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March \A ol Galleries Applaud D i Quick defense of Major Conn! 'The Premier immediately rose.! Smythe by Fremier Drew following "The member said that Col. Ralston: an attack on the soldier--sportsman GeClared Smythe's statement was by A.. A. MacLeod, brought anino-t true," said the Bremner. "He| immediate outbur:t _ o f rule-'sa;:rno;;zgfegé t::,er,.:;gd'thp ,.pinf breaking applause from the gal-- forcement issue "the most slander-- leries in the Legislature yesterda_v.!ous and -- morale--destroying _ cam--, . The Labor--Progressive member|paign in the history of this coun--. had declared that Major Smythe's|try," and said the Defense Depart-- ;l;a(lirgtseo'nna}ongtreteon Cl:r:gfi?;;er?::rtlf ment was being "pilloried by Tory, llhes hed h;eon found "utteriy D 'iZOmhlPS headed by John Brgcken."i o $ las'--"iln the Grey North by--election, he !95:' 5 by Col. Ra!stqn on p""or,'alldeclared. Mr. Bracken had descend-- .mg»}zga?on owr.was.'_ Premner;pd to an all--time low in charging Dl'f'l"d(')\r?; i':\'te(r)xr:ifl;oo:alxl'l;nr\?e;.ttpn ilha! soldiers had thrown away their a * * " _ , _ _ frifles en route overseas. '"That was| 0 Te Commaier pa . colrerrming proved faise. The story was offered neselt". said 'the Premier "'Bult ';ilo the C.C.F. Leader and he refused, $ » * lit," he said. | do resent these statements aboutln"em"wal;gl..t it strange that Pre-! 3!:;].2:?]312"]0%:;2:[1t:fe{.mke:;"sff,l' mier Drew should urge the return. lThere wapc a Burst ol hand.cis Iof Col. Ralston as Defense Minister: ping from t-he spea'kers and p-ulflri)c.'in plage l Mri] o seyeliton sihce e n ocme the had once charged Col. Ralston galleries. Government n}e"mhelts ard)wiih sending green and untrained the Liberals banged their desks. | -- % C+ ; a ._ |troops to Hong Kong. Speaker Stewart immediately in--| ; A Fixo % formed the galleries that applausel I repeat," he said, "the Ontario by the public was not permitted. ;.Premler was t_hg father of the re-- "Col. Ralston did not say that the"nforcement crisis and no blood test Smythe charge was untrue and*}s required to prove the pargntage. Ralston's own action later proved it\ The Globe and Mail gives him full -- _ was true," asserted the Premier. |Credit for doing the job in Grey Mr. MacLeod then read from a North, although neither he nor newspaper interview with Col. Ral-.CO_""."" Smythe entered that cam-- ston overscas in which he was Pa'®n. § § quoted as saying, in reply to a ques--} Later he said the Px:emler, sup-- tion as to the accuracy of the posed to be an expert in weapons, Smythe charge: '"The system is "doesn't know the difference be-- now adequate if @prried out." tween a harpoon and a boomerang. "Does that look like corrobora-- Every one he has aimed at Ottawa tion of the Smythe charge?" asked:has returned to _hit him on the Mr, MacLeod. ichin. But he's still standing up."