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" Drew Withdraws Ch D P _ 'HI T ' ewan a arty eeler k . . . Opisosifion Leader Says Conant Turned On . . I Hepburn After Taking Premiership From Him for all-out prosecution of the war, .. _', ' . . ri ------ the Premier s ress d. t,Jt,n2tt2idC,i,tj,'s11,5',"u,,/"'tno) ed the Prime Minister of Canada in. "As far ast thise Government is th f1 t h L 2:85. finial 0' that war" interrupted Mr. Conant. ( concerned," he promised, "assistance e ooro to t?'i'1ajauJ,'i,"s/Cr,t,i/,e,') "Well, I am going to read what will be rendered in the fullest when Opposition Leader George rr T c- " . ' . measure. All-out. support and co- Drew accused Mr. Conant of "turn-' has said, continued Col. Drcw. "This operation of the Province of On- ing on". Mr. Hepburn after the latter is what the Premier said: "The Prime tario is absolutely essential if we had raised. him to the Premiership Minister announced in a blaze of are to have an all-out war effort in the_belief that. he shared the lgtow . . .' Was that meant to in Canada." same Views as he did toward Ottawa. I i h , , .ou - Indicative of Ontario's essential There was a brief but, torrid ox-l C alter). demanded COL Drew, place in the war effort, he recounted change of personalities in which Col. I 5 looking up from the pier: report. that Ontario had 35 per cent of the. Drew described Agriculture Minis. :"And it wasn't tong before the Pre- Dominion's population, 31 per cent ten P. M. Dewan as "an abject and I I mict' announced that he was not of her needed resources. producer! pitiful example of a real political', going to aid the Dominion in tho 50 per cent ot Dominion revenue, $530112" [in Ollie ~requIedst lot tttcslmattcr of tracking down draft and 60 pet" cent of Canada's war tier IC ppmnmt: pacer with-t 'tnvariors." production was within Ontario's ' drew the word "lieelcr" and stibst.- f "Can tho Ethiopian change hic limits. Also, Ontario had provided tuted for it the word "follower." 5 spots," repeated Col. Drew own 38 per cent of the enlisted men. _ .It was a sudden storm and it ~ub. (more. "It is a strange solicitation Here he reviewed, department, hy gilded as nttickly a, _ had al'l:~"ll. I i that. the premier of Ontario now department, the Province's achieve. :Col. Drew was almost through hi, ishows for the Prime Minister of ments since the outbreak of war, 22:15:13: Ellie" a?1.f,/j,',?,,,i'/'.j'/,-,':h he. , fCanada. And it is a pitiful spectacle and t,itclyie1/'f,:lur,' farm p.roble.m is t , . 'h.. s (irked llilt'li l to see the man who is probably the largely the result of the lahop 1ilttret. tthe Hepburn-Conant drvr'lopmc_ ; lonly one who would have choseii the' tion." He felt that the Dominion [by a query from In: D"\\nll. who IPresent Premier to succeed him' Government had "made a mistake" wanted lo know "Hm," Col. D," ' than"; turned out ac, Treasurer on il, in the order that no farmer should was a Conservative or a Progrer 1rfis/,i,nj.t/oi1 handed to him last' leave the (arrp.with/out a permit. it sive Conservative. ', ctober. t was like docking the stable door. Premier Conant was the original i When Mr. Dewan interrupted Col. ;Bu.t. he insist.ty.i:. "i am perfectly target for the Opposition Leader's D.le.ws speech P ask whether he, toorrect to criticize the Dominion shafts. Quoting from a speech made _ WRS a Con.sorvariye Ot' a Prozressivr jfdoy2,l'.,'.1,,ny,',fr' but not m a personal by the Premier before a Liberal SyrtTriyiy, Col. Drew retortcd" Iand vindi.ctive way, such as has meeting at the Ontario Club last y You will know where we stand. 1.1et? detrimental 1.0.5"? the Prov- Saturday night. Col. Drew dwelt on L whon .lhe test comrxs." A little latcr. incc and the Dominion. . the Premier's attack on the Progress rdmlmz to thr, Htspiouvn tt'si;gntv. It was the intention tys summer sive Conservative Party. tum. Col. prhw declared: "Here we of. the Minister of Agriculture, he "Last Saturday our iiew Premier have a Ploniier brought to power hy said. that at least 100.000 pei;sons was preaching for a call," remarked Cl ma" who Widen") believed he i.youl.t1.h2lp with farm crops. The Col. Drew. "He made a tub-thump. >ltai'cd the same views as he did eon. 'Dominion .Goverhm.e1t .ras got to ing, political speech in which he ['ct'nll1'ir, "mm" Government. And .do something VCU'y definite 1yy!,T,ry claimed the only salvation of the then the Premier turned on him. fdrastic to meet the situation, the world was in blindly following the "You followed him in that," dry. iPremier declared, and urged House _ Liberal Party. Elsewhere lay per. Flared Col. Drew, looking at Mr. tmambOF-'Z when they returned lo dition. And the Premier used a Dcwan. -their.' ridings to help organize farm Biblical quotation. He asked: 'Can "That's my business," retorted Mr. SERVICE" . . . the Ethiopian change his spots?' Dewan. For his Government. "tom". This was a reference to the Progress "I have as many friends as vou Conann 'om?hariyall)' dtniPr) "m sive Conservative Partv." have across the Province," Mr. bd. 1ponsi.bility for the beer famine in "Can the Ethiopian~ change his wan asserted at another stage of Ontario. though "WWW. 1."./y1c,'.,'" spots?" repeated Col. Drew, drawing his clash with the Opposition Lead- ments YI". Ottawa (o..'c.ydi.lye's li- attention in this manner to the fact T who charged him with "falling (tum. rexentie will Plhtllt' to the tllzlit the proper quotation refers to Into line" Ol'. all occasions. "0"me Wigwam? "Squad? r?"- a eo ard. I , . ' .-.. . ( hues rom iquor or in ura ion led," Premier has gone through a (zigerf'tiog Recessan- . . i of the Dominion's liquor control form ot marriage with Ottawa " con- 'Thr 1111st anal". in continuing the. regulations. 'lhesc at-rancemcnts tinned Col. Drew. "Yes, a shotgun lhir one peeth debate. departed from: also. he said, "will enable the Pro- marriage." he added. "It was only [Db Plephted'notes to refer iv? Col.i vincial Treasurer in present a more a few Weeks ago that the present t 11'2" 15 personal references. liei favorable and a more accurate bud- Premier was talking about not being }0 t It House-that time should notl get than. would otherwise have a party to any one making Ontario a am a en up_with a play by play" been possible." . . suicide squad, a fall guy. As recently _) tEoBuntIof things that had happened. ' As to the,."r.e.dut'1ion in the quan- as that the Plum" ('vid ridiculitra l,, ut think it 15.1" order for .me my oi available 'beer that results the Prime Mirister of Canada. . . of, . to return the compliment. by sayingI from the .potpinion's order," Mr. "I am quite an": I never mention- 'we are fortunate in havin? a super-l Conant said the aspect was "dis. -- iman who is always consistent, al-l turbing" and he wished lo "dis. ways encyclopaedic. knows all the. abuse the minds of some who, ap- answers. and can advise us on all? patently, are under the impression subjects." remarked Premier dill that the reduction in the quantity nant. Liberal members applauded: of beer and the resulting rationing when the Premier quoted from! _is. the responsibility of this Gots . Goldsmith's "Deserted Village": "The; ernment or of the Liquor Control more they gazed, the more theirt Board of Ontario. wonder grew. that one small head! i "I want to say at this time. most . ' could carry all he knew." l iemphatically and unequivocally, The Premier said he was prepar-' ithat such is not the case. ed to criticize the Dominion Gov-l I "The Liquor Control Board has eriimet'it whenever the occasion' 'done and is doing its very best to warranted criticitm. but he would ration and distribute as fairly and not voice criticism in a "personal: as equitably as possible the reduced and vindictive way as has so ofteni quantity of beer resulting from the happened in the past." The cor) order of the Dominion Govern- operation of Ontario with the Do-i (ment." tininion Government was essential} '