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apposition Leader Makes Motion Of Non-Confidence

A vote of non-confidence in the Government was moved yesterday afternoon by Mr. R.R. Bell. Leader of the Opposition after he had completed his speech on the Draft Address.

The Motion introduced by the Opposition L e a d e r reads as follows:

"We regret that your Honor's advisers have failed, by reason of indifference. inertia and lack of leadership in the face of serious provincial financial problems to press our claims at Ottawa for a better tax rental agreement and are not entitled to the confidence of this House and have lost the confidence of the people of Prince Edward Island."

ROOT OF THE TROUBLE

Mr. Bell said. "every five years. a new auangement has been finalised-I do not know if a new one last year was completed or not and the Speech from the Throne is devoid of any reiereace. This is something the people wish to know. this to my mind is root of all our troubles.

"What is our situation. Is it true. what I read in the press? Is it a fact that our Federal revenue will be less in 1967 rather than at least a million more? No wonder the Government is embarrassed; no wonder we have no.money for

education and other necessary public works. "If the press reports are

correct. and no doubt they are. we are getting a rotten and unjusti- fiable deal and our local govern- ment have completely failed in their duty to the people to see that this Province gets a fair deal. I can't understand what is going on and the people of the Province are ignorant of the actual situ- ation.

"lt has been given out. that the new deal with the Provinces will cost the Federal Government some 5 per cent additional in subsidies- upwerds of 3M0.000.000 possibly.

MILLION AND HALF EXTRA

"if we got this average increase we should have received fo r

i9p7-56 about one and one-half millions extra. but are we to get anything. Just listen Mr. Speaker. New Brunswick. a Conservative Province. is getting an increase of Mile millions; Newfoundland 3 millions. Nova scotla. another Conservative Province an increase of 28 per cent or about 6 millions. Alberta. a wealthy province, an increase of nearly 9 millions and Quebec and Ontario. if they want it. large increases of tens of mil- lions.

"What is to be done. Mr. Speaker. your Government has failed where all other Provinces have succeeded. Perhaps a threat might have some effect. Just as Mr. st. Laurent threatened to scuttle the Commonwealth. why not a dose of his own medicine. and a threat to leave Confeder- ation. Something must be done and done soon if we are to save this Province. otherwise it will be deserted. signs of whic we can see at present."

EDUCATION

"Let us pay teachers higher salaries and we will have no trouble to get all the qualified teachers we want." said Mr. Bell who termed the last increase given to teache - was ” more than an insult.

"There are many matters of grave concern to this Province that are not mentioned in the Speech from the Throne. possibly deliberately left out so that too much attention would not be di- rected to them. This speech is the shallowest and the most empty of future Government policy that I have yet seen in my fourteen years in this House.

"But it appears from paragraph 10. that there is actually one con- cern of the Government and that is the problem of education. How and why this is a problem now. I fail to understand. For a number of years now we have had a sup- posedly full time Minister who has been riding high and mighty with his own ideas as to policy in the I: partment.

"I understand that many of his

AdenauerMAccepis Offer To Discuss Increased Trade

BONN (Reuters) - Chancellor Konrad Adenauer Thursday ac- cepted a Soviet offer to discuss increased trade between West Ger- many and Russia.

He also agreed to nego for an agreement to facilitate the re- patriation of Germans held in Rus- sia einco the Second World War.

East and West German govern- ments on reunification. He also re- buttad charges that West Gar-

lllllyil Atlantic Pact gas-.tneru:r:rus u

trying to involve her war.

Adeaeu ," d to a private letter Feb. I trons Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin. The !.tIl)-word N917 was delivered in Moscow Wedlleldly and published here Thursday night.

RELATION! UNSATIBFACTOBY

Blllllnin had commented that soviet-west German relations had not progressed satisfactorily since Adenauei-'s trip to Moscow in Sep- tember. loss.

The soviet premier proposed a trade treat and a consular con- vntion which. he said. would fe- ellitate repatriation of both Gar- lnans and fnueaians.

nulganin also reaffirmed the Kremlin ugument that the Bonn government must "gsotlate with Communist East Germany to effect reunification of the divided nation.

Adenauer dismissed this with a repetition of the view that Gen many should be rounified through free. all-German elections.

However. the chancellor told Buiganin: "I share your opinion that the expansion of soviet-West German trade relations is suited to improve the political atmos-

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He said talks on im g trade. scientific and tech al co- operation could start through dip- lomatic channels.

IEPATRIATION PROMISES The West German leader re- minded Buiganln that in the Moa- cow talks with him in 1&6. prom- ises had been made about repatri- ating Germans held in Russia. The chancellor said: "I do not believe that you are in agreement 1th the non-fulfilment of the promlae which you explicitly gave -but I cannot conceal the feet that in the widest circles of the

Adeneusr defended West Gen meny'g alliances with the Walt.

Chief Nikita Khrushchev had told him in Moscow that Russian lead- on were reallsts and had to ac- cept Weat Germany's entry into the Atlantic Pact as a fact. even

and though they didn't like It.

''I would be glad it you would

keep to that realistic viewpoint."

He recalied- Soviet Communist bill

ideas have not gone over so well and as a consequence we have lost some valuable eduutionalists to this Province. What I desire to point out that just previous to the new order in the De

gravely concerned about. The De- partment was functioning satis- factorily and I would quote to you the Speech from the Throne in 1951. '11: education the building and improvement assistance to rural schools is extremely effec- tive. The Valuation Board has now completed sixty school districts and the services of this Board are eagerly sought. There has been a very considerable rise in teache 3 salaries. Increased assistance has been given and more will be grant. ed towards the purchase of school books. The technical classes are filled to over-flowing. Teachers are available for all districts having the required number of students and more teachers than formerly are in trainlng.'

FORMER CONDITIONS

"That. was the situation in Prince Edward Island when the present Minister took over. and what has happened or could happen to cause concern and it is now evident that there is room for grave concern as dozens of our schools would be closed and our children would go without ordinary education.

"If the Government had not started a system of permit licenses. allowing unqualified per- -Amid am at Isaqosoz uuuad 001 Jaao Mou zulaq exam tools) 01 was ince. teachers in many cases tot- ally unqualified and who are

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"Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dow"

CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA FRIDAY, MARC!-I I-IOPES RAISED MIDEAST SET'l'i.EMENT NEAR

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Education Hearings Will Begin Soon, Says Premier

Will Boost Feed Grain Freight Aid

OTTAWA (CPI - increases in federal freight assistan on ship- ments of prairie feed grain. aimed at loffsetting some of the recent freight rate boosts. will take ef- fect today.

Agriculture Minister Gardiner announced the change in the Com- room.

The federal subsidy. begun in 1941 to encourage wartime live- stock production. applies to feed grain moving from the Lakehead to Eastern Canada and from Al- berta to British Columbia.

Mr. Gardiner said that because of recent freight rate increases. the subsidy has become a smaller proportion of total freight costs. The revision would restore "ap- proximately the same percentage relation between freight assistance

fore the recent freight increase."

it is the first change in the sub- sidy since Jan. 28. 1055, when the aid was cut on feed grain moving to Ontario. Quebec and B.C.

There was no immediate esti- mate of the cost of the present boost. In the crop year ended last July 31. 817,046,000 in subsidy was paid on 2.576.643 tons of feed grain.

SUBSIDY VARIES

The subsidy formula varies in four main zones. One zone covers most of Ontario and Western Que- bec, known as the Montreal zone, in which all points have a com- mon freight rate from the lake- head. The other zones are East- ern Quebec except the Gaspe Pen- lnsula; the Atlantic provinces and Gaspe. and B.C.

For the Montreal zone. the sub- sidy will cover 35 of the present 812.20-a-ton freight cost. It is an increase from 34.50. Two years ago the freight charge was 311 a

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and freight costs as prevailed be-l

1. 1957

"I am in one hundred per cent agreement with what the Opposi- tion Leader has said in regard to our fiscal needs”. said Premier Matheson. "in fact everything he said, was said by me in budget speech at the last Session of the House". The Premier spoke brief- ly before the adjournment of the House yesterday evening. He will resume the debate when the House meets on Monday at 3.00 pm.

Dealing with the Opposition Lea- der's criticism of of the Govern- ment for not setting up a Royal Commission on education, Mr. Matheson said that only a few weeks ago the Government had been waited upon by a widely re- presentative group on educational matters.

He said many members of the delegation had different ideas on what should be done "No one. seemed to know what the other was asking for..' he said. "but all seemed unanimoulrln wanting an Royal Commission" .

"Instead of the Royal Commiss- ion we are shortly going to appoint a select standing commit on

By THE CANADIAN PRESS

Disepproval ranged from mild to sharp and hpproval was guarded taroogiioot Canada lies the Saskatchewan government an- nounced its controversial plan to police drunk drivers.

The plan:

All Saskatchewan drivers would be denied licences if they refused to sign agreements promising they would. if arrested. glvs samples of blood. breath. urine or saliva for intoxication teats. And if they signed but later balked. their ii- cences would be revoked. Courts would still accept the tests as only corroborative evidence.

The reaction:

In favor were the Newfoundland

vernment. the president of the

skatchewal Motor Club. the secretary manager of the Alberta Motor Association, and the exac- ative secretary of the Manitoba Temperance Alliance.

Opposed were spokesmen for Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia Manitoba and New nrunswiek. the Maritime Automobile Associa- tion. Oatsrio Motor League and British Columbia Automobile Aa- aoeiation.

German population. there is dia- N N1- int i. "bitten! 0 CWME l.B'Op'tIt it'.l'1'.n . V . n r e”' In Ottawa. I department of fill-

tice official declined to comment until he had seen a copy

Attorney-General R. A. Walker of " katchewan said Thursday he is . asonably '” II! that the Supreme Court would uvlfdd ill! Saskatchewan government! right to put the drunk tests in the pre- vincial statutes.

The best that was said for the

Adenauer said.

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Says-Markets Are Greatest -Need Of Maritime Farmer

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Many Oppose Sask. Plan For Drunk Driving Tests

L. R. Curtis of Newfoundland. He

govs forcemeat "with great interest." '

pro by N. Wickwire.

his organization. he said.

"There are ample ways in which to prove a person is intox- icated without holding this threat over hlrn."

A CLUB

Attorney-General M. N. Hry- botcduk of Manitoba said the plan was like "using a club to kill a mosquito."

Attorney - General Robert Bon- ner of British Columbia posed this question

"There is a great dispute as to whether submitting to ” lcal tests is giving testimony against oneself."

spokesman in Quebec. Ontario and New Brunswick said their governments were not considering such a plan. Ontario had just won a victory of its own - a county court -Judge Wednesday ruled that a police instrumentis measure- ment of alcohol In the blood- stream was acceptable as 9v-

u,. idence, providing the province

with its first precedent in the matter above the level of mail-

iatrata'a court. The Manitoba attorney - itch- cat's pronouncement was crit-

icised by Rev. William Potoroka

was. he said. "very favorably dis- posed to such legislation" and his rnment would watch its an.

Most vehemwt criticism was

counsel for the Maritime Automo- bile Association. Such legislation in Nova Scotie or New Brunswick would be strenuously opposed by

of Winnip9l. Ixecutlve secretary

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The Saskatchewan plan was similar to one possessed by New York state for several years. Mr. Potoroka said his organisation "is of the opinion that the time is overdue when each proviilce should move with decision and lrnagination in this area and the federal government through nec- essary revision of the criminal code, should move with the prov- laces."

George A. McNamee of the Royal Automobile Club of Canada said in Montreal his association was in favor of "lawful tests for intoxicants and narcotics" - pro- vided they are accurate and ad- ministered by specially - trained personnel.

In Regina the president of the Saskatchewan Motor Club said "In principle. we are for it, if it can cut down drunken driving."

Walter Balke of Edmonton. Al- berta Motor Association secretary manager. said compulsory tests are "pretty drastic but possibly effective."

Police Chief Arthur Cookson of Regina said It would be costly and difficult to put into practice full- scale chemical tests for drunken drivers.

The Saskatoon presbyiery of the United Church of Canada urged the Saskatchewan government to make compulsory the use of sci-

of the Manitoba Temperance Alli- tog

Education at an early date and

mittee will hear these different opinions. Members are elected by the people and they should be pre- pared to listen to what the people have to say", he added.

The Premier felt that the figures referred to by Mr. Bell in regard in comparative salaries paid teachers were in error and said this would be one point taken up by the Committee.

Mr. Matheson said he could not agree with the Leader of the Oppo- sition when he said that higher salaries would solve all the teach- ing problems. "As a matter of fact. Mr. Parker who was with the del- egation in education said salaries were of only secondary import- ance". sald the Premier. Referring to the Opposition Lea- der's motion of non-confidence the Premier said the only place where intertia was evident was in the Opposition.

Mr. Bell: "How about a by-elcc- tion in first Queens before the Fed- eral Election?"

Premier: "You want an election in First Queens? You may get it sooner than you think".

RURAL ELECTRIFICATION

The Premier said that with good progress the remainnlng rural electrification applications for 200 miles should be pretty well taken care of by the end of the year. He reported that in spite of the sleet storm in 1956. a total of 120 miles had been completed. This makes a total of 346.7 miles ai- ether.

Ha stated that with the extension of the rural. aluttiilcstion pro-

U. K. Labor" Party Retains Seat

the members named to that com- '

LONDON (Reuters)-The Labor party Thursday won the House of Commons seat for the pottery cen- tre of Wednesbury by a greater vote than in the last election.

It was the first of two important seats it hopes to win in parlia- mentary by-elections. John Stone house won by 22.235 votes to 9.999 for the Conservative party can- didate and 3.529 for an independ- ent candidate,

The Labor majority was 12,231 votes in a three-corner fight, com. pared with 8.944 at the 1965 gen- eral election in a straight fight with a Conservative candidate.

In the general election the fig- ures were Labor 26.064, Con”;-V. alive. 11,120. i ..

The by-election was caused by the resignation of the Labor mem- ber. Stanley Evans.

The vote helped bolster Lnhof pony plans to press its demands for an early general election in an effort to topple the Cong;-V. alive government.

LARGE GROUP

The term "British Conlgmn. wealth of Nations" was used gs

PREMIER MATIIESON

gram uh. ughout the Province, the Maritime Electric Company had seen fit to reduce their rates so that at present rural users of electrical energy were now exper- iencing a savings of 301.000 per year .

STORM INSURANCE

Since the sleet storm of last year, the Company has taken out a storm policy for 8l.000.0tX) with 825.iXll deductable at an annual premium of 32.500. . , to the cost of installa- iioo..the Pmnlas-said , estimate was for 32.000 per mile and in most instances this figure has been cut somewhat. He noted that a good report had been receiv- ed from a Quebec crew now work- ing in' the Western part of the Province. He pointed out that these linemen were doing more work in the same length of time than other crews but at the same time their cost per mile was slight- ly higher, 32.011 - 32.591 per mile.

Man Is Held In Shooting Case

WINDSOR. Ont. DCP) - Four Hamilton police officers arrived here Thursday night to pick up a man wanted in connection with the shooting of a Hamilton woman Wednesday night.

Windsor police picked up Alex- ander Markovlch. 30. as he at- tempted to board a tunnel bus for Detroit. Detectives said they made the arrest on a Hamilton police request.

Markovlch. police said. ap- peared at the tunnel entrance less than an hour after another Hamil- inn man had reported he had been forced to drive him in Wind-

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UNITED NATIONS. N.Y. (CPi -A new report Thursday nignt that Israel will announce today her acceptance of the United Na- tions assembly's Feb. 2 resolu- tions to withdraw her troops from the Gaza Strip and the Egyptian side of the Gulf of Aqaba raised hopes here that the Middle”East deadlock may be broken this weekend.

Earlier a belief that the ex- pected Israeli withdrawal an- nouncement would once agaln lay down conditions unacceptable to Egypt and the Arab states had caused pessimism. Many quai- ters fell the announcement would leave the situation unchanged. During the evening, however. The Associated Press quoted "a high diplomatic source" as saying that the Israelis would withdraw in accordance with the American- sponso ed n: i which Egypt and the Arab states voted for at the beginning of the month.

The resolutions called first for an immediate withdrawal behind the I949 armistice lines. then for both Egypt and Israel to observe the armistice terms and endorse

General Dag ilammarskjold of the UN for stationing the UN Emergency Force along the line. The vague wording of this second resolution was credited with get- ting its support from the Arab bloc.

CANADA APPROVES

It was learned that Britain, Canada and France had been in- formed by the U.S. of the new

Arab states was not immediately learned. but the use of the resolu-

The Israelis lat it be known Thursday. after continuing talks at the state department in the U.S. capital. that make their withdrawal statement when the UN assemblf meets to day. The announcement came from Washington late in the afternoon after Egypt and Jordan had both criticized the United States-Israeli talks as belittling the efforts made in the UN toward a settlement. Egypt protested bitterly against Israelis continued "playing for 9..