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; JANGARY 26 & Charges Anti--British Pamphlet Prep ared by William T. Lawson ON TORONTO BOARD Conservative Leader Drew valled: on the Ontario Government _\-nslor-i day in the Legislature to take im-- mediate action toward preventing | "supporters of atheistic barbarism" | from having anything to do with | the administration of eduvalional' bodies in the Province. | Colonel Drew's urgent plea was| made as he placed before the mem--| bers a pamphlet which, he said, on the basis of information which it contained, "was prepared by a com-- mittee under the chairmanship of William T. Lawson, a member of the Toronto Board of Education, al-- though his connection with the Communist Party was not diwlosod' 5 until after the eleciion." | He read several paragraphs from | the pamphlet, which charged |hatl British imperialism had "hypocriti-- cally rearmed Germany," and that | the same imperialism had aiwnodi -- the loss of independence to Czecho-- | Slovakia, Austria and Poland. I All the time, the pamphlet road.| "the Soviet struggled valiantly for s peace." It described Britain and France as having tried to turn fascism against the land of socialism, and claimed that imperialist aggres-- gion, directed against Russia, had been the final influence leading to Russia's invasion of Finland. "Quite apart from the fact that the pamphlet comes within the pro-- visions of the Defense of Canada Regulations," said Colonel Drew, "there is a more important factor, and that is that a man who sat on the committee is now sitting as an elected representative on the School Board, which has the responsibility of applying the principles and teach-- ings of the educational system, and of inculcatimng in the minrds of stu-- dents the principles of Christian democracy." Hon. Gordon Conant, Attorney-- General, said the pamphlet came to his attention yesterday, and that law officers of the department were -- studying it to determine if it was a violation of the regulations. '"The policy has been adopted," " sgaid Mr. Conant, "of prosecuting in only those cases in which there has been a reasonable opportunity of convictions being secured." Otherwise, explained the Attorney-- General, there would be a tendency io glorify those against whom prose-- cutions were launched. "There % hasn't been a single failure to con-- vict in Ontario since the regulations were passed in Ontario," he added.