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. Match A- ON jP?Riilsl'flCfi!) i l t I l MINUS MOTIVES ' l ,' l l, Fears of discrimination expressedl _by labor members of the C.C.F. ()p-i 'oosition resulted in the Drew Gov- 'ernment's hill to amend the Appren-l itieeship Act being sent. to the Labor Committee on second reading sts-) 1e,o2('.,', in the Legislature. The bill) would permit the Industry and, Labor Board "lo prevent employs ment in any designated trade of; persons other than registered ap-t prentit-es and holders of t-et'tifit'ales of qualitit-ation." "We've heard a lot about rinsed shopsathat is what this amounts to," older-ted C. Il._ Millard 1C.C.F., York Wcstr. He felt it was "going a long: way" and was "rather ar- bitrary." He asked for protection against unneressarily severe re- quirements and administration which he feared might not be im.. partial. Labor Mimim', Daley explained that the bill had no ulterior mo- tives and need not be feared, and had grown, in fact, out of repre- sentations made by garage opera- tors concerning qualification of garage mechanics. He aimed sim- ply to protect the public and sug- gested he was agreeabie' (amid C.C.F. applause) to further study of the measure by the Labor Com- mittee already set Up. There was no indication as to what trades would be affected. Mrs Rae Luckoek (C.C.F., Toron- to-Braeondale), one of the House's two women members, made her first entry into debate to object to work- ing people being required to have certificates. Opposition Leader E. B. Jolliffe suggested that the unqualified power given by the bill might land the Labor Minister and Labor Board in trouble. H. Connor (C.C.F.. Ham- ilton East), B. E. Leavens (C.C.F., Toronto-Woodbine). F. W. Warren tC.C.F., Hamilton-Wentworth) and J. B. Salsherg IL.P., Toronto-St. Andrew) also participated in the debate.