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IRVING USEN. president of special products of Usen Fisher- olbonnell-Usen Fisheries Corp. ies Ltd., plant at Souris. At the with Marjorie Peters, who right of the picture is F1-ed on the assembly line Zemeit-us, production manager of picking fillet of sole, one of the the plant. Mr. Usen expressed;
so
Sees Souris Pla'n’r
himself as highly pleased with
the cleanliness of the fish pro- cessing and the quality of the product being turned out.
Maior
Link In Production Chainf
“We hope that this plant will devolop into one of our major operations on the Atlantic Sea-
on his Island tour. EXCELLENT QUALITY
board", said Irving Usen of Bos- ton on an inspection tour of Usen risheiies Ltd. which is ' operated for O'Donnell-Usen Elsherles Corporation at Souris. U-sen is president of the firm
_ The plant formerly operated by Griffin Fisheries Ltd. was taken over by the Provincial Govern- ment last fall and leased to the Boston fiim last winter.
INSHORE FISHING .
One thing which Mr. Usen em- phasized was the fact that every attempt will be made to increase the inshore fisheries production as well as that of the draggers.
It was felt by some, that with the introduction of dragger fish- ing the inshorefislrl-nz would suf- ferasaresuk.MrUsenisof the opposite opinion. He notes that the dagger has made pos- sible the facilities for handling fish, thus making a greatergde mand ominshore production.
Present for the inspection of the plant at Souris yesterday were acting Premier, J. George %‘alcKay, Hon Eugene Cullen,
' '~ r, of Agriculture and act- ing minister of Fh-iseries; J. Brenton St. John, M.L.A. and William Acorn. M.L.A. The vice- president of the firm, Barnie Finn is accompanying Mr. Usen
being establishing a branch of their , mg in Souris there is an app0r_
‘The Boston fish plant execu- tive said one of the reasons for
firm here was because of the “excellent quality of fish” which are found in the waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 0’Donnel-Usen have plants in Canada and Europe. Their o- duct, is sold in 48 states of the American‘. Union and finds a ready outlet in all the major chain stores and distributors. Mr. Finn emphasized the fact that the company has built up its reputation on “quality”. He said, “we hope that with the very fine type of fish that is caught here, this quality be well trgaintained and if anything en- nc ."
FINE PLANE”?
Mr. Finn ressed pleasure», with fine appointments of the modern plant at Souris. He said it reflected foresight and sound judgement on the part of those who built it.
The vice-president said that while a few key men from their Boston plant have been engaged to start the initi-al phase of Is- land operations, it is hoped that when Island employees become fully ecqulainted with their pro-
become operated by Island help in all departments.
Mr. Usen’ said he would like to see greater production. He said with the two plants now operat-
tunity to handle a much larger volume of fish. He‘ hopes that in a year or so, a much larger fleet will be engaged from the port of Souris and that more people will become interested in tlhedfishing industry as a liveli- oo .
EXPERIMENTS ovum’
I-Ion. Mr. Cullen said, “this operation has now passed the ex- perimental stage and since we now have the facilities to handle more fish, there is no reason why the size of the fleet should not be increased."
Considerable interest w as shown in the new dragger, Souris III‘ which arrived from the ship- 'buildin'g' yard at Port ‘Gravel. N. S
The new ship is much larger than the type now in operation. Its carrying capacity is between 100-120,000 lbs. and is 65 feet in length compared to the aver- age 59 footer.
Last evening Mr. Usen and‘Mr. Finn were hosts at a reception at the Kirkwood Motel to mem- bers of -the Government and bus-
cessing methods, the plant will
iness leaders in the Province.
avy Will Be First To .
Use Guided "Missiles
OTTAWA (CP) — The Royal Canadian Navy will become the first of Canada’; armed forces to put a. guided missile into opera- tional service.
Vice - Admiral Harry DeWo1f, chief of naval staff, disclosed in ail,-interview that the navy's two
_'nshee jet fighter squadrons will be fitted this year with the Sidewinder, a supersonic. air-to- Ril“ missile. §The Sidewinder, A fairly simple
§9,_gl_cheap missile, already is in
!&l‘V1ce with the United States They cost less than $5,000 ifiece and the n-avy’s require- ‘-Flent was not large enoigh to Warrant Canadian manufacture. are being purchased from U.S. Navy. V,,fl*§1a1_spokesman said Thurs-
9.
Gov'i Wins
£fi1l’i°RTI.AND, Me. (AP) — The w I90 States government has hf: another round in an anti- fig I Case that has riled the emo- mé“ 0f_ lobster fishermen along A Mame coast. . ed federal district court jury .’““-Sday night found both the M“? Lobstermen’-s Association ‘ls President, Leslie Dyer, or all’ °f Price-fixing in violation Jude Sherman Anti-Trust Act. Sgmege Edward T. Gignoux set » “I118 for Tuesday. Defence
’°°11I1sel - would apggglibtly announced it
63: §°Ve1‘nment contended the ~ um Ills conspired to fix min- Q-ybmel1_“10€_s for lobsters during 5,3 last Drlce dispute with deal- “ Summer.
mmbelwo ?CCaSl0llS a substantial 1% the state's 6,000 li- , Igstgéigérien qllltt w-Iork ig . ernmen c arge
. aiflléaeifort to force prices up filers h5ad35 cents a pound. The ems been offering 30 and
‘ BEALERS IMPLICATED
day some Banshees of the na-vy's VX 10 experinnental squadron at HMCS Slhearwater, naval air sta- tion across llhe harbor from Hal- ifax, have already been equipped with Sidewinder-s. The missile launchers are being installed -by Fairey Aviation Company of Dartmouth, N.S.
EQUIP TWO SQUADRONS
The two Banshee fighter squad- rons—VF 870 and VG 871—will be equipped with the missile by this fall. One squadron normally is carried in the aircraft carrier Bonaventure while the other is based at Shearwater.
The Sidewinder, it is under-‘_ stood, has a ran-geof four to six: miles. It seeks the target Plane
n Lobster Case
V" dealers also have been
by homing on the infrared rays
indicted, but in their case it for allegedly conspmng 150 fix maximum prices they would pay for lobsters. Two have pleaded 110. contest and paid fines. The others face trial in August. .
Twenty-six government witnes- ses-—most of them members 05 the association -— testified during the trial which opened May 19- The jury deliberated about four hours before returning a verdlct that appeared to stun the defend- ants.
“We were shocked because We thought our case was just.” Bye? commented to a I‘§-‘P0I‘l991‘- Blft we had a 8000 ma] ’“ 3 fa" trial."
Dyer was released under ‘$1.000 bond on his own recogmzance pending sentencing.
Defence lawyer A. Alan Gross- man surprised many observers when he rested the defence with- out calling any witnesses. But he delivered an imPaSS10ned P193 t° the jury, arguing that when the price of lobsters skidded I0 39 cents the fishermen simply put
emited by the target. Every ob- ject with a temperature above absolute zero gives off infrared rays which are caused by warmth.
Nine feet long and weighing about 155 pounds, the Sidewinder is designed to destroy enemy fighters and bombers up to alti- tudes of more than 50,000 feet.
Admiral DeWo1f said the navy for some time has.been studying the possibilities of incorporating other guided missiles into its anti- submarine system.
The navy is interested in the U.S. Navy's Rat, a device which fires a miussile carrier far from a destroyer and then lowers the sub-seeking missile into the water by parachute.
LONG-RANGE SONAR
Admiral DeWolf said the navy has reached ‘the point where its sonar detection system now has greater range than destroyer mortars which fire depth charges a-t submarines.
The navy has stol-en s consid- erable march on the army and RCAF in the guided missile field. _‘The RCAF for eight years has been trying to obtain a suitable air-to—air missile for its' fighter squadrons. The Canadian Velvet Glove was abandoned in 1955 af- ter five years of research and de- velopment in favor of the Ameri- can Sparrow. Tooling up now is under way for production in Can- ada of the Sparrow, intended for use in the supersonic Arrow which is still three years away from operational service.
The Canadian army also wants guided missiles for artillery and anti-aircraft use but has not yet obtained government approval for their purchase.
30 ‘Killed By Tornadoes
MONOMONIE, Wis. (AP)- Triplet tornadoes which swept four northwestern Wisconsin counties Wednesday night killed 30 persons and left a 90 mile path of destruction. ‘
Governor Vernon ’I‘h.vn'.son pro- claimed the region a disaster
their cash in “G0d’S bank in the Atlantic Ocean.’
area Thursday after I tour by plane and car.
lroad officials had to reschedule
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"Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew” CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1958
Gov't Has Plans For More Jobs
MONTREAL (CP)——Prime Min- ister Diefenbaker said Thursday night the government plans to take “comprehensive action” to combat unemployment “regard- less of deficits in the national budget."
In an address to the wind-up banquet of the annual general meeting of the’ Canadian Manu- facturers’ Association he said this action will be taken because “the survival of the nations of‘ the free world willbe at stake if the free world falls prey to de- pression.”
“Many of our longer - term- plans are designed, in par»t,to promote a high level of economic activity with a greater de"gre of stability. _
“We plan to accelerate the de- velopment of this country and to render available the resources of the north. We must and shall fa- cilitate the exploitation of Can- ada’s,resources and our aim is to bring about a greater degree of processing within this country.” The prime minister said the government is making strenuous efforts to expand and diversify trade. The Commonwealth Trade and Economic Conference in Sep- tember is one of the ways in which the government hopes to achieve its. trade objectives, Mr. Diefenbaker’s speech was to be broadcast over the CBC’s Dominion network. Text of his remarks was released to press in advance of delivery.
Fire Damages Leafs’ Stadium
TORONTO (CP) — Fire swept across the roof of Maple Leaf Stadium Thursday night, causing $10,000 damage to the home of the International League baseball team.
Fire chief L. Leigh said the arson squad will be asked to in- vestigate the fire wh-ich started among stacked furniture and re- frigerators. The blame jumped to the roof and flared across the west half of the L-shape stadium.
A giant sale was in progress at the park. Damage to furnvitmre
NATIONALISTS REJECT “PLEA
ALGIERS (AP)—Premier Char- les de Gaulle appealed Thurs- day to Moslem nationalist fight- ers to leave their mountain hide- outs and join ranlcs with “10,000,- 000 Frenchmen of Algeria.” But rebel spokesmen abroad rejcted the plea for unity and said the fighting will go on.
De Gaulle was cheered wildly by European and Moslem crowds at huge rallies in Constantine and Bone, both hollbeds of relbl resist- ance in turbulent eastern Algeria. Strong French garrisons control the area at gunpoint.
The premier referred to the rebels as “those led by despair but who fought with courage a cruel brother - against - brother fight.” .
No French statesman ever has spoken in such terms to the Al- gerian rebels, undefeated ln more than 3% years of fighting.
10,000,000 Frenchmen now living in Algeria." Moslems outnumber the French nine to one.
REJECTS PROGRAM
tally rejected de Gau1le’s future program for Algeria and said the new French premier should now bear "complete responsibility for the continuation of the Algerian war and its eventual extension to all North Africa."
Algerian nationalists have al- ways maintained that before any
should first recognize Algerian in- dependence.
men with equal rights and equal votes and with France their motherland.
He made no suggestion of an in-
and appliances, on display was estimated at $15,000.
dependent Algeria. . In Tunisia, rebel spokesmen said
He spoke repeatedly of “the
In Cairo,~1:he executive commit- . tee of the Algerian revolution to-
cease - fire in Algeria, France
De Gaulle outlined his future program for Algeria by saying that all inhabitants of North Af- rica territory are French-
the fight against more than 400,- 000 French troops in Algeria would go on. The rebels have said only outright independence will persuade them to lay down their arms.
De Gaulle arrived from Paris Wednesday to talk first hand with the leaders of the French revolu- tionary junta whose defiance of Paris unstead Premier Pierre Pflimlin and paved the way for de Gaul‘le‘a return to power.
POPULAR REFERENDUM
De Gaulle told crowds in Bone a popular referendum in three months will be “a great national
O Sixty years ago June 5, the Rev Rev. Terence Campbell of the Diocese of Charlottetown, P. E.I., was raised to the dignity of
the priesthood in the Basilica of St. John Lateran. The time be- rtween that distant day and this present one he has spent in a dedicated and fruitful service which has won for him the ad- miration, the honour, the respect, and the love of the vast host of friends who rejoice with hlm on his anniversary.
Richly endowed by nature and grace, Father Campbell, a life- long student, increases daily that original principal by a continu- ing interest in sacred and pro- fane subjects. The depth of his erudit-on is profound. His expres- sion of it humble, inspiring, and captivatingly attractive. The greatest monuments which mark the road he has travelled these past sixty years built of truth in the minds of those who have sat at his feet.
Father Campbell was born in Milcove, P.E.I. on Feb. 24, 1868,
In City Occurs
The death of C. H. Hodgson, Canadian National Express Agent at Charlottetown occurred suddenly at his residence 128 Water Street yesterday after- noon. He was in his 64th year. Mr. Hodgson was born in the City the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William P. Hodgson and entered the service of the Cana- dian Express Company on grad- uating from West Kent School. Four years later, in Sept. 1914, he was absorbed into the staff of the Canadian National Express when the service was reorganiz- ed on a National basis. Mr. Hodgson soon became cashier and retained that position until he was appointed agent on the retirement of the late Marcus Calder in April 1955.
Mr. Hodgson, who had long en- joyed the friendship of the ship- pers of the City and Province as a result of his courtesy and af- fability, was stricken on April 25 with a heart condition which necessitated his admission to the P. E. Island Hospital. He remained there until a week ago, when apparent improvement war- ranted his return home. A sei- zure yesterday afternoon P1‘0V9d fatal.
An active member of Trinity United Church, of which he was an Elder, Mr. Hodgson enjoyed the contacts which enabled him to express his regard for the finer things of life. As a Rotar- ian he was deeply interested in community service. In his early years recreation was found in membership in the Hillsboro Boating Club.
On Feb. 8th, 1921 in Truro, N. S., he married the former Kat- herine Doherty of Charlottetown by whom he is survived. Other surviving relatives are three sons; Edward, residing in Char- lottetown; Lieutenant John Hodg- son, Naval Training Officer at the University of New Bruns-
Big, Red Bus Stolen In Maine
VAN BUREN, Me. (AP)—Red- faced Bangor and Aroostook Rail-
main line bus service Thursday- Someone stole a $33,000 bus, painted a vivid red, white and blue, from the main street.
Edmunston, N.B., police found the 35-foot bus, newest in the fleet, in a ditch outside the Ca-, nadian border town but it was too]
Death Of C. N.
Express Agent Unexpectedly
THE LATE MR. HODGSON
wick, Fredericton, N. B., and William, Plant Pathologist at the Dominion Experimental Farm, Fredericton, N. B.
Brothers are Stan, in Winnipeg, Edward, in New Haven, Conn., and Leith, in Saint John, N. B.
Grandchildren are Edward, Katheryn and William, all child- ren of his son Edward.
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Campbell. Mrs. Campbell was a sister of the late Archbishop O’- Brien of Halifax. Of the ten chil- dren of this family, two othc,_rs, besides Father Terence, gave their lives to the service of re- ligion: Father Cornelius, who died in 1909, and Mother St. Ag- nes, C.N.D.
The jubilarian received his early education in the public schools of the province, and taught in them for two years be- fore coming to St. Dunstan’s Un- iversity. He completed his stud- ies for the pries-thool in Rome.
Brigadier W.W. Reid, D.S.O., was re-elected pres-ident of the Boy Scouts Association of Prince Edward Island at the annual meeting held at Summerside last night. Patrons are His Honour Lieutenant Governor F. Walter Hyn-dman' and Premier A. W. Malhe-son. Hon. President is the Hon. ’l‘.W.L. Prowse.
Re-elected to the post of Pro-‘ vincial Commislsione-r was Mr. R. C. Parent. Wolf Cub activities will be directed by the newly ap- pointed Provincial Commissioner for Cubs, Mrs. R.C. Parent. Other officers elected were: Vice-Presidents, Prince County, Mr. Horace MacFarlaue; Queens County, Mr. R.D. MacGi11ivray; Kings County, Mr. J.W. Lavers; Assistant Provincial Commission-
1
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Leave Hideouis, French Premier Urges Rebels
conference when France will de- cide on its destiny. I hope all of you will take part in it.
“In three months, all of France will be united. France will not fail you."
In Constantine, Gaullist deputy Jacques Soustelle; who stood be- hind de Gaulle when the crowd started to chant his name, made frantic gestures with his hands to calm the uproar. De Gaulle frowned.
De Gaulle returned to Algiers Thursday night. He will address a mass rally at Oran in western Algeria today before flying back to Paris. ‘
Former St. Dunstan’s Rector Honorecl On His Jubilee
REV. T. CAMPBELL On his return, he was attached.
to St.’ Dunstan’s I University as a member of the teach- ing staff in the English de- partment. In 1904 he was named pastor of the parish of Kelly’: Cross where he remained until 1909 when he was named Rector of the college. His tenure of of- fice lasted until 1915 when he be- came pastor of Alberton where he remained until 1937. From 1937 until 1952 he was pastor of St. Andrew's Parish from where he retired to St. Dunstan’s Uni- versity where he now resides.
On June 9th the clergy of the diocese will tender him a testi- monial banquet.
Boy. Scouts Association . Re - elect W. W. Reid Pres.
er, Mr. A.P. Ceretti: Assistant Provincial Commissioner, Train- ing, Mr. Walter B. LePage; Sec- retary. Mr. J. Leslie Doyle; Treasurer, Dr. Geo. C. Fisher; Executive Commissioner,. Mr. E. Gordon Kerr, Lone Scout Com- missioner, Rev. A.E. Piercey; Chairman Training Committee, Mr. Walter B. LePage, Chair - man Public Relations Yommittee Mr. W. R. Burnett; Chairman Awards Committee, Magistrate K.M. Martin.
other members of the Execu- tive include F.-Lieut. D. L. Quinn, District Commissioner, Summerside;_ Dr. George C. Fish- er, District Commissioner, Char- lottetown; Mr. T. Earle Hickey; Mr. Orin Simona; Mr. C.W. Minc-
(Continued on page 5 Col. 3)
‘Anglican Synod Calls For Cessation Of Atomic Tests
A resolution for immediate ces-
sation of atomic bomb experi- ments was passed the closing moments of the 85th Session of the Anglican Synod meeting in Charlottetown forithe past three days. - The motion directed to the Council for Social Service on In- ternational Affairs asked that a petition be directed to the Can- adian Government take action on this “important matter”.
Moved by Rev. Karl Tufts of Sackville, N.S. the resolution pointed out that it is evident from recent events in France and the South America reaction to the United States foreign policy that conditions in the international scene continue to deteriorate and that ; general busines recession aggrivates this rather dangerous situation.
Judge Elliot Hudson of Halifax
most, if not the most important. resolutions the Synod would dis-5’ cuss. Judge Hudson, quoted from! a number of publications which indicated that the effect from a- tomic radiation is an ever in- creasing d-anger to the people of the world and concluded by say- ing, “if we don't do something to stop these tests, there may not be many more Synods to dis- cuss it.”.
He observed that the United Church of Canada and the church of Scotland have passed a sim- ilar resolutions. He felt the Gov- ernment of Canada was anxious to have these tests stopped and such a resolution would strength- en their hand.
CIVIL MARRIAGE
part of the committee on Social Service. In the preamble of the resolu-
}tion it was polnted out that the
present marriage laws in Nova Scotia, ,"’place the clergy in the anamalous position of being re- quired to officiate at weddings where one or the other of the contracting parties does not ac- cept the Christian standard of marriages or where one or other of the contracting parties has no religious convictions. Considerable discussion devel- oped from the resolution. Chief among those speaking to is was Rev. S.H. Prince, D.D. former professor of sociology at Kings University. He quoted from sta- tistics to show that civil mar. riages have shown a decided in-
A "esolution advocating pro- ‘".:=i.':-I for civil maiwiagc in the Province of Nova Scotia was
damaged for immediate service. termed the resolution “one of the ‘shelved for further study on the
crease in most of the countries
of the world during the last few
lyears. Five of the provinces in (Continued on page 2 Col. 4)
' Ottawa last Friday by L. W.
NOT MORE A THAN
I
Lobster fisherman Ernest Brown was drowned in the For- tune River yesterday evening shortly after five o’clock, when a light skiff capsized throwing him and his -employer, Floyd MacKenzie into the swift out- going tid-e. ‘
A mooring rope running from a stationary buoy to another lob- ster: boat anchored ashore saved MacKenzie’s life.
He grasped it when he rose to the surface and by this means hauled himself to the river bank, arriving at his sister's nearby home shortly after in an ex- hausted condition. '
His sister, Mrs. Josh Coffin, put him to bed at once, roused the neighbors, and called the pol-ice.
BODY RECOVERED
The victims be-jay was recover- ed at 7.00 p.m. by s three-man dragging crew headed by Con- stable Ron Lawford, of the R. C. M. P., Kings County fish and game protection officer stationed in Monfiag‘-ue. “
He was accompanied by local fishermen, Vernon Davidson and
WEATHER
Overcast; showers beginning this afteh noon; not much change in temperature} Low-high at Charlottetown 45 and 60.
FIVE CENTS
Lobster Fisherman Loses Life In Fortune Accident
Companion Makes Shore As Light Skill, Capsizes
Constables Connolly and Hen- der of the Souris detachment also assisted in the search.
The men had just returned from the fishing grounds off For- tune, had sold their catch, and. mooring their lobster boat in the stream about one-quarter mile below Fortune Bridge, were row- ing ashore in a light plywood dingy when the accident took place.
38 YEARS OLD
Brown, 38 years old and un- married, was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brown, Red House. a small settlement near Ding- wel1's Mill.
In addition to his parents. he is survived by two brothers, Reg- inald and Russell, both of whom reside at home; and two sisters, Katherine, Mrs. Leroy Blackett, Red House, and Myrtle, at home.
MacKenzie, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Fred MacK_en-zie, For- tune. is a married man with I family of three.
Coroner Dr. G. S. A. Inman of Montague was called to the scene, but it was not learned last
Kenny Burke.
Hon. Eugene Cullen said yes- ‘tenday on his return from Ottawa that no decision has been reach- ed by the Federal Department regarding a price support price for Island potatoes. '
Mr. Cullen heading 1 three man delegation was invited to
Pearsall, chairman of the‘agri- cultural Stabilization Board. With him were William A. Mac- Dennan, chairman of the P.E.I. Potato Marketing Board and R. L. Burge,, board member from Five Houses.
CONFER WITH M.P’s
The Island delgation arrived in Ottawa Monday night and on Tuesday morning conferred with the four M.P.’s from the Pro- vince. The same afternoon they met with the Stabilization Board.
The purpose of the meeting, Mr. Cullen said was to discuss possible ways in which Island‘ growers could be assisted in dis- posing of the balance of their 1957 crop.
The delegation pointed out that both growers and dealers of P. E. Island have shipped more potatoes in every month of the current season than the aver- age for any month in any pre- vious year. This, they felt con- stiluted a real effort to move the crop. ‘
SEVERAL PROPOSALS Several proposals were ad- vanced both by the Board and by the delegation. The meet- ing ended. on Wednesday with
night whether or not an inquest would be held. .
BACK FROM OTTAWA
Minister Reports No Decision Arrived At
_ion that more time would be re- quired to study the matter. ‘mic shipping season on the Island normally winds up at the end, of June.
Mr. Cullen said he was most grateful for the co-operation of the four Federal Members and he felt they would continue to exert theirefforts on behalf of Island growers.
In so far as an announcement on the matter was conecemed, Mr. Cullen felt that this should come from the Federal Depart- ment of Agriculture.
Loncl-on Bus Strike Continues LONDON (Reuters) — Talks
aimed at settling London's 32-day bus strike broke down Thursday after five hours of negotiations.
There was no indication when the strike of 50,000 bus workers would end. _
Following Thursday’; session between union chiefs and em- ployers, one of the union leaders stated: “It's 1 complete break- down.”
HEART ATTACK FATAL
GLACE BAY, N. S. — (C-P) - Arthur King, 66, a coal miner for 39 years, died Thursday while riding down the mine slope ‘to his work in the Dominion Coal Company’s No. 20 colliery here. Death is believed to have been
the Board coming to the decis-
caused by a heart attack.
In Training Of
CORNER BRO-OK N,fld. (CP) Churches must make a stronger effort towards the training of “rebellious” teen-agers, the New- foundland conference of the United Church of Canada was told Thursday.
Rev. J. R. Mutchmor of To- ronto, secretary of the board of evangelism and social service, said juvenile delinquency in Can- ada is expected to double in seven or eight years. Churches, he warned, must help to meet the challenge the situation poses.
A text of his address was re- leased to the press prior to de- livery.
The church, he said, “must recognize that the older section of this on-coming teen-age army is somewhat rebellious.”
“The older and more rebellious and quite sophisticated members of the contingent love to dress in a striking way, to rock ‘n’ roll, and to fight shy of parental con- trol and the advice of elders.”
BLAMES WORKING MOTHERS
Mr. Mutchmor said a large part of the teenage problem is due to working mothers. “Fully 1,000,- 000 children, including many teep- agers, see little or nothing or
Urges Churches Work Harder
Teen -. Agers
to the church's responsibility ll! training teen-agers. He pointed to the Ontario Temperance Federa- tion’s work in high schools and at youth meetlhgs as an example of the positive action needed. Mr. Mutchmor said a campaign by the Roman Catholic Church in Quebec had reduced the flow of indecent and obscene litera- ture by 30 per cent. The campaign should be supported by Protest- ants in Quebec and the rest of Canada. ‘
RAPS TV LIQUOR ADS
Touching on other moral issues, he called for a renewed temper- ance drive and a united front against the issuance of television station licences to any group which circumvents,liquor adver- tising laws. There was a great need for re- xxentance in North America.
“North America’s story is one of production, power, pride, pro- ficacy and paganism." Mr. Mutchmor said. “With a twelfth of the world’s population we pro- duce half of the world’s goods and services.
Now North America is called to repent. In God's sight we are proud and selfish. In the sight of
either parent from early morning until early evening. . . . It is small wonder that in many indus- trial areas of Canada crime among teen-agers is growing." The trend must be countered,
lhehhavc-not peoples we are im- pcrialislic and arrogant. We are called on to repent as ‘miserable offenders’ in terms of the general confession of sins.
“Can we say it? Will we mean
he said. by giving more thought it?"