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5 GABBY HAYES?, RASPUTIN? Ringo Starr, a member of the Beatles, sports a beard as he leaves London Airport today for a ten-day Caribbean vacation. 'It's UNSETTLED SCORE ® Kierans Keeps On Last One's Veiled QUEBEC (CP)--Health Min-)pudiation of the contents of the; ister Eric Kierans of Quebecjoriginal Jan, 4 communication, | thas sent a second letter to the addressed to Commerce Secre-| \United States commerce de-|tary John T., Connor, in which |partment, in which he acknow-|Mr. Kierans said U.S. actions ledges a diplomatic error Wut|to improve its balance of pay- jdoes not back down from his|ments could only hurt. Quebec |stand on U.S. efforts to improve and the province would have to act accordingly. its balance of payments posi- (ote. 3. | In the second letter, .made public Wednesday, ke acknow- ledged that he should not have written the controversial first vate and personal' capacity. | But there was no hint of re 'PQ PORITICO Jail, Fine Of $49,000 'Influence' QUEBEC (CP)--Gerald Mar tineau 63, a member of the Quebec legislative couricil- and former treasurer of the Union {Nationale party, was. sentenced Wednesday to 90 days in jail and a fine of $49,000 on influ ence-peddling charges. Judge Paul Bailla'r geon |passed sentence after finding Mr. Martineau guilty under Section 102 of the Criminal haven't been working and I haven'te had to shave," he said. 'I hate shaving anyway "' (AP) that I fust just Playing By The Rules... OTTAWA (CP)--Some mem bers of Parliament are afraid that discussion has been left too late on the potentially-explosive issue of what rules the new Commons will use in its first session The inter-party discussion has been left-for the eye of Parlia ment's opening next Tuesday MPs closest to the problem think a backroom compromise possible but are worried it may not come in- time to avert a Code He was charged with arrang ing commissions for Union Na tionale friends or party sup | porters on Quebec government purchases Judge Baillargeon said Mr Martineau would have to serve an extra four months in jail if he defaulted on payment of the floor. The provisional rules|fine. An appeal by the defence state that when the Speaker de-| was immediately announced cides a point of order "no de Mr. Martineau now is presi bate shall be permitted dn any'dent of Quebec Aces of such decision, nor shall any) American Hockey League such decision be subject to anjowner of a_ typewriter appeal of the House." pany. One MP saw a possible nasty! . The court granted his request situation if the Speaker decided| for a one-month period in which the provisional rules were to be '0. Pay the fine used--then had to rely.on those} Mr. Martineau very rules to reject an opposi- tionale treasurer from 1944 to tion attempt to appeal. his de-| 1960, was. found guilty on 13 cision charges of influence - peddling Politics - the and com Union. Na | poration | ment of idle natural and human tthe floor fight The only talks so far been informal and some MPs think the issue might arise in the House during the first week, trigger the initial fight between the Liberal government and the Conservative Opposition, and place the new Speaker in an 'embarrassing position. The argument. revolves| around provisional rules ap-) proved by the last Parlsament/ to streamline House bisiness, in cluding a debate-limiting "guil-| jotine" the government may use if the parties cannot agree) on time limits for handling leg- islation. They also include a 30 minute limit on the question period on four of the the five sit- ting days in a week So the changes would be given a fair trial, the parties agreed last June to use them for the rest of that session and for the 'next ensuing session." But they did not explicitly state whether. this could mean the first session of a new parlia ment following a' gerieral elec tion A WILL BE USED Works Minister MclIlraith government Howse leader, and some MPs in two of the opposi tion parties, says that the pro visional rules are to 'be used in this sion of the 27th Parliament have The provisional rules also --Reduce to 30 days a session the time for discussing spend ing estimates in the Com- mons, with the establishment of more than 20 regular com mittees as an alternative de- bating forum Reduce to four from six the number of money supply mo- tions a session. These motions provide opportunities to pres- ent want - of - confidence mo- tions against the government | --Extend the hours of sitting by using the dinner periods for debate and, in certain cir cumstances, sitting after the regular 10 p.m. daily adjourn- ment if no more than nine members object --Establish an all-party busi- ness committee to try to reach agreenent on the mount of time for debating each piece of legislation. THERE IS PROBLEM One problem with the rules is that part of the changes worked out for shortening the provisional rules, and part out earlier in the last session which. expired gwhen Parliament was dissolved taken a package will not very Unless first s the system work well @ ada recently ordered Mr the question period are contained in in temporary measures worked as in connection with sales to the former Union Nationale govern ment of Quebec by Charles Cus- son Ltd. and- Brandram ~- Hen derson Ltd FOLLOWED INQUIRY The charges were \after a royal commission es tablished by the Liberal gov-| jernment of Premier Lesage, jinvestigated. purchasing prac tises of the Union. Nationale administration between July 1 1955, and June 30, 1960. After sentence was pro- |nounced, Mr. Martineau was lescorted to courthouse cells where he spent about 15 min- utes before he was released on $1,000 cash bail The Supreme Court brought Le of Can Mar tineau. to stand trial for a |second time on another 11 in fluence - peddling charges con nected with sales to the government by Sico Paints Ltd He had been acquitted of the 11 charges in Quebec Superior Court, but the Quehec. Court of Appeal. quashed the acquittal and ordered a new trial. The Supreme Court upheld the de icision of the Appeal Court At no time has there any suggestion that Mr. Mar tineau derived personal profit from the alleged svstem of un earned commissions on which ses are based been It was this letter, which Mr. Kierans issued to the press, that counsel Prime ~ Minister Pearson to remark last Friday that there had been an infringe- field of foreign affairs. It Was "highly irregular." Mr. Kierans had told Mr. Con- nor that, as a result of the U.S. |moves, the Quebec government "consider ex- the Crown cor- employ: have to use of to promote might fended resources, or encourage Euro- pean investment." EXPLAINS LETTER In his new letter, Mr. Kierans explained that, when he wrote before, he had been spending | ¢ | his spare time since Dec. 9 | working on the implications and probable effects of the program on the Canadian economs, The results of my personal study raised serious misgivings, henge my letter to you." "When I saw the confusion and turmoil which was created by the publication of my letter I immediately consulted with (Quebec). prime minister, the Honorable Jean Lesage. I agree with the prime minister that I should not have sent you 4 + Writing, , Apology Mr. Kierans, onetime profes- sor of economics at McGill Uni- versity, later president of the Montreal and Canadian stock exchanges, served until a recent cabinet shuffle as minister of« revenue in the Quebec govern- ment, a portfolio now held by Richard Hyde. : Mr. Hyde, 6n vacation when Mr. Kierans_ sent off his first two letters, has since returned to Quebec City. He has declined! to comment on the. situation. | | ans resumed responsibility for the revenue portfolio." {RK BATTLE OF THE BOSOMS, OR BATTLE OF THE SEXIES SYDNEY, N.S.W. (Reuters) A troupe of African Negro girls, who dance bare-breasted on stage; fought.a pitched bat- tle with six Australian strip- pers in a main street Wednes- day night. Passers-by looked on, as the girls struggled in a flurry of beautifal arms and shapely legs. The bare-toppers--known as the Bare Top Go-Go Girls-- won the fight. The Australian strippers retreated and the African girls staged a victory dance--but with their..clothes letter in anything but » "pri- ment on federal rights in the, While-~he was away, Mr. Kier-! on It all started. after a row between the visiting African dancers and the Sydney Amal- gamated Strippers' Union. - The African girls are cur- rently appearing at the vast Sydney Stadium The perfornyfrs are mainly from. South Africa say adver- tisements: See the Python Mating Dance . . . Hot Stark ... Daring. But six of Sydney's best known strippers -- all union members the African show . because, they say, the African girls are interfering with their liveli- --started picketing | my letter as acting minister of § revenue and-that it should have been private. and personal.' Mr. Kierans sent off the let- ter after speaking with Mr. Le- Tuesday and Wednesday. Mr. Lesage then called a press conference and said the inci- dent now "is closed and termi- nated,"' The that M sage premier' also disclosed Kierans sent a second letter to U.S. Treasury Secre- tary Henry Fowler as well. But he declined to disclose its con- tents, saying that "as the first letter to Mr. Fowler is not pub- lic, the second will not be either." TALKED ABOUT POLICY Mr, Lesage also mentioned that he and Louis Rasminsky, governor of the Bank of. Can- ada, had exchanged telephone calls during the Christnfas holi- days regarding the U.S. policy The calls were "personal and confidential.' He declined to say who made the first call or to tell what they talked about POST WINS ORMOND BEACH, Fla. (AP) Maureen Crum of Plant City, Fla., upset medalist Marge Burns of Greensboro, N.C., 2 up in the first-round match of the South Atlantic women's amatur golf tournament Wed- nesday. Sandra Post of Milton, Ont., the 1965 Canadian junior women's champion, scored the most one-sided victory of the day when she defeated Sandra /Duncan of Rome, Ga., 8 and 6 HEAT WITH OIL DIXON'S OIL 313 ALBERT ST. 24-HOUR SERVICE 723-4663 SERVING OSHAWA OVER . 50 YEARS Michael Starr, Conservative); House leader, said in a tele- phone interview from his home in Oshagra that the party's posi-| tion will not be known until Monday at the earliest. He said however, there mizht be "some points of disagreement"' the government with Mr. Starr and other Conserva tive spokesmen raised the argu ment that "no Parliament can bind a future Parliament." Mr Mcllraith terms this nonsense, saying if this were the case all rules would have to be re-ap- proved at the beginning of a Parliament One Conservative MP who has been Closely involved with rules reforms agrees with the govern-| ment position hut foresees, the possibility of a political argu- ment developing in the Com- mons An aide to Opposition Leader Diefenbaker said that in the light of Mr. Diefenbaker's op-| position to the "'guillotine" pro-| vision Jast spring, the Conserva- tive leader might object again. || The Speaker might be drawn|| into the issue if it reaches the | _7 OUR "Successful Campaign" OF CANADA EXTEND THEIR OFFER GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY "FREE" CHURCHILL COIN ALL""NEW"' CUSTOMERS | | OPENING AN ACCOUNT FOR $50.00 OR MORE PRESENT CUSTOMERS May Obtain One by Introducing a New Customer To Us "OFFER EXPIRES FEBRUARY 1, 1966" GUARANTY TRUST _ COMPANY OF CANADA 'City-Wide Delivery MITCHELL'S DRUGS Simcoe N. 723-3431 Open Evenings Till 9 P.M 32 King St. East 728-1653 Navi" Oshawa a) Vda MEN'S WEAR ON SUITS 'AND TOPCOATS TARTS TOMORROW, JAN. 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