TELEPHONE 8506 Buyer meets seller with Guardian Want Ads. Dial 8506 ask for classi- fied ad faker, for quick results. "Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew" with osmosis WEATHER Cloudy with snowflunleo; a little celdv . . er; west winds 20 becoming light. Low-high 2o . 27. 14 PAGES REPRESENTATIVE! of Trade dent Electrical Worker's Union. Doyle, president of Local 8249. and Labor Unions from Charlotte- Local I-M: Rev. William Simpson Steelworkers'a Union town and District Council with guest speaker at the dinner: Clif- LEFT. J.M. McAlduff, educational their wives attended a delightful ford Murphy, president of the lo- director. Charlottetown and Dis- banquet on Saturday evening at cal Packlnghouse Worker's Union. trict Labor Council. A.A. Mac- tha Charlottetown Hotel. TOP. left Agustus Dowllng. president. Lo- Isaac. M.L.A. William Craig and to right are: John Brown. Presl- cal 50!, Civic Employees; Russell Harold Stafford, representatives Local Labor Council Holds Weekend Institute In City Representatives of Provincial tration. and Civic Governments were the ASSURE! CGOPERATION , ently disabled and unable to take guests of. the Charlottetown and Mr. Gaudet said a community their place as a useful member of District Labor Council at a dinner is made up of many component society. ' hold at the Charlottetown Hotel parts and a happy community is The speaker said it was not just Saturday night which was ad- one in which all parts are working enough to organize in a Labor dressed by Rev. William Simpson for the welfare of each other. He Union. Adult educatltm. he said of the Extension Department of made refere to the recent brief was the backbone of the Labor Si. Dunstan's University. The presented by . William Craig movement and the members of a chairman for the avenin was regardingl s' agreement Union should try in every way to Alex.MacLean. ,.resld o the with the City ' atlon. He make themselves acquainted with council. The dinner was a part of assured the delegates that their the various forces which are at a weekend Institute conducted representations would be given work in the world and be prepar- hcre. careful consideration by the City cd to take their stand on the side Hon. Forrest Phillips. Minister Council which would be glad to of right against wrong. of Labor told the meeting that manic to the fullest extent He emphasized the importance laborers whethe in this Province ble. of the Labor Unionist associating or elsewhere throughout the World Dr. Frank Macltlnnon, Prln- himself with some other move- were very important individuals. clpal of Prince of Wales College ment particularly the co-operative He noted that the Department of who was a guest at the dinner and the credit union movement. Labor on Prince Edward Island said gatherings of this sort were BTALEMATE AVERTED was one of the most recently extremely worthwhile. He observed He made reference to the near brought into being. He expressed that it presented an opportunity closing of a textile factory at st. the hope that good sound relatlonrlo discuss problems and to enjoy Stephen-Mllltown a few years ago. would exist in so far as labor the fellowship made possible. He recalled that the Union and and government DIGNITY OF WORK Management discussed the matter were concerned. Father Simpson said Labor at angth without results. Boards Deputy Mayor A. Wslthen should always be conscious of the of ade and Government came daudst aid that co he had be- "Dignity of Work." He reminded into the picture and endeavoured some chairman the street covn- his listeners that they should count to keep the factory going. rnittee he was more directly al- it a great privilege to be able to At last a United Church Minister lied with labor because the street work and told them they would made the suggestion that the em- d3P3P"l19lll OlIIPl0&'9d 91! llflcst more fully appreciate this state- ployees form themselves into a co labor force under civic admlnls- glnent if they were to visit an,ln- operative and run the mill on stitution where people are perman- LOWER CHARIAYFTETOWN. H... Canadian Labor Congress, St. John. N.B. LOWER RIGHT. Alex MacLean. Charlottetown. President of Charlottetown and District Council; Hon. Forrest Phillips. Minister of Labor Henry Harm. Regional Director of Education for the Atlantic Region C.L.C. their own. This was done and the Jobs of over 500 workers were saved. The mill has since operated successfully with everybody well satisfied. "You see Labor Unions can go so far," said Father Simpson” but there comes a tlrne when there in something else needed. It is on occasions of this kind that the co- . ratlve efforts of all concerned are required." MUCH TO BE DONE Father Simpson noted th e strides that have been made in Labor organisatlo during the re- cent years. especially in Prince Edward Island. He said a great deal of money had to be spent for the right of Labor to organize and bargain. "A big Job has been done butts bigger lob remain to he done. I would suggest that you make it your uslness to see that the proper leg slatlon is passed so that the very important segment on society which you represent may take its place in our ever growing economy." he said. At the conclusion of the Dinner, Mr. Henry Hana. Regional Direc- tor of Education for the Atlantic Region. C.L.C. expressed th e thanks of the meeting to Father Simpson. Mr. Harm noted that a healthy growth was evident in Labor in the Province and assured the meeting that Labor -or- ganisations th r o u g h out the Country were not unmindful of the important part they are playing in the nation's society. liners Make Use Of Halifax Port HALIFAX (CP) -Four Cunard liners, displacing more than IN,- (D0 tons, were in and out of Hall- fax Harbor during the weekend. Wind Frees St. John's From Vast Ice Field For Time 81'. JOHNT. Nlld. (CP) - The attempts. Fairly clear water was vast and un ildds of bet predictable reported St.Jhn' nd Arctlcicemenaclngt.hecoastofIlellIsland.w.m " ' ' Newfoundland retreated from St. Othu reports and 9.. um-nd. The Qrlnthia and lvernla fen- John's Harbor to the horison Sun- remained solid north of fled 400 passengers from New da.V under the urslnes of I-mllr tlon Bay along the northeast coast York to the B1l,000ton Queen Ella- an-hour southwest winds. to Northern Labrador and down abeth, diverted here Thursday The slushy slob ice that clogged the west coast of Newfoundland. "'0"! "19 Smkerbound Allwflclll the harbor Friday and T , The blockade has been described P0l'l- Socclal trains ruled out the clung to coves and framed a light as the worst and earliest in 23 Queen's 1.000 - passenger comple. zarrler at” the harbor rears. ment and she sailed Sunday for owevar. to main body a t eavy fog disrupted air traffic Southampton. harbor and the sea for five -miles in Eastern Ntwfo -1-he Cgrlnthfg mg 19..-.1. ,.. ""'"'”"-" -t edt NewYork.Afourth 1:' la n"Eu"'l ” mm" 31- Clurliarder? the Brittanlc. disem- ll" l' '''''d” 'll" ''"'4' barked 346 of her 510 passengers "1? Saturday before going on to New York. More than too were Hun- sailing. President J. J. Campbell of the Halifax Longshore......'s Associa- tion (Ind) said his men reversed their stand to clear "the shipping bottleneck" from the port. The as- sociation said Thursday it's first duty was toward regular part callers. Ferry Burns BADDECK. N. S. (CW -- Fire Sunday destroyed the doparlmenl of highways ferry George Muff-BY which plies Cape Breton's Bras d'Or Lakes between Ross Ferry and Big Harbor. Firemen ” J damage as XML The blaze, of unknown origin, was discovered early Sun- day. Later firemen towc-d.the miles an boar. I :."u:'..:'"l; """"l' ".';::..::::::: ....s.. .. Q”. ugh” 'm"”T' W handle the Queen Elisabeth's age . yCAN ADA CONFERENCE FAILS Eisenhower MONDAY. FEBRUARY 18. 1957 home. of time. Two heavy snowstorms, the first of which struck the Province from the West on Friday night, brought auto traffic to a stand-still on most country roads and left many week- end travellers stranded far from A' total snow-fall of 20 inches accompanied by high winds, which blew from all points of the com- pass at different times during the drifting and made it almost im- possible for plows the main roads open for any length The plow despatcher at the Gov- ernment garage stated that a con- stant patrol was to be kept on the Trans-Canada Highway from Pow- Maritime Electric Company state ' nal to Borden, through Charlotte- town, until midnight last night and that clearing on all main routes would resume at 8 o'clock this morning. it was reported that drifting con- ditions on the St. Peter's Road were serious and that it took a bulldozer and three maintainer plows all yesterday afternoon to clear the road as far as Mt. Stew- art. IMPROVED Conditions are considered good as far as rail and wire communi- cations are concerned. A Canadian National Railway official reported last evening that their trains were experiencing no difficulty in their Island operations, while both the Island Telephone Company and the that they have had continuous ser- vice throughout the weekend. Air traffic to the Island capital was Heavy Snowstorm Ties Traffic Over Weekend operating with little trouble but a blanket of ill to 20 inches of snow on runways had caused the cancel- lation of all flights at the Summer- side airpbrt. The Friday night storm caused some delay in milk, grocery and food deliveries but traffic condi- tions generally within the city dur- lag the period were good with the exception of the hours from mid- night Friday until dawn on Satur- day. Although weather conditions at the time of writing were fair, in- dications are for a further snow- fall late today to add to the total of 29 inches which is presently on the ground according to Radio Range officials. Temperatures, as can existing thtoughout most of the storm. remained around 25 above last night. By WARREN ROGERS Jr WASHINGTON AP E Pres new appeal to Israel to withdraw its troops from Egypt after a con- ference in Washington failed to end the deadlock. The presidentls appeal came from his vacation hadquartcrs at Thomasville. Ga. Shortly there after Israeli Ambassador Abba Eban emerged from State Sec retary Dulles' Washington homi- saving there would be further talks. , White House press secretary James C. Hagerty told reporters at Thomasville that Israel had again rejected a plan proposed by Dulles for withdrawal of Israeli troops. Eisenhower said the U. S. be lleves Israel has been provided "with the maximum assurances it reasonably expect at this luncture. or that can be recon- ciled with fairness to others." The president said "Accordingly. the United States rwlcr TURNED DOWN history. brooke. perial of the stop Churchill proposed to use Canadian troops for a landing in Norway on January. British service chiefs had twice vetoed the idea. says a new war 1943 after McNaughton told him before see- The book. The Turn of the Title, by Sir Arthur Bryant. is based on the war diaries and later notes of Field Marshal Viscount Alan- poured hlsnsdf into my Britain's leading Itrat- IIAD GIIASTLY WEEKEND egiat of the Second World War. Alaubrooke was chief of the in on. He informed me that he had eneral staff and chairman had a t 2,, we k nd rltiah chiefs of staff com- mittee for most of the war. Alanbrooke tells how Churchill didn't know which way he was had promised Stalin an invasion facing. Winston's cpntrol of the of Norway. only to find his chiefs English language . . . of staff would not agree to it. Rebuffed. Churchill then in- vlted Canadian army commander Gen. A. G. L. McNaughton to dis- cuss Norway. Alanbrooke said lng Churchill that "he would never dream of accepting such I task for his troops." ' After his interview. Alanbrooka said. "a limp-looking McNaughton walked into aw room and literally armc "I asked hlrn how he had got ,, e e . "He had been kept up till all hours of the morning until he had left him dumbfounded." Two days later. the book dis- hair. haraague" Cresar. then commander of the lat Canadian Corps. "as to the necessity of getting some Cana- dians fighting soon for imperial British Warii me P.M.Asked Canadians Land In Norway LONDON (Reuters) - Sir Win- has renewed its plea to Israel to withdraw in accordance with the repeated demand of the United Nations and to rely upon the res- to bring about a state of affairs which will conform to the prin- ciples of justice and of interna- tional law and serve impartially the proper interests of all in the area. The president said the U. S. will strive to remain true to and support the United Nations in its efforts to sustain the pur- closes. Churchill was planning to ms" and principle. of the UN, send the Canadian commander to Moscow for immediate coaversa- of pe tlons with Stalin. But by this time the Canadian government had considered the proposal and vetoed it. Alanbrooke also records in his diary dated Feb. lo, IBQ. aH"long D. Expect Cabinet Shuffle To Bring Back LionelCl1evrier from B Gen. and political reasons." He writes in a later note: "This charter as the world's best hope ace." EBAN NONCOMMITTAL Eban was,noncornmittal after hls conference with Dulles but ident Eisenhower Sunday issued a l oluteness of all friends of justice lsed Appeals For Israel To Wiihdraw Forces Israel Asks.U. S. To Protect i told a television audience Israel would withdraw from the Gulf of Aqaba wilhin an hour I the U. S. would "protect the rights of all powers" to lend ships into the gulf. Mrs. Meier also suggested the problem might be solved by: 1. An "agreement" signed by Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan guaranteeing free naviga- tion of the Aqaba Gulf. 2. A decision by the United Na- tions that it would maintain UN Emergency Forces along the Aq- aba Gulf until freedom of naviga- tion is certain. 3. A "peace treaty" between Ia- rael and Egypt. MEMO MADE PUBLIC Both Eisenhower and the state department made public the text of a memo which Dulles gavl Eban last Monday. This set forth Dulles' two-part plan for Israeli withdrawal. . The memo called for Israelis "prompt and unconditional" with- drawal. In exchange, it prom- 1."rn. u. s. would try to get a UN Emergency Force stationed in the Gaza Strip. similar force stationed at Sharm El Sheik, and the memo indicated the U. S. would send an American ship into the gulf as an exercise of its "right of free and innocent passage." Eban rejected this as load- equate. The president's statement seemed to indicate that Eisen- hower felt no concession could he made to win Israel's agreement to withdraw. OTTAWA (CP) -The federal cabinet may undergo some exten- lsst was connected with the grow alve shuffling during the next few lng uneasiness amongst Cana- months and it likely will involve dlans lest the War should finish the reappearance of a political without their having been engaged in any active operations. veteran in the government's ln- ner sanctum. Major shift likely is the re-ntry Bui Subiecl To Raiilicaiion NEW YORK (AP)-The strlk- were sqhg that 93 per cent,ol lng International Longahoremen's the lssuerhad been settled. A uday night reached WAGES AGREED cargo on her arrival, worked bag- a ”meeting of minds" with ship- gage compartments prior to her pers. The announcement signalled advance of the strike. Both sides the end of a five-day walkout of 45.000 dockworketn from Maine to increase over three years. The lab Virginia. eel. said over." 'lng off ferry to open water but winds drove her ashore. Louis Waldrnan. chief ILA coun- "we are glad to an- nounce we have reached a meet- ing of minds between the ILA wage scale committee and the New York Shipping Association. "This means that, subject to union ratification. the strike is With the lLA's leadership rec- ommending acceptance. ratifica- tion by the rank and file was con- sldered routine. The strike last Tuesday actually was a resumptlo of a nine-day walkout in November. That was interrupted under the Taft-Hartley Law provision for an I)-day cool- period At no time were the union and employers very far from agree- ment. Even as the strike deadline neared on Tuesday. negotiators .Iy IDDY GILHKI SETUBAL, Port el Royal Couple Are' Warmly Greeied in Sudden Storm I from shore Tuesday Malt. Wages had been worked out in agreed to a 32-cent hourly wage present basic wage is 32.48 an hour. The negotiators haggled over a numbe issues such as when a longshoreman is eligible for whether porters should get a full day's pay if hired late in a shift. The stoppage cost business in- terests in this great port alone an estimated 33,000,113 I day. The final settlement came at er a series of caucuses of union fl- clals and urgent meetings with management negotiators. Hopes of agreement took a sud- den upward spurt when Alexan- der Chopin. counsel for the ship- pers, said "this could bathe ses- slon that will end the trouble. If Saurel And Tow Enter Harbour SYDNEY (CF)--The federal ice breaker Saurel steamed into the harbor Sunday towing mangk freighter Dlrphys. ships were trapped in ice the Tues- day off the northeast coast of Cape Breton. . The ships, freed by the CNN ferry William Carson sunda,. ploughed through a large lea new into sydpey garner. The Sausal went to rce e Dlrpbys foggy and became jammed herself, The Dlrnhys. which left here Tuesday after unloading DMD tons of iron ore from Cbilegre ports the ice may have dmnad her propeller. she will undergo, Inspection today. The dragger Sarah Morten was still trapped in heavy Ice (ff Cne Breton": Flint island where die was caught a few hundreds ye: crew walked ashore Wednesday. With NATO it doesn't nothing will." WAIT FOR WORD Throughout most of the daflbe Dock Agreement Reached, of Hon. Lionel Chevricr. 53-year- old chief in fthe St. Lawrence Sea- way Authorlty. in the cabinet. pos- sibly in April. . indications are that the Liberal hierarchy plans to build the for- mer transport mlnister into a ma- Jor Liberal power in Quebec. The bilingual Mr. Chevricr was a Commons member. represent- ing Cornwall, for 19 years before his appointment to tha seaway Job in 1964. The view in some federal quarters is that the government more mm 100 members of an feels it can stand some more fad- ILA's wage - scale committee loungcd in the corridors of the eral ministerial strength in Que- bec and that Mr. Chevricr would tedeml medmion offices, on C." be the likely choice for a senior to act on an agreement if nego- tiators rem-bod one. The union an- llouncemr-nt came at 9:1) The walkout crippled ports P ti nd. M .. to Ham ton Road paid vacation and holiday pay. or Vor 8 9 P " 3;: that Mr. role. MONTREAL SEAT . If the choice is made, it appears Chevricr will contest some Montreal riding in the next general election. With his exper- B. Compmaung the pualym 0' lence and background in transpor- the s,.rawling port was a current tation. it would appear also that smko of tugboat "em ml! am he might again assume the trans- ig in progress. Thoullll Port Newark. NJ. When the dock strike started. railroads omhsrgoed freight de- llverics to North Atlantic ports, onnected. the strike: combined to virtually sil- encc the 520 miles of pic-rs that line the harbor from Brooklyn to him port portfolio. This would require a shift of transport mlnlste Mar- ler to some other department. Aside from this, it is understood that Prime Minister St.Laureni has som'e other cabinet shifts in mind though at the moment it is not clear just when he win com- plete them. One report is that he plans to strengthen the state department by giving it responsibilities over now before the Senate. and the Canadian Broadcasting Corpora- tion which now reports through R.venue Minister Mccann. The suggestion is that Immigra- ,, tlon Minister Plckersgill would be shifted to the state department and that State Minister Plnard might become postmaster - gen- eral. That portfallo is being held temporarily as a dual job by Vet- erans Affairs Minister Lapointe. Another change will develop when Mines Minister Prudharn leaves his posl. Filling of that va cancy will depend on whether the Mr. Prudham has announced he will not contest the next general election. He will remain as min ister until the vote. If the Lib erals are returned. it appears lik- ely that his cabinet spot will be handed to some successful Liberal member from Alberta. Mr. Prud- ham's home province. thus preventing a huge pileup of cargo that couldn't be moved. Two Trainmen Killed Saturday A SUEZ. Egypt IAPD-The small Egyptian cargo vessel Ramses -- moved out of the Suez Canal sun- day, the first commercial ship to travel the waterway's entire los- mile length since the fighting last November. The fact that the Ramses made the Egntian frigate Abnklr. Small Ship Passes Through Suez Canal's I03-Mile Length her in Bitter Lake. started work Sunday on a sunken bucket dred- ' ger some six miles north of the eanal's southern terminus. Beside the dredger. obstnsctlons tobeclearedluphaseoneam! the sunken tug Edgar Bonnet and . 2. The U. s. would try to get a V the 3lw.000.000 Canada Council. 5; i l t Liberals are returned to power I NgwcAs1-1,5, N" n, f('pi..An the run through the canal does not inquest will be held into the deaths of two freight train crew mean the waterwu is cleared Unit ed Nations salvage vessels obstructions members killed in a collision. continued Work 0- early Saturday, Dr. L. L. Fren-199 at-the8uesusdofthscanal.A nu. mnery -d Si d . 1 hp l German tlllli, which removed Ill! The lncliuiry wlllm.-swnilncraxliiplelion A". "M Emmi of I railway investigation. i The victims, conductor Gordon W. Teed of Morsctnn and brake 1 reported turned into lmatchwood man W. V. Gray. 19. of Maplehnd um "um "R. me am”. baggage and mail cars of the Green. near Dalhou.-lie. were in the freight train caboose when it was struck by the Canadian Na- tional Railways Maritime Ex- press. a passenger train. The accident occurred about I am. on e siding at Russellville. between Bathurst and Newcastle. Officials said the express appar- m atly went through an open switch. The debris was cleared up delay held up the express briefly. Four cars of the freight were aritlme Express were derailed. Fatal Jet. Crash MONTREAL (CF) - A them an RCA! hoard belore lo em. and the only traffic Drum Wafer' Turned On Cape Breton town I& natured Sunday. . Tug Salvage , Depends On Wind" imsnx (cm -I i in. 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