Maxims of a Mere Man . . i Ivesydiphaetsfel. -;3 2. VIII PIIPI-I'D PAPII l. IID IV IVIRVIODV Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew 4 is none 59 y JOHN RODERICK IAIGON. South Vlet Nam (AP) -..pi-emlar Ngo Dlnh Diems Na- tionalist forces and Binh Xuyen former river pirates maintained an uneasy truce today in South Vlet Nam's "little civil war. ' The truce was arranged by Gen. Paul Ely. French commissioner general. in talks with the premier and a representative of Gen. Van Visa. Blah Xuyea commander and once csar of Iaigon's organ- ised vice. The truce went into effect It 7 p.m. Wednesday for 24 hours to give tempers time to cool before . negotiations start for a firmer aet- tlement. f Saigon was quiet. in the wake ' of clashes early Wednesday be- tween government forces and mo- bile units of Blah Xuyen's private grmy that left at least 26 dead and 112 wounded. The French expeditionary force took over protection of the French section. About 17.000 foreigners. in- cluding members of diplomatic. military. and economic missions. live in the French section. No for- . Uneasy Truce In uth Viet Nam eignera wer the fighting HOLD POLICE CENTRE There was an ominous tension around the national police quarters in the centre of the cap- ital. still held by the Binh Xuyen. There soldiers armed with sub- machine-guns crouched behind her- e reported wounded in Le ricades and eandba s. Gen. Tran Van si. a leader of the Hon Bao reli oua sect which is a partner of Blah Xuyeh and the Can Dal sect in the disaf- fected united front. was reported to have quit Saigon to organize a military campaign against Diem's troops in the west. Soal is one of Diem's bittereat enemies. The army has been under repeated at- tack ln the west in recent weeks by one-armed Gen. Le Quang Vinh. known as "moot." also a Iloa I-Iao leader. . The united front. whose private armies total between 30.000 and 40.000. demanded in a cable to Viet Namese chief of state Boa Dal Wednesday that he oust Diem as premier. Bao Dal is in France. St. Laurent Optimistic Economy is On Upswing WOTTAWA (CP)-Prime Minister St. Laurent said Wednesday night that the recent upswing in the ' United States economy may indi- . cafe another period of full steam ahcad in Canada. He said unemployment and other i-urriint problems represent tem- porary adjustments in Canada's basically-sound machine. In a brief reference to' the inter- national situation. the prime min- istcr said the world remains on I precipice despite the increasing strength of the free world. He spoke at a banquet winding up a three-day meeting here of the advisory council of the Na- lonal Liberal Federation. His statements were included in notes of a speech issued to the press before delivery. EMPIIASIZE DOOM Mr. St. Laurent said all political arties do not share the confidence . iberals have in Canada's future. , Despite a lack of pcl A gas r on which to base a recllctiun. too many people were-alklng of im- pending doom. They emphasized unemployment. srikes. industries in difficulty or terms failuresvasr-tholam such con- dltloiis were normal. There were problems and it would be foolish in ignore them. But to emphasize them out of proportion to their ef- fect on the economy was is disserv- ice to the country. Mr. st. Laurent said it is true that in the last 116 years there has been a slowing down in some sections of the rapid economic ex- ' which"l it " J world War. This was in part a reflection of what was going on in the U.S. where a mil recession oi-rllrred. However. there already were significant signs of resurgence. The industrial production index for each of the first nine months of 1954 was below the some months of I053. but the index for October. Nmember and December was liiizlicr than that of the previous )'f'.'IT. ilci-elit forecasts that capital in- vcslmenfs in Canada this year woillil rise six per cent over the , J9.-4 level was further proof there still were confident Canadian bus- inr.-.-nirn and governments. A can- IirlPl'lIllnn of these factors should . rrninve any apprehension of the immediate economic future of Can- I Mr. St. Laurent said current grave international problems threaten the very existence of Canadians. The required defence build up to meet the threat ab- sorbed 40 per cent of the national budget and prevented total energ- ies being devoted to development of. resources and to perfecting soc- ial services. Double Murder And Suicide EDMONTON. (CPI-Police said a 30-year-old mother apparently shot and killed her husband and infant son as they slept early Tuesday in a downtown suite. Then she shot herself twice. the second time fatally. The bodies of Yvonne Jensen. Alfred Jensen. the 47-year-old husband. and 15-month-old son. Ronald. were discovered ' by the woman's elderly father. George Anion. proprietor of a next-door cafe. The 70-year-old man found the bodies when investigating a .45-calibre bullet he discovered olsanwcnrrown. oaasos. Tuvnsnsr, ssanonsiflsss STRETCH-OUT OTTAWA. (CPi-- The advisory council of the National Liberal Federation recommended Wednes- dsy.that the government appoast a commission to consider bringing Canadian radio and television broadcasting under an independ- ent regulatory tribunal. The 225-delegate council. wind- ing up a three-day convention. proposed also that the government speed up established efforts to fight unemployment and to get greater cooperation from indus- try to establish new factories and products to eliminate long periods of unusual unemployment. The council also asked that the government implement a compre- hensive contributory health insur- ance scheme as soon as agree- ments can be reached with prov- inces and that legislation be brought in to ensure that women get as much pay as men for equal work in employment fields under federal jurisdiction. These proposals were among 22 resolutions unanlmoiisly approved by the delegates and made public after private sessions were com- pleted. ' INDEPENDENT COMMISSION The council said it generally commends the government for its radio and television policy. but recommended that an independent commission be appointed to ex- amine the whole current situa- tlon. It asked that the ommission look into the "advisability of es- tablishing a iegulatoy tribunal not connected in any way with any operating broadcasting sta- tion or stations" make recommendations as to whether such a tribunal should be set up. At present. regulation of radio and television broadcasting is in the hand of the publicly-owned and than to 31 Liberal Federation Asks Radio, TV Commission; Action On Unemployment Carin. Opposition demands that slstently rejected by the govern- ment. on unemployment. the uncil said the government "has organ- ized the economy so that there will be no long periods of un- done through social security bene- fits. encouraging of housing con- struction and assistance in the development of big projects. ACCELERATE POLICY- lt recommended that this policy be continued and if possible an- celerated and that greater co- operation be developed with pri- vate industry to promote indus- try expansion and shorter periods of unusual ' yment. The council reiterated its con- fidence in the leadership of Prime Minister St. Laurent. It dbserved that bu dgaiing against the cost of illness is at present beyond the financial means of a large number of Can- adians and proposed implement- ing a contributory health insur- ance scheme to be administered by the provinces. Pariiame-nit 1 At A Glance By THE CANADIAN PRESS Wednesda Defence P r o d u c t i o n Minis- ter Howe reported arms produc- tion expendltures in 1954 totalled .009.200.000. down from 1953. The Commons gave final ap- proval to 558,034,000 in supplemen- tary estlmates. boosting I954-55 spcndlng to 34.567.724.000, a peace time record. John Pa1lett,(P,C--Peel) pccused WASHINGTON (AP) - Pres- ident E' ” has i t' ed an oblique rebuke to Admiral Robert 1!. Carney with a. declara- tion that too much speculation about war does not serve world peace and tranquillity. Carney, chief of U.S. naval op- erations. has been named as the source of predictions that war may start in the Formosa strait around April 15. To prophesy when a war is go- ing to break out. Eisenhower told a press conference Wednesday. is to assume an accuracy of infor- mation never yet attained by a country that was to be ttacked. The president said e cannot say. because he doesn't know. that there will not "be an attack from April 15 onward on the Na- tionalist-held Matsu islands. off , ada - Lawrence Ready For N QUEBEC (CPI-It. Lawrence rilcr navigation season opens of- lil'lH”y at midnight April 1 but "ulx the lighthouse keepers are ready. Tr-navort denlrtment officials said Wednesday an unseasonal cold spell has created dangerous we conditions. Buoys have not hi-on placed and pilot service would not he ilp to per until lee conditions improved. ' looks as if the lighthouses will blink at s ti-emc.b..-. I-1...; ”'ll"' 0103' light up. a port eu- llmflly said. Their operators took over last week. Coming Events "Mammoth nsoccaata daaoe rm-um. Thursday, larch list. "Croklnole Perv. Wbeetlw liver. Friday. Apil let "C eheed-Btaahope commit!- i1i.y1 cgdcitt suraoola inn. An-ll "We can do your custom - llls and axial now. at our - lelietown M . P. L Harris. lower Queen-ltuet. "Cake 8110. loose & Ielad. Ilturday. April - ass. 1 o'clock. by algae w. r. 5”9DOdlIl Royal Concentrate 3 her seat pi-out I per hund- Nfl '3 cash. Ices. Dial ' river in one of the worst condi- lines the Chinese mainland. River Not avigation The 22-ton pilot boat Abraham Martin which carries pilots to Pointe au Pare. ill) miles down- l'lVll'. whore they meet incoming ocean vessels. remained in port Wednesday. She was to have left Tuesday. A second pilot boat. the 133-ton Citadel, is undergoing drydock repairs and will be out of serv- ice until April 4. IUOYI STILL UNPAINTED Capt. G. E. Gaudreault. depart- ment of transport marine agent here. said ice began to form late Inst week and worsened during the weekend blizzard. Buoys. to have been placed this week. still are buried in snow on wlisrves and unellnted. . The cold spell has placed the lion! in Quebec's navigation hie- III I list year. h arrive in huI4I. Il.I:tIi::: Eroeatheehte Of War; Rebukes Admiral I "But I do say." he added. "that if anyone is predicting it will be that soon . . . they have infor- mation that I do not have." NO REPRIMAND While Eisenhower told a press conference that Carney will not IJG reprimanded "by me" he also said that: "I do not believe that the peace of the world. the tranquillity of the world. is being served at this moment by talking too much in terms of speculation about such things." Shortly after Eisenhower's press conference. D e f e n c a Secretary Wilson ordered defence officials to submit to him in advance any press releases. -speeches. photo- graphs or "other lnforrnaiirln” on military matters they prepare for publication. A Pentagdn spokesman said this dld.not apply specifically to Car- ney but that it would tend to discourage off-the-record remarks. OTHER TOPICS The press conference ranged over these other topics: I-lormo The president said he does not believe the cause of Peace in to be served by making any further commitments about American intentions regarding the long-range defence of the Chinese Nationalist stronghold. Big Four Eisenhower said again he would do anything, meet on any basis. "as long as war are not. in so doing. creat- ing an impression we think Is damaging." He said. though. that there would be "many dangers" in something of a social meeting. without any agenda, at a four- power conference of American. British. French and Soviet lead- UYI. Q efnment business. The Senate will s brosdcasting be shifted to an in- ' dependent body have been per- ' usual unemployment for those ' who want work." It said this was I ---4.. iv? inspecting Olllcer Captain FI"dl1Cla' B. Caldwell, I-C.D., tt.C.N., will carry out the lannual inspection of the naval es- gtablishment at H.M.C.S. Queen lCfIEI.'l0l.l.e on April 13. Arriving by lplane” at 4:45 p.m. he will make his inspection of naval personnel lat 8:00 p.m. Captain Caldwell who is years of age started his naval career at the age of 17 when he enrolled as a cadet at Royal Mili- tary Collcge in Kingston, Ontario. After several years spent with the Royal Navy. in 1939 he assumed command of the Canadian de- stroyer II. M. C. S. Saguenay and later the H.M.C.S. St. Laurent. Sn-"sequent commands were with the destroyer "Athabaskan" and the cruiser "Ontario". His pro- Emotions have been consistent throughout the years until on July 1. 1954 he was raised to the rank of Captain at the age 30. Potato Tail" The Commons will consider gov- Expe;-Rood To Village Open Today STE. CBOIX DE LOTBINIERE. Que. (CP)-A powerful bulldozer Wednesday Joined two snowblow- lodzsd in. 8 bstllrooni will of his Canadian... . .. por.a- .,t.tu,ispm't...d.Q9 en! -ull- :g?.e”I:a swlgiclktaken to hospital gun Wtlllcll re to Parliament fE:'":1"hln-':' 9;l3:'l:lflE:E3:,lr l.I;rpocl0tl'I- V .uhM Mum produce n. E . roug Revenue Minister Mo 0 ... . D said tn; gun. lntcrggled 1;. (hp luul, . f' vgm-3,. -... 1." t A t regarding the general P ' d become a "rubber stamp" far "V. at ement on tariffs”. said Mr. a ernment legislation, Donald A. MacDonald. chairman Tlsugdsy of the P.I:.1. Potato Marketing Board, last night. "They are particularly interested in what chances there are of having the present Canada-U.S. structure changed." Mr. MacDonald said that while no changes have been made as a result of negotiations. any coun- try is now free to withdraw any of the tariff concessions it made to any of the treaty countries Growers Keenly Watching after negotiations. during which some compensation must be of- fered ln lieu of the requested change. If no compensation is of- ers for I final assault on two miles deep. hard-packed snow-the last barrier between Ste. Crolx and the outside world it has been- segeratencl from for lordaiys. - nu ma. mayor o t is snow- Me bound. hungry village. said Wed-ipfove n can nesday night the nine-mile road tolLsVQ on SQQ waffr Laurier station should be openedl completely sonle time this morn-1 BREST. France. (Reuters) -Al ing. Work continued all night. lliardy little band of French navy The village has been.wrapped lnlmcn have proved that ship- ! Sh!" 0' "101" Ill!” 8 WEN Ill-H wrecked sailors can stay alive by last Monday as a result of threelm-inking ... wne,-, surgeon. saledrlven Itorxns Food Iunplleslcommsnder Pierre Aury reported dwindled to the point where ihelgpuesday, arish priest. Rev. Alexsndre De-g Aury and 10 other nencl. navy lols. asked parishioners at Sun- personnel-two officers and eight day mass to eat no more than nec- menmhad spent up to six days on "53'V- F"el- P'l'"c"l"ly 9"- '5 a tossing rubber raft to find out being shared among neighbors will now shipwrecked seamen can sur- there are no fresh meat or vei-lvlve. He claimed Tuesday that 9”” "' lsalt water, believed by many to :---mm- 4 rows FIFTH TURBO-PROP ..i"Y.fwfl1:r'1t'l:'::'l:th:::Yaf':':lf..'t' MONTREAL (CF) '.I A Vickers l But Aury added it must be Viscount. fifth of the British pro-'dl'""ll in Small l1UlPS. ilk! Wlll!ky- peller-turbine aircraft to be ferried. Allry Hlllnned llll I'M" 10 10 in Cgngdg for 1-.-.n...c.n..-1. Ah-.1.tumblers of sea water a day. the "nu, mw non..iop Tuumy from equivalent of half an ounce of. Blule, West One. Greenland, to salt. He explained that most per- Montreal. The plgne covered the sons normally consume. one-third 1.500 miles in four hours. 4!. min- at an ounce of salt a day. utes. It's flying time fromiWls- When lhc experiment ended, the icy. in southern England. to Mont- 11 men had lost an average of real .was 12 hours and N minutes. ii" pounds. British Join New LONDON (AP)-Britain has as- tabli bed a new defence llnkup with Turkey and Iraq extending the defensive area of the north Atlantic pact to the Indian Ocean. New accords were signed in , Baghdad Wednesday to replace a 25-year British-Iraqi treaty with a new system of military co-opera- tlon. Foreign Sei:l'elary Eden told the House of Commons these can , serve as the "foundation of a gen- eral defence arrangement in the middle east." blocked Allied efforts to build up a military barricade against oom- munlsm in the Middle East. There were immediate signs that some Arab states intend to stiffen their resistance against the Turkish- Iraqi-British grouping. .RIVAI. ALLIANCE l A rival defensite alliance among Syria. Egypt and Salldi Arabia is in the works. Egypt. jealous of Iraqi influence in the Arab world. has sponsored the project. Iraq is the first Arab state to align itself with the West in the lbuildup against communism. The eventual Allied aim is to extend the Turkish-Iraqi alliance through neighboring Jordan and Iran to NEW cosrnxasun WHEAT PEMBINA. N.D. iCPi .- Cus- toms officials at this border town say they are facing the greatest wave of smuggling from Canada in 1933. Selkirk wheat-not liquor -now is the contraband flowing southward across the border they said Tuesday. To date. 1.000 bush- heen seized. :.Ttends feI'ed.'then the country affected can retaliate by imposing a tariff on some item or by increasing the existing rate." "As an example." he said. "If this principle were applied to potatoes, the Canadian Govern- ment could propose to put a tar- iff on potatoes coming to Can- ada from the United States (Continued on Page 1 col. 3) Dismiss I02 Como Strait Employees MULGBAVYI. N. S.. ((:P)-- The CNR dismissed I02 Csnso strait district employees Wednesday be- cause the ferries on which they work will be idlcd in May by the causeway linking Cape Breton is- land to the Nova Scotia mainland The dismissals were contained in individual letters to personnel from Capt. R. H. Worthen. CNR marine services supervisor at Moncton. They are effective May 14 at 11:59 p.m. The railway expects to move its first train over the I'M;-mile-long causeway about May I. Work on the canal and swing bridge near the Cape Breton shore is nearing an end. No Decision On Benefits Date OTTAWA (CPi -- Labor Min- ister Gregg said Wednesday the government has not decided whether supplementary unemploy- ment-lnsurance benefits should be extended beyond April 15. He was asked in the Commons by Joseph Noseworihy lCCI-'-- York South) whether this is being considered. The supplementary benefits-providing additional cov- since American prohibition. ended 1 els of the rust-resistant wheat-have G. imany employees at work as were Middle East Pact Pakistan. which already has a mil- itary treaty with Turkey. These countries form the north- ern tier of the weakly guerded Middle East. Within their frontiers lie the great Arabian nil-fields which help to keep the wheels of Western life revolving. Housilhg Project ?For Moncton r . l Arab nationalism had heretofore OTTAWA (Cp)- Pmmspd '0" l structlon of 110 houses for use of defence personnel at Moncton. N.B.. was announced Wednesday by Henry Murphy. Liberal Cum- Mr. Murphy said in an inter- view he has been advised by Works Minister Winters that ten- ders ior the buildings should be called six to eight weeks from now. The contract would be a- the calling of tenders. The homes are in he hiiill for Central lilnrlizagc and HDIISIHQ .(Iorporalion. the federal govcrli- ment's housing agency. Report Co-op. Textile Mill Doing Well FRI-IDERICTON IFPI - Mill- town's co-operative textile mill is doing well. members of the legis- lature learned Wednesday. The information was passed on to the municipalities committee by F. Nicholson. QC. as he stated Milltownis case for a higher pollg tax. . l Mr. Nicholson said it was his llndcrstandinn the mill now has as there when Textile Sales Ltd.. shut down last year. The big plant no-opened as a co-operative ven-g ture not long afterwards. I The St. Stephen barrister said he understood the co-op is pro- greasing "very successfully." But to help bring about this end. the town of Miliown had made cer- tain tax concessions which sharply reduced its revenues. Milltown sought authority to in- crease its poll tax to not more than 540. and not less than 518 for male residents between 21 and 05. The fee would he 34 between 65 and 70 years. with the tax ending at that age. The committee approved the town's petition. mons member for Westmurl-laud, warded about three weeks after PRICE 5e PLAN CUTS CANADIAN ARMS SPENDING lllllN(i YEAR BY 17 PER CENT A UITAWA. (OP)-The government unbarkod ones arms-production "stretch-out” policy in 1954, increasing orders for weapons and equipment but extending the time of delivery to reduce actual expenditures by almost 17 per cent. g g p ' Producnon Minister Howe estimated in his annual report tabled in the Commons Wednesday that this policy reduced expenditures in the calendar year 1954 by about 3200000000 to 51.009.200.000. This brought s riding on i .. . 99 military goods since the start of the 1951 aims build-up to ls3,372,94o,oo0. g g A 4 U While exnendllum 'lPt'lmed- "W-will make the Canadian CF-100 let ;flow of deience production urdersy fighter won 0, the mos. huvny ilncreascd last War by oil per cent: armed fighters in exmen" -- l'” lllIJlf;:,E21v373-09li lrilmy 3315'8'5b;l;03 New electronic devices were de- i”l ( 35.l5”"”'a" 5 l” '9'" v loped and produced and dBlllPf lmpledr '.”"5 lmsled W31 "fdml ii; and installations for the one lplllced ""99 1951 '" 54'574-031'0o0' lline of the continental northern l Some of the orders placed are.”d" System we" mmpietedv il”b,39.Cl m 9ha."" "M ”d""l”"'iThis apnarently is a reference in Officials said in many cases them” Pi,.,m.,.P radar chain whwh time of deliiery has ueen exIend- runs g,,mk,..i.(.n, Elam: fh. can. ed but gave no details. ,,,.,....n.,'ed coal... hm-an-g LARGELY CONIPLICTEI) p HALy FOR A1ncRAp"f Mr. Howe said in ills report that 0; ll... .,i,221.0()0V0()0 ....,ru, 04 dllrlllg the year ll"? lnllllil builds orders placed in 1954. about half up of the country's defence polelr went to aircraft plants. mostly for tial was largely completed llldhhe production gf jets and as is Emphasis W35 Sllllled '0 ”l9istart on production of the Bristol Sflledullnii Ol Pmduclloll '-0 meel-'Britannia for RCAF maritime rec- a continuing high level of defence onnaissance Wm-k, order, for an-. procurement. craft since 1951 now total 31.902.- Most of the decline in spending. soo.ooo. hc added. took place in the fields Orders platted for defence i-nn- nl aim-an prnrluctinn and defence slruclion works lncreaserl to 3102.- t'llllill'llf'llflIl. 176.000 from 888214.000. mostly in During ilir )car there were get ahead with development of . tlicsc other developments: the army's Gagetown. N B. camp. Development work continued nIlil.'Ml05Ili'.l" total orders since I951 to is powerful armament syslem that l S509,-i7il.tX)0. Claim Veterans Committee Has Become RubberStamp Mr. Glliis said veterans' organiz- OTTAWA lCPI-Two opposition 'world War. members Wednesday accused the igovernment of allowing the Com- mons veterans committee to be- come a "rubber stamp" for gov- .-ernment legislation. Clarie Gillie (CCF-Cape Breton South) said in the Commons that in the last five years the commit- lee has become a group that mer- ely examines legislation instead of making recommendations to the gov nmeat. M . ,GiIlis. I veteran of the First said he remembers when veterans affairs ministers were kept running back and forth between the committee and the cabinet with recommendations for various IIups0V8lIlQIIl.l to veterans legislation. Col. A. J. Brooks (PC-Royall. veteran of two world wars. said the committee was not permitted by the governmclnt to make changes to a bill increasing war veterans allowances by 20 per cent and had merely "rubber stamped" the measure. BILL IN COMMONS The criticisms came during clause-by-clause study of the bill in the Commons. The bill would increase war veterans allowances to 560 a month from 550 for single veterans and to 3108 from 900 for married veterans. The ceilings on permissible vei- erans' income would be raised to 3040 a year from 87!) for single veterans and to 81,440 from 31.110 for married veterans. The ceilings include allowance payments. FAVOR DISARMAMENT REGINA tCPI-A resolution urg- ing world disarmament was ap- proved unanimously in the Saskat- chewan leglslalure Tuesday. Moved by Arnold Fellsi lCCF-Pellyl it asked the federal government to in- tensify efforts to achieve world dis- armament by mutual consent. It also called for abolition of nuclear weapons. Senate Moves To Compel Filling Of All Vacancies iCPi-l.egi.xlatinn has ment of new members six months latter the death. retirement or resignation of any senator. OTTAWA been introduced in the Senate to compel the government to fill within six months any vacancies occurring in the 102-sent upper AMENDMENT Possmll chamber. i L4-gal authorities here said Sen- The mm, hm been D,-,,m5,..1;aInr F.lller'.s proposed bill would by Sclialiir Willllilil Elilrr. 79-ill! Within the power of Partin- year-old Kilcliencr. Onl. hiislilcss-.""'"l- Vflllfll W" 8""''"l ll" C-0"' man H15 gm-mar fedora; 4.-Me-stitiitlnn on all matters within minister. in I bill to amend the lmlwal lurisdlctlou British North American Act. l Th? l"'il' SW3" 'PP”l""'"""l Adoption of the bill by the Son-lwl-A "ml I'll Sf-'llll0T NEIICY "0d' H, Ind it". (;,,mm,,nS ..-,,.,i,ilges. former speaker of the British ersge in cold-weather months-- mnn rm. filling M gi (sl”'rpnll(:lllUn1RlH ll-gislattlre. in Novem- mn haw..." Jnnl I "M Apr” .54 gpmn, ..,.,.,.,m..s mm in. upp..mi.lhei-. I951 Since then there have Reds Hike Road”TBlls Tris;-Jlzn Is GAIY LEVY , BERLIN 'tReuteI'li--West Ger- spnkeilmaa said that these. if not counteracted. could have a dis- prelsaure then through the com- mittee that the old tolls were re- Solll Vaccine Sold Iffeeflve NIW YORK. (AP)-Ne children many hit back at once Wednes- day wlth an economic threat of its own when Communist East Germany threatened a blockade of Berlin through increased road . who received Salk polio vaccine to """ of the mono ciiiiin-as last year's country-wide teats coa- tracted the disease. the New York world-Telegram and Sun says in a copyrighted story. Quoting as medical source." it says not who ire- eeiveglhhe xal:elnedhg:u'lafaatile para . w or a aible I of thllll nildlt have I: "taxes. I alga : 5 SEE; :;s-" rlig E.-E-ifs The new Communist move stir- ed memories of the 194040 Ber- to and from Berlin. This re- i 1 estrous effect on the West Berlin y because more than one- lhlrd of all Berlla freight west by road. TALKS SUSPENDED In retaliation West German au- thorities suspended current trade talks with East Germany. Chair- man Herbert Wehner of the West German psaallIIHCI'IiCYy committee for all-German affairs said meet- ings of later-zone trade experts from both sides of Germany had knmedlately been cancelled. West Berlin economic autho ties considered a threat to out is- ter-zonal trade would be the only affeetive West German collater- fneasure til the tall increases. This proved effective once be- fore. East Germany clamped on road tolls Sept. 1. 151. hhoet one-half as heavy as those as- nouneed '-'-'edneada,. West Ger- man authorities applied such stored within lI.days. If inter-zone trade were stopped East Germany would stand to lose more than t3.l.000.0w of iron and steel products from the West. whereas West Germany could do without East German imports. Berlin. however. relies entirely on East German brown coal. The alternative would be Ruhr coal at much higher cost. The enormous toll increases would Affect not only the price of all food and consumer goods. but also the carton of raw materials to West Berlin and the the finish- ed goods to the West Germiill markets. Unless compensated. they could make West Berlin is- dustsies uncosnpetltivs. with stag- ig-iae results 0 Clllellmneat. UIIOLD ON III!!! the new tolls W. Germany Hits Back At Blockade Transport authorities estimated would cost more than el.aoo.oss extra a year. rals- freely ---- l)i"PI'l numerous reports that Prime Minister St. Laurent would soon fill at least some vacancies. Senator Euler said in an inter- view outside the Senate that some of the Upper House seats have ii.-rest and unfair to the Senate. ' l- ' ll h . M '9'" t C "E" "D " so "" nllsril RY ATTRITION cont been vacant five to seven years. This was contrary to public in- ations which made representations before the committee were "very temperate" in their demands. They had not asked for anything that would put a great strain on the federal treasury. In the past, the committee could ldvise and make IBCOXIIITIEIIUBIIOIVI to the veterans affairs department. There was very little political bick- ering then. But in the last five years there had been a oompleh cllenge. , ' opposition members were free b (Continued on Page 2 col. 3! Truck With Furs Stolen In Toronto TORONTO tCPi-A panel truck containing 86.000 in furs was stol- en Monday while ths driver was at a house picking up a uoat for summer storage. The driver told police the vehicle contained five muskrat fur coats. seven Persian lamb coats, two beaver coats. a mink coat. and seversl'fur neck- pieces and Jackets. l Jusr A SAMPLE. or-' ililisr Yoda: can-lo fa czar LATER TORONTO iCPi-Minimum and ADD WEATHER . maximum temperatures Mia. Man. -- .18 48 47 Ill! l Dawson Vancouver .. Victoria Edmonton .. Calgary Regina Winnipeg . Toronto .. 3: Quebec . Fredericton .. saint John . . Moncton . Halifax Charlottetown The East German press said the rise was in make western transport share the east of main- telnlng roads. which It said had suffered from the heavy Berlin traffic. The tolls on motor-freight traf- fic. formerly a flat charge, nowl are scaled. A truck taking 10; tons of goods to West Germany along the shortest route and re- turning with raw materials now will ay B60 -- six to is times the oNd charge. The toll on passenger buses is fourfold; on csril almost three- fold. snd on motorcycles. doilble. The West German interior min- istry announced that East Ger- man authorities also are demand- leg lists of paasenge I on buses crossing from West Germany to West Berlin. For many months the buses have come and gone "I'm not arguing whether or not there should be a Senate It all." he said. "But if a Senate is worthwhile it should be fully con- stituted and not be abolished Sydney Yarmouih . .. . St. John's. Nfld. 32 HALIFAX iCPi Jrhe Dominion 2:382-'cldsi'3S':8i.-323333 nsstzsaszzss: piecemeal by a process of slow attrition." Under the constitution. the prime minister has the prerogative to make life appointments to the Senate. Newfoundland has six seats, Prince Edward Island four. Nova Scotia and New Brunswick 10 each. Quebec and Ontario 24 each. and the four western prov- inces sis each. There now are all vacancies in Quebec. four in New Brunswick. three each in Nova Seotia and Ontario. two in Manitoba and one each in Alberta, Prince Ed- ward Island and Newfoundland. Present Senate standing: Lib- erals 74. Progressive Conserva- weather office says continued file weather is forecast. Forecasts- Priace Edward Island uui New Brunswick: Clear with in few cloudy latervela: eeetiaaiag mild: winds northwest ll. Lew-high OI Charlottetown I5 and 45. Moncton. Fredericton all lallt John 25 and I0. Edmaadstoa and Campbelltee If and 45. Bay of Fundy: Northwest winde is: clear with a few rloulh liltdh lives 1. vacancies ll-total 10!. vals: vialbiliw ll miles: little change in temperature. High tide today at lone tewnet4.4! a. m.andI. p.m. Iusnnsenide ates later than . sun rlscil todayat l.l L n. & sets at 6.8 p. I. - I