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HEPBURN GIVEN i STAB IN Moi, l ACRES CHARGES .. . i Member of Opposition l Chides Premier Conant i and Cabinet Associates I A Vigorous defense of Mitchell F.) .'Hepburn came from a Progressivei Conservative member of the Legis-! lature yesterday when A. ll. Acres. -member for Carleton, denounced] ) Premier Conant and members of his fCabinet for "stabbing Hepburn in , the hack." Mr. Acres" remarks drew no reply from Treasury Row. Describing the acceptance of the Hepburn resignation as "an unkind-t ly act," Mr. Acres told Mr. Conanlzg "You wouldnt be Prime Minister ifl it hadn't been for him. It was an! unkindly act to call him Up on the, telephone and accept his resigna-E tion." l The Progressive Conservative I member singled out Highways Min-; ister T. B. McQUesten for attention: in connection with the same matter.i "You are now a happy colleague', of the present, Prime Minister," re-t marked Mr. Acres. "You should have' advised him not to call Mitch Hep-' burn on the telephone and accept the resignation. You and every one ot the others in the front-line henches wouldn't be there it not for .lepburn. a man known all across Canada as one who is all out to win the war. And a lot of other mem- bers of this House would not be here if they hadn't had Mitch Hep- burn in 1934 and 1937. "It was a stab in the back. and I come to the defense ot Mitch Hep- burn in the matter." continued Mr. Acres. "It is enough to stir up any one':; blood. At no time did Mitch Hepburn ever make a statement that he was not 100 per cent for _winning the war. And then to stab éhim in the back. even with all the . 1mistakes he made." . i Mr. Acres blamed Mr. McQuesten, i and former Attorney-General Arthur l iw. Roebuck for "leading Mr. Hep-l Lburn astray" on the now-famous Quebec Hydro power contracts con-3 'itroversy. He described the High-l (ways Minister as a Pyf,rl.-..lyeein 'man who should have advised the: . ' ithen Premier against cancellation', iof the contracts. i ' Speaking of Mr. Roebuck. the? . member for Carleton exclaimed: "If; ihe ever gets to be Prime Minister' iof Ontario I don't want to live in; lthis Province." This was a refer-; ence to Mr. Roebuek's entry into the: . field as a candidate for Liberal Party leadership. l