If it's Good For The island The Guardian Is For It

VOL. L

‘ XXVII. NO; 50 _______

.. . ;._ HOMES

The necond Centennia| fea- lure of the year was given at the regular meeting of the Prince Edward Island Histori- cal society at the Charlotte-

Autlnrtul u Inund Iunrtnnnl. Ottawa. and

Aloifiiie PA ISED

town Hotel last night. Mrs. Charles MacKenzie. right and Mrs. Geonge Rogers. left. both of Charlottetown. prepared and gave an illustrated dis-

SPARKED BY 4TH KINGS LIBERAL Non-Confidence Motion Defeated In Législ.atui'ei

By NANCY WHITE I A motion of ’ non-confidence‘ in the Progressive Consa-va-l me govvernmcnt of Premier ‘.\‘.~.lier R. Shaw was made trap the floor in the Legislature yes- tuday by Dr. Lorne Bonniell il.-lih Kings).

The motion. defeated by 16-11. was made because of what was termed the "serious deficit (in- ancing" of the government. : 'l‘he Murray River doctor pre-i tarcd his resolution with or-it.-ic-3 ism of certain government -3 l'1f.‘nt‘liliIl‘PS. notably the purohas-i

1

Support Price i

mg of new ears for several

ministers. the traivclling expen-

ses of governmenvt oi‘-ficiials. cost of luncheon: and banquets. and the increase ‘m the salaries of members of the Legislature.

Gesmmmg Wm. his glasses_ ,,-,m. 335, year were $4_99a_ooo, Legisiatu-re today. at 10 a.m.:throne speech . _ . _ he said --this government must rm said that every year there _Pre_mier Walter R. Shaw has lheaded towards two non-confi- division of powers originally §et . laiure that Ontario was not con- smp me extravagancg and give « were inongased 53195 and mar indicated that business of the - dence votes. he said the provin-' mil in the British North America ‘suited concerning the transport lare. at variance with Views ex-

its dollar for dollar value."

Wile @il1m3i£li®Iil1

“Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew”

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1964.

Clue Hall by In Put (Illa

payment d Vpqdljl h uh.

cussion on P.E.I. Homes of the Past. The second in the series of current talks was de- veloped in co-operation with the P.E.l. Centennial commit- tee.

Iment has in mind to solve the financial problem is to drink

'tlicmselvcs into prosperity. lDr. Bonneill chargcd. l .\'oiing that the total reven- ill('.< t'-nom liquor of this prov-

qim mv9mmem_ mmugh clubs‘ sitting will be the debate on-ces need wider taxation and ex- Act 0f I967 and 8 new division §department’s decision Dec. Ki .

Pearson's Gov'i Hurdles 2 Non-Confidence Votes

Pesticide Test

lDoctor Blamed

By JOHN IgBLANC

TORONTO (GP)-—A coroner's

y found Wednesday night that a "state of disorganization" ex- isted in the operating room dur ing an Oct. 18 operation on Pa- tricia Morgan here and held Dr. Kenneth A. Brown responsible for leaving in her body a surgi- cal clamp that resulted In her death Nov. 4.

After a four-day inquest. jury recommended that all On- tario hospitals institute in check

instruments and materials aifter surgical operations. a pro cedure not In effect at Toronto

32-year-old woman died.

East General hospital where the mm

high two below and

WEATHER

Clear, clouding over with snowflurrles by evening; SOll.Tl1\Vt":<i winds 15. 25 above.

Low-

"°i,,;ggHE SEVEN CENTS

iOn Milk

of

The provincival depairtment i has irecioiriinuidield to

health the deiparrtinient

health and welfare an applica- ' for a research grant to conduct a study into the pres-

bank rate to five from four per cent Thursday in a move widely interpreted as putting "a gentle brake" on economic expansion

. before it got out of control.

The action came after an an- nouncement last week that Brit- ain's trade deficit for January showed the biggest gap for a sin- gle month since the ond World War.

Ho-use Completes -Consideration Of Traffic Act

4

Members of the Legislature yesterday afternoon find.-thed ‘consideration of .Highway Traffic Act

the lengthy i 34, - of

ence and amount of olrloini:iiat-

O I ed hydrocarbons present Bntan‘ Boosts residue in milk in the province. Dr. Hubert Maclhlelll. niiiriiistcr "Interest Rate of health. said in the Legis- ‘ LONDON ineuiersi — Brit- ‘‘‘‘“’° ’’‘''‘‘’‘°’‘’‘‘'’'' aln unexpectedly raised the T3‘l°1_n'£ P39” in ‘the dew‘? 0"

the oirafi addrness. he said “llhis would be a two-yea-r pro- ject. carried out at an estim- ated cost of $13,000. under the dlli"CC'lli0til of Dr. J. Regis Duffy, head of the chemistry depart- iricnt at St. Dunstan's Univer- sity and with the co-operation of R. C. Parent. dtimector of the

experimental fa-no at Char- Iottetown." i Dr. M-acNeill said the

ljeci will involve the collection {and coimplievte chemical in- lives-tig-ation at regular intei"val.s of a large number milk samples from representative dairies in the province.

, He said “since mill: plays ‘an important IYJlE in the diet lo’ our people. infomiation

‘hltention to introd

-‘balance of nature is being a‘

as and they say they the presence and the level it. insecticide residue is es-lsee two debating teams discuss‘

Sought!

“in recent years, the use of} hiiiglhly toxic pesticides by pie engaged in agriculture has’ increased rapidly. Such sirb-_ stances as DUI‘. aidnrun. dieldrin and heptachlor are very poison-. one to man. especially when

as propaeir i-are in their use is not

exercised.

“When dairy cattle have ac-‘ cess to material which . exposed to such substances. it‘ is vemy possible that a oeritain‘ amount of the pesticide may be carried over and appear in the dairy product."

Dr. Miat-Neill said the l'\\’0- year study had been proposed as “dalryiitg is such an im-‘ pniiaint industry to the farmers‘ of this provi-nce."

lice legislation {prohibiting the use of poison-‘ ous potato top srprays. Dr. Mac-' Neill said “this is probably the hottest item in the Speech from i ;, the Tli|l‘0n€.

“Some people feel l.l"lK‘ whole‘

i.

iected by the use of chemicals: can provel li.

l . This bill. containing 361 sec- I sen-tia-l so that public health of-l the pros and cons ol‘ the mat- wry ter

ltions and a 21-page schedule of l ficials may take any rings ‘ piccautions to pm a!- I liealth of our citizens.

a offences and '

, pen ties. b iup to date all legislation

3608583

the‘; I icontimied on page 3. col. 6) I

"It has been suggested that

Efectzi-ng the operation of motor‘ vehicles in the province. Promoter of the hill. Provin- cial Secretary J. David Stew- larl. said "it is a good act and ‘took a lot of work. We. hope iit will protect drivers and the inmate of the province. If one life is saved, the work was well ‘worth it." The debate on the draft ad- dress continued yesterday a l

.M. L. Bonnell (L-4th Kings). 'and Lloyd MiaciPiliei.l (PC-2nd Queens). M-r. Mac-Phaiii a-dnjoum. l ed the debate and mill have tih lnoor when it resumes.

1 There is one sitting of the

[Proposed By Ba-lcer

nd .

the Conservatives’ newly - de- isignated Quebec chief proposed .Thursday that it special commit- jtee of the Senate be set up to

°‘study a “modernization" of the and highway construction and=m.-mded

3 constitution. Speaking Commons

debate as it

in

He gave Ham J. Philip name i was ..mw.mg no push it mt on 5 the draft addi~e5s_ Most mgml ecutive powers to deal with ser-

son a razzing for having in- cluded photographs in the an iiiial reports of Public Works and Highways.

He indicated that this was an ‘ and the Attorney-General knowsl

llilll8L‘CSS'al'y cxitravagancc. "We know he thlr. M>atiic-

soiii is nice looking: hes got

flfl

ilit‘ people." "You gave out : mrrside and ottie'tcM1i.....

it. he said.

Premier Shaw inicrjected that

i"upwards of 50" of these

,bci's have taken part in the dc-

ove, 70 M. i hate and it may befinisliied in : tion.

istcr,

of the Departments ! legal licenses to clubs in sum-:8 few davs- One cabinet m~in-a“"‘-V5- .- Leo it was necessary to adapt the . iii

l-Ion. ‘ter. has Vim ‘yet spoken in the debate

;but is preparing to do so. Next big item of business is

I ‘ li- the budget. Provmciiial Tre-as-uir-‘ hair on his head but ne's.censes had been given out by or Alibaii I-‘anmer indicated -

by lllie middle. of next

on Hogs lnice looking." said Dr. Bonnell .ihe time the Liberal goveri_i- terday that the budget will be I l

OTTAWA (OP) -— Agriculture; llliiiisier Hays announced Thurs- day a 1964 support price for hogs of $23.65 a hundredweight.

He told the Commons that if. national average prices fall be-' low that level this year. the agriculture stabilization board will calculate the difference and make 8 deficiency payment to '10: producers up to a maximum of 100 grade A or 3 ha 5 "

g ' I Ho“-even ML gays ind},-aged; past four years over what had he did,” mink such 8 pavmem accumulated "from Confcider-l

will be necessary. . Hr said that last year thel

3"_<‘T-'i8e price to producers wasf ' 33v 1‘0 a hundredweight and no.,d

deficiency payment was made.l Tile outlook for 1964 prices Is-

icasoiiably favorable" and they; Ishniilldn‘t fall far below the I963! eve .

P.E.l. Average I Bureau Of Stat

OTTAWA tCPi—iMore than “I9 quarter of all Canadians 15 Years and older—except those on farms and tnstitutlons—had

in annual income of less than,

91-000 in 1961.

'l"liat's counting all Income-— Wiiinits. fn miiy allowance: °l'l ~ axe pgnulona and other transfer payment; »

The estimate is contained in | lirelimiiiary re by the hu- reau of statistics on income tir- Ifes compiled durhil the 1951 census of Canada.

° 5“i'V9)' covered 10,101.77: liersoiu over 14 an of age. 0' this total, 1, .335 had no llcome.

1 "9 “port shown the average min» in Canada was $3.13!. mi’ "Tee provIncu—0ntario. M rvav and si-iuuii Columb|n—- uun uK¢:itz‘e”‘lln?:iJ.a htitlier mm P.l:.I.

'" tun ii‘:-3.1‘. "‘.°J"l‘.2

amid laughter emm both si‘des'm€iil went out of power in. ready the house. 1959-

“Put his picture on the wall and we'll all be able to see it." he continued.

TAXES AND THE DEBT “The people are taxed. taxcd. and then taxie-d on top of that. 3c! in the last year we've gone over $3 million in debt." sa’ Dr Bonneli. He said that the debt of the province had doubled in the

atioii to 1959". ,

“The direct debt. as of M-arch Add on $13 million indirect he said.

million."

FINANCES AND LIQUOR

The only way the govern-I

ncome Lowest, istics Reports

land. The highe9t—$3.33l-—was in Ontario. In between were the other provinces: Ne\vfoundlan_d. . Nova Scotin. $2.49!: NW’ Brunswick. suns: Quebet $3»

ewan 82.789: Al . and British Columbia. $3.213- One of every eight persons covered in the survey reported an income of less than $900 in

Eé

i. if the population were di- -vided into four equal ili‘"Ul"-‘~ here‘: how their incomes would show:

The bottom quarter had comes below . 9 quarter had incomes between

on 32,579. The next quar- ter had incomes between 82.579

in- next

above 8415-

” 2.5

The r showed that per cent of

o,ooo higher. This groiili gnu“ concgiitratcd outside "W Amntic pi-ovlncel.

« ‘t b . 32.960: Saskaiclir 123. Mani o a born. ‘3226. ;

scans. The top quart" “'9-‘.

the individuals cov- ‘ ered in the survey had income! .

' (Continued on page 3. col. 7)

‘w ek and may be delivered -‘.'l'hursday evening.

:SEC‘URITY MEASURES CRITICIZED

By DAVE MCINTOSH

-lSl9I' Guy Favreau joined De- -fence Minister Paul Heilyer in "Wait till we see this year's." ' the Commons hot seat 'i‘hurn- ‘-

day. The Progressive Conserva- tives criticized both ministers

for their handling of security {measures in light of what Gor-

don . en tPC—Parry Sound- Muskokai described as the ann- lng by subversive elements in

ans 3 for "some type of up- lrising." - . Hellyer said the govern- imcnt has taken "all appropriate

$2.- . steps so far

. Opposition L e a d e r Diefen- halier interjected: “What are they? Pick up the boy scouts."

' Mr. Favreau refused to reply

when T. C. Douglas. New Demo-

lcratic Party I e o d e r, asked

‘whether it is true that the per-

.sons responsible for the Jan. raid on ii Montreal armory are

‘known to the Ellce but that no A. INSIDE room

Births, deaths I. ll

Classified ..

Comte: Editorial: .. Kings. Queelll. City Summers’ .

.....

~ Fl 3 Rural churches

steps have been taken to ari-psi, cm.

‘'In accord with my responsi- bility I must advise the House that it would not be in the nub- lic interest if i answered that ‘question today" Mr. Favreau

said.

Erik Nielsen IPC -— Yukon) said the life of the Queen. who will visit Canada ., has been threatened and asked whether Mr. Favreau will in- struct his officials to cause u charge to be laid against Que- bec separatist leader Dr. Mar- cel Chaput.

Mr. Nielsen quoted Dr. Cha- pul as saying in Toronto Mo

n, . . my wvn people are ready to let her (the Queen) know. and brutally. that she is no longer welcome in French Canada."

“Are th Ie not words which are clearly intended to disrupt the tranquility of the stale and

D n

r. Nielsen asked.

' Mr. Favreau said Attorney- General Cans nrio ' is "looking into" whether the mat- ter comes under federal or pro- vincial Jurisdiction.

GOVERNMENT INVITATION

Mr. Dlefenbaiier said the Queen has been invited to Can- ada the Canadian govern- ment. He then asked:

contribute to disorder in (.'.im- "e Ida?" M

I “Has the minister of justice. followl

| ious national problems in educa- heaith services and high-

iconstitution to needs and :problems of 1964, and the Sen- 'ate would be the ideal body to sin ways and means of [achieving this. i Mr. Balcer. a lawyer who I! IMF for Trois-Rivieres. said the lLibei'ai government has con- ftinued the process begun Iother Liberal administrations of

I

Constitution Group l,

PIPE CHAMPION l

been: haling smoke.

Agriculture - 'acRac‘s in-

would be interesting tolE

lsp"ia‘}°°r5. were Dr‘ Hubert Mac‘ OTTAWA (OP)-—Leoii Balcer. concentrating too many powers; ;N€ll minister of health- Ottawa *

5 Winnin QUITS SMOKING

FLINT. Mich. tAPJ-—Rich- ard L. Valley. in former world . pipe-smoking champion, has l joined a clinic here to help . . , break the smoking habit. He ‘ OTTAWA ,‘CP’_“P’,”"° M““5' has,” had a pipe puff in four jter Pearson s minority Liberal weeks_ government successfully hur-

-Phe 38_year_0]d insurance died two more non-confidence salesman said Thursday he tests in the Commons Thursday has gotten over a feeling of "'9'"

A ‘Conservative motion went “";;’:‘ s,f;°lVd": down I34 to 113 and one by the

clded give up pipes be_ (gceligjiisgaz ggoig was sol-idly re- cause he figured he W“ m' Both winning. margins were ~ t

the. we till?‘ iii. “r..°":..E::.i:*:.;“. in“ ‘me he” m 1958' H squeaked by 128 to I20 on a Con- made_ 3'3 glam‘ of mhacw servative non-confidence issue la?‘ '“ 3 hm" 0“ h°‘”' It took five Opposition l\TPs—— ‘m"“”°5- 45 5°°°“d5‘ -three Social Credit and two

He has. di5p95ed.M hls New Democratic membei's—lo Pipes but '5 keepmg “"5 cham‘ save the government on that pionship cup. {amt ‘ Thiirsday night's motions were

Masked Bandit "“+‘i‘l .°c'I,..'..‘i.'S’.‘l.’u.".'l."“i‘Z.‘léii" i... Beats ‘extension o te allowances to

lstudents over 16 and the Credi- Alma Farmer

:il5lE‘S sought increases in pay- .menls to match the increased ‘cost of living. ALBERTO” BUREAU The voting lineups: OF‘ THE GUARDIAN. A masked. armed ha‘li'Z‘l‘ll en-‘ tered the of Georgei

On the Conservative motion it was 88 Conservatives. 14 ;\T~l)P Jeffery at Alma about 9.30 Wed- ‘

and 11 Creditistes against 121 Liberals. 1-1 Social Credit mem- bers and two NDP——I-‘rank How-

"esda-V "mm and demanded’ r tskecnai and Reid Scott ""’"°-" fl" "ld°".l-V f""'m.°r ‘ (Toronto Danforthi. who resides W'l'l.ll his sister. Miss . on ‘he Credmsi, is5",_ 14

‘'3 JP 9W _ NDP members joined the i1 “'1 being "9f”‘59d- "'9 "Pm" Creditistes against 121 Liberals. dcu". Who was cairriiili 3 "" em Conservatives. 11 Social or shot gun. beat M-r. .le~f-fery‘ about the head causing iwoi black eyes and then deiparzed empty handed.

The pho . wires were cut. and Mr. .le-ffeny was unable to report the incident imti-I Thiiii-s- day morning as he was afraid; o leave the ‘house. AillbEI‘l.('|'I1 de- l tachment of tine ROMP is in-‘ vestigatinig.

Roberts Demandsf..:";!;:.ti.:.‘?.*:i:‘;::;':.‘:..?.““.::; weuand canal ‘govern-ment's proposed Canada

$Pension Plan against criticism

44 PAGES

g Edge

is improved

Credit MP5, Mr. Howard and ,Mr. Scott. Standing in the 2&5 - seat

House: 129 Liberals. 95 Conserv-

atives, 17 NDP, 1!_i Creditistef

and 11 Social Credit member:

Just before the voting. John R. Matheson 'l.—l‘.eedsi drew applause from all sides with an emotion-charged speech on na- tional unity.

He said the French-Canadian and English - speaking service- men who died in the Second World War would have difficulty

understanding today's division‘

between the two language groups.

“What would they think of I divided Canada?" he asked SAYS WILL FA]-L

Mr. Matheson. w h o s 9 were t-rippled y war wounds

‘suffered as an infantry otficer. said he was confident that. sep-

laraiists and terrorists wouldfirll‘

jto disrupt Canadian unity. J, W a l d o Monteith (PG- Perihi asked MP5 to put aside p a r t. i s a n considerations and :back the Conservative non-com »fidence motion calling for fam- iily allowances for students 16-18. But John Lloyd (L— ii- I fax) sa.-id adoption of the motion ; would only bring on an election land delay such action. The Lib- lerals had plans to carry out this 3 measure.

New Pension Proposals Delended By Pearson

igradually. and that a large pro- ;pO1'llOn of the pension fund be {made available for investment lin provincial securities.

In replying. Mr. Pearson de-

lega 1

by’

‘by Ontario Premier Robarls and ' lsuggested the premici"s views [fended the federal governments {position on each of the points. ,'and asked the premier for more detailed information on his gov- ernmcnt‘s views.

As presently drafted. the Can- -ada Pension Plan is to reach its 'maximum benefits over a 10- -year period_ Mr. Pearson said ‘“it would be helpful to know ;whal period you wo ld

Some Ontario officials

spoken of 30 or 40 years but, .Mr. Pearson said. have not ex- ‘pressed it clear. agreed view.

"You yourself have not indi-

‘cated. so far as i am aware. that you favor so long ii perl with its slowing-down of bene-

m . . o The federal government was lkemaln Free continuing to invade provincial,‘ TORONTO top: Premier:be in a parliamentary commit- fields such as education. health John Robartg of ontarin de. tee, Thursday that the fed- Mr. Pearson. in a leiigtliy let- starving the provinces of tax era) governynent keep the we]. ‘ter to the premier dated Tues- T9V'€"U9- land Canal toll-free. ay and released Thursday said He called for a return to the Mr. Robarts said in the leg-is- 5some of the ideas advanced by ' lMr. Robarls in a letter Feb. l3

‘pressed by Ontario officials in _ .1963, lo reimpose tolls on theconsultation with federal ex- i Quebec residents wanted alwei-land cana1_ jpei-is,

,true federal system. MI 5| Uni-l “With all the force of our com-‘ The prime niinistcr said the ll8i‘.V Stale Willi 8 Cam0llflaS€ Oiomand on behalf of the people federal government hopes to "('0-OPE!‘-'iliV€ federalism-" inf Ontario this government de- keep the anada Pension Plan 11 ' “’°“d 59 “'a8ed.V 3°-mands that the Welland Canal as administratively simple as ‘ eave a

lot taxation sources.

‘ 50l_|}ll0" l" "19 halldfi 09 7 should continue to be toll-free," possible. and to have the plan ,°"“'9m‘5‘l5- . ‘Mr. Robarts said. ‘ ntroduced as soon as possible. 4‘ Mi’- Balcei‘ Said the P7000-will Mr. Robarts said: "Tolls on Mr. Roharls said in his I-‘eh.

ithe Welland Canalvita1iyaffect'l.'l letter that the plan. as

:3’ n

iloans to iiniversity students con- stitute the latest federal meas-tevery prnvlnce in Canada, and .' amended by the federal govern- ure violating the constitutional in our opinion will be detrimen- Imeni. still fell short of what On- Pilllils 0f N19 P|'0ViiiC€S. ll Was tal particularly to the people of ‘tarlo wanted. He asked for a

I The federal view was that for ;people now middle-aged. retire- .ment in reasonable security was

Widening the "finch 0' ml5‘"": the western provinces and many lcloser relationship between pre- ‘possible only if the Canada Pen- derstanding between the French‘ industrial concerns and their .' miums paid and benefits re- sion Plan had a "reasonably and English language groups. .-employees in Ontario.". Iceived. that it be introduced ishort" maturity period.