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not going to be a party to persecut-- A ing the people of this Province." I a m ers or "Do you deny that you have any communications in your files con-- cerning Manny Feder operating in hotels?" interjected Col. Drew. n o O e S "I deny I know anything about + i Manny Feder," replied the Premier. '"Whether he's operating, or when or where. But I'll say this: If Manny lFeder is operating in Toronto, it is rew e s Ou Se | up to the police of Toronto. Toronto has its own police force, one of the finest, and is well capable of doing it G ll P l- Bl d if it wants to do so." A'H'Ol'ney- enel'a S O ICY ame '"'The men who conduct gambling °| b .+. d iin an organized way are mostly men f E ( ) L * who have a criminal record and who or ¥1 y pPOS' 10n ea er' |have found that gambling is more L * > j 1 -- & s m | profitable than such crimes as mur-- Conan+ Pu"'S OI"IUS on C'fy POIICe der and theft," continued Col. Drew. | '"The time has come to end this pre-- Gambling racketeers woere operating in Toronto hotel suites ?C"S'l')abOUt the gdaml:h}r:grackpt hav-- over the protests of the managements concerned, and the activities ;I;!it, fif:sft:fp':;e' ga':nl'l)l'(irn]gt ;fal;';;": of the gambling sqgad appointed by th(? Govcmmcnt.\'\'ero being pave been closed, gambling hasn't .paralyzed by the policy of the Attorney--General, Opposition Leader _ been stopped. | George Drew charged in the Legislature yesterday. Winding up "These gamblers are carrying on! cmmmmmmnmmmc------------------------------3the Opposition's Share lin mel B}ud- :zslm'es's flaglr-antcly antdtm HM; r}pen- | o F 1. 'ew declared that a yet we have a statement from | 'S:{(')fg:\g?):\oalC?f.'anll)l;loc}rs( l:a(ll (llans- the Attorney--General that the spe--| ferred their operations from suburb-- Clal gambling squad of the Provin--| an gambling palaces, and were now _ Clal POI.ICC is empowered to go any--| 'ensconced in hotel suites, with the Where ';' O"ta"}':'t As al\\'a_\'slhapc;! hotels powerless to stop it. pens when racketeers are closed | The refusal of the Attorney-- Gown, lhejr brains are exercised in General to close up premises raid-- a'nothex' dxre_(-txon. and now we find ed by the authorities, unless such them operating through the hotels. premises were fitted up and used More Active Than Ever. as a betting house or as a gaming "Where have you seen the names house, and where it appeared that _ of any prominent gambling men be-- gaming was the main business in _ ing prosecuted?" asked Col. Drew. the premises, was blamed by Col. "The truth is that professional Drew for the present situation. gambling is more active than it "IL am informed, and the Premicr _ ever was, and under the direction and Attorney--General is in a posi<« of the very same mon. There have tion to tell the Housc, that Manny been -- prosecutions. Places have Feder lan(l his lgan_g a')ll'e operating been closed down. Most of the con-- on a large scale in Toronto, and spicuous gambling establishments that complaints have come from have remained closed, probably be-- the hotels themselves," said Col. _ cause it would have been too notice-- Drew. "It is the policy of the able if they had not, but the same Attorney--General that is paralyzing racketeers are opcrating." * the ;I;Darlnbnng squad of the Provin-- ; Col. Drew read a paragraph from clal Police. | _a report made in February by Chicf '"These gamblers are not taking | Constable Draper of Toronto to the large items of equipment into the | ; Board of Police Commissioners. In hotel suites. There are no roulette | 'it Chief Draper said applications wheels. But the equipment they | 'had been forwarded from his de-- take in is just as effective for their | partment to the Atltorney--Genera! purposes, This is one of the rea-- | |requesting that applications -- be sons.why I wanted to go into the | made to the court for orders closing Public Accounts, and see why the | premises, in accordance with the hands of the officers have been | |act, and in every instance the tied. I wanted to see why the slot-- l '!Attox'ncy-General's Department had n;achine racket hasn't been stopped. | ire;lablied z}as follows: "As a matter of If we are going to pay for these | |policy, the Attorney--General has de-- squads, then weare entitled to know 'termined that he will not move the what they are doing. courts for an order closing prem-- In winding up the debate, Premier| ises under the Gaming and Betting Conant declared thoere were two| Act unless the premises 'are fitted types of g{:lmbling premises, the out-i UP and us_ed as a betting house or and--out joint and the small shop. ' :;p:afiafiml:tgt}?'ou'se tde \\'_helije it f s y | S his is the main busi-- L"".I"' T'oronto. Conant p| ; | hess oberated in the premises." n the \\Oll.( of the gan? '"¢| Demands Explanatton. squad there are these types," said is , s the Premier. Addressing Col. Drew, | I believe we should be told by he said: "You wouldn't want us to| the Attorney--General why such a put these barber shops and tobacco | 1%2];53' hfIS been adtc_)ptfd,l said Col. stores out of business because some | * am particularly anxious one was convicted of operating a| to ll;now \}/hy such an extraordinary handbook on the premises? I am| POUcy has been adopted in view of the fact that I have been informed that the Attorney--General's Depart-- ment has reports, and very detailed