Want Ads. tied ad taker, TELEPHONE asos Buyer meets seller with Gr ardian Dial 8506 ask for classi- f°1' quick results. 16 PAGES be Euoosdimt "Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew” WEATHER V ' Cloudy with a few scattered snowflurries; c old e r; clear intervals and west winds 20. Low-high at Ch’town 25 and 30- Authnrizeo as second Clas:Mafl hy Denartn em. Ottawa the P08! Oflig 4 -A‘ : watch over Algerian ter- .- "'97 3‘ "MP? — Tunisia and , agreed Monday to accept by good offiees of the United States and Britain in the quarrel war the French bombing of 3 Tu- nisian village. Tunis-it. delayed calling. off its ‘protest to the UN Security Coun- oil, but diplomats in London said Britain and the United States are confident Monday's ‘ action‘ has wsrded-olfps public debate when the UN.meets today. The-.two countries will act as g'o-lietiweens in passing messages andjroposals back and forth. They will not be judges or med- iflLlII'S$,‘_ _ . .lis“dImants said the go - be- an appealing to both Tu- France to withdraw complaints to the UN. The West- Iear-=a debate would hesfitonly Russia, whose An- hul; Sobolev in council president tlilslmonth. ‘ The; spokesman for Tunisian Presiknt Habib . Bourguiba said “the-«complaint has not been withdrawn and the ‘proceedings In bllowing their normal 00019;," The French complaint 'hIlf¥i* been withdrawn either. . Ioprrosli DEBATE ‘ Iiokever, London informants word is that seven mem- |)01‘I.cf the 11-member council—— tho utcessary n'umber——are -ready *0 se a debate. A. h raid by 25 planes on the village of 'Sakiet Sidi Yous- Sefxlll days go, in which the Tu- nisian: cla 79 men, women “Id dlildren were killed, resulted in three complaints‘ to the UN. Bomrsuioa asked the council to “k¢”9P a «French “act of aggres- sion against Tunisia. France countered with a de- “E3116 that Algerian rebel opera- tions from Tunisia be looked in- to. The French said the bombing was a defence against Algerian rebels in Tunisia. B°“1'€llIiba said Sunday he had meted Mongi Slim, Tunisian Pearson “OTTAWA (CP)—Lester Pear- 1‘ charged Monday night the a °E3‘ess1ve Conservatives forced becWlnteI‘“ election because they ninam panicky,” fearing their Til3$npetence" ‘would be bared. W81 Liberal leader picked tele- 0°}‘ 35 his medium and Quebec mow); as ‘the audience for his « he 0 1ste_rmg attack so far in elecflmpalgn for the March 31 I-fivettln. He accused the Conserv- W. ,0? having plunged the _11;¢0_ “f1h‘anci:;l c-haos.’t’h ‘ In renc over e French-language television ~ fkvon a live political pro- M1‘. Pearson said voters themselves why an ,, -,‘._'W,iS belng held at this time .gw'm";‘5t°ad. _the Conservative 911}; “1n co - operation ‘ « .erge ca y wit the unemployment.” ° government became - We are having an elec- ment rs fuse the "Tory govern- eial ch rlghtened by the finan- plun 30$ into which it has ‘ S country and because dare to bring down a 13 only one answer to TERMS LACKE1) COURAGE 9 ire havi ' ca ng an electron be- , mgfiegér Conservative party is linemplo by the ev_c1‘-increasing to agefiment and it lacks the “ 9 mg 5309 the situation. tam th having an election he- fimd fie Conservative party was lame it and of being TUNISIAN BORDER wArcrI stun sentinels on the Alger- arder near the bombed vil- f Sékiet Sidi Youasef keep ritory and the French outpost in the background. Tunisia declared France must pull all her troops out of Tunisia before friendly re- funisia, France Accept , U. K. Help In Crisis lations strained by last Satur- day’: bombing, can be restored. (AP Wirephoto) delegate to the UN, to ask the‘ The diplomats said Tunisia and council to examine the whole A1- France might a nnounce jointly gerian rebellion, which b e g a 11 private negotiations are under way and, in accordance with UN more than three years ago. Some diplomats suspected each provisions for settling disputes, party was waiting. for the other would like the debate to be_ ad- to make the first move. journed. Mr.Si. Laurent Announces He Will ‘Not QUEBEC (CP)-—Former Prime Minister St. Laurent ‘has de- clined to seek nomination in Que- bec East riding for the March 31 general election, it was an- nounced Monday. Mr. St. Laurent, 76, has held the seaLsince_.-J942-.In..a~state- . ment read by Senator Jean Marie Dessureault, Quebec East Liberal party organizer, Mr. St. Laurent said uncertain health forced him to make the decision. The former prime minister was not present at the brief press conference. He became prime minister in 1948 and last month was suc- ceeded by Lester Pearson as head of the Liberal party. ‘ In Ottawa, Liberal leader Pear- son said “I regret very much that his condition doesn’t make it pos- sible for him to be candidate in the election.” He added: “I was delighted to learn, however, that he will be able to help us in the campaign in Quebec.” Be Candidate MR. ST. LAURENT rNo Layoffs Of Is Anticipated, MONTREAL (CP) —— Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation an- nounced Monday that there will be no layoffs in the foreseeable future for its 11,000 coal miners in Nova Scotia. Says PC's Panicked obliged to bare its incompetence to this whole country. Mr. Pearson’s statements were included in the text of his address issued to the press before deliv- ery. ‘ - ,1 Joining him on the program was Lionel Chevrier, one-time transport minister and the fed- eral Liberal party’s top man in Quebec. -. Mr. Chevrier suggested the Liberal election pledge of $400,- 000,000 in tax cuts was a far better solution to unemployment than the Conservatives’ national works program. _ Unemployment was found 1n heavily-populated areas, such. as Quebec. But the Conservatives were planning construction in far- off places, such as a $100,000,000 highway in the Yukon vicinity “where there is nobody . . .and therefore no unemployment.” “Do the Conservatives’ intend to force the unemployed of our cities to leave for the far north of our country to find jobs?” he asked. ISSUES PEACE, PROSPERITY Peace and prosperity were the two main issues. The risks of an- other war were great. It could start in such trouble spots as the Middle East or North Africa. Mr. Pearson could help prevent war. The winner of the 1957 Nobel Peace Pri:/.0. said Mr. Clicvricr, *‘nm\= is known around the world as the peace maker, as one of the tow men ulioso influence, at the present time, is great enough to prevent war." N. S. Miners Dosco Says The announcement said Dosco is “banking on an expected up- turn in the general economic cli- mate and an aggressive sales pol- icy” and is “stockpiling coal to ma.intain a high level of employ- ment.” A. C. MacDonald, chairman of Dosco’s management committee, said the company’s mines in Cape Breton, Pictou County and Spring- despite slackening months coal banks." iiiifii ’ .13’. ii‘ifiSn2“§‘§‘fm?.’§3vi? ment in the months ahead,” said Mr. MacDonald. maximum security.” have omy , major layoffs in the mines. hill will continue operations at their present rate of productivity sales a nd mounting inventories. In recent increased productivity “has added substantially to the “The company is aggressively CliARLOT’l‘ETOWN CANADA. TUESDAY,‘ FEBRUARY 18,1958 N. B. Legislature Opens Today FREDERICTON (CP)—-A light volume of legislation by Premier I-I-ugh John Flemming’s Progres- SlVe Conservative government is expected ,at the second st_s ‘on of New‘Brunswick’s 43rd leg-is ature opening here today. ‘ Premier Flemming said Mon- day no firm decision has been made regarding a recess for the March 31 federal election. This would depend “on the progress made in the business of the House." Trade Talks In ‘Montreal Will Open Sept. 15 _ OTTAWA (CP)-The Common- wealth trade and economic con- ference will be held at the new Queen Elizabeth Hotel at Mont- real. starting Sept. 15, it was an- nounced Monday. Sydney Pierce, Montreal-born deputy h gh commissioner at L0I1d0I1. Will be the general secre- tary. _ Finance Minister Donald Flem- mg said preparatory work for the meeting now is “well in hand." "Senior officials from all Com- monwealth countries met in Lon- don from Feb. 11 to 13 to discuss a provisional agenda and to co- ordinate the work under way in the various Commonwealth capi- _ tals. “A further meeting of Common. wealth officials will be ‘held in London early in June to carry forward this task." Reds Refuse To ‘ Return Plane PANMUNJOM, Korea (Tues- day) (AP) —- Communist North Korea rejected Monday a demand by the United Nations command for the return ‘of a South Korean airliner which flew 32 persons to North Konea Sund-ay. ' Communist sp 0 k'e s men at a meeting of the military armist- tice commission secretaniat here said the S o uth Korean govern- ment “must deal directly” with the North Korean regime. South Korea did not sign the armistice suspending the Korean war and has no direct contact with the Red regime. The North Korean radio Sunday nighhadmitted the plane was in North Korea and claimed the in- cident was the result of a defec- tion to the Communists. Aboard were two American pilots and 30 others, mostly Koreans. To Be‘ Honored For Heroic Deed -— A w PORTLAND, Me. (AP) ‘ veteran Canadian tanker captain will be honored for "guiding Port- land's lost pilot boat through Sun—- d-ay’s raging northeaster after a pilot had-‘ died trying to board another tanker. ‘ John D. Toft said the Maine port authority, of which he is a member, will give 3. dinner in.«‘ honor of Capt. Earl A. Muilock of Labave, N.S., who is to retire soon as skipper of the Rincon Hills. ‘Toft credited Muilock with sav- ing the life of Capt. Theodore A. Langzettel, 45, by picking up the 65-foot pilot boat on his radar scope and guiding it to Portland Lightship. Langzettel, left alone aboard the vessel, became lost in the swirling snow and 15 - foot seas while trying to find Capt. Paul L. Litch-field, 52, who was drowned when a dory swamped. Two men with Litchfield in the dory were rescued -by the. Norwegian tanker Siranda. Langzettel brought the lce-en- crusted schooner safely into port early Monday. Report Egyptian Forces ‘S NOT THAN The Atlantic Provinces Econ- 0\II1ll£C: Co-uncih spokesman for business and industry within the region today announced that Central Creameries Ltd.. Char- lottetown had entered into an important working partnership with Cow & Cate. (Canada) Ltd., of Brockville, Ontario. vide the Charlottetown firm, one of the Atlantic Provinces’ larg- est dairy-product companies, with increased marketing and technological . services. APEC said. EXPANDING — Premier A. W. Martheson, to see a development like this which will be of great benefit to the Province.” -He commented that “the Simmonds brothers, John and Per-cy_ managers of Central Creaimeries have done a remarkably good job in ex-. panding the business built up the late J. P. Simmonds." Dr. Frank Mia.cKinnon, Pre- sident of APEC, which has made detailed studies into the agricultural field, said the mer- ger will be of special signifi- cance to farmers on the Island, as Central Creameries now purchases supplies from more than 3,500 Island farmers. “With the technological, mar- keting knowledge and wide re- putation which the older firm brings hrbo this fifty-fifty part- nership, we in APEC feel that Central Creameries will find new and more avenues and ways to expand the important P.E. 15- land dairy products -field," Dr. MacKinnon said. 3 ,, APEC DIRECTOR , John Simmonds, President of Central Ch-eameriets is well known in Maritime business cir- cles and is a Director of APEC. “For almost a year" Mr. Sim- monds stated, “we have worked very successfully with Cow & Geaite (Canada) Limited making their famous . “Farmer's Wife” infant foods according to their high standards. Both companies have found this so advantageous that we have entered into an arrangement by which Cow 8: Gate and the Simmonds’ will have an equal interest in Cen- tral Creameries LZLIIIIJ .1’ SALES ORGANIZATION John R. Anstis, executive vice- Hillside Moved By Explosives MILFORD, N.S. (CP) -— A 380,- 000 - ton chunk of hillside heaved and settled in a spectacular man- made explosion here Monday. The National Gypsum Company used 120,000 pounds of explosives to move the hill. It is believed to be one of the biggest such detonations ever released in this 31363. Soon after the hill crumbled, bulldozers and other equipment moved in and quarrying opera- _ “We are dili- gently pursuing management pol- icies that will gve our employeies The statement said that Dosco coal mining operation-s, as a. key factor in the Nova Scotia econ- consistently main- tained an employment level of more than 11,000 persons for the last year and there have been no . o By THE CANADIAN PRESS A storm that roared out of the Carolinas in-to Eastern Canada snarled traffic, ca"sed at least four deaths, and trapped a. train for six hours in a snow-filled cut" Monday. Southwestern Ontario felt the worst of its fury. With tempera- Replies To. Red Letter stantly mounting want to set the stage for a suc- cessful summit conference. nels to arrange a meeting instead of firing frequent public letters at him. Eisenhower set forth these views in a sternly-worded answer to a letter Bulganin sent two weeks ago. WASHINGTON (AP) — Pres- ident Eisenhower has called on Soviet leaders to halt their “con- accusations” against the United States if they Eisenhower proposed that So- viet P re mler Bulganin work quietly through diplomatic chan- tures in some centres the lowest in 12 years and visibility zero in winds that gustcd to 57-m.i‘l=es-.an- hour, highways filled in and mo- torists abandoned cars. Many rural, schools closed and those that stayed open reported poor attendance. Late Monday the highways de- partment reported southwestern Ontario highways were growing worse. 0 n t a r i 0 Provincial Police warned people not to travel ex- cept in emergencies. A rash of fires accompanied t.l1e storm in Ontario, with To- ronto alone reporting six out- breaks including a $1,000,000 fire that destroyed a hangar and 12 planes at Malton Airport. EXPOSURE KILLS WOMAN RCMP in Winnipeg said a 67- tions continued. Patrick of the Rosser River re- serve, died of exposure Sunday night after several hours in "a stalled car. W-alter Kozak, 67, of Fort Wil- liam apparently froze to death after he fell on his way home Saturday night. Two other traffic deaths in Eastern Canada were attributed to the storm. The snowbound train was CNR No. 178 heading from Southamp- ton on Lake Huron 20 miles west of Owen Sound. south to Palmer- ston. The mixed passenger and freight train with five passengers aboard was stuck for more than six hours before snowplows freed it. A CPR train from Toronto to Owen Sound was delayed when a snowplow, derailed near Orange- ville. -blocked the tracks for three hours. Near Camp Borden, 60 miles north of Toronto, an ambulance carrying a seriously-ill child was stuck for two hours until an RCAF snowplow bucked drifts to clear a road for it. Quebec was also hard-hit by the storm, with Montreal expect- ing 17 inches of snow by Monday year-old woman. Mrs. William night. Nonthem New Brunswick The new agreement will pro-A stated that he was “very happy ' over 30 years by their father- JOHN SIMMONDS 0 President president of Cow 8: Gate (Can- ada) Ltd, said his Company will be contributing the facilities of their new research laboratory, technical advice and the services of their well established Mari- time sales organization. He said- “We have been much impress- ed with the excellent, progres- sive management of Central Creameries, with their staffs and their high quality produc- tion. We are also very optimis- tic about the economic possibil- lities of the Atlantic Provinces." The lpartnership involves .10 change. in corporate identity. John Simmonds will continue as PERCY SIMMONDS ‘Vice President and Secyetary-Treasurer president and his brother, Percy_ as vice-president and secretary-treasurer. John R. Anstis becomes a vice-president and L. V: Gates, director of sales of the Brockville company, also becomes a Founded in 1740 in England, Cow & Gate began business,in Canada in 1933. It markets its products from coast 0 coast un- der brand names such ‘as Far- mer’s Wife, Canadian Maid and Sun Crest, — Central’s products are sold under .Peaifet:it)ion brand. Central Creameries was founded in 1921. _ the area,” KHARTOUM," Sudan (Reuters) Egypt has laid claim to part of the Northern Sudan and Egyp- tian troops are on the way to the area, Sudanese Foreign Min- ister Mohammed Mahgoub said Monday night. The Sudan council of ministers met Monday and “decided firmly to assert their sovereignty over the minister told a press conference. Sudanese P r e In i e 1' Abdullah Khalil tried to telephone Egyptian President Nasser earlier Monday but was able to speak only to the Egyptian interior ministry. Khalil. announced later that Mahgoub would leave for Cairo Tuesday in the hope of seeing Nasser. . . He said Egypt is demanding the surrender of all Sudanese territory north of latitude 22 de- grees before next Friday. Khalil said the area is thought to be rich in mineral deposits. The Egyptian ambassador last week handed a message to the Sudan government saying the Egyptian government intended to conduct a plebiscite in the area to elect the president of the new United Arab Republic of Egypt and Syria and was sending a commission with an armed guard. , Eg-ypt-claimed all areas north of latitiide"~ 22 degrees and was ready to give in return a small area to the south, the foreign minister said. _ The boundaries were'fixed 56 years ago and since, have been administered from Khartoum, the minister said. . When Egypt recog ized the in- dependence of Sudan, the decla- ration said, recognition was for “the Sudan with the present boundaries," he added. lfniearnaiional Red Cross M.-1: . Explained At Meeting A picture of what the Red Cross is doing on the Interna- tinonal level was given last night to those attending the annual din- ner meeting of the Prince Ed- ward Island Division at the Char- lottetown Hotel. The speaker was George Aitken of Winnipeg, chair- man of the Central Council. Chairman Walter R. Shaw said it was the best meeting here in many years. Mr. Aitken discussed some of the political problems one en- counters in an international meet- ing of a non-political organiza- tion as the Red Cross when deal- ing with such humanitarian sub- jects as reunion of families, por- tection of the individual and the control of nuclear weapons. The Council chairman dealt with the International Red Cross Conference held last year in New Belhi. His ta1k.was made in the nature of a fireside chat than an after dinner speech but it held the meeting in rapt attention most of the way. TRIBUTE PAID Tribute was paid to the late Dr. W. J. P. MacMillan, one of the staunchest supporters of Red ‘Cross in this or any other pro- Southwesiern Ontario Is Hard Hit By Snow Storm got heavy snow, but the. southern Mari-times were clear and mild and parts of Newfoundland-—at 39 degrees—w~ere as much as five degrees warmer than northern Florida. REPORT 48 BELOW Northwestern Ontario was the coldest part of the country, but wa.s spared wind and snow, Gra- ham, 80 miles northwest of the Lakehead, reported 48-below tem- peratures early Monday. The Prairies were also colder than normal, with some light snow in southern Saskatchewan and southwestern Manitoba. On the West Coast, rain was reported from Vancouver Island north to Prince Rupert, and tem- peratures climbed to the 40s in the afternoon. The weather forecaster at Mal- ton, Ont., said the storm was “slowly weakening." He said winds a little higher and temper- atures slightly higher could be expected today. Niagara Falls and St. Cath- arines reported drifts as high as 10 feet on city streets. At least 200 cars pulled over to the roadside near Strathroy Sunday night. vince, and a minute of silence was observed to his memory. The financial statement by H. R. Carruthers, honorary treasurer showed an active year with a balance on the right side. Total receipts in the senior division amounted to $50,278. Disburse- ments to local services account- ed for $40,717 with administration just over $10,000. In the junior division receipts of $8,238 and disbursements of $7,295 were re- ported. The receipts included’ 5,500 percent from the Rotary Club and $600 from the Masons of Monta- gu . The disbursements were al- most entirely to help crippled and handicapped children in the province. During the presentation ‘of re- ports, tributes were paid to the directors of various activities in the Red Cross division here. They included Mrs. Evelyn Cud- more in conection with water safety, disaster services and first aid; Miss Verna Darrach director of nursing services, Mrs. Marie Delvin, for Junior Red Cross. All of these were introduced to the meeting as was also Ronnie MacVicar of Charlottetown who told of his experience at a gather- ing in Fredericton. Roy Leard of Mt. Stewart was introduced by F. A. S. Jones who presented his report as provin- cial chairman of Blood Donor Clinics. Spe king as one with personal k owledge of donor benefits, Mr. Leard said he had received 19 pints of blood during a 17-day stay in hospital. It had saved his lift, he emphasized. Miss Beulah Munro was in- troduced by Mrs. E. E. Clawson for her work at the local livision 1n connection with women's work. Warm tributes were paid to Miss Iphigenie Arsenault, pro- v1n-cial commissioner, by many (Continued on page 15 C01. 7)_ Distribute Food To Unemployed BIDDEFORD, Me. (AP) ‘- About 60 persons, mostly women, appeared at city hall Monday as welfare workers distributed sur- plus government food to jobless. The city has 1,400 persons on mu- nicipal relief. Mrs. Annette Gagne, city over- seer of the poor, said more appli- cants for food are expected. Each applicant in the crowded city welfare office was given a chit for staple foods, borrowed from government school lunch program reserve stocks. The amount varied with the number in the applicant's family. Mrs. Gagne said that not all of the food applicants are on re- 1ief- Anyone out of work is eli- siblo. the said. HALIEAX (CP)—'.l‘»he mysteri- ous Plesners—father, ‘wife and son—— sailed from here Monday, bound for Italy via ‘New York on the Italian liner Saturnia. Mr. and Mrs; Joseph Plesner and their son David, ordered de- ported from Canada, arrived here Dec. 28 from Italy. seeking re- entry to Canada. The Sat-u.-rnia docked from Med- iterranean ports at 4 pm. Mon- day. Scheduled to sail at 8 p.m. she left at 8:45 p.m. Mrs. David Plesner, a Cana- dian citizen, did not accompany her husband. She went’ aboard the liner -to say goodbye. The former Toronto car deal- MORE FIVE CENTS March On Northern Sudan WILL EXPAND PRODUCTION Central Creameries Forms Merger With On’rarioFirm Khartoum Reports Egypt Claims Part Of Territory Last Jan. 29 the Egyptian am- bassador presented a.memoran-' dum to the foreign ministry drawing attention to the fact that Sudanese elections were being held in what they alleged to be inhabited by Egyptian subjects.‘ Before a reply was made the Sudan government heard that Egyptian troops were on their way, the foreign minister added. in the Egyptian ambassador Feb. Egyptian ambassador denied the report.- But on Feb. 13 the message was handed by the Egyptian am- bassador to the premier and the Council of Ministers saying Egypt intended to conduct a plebiscite for the president of the new United Arab Republic and was sending a commission with an armed guard. The premier argued that no ducted» there and the area was not‘ represented in the Egyptian chamber. He asked that the ques- general elections Feb. 27. ramp TO CALL NASSER say the commission was on its way, the. premier tried to get in touch with Nasser. , He added that Arabvenvoys in Khartoum and-the Arab League were informedaof Monday's meet- ing of the Sudanese council at Sudan’s interests and sovereignty were taken. (In London, a foreign office spokesman said reports of the Egyptian action were being re- ceived from the British Embassy in Khartoum and further details were awaited.) ~£Ay.steriou;s). Bslesnors...Sail» . From Halifax Italy-Bound last , seven weeks trying to get permission» to stay in this coun- try. They had been known in To- room as Arthur Morris and his nephew Len Jacobs. They disappeared last June, leaving ghehindi a large used car business, their homes and other assets. Nothing was heard of them for six months until they landed in Halifax. NEWSPAPERMAN DIES LONDON (Reuters)—Donald R. 'Spendolve, 63, news editor of Brit- ain’s d o m e 5 ti c news agency, Press Association, died Monday.. Spendlove joined the Press Asso- ciation in 1914 and had been news ers, father and son, spent the editor since 1937. Frost Un TORONTO (CP) — Easy-going pleasantries over 3. buffet lunch- eon Monday cemented the elec- tion campaign 'al1aince between Prime Minister Diefenbaker and the potent political organization of Ontario’s Progressive Conserv- ative Premier Frost. The two men exchanged glow- ing compliments after lunching on lobster, cold meat and salad with Conservative legislature members and the press.’ Both jokingly described the meeting as non-political. But Mr. Diefenbapker expressed his thanks to provincial Conserv- atives for their support in last year’s election which helped put him in office. To Mr. Frost, he said: “Your co-operation, wise counsel and wisdom have meant more to me than I can ever possibly pay an adequate tribute to.” The premier credited Mr. Diet- enbaker’s personality. for “the tremendous things that have hap- pened” since last June. He took pains to explain that although’ he wouldn’t be with Mr. Diefenbaker at an election meeting in Brant- ford later Monday—an important engagement made it impossible—- he would be on election platforms with the prime minister in Ontario later. LAUDS ONTARIO PLAN Mr. Diefenbaker praised the Ontario government’s new policy, announced last week, of paying 70 per cent of the labor cost of hiring persons not receiving un- employment insurance for special municipal projects. “It is the most advanced sug- gestion I’ve heard in any part of the country to meet the unem- Diefenbaker And ited A The prime minister, whose grea.-t - grandfather came from I-Ivolland to Canada around 1815, s aid Conservatives Commons members include persons whose racial origins are Scandinavian, Chinese, Dutch, Italian, German and Ukrainian. He said he has always hoped he "could help build a country of “unhyphenated Canadians.” “‘Don’t say it's just a political appeal—n.othing of the sort. It’: an aspiration, a desire, a neces- Sity.” Premiea Frost. who in the last election backed Mr. Diefenbaker on federal-provincial tax sharing, said that last y.ear “we weren't looking to the future as optimis- tically as we do at the present time.” strengthen the Canadian Confed- eration, and he described the fed- eral government’s recent move to provide special gra.nts to the At- lantic provinces as “a great thing and the proper thing to do." RECALLED LIBERAL STAND This last statement apparently was aimed at Liberal claims that his support of Mr. Diefenbakei gaining special tax-sharing con- cessions from a Conservative government at Ottawa. Last month the federal govern- ment moved to increase the prov- inces’ share of the personal in- come tax field to 13 per cent from 10. In the fiscal year starting March 31 this will mean an addi- tional $62,203,000 to all provinces. Ontario's share of the increase in $22,315,000. On top of that the federal gov- ernment provided for special ploymcnt situation. I hope it will }be adopted generally across the country." grants to the Atlantic provinces totalling $25,000,000 a yea‘ for four year»!- Consequently the premier called I 11 and sought an explanation. The - previous plebiscite’ had been con- I tion bt left until after the Sudan ; The foreign minister said that when the ambassador returned to which decisions to safeguard the, He said his own desire is to , last year was given in hopes of ’ 41