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CHARIDTTETOWN. CANADA

F RIDAY.

MARCH 29. 1957

yFURTHER RESOLUTION RECOMMENDED

U.S. Polaio Tariff Causes Lively Legislative Debate

Inquiries from private members of the.Iiouse regarding the possi- bility of having a tariff placed on. US. potatoes received a variety of answers from Government benches

' in the Legislature yesterday.

Premier Matheson said he had confidential information on the matter which he was not prepared to disclose. "If we ask for some- thing from someone we usually have to pay for it and in this case how are we going to pay?' To other questions directed towards the chair during the reading of the Agriculture Committee report. the Premier stated. ''I have said all I am going to :s,'."

The report was tabled in the House by Mr. H.P. Srriith, chair- man of the Select Standing Com- mittee on Agriculture.

The matter of potato tariff was brought into discussion of the House by Opposition member Leo J. Rossiter who asked what was the latest report on the situation. I-Ie said there seemed to be a lot of "hedging" about the tariff ques- tion and felt that farmers were en- titled to a clear cut answer by this time.

in reply to the Premier's sug- gestion that there might be retali- ation tiom the United States on some other Island product. Mr. Rosaiter said "perhaps Ottawa is afraid that retaliation will be on some manufactured product of Central Canada. "He did not think potato growers should suffer in order to avoid inconvenience to the manufacturer.

The Minister of Agriculture said his Department had been in close

touch with Federal authorities all along but stated that the informa- tion he had would be better with- held at the present time. I-Ie vol- unteered to give the Opposition members this information private- ly if they wished to have it.

Hon. E.P. Foley said tariffs worked more or less like a counter balance. That is to say. if a gain is made in one place there is a corresponding loss in some other- place.

R.R. Bell suggested that the As- sembly send another strong res- olution to Ottawa to strengthen the one sent in 1955. "It was the unan- imous opinion of the agriculture committee that we should do so in order to show them we are still in the ring," he said.

Frank Machlutt. Liberal. Third. Prince reminded the members that a 75 cent per cwt. tariff was in effect on United States potatoes during 1930-31. "Did we benefit by it? I think you will find from the records that the potato price. at that time was the lowest in history.

UNFOUNDED FEARS

Fred Ramsay. Liberal. First Prince said the farmers of Prince Edward Island are paying too heavy a price on a product which account for 50 per cent of the Is- land's exports.

"There need be no great fear of retaliation on our fisheries." he said. "United States needs our fish and will take all we can supply them."

Mr. Ramsay in dealing with a hypothetical case said a farmer with 10,000 lbs. offpotatoes for sale

H.P. SMITII, M.L.A.

in the United States before the quota was reached would have to "13" Thursday W8! plucked lfom pay 3375 and 11 he had another a sealing vessel stranded in ice 10.000 lbs. for sale after the quota 0" Prlm-'9 had been reached he would have to flaw" 30 llosllllnl Whlle two men pay 3750 or ; total of 31,125, Thy. were rescued by boat after force ing this gr the hug; of , hhe landing on explosion-laiden plane year's crop he pointed out that one lh the Gulf of 51. Lawnince.

farmer could conceivably pay 311.- 250 to the United States Treasury. the Sealer Theron. iammed in ice

TREMENDOUS SAVING

"If all of this money could be Wilfred Stevens of Big Tancook

(Continued on page 13 col. 3)

No Immediate Action On Fowler Report Planned

OTTAWA (cm A Parliament Thursday received a royal com- mission report pr posing changes

dor to Colombia and former Mont- real newspaper editor. and James Stewart, 62. of Toronto, chairman

owned station in other viewing wheel. When last seen the craft IRIS. The all! ollles Ire Halifax. was drifting seaward in the Seven Monlrenl. Toronto. Ottawa. Winnl- islands area. The men were not

Three Dead

In Vancouver Hotel Fire

VANCOUVER (CF)-Three and possibly more people were killed in a fire which burned through a waterfront hotel early Thursday night. .

A fire warden approached a group of reporters after the blaze at the Butler Hotel on downtown Water Street had been brought un- der control and said: "Three are dead.'

"There may be more inside." he added.

More than a dozen were injured . and others were overcome by smoke in the three - alarm fire which blazed out of control for about an hour.

There were 95 guests in the ho- tel. Many of those who escaped were elderly people. They were iassisted down ladders by firemen.

Charles Mow. owner. said all rooms in the six-storey hotel were occupied when the fire started, ap- parently in the basement. lie es- timated the value of the building at 5100.000.

Seaman Flown To Hospital Here

HALIFAX (CP)- A sick sea-

Edward Island and

A naval helicopter landed near

10 miles north east of East Point. P.E.l.. picking up ailing seamau

Island, Lunenburg County. N-S.. and took him to Charlottetown. The nature of his ailment was not immediately known.

The same day a R.C.A.F'. Search and Rescue spokesman reported that two men had been picked up by boat in the Gulf of St. Law- rence after ditching a Canso air- craft laiden with explosives.

The plane. owned by Trans-Lab- rador Airways. was ditched when trouble developed in its forward

PROVINCIAL BOARDS CAN LEVY FEES

Oifawa Plans Amendment To Farm Marketing Act

The attractions of higher sal- aries paid by busincss and indus- try was given by Hon- E.P. Foley as one of the main causes for the shortage of teachers on the island. Mr. Foley spoke on the budget de- bate yesterday.

Mr. Foley said that many young men of years gone by went into the teaching profession t there was nothing else for them to do. "Now-a-days they can join the navy for the summer and make as much as a teacher would in the whole year," he said.

The Summcrside ber made reference to his own school days when he said a child making a complaint of a trimming received in school was very apt to get an- other when he reported It at home.

He said there were many fine men produced in the past from the "Little Red School House." He made particular reference to Jacob Gould Schurman, who did not have so much formal education but kept a book under the counter of the store where he worked and took every opportunity to study it.

MAIN REQUIREMENT

Mr. Foley said it was not always the best educated person who made the best school teacher. He thought a good teacher must first have a desire to teach. In this instance he referred to a young man who could have been makinz 35.000 a

TEACHER SHORTAGE

Says Business; Industry Salaries More Aiiraciive

ized facts-"

Mr. Foley said it was startling to see how little the young boy or girl starting their first job knows today. if they would learn how to think and study. they would make' far more useful citizens, he said.

TEACHERS UNDERPAID

"There is no doubt that our tea- chers are underpaid." said Mr. Foley. "but our people seem to re- quire liquor, tobacco and cars. Perhaps the member from Second Prince (Dr. Dewar) would suggest that we go to these people and tell them 'you must stop your drinking and put it into education: you must quit smoking and give that money to education or you must do without a car and put it into education.' If he were pre- mier, Idon't imagine he would last long. But I would remind him that these same people pay a lot in taxes and I understand he does not."

Dealing with some of the prob- lems of the Department of High- ways, Mr. Foley said people were becoming more and more un- reasonable every day. He made reference to those who call out the plow on the pretence of being sick when all they wanted was to get to a hockey match.

R.R. Bell: "Some people say you shouldn't plow the clay roads at all. What is your feeling on that?"

IION. E.P. FOLEY

Mr. Foley noted that while the soil of Prince Edward Island was

good for farming it was unfortu-

Diefenbaker

says PC's Will

''Do Everything To Assist"

OTTAWA iCPl - The govern- ment may shortly ask parliament to take the historic step of arm- ing non-elective provincial bodies. with indirect taxing powers.

Prime Minister St. Laurent an- nounced in the Commons Thurs- day that before the session ends: the government will introduce' amendments to farm marketing legislation to help overcome legal roadblocks encountered by provin- cial marketing boards. l

Opposition Leader Diefenbaker

said his party will do everything to assist. ' . it is understood the govern- ment now Is considering two main amendments to the Farm Products Marketing Act which would in effect:

1. Arm the provincial boards with power to levy licence fees or indirect taxes on the sale of their products for the purpose of pooling earnings to equalize re- turns to farmers.

VEST WITH AUTHORITY

2. Vest in these boards authority to regulate interprovincial trade In their products.

However. it is understood the federal government will not go along with one of the Ontario pro- posals which would allow a judge to find a person accused of not

complying with board regulations guilty without prior charge.

Endowing the provincial boards with licensing or taxing powers would be an historic step. Under the constitution. only the federal administration has indirect taxing powers.

Experts said that never before has the central elective body vested such powers in a non- eiective body. It is reported that some federal officials question whether the government should proceed with such a move.

KNOCKED OUT PROPS

However. in January the Su- preme Court of Canada knocked legal props from under the prov- lncial boards. saying amon other things that their licensing method for the purpose of building up cash reserves was in effect indi- rect taxation which only the fed- eral government oould levy.

The supreme Court said also that the provincial boards could only regulate trade in products consumed within the ya vince. The proposed federal amend- ments. it is believed. would ever- come that problem. providing the boards with power to regulate trade in products consumed out- side the province.

Mr. St. Laurent said the amend- ments are to be introduced "just as soon as the form can be com- rnunlcated by prompt dispatch to the provincial authorities that are interested in the legislation."

nately not good for road h "”

People. he said. took an un- reasonable attitude to the closlag e made reference to a trucker who recently arrived on the Island with a load of steel. He was told he

of roads in the springtime.

Claims State of Public Apathy Concerning Provincial Affairs

in Canadian broadcastlng-includ- of the board of the Canadian peg and Vancouver. identified. by it t d . M F. , ..w h . um tt 1 I B d lng more television-but no action Bank of Commerce. The condition for 4 TV sia- lffcri. lichgolilm for ":2.5llo oar gear? far liowotfiyiurn Baclrvln llhhte pro: ll: callnelli ulpmileie P:;nmle:rolnN:?y ''If we were to meet all the de- Mr. Matheson made reference to on It will be taken before the em The commission made a miscel- tlons. under the commissions "Thu .5 an mm-of mom. who tram... Bnmsmcki The reply he go. Wu mud; for ,9,-vice. hhhg an made . why”-"ugh in 1...; gm. 3 "ii.”.” ::::3":. .. l:::..z'.:.'tz”.'.:l.i.".:l ”.:.."I:.-.l::1:..::..:"::..?;”:l” ."l: PARUAMENT --n mus do - --I M u we ..,.,.... .......,..... aw n---we rows --- :2 l,".;.””..':":'””.'.f...'”””....' :3." ml..:' W '2; -M '-'-.."'-... i ' E " . ” aid. -. ' we also closed t 9 0' ' W T V” ' S

rqval commission on broadcastlnd stick to its ions-susdins penny of stantiall! to anneal program YESTERDAY -- ---1 . A - J m - . , 1 id In I u - , 1” mm mm” 0, . ",0 mm” an m an gm".

"ed ,0 M 1 th bu l . mm 1 ' . - s at as e g pro- The Cab net member so a You see that man dldnt esre ,, ' . I - 9" " '9 WC”! 9 P" 93' I '30 ol llullllc l"0WnEfl Ind lllm'l”d3 grain is concerned have ad- that quite often snow plow opera- whether be caused a million dollars :l'?ell:ol;I d;ell!f:le';da;”':pel:ffml9;n Ila: dl:I-ul;-n1P:e”-nec;H.'”-;y.,,nP”l ”

owned CBC's finances. is new sys-

tem of controlling Canadian broad- Ge ll , it (I l ed. th xi r- i l cl f l tht 3! THE CANADIAN PRESS . .. c-tins It the V-0P.'easlns of the ingnelirraoalicastinic liratem lea :lolildongi:')erotllic:E(JBf: aolrmrlrre 31 T'-Ind-y. M-rch 28. 1957 f.;;'f;'3";'M ll" ,.';f:;"?l3m”:f,f :'.l:,l f,",c'.'.f.l'hl.Ill."l.rlla:siil':; ”""M” W" "" "”"l""d Wm” briefly after giving no main ad- didn't care about the sown-nmcni federal governments tight single- A major recommendation in the long-range stability by setting up Prime lllllllslef 53- Llufenl Bald am”; of u. Ind kn Wm be ed .'m.ham ,0, Mel" hour, only 1MMr(;,iu1-ion drleis: ::u:'e:lhIlee5tIcao)l'I.u.s' in me putting on the tax but he wanted

station TV policy, and a variety of other changes.

The 150.000-word report drafted after a year of study was tabled in Commons. where Prime Minister st. Laurent promptly cal- led it "very interesting" but said there will be no government legis- lation to implement it at the par- llanientery session expected to end within two weeks. '

The report is expected to give the government guidance for the future of radio and TV in Canada ovt about the next 10 years.

BEADED I! FOWLER

it is the work of commission chairman R. M. Fowler. 50-year- old Montroaler who heads the Ca- nadtan Pulp and Paper Auoclh. tins. and commissioners Edmond Tllloottt. 59. Cansdiaa ambassa-

privately - owned broadcasting.

report-which would have to be implemented by legislation--calls for abolition of the present CBC board of governors and its replace ment by a "board of broadcast governors."

This would partially divorce the CBC from its present over-all con- trol of private broadcasting though informants said the change would be more in name than in tiinctlon.

On the TV side. the commission said it is about time that the fed- eral government policy of single- station operation should be aban- doned. though with some condi- tions.

INCLUDES HALIFAX

Under this policy. the govern- ment reservea for the CBC the TV franchise in six major cities

and allows only one privately -

commission's recommendations: new bfoldcasl Iovefnlhl body. wrote the CBC protesting a com- and 'icensing of competitive tele- mum.-y oh 3 cnc pfngfggn by . vision stations.

There was no immediate com- 'A3lI9ll:).l1'ill)1mgE'l3 xgsrlel said Canadians are asked to draw 7'” P0'lll0" Wmlld 5' willed 9"l while the government continues

Dealing with financing, the com-

phruamem. , gram. for it We, . there will be no legislation this

five-year period.

The;-9 were vgrylng I-action, to mendatlons of the Fowler com- the report, from the broadcasting ml '

and the political fields.

At Quebec City. the Canadian J90"-'d oulrllht the Proposal by Association of Radio and Telsvi- G0V'""”' hm" 5- Cone of the sion Broadcasters-holdings its an- Bank of Canada on chartered nual meeting-said the report in- banks' savings accounts. dicates the important position of private broadcasting.

"We welcome." the association this session to help overcome legal said. "what we believe to be the roadblocks encountered by provin- two mnior policy cial marketing boards.

Creation

(Continued on page 1! col. 6)

Education Brief Presented

By Sf. Dunsfan's Alumni

ofa

session to implement any recom-

on broadcasting. Finance Minister Harris re-

Mr. amendments will

St. Laurent announced he introduced

The prime minister revealed he

Canadian university professor. Opposition Leader Dicfenbaker

in their belts to fight inflation

its spending "orgy." Lberals and Conservatives uoted together in dcfeat 145 to 29 a CCF non - confidence motion against the government calling for a 875 old age pension. Royal assent was given in the Senate to 204 bills. including one i bllshin the Sl00.000.000 Can- ada Council to promote culture. Friday, March 29. I957 The

vanced a great deal hilt you can't

a wonderful t but we must always keep in mind that educa- tion is knowledge and understand- ing and not a long list of memor-

tors were criticized but he felt

to be called out for a sick call. "People are very selfish when it comes to their own needs." he ad-

worth of damage so long as his

Mr. Foley made reference to

the extensive immigration program

being carried on by the Federal

ded.

(Continued on page l3 col. 3)

The fact that so many pupils in niral schools fail thus causing a high percentage of "dropouts" was brought to the attention of the Legislative Select Standing Com- mittee on Education at its public hearing yesterday morning.

It was contained in a brief pre- scnted by Mrs. Allison MacMillan. Fairview. for the Women's In- stitutes. She seld it was felt that there was a lack of continuity in the higher grades in rural schools but she stated she was unable to say whether it was due to the teachers or the curriculum. How- ever, the Institute believed the

portance that the child 25 miles from the hard surfaced road be given the same opportunity as the one on the main highway".

ONE BOOM SCHOOLS

Dealing with one-room schools the brief noted that this Province has the hlghcsi percentile of such schools in Canada - 353 of 459 - and that ninety percent of our teachers begin teaching in them. Because of this the Institute re- commended that more thought he placcd on teaching and manage- ment in one-room schools.

The delegation also felt there

Several Briefs Presented On Education Yesterday

bcltcr teachers as "Young people accept a challenge, and shun a profession too easily entered".

A new idea was suggested when the brief said "it would be in the best interest of all concerned if sonic of the small schools who employ permissive teachers were closrd. and teachers so employed be scnl to qualify - their expenses being paid by the Department of Education."

The institutes commend ' the Government for recognizing the needs and "appointing a commit- fee which politically. religiously geographically leaves nothing to

budget debate which he resumed

size of the crowd attending the budget address and the large num- ber which he said overflowed into the corridors of the building on Wednesday night's bearing of the Education Committee.

"if this session of the Legisla- ture has brought no more than a committee on education we have the satisfaction that we accompl- ished something. There will be no need to make the place into a mu- seum after Wednesday night; the people have come here and know whgt the building looks like," he

The Premier felt it was a bad state of affairs when people were not interested enough in the affairs of the Province to come and hear how the revenue was derived and the money spent. "It would seem to me they are not interested in paying their bills so long as they get what they want." he added.

it refunded. How are we going to get the money to pay higher all- aries. give better education. better ,. health and more snow plows if we 5'

are to follow this man's aug- A geetlon"

getting the things!

inces are paying more g taxes than we will be paying along with this they have a tax."

afford it. we can't."

story of blue ruin before. so w a man in charge by the ii - Bennett and we learned what ruin really meant."

that the House would have a ' member before the next se and expressed the hope that al present members would be be their seats again.

Premier: "This farmer said Ill

R.Il. Bell: "Other provinces a Premier: "Yes and other

R.R. Bell: "Other provinces Premier: "We have heard

In closing the Premier pro

Heavy Ice Still

Area of Gulf of St. Lawrence

Clogs Large

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