The Ontario Scrapbook Hansard

Ontario Scrapbook Hansard, 2 Apr 1943, p. 7

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reports, of the new methods em-- ployed by Manny Feder and the other professional gamblers who have been preying upon the people of this district for many years. "I am not satisfied that the special squad, known as 'Conant's Commandos,' are being permitted to do the job for which they were set up," asserted the Opposition Leader. "I am not convinced that information received by the At-- torney--General's Department is be-- ing acted upon. Either this force should be given a free hand and supported to the full extent of the law, or it should be disbanded, one or the other. "Then there was the second force set up by the Attorney--Gen-- eral," continued Col. Drew, "This was a liquor squad that was going to clean out the dives on Jarvis Street and elsewhere. Have they ~done it? On the contrary bootleg-- ging is more active today than it has been at any time since prohibi-- tion. The time has come to insist that these special squads deal with the situations or stop using the tax-- payers' money. Let us stop this business of naming special squads and finding no results achieved." Feder Now a Farmer. "Opposition Leader George Drew has got his signals badly mixed. o or else he should investigate be-- fore smearing other persons' names just to arouse attention in an elec-- tion year." Manny Feder, one--time Toronto gambler, whom Col. Drew yesterday claimed was still operat-- ing, said last night. "Why doesn't Col. Drew come out to my farm some day and help with the milking?" asked Mr. Feder. "I'm not crying about things he said in the past, but I think I've paid plenty for anything I did. Just now I'm farming, and I've been farming since last May 1. The farm is ncar Toronto and we'll be milk-- ing 30 cows in the morning before Col. Drew is out of bed. "Surely there is a law of com-- pensation which prevents a cheap politician from seizing on a tax-- payer's name and bandying it around like dirt," continued Mr. Feder. "And Col. Drew shouldn't have to stoop to those meti}tods, even if he is on the eve of an election and must attract attention. Those methods are exactly like those of a child who makes faces and hides behind mother's skirt; he can say what he likes in the Legislature and be protected from the recourse of law which covers other citizens. "I'd like in all sincerity to invite Col. Drew out here to look this place over and find out what I am doing these days. His talk certain-- Ivy doesn't do me any good, though it won't do a great deal of harm among the people who have seen me every day for the last year. They know what I have been do-- ing. Unfortunately, they also can hear what Col. Drew is saying, and it isn't doing him any good." '

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