HALIFAX (CP) — CharlesjHe Malik said here Monday night “the stupidity of two airlines’

him to charter a plane to

a scheduled engagement here. A spokesman for Trans- Canada Air Lines said the mixup in reservations was no fault of theirs.

The president of the’ United Nations General Assembly got here an hour late for a banquet

For Geneva Talks

“" By ED SIMON

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of St. Mary’s University alvmni.

A square table, with East and West facing each other from op- posite sides, would have placed the East German where the West- ern powers feel he belongs—in a

subsidiary position to Russian

Foreign Minister Andrei Gro- ko. :

LOGICAL CO E

_ The com East

It would be premature to con- clude that the ministers will tackle all their problems in the same spirit. But it is evident that they are interested in getting down to cases rather than in seeking an excuse to pick a quar- rel. <

RCAF MERCY FLIGHT

N. Rustico

Girl Flown

_ To Halifax Hospital

geen in a convoy that arrived at

ses ip Ia Sasedi ied ae

The plane, piloted by Squadron Leader R. A. Swartz, left the air- port at 9:30 and was due to ar- rive in Greenwood an hour later. Co-pilot was Flight Lieutenant: G. A. Lawrence. Crew members

Airline Shanidiiy 'Assailed

By Malik

arrived in a fess aircraft chartered in Bos- ton for $300 after missing the last Halifax - bound flight that would get him here on time.

The TCA spokesman said origi- nal reservations sent to TCA for confirmation by American Air- lines last week had Mr. Malik arriving in Boston aboard Flight 252, 15 minutes after the connect- ing TCA flight left. RESERVATIONS CHANGED

After being advised of the er- ror, American Airlines told TCA

.|that the reservations had been

changed to get Mr. Malik to Bos- ton two hours and 15 minutes be- fore the TCA flight left.

Mr. Malik arrived on the later flight and missed the connection.

“The American Airlines ticket — he was down for Flight

* the TCA spokesman said.

re far as we.can tell at the moment it was no fault of ours.”

He said Mr. Malik told airport officials in Boston he would put in a claim against American and Trans-Canada for the balance of the charter cost after applying his ticket money and that of an- other passenger ._who accom- panied him on the cha rt e} r against t the $300. . ONLY COMMENT

Mr. Malik arrived at the Shear- water Airport, seven miles from here, about 15 minutes late for the banquet. He came by car the rest of the way. His only com- hall was the airlines’ “stupidity.”

Motorist Burns Offending Tree

WINNIPEG (CP) — A motorist who tried to burn down Winni- peg's battle - scarred Wolseley Avenue elm said in court Mon- day the tree caused a near-acci- dent Thursday.

Ronald Oldenburg, 22, of Trans- cona, Man., arrested with two friends after they attempted to burn the tree, told police a child ran from behind the tree and narrowly missed being hit.

In the evening, Oldenburg said, he met Thomas Battaglia, 22, and: George Robert Philbrown, 2, both of Winnipeg. He said they poured a quart of oil and a quart of gasoline around the base of the elm and ignited it.

The three were fined $100- and costs each after pleading guilty to wilful damage. Damage to the

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22, these sources said. ‘

fm at the request of Chinese army units, some of

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OTTAWA (CP) Opposition Leader Pearson charged Monday that a 530-per<ent increase in the old age security tax in the fed- eral budget resulted from the Progressive Conservative with ment playing party politics with the old age pension.

Speaking during debate on bills embodying budget tax and tar- iff changes, the~ Liberal leader said the government should have made additional revenue avail- able to the old age rity fund in the fall of 1957 w the old age pension was increased $9 to $55 a month.

The fund is financed by tax levies on personal incomes, cor- poration incomes. and manufac- turers’ sales. The taxes were two per cent on each category until: the April 9 budget which boosted them to three per cent,

SMALL INCREASE

Mr. Poliess sald: the: 0.300

HUNDREDS WATCH AS SPAN IS C

Many hundreds of people watch-| ation Maritime eompany

gd cong peti oben A, tar oe ed last night as the old Hillsboro has the contract of constructing senaeee ES me ee

Le te ee It |mew Hillsboro Saas Pn othe ras oes Gb camoaned OF pannel equipmest of Found-| proaches and complete the

Old Age Security Tax Hike Is Charged ‘Party Politics

sion imcrease actually repre- sented only a 17-per<ent increase in the pension. For that increase, the tax was being boosted by 30 per cent.

The government now was tak- ing action that party ‘ political *\ considerations had prevented in the fall of 1957, when contribu- tions to the . fund should have been increased.

The Liberals condemn the “failure”, of the government to apply the pay-as-you-go principle, he said. The must accept full ‘financial responsibility for the tax increase.

Erhart Regier (COF—Burnaby- Coquitham) ‘charged that the old age pensioner is being made to bear the blame for the tax in- creases. The government's plea that it wants to balance the fund's books was thought up as an excuse to justify the tax in-

crease and the old age pensioner

Dice Edward Island Like The Dew”

_-SLOTTETOWR, CANADA, TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1959

A

centre) cone "ouse”abparety

could not do the job alone. The

was being used as someone to blame

Arnold Peters (OCF — Timis- kaming) said he favors lifting the $80 ceiling on the nnual amount that can be collected from a tax- payer.

CONSERVATIVE PROMISE ;

William Benidickson (L—Ken- ora-Rainy River) said the Con- servatives in the 1957 election campaign promised that the pen- sion could be increased without requiring any additional tax. Prime Minister Diefenbaker had seid so, for one.

Attendance dropped te as few as 31 MPs during the discussion. The Commons approved the tax bill and went on to discussion of bills setting out the budget tar- iff changes.

During this debate, Mr. Beni- dickson and J. W. Pickersyill (L — Bonavista-Twillingate) fore- cast serious reprecussions from Kaly as a result of a tariff in- crease on woollens and worsteds.

Mr. Pickersgill said he is cer- tain that the fishing industry and the grain growers will register strong objections because of the importance to them of Italy as

an export market. Mr. Pickeregill recalled that Mr. Fleming argued on this

question Ist week that the higher tariff would mean only a very light increase in the cost of liv- ing in Canada.

COPS TACKLE INJURED MAN

MONTREAL (CP) — The wheels of justice turned pain- éully slow early Monday for Charlies Ouellette, 40.

He lost his wallet to a gnatch-and-run thief aboard a bus.

The chase shifted to the arrow ‘streets east of St. Lawrence Boulevard.

Enter: Two plainclothes

policemen. .

One collared a fleeting sus- pect and the other mistaken- ly grabbed Ouellette.

Ouellette, thinking © intrud- er a partner of the thief, threyv a punch. The cop pun- ched back and a brawl de- veloped.

But everybody went down to headquarters later and.

.

with = few

widely-scattered showers warm.

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Eivideyinent Rises In U.S.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Unem- ployment in the United States fell sharply last month as the num- ber of persons at work reached a record high for April.

A jump of 1,184,000 in the job total from March to April took 735.000. off the unemployment rolls. Administration leaders say the gains are double the normal seasonal expectation.

By JOHN EARLE

GENEVA (Reuters) — The big four foreign ministers Monday aight began their first conference in nearly four years after an un- @recedented delay of 2'2 hours brougit on by Russia's stubborn demand for full German partici- pation in the talks.

They met for 45 minutes to hear opening speeches and ad- journed until this afternoon (11:30 a.m. ADT) when they will tackle the explosive problems of Berlin. Germany and European security,

The Soviet demand nearly tor- pedoed the conference before it started. The issue finally was re- solved at a private session of the four foreign ministers which de- layed the opening ceremonies.

The East and West German ‘delegations will sit at separate tables behind the main, Sovict- request round table of the big four. They will address the con- ference only when none of the four powers objects.

An American spokesman em- Pphasized this made the Germans “advisers,”” as the West has in- sisted all along. But it wifl en- able Lothar Bolz? East German foreign minister, to address the West officially for the first time.

K IN ARMOR

Russian Foreign Minister An- drei Gromyko thus has succeeded in prying open the door to the dong-sought Soviet objective of in- ternational recognition for East Germany's Communist regime.

At the opening session, UN GSecretary-General Dag Hammar- ,skjold welcomed the delegates to ‘the Palais des Nations, UN Euro- pean headquarters, and wished . British Foreign Secretary

Selwyn Lioyd, who presided Mon-

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By THE CANADIAN PRESS

Transport Minister Hees took a quick look Monday at the ship- giutted Welland Canal and an- mounced that Canada has pro- hibited all foreign shipping not properly equipped to navigate the canals from using them.

Mr. Hees said his prohibition order has already been issued in Ottawa and is effective imme- diately.

At Ottawa it was learned that masters of vessels planning to! use the seaway canals are to be advised at Montreal or ports en route that they should equip their vessels so as to be able to tie up securely in the canal locks while water levels are being changed.

Vessels tied securely fore and aft make it possible to change the water levels faster without danger of the vessel striking the lock sides or gates. .

Mr. Hees, B. J. Roberts, presi- dent of the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority, and other federal offi-

Big Airlift Is Recalled

BERLIN (Reuters)—The 10th anniversary of the end of the Ber- oa airlift—the biggest peacetime

air ferry cmcoaties the w day.

Varied ceremonies will recall the day in 1949 when the Rus- sians, conceding defeat after an 1l-month blockade,: again threw open the roads, railways and canals linking West Berlin to West Ge ny,-110 miles ‘away.

More than 200,000 flights by Western pilots reinforced the de- termination of the city’s 2,150,000 residents not to give in ta the Communists.°

West Berlin officials have in- vited hundreds of guests to” the anniversary celebration — rang- ing from statesmen to pilots who flew the airlift and next-of-kin of

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Shipping Banned:

quipped

cials flew to St. Catharines about noon for a tour of the canal sit- uation. Later he returned to Ot- tawa.

35 SHIPS WAITING

about 35 ships’ waiting at the canal’s Lake Ontario entrance and more were, expected during the night.

The main trouble seems to be at the first lock which can handle only one ship at a time. Once “©'through it, vessels have no fur- ther delays in their eight-hour 27%-mile canal journey.

Canal officials fear a rush of ships from Lake Erie into the

could cause a further bottleneck, tieing up both ends of the sys- tem.

into the upper Great Lakes and haven't returned.

overseas shippers are “learning the ropes’ now and are passing

than before.

Another complaint is that is a shortage of lake pilots to take overseas vessels from Lake Ontario through the canal info Lake Erie and through the~ St. Clair River to Sarnia. The dispatcher’s office at @t.

'Catharteen, which controls about

30 pilots, ‘has refused “to eom- ment.

From midnight Saturday te midnight Sunday the handled 38 vessels, 24 and, 14 down.

Stolen Securities Said Ransomed

OTTAWA (CP) — Liberal George Mcliraith asked Defence Production Minister O’H urley Monday to look into the inability of a Canadian company to get a United States Army contract for turbines, despite its bid being by far the lowest submitted.

The minister. agreed te e¢on- sider the Ottawa West MP’s commons request that Mr. O”’Hur- ley report whether the situation is at variance with a new de- fence production sharing arrange-

the 77 men who died saving -

city from starvation.

FOREIGN MINISTERS

Reds Stubborn Demand ‘Delays Opening Of Talks

day night, said there ig ‘‘no

the conference to work, sincerely for West relations.

Fluid Mil

The Central Farmers_Co-oper- active will investigate the pos- sibility of extending their opera- tions to the fluid milk trade, it was decided last night at the an- nual meeting held in the Clover Club. It was also decided to make long term plans for to pro-

*|mote and assist’setting up pro-

cessing and marketing facilities for farmers producing small fruits and vegetables.

It was also decided to promote

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ment between Canada and the US.

Gromyko was forced to with

magic formula” to conjure away | daw his demand for full .Ger~ Bast-West differences. He urged| 20 participation in face of solid

Western opposition. The four fore eign ministers met privately at

plan.

“a turn of the tide” in East-| Lioyd’s lakeside villa and

out the “separate tables”

Co-op May Enter

k Trade

canal’s Port Colborne entrance —

through the canal much faster -

Early Monday night there were a

Already 120 ships have passed