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By CORDON DEW Ail of pit Journal Voting which began at noonr today at the New Farty ponvention is fully expected to' place Saskatchewan Premier Tommy Douglas at the party helm. ri his opponent CCF Leader Hazen Argue tacitly agreed that he had lost the fight to the wiry Prairie- bantam. 'Asked after the nomination speeches last night how he; had Viewed the floor demonstra- Red Ban Protested By West BERLIN The American, British and French commandants- in Berlin have protested the Soviet Union on measures taken by the Communists against East Oer- MM liotil from "the platform, Mr. Argue declared: "It certainly didn't look like Stfe, did it." It did not look tike a tie. SUPPORTERS Supporters- of Mr, Douglas who had proclaiming u.r to-one win for the premier were visibly enthused by the reception he received nmrui who worn in tuppontt of premier wimii-a weu climbing on" Said today.

Turn to Pag 4 SEE inn proie-i came as an 01 Belinwajjwaled off by the! Communists to thousands of East Germans whoyf-ork In the western sector of the divided city. The note went to Col. Andrei Ir'jSolovyetf. the Soviet city commandant, the source said. West Berlin officials reported that the Communist police are issuing' special identity cards to residents of nearby East German towns with job in West Berlin.

The cards say the bearer is not allowed to visit the divided city. The move not only forces these' people to give up their West Berlin Jobs, but also denies them the right to visit the capital of the Communist regime. Earlier, such cards were issued only to East Germans suspected of harboring thoughts of escape. Kennedy Party' WASHINGTON Even President Kennedy's emergency telephone In hit bedroom Isn't immune -to wrong number calls. He answered one last week from an insistent caller asking for an animal hospital.

Press secretary Pierre Sal-bigersald Wednesday he dldnt know what time the President's emergency phone rang but that Kennedy still was awake. Kennedy picked up the phone and heard a voice ask: this the animal hos pital Kennedy said no. It wasn't the animal hospital. caller inquired. "No, this is the White House," the President' replied.

"Is Mr. Stevenson there?" the insistent caller demanded to know. "No, this the Kennedy said. At this point, the caller hung 0P- -r Warning To Drivers In an all-ount effort to re duce Ontario' traffic accidents and fatalities over the Civic holiday week-end. every avail able officer and vehicle will be on th highways, Ontario Pro vincial Police Commissioner W.

H. Clark -warned today. There will be nV-warnings Issued to driver-, Soeedina 'rom delegatej lan night, Mr. Argue won a thare of the applause and cheers, but something close to pandemonium broke out when Mr. Douglas was Introduced.

And when he bad finished, a demonstration broke out in which shouts of "We want Tommy" and "We want Doug-Las" echoed th.ro ugh the Coliseum for, more "Than ,10 minutes. i Douglas was the undoubted I choice and bajlots being counted this afternoon will acknowledg ment oi mis iaet. Hls supporters lair nlghi declared flatly that ha would receive SO per cent of the votes, a four-to-one edge over his opponent. 'The campaign (that of Mr. Douglas) has become a band wagon." declared Murdo Martin (CCF Timmini), strongest and most outspoken BC Power Takeover Approved VICTORIA CF The British Columbia Legislature has given unanimous approval to the principle of a bill under which the BC" Electric Company becomes a Crown corporation.

Members of the House voted 50 to 0 Wednesday, night -onhr hours after Preawer W. A. Bennett told them the govern ment will move soon to take over the two other private electric utility firms. East and West Kootenay -Power Com' panies. The Premier said public de velopment of the Peace River power project by the nationalized BC Electric will be under Way "rapidly and vigorously.

He said yie federal govern ments refusal to share with the-province more of the cor porate income tax collected from private utilities in BC was reason 'Qr the takeover. The federal govern ment had given BC only $500, 000 in the last two fiscal years from this source, whereas BC had expected $3,400,000. First Polish Envoy Arriving Tuesday" The' first Polish Ambassador to Canada, Zygfryd Wol-niak, will arrive by train in Ottawa Tuesday with his wife and two children. ROYAL VI HONG KONG (Reuters) The King and Queen of Nepal will niv a thrM.WMtr atain the end of September. OTC HAS HEADACHE, TOO Sick of By BRUCE YEMEN" of The Journal What makes an OTC bus cry? Is that strange wailing" sound some of them make when straining to a stop merely an expression of anguish' over dropping OTC passenger revenues? Is It also a devious way of torturing the ears of-Ottawa's non-bus riders, especially those with bedrooms facing busy bus stops? BRAKE HEADACHE Actually, said an OTC noise results from fauKv brake lining on the crop of buses bought-two years ago.

It is a "problem," and has been since late Winter and early Spring. "We've had: complaints from the public," the spokea- JlOlfLf flest th snotor -wwiiciPB wm pc prose cuted, he said. Last year seven persons died on Ontario highways over they earn holiday week-end. In the first six months of 1961, OPP-patrolted roads have rack stp 130 deaths. OnAWA-JouMife Five Interested Help Pick Successor JL A'AU PREMIER FROST Death Bus Located In Lake Divers Fail To.Reach 15 Plunge Victims -v HERGISWIL Wl Underwater searchers early today, located the bus that carried 16 American vacationers to their deaths Lake Lucerne In Switzerland.

The bus in which IS bodies are believed entombed was located with special electro magnetic equipment at depth of atftut ICS feet, more than to feet, Professional divers with deep-pie diving equipment failed in their iiEJlymiti.to reach the ve- hide. More equipment was be ing rushed to the scene for the attempt to tlx steel cables to the bus and barges fitted with cranes and winches were moved into position to raise the vehicle secured. 8 ESCAPE The body of one victim, an elderly woman, was recovered Wednesday night. She apparently drowned after escaping from the bus. Turn to Page 4 DEATH BUS 55 Red Guerrillas Killed in Viet Nam SAIGON.

South Viet Nam (Reuters) A South Viet Nam army unit has killed S3 Communist guerillas and captured another 23 In a day-long battle about 30 miles from the capital doui jo miles irom tne The battle followed a surprisSf attack last Sunday on a Com munist jungle base. PAYS FOR WINDOWS CHESTERTOWN, Mo. Frank Russell, a retired Indus trialist, says he'll pay for any windows broken by' sandlot baseball' players the United State: 62, says his plan will Imple- mnr PnMiitonf VmnnmAv'm lt "betlef yvoth ness. RufselUtheir Wailing Buses? man said. "Especially from people in residential areas." For the past sever at TORONTO (CfV Premier Frost said today the Conservative leadership convention this Fall will be run on completely democratic lines and he will play no part in choosing a successor to Ontario's highest political office.

The premier, whose retirement as leader of the On La no PC Partv was announced yesterday, spoke with reporters today on the steps of the legislative building. NO PLANS AjKed- whether he had any plans-fo become an ambassador or senator, he said "1 haven't giyen any considera-i tion to that sort of He would pot say whether he si premier for a short time after a new party leader was chosen. How ever, he did speak of political precedents, mentioning the late Prime Minister Mackenzie King who remained as premier four months after Hon. Louis St Laurent was chosen leader. "My successor depends on the i convention Mr.

Frost said. "It is no use prejudging what they will determine." Among those known to be interested in the leadership are Attorney General Roberts, Energy Resources Minister Macaulay. Education Minister Roberts, Highway Minister Cass and Health Minister Dy- tntmd. "he premier, first elected to the legislature in 1937 and premier for 13 said he had no immediate plans for the future, fc STILL A MEMBER He mentioned the law firm founded in Lindsay, with which he still has connections. Although I haven't been, ac- tiva in this for some he said "these things are all possible." He said he would not be searching foMhingsJo do, but rather selecting thinjs.

Re said he has made no decision whether he will continue as the member for Victoria riding. During the impromptu press conference, Mr. Frost waved genially to photographers and shook hands. He said he was going to Newfoundland Sunday for a three or four-day social visit with Premier Smallwood. spend a day in Halifax, then go on to the conference of provincial premiers set for Aus.

14-15 in Charlottetown. (See also Pas 7) a Am V.OUntTieS To Renew Ties TUNIS, Tunisia (UPf) Tunisia and the United Arab Republic agreed to re establish diplomatic relations, the secretary of state for foreign affairs announced today. An official communique said the two countries will appoint respective ambassadors "within a short "time." Diplomatic relations have been 1958. months, he added, OTC engineers have been expert mentlng with different kinds of brake lining. The noise subsided foe a while during' late Spring.

BUt the "crying" is becoming a familiar sound again. WAIT IT OUT "We. expect to have it cleared up once and for all by October or November He explained that a minor case of the squeals might be endured for quits while if the particular bus still had a few thousand miles to go before a brake lining change was due, It-will thus be a fcw months before regular changes can eliminate all the noise-makers. Meanwhile some of the. OTC's newer buses will continue to have their revenge on the more sensitive eardrums of Ottawa.

IHE SUNNY WARMER sumue s.4 a.m. tDT THIRTY -SIX PAGES. mr a A hT 70TH YEAR 192 PRICE 5 CENTS OTTAWA, THURSDAY, AUGUST'S: 1961 CEff-7511 Minuet p. hi. IAAJ A Sweeping NP Vote Jrfln ITn Jetliner 'Hijacked By Armed Thugs A Vr i i HE'S ON THE BALL A shirt-sleeved Finance Minister Fleming puts the shoulder behind vicious-loofting swipe during a softball game with Tank-ahd-flle employes of the Department of Finance at their annual picnic Wednesday at Vincent Massey Park.

From here, It would appear Mr. Fleming knows his way around the ball diamond as he displays a powerful Mantle-style batting form. Journal Photo by Dominion Wide) FORSEY CALLS IT New Pa 'National' From Constitution By JOYCE FAIRBAIRN of The Journal The New Party founding convention today voted overwhelmingly to strike out the word "national" wherever it appears in the constitution and to-eubstitute the word "federal" when possible. The move was made over the objection of Eugene Forsey, research director for the 'Canadian Labor Congress, who termed it the "silliest proposal ever laid before an assembly of grown-up men." PREPOSTEROUS' "It is preposterous and absurd. I thought the discussion yesterday had reached the depths of human folly but I was mistaken," he said.

The proposal to delete the word was a recommendation from tion committee. After Quebec delegates Wednesday protested the word "national" did not convey the federal and bi-raciai character of -Canada, the matter was tossed back, to the committee. DISTINCT MEANINGS Defending the committee recommendation, chairman J. H. Brockelbank said, 'this Is not a case of provincial rights, not a caStoT Saskatchewan any Other place deciding to secede." "In Canada 'the word has two meanings," he said.

"In English means our country, Canada. In French the word doeS not refer to a stats or coon try. It does meaa group of people of tonunonaiKestry and eoov sbosj culture," W. Brockelbank said the French wfll askwhlch nation Is meant If the word national as used. This has nothing to do with political or geographical boundaries.

Let us dtscius this thing with light and. t.bVipe. not too much heat" f' FORSEY PROTESTS Jumping to is1' feet. Dr. Forsey made.

a motion to 'IDIOCY' again refer the matter to the committee. "This nasses the wit of man." he said. "We have been told the word national Is highly offensive to the French' order. I have never heard confC plaints about the Canadian National Railways, the National Film Board or National Health and Welfare." "Now -we Jearn that the French are cut to the heart, hurt, ruined by the word national." "I protest against this Idiocy," he concluded, saying the delegates were acting as "mice 1 nstead of men. Since when has national become a 'dirty A Newfoundland delegate upheld the committee's report and trr-rWfpitw b- wards to adopting, a principle of equality for everyone." "You are embarkina nn a dangerous and decisive course," said Mrs." Dorothy Steeves of VancflUKer, who protested the change.

"If this is followed it will mean vulcanization of Canada." On Wednesday the party hammered a plank into Its platform assuring French-speaking Canadians that It would stek to maintain the national identity ef Quebec, Convention Support was given1 for a new Federal department to coordinate Federal-provincial -relations, without upsetting provincial autonomy. PRICE CONTROL PLANK ihe New Party wrote into Its platform a pledge to prevent over-priced goods. Michael Oliver, chairman of the program commlrree, said the wording of the price control plank promising "price throughout the economy-was left deliberately vague. There would be no strict price control that would 'mean wage control as well but the party would strive to influence the general level of prices through monetary and fiscal policies and other Indirect" means. The convention went along with party policies calling for higher corporation taxes, lower income taxes for poorer-paid people.

Federal tales and special excise duties would be removed from the "necessities of life." Another plank suggested leg islation to make companies more Canadian and subject to Canadian policy instead of for eign control. ihe convention adopted a policy resolution favoring expanded international trade, but referred part of it back to committee for reconsideration when a Regina delegate complained there was nothing in it about trade with Iron Curtain coun- mameu Denina tne iron cur- "lin 'or Canadian goods, he 1 said. RESCUED GENOA, Italy (Reuters) Seven workmen were rescued after spending eight hours trapped in a 500-ton concrete caisson which sank tn the naval dockyard here. Inside The Journal America Bridge ...8 ...26 27 -5 24; 25 25 Civil Service Classified Ads Comics a.n.,,. Crossword Editorial Financial Frost Retirement Horoscope Kilgallen New Party Sports Tell Me Why Theatres TY, Radio Weather Women's News 'W 10 7 2S It J.

17 IS 12- I ...24 4 26, 22 EL PASO. Tex. (UPD Four bandits hijacked a Continental Airlines jetliner with 73 persons aboard today, but police prevented them from flying to Havana with 10 hostages aboard by riddling the landing gear and at least one engine with gunfire. The J5.0O0.000 Boefng 707 jetliner landed at El Paso's International Airport on a flight from Los Angeles for fuel and the well-armed thugs per mitted a but four volunteer passenger hostages and six crewmen to get off the plane. TIRES BLOWN OUT Attempts the njen into laying down their arms failed.

The plane began to taxi down the runway. About 20 police and border patrolmen opened fire. The tires were blown out Jet fuel leaked on the runway. One jet engine was completely disabled. The 10 hostages still wers aboard the plane when the officers opened fire with rifles.

The plane was forced to stop. Officials said tear gas was not used, although gas had been brought to the airport when the pilot radioed the control ower that he was beina held at gunpoint by Cubans. The plane landed at El Paso at 5,19 a.m. EOT. For several hours, the thugs dickered.

They wanted to trade the big jetliner for a smal'er, piston engine DC7 trarunsort which would be easier toWsj4 at an airport in Havana, t'apt B. D. Rickards, the pilot, was be lieved originally to have con vinced the plane hijackers that he could not land the 707 jet in Havana. The jet is half as long as a football field. Officials said the thugs announced "We are tired of waiting.

You've got to let us The jet engines whined into life snd the plane started rolling, down, the runway, starting toward the main-runway for takeoff position. Just before it reached the main runway, the patrolmen- opened "fire. The plane stopped. The officers snd- FBI men made no attempt to force their way aboard the plane when it landed. Instead, they cordoned it off at a point 50 yards from the terminal building, its regular landing position.

Turn to Page 4 TEXAN Must Aid Others NP Told A reduction of centralized government and greater Sid to underdeveloped countries were urged upon the New Party today by a leading' French socialist Andre Philip, a former cabinet minister under said" that Eatarian centralized governments are as great a danger in the world today as the power of pivate property, A far-left socialist Mr. Philip resigned his cabinet post in disagreement with the political action of the 'socialist Mollet government In Suez snd Algeria. He is now member of the Independent Socialist Party and has returned to teaching, although be remains president of both the French delegation to GATT snd the planning committee of the government of Dahomey. In the industrial snd social revolution of today, he declared. Is It easenfiaT "that the' tanner and laborer work together through co-operatives to break down the centralized power of the great corpora-' tions.

II DIE IN CLASH USUMBURA, Ruandl-Urundi (Reuters') A collision between a car and truck was blamed yesterday for sparking a political clash in this Belgian trust territory which led to the" deaths of 1 1 persons and injury to 50 others..