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JaAnuARY 30 &mmmnlflqu | _ "These tw r y | two things put the con-- 2'" Legislature was the parent body| |duct of the late leader of the Graf the municipalities and these Spee in disrepute." @The Premier municipalities never hesitated to later explained that he meant the j criticize the Legislature. conduct of Mr. King was more dis-- Says Ignored by Ottawa. | | reputable than that of the com-- thSlmuu'ly. the Province stood in :'l'::;g;r) of the German pocket bat-- e same position wit * Government, though 't'h:hesll::::l?l: * The commander of the Graf Spee was not exactly a parallel. The Pre--| | 8"K N'S Ship rather than face three mier pointed out that on numerous little British ships. But Prime Min-- occasions the Legislature had sub-- islel hhtkenczle King, with the mitied resolutions to the Federal | | &!C8%°St numerical strength ever ac-- Government and no attention had | | CO«34°4 ANY Canadian Prime Minis-- been paid to them. He cited the liti-- ter, scuttled the ship.ot §tate rather gation over the Canada Temperance than face the cnlicnspm of Dr. Act and the resolution passed by Manion and his thirty--nine follow-- * the Legislature asking the Federal erfi ip the House of Commons. Government to rescind . this act. His conduct was shameful and This action was taken because Brit.| 1 WiSh to dissociate myself from any ish Columbia had held the act to be |. ACHON Such as that, and assure the ultra vires, explained the Premier.| DM@MD@rs of the Opposition that | Then there was another resolution they will never receive such treat--. dealing with discrimination in the| ®SAt here, although I, too, have matter of shipping Ontario and great numerical strength in the * Legislature," concluded the P western wheat to the seaboard, con-- | | m; * & Fre tinued Mr. Hepburn. No attention | : ""*" was paid to it by Ottawa. ' "Then this Legislature, on March 23, declared a state of emergency existed and called on Ottawa to mobilize our resources," said the Premier. "No attention was paid to this resolution. Had some cogniz-- * ance been taken of it, we would not have enlisted men half clad and we would not have a situation where after months of war not a single munition has been produced in this country. | f "The Prime Minister charges we were ganging up on him. But hel said in the press that at the proper | time and place an opportunity would be given critics of the Gov-l # ernment to voice their views. But a | week later he said the resolution of | criticism passed in the Ontario Legislature was the reason for dis-- solution of Parliament. Two hun-- dred and forty--five members and one hundred Senators converged on Ottawa from all parts of the coun-- try, their transportation paid by the d Government. "Did the Prime Minister mean it when he said an opportunity would be given his critics at the proper time and in the proper place?" asked Mr. Hepburn. e "You know, and I know, that weeks before, from the lips of his Ministers, it was said that at the first word of criticism Mr. King would dissolve the House." Hits Treatment of Manion, Mr. Hepburn said he was holding no brief for Federal Conservative Leader Manion, but Mr. King's treatment of Dr. Manion was "shameless." He referred particu-- larly to the Royal tour of the Do-- minion. "Mr. King's head appeared like a mud turtle," declared Mr. Hepburn. "Every time we wanted to see them we had to look at him. "When Dr. Manion was asked to patriotically refrain from criticism, he agreed, in the knowledge that at the proper time and in the proper place, he would have an opportu-- nity of speaking. Dr. Manion was rnot accorded the treatment he was % entitled to as the leader of a great party. He was not permitted to get the evidence to support the charges ho wished to make. It is well known that the Government must produce documents and records when ques-- " tions are asked by the Opposition. "Not only did Mackenzie King throttle all possibility of this evi-- dence being obtained, but he went further," asserted Mr, Hepburn. "He said that before any one could speak over the radio in the campaign, the manuscript must be submitted to * the Board of Censors which he set up