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March 2 Principal Wallace He ads A € Ontario Advisory Body For Unity in R h Creation of an Ontario Research Advisory Committee under f the chairmanship of Principal Robert Wallace of Queen's Uni-- f versity was announced in the Legislature yesterday by Premier George A. Drew. The function of this committee will be to co-- f Nordinate the various research fields and to act in an advisory capacity, 'drawing upon the experts needed in |any particular fieid. Stressing the need for scientific research to discover new methods 'of utilizing Canada's vast raw ma-- terials in order to maintain the three--billion--dollar export volume built up by wartime demands, the |Premier told the House that, while magnificent work is being done by 'research bodies, there was a lack of & co--ordination. He described Dr. Wai-- lace as one of the greatest resoarch |experts on the continent. The advisory committee will re-- \ceive no pay for its work,. but there will be a secretariat established andi |paid for by the Ontario Government. |Dr.' Wallace will be continuing ; "Only 20 per cent of that three chairman and the experts on the [ billions, or 600 millions, is made up committee will be drawn from the |pf things in the category of normal field in which the research prob-- |export -- articles," continued -- the lem lies. ; \Premier, "Our problem is to find Premier Drew also disclosed that ,'the things to take up that 80 per |the Ontario Research Poundapon |cent so as to maintain our export \has completed arrangements for ex-- figure. There are things that we pandn)g its facilities as £00h "4%) ||can do. |materials become available. He "Science and research," the Pre-- [paid tribute to the work of the |mier said, "will be as vital in peace 'foundagmn in war research. A.\-om: 'as it is in war. We have the same $ :ate(l with t.hc expanded pr*o?l'zim ol type of brains, the same type of rosoar(-h.wlll be farm research, Mr. skills we are using in war. In the |Drew said. expanding and reconverting of our |Expansion Necessary ~conomy from war to peace we must | _ In his opening remrks, which 'provide exports on which will de-- 'formed part of his contribution to pend so much of our future success. [the Throne Speech debate, the "The sooner we in Ontario and 'Promior stressed that nothing the the whole of Canada recognize one Legislature put down on paper in of the fundamental weaknesses in black and white would, in itself, our position, the sooner will we be add one dollar to the pay envelope, able to cope with that problem." |to the meals, comforts and the The Premier pointed out that 'educational and welfare opportuni-- Canada in war had built field guns |ties of the people unless there was from designs sent from Britain. The 'an expanding production based basic plans for tanks, Hurricanes, |upon the resources of the country. |Lancasters and the Mosquitos | '"There is no vague source of \ which now are daily bombing Berlin | ieither private or public revenue," had come from Br;tain. For great| 'lsai(l the Premier. "It must come fleets of motor vehicles Canada hadf 'from production. We must recog-- 'been dependent on the draughting ' nize that public works and the ex-- boards and research made freely penditure of money on highways, '(available by the United States. ; buildings, power plants and such | "IL don't minimize our own [ matters only meets a part of the {'achievements," he said, "in radar, f lgreat problems we face. We have ;in fine lenses and other things, but seen with satisfaction and pride : the basic plans came to us. Our job _ lour exports rise to three billions,, |now is to speed up research so that j making Canada the first exporting |we can provide plans for new things country in the world on a per capi-- |to make full use of one of the . ta basis. In that lies a great ad-- greatest sources of raw materials in vantage and a great danger unless |the world." {we recognize what is behind it. >