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VOL. LXXVII. NNO. 20!

Around too delegates from across the nation attended opening ceremonies the 44th annual convention of the Catholic Women's League at the Basilica Recreation Cen- tre last evening. Seen prior to

CWE‘ ATIONAI. CONVENTION O

the official opening are. left to right, Mrs. Urban Pineau. New Glasgow. N.S.. national convener of girl guides; Miss Ipiligenie Arsenault. P.E.I. provincial president. and Miss Catherine Toal. first na-

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tional vice-president and na- tional convener of laws. Mem- bers gan arriving from across Canada Sunday for the six-day event. and registra— t-ion took place yesterday morning.

500 Communists Arrested

In Indian Food Protests

NEW DELHI tReutersl— More than 500 Communists were arrested throughout India Mon- day as their party launched a ﬁve. - day countryside protest against rising food prices,

It was the first. major con- frontation between the three- month-old regime of Premier Lal Bahadur Shastri and the Indian Communist party. The party planned to have some . members. including Leader S. A. Dange. risk arrest in peaceful demonstrations in hopes of gaining t‘le support of at least 1.000 people.

Police. in full readiness for the well-publicized protest, ar- rested about Communists In midnight raids in south ndia towns b e to r o demonstrations could begin.

S m ore were arrested when they picketed wholesale grain markets and state legis- lature gates in New Delh. Lucknow. B o m b a y. Calcutta. Madras and elsewhere.

400 MARCH

a morning demonstration at. New Delhi. some 400 perso marched on the main market

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where. they picketed food grain stores and shouted slogan against hoarding and price in- creases. More than 50 demon- strators were arrested on charges of causing "obstruction in he. normal transaction of business.“

Top police officials from across‘India worked in a cen- tral control room co-ordinating

News Promised On ByeIections

OTTAWA (CPI—Prime Minis- ter Pearson inform the Com- mons Monday he hopes to make a statement later this week on byelections In Westmorland and Waterloo South ridings.

He was replying to Reid Scott (NDP—Toronto Danforth). who asked whether the seats would be filled In time for the, new

MPs to take part In the current ﬂag debate.

Mr. Scott referred indirectiy to the fact that the Queen will visit OttawaI during Thanksgiv- lng weekend in October.

Hurricane Aims

Blow At

From AP-Renters KINGSTON. Jamaica (CPI- Hurricane Cleo battered the southern tip of Haiti Monday. at the same spot where thou lands were killed by Flora last

year.

The battle with Haiti's moun- tainous peninsula robbed Glen of some of her Ito-mile-a'n-houl punch. But the weather bureau laid Cleo would regain strength when she whirled back over the open Caribbean toward Jamaica.

Jamaicans were warned to brace for destructive winds and heavy battering su ,

But. Cleo was knocked a little off course and her next victim was uncertain.

Fidel Castro began evacu- ating Cubans from to south- eastern coast.

Since walloping Guadeloupe

Saturday and leaving at least 14 dead. 1 njured nd . 000.000 damage. Cleo hss‘

churned across the upper Carb- the

on Sea. menacing “1'31 Virgin Isllands. then P ten. the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

There were no reports on glut: damage was done in a: .

Cleo passed the southern

of Htspanlols Island — by the Dominican Ra- snd Haiti — Monday

or major damage in the Domin- lean Republic due to the storm.

Jamaica

The San Juan weather bur- eau said: "Present indications are that Cleo will pass over Jamaica tonight and Tuesday forenoon. Hurricane _ winds are expected manhunt!!! Jamaica tonight and emer- gency precautions should be started immediately against da— structlve winds. torrential rnIa. highutides and heavy battering

su . At the time. Cleo was about 2'70 miles east of Kingston and about so miles until-southeast of Port Au Prince. Haiti. Her forwar slowed to 14 miles from 10 an hour. She was expected to con- tinue her west-northwest course

but extre- mely dangeroua hurricane." the weather bureau said. "Rurrb cane force winds extend out for about 40 miles to the I:

about 100 miles to the south.

VATICAN CITY (Am-«Pops Paul VI has sent a massage at- condolsaoc and an offer of aid to the victims of hurricane Clo. In the Fresdchst ladies. the“ Vatican said Monday.“ A Vat- i e a :

of his paternal

placing at their dis- std for

the exp solicttude. to

their moves while reports said nit police and military leave for‘ units based near cities was can- celled.

Shastri's government. which took over after the death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. has entered a critical period. With six weeks remain- ing before the harvest of winter crops. rice and wheat are scarce and lines have started appearing at grain stores in several parts of the country.

The leaders of the Communist protest based their hopes for general support on popular dis- content with the rising cost of living. A series of one-day gen- eral strikes in three states kicked off the Communist cam- paign three weeks ago. with one resulting clash costing six lives.

In the food price protest the Communists planned to picket banks. stock exchanges and government offices as well as

legislatures and grain stores.

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1964.

[elm ABANDONSi 45500 IN BANK ‘

LONDON. Ont. (CPIAn Im-

perial Bank of Commerce bank here has $500--and it doesn't know what to do mm It.

The money was taken to a branch of the Canadian im- perial Bank of Commerce last. Wednesday by a young girl who wanted it changed into smaller denominations. When a teller questioned her. the girl said she would return with someone who would explain. She didn‘t.

" . . Damude, the man- ger. said Monday there had been no inquiries about the money.

Floods Reported In Truro Area

TRURO (CPI »— Heavy rain early Monday sent brooks cas- cading over their banks to flood some fields and farms in cen- tral Nova Scotia.

At Brookfield. water ran over a road near the construc- tion site of the Canada Ccmcnt Company plant. Tle waters rc- ceded later in the day. how—

0 < m -s

The weather office said the 'I‘ruro area had received 2.75

inches of rain in a 24-hour pcr-i

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lwo Bolt Parties 0n Flag Issue

OTTAWA (Cit—An Ontario Liberal and a Quebec Conserv- ative bolted their respective party policies on the flag issue in Commons speeches Monday.

The views of Ralph Cowan tL—York - Humbert and Remi Paul (PC — Berthier - Maski- nonge — Delanaudiere) came as no surprise, however.

What did come as a surprise was the tossing of a carton of a red liquid from the west gal- .lery onto the green carpet in lthe centre aisle of the cham- .ber. Tie Commons protective «staff detained a man who threw ithe carton from the opposition ' gallery, I Mrs. .lean Wadds (PC—Gren- lville-Dundast said later in the debac the "unfortunate Inci- dent," was startling evidence of

i Mr. Cowan is the only Liberal ‘so far to go on record as being in favor of the Red Ensign as Canada's national flag.

5 sought by the Conservatives. 1 \\ ould only encourage racist i propaganda. He would disso-

lciate himself from Opposition iLeader Diefenbaker's stand and l vote against a plebiscite and for i a distinctive national flag. 3 He did not believe Prime 'Minister Pearson's contention gthe Liberal government had a .mandate from the voters to i adopt a new flag. No clear man- idatc was possible when a gov- gernment had less fun half the imembers of the Commons and less than half the popular vote. Mr. Cowan served notice he .will speak on every amendment ,‘put forward in the flag debate. . "If we make any change in ‘the Red Ensign. it will lead to 1a division such as this country .4 has never seen. t The Liberal dissenter was ap- lplauded frequently by many 3(lonscrvative and New Demo— ’cratic MPs who support the Red Ensign. There was no ap- plause from Liberal benches. M. Paul also called for an end to Commons speeches on .t‘le flag. They were merely ex- ‘ercising Canadians who favored reilhcr the proposed maple leaf , flag or the Red Ensign. l Mrs. Wadds said the maple ’lcaf flag is no more a symbol -of unity than a skeleton of an a symbol

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CLEO BATTERS PUERTO RICO COAST

Churned up by Hurricane - Cleo. the surf pounds the coast of Ponce. Puerto Rico as civil

defence worker Julio Rodriguel

real danger occu

caries this child to safety from

shack. This was one. of the few areas where any on the Is- land because the storm passed

farther south than expected. About 1.400 persons were evac- uated and sheltered in public

i Mr. Paul said a plebiscite.‘

Llch Johnson. 17-year-old

daughter of the President, joins her ‘Teen-Dem' friends

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N'VENTION on a float being wheeled along Atlantic City's Boardw a l k

Monday. She was the first of the Johnson family to arrive

THIRONGS at the scene of the Democra- tic national convention. Seat-

ed behind her Is Beth Jenkins. (AP Wirephoto)

Democrats Fail To Solve

By ARCH MacKENZlB ATLANTIC CITY (CPi—Jn tensive efforts failed to find a Icompromise on sealing of rival ‘Mississippi delegations before gthe Monday night opening of idle Democratic national con- vention.

Unable to solve the. problem, the convention's credentials committee put it aside until to- - day.

The result, a committee mem- ber said, is that neither com- peting delegation was to be for- mally seated at Monday night‘s opening session and no report would be made on the case un- til later.

However other sources said both delegations would attend the session as guests

gro demands for more progress

on integration.

In the Mississippi case. party leaders had been working for a solution that would avert both a floor fight and a southern walkout.

Joseph L. Rauh Jr.. a com- mittee member and champlon the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. a predomi- nantly Negro group. told report- ers the committee put the case over until 2:30 p.m. today.

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Platform Adapted

ATLANTIC CITY (APl—A platform condemning extrem- ‘ pledging civil rights law

P-re - convention planners did succeed. however. in averting a threatened floor fight over civil rights. And there. w parent moderation in a rebel.‘ lion by the Alabama delega- tion.

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l l l MIDDLE LINE TAKEN

The civil rights action came? in the draft recommendations ol the platform committee. The committee took a middle-of-he‘. road line calculated to meet: both southern rigidity and Ne-

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Quoddy Proiect

OTTAWA (CPl-Prime Minis- ter Pearson said Monday in the Commons he hopes to reply Tuesday or Wednesday to ai question by Robert Coates (PC —-— Cumberlandt about whether the government will initiate an. economic study of the proposed . Passamaouoddy tidal powcl project.

Mr. Pearson also said In re- ply to Tom Bell (PC — Saint John Albert) that all proposed‘ power projects in the Maritime; are related to each other and‘ would be considered in that

light.

‘ lightning Hits

Three N.S. Homes

WOLFVILLE. N3. (CPI - Lightning struck three houses destroying one and leaving family of five homeless.

The 'tomc destroyed was M‘- eupted by Mr. and Mrs. . their two children and Mrs. Daniel Crowell

ell when lightning smashed intoj the llving room. setting a fire» that spread rapidly.

Crowell home was burning. lightning struck nearby ome of Basil Duncan- :m. Boards were ripped from

Within an flour. a bolt struck the home of Mrs. Arthur Farris

school buildings Sunday. (AP WW)

tiers. smashing dishes.

,tive enforcement." It omitted.

’ ary synod of the Anglican Church, of Canada. died Sunday follow-

in the Wolfvllle area Monday.1 .l

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family was in. the kitch-.

that,

l enforcement. and prom- ising further tax reduction was adopted Monday by the Demo

.cratic platform committee.

Jubilant over avoiding a civil

jrights clash which could have

led to a convention floor fight. northern and southern commit teemen acclaimed their work a "unity" platform and a Winner In November.

Tile tax reduction promise included a pledge to review all excise taxes and “eliminate

those that are obsolete."

The civil rights plank. clearly fashioned to a e the south and avoid a convention floor fight. guaranteed "fair, effec-

IAnincon Church Official Killed

STOUFFVILLE. Ont. «CPI-

Robcrt Lionel

ing a three . car collision on Highway 47.

Mr. Crombie. driver of one of the cars involved, was a former manager of the Toronto branch never of the Royal Trust Company. ‘ David was ad-i mitted to hospital with cuts and

His grandson. Charles

‘Crombie of Toronto. a fractured wrist.

Mr. Crombie was born Picton. Ont. .Rothesay Collegiate at

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Culverhoust- ‘ .Crombie. 76. of Toronto, honor- treasurer of the general;

in .. .. and educated at The mm M Roth- csay. .\'.R.. and Lakefield Prep~ aratory School at Lakefield. Ont.

iSeating Rival Delegates

for the first time since the Sec- ond World War. any demands for new civil rights legislation.

But the anti-extremism nlank was tough.

KKK DENOUNCED

Aimed at Republican presi dential nominee Barry Goldwa- ter. who has refused to disavow his supporters in the right-wing gJohn Birch Society, it de- nounced by name the Commu- pist party. the Ku Klux Klan, and the John Birch Society.

The overhanging threat of a southern revolt tonight. when the Democratic national con- vention is due to approve the campaign document. faded sud- denly when the mild final in- lstalment of the laltform 1emerged. covering domestic af 5 fairs

It omitted any plank at all on the reapportionment state legislatures. a party - splitting issue.

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Student Drive SnowbaIIs In S. Viet Nam-Rioting

“Presiden

Promises Changes

SAIGON tAPI—After a day of student rioting against his regime, P r e s i d e n I Nguyen Khanh offered today to revise Ithe constitution which gives ihim dictatorial powers. But he lthreatened severe punishment l for further rioting. > Khanh acted after working ‘all through Monday night and apparently after c o n s u l t ing with United States officials. He announced a potentially explo- sive demonstration later today Iwould be permitted but "an:

destroying security

land sowing disorder will .severely punished." i Student mobs burned and looted buildings in Saigon Mona day in a snowballing demon- stration that spread to three orher cities in the worst out- break of organized anti - gov» ernment rioting since the sum mer- disorders of 19%. But no lice and troops kept hands off.

There was rioting in Hue, D! Nang and Out Nhon as well as Saigon. and at least one pas-son was killed.

A grenade blast killed a

woman in Da Nang. where more than 1.000 howling youths oned a S barracks. and

been killed. Scores were lnjund moreorlessserlousiyinafim

cities.

Several hundred youths and girls from a settlement 15 miles outside the capital, mostly Roman Catholic refugee! from

munist North Viet Nam. counter-attacked In Saigon on lKhanh's behalf.

BUILDING STONEI)

They stoned and set. fire to the student union headquarters, a one-storey concrete building where the campaign was launched last week. and do« pounced those "who play Into the hands of the. ncutralists and Communists in this time of emergency." The raiders wars transported to Saigon by buses and taxis provided by_the gov— ernment.

Topping off the various ele- ments, the Viet Cong distributed leaflets calling for terrorist net tion to magnify the trouble.

lie the organized opposi- ltion took on an increasingly ‘yanti-American lone, i... Am- lbassador Maxwell D. Taylor ‘flew to the seaside resort of Can St. Jacques to meet with Khanh. Later both returned to Saigon.

l‘Blood-Bomb' Tossed”

-In House Of Commons

! By JAMES NELSON

; OTTAWA tCPi An ersatz 1“blood - bomb" was tossed on .the House of Commons floor Monday during the flag debate and a man identified as the ,director of an underdog organ- ization was later turn-9d oven

‘to the RCMP by Commons guards.

Social CN‘OII Leader Robert Thompson said his staff had

issued a pass to the opposition

gallery of the Commons to avid Cowlishaw. who Visited ‘Mr. Thompson‘s office In his

.absence a few minutes before. the Commons met.

Mr. Thompson said he had > seen or heard of Mt ‘Cowlishaw. and his staff gave him the gallery admission card on the strength of a letter of introduction, the signature on which was indecipherablc.

mh was a )small waxed cardboard milk container c o n t a i n log a red fluid. It was under police exam- ination for a claim that it was blood, but first reports were that it was either a casein paint :or colored milk

Speakcr Alan .Viacnaullzhton.l

iwho was presiding over

lCommons at the time. an

Commons officials said later 1 the incident was in no way con- nected with the flag debate.

The fluid —- which remained .bright red some hours after un- llike blood which blackens— isplashed onto the mace and the [clerk's table. Drops also hit Solicitor - General J. Watson MacNaught and the desk bcmg \occupied by Yvon Dupuis. min- ister without portfolio. I Eycwitncsscs to the surprise "action. when most attention was tfocusscd on Mr. Nowlan. said ‘thc man who tossed the carton stood for a moment in the door- way and then ducked our of the ‘gallery. Immediately the Com- -mons constahulary stall grahhcd him and took him to .the office of the protective mo {headquarters in the basement.

He was hcld there while Spcaker MacNaughmn. Com- mons clerk Leon .1. Raymond.

parliamentary law c on n sol Maurice Olivier and sergeant at-arms David (‘urrie checked 'preccdents.

Mr. MacNaughlon later told reporters the man was be g .turned over to the RCMP. He identified hl as David Cowl- ishnw and said he was the only

‘9 iperson apprehended in the can. I

'later he did not see the obiect savour RECOGNITION

.bcing tossed. It was lobhed lover the government ' land splashed a red

8 p e a k e r MacNaughton re. had

benches ported Cowlishaw said he stream tossed the container — wrapped jact‘ﬂss the green carpet in the in a Commons seating plan

Ecentre aisle in front of George pamphlet—to draw attention to

Nowlaln (PC —- Digby - Annapo-

case of Calvin Macdonald

;lis - Kinﬂs‘. who was speaking ,who has complained that he can

iin mpport of the .atthem‘ .

Red Ensign ‘never been properly recognlaed

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