If It's Good For The lsland The Guardian Is For it he @ttottt:idlimt “Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew” _ Authorised u sooudclau I11! I! Ilia P001 Olflu in payment d group In um. CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, F EBRUARY 19, 1964. WEATHER Cloudlng over late in morning; light winds. Low-high 12 and 25. "",fl“f;“E SEVEN CENTS 14 PAG“E-S. VOL. Lxxvii. N0. 40 - 444%‘. These five Prince George area social workers were sus- pended from their civil ser- vice positions Monday follow- New Wage Scale Forecast FIVE US Department. Ottawa. and -so-ants’ ing their protests of provincial government handling of wel- fare cases in the nor . From left are Nick Proznick. Mrs. ‘ .;-...:aI§rnI. PEN DED IN _ .. \ '...«..; _..f*‘.*.~ B.C. Shelagh Vickcry, Mrs. Ilclen Gilmoiir. Mrs. Bridget Moran and Mrs. Judy Kennedy. CP Wit-ephoto) For Island's Civil Service By DON MacLEOD f A new wage scale for the; province's civil service is ex- I‘ the draft address. the premier Most of the said the new scale w _ crease materially" the cost of operating the civil service. "if we are to keep the oivill service efficient." Premier Shaw said, “we must pay a de-t "We emphasized treatment on. n .. cent wage." He said that when comparisons are made of the salaries of other provinces with l thrown out the window and we 1 pi-cted to go into 0pelI"¢'i‘l.l0n 5 April . Premier Walter R. lthis province. it can Shaw said in the Legislaturetstood why the increased scale yesterday. |is necessary “if we are to re- ‘ Speaking in the debate on'lfl'l" 0“? 1395‘ P " premiers speech with the treat- ment Prince Edward Island re- ceived the November fed- eral-provincial fiscal conference; pout of W. s87'000’(m auocaby in Ottawa. New Provincial Bldg. Declared loo Costly Fly NANCY WHITE Opposition to the ('nl1Stl'll(‘il0Il' of the $4.500.000 provincial build lng in May was voiced in the Legislature ycstcrday afternoon h_v 5th Kings Liberal George Ferguson. in the debate on the draft address. position Leader Alex Malheson were "the lull before the storm’ which may result when the bud-‘ get is brought forward. “if it illie budget) is any worse than the public accounts. then the people will have to He said Prince Edward lslanded is unable to afford the expenscfl “Our people cannot slan this. I‘m confident they're not in favor 8 new provincial building at this time." he said. Earlier in his address. Mr. Ferguson xp ssed concern over the "indication that gov- ernment spending will hit. an all- timc high" this year. "People are demanding too much of government." he said. indicating that if they “would only realize that they are the government" and are financingi government spending. Thcyl . 1. h H d would cut down on many of their :3“_d "°“l‘°‘l' ”b° '5,“ '9 '5' ”.qu(.sts_ [trict which Mr. Ferguson TC Jpl‘CS(¥lIlS.l ‘ LULL sarong srogivl i The Kings MLA spoke on var- He suggested that the “mel- ious phases of the Atlantic De- Iowness" of the speeches of velopment Board program. not I Prgmier waflcr Shaw an Op- (Continued on Pfligf‘ 2 2) ‘'I believe the finances of this province r i a rriblc mess." he said. noting that “the total debt —- is over 550000.000“. Observing that the population of Georgetown is forecast to increase to 5.000 when the fish processing and ship building plants are established. Mr. Fer- guson called for an amendment to the Election Act. to reinstate 5th District Kings. iThe Election Act. which has not yet been proclaimed effec live by the Lieutenant-Governor the basis of fiscal “but these things I said. were be under-lwere brushed off with an un- -‘ON SCENE tfortunaite allocation.“ ll}l'I‘TER DISAPPOIN ' H staid “tfh TMENT conference t ’ trnen. tbro . [I don't know when l was ;completely frustrated and la pointed." so dis- ed to the provinces. Prince Ed- ward Island receiv $599000. Premier Shaw said “we pre- was vigorously Opening statements were very favorable indeed and the fin- ancial arrangement was sup- posed to be based on the prov- ince with the highest earning. 'Wh n th ‘ final announce- ment caime throu h we w .-ntunned. We found that all these promises of fairness and equity were disceptive. empty phrases and we were brushed off with sl‘i-gthtly more than one tlialf million dollars." l Premier Shaw pointed out that this province has repeat- ,edly urged that fiscal ar- .leavt' the province." he P|'<‘dlCl'i1‘angements between Canada and jthe provinces must be improv- ‘cd if adequate provincial and local government service are to be maintaiined. !Continued on Page 2 Col. 3) § Hercules aircraft. said his cre ; dropped thre j the crew of the freighter as the = ' vessel dipped her rail into tur-‘ ' bulent Atlantic waves. The Her- . cules was called into the search ‘ lng after the Ambassador re- sented an excellent brief and .it 1, 35 Face Doubtlul Fate At Sea By FRANK SULLIVAN HALIFAX (OP)—The skipper SPECIAL ARDA AI D of a U.S. a Guard plane said Tuesday he doubted the disabled British freighter Am- bassador would stay afloat throughout the night. ieut de C. Robbins. weary after a gruelling vigil over the sinking freighter in severe weather, said air sea conditions in the area were “as rough as I've ever seen. “T e air was rough. the sea was rough and the Ambassador didn't look as though she would last the night." Lieut. H 3- : By NEIL MATHESON l Written approval has been re- wlceived from ARDA people in to lOttawa for the area of Prince ‘County and a portion of West- Robbins, pilot of the afts tern Queens to be included in the l“Designated area" for this pro- tvince. and it will be known a N.B. House gls Opened ‘ FREDERICTON tOPl—Revi- sion f New Brunswick's out- DROP RM;-rs Vmoded Elections Act appeared The _ ' plane s“.0.,ped to ;closer after the legislature about 150 feet to drop the rafts ,'°,l"’“°‘l T“°5‘la3’- H"‘V9V9l”- the near the side of the flounder- 1t'm." "f,a"f‘§al Changes ‘'9' ing ship. Lieut. Robbins said in smamed '"d9f""l*~‘~ an ime..View_ , ‘T throne speech read by «we waited um“ they Started Lieutenant-Governor J. Leonard getting into the rafts lfefore we 03”” Sald P"°P°53l5 Will be ‘en the scene_-- ‘submitted "in due course" fol- He said M, and me (,mM.loiving a study started some other men aboard the planelmomhs 3'1"‘ had considered taking pictures. _ _ of the Ambassador --but we ‘legislation based on the re- “vgra too busy [aking tufng DOM. recommending l‘(‘Vi3ll|ll0I'i- being sic _ 'ary changes in the taxation and . The 7,308-ton Ambassador de- veloped the list after her grain cargo shifted a out 600 miles ‘south of here while on route to -England from Philadelphia. She carries a crew of 35. from the US. base at Argen- tia. Nf1d.. early Tuesday morn- ported she was listing badly. An RCAF Argus aircraft from Greenwood. . .S.. was into the search and reached the area a few minutes after the Hercules. c~ 91 F.‘ B: ties. will lstudies have been completed. ‘ Another major debate subject will be the intention to use the province's $2.500. fe it e r al centennial grant tion of a government office l Meanwhile. the 33.340-ton Ital- building in F‘i'edcrict.on rather ‘ran ship Leonardo da Vinci had arrived on the scene and was 'to attempt to pick up survivors. iPlH‘P0Se. a.. l ' ‘ . Robbins said he talked ; lto the da Vinci before his air- craft left the area and the ship "w 3 going to come around downwind and try to Jthese people in the rafts. ‘ K Lieut. Robbins said a number of the Ambassador's own life- oats were broken up on that ship and it was impossible to] get the others off because of the I list and waves more than 253 "There is no future in pfllflltr-j feet high. ‘es except for the big gu‘nwer.:_"‘ He said winds generally were 91: ank Myem (pC_1st Queens) _‘ 3b°“l- 35 miles 3“ hm" Wilhlsaid in the Legisilature yester-l gusts to 50. Air temperature tda was about 55 degrees but the; water temperature was ' pick up Y. not peaking during the debate oul V , . lhe draft address. Mr. Myers-‘ ..';:“.';~..T::.hr:.::“.‘:2:;; sit. tggggmvg-v gm; Stream °‘"'°“”' nna} fgftiliiciispsauastecosttaynd Ftfiil ‘ . n A I‘ : ‘ ‘their potatoes on the rctaill‘ while the small farmers lpay the full price for fertilizer l land sell the potatoes for what- T0 Form New I Greek Govt culture Minister Andrew Rae that interest on loans ATHENS fAPl—-I-‘resh from a landslide election victory. mod- Quake Victims On Island Ask Ships For Aid DIS-BON tAPJ—Driven from their homes by persistent earth- quakes. residents of Sao Jorge Island in the Azores appealed Tuesday for help from ships at se " a. The U.S. Air Force base at Lajes, 20 miles away on Ter- ,celra Island. relayed a terse ‘. s on behalf lJorge islanders to a half-dozen Gradual En lo Dairy ln WINNLPIIJG ice» -- A grad- ual end to federal government subsidies for the dairy industry was predicted Tuesday by JM. Hartwlck of Plctoii. Ont.. presi- dent of the National Dairy Coun- lfoods was at cil of Canada. ‘on He said the dairy industry last ! year experienced the most dra- matic transformation In its his tory _. g m-orig move toward balanced production and con Sumntlon. Mr. I-lat-twlck said it win his personal view that the industry should eventually be able to stand on its own feet. He spoke to the annual convention of the Manitoba Dairy Association. ‘‘If present supply and de- mand trends continue. as l have they will, it should be 905' Ilble to gradually reduce gov- ernment expenditures for this ' so ' l‘fixe_ r, ld. ‘Thou nodal revision in d Foreseen dustry Aid ‘become possible $.)nn."l‘ than. ‘most observers thliik." I 1963. after five years of zsurpluses caused by rising pro- lduction and falling sales. can .r l major dairy the highest level record. Mr. Hariivick said. Butter stocks by Jan. I had dropped by more than 30.000000 pounds. This year coiisiimllltff" lshould be several hundred mil- lion pounds of irnlk in excess of lestlmated production. reQU||'l“ll the withdrawal of about 30, k.- lsumption {O00 ride of butter from shoe piles. ' However. Mr. Hartwick said that no drastic change in led" eral policy should be made now. In the llght of past expe ‘ fl ence. I think you will agree tha it would be a very grave mis- take to alter government policy iln such a manner as to increase the consumer price of butter. uld. who tvessels in the vicinity to put in lto their trembling coast. ; It was assumed at least some ‘of the people wanted to be ta- lken off. - ‘ The Portuguese news agency [ANI said ‘ ' from .530 Jorge all six of the villages ;on the 35-mile-long island have 1been abandoned b e c a u s e lquakes that started last Fri- v ay. ‘ d ‘GROUND HEAVE5 “The ground is trembling ni- ‘must contlniiously." the dis- ‘patch said. "The people of Sao Jorge feel like shipwrecks on a raft." New Building To Begin May 1 4 Construction of the provincial igovernment's new office bulld- lng is expected to start about May 1. with an 18-month bulld- lng schedule. 1 According to the annual re- rt of the province's Crown Building Corporation. tabled in the Legislature yesterday by Provincial retary J. David Stewart. tenders for the build- lng will be called during the Ifirst week of March "in order HIQ program of ructlon. of the 20.000 Sao in 0, Appointed crate George Papandreous was summoned by his king Tuesdayi 1 become prime minister of Greece in an hour of crisis over prus. Greeks and foreign diplomats waited anxiously to see what course the 76-year-old political veteran will take in facing an issue threatening to split ‘eastern flank of the North At- ,lantic Treaty Organization. l Shortly before he was clos- teted with King Paul. Papan- dreou approved an oral protest to the United States and Brit- ain for taking the Cyprus issue the United Nations without consuling NATO ally Greece. Ambassador To France OTTAWA tCP l—Appolntment of Jules Leger. 50. as Canadian }ambassador to France was an- nounced Tuesday. He has been ‘agisizbassador to Italy since May. I Leger succeeds Pierre Dupuy who was named some imonths ago commissioner- ntreal world’: general of the Mo fol . He is a brother of Paul-Emile Cardinal Leger, Archbishop of Montreal. INSIDE TODAY """' “'°"'- C“? ' GOVERNOR - GENERAL s"m'“°,"”' ' ' ' ‘ ' ' ' " Vanicr reads speech from the '°""""' throne outlining the govern- ment‘: proposed legislation Prince, West Queens ls Designated Area “designated area no. 1". Agri- culture Minister Andrew Mac-. e told this paper yesterday. Approval, which had been held up for several months. was received after certain informa- tion requested by Ottawa had been made available, it was . ed. 5, learn Earlier lliere had been an ‘idea of having two designated }areas in the province. with no. 12 including Kings County and a portion of Eastern Queens. but since the New Year this idea has been discarded, and a decl- sion made to concentrate on area No. 1 for the present. If ‘this works out as expected, it is probable that an effort ma be made to include the second area. it was learned from the research office. Research Director Reid Sang- yster is leaving for Ottawa today with a view to discussing sever- al problems to ARDA. Mr. discuss Tiiesdsyg throne speech said people in Ottawa. Montreal and island repuhm. .f r ‘ or Toronto in his capacity as mar- I ‘keling director. 1 Having a portion of the pro- ‘parts of the province cannot participate beneficially in h overall ARDA program, Mr. Sangster explained, but special in i-onstruc- benefits are available for the ‘designated at ca ' . All of the research costs. for a .than for a cultural or similar ‘example, are paid for by the tretary-General U Thant the es- {needs ; \lC0nl'.lnll('t'l on Page 2 Col. 1) Potato Outlook Called Gloomy young farmers begin only in the second or third year of the loan. "A lot of our young farmers find it very difficult for the first two years to pay the in- terest." he said. and noted that it usually takes at least two years to establish a farm, parti- culaurly where livestock is rais- ed. Mr. Myers expressed concern over “the high cost of farm machinery. ‘‘I think it should be investi- gated." he said. Mr. Myers was the last speak- Mac-ler _vesterda_v. and the sit:iug.on behalf of the City of Char- to adjourned at 5.25. for the second session of the 80th Parliament which opened in Ottawa Tuesday. Members "NIGHTHAWK' rgn e ‘LEAVES CARD NEW I-IAVEN, Conn. 'AP) The “Nighthawk" has left _ another message ' rhyme- his calling card after break l , . , ing into various establish-i OTTAWA .‘("Pl"‘Th° L'h"”". 1 men“ government intends to go‘ ahead‘ 3 Th‘. laws, J-Oh was at 3 twith‘ its revised. contributory. t corset shop. He ransacked the .p°"5'°".Pla" .d°Sp"e "5 """"r'l office and then scrawled in "Y p°sm°".l". the C°mm°“5'l crayon on a “ n_ the sharpcriticisms of Ontario's ..S0“_y to leave such a ‘Conservative government. Que-I; mess ,bec's non - participation and op-' VI ..“.s' roan}, “M fair m “we ‘position of private interests. l "But just as unfair you , The move was officially her-I have lalded Tuesday in a Parliament-, been " leave not a shilling in. opening throne speech that also‘ 0 I me." lforecast federal loans for uni-». I, was his way of saying he versity students and a four-‘ did,“ find any inn,‘ But in 3 pronged parliamentary reform‘ se“.mI._. mom he took an U" lthat includes compulsory re-5‘ determined amount of monev t”'9"‘°“t f°" aged 5e“3l°"5~ "l . stored in Cans by empyoyetm tribunal to change constituency; Cyprus, Britain in Clash Over l 'l’.t.‘ll.'s‘€.n‘5.’.‘”t?.§.’.‘.“"s..”’§.’.3§’§y’ university students. UN Role In Force . Compulsory retirement age} N[1'En :u_iT1QNg (Ap) _ for Senators. now appointed for‘ Britain clashed ‘M5 . the United Nations securiiy‘“n’“““.i.”’ l"“’ “‘°”‘°."‘. "F 5”“ . ,~ - - - - _i E enforceable limits‘ on (.0u‘n(.ll in establishing an inter demon campaign expenditures. to the strife-torn Mediterranean l 1egi_,~ia|;,-,n. of electoral independent Reintroduclion of , g _ _ redistribution _F‘orcign Minister Spyros Ky- constituencies by rianoii of Cyprus declared that ¢0mmi55i0n3_ the peacekeeping force should other structures of municipali-‘vince designated as the special be under control of the councuf Federal iabor code to esiah. proposed when area does not mean that other- and empowered to protect Cy- ilish minimum wages, maximum iprus from outside aggression. lworking hours, statutory holi- wmm WITH THANT §days and other labor standards. Earlier. Sir Patrick Dean oll “Comprehensive proposals" to Britain asked the council to let yreform federal regulation of his own country, Cyprus. Greece prailways and h e l p railways nd Tiirkey work out with Sec- adapt to present and future t ‘tablishment of the peace force. . under Dean's mposai the mun-‘ Measures to strengthen thé cil would only "point the way” toward a solution I Introdiiction Federal Gov't To Proceed Wi’rh Proposed Pensions Speech Heralds Move boundaries. an inquiry to find a limit on election expenses and a search for new procedures in the Commons. The throne speech. read by Governor General Georges Vanier. dealt with the pension issue in only two ' . “A measure will be placed before you to establish a comprehen- sive system of contributory pen- sinus." A government spokesman said this will he the plan as outlined by Prime Minister Pearson in a letter to the provincial pre- miers last month. and made (Continued on Page 2 Col. , Throne Speech Highlights position of Canadianpublished periodicals. Launching of a national fish- eries development program. Approval of Columbia River Power Treaty. Moves to increase employ- ment. by streiigthening primary and secondary industries. of contributory {Canada Pension Plan legisla- ‘lion. “Major amendments" to Na- ltional Housing Act. I Establishment of new minis- llpr of rural development and new president of the treasury .board. l . . 1 Chaiigcs in citizciiship act to ensure "full equality" between ‘Canadian-born and naturalized tcitizens. Dean withheld isubmittiniz at opening Session Adiourns formal resolution pending the me of private consultations Thant is holding with UN diplo- mats for resolving the issue. l I l ' By ARCH MacKENZIE | l AWA tOT’)~'Prime Minis- ter Pearson strode across the .floor of the Commons. shook‘ lhands '. Opposition Leader‘ lDiefenbaker for 10 seconds and «the show was 0 The Commons quickly rattled. through a number of business.‘ Act - , -items, including the introduction l The bill was introduced by lot two new Liberal 5 from Pl‘0Vl"<‘i3l Secretary -7. David ‘Montreal, then adjourned with- Stewart and is a comprehensive lout a word of debate. Thus. the second session of lrevision of present traffic legis-l tlation. Lhe Nth Parliament completed ‘ A number of private bills were tthe first of what many mem-. vmengxiomsd in the House Slpster ‘hers feel will be a considerablel ‘day. ’ Mr. Stewart referred to “;":‘h9"m°f gay?“ be‘°"°”lEle‘(:l""i"l; : . . ~s .ees e usiessoui .several that he will int.oduce ‘She speech from the thmne read .Tuesday at the opening of a new session. I The proceedings actiially cen-- tred on the red-carpeted Senate where with traditional ceremo- nial the government. guardedly legislation intentions through the throne read by Governor- General Vanier. ATTEND SENATE The Commons was called to order at 3:10 p.m. by Speaker Alan Macnaughton and shortly after was summoned to attend the Senate ceremony. The Commons. with most of; its 265 members on hand, re- assembled about 3:50 p.m. un- der galleries which were far from full and began its first work of the new session at 4 First Reading I I (Given To Bill ‘ First reading was given in the Legislature yesterday to a lbill entitled the Highway Traffic 964 I lottetown. p.m. . Mr. Pearson had made his first appearance a minute or two earlier to prolonged ap- plause The C o n s e r vaiives joined in when Mr. Pearson walked quickly across the floor with a smile shake hands with Mr. Dietenbaker. O'l"f'AWA f(‘Pt - Opposition leaders describe the govern- ment's new legislative program as pallid and disappointing Conservative Leader Dicfen- baker told a press conference Tuesday's throne speech failed to indicate any government. rec- ognition of current ocoromic problcms—a rising cost of liv- lng. American investment duced to a trickle and the need for more Canadian ownership of Canadian industry. '1 Q Births. lleathl 2. l0.. . Democratic Leader Classified . . . . . .. . 10.]! Douglas called it a mixed bag Comic; .. _ 1 of legislative proposals “falling I-jdnm-|g|, , _ short of the imagination and 1,-g..nc¢_ mlrku, ._ boldness that these times re- kns... .. . our quire." Social Credit Leader Thomp- son said the program lacked ambition but was encouraging recoitnirion of defence and problems. of the House Commons crowded into the Senate cham- l ber to hear the speech. ‘in its Ice wu-epiioun llsbor . Ql’F.STl0.'\’ Without Word Of Debate Item No. 1 was the introduc- on of the two victors in the two Feb. 10 hyelections. Mr. Pearson and Works Minister Deschatelets went to the Com- mons entrance and escorted in Fernand Leblanc, 46. ll char- tered accountant who succeeds former justice minister Chev- rier in Montreal Laiirier. Mr. Chevrier is the new high com- missioner in London. ti SHOWS GRIN Mr. Leblanc, grinning hap- pily. bowed Speaker. shook his hand and was es- corted to his seat at the right- rear_i-orner of the Liberal gov- eriiment‘s block of seats. Marcel I"riid‘homme. 8 year—old lawyer. took his place in a rear seat at the other end of the chamber. He succeeds former postmastcr»genei'al Axel- Denis, now a senator. in Montreal St. Denis. There were some seatin changes on both sides of th E .'n 8 e ouse. Among (‘,onsei'vativcs. former finance minister George Now- lan switched to Mr. Diefen- baker's right-hand side from the immediate left of Mr. Diefen- baker B.-\L(‘.l-ZR AT SIDE Taking over the lcft-hand slot as Mr. Diefcnbakerls seatmate was his new Quebec lleiitcnant. Leon Balcer, the former Con- servative t r a n 5 port minister whose appointment emerged at. the recent party convention here. Among the l.ibcrals, External Affairs Minister ariin became the prime minister's is e at ni a to at Mr. Pearson’: ‘right-hand side. succeeding Mr. (‘hcvricr there. Program Is Described Pallid, Disappointing Real (‘aoiicttc_ leader of be Raillicmcnt des (‘rt-ditistes. said the program was a dis pointing reintroduction of old measures is lieutenant. Gilles Gregoire thaoointi-.>. said the government should have announced continuation of fam- ily allowances beyond age 10. l.\'\'AS|0N Both Mr. Dicfcnbaker and Mr. Gregoire raised a qiiestiou of federal invasion of provincial responsibilities in the govern- ment‘< plan in make interest- frce loans available to univer- slty students. Mr. Dielenbiiker said the ‘speech "is one of the moiit pal- 'ltd documents ever put on the lips of .1 Governor - General. I n r g o I y containing leftover! them last session.