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Hiorneycrofi Explciins Why He Resigned

NEWPORT, Wales (Reuters) -- Peter Thorneycroft said Tuesday night he resigned as chancellor of the exchequer because he in- nsied price stability should rank “first. not last” in Britain’s eco-

’ iiomic policy.

-Thorneycroft, in his first speech since his Jan. 6 resignation, told his parliamentary constituents he has no intention of leading a revolt within the Conservative party.

But he clung .to his argument

’ that government expenditure in

the financial year starting in April must ri-se no higher than the current year’s “high level of spending." In accepting the resignation, Minister Macmillan said all other members of the cabinet agreed that another £50,000,000 was needed in the new budget for

_ welfare costs. -

Thorneycroft s ai d Tuesday night be regarded it “a matter of

at the 1957 level.

OPPOSED GOVERNMENT

“I could not accept for the gov- ernment in its own housekeeping a_ standard of financial stringency different from that which. I was

“seeking to impose and wasnr fact

imposing on others,” he said.

In his year as chancellor, Thor- iieycroft had imposed a series of tough, credit-tightening measures to combat inflation. Among them was the increase of the bank rate to seven per cent from five. He said the current financial year had shown a higher level of spending than planned originally but he had not sought reduction-s in the coming year.

is that I have been too lax and not too strict," he said.

HAT STRIKE OFF

NEW YORK (AP)—Production Of Easter bonnets and the rest of the spring hat line resumed Tuesday as 22,000 union millin- try workers returned to work. The first country-wide strike in the industry was called off Mon- ti?!’ after some 2,000 shop offi- cials of'the Un'rted,Hatters, Cap {mi Millinery Workers Interna- ‘Mal Union ratified a two-year

M'rAwA (CP) —- Progressive ha rvative government policies ‘ "°_1ed to uneasiness and un-

tr among Canadians, Rt. Louis St.hLaurent said fly nig t in is speech of ozigwell to the Liberal party

ership. Widfessing the national conven-

_1:liat will choose a leader to In _ _him, the 75-year-old for- m"‘.l5r1me minister accused the

Hfinbaker administration of ‘k 0f_clear and firm policies. hat _ said the administration that u. June ended his tenure of

‘mist etilght years has in most . no ing to substitute for “W31 Policies. field deed." he said, “the only

_ in which the government has

°‘_151Y tried to create the im- new _0ll.it is offering something

is in the field of trade;

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Dragger

A two-day short course for dragger. fishermen in Prince Edward Island began at the Queen Hotel yesterday. Hon. B. Earle. MacDonald, welcomed the fisherman to Charlottetown on behalf of the Prince Edward Island Government.

Mr. MacDonald told the drag- ger fishermen that while he was

cupation, he was sure that the Fishing industry was most im. portant to the economy of the Province and it was up to each individual engaged therein to do the best job of which he was capable. Mr. MacDonald noted

not conversant with their oc-'

F '° h I that since dragger fishing be- gan on the Islandpalthough the number of boats had increased from five to 12, the average landing per boat had increased from about 600,000 lbs. annually to 750,000 lbs. a fact, he said which indicated the unlimited quantity of. fish that inhabit the waters off the coast.

Principal speaker at the two- day course is Mr. John Proskie of the Economic Service, of the Federal Department of Fisheries, Ottawa. The discussions will in- volve the economics and analysis of last year’s production in the

dragger fishing.

by Premier Alex Matheson, the Prince Edward Island delegation to the National Liberal leader- ship convention attracted atten- tionfrom the entire body of Lib- erals when-it was piped down. the centre aisle of 0ttawa’s Coli- seum T u e s d a y morning. Ap- plause broke out spontaneously as the long line of delegates marched to the platform and back to their seats in single file.

Both the P. E. 1. Premier and J. "Watson MacNaught, former Liberal M. P.’ for Prince were platform guests. Towards ‘ the close of themorning sitting Mr. MacNaught read out the rules of the convention to the assembly, in his position as chairman of the sub-committee on rules and proceedings.

Mr. Matheson told The Guard- ian that the Island delegation is in no way committed to support either Mr. Pearson or Mr. Martin They have complete free- dom to support any candidate they believe would make the most competent Liberal leader, he said. At the same time, dele- gates said privately that they are almost unanimously behind Mr. Pearson. One reason for this attitude is that the tradition of having leaders alternately

the public last June really had no “fault to find with Liberal policies, though the application of those policies in some particulars, and

even the policies themselves, were not too well understood,” he added.

“That was a fault we should try to avoid in future.”

As expected, Mr. St. Laurent gave no indication of particular support for any of the leadership candidates. 7

“It is with regret but without anxiety that I relinquish the lead- ership of our party, for I am assured it will be - in capable hands,” he said.

He would continue to be a Lib- eral under the new leader, though he said nothing about whether he will be a candidate in the next general election.

PLAN FOR FUTURE

Mr. St. Laurent appealed to his fellov Liberals to “hold fast to the Liberal faith: To plan for a larger future; to promise only what we believe we can perform and benefit Canada by perform- ing, to trust the people and to deserve their trust.”

If these things were done, the party would give even greater

bud t-the state of the national .39 and the lack of clear and. He Policies for the future.” | 1 b9iglf?Ve.cl many Canadians; I inning to realize that thug? the 22- ‘car Liberal reigni “M335 an economic climate of_ M Me which greatly favored]

-. “es development. , ‘ - lmth, I believe, is that,

service to Canada in the future than it had in the past.

Mr. St. Laurent defined the Lib- eral ideal as:

Recognition of the equal rights of all Canadians; an ardent de- sire to ensure for all a fair share more than ever before that it is in the development of natural re- sources; complete acceptance in

P. E. I. Delegates Active Ai Liberal Convention

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strongly entrenched. Their choice is influenced too by the fact that Mr. Pearson won the Nobel_Prize for peace, one of the greatest rewards for international service

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The Island Premier complain-

form, it was almost impossible to hear what goes on. Those in charge of the public address system had apparently forgotten to install any amplifiers’ in the platform area. Similar com-i plaints were made by- other provincial leaders and senators.

Mr. Matheson and his fellow- delegates are following not only the convention procedure but are closely watching events on Par- pament Hill itself. Prime Min- ster Diefenbaker, they said. made very definite pledges of financial assistance to the Prov- ince. Unless these promises are

the Liberals will gain seats in the Province at the next Federal election.

DIFFERENT WOODS Production of hardwood ply- wood in Canada is largely in the east, while softwood plywood is glmost entirely in British Colum- ia.

CHARLOTTETOWN CANADA,

Mackay Quits Race; Pearson Seen Strong

Offers -Any Province Aid For Power Development

HON. B. EARLE MaoDONALD (CENTRE) WELCOMES FISHERMEN

.Course Opens For

Nine Killed . In U. S. Crash

PATUXENT, Md. (AP)—A big U.S. Navy transport plane, waved off as it tried to make an instru- ment landing at murky Patuxent naval air station, crashed into a wooded area and exploded Tues- day. All nine crew members were killed. I

The R-7V four-engined Super Constellation was making prac- tice instrument landings. It had tried to land once before but was waved off because its approach to the runway was too low.

Visibility, reduced by fog and. mist, was about half a mile.

On the second run,-the plane also came in too low and to the left. The tower again waved it off.

The pilot gunned his ship as it_

started over the "cinder block,” the station's name for a housing area for married personnel. The plane cleared the housing area but clipped treetops. The im- pact threw the plane out of con- trol and it seared a strip through the thin woods a quarter of a mile long. Then it struck the ground and erupted into a huge ball of fire.

Circles. Fer Heuu lands Safely

HALIFAX (CP)--The pilot of a naval A v e n g e r plane landed safely a.t Shearwater air station near here Tuesday night after circling the airport for an hour reporting his landing gear would not work.

Lieut. M. H. Babcooke of Dart- mouth, N.S. told the control tower one wheel was down but he was

.unable to get the second one in

position.

An operations officer put the pilot through a series of checks that finally revealed the trouble.

‘He la.nded normally. kept to the letter, they declared, V

A naval spokesman said the wheel actually may h-ave been down but did not show as such on the plane's instruments due to an electrical defect.

WAS TOBACCO MAGNATE

HUNGERFORD. England (AP) British tobacco magnage Sir Er- nest Wills died at his home Tues- day. He was 88. He retired re- cently from the board of the Im- perial Tobacco Company after more than 60 years in the busi-

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all parts of Canada of the neces sary consequences of the diver- sity of Canadians’ racial origins, cultures, languages and religions; application of those principles i

the field of social sec-urity and .

social well-being.

STRESSES UNITY

He stressed heavily the theme of national unity, which he said had been nurtured by the Liber- als. It was one of his greatest satisfactions that he had contrib- uted to the growth of national unity.

“I am more convinced than ever that our country cannot con- tinue to make progress as a na- tion and to win recognition in the national field without that close and frank co-operation between our two principal ethnic groups which inspires and stimulates the participation of thev other ele- ments of the population in the pur iit of our national object- ives.”

At another point, he said: “Lib- eral policies have created a posi- tive unity based upon social se- curity and social justice which have brought us closer to the ideal of equality of opportunity and have made Canadians realize more th:.n ever before that it is good for us and our families that we are Canadians.”

Mr. St. Laurent spoke in both of Canada’s two official lan- guages. but only a brief part of his speech was in French.

The statements were included in a text of the speech issued to

the press before delivery. ‘

MR. B. FRANK Tinney was presented with a jointer on Tues- day afternoon at Birch Court on the occasion of his retirement af- ter more than forty years of ser- vice v.1'.h the Experimental Farm at Charlottetown. The presenta- tion was made by Mr. R.C. Parent

Mr. B. F. Tinne

After more than forty years of service with the Experimental Farm at Charlottetown, Mr. B. Frank Tinneyretires on January 2_1.‘ 1958. To mark the occasion fittingly Mr. Tinney’s co-workers met at Birch Court on Tuesday afternoon and presented gifts to

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OTTAWA (cpl — Resources Minister Alvin Hamilton said

; Tuesday the government will lend money to any province for pub- - licly-owned power development.

He was speaking in the Com- mons shortly before sec'ond read- ing was given a government bill providing financial assistance to the Atlantic provinces for power development.

These would i n cl u d e steam and subventions on Maritime ,coal power plants, tanmission lines and subven-tions on Maritime coal used to produce electricity for in- dustry in any Atlantic province.

Liberal and CCF members said aid should include hydro power. Newfoundland members said the bill would not help their province because it was not building ther- mal plants.

Mr. Hamilton said any province seeking‘ hydro- development may make a request under the “con- ditions established by the prece- dent of Beechwood." He said Prime Minister Diefenbaker had given this a.ssurance.

REFERRED TO BILL

, The resources minister was re- ferring to a bill providing a $30,000,000 loan to New Bruns- wick. It will enable the province to pay bank loans used to finance the Beechwood power project on the St. John River.

Mr. Hamilton said hydro aid

would be for pu'blicly-owned sys- tems. In the case of Nova Scotia and other, provinces with pri- vately-owned systems there “will be certain connections with these schemes, but not direc-tly from us." Requests “would have to be brought before the government and dealt .witl:i‘_:. on the basis of nee ” -

He told Stanley Knowles (CCF —Winmpeg North Centre) it is not true the government has re-— fused to help Newfoundland con- struct hydro plants. The govern- ment said only the bill before the House would be limited to ther- mal installations. _

If Newfoundland put forward a proposal it would be considered. If it was a “matter of a hydro- project a special will be brought in—or I imagine that is the way it would be handled." Mr. Hamilton said completed power plants would be sole to the province which would return the money over‘ 30 or 40 years at a maximum 4% per-cent interest a year. ..

N.B.-N.S. LINK BY '59

He said he expects the Nova Scotia and New Brunswick elec- tric systems to be linked by the end of 1959.

Mr. Knowles said aid under the billshould have been provided by an amendment to the Northern Canada Power Commission “Act.

This act enabled the Northern Canada Power Commissionto de- velop power—subject to provin-

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who also presented Mns. Tinney with a floor lamp.

Expressing good wishes to Mr. and Mrs. Tinney on this occasion were Mr. S. C. Wright, Deputy Minister of Agriculture; Mr. R. R. Hurst, Science Service; Mr. Dick Sterling, Cerealist and Mr.

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Experimental Fcirms Service

Mr. and Mrs. Tinney. This was a time of general reminiscing and, during the talks, many of Mr. Tinney’s significant accom- plishments were recalled.

Mr. Tinney was born in Quincy, Massachusetts. January 21, 1893 and moved with his parents‘ in

cial legal stipulations -— in any province and the Northwest Ter- ritories. The only thing lacking was a section enabling the fed- eral government to enter into fi- nancial agreements. Mr. Hamilton said Nova Scotia and New Brunswick wanted the legislation the way it was. They wanted a coal subvention and a separation of thermal and hydro projects. Veterans Affairs Minister A. J. Brooks said problems in the Maritimes cannot be considered general. There was less power de- velopment there than in any other part of Canada. NO DISCRIMINATION \ He said he did not think there

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP)~—The U.S. Army launched a Redstone missile—the first stage of its forthcoming satellite-bear-

ing space vehicle-—at 8:25 p.m. EST Tuesday.

The largest and heaviest of the army’s ballistic weapons, the 69- foot-long, six-feet thick Redstone blasted off into ‘a, starry, almost cloudless sky and appeared to make a successful flight.

The Redstone will be used as the first stage of the Jupiter-C vehicle’ with which the army plans to establish a small earth satellite in orbit.

The tall weapon, biggest in the

ible for miles up and down the beaches of the Florida east coast. It climbed slowly but once aloft it accelerated more and more swiftly until, -within seconds, it had become a winking. star high in the sky. _A series of more than a dozen bright flashes, like the popping of photographic flash bulbs, marked

was discrimination against New- foundland. That province had an abundance of -hydro resources and could produce power cheaply.

“Ifthis could be done in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick there would be no need for this bill."

Mr. Brooks said no claim of discrimination has beenreceived from Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba or British Columbia.

He said the bill places the At- lantic provinces on a more equal footing with other parts of the country. p .

H. M. Batten’ (L—Humber-St. George’s) said it appears the only assistance Newfoundland will get is in building power transmission

armyfs ‘missile arsenal, was-‘vie-:

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US Army. Fires Huge Missile

A Redstone formed the first stage of a Jupiter-C test vehicle which carried a warhead 3,500 miles out over the Atlantic in an earlier test.

In the army satellite vehicle, scheduled for launching this month, the Redstone first stage would start the vehicle on its way toward orbital altitude.

The Jupiter-C would use'a clus- ter of 11 recruit rockets insits second stage and three recruits in the third stage.

The defence department con- firmed Tuesday night’: firing within 15 minutes. It said noth- ing of the range-of accuracy at- tained but commented that “the .msht~wasnprm9l.-.T’_ _.

It was the second test ‘launch- ing of a missile Tuesday. ‘

A Boeing Born c Ramjet guided missile was ired before noon. A weapon capable of flying three times the speed of sound anddestroying an enemy aircraft more than 250 miles from the launching pad, the Bomarc soon will go into operation with the air

the trail of the Redstone’s flight.

WASHINGTON (AP) The United States is reported adopt- ing a hard-boiled attitude toward France's plea for emergency fi-_ nancial aid to help it weather an anticipated $500,000,000 deficit.

' Officials said they are ready to authorize “limited help" but only after further proof Premier Felix Gaillard's governmen-t intends to take vigorous action to lick in- flation and curb spending. The,64 - country International Monetary Fund, where the United States hold a big vote, is under-

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stood to be far from enthusiastic

R. B. MacLaren.

A humorous skit depicting an early poultry short course was put on by a staff group composed of Dick Sterling, K. LeLacheur, Tom Hunter, John Stearns, and F. Gaudet. A delicious lunch was served by a staff committee.

P. E. Island. In 1912 he attended classes at the Charlottetown Bus- iness College and later took a position with the firm of S. W. Crabbe, then one of Charlotte- town’s leading hardware estab- lishments.

His career in technical agri- culture began in 1916 when he was engaged in summer employment at the Charlottetown Experimen- tal Farm. In the fall of that year he proceeded to the Nova Scotia

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force.

U. Adopting Hcierd-Boiled Attitude To France's Pleci

about allowing France to draw the full $262,000,000 allotment she is reported to seek.

Senate Holds ‘Up Beechwood loan Approval

OTTAWA (CP) — The Senate's Liberal majority Tuesday held up passage of the $30,000,000 Beech- wood power project loan despite pleas of the Progressive Conserv- ative government leader that he was under. pressure to get it through swiftly.

The measure authorizes a $30,000,000 loan to the New Bruns- wick government to cover costs: of a hydro power project on the St. John River near Grand Falls. The Liberals voted to refer the measure to the Senate committee on banking and commerce.

The committee is expected to sit today and the bill may be passed this afternoon. No senator opposed the purpose of the bill.

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Jail, Actress Appears On TV

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jailed Monday as a drunk, actress Sarah Churchill Tuesday played the lead role in an hour - long television drama entitled The Makropoulos Secret. ,

Critics thought she gave a cred- itable performance in the role of a Hungarian singer who had a strange knowledge of the past. They said they detected no speech flaws in her lines.