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) A PY'I.' 6 [ FIC «4 C * :'/ ;URES IN POLITICAL EXPLOSION | . _ Now, Mr. Speaker, T trust that the ouse will bear with me while I dis--| Coiioif matter Ahat 'conterns 'the mpere | a9~--> | _ "There is a question on | $s 4 _ 4. | paper asking if the Prime M&lr)x(iastg!t:der" f 2. n .. f _ i any member of the Cabinct or of the i. CA -- J t .. 4 PRbanes Do l on ie Obtmanionine -- e || * is time these nogollations worg igye CS wtce. agy. J §» " ing on. So f: . 3 the Pring mm P f Cape . s s y "i" e .n- so far as the Prime Min-- f * ® C 5JP .. n ister is conrerncd, the answer is yes & 1. _ 4 We cce . io. maclte.. esc SHP| ~--a _ l WWe _ Seoe "Thiat The nussnon is infermeamey e Y _ ks _ Cikke 2 es hat the question is intended to' us s . '"\ convey the impression that the Gov-- $ e . s iiings & ernment has been actuated by per-: 4 : ol go2 o . | sonal imotives in Aealing with this & f' l | maiter. I do propose, however, to ex-- h l5 '; 5 | plain ho": I came to have these bonds, R k. 7 o and to ask any honorable member of | 3 ¥ this House how I could have acted' . I:;;]c;qx;:.'tm,ncr way than I have done,| _ _ Ile _ Ne BJ L _ \ under the circumstances as they| arose. | 'Tablin cack . | "While I attach but little ersonal: holders -ing t(l:'e nLam¢§ of Ontario Power EService Corporation bond-- f(tonsidcration to it, the fact l3'emxau'ms Gcorge $. Henry egl.'slat.ure' yesterdq) and statements by Premier | that I have been the butt of criticism $23,000 worth nr,\. (right picture) disclosed that Mr. Henry owned .pn T ons . seile cepiain miuk olse C or of the bonds, and Right Hon. Arthur Meighen (mi been fdentified with certain milk ib picture),, Hydro Commissioner, owned $3,000 worth. I gd (on. com -- 'tnbutmg o o o sn meable thiand panies of which they were directors controlled 3«111300(;1 mply t iggs Phovineo d Whether or not my honorable fHeNnd4 the bondholders is the To h 000 worth. Among _ |had me in his mind or not, the fact ronto General Trusts Corporat y | £ i i Hon. Charles McCresa, Minister of Mi rp ion, of which |is that he did refer to this company ~ Uirector. + S 0 ines (left picture), is listed as las having had 'watered stock.' iipetann ce e teniiand B1 | President of Dairy Company. --_--nermenmemensasem smmz mm mm menine A ie TS TT ces ie vammemmmce "Members of the House know that + $ a.t, one time I was President of the Farmers' Dairy Company. They will ry y e a l n S rl rcmembeihatfi)e crit-xcgsm levelled at me on account. I said then, . | | and I say again now, I am proud of | | my connection \\'xth that company. | |I am proud to think that the farmers| | ea O ar || in York County, feeling that they| ; || were not getting a proper price fori | their milk, were able to organize and J | gsta_bhsh this company on a sound| | basis. | t OC I |e Caucus \| "I would like to remind the mem-- || bers of this House that my honorable \ friend from Durham (Mr. Bragg, ommc enbdits epe '.-.'1:11-"'"---1;; R '_| Liberal) h;a.s been'a ?irel'lctor: of this *.._.s A , e members in applauding George||Company for most of his business Stirring Tribute Paid Pre--: Henry did not applaud the bill %o?]hffi .. . % s ratify the purchase of the Ontario| "My conection with the company mier s Personahty by Power Service Corporation; they did | lflm@e in this way. As a young man I Fell s not appiaud his answers to questions | went through Varsity, taking polit.ica.ll e ow-Tones, But Hun-- which brought out the information |Science in a class of twenty--five. 'The , that he owned Abitibi bonds; that |natural trend for me would have been dred Per Cent. Endorse--| he was a director of a company that !to go into law, as possibly half the | held thousands of dollars' worth of |class did. Instead, I chose to go to a ment Of Power Dea| IS them: or that Right Hon. Arthur|farm, which surely showed I was not| . A s | Meig_hen. a HMydro Commissicner._and interested in making a large fortune.l Not lndlcated--State- | appointee of Mr. Henry's Adminis--||I became a school Trustee and moved | | tration, held some of these bonds into municipal life--not through any ment to HOUSC TC"S personally and was interested in sev--!|desire on my part, but at the request y s s egal companies holding more than !of my friends in the township. Why HC (;Ollld N()t bC" $200,000 worth. | "Twenty--four years ago the prob-- s Attack on Bill Foreseen. lem of milk distribution in the city Holdmgs | When this bill, which was not de-- | was before us, as it is today, although, | erviarser in mmancerm 5' batable yesterday, comes up for its possibly, not in so acute and diffi~ s | second reading later this week, it will :f\"]'" .a."fm'm, § Tfi?"hh'?lk Producers' 1 ho be sanctioned unanimously: it [Association, of which 1 mas 6 ME WELCOMES PROBE, _ | win be subject to a vicious attack by |ber. aithough not on the exscutive, lS HIS ASSERTION both Opposition parties. And, in-- 'd_er-lded to try its hand at qlistnbu- | deed, it is said, some of his own fol-- 'tion, and I was chosen President of llowers may oppose the deal, as one !the company, presumably because I s | which has not been a credit to the happened to be Warden of the county | | _ Hon. George S. Henry is still Pre-- | Conservative Party. that year. | \ mier of Ontario, despite the boasted iN?tx:h G-t )A-u ll\)decQIUivbvbgn (Wfillington 600 Shareholders. ' s R i + ortheast), ra ip, will rise in "w, i italizati £ assurance of l}is own followers that | pepaif of the Liberal Party and assail '560\3 ;osgingg "i]th zscapt}ugo%atlgn of they would oust him at the Con-- | the bill and the bond holdings of Pre-- | / e nanis O e are-| servative caucus in Queen's Park yes-- | mier Henry and Right Hon. Arthur Ih'olders. Our business grew until we | terday. His own followers, particular--}| Meighen, Hydro Commissioner. Hon. | is "Our 5 s in o e e rised ly among certain sections of the Con-- | Harry C. Nixon. Progressive Leader o. sooyonk sn 11e enmenoiners gen servative press, among the rank and'| will likewise aitack the entire trans-- io s i: ) s shareho}ders l cy file of his party in Tory Toronto, | action. U'nj! 'aU they a-sked for, when they and among insurgents within the The Toronto Tories, who have plat-- | Jireq asked to subscribe. Three of the | membership of his party in the Legis-- ned Premier Henry's passing, and the| t}i'rectors, including M yself, along vyitt}l otire. were jeering George S. Henry --accession of Attorney--General Price as| .; f e C conoel of for sufficien's before he explained his connection Acting Premier. did not do any cheer-- oo his Lo C le oo ce e t in ig with Ontario Power Service Corpo-- ing yesterday, it is said. Some of them Subscquently, prefex:ence' * o o ated 10 \ ration bonds. But they were cheering | may have cheered outwardly, but in-- :gare{fofismie basis was {ssueduto him yesterday. wardly they were not cheerful. d ? i °§ d?l::iiu-s. 'I;b}gls s reah tfi' In caucus, Mr. Henry was applaud-- They still have hopes that they can o vep f 'd" o chan 3 notest ® t i ed by his fellow--Cabinet Ministers and _ tell the rest of the Province that {mver.p:a i l:n oxl'e than a modest -eu.urn members. In the House he was ap-- Colonel Price can drive the beer--and-- f omtootgrc 1?3 dirs' a;_d nto PeC plauded by members of all parties, with wine wagon which will haul Con-- w-?:t thi es{l- o Fep lg: oxé. ' Dverflowing galleries looking on, after servative voters to the polls &t the made t lih une_repeat" l% ersuwer% he explained how he had purchased next election. But there is a predic-- e se sceang. in (1920, w j it * our interest, and finally, in 1929, we and held $25,000 in Abitibi bonds, tion that, while rural Ontario may be| qid sell. But let me emphasize this Tribute to Personality. ?;L"?némij 'clannot. be efga%e t';' d%"g}k point: It was not sold, as some com-- But they applauded George S. Henry | Forobed." foaral Conservative nters| flls * t?nsbf;?gfttfif{el&gh?&in y. He was going tc be | . T '3 | * s pepre'somler--they decided this in the | x:cge arggil;usl_%'ialggn::wfiigiwgfifi holders should fully share in all the caucus that was going to oust himi tario made no bones of the fact that | benefits, and, Mro Lo cak c s ues although Mr. Henry had made up their| ;; was proud to have Premier Henry o on oo et is Tingily | oo Phose minds for them as reported in The| win over local i ents Farmers Dairy was finally sold. Those Globe on Wednesday. He was 100 per n over local insurgents. in control covu¥1 have realized much cent. endorsed by the caucus, W. H.| The Statement. css ooner anfery but we Islb we bad freland, Conservative W p,announcedi Premi enry's 8 nt on his Cepted other offers, but we 160 WO WA officially. [ own g'efsfonlgf nprgsiugxbaa '"Clon came as Dbeen loyally supported by out stocks | follows: holders and, consequently, we would o+ not sell until every one was assured g a return proportionate to his hold-- | s Pa. |