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APRIL s M HEPBURN DUBS Hepburn Who Sold Property -- N - fer Dec HENRY CHARGES o Relation, Premier Declares i r As.surance was given the Ontario | was very difficult "for the truth : Legislature yesterday by Premier to catch up with it." JUST TWADDLE Hepburn that Robert M. Hepburn P%fi?"ez 11 tl:e gay. b_etfore the . R h ublic Accounts Committee, Op-- from whom property was pur-- position Leader Drew moved lhgt e s chased by the government to ac-- R. A. McAllister, deputy minister Clash Occurs When Former commodate the new provincial | Of public works, and Dr. W, * * k mental hospital in Eigin County | Pavey, Smith, superintendent of PI'QMIOI' VOICOS A*f.c was "no blood relation." ;\21:131{11 h%s')fxftal' and former * »k.A¥. fOf u i ime Upon Government for "In fact," said the Premier, "he | subpoenaed to gi(\}/?n:]ig'e('::é rt;e- 'Manoeuvring for Surplus' is one of the most ardent Con-- garding va.rious'expenditure items servatives in the province, and he Elq]cozl)necbuon wntl}:.the insfitution. 5 x £ e probe resulting, will start COULD NOT GIVE PROOF 18 so.blttex.' about it that in the | pnext Tuesday morning at 10 last eight years, except for formal o'clock, and may last several days. uceuommpmemsnccaue § conversations on the telephone, Some doubt was raised yester-- Charges of -- former _ Premier he has not spoken to me." day as to whether Dr. Smith had Henry that the present Govern» | Mr. Hepburn said that Robert ?:,11?1:1;:{ :Fe{'heapr?:;nitlea(} sgplermi ment _ had done all sorts "fi M. Hepburn had asked $33,000 for | Drew said that evelx)'y one ok(r)lzsv manoeuvriag to produce a surplus | his land, but Queen's Park valu-- | he had been in charge of the place for the last fiscal year--even 10 } ators had considered the price whclthe; dhi?) announced appoint-- 4 liberal i6 maye ioh * c h men a een ratified or not. H?o extent of 'flfff'-l_l"i! & 4 i far too hl,.h. l'lhe matlcn had | fHon. Colin Campbell, minister 'of discount on succession duties pay gone to arbitration with the re-- | public works, declared that he ments--were branded in the Legis-- sult that it was acquired "for | had "just started this week." ' lature yesterday by Premier Hep-- only $18,800." "Well, bring him here," said burn as "just twaddle, and prob-- The Premier said he made his Hon. Leopold Macaulay "ar'1d we'll ably born of "attending some old observation because he knew that | find out what he's been drawing ' ladies' sewing circle." _ he when an untruth got abroad it | pay for." Mr. Henry--in the first direct s clash with his former . adversary since the present session opened---- was challenged by the Premier to l back his statements up with names and proof, but he said he was un-- able to, @lthough he was sure of | the aceuracy of his information. | "Give us your information an(}il We | will check on it," said .\lr.' ep= | . & & burn. '"We ('a"'l"'h"('k on it un | W|II Be ACflve, less we have the facts." | | "I can't give you the informa--| 1 "0': -1"-0 §lr- }lpnr)- said. | won t Te" How "Common Gossip." Premier Hepburn muddied "Fither give it or you'll have to the federal Liberal political back up on your charges," the |_-- _ waters a bit more yesterday Premier said. when he confessed to the Legis-- "It's common gossip on the lature that he might take "a street," said Mr. Henry. very active part" in the next "Just as I thought." snapped Dominion election, the Premier. "The honorable mem-- The -- confession _ developed ber for East York has probably when in referring to a recent been attending some old ladies' Globe and Mail prediction that sewing circle. To make the charges * the "Hepburn machine" would he has made and refuse to sub-- he behind the Conservative can-- stantiate them is unbecoming of didature of Syl Apps in Brant, -- an ex--Prime Minister of this prov-- the Prime Ministre said: "An-- ince." h other Queen's Park rumor. I'm "Not any more unbecoming t'han not going to say how I'll vote in t the reference of the Prime Minis-- the next federal election." ter to Mr. Massey (Denton Mas-- sey) when he called him a 'Bible teacher' here this afternoon," re-- torted Mr. Henry. "Did you ever hear any of his f 4 Bible teachings * asked the g Premier. "I'm not saying," said Mr. Henry. A further charge of Mr. Henry's was to the effect that an appli-- cant for old age pension had been approved on Feb. 1, but had not got her cheque until March 31. | The cheque dated April 1 indi-- | j cated, said he, the lengths to which | the Government was going to maintain a balanced budget. | The -- Premier demanded the' woman's name, but Mr. Henry said he couldn't give it. | "As I thought," observed Mr| Hepburn. | The stormy incident arose out | of the Premier's pronouncement | that there were not some 200,000 applications for gas tax rebate § awaiting approval and payment when the fiscal year ended on * March 31 (as Hon. Leopold Macau-- ¢ lay had charged last week), but 5000. _ These, he said, would be R dealt with as rapidly as possible, and he could assure the House they would be charged to the past year. & In fact, said he, every dollar of expenditure properly chargeable to | any one year was charged by the © present Government to that year, . and not held over as had been the practice with previous administu-l tions. , f 0 w