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| & ¢ C.C.F., Labor--Progressives Fail & | In Effort for Town--Planning _ I The fourth division of the session,pointed out that other municipali-: occurred in the Legislature yester--|ties had soughhtt sgm;labr legis(;atioga y b+g this session, but had been advised d.ay when the COF. 'Oppo smfm. that this was not practical at the aided by the two Labor--Progressive present time. members, attempted without suc--| "We all want the same thing," cess to obtain House approval for|said the Premier. "And that is to a bill enabling municipalities to es--|get things done. But we don't want tablish town planning and hous-- to do it the wrong way. I assure |ing authorities. The vote was 46 to|the House that nothing will be de-- 33 against giving second reading. layed, but we want the department The bill was sponsored by F. E.|created on a sound basis." 'Warren (C.C.F., Hamilton--Went--| The Premier said that munici-- worth), who urged that municipali--)palities already had power to for-- ties be given this authority so they'mulate plans and nothing in the could prepare their plans for tbc'bill extended the power as it re-- postwar era. (lated to such plans. An integrated Premier George Drew. in voicing'plan was necessary to the success the Government's opposition to the of any undertaking, he declared. bill, stressed that the Department, E. B. Jolliffe, C.C.F. Leader, said of Planning and Development had|the proposed measure would fit in not yet been created, and that in}neatly with the new Department of the interests of uniformity it was| Planning and Development and he not desirable to permit such mea--|could see no sound reason for op-- sures to be passed. The Premier\posing it. Mi 7 o iss Macphail Sees Poverty Main Cause of Delinquenc ain Cause of Delinquency The problem of juvenile delin--,juvenile delinquency figures were quency would be better met if On--| down, Ci';i"g_tivsai)sfgs?s 11';)4;927\;5 . f . _, |compared wi § in i -- M¥. tar.no spent "§ money to abolish Dunbar placed the responsibility for abject poverty instead of to suppOrt| juvenile delingquency squarely on the prisons, -- Miss Agnes Macphailihome. 5 o (C.CF., York East) told the Legis-- Q@uestion from Opposition Leader lature last night auring discussion|F. B. Jolliffe as to what the Min-- of the estimates for the Provincial|ister thought of the Toronto curfew Secretary's Department. proposal brought from Mr. Dunbar Juvenile delinquency, said Miss the remark: "I don't think the cur-- Macphail, was due to "undesirable|few would amount to that," the re-- home conditions almost always| mark accompanied by a snap of the caused by abject poverty," and sug.| fingers. gested that the main concern should| Mr. Dunbar declared that where be to relieve the abject poverty|juvenile delinquents appeared, causing the condition. homes they were compelled to live Provincial Secretary G. H. Dunbar|in should be inspected to determine told the House that Ontario'sithe reason for their difficulty.