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March 1A n Ro | ' oebuck Parries | * Report on Vets epburn Policies # p f | Query by Price | 6 e 0 be LUOTTECTE aneo 'lamman Col. Fraser Hunter Suggest--' _ Tory Stalwart Terms Dis-- _ | # # * " * Is Amazed That Predecessor _ | °d as Chairman of Legis-- | missals "Oledraceild ' ; l IV i | and Inhuman" Would Make Details : | | _ lative Conmities _ | - f PUbllc ' A m].mve Committee inquiry into ' Arthur Ellis, K.C., youthful stal-- mm n en n mm ' the dismissal of war veterans from wart of the Conservative Party in the "I have no answer to make." the Civil Service was suggested yes-- , Provincial Legislature, last night ac-- K 'This was the comr;\en; yest:sr:e? :f l terday by Hon. W. H. Price. I ;:nut'sro& t'live I;epbum Government of the Attorney--General when Y | Premie intim ucing Tammany Hall politics in Colonel W. H. Price (Conservative, | vtvh?nOnm-l * il;e;:b urx;h t h ahted Ontario and causing a "disgraceful Parkdale), in the Ontario Legislature, _ | !0 0 Legislature that he had and inhuman" dismissal of 1,100 civil reasons for sending Provincial Police reserved a& report on these dismussals servants. to guard Hydro property in the Ni-- for a correction of inaccuracies, Col-- The Liberal Government, he charged, agara Falls area. | onel Price capped the debate with the had not carried out "one single elec-- "I am amazed," declared Mr. Roe-- _ | inquiry suggestion. tion promise--but they have brought. buck, "that the former Attorney--Gen-- | _"I think this had better be shelved into Ontario the spoils system of the | eral, who has been head of police | out in the open," he said. "I'm wili-- United States." affairs in this Province for so long, ing to have a committee of the House '"Tammany Hall politics, if they should give me the opportunity of an-- | with Colonel Hunter (Toronto Liberal continue, will destroy the political sys-- swering such a question." | member and member of the Veterans' tem of this Province and bring about "The talk shouldn't go around the Committee reporting to the Premier) a condition similar to that in the country that something is seriously for chairman. Let's deal with this United States. But what do you ex-- wrong," said Colonel Price. | __| matter. It's too serious to quibble pect to happen when you have an "I have not said there is a serious| | about." 4 Administration dismissing hundreds of situation," the Attorney--General re-- Premier Hepburn took exception to civil servants and replacing them with | ' turned. "It is rot serious. By our | the former Attorney--General's inter-- men whose only asset is their political \ action we are establishing public con-- | pretation that '"now the Prime Min-- influence?" he asked his audience. 1 fidence, not shattering it, as is sug-- | ister has had time to read the report "Is the Liberal Government taking } gested. Again I say, I am amazed 'and it doesn't suit him." s Hydro out of politics, or are they 1 that the former Attorney--General "I have read it," he said. "It isn': wrecking Hydro?" he questioned. Mr. ' should ask me to reveal reasons for this & true report, and I want to have the : Roebuck's attack, he charged, was police action." fact." Further, the Premier pointed | merely a political one, but "Mr. Hep-- Yesterday's reports from Niagara out, there was no compulsion forcing , burn dare not carry out an investi-- Falls asserted that threats to destroy him to "table" the document. Though | gation of the power purchases," he the plant of the American Cyanamid he was very willing to provide thei said. Hydro, he predicted, would come Company were responsible for the pre-- facts there was no suggestion that ho | out unsmirched. The Conservative cautions that have been taken and was compelled to bring such a report Party would also come out clean, but approved of by the Attorney--General. down to the House. the Liberals didn't want that to hap-- Radicals thwarted in their attempts to Previously Premier Hepburn had pen, he said. organize the company's employees in explained that inaccuracies had been ' a union are named as tume source of found in the report. Eleven "dismis-- the threats. sals" in one department were found As the Cyanamid Company is a to be resignations, dismissals for cause large consumer of Hydro power, it is "and one man who got drunk and reasoned that the guard has been never returned to his job." placed over the power plants to pre-- '"We are going to correct the report ' vent any effort to strike at the com-- with the co--operation of the commit-- * pany in that manner. tee." he said. Police yesterday refused visitors ad-- Endorsement to the Premier's an-- mittance to the Queenston Hydro nouncement was given by Colonel i plant. and warned off people who were Fraser Hunter. To complete the re-- seeking to take pictures. A ten--foot | port a long list of names had been i fence has been erected around the tabulated under the heading of dis-- company property and the grounds | missals to which there had been no completely floodlighted. A similar | protest. fence around Hydro property is being The man who quit for drunkenness rushed to completion. | would hardly wish it made public. the member commented. GRATUITIES POSSIBLE MMMWVWW ies t CAs Province to Hear f Roebuck Explains Provision % | Made Under Superannu-- Views of Hunters There was some superannuation Provincial Secretary Nixon assur-- gg);;lfion {:srt. Magistrates who were ed the Hon. George Challies in the ' Roebuck told the Legisiature a, Queen's Cnite Lerisinture yeslerday that Park yesterday. hunters, anglers, and all interested | An Opposition query had asked what in similar sport, would be invited D{lo\dsxon had been made for retiring this year to appear before the Fish f :e 023110.0 to Magistrates "who have and Game Committee for the pur-- rv their country faithfully for long periods." pose of airing their views regarding "Pull--time Magistrates," the Attor-- departmental legislation and regu-- ney--General answored, "who received lations. all their salary from the Government | came under the Public Service Super--| anmnuation Act, and were entitled to its benefits if the conditions were fulfilled. If not, they received back their superannuation deductions." The Magistrates of cities and towns | who had attained 70 years of age could 'be granted a superannuation allow-- ance by by--law of the municipality."