Daily News, 1955-10-13

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LARRY ADLER
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Vol. 62,   No. 219
ST. JOHN'?, NEWFOUNDLAND,    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1955
(Price 5 cents)
20 PAGES
DEFENCE OPEN TO REDS
IKE THROWS CURVE, OFFERS
ACCEPT KREMLIN PROPOSAL
FOR MILITARY INSPECTION
Conservation of our natural re-
mm will be the theme of Boy
Scout activities in' Newfoundland
in 1950 according to Provincial
Commissioner E. B. Foran. Ad*
dressing local leaders Tuesday
eight at the annual meeting of
ifit St, John's Scoulcrs Club, Mr.
Foran said that ncw scout badges
would be awarded to further inter-
Ht In  conservation among Boy
Scouts. There will be a badge for
each Held of conservation-wildlife, soil, forestry and water. At
the conclusion of bis address, Mr.
Foran took the chair for the election of officers which saw the following Installed; President, Richard Pike (6th St; John's); Vice
President, Byron Johnson (llth
St. John's); Secretary Treasurer,
Miss Kay Burke (4th St. Patricks), later.
Ex-committee members are District Commissioner T. F. Furlong
and Boyd Pennell of the 1st St.
Thomas' Troop. When the new
executive took office plans were
discussed for a membership drive,
a forthcoming dance for members
and a continuance of other social
activities. The next meeting will
be the annual outdoor gathering
for which plans will be announced
Cabinet To Review
Sentence Of Coffin
Lasl Chance For Condemned Man
OTTAWA iCP)-Wilbert Coffin's death sentence will
receive final review by the cabinet next Wednesday, two
days before the 44-year-old convicted murderer is scheduled lo be hanged at Montreal's Bordeaux jail.
The cabinet will decide whether
Charge Teacher
With Assault
OAKVIT.LE. Onl. (OP) - A
teacher at Appleby College in this
tjwii near Toronto h^n bee"
charged with assault as the result
of a misconduct strapping given
a
to interfere with the death sen-
twee and confine Coffin to prison
ty life nr order a new trial. Cab*
bet intervention is Cofln's last
top« (A escaping the gallows Oct.
The cabmel's decision will culminate one til lhc major battles of
ttwnt year," to avert a death
lenience.
The case has involved a spectac-
Jl« trial, appeals to Quebec and
federal courts and a sensational
"«pe by Coffin in September
Irom the Quebec City Jail. He re-
toned to jail within two hours of
J* «eape after his lawyer told
wn he would lose atl chance of a
reprieve Iiy trying to get away.
Primp Mmi.sU'r SI. Laurent an-
Wwtd ih« dale {or reviewing
*« «niMu-« billowing a 2W-hour
*»ning cabinet meeting.
X0T BISCUSSEU
Mying to questions by report*
*«. he said the case was not dis-
JJSKd by cabinet Wednesday. Hc
W>*M not been informed that It
ym be on lhe agenda of next
"MnHiy's meeting,
However, mien informed thy I
;*" ?» "heduled to be ex-
JIH Friday, Ocl. 21, two dars
»«; the next-cabinet meeting, he
■lid:
.315 have to come up it the
next  meeting  of  cabinet/'
In capital cases Solicitor-General
Macdonald submits a recommend*
Uon to his colleagues based on a
study bf all aspects of the case.
Coffin has been sentenced to
death for the murder of Richard
Undsey, 17, of Holidays burg, Pa.,
one of three bear hunters found
dead in the Gaspe peninsula in
1953. His body was found near
those of his father, Eugene Undsey, 47, and a. friend, Albert Claar,
20, also of Hollldaysburg,
STUDY COFFIN STATEMENT
Senator Macdonald's study of the
case includes consideration of a
6,000-word statement by Cofrin's
lawyer, Francois Gravel of Quebec City, The statement' quotes
Coffin aK saying lie is innocent of
lhe murder and guilty only of
stealing some uf the huhteiV possessions.
The statement quotes Coffin as
saying that he did not receive a
ftir trial and also discloses new
evidence purported to show the
erndemnrd man's innocence.
Coffin originally waa sentenced
to be hanged Nov. 26, 1954, but
tbe date was postponed to March
12 and ,ater to June 3. In May
Coffin received a third stay of execution to Sept. 23 to permit an
appeal to tiie Quebec Appeals
Court.
Faure
Faces
Defeat
Non-Confidence
Motion Seeking
New Policy
PARIS (Reu-tars)— The
French government faced a
Socialist no-confidence motion which could bring an
end to the seven-month regime of Premier Edgar
Faure as the French National Assembly entered the second day of ils crucial debate
on Algeria.
The Socialist molion said that
only a completely new policy with
new aims and methods could reestablish cairn In the troubled
French North African territory,
assure the continued presence of!
France there, and provide for the;
development of democracy. j
It rejected any moves toward
'.'integration," and declared that
tho 1947 statute
Little Doubt That
Gaitskell To Lead
Labor In Britain
MARGATE, Eng. (AP)—Moderate leader Hugh
Gaitskell won a thunderous ovation Wednesday from the
Labor party conference and left most of the delegates in
little doubt that he is their ultimate party leader.
The   49-year-old   up-and-coming
Socialist touched off a two-minute
demonstration after reaffirming
his faith in Socialist ideals and
assailng his left wing opponent,
Aneurin Bevan.
Gaitskell denied Bevanite assertions that Labor's moderates were
"betrayers of Socialist ideals."   .
"I am a socialist," he said,
"because I hate and loathe social,
injustice, because I hate the class
structure that disfigures our soci-'
cty, because 'I hate poverty and
squalor."
REWARDS FOR MERIT j
"I want to see a society In
which rewards go according to
merit ... I want to see all this'
Morrison, the deputy party
leader, also took issue with Bevan
Wednesday, Hc rapped Laborites
who try to "divide the conference
in!j 5-idelist and non-Socialist."
Hs nared: "This is nonsense."
DEFEATED BEVAN
Earlier in the conference Gaitskell decisively defeated Bevan in
the race for party treasurer.
Gaitskell, former chancellor of
the excheoucr, touched off Wednesday's demonstration by declaring that nationalization of industry
in liis view, was not an eiui in itself but just one of tin* means of
achieving social justice.
"1 hnoe no onc is going to ac-
ichicved  by democratic  means.", cuse  me of betraying  anything,",
Delegates said the speech made  he said in a voice quivering with
a strong impression on delegates! emotion.   "I know  that is some-
long tired of the modcrate-Bevan- Ume? said about me."
President Says
Soviet Attitude
Is Encouraging
DENVER (AP) President Eisenhower, in a letter
to Soviet Premier Bulgarian made public Wednesday, has offered to accept Russia's proposal for
stationing military inspection teams at key points
in the United States and the Soviet Union if it would
help create better relations.
At the same time, the president told Bulganin he li
"encouraged that you are giving such full consideration
to my Geneva proposal" for exchange of military blueprints and agreement on reciprocal aerial inspection.
Eisenhower's letter to Bulganin was in reply to the
Soviet premier's Sept. 19 message to the president. In
that communication. Bulganin found flaws in the president's proposal.
The  president's  Sept.  24  heart' -  	
attack delaved  his  replv  to  the. N0T A "CURE-ALL"
Kremlin leader. A detailed replv!    "Let me now say, however, that
will nol be made until the president * am encouraged that you are giv-
is further alon;? the recovery trait.! lnS such full consideration to my
itc   feud   that has   plagued   the
party for more than five years.
The Bevanitcs claimed that the
moderates have gone soft on na-
,.        «   --    -   - mu *«tt ■««.«; which made AI-
12-year-old  pupil. :    ri       t   f meir0politan France
Mri. Mario Cfarke, who laid lhe gjj"^ bcen  Bp^ed in fragmentary fashion.
charge, said her son William had
been strapped Thursday by teacher
William C, Drury because the boy
talked in class. The welts still were
visible Sunday, she said.
Appleby headmaster Dr. John
M. BeU said Wednesday "William
was punished for a number of misdemeanors after many warnings."
He described the punishment as
"not severe."
They said it strengthened his1 tionalization in defiance of party
chances of leadership, cither when! traditions. But the moderate vot-
Clement AUlce, the present leader! ing strength beat down Bevanite
retires or after deputy leader Her- attempts to commit thc party to a
bert Morrison has had some ten-! policy of nationalizing all British
ure in the post. ' industries.
ALGERIANS SKEPTICAL
As a result, it said, the Algerian
people were skeptical of the value!
of the statute. * j
The Socialist motion came Wed-|
nesday as important modifications i
were being shaped in Faure's:
policy for the territory.
Interior Minister Maurice Bour
ges-Manoury told the assembly,
these would include limited local
self-government in the form of
elected Algerian councils and a
comprehensive irrigation plan to
spur economic betterment for Algerians.
The minister rejected the idea
of an Algerian republic associated
with France. He said such an association might develop into autonomy for Algeria, ttiut even to secession.
Temperatures
Dawson  37 41
Tflancouver   45 58
Calgary   33 57
Winnipeg    4fi »7
Toronto   53 71
Ottawa    46 61
Montreal    48 (S3
Moncton  32 51
Halifax     42 GO
Sydney   .•  41 w
St. John's   41 43	
Canada   Mediator
In   Peace   Meeting
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (CP)-Canada has begun
to act as mediator in efforts to compose differences between the United States and India- over the makeup of
the proposed atoms-for-peace agency.
An informed source said Canada
assumed the mediator's role it the
request of-India, which is dissatis-
Royal Romance Rumours Renewed
LONDON (AV)- Group
^aPt.    Peter     Townsend
Jahdsome friend of Princess
Jai-garot, arrived in   Lon-
7n from Brussels Wednes-
7 light "just for a holi-'
day."
The vivacious princess
^r Scottish vacation over
wt Balmoral castle and
Cau3lU a train soulh for the
°PitaL
Jj'jwsnd. unshaven and tired
ou u drive atro» Europe to
CiiJJ"6, a'»' f«ry across the
22*1, bni8h*> «■!* the big
titslion:
'Will  you  meet   the
Ul   - n°l  answering  questions
^ If,!1'" ^wnsend told, report-
hr
11 my ji>h
*teks-
MWay. I expect to be back
job in Brussels io four
tone,"
With London's winter season just
getting into swing, speculation
grew that the 40-year-old divorced
flier and the 25-ycar-old princess
might soon meet.
AWAIT STATEMENT
Townsend flew into Britain amid
snowballing talk that an official
statement is on the way saying
once and for all whether hc will
marry lhe princess.
Princess Margaret was accompanied hy hcr young cousin, Princess Alexandra,-on the journey to
London. They travelled in a special
coach lacked on to the regular
nighl express from Aberdeen.
The princess will be joined today
at Clarence House, her London
home, by Queen Mother Eliiabeth.
The Queen Mother lit breaking her
vacation al the castle of Mey on
Scotland's bleak.north coast.
The princess next week, Is to
attend a patty, staged by a Boyal
Air Force movie unllof which she
li sponsor,;
Officials conceded 'that Town-
send, as a fighter pilot hero of the
Battle of Britain and Britain's air
attache to Belgium, rated' an invitation. They would not say, however, whether he was getting one.
MANY ENGAGEMENTS ] U.S. since Monday   he   has   had
The princess has a full round of1 talks with Dr. Ho mi of Bhabba of
engagements booked   from   next' India, who was chairman of thc
weekend. Among the.se is a dinner! Geneva atoms - for-pcace confer-
tied at not being included in the
agency's board of governors.
The agency is designed to serve
as a clearing house for knowledge
and technical assistance in the
field of atomic energy. Under a
1954 general 'assembly resolution,
it would negotiate "an appropriate
form" of relationship with the UN.
Health Minister Paul Martin,
chairman of Canada's UN delegation, is working to resolve the disagreement between India and the
Thc preliminary reply made public by l thc Denver White House
Wednesday was drafted and signed
by Eisenhower during a conference
at Fitzsimons Army Hospital here
Tuesday with State Secretary
Dulles.
Eisenhower wrote:
"I wish (o thank you for your
letter of Sept. in, 1955, about my
Geneva proposal of July 21 that
we exchange information abcut
military establishments and permit reciprocal aerial inspection
over our two countries.
"You raiscfi a good many question s and 1  shall not be able tn
Geneva proposal.
"I hope Lhat we can agree on it,
not as a cure-all, but, as I said at
Geneva, to show a spirit of non-
aggressiveness on both sides and
so to creale a fresh atmosphere
which would dispel much of the
present fear and suspicion. This,
of itself, would be worthwhile.
"It wjuld, I believe, make II
n.ore possible to make progress iu
:erms of comprehensive plans foi
inspection, controls and reductions
of armaments, which will satisfy
tlie high hape.s of alt peoples and
indeed ol all the world.
*i have not forgotten your pro-
reply to them until the doctors let: posal having to do with stationing
inspection teams at key points ui
all countries, and if you feel thi;
would help create the better spirit
1 referred* to, we could accept thai
too."
me do more than at present.
"In any event a full reply calls
for preliminary work by my advisers and this is actively under
way.
(NEA Tefcphotoi
RIO"! ERS FIRE HOUSE—A crowd of curiosity seekers, including some
CIO-UAW strikers, watches fire dsstrry an uncccupied house used as j
shelter for polics cn duty at the strike-bound Perfect Circle Corp.,
New Castle, Ind.   The blare was started after a
strikers md non-strikers.
Sealing Ship \
On E\pdilion |
To Anlarrtir        j
MoXitii'Al, U'Pi-The w3hn«|
;lii|j   llirluli  v.itl   ■sJll  fluUl   lUllU'. |
in a tt*ii' days tur Hiilain Ui pick,
up Ilifi adwiiiiv parly of lit* t'uiu-j
iiiuiiueallli Antarctic Kxpodilinn. j
lhe vessels owners annuo ne (Ml,
Wednesday.
An official of Kerr Steamships,1
here to pick tip supplier for niein-1
ben vl the advance oarly, said;
lhe 32Mnn *e:-:-el v.ill be com-!
irand?d by Cant, Har*>!i Marc, a!
Nova Scotia ieshtit veteran. It wiUj
: carry a cre-.,r of 19. '
The advanc? party ef the three-1
gun battle between | Tear expedition will be headed by;
Dr. Vivian Fuchs. An Australian'
WEATHER
. Cloudy, I'diillnulng cold. High
liidav -12.
Nfld. Skies
THURSDAY, OCTOBER IS
Mum lie tUS ».u.
Siiii.ift Mti P.tn.
TII»K8
High I**
fi 13 a.m. 11.4ft a.m.
5.39 p.m. 	
party directed'by Sir Sdrauad H!l
iarv and a South African grouj
will join the advancs party nexl
year.
Exploratory and Scientific Tcrk
is the main object of the expedl*
tioc
Vancouver Police Enquiry
Is Adjourned Indefinitely
party Wednesday with the Queen
and the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Townsend, who won his reputation gs an ritr ace in the cramped
cockpit of a Spitfire during the
Battle of Britain, relaxed for a
while on the hir ferry journey from
Le Touquct, sitting in the co-pilot's
seat.
'Td like to fly this machine," he
told the pilot, "but I don't think
I'm strong enough."
Women passengers who watched
him arrive at the all'port voiced a
like opinion.
"My goodness, doesn't he look
tired," one young airport girl said.
"And his shoes are down tt heel,
Ion. Hf. needs someone to look
after him."
ence in August, and with More-
head Patterson, President Eisenhower's special assistant who is
handling negotiations for thc U.S.
Martin was to discuss the matter
with   UN   secretary-general   Dag
Hammarskjold Wednesday night.
THREE CATEGORIES
Under a draft statute which Canada helped dovise, and which has
been distributed to all UN member
governments for comment, membership in the agency's lirst 16-
m em hcr hoard of governors Is
divided into three categories.
Coun Ir ic* acknowledged as leasers in alomic development—Canada, Britain, the United State*.
France and Russia—ar« included
in'tiieflnteatoiarjr,'   . ^
VANCOUVER fCP^ -
Police chief Walter Mulligan and his "counsel Wednesday walked out on the
royal commission into police
affairs.
The withdrawal came as R. 31.
Tupper, the commissioner, nrdered
the inquiry adjourned for the llth
time—this Ume indefinitely.
John G. (Jay) Gould, thc chief's
lawyer, criticized Mr. 'flipper's
handling of the commission, which,
he said, has destroyed his client.
"Because of the conduct of this
inquiry, no duty lies on us to co-
opera I e in the 195.1 Spanish inquisition,"..Mr.   Gould   said.
STATUS DESTROYED
."If ^morrow you brought down
an interim report in which ynu
cleared Waller Mulligan, he could
no longer bold the post of chief of
police  of  the cily nf Vancouver,'
because of the conduct of this in-j
I quiry. j
"HJs status as chief of police has
j already be&n destroyed.
!    "We   have   already,  been   do-:
■ stroyed because of the excess of
j gossip and hearsay upon hearsay
permitted here."
Mr. GouldS statement came a^
a dramatic climax to lwo hours of
rigid cross-examination of Helen
Eli:\beth Douglas, veiled mystery
woman who declared that tho chicl
wanted to divorce his wife anf'
marry her and showered hcr wit'
gifts.
TOLD OF NEST-EGG
She testilied earlier that Chit'*
Mulligan told her he had JSS.ooo
hidden away in payoff money from
gamblers.
"We were to be married," shc
said In answer to Mr. Gould's
questions.. She said she and the-
chief had a close association from;
1944 lo 1913. •
"Did you want to marry Waller j
II. II. Mulligan?"
"He wanted to marry mc . . . .*'
"I didn't ask ynu that . . . I!
suggest to you that after years of!
threatening to go to his wife, he:
■old you 'you might as well know,;
I havc no intention of marrying!
;.!>u\"   Mr.   Gould  said.
"There was no such conversa-;
:ion," Miss Douglas said. i
Mr. Gould cross-examined her on1
'ier relations with olher men, some!
if whom she admitted had stayed |
■lie night st her east end home.!
"I was a single woman then,"!
-he said.
UOKK INVESTIGATION i
As Mr. Gould's crosi-examina-
tion closed, Mr. Tupper announced
the adjournment to allow RCMP
investigators time t*i complete
their work and report to him concerning evidence given before the
commission.
Mr. Gould termed the adjournment "the straw which broke thii
commission's back."
He said it left Chief Mulligan
"dripping with mud and rumor."
"I am in complete disagreement
with your interpretation of your
duties under the Public Inquiries
Act.
". . . There is such a thing as
trial by press and that is what his
happened here. My client has beett *
condemned by accurate reproduction in the press and on the radio
of sonic things which amount to no
more than gossip."
It was the second withdrawal
before the commission, Previously,
T. G. Norris quit as counsel for,
Chief Mulligan after his plea for '
an adjournment was disallowed.
The commission has Ml only 31
times in the three months since
its inception. .
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