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Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew CHARIJOTTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY, JANUARS? 24, 1950

TRUMAN ASKS FOR BILLION-DOLLAR INCREASE IN TAXES

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Summerside Has Surplus 0f $11,696

iris Commission Hearing iialifax

iL-‘UJFAX. Jan. 23 (C?) fiiiisicians. artists, photographers, dramatists, professors and ballet iiiiirlicrs paraded before the Massey (‘omuiission today \\'ith vflflQug :~ll ieslioiis for educational and rtliiural lmprovi-iiiciits in Canada.

lfcfitifti; of l0 briefs by the

Royal Commission on Arts, Lei.

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and Sciences completed the i Halifax sittings and the i will conclude its hiar. ' at Cliuriotteldvvii

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Mount Saint Vincent College of lizilitkiv. only independent college fir women in Canada. recommend- .11 "ilfl\'f'l'i‘iflll‘lllfll encouragement .1 lllQlltli‘ eilutwatitni for women."

Tile .\iii“-time Professional Plio- "WT-Illllcfs’ Assocliitinn claimed the

Nritninal Film Board. "liy unfair competition. lS undermining the 'l'.f‘l1ll!l-O(i" of prcfcssiotinl plltltOfZ- rafiliers,

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"'0’.lil Music Teachers‘ Association. Nov-ii Srfltia Musirum of Science. tho Adult Etlllfilllvil Division of the Provincial Education Department. Xovii Friilia Drama League and lllf‘ Ballet sCilfVl and 11311;.“ (.'.Oll.~f‘l'\'flifll‘y of Riiisic,

Xiost of their rrcniiinieiiilatioiis iicrc for expanded services of the Tialllivoil Gallcrv. n natiainil thei- \'r- end funds for new buildings in \\li' li to expand their work.

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‘A surplus of $11,696.05 for the 10WIl of Summerside for the year i 1949 was announced at the annual mPF-iltlll of the Town Council Mid 1"’- Pvmlfll; by Councillor J, 1.. Gorrill, chairman of the fin- ance committee.

Revenue for the year amQu-ntgd l4) $207,593.21 and expenditures iverc $195,896.26.

Hi5 Wiifshtp. Mayor J. F. Arneti presided and all councillors were present except Councillor J. L. Dflscoll, who is in New York on business.

I" Presenting his report Coun- cillor Gorrill said, “When I prg. sented the budget in April, 1949. each department was urged to keep within its allotment. I am haiwygw report that this has been lived up to almost 100 per cent.‘ lvwould like to congratulate lhc Clliilfillilli of czicli drpuirtment ioii lhl‘ “'41! lhcy have helped to lttip Wllillll our budget, especial- ly the cliaiiiniziii of the slrect com- mittee (Councillor Wridgel \\'llOSC drpirtmciit is the most difficult in control.

"You \Vll‘i notice by this state- iiicnt that we have paid $34,770.00 intcriist on (lCbflllUFcS, and have provided $40,000.00 for a sinking fund and $15,600.00 interest on sinking fund. You will cibservc that it takcs about 90 per cent of taxes to pay debenture interests and provide for sinking fuiid.

"it is also noted that asscssecl revenue exceeds 1948 by $15,000. We are very fortunate to own our own elcelric light plant as it not only gives excellent service to lhc- public but provides revenue for town expcndizturcs. and zigain this yiczir the iicvenuc is increased considerably.

“The water and sewerage dc- parimcnt hirs considerably increas-

ed its revenue over 1941i and has given excellent service to the public.

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“The outstanding debt of our Town is $870,000 and we have a sinkaig fund of $572,551, leaving

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fendersIdBe Called For 105 Housing llniis

Authorization to erect 105 addi- iioiial housing units at the R.C.A.F.

station. Summersiidr. to cost up- wards oif three-quarters of a million dollars has been given

and tenders will be called shori- ly, it was learned yesterday in Sumimerside from Mr. J. Watson MacNaught, M. P.. parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Fish- eries on his return from a short visit to Ottawa.

At present 150 houses are un- der construction by the Bayside Construction Co. Ltd. of Camp- bellion, N.B., and one has been occupied. It is expected that several more will be ready for occupancy within the next few weeks and it was originally hop- ed to have them all completed by March 31st. However, it is doubt- ful if this can be accomplished.

Plan School Also‘

Mr. MacNaught also said that a contract ivill be given to erect a school building for the children of pcople living in this centre. At present a two-room school is in operation on the station for the children of the some forty families that are living in con- verted barrack buildings.

Completion of these houses will considerably case the housing situation in Summcrside where it is noiv almost impossible foii sciivice men, newly posted in, to obtain accommodation.

Mr. MacNaught said he had dis- cussed the matter of changing the site of the proposed new Federal building from the Allan property on Summer Street i0 the Saund- ers property on Central Strec-t as pro-poscd by the Board of Trade, ivit-h officials oif the Department o-f Public Works. He said that they are more or less agreeable to the idca and the architect's branch is now studying the plans to see if any alterations would be necessary if the site were chang- ed. Tenders are now _in for this building and it is understood that. the granting of the contract is be- ing held up until this matter of the siic is ‘settledw-S.

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BERLIN. Jun. 23 —-I.\Pi - The Russians suddenly ail-cl without cx- planation late today half-lifted their junior blockade on Western truck traffic t0 and from Berlin.

For 24 hours Russian guards lchcrlfcd each curgi. truck pilpc!‘ i and driver mctlculoiisl

Then at mid-aftc son they

‘started to more the piled-up 11118 of 100 trucks or.- ciich sidc of the border through at a rate of 13 lo 15 nii 'ilC\1l'. Normally‘. they can ‘handle iihcut 30 an hour.

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ilhc nirst iii n liarrg‘ i; tic.- ii:.~". lilixllitl n: tlie dclayiing of lh v0 l'iiilr:l St-itiis military HFISFCWKLT

ilrains fcr upwards of six hours nl lthn (lici-k psinl liLS incrniiig.

.\ii Allied official said ihti three l'.l'lllilFil'ifli‘lS ‘ind dctiiltlrd to take ‘a "wait and see" atliluric

The lriiins were lirfd tip iv'i le lRibFlflll and Ainrri. n offc ais laraucd and comniunlcatcci with

l thin superiors over the ciirdcntials two Brazilian diplsmnts and a

. . " ‘ _ _of . Uu" “m0 sued Cahlogm L‘ Geivnnn employee of the U S. hiilh

now ready. Send for free copy. Arthur Vesey. York. P. iii. Isllnd-

"iliilcadlng car Old Sidney Coal. Princess. at liazelbrook. Jan- uary 24t-‘i—-25th. Jones Wood.

"Cornwall rink tonight. NPW ilil\'i‘ii Royals vs. Coriiwnll. Skate after.

"Bradalibane tonight at. 830 "like of Si. Mark" with Anne Bax- fer. Also songs, by Jim Austin.

"North River Rink hockey mulch, Wednesday, Jnnullfy 25m- LEBEUQ game, Southport vs. Corn- wall. Game time 8:30, Skate after-

"The annual meeting of the Prlnceiown United Church is

postponed until Tuesday, January 31. at 2.30 p.in. Rev. Jamel Cross-

"Hockey match Sen View rink tonight, Spring Valley vs. Si‘! View. If not, fine, Wednesday night. . .

"Hockey grime at North Rus- tico itlnk tonight, Hunter River Shur-Gaing and North Rufiilvo Legiominirea. Grime starts at 8:30- Ciinteen service. Skate after.

"Hockey at New Glasgow Rink tonight, Hope River Red Win38 versus Glasgow Road Maple Leafs. Ciime starts at 830 sharp. Canteen Ii-rvlce, Shh MW-

coinmlsslon on the train. Finally.

Russians Partially Lift lBerlin. Truck Blockade

IllC_'I£ilSSIiEivXIti‘_ gilt‘? passengers proceed to Frank- ur .

There. one of the passengers Brazilian vice - consul Mai-lo Cailaibria. quoted an American

army officer in Berlin wlirin lie did not name. as saying. “Another blockade is coming. It will be 1m- pnsed by the East-German Gov- i-rnmi-nit instead of by the Rus- sinus.“

An American spskcsmin said it ivas the general belief that Soviet tactics wit-re intended to show resentment over West-Berlin pol- ice seizure in the American sector

of tlic railway administration buildltii;

The nearly vacant building was occupied last week so its l1!‘1\l‘iy

00:) rooms could be used for badly- nceded office space. But the Rus- slniis claimed the seizure inter- fnied with their small signal SvVllCII-llflflld housed iii the base- ment. After four days of occupat- lnn Maj. Gen. Maxwell i). Tiiyior. U. S. Berlin commandant. ordered the police to evacuate, saylivg the building was not ivorth a. second Berlin blockade.

Scottish Home Rulers In

Clash At Political

i By ll. B. DIACLIIRKIN

GLASGOW. Jan. 28 ~— (Reuters! -—Fir:-t real blood in the British general election campaign was drawn here when Scottish Home Rulers clashed with Socialist sup- porters at a Labor Party meeting.

The battle lasted only 10 min- utes. But it produced enough bloody noses, black eyes and bruised ankles io indicate that Labor speakers may have a tough time in the next. four weeks con- cerning n question that strictly is not an election issue at iill.

Speaker lt the rowdy "i080"! which led to a free for all was Arthur Woodburn. the Labor Government's Secretary for Scot- land.

During the last few months, with more'than 700,000 Scots hav- ing signed the covenant calling for a neipiirltc Scottish perilo- mcnt, Woodburn has found him- self the target for bitter attacks by Home Rulers.

He and the Labor Party in gen- uni - now adamantly opposed

Rally

lo Scots home- rule — are being accused of breaking the pledges they gave before coming info power in 1945.

J. M. MacCormick. fiery chair- man of the Scottish _Covenant Committee, has announced that the committee will give no directive oif any kind to voters It the gen- eral election. The covenant. he

said, was a matter quite aside from party politics. Many Labor organizers admit

oilf the record that they are wor- ried by the hostility to Labor can- didates sliown not only by out- and-out Home Rulers but llso by many other Scots who say the La-

bor Government hus ignored Scottish problems. Conservatives, too, have hesi-

tated ln supporting a Scottish parliament. But their compromise policy of letting Scots handle more of their own affairs has at least siuved 00f open anger. Only the Liberals have pledged that, if elected. they will support a separ- ate parliament for Scotland.

Housing Development At S'sic|e Airport‘

lWil1 Explore Plan Of ‘Centralized Marketing

Tho plan of rrinlrsilizcti selling through a Provincial markrtirif! agency will ho fully explored by the P. E. l. Poultry Arhiisolll’ Committee and if other Provinces; are prepared to go i-lioad wiihl such n plan every effort should be made in Prince Edward Island to do likewise, it was decided at o nif‘l‘lli’l,'_,’ of thr- Piiovincial Poultry

Ailvisoryi Committee here yester- day afternoon.

This matter will be discussed at a special meeting called by

the Canadian Federation of Agri- culture at Niagara Falls to begin on January 31. To attend this riiecting thr- committeo yicstertlay appointed Mr. Leo McIsaac, sec- returyi of the Federation of Agri- culture, and Mr. F. M, Nash, dis- trict manager of poultry products. Mr. hit-Isaac will represent the. poultry producers and Mr. Nash will attend in nii advisory ca- purity.

Despite ilio low 051g prices in this Province which are for below tho costs of production the meet- ing struck a note of optimism by agreeing that: this condition i! only temporary. The belief was expressed that egg values would strengthen Wlliiifl several months and should he maintained at a reasonably high level for a con- siderable limo afterwards due t0

the extensive liquidation of stocks

Growing Meat Surplus

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Compensation For Workman In Canada Reviewed

By MEL SUFRIN

OTTAWA. Jan. 23 —— (CP) -—- There's a little bit of irony in British Columbia's workmen‘s compensation laws.

The west coast province ivhcrc blizzards and snoivstorms this )'(’2ii‘ have dulled a reputa- tion as a winter golf paradise- is the only one which pays com- pensation for illness suffered on the job as a result of excess heat. But. unlike four other provinces, it doesn't pay for frostbite.

This fact is contained in a portly document issued today by the Federal Labor Department. Entitled “Worknicnis Compensa- tion in Canada-a comparison of provincial laws," the 40-ipagc pamphlet gives Canadians the facts and figures on various pro- vincial acts.

It notes that Newfoundland, Nova Scotia. Prince Edward ls- laiid and Saskatchewan pay coni- pcnsaiion for frostbite suffered at work. BC. alone pays for "heat exhaustion."

'.l‘hc various acts diffci" widely in every rrsipcct. Nciv Brunswick for example. is the only province listed 1s paying compensation for infc" n suffcrcd from sugar llflllfllillll.

Oiitarzi) the art by pcculiar to iin or ticciipation.

Carbon monoxide poisoning can be compensated in B. C., New- foundland. New Brunswick, On- tario, Quebec and Saskatchewan.

Virtually every province pro- vides compensation for silicosis. a lung disease caused by constant. exposure to silica dust, but Que- bcc is the only one covering silicosis suffered in making pot- tcry.

The pziiiiplilct iclls about P.l‘1.l.'s Workmeifs Competisatioii ACi. which became effective July 1 last year. 1n P.E.l. henefiis for rlisabiliiyi are twin-thirds of earn- ings. Maximum earnings on which compensation can be reckoned is $2,500 a ycar. A widow is entitled to $40 a month, plus $10 a month for each child under 16.

All Canadian provinces now have a law providing compensation for industrial accidents, although New- foundland differs from the other provinces in that it makes em- ployers individually liable for injuries to their workmen occur- ring during the course of employ- ment. In the other provinces, the statute is of the collective-liability i

flexibility in discusc process

provides including any industrial

pc. Children's benefils were raised in Nova Scoiia to $22.50 each while the maximum annual earn- ings on which compensation is reckoned were raised from $2,000 to $2.500.

Effective Jan. 1 this year, the basic rate of compensation for disability in Ontario was increas-

ed from 66 2,3 per cent to 75 per

which is taking place all acrolii the country. Urged To Carry On Tlic meeting urged all poultry

men to mako every effort lo carry nii an ordinary production pro-

gram and lo consider all facts before implementing any policy of flock liquidation.

The poultry situation was thor- oughly reviewed and it was stat- cd that every effort hail been made during the past month by lilo Canadian Federation of Agri- culture and the Canadian Poultry Council to have the Canadian Government stabilize egg prices through the Agriculture Prices Support Board.

The meeting noted that no act- ion hnd been taken hy the Gov- ernment hilt that it had been in- timnted h_\i the Dominion Ministcr

of Agriculture, Mr. Gardiner, that any long term solution in the’, difficulties in marketing Canadian‘ eggs could best be brought ahoutl by a united effort 0n the part ofl the producers,

it was on this advice that the Canadian Federation of Agricul- ture has called together represen- tatives from every Province to meet nn January 31 and form a “iorkable marketing plan which could be set up under existing Provincial and Dominion market- ing legislation.

Britain

By Don Gilbert Canadian Press Staff Writer A surfelt of meat is proving

embarrassing to the British Food Ministry at. home hut strengthens the Governments hand in its food dlckerinlg abroad.

The meal; ration has been tem- porarily jacked up but still the stuff piles up. With cold storage warehouses bulging, ihc Fcod Min- istry has chartered a fleet of re- frigerated ships for use as float- ing lordeiis. ;

The extent of Government meat‘. stocks is kept secret. but one fig-l ure mentioned is 500000 lons—- enough to supply 1000000000 on the present midget weekly rations.

At the same lime, stocks of other foodstuffs are piling up. Waxe- houses are Stuffed with 5520000000 ($52.000,000) worth of frozen cod fillets.

Bacon supplies arc arriving so fast from Canada and Denmark that the Ministry has just added another ounce to the weekly rot- ion s0 that none will spoil in stor- age.

Ration Out of Fashion

The bulging state of the nat- ional larder has brought on re- doubled demands that Britain fol- low the oxriniple of France, Ger- many and other continental count- rics and scrap the entire rationing set-tip. But the Ministry maintains ils Sfficks are not unduly excessive and that the big mcnt stockpiles may be helpful in pending trade negotiations with Argentina.

Handling of food rations is a. delicate question with the general oloctlrin- only four weeks away. Tlic announcement last week that bac- on rationing is being increased (mm four to five ounces had polit- ical YGPEYCUSSlOILS IDYd Beaver- hrooks independent Evening Standard greeted the news with the banner headline; "Hero 01¢

The Bribes . " Expensive Iceboxes

W-‘iile the bulging meat stocks ii-het the public appetite. the cost of chartering the refrigerated ships to store the meal is causing

taxpayers n headache ’i‘lierc now i", i4 M these. floating larder-s bobbing on the tides ll l.r1flfi"\l1. Liverpool, Avonmouth and (Has-

ow.

g The floating iceboxes ‘hold some 45,000 tons and it costs ‘l0 shillings monthly B ton stored aboard ship compared to 2"! shillings n ton ashore. Some shilps have been un- der charter since lost August and the hotel bill ls estimated in be in excess of 2150.000.

LONDON TRAFFIC

LONDON (CP) 10110011 Transport rolled up record-break- ing figures for i948. ‘trains and road services carried more than 4,500,000,000 passengers a distance of more than $53,000.01» miles.

cent of average earnings.

An amendment brought in last July raises the maximum com- pensation in death cases to 100

per cent of a workmens average earnings. two-thirds.

l-‘omierly the limit was

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Will Hit _ Corporations And Legacies

By John B. Owen

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 —(AP) -President Truman today asked Congress for a host of United States tax c1ianges—$l.000.00Q,o0c a. year more from corporations and lcsacies. a deep slash in seven ex- cise or business taxes and plugged- up "loopholes" in a. series of tax laws.

Congress is eager to taxes, which are levied on sucii things as furs. passenger travel. cosmetics and long-distance tele- phone bills. But Mr. Truman slipped this ivarning into his [BX message: He'll veto any such bill which isn't at the same limo off- set by the same amount of new revenue

Here is the way he wants to ai- tack this problem:

Reduct- exclses "only to the ex- tent that the resulting loss in rev- enue is replaced by revenue ob- taint-d frcin closing loopholes in the present tax laws."

By loopholes, he said he meant the legal ways through which "some groups escape their fair share of taxation."

cut excise

Republicans Disagree

SOmc Reptiblicans quickly dis- agreed. Senator Kenneth Wherry 0f Nebraska. the Republican floor leader. said the President was trying to raise taxes “to finance spendtlirift Socialism."

Chairman Robert Doughtxm (Dein. N.C.) of the tax-writing ways and means committee of the House of Representatives said the message would get "fui1 consider- ation."

Truman picked out seven of the long list of excise taxes for cuts "most urgently needed." He did not specify amounts. He mention- ed passenger tickets. now taxed at 15 per cent; freight, now three per cent; long-distance telephone and telegraph charges. now 25 per cent. and all retail or soles excises.

Truman did not mention liquor and tobacco taxes for cuts. To- gether they produce $500,000,000 taxes a. year.

Here is how Truman proposes 00 get an extra 01.000.000.000 a year:

1. A “moderate“ increase in the tax rate on corporation in- come in excess of $50,000. He said this would hit only 10 per cent of corporations. Congress- ional tax experts figure this would mean lifting the present 38 per cent io about 41 or 42 per cont.