The Daily News (St. John's, N.L.), 1963-02-07

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diversity o£ Toronto, admires ice caricature of Prime minister John Diefen-
jaker at the University's annual winter carnival.—(UPI Telephoto).
Inti-Americanism
To Be Exploited?
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TO[election campaign.
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is realized the issue wil .be injected into the campaign in
subtle and devious ways, perhaps primarily at the local
level, and thus become a potent undercurrent.
The fact that the danger exists at all, in such an acute
form, is directly attributed to
the U.S. state department.
RESENTMENT STRONG
There still is strong resentment in official quarters over
the s'.ate department release
just one week ago Wednesday
night criticiing the Canadian
position on nuclear defence and
directly contradicting statements of Prime Minister Diefenbaker.
The declaration was branded
by- Mr. Diefenbaker as an unwarranted intrusion into Canadian affairs, and on that point
the other party leaders in an
otherwise - divided House of
Commons   were   as   one   with
him.
If anything, it appears the
public apology made by Secretary of State Rusk last Friday
only made matters worse. Sec-
DEAN RUSK
etary Rusk told a press conference that he regret cd the
tone of the original statement
but stuck by its contents.
The expression of regret for,
ie tone of the statement was
being conveyed to the Canadian government, according to
Mr. Rusk.
Nuclear Question,
Campaign Issue
By ALAN DONNELLY
OTTAWA (CP)—Parliament's "House of minorities" was dissolved
Wednesday for an election on Monday, April 8.
Prime Minister Diefenbaker, with party ranks closed behind his leader,
ship, rode through a snowstorm to obtain Governor-General Vanier's
approval for dissolution of the 25th Parliament elected only last June
18.
It will be the fourth election in six years and, like the 1958 campaign, will be fought in v/inter.
Mr. Diefenbaker came up smiling Wednesday after Tuesday night's
two non-confidence votes in the Commons in which the three opposition parties united to topple his minority Progressive Conservative
government.
He attended a shouting,
cheering two-hour caucus meeting of party members, held
following persistent reports that
a group within thc cabinet had
challenged his leadership.
He said afterwards ie had
been given "the mos overwhelming support that 1 have
ever received in all my years of
politics."
Liberal Leader Pearson said
hc was happy thc dale Ind been
fixed.
"We hope that thc result will
be clear cul and that thc Liberal party will win tlie support
of thc Canadian people."
SETS CAMPAIGN MOVING
Mr. Pearson's campaign kick-
off will be Monday night in a
speech to the Liberal party's
national council meeting here.
There was no indication when
he   or   Mr.   Diefenbaker   will
pen their campaign travels.
Social Credit Leader Robert
Thompson told a repo ter he
expects his cross-country campaigning lo begin in four weeks.
New. Democratic Leader T. C.
Douglas  travels  next  week   to i
THE  COUNTRY PARSON"
his Burnaby-Coquitlam constituency in British Columbia.
Chief Electoral Officer Nelson
Castonguay quickly put the
election machinery in motion.
A week - long enumeration of
somc 10,000,000 voters starts
Feb. 18.
Observers expect a hotly-contested campaign, with the parlies fighting strongly to win
majority control in the next
Parliament.
Last .lime's election ended
the record majority won in 1!>5B
by thc Diefenbaker government
and left the prime minister with
a'tenuous minority position
which depended for support, in
most vote tests, on either the
Social Credit or New Democratic groups.
MOMENTUM BUILDS
The beginning of the end
came last week with the Commons dispute over nuclear policy. The momentum of events
built up—the U.S, slate department's press release a week
ago criticizing government policy: Monday's resignation 'of
Defence Minister Harkness over
an "irreconcileable" policy difference with Mr. Diefenbaker.
The nuclear question will be
one of the campaign's main
issues, with the government
asserting its "made-in-Canada"
policies and thc Liberals accusing thc government of indecision and confusion.
NDP Leader Douglas has
indicated he'll campaign
strongly for a non-nuclear role
for Canadian defence.
The pre - election tension
heightened Tuesday with reports a group of cabinet ministers had met lo ask Air. Diefenbaker to yield the party leadership to someone else.
One informed source said
that at' Wednesday's Conservative caucus meeting the prime
minister asked for, and got,
individual pledges of loyalty
from each cabinet minister.
Repeated cheering was heard
by reporters outside thc closed-
doors meeting. Cabinet ministers emerged with declarations
that the party and cabinet are
|OTTAWA. Ont.—Defense Minister Douglas Hark-
jness. Photo taken as he prepares to leave his office
after announcing his resignation. Mr. Harkness resigned in protest over the Diefenbaker Government's
refusal to acquire nuclear weapons.—UPI Telephoto
1 Parties Prepare
For Struggle
U.S.  Silent On
Fall Of Govt.
'We have so many ways to
economize—tood plans, compact
cars, home ownership — that
most of us can't afford any
new ways to save."
Castonguay
Was Ready
OTTAWA (CP)-As always,
Nelson Castonguay was ready.
The chief electoral officer had
kept the election machinery in
motion for months before Tuesday's announcement of the
April 8 date by Prime Minister
Diefenbaker,
As long ago as last fall. he
had shipped 150 tons of supplies
for the enumeration that now
will begin on Monday, February 18.
i    By JOHN M. 1IK.HTOWER
; WASHINGTON (AP) - Offi-
! cial Washington adopted a policy of discreet silence Tuesday
on thc fall of John Diefenbaker
as prime minister of Canada.
There were no cries of approval
bul. neither were there any loud
laments.
The fact is that relations between Canada and Ihe United
Slates have been tense much of
tile time since Diefenbaker became prime minister. U.S. leaders obviously werc not upset by
his political misfortune.
What does seem to have distressed President Kennedy and
State Secretary Rusk is that the
United States played such a
role in bringing about he collapse of Diefenbaker's Conservative regime on a non-confidence vote in Parliament Tuesday night.
Administration autl orities
here insist the U.S. acton was
nol designed as a political
bombshell—at least tha much
of a bombshell.
Kennedy and Rusk, according
to administration reports, wcre
not directly involved in the issuance a week ago of the state
department    statement    which
LAHORE, West Pakiscan
(AP)—Two buses collided on a
main highway about 55 miles
from Lahore Wednesday, killing
five persons and injuring 37 others.
Lord Home Rejects
Idea Of Third Force
LONDON (Reuters) — Foreign Secretary Lord Home said
Wednesday night the idea of a
European third force balancing
itself between the Americans
and the Russians has .'no appeal whatever" for the British j
government.
He told the House of Lords]
he fully agreed with Lord Henderson, a Labor peer, who describee President Charles de
Gaulle's third-force policy as "n'
gigantic error."
Home was speaking in a foreign policy debate, centring'on
thc French veto of Britain's bid
for entry . into tlie European i
Common Market and the British!
decision   to   accept   the   U.S.
J
Polaris missile.
"We cannot accept that Europe by itself can meet the
Communist challenge," Home
said.
"If this thesis was ever seri%
ously advanced we would have
to reject.it."
NEED AMERICANS
"We (to not believe the defence of Europe could be organized without the presence of the
United Slates—their' presence on
the ground, in thc management
of the forces and in the execution of policy.   '
"Of course it is perfectly
proper to argue and discuss thc
balance of- strength and effort
within  lhe  framework   of  the
NATO alliance between Europe
and America and as Europe has
gained in confidence and
strength it can take something
off the'shoulders of the United
States."
Defending the need for a British nuclear deterrent, Home
said:
"If we were to discard our
independent   nuclear    deterrent
■ now, could we not be in v. position in a few years* time where
France, or even France and
Germany, wcre the only nuclear powers in Europe?'
He added: ."It would not only
bc a bold but a very rash man
who   took   Britain  out   of   the
'nuclear '   '
Russia
Warns
Japan
LONDON (Reuters) - Russia
warned Japan Wednesday,
against stationing foreign
troops on its soil or permitting
a foreign, atomic fleet to enter
its ports.
It said American submarines
entering Japanese ports would
I obviously "pave the way into
I Japan for' American nuclear
weapons."
At the same time, Pans
officials said Russia has
(warned it would consider the
I nuclear armament of West Ger-
Imany an "immediate threat"
which would oblige Russia to
jtake counter measures.
The note to Japan suid the
"security interests of Japan's
neighbors and the interests of
peace in the_ Far East" were
affected by any steps- involving
foreign troops on Japanese soil
or the docking of nuclear vessels in Japanese ports.
precipitated Ihc crisis. Kennedy is said to have becn angry al subordinates for not realizing the political dynamite
involved.
SITUATION DELICATE
In a time of turmoil in a
neighboring country Ihe United
States normally would keep its
mouth shut. The present situation is considered here to be
especially delicate.
Obviously U.S. leaders would
not particularly like to see a
restoration of the Diefenbaker
defence policies by a new government. But the charges of
"intrusion" Diefenbaker has already made against Washington are nothing to the protests
that would be made if Canadians thought Kennedy was trying to influence the upcoming
April 8 election.
There will be heavy strains
on U.S.-Canadian relations at
best because the defence policy
quarrel with Diefenbaker is so
deeply involved in the present
situation.
...    .   _y   KEN   KELLY
OTTAWA ICP>- The politicians girded themselves Wednesday night for a life-and-
death election struggle.
I Leaders and parties all appeared to be under the gun in
several important ways. They
got into the campaign from a
Parliament which generated
considerable bitterness.
For thc Progressive Conservatives, the April 8 election
means more than just asking
for a majority to continue the
term in office that began in
June. 1957.
The caucus of Conservative
MPs and senators Wednesday
showed thcy are prepared to
present a united front against
rumors nf cabinet dissension
and the effects of thc resignation of former Defence Minister
Harkness.
Thc Liberals, boring steadily
ai toppling Ihe government and
forcing a new election since
last June, tvant more than just
the taste  of near-victory.
QUEBEC   KEY  AREA
Quebec is a key area for
them as it is for the Social
Credit party which won 26 seats
in Quebec where they held none
before. For the Liberals, Quebec means recouping 1962
losses and for Social Credit, it
means proving the Quebec rise
was more than a flash in the
pan.
The New Democrats Wll be!
aiming to show that winning 19 j
seats last June was only a start,
on bigger things for a partyl
which arose in ils preseit formi
less than a year before thel
election. I
The leaders loo must prove
themselves anew.
Mr. Diefenbaker will be expected by his party to show
that he can revive the election
magic that led to the Conservatives' 1958 victory and a record
j majority of scats in Parliament.
' Liberal Leader Pearson leads
his party into combat for the
third time and his future may
depend on success.
Social Credit Leader Thompson is making his second bid
as a national leader with the
knowledge that his deputy
leader, Real Caouette. led 26
Quebec Social Credit MPs to'
Parliament out of the 3n elected
by the party.
Wolf Of Riff
Dies At 81
CAIRO (Reuters) — Mohammed AM el Krirn, the "Wolf of
the "Riff" who became a living legend in his desert war
against the French and Spanish
in North Africa, died in exile
in Egypt Wednesday at the age'
of 81. '
Abd el Krim, who rallied soldiers of fortune from many1
countries around his flag during
a five-year battle in the 1920s'
in the. Moroccan desert, died in,
his sleep of a heart attack. He'
was survived by 11 children,. :
six of them sons. ;,-'
Abd ,cl Krim's son said in.
Cairo his father would be buried in Cairo, but it was hoped |
to transfer his remains to Mor-a
later.
SUVA, FIJI ISLANDS—Queen Elizabeth receives a bouquet from Fijian nurse
Luisa Kamoe, as the Queen and Prince Philip drove past the Colonia War
Memorial Hospital here February 3rtl. Soon afterwards the Royal Couple board j
ed the yacht Brittania, on which they will continue their Pacific tour to Newj
Zealand and Australia. (UPI Radiotelephoto):l