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VOL. LXXVIIL NO. 29 palttnattand |s0 _Seomnd — 008 OniGuae
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Dief's Friday Caucus Call Seen Hitting Back Move
OTTAWA ‘CP Opposition Leader Diefenbaker. facing the second test in little more than a
year of his leadership of the Progressive Conservative party. hit back Wednesday at cliques
and Liberals trying to oust him
The 49-year-old warrior aid his fellow Canadians will die- tate by letter and telegram ‘tis course over the next few days, “regardless of personal attacks by cliqu> or claque or theowish of the leaders of liberalism for my removal.”
Mr Diefenbaker summoned his parliamentary troops to
meet Friday. in an apparent ef- fort to win a vote of confidence from the MPs to carry with him {o.. Saturday's . crucial meeting here of the party's 137-meqeer national executive
His call for a special. caucus of MPs and senators on tie eve of the national executive meet inz brought threat of a boycott
by some Quebec Conservatives who have demanded the execu tive consider calling a leader shi p conventi on
Several Quebec members sa:d the caucus of MPs should not meet until the executive has de- cided on its course
WAS LATEST MOVE The summoning of the caucus
for Friday. was the latest in a| series of moves in the chess game of party power.
The Quebec Conservatives, led by Leon Balcer, WP for Trois Rivieres and former transport minister ia the D*)
enbaker cabinet,
Seek To Block Spread Of ‘Flu
STOCKHOLM (Reuters? A shipment of 200.000 doses of in-
fluenza vaccine arrived here by |
air from the United States Wed- nesday. Some will be used in
jthe current ¢ ve to vaccinate
150,000 Swedish medjcal work- ers as a precaution against the possible spread of Asian flu from Russia
issued 8 a unan-
then oT ti
Potato Prices Slump,
atl a agg iss
Dealer Not Alarmed
Potato prices have plunged
across the country,
from approximately $3.00 per from the United States, are at-
Charlottetown ;uardian last
bag to $2.10. a dealer told The
night. But he doesn’t think . pro- ducers here should be unduly alarmed, for there are indica-
tions that two main reasons may have been responsible
A shortage of railway cars re- sulted in graded potatoes piling up in warehouses across the Is- land, and when cars suddenly became available in quantity the development threw a_ large quantity of potatoes on the mar- ket at one time.
The other part of the reason for the drop, as the shippers saw
is that
tending the convention this week
Che Guardian =
( evereme “overs Prince Edward-Island Like The Dew”
vewsso abunas
imous call in January for a na- tional executive meeting on | leadership and party policies. Their action was the culmina- | tion of a growing spiit, aggra- | ‘vated by the bitter flag debate in Parliament last summer snd differences between Mr. Diei- enbaker and Mr. Balcez over a constitution
eral government Mr. Diefenbaker had calied his MPs to a caucus Feb. 11-12
to discuss tactics and strategy for the parliamentary session which resumes T'eb. |6
Meanwhile, Dalton Camp, Progressive Conservative na- tional president. polled the ex-
tive on he Balcer demand | for a meeting. While Mr. Nief- enbaker was en route home from Sir Winston Churchill's funeral, Mr. Camp announced the executive had been sum- moned into session Saturdzy, Feb. 6
Opposition appeared to ove developing among non-Quebec MPs to the caucus making any ae Friday on Mr,
Taker eS leadership—or
mer before the executive meet- ing Saturday:
mena NEXT DAY }
eath Macquarrie (Queens) said he feels it would be pre- sumptuous for the caucus to pass on these matters when the | larger executive body is going to meet the next day
However. other non -
Quebec
and 50M@ members took the stand that
the party caucus is the place to | discuss these questions, not in
of the Canadian Fruit Wholesal- public through the press is
ers in Toronto, and there scarcely anyone left to buy the spuds
At the same from Saskatchewan and Alberta indicate they will pay more — the demand is not large—than the Toronto buyers will. And On- tario producers who were balk- ing last week at buying seed at the going figure, hoping the price would drop, have been) grabbing seed spuds this wéalt:! which seems to indicate they ex-
4
time enquiries QUEENS MP
Will Open Art Exhibit
CAPITAL BUREAU OF THE GUARDIAN OTTAWA — Hon. J. Angus
- amending formvia | proposed by the mioority Lib- |
CHARLCTTETOWN, CANADA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1965.
Election By May
1,800 Called Gate-Grashers
ST. JOHN'S Nfid. (CP)—
A SMILING MAYOR- | ELECT back his $100 de- posit wi the city treasury had held for a few brief hours. Walter J. Cox, deputy mayor, yesterday was elecied
pect the market to strengthen MacLean, MP for Queens, is go- | rier Simalincd sai the lo
most major buyers |again; the shipper observed.
RCAF Due To Receive Museum-lype Weapon
OTTAWA ‘CP)—The Canadian ;Jonger used ante the U.S. Air De-| | WOLF-WHISTLES
armed forces have had obsolete | fence Command
weapons now and then but it’s
doubtful they have ever before nine feet long and friends attended uninvited,’ Mr. | Hon. John BR. Nicholson, minis-| years, the loans bear interest at acquired a museum piece for pounds. It was developed some| LONDON (AP) — A hus- (Smallwood said. “T. don't know | ter responsible for Central Mort- | 5% percent per annum. operational use 15 years ago and went into op- hand's taxes were reduced "OW many of the opposition | gage. and Housing Corporation.| The major undertakings are That's the case with the Genie | erational use with U.S. intercep-| Wednesday because men give | '@der's friends wept with him.” | (at Curamerside whose ore. nuclear rocket. A museum has cian af Mr. Smallwood said he Approval of a federal sovera- | tors in 1957. his wife the wolf-whistle. pre- | tine 741 to in | Dlocks, each having received one of these weapons G 5 envereatiy thes dis- Insu les Clive sumed Mr. Pearson's popularity |m™ent of $686, assist units, saptibatios 1+ which the RCAF isn't scheduled ‘7emie*. app y eS had caused the gate-crasbing. _\he cqngtruction of = tow-sontal | | fourth and fifth blocks of similar to obtain until spring ‘carded by the US. Air Force.; Wardill, 23, appealing for a. wilt -be constructed. | third block to be built in “pro- ADDIS: ABABA. (Reulers).,. — North American Air Defence 2° ‘© be stored at four RCAF reduction in taxes on his (ome ; bed ject which will y i- , pre- Command, a joint Canada-Us, 0@8¢3 in Canada: Chatham,| apartment. told a valuation Secreta Genera of UN | hostel ‘whiols ae clude seven similar blocks. operation, reported Tuesday N.B., Bagotville, Que. Val D'Or) board every time his wife ry % double. ee ae In all cases, monthly rents will that a missile museum is being Que., and Comex. B.C | Sees into the yard to hang ple units will be built, The) >¢ about $62.50 and the established at. Cape "Kennedy. Storage dumps for the wea-| out the wash, the yard is | Aske Funds For Cyprus monthly rent¢-will be $63.50 and Fla pons were to have been com-| swept by a gale et agen te me 5 eee - Among weapons donated t» pleted last Oct. 1 but are being) ties from a werkuhep UNITED NATIONS. (CP)— power tontributér tothe force | mit: for i Soe Gants ea Force hove at Tyndall. Fla. isis. A first,” said Wardill, “7 Secretary - General U Thant |and..one.of the mein financial lished at $3,120, the orce base at Ty a.. is / . . z a Genie nuclear rocket. An-| The RCAF is about to start om think my wife was quite flat- Called in delegates make Gan a — mals | | The other eee etd locations are as fol- sa aati other contribution is the Falcon |* long series of tests, checks tered by the attention, but 405) appeal for financial help | Sts ont. Of Mea O4-| aur capaameen ellington, one block of aa an seatenan 3 air-to-air missile, the present 2nd rechecks to make sure it) later it got embarrassing.” (14 maintain the United Nations |600,000) excluding salaries. the first ad te Oar neon they were armament of the RCAF Voodoo | koows how to handle od Genie} Mrs, Christine con. * | peano-hemping force ie Coprah. ir Ga oe Present phase of a pro- oe wena } mg t interceptor. safely actually aec-| and the mother of one . | recommended . we RCAF will retain the Fal-| Wires any was asked whether the wolf- | ss 33 have piston met the life of the force be) — Amb cot. asa conventional weapon| Officers said the Genie won't! whistles really worried her. |e ee nan ae & mk enether three | INSIDE TODAY press when it gets the nuclear Genie. be carried by the Voodoo unless, “Yes, they worried me, and | Son aaibtioed ber er ull ances t March. 26, — : - §\ Le yee_ Qesen Thus the Air Force will carry there is an emergency air de-| yet 1 suppose I'll Biso worry if | a shetths eas @hen —_ he we 20. on Births, deaths ... readily agree two museum exhibits on a sin- fence alert. they stop. ‘the crisis over Gj threat- puvenee id ee = —_ te = —— yes graphed gle plane. Norad said other weapons on The board reduced War- i peace in the eastern Med- port. it Contics ves there NO LONGER USED \display in the Cape— Kennedy | dill's—taxes from £135 ($405) eeevenban: Sport... serene from In the nuclear field, the missile museum include the) to £125 ($375) a year. | Canada was not Smeng the 23| The pioney probtem over) “Women's ‘ | American - produced Genie is German Second World War ysl | altfhdagh it is the largest man. ee ee A 4 accor ge fe sg } eee ee : midatof 4 crisis over failure of Editorials =e the Union, France and 11|. Sammersi&e ... other nations to pay ‘ier Ta Kings, Queens. ing assessments ee ‘either The} Prince County
The weapon is an awkward REDUCE TAXES weighs 800
‘nisalle Cape rocket
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museum Kennedy,
is to Toronto today to, ® one-man art by [Sery Bugden of Charlottetown. | Studio Showcase Limited, a | Toronto firm, is sponsoring the exhibit and sale of some 100 oil | paintings by the P.E.I. artist.
Mr. MacLean will be returning | Smallwood said the Sess ae re) *to Ottawa ‘after the show to at- > ception, planned for 300 guests, - Conservative cost the province $6,700.
tend the special Party caucus that has been call- ed for Friday.
$
1500
persons ception for Prime Min | Pearson at a club here last ‘tember were Gheanaee
Questioned by orp ool ties
Leader James Greene,
Mr. Greene was, among the 300 persons who received invita- tions.
Mr. Greene said} newspaper’ thare in -2- “major Jow-rental| housing. sct.and_ the. loans . wilt reports gave the number of bot-
- tes of liquor consumed as_ 700, |
“Il know that a number of my |
ist Sep.
7 io THE GUARDIAN | { — Eight Prince Ed- } communities will
housing program, it was an- Tnounced here Wednesday by
Mayor of Charlottetown hy acclamation succeeding May- or.A. Walthen Gandet. William MacDonald (right), City Halt clerk, hands the money = to Mr. Cox while retiring
«= Federal Gov't Okays Loan For Senior Citizens Homes
CAPITAL BUREAU housing wits and a 70-bed hios- | ject
tel, was announced.
The lean is being provided un- ider the terms of the national
t
| Housing Corporation, Charlotte- | paud,
ua.” =6SEVEN CENTS
nance chairman H.E. Hynd- | man watches. An election will be held in two city wards and | ch for the three Confmissioners \* of Sewers and Water Supply.
and was returiied i in n 1962 the, wie
Precedent §
Record Continued Of No Opposition
A precedent was set by Mayor- | elect Walter J. Cox when he| was declared elected by accla-
mation..at- nomination, day. pro. |.
ceedings In City Hall yesterday. | It meant he had gone from |
junior: councillor to the office
of chief mazistrate of the city without ever running an“elect- ion.
Mayor-elect Cox entered Citty | 552
| Hall as a counciilor for Ward |
4 in 1960 when he was unopposed | |
BATTLES ELSEWHERE
However, aside from the mayoralty a wide open battle for the ballots is scheduled in three areas vith six candidates seeking the three Council seats in Ward 5+ Another three will fight for the *wo seats in Ward 4 and four men will try for the three positions as water com- missioners.
The four nominations for the water commission meant an election in every ward in the city next Wednesday. Ordin- arily there would have been no election this yaar in Wards 1, 3 or 6 bev use these wards eected courciilors last year in the new split-election system, ie
All three persent Commission. |
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A. Morris, Louis D. Johnstom and Keith Myers.
4,588 ELIGIBLE. Approximately. 4,588. city...
sidents are eligible te vote
of these more than half,
2,500 are in Ward 5 alone. Other
wards with the approximate
number of voters are Ist, 356;
| Sad. 276; 3rd, 298: 4th, 606; 6th,”
Although it was known arty there would he an election pargelbe; Svein Soe
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