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I "The working man is satisfied with the present labor laws," said Mr. Elliott. "True, we have a few Communists in some of our 'trade unions who at times like to cause trouble. But the majority or our workers are inclined to soon lquiet them down." "Co-operation or the Department of Labor has been extended to many lines of endeavor," he said. He indicated that the sale of gaso- line soon would be' entirely con. trolled under the Industrial Stand. ards Act. reducing hours ot work and Improving employment condi- tions. Mr. Elliott reviewed the work of the Ontario Regional War Labor Board, composed of equal representation of both labor and management. which, during the war, adjusted wages and helped to prevent inflation. He lauded the announcement in the Speech from the Throne of a proposed minimum wage for men and a new schedule ot rates under the Minimum Wage Act for women. "The Hours of Work and Vaca- tions with Pay Act, introduced by this Government, has given the workers of the Province benefits they greatly appreciate." he said. "tn the mind of the Government the 48-hour week is a reasonable number of hours if we wish to ac- complish the things we have to do. Much aruument is now made that it should be a lesser number of hours. One can visualize in the future a shorter work week. But for the present, considering the greater shortage of materials of all kinds required by the entire world, it is felt that the 48-hour week is , sat isfactory." 1 Under the act, he said, more than 50.000 workers in the building trades alone had received a week's holidays with pay who had never had holidays before under such provisions. The act, he said. would be extended so that the prorata system based on 2 per cent of the earnings of the individual would include all industries. Reviews ORLB Work "I believe that even the Social- ists will agree that these things are essential." said Mr. Elliott. Hours "Remumattle" Mr. Elliott pointed out that it had been impossible during the war years to limit hours of work, but that labor had Accepted the legislation providing for the " hour week and annual vacations as a guarantee of their peacetime status. Labor has been anxious for limitation of working hours for years. Legislative enactments by the Ontario Government on behalf of labor have given workers in this Province widespread benefits which are generally appreciated. especial- ly under the Hours of Work and Vacations with Pay Act. Robert E. Elliott IP.C., Hamilton East) said yesterday in moving adoption of the Speech from the Throne. LaborTé§s in Ontario Acceptable fo Workers, Says Elliott in Speech f Northern Ontario's present eco- 'nomic position, he said. was in sharp contrast to the gloomy tore- casts of 30 years ago when it had been predicted that production in the North would be limited to Christmas trees and paperweights. Now the "wilderness" was develop. ing into one of Canada's most valu- able territories. He said that plans were being made to establish a pool of farm machinery in northern districts that would be available at nominal rates to farmers who had had to rely on the manual method of clear- ing and breaking land. I Indicating the expansion of agri- culture in the North, Mr. Fuller- (ton commented on the inaugura- 'ition of an annual lamb sale at New Liskeard; veterinary services in the Kenora and Algoma districts and establishment of a school " Kapuskasing where 30 boys would be given a month's course. New freight assistance policies on live- stock and the opening of a potato grading warehouse at Cochrane also were aiding northern farmers. available in the tredidirG oriiiiiiiv companies to develop new or pre- vlously Pratt? mineral deposits. fields than ever before, he said, with '.'t.en.s It millions of dollars" Mach ti, As a northern member, Mr. Ful. lerton paid special attention in his speech to development oft Northern Ontario. There was great- er activity in the northern mining: "Everywhere in the North," Mr. Fullerton said, "the secondary schools are crowded. Many of them are faced with the necessity of ex- panding. It all means that. more children are getting more and bet- ter schooling." "The new grants," said Mr. Ful- lerton, "have accelerated. the swing toward township school areas. Larg- er areas had offered greater op- portunities to the children, making possible health services and spe- cialized instruction in such sub- jects as music, art, home economics and shop work. Another effect of the larger grants had been to in- crease the number of students tak- ing secondary education and to en- courage elementary school boards to combine to transport the chil- dren of their districts to high and vocational schools. The Ontario Government's edu- :cation grants to schools in Nor. (thern Ontario, he said, were three 'and a half times as high last year ins ever before. "This," he said, "has put a stop to the drift away from teaching which was apparent during the war years all over the continent." Improvement in the type of :eachers made possible through the ncreased grants, he said, was par- ticularly appreciated by the North country because many of the north- ern districts had found it difficult to obtain qualified teachers. Swing to Larger Areas As a direct result of the increased school grants inaugurated by the Government last year, education in Northern Ontario has received a long-awaited impetus, and the en- tire Province has a far larger pro- portion of its schools staffed by fully qualified teachers than has any other Province in the Do. minion, John A. Fullerton (P.C., Algoma-Manitoulin) said in his ad- dress seconding adoption of the address. Education Gets Boost S