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enemy me Saenger sen 2 rE OSHAWA TIMES, Wednesdey, June 30, 1963 o vT OF Vil. SON'S SPEECH ON DORION REPORT OTTAWA (CP) -- Text of Prime Mr. Speaker, I am grateful the House for reverting to motions so I can make a short statement on the matter which I mentioned this after- noon in tabling what is now known as the Dorion report. . Normally, Mr. Speaker, as justice minister: to degree to which Parliament very properly feels concerned © over the pond arn that the commissioner has reached, the government felt that the report should be released im- mediately, and it was for that reason I tabled the report this afternoon, Because of the speed with which action has been taken, the House will understand that the government has not had an opportunity fully to consider what action it should take with regard to all the conclusions that have been reached by the commissioner. Pending this further consid- eration, after which an an- "nouncement will be made, I should like to remind the House at once that the com- missioner in his report has given the opinion that there is prima facie evidence of an offence under the Criminal Code in one case; and con- spiracy to obstruct the course of justice in certain others. The government has today referred these conclusions to the deputy minister of justice with instructions to examine them at once and advise what action with respect to recimi- nal proceedings should be taken. There is one other matter arising out of these develop- ments which I wish to an- nounce to the House. The minister of justice (Mr. Fav- after receipt of a report of a royal commission which has been examining matters in- volving questions of policy or controversy, a government may take some days or even weeks to examine the recom- mendations or conclusions be- fore having the report pub- licly released so that the gov- .ernment at the time of re- lease may give an indication of its own policy in respect of these recommendations or conclusions when that policy has been decided. In the case of the present report, however, it was not submitted to the government until my return from the con- ference of Commonwealth prime ministers at 7:40 last (Monday) night. It was placed before the cabinet for its information at a meeting at 11 o'clock this morning. HAD TO BE NOW Because of the very great interest in this matter and the reau) this morning submitted his resigpation to me. After fiscussing the matter twice With him, I have no course but to advise His Ex- cellency to accept it. I do so with very deep regret. My Hon. friend remains a man and a minister of unim- peachable integrity and un- sullied honor. He is a devoted 'and unselfish servant of Can- ada and of his own province. He entered political life only because he was persuaded-- and I had something to do with the persuasion--that he could make a contribution to his country's unity and wel- fare. I have, therefore, asked him to continue that contribu- tion by considering the ac- ceptance of another 'post in the administration which would be offered to him. He has written to me on this point as follows and perhaps, Mr. Speaker, I may conclude by reading his letter which I re- ceived just a few moments ago: "My Dear Prime Minister: "Since our talk this morn- ing when my offer of resigna- tion was discussed, I. have given very serious considera- tion to your request, sup- ported by our colleagues, that I continue in the government. 'As I have already stated to you, it is my view that the conclusions of the report, as far as I am concerned, are - PM Tells Commons Of Resignation tantamount to no more than a statement on the part of the commissioner that, had he been in my place, he would have exercised his discretion in a different fashion. "I wish to repeat that my resignation was tendered, not out of a feeling that I had done pos wrong, but be- cause of the feeling that my usefulness as minister of jus- tice had been impaired by the situation which has developed. "T need not say how deeply moved I am at the confidence _ which you, Mr, Prime Minis- ter, and my colleagues have shown me in suggesting that I carry on. "Therefore, while I must in- sist that my resignation be accepted as minister of jus- tice, I would be willing to con- tinue to serve in some other capacity. 'May I take this occasion to say how very grateful I am for your kindness and consid- eration and for your unfailing support during difficult and, at times, even cruel days. "Yours faithfully, "Guy Favreau" Mr, Speaker, that is the statement which I wish to make to the House at this time on motions, and after further consideration has been given to the conclusions of the report, as I have said there will be further state. ments to be made by the gov- ernment. HERE and THERE RCMP Bungled It Dorion Decides those having difficulty with their school work. Members of the Rotary Club of Oshawa,. at their londay meting, heard a nslatiog of greetings from the "Rotary Club of Chien, © w" Chile, with which the local club-has been paired dur- ing the past year. Congratulations are being extended to Marilyn Wil- liamson, 15 of 337 Buena Vista ave., who celebrates her birthday today. The Oshawa Board of Edu- cation agreed last night to invite tenders to demolish a house and shed on a 10- acre parcel purchased for a public school on Cedar st. "We want to have them removed befof@atge kids tear them down," said Chairman Edward Bassett. Schofield-Aker Ltd., Osh- awa insurance agents for the Northern and Employers group were retained last night by the Oshawa Board of Education to provide ac- Ramon Dreossi, Wilson rd. s., will compete July 3 in the International Cana- dian Grand Prix for motor- cycles which will be held at the Mosport race track. Dreossi, a motorcycle racer of some years' exper- fence, will race on his Norton 500 ¢.c. machine. He will race on the paved road circuit at the track, Peterborough A and W scored an 11 to 1 victory over Kendal Sunday in an Eastern Ontario Junior ae nse ga cident insurance for city terborough. enda' i t in- tel as ie ot Dene students. Students are in sured for medical expenses, fanned six bat- paeee, whe shy caused by accidents while ters, Hogg scored the lone run for the losers in the sixth. Peterborough Merchants won 8 to 4 over Ajax in an EOBA bantam game at Peterborough Saturday. Jim at school; for up to three years. They are compensat- ed $500 for the loss of a finger and up to. $15,000 for loss of hands and feet. The policy also covers dental Dunlop scattered 1 hits and fanned three for the winners. Deroches led Ajax with three hits. Cope also had a triple for the losers. repairs. National Quality Awards for 1965 have been won by eight members of the Life Underwriters Association of Oshawa. The recipients are Richard J. Williamson, Mur- ray E. Silver, Willis Taylor, Harry T. Dyas, Lloyd Gib- son, Ernest Wenzel, Grover R. Gage and J,. Donald S. Kidd. W. G. Fawcett was ap- pointed the first full-time co-ordinator for the city's adult re-training program by the Oshawa Board of Education last night. Members of the - Oshawa Kiwanis Club expressed a "friendly farewell' Tuesday to Kiwanian M. Mcintyre Hood, who leaves next month for Edinburgh, Scot- land. Fred Kitchen, vice- president, on behalf of the club, presented Kiwanian "Mac" with a pipe and pipe-stand. 'I want to thank the Kiwanians of Oshawa for today and for my many happy yesterdays," said Mr. Hood. Geoffrey D, Andrews was elected president of the Osh- awa Rotary Club at its last meeting. He succeeds Stan- ley E. Lovell who will be re- lieved of his duties July 1, the start of Rotary year. Gilbert L. Murdoch is vice- president, James I. Vessey, secretary, and James R. Walker, treasurer. Directors are W. S. Alger, R. F. Aker, K. D. Crone, Kenneth Coul- ter; S. E. Lovell, G. A. Fletcher, §. Donnelly and C. H. World. Sgt. at Arms is Dr. E. H. Webster. Two television acrials, as well as power lines and transformers were struck by lightning in Bowmanville during Monday night's A New Brunswick half- storm. One bolt started a Penmy, dated 1843, _was fire in the basement at the peggy Marcus L. Roen- home of Mr. and Mrs, '8, King st. w. Bowman- George Dilling' Liberty st ville, while he was working The flames were brought Bu his garden. under control with a hose by Mrs. Dilling. HEAT WITH OIL DIXON'S OIL 313 ALBERT ST. 24-HOUR SERVICE Mrs. Doris Gregory was hired by the Oshawa Board of ducation last night as the board's first director of psychological services. For- merly on the psychology -staff of --the---North York; Stanley E. Lovell handed over | Gregory will be paid a start- ing salary of $10,000 per 723-4663 annum. The Scarboro resi- dent will interview young- SERVING OSHAWA OVER sters with psychological 50 YEARS problems, their parents, and | THE ULTIMATE IN LUXURY LIVING!! * PRESTIGE A FEW 1 AND 2 DISTINCTION gong Png AVAILABLE * : - BY Appointment 7 ly UNDERGROUND 723-1712 PARKING or 728-2911 * Ge@ORGIAN mansions 124 PARK ROAD NORTH; OSHAWA OTTAWA (CP)--RCMP brdss hampered their chief investiga- tor in the Lucien Rivard affair and gave Justice Minister Fav- reau legal advice they weren't qualified to give, Chief Justice Frederic Dorion has informed the government. His report says that appoint- ment of an officer who spoke only English to investigate a case involving mostly French- speaking persons "is so extra- ordinary that it is hard to be- The Quebec Sugerior Court judge aimed critical comments at Commissioner G. B. McClel- lan, now retired deputy. com- missioner J; R. Lemieux, super- intendent W. G. Fraser, Inspec- G. W. Ree But he said his comments re- lated only to the investigation of allegations by Montreal law- yer Pierre Lamontagne that he was offered a $0,000 bribe and sujected to political pressure to agree to the release on bail of narcotics smuggler Lucien Rivard The efficiency of the RCMP, he said, "is beyond question." And, he said, Commissioner McClellan and Deputy Commis- sioner Lemieux were excellent policemen. LACKED KNOWLEDGE But they lacked legal knowl- edge and their opinions carried too great weight with Mr. Fay- reau in deciding against prose- cutions. clined comment on the report. His removal as head of the force was demanded in the Commons Tuesday after Prime Minister Pearson tabled Chief Justice Dorion's report. The report said that if Inspec- tor J. P. Drapeau, chief investi- gator in the Rivard case, "had complete freedom of action .. . the results would have been quite different." The report quoted Supt. Fraser as saying "I never gave it a thought" when asked whether he didn't think it would haye been wiser to appoint a bilingual instead of English lieve it has happened in our! |times."" tor J. R. Carriere and Inspector} |should have 'drawn Mr. Commissioner McClellan de-| speaking officer to assist Dra- peau. The report added: "Not only the reply itself, but the manner in which it was given shows an offhand attitude which is certainly not to be ex- pected from a senior officer of the RCMP. HAD IMPRESSION "He (Fraser) certainly gave the impression that he was a man to whom the French-speak- ing population of Canada are a neglible factor." The report also criticized the fact that all RCMP reports are drafted in English even when interrogations are conducted is French. This method had seti- ous consequences which lead to "a wide margin of error." "It is absolutely essential that the report of an interroga- tion be drafted in the language in which the interrogation was held." Chief Justice Dorion said it isn't the responsibility of RCMP officers, no matter how great their experience, to advise the justice minister on whether to prosecute or on the probable result of charges. "Their duty is rather to seek out all the facts and leave the decision to the minister." |McLELLAN REMISS i Commissioner McClellan Fav- reau's attention to conflicts in two statements by Raymond Denis, then executive assistant to the immigration minister and accused of offering the $20,000. "This was. a_ regrettable omission because the minister might then have realized that credibility of Mr. Denis was markedly weakened in regard to Mr. Lamontagne's _ state- jments." Reasons had been found to question the credibility of Mr Lamontagne but there seemed to have been no _ concern whether Denis' credibility was impregnable. Inspector Reed had drafted a memorandum which overlooked important rules of evidence and suggested approaches to Mr. Lamontagne were not ex- ceptional in political circles. Continued from Page One Mr Letendre and RCMP Com- ~~ nmissioner G-B:~-McCtelian-- Une top political figure +h eme unscathed was Mr. Tremblay, 42, now postmaster- general. He fired Denis when he heard of the bribery allegation, and Chief Justice Dorion said the minister's conduct was "'ab- solutely above reproach." Without Mr. Tremblay's knowledge, 'Denis was alleged to have extended the bribe offer to Lamontagne in the minister's office July 14 of last year. The commissionér was crit- ical of Mr..Favreau both. di- rectly and by implication -- though that minister himself in his resignation letter stated he considered he had done. nothing wrong and was resigning mainly because the: report im- paired his usefulness in the jus- tice portfolio. While the inquiry judge agreed Mr. Favreau was justi- fied at that time in believing it would have been difficult. to prove a charge against anyone, he ncted that the minister did not call on the RCMP to look), for further facts. From his own} investigation, he oserved: "TI find no difficulty in reach- ing the conclusion that there is Xs ONLY TREMBLAY UNSCATHED the RCMP, who he said had been out to get Mr. Favreau's head and finally did. "Outside= in a banquet speech that Mr. Favreau was getting just "a tap on the wrist" and that his prospective move from one portfolio to another "'can't be justified." CONDEMNATION UNIQUE He said there never has been a@ stronger condemnation of a Canadian government than in the Dorion report. Prime Minister Pearson, who made his first statement to the Commons 4% hours after tabl- ing the report, said his minister had received a vote of confi- dence from the. cabinet and he was accepting Mr. Favreau's resignation with regret. The} minister's integrity remained unsullied. Mr, Pearson said he has asked Mr. Favreau to accept another portfolio, and a letter' from the former minister which he read said this would be ac- cepted, Mr. Favreau--Central figure jin a moment which has. hever been quite paralleled in Cana- jdian history--said nothing in the House, He leaned back in his chair, yawned occasionally certainly 'prima facie' evidence of an offence under the Crim- inal Code."' (The customary definition of prima facie evidence is that it) would justify a verdict of guilty) if no opposing evidence were} brought out.' | NONE SPECIFIED Chief Justice Dorion did not} say who might be subject to! the prima facie evidence, But in the paragraph immediately pre- | ceding his finding on this type! of evidence he said: | "There is no doubt that Mrs. ;Rivard, Eddy Lechasseur 'and| Guy Masson conspired to ob-| struct the course of justice.|, There cannot be any doubt ei ther that lawyer Denis did of-|' fer to lawyer Lamontagne a) sum of $20,000 to obstruct the} {course of justice." Robert Gignac, a murder sus- pect, and Lechasseur, a Mont-| reai hoodlum, helped Mrs. Ri-| vard handle $60,000. she said was raised for bail for: Rivard. Gignac enlisted the aid of Mas- son, a onetime Liberal organi- zer in the Montreal district, to approach Denis, Masson, friend of Denis, told the execu- tive assistant there was $60,000 for the Liberal party if Rivard's extradition were blocked. The judge accused the four alleged conspirators of lying mightily, and in fact trying to outdo one another in untruths. Gignac was charged with per- jury after testifying. While he did not tax MP Rou- leau with going as far as they did, he accused that member-- a rising star in the Liberal sky| until the Rivard case broke -- of actions which conflicted with "the normal course of justice." Mr. Rouleau had telephoned Lamontagne on Rivard's behalf and had instigated aides Leten- dre and Lord to badger the prosecutor about bail. HOPES FOR ACTION In the Commons, Eric Niel- sen (PC--Yukon) said he hoped that promised further announce- ments aby Mr. Pearson will in- clude dealing with Mr. Roul u, | and he said he would have sup- posed that Mr. Letendre would already have been relieved of hie duties. There has been no word on Mr. Letendre's future, which becomes uncertain with the res- ignation of Mr. Favreau since an executive assistant is a per- sonal aide to a minister. The Yukon MP, whose origi- nal revelations of the bribery allegation last November were jmainly responsible for forcing a reluctant Liberal government| = to call the inquiry, saw in the report a justification for his ac: tion. Gerard Chapdelaine (SC Sherbrooke) demanded the res- ignation of RCMP Commis- sioner McClellan, whom he said "committed monumental er- rors" during the investigation. Gilles Gregoire (Creditiste-- Lapointe) said the justice min- ister had been badly advised by a |had 21-year-old University of and read notes from colleagues as his conduct was discussed, pro and, con, by fellow members. Later, he' told reporters he just spent the toughest hour of the longest day of a ca- reer that brought him up through the civil service to de-- uty minister and then--at Mr. Pearson's call--to the ministry. His successor as deputy min- ister, . Dreidger, will take up the job of determining ac- tion concerning criminal pro- ceedings arriving from the bri- bery. issue--which is where po- |litical opponents had contended it should be done in the first lace ACTION AWAITS STUDY Further actions by the gov- ernment arising out of the re- port will await further study, Mr .Pearson told the House. Mr. Favreau resigned Tues- day morning--at least 24% hours before the tabling. It appar- ently was discussed at two cab- inet meetings that preceded the afternoon opening of the House. though the news was kept well bottled up until Mr Pearson sprang it in the evening. There was no immediate re- action from RCMP Commis- jsioner McClellan. Chief Jus tice Dorion made|-- only a passing reference to one phase of the case that brought much opposition criticism in the Commons--the fact that Mr. Favreau learned of the Lamon- tagne bribe accusation Aug. 14; did not tell the prime minister about it until Sept. 2, and did not tell Mr. Tremblay, Denis' boss, -at all. This delay might be important! ban from the administrative view-! point and might "not be in con- formity with the rules govern- ing relations among members of the cabinet," but it did not come) within the judge's terms of ref- erence, Ex-Page Boy Escorts Luci NEW ORLEANS (AP)--The| mystery man who has been es- corting President Johnson's daughter around New Orleans is} a former Senate page but Luci Baines Johnson says it's '"'no| great love affair." Sidney Kaplan, a. handsome, | Ala-| bama student, met 17-year-old! Luci at the airport here Sun-| day. Kaplan escorted her to her French Quarter hotel. GOOD FOOD BUSINESS MEN'S LUNCH 12 Noon to 2 P.M. DINNER 5:30 to 8 P.M. FULLY LICENSED DINING ROOM HOTEL LANCASTER 27 King St. W., Oshewe C ~the--Commons,.. Oppo- sition Leader Diefenbaker said A' Victim Of 'Bad Control' Bog ieteg ier ol fet is Pare rsged om i justice portfolio Tuesday alsa ee rae Mr, Fulton said in an inter-iton, view ister is "loose" and "'shambling" and WEATHER FORECAST. afte Dorion royal com-|day. report in the Commons, ietim of poor government|Lake hee 0, y that Prime Min-|few arson's cg era Sunny eg A Huron, Niagara, Lake 0 London, Windsor, Toronto atthe @ ty feviods Wek coe pore Georgian Bay, Forecasts|London ....s.s.0.+. eather office atlxitchener .....060. , Lake Erie, torn colleagues. "Even after he found himself in the difficult situation to which vreau received no help or Buid-| coo ance from his colleagues," Mr.|°°° Fulton said. this lack of control led, Mr. Fa-|224™, the Dorion inquiry into charges|/windsor ... of attempted bribery and coer-|st, Thomas cion of ministerial aides which/Tjmmins' .. that Mr. Favreau was "'a neW-/Killaloe: Sunny with a few comer who found himself a vic- cloudy periods and cool. Light tim of lack of control" by his! wings, Algoma, White River, Coch-|Ka rane, Western James Bay, Tim- North Bay, Sudbury:|/M poser 4 sunny and not quite so . Light winds. Forecast Temperatures The 'difficult situation" was|Low tonight and high Thursday: sesevess OS 78 75 PERRY . 72_|l Dey or Night . . . 723-3443 triggered Mr.. Favreau's resig- nation. Mr. Favreau was criti- cized in the report. His resignation "seems en- tirely appropriate because I don't see that he had any al- ternative and I think, therefore,| itwas the correct and honor- able course to follow."' But, Mr.| Fulton was 'without reserva- tion" in declaring Mr. Favreau a man of personal honor and| integrity. LA MARSH Judy LaMarsh says she hopes| former justice minister Guy Fa- vreau will continue to serve Canada "with his head up." Miss LaMarsh said Mr. Fa- vreau was a victim of "the lluck of the draw' after serving j\law for nearly 20 years "with devotion and love." She described him as a man ty. Miss and other incidents showed that set sis and The _ bill, of high integrity and great abil- the House of $650 Million Fights Disease WASHINGTON U.S. Senate has authorized a four-year, $650,000,000 program \to medical |centres to battle the three top killers -- heart disease, cancer, In Victoria, Health Minister| here stroke. The idea behind the program jis to bring to patients the latest jadvances in prevention, diagno- up regional (CP) -- The treatment of the nesses, which are said to cause 71 per cent of the U.S. deaths. a major part of President Johnson's health pro- gram, still needs approval of Representatives. The measure also would co- LaMarsh told some 5jordinate the efforts of medical persons at a Liberal party|schools, hospitals and research meeting that the Dorion inquiryjinstitutions in combined pro- SURSSSSSSAVRRSSIVS Today, Tomorrow; eg Cool, Clear "TORONTO (CP) -- 'issued by the wi Synopsis: Continuing ti weather is forecast for Any Size; Any Shape, Any Areo. 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