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WdistPa -Wins Easily In Egyptian Vote CAIRO, The mildly reformist Wafd Party out of power In Egypt King Farouk dismissed -r a Wafdist government In 1944 rolled up overwhelming vote majorities in yesterday' parliamentary elections. Incomplete returns, reported; v' by' the Ministry' of thcntcrior 1odajr'wf7lVajnndiditel 5idlM DoUUcUn. who formerly controlled -the Prli- enfi-tKMWooaerbfajbrit ttie running ai high es-19 to 1. Unueually Oriertj. Although newspkpw riepdrts aid four were killed, In election day cUshes, Egypt's firs general election In Ave year was umiso-ally considering th rTxramirrTtomosifltncaT tlon.

(Strict censorship presumably prevented direct ln- erpretaHon' of the Wafd Party's top-heavy vIctoryBut outsiders "familiar with Egyptian condition considered the vol a rebuke to the Saadist Party and, pertup Indirectly, to King Farouk for the Egyptian Army's flop In fighting against Israeli troops In the Palestine war last year. (Farouk, who has long been new. the -out with Wafd Party leaders, has sn extremely strong in ruling Egypt through nano in ruling jckjw wnwia fiaadUt- and coalition govsnwl menu. The Wfd Party boycotted the last elections In 1048 b-' cause Farouk ousted the Wafdist Governmerlt -a few montha esrl- Anneunee suawie. of the Interior announced these result on the basis of returns from' one-third of -the Parliamentary dia-.

tricts: Wafd 70, Liberal Constitutionalists 5, Saadlsta-4, National-' lsU 4, Socialists I. Independents 11. A Wafdist spokesman, describ ing' the election avalanche -e. men was leading In 80 percent of thepoelamaawreiJoxingotttside unreported -districts by msrilni Centlnued from Page One. Plumbing -flrm said householder were "being very-patient about it" and emergency repairs were being looked after by master plumber.

At the' Coliseum this morning John W. Bruce, OBE, of Toronto, Canadian representative of the plumber' charged that national organisations had' ganged up on the local Association of Master Plumber and "their hands were tied before they He said the Ontario Builders' Exchange hadreouesteiHahV-it irrriBl-TonepeiaWltnTne Master Plumber in refusing to grant Increases (in Also, the i.Natlonal Association ---of Master Plumbers and Heating Contractors had sent "a bulletin to all member (including the Ottawa association) to resist and refuse to give anylhcrease. --7 Bruce added; the em. ployer will lit down with us- in of free collective bbt gaining a can be. secured.

But we are not going In against a stacked Met Three Timee.7-"" IfWOSf thenUhre.limes", he aid, "and they refused every one of our demand. Recently asked if they bad any further offers to make, and, if so, we would, arrange tojmeet them, but they said they had no new offer. We're at a lou to -nnderstsnd their, arbitrary attitude at thU We'v always been on good term with them' Two year similar work stoppage lasted, one week before a settlement was reached. Spokesmen in the Federal De partment of Labor empha thl morning th walkout wa strictly within the Jurisdiction of hCOntarUr Pepsi twent of Lsbor. ranging up to 10 to 1 lldle SlXed nOnQrsQfflclsl voiced the opinion the walkout, under whatever name given to It would be illegal if "concerted action" wa taken to Increases" -r i i 1 u.

without a conciliation Following thl morning' exe cutive meeting, Rodger Maher, Ainoe laUow ol TJwabers.Jold.jrh. Jour4r.ns.. i-gr tal lliei were mentai are ready at any he agree ment that terminated January 1 "and the there." Hi aSsoclstion his 23 registered fntr pliinnher ami nl Uiwuj operstlrvg as individuals. Fifteen member are plumbing firms em- ploying most of th force of plumbers JohnJrVeatherail, aasoclstlon ecreUnr. said be had still ceived no communication -from the plumbers' union who were staging what he called "a low-down that ha Corn to a Asked about prospect of hsv-Ing th matter settled through a conciliation board, Victor LeDncv busines agent for th plumbers, auted: "What 1 the use of going to them? In Belleville a concili-- atlon board ruled in favor of a tO-cent boost for the-plumbers, th employer refused pay it and the Government hss done nothing about It In Hamilton a conciliation officer was asked for -in December.

aadt the union.htsn'l 7t received a rpiy. Harry PrPlaunln-fr Prominent Ottawa Businessman; Dies farry P. Plaunt, proprietor of the Plaunt Hardware Company, died Tuesday in hospital after a. brief illness. He was 07 year of age.

An smthusiasUc aportaman and lover of the outdoor, Mr. Plsuot did much during hi life to provide (porting facllltic for young-ten and generally encourage them. A native of Renfrew, he wa the son of the late Joseph Plaunt nd Isabel! MacLean, He was educated, there and while still a young, man cam to Ottaw and work with Butterworth Hiwar--iAiir a few years her he went to Glace By and spent some- time there in the hard war business before mov- tng to Western Canada and real He came back to Ottawa In 1B12, took over the former But-terworth Hardware and' established his own company, It was arst sltuisted on Sparks street, be- had since beeVi moved to the pres- Mr. Plaunt was a life member of the Ottawa Ski Club, a member of the Ottawa Curling Club, the Ottawa Hunt Club and River-mead Coli wii one of the oldest members of the Lau-rentian Club and belonged to the Abltibi Fish and Game Club and to the Moose Rock Fish and Came Club. i He attended Chalmers United Church.

Surviving -are his wife, the former Winnifred and teveral nieces. The body 1 itjfulse and Play-fair', where Rev. Urquhart wilt conduct service in the chapel i wm wpiw Friday afternoon "at 2 o'clock IntermcnUwlll be In Beechwood fjX Friday Centlnued from Page One. Ottawa's April shewer this week were Just pari ef a eentln aatal weatber pattern described a th meet fantastic In weather's recorded history. wniie.

Ottawa residents were changing overshoe for rubbers and Winter overcoata for slickers, lilac were blooming In Mew York (some were in bud In the LMircageijn tu-ocgree wsrmtn. At th same Urn, two McGill scientists today were pondering trie spring-like temperature. "We may be In -am lnter-glacial period' Professor C. HJ. Kim- bl hazarded.

Professor F. Hire, who along With Professor Kimble, ha studied "weather recorda- over past 75 years, Ssw trend" which might lead to "a dUlerent climate altogether' BUssard fn BC. The unseeroneble "heat-wave" In the East ws-eelanced by the Western cold snap -which drove Dllzzard down- on British Col umbia and kept school children and mill-workers at borne. cold wave, riding on Polar wind from the Arctic Ice-cap wa stretching' jcy fingers South, right-down -to Cslifornls- where smudge against 22-degree cold. In the Pacific Northwest.

he pakotss and Minnesota, blizzards paralyzed activity. Ia the Southwestern States, freezing rain sheathed highways In ice. In Dallaa, Texas, the temper- ature in one nght dropped 33 degree from a balmy -75. That wa the other side- cJ-th continental weather picture. But now, weather forecasters reported, the Winter.

blacked byi hlsh-prearare area ef trara7 air ever the Atlantic wa movlnr East for i The Pacific cold front yesterday delivered solid punches at Chicago and the Prairie Provinces. In Chicago, budding pussy wil llowi. ware chilled by a 33-degree drop overnight at PA." Cold closed down oyer the Prat-les27 below at Winnipeg. 33 below at Regina andj4--below at Prlne3Ubert Moving eat the cold wave was pushing the rnasees of. warm Air ton, "ylout.

ovara-the I Th hi Oh BIMflin mrm fot In trOBlc winds from the GulTbf Mexico, wa -alowly dislnte grating, weather officials rei ported. For a week, the high pressure mass of warm air had stortewall- i mil nt th nMnr fnr Call It 'Unbalance'. It had created what weather officials described7 ai a situation The-Atlantic ''bottleneck' had- held back the cold waves Sweep- preuure area Bat the Paclfl air maaa, fed from th polae Icecap waa a cold hfnca defence brgnlxatron; nan imim in wm normal r.ui- Waat-flaw-af air being disrupted" by erees eorrenta flawing Nertb and Soath across the continent The northerly flow had brought Icy windi i snd blinding blUzards down on the West coast The -flow from the South had given Ottawa June temperatures and April showers in Jsnusry. Ottawa, on the edge" of the warm belt had been "squeezed by th two air masse with re-Biltlng low heavy rains. INDONESIA.

JAKARTA (Batavia), USI, Jan. 4. Percy Spender, Aus-trsllsn Minrster for External AN fairs, arrived here today en his way to the Commonwealth con. ferenc St Is due to stsy in Indonesia four day aicui Southeast Asian relations with Anglo-American dlolomits -1 Vs- i I Pete Desplns, Kay Mitchell. THE OTTAWA JOURNAI WEDNESDAY, JANUARY.

4. 1950, t1 V. V. I I a. i N-i ifj PLANNING HIT-PARADE DANCE.

is this decoration committee who axe seen doing some ol the pre-dance worrying. From left to -of the Key Club at Commerce. president of the Key Club at ground are the boys of the Truman Asks Centlnaed free Page One. The President gave no Inkling of how much new revenue he wants -noy or where" he would turn-to-get-tt. Nor did he dis-close what existing taxes he would drop or lower as- he put it, "reduce present and business ac- simprjr ssia mere should be "some change" In the tax system to produce theie results.

His tax proposals will come later, in a special message. He IS expected to yield tq demands for an 'of-the-- bulk of the wartime excise levies on such thing transportation fares and telephone bllli, provided the loss is' more then offset by taxes from corporation profit and other source ne oe-- ZZH TS at aaj.aaiai4J aafcMI challenge of eommunisnr and save the world from tyranny: "in' the world he aald. we are confronted with the danger that the rising demand of peoale-everywhreiui fieeuom and a better life may be corrupt. ed and betrayed-toy the false promises of communism. "In Its ruthless struggle tor power, communism seizes upon our Imperfections, and takes.

ad vantage of the delay and set- backa which democratic, na. tions experience in their effort to secure a better life for their citizens." Mast Meet Challenge. This was a challenge, and it could be met successfully. "I believe that, in co-operation wltinhe others-free-nations joi Die world, we riail enlendVlhe full benefits, of the democratic way of life-to million Who do not now enjoy them, and preserve. mankind from dictatorship and tyranny." Truman's.

g.OOO-word message, comparable 4to th Speech from the Throne read before Canadian 'touched sphere while also detailing the Government' legislative program for 1050. Traman called ataia for e- Iu IhorixaUon for the O.Sr Govern ment teloln with Vanad Ina dertaklng the long-awaited St Lawrence aeawsy and power development project Looking abroad, he promised that Ihe U.ft would continue its effort for world economic recovery- because world prosperity la the "only sure foundation" for a rmanent peace. To this end, the U.S. must continue its support of the European recovery program. The program had achieved great suc- rcess.

but had not yet been- com' pleted. To halt it now, or cripple it would be to do "exactly what the enemies of democracy want us tO dO At the aame time, world pro perity required that the U.S. do' all It could to expand world trade. As, a major step In that direction, th VS. should promptly Join the tnternMional4radeorganization.

which aimed to establish a code ofair trade pn Promising continued support for the United Nations, he said the U.S. is working toward the time when the United Nations will 'control weapons of mass destine- itflBJelaalllJiairi preserve international law and Until then, the U.S. must maintain a strong and well-bal- The aelectlre aervlce ytlm of military training; as aa eaaentlal, sefment of defence plans, mast be continued. He touched briefly on the North AtlanUe Security Treaty' and aid: now mutt put into effect the common defence plana that are being worked out." gabmlta Badget Manday. Truman old the budget he will subrhlt Mondsy, for the flacaryear itarttng July 1, hold (pending te th lowest levels consistent with cold war requirement and eaaentlal economic need at Home.

He declared that, his fiscal policy offers "the quickest and Mfest way of achieving a bal anced budget" but he did not bold out any hope that -Govei iimeiit I pending ran be held, within income during th forthcoming fiscal year. c.J. In fact hi talk of "moderate" tax boost in th face of con- Tech, and SrR Jn band who will give with some Britain's Gold-Dollar Reserve Has "tONDOM, Jn: 4. JCW Sir Stafford Grippe announced Britain's vital gold-dollar reserve Jumped In the quarter of IMS. Thl Is $348,000,000 mors than th dangerous low-point of last September, just before the pound wis devalued from 4.03 to $2.80 in U.S.

funds. The reserves now stand at the Chancellor of the Exchequer told a press "conference. This is (till considerably less than what th Treasury con-. tlnued heavy obligations pointed to another, year or more of red- Th. htlara Klon' on of the Senate and House of-Jtepresentatlves, many of whose member have been demanding ihsrp cut both in Govern moat spending and in existing taxes.

He recommended: Repeat ef the Taft-Hartley Act, despite last year'a rejection of an administration repealer and its replacement by a law that "Is fair to all and in harmony with ouT democratic He suggested slso establishment of a labor extension service to stlra-ulate educstlon in modern labor relations. t. Extension Of rent control far anather vear from next Jum SO to "prevent widespread hard' ship and sharp curtailment of the buying power of millions of con sumer in metropolitan area 1. ffnartmynt ef th nranaae an and mandatary prka sun- port for.eiajor: lnaeme crop pot now; covered by existing law. The brainchild "of Agriculture Secretary Brsnnsn, the plan wa projected during th lsrt yesr as a means of providing lower prices on some foods to consumers, -while keeping up the farmer income with "production It got a.

Enlaigemeut of the public ewer program not only in areas now served by Federal projects "but also In reglonr such a New England where th benefit of large-scale public po Ha asked speciflcsl ly for authorization of the St Lawrence -seaway power project and establishment of the Columbia Valley administration for the northwest. S. Lerlilation to euTlTTnon' epoly-and-pfovtde-independent business with the credit and cap- ll-l" mn tn "free enterprise' a. Measures aathorixlng. a "vig-eren program te help ee-eper- atlve and other -non-profit group build housing that "middle income families can alfprd.

7. Completion ef action legislation to Increase benefits and "extend coverage of aid-age and survivors Insurance, assert ing Jhe wtdespresd move to pro vide pensions in private Industry dramatize th need for lmprove- ts in the nubile Insurance system. title wlth'a plea the uhem ploymej on. law to tncreai and benefit. g.

Pram action by Congress te paas the fl lerai-aid-to-edneatlen bill to prov Government funds msinlain t. Enactment ef the health pre-1 gram embracing compulsory mexlrcsl IHanirlrig'hattotarna' production amount to annually, Truman; de dared: "If out productive, power Unue to increa at the me rate a It has increased for the psst SO years, our total national production SO years from now will be nearly four time a much it is In round numbers, that would he a production of 11.000,000, 000,000 annually. Seca IuMM Idmuh. "Allowing for the expected growth in Truman went on, "this would mem that sne real Income of the average family In the year 2.000 AO. would be about three time what 1t IS'ttoay.

Government economists said the "real income" of the average U.S. family In terms of purchas coupled or trautaenini t. oPenat MKoveraa 4 -I I ing power is estimated at right: Ron Proulx, president Bernice Wilson, Larry Gray, solid notes this Saturday, sider ssfe minimum W.000.r 000,000. i Sir Stafford cited three tor the increase: 1. A flow of dollar from lm-portera of British goods who bad held up payment until th pound wa devalued, i i 2.

Release of- backlog of order from Importer who had anticipated a devalued pound. 3." "An Improvement In the basic sterling area balance of payment! with the dollar Sir Staffont laid ha flriire? each reason had been "of rough.J ly Importance in reducing tne oencit Egg Market Showing FirmerTone No on was betting that egg price bad hit the bottom of the lid today put the market ton wa happier 1 than for weeks. These factors were Involved In th stabilization but none could ay which wa meet important: The. holiday consumption of gg been heavy and demand keen; uncertain weather has hampered deliveries by farmers: Lsom producers with an optlmi- uc turn or mina are noiains ueir egg off the market in anticlpa- uon or a rise. Wholetal price per dozen to retailers -today quoted at pradearyO 34 end pullet 30.

Th saddest note of th week came In the Egg and Poultry Re port of the -Agriculture Department which rioted with pride the succesr of -Canadian egg; exports to the united Kingdom, now baa been arranged for 1050. The report aid: 300,800 easei delivered to Britain between September IS and November "Quality the best yet and breakage reduced to a minimum. SovMNavattJnill Port Alarm Nationalists 7TATPldrnlosa, Jan. 4-VP, Chinese navy report today said parts of th Russia Asiatic fleet. including more than 20 subme' rines, had moved Into" tree Da iron.

Bed-held North China port Nationalist' leaders here suspect Communists to-In vd "Formosa would come from Dalren and Tstngtaor another Communist North China port, instead of from the "mainland 100 miles to th weal of Fprmos-. Inteliisenea raoorta niif th Na. ilonallst say the -Chines Reds nave bought 20 British- tank land'' ing ships and numerous motorboet engines In Hong Kons. itepoxta say the Chinese Com' munist in concentrating ship for trie even tual assault on Formosa expected Russian assistance- in the 'ormaOon of th Communist am phibtoua-eperation la suspected ny tne Nationalists. 12.800 in 153S-M.

estimates. baaed oo- the IMfl dollar. would give the average American family SO years from now, under Truman' vision. "real Income" of do to S12V600 annually. "These gains cannot be achieved unless our busines men main' taln their spirit of initiative and enterprise and operate In a com' petit! va economic be "They cannot be achieved unlets our working jnen -and their unions help to increase pro ductivity end obtain for labor a falr-ihar of the benefit of economic aystem.

They cannot be achieved un leas hv stable- and pros perous agriculture Consi tnd develop our natural. resources Unless dor people are healtny, well-educated and con' Aim at Bettering Gloucester Bus Service Aldermen Newman and Roger ol Gloucester today began an all-out effort to better the new ward's transportation deaE Condemning disorganized IiimIl jiiiilu lif senln In thrir part of the e'iy. they ef out to personally cell on beads of vari- companies tp nitaraling route" wtttilrr.tWawg-.to provide improved services until the OTC took action. Tlrst- difficulty dealt with that of partnts of high school children along the Russell Road. They bad prevleualy beea serv iced by chartered baa, paid for by the UwniMpTOf b7ierwTIe lake ehlldrea la te Ottawa scheala.

"This service waa-olacantlnued laanary I far the aaaexed area, ehlldrea ta waae dlstricta esaght wttlwBt aseaasi ef traaspertatiea te aeaeeL Arrangement were made today to have Capital Coach Lines make appropriate stop to pick up the enuaren ana UK mem to street car or bus lines, "but rest' dent still had to pay fares for merly taken care of by the township. Want Pay Fares. Efforta to make arrangement Hwith the Ottawa Collefiate Board similar to thoa with th township board were stymied by a (tending rule that th board will pay no fare whatsoever. Gloaceater Ward ehlldrea saw have te pay baa line fare a well a OTC fare- Mr. Newman today waa to see officials of Eaitview Bu Line to request an extension of routes in Manor Park, the but at present merely touches one edge Of thajevelop merit at hourly in teivala.

1 said be felt nothing could be done about arranging completely new routes for Manor Park until the OTC took Eaitview i Bu Line after that town was annexed at some unde termined Tnttire data. He aald he had made arrange ments for Metcalfe road residents to be Serviced by Colonial Coach Lines, end thar Upland bu line would continue to. provide an hourly service into Rideau Park via Stanley avenue, Churchill Drive and th Metcalfe road. Meanwhile residents every' where In the ward Were (till com Dlainina about the-service arid bit terly accusing Ottawa of falling properly to look after it own. Today in Brief Corporal Enea McEwen, hie wife and four-year-old eon, Syd- iy, who were seriously burned a week ago when fire destroyed their simple" home St, Billing Bridge, (till lie critically 111 In the Civic Hospital.

Meanwhile family by DVA, the Army Bene volent Fund and the Royal Ca nadian Engineer has reached a total oz of. would be held before British Ambassador Sir Oliver Frank left on a visit te London towards th end of this month The Foreign Office spokesman added that any agreement reach- ed-between- the-three Tpowert would htve to go before the United State Congress and that official comment was unlikely in London- until the 'discussions ndd. After preliminary discussions In September, three-power began on an official level Nov. 28 and had been going on tntermitlenuy since then, he said. Informed quarter here be- lleved that the British recom-mendatlona to.

the combined policy committee would be baaed on -the new British Csrtrvraat Teple. Diplomatic "observers predicted that any American-Canadian-British, atomic partnership might-pro a controversial topic (or -the Atlantic Treaty organisation, because atomic weapons would be "on of the-OTJvlous arms of defence of the North AUantle The question -would arise of the extent to which other treaty -member could be brought into an atomic prtnrshi whether this should -stay-'en'-American-Canadian-British pre-rv. It was thought thst exclusive control by the United SUtes, Canada: and Britain of atomic weapons might be difficult te Justify before other treaty members, as the three powers do not together form one of the treaty's groups or sub-uults. contribute five percent, of their salary and to which each church contribute; from th Missionary from the Pension Capital Fund and a varying smount each year from th United Church Publish- irag House, OshoppinffatLarocque's -fRed letter Bargain Health Threat Brings Bristol School Strike BRISTOL. Quebec, Jsn (SpecUl) Thirty pupiU walked out of Bristol Protestant School with their teacher this morning.

They did so on Instruction from their parents, "Who protested the attendance of other children whom they considered a threat to the well-belne of thichool and community ss whole. petition, signed by 100 residents of Bristol the entire population was presented to the local school board Tuesday. It denwndetftrthetldrerr-b refused admittance 'to th school until the situation had 1 been 1. School which has Jurisdic tion over school in Pontine County, met a depute' tlon from th local board to con aider the petition. The delegation included Charles Russell, moods.

First protest by. parent area mad early in the school year whan signs of low health standards were first noticed In certain chil dren who ranged in -age. from eeven to 11 yeara. They had attended school only a tew times during the Fall term but-returned to- -class- yesterday. the first day following the Christ mas holidays.

Dr. S. E. McDowell, who amlned the children In th Fall, will report to the Central School Board today. He it member th board.

The school teacher ia Mia Mary.Pitt United Church Pensioners Get Bonus Pensioners of the' United Church of Canada will recekve again this year a coat, of living bonis in addition to the regular pension of $30 for every year ot ervice. 1 Irr IMS th averaga pension paid to ministers and mlssionar- $38043 and to children, $82.10. The bonus was paidlast year by increasing corrtribuuon to the Missionary end Maintenance Fund of the church by 10 percent, from g2.S50.000 000. The same method of finan cing will be used in 1990. Asaennt of' Banna.

Amount of bonus paid waa as follows: minister or mission' ry and hi wife, $150; a widow, $100 and a child. $50. Step are now being taken to establish a Capital Fund suffi cient to cover the cost of paying pension to retired ministers of the church. In recent committee of I laymen of the United Church beaded by J. M.

Pritchard of Montreal ha raised slmost $5, 000,000 to strengthen the Pension Capital Pensions are being financed from four different aources at present From separate Pension Fund ministers More and More People Thiida and Friflay Sorry No Phone or UKWouldAgree Not to Produce Atomic Bonib. LONDON, Jan. ters -British recomeriditiong In a new memorandum to the) United States on atomic energy included a proposal that Britain should agree not to produce atomic bombs, but should store a certain number of American-made bombs. informed sources said today. At' foreign Office spokesmsa described th present series of atomic energy talks between the Vnited Stales, Canada and Brit- ain as being "in th second of three Meet a Th climax would come, when th combined policy committee comprising the United States Secretaries of State and Defence, and the Canadlaav-end- British Ambassadors In Washington, met tereoaslder recommendation now being worked en at an official level.

He aald he thought it "likely. but --aof IhaT thh blneoT policy committee, meeting C.O.D. Orders OPENA3LT0PJil. her. -r compared with $3,400 tn 1M1 and fldent, of tM futiue." "7 i I' -t.