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T ' i witiths 2. d y 10 hi e en t ucss iss i nc nts sn fi ~"We cannot ignore the fact that armed thugs who fled from the United States are plying their trade here," continued the Opposition Leader. "So brazen has it become that revenue is being collected from it by the Dominion authorities. It + s is wide--open, so wide that the Dominion authoritiee day by day / [ are collecting their tribute on this | illegal revenue. Racketeering on a _ . scale never known in Canada before ' is taking place right around us. A bill should be introduced to ex-- tend the powers of the Province in order to close these places, and close them permanently." "Tiger," Cays Conant. Attorney--General Conant prefaced | his reply with a declaration that he was opposed to gambling, which he | y characterized as a "tiger which eats | : out the heart of a nation." He de-- | clared he would lay before the House | some of the difficulties which are ' presented in control. I § "Contrel of gambling." he said, | "is primarily and essentially a police | matter--one of enforcement of the law and the obtaining of evidence. | + I think this form of vice and crimi-- nality depends on policing more than t any other crime on the calender." It was, said the Attorney--General, oi L never the intention to police munici-- ? :ani]:g:b.a ?cu:g":fi?m:l;:f(;:n::x palities which have their own police l hu; a~'l;ed ?or certain powers 15 deal 'r'zll::ht'hi\;l;';,pl':: p};'r?i\:::;!::,'ll\, I::l:(h:: | with emergent situations connected urban type of municipalities which ;'l:'?':e ll::d ::}:;:g"}'f)":ppfigse :;:: l!-inge the larger centres of popula-- | logi;lalion For 'the Attorney--Gen-- tion. | e * Ds y " #p* hixky P * NYY eral to override any police commis-- I-r)r_ _\'e.ns. lk ha\.o .d"-NtOd l_hc | sion would be tantamount to charg-- . activities of the Provincial Police [ing the members of that commis-- o ns slink ". hel-o "-w'c \.\ds | sion with being derelict in their duty, no other police organization with | id Mr. Hepburn this qualification. If any municipal :saf,u'l;"o If([')ader .of the Oppo~ilionf ;?:;S:g;'::nnfm:';': h;lr:\-::«'-"l;l f;,'o,:,l.t | will support the bill which he and o m ich hC n + his followers kicked around a few id oafine 1nq.g|\o assistance, and. 1 years ago, we will introduce it to-- m;lw pss. wilh ho nctftain 1e: morrow," declared the Premier | sults." r * | If Enforcement Not Wanted. ' Opposed to Control. § | Loopoid Macaulay, Con.. South |__"I don't intend to have this mat-; York--"What do you do when those | ter diverted by a trick of that kinq." I urban municipalities do not want retorted Colonel Drew. "That blll! to enforce the law*" :would have brought control of the "I am coming to that," replied Mr. | police, under certain circumstances, Conant. | under the Attorney--General--a con-- '"'They won't ask you," said Mr. ' trol which .:ihould not have been Macaulay. countenanced. 4 ; '"Why are they not seized with the "Feder is | extending his power importance of this traffic?" contin-- iat the _ point of a _ gun and ued Mr. Conant. "They sit lzlack and | ;'he At;'orpey'-r(?'en;rtatlsnge:gzn;lt:::m say nothing and when we do go in | knows he is. e orney a ; they get up on their hind legs and : Depqr'ment had the power to direct cry about the interference of the a raid on the dCom'tr)'me Club \tvl:;r; : Provincial Police." it was run under the name o Mr. Macaulay: "You don't have | Brown Deg'hy and the Attgrney- complaints from Toronto, You Yt'ion"'t Go(t:\elral lst;l)l hasdth:n ':lo"llier'would have complaints from South York. olone rew declare e They havepgood police commissions. | support any legislation 1ha't was ; But just as soon as you get across | brought in to_ remove any n_'npedx- the Humber River on the west and | ment which might be pre&ent in pre-- the borders of Scarboro' on the east, venting the .con':rol of "racketeer-- you get rumblings about thg matter. | ing of that kind. k They have no police commissions,. I '"He had power to raid the Com-- say you could put your foot on these | bine .Cluh. reltgrated the Cpn- United Siates gamblers. I would like .\r-l'\'at'l\'(' Leader, anq the Combine to be over thered \}rhereld\%u gtrfi for C_lub 1.~.':\ow ope:nzg?;nd:i::'d' i: ;'au:& welve hours an cou 0 it. ning wide open ;50 Police Forces. office business and that fact is ; H Mr. Conant argued that there | known to the Attorney--General." ! | could not be any chief law enforce-- | He again declared he would suq-. ment officer in fact when there were | 90::"8:16\' ttr,\'cl-l e't?t'el;: t:fi':':\':p;';i\"c alt'?o'::'g;@ some 150 separats police forces in ; m i law. 'Bat. saidGolonst| 'the Province. "There is no remedy | the present inw. \nvoived with l fome orereingGon ang Sentem con. | enminal records and tan "oe geait| some co--ordination and centra n= o d $ : © t?;? If that were the case, then the | with without any amendment of thei chief law enforcement officer could I existing law. > | say to those forces--do your duty. * To t g o tamro--==~~ "You never," insisted the Attor-- ney--General, "can completely elimi-- nate this situation until the Attor-- ney--Generai is in fact as well as theory the chief law enforcement ot-- ficer of the Province." Premier Hepburn said the fault in the whole matter lay with the