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The Prime Minister then read the following telegrams from W. C. Franz. and T. F. Rahllly. Vice-Presi- dent and General Manager. respec- ,tively. of the Algoma Steel Corpors .ation. which. he said. were also "unsolicited." , "In the presence of Sir James iDunn and General Manager Rahil- tly. in Toronto on Feb. 12. Dr. Rob- erts complained to the three of us Ithat he had not ttot the medical work at the steel plant when doe. tors were changed and expected to secure the medical work in connec- tion with the Helen Mine as a re- sult of any development following an increase in the are bounty. "W. C. Franz." "On Feb. 17. in the presence of Sir James Dunn. 1 was asked by Dr. Roberts if ho had not earned by his support of tho iron ore bounty the medical work in connection with the development and operation of tho llelen Mine. I felt unable to make any commitment to Dr. Rob- verts. Other Tclomml. ttttd he. and I should know whet to do about It. I considered these ne- quests so unusual that I did not ac- cede to them and did not mention the subject to you. I am deeply trorry my announcement of the steel comnany's program should have so incensed Dr. Roberts and proved the cause of so much annoyance to "So you can readily understand." (inland tho Premier. on conclud- ing his reading of thr wire. "that. the animosity so suddenly devel- oped by Dr. Roberts against the Mo. goma Steel Company does not arise from Sir James Dunn's announce- ment of his builning program. but from tho tart that Dr. Roberts was unable to blackmail the company into giving him a job on the com- pany payroll in consideration for, his then support of the Iron ore! bill. l cum Personal. I "Now I'll '0" you why all his. animosity toward me. it's pureiyl a personal matter. Some time ago. E. F. Molleau secured the right to, cut timber on Crown lands. oper- ating at Massey. some 140 miles from Sault Ste. Marie. The mem- ber for the Sault (Dr. Robertsl. using methods 1 certainly did not consider ethical. secured a contract from the lumber company which he tried to farm out. It was quite clear that he could not give the proper medical attention to the camp. so he first approached the local doctor and tried to make a deal. but the local doctor refused to pay toll. so Dr. Roberts went to another physician in an adjoining township and farmed out the con- tract. The Department of Health interfered and protested that some local man should look after the men. It did not apparently enter Dr. Roberts's mind that what he'd done was unethical. but to me his methods seemed highly improper. so I very properly rapped him over the knuckles. I repeat he had used methods that were unethical and unbecoming to any member of this House when he secured a con- tract for his own personal gain and then attempted to farm it out.' A Moment of Drama. Then came the dramatic moment to which the Premier had been lead. ing up. slowly but gurer. .- .-- "I have a certain responsibility toward my party and I intend to purge my associates of the Irtntt- ence of a member guilty of this conduct," said Premier Hepburn. "Mr. Speaker. on Monday of next week I am going to ask you to move him to the Opposition benches." Dr. Roberts rose a second later. He began a stout defense of his ac- tion and declared he had not known the Prime Minister was in con- ference with Premier King at the time he vpiced his criticisms. The Prime Minister sat down amid a deed silence. - "I am Innocent at this." he de-! dared. "t did not know the Prime! Minister was going to be absent) when 1 rose to speak. The Prime minister la In error when he says I "T. F. Rahilly." Us closer to the scene ot operational 'than I. but in order to guarantee,' the men absolute medical protec-l tion I signed a subcontract with: :Dr. Brownley. who is practically as .close to the camp as Wallace. The Icamps are located thirty-eight miles "'When Dr. Wallace let it be known that you and your depart- ment were partial to getting him a contract. I was appalled as I had never heard ot such a stand before. It is quite true that Dr. Wallace Premier Hepburn. waving a hand- ful of papers. Jumped to his feet ant. interrupted the Sault member's remarks at this juncture. "The honorable gentleman says he had no contract," he barked. "Well, 1 have the contract here." He then read to the House the following letter. which he said was signed by Dr. Roberts. and directed to Dr. B. T. McGhie. Deputy Minister of Health, over a Sault datellne of Nov. 27, 1936: went to Ottawa with Sir James Dunn. I did not Co with him. I did not see him again after we left the Prime Minister's office until the banquet in Sault Ste. Marie. I have been accused of interfering with the engineer's office. When it was moved from Sault Ste. Marie to Blind River. the reason given at the time was economy of administra- tion. I did not say anything about it at the time. Claims No Animosity. "Possibly I have my faults and have made mistakes. but I do not believe I did anything that war- ranted the office being moved." said Dr. Roberts:. "tn my remarks to this House I did not show any animosity toward the steel plant or toward the Prime Minister. 1 did not criticize the Prime Minister. I criticized what I considered was a discourtesy toward me. I have no animosity toward the plant. Why should I have? It is one of the biggest in the North and employs hundreds of men. "tn reference to the supposed contract. at Massey," continued Dr. Roberts, "let me inform the House that I had no such contract. Mr. Duvet promised me the contract. it didn't cost the Government. one cent. It is paid by the men of the camp, who pay " per month each tor medical attention. Mr. Duval promised me verbally I would get this Contract----" Dr. Roberts said Sir James Dunn had been apologetic after the Sault Ste. Marie banquet for having made the announcement. and next day at 7 o'clock he was in the office of the Sault Star, trying to get the paper to give him (Dr. Roberts) credit for the announcement. No Contact lie Sum. "it ls true I asked Sir James Dunn if I could be doctor for the Helen Mine. What was wrong with that? There was nothing sinister in my doing so. If there had been, I would not have spoken in front of three other people. I can't see that the company was going to give me anything. I was asking for the position as a practicing physician. not as a member of Par. llament." Mm- J, In Roberts Will Cross House A Man Without a Parfy He Will be "a man without a party." as far as the Government ls concerned. The Liberals have read him out of the party and the Conservatives won't take him into their. told. The rebel trom On Monday Dr. A. D. Roberts will have a Legislature seat as far away from the Liberal rank and file as the Government can find for him. without upsetting the seating order of the Opposi- t on. vv---~\\-le "b3 get this straight. Let me read iii) a letter from Mr. Duval to the, Deputy Minister of Health. It says: i, " 'During the latter part of; October last I offered Dr. A. Del Roberts of this city the option of ' taking the contract tor caring tori the health and sanitary conditions:' of the men to be employed in :5 pulpwood contract which I had; taken for the Central Paper Com-g pany of Muskegon, Mich. Andi some days later this was ratified, by the company . . ."' Breaking off the communication at this point, Mr. Hepburn barked: "This was ratified by the com- pany. And then the member has the temerity to tell this House he, had no contract." 'i "I didn't say I had no fyntrTpt,'l,l repeated Dr. Roberts. "I said Ii had only an oral contract. There;' was no actual contract. I leave it to this House whether I said I had a contract." There the incident rested, and the orders of the day were called. as Dr. Wallace. "I may say that the is Mr. C. A. Duval, and him that I have the m traet, while Dr. Wallae to obtain one with the tor.' Another trom the nearest village and are accessible by a tote road only, so that you can see that Dr. Brownley can take care of the work as wall .6 Wh.. In. .. Dr. Roberts will exchange seats with W. A. Dickson of Perth. As these two members now face each other from opposite sides of the horseshoe-shaped seating plan, it will literally mean "erossing the floor" for the insurgent-a forced crossing. Lrs " Sault Ste. Marie will Join the other two independents in the Howe. Sam Lawrence, the C.C.F. member from Hamilton. and Far- quhar Oliver, U.F.O. member for South Grey. A . Duval, and El; Have the medical Dr. Wallace is t , with the subcm e is trying subeontrad. contractor as weil with i,