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/smmA l C i o o ol onl oi io March 4 democratic rights rested upon the maintenance of law and order. Mr. F ROST OUERIES |_| Frost claimed that during the elec-- tion he had tried to take a reason-- able attitude to the labor issue. He asserted that the Premier had no lACK OF MOVE cause for self--congratulation in his & claim that labor difficulties had fallen off at the present time. This' state Mr. Frost laid to the recession | T l 0 \ |in business and industry. When ol e & e times became better, he forecast, Mr. Hepburn would find the reverse : k w l_zllllnn. zmm ' |shuation. d z The member for Victoria then de--| $ Asks W"ly Hepbu"' Plans Nol 'scribed to the House how l;/lg Hepil i & * burn, beneath the shadow of Samue Legis!ation Implementing _ de Champlain's monument | on m;' i | shores of ke Couchiching, sai Elec*'on Sfand "'he would stop the C.I.0O. at the| lDetroit River, and would keep them | SAYS ST".L OPERAT'NG | there and keep the fingers of the C.I1.0O. out of the pockets of the semcmomumances workingmen of this Province." Premier Hepburn's policy in the Doubts Organizing Stopped. maintenance of law and order in "I wondered then how it could be the C.1.O. issue was upheld yester-- worked out in a };rovil;\lcelir:, whellc: j j there was a considerable labor = fla.v by.L. M. Frost (Cons., Victoria) ment, & Province in which there in Legislature debate, but the mem-- were a considerable number of ber taxed the Government Leader unions. The real situation is this," with failure to indicate legislation said the member: "I don't think the. that wquld implement his election C.ILO. has ever ceased organization | tci:exclgrattlotr;'thlgtthe.twg'..fld ':§top the in Ontario, either during or after »1.0. A e Detroi iver. the election." | Mr. Frost claimed that the C1.0. Mr. Frost turned to the Hydro| had _ never ceased organization question. admitted a layman's| either during or after the election knowledge only of the enterprise | and suggested that lack of regu-- but claimed that with res.pect to : :atory :'egi;lation might have ari:'en the (;m-»rmn::lm'sl pre-el:ct:orl\_ Or:z rom the Premier's rea'ization that tario power development policy, it | labor was capable of conducting its was abundantly clear now that the | own housecleaning, if and when-- whole tenor of the King--Hepburn P ever that was required. , correspondence of 1937, long before | Actually, he said, the C.I1.0. was 'and immediately before the elec--| a committee of the American Fed-- | tion, was to the effect that the eration of Labor. | Ogoki diversion could not be ef-l ;?h. ;o." chehcked tlh;3 Px("en;:er | fected sepa:l-ately f:-om the St. Law-i . rost then claime was | .. rence development. s originally a committee of the A.F | '"That is important," he said, ; of L. that in time differed and broke | | "because that particular attitude | away. 'of the United States Government; "Expelled," the Premier corrected. | affected the ability of Hydro to de--| Reads List of Unions. velop a certain amount of power | PP f, \at Niagara." | _ A?parentl.y the C.1.0. took with ;' He dinied that the original Que--. it several unions that were formerly bec power contracts were conceived affiliated with the A.F. of L., and 'in iniquity and asserted the only | I understand that a number of these 'fault that could be tagged to the are being operated in Ontario," said |\ Commission of that day was its lst:Aniigamated Cloiing Wone . | "Tuepoanint t thes Ets iotleg * A | he Premier, at that point, c | ers of Ontario, International Ladies' 'an adjournment to the debate. | Garment Workers, Intornational Fur "~--«tomamnaAn Workers, United Automobile Work-- ers, United Rubber Workers, Mine, * | Mill and Smelter Workers, Amal-- f gamated Association <f Steel, Tin and Iron Workers, and United Radio and Electrical Workers." "I understand," he continued, f "that an attempt is being made to organize certain gas workers under the United Mine Workers or a union f affiliated with it." [ He claimed it was idle to talk of * | keeping the fingers of the C.1.O. out of the workingmen's pockets unless | there was legislation to prevent : such a thing and none was indicated | * in the Speech from the Throne. Ha; emphasized that history in British | countries has shown that radical movements did not fool the British * workman for long and that he was . capable of looking after his own housecleaning. Perhaps, he sug» , gested, the Premier has come to that conclusion also. "His (the workingman's) common sense will kill the radical element in any move. ment. whether it is CLO., One Big Union or any other movement," Mr. Frost claimed. "If that is the reason there is no legislation, I wou'ld say we are all agreed on the point and there is no difference between us." Duty to Maintain Order. Mr. Frost said he had absolutely f no quarrel with the Premier in his C . stand for law and order, and claim. ed: that it was not only his duty to maintain law and order, but it was the duty of every citizen to assist » him in that office. Labor. he claimed, was sound on that point, and also on the ground | that labor realized full well that jits