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PROMISE TO GIVE LAKEHEAD VIEW ON PULPWOOD Full discussion of Government timber policies as they affect the municipalities most directly con-- nected with the pulpwood industry was promised by the special Legis-- lature committee investigating ad-- ministration of timber resources yesterday as members agreed to hear delegations from Port Arthur and Fort William on Thursday and Friday. 4 Decision to interrupt the general trend of the investigation to con-- sider representations from the Lakehead cities came after Mayor C. W. Cox, M.L.A. for Port Arthur, rose at the opening of yesterday's sitting and asked permission to take the stand in the near future. Hon. Paul Leduc, Minister of Mines and chairman of the committee, re-- called that similar application had been made by E. E. Johnson, chair-- man of the Fort William Indusirial Commission, and it was decided that both men would be heard at the same time. A delegation rep-- }resentlnz the Fort William City Council was notified of the decision by telegram and prepared to leave for Toronto either Wednesday or Thursday morning. Indication that delegates from the Thunder Bay municipalities will be given full opportunity to testify, and that their representa-- tions will not be confined to sub-- mission of briefs was given by Colonel Drew after Mr. Cox had pleaded for an ecarly hearing, which, &Q promised, "would not take more an fifteen minutes of your time." Mayor Cox to Speak for District 'Penalized' by Companies' Failures EXPERT TO APPEAR think we should hear these _ Refuse to Change Act _ Covering Council Pay men fully," the Conservative Lead-- er said. "And no matter how con-- densed your brief may be, Mr, Cox,. you will likely be given an oppor-- tunity to elaborate in subsequent questioning." The Port Arthur Mayor and mem-- ber presented his request for a hear-- ing immediately after chairman Le-- duc had called the meeting to order at 10:30. "I represent a municipality that has over $20,000,000 invested in Hydro development," he said, "and a district that has provided more than one--third of all the pulpwood cut in Hon. Eric Cross, Minister, said the section was designed to correct abuses in the per diem salary system. In some municipalities, he held there was a tendency to hold an excessive number of meetings. In the belief that the plan placed too much authority in the hands of the Department of Municipal Af-- fairs, members of the Legislature Municipal Laws Committee rejected an amendment to the Municipal Act, which if passed, would have made salaries of elective members subject to the approval of the department. FEBRVARYX 2J Under an amendment to the Venereal Diseases Prevention Act, it is made an offence for a person suffering from such a disease to use a false name or address. It also permits the department to draft regulations which would require every laboratory to furnish returns to the department with respect to the diseases. a substance. It also auth;f'}-z}s--Il;; commission to require an oath of secrecy from the investigator. Another amendment empowers the Cancer Commission to divulge any cancer "cure" formula which has been received in the course of its inquiries to a person authorized by the commissiop to investigate such Department of Education officials explained that a ballot of the grad-- uates cost approximately $4,000. A similar measure was passed during the last war, it was stated. As a war economy measure, it is proposed in an amendment to the University Act to halt elections to the posts of either Chancellor or Senate of the University of Toronto until 1942. The amendment is con-- tained in the Statute Law Amend-- ment Act introduced yesterday by Attorney--General Conant. BALLOT SAVING SQUGHT IN BILL Would Delay Elections to U. of T. Posts Until '42 Ontario, in addition to 90 per cent of the wood that has been exported from this Province. The cities of Port Arthur and Fort William have been severely penalized by the non-- fulfilment of timber contracts in this district and I have some obsorv-- ations to make which I think it would be in the interests of this committee to hear." "We have a witness in the box at the moment," objected J. M. Cooper (Lib., Sudbury). "I believe Mr. Cox is willing to be heard at the convenience of the committee," Mr. Leduec suggested. "I think it is putting too much authority in the hands of the depart-- ment," said W. J. Gardhouse (Lib., West York). "I think it is wise per-- haps not to take too much away from the people after all." Mr. Cross, early in the discussion, agreed that the measure required further consideration and withdrew the section. C. M. Colquhoun, Toronto city solicitor, reminded the committee, that the clause, in Toronto's case, would restrict the mayor's salary to $5,000, the fee that is granted to him as a member of the Board of Control.