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     V Every ‘fair-minded citizen of the "Atlantic 
     
     Provinces will agree that the Diefenbaker Gov- 
     
     ernment has done more for the people of this area 
     
     than any government has done since Confedera- 
     
     tion in a comparable period. G 0 
     
    
   
   
    
     The independent press of the Maritime Prov- 
     
     lnces have had this to say about the progressive 
     
     policies of the Diefenbaker Government. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Daily Gleaner, Fredericton, For our 
     
     part, we believe that we represent the very great 
     
     majority of the people of this province in ac- 
     
     cepting gratefully and joyously these first earn- 
     
     ests of the Federal Government’s determination 
     
     to carry out its pledges to raise the standard of 
     
     life in the Atlantic Provinces and to make them 
     
     fairly comparable with those existingelsewhere. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Charlottetown Guardian. It’s been a long 
     
     time since Canada had a. more active government 
     
     or one Whichpbelieved more strongly in following 
     
     up promises with deeds. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Moncton Times. That the governing" 
     
     authority in Ottawa has shown full realization of 
     
     the not-sowrobust economic position of the Mari- 
     
     times by initiating with alacrity first-phase, con- 
     
     crete action designed to eventually remedy the 
     
     situation, is a most encouraging forward step to- 
     
     wards attaining the real highway to progressand, 
     
     more prosperous times. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Daily Gleaner, Fredericton. ' By his 
     
     measures in support of the Maritime economy, 
     
     Mr. Diefenbaker has given evidence of his inten- 
     
     tions. He has already carried out his election 
     
     pledges to provide electric power and transmission 
     
     with an initial expenditure of $25 million; he has 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘ financed Beechwood with a. loan of $30 million; 
     
    
   
   
    
     he has provided a scheme of increased‘ coal sub- 
     
     sidies at an estimated $1,700,000 a year; and he 
     
     has revised the tax-rental agreement on an in- 
     
     terim basis to give New Brunswick a further $10‘ 
     
     million a year. Bold measures; these. Now he 
     
     seeks a new mandate to enable him toreorganize 
     
     the economic potential of the poorer provinces on 
     
     a permanent basis. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Govermnents in the past have been accused 
     
     of unduly postponing important decisions and 
     
     actions and using protracted conferences to that 
     
     end. We have now a government which evidently 
     
     prefers action to talk. 0 
     
    
   
   
    
     Halifax Chronicle Herald. The list of meas- 
     
     ures adopted by the government since last June 
     
     which have brought extra benefits tolthese prov- 
     
     inces is not a short one. Over many years, this 
     
     newspaper has regarded John Diefenbaker as a_ 
     
     parliamentarian with special understanding of 
     
     and sympathy for the problems of the Maritimes 
     
     and we have said so repeatedly in these columns. 
     
     As a member ‘of the Opposition in Ottawa, he 
     
     spoke strongly on our behalf. As Prime Minister 
     
     of Canada, and in a position to act, his deeds have 
     
     been fully consistent with his words of the past. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
       
     
         
     
        
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
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