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Wm Febru '""i atr l /iC) . on w P l _ Ps, "t l' e l nta..o- a a a y I S ht Li I Need for a conference "as soon as possible" between the Pro. vincial and Federal Governments to clarify the whole question of liquor control and restrictions was urged in the Legislature yesterday by Premier George Drew. Premier Drew tabled cor. respondence between himself Mai-" Prime Minister King on the ques1 tion, and read from his letter to the, Prime Minister in which he said: Ontario people were ready to accept liquor restrictions if they were, necessary to assure full require- ments of commercial alcohol for war' purposes. But it is not possible, he said, to state that present restric-' tions are necessary for that reason The Ontario Liquor Control Board, he said. has on hand "large reserves of different kinds of spirituous liquors. It could obtain more wine without limiting any phase of the: Canadian war effort. The supply: of beer could be increased consider-, ably. We are therefore unable to. assure the people of Ontario that the limitations imposed by the Do-, minion Government are called for by any circumstances connected' with the prosecution of the war." l Early Parley Essential. Frontier Drew said he thought, a conference was due as soon as pes- si'ole. so that it should be known what agreements were to be ob- >erved. lie quoted Finance Minis- ter Ilsley as having said that. the _ Dominion Government would not enter the field of liquor control. The Ontario Liquor Control Board, said Mr. Drew. found it dir. ficult. to explain why Ontario resi- dents were limited to 26 ounces of liquor a month while Quebec resi- dents were allowed 80. Criticism of the Ontario Board resulted for im- posing greater restrictions than ap- parently were necessary in another Province. Of restrictions imposed by the Dominion. Premier Drew said in his letter to Prime Minister Kine that . , - t it would be of considerable 353st- Conants statement. ', ance "if we know the constitutional l Mr'ng Saltl the Government, had lgrounds upon which the Dominion been influenced to some degree by! Government imposed these restric- '" statement at Oshawa by the then tions, which are contrary to the Premier, Gordon D. Conant. that definite statement contained in Mr. [the SPestl.ol of curtailment in the Ilsloy's hum. of Jan. 31, 1942.." l quantt'v of liquor or the hours of 1 In his reply. Prime Minister King /,t,t.,,i.t 1e,nyttel' OVCt' which the Pr, said he saw no creator restrictions mlnlon (government may exerctse' on one Provinee%in another. and jurisdiction in a war emergency. If that there was no further change 1lyp.' tim! it necessary ' 'all juris. now in circumstances which had 'dtctions involved will have to accept caused the Government to take .It as part of our war program." the action it did in December. 1942, l Premier Drew repeated that Mr. in restricting allowances to the 1Ilsle'v had given assurance that the Provinces. He said Mr. llsley's as- "Dominion would not attempt t? en- surances of n.on:i.nter/yenctt had re- "er the field, but. would treat it as iation only to the safeguarding of belonging entirely to the Ontario "rovincial revenues. Government.