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T"e,brum'\j 2 I h. I l Of f. " l § Hepb in Legislat -- -- mz ks lacanmamaneammmmenmecmmmm meommemmamasmme m mm mm C on mniieeisint ons i eamtn rvinrnenineemncienszrnge > = s 3 » is £ o U # 5s LEADERS IN COMBAl Over $2,000 Taken From Dismiss-- a ® % 4 # . ed Officer's Superannuation e Fund as Restitution, He ® Charges, Restored by Henry Authorization ~3 K. s C o . 7 * 3 ~£1 "utn] " x T y ~-- ~ »@i _ HENRY MOVES AMENDMENT wl * V OICING NO CONFIDENCE § &,\ $ :. $ INANCE, liquor problems and Civil , F" i Service dismissals provided a battle-- & 2~ <xe t 8. eround, and Ontario's political Leaders ;71 '%az waged war on it vesterday. f ie .. . Z «1 3 e:fij'» To packed galleries at Queen's Park Prime o P2mm.... ake . Minister Mitchell F. Hepburn laid down 5 C '6" o sls official figures for his economies. $ mne A .a«" 3 m 4 * On the offensive, he levelled at the Oppo-- A# 12. ,,,}.j'?_i & sition and Hon. George S. Henry charges that : e*~ * s k their pre--election statements were mislead-- & \ €x 2e® ing and their financial figures juggled. 27 E. ~ To Hon. George S. Henry the sins of the * Liberal Government were centralized in _ * 1 3 e liquor administration and Civil Service dis-- P o . «*%\ &5 $* missals. He was backed in a third speech of f \ the day by Hon. Leopold Macaulay, who ie > o 9 flayed the Liberals for their statements just before election. * The major motifs were but half the story. Debate K i is . ~ ranged from the Mowat and Whitney regimes to the results * % > of the Hepburn Commissions. On twenty occasions it broke E down into cross--fire "across the floor'--a guerrilla battle « maintained largely by Mr. Henry and Mr. Hepburn. | | ' While Mr. Henry was Prime Minister, Premier Hepburn § charged, a thieving Treasury official had stolen $2,500, and t ? | later had been recipient of Government grants to a simi-- ' C t lar amount. Premier Hepburn (upper picture) and "He stole the money," said the Premier. "There was no ie deveita'in the meghintis yos.| question about that." f terda;1 The money, Mr. Hepburn said, had been taken from his superannuation fund to make restitution. But a 1933 Order-- in--Council was passed giving the man $2.000 for special services. Another warrant was passed for $500 payable to the same man. Mr. Henry questioned the date, and protested that it occurred during the interregnum before he took over the Treasury from the late Hon. E. A. Dunlop.