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o x4 EC s "' »'" X-A " c ,l'x > M&"C\\ I { ! t. .'?fib" / L ' News of Hamilton, asking for dona-- p~"PFour large advertisements were tions. These were all referred t0 _ |prepared by the Chief Engineer, Mr. Commissioner Maguire, and the books _ | Gaby, and were published in the name of Municipal Underwriters show that of the Ontario Municipal Electric Aso-- payment was made under authority sociation. The advertisements stated of a minute of the Commission dated _ | tha; they were a 'series of official an-- Feb. 22, 1934, as follows: nouncements by the Ontario Municipal May 3. 1934--$250, to Canadian Labor _' Electric Association representing the 'Press Toronto. LoE Leader municipalities who owned the Hydro-- horent," 1934--$250, to La ' _ Electric System of Ontario' Each Junr' 26, 1934--$100, to Labor News, advertisement contained the names Hamilton. of the Publicity Committee--Controller Oct. '}o '109210--3250 to Canadian Labor James Simpson of Tort:'nt'oi; p"r;mku L. . Press, N Mason of Oshawa, an s . Mc-- O enc a" 1Mi--408, to Lebor 14808 | l paviene of London, ind tie first a0-- | Total, $1,100. _ | vertisement contained the names of "Money was distributed for propa-' the entire executive of the Ontario ganda of a highly political mt.ure.' Municipal Electric Association. These ! published within the twelve months, [ advertisements were of a highly po-- preceding the Provincial general elec-- | llltlcal character, in that they justified tion. The articles published in |the purchase of power from the East-- the Labor Leader, by Mr. R. J.| s & Stevenson after the proofs had been ' ern Quebec companies, and they were esampie An ons Th ie m ons waee "Thmelmnpu:hgst:my thoseywho be-- z:ar;--;the election being on the nine-- long to secret societiecs can be ex-- qi pected to understand, so I am quite t The sum of $20,431.16 to Norri:- at a loss to appreciate the curious Patterson & Company, Li.mited.ba.n :h- manner in which payment was made _ | VCrtising agency, was mt:de b':' be + for this article. In June, 1933, Mr. |Commission, not d{irec y, _ mt ttez J Stevenson saw Maguire in the latter's cheques to the Publicity Committee office, and Maguire slipped Steven-- 'ot the Ontario Munlcipha.l Electric 't\l: son an envelope containing a cheque, | SOClation, anid ;ere C 'medls;y va for $250 on the Municipal Underwrit-- 'Hyflro-Elect.rc ower Commission to lers Limited .bank account. Fancy Overhead Operating and Extpehe!w't: the shock which Mr. Stevenson must ""d the munltiez"to.dtfied to h °°fi | have experienced when he opened the . |Of POWET supp e municipali-- ties. Then, to rather cap the climax envelope and found $250 in cold cash.! |Of misuse of Commission's funds f°"1 "There just slipped into my mind _ POlitical pl:'a';"""s' t: &mm en-f without any particular reason the ) titled a 'Challenge une 1 el "3 words of Bret Harte: 'For ways that Hydrou::.s ';rmde °gmm° 6. 9(134" Y | are gark and for tricks that are vain, _ Contro Li'":" g:sc;n.s:: na.;' fine nesthen onines is pecutiees 1| ) PMEA i U eonnmtussion \ | want it understood that these words the funds of the Hydro Com on, N have no application to Commissioner to be charged to the cost of power to Maguire. the municipalities. "It is not unnatural, however, that "Perhaps," concluded Mr. Rocbuck, Mr. Stevenson should have found | "ne jast touch of irony contained in himself again in the office of Com-- | this story of mis--appropriation of ._ |missioner Maguire, and strange to / commission's funds for personal bene-- say, the same pantomine Was Y€-- _ fiting by the individuals concerned enacted. Mr. Maguire slipped Mr. and abuse of power for political pur-- tevenson amother mysterious °Nt _ poses, liee in the fact that the prcs-- velope and Mr. Stevenson was A&@iN _ ent Commission has recently been |shocked to discover that inside it Was' _ oprigeq to pay, for insurance placed | & .f.','m;e"glf"'?; f £ o1 i! took by Municipal Underwriters, and for ' K ctmi?'l&xt}h: P";wm Clec-- which no funds were available for :ix;naceax:ngn posing as a d}sinte:-; payment, the sum of $1,669.88. --ested friend of Hydro, and attacking the Liberal Opposition. Secret pay-- ment of $3,650.55 was made by Mr Maguire to Mr. Buchanan out of the funds of Municipal Underwriters'® Lim-- | ited. Between Nov. 2, 1933, and March 28, 1934, these cheques were issued to 'Mr. Maguire, were cashed and the money paid to Mr. Buchanan. Mr. Maguire says 'in order to avoid dis-- closing the identity of the publicity man employed.' "For the year ending March 31, ; i1934. the Municipal Underwriters | Limited paig out a total of $10,750.55, _ !to Ontario Municipal Electric As. sociation $6,000.00, and for so--called | publicity, $4,750.55. I _ "The minutes of the Commission s for Jan. 27, 1934, record that, 'Mr.| , James Simpson, representing thel Publicity Committee of the Ontario' Municipal Electric Association, pre-- | mtedamsoluuononbehulofthel\s-l sociation respecting a proposed pub-- licity campaign, and authority was * given to set aside an appropruuonot' $25,000 for this purpose; all ac--. counts in connection there with to be |submmed to the Commission for its m"L. a»