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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1; 1964.

Wig“ SEVEN an'rs

Optimism

Canada's provincial premiers were generally optimistic. they arrived here Monday for the federal - provincial confer- ence, a way may soon be found

to anada to amend her own l ' constitution. I At present, the British North 5 America At ca n y be‘ amended h B 't‘ h P rl'a- men by t e n 's a ‘ l ABOARD ss QUE-EN VIC-

- ITORIA (CPI — This confedera— Brtzr‘sodt.ﬂorists: gem,"- optimistic that a formula will imitegigzi imdgldebe'c has; be worked out here to solve the iearner than he, namesake 100 ticklish constitutional quest-ion. I e 3 ago. He arrived by Plane at ht She will lay to for the night Charlottetown airport wearing a and make her ceremonial em broad 2”“ and mid re13‘"""5;tritht‘ie into Charlottetown har-' he thought the chances of suc- ‘hor on scheduie [Mam bringing. “'55 "9 "100 Per cent-n ‘eigt'it Quebec and Ontario actors "Exploratory talks on the 1to play the parts of the original subject of bringing home the Fathers of Confederation from constitution have been going on Lower Md Upper Canada. between the provincial attor- The voyage which began in a hays-general in preparation 'or ihﬁﬁavy downpour 0‘ rain and this conference_ and I think- iIthk fog Saturday. drew to its the chances are very good that [91°59 in heavy mm and Sprink' we will find an answer to mulling Pal“-

” The original trip 100 years pmblem' iago had fine September wea- NO AGREEMENT ither all the way. But apart

/ Repatriation of the constitution "0m "‘9 weatherv "N’- 55 Q"“"

Borden

dian Coast Guard icebreakerﬁ Ernest Lapointe. dressed with false spars and reefed sails to; look like the steam and sail" packet —— dttplicated the voyage. of a century ago. men to good food and hard work aboard.

STUDY ROLES

While the original fathers stu- died details of their plan for confederation of all the British North American colonies. a ct ors aboard worked prob- ably just a. hard studying their parts. including memorizing the original fathers' speec cs.

The actors and others aboard probath ate as well. too. as did the fathers l00 years ago. The‘ s'iip's larder apparently ovcr- flowed with wholesome food which was transformed into de- licacies in the guests‘ gallcy.

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I i has been a thorn in the Side or 1: Victoria — actually the Cana— [Continued on page 3 col. 5) ‘ PRIME MINISTER Pearson as he arrives for the federal- ground is John Fisher. direc- the Canadian government {m L lien» is greeted by Premier provincial conference Monday tor of the National Centennial years. but up until now ‘

Commission. (CP Wirephoto)

'agreement has been reached among the provinces as to the way It can be amended without the assistance of Britain. Perhaps the most hopeful sign

the act may he “brought hom " oss Th

0 o C O r I 9 a 1, to Canada during this week‘s P I e b I s c O r O m m e 5 federal - provincial conferentu. I was the statement by Premier i atch r of

Show of Prince Edward Island afternoon. In centre back-

lN FLAG DEBATE

R Saskatche- Ple M deB M qu. .e’ l .. ~ .. . ket be- very sym athetic to the idea .9” Show? have 3 mar a a y a c a 4‘ “of com; m to see |fore digging potatoes. tthat it can be done” Mr tremely dul furthermore '- ‘1" Canada until the co 1e had 3 - ' ‘ ' I m “WA A plea for I a chance to express tliiergiselves.iURGES CARE ITha'Ch” Smg' .creased movement In Septh-i ntrhwctte m' I the appmntment ‘1 Referring to the anniversaryi Two premiers from the East, her as malty customer. 310m; the avenue; of compm.‘ he 2 foundland and Louis J. Robi ii“ move its locally grown PM" tnutmotis _ t d_ lumps had grave problems ,chaud of New Brunswick, also; The bum.“ also advises that 3°°d w’“ and “"ders 8" "‘3' twhich threatened its unity. He icxpressed cau-tious optimism "many fields of cobbier seed in what a Conservative col-r some sort of new . r lcagtic. Alfred Hales of Welling~ emerge." Mr. Macquarrie told

ido anything to pit one Canadian jtion.

drought-provoking speech". Mruly and fairly. I am DI‘CDBTEd wiwouid weaken the always frail .the premiers to arrive, would

, , , any predictions about

HP 5810 "‘9 him?“ “ﬁlm’s 0' tthe outcome of the conference

parliament were not speed and i but said “I certainly hope it, can

9 . ISQI‘VIHII of the people the mem- ICHANCE OF AGREEMENT I

w The Com-'—-kicked around various comrbers represented. He said her premier Robichaud said he!

wan. He said on his arrival his; The P'E-L Potato Markwng new L i be r3] govﬂrﬁmem tBoard has adVised that grow- . ' V I what In proposed, but I think According to the board'. “the R\' FARMER TISSING'I‘ON {Macquarrie said that the red donor it and to encourage my \there‘s a pretty gnod Chan”, potato market at present is ex- Capitnl Bureau. The Guardiantensign should not pass from usegchildren to do so." ‘ I I and _ " thcre Is little likelihood of - - " am convinced that in the _ 1- f V t of .1 special committee to settlei .of the Char ottetown con erence r Jose ph Smaliwood of New-t . idecent processes of democracy. 51m 98“ ago on ge ' . thc flag issue wasmade In the ‘ a it’d— that Canada Ph-ﬂs vman t t" Mondiy by Heath mine and down the paths 3’ does a. presen. Mncqttnrric. MP for Queens. ‘ 33 may now ‘urged that everyone must make , about the chances for agree. land table stock should be kill-z , . , sure that no utterances would 3 ment on the constitutional ques 3 ion Sotit‘i, described as a "veryl the house. ‘If it is adopted pro- Iinc, scholarly. academic andlperly, honorably. democratical< against anmher in a way [haw ML Smanwmd' {he ﬁrst or. f I N R I fabric of confederation linot make efficiency but were democracy, 11’? dfmf‘" When a‘Sked about 1‘8- rcompromlse and the proper ,t pammmg the BNA Ac" promise proposals for 40 mtn-fbeiieves that a plebiscite hadlmm'ght more is a “very 30ml t c h

By LOYAL GOULD

OTTAWA tCPr ‘ BERLIN IAPi—The Germani

omit: rolled relentlessly through

.. Th. a re d to meet become a good and useful thing . y ‘ . , iii: l7rh day of the flag debate 2:19;“. prggablygpfiday. :and would make an importantdea n ce agreement WI“ be 32:}: g:gcrfgaJntgndp°m‘lh£. Monday after I pI'IvaIP meet. ..Eveml\a”y' from meetingsif:;:ri‘t::&i:nbetosaiggvziamgrom32. Preml'er Manning of Alberta :0" the Second .world War. 1 in: f . . . . I . - ~ . . I lingcfiiiobfiet iliﬁggszlsuscgegot? like "315' some mlulmn wm Situation Whlch had unfortunate- siftygk'shecoriaﬁ‘tence higlii‘imflindm: bThehIrdCt‘ztliIlttt: :nﬁliirslocigst Conservatives ti d I. found’ Siam Gmdo" Churcmn'tl" “9"” “95"” by “‘9 "Hm" I ‘ t of th I bl i'mlugh a' ' th “r Fu “mug”? d b "t"? n"? m" Conservattve House leader- tmihistcr. a mart for whose car- ,“aT‘Ydou. ’th 9 pm. Pm' . t'ca " 3269; "‘b ‘.’ “.13” 0‘ t‘h' “n p 'e aung me In t ‘ to" and personal“), he had 3H 0 as ‘e premiers are no trope. an to eginning o e 'N‘. “there. attendance hov- COMMITTEE DISCUSSED twavs held the Highest regard. take partgtn formal ceremonies gEast-West struggle. Germanyr

NW1 most times aroundm or a The House leaders also dis-j marking the 100th anniversary iwas left prostrate with its capi-

. "Th ou bout the country we _ . , , Iran! 10 above the 265 - seal cussed sending the flag question ‘hear {hegexpression rpearsonrs or firsi meeting of the ’tal, Berlin. a pile. of rubble. rliamhcr's quorum. to a specia mmons commit. jpennam'. I, is an expressinn I Fathers of Confederation here The war's effects still are felt‘ There were six speakers Mont tee. a suggestion that has been i have never used. , do not think Sept. 1, 1354, ,

oday in scattered war crimes trials throughout West G

day afternoon —— all Conserva- MM manv and the division of;

favorably received in sections iwe improve our public me by: The question of amending the 0f 8“ DENIES such remarks any more than BNA Act is I0 come “I1 at “It!

Outside the House. the floor In the House.‘ the value of a we did much for Canada by the conference‘s main working 595- . loaders of fdur of the five pal' committee StUdy was me 3- expression ‘Diefendollar'. some-iston Wednesday morning. It is :munist and non - Communist} "" Liberal. Conservative. sized by several speakers Mon- thing which I think is now bard i the onlyunounoed item on tho isphel'el-

Although Adolf Hitler r-onsid-i iered Nazi Germany a bulwarkt ' :against communism

day. Continued on page 5 col. 6) lag-ends.

tic:- Democratic and Creditiste

. his action; ' ‘in starting the war brought the t Communist armies into theI heart of Europe. They stand,» 125 miles from the.‘

"As of 0445 hours (4:45 am.) we are shooting back."

With those words on Sept. I.’ 1939, Hitler announced to an emer’vency session of the rcich- , stag that German troops had; red on Polish forces. : He told the wildly cheering deputies that 14 separate bar-i der incidents had occurred in the orevious night. I While German troops were pouring Into Poland the Ger-‘ man cruiser Schieswiiz - Hoi- stein. visiting the free city of Danzig. opcned fire on a nearby fortification,

BOMBERS Refore

dash...

MOVE IN

. the Polish general staff could notify the govern- ment in Warsaw that war 'tad,‘ broken out. German Stuka divej bombers were bombing Po—f land's capital.

1 whai Hitler thought would re-‘

wide conflict :F‘rance and Britain declared ‘wnr on Germanv on Sent .1 and into a world war In I941 when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.

INSIDE TODAY

Births, deaths .1, L1 10. l1 9

Classified

'iotsrmoursso Visn ARRIVE IN cm

,‘Dom- to Premier Shaw. greets Premiers Joseph Smallwood. misﬁmmmmm‘” “m: "(fragrance prim» W. A. C. Bennett. Newfoundland; Louis Robl- lV mu. m w ol “um, (I! CM“. NQW dell! of the local airport Way I Scotl- arrivod tone” and Premier Rosa Thatcher. Leann. Quebec; Duff Robbin. '3 the Prim Mint-W at Cal- MB in “ﬁfmu- Saskatchewan. Others lI'I’IW Manitoba: John Roberts. Ont-

adaahdntneofthempm-

V: inc,“ pmm .mvd l“ II‘IO; E. C. MIMI“. Alberta.

to; at different times were

, r Newfoundland. has a tendency' tbut delectable variety."

"Watch Crop, Markets Potato Men Advised

ed if there is art indication t'tat , are reaching ftili sim. Matty ficlds of Kcnhcbecs lso now rcady to kill and these should he watched closely for over-size. lack of mattirity and hollow heart.

t is suggested by the board that. “growers watch the Ken?

5'-

m .1 oi

inebec closely and do it proper;

job of marketing this delicate

The board says that a potato

spraying program shoul continued. regardless of dry weather.

Second World War Bega 5 25 YearsAgO This Morning

That attack was followed by Germany declaring war on the United States.

By the war‘s end in 1945, Germany had mobilized more than 10.000.000 men, of whom

'3.500,000 died in battle. The So~

viet Union. with a peak strength

of 12,500 soldiers, suffered

the h e a vie st casualties and ‘

officially lists 7.500.000 troops d

In the face of obvious defeat. Hitler carried the war to bitter end and committed sui-

t'rvnso‘Av. Sept. 1 T e

i OFFICE CLOSES "

EARLY TODAY 3

On this event-packed day. the news. photographic and editorial staffs of The Guard- ian and The Evening Patriot necessari, are working almost around the clock. at a time when most Island-

day to permit employees in that department to see the i parade and othe . ents scheduled for the late after- I noon.

Parliament .

At A Glance

By THE CANADIAN PRESS MONDAY. Aug. 31. 1964

The flag de through its 17th day. Conserv- ative speakers again domi- nating the floor.

Heath Macquarrle .tPC— Qticensl urged the choice be- tween the Red Ensign and a flag chosen by a committee ; be put to the people.

Gordon Aiken rPC—Parry Sotind-Muskokal said the Com scrvatives are not filibuster- i iniz: the ag was a vital is- i

sue. Alfred D. Hales IPC-Wel- . ' South) said ballots front a flag plebiscite should counted in Ottawa with no regional results made known. t Webb tPC—Hastings- Frontenact quoted an edito- rial that “Our Lord was sold

5 73 O =

r . pieces of silver: our . flag for 75 Quebec votes." ‘ Justice Minister Favreau

proposed a Labor Day hot!- day for the Commons. an idea unanimously adopted ,by the USP

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lommons meets at 2 pm. to continue the flag de- hate.

r-ide while the Russians pressed into Berlin.

Germany still carries the most. obvious scar of the war— the split into Communist an Western sections. ,

Speaking in Bonn on the eve of the anniversary, West Ger- man Chancellor Ludwig Erhard said: ermans will

.province when he ste

The Senate stands ad- ‘b . journed to Sept. 15.

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Premiers Canadian Leaders Gather

I TO Observe Anniversary SS Queen Victoria

Premier Shaw

“I don't agree with evci-ything

ways welcome y to Prince Edward lsland.‘ I his way the Liberal Prime Minister of

his plane at day afternoo

First person down the ramp as the plane came to a stop on the tarmac was Mrs. Pearson. he was followed closer y the Prime Minister and both smiled broadly as they noted the distinguidied gathering of Is- landers waiting to welcome them. Right behind the Prime Minister came Hon. J. Watson MacNaught. solicitor general.

Stepping forward with his famous broad smile flashing was Premier Walter R. Shaw to ex- tend greetings on behalf 0 this province. He was followed closely by Mayor A. Walthen audet, accompanied by comptroller John Butler handed two parcels to His Wor- rship who in turn presented them to the distinguished visitors. Th. packages contained a sterling silver cigarette box for the Prime Minister and a silver pin for Mrs. Pearson. ot carry the crest of the City of Charlottetown.

PARRIES QUESTIONS

As reporters and radio men crowded in firing questions the Prime Minister parried the queries with the remark that he had not discussed matters with the 10 provincial premiers

the airport yester- n.

Welcomes PM

down in history as the leaders of modern Canada meet to iron out some of the country's prob- lems on the 100th anniversary of the meeting in the same place which eventually led to format- ion of a new country.

However, the meeting sche- dulcd to parallel history had not started and yesterday after- noon and evening were given '61‘ to pleasanter things than family quarrels or political hick- erings.

GUESTS ABOARD SHIP Late in the afternoon with the P.F‘,.I. Regiment ' ' _ music and Centennial \Iaiorertcs the literal color. a“ I‘romicrs and their official aides t(‘ontinuod rn page 3 col. 6!

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Liberal MP

Threatens House Boycoi‘t

QLTEBII-I-C If‘I'i Auguste Cho- qttetrc. Lihcral .VIP for Lotbml icre, said Monday he will boy cntt the House of Commons from next , on if the flag debate continues in the present fashion.

Mr. Choquctic said In it tele- phone interview he does hot 'n: tend to give tip his seat. but he will not reorder the House as long as the situation remains unchanged.

Circumstances could not be. more appropriatc. he said, tot applying closurc to bring an

.n-yei‘gnd premier Shaw point. end to the debate and put an

iedly said, “I tﬂiink we should confer on these matters before any statements are made". Mr. ‘Pearson smilineg agreed ant. e away from the question- ers. As he walked across the tarmac to a line of waiting cars to take the official party to 'Ibe Charlottetown Hotel a woman in the group told him she had no .piCIrlll'e ' the Prime Minister held up the pro. cession while he posed especial. ly for her. It was a day replete with ar~ rivals and one scheduled to go

Special Holiday FO-r Civil Servants

, OTTAWA (CPI —— An order‘ in-council has been passed mak-

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end to the systematic ohstrm- lion of a group of Conserva- tives The Opposition leader. Mr. Dictcnbaltcr, hat’ already soicmnly promised to abolish the rttlc of closure “but he ncvcr riid. which proves that ho implicit y recognizes its useful- ncss.”

Halifax Lineman

Is Electrocuied

HALIFAX ICPI 7- Thirtylo year old Ronald Telfcr, a line- man with the Nova SCOIIA Light and Power Company. was elect trocuted Monday after h o o i) when struck by a falling high voltage wire.

’I‘elfcr was working atop a pole in the nearby Herring Cove

ing today a special holiday 'or i area when the line brok-a. A por.

federal civil servants in Prince

lion of it struck him on the

specially reminded of the dis. Edward Island. The holiday will shoulder. aster of 1939, which was un- allow PmDIOI'f-‘PS IO Iak‘? I33rt in' celebrations in ltonor of the pre~ Confederation meeting there 100 yea‘

leashed in our name by a brutal We must own up to this historical fact."

i Germany and Europe into Com-‘ ‘i

The marching ttnit from HMCS Cornwallis presents arms in the general sal- ute as two w h i i e clad sail- ors slowly lower the Navy

White F. n s l g it near the con-

clusion of last night‘s Sun- set Ceremony at Memorial Field. The smart~ marchinl

unit along with two gun crews

and the Navy band perform- ing the traditional and thrill- tng drill brought a large crowd to the field as well as Prime Minister Pearson and several

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s SUNSET CERMON ERS CONCLUSION

Tclfer, a vote r a n of n l n e ycars service with the Power Company, resided in suburban

premiers of the provinces. The c was per!

100th anniveralrv‘ , of ﬁrst Fathers of Confederation meek g hero.

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