relations committee today.
The oft - criticized secretary faced little hostile questioning from either party during his ap- Apearan-ce, those who attended ses- sion said. But he was asked about trouble simmering within the Re-
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placed on modern arms was to counter dismay at the way the US. has lagged behind Russia. The president called for a $3,800,- 000,000 step - up in spending for missile and nuclear‘ weapon re- search and production: '
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There will be criticism over the fact the president, in concentrat- ing on rocketry, decided to cut
back on conventional forces. The‘-
army, which has been whittled down to 15 divisions from 19 in the last two years, is to lose still another. The air force will lose 12 wings, including one in its Strate- gic Air Command. Six warships and one carrier air group will be placed in reserve.
Some military observers feel that since the missiles to be sub- stituted for convention arms won’t be ready for two years, these re- ductions may impair U.S. capac- ity to meet a limited war should one develop in the interim.
Eisenhower appears also to have scrimped on outer space pro- jects. He asked for $340,000,000 for the newly - established advanced research projects agency but half of the money will go into anti- missile projects, not strictly with-'
in the scope or outer space de- velopmenl.
At a time when the Soviet Un- ion is wooing the uncommitted countries with offers of economic aid, the president may have un- derestimated the need for foreign assistance. His $3,940,000,000 for- eign aid program includes only $2,275,000,000 for economic aid and this is almost certain to be the target of economy - minded congressmen. The remainder of the foreign aid bill goes for mil- itary expenditures.
Though his administration has talked of -“sacrifices,” Eisen- hower didn’t quite carry that thought through when it came to cutting domestic programs. His domestic budget of $27,598,000,000 represented a drop of only $319,- 000,000 from current spending. This may be accounted for by the fact Congress faces an election this fall and will be under fire from domestic pressure groups ‘through much of its current ses- sion.
QUEEN NOT ACCEPTABLE
PENANG, Malaya (Reuters)—— Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman said Saturday Malaya’s new currency will not bear a por- trait of the Queen. He said he felt the Queen's picture would not be acceptable to independent Ma- laya.
TO VISIT CANADA LONDON (CP) -— Alfred W.
Hurll, chief ‘executive commis- sioner of the‘Boy Scouts Associ- ation, left London Saturday on a 72-day around-the-world tour that will include a visit to Canada. He expects to be in Ottawa March
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP)- Important political leaders were reported Tuesday to have met in Sumatra and discussed founding a “new Indonesian state” under Mohammed Hatta, W110 has broken with President Sukarno.
The Nationalist party newspa- per Suluh Indonesia hinted the purpose was to set up a national government rivalling the central government of Sukarno. Sukarno now is away on a foreign ‘$0111’-
Hatta, former vice-president in the central government, split with Sukarno more than a year ago. He objected to Sukarno’s policies of taking Communists into the government and instal- ling a vague sort of system called “guided democracy. _
A Sumatran sympathetic Wlth demands for autonomy by the outer islands, Hatta ‘shares with Sukarno the distinction of hav- ing fathered the Indonesian re- public.
Suluh Indonesia said dissident military and political figures met in Padang, capital of central Sumatra, last week.
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