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m 0 . ' 5 Maxych 17 tions of the day and declared tha | Yht'n the Leader of the Liberals canE + | interest, not of the doctors or of th not be here they should have a life-- hospitals, but of the people as e| ;'zt::or')'ortmlt of him here in the whole." al w"W('lLa;c ready to co--operate, and Second Reading Given. | e relish the independent spirit of Second re p & the Opposition." he said. ® an amendme?u?rt\g tfi:'ssmmmg&bemve&mto | Act. Colonel Price explained that l{t | was to expedite the cleaning up of | estates. After some discussion, the bill . | of the Minister of Highways to en-- o uen e e itc ecuirrsmreg | force a lower speed limit at railwa; | % crossings also received its second 4 c | 'in A Ais nd read~ | ontinuance Follows AppeAl| thE; the Znced Iimit in' passing ares o a | that the speed limit in passing over to Finer Instincts | crossings shall be 20 miles per hour ORD * instead of 35 as at present. P Robb States | Compensation Board is RADIUM PROSPECTS Subject of D. M. n mis~= ' # « That the Toronto General Hospital . R_O_SE-S List was prepared four or five months ago | Opposition members of the Legis-- to withdraw from the agreement made 'g lature have an appetite for informa-- with the Ontario Government with re-- | tion, ®s evidenced by the more than spect to operating the cancer clinic, ; order paper thus far. These questions was the disciosure made by Hon. Dr. deal with almost every aspect of Pro-- J. M. Robb, Minister of Health, in the ;:g;:lia,l r:":l'\l;:rfly?m' h(glghwa)-s. ag-- Legislature yestorday while speaking T T s i rsick s service and affairs per-- to the bi scti 4 s taining to Northern Ontario bepteng f o. daane Tw m? Ontaric In-- . Should Be Made to Prove particularly referred to. 'To date stitute cf Radio Therapy. The bill, there: have been sixty--two of the which includes the agreement made Char ges orf Retract, questions answered. by the Province with ths Toronto Gen-- Purther questions concerning the|-- CA and the Kingston General Hos-- Says M.P.P. Workmen's Compensation Board were pitals with respect to treatment of placed on the order paper of the cancor by radium, was given its second || Logislature yesterday by D. M. Ross . reading. | _ Again bringing to the attention of (Progressive. Oxford North). _ He Dr. Robb stated that this attitude of | the House statements allegedly made wants to know on what date, and on | the Toronto General Hospital authori-- Gordon Waldron, K.C j * f what authority the board first used _ | ties was due to existing conditions. and | by cordon Watdron, ToC., COnCerUcE |( money from the Accident Fund to _ | the need for economy. "It was only an his actions in sponsoring the Op--| ?:;u r:nDOl'ti;)nt }c;f the cot.;:'. of fgmup i agpe?l tor t&e finest hunll'animrlan in--| tometry Bill, E. J. Murphy, K.C. (To-- co 0o e members of the stincts 0o ese men which decidsd . ronto, St ick j board and its employees; what the | them to allow it to go on." £ S& P.fl't'l'l\.n), moved. in MiS total amount is which has been used | Half a Gram Purch Ontsrio Legisiature yesterday thai for tt:'u; pur};%sp: how much insur-- | ~ Atter telling 'of the.Cancer Com Mr. Waldron be brought bafors the ance is r y | * & «s p c R lhe board uncer l'ghi:asé'hemeem?';% 'g | migsion and is recomiiendations, Lr. |House to "prove thise onarces 0) the Governient contributed anyining! | Robb stated that Whe Province was make ample apology for such lisclous Toware the vost of administration o) . | MCD 4o seoire 8 s iN thient lins and _ seandaious . mtatements, | ) the board. | "I may say that the Government has continued Mr. Murphy, "to be put Dr. L. J. Simpson (Liberal, Simeoce already purchased half a gram, and where he and his Meenids chates Centre) has asked how many fors-- when the demand becomes greater, ments cannot do any harm' . Aflet c'esures have beon made by the Ag-- then we will get more." He then told| Mr. Murphy's remarks, made before ricultural Development Board during of the prospect of obtaining radium | | the orders of the day were . called, the past two years, while W. J. Mac-- from Canadian ores. Premier Heary arose and said: "i Kay (Liberal, Bruce South) wants to | At present the Government was able | | presume this matter will come up M | know if the residence and adminis-- to supply the radium to medical men 'the regular way on Monday when the tration building at the Agricultural who desired it and were able to use it | | Government will deal with it." College at Guelph has been com-- properly. Clinics were being estab-- It was Tuesday last that Mr. pleted, and what it cost. lished at Kingston, Toronto and Lon-- | | Murphy | arose protesting reported Mr. MacKay also asked if there is don. The one at Kingston was al-- | | statements by Mr. Waldron that he an organization known as the Agri-- ready open and in operation, and to | | (Mr. Murphy) had been paid for in-- cultural Advisory Board; what its' this one the Government is contribut-- | troduring the Optometry Bill. At auties are: what recommendations it ing $9.000 cver a ten--year period. The | |\ that time the member from St. Pat-- has made and what it has cost. A Toronto Geoneral Hospital is to receive | |rick emphatically denied that he had further inquiry by the same member $45,000 a year for ten years. ' |received any remuneration Cr COnN--, seeks to find out if E. G. Westbury, The Toront>o General Hospital is at sideration for his part in brinzing the . former Reeve of York Township, is present carrying out its part of the bill before tihe House as a pnvate$ in the employ of the Government, agresment, he said. The Pathology member, and reviewed how he had | and, if so, in what capacity, and Building on University Avenue was be-- acted as solicitor for certain optical | > when he was appcinted. ing renovated at a cost cf $118,000 interests. | and equipment was being purchased at In his statement yesterday, Mr. | a cost of $102,000. All in all, the | Murphy claimed that he had afforded | hospital was placing facilities costing . | Mr. Waldron ample opportunity "to | -- mommmunmmmmec----=------ ./ [deny the 1HbelOus And scandalous $900.000 at the disposal of the clinic, | statements made about me." He con-- Dr. Robb stated. \_| tended tl;:i(:l Mr. dXVatl;llgn buht?d tggt 64 J 7 »» on refu: to » other A Real Undertaking. | sts'ty,anents had since been made by ' If the Government had decided to Mr. Waldron and others. opcrate a clinic of its own, the cost Speaking to The Globe last night would have been about $850,000 for Mr. Walidron remarked that while Mr. building and equipment, he stated. It Murphy talked of privilege, "he uses was a real undertaking which the hos-- his privilege as a member of the pitals had assumed, said the Minis-- House to pour abuse on me." ter of Health. "It is all very simple," explained "There may be some criticism of Mr. Waldron-- in his statement. "I the expenditure at this time," he re--! |suppose I Will be called before the marked. "But how long could a Gov--| |Bar of the House to apologize or °X-- ernment stand back and see the rAY--| |plain. I will be interrogated by the ages of this disease go on? Last year | | Speaker--wvit what the Speaker will 3.300 died from cancer in this PrOV-] have to & to me I cannot say. Then ince, the largest number in its his-- | ~the House, having heard my explana-- ' tory. This may be a gruesome thought,! tion, will refer the matter to the but at that rate there would be prob-' Committee on Privileges and Elec--| ably cighteen or twenty members of tions: admonish me; Or send me to s this House dying from that cause." the tower. In the meantime, Mr. One out of every six men and one Murphy, who talks of privilege, uses out of every five women between the| nigs privilegee as & member of the ages of 50 and 60 died from cancer,| House to pOUuTr abuse on me." s he stated. "I think this is in the best ' interest of the Province, and some-- thing may coms out of it, we hope. f | Maybe some young doctor will dis-- € cover something for this disease such as Dr. Banting discovered. We had to do what we thought in the best --A____--A