a teil i i 8 : 1 Go North’ Is S Advice (cp)uRev. a i : te i : ag ati Hi | | Re : i : i 7 Hi ut | a Fee iF ii i f g3 [: ef 953 : - 7 tt x , as phy ania # le i E 4 Ht Fede epee tf ryetgos Vea ae ar i Donalt said the entire is ‘‘poorly arranged.” through the seaway locks nat complained that he in line cei through’ the Ca z B up for more than or coeas wee tek a day for that as Cost ‘$11 Million Ottawa ep)—Trans-Canada Air Lines has been approached to buy supersonic jet passenger planes, Gordon McGregor said told the Commons railway |periodic Red probing actions om Secituus 4f.the Mimic coca fisheries engage the attention of top fisheries officials attending | eries the first annual meeting of il E Fel ne it} and industry, N.S.; Dr. Arthur por soapy ee nel +g Be Pia John Paterson, State | bound to be focussed on a meet- a 5 i | | 3 E i fy i q R7 | Z #4 i ije Ree HF 5 a i ; i z 3 s F i z r) s i 295 in Fi “Once the Communist rulers soberly realize the depth of our solemn Berlin commitment, we believe. they will refrain from putting to trial by force the pres- H —— game, Quebec; George R. Clark, federal deputy minister of fish- eries; Eric Gosse, deputy min- ister of fisheries, Nfid.; A. T. Russians Are Challeaned By S State Sécretary Herter ent right . and obligation of the -| Western powers to preserve the freedom of the Berlin.” people of West Pince Edward Island Like The Dew” OWN, CANADA, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1959 Deficiency Egg Payments Showers im the morning, clearing by evening; little in temperature, light winds. at Ch’town 38-65. 16 "PAGES nae eg Causeway Story Coming. OTTAWA (CP)—Transport Min- ister Hees said he expects to be advised soon by the works de- partment on a study of the feas- ibility of a causeway to link Prince Edward Island with the mainland. for “further improvement” of the ferry service, ta a vessels. Lionel Chevrier (L — Montreal Laurier) asked whether it wouldn’t be best to construct a Jcauseway as had “been. promised 7TH AWARD OF 90 | Scoring 90, and thereby becom- ing the sixth entry to be award- ed this high mark in the Char- lottetown vocal and instrumental section of this year’s festival of music, a.small choir from North Milton school beat out three large urban schools and two smaller aggregations to win Class 149, school chorus in French any grades—adjudicat- ed at Prince of Wales auditorium last night. Raoul Reymond was the director. ~The seventh 90 of this section was earned during the evening session at Birchwood Anditor- ium, where adjudicator Earle Terry awarded this‘score to Notre Dame’ Academy This is the last of a four- By SEYMOUR TOPPING BERLIN (AP) — War over Berlin is unl A The stakes in the Berlin dispute are big. Premier Khrushthev may take risks. President Eisen- hower cannot afford to back off. But both sides dread an armed conflict. There is room for compromise. Only a disastrous diplomatic fumble or miscalculation could spark a third world’ war. This is the consensus of West- ern and “ommunist experts in this divided city as diplomats get set for a foreign ministers’ con- ference next week and a parley at*the summit. NOT JUST PROBING Khrushchev’s drive to oust American, French and “British troops from West Berlin is some- thing more than another of the the global perimeter. What spurred ‘the Russian - |West. Berlin drains East Ger- Armed Conflict Is Seen Uniixety To Deveiop From Beriin Crisis. to be confirmed as the capital of East Germany. The Reds would, be free to close the East Berlin sector border, sealing off the East German people from West Berlin. — LIFELINE CONTROL To pressure the West into com- pliance, Khrushchev announced his intention to transfer to the East Germans Soviet controls over Allied supply lifelines. This also aimed at securing de facto Western recognition of the East German regime. Because of its location 110 miles behind the Iron Curtain, many of vital manpower by an- nually wing in about. 150,000 refugees. An elaborate Allied intélligence network based\in the city keeps WHERE-TO-FIND-IT «ene eeee | developments. JEND OCCUPATION < touch with East German political TWO MAIN STANDS In meeting Khrushchev’s Ber- lin bid at the cohference table, Western powers have laid down two positions of no retreat. First, they will protect the freedom of the 2,200,000 West Berliners. Secondly, they will not yield any of their essential rights in West, Berlin under Soviet pres- sure: - What, therefore, are the pros- pects for an acceptable com- promise with the Russians? Most probable is a patchwork compromise that will avert the danger of war or another Berlin blockade — but would leave the seeds of a future crisis. Such a compromise might shape up this way: The Russians technically would end their occupation of East Ber- lin, something the Allies cannot prevent in any case. From this, the East Germans would gain prestige. They would also get the power to close the East Berlin- border, thus sealing off West,.Berlin from contacts with the East German popula- tion. On the lifelines to West Berlin, the’ Allies probably would look the other wy as East Germans took over the checkpoints from the Red Army and began stamp-|: Music Festival Marks Are High } Myrna Nicholson, Charlottetown, Girls’ choir, sole competitors in Class 14. Second highest award of the two ev sessions went to Barbara G. Rogers of Charlotte- ‘town who with a mark of 29. placed first in Class 72, senior open competition for femal voices. This class was also ad judicated by Mr. Terry_at,Birch- wood High School auditorium. BEST CLASS Adjudicating the classes held at Prince of Wales, Garfield Ben- der termed the singing in Class 149 “the best choral effort of the 1959 festival.” Each choir sang as one voice and all exhibited 2 magnificent tone. North Milton group by introduc- ing a marked “rise and fall’ scored over their competitors who for the most part maintain- ed the melody on a straight line, he said. Earlier Mr. Bender remarked that it was wonderful to see such fine national organizations as the Women’s Institutes and th- 4-H Clubs turning their talents to singing. The same trend we developing in urban centres als he added. . Only recently he had heard various industrial and club choirs compete in festivals he! in the Province of Ontario. . The Notre Dame girls’ rendi- tion of Rosa Vernans, Mode IV. was “a very fine example of Georgian Chant — singing,” Mr. Terry said. RESULTS Following are the complete re- sults of the two sessions: Class 95, Girls’ Duet, 18 years and under—!. Anne Murneghan and Eileen Grant, Charlottetown, 88; 2. Margaret Macintyre and 87; 3. Margaret Parker and Piiza- beth Anderson, Charlottetown, 86 Class 35, Women's Institute Chorus, unison —}. “Alpha” Women’s Institute, 84. Class 149, School Chorus in French, any grades,—l. North Milton School, 90; 2. Rochford Square School, Normal School, and Queen Charlotte High School; (Continued on page 5 Col. 7) Interest Rate Hikes Again OTTAWA (CP) — The Bank of Canada interest rate rose for the eighth consecutive week, increas- ing to 5.16 per cent this week from 5.01 a week ago, the cen- tral bank reported Thursday. The rate is set at one-quarter of one per cent above the average yield of 91-day treasury. bills. The current- peak compares’ with the -time low of 1.12 per cent set ox Cars Will Carry. Reflective Markings | ways will submit designs which refiective markings oe boxcars for a 20- month tryout: The railways have already said they don’t think % will be ef- fective. The board’s order covers new boxcars purchased from May 1 of this year to theend of 1960, plus an equal number of present wboxcars. The CNR and CPR to- gether buy a total of some 6,100 cars a year. Eighty per cent of the cost, up to $8 a boxcar, will be paid from the government - financed rail- way grade crossing fund. Legis- lation permitting payments for the reflectors was passed last year. The order made public Thurs- day did not specify the type of reflectors to be used. The rail- “|. POPE’S LAUGH IS ON LEFFE Teeuaes CITY (AP) Pope John got a laugh Thurs- ‘day from 200 residents of Leffe, a smajl town near the Pope's own birthplace of Sotto il Monte in Bergamo province While he was in Istanbul years ago, the Pope said at an audience, a man from Leffe posed as a Persian and tried to sell him a rug. “TH bet you're from Leffe,"" said the Pope. He was. Old Workers. Are Defended OTTAWA (CP) — Labor Min- ister Starr said Thursday in the Commons he hopes shortly te convince Canadian employers they are taking a . eee view on the question of will be ‘subject to board approval. Plot In Pc Is Said Crushed LISBON (Reuters)—The regime of Premier Antonio Salazar, in power in Portugal for 27 years, order” two months ago and ar- rested 31 persons. The government linked the plot withyGen. Humberto Delgado, de- feated candidate in the president- ial elections last year. Delgado since has been granted political asylum -in Brazil.” ~ The announcement came from External Affairs Minister Col. Arnaldo Schulz in an interview with the Lisbon newspaper O Seculo. Schulz said Delgado’s advisers had “cynically thought to create a conflict with Brazil.” He said of the 31 persons ar- rested 22 were civilians and nine officers—the highest - ranking a major. “As well as Communist inspira- tion, there was the influence of political fanaticism created by the so - called opposition during the electoral campaign,”’ he said. Schulz said the plot was dis- workers. ortugal but the government kept -it sec- ret to help investigations and “‘be- cause it was useless to create public alarm” over something which “after all did not take place.” _Asked whether the plot was connected with Delgado or other recent cases of political asylum, Schulz replied: “Everything points to the affirmative.” MONTREAL (CP) — Rt. Hon minister from 1935 until his ,de- covered in the first half of March SPECULATION ON DREW George Drew, Canadian: high, this week. The meeting prompt-,by the death of Sidney Smith. commissioner to London, ‘chats with Prime Mihister Diefenbaker ing convey documents Aug. 2. bers of Moca, ie, Cage inflation ed speculation that Mr. Drew, former Conserva- nal affairs portfolio left vacant | Ont. ~| prevent feat in the 1957 federal dection, meeting of the Dominion Mort- said Thursday night “‘the fear of | gage and Investment Association, is widespread in Can-/ the 73-year-old former trade min Progressive don two. weeks earlier to attend following a lyincheon with the }tive party leader, is among those|the funeral of his father-in-law new oy minister and mem-j|being considered for the .exter- aa. Edward Johnson of Guelph. Proposed By Government 4 Support Price Holds For Year OTTAWA (CP) — The govern- ment plans to make deficiency payments, to egg producers to large-scale commercial producers from reaping the bene- fit of egg price supports which are being continued for another 12 months. Agriculture Minister Harkness announced to the Commons Thursday that the support price of 44 cents a dozen for grade A large eggs at Montreal will be continued until May 5, 1960. The continued expansion in egg “‘an extremely serious problem.” PAYMENTS TO PRODUCER “T have therefore directed the stabilization board to develop—as| WORST IN-POST-WAR PERIOD Widespread Fear Of Inflation -|s Seen By Howe In Ca nada Now ada, more so than at any time/i C. D. Howe, a Liberal cabinet/in the post-war period.” In an address at the annual nen em rere ro mp re Foemem maT Mr. Drew had flown from Lon- by a gation im type of pay Prairie fi March. Mr. Harkness interjected “you do not understand what i ciency payments are’ -as Mr. Pearson completed his criticism. The minister said the payment to egg producers ‘‘would -be cal- culated on the difference between the actual market price for shell Parliament. At-A-Glance rereday, May. oo prices and wages, and discourage part of both business and con- fenre about inflation that now are Halifax Seeks Winter Fair ssid Wednesday aight the Mati time winter fair to locate the fair here. Mr. Oland told a city service club if the fair were held here it would attract Maritime Stock Breeders Associa- tion which sponsors the fair will inspect facilities in Halifax Mag (CP Phoete) ‘ -