l 1. TELEPHONE 3506 Buyer Wa .-it meets Ads. _seller Dial 8506 ask for classi- with G1: ardian fiunrotion WEATHER Cloudy with showers; continuing very .. ,. . ild; thl ‘d 15. Lo-highat tied M1 taker, for quick results. glham.1:t(;gto;,ll'ly48W:1; 35_ W “Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew” ,2 PAGES ............ .. "" "°" °“*°- CHARLOTTETOWN CANADA. TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1958 "°i,,§§“ FIVE CENTS LITTLE TIMMY (Montigney) thanks Rotary for successful Easter Seal campaign on behalf of Crippled Children at Luncheon meeting yesterday. Bob Parent, President Charlottetown Rotary, Mrs. Montigney, Brian Cudmore campaign chairman. Easter Seal Campaign A Meets Splendid Response ‘The ever prevalent generosity of ,the people _of this province was again responsible for the un- qualified success of the Easter seal campaign conducted by the Charlottetown Rotary Club on behalf of crippled children," committee chairman Brian Cud- more told Rotarians in his re- port at .the weekly luncheon meeting held at the Charlotte- town Hotel yesterday. In anouncing that $5,552.35 had been collected from the sale of Easter seals, Mr. Cudmore stres- sed the co-operation received from the press and radio and many business firms in the dis- tribution of advertising ~da-ta throughout the province result- ing in an increase of more than a thousand dollars in response to the sales effort over last year. “I-t is worthy of note and even stress that there is very little administrative cost in connect- ion with this fund, which makes it a “-trust” for the Charlotte- town Rotary Club of the highest significance.” A vote of thanks was tendered Mr. Cudmore and his associates for the zeal with which their pur- (Continued on page 5 Col. 3 1 New Date Set For Plebiscite The civic by-election in Ward Six, and the plebiscite regarding the status of the Commissioners of Sewers and Water Supply will not be held until May 21, Mayor Edwin C. Johnstone announced at the special session of City Council held last night. »Deferment until this date was made necessary by statutory re- quirements resulting from the fact that the amending legis- lation will“~not~appear in the Roy- al Gazeette until Saturday of this week, His Worship said. PARIS SPRUCES UP PAR-IS (AP) — Paris started giving much - needed baths to some 300 of its statues Monday as part of a big effort to make thisthe cleanest city in the world. Po’ratoGrowersTake Steps To Form An Association Potato growerswln. Prince Ed- ward Island are to have a brand new organization, the name of which is yet to be decided. A nominating committee was ap- pointed at a largely attended meeting held in Charlottetown last night and this committee will report to a further meeting with certain recommendations, includ- ting a slate of provisional direc- OTS. There was a prevalentfeellng in the meeting that dealers should not be included in the membership of the organization and on more than one occasion a name submitted to act on a committee was questioned. GOOD ORDER ‘ In spite of many stormy meet- ings that have taken place in the past, last night’s meeting was orderly with free and interrupted Get $1,200 From Wholesale Firm LANCASTER, N.B. (OP) Thieves chopped their way into the premises of Atlantic Whole- salers Limited here Sunday night or early today and stole $1,200 cash from the office safe. Police said safecrac-kers cl_101P- ped a hole in the roof to get into the building and then battered open the rear of the safe. At the opening session of expression of opinion. Hon. Eugene Cullen opened the meeting and later relinquished the chair to Lincoln Dewar, Sec- retary of the Federation of Agri- culture. On motion from ‘the floor Mr. Cullen was appointed platform secretary and willing- ly accepted this duty. It was agreed in principle that the new organization would adopt the by—laws and constitu- tion of the present Producers As- sociation and that it would fol- low the recommendations of the Federation potato committee. These recommendations were: 1. That the Federation urge the closing out and surrender of the charters of such organizations as have become inactive. 2. Promote the amalgamation of existing organizations into one province- wide organization under the name constitute and by-laws of the Potato Producens Associa- tion, or as it may seem fit to amend them. 3. All matters of policy in the industry such ‘as the setting up of ‘marketing boards under legislation should be decided by the pro- posed organlzation. 4. That they take the lead‘ in trying to remove the antipathles, anlmosltles and prejudices which have hitherto hindered such a move. COMMITTEE NAMED On motion of R. A. Profitt, Freetown it was agreed to name the nine members of the Feder- the Life Membership was conferred _ , . - en rominent in sixty-first annual meeting of the upon “V9 wom P l’1'in('c F.d\\ar(l Island Di0C?S3n Board of (he Vl'oman’.I A1Ix1llaF)'- Anglican Church work. The cere- mom, was carried out by the Lord the Lord Bishop. From left to Harold Pickard. LIFE MEMBERSHIPS CONERRE ‘ Bishop of Nova Scotia, Right Rev. right: Mrs. George DeBl0iS, M155 R.H. Waterman, B.A., D.D. The Louise Hazard, MISS Helen Wake- ation Committee to bring in a provisional board of directors and that these men to report to a fu- ture meeting to be held before the 30th of June at which time the present marketing board goes out of existence. In support of his motion Mr. Profitt said this matter should not be rushed into when so many important issues were at stake. Reginald Smith of Emerald ob- jected to the Federation commit- tee acting as a nominating com- mittee. He suggested that the nominating committee be named from the floor of the meeting. His amendment was defeated. P_ROMISED C0-OPERATION Hon. Mr. Cullen was call- ed upon on several occasions to offer his opinion on matters of Department "policy, said he hop- ed the committee would come back with certain other recom- mendations as to organization and name. He assured the grow- ers that the Department of Agri- culture would be happy to co- operate in calling meetings, pay- ing for advertising and provid- ing a building for such a meeting or meetings in the future. Members of the nominating committee are: E. Aitken, Bay Fortune; Raymond MacNeill, 0’- Leary; Frank Jardine, Wilmot Valley; J. Haslam, Springfield; W. MacDonald, Brudenell; John (Continued on page 1-1 col. 5) recipients are shown above with Bidault Will Seek Assembly Vote Thursday PARllS (AP) —Georges Bid-ault, who wants France to get tougher in Algeria, said Monday night he hopes to go before the National Assembly Thursday to seel. con- firmation as premier of France’s 25th post-war cabinet. But he faces the problem of lining up support in his own party. Bidaul-1: talked in his hotel room Monday with a number of individual politicians but no party delegations. His own party, the Mouvenient Republricain Popu- laire, (MRP), has schedu‘ed a meeting to d ay to decide its course. Most of the MRP opposes Bi- dault because of his tough views on how France should handle the rebellion in Algeria. But Bid-ault seems to hold favor—4beca.u-se of these views-—with the Conserva- - tive independents, the de Gaullist Social Republicans, the extreme right-wing Poujad-ists and some radical splinter groups. These groups have about 175 votes in the 595-seat assembly. SAID "TAYLOR", MEANT ”BURNS" Finance inister Blasts The entire administration of the two schools sewing residents of the City's new Ward Six will re- main in the hands of the present Board of School Trustees of the former Village until June 30, the end of the present school year. Police protection will be extend- ed to the new area immediately, Gov.-General To Be Here 0'I'1‘AWA (CP) Governor- General Massey plans a tour in the Maritime provinces in May during which he will attend the Dominion Drama Festival at Hal- ifax, it was 1 e a r n e d Monday night. He is to leave Ottawa by train at 6 pm. EST Monday, May 12 after he opens Parliament. He re- turns May 21. Details of his itinerary were unavailable Monday night. A Gov- ernment Ho u s e announcement was expected shortly. It was known, however, that he would visit the following points: In New Brunswick: Edmund- ston, Perth, Woodstock. In Nova Scotia: /Pictoru, Oxford Junction, Halifax. In Prince Edward Island: Sum- Princess Goes On Private Picnic (Reuters) — Princess Margaret Monday slipped secretly away from here in a fast launch to a secluded private beach on an is- land five miles away. The princess, who arrived Sun- day for an 18-day tour of the new West Indies federation, left the white limestone residence of Gov- ernor—General Lord Hailes this morning and drove to the harbor. While officials insisted that the Princess was indoors “resting,” a fast launch whis-ked her away In May merside, ‘Charlottetown. The trip was to be made by train except for the Pictou-C;har- lottetown sea j o u r n e y which would be by a naval ship. Prime Minister Ancl Cabinet Of Malta Resign VALLETTA, Malta (Reuters) —Prime Minister Dom Mintoflf and his cabinet resigned Monday night, saying they “no longer want to remain responsible for public peace and order" in this British colony. The resignation followed the breakdown of talks with Britain aimed at integrating the island with the mother country or grant- ing it complete independence. Mintotllf said in a broadcast an- nouncing his resignation that the 315,000 islanders “now have the chance to prove to the world that they have grown into a‘ nation." Mintoflf’_s resignation to Gov- ernor Sir Robert Laycock was accoonp a n 1 ed by a statement from the 23 Labor members of the 40-sea-t Maltese panliament saying they would not support anything but :1 Labor govern- ment. ‘ Minttotff visited the Governor's palace to hand in his resignation. Crowds demonstrating outside the palace shouted “We want and assistance with fires will be available if required. These major decisions were reached at a special session of the City Council held last night and attended by former Village Comissioners Howard Douglas. Willard Burke, Eldon MacLean, Arthur Grant, and Lloyd Mac- Nevin, together with a number of civic and area department heads These included Dr. R.G. Lea. chairman of the City School Board; Mr. K.A. Parker, Super- intendent of City Schools; Mrs. Spring Park Board of School Trustees, Fire Chief H.H. Jewell, City Works foreman, R. Crockett, and Chief of Police C.W. Mac- Arthur. In addition it was decided to defer the building of permanent streets and sidewalks until at least a portion of the permanent water and sewerage mains were in position; to take over the Vil- lage light bill as at the 1st of May; and to commence immedi- ately the preparation of supplem- entary tax assessment lists. A distinct possibility that next term upper grade pupils now at- tending the new High School in Spring Park will be required to register with one of two City High Schools was noted by Dr. Lea." He said that this matter had received favorable support in un- official talks held between the City School Board and the spring Park Trustees. In this case the old school would be abandoned and the primary stu- dents would all go to the new school, he said. NON-RESIDENT STUDENTS Asked by Mrs. Norrie to clarify the status of approximately 13 non-resident families, whose child- ren have been attending Spring Park school, Mr. Parker said that the disposition of the Spring Park pupils utter June 30 was the “sole responsibility” of the Min- ister of Education. “He can decide whether they attend Wiusloe school, West Roy- alty -school, or continue their as- sociation with Spring Park schools,” the Superintendent stat- to the tropical Caribbean isle of‘ Mintofif” and “Give us back our ed Huevos for a picnic party. freedom.” "'In this beautiful new school 49 Killed When U.S. Jet Ancl DC7 Airliner Collide LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) —— An eastbound airliner with 47 aboard and a U.S. Air Force jet on an in- strument tradininug flight collided four miles high near this gambl- ing resort Monday. Allll aboard the four - engine United Air Lines DC-7 and the two men in the supersonic F-100F fighter-(bornber were killed. Thousands in this southern Ne- vada town saw the death’ dive of the big transport, which exploded in the clear sky a-t the moment of ford, Mrs. W.R. Jenkins. M1'5~ impact, staggered through one big curve, then crashed in the sun- baked foothills 91/: miles south- west of Las Vegas. 2 The jet plane plunged to earth three miles away. The transport hit within 10 miles of the spot where actress Carole Lombard and 21 others died in a 1942 plane crash. WATCHED CRASH A Las Vegas resident, Jeff Mc- Coll Sr., said he was watching the big New York - bound airliner, which had ta-ken off an hour earl- ier from Los Angeles, as it sped through the cloudless skies at 21,- 000 feet. ‘‘I didn’t see the jet,” he said, “but all of a sudden there was an explosion and one wing of the DC-7 burst into flames. The pl-ane made a spiral and then came down in a steep dive. As it fell thcvfla-Ines spread back along the fuselage.” The airliner exploded when it hit the ground, scattering wreck- age for three-quarters of a mile and sending up a black plume of smoke visible from Las Vegas. Crews reports from the scene that bodies were badly burned and shattered and that identification would be a slow, painful process. The passenger list did not include any Canadians. DUAL-CONTROL TRAINER The air force plane, a d-ual-con- trol trainer with a student pilot in the rear seat and an experienced flier in front, had been operating at 27,000 feet just before the crash. Col. Bruce Hinton, in charge of the pilot training group at Nellis Air Base, said it could not be de- termined which man Was flying -the plane, but that on a normal instrument training mission the student pilot, flying on instru- ments in a hooded cockpit, would be in control. “What this plane was supposed to be doing,” he said, “was prac- tising instrument training in clear weather. The guy in front is out from under the food, and one in back is under the hood. “The pilot was given permis- sion to descend on a routine pene- tration (following radio signals from the ground). He was told to go ahead. We don't know what happened then». Nellis base reported its com- munication centre picked up the cry, “Mayday”—t-he avi~ator’s dis- tress ca-ll, just after the collision. The bodies of all 47 aboard the airliner and the two air force pilots were found in the wreckage of the two planes. Earle C. Norrie, secretary of the‘ Settle School, Police, Fire Services For Ward 6 the City will acquire a positive asset ,” Dr. Lea observed, adding ._ that it was “a credit to the peo- ale of Spring Park." Dr. Lea expressed the thought that it would be good “public re- ations” to consider filling the iext school Board vacancy with a , 'esiden=t of the new Ward. l At the suggestion of Councillor = Gaudet it was decided to instruct I the City Clerk to write to the Pro- j vincial Government suggesting I that -the Executive Council con- sider the appointment of a Spring Park resident when the next 1 School Board vacancy occurs. “We can also consider similar action,” the Mayor noted adding that in such matters the new Ward should have strong repre- sentation particularly in the first year or two. . “In the meantime the Board will be quite happy to have rep- resentatives of this area attend our Board metings”, Dr. Lea said “They would have no official sta- tus, could not vote, but would ‘a watching brief’,” the Board Chairman added. Repayment of the Village funded debt was guaranteed by the amalgamation By-law His Worship noted. This included the present debt on the new school, and were matters that would have to be thrashed out by the City Clerk and Auditor, he ad- ded.- With outstanding taxes of ap- proximately $7,000 and an aver- age monthly expenditure of $1,-‘ 500, Mrs‘ Norrie saw no problem in meeting school expenditure to the end of the current year. N0 NEW STREETS only ordinary maintenance (Continued on page 11cc]. 4) PEI Premier For Statement Premier Passes Buck To Guardian Reporter OTTAWA (CP)—-Finance Min- ister Fleming Monday made public a letter to Premier Alex- ander Matheson of Prince Ed- ward Island dated April 18, de- pl.oring a “completely unfounded attack” he said Mr. Matheson had made upon Deputy Finance Minister K. W. Taylor. Mr. Fleming ,said the /, Island Province’s premier had been re- ported as saying in the provincial legislature that Mr. Taylor had suggested last December that P.E.I.’s share in projected At- lantic provinces’ federal grants should not exceed $1,700,000, add- ing “that is more than they de- serve.” The fin-ance minister said Mr. Matheson also is reported as commenting upon Mr. Taylor's alleged statement. The premier’s alleged comment was: “I hope the new prime minis- ter tell these fellows where they should go, and I am sure everyone in this house tonight would not be long suggesting that place.” Mr. Fleming denied that Mr. Taylor made either the state- ment attributed to him, “or any statement which could possibly be interpreted in such sense.” FOUND IN PAPER The finance minister said his attention had been drawn to Charlottetown Guardian news col- umns of April 12 and an edito- rial in the same daily newspaper carried April 14. “I must deplore the completely unfounded at'tac-k which you have made against the deputy minister of this department if you have been correctly quoted in The Guardian,” he wrote. The alleged remark was said to have been made during a fed- eral ,- provincial conference at 1'”; December of senior ofificials~’wiirking out a formula —The Soviet Union, smar-ting un- der a Western counter - blast, withdrew Monday night in the United Nations Security Council her charge that the United States is threatening world peace with nuclear-armed bomber flights in the Arctic.‘ After a council debate that dragged on more than six hours, Soviet delegate Arkadry Sobolev apparently decided it a more face-saying move to withdraw his anti-American motion than to hazue the council vote it down all- most solidly. I-Iris excuse was that -the U.;S. delegate, axs April coun- cil president, hlad steamrollered it toward a vote. The best prospect as the long debate wore on had been that Russia would line up only neutral Sweden to vote for her motion condemning the U.S. flights. All the others on the ll-(member Se- curity Council had lined up with the US. during the course of the speeches. Reds w“ Charge ln U.N. - UiNlI'I'vE[D NIAIDIONIS, N.Y. (CP) . All agreed with the American contention that the flights are necessary for defensive training against possible Soviet aggres- sion; most also questioned Rus- sia’«s action in bringing the issue before the ‘UN at a time when the big powers are talking of a summit conference. And the Western powers also assailed Russia for its stalili-ng on the disarmairnent question, and called on Moscow to re-enter negotiations on this crrwc-ial issue within the UN framework. Sobolev earlier this evening had attempted to have the debate adjourned to a later date to give time to prepare a reply to the Western speeches, but this was voted down 6 to 2 with three a)bs.tentions and indicated what the final result would be. I-IUMOROUS CLERIC Laurence Sterne, the English humorist who died in 1768, was a clergyman in Yorkshire. on the basis of which the federal grants would be distributed. The conference subsequently agreed that the formula would be 30-30-30-10 among Nova Scotia. New Brunswick, Newfou~ndl~and and Prince Edward Island. DID NOT DISCUSS GRANT “This meeting of otficials,” Mr. Fleming wrote, "was not author- ized to discuss, nor did it discuss. I the amount of the special grant.” “Its sole function was to dis- cuss, and, if possible, reach agreement on a formula of dis- tribution between the four prov- inces." ' Mr. Taylor was chairman at ant -that at the conclusion of the conference the thanks of th: rep- resentatives of the four Atlantic provinces were warmly tendered to Mr. Taylor for the manner in which he had conducted the meet- ings as chairman,” M-r. Fleming wrote. “In the light of the publicity this letter public,” he concluded. PREMIER INTERVIEWED Premier Matheson said in a telephone interview in Charlotte- town Monday that he has re- ceived Mr. Fleming‘s “childish letter” and will reply to the fi- nance minister “to tell him a few things.” Mr. Matheson said he was mis- quoted in a speech he made in the Island Legislature April 11. He said he didn’t bother to cor- rect the misquotation because ‘‘I wouldn’t have time for any- thing 61756 if I corrected all the errors the press makes.” ' Mar. Matheson said he was re- ferring to R. M. Burns as the source of the staternent . thp; Prince Edward Island didn't de- serve a $1,700,000 federal grant. expert on ‘federal-provincial fiscal December meeting in Halifax. (Guardian Note: In his state- ment published on April 19 Prem- not Dr. Taylor whom he had in mind. He conceded to the report- er that he might himself have made the error.) DID NOT ATTEND speech was based on notes pre- pared by the Island delegation. He said Monday he still has the notes and has no intention of de- stroying them. He said he refer- red to both Mr. Taylor and Mr. Burns in his legislature speech and it was possible the names may have been confused. __ Mr. Matheson admitted saying he hoped the prime minister would “tell these fellows where they should go” and added Mon- day that he “won’t back down an inch oncthat." “If the finance minister had at- stead of entrusting this important matter to civil servants this mis- understanding wouldn't have oc- curred,” Mr. Matheson said. TURN FIRST SOD FOR NEW RESIDENCE Most Rev. Malcolm A. Mac- Very Rev. John A. Sullivan, Rec- His Excellency to turn the first‘e Eachern, Bishop of Charlotte- tor of St. Dunstan’s University, town and Chancellcr 0" St. Dun- are seen standing beside the stem’: University, (Right) andacaterpillar payloader used by,ing. the meetings and “it is signific- ' given to your remarks in -the P.E.I. legislature I am making ‘ Mr..Burns, a finance department , matters, accompanied Deputy Fi- : nance Minister Taylor to the -- ier Matheson did not claim to ' have been misreported but said - merely that it was Mr. Burns and - Premier Matheson did not at- tend the meeting. His legislature 3" tended the Halifax meeting in- _ arly in 1959, will house approx- sod for the new girls residence imately 60 students as well nl at St. Dunstan’s. The new build- administrative personnel, pro- expected to be completedlfessors and household staff.