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(By Louis L. Lei-kt it‘-anadlan Press Cuuespuiirleiiti S\'l).\'l£Y. Australia lCPt — A l)i'_l(‘;, four-week camptiign will Md Slay 20 when AllSll'ZllllIilS (‘lt‘t'l a iie\v House of Repre- .=rnl..‘i\'(‘s. _
A total of 298 candidates were l\ttllll’li’ll(‘(l May 6 for l2l seats‘ llliil full voting rights and for twol Teiiitories seats whose members’ (‘Jill mic only on niatters affecting’ then t-.institnenci_es. At dissolution the Liberal-County party coalition lirlrl llll seats and the Labor Oppo- Sllliiil Fifi.
lll his opening policy speech Prime Minister Robert Gordon ltlcimes made no reference to the Ylatlnnir Petrov affair. The prime iniimter has made it clear that he \\ill not use the disclosures runri-rning Russian espionage in Atistialia. made by the third sec- ietniy of the Russian embassy a‘.
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Faiilicrra. for clcctioneering pur- poses.
POINTED QUESTION
Rut Mr. Menzies’ supporters
haie no such inhibitions. in their campaign speeches they are ask- ing electors whether they would pll‘l(’l‘ Mr. Menzies or Dr. Her- hcrt Vere Evatt. the Opposition trader, to implement the recom- mviidatlons which will be made hy the royal commission in- vestigating the Petrov disclosures. .\li-. Menzies did promise a num- iit‘:' of minor improvements in the I\\lSl.X‘Rll3l’l social services system. iind said he was confident. the
next budget would include some tax concessions.
The. prime minister’: policy spcerh caused some disappoint- ment among government support- ers. They knew Dr. Evalt pro- Posed to offer substantial increas- es in social services benefits.
Dr. Evatt, however. exceeded vxiwctations. He offered some- thing to almost every section of the community.
LABOR PBOMISEI
The more important of his prom- liu included:
1. Abolition within three years of the means test which restricts the payment of old age and in- valid pensions by the application “_i Property and income qualifica- llcru. The estimated cost of aboli- ‘‘'‘'l l5 5120.000.000 a year.
The effect of the means test is list an’ old age pensioner's income must not exceed £15 105 $12.40 I week from pension and private income combined. The pension Ti!!! is £3 10: a week. and it‘ Private income exceeds $2 a week ""9 pension is reduced by the a- lnniint by which private income “Hedi £2. In addition I pension ll not payable if the pensioner °“’l'f Property worth more than “-00 excluding the house in \\'ll|Ch he lives.
5‘. An increase in pensions cost- 1nl.ahoiit. £50.0t‘ll),00O a year.
Tax concessions to industry "“ll"I2 about £23.0U),(D0 a year. hf Unrestricted government loans rhlwllnme building and home pup.
7‘- Abolition of sales tax on
Denies Any Promise Cede "Gib" To Spain
Ml-Q-‘«'D0N (Reuters) ihllllstvl‘ Churchill today "" any promise had been made flltlrlllfl ‘the Second World War to .erli~. Gibraltar to Spain. hat‘ was replying to A question -V Ernest Davies. Labor, about in article published last week by Franco. under a pen name. W ch said that when Britain's 3? position was grave. Churchill ffmmlscd the Spanish ambassador the return of the fortress of Gib- '“g_lM‘ if Spain remained neutral." r llurghiu said: "No promises to "fl" Gibraltar to Spain were made Tlllns the late war." Tm
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household items.
6. Extension of medical and hos- pital ‘benefits.
Mr. Menzies has estimated that the total cost of Dr. F,vatt's prom- ises is about .t18'I0.000,0t)0 a year.
Expenditure during the term of the Menzies-Fadden government ran at about £1-,000,000,000 a year, so that on Mr. Menzies’ estimate Labor proposes an increase of more than one-third.
At this stgae it. seems that the election will after all be fought on economic issues and not on the
‘issue of communism despite the
drama of the Petruy affair.
llrgcs Sweeping Revision In Senate Probe Rules
By JACK BELL
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senator William Knoivland (Rep.-Calif.) called Saturday for a sweeping revision in the ground rules for Senate investigations. pledging tha‘ the Republican leadership will back changes at the opening of the next Congress.
In an obvious reaction to public criticism stirred up by the televi- scrl McCarthy-army dispute, Know- land said the Republican policy committee will ask its counterpart Democratic group to co-operate in adopting a uniform code for inquiries.
Although details are to be spelled out, Knowland said in an inter- view he thinks such a code should deal with the rights of witnesses. methods of issuing aubpeonas. hearing procedures . and television and broadcasting problems.
“This is not a partisan matter." the Repiblican Senate leader said. "Senators of both parties are deeply concerned with laying down ground rules for the fair conduct of hearings and at the same time not ham~strlnging the proper in- vestigative function of Congress." SOME DRAF'l'ED_
The Republican policy commit- tee already has drafted a series of suggested changes in rules which some Senate committees have adopted voluntarily. But the policy group has made no effort to get the Senate approval neces- sary to e.nforca_these changes on all committees.
These rules. which Knowland said might be used as a pattern. bar one-man investigation sub- committees such as Senator Joseph McCarthy, (Rep.-Wis.) has operated at times in the past.
McCarthy has been accused by Army Secretary Robert Stevens of
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Plans are under way in many parts of the world to probe once- in-a-lifetime eclipse, which will occur on Julie 30. dawn of that day, a giant shadow will fall upon Canada and. racing 3,000 miles an hour, this sudden dark- nes will leap oceans and con- .inents until it. expires in Pakis- on. The moon will be riding across the sun's face~for a few _irecious seconds out of the en- tire lifetimes of hundreds of nCl€l’ll.lSlS and then not for an- other 200 years will the sun's :clipse—-as it would appear left ——span both North American and European continents. Canada ms the lion's share of its 8.000-
are spreading their nets across this 80-mile-wide track which will obscure the sun for 2.000,-
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observations in that spark at time may alter yet again man's concept of the A. Chant, at right, Canada's 89-year- old dean of astronomy, the eclipse enhance the world record he already holds. He has his best results gained from an Aus- tralian observation point in 1922. “Perhaps those eclipses occupied out of my entire life," he said at his home at Dun- lap observatory in Toronto. “Yet: they were the most; valuable five
Canada's 85-year-old Dean of ‘Astronomy Prepares to Probe His Siirth Eclipse Scheduled for June 30
To Possible Size Of A-Explosions‘,
LONDON, 'tReuterst-~Prof. C. l‘. Powell, retiring president of the Association of Scientifi: \\’orkers. said Saturday there IS no limit to the magnitude ol ex- plosions which now can be pro- duced with nuclear weapons.
Development of the hydrogen and cobalt bombs have brought the extermination of human lift-
Minister Churchill said this week Queen Elizabeth's tour of the Com- monwealth may have brought “memorable benefits" to mankind.
He was moving an address of welcome to the Queen in the House of Commons following her return Saturday from the 50,000- mile journey.
“This Royal pilgrimage has re- zisserted human values had given a new pre-eminence to the grace and dignity of life," he said.
He added: “It may be that the lively sense of universal brother- hood and the bright hopes of the iuture may stir lndlllnlnllliy.-'l’.l]0SC qualities which will enable it to control and survive the dread agen- cies which have fallen into its as yet. untutqred hands."
The Prime Minister concluded. "We in the House of Commons welcome the opportunity of put- ting on recctYi:l, in the nwst ur-
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"abusing" Brig.-Gen. Ralph W. Zwieker. a witness, at one such
hearing. McCarthy denied any abuse. ‘ The pollc committee sugges
tions proposed that all witnesses have the right to counsel and that subpoenas be issued only with the knowledge of the full investigating group. This latter grew out of the issue of a ‘subpoena for former president Truman by chairman Harold Volde (Rep.-Ill.) oi! the House of Representatives commit- tee investigating unamerican act- ivities, without the knowledge of other committee members. Tru- man ignored the summons.
Knowland indicated the proposed rules changes would take up the issue raised w en chairman Harold Langer (Rep.- .D.) of the Senate judiciary committee allowed un- supported charges to be placed in the public record against Chief Justice Earl Warren before War- rcn was overwhelmingly con- firmed.
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lie urged Britain “with its spe- cial interest in the matter" should take the initiative in LONDON. -— (Reuters) — Prime gent and most solemn manner bringing leadlnll Am9|‘lCfln- Rui-
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which carried unanimously, Clement. Attlee, leader of the La- aor Opposition. said of the Queen's Journey: "I think the note struck everywhere was the personal, hu- man, friendly note. The people saw
Liberal leader, spoke of the sacrifices the Queen and the Duke had made in being parted so long from their
Fair Progress with Seeding in W. Canada
May 21 —- Fair progress has been made with seeding in southern and central areas oi’.Manitoba and Saskatche- in northern areas and in Alberta has further delayed seeding operations;
northeastern Saskatcheivzin to date. Moisture conditions are now most- ly good for germination but there west-central Saskatchewan where further ruins according to the weekly crop report of the, Depart.ment..of Agriculture of the;
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stain and British statesmen to- gether to ban weapons of mass destruction and set up an efirc tive system of international con- trol rind inspection.
“Without such international control the world will continue to live .in the' shadow of the frightful catastroplie." he said.
"Our situation is one of ex- treme gra\'it_i'. One can almost hear the tolling of the great bell of history." l———*-—- Canadian National Railways.
In the Peace River district, about
He added: "I honestly and sln.,l5 per cent of wheat is sown and ccrcly believe that we in our gi'ac— ‘operations will be general this week- ious Queen and the Royal Family 'enrl. are the envy of the rest of the
In the Okanagan Valley weath- er continued warm with a heavy rain Qarly this past week. Tree fruit damage apparently is not as
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KINGSTON-ON-Tl-IAMFS. ‘Eng. (AP)—A former British naval cap- tain called out of this ancient riverside town Saturday for I “there-and-buck" jaunt to, Kings- ton. N. Y. He is driv I con- verted lifeboat powered two tiny diesel engines.
Cecil Harcourt Smith. owner of the 61-foot. converted lifeboat Ariel, hopes to be the first man to make the double Atlantic croo- slng in a small-engined boat.-
A crowd of nearly 2,000 jammed the riverside walk here on Bar- court smith and his four - man crew were given I ceremonial send-oft by Kingston corporation officials.
Harcourt Smith took ‘ith him I letter of greetings from Mayor George Line: to Mayor Frederick Stung of Kingston, N. Y.. on the Hudson river. ‘
Harcourt Smith and his crew will keep in constant radio touch with his base at Kingston and with British naval wireless sta- tions in Britain and Canada.
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