It It's Good For The island The Guardian Is For It hoe @nardiom “Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew” NO. 123 Authorised no sound Clan III! by tho Put (Mlle. h I‘ Department. “dawn, and for pay-on of mun CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY, MAY 26. 1964. WEATHER Clotu and much comer: a few showers; westerly winds 25, gusts to 40. Low-high 43 and 55. “fig” SEVEN CENTS 14 PAGES A RECEPTION for the dele- gaips of the Maritime Board of Trade meeting here was held last night at the Char- lottetown Hotel prior to the Government-sponsored dinner during which the guest speak- er was Dr. Frank'MacKinnon. Shown here having a friendly conversation before the dinner began are. left to right. Mayor A. Walthen Gaudei of Char- lottetown. Dr. J. A. Clark, MARITIME TRADE BOARD MEETS Transportation Problems Highlighted Yesterday the national president of the Canadian Chamber of ‘ m merce. HT. Mitchell, Vancou- ver. .ADB AAiming To Keep N.B. iFoundry Open OTTAWA tCPl ~— Transport Minister Pickersgill said Mon- day night the Atlantic Develop- ment Board will do all It can. to preserve the McAvity Foung dry at Saint John. NB. scch lllPd to close mid-August. if the board fails to keep Ihel brass foundry operating. it wiil work with all agencies—federal, j markets compares with the 3.5 MP5 Threatening To Push Flag Debate Into Election Lobster Prices Drop Five Cents ‘ A drop of five cents in the price paid for lobsters and an almost complete lack of mar— ket size lobsters along most of the North Shore were reported' by industry spokesmen to whom the Guardian talked. { The present price of 50 cents, for canners and 55 cents for and 60 cents paid up to Mon- day of this week. Reliab‘e spokesmen said last night the 50 and 55 cent price structure was uniform across the Marl- time Provinces yesterday. Pre- viously Island fishermen had been enjoying comfmtab‘e bulge in returns over the Nova Scotia and New Brunswick — people. Locked Gates Are Blamed 1 ln Tragedy . MA. Peru (AH—Locked Rates at the end of exit tun- nels in Lima's sports stadium were blamed by mi nesses Monday for the deaths of hundreds of stampeding fans at a riotous soccer game. Still reeling from the shock‘ of the sport world‘s worst ills- aster. officials were unable to estimate the toll of dead 24. hours afterward. Newspapers estimated from 260 to 315 fataiw ities with hundreds more iri-f jured. Earlier estimates had said between 400 and mo died. The best hauls reported Mon-- day came from the Souri, and North Lake areas. One boat with a fishermen and his help er brought 800 pounds to the wharf at North Lake. and ano- ther larger boat was reported to have come ' with 900 pounds. But loads were slightly misleading for some of the traps had not been hauled for three days. and others were being hauled for the first time in two days over the W96kt‘4d. POOR OFF SOURIS {THAN HUSBAND TORONTO CPi — Cecil R. Laing met. a woman on a street and accompanied her home only to meet her six-foot. four—inch husband who weighs 240 poiin s The husband threatened to call police. ' Lain 26. police officer. When police arrived Laing said he was a i told them: "i thought discretion was he better part of valor when I saw his sin. Magistrate S. Tupper Big- elow remanded Laing until June for sentencing on ‘ the charge of impersonating a police officer. Gov’t Faces New Vote Of Confidence l OTTAWA lCPi—F‘ormer Con- LIE IS SAFER l Filibustei 0n Gov’i Ry KEN KELLY i OTTAWA tCPI —- A nucleus of MP5. mostly among Progres. sive Conservatives with an or 3 casional New Democrat. say privately they are prepared 1.) fight the current flag issue to a general election. ' None seems ready to accept Prime Minister Pearson‘s chal- lenge to propose a non-coin. dence motion in the minority Liberal government on the .s- sue. However, they are prepared .to mount what ultimately may, become a filibuster against the‘ resolution outlining the cabinct's. choice of a flag design. The res! olution is scheduled to be intro duced Commons later ‘ this week. i Their argument is that a su ficiently-large body of Canadian. opinion is prepared to support} .their stand that every parlia-. The catch on the mum gm... serl'allve agl‘lcullu‘re mini-‘le mentary weapon should be have at Souris “is extremely poor. it was learned however, though the North side fishing “appears L to be improving." Camille Gallaii rt Easian P a c k i n g Company predict- ed illFl ilie FCHSP‘l w‘ll 'v'cna- tContinued on page 5, col. 7) Beaverbrook Honored a vote of non-confidence in the government's policies on East- ern agriculture. He charged the iissiie of a new Canadian flag is being used to cover up “a w ole series of sins of omissions" in- cluding the agriculture ques- . tion. Mr. Hamilton's moti gretted “the continuing of the government to take ef- ‘ fective action with regard to the pressing agriculture pro ems ’of Eastern Canada.” on 1 failure. It lAlvin Hamilton Monday moved to force the government into an election on the issue. The roup does not all back the Red Ensign or some flag design other the maple 'leaf one submit. Some would be willing to accept the maple leaf flag if convinced it is the overwhelm- ing choice of Canadians as a w ole. REJECTS PLEBISt'l’I‘E The prime minister has firmly rejectedthe idea of a plebis- the government is 10‘ Possible 1 Resolution . it could adopt the simple pro. cedure ot a rcsolution Which goes through only one debating stage. Thus to keep a filibuster going would require a series of amendments so worded as to be in order under the complex house rules governing amend- ments. The government might intro- duce a resolution followed by 4 hill. In that case there would be at least four debating stages and a further stage-cnmmitteo of the whole—which would be. particularly favorable to “lie busters. SPEAKS ONLY ONCE Except when the Commons is, in committee of the, whole. the rules permit an MP to speak only once, unless an amendment is introduced. In theory that means a max- imum of 265 speeches if evcry ‘ MP speaks plus an equal num- ber of every amendment which is found to be in order. Each MP is limited under the rules to a 30-minute speech. But in committee of the whom an MP may speak more than once. Thus two or more MP5, alternating as speakers. can debate a motion for as long as their lungs. vocal chords and determination hold out. In the face of a filibuster. the government is by no can weaponless. It could try to get. ‘ lpmvinciai and munlcpal_in my; . I These ‘ ‘protbilgéns. bed“, on the flag design, saying majority agreement for it rules 1 Dissatisfaction over transpor- new ferries. a new jet-port. sit-lules in such a way as to elim— Tsisting the displaced workers 1 I ' lsa‘fj‘ that 3”? bemg '. e“ “'1‘ his government will take res~ change‘ to require round-the. tatioii problems was the ovcr- mulating secondary industry,.inate as far as feasible inc 3 9 said. ‘ fl?“wgf'Wfil‘raL‘lgssugg 0‘ :‘ponsibility in Parliament rar‘clock sittings. riding atmosphere encountered and even amending the Grim-Hannoying" layovers now exu ‘ Mr, pickersgi“ made n“. I . l '. h“ '* - lproposing a design. 1. It might "wok, (.imum ,i. )‘Cslf‘l‘day afternoon at the tan- inal Code. item. a d thus "better serve! siatempm in “my m a plea hyl ' ifslli: lgeégifieofczhfifiufl T group of_MPs say the ; though this debate-limiting up. nual meeting of the Maritime ELEVEN RESOLUTIONS ithe travelling public.” .‘Thom s M_ l (PC_Samtl . The Conservative no" _ mail; only alternative.” to get anawvjce proved disastrous in "n broi'inccs Board of Trade here 1 thBtut ttinuactuall ct‘ounf reveal; i RAIL LINK URGED John-A]bert) for government in~ By ROD CURRW "I am “I”! no 0th” yam“. Meme "who" met immediate 310ml ha a mp inlg Ioftopinion Liberals after its use in the in Charlottetown. i a 0 F250“ ions CBH'IE tervention in dean“ with [he ' . ‘ ‘ . ' ‘ 'i ' . . . . . . mug l genera 98010". 1956 pipeline debate, Boards of Trade from all the from a possible of 15 presented, IThe other. Charlottetown rep~ foundry do“! 3 LONDON lCP.l—l.ord Beayer- all“: “‘1'? mum be a Healer‘ 2:32:21?" thgrgrlgjfie gasge: . .he key_ to the length ot a - Or it might count on the pres- lliai-iiimc Provinces presented. nine dealt in one way or ano- "UUQP cam“ “’35. 10 the a"; Mr Ben said the ‘humown of brook celebrated his 85th birth. “ e " 'm' ileader’ who con-“ended it wasi filibuster is expected to lie in sure of public opinion swinging resolutions on policy ai-i‘ ther with transportation. ‘ J“ I "13? any Mlll‘lluous 003'; ‘ ' ' V. .‘ . iday Morlday night as guest of GREATEST GATHFR l ’ . itbe manner in which the gov-. so strongly against the filibui. . . inemn hnk (for exam 16 .h ithe MCA\llV diHSion of Crane h A . . 1N6 out of ordei because it dealt . mmnis to expedite the righting1 The Charlottetown ho a rt: [ talkedgof causewav {Emmi e1 Canada Limited will throw l65?,nort‘ha: alhlfmdgy dmner .r‘". " 'o e newspaper men, the with a subject debated earlier ernme'." “Weeds w'lh the flag “"5 H731 “1.” .Wm'ld 5"", “MN M “vhm were represented as ‘ brought forth ‘hree' mo 0 ‘hridgel makekprnvisign rm- aml more. than 400 skilled workers} from ithanigagfe roverfigyfii greatest gathering of those man this session. After a procedural res°""‘°" "‘ the Cnmm”"" 0‘ "19”" "hlt’cm'e- Wringing Dr Frank MacKinnon was! Maritime Provinces Board ofi Trade dinner in the Charlotte-‘ from Hotel. The. annual dinner rnrlcd a long and full day forl delcgales to the two-day meet-r Ln; Which finishes this noon! flln' I. (‘hilding the weakness of' llf‘lil‘t of present day CanadiansI for their “wringing of hands"! attitude and fcr losing sight ofl thc real dimensions of hcl achievements wrought by thel Fathers of Confederation. he] moved a very popular speaker.| The morning session consist- lcil of business. reports on thcl t‘cnadian r m- l incrce and the Marltimes Trans- 5 portation Commission. and a‘ Pancl discussion "Maritimes. :lllllllsll'lal Development Poten- ,' in " l "3‘ FARMER TISSINGTON l‘anltal Bureau. The Guardian — Rumors concern-; of the Canadian Na~ tional Railways hotel Charlotte~ nor of th t policy of the ONE wiih regard to retention or sale t the hotels and Ipeciflcally i‘hether he or d if the there are any negotia- Chided By Speaker tumors 0i Hotel Sit Reach Floor Oi House e in: h. SOUVENIR MEDALS “‘M concerning the particqu l in mono." 0i Hands Then came a Joint luncheon; lottetown. during which ow-i ard T. Mitchell. Vancouver.. president of the CCC. spoke]. After that. the afternoon ses-l sion—a report by the credentials » committee and the long business of policy and resolutions. Oland's Brewery of Halifax; and Saint John provided a re—i t-cption in the hotel at 6.15. and 1 finally came the annual dinner.i during which "Dr. Frank" heldl forth. A discussion forum “100 Years K Aftcr- So What"“ and the clcc-i tion of new officers is the main! business this morning. i A reception. courtesy of W.H. Crandall and Associates. Monu- ton. and a City of Charlottetown ' luncheon officially end this 68nd annual meeting. ‘ In reply to a supplementary question from G.L. Chatterton.; MP for Esquimalt-Aaanich. Mr. l Pickersgill said he was not‘ aware of any consideration be—i given to the transfer of the 1 management of any of the re-i malnlng CNR hotels. i 8 .voying be more rigidly en orc—. 'cii . The deadline was set by tut: uttered a major resolution at ‘ fecting the entire Atlantic I'C-i gion to the effect that the pres- t practice of allowing Sun- day trucking be continued. buti that existing regulations rc-' peeling “tailgating” and con- ' l ed. In submitting two resolutionsl guest speaker at last night‘s'with the. Rotary Club.of Char-,hmh of which were “drafted. (Continued on Page 3 Col. 3) Eaton Continues To Ignore 1 HALIFAX ICPl » A Probate! Court deadline went by Mon-l day with no word from Cleve-‘ land industrialist Cyrus Eaton o whether he has deposited $111,322 in succession duties and death taxes claimed on the es- tate of his sister. He is the cite Halifax County Probate Court. which gave Mr. Eaton until Monday to notify the court the money had been deposited in I chartered bank in Nova Scotia. The succession duties and death taxes are due on the en. tale of Mrs. Florence Eaton- Kaye of Victoria. BC. who died in Rome in 1958. Go n S. we .counsel fat the national revenue depart ment asked the court for a pay- ment order April 21. He and Monday an application for Mr. Eaton's removal as executor of the estate now can be made and "probably will be." The Nova Scotia-born indu» trialist was originally given an days to deposit the money and interest. When the deadl e passed May 14 there was no indication the money had been deposited. Monday was the end of an nrloi ;was a grave matter. a serious" blow and a regrettable action.l He said the board would send . a representative to meetings he-j lng held by the New Brunswick government to study the impact 1 of the shutdown. i The board. he added. has a; responsibility to preserve f‘xlairj ing industry as well as to at-l tract new industry to the At- lantic provinces. i l : N.S. Probate Court Ruling l tional in days ‘Mr. Eaton weal given. Mrs. Eaton—Kaye. like _ brother a native of Pugwasu.) N.S.. left an estate probaledl here in 1959 at Eaton was left the bulk of :u‘.‘ estate with provision he pay all. death taxes, funeral expensesi and succession duties. . . Sources at the Proba and the office of Mr. said they had not heard from r. Eaton nor his represent.- tives. He was not represented at the April 24 hearing. A tax-case dispute between Mr. Eaton and the United States government involving the estate now is before the U.S. courts. to Couit. Cowan Literature Is Seized MONTREAL tCPl -— Mont real police in severa raid. Monday were re rted to ban seized several cartoons full of documents and other articles. no of the addresses raided was described as a publishing rm. Later in the question period. L J. Pigeon. MP for Juliet-Las- sumption-Montcalm. asked Sec- retary of State Maurice Lamon- tague whether it was true that P.E.l. was now distributing souvenir confederation medals that had been manufactured in States. "‘9 united MacNaughlofl special INSIDE TODAY ‘ 13 Births. deaths . . . . . . .. I. Clunlfled 12.13 unlit! I week for such mitten. 'police have u call A police official said stacks of“ -‘ "and other things" were. seized. Meanwhile. it was indicated police may have uncovered and cracked what they believe is another terrorist group. The official said reports that ncovered a group in: itself TA Putt de L'ln~ depend-nee du Quebec. (Que- 1 rice Party) “are true up to a point." But $356,600, Mr. . e‘ orn publisher and friendly ri- val. who threw the party for Beaverbrook. Guests were greeted by I guard of honor of Royal Cana-l dian Mounted Police and Indian: chiefs from New Brunswick as‘. they arrived for the feast. l The. fanfare, sounded as The Beaver entered the dining hall. was provided by the RAF. 1 tribute to the days when Bcaverbroo was minister of aircraft production during the Second World W r. Thomson. proposing the toasr. said: her'.» man THOMSON of Fleet .. 0 study 0 tell for sure whether the group is a new terrorist organization. i (right) greets Lord Beaver- brook iit London hotel Monday . night where the press baroa end in Canada. Everywhere he is greeted as the greatest living anad'an " About a dozen top—ranking Canadian newspaper executives came here for the party for Lord Beaverbrook. a native of Maple Ont. who spent boyhood in New Brunswick. As the. dinner-jacketed jour- nalists assembled to sample a sevcn‘tier birthday cake, ed1— torial aCcolades accumulated or the. man rom New Brunswick manse who over a period of 50 years did much to (Continued on page 2 Col. 7) was feted on his 85th birth day anniversary. Both puc- lls-hing rivals are from Can ads. Some 650 guests attended since the second session of the €26th Parliament began Feb. 18. CHALLENGE ISSUED Prime Minister Pearson last ,week challenged the opposition ito base its motion of non-con i- | deuce on the flag issue. but. Op- position Leader Diefenbaker re- jected this idea out of hand. Spokesmen for other opposi- tion parties joined in the Con- :servative criticism of the gov- lernment on its agricultural poli- ' in Eastern Canada. but each appeared to leave room for supporting the government lat the vote. fl”- _‘ a“. . Xxx as; ? the affair. held at the Dor‘ chester Hotel. (AP Wireplioh via cable from London). 4 ‘sign shall ' iCONCERTED EFFORT the Empire in a telegram Mon- day told Prime Minister Pear- son and leaders of the opposi- tion parties it "deplores" that Canadians “are being deprived of their right" to .Canadian flag. Some 300 members from across Canada attending the or- der‘s Mot-h annual meeting here 'stood up to signify they sup- rted the message head by na- tional president Mrs. D. . Mc- gGibbon of Toronto. calling for j a national plebiscite on the flag. ‘ The statement said members of the IODE “deplore that in this democratic country our government u deprive in- ldividual ciiimns of the right to ivote on an issue as vital as the 1 Canadian flag. “ h strongly urges that the prime minister hold a ‘national plebiscite in order that .'t‘he people of Canada may de- icide whether the Canadian Red lEnsign or a flag of a new e- be ihe offici 1 flag Canada." e . mber Cana- dian women‘s organization has strongly supported the Red En- sign since 1945. 4 National secretary Mrs H. G. . in a national I lpressure on the Canadian gov- ui-ongs in highway conditions. i which were carried and one of l. I t I . . . , , _ , . airlinc schedult‘S. Sllnday ll‘UCll'i‘NhiCh was Withdrawn' 3“ dcai’ Us mu”)de w'm- m” sm‘wce ou‘t‘Tli‘woltk t‘c‘lmhnu': a pens'imlneicmefs' brandy to the united i at a db Vggmttihi'cifipli‘lillegpefillfr N b. . O I .M‘ mad and weigh, ram“; mg with that problem my.“ l between the "Mainland and the. (M is: It]: gaugisthilnint;mu_i baron of beef. ’ “There is a." impt'nunt Emu‘ was acceptable and could be 0 e n F llnllk and safcty conditions in ; one was a request that airlines Provmce. . . ‘ ‘m_t‘ ‘feso. ‘t I h ‘ h fl. ed! "The Beaver." for once in . of Canadians he”. mam 0'5 ‘ debated. i'cliirlr‘s Thcre wcrc also sua- serving thf‘ r0210" l'PVlCW and Graham RWNS “"“W‘d ’"r‘ .m y 0 am as .5" or ibis long life seemingly taken? whom have flown over tronithe? Tllt’ OPPOSlllf‘" m‘lll‘m SF" “he I D I d B It’Flion‘: for consideration oilif possible revise their sched ‘Pnglh r9350“ for 'he “(mesh . 'nMrcan‘l/niyglfi'ill ethzaiiaderalfiback a bit by the warmth oft land of his birth. From all over theme for a two-(lay “ball? in S y land afler 59"“! debate ,‘md b. ‘t c. . tsg ' .bl [ .1‘ the Welcome. was ushered inLoi the world have come messages Commonsv 0“ agricullural f9)" 'dlssemmg V0!“ ‘t wax (gem: t?;n;lsteircre§:§;; infill; l the great dining hall of the Dor- of regret from thnse who couid , policies. The motion will be the By JANET KASK ‘ernmeni to retain the Red Bay executive of the MPBT “Board. agreed the shquolvn id‘es‘er “Me' by 1”” “‘9'” “M be here- "el‘t‘h 3‘95‘ 9‘ (“Meme l“ m FREDERICTON (Cp' “ The {"2" has be“ famed 0“ by m ' ‘ ‘ i son of Fleet. a fellow Canadian- “Lord Beaverbrook is 5 leg_ minority Liberal government lmperlal Order Daug'hlt’l‘s 0' order durlnfl The ln'i-‘St year‘- She said every IODE member was urged on two occasions to "write. :her elected member of Parlia- men-t informing him of her wish a to retain the Red Ensign. The order wrote twice to Prime Minister Pearson and leaders of the opposition on the issue. Prime Minister Pearson ro- plied to the first letter. stating he believed Canada should have a distinctive Canadian flag other than te Ensign. Mos. Chant sai . A second letter was written to Mr. Pearson. with a copy to the Royal Canadian Legion. an organization which presented a brief on the matter to the gov- ci'nment. The organization also asked the federal government for more television film clips of can Elizabeth during children's pro- grams so that younger children can "become more familiar with the Queen and the Royal Family." A letter was sent to the royal commission on taxation asking that consideration be given to the principle of income tax al- lowance for tuition fees of in- dividuals pursuing an education. Mrs. Chant said After givmg her report. Mrs. Chant was presented with an honorary life membership of the order. Opposition Continues To Nibble On Flag Issue Ry STEWART Mat-LEO!) OTTAWA iCP‘-~The opposi- tion continued to nibble away at Prime Minister Pearson Mon~ lday on the flag issue. but there istill wasn‘t a hint as to what lthe proposed maple leaf flag .will look like, 1 Only mic (:Iicstion dealt di- ‘rectly with design. and the iprime minister gave away noth- 'lng in his reply Erik Nielsen tPC—Yukoni sought comment on a report broadcast over rii- dio station CKNW in New West- imi'nster. BC. that the flag will ghave one red maple leaf on a 'plain white background. . "Purely speculative." ‘Mr. Pearson But the prime minister did itell the House he has been in with the Queen on at least two occasions in than With the flag. He did it 'in said conncc- Mr an informal way" through the Queen's private secretary "As a matter of courtesy it was surely desirable to let the Queen know what the intention! of the government were in this matter. and that as been done,” The Queen's advice wal not 80"th he said. OFT-ZEN WAS TOLD The question and answer ex- change with Opposition Leads! Diefenbaker revealed the first communication with the QuOflI was many days ago" but within the last month. Tim had been another communion- iinn since. But the opposition lends didn't get any reply to question. labout a possible referendum M lthe issue—earlier dim“ l” ‘ Pearson. i (Collthle on page I d. a l