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He showed no such gentlieness to . the Attorney--General. Mr. Roebuck, 'he charged, was trying to dominate the Administration. Sometimes fruit« lessly. said the former Premier, and he cited the Cabinet's rejection, last December, of the Hydro Commission-- ersg' new Gatineau contract. The day would come, Mr. Henry claimed, when the Liberal Adminis-- tration would have to hang its head in shame in the face of a demand for all the power Hydro once purchased Henry Sees Leftist Ten-- dencies in Hepburn's Attitude on Debt Conversion Roebuck Scored As "Cvil Genius" ORMER PREMIER F HENRY -- assailed Attorney -- General Arthur Roebuck as the "evil genius" of the Hepburn Ad-- ministration in a bitter attack across the floor of yesterday's Legislature. Hepburn Said Leftist. The attack was a highlight of Mr. Hentry's two--hour speech on the Ad=-- dress debate--the first part of yester-- day's Parliamentary drama of Lead-- Only the Attorney--General * and Premier Hepburn, and the activities of the Treasury and Hydro fell under the lash of the two--hour attack. The Premier was denounced as & "left--winger" for his advocacy of debt conversion: was criticized for his handling of Provincial finance; and was urged to float long--term issues at the present low interest rates. He should stay in his office to pay more personal attention to public business, Mr. Henry suggested, but the former Premier couched this suggestion in the terms of kindly advice. a Government to consult financial experts before floating aa issue. 'The Premier, he intimated, had run into the bond crisis of June, 1935, be-- ' cause he had only a layman's knowl-- _edge of the bond market and proper ! For that matter, Mr. Henry broke in a few minutes later, hadn't Wood, Gundy & Company made anything _out of the issue that was handed them privately? "The Province paid this money in excessive profits to the broker," he charged. "It's not the proper thing to sell bonds privately. I'm talking about the bonds you sold to Marry Gundy during the last year. ¥ou handed the bonds to Gundy without any competition at their own A Legislature fight over bonds a few minutes before afternoon adjourn-- ment brought from Mr. Henry an in-- directly worded charge that Wood, Gundy & Co. had made excessive profits out of the private, and thus improper, flotation of the last Gove= ernment bonds. Would Call Gundy. This issue was handed to Harry Gundy, of Wood, Gundy & Company, Mr. Henry charged, without any competition and at their own figure, Harry Gundy, he said, should be called before the Public Accounts Committee to say what he made on the transaction. The bond fight started when Mr. Henry insisted that it was proper for term issue when interest rates were high as in 1920. When the rates were low, as at present, an Administration should guard against its obligations in future years by floating its debt in lomg--term lmsues. | | | |-- -- extreme radical. The Opposition Leader's big griev-- ance against Premier Hepburn was the Premier's advocacy of daebt conver-- slon. He praissd the clause in the Speech from the Throne which said there would be no conversion, but took for his text the allegation that Premier Hepburn would evidently force conver-- slon in the Dominion if he had the Mr. Henry said that the Premier had abandoned conversion only be-- cause the rest of Canada woukin't go with him. The Premier was still an "It's a happy day when we have a Prime Minister and a Minister of Fi-- mance (C, A. Dunning) having some respect of office and knowing what forced conversion means. A deaf ear was turned to my friend (Premier Hep-- burn) at Ottawa because the credit of the country was at stake." "Left--winger," the Opposition Lead-- er roared at the Premier, "so leftish they almost swung out of the confer-- ence at Ottawa." "Did you ever call tenders when you were Treasurer?" flared Mr. Nixon. '"No, you handed them out to your friends. You paid $40,000 for their advice; sold them the bonds; and then made the biggest spread in the history of the Province." Debt Conversion,. Since low interest rates prevailed, said Mr. Henry, the Government should borrow money at these rates for long terms. An Administration, he said, was justified in floating a short-- "I swung you off your perch any-- way," retorted the Premier, INDUSTRIAL CODE ACT UNDER ATACK His statement was made in answer| to reports that his physicians have given him new warnings to go slow. The Premier bad just driven him-- self through a whirlwind speech in last night's Legislature. Though prob-- ably making one of the best speeches of his career, he showed some signs of stra'in before he was finished. Premier Hepburn last night told reporters that he was sticking for the session of the Legislature--"if it kills Former Premier Henry, in yester-- day's Loegislature, predicted thay; this sesslion will see major changes in the Ontario industrial standards (codes) legislation, but members of the Cabi-- net refused to discuss his statement. To "Stick" For Session Attorney--General Arthur Roebuck said the Conservative Leader "was a zealot." The former Premier said that there had been a definite slowing up of the building trade because the agreemeonts were between small groups which were not representative of the indus-- try . '«bwax' 19 | _ According to the public accounts, | Mr. German received $1,449; Mr. Mac-- Donald, $429; Mr. Singer, $2,110, and | _Mr. Ellis asks the total number of jbeverage licenses issued by the Gov-- | ernment, the total number of liquor | licenses prior to the Ontario Temper-- ance Act, and the number of standard-- | hotel licenses when the present Gov-- ertnment took office. . _ The member wants to know how mary persons were employed on relief works when the present Government took office, and how many are now employed. He seeks information on ithe daily payment to those employed in relief camps, and the amount paid by the former Government. J. Singer, at Toronto; G. A. Urquhart, at Hastings; and J. H. MacDonald, at the Thunder Bay Assizes. Mr, Urquhart, $1,924. J. F. Hill (Conservative, Hastings East) placed a question on the On-- day, asking the rate of pay per day received by four Crown Prosecutors recently appointed by the Govern--. ment. Public accounts for the five months ending March 31, 1935, showed the total amount received by the Prosecu-- Arthur Ellis (Cons., Ottawa Southy has tabled in the Ontario Legislature a series of questions seeking informa-- tion from the Government about bey-- erage licenses, relief camps, Hydro engineers and motor cars purchased by the Government. TORY'S QUESTIONS WIDE IN RANGE Ellis Wants to Know About Autos RKOSECUTORS' PAY QUERIED IN HOUSE Legislature Order