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"We hope this summer," he said, "to put these camps on a paying basis, and to make such provision that whatever money may be saved by the men will benefit the relatives back home, rather than be expended in the camps on the men themselves." H» sa'd he hopai to be able to secure consideration of such an increase in pay as would make this possible. Answering William Newman (Liberal. ; Victoria North), he said he expected | the men would do better work if more highly paid. The progress of the Trans--Canada ; Highway work was sketched by the | Minister, who announced that the | Pembroke--North Bay section would tb ready for opening this summer, ; and that it was planned to let private | corgracts for the stretch mm' Fort William ard the Manitoba | boundary. Compromise Route. Of considerable icance was Mr. Pinlayson's nfin in this comnm:ction timamt a compromise route for the disputed section of the h'gh-- way would be reached. An increas> in the rate of pay for Jobless men working in Ontario Gov-- ernmeont road camps in the North was forecast in the Legislature ves-- "There has been," he recalled, "much controversy over the relative merits of the 'Northern' and '*'South-- ern' routes proposed for the highway in Northwestern Ontario. I may say that there is now evident a marked improwment in feeling in this matter, ard I have no doubt that there will be finally reached some compromise on the route, involving perhaps White Mr. Pinlayson strongly replied to charges of "slavery" conmditions in Money Saved by Men to Benefit Relatives Rather Than Be Spent in Camps on Men Them-- selves, Minister of Lands Intimates was forecast in the Legislature yes-- terday afternoon by the Min'ster of Lands and Foxsts, Hon. William Finlayson. Government camps. "I don't think:" he said, "that anybody is living in slavery today who is in a good Chris-- tian home on an Ontario farm. Some Complaints. "And what we are doing in the North today for our unemployed is exactly the same thing. There have been. of course, some letters of com-- plaint. Some of the municipalities from whom we drew these people for the North took the opportunity to unload their undesirables, and that typ2 of person is just the same no matter where he is." He told of the successful ouon: Pay in Road Camps Is Due for Increase He told of the successlul made to encourage recreation athletic activity among the in camps, and said he ran aAcross of groups walking twenty or miles to attend their own ak ~eveageee _ o Cld o s C B miles to attend their own hockey | game finals. He paid a tribute to the : Christian Service Camp League, group of clergymen who volunteered | to minister to the spiritual needs of | the men. Rev. Dr. Cochrane of the United Church was a leader in this regard, he said, and all denominations had co--operated. At the same time, Mr. Finlayson said, e:fortshsdbemmdewmld! the abilities and training of the men with a view to eventual re--establish~ a1%. afsrtin@® with a view w CVCHON) ** "afiting ment into business life. Refuting charges otmnwmnxnwemmgs. he declared that the only notable acthehadaeenmtbekemnemot memnwfmdhllpohlon which they could unfurl the Union Jack every morning on rising. llr.rmhysw-ddu was gratify-- -- MW. EBP mat from 1912 to the ing to present prcack® XTETC 0 single cuierf mm"" of money in his Leader, smilingly interrupted to ask if he didn't recall "something once about some beer under a bridge." Mr. Finlayson said he recalled a joke along that lins, but nothing which had been taken seriously. Governm>nt endorsation was given ', the Federal District Commission Act, introduced by A. E. Honeywell (Con-- | servative, Ottawa North), involving | permission in Ottawa City for the taking over of certain lands and streets as part of a beautification scheme, subject to the approval of the Municipal Board. On second reading, a bill to amend the Lakes and Rivers Improvement Act was withdrawn by Wilfrid Heigh-- ington (Conservative, St. David's). It was intended to facilitate the distribu-- tiun among shareholders of the capi-- tal of non--opcrative timber companies. Withdrawal followed the remark . of Mr. Finlayson that he hesitated to agree with its provisions. An altornative "way out" for de-- fauiting or bankrupt municipalities thinking of going under a board of supervisors was explained in discus-- sion of Coloncl Price's bill to amend the Ontario Municipal Board Act oi 1932. Under its provisions, an in-- spector would be appointed by the Municipal Board to advise and confer with the municipality, and to arrang> public mectings to determine and crystallize public opinion before any drastic step be taken. o ons "There are many municipalities," | explained Colone! Price, "which are | not anxious to go under the super-- visors. This must be viewed as a controversial question. This bill is in-- tended to allow the board so to deal with the municipality as to make it | unnecessary to go under supervisors. | If we can give the board a chance to | sind an cfficer there to keep it from ecoming under the supervisors where | such is not necessary, we will be do>-- | ing something worthy of the support | ¢f the House." | Conirel of Debentures. | Discussing another phase of the bill. he said he admitted it was a drastic #:ep to give the board authority to approve the issue of debentures, but he felt that such a step was defensible in unusual situations. He cited a case of a border municipality which had scized 40,000 unsaleable lots of prop-- erty. W. E. N. Sinclair (Liberal, South Ontario) said: "Four or five years ago we would have held up our hands in horror a; such steps as this, but now, in view of the condition in which many municipalities find themselvos, I have no quarrel with this measure. I am satisfied that they will not send @ man out gunning for trouble, but will take action only when trouble threasens." Hon. T. L Kennedy's measure, which will provide subsidies for seed grain, aroused the ire of J. A. Sangster (Liberal, Glengarry). Labelling the measure, "a bill that has never been heard of before in Old Ontario," the member for Glengarry questioned whether there had been a demand for such legislation, and protested: '"It's something to get the people away from the old standards." A. B. Smith (Conservative, Essex South) and H. S. Colliver (Conserva-- tive, Prince Edward) declared, in ar-- swer, that the measure was greatly needed and approved by the agricuil-- tural areas of their ridings. The meas-- ure was carried without further debate. Hon. H. C. Nixon, the March 271