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The striker The Ottawa Citizen 124th Year, Number 133 Ottawa, Canada, Monday, August 29, 1966 7 Cents, 40 Pages Over in a week? rr it a down BUDGET DUE? Federal officials have talked atxmt producing a supple-menlary budget in the fall, but no final decision has been made, a finance spokesman said last night. Other alternatives have also been considered to meet inflationary threats. In any event, the baby budget discussions have not reached a serious state. However the idea is certainly afloat in government circles. In his earlier budget speech.

Finance Minister Sharp made it clear the government was prepared to take further measures to deal with a changing economy later if they were warranted. The government has budget alternatives to deal with inflation. These include monetary policy changes and expenditure cutbacks. Conservative Leader Diefen-baker has called on the government to produce a supplementary budget at the current emergency sitting called to deal with the rail strike. swift rail action See stories, pictures page 13 By fireg Connolley 'Ji'izen staff writer Parliament's emergency meeting on the railway crisis was under way today with a fervent government hope that the strike could be ended by Monday.

The Commons met at 2.30 p.m. to consider legislation that would send the 120,000 railway workers back to their jobs. The House was also receiving another bill, a mas-she document, providing for the reorganization of the financial position of the railways. 'Didn't come to make trouble' CzenUPI staff photos a purpose up for street protest ousts Gregoire ts 111 is rl -J Smyth R(L span opens tomorrow Drivers who daily travel from the central portion of the city to the Alta Vista-Gloucester ward areas got good news today. Traffic Director K.

G. McLean announced that the long-delayed Main Street Smyth Road bridge complex will be opened tomorrow at noon. The opening of the route Main Street has been closed for seven months while being widened should relieve the traffic jams which have been intensified on Nicholas Street and Hurdman Road because of work on completion of the Queensway, Mr. Mcl-ean said. Motorists intending to use the new bridge should approach it through the Elgin Street and Pretoria Bridge route or off the Queensway around Lees Avenue rather than by coming down through the Mann Avenue underpass, Mr.

McLean said. Traffic on Echo Drive and Main Street and a small portion of the Driveway, routed one way during construction, will revert to two ways. Construction on the approaches to the Queensway are running "only two weeks behind schedule," Mr. McLean stated further. "We will have it open before the end of the year." CHUCKLE The best way to lose your shirt is to do business on the cuff.

his stand as a separatist with being an MP, he said it was no different than that of some members at Westminster. He was referring to the Scottish, Irish, Welsh nationalist members of the British House of Commons. Before today's caucus Mr. Gregoire had insisted i "No one can prevent me from silting in the House of Commons." Mr. Gregoire denied reports that he was negotiating with the Rassemblement pour I'ln-dependance National, another separatist party, with the goal of amalgamation of the two parties.

"I have never been in contact with the directors of the RIN," he said. "I simply made an appeal to all independen-tists, separatists and nationalists in Quebec." He said he was certain that the RN will be more successful in the next provincial elections. The RN was unsuccessful in the June 5 elections be nected with the construction industry urging them to be safety conscious. It asked them to "do everything in your power" to eliminate anything that could contribute to construction MPs flown in for emergency House session Western members land last night from special military plane 700 railwaymen parade to join in Hill picketing Two serious obstacles to immediate consideration of railway legislation apparently were removed earlier today when two MPs indicated they would not initiate delaying tactics. Arnold Peters, (NDP-Temis-kaming) said he would not delay the railway bills for another 48 hours provided the government really meant to deal with the strike as an urgent matter.

cause of its newness and lack of organization, he said. Mr. Gregoire said recent criticism of articles in the party's official organ, La Nation, were no more than "a tempest in a teapot." The complaints were mainly over stories that wers allegedly anti-semitic. lie said, however, it will probably be necessary to give the magazine a new orientation and this would result in the changing of editorial staff. Small store exemption to be sought Board of Control will hear a proposed amendment to the new early-hour store closing bylaw, Mayor Reid said today.

The committee rtudying the controversial bylaw, which prohibits stores from staying open beyond the 6 p.m. curfew except for Fridays, will ask the board to consider excluding neighborhood variety stores which sell groceries, from the bylaw. "We feel the public is demanding this," the mayor said. The recommendation will not be heard until Thursday's board meeting and is expected to be considered by council which meets Sept. 6.

A police official said aform-er landlady of the wanted man, Juergen Henschel, 22, reported seeing him in the store today. The girl, Audrey Klewer of Montreal, was found safely asleep in a garden shed Friday, four days after a masked gunman abducted her from her grandfther's home. The kidnapper, demanded ransom for Audrey but did not collect it. Yesterday a anonymous telephone caller threatened to return and kill Audrey unless police released Henschel's mother and brother, Joachim, 18, who were arrested on sus And Giles Gregoire (Creditiste Lapointe) commented about the railway problem: "I did not come here to make trouble." Normally the introduction of legislation to the Commons requires 48 hours notice. This rule can be waived by unanimous consent of the House.

Mr. Peters and Mr. Gregoire have been considering a refusal which would have stalled the legislation until Wednesday. Today Mr. Peters said if the government puts all other Commons procedures to side and gets right into the railway legislation he would raise no difficulty.

Mr. Peters declared that he was opposed to any legislation compelling the railway workers to go back to work. This, he said, would be a denial of their collective bargaining rights. 'Will probably carry' "But I think the legislation will probably carry, even though I vote against it," Mr. Peters commented.

However, after an NDP caucus meeting this morning Mr. Peters said he might stall the railway legislation if the government doesn't do something about the cost of living. There was no indication that NDP leader Douglas would give any support to Mr. Peters' delaying action. Mr.

Gregoire seemed to be more concerned with whether he would be thrown out of the Creditiste party than with the railway walkout. His adherence to the separatist movement may see the Creditiste caucus here boot him out of that party. There had been reports that Conservative Leader Diefen-baker would ask the House to sit around the clock, to speed passage of the anti-strike legislation. However, Mr. Dief en-baker's office denied this.

The Conservative leader, however, may demand that both the strike legislation and the railway reorganization bill be produced immediately. This would enable opposition parties to know what long-term railway remedies the government has in mind before it votes on the strike measures. Government House Leader Mcllraith claims it is possible for the Commons to approve the back-to-work legislation by Tuesday night. This would enable the railways to start functioning again on Wednesday. House may stay on Some parliamentarians, especially Mr.

Diefenbaker, want the House to. stay on indefinitely to debate other issues. This matter, as well as the railway problems, were being discussed in the party caucuses thL morning. Many of the rank and file MPs want a very brief meeting of Parliament and then adjournment until Oct. 6, the official reconvening date.

Meanwhile. Canadian Pacific Railway said today it could be running again four hours after notification of the strike suspension by the government The CPR said the railway workers had done a fine job of locking up equipment be-foro the walkout. A CPR spokesman said th3 fine attitude of the workers in their care of company equipment indicated that the union members would certainly obey Parliament's back-to-work order. Mayor hurt Pruning mishap injures eyeball Claim with Ottawa flrikcr dresses Caucus By Denis Foley Citizen staff writer Gilles Gregoire, firebrand separatist, is no longer a member of the Creditiste "caucus," Real Caouette said today. Mr.

Gregoire, recently made head of the Ralliement Na tionale separatist party In Quebec, made his position with the Creditiste party known this morning at a party caucus. Following the caucus Mr. Caouette emerged and said only that Mr. Gregoire was no longer a member of the Creditiste caucus. His position as House leader will be filled by Raymond Langlois, MP for Megantic.

No statement Immediately after the caucus Mr. Gregoire closeted himself in his office and refused to make a statement. Before this morning's caucus when asked how he equated Eye specialist Dr. D. Y.

Shirley told him the eye would heal without loss of sight but it would take some time, probably several months. "The trouble is, the injury to the left eye has effected my right one too. I'm operating with 10 per cent vision," Mayor Reid said. "It won't keep me from my job I can't read very well. Perhaps one letter a day, but I can still hear and talk," he said.

Cutting the tree The mayor was cutting lower branches from the tree when one of the upper branches fell and took out a portion of the white of the eye. The mayor was treated at Civic Hospital emergency ward. Mayor Reid was to visit his doctor this afternoon for further treatment to the still painful injury. He wears a white patch over the left eye and dark glasses. Ironically, the mayor used his uninjured eye to read a let-ter about accidents to the press.

He sent letters today to about 300 contractors and people con- 15 soldiers lie DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (Reuters) The South West African Peoples Organization said today 15 South African soldiers were killed in a dawn gun battle with "freedom fighters" in the Ovamboland area of South West Africa last week. Massive hunt for kidnapper BERLIN (Reuters) West Berlin police searched a department store from cellar to roof without success today after the kidnapper of a four-year-old Canadian girl was seen in the Some 600 to 700 striking railwaymen from Ontario and Quebec converged on Parliament Hill in a mass picket today. 300 Canadian National and Canadian Pacific employees, from Toronto, Montreal, and Brockville joined some 400 Ottawa railwaymen in the two-hour picket. Travelling by chartered bus, the out-of-town strikers picked up other employees along the way from Belleville, On the House winner See page 39 Ask Andy 23 Astrology 33 Births, Deaths 30 Bridge 22 Birthday Club 22 Comics 22, 23 Crossword 36 1 -J Kingston, Gananoque and Cornwall. Ottawa strikers were called away from five picket line locations in the city to take part in the Hill demonstration.

The parade was accompanied by a police escort. At the strike headquarters of the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport and General Workers, the men were warned to talk to no-one and to kc6p the inarch orderly. Bob Edwards, president of inside Thant decides this week on future with UN 4 Half of Canada's federal payroll adults on 7 Toronto model seeks insurance against pregnancy 12 Saskatchewan edges football thriller B.C. in 15 Midway accident injures 21 at CNE 21 Consumer education urged for teenagers 27 Editorials 6 Entertainment 21 Financial 8-10 Radio, TV 22, 23 Sports 14-20 Want Ads 30-39 Women's Pages 25-28 the local, said drinking of liquor would not be tolerated and monitors, with polaroid cameras, would go up and down the marching ranks taking pictures of anyone trying to interfere with the "orderly procession." The strikers were also told that the regular pay day covering the Aug. 1-15 period for CNR employees will be tomorrow.

Union representatives will distribute paychecks at the new Ottawa station from 3 p.m. A CPR union leader said he would meet today with company officials to make arrangements for payment of CP employees. The RCMP and the House of Commons protective staff both had extra personnel on duty as the strikers marched in front of the Peace Tower. Selling hits stock market NEW YORK (AP) The heaviest wave of selling in the long, seven-nunth decline occurred today with the stocs market sharply lower this af.ernoon. As the ticker tape ran 10 minutes late at noon, volume for the first couple of hours piled up to the huge total if 5.420.000 shares compared ith 3.760,000 for the corresponding period Friday.

Some prices began to recover as trading was at its heaviest. Mayor Reid today sat behind his desk barely able to see. A portion of his left eyeball was gouged out yesterday afternoon while the mayor was pruning branches of an apple tree on his farm near Osgoode. Fickle storm now headed for Atlantic MIAMI, Fla. (AP) Faith, a fierce and fickle hurricane, crawled toward the open Atlantic today after a northerly shift that spared the tiny islands in the Bahamas chain of her 120-mile-an-hour fury.

Although her erratic movement was limited to a show drift to the north at most six miles an hour Faith's future path was uncertain. Hurrican forecasters noted that she could spin in any direction. The Miami weather bureau said that "only fringe effects appear likely on the Eastern Bahamas with occasional squalls of 20 to 40 miles per hour from Eleuthera to Grand Turk today." Heavy swells and pounding surf was expected on the north and east- side of the Eastern Bahamas. Besides vicious hurricane force winds near the centre. Faith spun gale force winds 300 miles to the north and 150 miles to the south.

if 1 I Henschel: Suspect named picion on having aided him in the kidnapping of the girl. Police said Joachim Henschel told them Juergen kidnapped Audrey, but treated her well and let her sleep in his bed while he rested on an air mattress. Audrey said she was well cared for and allowed to play with toy blocks. Weather Sunn', warm today. Sunny periods, morning showers, cooier Tuesday.

Low tonight, high Tuesday 60 and 75. Details page 3..

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