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Heenan Heard Again In Calmer Defense Of North Program, Hepburn Government Saved Province From Disgrace by Completing Kenora Highway, Begun by Con- servafives, Declares Min. isfer HITS H E N R Y POLICY The hot-tempered Minister of Lands and Forests again held the floor In the Legislature, but this time he kept well within the con- fines of Parliamentary debate and gave few anxious moments to his Leader and other Cabinet colleagues. Peter Heenan lived up to his nick- name of "Peter the Peacemaker" lust night. Many spectators in the galleries stayed longer than usual in their seats afraid that, leaving before Mr. Heenan started to speak, they would miss another exciting episode he- tween the veteran politician and George Henry. Opposition Leader. Construction Intended. But they heard. instead, an ag- gressive address punctuated by tre- quent interruptions from the oppo~ sition. Mr. Heenan defended his department's expenditures for road building in Northern Ontario and declared that the Ferguson and Henry Governments had used the Kenora-Fort Frances highway as a "political football." And had never accomplished anything of real value. The Henry Government, charged Mr. Heenam started a road-building in the north on the eve of the last general election without obtaining approval of the Federal Government with the re- suit that Mr. Bennett repudiated the whole affair and declined to give financial assistance. "I have some figures here which show the extra amounts paid by the Conservative Government over and above contracts for Northern On- tario road work. The additional amounts paid contractors were near- ly $2,000,000. That's an example of how they do things." Rita Newsprint Potter. In defending expenditures in tho Kenora district. Mr. Heenan said he had done what he had promised the electors he would do If the op- portunity arose. The Kenora-Kee- watin road was one of the most im- portant and valuable arteries in the whole of the Province, he asserted. The Hepburn Government came into office in time to complete the road and save the Province from disgrace in the eyes of the people, he declared. "rm: Opposition make much of the additional amounts paid over and above the contract price. as if that was anything unusual," said Mr. Heenan. Mr. Heenan attacked the news- print poliq of the former Conserva- tive Administrations. and said that much of the stagnation that had been created in that industry was due to the desire of the former Premier of Ontario (Hon. G. Howard Ferguson) to become Prime Minister of Canada. He had "made friends" with Premier Taschereau of Quebec, and the result had been, said Mr. Human. that Ontario mills had been allowed to remain idle. while Quebec newsprint mills operated at capa- city. we iii in power," said Mr. Heenan. land demanded I square deal. We "We went down to. Quebec when Mr. Heenan claimed that the speech which Hon. Leopold Mac- aulay had delivered in the debate last week. and which ha! been extremely critical of the Hepburn Administration's pulp export policy, had been "written for him." haven't got a square deal yet. but we've got a lot squarer one than we had before. and we're producing 300,000 more tons annually than was produced in the last year of the Henry Government." "Not Playing Favorites." "t write my own speeches, I'll have the Honorable Minister know." cracked Mr. Macaulay. ,, -- -- Before the end of the year, said Mr. Heenan, mills would be operat- 'i ing at Fort William. Thunder Bay'; and Espanola. "We are not playing , favorites." said he. "if the Con-f servatives have any friends wtt.ht money to Invest let them come and) see us and we'll talk business." ', Been No Bull. "Oh, don't admit that," said Mr. Heenan. Mr. Henry said it ill behooved the Premier to talk about underseiling newsprint prices when his "par. ticular friend" Archie Graustein had been behind every cut in prices - the same Graustein, he said, that was with the Gatineau Power Com- pany. from which the present. Gov- ernment had continued to take great blocks of power._ - -- "Nantes Chute. The Opposition Leader tangled with Mr. Hepburn on the matter of the Maciaren and Gatineau power contracts. questioning the Ramjet: Premier Hepburn got his answer to "the extravagant and unfounded statements" he had made about Right Hon. Arthur Meighen. when the Royal Commission inquiry into the Ontario Power Service Corpora- tion purchase was conducted. Oppo- sition Leader George S. Henry told the Legislature last night. - -.- The Government, charged Mr. Henry, had retained the services ot two of the most astute lawyers in the country "to dig out any dirt they could find," and yet nothing that would warrant the statements the Prime Minister had voiced re. cently had been revealed. as to why he had purchased 40,000 horsepower from Maclaren when the Maclaren people, judging from the Premier's remarks, were "me. farious rascals." and should "have gone to Jail." Mr. Henry reiterated his charge that. Hydro, through its original contract with Maclaren. had "sub- sidized" the company to a point where. it was able, in its newsprint business, to undersell Ontario mills, and had, in effect, "stolen" 20.000 tons from the Great Lakes Power and Paper Company, "Why should you slam them one moment," asked Mr. Henry, "and then turn around and give them a contract to help them carry their plant'."; _ - _ . "My friend?" ejaculated Mr. Hep- burn. "Why, he's your friend. You and your Government bought 250,- 000 horsepower from him at $15 per horsepower." Maxck A- The Administration's policy of ex- porting timber to the United States was providing work for thousands of men who would otherwise be on the relief rolls in Northern Ontario, replied Premier Hepburn last night in the Legislature to criticism of the Government's timber policy levelled by Opposition Leader George S. Henry. The Premier retaliated by reading a telegram from the Municipality of Nipigon, expressing gratification over the proposed erection of a '6,000,000 sulphide plant in that town, and praising the Govern- ment's timber policy. Work Provided for Thou- sands, Hepburn Answers Henry Mr. Henry said the policy of non. export of raw materials from the crests to the United States had been in effect for thirty-five years, and proved a sound one. The present policy, he claimed, was providing continuous work for mills in the1 United States. while Ontario mills were idle or had little to do, Mr. Henry also criticized the granting of pulp concessions with- out tender, declaring that his Gov- ernment had been assailed on this score countless times by members of the present regime. NORTH POLICY UNDER FIRE "Do you know that the production of newsprint in the last, fiscal year was 300,000 tons more than in the last year of your administration?" demanded Premier Hepburn. EXPORT PLAN HIT "I understand it iricreasid," re- pli_e_d Mr: Henry. The fact that a private member was given the task of introducing a Government bill was commented upon by Opposition Leader George Henry yesterday, who told the Legislature he was at a loss to ac- count for this procedure. The bill was the extension of the Mora- torium Act and the private member was J. J. Glass, Liberal member for St. Andrew. Premier Hepburn denied there was any irregularity about the mat- ter and said it was quite in order for a private member to introduce a bill of this nature which did not affect the Treasury. He chided Mr. Henry for not raising his point of order at first reading and not at second reading. 7 -- - Hepburn Defends lnfroduc- tion of Extension by Pri.. vafe Member The Premier refused to tell Ar- thur Ellis (Cons., Ottawa South), how long the Government intended to keep the Moratorium Act in eb tect. He charged the Opposition member was attempting to em- barrass the Government. The act was identically the same as passed by the previous Government, the Premier said. Moratorium Act Goes On