If It's Good For The Island The Guardian Is For It VOL. LXXIX NO. 218 HON. ALLAN J. MacEach- en. federal minister‘of health, amilingly told The Guardian his perfect accord with Prem- fer Alex Campbell could indi- tate Prince Edward pane in order to address/a meeting | in Summersid¢ last night and / | was photographed in the Char/ | lottetown’ Hote)’ shortly after arciving Pe e@ province / by plane. 4 ij would receive n than was indicatt , . of the tax shating committee meeting in Onawa eaflier this came here’ esis the Premier po oD “Covers. Outhorized as Second Class Mall by the fost (Office bepartment, QHawa and fer payment of postage im cash Diefenbaker Makes é Plea A To Save Horses O f RCMP OTTAWA (CP) the._planned _s. Saturday of | the RCMP’s ses in’ Regina Cantil Parliamént can discuss it: “While we live Ifa period of [ste change, to remove the horses will be/to destroy an essential | be ohorod. is heriVage /of the Western | plans,” he Aaid oe may be | (Mr Diefenbaker—who grew. up’ Prairies in/an era when ito many /pleas to the govern- eeohomical’ but is destrucé | Pposition that Leader Diefenbaker/ demanded Many instilling in ye in their Br If/carried out, this ‘be? an irretrieyabie—decided-—ther— h dheir past, never to lup and ‘sold, to/save the tax- This is/not the first time that should- be P rogkgoned jminister, he saved the Sable 1s- fean’ be ef- land ponies “from extinction. sacaes Friday that the government/ halt fected but. this one cannot be |For centuries. the ponies had | : , » regard to lroamed wild on the -Atlantic is- jing hunters who donot have the ians_a_pridé |land 200 miles east of Halifax. But the transport /department they shouldbe -reunded- ipaver the cost /of feeding them iby air-dropped hay hales. Mr. Diefenbaker, in response Aive of. the sietate greatness of th Aros was an indispensable | iment, over - ruled the depart- “his. force.” ~ haS\ment. An fact, -about a year Mr’ Diefenbaker sent a per- seome to the rescue of the’ ant- later’ his government passed sofial protest to Solicitr-Gerl- jmal. Atal Pennell, the minister (1 Te- | that he intervene Aintjl’ after Parliament assembles. / “Regina has been/the home | of the RCMP since the early | 1880s. At’ Regina, the hbasie:| training is A es including | horsemanship’ which has be- | tome the symbol nationally and | Internationally of the force. “Theale is advertised for to- | orrdaw dd t 1 8 | m and I eyongly. press |passenger train two miles east Two hea Exped Millbrook In- | pe Abandoned, se ee Of Sub an inquest was opened* to de- | termine “whether criminal neg- | Ing, [from the nearby ldian reserve were killed Friday | night when’ they were struck hy | HAMBURG (AP'—The West ‘a CNR Halifax - Sydney P German’ Navy gave up ‘hope |ger train. Friday of finding more my vors from the U-boat Hai’ and | jas. Eddie Abrams , both in their 50s. A medical examiner said no} ligence was involved’in its sink- !inquiry will be held: RCMP and. CNR police identified the victims lregilations. making it an_ of- In 1960/ when he was prime fence to interfere with the po- J-eponsibiefor the RCMP: stking |——__ 7 — Two Killed ‘On Rail Line unidenti- that “if they're not going to ified middle- aged men were kill- have’ horses -any more they led Friday night’ when they were {should be called. the Royal Ca-| istruck by a/Halifax — Sydne nies, The city council. of Regina, _ Itraining site of the RCMP, also has asked the government” to reconsider sale of the Moun- ties’ horses. Mayor Henry Baker has sald. z jnadian Motor Police.” ition Finds Airmen’s Bodies REYK. JAVIK, Iceland. (AP) — To lgnore ) Prince | WA / CHARLOTTENG pard [sland Like ‘The Dew” , CANADA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1966. * X * ewPermit QUEBEC (CP)—Gabriel Lou- bier, Quebec's: minister of tour- ism. game and fish. said Friday “ihis government does not recog- |nize a new permit recently in- -|troduced by the federal author- |. lities for“the hunting .of game. |birds, . Mr,’ Loubier was interviewed following release of ai official ‘government — statement on Que-|.. bec’s attitude to the permit is- sued across Canada by the fed- eral government. He said the RGMP. who will esponsibility for prosecut- | "The. n.e w- " federal. permit, | which can be bought in post of- Service to build a special fund migration birds. federal permit means they will be required to purchase only the regular Quebec permit of $3.25, and. that they- need not fear prosecution by Quebec po-. lice or game wardens for not having the federal permit. Le ' Frost Hits Ont. Tobacco permit, ‘‘will — enot do fices for $2, was introduced to allow the Canadian Wildlife for research and inventory of Mr. Loubier’s advise to Que- bec hunters to forget about the P.C. Opposition Leader Die- fenbaker enjoys one of a dozen | birthday p presents — a pam- phlet titled Sex- and the Single Dog — from his Parliament Hill office, staff, Friday. The DIEF MARKS 713t BIRTHDAY party was given on the eve of his 7ist birthday. Mrs. Dief- enbaker cuts-up the cake. (CP Wirephoto) Snowballing ficit. Is Other Alternative: By RALPH CAMERON Admitting ‘that the new tax | sharing formula outlined at Ot- province more money than it | | has received in the past, Prem- ier Alex Campbell said last | night it was not enough to-meet | rising costs. He was speaking | | at a press conference held short- ly after he returned to Char- | lottetown from Ottawa where he | attended the federal-provincial | tax conference. “If-we have to carry on at| the present rate and without | any additional revenve from Ot- | ‘tawa our defict next. year will | “| be” $9,000,000 ‘and will rise to | | $16 million within five years,” | \ w - A ME R . ‘ \ Cleat with “a few cloudy intervals; west. \ oN erly winds 15. Low-high 40. and 63. Sun- \\ a day: HG and cool, \ oy \ “If we are forced fo a the\ present, basis we ‘will have to ‘cut back’ im several | tawa this. week. will give this| areas.’ \ Premier Campbell \gald his private meting\with Committee Chairman Sharp‘had not\result- ed in his obtaining\a promise ef more.money, but he.reminded reporters the tax sh ig com. mittee meeting in Otta was | Called to let provincial govern- ments voice their reactions.te the. proposals and noted there. -was~a-full-scale meefing sched-\\ uled later. “Studies on the sub- ject will continue until October. We | he -said. HOPEFUL OUTLOOK the Premier said on his..return:——powever, Premier Campbelt- from the nation’s — SPECIAL NEEDS He said ‘‘we placed all the | fiscal facts before the tax struc- | ture committee and told them forcefully no national formula would meet the needs of Prince | -+-Edward.—Island’*..and--he-had_- asked for. gery consideration on the basis of financial need. | was far more confident of gréat- - er possibilities for the a following another important in- terview with = Hon. \Maurice Sauve, federal forestry minister, who oversees the rurg] and eco-. nomic development program. Mr...Camphbell.said-.Mr.-.Sauve was anxious to see a. full scale Continued on Page 3 Col 3 Ontario, Quebec Premiers Comment On Conference TORONTO ~(CP) — Finance tax problems | and Me __|Minister Sharp's suggestion to the federal-provincial tax strue- ture committee in Ottawa that the _provineces—raise- their own tax money is=“‘ns6st irrational,” Premier John Robarts says. LONDON, Ont, j (CP). Frost | ite Friday destroyed an esti- | jmated 20,000,000 pounds to to- bacco in southwestern Ontario. || | For farmers, it was-a $12,- | 000,000 loss” Insurance ecompa- | |A British research expedition |nies stopped frost coverage at | teported Friday it has found the bodies of 12 U.S. airmen on {Kronborg: Glacier in Greenland. | They are believed to be from | ia Neptune P-2V plane from said |Keflavik, Iceland, .lost on Only one member of the - ithe men were~walking on the flight Jan. 12, 1962. man crew was rescued _after mainline tracks when they were; The Neptune was last spotted | the small training sub sank | ihit by the locomotive of train/on radar 270 miles northwest of | | Are Bigger Wednesday night ins a gale. No. 605 at 6.50 p.m. ADT. Keflavik, near _Green! and Canadian Orator Dies At 78; Emigrated From Wales In 1912 TORONTO. (CP) — Leonard, Brockington, one of Canada’s foremost or ators, who died Thursday at 78, made his repu- tation as an orator with state- ments such as: “Tl am proud to be a citizen of Canada, a* land too wide for intolerance or narrow racial- ism. a land where the prevail- ing wind is the wind of free- dom. And for one like myself, the Commonwealth stands above all for human brother- hood. We ae all. citizens of one city—the world.” In the same speech to the 1939—House—of Commons broad: casting committee he said: "Freedom is not for sale at $50 gi a minute on the air. If it were, into just a sign outside a filling station." Mr. Rrockington tmmigrated to Canada from Wales in 1912. Speaking of the French-English division he said: ‘I have seen, as every Canadian must see, that the marriage of true minds of English-speaking and French- speaking Canada is indissoluble and perpetual. 1 have felt that Canada will find her national soul in the fulness of her splen dor. on that day when we take pride in each other and this. na- | tion realizes that her inheritance of two langiages and two. cul- tures ics a strength, not a weak- ness. “This Jand which I chose as a home for my children and my children's children has been to me "*'~most kindly mother. I have tried to look at it always as one nation, united and free. I have hated with a -passionate hate the pettiness of partisan- ship and things that divide, dis- tract and disunite us. 1 have learned to respect my French- Canadian fellow citizens equally | with those of other races.” After unsuccessfully trying to David’s Day |ties he said: ‘Whether one Winnipeg with his |agrees or otherwise with the La-| comment on other nationalities: |bor party of. Britain, one must | “The English, at their national |admit that it does not cofsist | last spring. of fools . . . they recognize the He rocked a St. begin by claiming} modesty, and then, with typical virtues as well.” igested this was not an age of reputation — for generosity had | “because they fence “. hand when they sing | |good will- should devote all their | , Auld Lang Syne.” free air would soon degenerate | miration on the Fourth. of ‘uly | ipersuade,..a London Spiritualist Tehen Italians from New York, dian horse track, the industry not to write a book showing that |Germans from Milwaukee and | jparaded its wares amid opti- Prime Minister Mackenzie King Swedes from Minneapolis, thank | mism that safety © features convinced spiritualist, |God that their ancestors were |would reverse a slight dip” in r commented: |liberty-loving Englishmen who} “Never before have I felt so in- fought the War of Independ- to strike a happy me- [ence.’ Commenting on English poll-| appearance ‘and reality of the jfreedom which they have won.’ Mr. Brockington also sug- reformation. but an age of de- . when all men of powers to preserve the good | “I have always gazed in ad- hinges handed down | PICTURE IS INTEREST AS MAN WADES RIVER NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP)—One person in a group of visitors who saw a man “Let him jump IT want to get a picture," witness said Friday. = The comment, $ Gotthelf, 20, of Paterson, N.J., -came after hé asked whether anyone had ealled police. Gotthelf and his wife, Joyce, 2, along with others watched as the man paced the shore- line near the brink of the falls and then waded into the rap- “We saw him throw a bottle into the river, bless himself ~ and put his face in his hands,” “Then-he moved closer to the falls and put his feet into the —— water. I thought he was going to end it all. “He looked ready toa jump. Then he lit a cigarette and started to pace back and forth. He lost his balance once.’ Gotthelf said he ran. to a nearby train-ticket booth and a ticket-seller stimmoned po- lice. ’ Patroiman Oscar Henschel of the, Niagara frontier state park police, assisted by sev- eral spectators, hauled the man to safety. The man, identified as Den- nis Murphy. 42, of Niagara Falls, was charged with pub- lie intoxication. Park police said they do not believe he had planned to take his life. noon Thursday. The loss represents about 10 iper cent of the year's total crop. * New Cars And Faster ~ DETROIT. (AP)—AIt the talks was about auto safety, but the trend was to bigger and faster tars — and. probably higher prices—as the auto industry wound up Friday its biggest week of showing off the 1967 models to the press. In settings that ranged from a Hollywood studio to a Cana- 1966 sales. blamed by some on ladverse publicity during auto safety hearings in Washington. This attitude of Detroit’s top auto executives was in contrast to the gloom hat hung over he industry during the hearings Along with inclusion: of such + isafety features as collapsible steering columns and _ duel brakes. on virtually every new model. there is an obvious trend to bigger and faster’ cars. But the industry's spokesmen didn’t do any boasting about ft. They didnt’ do any talking about . prices. either. But the ispeculation is that added safety ‘features -will force prices up $50 to $100 depending on the size of the car. %¢ From a_ styling. standpoint, most of the, 1967s are almost | : idéntical with the 1966 models. | i\Most safety features are out of | | Playgirl Mandy Plans To Wed LONDON (AP)—Mandy Rice- | (Davies, 21. playgirl - showgirl pal of Christine Keeler in Brit- jain's-1963 sex-and-politics scan- |, dal. announced Friday she is going to marry. Mandy” who gave her profes- |sion as singer. announced she ijwill wed Rafael Shaul, listed as lan airlinér steward. | Mandy has appeared in nu- imerous British and European Inightclubs. She also has an- jnounced some previous betorth- jals that never developed into marriages. e their branch ‘ line least until Jan. eight-year ban abandonments was clamped on 17,000 miles of Prairie trackage in a new ‘guaranteed. railway network”’ briefing “by John Turner, min- ister without y 1,839 miles of rail lines | in’ Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta were : These likely will be abandoned by the railways as quickly as possible. | | provinces were given solid as- the government Friday- that they can -put’ aside fears of’ railway surances~ “by islation but would then NO CHANGES TO END OF 1974 Prairie Provinces. Safe | On Rail ‘Abandonment By BEN WARD “ith a_ backlog of abandonment applications on hand covering more than 4,900 miles of track; Ottawa convinced the railways until ‘legislation based on the 1961 report of. the MacPherson royal commission on transport- ation was processed by Parlia- ment. This legislation now has been introduced as a priority item. * During debate on the rail bill, Transport Minister Pickersgill reported thé government's plan to design a guaranteed network jin the grain-farming areas, pro- tected from abandonment pro- ceedings. This, in. effect, continues the freeze until 1975 for about 90 “is connected with |Per cent of the lines involved. the government's proposed leg- under which the rail- ways. would be empowered abandon any branch line they can prove is losing money. 1 government could order such a line kept open, be committed to paying for its annual ici RAILWAYS STAYED PUT The _threat_of> massive branch line hanging over the Prairies for |WERE MANY STUDIES The decision on which lines to protect and which to toss out was made after, co-operative studies with proVincial agencies ‘and. grain elevator interests. Applications for abandonment of the unprotected lines are ex- pected to go through the mill with little protest. Mr. Turner. said. the -new freeze will not deny. the rail- ways the right to apply for sup- almost*40 years. Back in 1960, Queen's commendations for brave conduct have gone te the ¢rew of a naval heilcop- injured sarlors from the helicopter « destroyer Nipigom port of money-losing lines when to the aircraft carrier: Bona- venture after a fire at sea Oct. 18, 1965..The three, from LEFT TO RIGHT, are Lt. P.A. Blanchard, %, ef Waterloo, to - adopt.-a- voluntary -.freeze—. the new legislation’ becomes law. If one of the protected lines was lIosing money, the applied: But it would assure compan- ies located along the lines of at least eight more years of rail- of elevators or other equipment. In thé eight-year interval, West. 1958 - 59 studies, recommended abandonment of 8,600 miles of | In Edmonton, W. J. Harper, | with the principle of. abandon- cap any producers.” COMMENDED FOR BRAVERY Ont., the pilot; -Lt. J.W. Me. Dermott, 31, of Fort Erie, Ont., the co-pilot; and Leading Sea- | man K.F. Bowen, 38, of Tor- | onto, ‘aircrewman. (CP Wirephots) subsidy would aulomiaienty be way service and thus provide a‘ He told a news conference iFriday there are grounds for ithe belief that Ottawa does not require 50 per, cent of income jtaxes to maintain fiscal control in the country. |The Ottawa meeting ‘got out of hand” because it developed into a diseussion of constitu- tional matters outside the tax field, he said, 2 The discussion started “be- cause Quebec Premier Johnson was making his first appearance at a federal-provincial meeting and showed no reluctance to talk about his position in terms of statehood. Mr. Sharp's offer of 17-per- cent additional personal income tax revenue meant only that the federal government was ready to._opt_out_ of. the shared-cost Programs. it had started, he} said; jof 1867 do not make an absolute This was no solution to the equation.” was taking a most irrational ap proach. Johnson, back after attending conference as Quebec’s-” pre- mier, compared his experience toa: man's« first taste of mar- riage. Entering the conference, he felt nervous as a man married for the first time would feel nervous. “But when a man relies on logic and good sense, he can’t do otherwise than get along well.” “One hundred per cent of -di- irect taxes is one thing, equality between two nations is a second thing and independence is a third; = “Certain people bundled al that together, mixed them wp and arrived at independence.” Confederation for Quebec is & framework, nothing more. “When the framework be comes a yoke, it must be changed. That's what we're in the--- process of doing... “Canada and the constitutios period for amortizing the cost Mr. Turner recalled that the MacPherson report, based on information officer for the Farmers’ Union of Alberta, said his organization agrees | ing: uneconomic lines ‘‘as long as this does not seriously handi- In Mond By REMY d’ANJOU NICOLET, Que. (CP) — The 24,046 registered voters in the} ‘federal constituency of Nicolet- Prairie branch lines. The ex- \Yamaska will have~to choose | pansion of ~traffic, particularty | in wheat and potash, had since jn a byelection to fill the seat nel (the Vital Right of the In- pn many of these fines ‘pro; vacated by Clement Vifcent, dividual party). | ductive. jamong five candidates Monday jelected as a Progressive Con-| \servative in the constituency in) ithe November general election. Mr. Vincent resigned his seat following his election as a mem- ber of the Union Nationale in last June’s provincial elections |He now is minister of agricul- ture and colonization 1 Pre-| mier Daniel Johnson's cabinet. The Nicolet-Yamaska byelec- ition, and two others in New- foundiand — in Grand Falls. White Bay-Labrador and Burin- Burgeo—which also will he held: Monday. are the first since the ; genera! election. The Liberal candidate im Nic: | olet-Yamas will be, Florian! itte des Saults, and seeking to; retain the seat for the re essive Conservatives will ormand Beaudoin, a_ school! director in Daveluyville. ‘Georges - Henri. Forcier, a Democratic Party, and the Finance, Markets .. .. 18 Five Seek Seat studies would be undertaken by | the proposed new Canadian | Transport Commission to deter- imine the future pattern. of branch line abandonment in the ay Vote jother two candidates will be: \Jean-Mare Denoncourt, stand- jing as an independent, and ~ \Georges Grenier—of Montreal, irepresenting a party of his own \founding, Le Droit Vital Person. Mrv..Grenier has been an un- successful candidate in 15 fed- ‘eral and provincial elections is ithe last 2 years. The main iplank. of his platform is” in- jereased social benefits. _ VINCENT BACKS. GRENIER During the last few weeks ef ithe election campaign. the Pro. igressive ‘Conservative candi date, Mr. Beaudoin, has had the ‘active support of the former member. Mr. Vincent. The farming vote represents about 72 per cent of the elector- ate in the constituency. Several federal ministers jhelped in Mr. Cote’s campaign Cote. a farmer from Ste. Brig-|and Robert Cliche, leader of the province's New De m ocratie Party. has been active’ in’ sup he iport o° his party’s candidate” However, many observers ihave noted a lack of public en- ithusiasm throughout the cam- school teacher in St. Bohaven- |paigns. One feason being given ture, will represent the New jis that Nicolet-Yamaska will idisapperr with the redrawing ‘of ifedera' constituencies The 129 polling booths in Nie- INSIDE TODAY hans Yamaska will be open from /9 aim: EDT until.& p.m. Islan ‘mews ...........- z | Representation’ in the House, | Summerside ...... ae 3 |of Commons at the.moment ds SWORE Col ve ceass aves 3 128 Liberals,.96 — Progressive Editorials ................ 4 Conservatives, 21 membets of Kings, Queens, City .... 5 ithe : New Democratic ~ Party, Women’s ........:. 6 (eight Creditistes, five Social MN Ss FEA ALG . \Credit "and three independents. Comics > i fae ne bape: - to - Os he ag theld to fill t seat left vaca Classified 1, 11, 18 i by the recent death of Alexis Caron. Liberal member for ‘Hull, Qua QUEBEC (CP) — Premies- his first -federal-provincial tm