v
If It's Good For The Island I he Guardian Is For If
one @nmdism
VOL. LXXVII. NO. 143
Class
AIW In I!“ Department. 0th". all for
In“ I, the Post om» d
foul-cub
“Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew”
WEATHER
Cloudy with a few sunny intervals and a few showers; warmer; west winds 25. Low-high 35 and 58
CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1964.
REPRESENTATIVES of the Toronto consulting firm of A. Habberstad Canada Limited. formerly Uniconsult of Can- ada Limited, yesterday pre-
sented a report of a basic ut- ilities survey of Prince County to the provincial government. Left to right are Ivan Borner. provincial research director
Reid Sangster. Per Bakkjord and Jan Folkeson. Mr. Sangs- ter. who worked closely with the survey company. attended the presentation of the report to Premier Walter R. Shaw.
CONFERENCE OPE-NS TODAY
Migratory Bird Licence May Be Discussed Here
A review of Canadian water- fowl conditions and the possi- bility of establishing federal li- cences for hunting migrating birds are expected to among topics at the top of the .pro- gram as wildlife conference opens
today.
Dr. David A. Munro of Otta- Wa. chief of the Canadian Wildlife Service. will be chair- man of the meeting to be at- tended by about 50 officials con- nected with provincial fish and game departments and with the wildlife service. 1! Friday and Saturday.
The federal hunting licence will be discussed during a pri- vate ministerial session Friday
are
l
continues I
morning. Attending will be Na-,
the federal~provinciall
l
tui'al Resources Minister Ar- thur Laing and provincial min- isters from British Columbia. Manitoba. Alberta. New Bruns- wick and Prince Edward Is- land.
The licence could be similar to the united States “duck stamp" fee. with revenues go- ing into proij to do -ud preserve migratory 'bir nest- ing grounds. The duck stamp ll sold at post offices.
A federal licence has been considered previously by the, conference and there has been considerable support for the idea from sportsmen's groups across Canada. a wildlife Ser- vice official said.
Hunting licences now are ad ministered by the provinces,
Khrushchev Needled Danes During Banquet
COPENHAGEN tAPt—Soviet Premier Khrushchev needled a banquet hall audience about gold Wednesday night. recalling that Lenin advocated lining lav- atories with it.
The visiting Russian leader announced that the Soviets had signed orders during the day for four Danidh ships. Then he gently reproached the. Danes for not buying more Soviet in- dustrial products.
"We are not rich. but poor people. We make our riches by our work. If you don‘t buy from us. we won't have the money to buy from you," he said.
Departing from his tcxr.
Khrushchev said capitalists "al- .
Ways bend over backwards to make us pay in gold. But we“ cannot go around and spend all our gold on this. You know that Lenin once told us that who
and if some. type of federal Ii- cence fee is established it pro- bably would be a charge in ad- dition to the cost of provincial licences.
Dr. W. E. Stevens of Edmon-
ton, superintendent of the Wild- life Service‘s western region. is to review Canadian waterfowl conditions this afternoon. .- This. could in de a‘ review of the effort to sdve the wet- land duck factory from being drained. The duck factory is the name wildlife people give a southern prairie region. which is the breeding ground for the majority of North America‘s hunter waterfowl.
A summary of Prince Edward Island‘s wildlife program will be given by C. Bartlett oi the Island's Wildlife Service.
Passmore, executive di- rector of the Canadian Wildlife Federation, will report on na- tional wildlife week this year.
Saturday a federal - provm- cial committee will discuss var- ious aspects of Canada's cari- bou population including the efforts that have and can be made to save declining herds.
s Parliament 3 At A Glance
WEDNESDAY. June 17. 1964
Trade Minister Sharp an- nounced initial payments for Western grains in the 1964-65 crop year will he unchanged from the current year.
Prime Minister Pearson said e government wil stake its life on both parts of the divided
N 01' MORE THAN
SEVEN CENTS
20 PAGES
Raising Education Level Seen Prince Coun’ry Need
'Opposin Given 0
O'I'I'AWA (CPI — Parliament plunged back into the emotional [flag issue Wednesday with a. Conservative backbencher talk-‘ ing about “the shame" of the. government's action and a Lib-l eral predicting a new flag will,‘ contribute toward a greater, l more u-nited Canada. 1
Robert C. Coatcs IPC—Cum». berland), continuing a speech he. began Tuesday night. read an emotion-charged letter from 3‘ Rochester, N.Y., woman whose" son was killed serving in the RCAF. The letter. he said,l shows the shame of the govern‘ ment's action in forcing a meaningless flag on Canada.
‘Why is it all of a sudden ne— j cessary to eliminate from our] flag any references to our Bitt,‘ idi traditions. . . .It‘s the Union ‘ Jack that bothers the prime minister and his friends.” he?
sa .
To the best of his knowledge, Mr. Coates added. no Canadians 1 want to eliminate the French fleur-de-lis from the ensign.
No Canadian is unwilling to accept a compromise, he said. , and “no Canadian I know is un- . willing to put the Red Ensign:
Sresolution on a national flag.
I Robert C. Coates (PC—Cum- I berlandl said a national referen- \ dum is the only fair way to de- cide the. flag issue.
Bryce Mackasey (L — Montu
‘real Verdun) cnuntered that ,MPs must not shirk their re- sponsibility to decide the issue tin Parliament. l John R. Matheson (I. —Leedsl lsaid it is irresponsible to say t e maple aion to Quebec province.
Stanley Knowles. (Wilda- nipeg North Centrel, amid ap- plause from all sides, praised the impartial attitude of Speaker Macnaughton. THURSDAY. June 18
The Commons meets at 2:30 pm. EDT to debate a constitu- tional amendment. The Senate ; meets at 3 pm.
; Doctors Claim Serum Useless
MONTREAL (CPl—The Que- bec College of Physicians and Surgeons. accepting the results. of tests made by French special- I ists. said Wednesday there is every reason to believe a serum. manufactured by a self-taught French biochemist as a cure for
Communism has been built we should build lavatories and line them with go ."
Turning to the international situation. Khrushchev told the strongly pro ~ Western Danes that the Soviet Union is theii “faithful and reliable ally in the struggle to strengthen peace."
Khrushchev praised the Dan ish government for its decision not to permit nuclear weapons on its territory. and declared:
"I want to emphasize that no danger threatens Denmark and other Scandinavian ,countries from the East. To search for it from that direction would be] a waste of time." ‘ I
The Soviet leader made nzs, conciliatory remarks at a gov- ernment banquet in his honor on the second day of his offi- cial visit to this staunch North Atlantic Treaty ally. I
Way Is Cleared For Rights Bill
WASHINGTON (AP) —— The Senate Wednesday night beat back the last of a series of southern — inspired amendments
to the civil rights bill. clearing: he way
passage of the measure by the end of the eek.
Immediately after Senator Strom Thurmond (Dem. SC) announced he had called up the last of his amendments —— all were cast aside by lopsided votes — the Senate ordered a vote on the version of the bill
afted by leaders of both par- ties.
Leaders spoke of the possibil- ity of a vote on final passage tonight. But this will depend on how much time is spent last. - minute oratory.
Halifax Liberal Tangles . With President Of CNR
OTTAWA (CP) — A former Halifax mayor and the presi- dent of the CNR crossed verbal swords Wednesday. exchanging sharp words and pointed insults.
Halifax Liberal MP John Lloyd accused CNR President Donald Gordon of giving the Pommon railway committee 'beautifnl generalities" instead 0f specific answers to his ques- tions deals.
Mr. Gordon accused Mr. Lloyd ‘
an attempt to discredit him Mr. Lloyd aimed a series oi I“Ind-fire questions at the rail- Way chief. often starting a fresh query before Mr. Gordon had finished a moly. e was trying to get details OI CNR leases and development Broken in Edsnoaon. Saska- ton: Ind moaned. Mr. Gordon explained that in.- hadn‘t momotiaod the cmtents
I
of trying to twist his answers in
about CNR real estateI
of all the CNR‘s leases and
between Parliament and the
couldn't give detailed answers ‘ publicly owned railway.
immediately. ,
Mr. Lloyd accused Mr. Gor- don of making excuses. STOP COMMENTS
Mr. Gordon asked him to re- frain from making gratuitous comments.
Mr. Lloyd said Mr. Gordon couldn't provide Information to the committee as the main link
INSIDE TODAY
Births. death s I! Classified 10-1! Coinch 17 Editorials . . . . . . . . . 4 Kings. Queens. City I Summeraldo on 09. Women's .. 7 Finanee.MarIi ...... .. s
don‘t need any lec.ure from you on my duty." replied Mi. Go
rdon.
He said that if he didn't have the answers on the tip of his tongue. he would get them—it the request for information was reusonable.
But be explained that some in- formation lnvolved confidential matters with other commercial parties and may not be avail- able for relay to the committee.
Mr. loyd promptly said Mr. Gordon was setting himself up as sole judge of what should be
a deal could refuse permission to disclose information.
In the end. Mr. Gallon - ised to try to give the answers later to a set of specific qua: lions from Mr. Lloyd.
leukemia. is “therapeutically and scientifically worthless." The college made its views known at a press conference less than 24 hours after a 31/2- ycar-old Montreal leukemia vic- tim was given an injection of
eaf flag is a conces- l
l I l to the test in a national pleb-l iscite—the only fair way that;
9 Views n Flag
day of debate on a Conserva-i tive amendment to the govern- ment flag resolution. This amendment calls for a national: referendum on the issue. i
Bryce Mackasey (L -— Mont-I real Verdun) said his riding IS equally divided between French and English—and at first glance I it would seem prudent for himf to refrain from entering the flag debate.
“But there comes a lime in the life of every politician when l he must face an issue squarely ' in the face. “Doing what isi right is, in the final analysis, do- ing what is politically right."
Some people thought a new flag was an act of appeasement toward Quebec. When this think- ing was motivated by hate. these p e o p l e should receive . sympathy. Others who thoughtI that way were misinformed.
Don’t judge Quebec by the voices of a few fanatics. he said.
If a plebiscite were held on the , flag. he predicted that it would
I
: ‘detcrioraie into a carbon co
W of another general election. ' "Not only would we have poli- ‘ ticians touring the country but. other Canadians caught in the swell of emotion." This could lead to violence and anarchy.
l Canada will ever know .hat the_ A plebiscite would also mean .Canadian public really thinks'thaf MP5 would be shirking about our “31- . ." I their responsibilities to decide;
I It was the Cofnmons‘ thirdl
the issuc.
Graham Not Alarmedl
By
SAINT JOHN, N.B. (CF) —I 5 Evangelist Billy Graham. claim- l ing he favors no political par-I ty in the US. said here Wed-1 nesday the views of Arizonal
lSenator Barry Goldwater ap- ; persons.
pear to be similar to those once 3 held by Franklin D. Roosevelt! and shouldn't cause alarm. l
Graham said at a press con-i ference that he personally con-f sidered Goldwater "a loyall American who would put his; country before everything." HerI didn't think Goldwater's elec-l tion to the presidency would be; a disaster for the United States. I
The views on domestic and foreign policy expressed by the leading contender for the Re- publican presidential nomina- ion appeared to be similar to those of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932. Graham said.
The Arizona senator's appeal to Americans was explained by the "great hunger in America
the serum. known as Anablasi. __.__.__—_____
: Waterfront Strike Ends
MONTREAL (CPI—The unan- thorized strike of Montreal iongshorcmcn ended Wedncs-l day when a mass meeting of} dockworkcrs agreed to points submitt by J u d g e Rene l Lippe. federal mediator. l
Kenya Planning To Be Republic
NAIROBI (Reuters) — Prime Minister .Iomo Kenyatta said Wednesday that Kenya will be- come a republic in preparation for joining an East Africa fed~ oration.
K e n y a. Tanganyika and Uganda decided in June. 19%. to form a federation and set. up a working party to prepare a draft constitution. l
.. lBoftIe Against on Fires Continues In Japanese City
NIIGATA (API —- Quakc- wrecked Niigata battled desper I ately today to conquer an in- ferno of blazing oil that threw- tened to spread new destruction I the stunned and crippled | Japanese city. 1
Lacking water. the weary, firemen and soldiers hurled ‘1 sand and chemical foam at that
creeping flames. Fear-stricken,
lOBA Convention Held In Regina
REGINA (CPI —- Mrs. Hilda Ford of Humbermonth. Nfld. was installed as grand precept-, ress of the -Grand Crystal Cfiap- ' ter of the Ladies Orange Bene- volent Association of Canada. here during the chapter's an- nual convention this week.
Mrs. P. M. MeCnull of Ellen- lie, PE 1., was installed as past
grand preceptress; Mrs. Etta Hunter of Hamilton. Ont.. as grand registrar; Mrs. E. Dal-
ling of Winnipeg as grand treas- urer and Mrs. M. Walker of Montreal on and chaplain.
residents prayed that the flames would burn themselves. before they Could caus- new horrors.
Ignited Tuesday when Japan's most violent earthquake in 40 years ripped across 20 miles of Japan's west coast. 90 huge 01] and gas storage tanks were a roaring mass of lame with fin- gers of burning oil creeping across flood waters toward areas of flimsy wood homes.
Police - supervised workmen ore down some mes closest to the burnin" oil tanks and moved more than 1.000 persons out n: adjaccni areas in preparation for pulling down more. homes if the need arose. Some 2.000 hospital patients were among the evacuated.
Fire-fighting crews smothered in foam storage tanks contain- ing highly explosive hydrogen and a gasoline additive which. if it exploded, would loose a cloud of poisonous gas over the city of BOLD 0N TODAY
“If we can just hold on throng Thursday." Niigata's fire chief told a reporter. "I think we will have
i g
Idwat‘cr Views“
today for simple to complex questions. I
The world-known evangelist: speaks at a rally here tonight, expected to draw 25.000- 35.000.l
answers in
Graham said he turned downi an offer from “a group of pen-1 19" this year who asked him. to run for the presidency. ‘ “I have no intention of ever‘ oing into politics. I have! thought for a long time that I could contribute more by being a preacher of religion.“ .
He predicted crises that will make the Cuba missile Scare "fade into insignificance' will face mankind in the next dew cade.
Canada was a universally lov- ed nation, he said. Canadians: were loved and respected ev-‘ erywhere they journeyed. l
“This gives you a great and, tremendous opportunity for the promotion of peace. A great mo-l ml and spiritual re-awakening‘ in Canada would have a. t.re-: mendous impact on the whole world.’ ,
l
.....__..___._-_
OFFICE QUERY IS FIELDED
OTTAWA rCPi — A simple question in the Common-s b Stanley Knowles iNDP—Win- nipeg North Central — where are the offices of Immigra- tion Minister Tremblay and Health Minister LaMarsh'.’ — fluslered the go ve rn ment
cdncsday.
John B. Stewart. parliamen- tary secretary to State Secre- tary Lamontagne. said in a reply that the government couldn't, give an immediate answer because it required a precise definition of the word office. Was an office a place or a legal function?
Opposition benches booted with laughter.
Background of the question was appointment of executive assistants by Mr. Tremblay and Miss LaMarsh in their offices at Bale des Sables, .. and Niagara Falls, re- spectively.
Mr. Knowles asked how the two assistants could have been appointed if the govern- ment didn‘t know where the offices of the ministers are.
Justice Minister I-‘avreau said he would look into the matter.
v0 i: m
Crerar Marks 88th Birthday With Criticism
OTTAWA (CPJ Senator Thomas A l c x a n d e r Crerar marked his 88th birthday Wed- nesday. at work criticising the rising trend of government ex- penditures.
The Manitoba liberal senator. once leader of the old Progres— sive party in the House of Com-
mons in the 19205, attended 3*
regular meeting of the Senate finance committee where — usual -— he spoke in a strong
. voice about the modern sins or
over Theres too much government paper work today, he said.
Gordon B. Isnor (L — Nova Scotial. a stripling of 56. re- minded the committee that Sen- ator Crerar was 88
“He's 89." chorused so other senators. The records
show Senator Crear was born‘
June 17, 1876. at Molesworih, Ont.
Senator Crerar said he appre- ciated the gesture of his col- leagues but “I'd just as soon not be reminded of my age. to be truthful about it."
Snowy-haired, tall, spare and urable. Senator Crerar was first elected to the House of Coni- mons in 1917 and named agri- culture minister that year.
He was minister of railways and canals in 1929-30. mines, immigration and interior mini~ ster again in 1935 and he left the federal cabinet in 1945 for the Senate.
! Survey Report Given To Gov't'
‘ Raising the level of educa- is needed." it was said in the tion is of utmost importance in report and "PEI. must invest the future economic develop-tin education at the same rate Vmeni of Prince County. accord- or more than in industry. tour- ing to the Canadian-Norwegian ‘ism. farming and fishing." The management consulting firm ofdevclopmcnt in education is A. Habberstad Canada Limit-;needcd, it was stated, in order ed. Toronto. to overcome previous deficien- I The firm. formerly Unicongcics and to obtain the same suit of Canada Limited. made. . level of education as that of the 'its suggestion in a report of a . more advanced parts of Can- :uril/ey of Prince County which ada.
eat with factors influencing . . . .. . the development of the county. spin-)0!” {LEH(,TM'ES+
The report was presented to. is 53' m '9 rem] that >Premier Walter Shaw and in spite of recent improvements 1 Agriculture Minister Andrew Educationf suph -as {he Ssta' MacRae yesterday by company 1: ment 0 regime high representatives Jan Folkeson SC 0015 El.“ vocatmnal high . . ' ’ schools, there are still great .Per BakkJord and Ivan Borner. , deficiemes in 6 re 59 I”
OFFICIALS pLEASED school system, above all con» ' Government officials appear- “mini-1 the Elementary 591100.15 ed pleased with the thorough and the lack of opportunities in iness of the report. Provincial vocational education regarding jresearch director Reid Sangster farmmg and “smug” isaid “it appears that the re. The consultants say that one port will an a definite need and 95511316 solution *0 the Voca- ic ed as the foundation’ilonal education dcmand is to :1” the building of develop establish one agricultural school Vments in Prince County It is in each county and a fisheries l a starting point for resource de- ‘ V9Cat‘ona‘1 Whom 5"“ the pm‘ tvelopment and can also be ap- “Ma plied to other parts of the pro- ,AIS" re“”mm°"d."d' 1“. H” vinceg - ,field of education. is the imme- - . diate start of a plan to consol- Mr. Sangster said that the . H . 'Uniconsult survey is part of an ltdfatte elemen’m} “hm” d1" over-all development survey of “C s- the county being carried out by WEALTH OF DATA ,three firms. Coombes Agm'u" The survey report, contain- ltural SerVIces has already sub- ‘ mg more man 300 pagps' clears Ymitted two VOIUmes 0" “5 33”" r not only with educational dev- .¢Ultural work I“ the WWII!“ elopmeni but contains a wealth 58M 8 I‘EDOF.t 0“ 3!‘ indusmal ‘ of statistical information on the lsurvey. carried out by Arthur ' physical aspects of «he munty. in Little Incorporated» ‘5 9’“ There is an analysis of Prince ‘ - County population trends with
While education is only one of } forecasts based on the econo- .many subjects of the physicall mic development, pnssib" Limakeup of the county dealt with . in agriculture and fishefl
fin the, Uniconsu-lt survey, the the. province,
[company has put great stress: I n the necessity for improve- ‘ments in this field. “An ex 0
I - . lsive development of educaiion Hellyer Arrlves
lPoIice Seek 9“ Gaza smp
Car Thief ,
(Continued on page. 6 col. 1;)
GAZA (APi — Canadian De- fence Minister Paul Hellyer ar- rived Wednesday from Cyprus to " ‘ Canadian forces sta- tioned on the Gaza Strip.
Hellyer. on an inspection tour of Canadian forces serving with the United Nations in Europe. Cyprus and Gaza. was expected 10 leave for Beirut this after-
noon.
i HALIFAX (CPJ — RCMP
.‘wei‘e searching Wednesday for In man who forced a salesman gunpoint to abandon a car‘ was demonstrating on a road inc the Halifax suburb of lGoodwood earlier in the day.
. Clifford Crossman salesman llfor Kline Motors, Limited, here, isaid the prospective customer lwas at. the wheel of the 1962 iChevrolet Impala when he ,‘stopped and suggested the car jmight have a flat tire. As the :man got out of the car be pro- duced a pistol and ordered Ci‘ossman to get out and walk towards the woods, ‘ l The man then jumped back .into the car and drove off in a and former editor-in-chicf of La lsouthwesterly direction away? Survivnnce, a French weekly Ifrom the city. newspaper published here.
[at the
_____..—.
Historian Dies At :‘Edmonton
EDMONTON ICI‘l .- Rev. Paul Emile Breton. OMI. a no- ted Westcrn Canadian histor- ian. died Wednesday. .
Father Breton. fit. was foundcr of the French-language radio station CHIN. Edmonton.
VISITORS ATTEND nous cius MEETING
Two out of town visitors at- tended last night‘s regular meeting of the Charlottetown Lions Club. Shown above with King Lion William Brown.
center are. left Stephen Slot- hers. Lucknow. Ontario who is in marlottetown attending the annual meeting of Casio- daan Swine Breeders Associa-
tion as its secretary treasurer land and will travel to Tm-
and right is Roy Wyatt of onto for the Intemtion‘ Auckland. New Zealand. who I/ions convention which om is vismng relatives on the 15- July 8.