Bh ARs Bh Biel |having the UN brand Britain and | THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Wednesday, November 28, 1956 ; 4 SFrance as aggressors, thereby Pearson Defends Ottawa Stand On Crisis In M1 Aintati tion of taking from ddle East ts of Britain and France OTTAWA (CP) -- The govern- ment's attitude toward Britain and France on the Middle East crisis has been sharply criticized | by Progressive Conservatives PEARSON COMM the Commons. External Affairs| In a two-hour speech chiefly de- Minister Pearson says it was an tailing and defeading government objective attitude. |action in the Middle East crisis, ut neither Mr. Pearson nor the Mr. Pearson said the British- Conservative critics Tuesday left French fighting in Egypt "badly the United States free of blame and dangerously split" the Com- for the explosive situation in the monwealth. Middle East following the British-| "At one stage after fighting on French armed intervention in the land began, it was on the verge t between Israel and Egypt. of dissolution and that is not an he breakdown on consultation exaggerated observation." between the U.S and Britain and] The Canadian government had France over the Suez trouble was| realized that the fault lay not en- not the exclusive fault of the U.K. |tirely overseas. The U.S. might and France, Mr. Pearson said. |have' better understood Europe's "No other member, indeed no vital interest in the Suez if that member of the Western alliance, issue had been related to some-| is free of some responsibility and thing closer to hcme--the Panama particularly the U.S. which is the Canal run by the U.S major and most powerful mem-| But he said it was "wise" that ber of that group." {Britain and France stopped the Donald Fleming (PC -- Toronto fighting after taking Port Said. Eglinton) said the policies of the| "If the U.K. and French forces| U.S. "are responsible to a very had continued fighting at that considerable degree--a regrettable time, after the Egyptian and Is- degree--for the trouble that exists/raeli governments had accepted in the Middle East today." Those |the cease-fire, 1 suggest that the policies unquestionably had en- Commonwealth might not have couraged Egyptian Premier been able to stand the strain; that | Nasser "to take the defiant atti-|the Asian members of the Com- tude that he has adopted." |monwealth might not have been| Howard Green (PC--Vancouver able to remain in it in those cir-| Gradia) said the U.S. brought on' cumstances. gypt's seizure of the Suez Canal| "There is evidence from New by refusing financial help for the Delhi, Karachi and Colombo to proposed Aswan Dam on the Nile support that statement. River. Now U.S. policy was to/POSSIBLE SPLIT build up Egypt and presumably to| "I suggest also that a continu- get Britain and France out of the ation of the fighting, even if it| Middle East. had had immediately successful | ey spoke &s the Commons military results would have cre-| went through its second day of a ated an even deeper and more] special parliamentary session to|permanent split between the west-| consider the government's action ern European ard Arab world. | on the Middle East situation and| "It might wel! have led to the| its plan to contribute $1,000,000 to occupation of Egypt, which was | Hungarian relief {not an original objective of Brit- Before it was a Conservative |ish-French intervention. non-confidence motion charging| "It would have been a standing) the government with following a invitation to the Egyptian govern-| course of "gratiitous condemna- ment to invite in at that time, tion" of British-French action de- when the fighting was going on,| signed to prevent a major war in Soviet volunteers | the Suez and with following un-| Mr, Fleming said the Canadian realistic U.S. policies thereby en- government '"has chosen to align] couraging a truculent and defiant itself with those who are not sat- attitude by Nacser. The motion isfied with the plain statement of also said the government had put purpose and the expression of Canada in the humiliating posi-'good faith on the part of the gov-| Canada Talks Big Survey | Of Entire Tourist Industry | Nasser, and nad failed to take swift and adequate action to ex- tend refuge lo Jljngasisn patriots. NTS share of responsibility for the re- sults that exist today," Mr. Fleming took particular ex- The declared ourpose of Anglo- ception to the prime minister's French intervention in the Suez|Statement Monday that the era had been to prevent a major war|When the "supermen of Europe and contain host'lities then raging could govern the whole world is between Israel and Egypt. ending, ; No one, theretore, could ques-| "This is a reference that the tion the motives of the British prime minister of this country and French governments "'unless ought to repent in sackcloth and he is prepared to acc those ashes, the reference to the lead- governm~nts of bad faith." ers of Britain and France in the Mr. Fleming said statements on action that they felt compelled to the situation by Prime Minister take." St. Laurent were "petulant, bellig-| Mr. Pearson said the Canadian erent and provocative." Much of government waned Britain in the the prime minister's 'impatience' | months before the fighting that if stemmed from the fact there was any country, no matter how growing sympatuy in Canada and |friendly, took action contrary to other countries for the Anglo- the UN charter it would have to French intervention. |answer to the UN. The Canadian government had| That had happened. But at the no justification for the critical at-|UN, Canada had tried to be sym- titude it had taken toward Britain pathetic and friendly to Britain and France. and France and worked to mend Countries, including Canada, Commonwealth links and to re- which had not instituted effective store the channels of consultation police action through the UN be- between the U.S. and Britain and fore the crisis reached its present France. proportions "must bear their! Canada had striven to avoid VOTE AND ELECT Bill DUNCAN in this matter." DECLARED INTENTIONS |opening the way to sanctions| against them. | Wallace Nesbitt «PC--Oxford) | said the government had given] OTTAWA (CP) -- The Opposi- Egypt the highest moral encour-|tion's chief $mlitary critic sal agement, It haa sold arms to Tuesday there are large numbers Nasser, whose avowed intention|of young recruits with only a few was to destroy Israel and drive months' training in the ranks of Britain and France out of the|the 1st Battalion. Queen's Own | Middle East. |Rifles, which has been allocated | Mr. Nesbitt said the attitude of for duty with the United Nations /the U.S. caused dismay in Can- Middle East police force. |ada. The U.S. seemed to be try-| Maj.-Gen. G. R. Pearkes, VC Tory Charges Many Amateurs In Ranks Of Queen's Own Rifles the effectiveness troops sent to Egypt. They were going into the hardships of the! desert where conditions were en- tirely gdifferent from Canada, . impression that the battalion, now! in Halifax awaiting a UN had been ready to go into service in at a moment's notice. of Canadian|, jand The government had given the call, However, 240 officers and men 19. |ing to ride seveial horses at once (PC -- Esquimalt-Saanich) de-| and should decide what horse it/manded in the C that the } {is going to ride. Igovernment take resnonsibility for VOTE AND RE-ELECT | |B} Ba C.B.GAY | | AS | : | : Alderman | Amendment to smoke by-law whereas ratepayers may enjoy the surroundings of their home. Extensions of sewers ard the com- pletion of modern lighting. SEVERAL YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, HONEST, CON- SCIENTIOUS SERVICE AND ECONOMIC ADMINIS- TRATION . . . THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE. FOR ALDERMAN Previous Council Experience-- Business Backgound By JACK VAN DUSEN did not participate and asked the Canadian Press Staff Writer |federal decision be given within a OTTAWA (CP) -- Launching of| week or 10 days. Canada's first survey into every| D. Leo Dolan, director of the angle of its tourist industry hinges| federal travel bureau and chaur- on federal approval of the plan..man of the conference, said ne| The survey was suggested Tues-| would have to confer with Re- day as the 11th annual two-day sources Minister Lesage before federal - provincial tourist confer- committing the federal govern-| ence drew to a close. ment. The provinces have agreed lo| Mr. Dolan and Deputy Resource pay $17,000 of the estimated $40,-| Minister R. G. Robertson both said 000 cost of the project. The Cana-| they were behind the survey. dian Tourist Association will pay) "We can find out once and for $8,000. |all what is the economic potential All that remains is for the fed-| of the tourist industry in Canada," eral government to chip in $15, Mr. Dolan said. 000. Mr. Grose was named to head The project was a ittee to put the survey in- by a committee formed at i358 w operation if federal approval 1 's f d e | forth eT ded it ty of a study to estimate!be conducted by a private survey the importance of the tourist in-/from working with the federal bur- dustry to Canada. eau of statistics and other fedaral TAKE 20 MONTHS and provincial departments, Committee chairman Rex E.| The committee report said one Grose, Manitoba's deputy minis*er| possible result of the survey would of industry and commerce, said it| be development of a practical pro- would take from 18 to 20 months| cedure for making provincial esti-| to complete. | mates of the tourist business from He said the project would be both foreign visitors and Cana-| ded Your Opportunity To place additional Edu- cational experience on your Board of Education. ~ FOR TRUSTEE VOTE MORLEY C. FINLEY 10 Years with the O io Dep t of Ed 1946-48--Superintendent of Rehabilitation Training for Ontario. 1948-56--Registrar and Executive Assistant to the Principal, Ry esti of Technology. Thoroughly familiar with the objectives of our Secondary School curriculum, dropped if the federal government! dians from other povinces. | Opposition Besieges Harris For Lower Interest Rates | OTTAWA (CP)--Finance Minis- ture than we have experienced in ter Harris was besieged by oppo-|recent times." VOTE to ELECT sition pleas in the Commons Tues-| day to help ease interest rates and; credit curbs so that hard-pressed, municipalities might find it easier "RAE" J. H. Ferguson (PC -- Simcoe North) said that in his community of Collingwood, Ont., it is abso- lutely impossible to borow from to raise much-needed capital. {the banks one dollar to build a But Mr. Harris gave no indica- home, The banks were saying this tion of any plans to change fed- was due to the ruling of the Bank eral policy. In time of inflation of Canada or the government. and when ynoney was Segre = Was Mr. Harris aware of this? sectors of the economy found it y i " difficult to raise funds without wr. Harris said he was aot, Paying high interest rates, he said. | "If a municipal corporation finds that as an elected body it has to choose between paying a| higher rate of interest and post- poning work it has in mind, that is simply a responsibility which comes to all of us at one time or another, whether it be the federal or a provincial or municipal gov- ernment or indeed a business in- stitution." Mr, Harris said the government has no policy explicitly forbidding VOTE and ELECT BRADY HALLIDAY - for « Alderman ON MON., DEC. 3 | Experience Is Valuable VOTE AND RE-ELECT Cliff Harman ALDERMAN LONG-TIME SERVICE ON COUNCIL lof the 2nd Battalion, Queen's Own Rifles, from Victoria to join the 1st Bat- tali'n hefore it eft Calgary. The 2nd 'cannibalized.' Every able-bodied (had reached his 18tn birthday had {been taken. leaving only the 17- | year-olds, the medically unfit, and some officers and non-commis- sioned officers. Some of those taken had been'a building With intent to destroy jis. fhe unit less than six months|it by fire. The offences were al- Fred Smith Acquitted Of Collingwood Arson BARRIE (CP) --Fred Smith, 35 of Collingwood was acquitted here Tuesday on two charges of arson. Smith was charged with placing an explosive substance in a bufld. ing with intent to cause an ex- plosion and with setting a light in had bees hurriedly sent Battalion had been medically fit rifleman who leged to have occurred last May large namber were under ia 10 in Collingwood. YOUR VOTE and INFLUENCE . . . Respectfully Desired to Re-Elect WILLIAM BODDY TO Public Utilities Commission CAREFUL and CONSISTENT CONSIDERATION Of all problems relating to the Electric and Water Services of the City. Sound administration should be the motto of Oshawa. IT'S THE DUTY OF EVERY CITIZEN TO REGISTER THEIR VOTE ON MONDAY, DEC. 8 Michael JACULA for ALDERMAN MONDAY, DEC. 3rd VOTE and RE-ELECT ALDERMAN ALBERT V. WALKER ® CONSCIENTIOUS SERVICE © EFFICIENT ADMINISTRATION YOU CAN BE SURE IF YOU VOTE VOTE TQ,RE, A. E. "TED" Johnson --- TO Board of Education municipal construction. But the ALDERMAN curent demand for goods and ser- vices was greater than Canada's ability to produce. If this trend| continued, "we shall have infla-| tion of a much more serious na- DE_EI EC VOTE and ELECT Ralph S. . JONES \ 'BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR JOHN W. 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