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Apology From Welfare Minister Demanded By Opposition Leader

Alex B. Campbell} leader of| welfare, for suggesting that he| part of the material for a tele- the opposition, yesterday de-| should be censured for giving) vision- broadcast early Tuesday manded an apology from Dr | copies of the notice of five res-| evening. '

Hubert MacNeill, minister of olutions. which he tabled in the| - Dr, MacNeill's suggestion that See feo ~—-| Legislative Assembly on Tues-| Mr. Campbell should be -censur- | day to members of the press be-'ed came following the telecast | foré copies were available to) during the Tuesday evening sit-

N.B. Quarrel IsDeplored eons and he demanded an apol-

OTTAWA (CP)—Senator Nel- | from Dr. MacNeill json Rattenbury: (L—New Bruns- Be ache,

| the MLAs. | ting of the Assembly at a time | Mr.. Campbell claimed he) when Mr. Campbell was not: in | broke no rule, custom or tradit-/ the House.

ion in giving the copies ‘to the

Mr... Campbell . said, ‘‘there isn’t one single, solitary refer. ence in any of the authorities

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Move To Quit Cabinet Dropped By Mr. Cardin

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day that he had submitted a let-| answered with candor all their |ter_ of resignation to Prime Min- | questions about speculation that \ister Pearson, but withdrew ithe’ would resign because .of a |under- heavy pressure from his|policy disagreement with... Mr. .party. Pearson.

He told a press conference’ A reliable informant said the |that he was “rather upset’ Fri-|caucus had been told that Mr. ;day whenMr, .Pearson over-|Cardin submitted his resignation jFuled his advice and announced \during the weekend, but with- ‘|a judicial, inquiry into the | drew it later. Asked about this, : George Victor Spencer spy case. |the minister replied: :

_j.. He said he withdrew his res- | “Yes, I did write a letter of

ignation after Mr. Pearson, his resignation to him (Mr. Pear-

be QUITS cabinet colleagues rom Quebec! gon) . . Of course, I wae and the Liberal caucus per-|rather upset at. the time of his

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wick) told the Senate Wednes- |

Conn Smthy, 71, has sumit- | ted his resignation as a direct- | or of Maple Leaf Gardens be-

Mr. Campbell rose on a quest-|-which prevents giving out this the ie}

ion of privilege as soon as the! information to the press’. afternoon. session began shortly »

tefests of party unity. | Mr. Cardin, 47, broke five

,come a controversy with racial lovertones in his home. province.

DR. ELIZABETH Simpson, olf velerinarian said she was killed {0,000 -seals. She said Be ottawa ol nun an Galt of | Worrified ‘by cruelty. she ob- she saw pups being skinned

St. Lawrence ice. The 26-year- served during the hunt that while still alive.

& | He said tensions have devel-

\epes along racial lines in New| Shaw and Dr. MacNeill carry- Brunswick, where 40 per cent| ing the bulk of the argument of the population is French-|for the government and Mr. speaking Acadians. The situa-| Campbell and Alex Matheson tion was due in part ‘to my| (Lib. 4th Kings) doing most of English-speaking friends.” | He hoped for a return to a)

situation where English-speak- |

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The fact the notice of the. res-; olutions had been tabled was!

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part of. the government, ‘‘be- cause theré is a-tradition in par- liamentary procedure the gov- ernment should not «make a public release of any bill before it comes. up in the House.”

“There is nothing in procedure’

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siiaded. him to stay on in decision Friday and it was quite natural for me to discuss my

resignation with the prime min- ister.” z He said ‘Mr. Pearson and

after 2:30. The matter was de-| SEES CONFUSION | cause of the Cassius Clay- days of silence after a 45-min- | bated from that time until near-| Mr. Campbell said he thought) Ernie Terrell world heavy. ute meeting of the: Liberal cau- | ly four o'clock, with Premier | there was some confusion of the weight championship fight

scheduled for Toronto March 29. Conn Smythe, who built the Gardens, said he is resign. ing because Gardens manace- ment has put ‘‘cash ahead of class." (See. story on sport page.)

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ing people and the Acadians work in harmony.

The . controversy has arisen

- Seal Hunters Face Charges

~Of Cruel

. By HARRY CALNEK {

HALIFAX (CP) — A humane ~

séciety officer said Wednesday | he will lay criminal charges | against -three Magdalen Islands

seal hunters for ‘deliberate, sadistic, stupid cruelty” in kill- ing seal pups. i

~ Tom. Hughes.of Toronto, Ben- |

eralmanager of the Gntario Humane Society, said he did not consider the incident indicative | of the entire sea) hunt. But he | said it involved 59 baby seals that were being skinned alive.

Another humane society sof- ficer, Brian Davies of Frederic- ton. and veterinarin Dr. Eliz- abeth Simpson of Ottawa, said they ‘‘could not conceive’’ of the hunt ever being humane.

They said they observed seals heing skinned ‘alive and even when__the pups. were properly killed, they. suffered ‘‘mortal terror” before their death.

In another development Andre Fleury of Montreal said in a telephone interview from Cap- aux-Meules, Que., that part of a film he produced on the hunt had heen staged before the sea- son opened and with permission of a federal fisheries officer.

STAGED BEFORE SEASON The scenes staged before the

season. showed... adult seals. be-_| ing shot with high - powered |

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Faster Newsprint Producers Increase Prices $10 Per Ton

By KEN SMITH

Canadian Press Business Editor

TORONTO (CP)—Three. east- ern newsprint producers. an- nounced Wednesday they will raise their basic newsprint price by $10 a ton.<

‘The th-ee—-Abitibi Paper—Co. Utd., Anglo-Canadian Pulp and Paper Mills Ltd. of Quebec City , Ip and Paper Ltd. — lifted to nine the |

“The increases. effective April 1, mean that six eastern produ- cers will be charging prices de- rived from a base of $144 a ton in United States funds. Three western companies will _ bill from a hase of $134 US. .

The eastern producers—tinclu- ding Bowater Paper Co., Con- solidated Paper Corp. and Dom- tar Ltd. — have a total annual capacity of more than 3,500,000 | tons.

The western ones, capable of turning out about 1,500,000 tons annuallvare MacMillan. -Bioe- del and Powell River Ltd.,

_ Crown Zellerbach Canada Ltd. and B.C. Forests Products Ltd. tS. MAIN MARKET

“Fhe Hasic price .is quoted in ts. funds because a Jargé part of Canada's production is ex- ported there and U.S. demand establishes. the matket.

Canadian prices. generally are based on a formula that takes account. of the lower value of the Canadian dollar and differ- ent transportation charges.

With still more companies ex-

‘and head and only -partially |said in Charlottetown he was)

‘were alive. There was no need special .22-calibre plastic bullet |

‘blonde who leaped from ice floe ito ice floe to follow the hunt, lsaid 9% per cent of the’ pup

e @ i 5 from a plan by Liberal Pre- y n U p [ | NG mier Robichaud to revamp the 5 province’s educational, munici- : Be : ,, |Pal and tax systems, he. said. rifles, he said. The scenes show-|mile away where they weren't | It was sad that a few should ing pups being skinned alive being observed, I found 50 per turn to racism to attack the were shot by cameramen ac-|cent of the skulls were not! premier, he said.

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Bill Provides Regulations For Trust, Loan Companies

companying hunters on the ice./crushed. _ | Mr. Robichaud is Acadian. le said, however, that he felt; “‘I definitely saw a baby seal) : these scenes were outdated and | being skinned alive. It lifted its, did not represent-the hunt as it head and looked at us. I don't! is today ;with government ¢on-|think the hunters . know - it.1 E trol anti.a quota of 50,000 pup dalked to-them and, most of | ee skins. Fishenies officials s them are ET men. They; At A Glance : the hunt at & p.m. Wednesday admit f “that "they find’ it! when. the quota was reached. |Fepulsive.””

Mr. Hughes said he found nine! Ross FE. 8. Homans. acting| By THE CANADIAN PRESS

seal pups “obviously alive and director of the federal fisheries | bleeding profusly fromthe nose department for the Maritimes,, WEDNESDAY, March 9, 1966 Commons passed all

spending estimates and

Parliament

stunned.”’ satisfied the Fluery film ‘‘was) 196: “We found another 50 not exaggérated and many of the

skinned but cut and bleeding |scenes were posed.”

from the throat and neck. They | Mr. Hughes said tests with a)

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Senate approval was given after some debate and royal assent made it Jaw.

The action ended a building financial crisis because the government..did not. have..au- thority to meet March bills. «

Estimates of the secretary of state and fisheries de- partments were passed in the last - minute drive.

for it. It was just bloody stupid, |shOwed the entire brain of the, sadistic, cruelty. pup “Was destroyed and there) “At this time of year the pups;was no question that it was are torpid. Many of them—have jdead:~It» was’ believed: he would) been deserted by the mothers recommend this as the means | and are living on their blubber. |of killing in future hunts. You can rol! them over with! Mr.Davies and Dr. Simpson} your foot.” 4said they interviewed swilers, Dr. Simpson 26,° a petite |aboard nine vessels and -found | | the men were charged $90 ‘board jon the ships. { |- Dr. Simpson said: } skulls she examined where the | ‘They hope they make $1.000. | hunters, known as swilers, were Usually they end up making | being observed had been | nothing. I went on the ice with | crushed and the brain damage |an open mind, prepared to make was_ irreparable. my . own observations. I can)

“But, when we wen only ‘say~ that-I- was horrified."

| firmed that he had considered resigning over government re- versal on the Spencér spy case incident in the Commons but would stay on. ‘ Both he and Prime Minister t a “half- Liberal caucus. THURSDAY, March: 16 . The Commons sits at 2:30 p.m. to. consider establish-: ment of three joint commit-

sent a supply bill to the Sen- I

Justice Minister Cardin con- |

Pearson were applauded at a_

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Approval in principle has been |superintendent for the inspec- | given by the Legislature to a-bill|tion of the condition and affairs

enabling the goverriment to! make regulations governing the | operation of trust and-loan com- | ies-im® the “prevince. " ~+ Dr. Dewar, provincial |

yesterday, said the legislation is | designed to make up for the lack of regulations governing trust :companies. i He said ‘‘some rather serious jdisasters connected with certain icorporations and persons, spe- \cifieally: Atlantic. - nce \Corporation and British Mort- \@age Corporation, have occurr- ed recently where many people lost their. savings. We. feel. legis- lation should be enected to pro-— yvide regulations and call for re- ports from companies here. |

|PROVIDES. POWER | The bill gives the government | \power to make regulations: ‘‘de- \fining the meaning or trust or | jloan company; ‘limiting or pro- | ee the investment or lend- jing of unguaranteed. trust money jor gueranteed trust’ money; re- lquiring trust funds tobe ‘kept | |séparate from the funds of-the+ company; limiting or prohibiting | lending--or-investing—of...the_. company’s own funds; limiting | ithe borrowing power of such companies; providing for the dis-

secretary, in°’promoting the bill et person of statements ' ¥ which received second reading | business and affairs of the com- |“‘upon all corporations or. per-

of such companies end prescrib- Regulations could also be e i for the fi

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cus and told a reporter he had other Liberal figures convinced no intention of resigning from {him that his resignation would the cabinet. ipi crisis GIVEN OVATIONS — Re ioc tae eee He was given rousing: ovations try in an “awkward position.” by Liberal MPs both at the cau-|. A New Democratic motion of cus and when he rose in the censure against him might have Commons later to cast his vote |heen carried in the House and j this would have provoked a new election. > :

against a Conservative motion on a procedural matter.

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PROVIDES LICENSE FEF

The bill also provides for the ‘émposition of a $100 license fee

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sons not ordinarily in the province carrying on any to vote.

construction trade in the pro-| prime Minister ‘ vinee and employing there in one |the desk-banging for Mr. Ca oT mere persons. : by raising his arm The Jegislation is an amend- ibringing it down with a h

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May Call ARDA Officer,

There is a strong possibility that Rudi. Dallenbach, ARDA's federal rural development offi- cer in the province, will be call- ed to testify before the Legisla- ture's select standing committee’ ae ‘cult

Opposition members yesterday insisted that Agriculture Minis- ter Andrew MacRae table a re- port which Mr. Dallenbach is said to have written about this province's rural development,

Mr. MacRae declined to go along with the request, pointing out-that the report is of a per- sonal and private naturé and for

that reason shoiild not be tabled. |

Liberal members of the com- mittee. on agriculture suggested

ment to an act ‘‘to provide for |reddening smash on his front- the licensing or registrationof |row desktop.

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Caouette Planning ‘Revolt’ -

Against Electoral

| By RONALD LEBEL

OTTAWA (CP) Creditiste Leader Caouette plans to lead an all-out backbenchers’ revolt in the Commons against the electoral. maps drawn up. by 10. independent commissions.

He said~in an: interview Wed- mesday he is sponsoring a bill to repeal the 1965 act setting

that the maps drawn up by the commissions, one -for each prov- ince, will be declared null and void.

I his bill is not passed, his nine-man group —will--wage._an all-out battle to block, the com- mission . he said.

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Mr. Caouette hopes his billjof high-ranking Liberal politt- will come up before then and | cians.

The Creditiste leader is par- ticularly incensed over a pro- posal to change the name and borders of his Villeneuve riding, éven™ though itspopulation.®- close..to_the average. :

A new riding of Villeneuve North-

[closure by a company of its con- that Mr. Dallenbach will be

ditions and affairs; appointing 4 questioned by the committee.

tees. The Senate meets at 3 p.m.

Then last October Abitibi and | Domtar’ announced price “ad. | justments”’ that saved some cus-!

tomers between 50 cents and % a_ ton.

pected to match the increases already announced, an_ extra | $85,000,000 in annual gross rev- | enues is indicated for Canada’s largest manufacturing industry. The increases have been at- a tacked by newspaper publishers, | The Abitibi statement Wed-| especially_in the U.S., but news- | Nesday sums up arguments ad-|. print. makers argue they are | vanced by the companies to jus-)~ needed to help meet stadily tify the increases. ising costs. Abitibi’s last.increase in the | A spokesman for one com- | Diice of int was effective | pany says the rises are gener- March.1, 1957,” it said. — ally the first in eight or nine! “During the intervening nine | years—a record of price stabil- years, Abitibi has absorbed | ity matched by few other indus- large increases in the costs of tries. |labor, transportation, power, | MARKS REVERSAL fuel, taxes and, in fact, almost

Uiniiaah shane @. eh : every segment of costs. The nge: versal) ow tind ; in a tremd to lower prices that As an example, during this |

likely to come up for debate

up the commissions and to turn the redistribution of constit- uencies back to a Commons committee.

The bill has been handed to the Commons clerk and is ex- pected to be introduced Friday. Normally it would drop to the bottom of a list of 117 private members’ bills and would be un-

before the session ends.

But Mr. Caouette said — his proposal has widespread sup-’ port among Liberal and opposi- tion MPs and he has opened talks aimed. at getting priority for his bilt-through—an—all-party agreement. {

27 PETITIONS SIGNED |

A total of 158 MPs from all! five parties and from all prov-/ inces, a clear majority in the) 265-seat House, have signed 27) separate petitions for a debate) to ‘air objections to the maps proposed by the 10 redistribu- tion commissions.

He charged that the Quebec | west Quebee mining distriet and commission, headed by Mr. Jus- Mr. Caouette’s home hase of tice Roger Ouimet of the Mont- | Rouyn-Noranda will be merged real Superior Court, made “un-| with the sprawling rural area fair, foolish and unsatisfactory” Ito the south te form a new ay changes in constituency bound-|ing of Temiscamingue. , aries. : ; Mr. Caouette said the MPs IGNORED SUGGESTIONS ~ | themselves are the best quali-

He said the four-man commis- | fied to redraw the electoral map sion ignored suggestions made in line with population’ shifts. by -MPs and others at public This was the practice followed. ~ hearings last year and came un-|a ter every census beginning im der the influence of a handful’ 1901. . :

Minister Backs

$4 Milk Support ©

also serve ‘‘to rectify the lack of fishing spots for tourists.”

A dairy support price of $4.00 per hundredweight for — fluid milk could mean an extra $2,- 000,000 to the people of this pro-|

nine-year period the average ee eee ee _ |wage rates in Abitibi newsprint In November, 1964, MacMil- | mills, including fringe benefits, lan, Bloedel dropped its price in ‘have increased 46 per cent.” some areas -by $10 a ton in U.S-| 1¢ also-noted. the company has funds to $124. Crown Zellerbach | invested millions of dollars to and B.C. Forest products fol- | improve operations and news- lowed quickly. |print quality-an essential point

with the’ increasing use of color INSIDE TODAY

, Advertising. in. newspapers. a “The absorption of all of these |

leost penalties has narrowed the |

Classified ............ 16, 17 | newsprint profit. margin to the ION CAE 3 point where it is finally neces- DUD: Osi veex eee teeees. 17 Sary to have some relief through COU ieee ale 13. |inecreased price." | BP re cecilia 9 ; Finance. markets ...... 14. SAY UNWARRANTED ; } Rural churches .......... 7 The American Newspaper WOE cir heMesecipeves 6 | Publishers Association has‘ crit- Editoriale icc. .c.. ces 4 icized the increases as “‘unwa’- Seinmieraide ie. ee and unjustified.’ It oy produ cers’ profits, ‘generally Kings, Queens, City ne : have clmbed to record levels”

Prince Co Delia aunty while the newsprint price has

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Prince Philip (LEFT) visited Variety Children’s Hospital Wednesday in Miami to start

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jvince annually, Agriculture Min-| The redistribution debate lister Andrew MacRae said in must open within two months |the Legislature yesterday.

Mr. MacRae said it is hoped that under ARDA “we will as- , sist farmers to consolidate and

PRINCE PHILIP VISITS CHILDREN

under an amendment to the fe-| ‘Taking part in the draft ad- distribution legislation passed idress debate, Mr. MacRae said two weeks ago. isuch a support price would be a |

igreat incentive to the dairy in-

enlarge their farm holdings.” He suggested that assistance to shelp.....farmers....enlargé” their farm holdings.” He suggested

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Sintroa of Miami, James Gib- son of Nassau. and Marcelo Underrago of Chile

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raising of the United States and Canada. Three of the patients who talked with the Prince ‘are from left; Marina

Seal Quota

that assistance to help. farmers - A notice has been placed on enlarge their. farms for more

the order paper in the House by practical farming would be bet-

Mr..MacRae_that_he will move iter than moving farmers off

a resolution that the Legislature their land to. new bs as sug-

Is Reached $ * jurge federal authorities to set gested by some ARDA authort- “whiecoat!! (up_a dairy support price. ——s_ ties.

Law-| Mr. MacRae outlined some of T Wed- the programs available under

acting | the. federal - provincial agree-

/nesday, Ross Homans. oe ee clans diréct for the federal;ment on agricultural rehabihta- fob ie ‘tion and development

fisheries. department, has an-|

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BETTER SOLUTION

“Tf farmers are moved,’" he said, “they are lost to us and we jcould end up with far more vae- cant farms than we have today.

nounced. ___|WATER CONSERVATION We feel that the buying of land _Federal regulations prohibit | He said the program of dam ito enlarge farms is not the ‘killing of the young harp seals {construction has provided re- same as the shock involved ia

after a fixed seasonal. quota of |ereational facilities and aided in moving.” | 0.000 pelis have been taken. }water and wildlife conservation,| The minister was of the opin The open season began Monday. "We plan to’accelerale the pro- (Continued on page & col. $)

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