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“on the solution of the Rhodestan

“lines within the Commonwealth.

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Pearson Sees Rhodesia Key To ‘Commonwealth |

“MONTREAL: (CP) —. Prime Minister ‘Pearson “said here the. Commonwealth will stand or fall

problem A. persisting div ision-on._racial,

would present ‘‘grave difficul-

ties'’ in the way of remaining

any kind -of association. - 4 Speaking to the. Comimon-

Commonwealth Society, Mr. Pearson sald the old imperial heritace is no longer strong enough to hold nations together. The white ‘supremacist regime of lan Smith in Rhodesia had broken an evolution of ‘African colonies based on the rule of the majority.

“The African cine: now- {8 dom ,and other Commonwealth counttes ‘will allow - the illegal white regime to get away with {t.-;

satisfy ‘all members the asso- ciation is not likely to remain a multi-racial Commonwealth."’

He said it ‘would be ‘‘a great mistake" compulsory sanctions -being con- sidered at the United Nations to | bring down the Smith regime. | He “urged ‘a little more’ pa- continuing. existing voluntary sanctions.

“A Jasting and zood solution is worth waiting for for." =

Dief Balands. ‘Handling Of Gerda Case’

~QTTAWA (CP) — Opposition

Leader his handling, of the Gerda’ Mun- singer case and said the im- quiry into,it was “‘simply a case_ of a government trying to get Tevgene upon bua Opposi- tion.” .

Mr. Diefenbaker, on the na- tionwide CBC. television pro- gram The Nation's . Business, gaid the Munsinger case was supposed to involve security matters. .

“Yet the prime minister, —se- ‘euring the report on this case” he now says is so danger- ous to the security of Canada, brooded over it for a period of 14 or.15 months and did nothing about it until it was usable as

eas headed by Mr. Katee Spence_of- _the Su-_ preme Court of Canada, eon- eluded hearings Tuesday...

Mr. Diefenbaker said he has the highest respect for the courts, but when a judge be- comes an inquiry commissioner he ceases_to be a judge.

Mr. Diefenbaker said neither” he nor Davie Fulton, his. jus- tice -minister when the. Munsin- ger case was investigated by -the--REMP, hide...

Slowdown On|" - Steel Plant

‘Is Explained’

By CLAUDE HENAULT

QUEBEC (CP)—Planning ~.of plant has not. been slowed by lack of finances but by technical and marketing considerations, Pre- «mier Jean Lesage said here.

Specifying .that the plant would, as originally envisaged have ‘‘cost less than:°$300,000,- ” £00," Mr, Lesage said at -a press conference that the figure showed ‘‘this was not to have been’ either a giant complex or a backyard plant or foundry as some recent statements: would have one “believe.”

’ The province, was faced with ‘deciding between ‘'a steel plant designed principally for — the Quebec ‘market and a larger oné, perhaps more™ highly ‘cialized, but in any case cap- able of catering more particu. larly. te.-foreign—-markets,”’

“The decision depends not |- enly, or even principally. on available funds, but also. on

gales experience of techniques and the rapidity of market pene: tration.”

These technical iatiere:” he said, were being dealt with by the board of directors of Sidbec, who are ta submit a report to the government, making recommendations about the size and type of ie “within a few weeks.” ‘ - Commenting on. published re- ports: that- the government? -was hacking” out of the project to build the plant. the proposed

Que,, near Trois-Rivieres, Lesage said: “4+ “There is vnot .the slightest doubt that the government must _gnd—will_share_in. financing the plant,_the only aquestion 1s* the extent of its*participation. That will depend essentially on. the the ,project and the construction envis-

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our people—roads . ws industries... development. But

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