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room ? A. I would judge about five minutes. Q. Then what happened? A. Biggs could see Parkin from where he was sitting from his office, but he couldn’t see me. He said, ‘Come here.’ Later, according to Beyands, Parkin tried to “double cross” him and not pay 11m 1118 5 per cent. commission. He was given a cheque for $459.62 commission on cars sold and 3 ch e for $400 “as a tip for being a good fellow.” He had re used this on the advice of his lawyer and sued Parkin for $5,000 commission he claimed was due. Bizzs , Reynolds : We were sitting in Biggs’ bedroom and he heard someone out in the hall. He said, ‘I think that is him now.’ He got up and went out and left us in the bed- Q. The doors were open? A. Yes. He said ‘Come here’ and beckoned to Parkin to come in. Parkin said ‘Sh.’ I sat still and he went into the other room. Leonard Parkin, a garage proprietor in Dundas, was a friend of the Hon. F. C. Biggs. Early in December, 1919 Mr. Big 3 told Parkin that “The Department was going in for truc s.” Parkin said he would like to tender for the contract, and Mr. Biggs paid several visits to his garage following this assertion. Parkin made up his tender and handed it to Mr. Biggs, who was on his way to Toronto, on Monday morning, December 29, 1919. About 8 o’clock on Monday night, Mr. Biggs called Parkin on the tele- phone and told him to come to Toronto the next day to talk the truck matter over. "' 'o v ""- quarters. Q. When did you see them next? A.Parkin and Biggs came back into the bedroom and Parkin had. the tender or contract and was wrappingit up and putting it in his pocket. Mr. Biggs let us out of the side door. There is a door from his bedroom to the hall- way. He let us out there. The following extract from the official evidence then shows what transpired : After the contract had been thus secured by Parkin, Parkin asked Reynolds what he expected on “The Govern- ment deal.” Reynolds stated that he wanted his usual commission of 5 per cent. Parkin then asked him what he thought Blggs shouldget out of it and he stated that he Parkin, accompanied by Roy A. Reynolds, a salesman, left Dundas by motor the following morning at 5.30 a. m., arriving at the Parliament Buildings 3 little after eight o’clock. Parkin, Reynolds and Mr. Biggs were then closet- ed in the Minister’s bedroom for a period of 40 minutes. They later adjourned to Mr. Biggs private office where Engineer George Hogarth of the Department met them with Parkin’s tender. Reynci’s, cailed before the committee state:? on oath that Parkin. Mr. Biggs and himself had discassed the whole tranrzction in l’vrlx'in’s primate office at Dundas. During this conversation Perkin stated thy-it he would like to tender but that he could. not compete \ :11 other firms who could give a discount of 25 to 30 per cent. He stated that the best he could do would be 10 percent. “KEEP THEIR MOUTHS SHUT” The sworn statement of Reynlds then is that “Mr. Biggs turned to Parkin and stated : ‘Listen to Reynolds. Let him fix up this deal and get some money.” .According to Reynolds Mr. Biggs also stated that there would not be any tenders in competition if they knew enough to keep their mouths shut.” .The following Monday Reynolds saw Parkin take the tender out of the safe and give it to Mr. Biggs to take to Toronto. One of the first transactions by the Drury Govern- ment to be conducted “behind the scenes” was the pur- chase by Hon. F. C. Biggs, Minister of Highways, of motor trucks from Leonard C. Parkin of Dundas. While secret transactions have become more or less a characteristic of the Drury Government, this is believed to be the original transactitn in which the huge sum of $117,899 of the tax- payers’ money paSsed into the hands of a constituent of the Minister for the fulfilment of a contract for motor trim-ks without public tender. It is probably one of the most glaring instances of the government’s method of conduct- ing public business. The deliberate violation of the recog- nized procedure of public tender and the secrecy with which the deal was brought about, leaves the entire pro- ceeding under suspicion. T hhe facts of this astounding motor deal as gleaned from sworn evidence taken before the Public Accounts Committee of the Legislature, are : With little or no discussion, Parkin’s tender, received without public ccmpetition, was accepted, and the order signed, the total examination of the offer by the engineer and Minis: 1 lasting less than half an hour. Mr. Parkin in his evidence sv. ears that Ere and the Minister had nego- tiated the deal and that Reynolds had not“ ing to do with it although Reynolds 81.191 Perkin for agenfs ctmfamission on the sale. Q; Then Mr. Reynolds, how long were you in the bed- *. How long was he away, how long in the other BIGGS AND THE MOTOR TRUCK DEAL I would judge half an hour or so, probably three- ht Biggs should get :2 should get $3,000. A PRIVATE ARRANGEMENT WHAT SHOULD BIGGS GET? .M'p. “SH !” then called on Reynolds and asked him what. he would take to settle and Reynolds stated $4100. Riggs then informed him that he would talk to Perkin about it. Pressed by Col. Price, Reynolds said that the money was to be given “for putting the deal through,” and again. “I think we hot i figured that somathing was cumin 3 tn him (Riggs) Previous to this con ersation be- twpeu Pat-kin and Re nolds. the question of making the Ministm' of Public W orks for his share in the contract. a present of 3 mm motor car was discussed, but it was tlmughi that this might too easily b0 travvd. According to Reynolds, Mr. Biggs was to get his $3,000 when the “row in the press had died down." In another part nf his ovMence, Reynolds swore that Par-kin asked him. “What do you ligurt‘ WP have to giw Biggs.?“ Q. D.) you mean that. it was to pay the Ministnr of Public Wurks for giving the cnntract to Parkin? Q. The way I took it. is this : “Par- kin said what do you figure to give Biggs? I said, “We should give him $3,000, and you can take my share up to five per cent." 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