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year

t, told Parliament

"Th. Eowllltldmlinitialnusanitl bsisic or uat

,',..' .i' e. ti. mfg lllzh of 1954-55.

Thursdly

a this will inevitably be boost "Finance Minister Hai'rls'

ing of 54.504.600.000 the post-war YER"

mark. The all-time high for spendi

of 191-44

wouw ruin: TOTAL

ment balance sheet.

peace year of 401,030,000 in its main estimates.

Last January. when Mr. Harris presented tltlll fitr.s;'s&t gylveglaal: 9; te er I! ' iiiilii.-e !ml.nlster, they totalled 34. 300,200,000 for the 1055-58 fiscal year, rapresentlns flit ll?” 399'”

ing reduction in saveii years. supplementary A

March, 31. , . DEFICIT SLASIIIBI)

Guy Mollet To Attempt to Fonn French Gov't '

PARIS (Reuters)

cepted France's and post-war l0V9l'iP meiit.

The 50-year-old former teacher announced his acceptance all-or

assurance on the part of observers that he can gain -- and hold-su8- ficient support from the newly- elected assembly.

Mollet. the senior partner in the socialist - Radical front” alliance with ex - premier Pierre Mendes-France, was fa- vored since the Jan. 1 election to get the first chance at forinlng a government.

lie told reporters he would set to work at once to gather support for a republican front cabinet.

He said he expects to go before the assembly at the beginning of Iaxt week to seek investlture as premier.

IACKS MAJORITY

The republican front claims to have "won" the election although it failed to get an independent majority in the assembly. it ap- pears able to muster 133 "sure" at? in an assembly of 595 mem-

Mdllet will need considerable support from other parties to carry on a government.

Coming Events

Rummage sale Kirk lower iiall Jill! '7th at 1.50 p.m.

W.l.CnlP Stal Bridp School. F:lday,..l:li. Wig.”

Rummage sal ha t Trinity United Church, i.tu:3"i p.ni.

llesulsr skate at North River Rink toiildit. aistnu up to io.ss. 1

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main estimates for the year starting April 1, tabled in the Commons, call for budget appropriations of s4,5za,l00,000. compared with the peacetime peak for a year's spend-

Bist supplementary estimates in customarily have run far above the 3100.000,000

was 35.322.000.000 iii the war year

One factor regarded as certain to increase the main estimates for the coming year is a deficit in the old age pension fund. which is niud by special taxation. The government does not count as bud”: spending the amount .col- lected by these taxes but it does charge in the deficit which in the 1955-56 year led to an increase of 363,300,000 in the initial estimates.

it the estimated figure of 3379.- li5.000 for old age pensions from the special taxes were counted in. this first estimate of budget spend- ing would be boosted to 34.907.615.-

000.

Also not tallied up in the budget expenditure is 315,237,000 in V"- ions types ofgovernment loans and advances which have to be voted by Parliament but which lie P0- garded as assets in the GOV?”-

lllven without these noiifbudset figures. the 193-57 main estimates no W "M :h.:::..t”.'i:.".:.f government lntially asked for 34.-

have hoisted the current year's figure in :4,-174,300,000 and officials say there will be further suplilemel-ll3"' ies before the year 1- dosed Wt

I his b dget speech last year llirl.1 lvlarrlsuforecast actual budget

.. Socialist leader Guy Mollet Thursday ac- the task of forming

President liens Ooty made the official invitation. He made his decision in the face of lessenins

than half the forecast amount.

.-

Estlmates of

of only 3300. smallest change the hi tlons.

in the world situation.

The increase in next years spending plans results from larger allotments to civil an departments. efence speiidlnl for 1956-57 are held almost exactly even with the current 5'93?- S1,774,903,7l3. This is an incl'e8S0

of defeat: appropria- Officials said defence spending

may continue at that level for sev- eral years, barring major changes

.E.;p.op..'ai.'o..s Call For 34,5 28,100,000

Top Peacetime Spending Forecast For Fiscal Year

.. ace s endin in the current year would tbRde'ioed:ral,exov- be: 34.562.000.000 and revenues i. in prospect for the would be si,202,000.000 for a 3100.' 000,000 deficit. But tax revenues have been more buoyant than ex- pected and Mr. Harris recently predicted his deficit will be less

Territories in

ical centres.

Of the various service branches. the RCAF will take an 38,000.00) gppropriatlons cut to 3872,w0.000 and the army 8 321500.000 reduc- rim; to 3-176,739,000. The navy's share is increased by 31,700,00i) to ;a25i000,000. But the biggest jump is the rise of 326,500,000 within the Defence Research Board. which would be allocated 379,000,000.

FREE CANCER TREATMENT

OTTAWA (CP)-The council

Northwest Monday de- cided to grant free cancer treat- ment to northern residents under its jurisdiction. Residents of the territories previously Were Only ell- titied to free cancer diagnostic ser- vices and transportation to med-

CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1956

am. W.B.BllAW ii as si-

Returns From Series Of Talks On Agriculture

Kigs and Queens Counties.

were one year ago.

penters. With far from complete det "

wil work.

the office was asked by emplo, ers to fill 1.755 male vacancies. and 1,670 female . ' - an average of 285 a month for a total of 8,425.

JOBS NFILLED

To fill the more than 3,000 jobs. Local Placement Officers select- ed and referred 3740 applictxits. T employers hired 2,715 but the of- fice was unable to fill about 700 of the job vacancies.

It was explained by officials of the Local Office. that it is not al- ways possible to obtain certain

plumbers. skilled mechanics, car- penters. bricklayers, and very of- ten the right type of sales people or competent stenographers. It was also pointed out by the officials that employers do not always ac- cept the people who are referred to them, and in many cases so- plicants for jobs refuse positions because of working conditions and wages are not deemed suitable.

Charlottetown, between 2.300 and 2,400 people are now drawing Uil' employment Insurance Benefits "1 This also includes the city of Charlotte- town. No figures are available at the Local Office for Prince County which comes under the control of the National Employment Office in summe side. The local figures are approximately the same as they

The Jobs Campaign being car- ried on by the Local Office. is meeting with some success, with quite a number of householders en- gaging interlor decorators and car- fi

available. the office has listed fil- teen householdres and business est- ablishments which have undertak- en to do necessary work at this time of year. rather than to leave it until Spring or Summer. Sever- al business houses are discussing plans for carrying out work but have not yet made a decision. There is a possibility that one Do- minion Government Department also approve some winter

The Local Office has some inter- est . empl 2 figures cover- ingbigia yearql,9J.F.5e.nDurlng. the year.

Unemployment Figures Are About Same As Year Ago

According to figure available at During the Year- iiie Naiimmi "mploymellt Office, Officials also called on 313 employ- ers to solicit jobs. or to offer ap- plicants to the employers who were thought competent to fill certain

positions.

employment and skills.

One hundred

rmai.

ance work. office

made. PAYMENTS

about 250 per day.

each office is cording to the

dealt with each week.

"republican V "

l

Employinnt

A total of 8,451 applicants re- gistered for employment during the year. Th Placement Officers interviewed each one of them. ob- tainingi information about history. experience

EMPLOYMENT ELSEWHERE

and forty-nine people were selected for jobs in other parts of Canada; transporta- tion arranged and placement con-

More than a thousand special special cases including many han- dicapped people were handled and these required considerable mar; time than the ordinary case. . told, the Employment Branch han- oMr Shaw spent some day! died 27.551 employment transac- tions. These figures do not by any means cover all the work carried. out in the Employment Division.

In the Local Employment Office. the employment work is carried on by three people - two men in the male division, and one woman in the female division. The rest of the staff are engaged in insub-

tical work.-and nela duties. Nu- complete assessment of the large amount of work carried on by the insurance Branch has yet been

At the present time. the office is paying city claimants by cash over the counter each day, to the humbe -of more than 160. Pay- ments are made in the afternoon. When payment starts at 1:15 p.m. it continues until completed. Dur- ing the remainder of the day, in- clduing the mornings, country clai- mants are paid by mail at the rate types of workers such as skilled of The staff of the Local Office has been working overtime since early in December, in spte of the fact that seven extra people have been engaged to help out during this busy season. Every office ,in the Maritlmes, it is explained, faces similar conditions each winter, and given extra help ae-

t of claims

Qt.

Mr. W. R. Shaw. returned evening from a trip through

speaking commitments with ous organizations.

growers Associati ton, the name of the three Conference was "A Future analysis of production, Quality, and Publicity.

melt discussions. "I was greatly pleteness of the program. and

ion th iate.

COMING TALKS

Government agencies for the

blems.

From Ottawa, W. Shaw, returned

panel from

farmer.

too far from a central theme."

i

storage of Departmental patrol boats, motors and equipment. It will replace the present rented so

commodation. ” (The property referred to adjoins the waterfront area recently ac- quired by the Department of Na- , tional Defence for Royal Canadian Navy purposes. On old maps oLtiie city the area is shown as Connol- ly's East Wharf which for many years was the centre of loading ac- tivities for steamers of the Black Diamond Line running between Montreal and Newfoundland can- ing at Charlottetown.

(it is understood that the De- partment of Public Works may build a small slip for the accom-

A

arlo where he had a number of

At the annual meetings of the Essex County Fruit and Vegetable at Leaming-

Farming". This program was built around this theme and involved an

operation. Marketing, distribution

Mr. Shaw gave four addresses directed panel talks and finally summed up all the commentions'

pressed”, he said, "with the com-

constant direction toward solving problems. The panel discussions involving producers and dealers gave a fine evidence of the willing- ness of these two groups to work

plans in marketing and distribut- at the growers might init-

ttawa where he conferred with top authorities regarding the potato situation. He intimated that discus- sions will shortly take place with representatives of the iiidustrsf and

pose of giving further exhaus ive examination into industry pro-

to Hamilton and the Annual meet- ll"-ll ll ing of the Canadian Federation of Alriculture where he was invited by C.B.C. Farm Division to chair a panel on the subject. "Are there alternatives to wheat growing."

Questions were presented to the the floor, of a large meeting of representatives attend- ing from all over Canada. The feat- ure was out-standingly successful and brought out a great mass of valuable information on an issue of importance to every Canadian

"I believe a great improvement could be effected in our meetings in this province," Mr. Shaw stated, "If our discussions were more dir- ectly pinpointed on special prob- lems. either through panel exam- inations or by a closely directed program that prevents wandering

Fisheries Dept. Wharf Adjoining Navy Site

OTTAWA (Special) - The De- partment of Public Works has pur- chased a piece of land at Char- lottetown from S.P. Paoli for 35.- 500, it was set forth in an answ- er to a question asked in the Com- mons Tiiursday by Neil A. Mathe- son. Liberal M.P. for Queens. The land purchased will be used by the Fisheries Department for winter

Estimates Tqbled In Commons 3 Federal, Payments On Tax Rentals Expected Higher

Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

PRICE5c'

P. E. l. Items In Estimates For 1956-57 p

OTTAWA (CP) - Following the public works appropriat

1956-57 estimates: Public buildings

Prince Edward Island last

Om, ing - to com

p l e t e 3650, O'Leary -

vari- , Harbors and rivers

Prince Edward Island

day for

C0- bor-to complete 375,000;

imp landing facilities - to compl

its provements 320,000,-

ward improvements 3100.000.

National Health Plan Statistics '

together in whatever improved

in

if a federal health

adopted: up. Accordipp to federal informants, the feder share of annual pay-

each provinces in brackets, wou u e: .

can 000.000 (85 :

Under its formula the feder government's per capita contrlb

bec, 310.91.

'2 0

payments would be based. are:

39,500,000; Qt-Iebec. 590.300.000-

To Have

modatloti of patrol boats and which may be utilized for Naval patrol boats also, in addition to the nec- essary storage accommodations for equipment.)

Food Surpluses Are Discussed At Conference

HAMILTON (CP) - Food sur- pluses and what to do about them cropped up Thursday as one of the major problems facing Canadian agrlculairal producers at the 20th annual convention of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture.

H. H. ilnnnain, CPA president, land Leslie Wheeler, commodity consultant of the international fed- eration of agricultural producers, both stressed in keynote speeches the umblema of mounting food sur- pluses and their distribution on world markets.

for the Maritimes contained ill the

Charlottetown - p u b l i c build-

puhllr building 325,(X)0; Souris East-public build.lng' 875.- 000

Eilerslie-wharf 316,000; George- town-railway wharf--towards re- construction 3300.000; Graham's- Pound-breakwater extension 320.- 000; Howard's Cove - fishing liar-

North Lake - dredging 337,000; Point Prim-harbor improvements 368,000; Poverty Beach (Murray Harbor North - breakwater and

3140,000; St. Peter's Harbor - isn-

Savage Harbor - improvements to complete 330.000; South River- lsndlng 335,000; Victoria - wharf repairs 378.000: Wood Islands-to-

OTTAWA (CP)-Here are a few of the statistics that would apply insurance plan now before the Commons is

ments on the basis of current costs. with their percentages to

tlon to these provinces would be: Newfoundland. 38.77: Prince Ed- ward island, 39.27: Nova Scotia, 310.21: New Brunswick, 39.09; Que-

The national per capita cost per year is 311.42, on federal calcula-

Total net operating costs of the two types of services in these provinces, on which the federal

Newfoundland, 85,200,000: Prince Edward island, 31,500,000: Nova Scotla 3l2,500000; New 3. nswick

are tons

eta

Officers who were elected 1956 at the annual meeting of

Report Bulganin Proposes Treaty WASHINGTON Premier Nikolai Bulganin is

States and Russia sign a treaty

id moting world peace.

iiounav TRADE

al ii.

year.

OTTAWA (CP)-The federal go

ernment offered Thursday to pay half the cost of a national health

insurance scheme starting with hospital care and diagnostic serv-

ices.

The offer was disclosed simul- taneously to the Commons and to the federal-provincial conference on health insurance meeting here. The conference later adjourned to let provincial health and finance ministers take the offer back to

their governments.

ceptance or rejection. "They all promised that the mat-

four-day conference. As outlined by Mr. Martin to the

St. Laurent to the Commons, the federal plan calls for the treasury picking up 50 per cent of the cost of a scheme on this basis:

1. Twenty-fivc per cent based on the per capita cast of the insured services in the individual province. 2. The other 25 per cent based on the national per cspita cost. Under this plan. Mr. Martin said, the federal treasury would con- tribute about sl00,000,000 a year at existing cost levels if all prov- inces entered.

MAKES SLIDING, SCALE

Kaoting Island Shelled As Invasion Fleet Masses 0

The 25-18 split would have the

1 Branch, Canadian Legion, E.E.

(AP) - Soviet

ported to have proposed to Pres- ident Eisenhower that the United

friendship in the interests of pro-

m...m.......m.m.......m.m. Newfoundland, 33,700,000 (71 per V.

t): ca Edward Island. 31.- Nova Scotia, 37100,- 000 (57); New Brunswick, 5,600,- 000 (59): Quebec, 350,700,000 (53).

JERSEY, Channel Islands (CP) A record total of 737,943 persons came here for their summer holi- days in 1955, report officials. This was 72,000 more than the previous

None immediately signified ac-

ter will get the fullest considera- tion.' Health Minister Martin told reporters at the end of the closed

conference and by Prime Minister

"Charlottetown Legion Elects ficers

for No.

S.L. last evening

ter; president, V.

re-

! Canadian Legion, o

thering that on

available by the

Federal Offer For insurance is Made.

v- effect of creating a

lumbia the low of 45 Mr.

000,000 a year.

arose Thursday that

river.

power projects.

right, front lst vice-pres. V. Lar- geant-at-Arms, A. Hale and past

Vic. Bowlcin Elected Pres. Oi Charlottetown Legion

In his report to the annual meet- ing of the No. 1 Branch of the

evening the retiring president Com- rade F. A. Rush informed the sa- plans for organiz- ing day training classes to char- lottetown for retarded, ,;lIi1dren these have reached the-. where. through the co-operation of the P. E. 1. Association for Be tarded children a teacher has been obtained who will arrive in the city early in February.

A classroom has been made

of percentage payments, with New- foundland getting the high of 71 per cent of its costs from the cen- tral government and British Co-

On an across-the-country basis, St. Laurent told the Com- mans, it would mean the federal government would take up about half the cost of the insured serv- ices. These now run close to 5360,-