I A Maxims of a More Man The greatest cunning is to have none. 12 PAGES . . , 2 . 5 i Officers Of Prov. Group of officers of the Provin- cial Public Servants Association tlected at the nth annual meet- Pulic ervaints Assn? tng held at Prince of Wales Col- John Gilmore. President. Elsie lege Monday night. Front left to Macbougall. Director. BACK: Joe right: Marie Toole. Secy. 'l'reas.. Shelfoon. Immediate Past Presl- r;lt.5.v cannon, 'rUEs1)AY, -JANUARY 17, 1956 ' Has Butter Surplus Plan 7 Howe Answers Government Farm Covers Prince Edward. Island Like the Dew PRICE 5c riiics Of Car Collide: With Train At Grafton Sr. An early morning car-train col-' ltsion at the East end of Grai- ton Street sent two Kllrnuir brick- lnyers to the Prince Edward Is- land Hospital suffering serious in- juries when their 1955 Dodge as- dan failed to come to a atop while a four car freight extra of ', the Canadian National Railway! dent, Isaac Tuplin. Director. Giles Cantwell. Director. . eron. Director. P. 0 Cam- was proceeding over the crossing on its way to the railway yard. John Denham. 42 and John Daly. 25 received injuries of an undetermined nature when the car owned by Deuham and driven by Daly struck the second car behind the engine of train extra 1538 in charge of Con uctor Mar- rlll Graham and dr ven by En- gineer J. Egan. The train had four cars and a caboose a-ndwas returning from Burden at the time of the accident. City Police who investigated the accident said that skid marks on the pavement. west of the crossing. indicatcfl that the ma- John Gilmore Heads Prov. Civil Servants John Gilmore was elected 01'!- sident of the Provincial Public Ser- vants Association at their 11th an- nual meeting held last night at Prince of Wales College. There was a large attendance. The president. J. B. Shelfoon. who occupied the chair. called upon the various committee :hair- men. each of whom submitted a satisfactory report for which they were thanked. Committees report- ing were: entertainment, John Gil- more; sports, Tom White; consti- tution and by-laws, Charles Potatoes Now At Season's "The potato market has hit the seasons high within the last. few days with quotations yesterday ranging from 85 cents o- 90 cents per 75 pounds bulk to the grower delivered at shipping point." re- ports Mr. Elric Campbell. mann- ger of the Prince Edward Island Potato Marketing Board. "There is a catch to this though. The ship- per must have a car available for loading and immediate movement. "Evidently the receivers, as well as the local dealers. believe that this is a weather market. and are in storage. The report of but. barring a miracle. we present marketing season. not overlook the possibility potatoes In West R- F ties in the fact out because as poor wire co ” along the railway lines. 1 is not possible to have cars placed and removed nearly as quickly as normally. "This feeling that current prices are temporary is supported by the Flsherirosulied in the following officers and direc- tors: President. John Gilmore, Depart- ment of Highways; vice-pres., Eug- ene MacDonald. Dept. of Welfare; rery.-ireas.. Marlo Tools, Dept. of liepo-ri-s.Puhl-ic. lethargy 0n -1-,,,,u,y' yeportl; og stoaage itioldllngs of , Dir to -: R gl id MacNutt. 098 I08 I I 5'1""! 0 Tempeciuuize 5..!.'?.t.n..x ou.-s wlglch are shown -in the followlns N e: Cantwell. Dept. of Health; Isaac to President. t low Freight Rafe For Fish is Considered lion. Dougald MacKinnon. Min- ister of Public 'Works and In- ustry slid Natural Resources who acompanied by Eugene Gorman. Director of Fisheries. interviewed C.N.R. officials at Moncton yester- day with a view to arranging a rate between West Prince and Sourls on herring shipments. re- turned by air last eveing. Mr. MacKinnon reports having received a courteous hearing in which the whole matter was re- viewed. The Department heads are taking the matter under advise- ment and assured the Minister that no time would be lost in reaching a decision. Mr. Mtlt!KllI- non urged that the matter be expldited in order that the nec- essary sdditionahl equipment could used and placed in the plant "Markets in the U. S. A. have risen sharply since Christmas and have taken a further jump in the last few-days. This seems unac- countable in as much as the Amer- ican holdings estimates are not due out till the 20th and all in- dications to date have pointed to a high figure of holdings of mar- chantable stocks. "Granted that the Maine move- ment has been over a wider area than normal, their present rate of movement is not high enough to take care of the large inventories "One-quarter of all Cana think It makes no differbnce garty is in power," Byrne luncheon of the Progressive Canada. closer together ideologically." an issue." and the Young Pro servatives of Cans ssive both Expect Tanker In Charlottetown This Week From information released by local Irving Oil Co., officials last evening it was learned that the tanker gpruccbranch under char- ter to t e Irving Company is ex- unanimously. NEW PRESIDENTS Ellznbeth Jansen. 30-year-olvl l(it- , is the new president of men's association, succeeding E. Ssnsom pected to arrive in Charlottetown either Wednesday night or Thurs- day morning. The cargoes that the company is concentrating on at the present time is fuel oil. and if conditions permit further shipmentsmay be brought in at close intervals. loo North costituency. mm The new head of the Young herring into flslnneal would be I vuonnbiy profitable undertaking freight charges son the west end of the Island and Sourls were kept at a minimum." Mr. lliscltinnon said. EXPECT GOOD YIAB NEW YORK. (AP) -- General upectsltlsoto betho socoodbutyoarinfts hlstori -dplansospltal expenditures the nasal Inorethaa old Commons member for John-Albert who Foundation Qrganized .M.000.0I. - ' ...m....m.. UITAWA (cit)-orgalsattnn of for so: " . existing heart foun might h 335"”; 'l.opgNg . cmggup nun pgugmg. 1, Ir. laid fodCal'sffIci&- integrated with that g national: Mwumhmwmmmmumnwu fcundation.0ntarIo.., H: VANCOUVER. (cm-non! mu mun, uh-H” In pro stands as lumbtrtnddncbec . Inv- eonunumon heuings into the -I I N009 foundation - from Many. tron hndlenmnd othera , argu- mnls cg confuct of Van- esmunh b qfnsqgasih I tha9tIbtl.lc.f&md:diUIII no 3:: -in suntchewg, aa- ver's cemen reopen an srlnnen , a. H ; , -today with on si,t(l'mated no names health a conference of - ' Dr. Strong said no or I- . (III the witness lilt,4 Comiii"g"WEvents f"" ullIhh.lli:'w. srnoamaillcxiiic.” EPD1 II! III It 3817'! rung. Jan. :1 Mb rug -;.g.,u.; New w.'e.m5ay. fun. High Says Board Chairman rnerchnntable stocks holdings will be made public as soon as pos- slble - we hope by Saturday - suggest that the present prices will likely be the best received in the Not to be too pessimistic, let us outlet for Prince Edward Island era Europe this spring.y'l'he. Borad has promoted. , . r tr ; Claude 1 20,509. Dlziilitluliiflsiilgsuaiid Natur- 1355: 16.51-Lg OTTAWA (CP) - Conservative al Resources; Elsie McDougnll, 1954 19,935,000 Party members were told Monday Dept. of Provincial Secretary; Pcr- 1953 17.5514,” there in "considerable public leth- cy Cameron. Dept. of Education: 1952 11,313,000 IFZY" 01! Political affairs in Call- and J. B. Shelfoon, Immediate Past 1951 19.4g1,0(n ad!- anders of Toronto. a director of the Canadian Institute of Public Opinion-the Gallup poll. said at a servative Women's Association of "Political parties are coming Sanders said. ”It is harder to find The party's women's association their one - day annual meetings Monday-curtain - raisers to the two-day meeting of the main party association starting today. New presidents of both were chosen chencr. 0nt., real estate manager 1 the vm of Fredericton. Miss Jansen. a slender brunet! has been an unsuccessful candidate in two federal elections in Water- servatlves is Thomas Bell. 33-year- follows Harvey Galbraith of Cplgray in that post. U. 8. would ofan headed by president Gilbert Mac- millan of Huntlngdon, Que. Dairy" Farmers At Saint John. ssmr JOHN. N.B. (cm-A-no ecutlve members of the Dairy Farmers of Canada arrived here Monday to start preparations for their 14th annual metlng. About 150 delegates were ex- pected from across the country. losed ' of e ” t and commodity groups will be held today and Wednesday. The general meeting. opening Thursday, will conclude Friday. The organization includes 3 dairy producer groups represent- ing 455.000 individuals. Officials said the choice of saint The 25-man board of directors is chine was traiclling at a high rate of speed and appeared to be unable to stop in time to avoid the collision. Crossing signals on both sides of the street were said to be operating at the time of the collision. Both accident victims were conscious when City Police arriv- ed at the scene minutes after the collision. Denham was taken to hospital by Hennessey's Ambul- ance and Daly by the Police Pa- trol. The forward part of the car wu - . -l .. .. . , A FINESHIP HALIFAX. (CPl-The skipper of the killer ship that Canada calls the most modern in the world says she lived up to all ex- pectations during initial trials John as tha,sita,.of, the dairy Praught; membership. John an no! taldns any chances in wins the at the rW5P”"t"' " '1'" """'” Wivsuttla "mi ",,,,,.,g.,g,gl"”f”"”'"lt”'”i"h ton: publicity. Percy C . new at. . g --... - . .M V mp, . .,.mm- '; . a . t t - A-I-t” -V " ' D im nb if” :.H " nonuuatln cotnmi tea added to ,5, mp,” mug. have received prompt and proper - W 0 '1' port. submitted by Dr. . C the Montreal Neuological Instit- ute Frlday for a onedny check- up. has decided to remain five days for a thorough examination. it was ' i Monday. dfans what Hope Con Miss Oin- held Mr.-I Con- Saint going to Florida; to others it means skiing. skating and hockey. But to 0 lotion it means unemployment. A lot of Prince Edward Island have to depend to a livelihood on jobs which fold up or are greatly cur- tailed during the winter months. But there is quite a ray of hope starting to shine. It begins to look as if we may gadualiy ovecome that problem. dian wtnie was a peiod of almost complete isolation for the rural areas and even in the urban see- tlons what we were prone to call "the severity of the winter” had a slowing down effect. remember horses and sleighs sail- ing ove the (lifts. some towns even had considerable rivalry over who would have the first sid& -Ide. don't have that kind of winter any more. But wouldn't it be more cor- rcct to say that we have learn- ed to cope with the wintc. Show removal eqlupment has been the answer. so now I blizzard whlds dumps two or three feet of snow on a community in a few hours is n longer a paralyzing blow. Plow: and dosers go into action and the normal traffic is only disrupted. for a few days, at least on the main roads. ' the habit for motorlna to put I. nsncial target is he foundation Off Season Employment Benefits The Community To some people winter means uite a large umber of our popw A few years ago the typical Cana- Many of us are not too young to Some folks may say that we Not too many yours ago it was Plan Heart Disease Fight iltfortbl their cars for the winter months. Now that is not only not necessary but cars have- become such a necessity to our economy that they must be kept on the roads-must be kept moving all year around. This applies especially to cars us- ed for business purposes. That they have been kept run- ning is one example of how we are beating our Canadian winter. so today a service station employee has a full time job. Winter gal- lonnge of gasoline sold is quite high. and the great and compara- tively new automotive transporta- tion industry continues to pile up the miles winter and summer. it would be difficult to assess what that has meant to the coun- try nnd to the individual who re- ceives his employment from some part of that industry such as gar- agemen. service station operators. bus and truck drivers. employees of alatomobile and tire manufac- ture . to name just a few. All have benfited greatly from tho fact that cars run all year. And how many people benefit indirect- ly from this? There the figure is large too. The great success that this In- dustry. or group of industries. has had in uv ing winter condi- tions has been a great impetus to others to try to place their indus- tries on the same year-round foot- ing. So today we see houses, stores and churches being built in the winter. The construction industry is making quite a study of this. They admit they haven't got it complete- ly licked; there are still a few bugs to be taken out before they can say that all phases of build- ing conic:-iictton are an all year to hsartnat with the information that a bet- tor lob of plastering can be done in the winter time. It has some- thing to do with the ability to con- trol heat and moisture. It is discoveries such as this that will help to remove the in- QUEBEC (CF)-A Quebec Lib-f erl senator proposed Monday the federal government restrict llLxl3l- nient buying by enforcing a 50- perecent down-payment on uun-'cs- sential goods. Down-payment on a 3100 item under this pl'n')u.x'al would be 350. Senator C y ri lle Vaillancourt. manager of the Quebec credit unions known as caisses popu- laires. told the Gordon economic commission that instalment having has grown so extensive that "They're selling shares on the moon now." The state, he declared. had a duty, in the face of "this di.s'illlH'l- ing expansion of consumer i'I'C(ll' ” to assure a stable economy. it bad a duty to impose controls to correct abuses. ”. . To protect the economy and citizcns, the federal govern- ment should adlopt legit"-lalilll On Gov'l In His Maiden Speech OTTAWA (CP) - A freshman Progressive Conservative from New 3. swlok used bare knuck- les on the government in his maiden Commons speech Monday night. Liberal supporters. breaking with tradition, slugged back with noisy interruptions. "We are fed up with the Liberal government.” said J. C. Van Horne. who won Restlgouche-Mad awuska riding in a September by- electlon to replace the late J. G. Eoucher. a Liberal. "Lay it on boy!" shouted unidentified opposition .3.-.said he Mi:-lthnas are sick of living in. perpetual depression while the rest of Canada prospen II L Construction Association said Mon- nual meting by V.L. Leigh of Vic- tutal of housing completions in which would buying," tench. NON-ESSENTIAIS ONLY The stiff down-payment. regula- tions he proposed would be only. on such nonessential goods as radio and television sets but not on I such essentials as refrigerators; stoves, washing machines and sew- ing machines. The five-man federal body. i',Zllll- ering material to help in forecast-I ing the shape of the Canadian ecu- nomy over the next quartcr-w,-n- tury, also was told of the pits of the Canadian dairy industry and the financing problems of this 11151 toric provincial capital. But the man it anxiously awaited, Premier Duplessis. did not turn up. Commission officials felt they were deliberately snubbed by the Quebec government. There was neither a brief nor an official control instalment; he declared, speaking Illl Senator Proposes Drastic Credit Sale Restrictions of the ptovincial I-l(lmlllslI'ali()n when the commission opened Jil- tings in the city hall. The commission now has usitcd lllle provincial capitals. all but Toronto. So far it has received co- operation from all provincial pre- miers, except Mr. Duplessis. The commission has power to subp-tcna witnesses and force them to pro- duce documents. But the commis- sion is not planning any fight against Mr. Duplessis. RAIL HEARINGS It leaves here today for Hunt- real where it will open three days of sittings Wednesday. it will hear first from the presidents of Can- ada's two national railways. the Canadian. National and Canadian Pacific, and the newsprint dustry. It will return to Montreal Feb. 20 for further hearings after a two-week session in Toronto starting Jan. 2.1. Suggest Homes Should Be Made Easier To Purchase WINNIPEG (CP)-Homes should be made easier to buy. the hous- lng committee of the Canadian day. The housing committee's report. presented to the association's an- torla. indicated that although a record numbe of houses are being built. only a small number of pur- chasers are in the lower-income brackets. g "Statistics on the number of National Housing Act Loans, the 1955 (about 125,000 units) and the record 80.000-unit carryover into 1950 -all are my oncourallnl" o".l..i''...':"....."- .. ..........7. ,' 7 , I mum number of Canadians with who finance the purchase of a home under the NRA reflect an entirely different picture in any assessment of the effectiveness of the original intent of the legislation. "In fact, most of those with NHA loans have annual incomes of 35,000 or more." . FORGET THE FRILLS Mr. Leigh. himself a home- builder, said the construction in- dustry must find a way to com- pete for available dollars with such other items as automobiles and television sets. He suggested a two-fold program for the industry. First. it should develop a well- promote annual incomes of less than 33.& ownership. lie demanded federal " ' ' assistance to develop Marlthne na- tural resources, drastically re- duced transportation costs to "Con-. federation - created” markets in other Paris of Canada. national health insurance and completion of the Maritime: section of the Trans- Canada highway entirely with fed- ersl money. "Give us a new deal or quit,” he shouted across at the Liberals. Young people in the Maritlmes were forced to go elsewhere to make a living. "Why must we be- come immigrants again?" His words were punctuated fre- quently with gestlculations. His voice often rose to a shout as Lib- cral members heckled. Tradition- ally. the housc holds a respectful silence when a new memt makes his first speech. Mr. Van Horne switched to flu- ent and colorful French for part of his speech. If anything, the tu- mult increased. Two Men Ho'd Up Oshawa Bank 0Sl-IAWA. Ont. (CPL-Two men dressed identically and disguised by sllk stockings over their heads held up a pair of National Employ-' ment Service messengers Monday and escaped with 36,000 in cash. The two messengers. Norman Pepplatt and Douglas Reynolds. were returning to their office from a bank when held up, police said. Pepplatt said he and Reynolds used a different route every morn- ing to discourage holdu attempts They had just reach a come: when the car drove up and the two men lnted guns at them. "The man in the rear seat or- dered me to throw the money into the car.” said P piatt. "I was so scared I dropped f e satchel." He added: "I picked it up and threw it in the window. Then they ordered us to start running. We 1 did. but Reynolds managed to get the licence number." and sustain unprecedented pros- perity. both provide for a small balance. surpluses are earmarked for the 3274,000.000,000 national debt. George Humphrey told a conference estimates of revenue might be "unduly conservative," suggesting the possibility of an 91'. TO GET 3649'; BILLION ing June 30, the government now expects to take in 364.500.000.000 in revenue. spend 364.270.000.000 and wind up with a 3230.000.0lXt surplus. spending at 365.865.000.000 with a surplus of 3435,000.000. 000 to reduce the national debt to 3273,fi00.000. Congress to appropriate 566.291,- 000,000. That is 34.307.000.000 more than this year and is s42s.0oo.ooo more than he intends to spend in the year. Some of the money ap- propriated ls carried over into later years. president sccks appropriations of 54.900.000.000 to 32.200.000.000 over this year and many members of Congress don't Eisenhower Has Balanced Budget .For U.S. Congress WASHINGTON, (CPI - Presi- dent Eisenhower sent Congress a balanced 365.005.000.000 budget Monday which he said will pro- vide a full measure of defence This new budget for the fiscal year beginnin July 1, and a re- vised one for the present year. No general income tax reduc- tions were included. The small However. Treasury Secretary PPCSS election-year income tax cut lot- For the current fiscal year. clos- For the next fiscal year. income estimated at 366.300.000.000. is The intention is to use S574,000.- For 1950-57 Eisenhower is asking For foreign military aid. the be used over a icrlod of years. This is a jump of like it. , The budget provides for spend ing on a number of projects along the Canadian border. some of them in co-operation with Canada. SEAWAY GETS MILLIONS Eisenhower said the U.S. will spend 342,759,000 on the St. Law- rence seaway in 1956-57 and es- timated the eventual cost to the United States for its part in the project at 387000.000. He asked Congress to complete authoriza- tion of a project to deepen and im- prove the Great Lakes connecting channels which would be operated in connection with the seaway. Authority to make a few survey to determine whether tides in Passamaquoddy bay between Maine and New Brunswick can be harnessed for production of elec- trical power was also asked He said he later will request Sl.0il0.M0 to finance the study. This project was first considered during the Roosevelt administration. Eisen- hmvcr last year asked for money for the study but it wasnlt voted. Captain Appoi-n-ted For New Steamship MONTREAL, (CP) -Captain 4. W. Keary. master of Canadian 'acific Steamshipsl Empress of rancc. has been appointed to the command of the company's new Empress of Britain. a 26.000- ton liner nou being fitted out at Govan. Scotland. , Captain Keary is a native of Dublin and joined the company in 1919 when he was 17. He was first officer on the Empress of Britain which was sunk during the Second World War. lIskimo's nomadic way or life are numbered. ' R. G. Robrtldt, almmlssioner of the Northwest Tsrrturiu. said Monday on the will come when most of CHE! attha-a citfsens will tuning-ngngum yhne man In Nomadic Days Of Eskimo Numbered, Meeting is Told OTTAWA (cm-he days of the pushed farther north. to stop a serious decline in the Mr. Robertson forecast the fu- territories' caribou population to ffalra. lure of the Eskimo during council an estimated 300.000 last year debate of the speech from the from 660.000 in 1940. throne outlining work for the seo- Commissioner L. H. Nicholson of sion expected to last a week. The the RCMP. one of the council's speech was read by Mr. Robertson five federally-appointed members. who also is deputy mlnlshr of initiated the discussion of the Eski- northem a in- "f Policies Says Wheat Sales Now In Volume Again ' O”l'TAWA.lCPl-Canadian Wlll'.'il is selling in volume again. says Trade Minister llowc. H9 Dreclit-ted in the Cuinmcns tllondav that sales in the Iulrrcnt cropiycar. xvliich opened last Aug. 1, Will pass total 1954-55 shipments by March. "I have never before in my ex. Penance seen buying as active and as steady as it has been since Nov. 1." Until then. he said. advance sales M-re "woefully deficient” be- cause buyer countries were ex- pet-fing Canada to follow the United States into a giveaway pro- gram or at least cut prices drnsli. cally. Mr. l-lowc, who celcbralcd his 70th birthday Sunday. entered the third day of throne speech debate to hit back at opposition criticism the government's agricultural policies. CANADIAN INVENTION H9 telected CCF suggestions that Canada sell wheat through barter deals or by accepting cal currencies. Replying to a Progn- sive Conservative e recommendat on that the government set up 2- soil bank similar to the U.S. plan. he said Canada invented in 1941 when It paid farmers to switch from wheat to summer fol- low or other grains. . Howe was one of several speakers as the debate continued to revolve around agriculture. with wheat in the spotlight. Opposition spokesmen still ham- policies, plugging among other things for immediate cash ad- vances to farmers with wheat stored on their farms. But the only critlcism of the government's newly - announced plan to assist farmers with storage costs came from a Liberal knckbencher. John Lorne Macbougnll !L- Vancouver Burrardl. once a Pral- rie farmer. slad: "You can new ....-;-a.-....... the throne speech week plans to Introduce last legislation un- nn all wheat over 178,000,000 bush- els held at the beginning of the crop year. It is understood the government will pay carrying charges this year on some 200.- o00.000 bushels mended the storage payment plan to the government because it seemed to him the western farmer would suffer some hardship if re- quircd to pay carrying charges on grain when they might run as high as 20 cents a bushel. Mr. Howe said it would be im- possible to work out a system for cash advances on farm - stored grain. Persons advocating such I plan wanted to destroy the Cana- dian wheat board. SALES HIGHER The country was being told the Prairies were in a desperate plight. But over-all retail sales in the three provinces were higher in the first nine months of 1955 than in the corresponding 1954 period. A "certain number" of wheat producers had found themselves in difficulties and the government. to assist them. had introduced the bank loan plan. The 31.500 maxi- mum had been referred to as "chicken feed." "I'm not interested in any man who thinks 31.500 is chicken feed. ' he said. Continued on page 2. Col. 9 Vtltl this son: or it: vacuums foam) to K W: WM humor-.a (is know sqomvs? HALIFAX (CPI -The wen office here says I new dimr is expected to approach the M times Tuesday and condoning d weather is likely with a few snow- fiurries scattered over most ii iii egiona foreeas 2 digrict. l u Norther! .Nnva Gretta. Prtasb Edward Islam and New Irons- a few nav- wick : flan-lea the soil bank - mered at the government's wheat . constructed house with ut onus or 0"" "'9 '””""?.l"”” "' W ”l'",'' Lmm"” "13 1'hig""'K':b'm"ur tqi-Vi-T?'”ii'35i."7m.ni announced P" the desire or home der which it will bear storage costs Mr. Howe said he had recomv ' 3" -5 as-vs F-PW".-P.L-ta.-. ..-.w... l 3. ii ii. it .......a..... --...... -..-....t........-...,. .. .................... y ....'. ...- '- mm"...-ga.....i. .