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The Ottawa Jouknal Pages 21 to 40 955 Candidates MONDAY, -MAY 28, 1962 5 Set New Record For Federa I Voting By tv Caaadiaa. voter win have snore candidate to choose from Jmm IS tbaa any Dominioa election Moot Confederation. A compilatloa by The Cans-' diaa Pre on week before the Juat 4 close ol nominations show candidates la In fJtJd. Tbi top the Mt record tt la IMS wbea 14S Mali were contested and la lar ahaad of ItM't US when, a this year. JW cU vara at stake.

EXPECT FEW MORE The total not expected to ria aubataotially this week siaee Progressive Conaarvatlvea end Liberals have completed their slstes and the other ma- New Democratic Party, wen aa the way to their goals at from 229 to 2M candidate each. The figures: Progressive Conservative MS. Liberal Mt, cial Credit 12. New Democra tic Party IK Communist. 14.

Indepeadeau S. Unless there are Ust-miaute withdrawals and this Is unlikelythere will be no acclama tions sasce at least two sons have beta aoniaated every riding. The last ecelama- Party Says son JONQUIERE, Que. (CPV-So-cial Credit Leader Robert Thompson Sunday rapped PriaM Minister: Dief en baker's financial policies ana is ta bti party will he 'the miracle" of the forthcoming federal elec -They Credit fa to call Social ny money, be said. holding ap aa Imitation bill with cents where the dollar alpLMILVaSSeimUn "Now they 'realize it was! Dieter-baker's funey money.

Mr. Thompson's venture Into the Sagueaay regioa was oaten- si hfr designed tn begin the cam- palga of Gilles Cregoire. Socred candidate in Lapoiate. However, la bis address to -tW listeners. in a.

high school 1 ItwopeTBrcton Meeting Broken Up By Demonstrators SYDNEY. HS. (CP)-Accusa- tion and counter-ocfusetina fol lowed demonstratioa hi Saturday aigM sbat farced a Procreasive Cooaervative rally to change its place of meeting. A few people got by a oases or more demonstrator front of a union ball where the meet' ing was scheduled. More turned away apparently to avoid a disturbance.

The rally was subsequently held Conservative party headquarters here. GILLIS THE SPEAKER Donald Cillis of Sudbury. Oat a former Cape Bretooer PC candidate for the Ontario riding of Nickel Belt, waa to speak to the meeting on behalf; of Donald Maclnnis, ilv candidate Cape Breton: South. Mr. Gillis said one of the demonstrators erabbssf hiaa hv wring.

But be elbowed his i way past. He said of them, whs save every sadi- catioa of being New Democratic Party tried to keep him and Mr. Maclnnis out. VI would say the snsjraity were wearing NDP stickers er buttons," ha said aa aster view. He saw some of the group getting oat of a car with NDP stickers on tt.

CHARGE PROVOCATION The NDP Sunday aigM officially denied that bad arty- thing to do with the disturbance but charged that "no doubt the Conservatives were aware of the fact that such a disturbance was likely when they planned the political meeting for the Steel1 others' anion hall aad we can only assume that they wanted-this disturbance to occur for their owa political reason. The Cape Bretoa South NDP Association said hi a that many of the unemphiyed are NDP supporters "and this explains why sane of the cars would be bearing New Demo cratic Party stickers.1 Saturday night for the NDP provincial commit tee commented Halifax: "For the Cus native party to bring their candidate who ia a Gillis from Cape Bretoa and a labor man nothing less than provocative to the unemployed of Sydney. "That a few New Democratic Party supporters might be incensed to the point of obstruct- halt ia not surprising. The party does not favor such meth- ods." Mr. Cillis said he was called a Communist.

That was their By GERRY MefsEO. QUEBEC (CPr 'Ta Social Credit party, saying Simply that "you have nothing to lose by giving a a chance." ia ataking a atrenunus effort to break the stranglehold of the eld aeraas oa tradrtkm steeped The party has nominated cas tor the June IS federal Socreds hlLF I MIT nnr-tr aiuy tu the Siaelwuik- gymnasium be stressed that his audience should support all four Social Credit candidate hi the area. lie spoke for about two mutates French and then delivered the rest of his address short English sentences which Mr. Cregoire translated to the He discussed the "feeling of insecurity he had found across Canada and his cry of "Cana- dieas oa al lons-aous?" (Cana dians where are we going?) brought a' cheer from -the FLYING WEST Pearson Tp I AMES NELSON of The Caawksaaal Pisaa Liberal Leader Pearaoa flies west today on bis last big swing of the Prairies. Far North, and west coast before, the June IS general election, He is scheduled to speak at Mice- rallies la WLqnipeg to- igbt, and ta Edmonton and Vancouver later ia the week.

Oa his return te Otuwa next weekend tea will go to Brock- for a meeting designed to bolster Liberal chances of re- taming hard-fought Leeds con stituency, which has a tradition as Conservative riding elected Liberal John Matheson ia a ayeleclioa last year. la the final two weeks of the campaign Mr, Pearson will centrete- on the MarHimes end aoutbwastera Ontario. He spent the weekend quietly after Stat week a totem hr lour of Eastern and Northern On tario, including a asefar address hi his ewa riding of Algoma East at Us hard-priaied uranium mining community of El- GETS GOOO REPORTS Mr. Pearson received aatbua- iastic reports from his paign organisers oa his Ontario pilgrimage. The parry arranged for periodic public opinion poll report, aad the Liberal leader claimed Friday bs has received e-Kouragma new of a swing as I CT F1 aawlaJt SIVf federal election was ia 1M7 when Liberal Chesley Carter was unopposed in New foundland's Burin-Burgeo, Mr.

Carter, re-elected in IMS. ia an candidate again this eieo tioa and will be opposed by Ales Stacey, a PC candidate. ONTARIO LEADS Ontario, with IS seats, tops the' list of candidates with 114 compared with Ml In ISM Other provincial figures, with ISSS total bracketed: Newfoundland (U). P.E.I. IS (t).

N.S. 3S (2S). N.B. (M). Quebec 234 (224).

Mani toba SI (4. Saskatchewan (SS), Alberta (TO), B.C. (si). Yukoa and N.W.T. I (S) TTbe-wig mciees hi the evei-1 all total Is the surge of Social Credit candidates.

Only S3 were nominated ia 1S5S. when none was elected, and of these only IS were in Quebec, where the party Is making a major bid for support this election. Twenty-six women have. been nominated to far, compared with II in h5. The record of was set hi USS.

-Following is lineup of can didates to. date across the country: Total PC UbNDP SC Nfld. P.E.I. 7 II 4-JS 12 i 4 ll; It TS SS 14 IT IT II I I 4 1 4 IS 1 5 a TS 4 TS SI 14 IS 1 IT 11 1 15 IT 1 N.S. N.B.

Que. 2M 114 ST 43 TS One Man. Sask. Alta. B.C.

N.W.T. Yukon Totals" leititm SSS MS SS4 Legend: PC Progressive IUWU Hears Flynn Js I CASSELMAN (Special) Some 200 people turned out for a Conservative campaign meet tag here Sunday night to hear Mines Minister Jacques TTynn and Russell candidate Leo Kelly retrace government achievements during past live years. It was the biggest political rally ever held here. Among the big crowd were the mayors of Casselman and Cambridge and the deputy reeve of Embrun. Dr.

Mois Gendron. of Bourse, also gave an address. TO SHOW DISAGREEMENT? GENEVA (Reuters) The 17- natioo disarmament conference submiU Us first report to the United Notions this week after more than two months work and tt ia expected to show persisting East-West disagreement. Ma ki the Liberal party across the country. His meeting Friday eight hi the traditionally Conservative stronghold of Carleton Place added more enthusiasm to the already enthusiastic team of Pearson campaigners, la the community ia which, they said.

the Liberals were rocky to get a dona people et a meeting 193S. there were 199 at a church basement dinner to bear him. and several hundreds snore on the streets to witness a flag and banner-waving parade. Mr. Pearson has also said he has been impressed by the with watch his au- have approached the Campaign Issues.

During the Ontario swing, they applauded his criticism of taaSaC'SMsM and listened attentively to his HITS KEY ISSUES Ia each of bis speech he emphasized two key Issues: Unemployment and the devaluation of the dollar. He said there were nearly Set.enf Canadian out of and Liberals caa induce Jobless leveL He also safcf the government was forced the devaluate the dollar because of growing lack of conndence hi ft abroad, and he traced this to lack of international confidence in the Con- servativ setsmnenfs ability. Uoa.ia I bsufw er Conservative; Lib Liberal; NOP New Democratic Party; SC Social Credit; others. Tories Blame NDP atMiovka. each nf fkie'A JSlBrLTTJIARD Real Caouette.

47. deputy national leader of the perry end the only Social red- it er ever to be elected hi Que bec province, aays has party will sria S9 of the TS seats. Ia the last Parliament the Consesva lives held St Qoebe seats aad the Uberala 2S. Mr. Caouette.

a real pepper- pot oa the Muffing. ally seeking election la VUle- neuve const Huency. rich aortbueateia Quebec- In IMS be woa a federal bye nda hi Pontiac-Tem iscamingue to become the first Social Credit Member et Parliament pAtPM's Trail, BC Meeting TRAIL. BC Five Doukhooor women stripped off their cloth- ing before' Prime Minister and Mrs. DuKenbaker at aa election rally here Saturday night.

The women, weuing protests about the jailing of their husbands for terrorist activities. appeared in police court today on charge of causing dis-; turbsnce. NAKED FIVE MINUTES For nearly five minutes the Doukhobor women, all of whom are members of the Radical Sons of Freedom Doukhobor sect, stood ia the- stands, defeating nervous efforts by RCMP officers to drape clothing over them. Three of the women wept through the incident, and they cried out that their families were not being fairly treated. Two RCMP squad cars arriv ed' outside the TraiT irena kn the women willingly trailed out with an RCMP escort.

The demonstratioa began after the Prime Minister, oa a platform about SO feet away, had been addressing the crowd of about 1.900 ia the Trail arena tor some 30 minutes. Mr. Menbaker had Just started to speak praise about the Bill of Rights and the bene fit bad conferred oa Cana- jst when the to their feet and began houUing their linear over their bead. Intense sounds of disgust inctudins angry snouts like "Get them out of here" ewept threats the crowd. The Prim Minister, arte! only a brief pause nrs iuuw.ii.

raotioned for calm, smiled and quipped: That ia no novelty The crowd relaxed and rock- ad with laughter. Mr. Diefen- lot. the audience now glee fully with him. smiled and drew attention to the fact reporter at the areas table had sprinted to the other side of the arena.

tow aids the wunif a. see some of the press boys haveat aeea scything like this before, because they went In that direction." he said. This Purmg; flat outputs! Osefen- baker gave the five women. ha about the eighth row back from the bleachers, no more than two brief glances. Mrs.

Diefenbsker and Justice Minister Fulton, sitting behind the Prime Minister oa toe pUt fore, did their beat to. remain undisturbed and smiled faintly uuuuglsusjl Usy'bKwsfirt. Reporters who had dashed to find out what the dernonstrating about were told: -We want the Pi hue Minister to help us stop Wo are proud of our fami lies. -ALL PORTLY The women, an middle-aged and portly, were from Krestovs, a Sons of Freedom village about 30 miles from TraiL Wheat he snord his speech, IS minutes after the display, Mr. Dsrfenbeker circulated among about 300 njembeis of the audience who had remained behind to get a handshake, Some of them apologized tor1 the embarrassment, but the Prime Minister told them not to worry, "it was nothing," He explained that whea.be lived in Saskatchewan on a home steed he bad witnessed iscidents the past.

a Doukhobor sen ewnt existed not far from. his ITRSTTfME The startling disrobing aid- from Quebec. He was defeated 1S49, Aa energetic auto dealer from Rouya. Que, Mr. Caouette has been personally credited with the party's upsurge at the province.

Through regular lS-snmute Sunday television talks, he baa selling Social Credit tor two years ever a network of station in eastern and aortbera Quebec, Social Credit has poured more than SM. inte televiaioa bopae of eetoMsriisag a solid bene of The party ams to rat Social Credit associatioa a 14. who paid aa srtlstJoa fee of SS and monthly dues of SI. Colleo- Caouette takeaup camrnlwhr party couldn't afford aad aorne funds SMMsalgS COfllw tlOOl wkXjsT-tlsTMC The an sste the Mevtsioa or the cajnpaiga expenses of ber. The party does tsttke i ft 7 Five meiubets Freedom Doukhobor sect speech by Prime Minister In the Renfrew Ridings Old-Fashioned Rallies Versus Coffee By PETER MOOslAN of The Jomnnl HALEY'S STATION Man! What a contrast! When' you cross the line of the Renfrew, Just east of here.

you wonder whether this a To the north and west, into sprawling Renfrew North, you have to dig to get the fees. To the east and south, into ranging Renfrew South, bits you right ia the face. And neither riding ia this aie- dent believed the first ever to have been witnessed by a awa Mmistar. or to have taken place ouring any elartlon nieeting adrtieeatid by prominent poiiticJaa, It recalled a story about the lata Prime Minister Mackenzie King; who, when once asked whet be would do in such a situation, replied dryly that he would call for help from the leader of the Opposition (then R. Bennett, a bachelor).

The incident came at the end of i day of Diefenhaker poli ticking, in which be paid a brief visit to Cranbrook, after flying over the Rockies from Edmon ton, flew again to Trail and was led into town behind a bead and high-stepping sMjorettes. Hi greeting both places was cordiaL At Cranbrook appeared at a reception for Murray McFarlane, who represented Kootenay East as the last ParliamenL- -The Prime Minister and his party flew to Prince George Sunday afternoon, where be waa greeted by a pipe band and about 200 people, after be and Mrs. Diefenbsker attended Emmanuel Baptist Church here Today the Prime Minister is in Vernon and Tuesday he flies to Abbotsor d. for a noon-time stop, then to Victoria, He goes to Vancouver Tuesday prior to swinging -eastward again. paper advertising, passing word of campaign meetings verbaly using kxidspeakar-equipped cars.

Reporters on the election campaign trails that hi slmost by, the Caouette TV the party is drawing packed bousi. On rainy night Armagh, a road's end farm community SS miles southeast of here, more thshltr peop-TnieonJrTe-seat recreation centre to aee Mr. Caouette hi person. Hun dreds more sat hi cars outside. la the ragged mminc aad log ging towns across the aorta.

Social Credit But as the Montreal area. caught little attenttoa. FOLLOW IP CAMPAIGN Social Credit leader barve lol-lowed up their televanoa cass- paigs with a door-by-door can vas et 0 i. 1 STRIPPEBS ESCORTED of the radical Sons of stripped naked during a Dsefenboker at Trail. BC tone cockpit of Caaadlaa politkis is that safe.

Both Conservative Jim Baskin in the south and Liberal Jim Forgie in the north went back the last time by little more than the skin of their teeth. Right now avargins. But the politics of the Renfrew are temperamental aad treacherous. They can swing overnight and have. Mr.

Forgie and his Conserva tive opponent. Dr. Thomas Dodd of Pembroke, are going through the motions In Renfrew North. Campaigning and enthusiasm of necessity are dampened here, as in Ottawa, by the presence of huge Government installa tion and the corps of federal employees and setvkemen, But in the South, Jim Baskin and Liberal Murry Daly are at each other, hammer end tongs- FEELINGS LINGER They've Just finished a provincial byeiectioa down there and SIGNET It was. the end of perfect evening, their first annhrer- sary celebration.

Tired. oeaiT John asked, as be fol lowed his wife Into their arjartment. "Kappy. Helen toM him. tut worried about all the money you suent tonight John laughed.

"Not nearly as much aa. I took with me. Ia fact I spent exactly half of what I bad. and rve brought back half as many dollars a r-had cents coins, and many cent la coins as I dollars." smiled, but sjsade no attempt to figure tt out. How much had be spent? (Aito wot" tajiuof iujv.) -Friday aaawwt Joe aa her waa 47X2.

a "la Bona venture. SS per cent of the voters have signed cards saying they will support us." says Drv Guy Marcoux. Quebec City physician: and candidate fat Quebec Mommorency. fin Que bec fcaar, is. voters save signed to support us.

But will they vote lor us when they go to the polls?" To allay moral qualms about the party. Social Creditors distribute, at every meeting pa nv phlet entitled "Catholicism and Social Credit." It was written by Bine Romsa Catholic theolo gians SB Quebec Theme of the campaign speech hi tbss: The eld par ties haven't done a good fob. You've snUung to lose by giving National leader Robert Thompson officially opened the party campaign here May (. speaking briefly as French and outlining the party plat-la He aad Quebec members described the party as aa sherna-tlve to socialism, oa that would Real FROM PlifS MEETING Saturday night by notice. They were the remnants of it linger ta the faded posters and high feel ing from Amprior to up near Haley's aad way back into the Back.

Country behind Barry Bay, This election going to be votes," My Jim Baskin and he determined ne't going to have there, A couple of hundred votes have decided dozen of elec ta both Renfrew since Confederation. Baskin took Renfrew South away from the late Dr. J. i. McCana la 1937 with 991 vote.

Forgie elected in the north with a 199- vote majority ia 1958 and Liberal Leonard Quilty woa the January byeiectioa hi Renfrew South by only 135 votes. Although both Liberal and Tory atrSegiMs you Uie Renfrew South seat will be won and lost in the town of Ren frew, the real show I going oa in the "Back Country" these OLD-FASHIONED FART And it's a real old-fashioned fare they're serving up the kind that television wiped off the Canadian scene. Here 'In the Renfrew they love tbeir politic and out oa the stump they went all the taNe-pound-ing. shouting, "gtve-'em-hell" oratory they can get. A week ago Jim Baskin 's gsng moved into Ca la bogie for a big night They hired a ball and rounded up some eats and an orchestra.

They had a flddlin' contest step dancing, bite to eat and some. talk. The candidate shook every hand in the hall. This is the wsy to meet the oik in here and they repeal ing the performance cross roads. Murray Daly -took Liberal Leader Pearson on the rounds last week and from here on la keep private eater prise compat- tve and balance the economy.

A main point hi a promise to use the Bank of Canada to pro vide Interest-free loans to gov ernments. Another is one farm policy for the aatioa. STILL IN PLAN Dr. Marcoux says a monthly dividend for citizens la still pert of Ike Social Credit program, but add that old age pensions supplant' such dividends. The perry would bring these pay-, ments Into relation with the cost mf -living-Aimed at Quebec is a prom aw to respect bath of Canada's cultures.

Bitter political fight against strong Piogissslvs Cosnwrvatrve and Liberal candidates ere developing. Noel Drouia, seeking re-election as a Progressive Cenesrva-rtve ia southeast of Quebec City, has attacked Mr. Cavmeti personally, comparing hua to Fidel Cast re, Mr. Drouia S. escorted out of the arena (CP iraal WlraaSMtn will split his time stumping the townships and working the towns.

COFFEE PARTIES By way of contrast, up in Renfrew-North, the modern ordeal of "coffee- parties are son and candidate Forgie were treating the ladies of Deep. River Friday. a a a 1 1 Dodd was doing the honors lor businessmen ia Pembroke. Television, too, beginning to make its Impact oa the cam paigning of the Renfmwa and all the candidate are working et tt, But outln the "Back Coun try" they UH want tt seat. Nominations JHE a-Nominated previously.

Ste. Marie e. Ed- ouard Pbaroa (lad-L). Verdua a. Carl O'Malley (Ind-PC).

a. Gerard Gtagras (Ind-L). Wane South Jsaa Paul Gagnoa (NDP). Parry swad Murks Hugh Biahop tlmto East Roy Ruggles (NDP). Piesaarbar Peter Krusiei- nicki (NDP).

Total to date: PC MS: Lib. M4: NDP IM: SC S12; Comm. 14: Ind. 7. Ind-Ub.

fad-PC 17 STRANDED NEW YORK UV-Seventeen men, women and children walked out to a rock fat Fast cheater for four hours last night when" the rising tide closed off the path back. A police harbor boat rescued the group from the rock, about 300 feat off the shore. also rapped the Social Credit party oa religious grounds. He said the late Rodrigue Cardinal Villeneuve had warned against Social Credit and added that Mr. Caouette bed been aa anoyance ta a norther Quebec REPLIES TO CRITIC Replied Mr.

Caouells. a Roman Catholic like most of the other Social Credit Quebec candidate: "If I we Castro, men Ihke IJmiuia would" have beee killed long ago. la the Lake St, John region. Social Credit supporters have baa turning a to hackle Caa-aervative speakers. Mines Minister FTyna, whs aav gaged hi a brief denote with the hecklers the other aigM at Jonouier.

says he doubt Social Credit win get ana seat and minimize their campaign tura- Mr. 'Flyna said the Social Credit candidate except Mr. Caouepe lost his deposit ia ISSt, The" perry raa candidate a Quebec that year. Pepper-pot.

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