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Using the Budget debate as a medium through which to express his views on Federal affairs, Mr. Acres attacked the King Govern-- ment's policies, charged the Prime Minister was not gathering the best men around him to aid in the war effort, and called upon Mr. King to "fire" Messrs. Lapointe and Gardin-- €er. Interspersed with his com-- ments on the makeup of the Domin-- lon Cabinet were references to Pro-- vincial affairs and criticism of their handling by the occupants of the treasury benches. The Conservative member clash-- ed with J. J. Glass, Liberal member for Toronto--St. Andrew, on several occasions. HMe deplored that Mr. King had not given Dr. Manion something to do in the war effort. Dr. Manion had a fine war record and was admirably fitted to assist in Mr. Glass interrupted to say that Mr. King had given Dr. Manion a job. ""You want to keep qdiét or your own party will be throwing you overboard," warned Mr. Acres. "Why does not Mr. King follow the example set by Mr. Roosevelt in the United States?" asked Mr. Acres. "He is working along with Mr.' Willkie to do everything possible to increase the war effort and to help democracy. Why doesn't Mr. King get the best men possible to help him, irrespective of politics? Why | doesn't the Premier of Ontario do the same and confer with the Op. position so that legislation which is' necessary can be passed quickly, | without loss of time ?" | "We must stand together, we must have a united people, if we are going to carry on the war suc-- cessfully," declared Mr. Acres. "I call on Prime Minister King to fire Gardiner and also Lapointc, who is practically the real Premier of Canada, and who is not a true rep-- resentative of the French--Canadian citizens of this country. Gardiner is separating the Dominion, Province by Province, with his agriculitural policies, while Lapointe is breaking up Canada, race by race. The speech he made recently was not a true ex-- pression of the people of Quebec." Clashes with Glass. "But his own party kicked him out," remarked Mr. Glass. the present emergency, but had been ignored by Mr. King, Mr. Acres charged. No he didn't," shot back the member for Carleton. "It was Colonel Ralston who placed Dr. Manion. Colonel Ralston, the man who should be Prime Minister." Right Hon. Ernest Lapoints "practically the real Prime Ministe:r of Canada," and Hon. J. G. Gardiner, "whose agricultural policy is separ-- ating the Dominion, Province by Province," should be climinated from the Mackenzie King Cabinet, the Ontario Legislature was told yesterday by A. H. Acres, Conserva-- «@ive member for Carleton. M.L.A. Urges King Fire Gardiner and Lapointe To Keep Canada United CLAIMS BEST MEN NOT BEING USED Acres Says Former Is Separating Dominion, Province by Province, Through Agricultural Policy, and Terms Latter 'Real Prime Minister' Wants Practical Men. Mr. Acres claimed that one of the reasons all is not right in agri-- culture in Ontario was that there are too many white--collared men going around telling the f{farmers what to do and how to do it. As a result the young people on the farms were becoming disheartened and leaving. "Get more men around you who know farms from the practical angle," he said to the Minister of Agriculture. '"Never mind those fellows who talk nothing but mar-- kets and figures. Get opinions from practical men, and follow their ad-- vice, and you will do much to help remedy the situation in which agri-- culture is at present." He advocated a flat rate for Hydro for all farms in the Province, and said that the Government could easily find money with which to instal electrical services on all farms. "Previous Governments have car-- ried on without the assistance of the huge sums derived from gaso-- line and liquor taxes. They built highways and did other things to improve conditions in the Province, and I say that if the present Gov-- ernment had to work along with the revenues they had then it would not last long enough to be criti-- cized. The Conservative Govern-- ment never made one--quarter the mistakes that this one has, although the present one is trying to cover up by offering some things to the farmers," said Mr,. Acreos. 7 "Your Government," he said, directing his remarks to the Min-- ister of Highways, "was not elected to build four--lane highways to take the members of the Cabinet home from Toronto. Your building pro-- gram is ruining the United States APRIL 2 tourist trade. The Americans come here to get away from the con-- | gested traffic conditions about their |1arge cities, and they run into heavily travelled roads here. You are building these roads with the money derived from the gasoline tax; you are taking it from the people on the back concessions to build four--lane highways between the main cities and doing nothing \for those on the back concessions. Yet you claim to represent the farmers. The gasoline tax is the best, the fairest tax in the Prov-- | ince, and it should stay." | Asks Beer Referendum. Mr. Acres expressed his disap-- proval of the way beverage rooms are being conducted, and advocated a referendum as to the method of selling beer. y t "Throw out the chairs and tables," he said, "and then let the people say if they want that system re-- stored. As they are at present, they are breeding a poor race, and if there is another war in twenty or thirty years we will not have the same type of splendid manhood which is now joining the forces." Mr. Acres threw down his chal-- lenge to the Government at the out-- set, when he declared: "I don't be-- lieve we've got a surplus of $12,600,-- 000, and if true, I don't think there is any credit to the Government or to the Prime Minister to have one in the times we have to face." He charged that, to make the "sunshine" pre--election budget of 1937, the Treasurer trans{erred from the deposits of the Provincial Sav-- ings Bank a sum of $31,000,000 '"in order to balance the budget." He wasn't saying that the Government did wrongly, but he wanted to know if the depositors were protected. On its farm loan policy, he charged also that "this present Government has done more than any other thing to destroy the credit of farmers."