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Mar. ? Entry of Mr. Aird. Citing the entry into the question of John Aird Jr., Dr. McQuibban said: | 'This feature revealed another chap-i ter in the romance of the Govern--| ment, of the Hydro--Electric Power| Commission and private financial| |barons. But the story is' far fromt Snmpmnsmeninmrmeinimetmeme 'co}mplet}o, and will only be completed | c ' * when the true story of Mr. Sweezey | i?lnd Mtr. Aird is revealed, and when | hange_ gow Made tol $ ie actors and all the missing links | = «4 -- | in the chain of evidence are wolded. | Six Our,a Day { Mr. Sweezey says the fund was for | BaS|S | | the Conservative Party in the Province l of Ontario. Mr. Aird says for his ue --mmunecssors sorvice in obtaining the Hydro con-- | | tract. Mr. Aird thus assumes the roln" STEADILY RETURN HOME Cf 'commissioner--at--large,' the go-- | | (nblaicimie e ireraicee es between of the Hydro and private inter-- | | ests. The Commission has thus dem--| That the number of men engaged | onstrated its utter weakness and in-- | in relief employment on the trans-- | capacity. Doubtless we will be assail-- iCanada highway must necessarily be | ed with the campaign fund propens-- | 'decreased from time to time was defi-- [ ities of Mr. Sweezey, as it involves| nitely announced in a statement is-- | Senators and others. But oh, be| sued by Hon. William Finlayson, Min-- | wary! There is political dynamite in | ister in charge of Northern Develop-- | this case, and somebody is going to| 'ment at the Parliament Buildings, | blunder and drop a match close by.| | yesterday. | __"The Federal Liberal Party took its | The statement reveals that on Feb. C medicine, but my hcnorable friends | '15 there were 3,500 men left or were hide and secrete themselves and delay | let out of this work, and declared on the bitter dregs. Why in all sportsman-- | 'March 1 another 2,800 men will either ship don't they come out into the| | quit or be released. The policy fol-- open, throw wide the doors of the | \lowed is to release men who have Royal Commission and let the cmps'f 'been employed a sufficient length of {faill where they may?" | \ time to accumulate some means. Men | $ | | who have been in the camps for three | Defends Party Record. months are furnished with trans-- | Hon. Mr. Challies devoted most of | | portation at the reduced rate obtained | his speech in an effort to demonstrate | by the Government. ithat. the Conservative Party had beon | In order to spread the work over | the main upholder of the HMHydro and | as many men and as great an area \ | that certain figures in the Liberal | as possible and to continue it over the ! Party had been the principal blockers spring months, a change is being | of this great public--ownership undor-- | made on March 1, and men working. ; | taking. He considered individually in the camps will be put on a six-- | the points of criticism directed agains: hour--a--day basis Up to date this ! the Government for its Hydro policy. work has been on the eight--hour basis, Regarding the question of the export so that this will effect a saving of ,of power raised by the Liberals at | approximately 25 per cent. The | their last convention, he contended i wages will remain at the same rate, was good business to sell "off peak" namely, 30 cents an hour. With the power, and that this policy had been reduction being made now, there will ! endorsed by the late Sir Adam Beci. be approximately 14,000 men em-- | He declared that there was a 30 per ployed. As many of these men are | cent. surplus plant maintained by the working one--half time and two--thirds | power interests in the United States to time, the number who are being given | look after possible demands. Dr. Mc-- relief exceeds the above figures, and | Quibban, he said, had seen fit to bring would approximately amount to 20,-- | Beauharnois into the picture. "I 000 after March. think that Libcerals are ill advised to | "At the time the work was started bring up this subject," he said. ; in the1 fall, the men and the mu& | as | nicipalities were given to understan | Deals With Objections. ol that there would be at least three Regarding the present objections to months' work, and it must be expect-- | the inquiry, the speaker declared that ed that there will be a steady return | he would rather see the charges aired | of these men to their homes during | on the floor of the House and have | the next two months," said Mr. Fin-- | the moncy used on the inquiry ae-- | 'layson. "This has been going on for | voted to an extension of Hydro or 'a month now, and the men appreciate % | Hydro service. | that they are going out according to f | Supporting the view that it was| the date at which they were given "good business" for Hydro to sell its ; work,." | "off--peak power" to private interests s ' in the United States, the speaker read a quotation from The Globe quoting the late Sir Adam Beck as approving | G such a policy. _ overnment Amendment Is Sub Judi i " s Sub Judice, Hints Nixon ; ts n € Premier's Revision of Oppo-- sition Attack P raises Hydro for Its Record, But That Is to Be Determined by Royal Commission Al-- ' ready Appointed, Progres-- sive Leader Suggests Is the Government's own amend-- s ment to the amendment to the motion to adopt the Address in reply to the Speech from the Throne something akin to the oft--mentioned "sub * | judice"? The cross--fire in the Legislature : seemed to suggest that yesterday. Hon. Charles McCrea, Minister of Mines, wound up his speech with an eloquent plea to the House to support Prime Minister Henry's amendment to the amendment. This amendment possesses brave words about Hydro's "record of integrity, efficiency and| administrative capacity." f § Mr. Nixon raised the question as to whether, by its amendment, the Gove-- ernment was not asking the House to pass judgment on a matter which was * already under inquiry by a Royal Commission of that same Government's A creation. l