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tty Awards at the Annual Con- vention of Life Underwriters of canada held at the Charlotte-
gisoundness Of Investments Is
- »,—'Canadian companies,’ said Mr. fill. Hanley, Toronto, retired assistant general manager of the North American Life Assurance company in speaking at the An-
nual Convention of the Life unlierwriters of Canada held yes- terday at the Charlottetown Hotel
‘are paying out each year in benefits or setting aside for fut- ure delivery an amount equal to‘ one-tenth more than actually received in premiums thanks to the soundness of their invest-
‘ment polio-ies...truly the buyers’ interests are well-served.’
Mr. Henley traced the early days of life insurance in Canada upto thepresent saying that throughout all the trying econom- ic times life insurance ‘has stood up as iinpregnable as the Rock of Gibraltar.”
In referring to inflationary cy- cles he said that life insurance ‘is doing more to curb inflation
RECEIVING NATIONAL Qu»al- D
than any one other group of peo-
wwn ‘H0561 Yesterday were: SEATED. _Mayor E. C. John. stone. Blair Mac-Donald, R, s,
Camruthers. Stewart G. Ives,
Insurance
Emphqsized
ple in the world.’
He added that life insurance benefits in Canada" last year rea- ched a total of $430 million. And at the end of 1957 about $5.6 billion was invested in morgages, government and municipal bonds in bu~si.ness'and industry.
ON TAXATION
_ M15 Hanlefi’ 8.-gain spoke dur- ing the afternoon, this time he touched on the ‘unlimited taxat- ion powers of governmen-t’. He quoted from a taxation newsletter saying, ‘The time has come when there is no hope of financial sec- urity for the ordinary man if he hives, or for his family if he dies, unless he makes a life insurance contractual arrangement.‘
He went on to say that ‘Secur- ity will never, come from govern- ment. and if it ever does, you can rest assured you will inre-“ turn surrender your pelwonal Hib- ertles. ’
(Continued on page 5 Col. 2)
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STANDING, R. D. MacGil1ivray J. E. Devine, Robert E. Younk: er. H. B. Carr and R. L. Mac- Lea-ii.
Expect Liberal President To Resign Post
OTTAWA (OP) —\Duncan K. MacTavish, prominent 0 t t a w a lawyer, likely will step down this year as president of the National Liberal Federation, it was learned Friday.
His successor may be George C. Marler, former Liberal trans- port minister who was defeated. in. his Montreal riding of St. An- tome-Westmount in the March 31 election.
The 58-year-old Mr. MacTavisl1 has held the presidency for the last six years. The question of a changeover is to be discussed at the June 18 meeting of the fed- eration’: executive committee.
Sources, close to the Liberal hierarchy said Mr. MacTavish wants to remain associated with the Liberal party but feels he needs some relief from his many responsibilities. In addition to his law practice, Mr. MacTavish is associated with many industrial developments and holds director- ships in a group of companies.
The 56 - year - old Mr. Marler, also a lawyer, resides in Ottawa and is understood to be in a bet- ter position to devote more time to the party.
tBritish PM Makeslnd
Start To US
LONDON (AP)-Prime Minis- ter Macmillan took off for a sec- ond time carly today for the United States.
The airliner carrying Macmil-
lan and his party turned back
earlier when trouble developed in one engine. It landed safely on
I three engines about two hours
after it had left London airport.
Harold Evan s, Macmilla‘n’s publicity adviser, said the prime minsiter was asleep when the de- cision was made to turn back and was not awakened until about 15
minutes before the plane landed.
He said the delay was not ex- pected to alter Macmill-an’s schedule. ‘
The Diane had gone about 300 miles toward New York when it turned back to London.
The Britannia airliner left Lon- don a‘rrp_ort shortly after mid- night. With the prime minister was his wife, Laudy Dorothy Mac. millan, and nine personal and political aides.
The chartertd aircraft was to land at New York.
Macmillan is scheduled to spend eight days in the United States and Canada, returning by air to London June 14.
Five Authors Get Awards
MONTREAL (CP)-—-Five Cana- dian auth-ors Friday night were
presented with the Governor- try
General’s Awards for writing at tlieclosing banquet of the Cana- dian Authors’ Associa-tion annual
meeting.
The winners, announced earlier
this year, are:
Fiction: Gabrielle Roy, Mont-
real, Street of Riches.
Creative non - fiction: Thomas
H. Ra-ddall, Liverpool, N .S., Th Path of Destiny. '
Creative non - fiction: Bruce
PC's And Liberals. Tangle
In Debate Over Jobless"
Premier & APEC President Returned From London
Premier A. W. Matheson and Dr. Frank MacKin-non arrived home yesterday afternoon fol- lowing their participation in the opening of Atlantic House in Lon- don.
Premier Matheson said he was impressed with the “enormous publicity” given the Atlantic Pro- vinces, not only at the opening of Atlantic House but particular- ly at the Lord Beaverbrook din- ner which was attended by Sir Wiuston Churchill, Prime Minis- ter MacMi11an and members of his Cabinet along wth leading in- dustrialists throughout the Bri- tish Lsles. .
Highlights of the trip included a three day tour of the World’s Fair at Brussels and a private audience for the four Premiers with Her Majesty, Prince Philip, Princess Margaret and members of the Royal Family.
Dr. MacKinnon, president of the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council felt the provinces would benefit “tremendously” as a re- sult of the publicity given the venture. The visit of the Pre- miers and Dr. MacKinnon was planned and sponsored by Lord Beaverbrook, native Canadian who has become famous as a newspaperman in the Old Coun-
Speaking of the World’s Fair, Dr. M-acKinnon felt that many of the countries emphasized pro-
paganda more than their pro- ducts. .
He had high praise for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police detachment which is on duty at
the Fair. “They are an excellent group of officers who are doing more to sell Canada than the things that are found inside the Canadian pavillion”.
Lack of space, lack of teach-I ers and lack of money were the reasons given yesterday by Sup- erintendent of City Schools, K. A. Parker for the discontinuance of lcindergarden classes at West Kent and Prince Street Schools.
The Kindergarten classes were first started at West Kent School in 1951. In 1953 additional facil- ities were made available at Prince Street. Mr. Parker states that with the teachers and space available, the Board was able to serve only 80 of the 300 hundred children seeking admission.
He said enrollment each year was on a “first come, first serv- ed” basis but demands from tax- payers who argued, “why serve a few when all should be serv-
ed”, _became intolerable.
University_Heods Oppose TV As Teaching Device
EDMONTON (CP) — Two uni- versity presidents Friday criti-
Universities, meeting here as part of the annual Conference of Learned Societies.
Enrollment Ioo Heavy, Kindergarten To Close
Mr. Parker points out that to serve all those seeking admis- sion it -would require 20 classes with ten teachers at a cost to the City of $12,000 per annum.
He said it is generally recog- nized that pre grade one training is desirable and is carried out in other Provinces. However un- der present circumstances, the carrying out of such training in Charlottetown is not possible be- cause reasons described.
Plymouth Plants Are Shut Down
DETROIT (AP)—-Chrysler Cor- poration Friday shut down assem- bly operations at its Plymouth body and assembly plants. This was the first such action by any of the car makers during opera-
‘ tions without labor contracts.
The company said 2,700 ‘em- ployees were sent home after 100 members of the United Auto Workers Union walked off the job in the trim department of the Plymouth body plant.
The UAW,‘ which has instructed
OTTAWA (CP) — The Com- mons skinmished Friday on the old election battleground of pub- lic works as a solution to unem- ployment and produced a Welter of name-calling and conflicting claims.
Opposition Leader Pearson said unemployment still exceeds 500,- 000 in Canada and asked how this could be “in view of all this amazing activity" in public works claimed by the govern- ment.
Works Minister Green said “hundreds of t.housand=s" h-ad found jobs as a result of Pro- gressive Co 11 s ervative govern- ment policies.
He called Mr. Pearson a “Jeremiah” who gloa-ted over the extent of unernployment.
When Paul Martin, former Lib- eral health minister, sou-ght un- successfully to have that remark withdrawn as improper. Mr. Green replied that Mr. Martin was “very much worse” as a gloater. J
Mr. Pearson. denying the gloat- ing ch-ar-ge, said the opposition was entitled to refer to the extent of unemployment in the face of the government's “unsuccessful” works program and to ask what is going to be done.
ACC-ELERATE PROGRAM
Mr. Green said the works pro- gram had been “aoceIlerated" to provide jobs which otherwise wouldn't have been available this year. 1
Prime Minister Diefenbaker dealt with the same topic earlier during the question period when he listed public works, expansion of consumer buying power -and tax cuts as a “tripod” policy to help the economy.
The government, he said, in-
Name Calling, Conflicting Claims Heard In Commons
tends “to continue these courses?‘ —-a statement taken as a hint that tax cuts may be in the offing.
In other developments:
1. Finance Minister Fleming said expansion of Anglo - Cana- dian trade will be discussed British Prime Minister Macmil- lan next week. .
2.» Mr. Diefenbaker again do- clined to say when a federal-paw vinucialatax - sharing conference may be called. Mr. Martin had asked him about a statement by Ontario Premier Frost that the conference was "inevitable” be- fore summer's end. . .
3. immigration Minister Fair- olough confirmed reports that, except for certain classes of workers, the policy is being con- tinued of limiting immigration only to those with sponsors or assured jobs.
4. Harold Winch (COF —- Van- couver East), opening an hour- long debate on his bill to remove from courts the right to impose corporal punishment sentences. said “brutality and physical de- gradation” has no place in mud- ern prisoner rehabilitation.
In the preceding public works debate, Mr. Martin repeatedly challenged the government to say how many jobs were created by its program. _
Mr. Green replied that Mr. Martin “is never going to be con- vinced we put one man to work unless we drag the poor man
House of Commons."
The debate, on the introduction of public works expenditure es- timates, continued in that vein through much of the day’s sit-
details. .
right here to the floor of the 3
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Hutchis-on, Victoria, 3,(:_, c3“. oized suggestions that Canadian
I K' II d DARTMOUTH, N. -8.. —- (CP) «- A coroner’-s inquest was called Friday to investigate the death of Beverly Joan Walsh, 18, of ..Bedford, P. E. I., who died en route to hospital early Friday Ifterthecarlnwthi-cbshewasa Passenger crashed into a bridge fink; Echo, 15 mii-les from e. The driver, John Joseph Mac- Intyre, 24, of Eastern Passage, escaped with minor in-
ivusi Walsh had been living
OTTAWA (or) —- Segments or 0uaoa'~s fruit industry split’ Fri- lav on the issue of equalizing ‘might rates of fresh fruits and “‘;E;‘caJb1es in the East and in the
The Canadian Fruit whole- “flers Association opposed, be- f°¥° the board of transport com- mlssloners, a proposal of Brit- ish Columbia fruit growers that there should be equalization. RTIIE B:C.'g-roup is backed by S_ Provincial government. The iilllways take the other side in m’°§1Y1v3 straight equalization. E ldence was presented Fri- Y as the board continued hear- “ A on rate equalization in a -mlézdll ordered by Parliament in .r t with a view to levelling off aes as between East and West 1° fill‘ as is possible. -.The_board took up the fruit "F9-°‘9h81!33t£efi' rtaserving decision egg‘- , e ay on proposas r ~°~‘_3“ahT5l1Lg rates on lumber in , AME and,Wes~tern Canada. ‘3 Part of its study, the board ii been dealing this week with fig» hlmber and fresh fruits and mgialbles: Judgment also was .t"V€d in the coal case. The day case is to be resumed Mon-
§¥I:’REssEs CONCERN himbélihe closing session of the
Train
-hmaneyt appearing for the Al- b-er government and the lum- e “Debaters of that province, “Pressed concern at the fact Wgedflle B.C. government sup- “ tcoastal lumber producers «r :1 Province in opposing lum- .. gte equalization. goverlm It painful for the B.C. -‘ “men-t to be content with tu er ratfis for the movement of 1‘. within Western Canada Mragalli-St those in the East” » .r'h‘f’aW1eor_ said. ' ,r'at0rsB-fC- interior lumber op- 3V0r equalization. The ,-Erfistal Olierators in shippm, “"1 Set a favorable rate beg- lbinsfdaliifi-.1?ailway.s parallelling in astem cii.E’.’.”m.J.l§ itive service.
case Friday, counsel J .J. '
In N.S.
here with her sister, M-rs. Ros- alie McGinnis.
The is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Walsh of Bedford, P. E. 1., and 16 brothers and sisters.
RCHVLP said the car rammed into an abutment on the bridge, snapped off the guard rail and damaged several posts. One, of the car's fenders and a door were found under the bridge in 10 feet of water.
Funeral arrangements have
Pay Boost I Fo-r The CS
OTTAWA (CP) - Substantial
Tumormws Giant.
P0893‘! Jay Macpherson, Tor- onto. The Boatman.
Juvenile: Kerry Wood, Red Deer. A1ta., The Great Chief.
Hon: Daniel Johnson, Quebec minister of hydraulic resources.
The awards were presented by
pay boosts for; the federal gov- ernment's senior civil servants have been approved by cabinet, it was reported Friday.
A formal announcement giving details of amounts involved is ex- pected to be made soon by Prime Minister Diefenfbaker. This is ex- pected to be followed later‘ by a general increase for other civil
not been completed.
Fruit Industry Divided On Freight Rates Issue
In the fruit case. traffic man- ager Terence M. Kidd of -the Ca- nadian Fruit Wholesalers’ Asso- ciation -— from Toronto — said equalization of rates could place his industry in a strait jacket in that rates might be nailed down.
“The objection we have to the B.C. proposal,” he said, “is that we might be put into a position where we might not be able to negotiate certain rates. Under a equalization schedule. it is con- ceivable that certain favorable rates could be lost."
To questions from commis- sioner Leonard J. Knowles, he sail that his organization would not object to reductions in West- ern rates if those in the East were not to be affected.
But he added the establish-
servants.
John Alley of Vancouver, rep- resenting me B.C. government and that province's fruit growers, suggested that any new rate scale would be subject to later negotiation.
Commissioner Knowles agreed.
J. M. Roberts, assistant gen- -
eral traffic manager of the CPR, presented tabulations to the board indicating that the fruit and vegetable traffic has not taken the full burden of rate in- creases granted by the -tran-sp‘o~rt board over thelast 10 years.
He also said that, ‘as between ast and West, rates on fresh fruits and vegetables are pretty well equalized now. I
“Can you suggest any way the relationship between East and West rates can be equalized
Urges Change In Presbyterian Administration TO*RON=’1‘O (CP)—-DIP. G. Dean
Johnston of Brantford, Ont., said T h u r s d a y the Presbyterian Church in Canada is operating under outmoded administrative
procedure and asked the 84th
general assembly of the church to provide consultative confer-
ences between church spending boards.
Dr. Johnston, convenor or the general board of missions, sug- gested that a mutual conference to lay plans be called. He also said allocations approved by the general assembly should not be revised except in cases of ex-
treme emergency and that a con- trol should be placed on expen- ditures. ‘
Explaining his report, Dr. Johnston said i-n the past the mission board had asked for ‘a
certain sum, another figure was ministration, and then an op-
agreed to by the board of ad- timistic general assembly raised
official allocations.
STRONG QUAKE REP WRTED
WE:SrTON. Mass. (AP)—Weston Observatory Friday reported a strong earthquake about 2,500 miles south of Boston, probably off the west coast of Colombia,
universities use closed - circuit television -as a teaching device to reduce the staff shortage.
“It is obvious that television in- struction will not reduce our need for staff and that it is a luxury which few Canadian universities can afford,” said Dr. Colin Mac- -kay of the University of New Brunswick.
Dr. Norman A. MacKenzi_e of the University of British Colum- bia said that he, too, could see no possibility that television or films would do much to ease staffing problems. He added:
“The essence of university ed- ucation is that it provides the possibility for the student to have personal contact with mature scholars and teachers, thus giv- ing him in a few years opportun- ities which it would take a life- time of travel and personal con- tacts -to obtain otherwise."
IN USE IN U.S. Both presidents addressed the
Dr. Mackay said many indus- trialists seem “fascinated” with television possibilities on the cam-
of TV would eliminate “our im- agined problems of staffing.’-'
“We are told that we should not waste time in training a num- ber of possible professors who may turn out to be second-rate, when one proveii faculty member can come before the television camera and have hundreds of students herded into a room to gaze at him.”
The medium was being used in the United States with varying. degrees of success.
However, to -c-apture his audi- ence a faculty member would have to be relieved of a full-time teachingyschedule and devote a full day of “intense preparation” for a half-hour telecast.
Dr. Mackay said television might be used in extension or adult ed uc -a tion programs to reach a larger audience than new
National Conference of Canadian
Defends TV Against Charges Canadians Becoming Robots
MONTREAL (CP)--A. D. Dun- ton, CBC board chairman, Fri- day night defended television against charges it is turning Cm- ada into a. nation of conforming robots and non-readers.
Instead, he said, the na- tional TV system “represents an enormous extension of equal op- portunity for individuals to enjoy and be stirred by creative work, if they wish."
“Some may make sly sugges- tions about young Canadians be- ing enticed away from their
is possible in night classes.
dian Authors Association.
“But I think of the other story, the story of the wealth that is going into hundreds of thousands of homes where so little of the kind went before."
Mr. Dunton told his audience of authors that C‘anadia.n TV “needs more first-rate writing.”
The CBC wasn't short of scripts. It had at least three, workable tun-of-the-mill scripts available for every opening in the schedule. Its real need was for more first-rank authorship.
The statements were included
ment of “iron clad” rates on more than now?” asked CPR South America. It registered on happy reading of Milton by the fruits and vegetables is not rea- counsel K. D. M. Spence. the We sto n seismograph at frivolities of television," he said in a text of the speech issued to sombly possible, . “No” Mr. Roberts replied. 5:18:24 am. EST. at the annual dinner of the Cana- the press before delivery.
ORAN, Algeria (AP)—Premier de Gaulle declared Friday he will run Algeria and _the French civilian - military Junta must yield its insurgent authority. Then he abruptly flew back to Paris. _ '
But there were rumbling-s of discontent among mes? men Wh° revolted against Paris May 13 and demanded de Gall“? be re‘ turned to power. Some extrem- ists spoke darkly of new rebel- lious action.
De Gaulle named Gen. Raoul Salan as his delvegate-general .111 Algeria. He declared authority now rests in Salan’s hands and “it must not be contested.”
Salan served_ the junta-the 3,11‘ Algerian public_ safety commit- tee-—as its military conimander.
The premier made his position
clear in a face-to-face meeting with representatives of the junta at a. meeting here. He said he will personally assume control over Algerian aflfairs, acting as his own cabinet minister.
HALF A LOAF
The leaders of the civilian-mib itary junta were obviously forced to settle for half-a-loaf victory- at least for the present.
The first enchantment with the person and symbol of de Gaulle had clearly gone, not only among members of thegjunta but among right-wing French settlers. here.
These were the -points of dis- cord:
1. Although de Gaulle has estab- lished himself firmly as head of the French government with
sweeping special powers. he gave
RUMBIJNGS OF DISC‘O=N'I"ENT HEARD
DeGau||e Says He's De ermined Io Ru
the junta leaders no clear assur- ance he planned a thorough housecleaning t‘o remove from his cabinet names associated with a weak political system the insurgents despise.
2. Apparently de Gaulle has not bothered to take insurgent leaders into his confidence or to reward any of them With S‘0Ve1'Y1' m-ent posts. Insurgent leaders here ‘wanted Jacques Soustelle, political strong man of their movement, named minister for Algeria or to some other post.
3. De Gaulle sought to deal a death blow to the vast network of public safety committees in Algeria and elsewhere. He o-r- dered them to stop trying to run the country and to stay out Of politics.
The committees in France it-
self were reported running out of steam, but the situation in Al- giers was different.
Sources close to the committee said de Gaulle had called aside military leaders of the coup—in- eluding paratroop Brig. - Gen. Jaicqu-es Massu —- and told them that henceforth they must keep out of politics. Massu, the hero of the May 13 mobs, was re- ported to have been singled out for a dressing down.
Shortly after de Gaulle’s ar- rival here, Massu handed him a list of three “wishes” the com- mittee would have liked to see de Gaulle enact. .
They included integration of all inhabitants of Algeria, elim- ination of the leftovers of the Paris political systefn and recog-
J ' mittees as effective partners in the de Gaulle government.
EXTREMIST VIEWPOINT
The extremist point of view on the committee was expressed by Leon Delbecque, vi-ce - president. He said in a statement: “We have not crossel the Rubicon to go fishing."
Delbecque also clearly sug-
pus. He said they argue that use I
nition of the public safety co:rn- I I
gested the committee should con- tinue as a political entity when, he asked: bastilles to storm? Has the up- rising in Algiers definitely stop- ped the decadence?”
Delbecque’s «speech was rec- orded Thursday night for broad- cast by Algiers Radio, Reuters reported, but Salan refused to al- low it to go on the
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all members to work as usual during a no-contract‘ period, ‘had no immediate comment. ‘
Chrysler said two employees who served as union stewards un- der the old contract refused to work at ‘assign-ed Jobs and pro- voked a walkout.
Mental Tests Are ‘Ordered
EDMUNSTON, N.B. (C?) John Jacob Vollmami, jr., 20- year-old Madawasha, Me. news-
paper circulation manager and photographer Friday was comin-
ltted to the Provincialsfiospital Y
at Lancaster, N.B. for a 30-day mental examination at the con- clusion of his preliminary hear- ing on a murder charge.
The order was given by Mag- istrate A.M. Chamber-land follow- ing testimony of Dr. D.J. Gand- reau, Edmundston general prac- tition called by defence counsel" J.A. Pichette of Eomundston. Prosecutor A.M. Robichaud said he had no objection to the men- tal examination.
‘Strawberry look Good
The outlook for this season's strawberry crop is very favour- able accoiding to opinions of those close to the industry. Wea- ther conditions.have been very good and a number of factors would indicate that prices will be considerably higher than last
ear.
one of the reasons for expect- ing a higher price is the fact that cold storage stocks have been cleaned out many months ago. This was caused by “over cautiousness" on the part of the buyers who found themselves during 1956 with a surplus on hand. Last year they/ under bought with the above mentioned result.
Acreage on Prince Edward Is-
land has increased slightly for this year's crop but this is not
Prospects Ihis Year
evident in so far as new grow- ers are concerned.
MANY PLANTS BOUGHT
However it would appear from the number of plants that have been bought this year a record acreage can be expected in 1959. Strawberries do not yield in .thc first year of planting. ;
Another reason advanced for the expected increase in price! is that British Columbia and California growers have raised their price by several cents per box. This will in all events ef- fect the Canadian market as a whole.
Strawberry growers of the Maritimes will meet in Char- lottetown Monday and Tuesday to discuss trends and future possib-
ilities of the industry. . E,
G;EN!E‘:RAL' MEETS GENiE‘RAl.
Premier Charles de Gaulle giers airport from Paris for his form, received a tumultuous we-1. -‘gets ahandshaking welcome from fateful meeting withthe French come from the huge crowd on
military
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chief Gen. Raoul Salan on arrival at Al-
linsurgent group. De Gaulle, clad hand to cheer him. in his French army general’s uni- (AP Wirephoto via radio)
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