VOL: LXXIX NO. 269.

OTTAWA (CP)—Thé “money ;

a 12th straight day in the Com- ae Wednesday as Liberals and Conservatives clashed: over the ramifications of the govern- ment's success in finding money when the opposition rvrkt * had none.

ment pan eh to oped "en.

got Second reading and most of clause-by-clause study ~ before. it stalled. It had been expected to pass easily after 11 days of opposition attacks on

: J 5 s |The jam a after Conser- vatives ae committee to eat in

P¥by the government turned up

h money to meet civil

rolls although the money supply

bill -had not been passed. Revenue Minister: Bensos

said he would give considera-

commit himself further than ‘that.

»Gordon Churchill (PC-Winnl- peg South Centre) and Michael Starr (PC-Ontario) insisted Mr. Benson — could -offer — assurance.

At the regular Wednesday ad- journment time of 6 p.m. Labor Minister Nicholson asked’ that: : the bill be given third reading’

BILL NOT PASSED — “The House

000.009 to meet November bills’,

‘the government tailed off,.Tues- |”

the publie | derson for es epinion on -the |

service and armed forces pay- |

_tion to doing this, but—eouldn’t-

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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA,’

THURSDAY,

NOVEMBER. 17, 1966.

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WEATHER

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OTTAWA (CP)— Sti daunt-

Did these expressions of sup-

- Last Gemini Astronauts

CAPE KENNEDY,, Fla. (AP) 5+ With kisses from relatives "and ringing applause from the launch team, the two Gemini 12 pilots returned to Cape Ken- nedy Wednesday wishing “every person in the world” could have squeezed inside their spaceship. “Fm so ‘glad’ to see - you,” = gaid- Command _Pilot- James A. Lovell Jr.’s petite mother, Blanche Lovell of nearby _Edge- water, Fla. as the astronaut

hugged her warmly.

"I'm back home tale and sound.”

Spacewalking king. Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin Jr., led around orbiting Gémiai 12 like 3 monkey, réceived a he- nana and pair of golden slippers from his aunt and uncle, Mr.

“And now I finally got the

banana,” grinned air force Maj. ‘) Aldrin. -

% ho bag agar i egret

a ag slipperlike foot

straints used for -

cami clise hatin Ge sole

of Gemini 12 during his ree- erd-shattering space stroll.

who scramb- |*

Hailed-On Return”

The pilots landed here in se- parate navy planes at. 11. a.m. after a two-hour trip from tlie aircraft carrier Wasp, which re- covered them from the western Atlantic Ocean Tuesday. *

longing to the Gemini launch crew thatbow is. out of bust- ness — greeted the spacemen with loud applause and a large red, . white and bine banner reading:

“Welcome back; Jim «and

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About 700 persons—many be- |

By DAVE McINTOSH

brutality of politics has seldom been so exposed to public won- derment as it has been at the

; Conservative convention.

The axing and betrayals, the. sudden shifts of power and the agonizing compromises nof-

Political Brutality Display.

Seldom So Exposed To Public se Sate, Tier

In bafflement, Mr. Diefen- baker cried: “Is this a Conser- vative ‘meeting?”

208 seats in the 265 - member | Commons only eight years ago, | believe what was happening?

How could the former prime | minister, winner of a record |wondering~ whether the hurts

|this convention were not of out- |fageous fortune. They were de- | liberate and meant to maim.

Many’ delegates' started home

jwill be healed in their life | times. | The aim of the copvention—

mally take place in quiet rooms Hfar-

convention floor where. the. party is on public display.

It was all terribly, awesomely different this time.

_A delegate in_ the lobby the convention hotel proclaimed loudly to & colleague in the

Some of Conservative Leader |

themselves with anger a terness, openly accused. their opponents of betrayal — and worse:

MIX DRINKS AND INSULTS

These incidents occurred : at cocktail parties to which every- body and anybody was_ invited and in the halls and ante- chambers just off the conven- tion floor.

For Mr. Diefenbaker and na-

mal President Dalton Camp, ee erat experiences oc |—

curred in the convention itself.

_Mr. Camp was accused of stabbing .Mr. Diefénbaker. in the back. cao

Mr. Diefenbaker was struck

hearing of a ‘reporter: “I knifed the s.0.b. and he had it} | coming.”

ADMIT WOUNDS | «He had 2 hurt Monday night. But on Wednes-

bal ey the chief over the political precipice. — had been achieved.

But at what cost?

‘PCs oan

OTTAWA (CP) — Expert-

mental “‘atellite cities in met- copolitan. areas were proposed Wednesday in a gresolution pas- sed® he Conservative party’s nationa? convention.

The resolution called for fed- eral. grants to municipalities or provinces for the study and planning of the satellite cities, which were not defined.

The second part of the mo- _federal_grants _f

Down

transportation systems linking large cities with their satellites, was defeated after Quebec dele- gates objected that it infringed on: provincial jurisdicion.

The » convention passed only six policy resolutions at the morning session before bogging down in a battle over the leader-

—A 12-mile ciate fish- | ing zone. and eateh —insur-—

Summerside

almost speechless at one point in =i bee tes night speech to

port hearten him to” a on, asked one’ reporter.

“Tll end it at the word pet vay "replied Mr. Die-

“ae " whether he plans to meet the caucus of MPs today or- Friday, Mr. Diefenbaker said “‘there aré no plans.”

He was told that National | 39

Oil ‘Crew .

ae abt

‘Sends SOS

* From AP-Reuters

‘| shire, as gales with some winds

gusting to 110 miles an—hoyr continued lashing Britain aad = waters.

—Its first-signal-to the- Scarbor> |— Jough coast guard ‘station said: “We are — a terrific pounding.”

urgently: “Request life-

evacuate.”

The Scarborough lifeboat “im. mediately put to sea,

The: rig has o crow ef ‘ebest

vend toate May have to!

Labor Minister John R. said in reply to a cunmion on the ore pape at ‘was expected the Summerside nike cuesd shart Aa. ust “1967. Its closure is in ac- cordance with commission Policy of consolidating and cen- its operations.

be affected by

another government . department in Summerside.

Mr. Michoison said that. eight |

ance to fishermen. —Amendment of the Judges Act to prevent judges from “engaging in

“CHALLENGE?

George Chatterton, Comserva-

tive- MP. for—Victoria,_said-in

Ottawa Wednesday the re-elect- jon of Dalton Camp to the party presidency may be chal- lenged on grounds B.C. dele-

Is Fresh Blow To Die

By DAVE. McINTOSH - OTTAWA (CP) — The~ Con-

ing Wednesday dealt John Dief-

A resolution calling for the leadership eonven tion was passed by a vote of 548 to 208, it was announced on the floor.

National president Dal-

‘ton-Camp—has—said-he -wants<a— leadership convention by the

fall of 1967—earlier if an. elec-| tion looms.

Mr. Diefenbaker made a dra- matic __lith-hour attempt — to stem the Hde that had been cos eee ee ship convenion by holding

morning rally with bls loyalist

servative party's annual meet-

Delegates Want ‘67 Convention.

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Tuesday's vote on the--9 presidency won by

comp. It was 564 for Mr. Camp a 5

them.

No one could know how ead provincial delegation voted am any issue, he said.

with an bate on periodic review of the

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(CP - Wirephote)

‘Conservative

Leader Quits Post In B.C.

VERNON, B.C: (CP)—Stuart Fleming, leader of British Co lumbia Progressive Conserva- tives, said Wednesday he

fed up with dissension in the party. :

Mr. Fleming, MP for Oka- nagan-Reveltoke from -1958 un- til 1965, said a claim by George

in a room just off the main

° investigations of a political Pe a repercussion. of the Gerda Ce fir inquiry con 1 a Spence of the Supreme me OF THE BUMREAU | Court of Canada, who | ment - office in Sum ‘s handling of the _ merside is to be cl down, | 1960 security case. David 1d, -- for Incorporation of a Mae-

age and’ Housing Corp. oo ccs ioagrte ei

_ Fenewal and planning. aed nation wae cane Ont. Liberal _

Leader Quits

(CP) — Andrew |

President Dalton Camp ad- journed the annual convention

before delegates dealt with the question of: periodic leadership |

| reviews.

“No, I haven't any comment | on a matter like that,” he said. |

An aide mentioned that more | than 1,000 -wireshad—come—in— to Mr. Diefenbaker’s parlia- mentary office Wednesday.

“It is the’ most-fabulous reaec- tion that has ever taken place in=this country,” Mr. Diefenba- ker said.

He posed for photographers with a fistful of the telegrams, then read a few aloud.

“*The country is full of. Dak fon Canips but theré’s only one John Diefenbaker,”* he quoted.

“This storm will pass asthe winds die down,” ’- said. another.

“There’s alot of signatures,” he said. about one ftom Ed- monton.

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A. three-man committee

ar headed by Maxwell Weir Mac-

ter of trade and commerce, :

ees

No Cancer Noted.

In LBJ Surgery

WASHINGON (AP) .—. Presi- dent Johnson came through two operations ‘on his throat and abdomen in satisfactory shape Wednesday.

The doctors reported no “eis of cancer. :

Thirty .<three minutes after one operation removed a on a vocal chord and a second closed an old incision from a gall bladder operation, Johnson was out from under an anes- thetic and scribbling notes to

Anda little before noon EST, four ‘hours out of surgery; he was smiling, touching thumb | and fingertip in an” “okay” sign, land talking briefly with a group of reporters in a hoarse whis- | per.

The president still has some

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Poly | physical probléms. The nia

ordered _him ‘“‘to make no for- mal speeches for a- period of four to five weeks and to keep the use of his voice at a mim imum,” Bill’ D. Moyers, White

his -doctor.

was established Wednesday to look into all aspects of secur- ity ‘methods and procedures in Canada. Also on the team. are Quebec City lawyer Yuar:

| House press secretary, said-

-

SECURITY COMMISSION NAMED

Pratie and M. J. Coldwell, for- —

mer leader of the CCF party. LEFT TO RIGHT here are Mr.: Pratte, Mr. Maekenzie and Mr. Lt 7 4

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lation would have been brought in to halt any walkout.

Wildcat _ Strikes. ° Unlikely

OTTAWA (CP) Despite expressions of dissatisfaction from some postal union branches ‘over their 25-cent-an hour wage increase announced

-—

“Certainly they're Gikaoe =

William Kay, pfesident of the 11,000-member Canadian Union of Postal Workers. said Wed- nesday. “But reluctantly they will accept the setilement be- cause they authorized us to negotiate the best deal possible. We did that.”

The postal unions had sought . interim, in-

ment from Oct. 1, 1966, to July , 1967. The increase amounts | to about $1 a week.

Ro.er Decarie, president of

ld who_won the. of 4-MacDonald -w x ry

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‘Islanders Feel Party. Was Hurt By Meeting

This

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MISS MacDONALD ELECTED He expressed particular plea- sure at the victory of Flora

on the Island and helped in the i election

ris byelection. : :

“I feel sure that Miss Mac- Donald got 4 good vote from the Island er a oe a me. appreciation ‘for! her serivces Mr. Lee

Head of the PEL delegation, former premier Walter Shaw, = | not appear td be too happy wi the way the meeting developed and refused any further com- ment. He did ‘igdicate that’ he had ee voted to express confidence in Mr. Diefenbaker’s deadership and felt this was the very least that should be done in foe ope of the embattled party c

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Flora MacDonald was elected * national secretary of the Pro- Tuesday st the party’s Rational

convention im Ottawa.. Mise