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r s MaRrcH 10 « lution of Loyalt __ .esolution of Loyalty [o P de Royal Visit ' The Ontario Legislature will take! on an added Empire tinge this after-- noon when Premier Hepburn, sec-- onded by Opposition Leader George A. Drew, will propose a special reso-- lution of loyalty and welcome to their Majesties as a forerunner to the Royal visit to Toronto and the House, on May 22. Mr. Hepburn will be supported in his remark$s by Col. Fraser Hepburn Sure | Hunter, St. Patrick, and by John J. & | Glass, St. Andrew,. Colonel Drew Health W|" HOId t 4 will be supported by W. J. Stewart, 'The first spontaneous Liberal l Parkdale, and Richard Arnott, West cheering of the 1939 session of Hastings. the Legislature developed yes-- The resolution ---- and the entire terday when Premier Hepburn, . s flouting the flu, and fresh from House membership may speak to it the bed in which his physicians If it so desires--is as follows: would keep him if they could, | "We, your Majesty's loyal and expressed confidenqe that 'he | dutiful subjects, the Legislative wou!d be present with the rest , of his followers to prorogue the Assembly of the Province of On-- House in mid--April. tario, in Parliament assembled, Mr. Hepburn urged his sup-- beg leave to approach your porters not to be alarmed over i C ongs i newspaper stories about his 5 Majests wnh. feelings of rftost PeC health. He felt, he said, that | found devotion and respect, to his condition, both physically join with all your Majesty's sub-- L % n ctrew and mentally, would always be t jects in your Dominion of Canada s 4 s I such as to enable him to take | in extending to you and your your Majesty's strong and wise | the part expected of him in any | Gracious Consort, our Queen, | leadership and your constant con-- political battles the House might Elizabeth, a joyful welcome on sideration for the well--being of see. Tuesday next, said he, he this, the first occasion on which | your people have confirmed and proposed to "go to the mat" our Empire's Sovereign has visited | strongthened the joy with which with Opposition Leader Drew his loyal Canadian people. This your Coronation was greeted by in the Leaders' day debate. "And happy occasion will ever live in | All your Dominions, and the sin-- may the best man win," he add-- the memory of the people of your cere love which was inspired in ed, smiling. Province of Ontario, and your | the hearts of his subjects by your * Majesty's gracious act in thus gracious father of blessed memory personally visiting your Ontario has been transferred to you in subjects will meet with a response | fullest measure. It is gratifying in their hearts, and in their to all British subjects to realize actions, which will go far in pre-- that our Empire is still regarded serving and cementing those ties | 4s the buiwark of freedom and of Empire which are so vital to | the hope of civilization, and we are the preservation of World Peace | confident that _ under _ your & during the troubled period | Majesty's wise and _ gracious through which the nations of the leadership, our statesmen will so world are passing. continue to conduct the affairs of "Ascending the Throne at a | government that the Empire's time of crisis which called for the | proud position in world affairs exercise of statesmanship of the | will be maintained and strength-- highest quality and the united | ened, and the nations of the world support of all parts of the Empire, | directed along the paths of peace. To your Gracious Consort, our Queen, Elizabeth, we also beg leave to present the devotion of this assembly and of the people of Ontario whom we represent. The qualities displayed by her Majesty in the discharge of the many tasks which devolve upon her have awakened in your people * feelings of profound admiration and respect and our hope is that she may long be spared to be your helpmate and inspiration in the performance of the oncrous duties of the high office to which you have been called. "We would also humbly request that your Majesty will convey the respectful and affectionate greet-- # ing of the people of Ontario to your -- daughters the Princess Elizabeth and the Princess Mar-- | garet Rose, who have captured the hearts of your people throughout r the Empire. * "In conclusion may we again * express our deep gratitude for s your Majesty's gracious act in visiting this Province of Ontario, of which we are so proud, and assure you that the people of On-- tario are and will be, as they have always been, proud to be a portion of the great Empire over which you reign, loyal in word and in deed to your person and | > to the Crown. "'God Save Our King' is ever l * the prayer on the lips and in the -- hearts of your Majesties' most loval subjects of the Province of -- Ontario,." |