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. \ Motor C E dit Come U d S fi The Public Accounts Committee.' ' called for the first time in the hresent Legislature session yester- . day, accepted a resolution of Op- position Leader George Drew by which he proposes to inquire fully _ into expenditures on purehase and operation or automobiles in all Gov- . ernmem departments during the fiscal year ending: Mart-h CII, 1042. Colonel Drew sought to extend his inquiry into provious tears and later, hut was overruled by the committee t-hairman. ll. I.. llagey tLib., Brantford). At Colonel Drew's request. tho Deputy Minister of Public, Works, R. A. MCAllister. will be called be- ' tore the eommittee to give figures 'e"-------------.... as to ears purchased during the o . . q . year. (-ost of ear rentals, and m amounts paid for mileage. Col, Ar+u0iscri irurhion Drew sought. also to have original cost of cars now in operation Bi . . brought out but it was ruled that I al s +0 Surviv inquiry must be confined to the fiss e cal yea" 1042. The eomniittee is to tr?fe,,t,i,byi/,,ncN.' Thursday morninr.,r to The anti-discrimination bill intro-' to prejudire. Many t.usittnr,t in On. tii"iir/Jnirfi2:"iloe,",): '/',aiu',g//,gl,- 'duced by John J. Glass (Lib., St. 1:111? left w.ith a wrong impression may it prepared. ' Andrew) failed to res second We (9 J"o.Pgi'e1l.1g'; "aft/ac,"). e at It. .uas pointed out by the Op- .ing m the Legislature yesterday, be- (1310.) did rig! think 'dr, billlwguld' 2:21;;o'nealjegggé-'fidéiahtadtnhntnllre"122;; ling defeated on the Speaker's call proniote unity. and after giving his on oat%ihk.i.ii,, alone. and 823701 on ior the. ayes and hays. MP. Glass reasons win: he believed it should ear rentals and in the it'll:n.10llllt was the only member m the House not pass, asked the'sponsor to .wilh- period endinn' Jan. CII, IN.", $534133 'to riulie ms "owe m favor ot the firm." JI, WWI". Ml" (5'18" ,mam m on mileage and $20,322 (in. maid]; btll. "ll',',",',',.):,', 00:11:)";'1 1e peaker 71l.It/i, Of this, $328,000 in mileaze had The proposed measure sought "fl 1 {-8395 an nays, and JAWS \oted been expended by the Departmen' make illegal ml" posting of 'shi.,",,'?.)"')',',:,, MF " s id ti t t TTrh.r of Highways and 3101.000 'or the rontammg religious. or racial bias, ' I. 'iClili""/ ' tat 0.8010111,» A,ttornry-Grsnnri'; riesrvtrtnvr, t refusal to permit persons to ace-up} Ir.?.),".: tnf' l llIVO'UKh "ouid it" . I n ' _ hotel rooms on the grounds of race.§10>0rllttg ltt a policy of "WP "Fr rotor or t-reed, and the making of trary to democratic principles One any statements calculated to arouse l could not .Contmand respm-t, but one prejudice. icould elicit it, he said. l Mr. Glass gave a brief explanation --_t_i-f ___- _ Conant Supports of the purpose oi his bill, pointing . out that it contained certain restric. Hepburn Denial Mons against the use of discrimina- tion. It. was a blot on Ontario, he Ex-Premier Mitt-hell F'. llepblttn contended, to permit. posters and in the Legislature ytvilottiay branded signs to be erected which appealed gf as "deliberately and maliriously un- true" a report in an afternoon paper _ that he held a "war (-hest" estimated at from S500,000 to $730,000. Mr. Hepburn's denial of existence . of such funds was supported by Pro. mier Conant, who said he wanted to substantiate Mr. llrpburn's state- ment that, never Sl'lL'C he became Liberal Leader in December. 1930, ' had he handled such funds. All ram- paign funds had been handled by ' the party llP'd.'Ul('l>, the late Sen- ator O'Connor and now Bethune . - Smith. "I know of no sttr'n fund, duet-f or indirect, or any other way," said Mr Conant.