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It would not be surprising, it is said, if they put the question be-- fore their respective caucuses, al-- though any vote taken in the House is likely to be a pre--arranged purely non--party test of opinion. To Act on Resolution. Premier Hepburn and Opposition Leader Macaulay will both endorse the proposed operation of Govern--| ment--supervised . hospital sweep-- stakes in Ontario when the ques--, tion is debated in the Legislature : next Monday, it was reliably report-' ed yesterday at Queen's Park. | The matter has been brought to a head by the resolution of Fred G. McBrien (Cons., Parkdale). This resolution proposes "that authority should be conferred on the various Provincial Legislatures to legalize sweepstakes under _ Government supervision, for the sole purpose of raising money for hospitals and other charitable purposes." and such tremendous sums of money are being taken out of the Province annually, the issue should be brought right out in the open and a decision definitely reached --one way or the other--as to On-- tario's official position. S In the event of the resolution carrying, the noext step, it is under-- stood, will be to forward it to Ot-- tawa immediately for consideration. Only recently, York County Coun-- cil unanimously petitioned the Gov-- ernment to press for such sweep-- stakes as Mr. McBrien is now advo-- cating. P C o h. Move to Give Provinces Discretion Is to Be Debated Monday The stand of the two Leaders re-- portedly is that now that sweeps have become such a big industry At that time, Hon. Harry C. Nixon, Acting Premier, observed that, in effect, the proposals might as well be forgotten, as the Government would not tolerate operation of sweeps here under any circum-- stances. Change of Attitude Reported. Change of 'Attitude by Cabinet to Proposal Is Reported TO SUPPORT RESOLUTION INHOUS F NON -- PARTY ISSUE Since that time, however, there is said to have been a decided Cab-- inet change of heart, and while Mr. Nixon may stick to his original guns in any vote that may be called in the House a number of other Ministers of the Crown will follow the lead of the Prime Minister. At Mr, Macaulay's suggestion, the bill was not reported. He pointed out that it was of such a conten-- tious nature that members shouid be given full opportunity of study-- ing the amended clauses before ac-- tion was taken. The bill allows townships with a population in excess of 10,000 to form a Police Commission and Councils, in the event of either ap-- pointed Police Commissioner be-- coming ill or dving, to name tem-- porary Commissioners. "Yes, exactly," replied the Attor-- ney--General. He pointed out that, unlike the system prior to 1936, Magistrates are appointed at large instead of directly to the munici-- palities and that, while under the old system when there was but one Magistrate in a municipality he be-- came automatically a member of the Police Commission, it was now necessary to designate the Magis-- trate of the district who was to sit on such a body. "That puts it back where it was before?" asked Hon. Leopold Ma-- caulay, Opposition House Leader, when Mr. Conant made his further amendment. Mr. Conant, early this session, in an amendment to the Municipal Act, entered a clause, which, if it had passed, would have given au-- thority to name the County Judge and the Magistrate to the Municipal | Councils. Yesterday he withdrew' that clause. from municipal interference re-- mained certain yesterday when Hon. Gordon Conant, Attorney--General, notified the Ontario Legislature that the sole authority to designate County Judges and Magistrates to Police Commissions rested with the Lieutenant--Governor--in--Council. CLAUSE IS WITHDRAWN Authority to Name Judges and Magistrates Vested in Province Still POLICE BOARDS NOW TO AVOID CIVIC CONTROL Freedom of Police Commissions Bill Provides Arbitration Board For School Teacher--Trustee Rows School teacher--trustee rows, which in some instances noted by the Department of Education, have set one section of a small munici-- pality feuding with the other sec-- tion as sides were taken, are to be reviewed by a special arbitration board under legislation introduced yesterday at Queen's Park by Hon. Dr. L. J. Simpson, Minister of Education. The measure is entitled an Act Respecting -- Disputes Between Teachers and Boards, and, accord-- March 26 Mr. _ Macaulay suggested the amendment should not apply to per-- sons who were only one year in ar-- rears on their taxes, and Premier Hepburn declared it was "a point well taken." The bill was held over. Members of the Opposition, led by Hon. Leopold Macaulay and Fred G. McBrien, Parkdale, opposed the proposal to cut away abruptly the provisions of the Act, and the lat=-- ter, who sat on the committee that drafted the act in 1933, charged that "shyster mortgagees" had it in their power to wreck property values by forerlosing and reselling at little more than the mortgage figures. Both pointed out that the amend-- ment gave no consideration to in-- dividuals who were trying hard to meet their obligations. is proposed to remove that clause that gave dispensation to home or farm owners who lived on their homes or farms and were in ar-- rears in their payments on interest, taxes or insurance claims. It was provided that dispensation should end on Oct. 31, 1938, with a further period of grace not to exceed six months. Further leeway to home owners in temporary financial difficulties was proposed yesterday in the On-- tario Legislature during committee discussion of the bill to amend the Mortgagors' and Purchasers' Relief Act. Under the bill, sponsored by Hon. Gordon Conant, Attorney--General, it is Drobosed 1b rAINWUE Hlkask spulll._ Conant Bill Would Remove Clause Providing Dis-- pensation AMENDMENT TO MORTGAGE ACT HELD OVFR ing to the Minister, was intro-- guced on the behest of teaching bodies, which for a number of years have been urging the de-- partment to set up a board to hear official quarrels. _ _ Dr. Simpson introduced the an-- nual School Law Amendment'Act bill and asserted there was lxtt}e of a new or contentious nature in its contents. Chief item, he said, was a clause that gave school teachers an increased representa-- tion on their Teachers' Superan-- nuation Committee.