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Defence Minister Claxton, George Drew Clash In House Hot Verbal Battle Follows Charge House Was Misled Ottawa, March 15--(CP)--The Commons, after wit- nessing a noisy, heated verbal battle between George Drew, Progressive Conservative leader, and Defence Minister Clax- ton, Tuesday night voted against establishment of a defence committee. By a vote of 106 to 51, members rejected a Progressive Conservative motion calling for establishment of a com- mittee to examine Canada's defence establishment and ex- penditures. But the vote, which saw the Progressive Con- servative, C.C.F. and Social Credit parties line up in opposi- tion against the government, came as an anti-climax.' The fireworks started after Mr.¢ Claxton challenged a charge by Mr. Drew that the Defence Minister had deliberately attempted to mis- lead the House on defence matters. Angrey interjections were tossed back and forth across the floor while Speaker Ross Macdonald shouted for order. At the height of the disturbance, Trade Minister Howe reached over and extended a hand to keep the Defence Min- ister in his seat. Mr, Drew said Mr. Claxton had misled Canadians by saying during a recent western tour that Canada soon would have the highest pro- 4 tion of jet planes in the World. umping to his feet, Mr. Claxton shouted he had said no such thing. He challenged Mr. Drew to produce the "exact report." Mr. Drew began reading an edit- orial which he said appeared in The Calgary Herald on the subject, But Mr. Claxton again called for production of the actual report. At this point the minister and Mr. Drew were both trying to make themselves heard at the same time. Mr. Claxton appealed to the Speaker and called for a withdraw- ai of the statement that he had misled the House. Mr. Drew de- clined to. withdraw. Speaker Macdonald said he would not ask for a withdrawal as long as Mr. Drew was not saying that the minister had attempted to mis- lead the House deliberately. The clash occurred' after more than a half-dozen opposition mem- bers had supported the defence- committee motion, sponsored by Maj.-Gen, G. B. Pearkes, V.C. (PC --Nanaimo), a veteran of the two World Wars. The motion was in the form of an amendment to a government proposal that the House go into ccmmittee of supply to study estim- ates of various departments. In rejecting the requests for a committee for about the fourth #o in succession, Mr. Claxton he believed he could say with- out fear of contradiction that "ne- ver in peace-time history has this House been given more information about defence matters." He said that at the opening of the last session of Parliament, when the estimates were brought down, he tabled a white paper on defence and made an extensive statement. There was ample oppor- tunity then for the opposition members to ask questions, but they did net. It was perfectly clear, he said, that the opposition wanted a com- mittee to deal with defence mat- ters which would have the same character and same power as a ccmmittee of the Senate of the United States Congress. If a Canadian committee had any- thing like the powers of the U.S. Senate committee that would "de- feat our kind of government." The cabinet constituted a com- mittee of Parliament responsible to the King's advisors. Polymer Workers Turn Down Offer Sarnia, Ont, March 15--(CP)-- Eighty-nine per cent of the 712 union employees of the Polymer Corporation voted Tuesday night to reject the recent award of a con- ciliation board which granted them cnly partial wage demands, it was reported by Louis Jerome, presi- dent of Local 14, United Chemical Workers (C.I.O.). He said the union barghining committee had been authorized to meet Polymer officials again on Thursday to discuss the issues. The $50,000,000 chemical rubber plant is operated by a Crown com- pany and employes about 1,000 per- sons. A shutdown would affect a large power plant which supplies 60-cycle pewer to the Westminster conver- sion station near London under contract with the Hydro-Electric Power Commission. The union had asked an across- the-board increase of 10 cents an hour, and the board decided on 545 per cent. Which would raise the pay of laborers and utility men about six cents, and top operators and group leaders seven cents, . APPROVES BILL Toronto, March 15--(CP) -- An ario government move toward ervision of non-profit prepaid hospital and medical plans was des- _cribed Tuesday by Dr. J. A. Han- pan, managing director of Associa- ted Medical Services, as "a step in the right direction to keep such plans financially sound." A bill in- troduced Monday in the Legislature requires such plans to obtain a char- ter under the Insurance Act. AIDED POLICE Montreal, March 15--(CP) -- A quick-witted taxi driver Tuesday aided police in the capture of two teen-aged theft suspects, shortly r a restaurant cashier was rob- of a briefcase corntaining $3,- ? The .two--identified by police as Hubert Filion, 19, and Jules Cho- quette, 18--were charged with theft of the money from 19-year-old Col- Jette Mireault. No Evidence That Army Responsible Ottawa, March 15--(CP) -- De- fence Minister Claxton said Tues- day there is no evidence that the Army was responsible in any way for a thunderflash explosion that injured four members of one fam- ily here Sunday, one seriously. He was answering a question by G. K. Fraser (PC--Peterborough West) who twice stirred hostility in Liberal benches in the Commons by the way he phrased questions about two recent Ottawa incidents. Mr, Fraser asked if Mr. Claxton was going to make a statement on a young man's hands being blown off by a thunderflash. Mr. Claxton said no. evidence has been brought to his attention that it was an Army thunderflash, or that the accident was caused by Army negligence. Investigation was going on but reports indicated there would be no liability on the government. Mr. Fraser asked .where else the thunderflash could come from. Mr. Claxton said it was a type made end used commercially. Three of the injured, all mem- bers of the family of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth MacLaurin, were taken to hospital after what was describ- ed as a practice bomb exploded in the hands of David MacLaurin, eight, outside their home. His hand was "virtually torn off. Mr. Fraser earlier asked Trade Minister Howe if the government would take responsibility for a boy who had suffered two burns as the result of coming -into contact with radioactive radium needles stolen Som the National Research Coun- cil, Mr. Howe said the question in- cluded statements which might or might not be true and he would look into it. It arose out of last week's disappearance of 20 radium needles from an N.R.C. shed. Draws Heavy Penalty for Poaching March Donoghue, of Bowmanville, pleaded Bowmanville, 15.--Terry guilty in police court yesterday morning before Magistrate R. B. Baxter to two charges laid under the Games and Fisheries Act by Pwvincial Game Warden, John T. Deyell, of Millbrook. Officer Deyell gave evidence as to how he, in company of Provin- cial Game Warden Fred G. Wal- ton, Lindsay, and Game and Fish- eries District Inspector Gordon D. Buie, of Lindsay, searched the premises of Donoghue on January 27. The officers found the hides of 27 muskrats in Donoghue's house, They also found part of a roasted hen pheasant in accused's ice-box. Officer Deyell stated that at first accused claimed it to be a rooster, but later admitted it was 'a pheasant, Donoghue was fined $5 per pelt on the muskrat charge or a total of $135 with costs of $11, or one month In jail. On the pheasant count he was fined an additional $10 and costs of $11, or 15 days in jail, to run consecutive to the 30- day term. The muskrat season opens in the Bowmanville district from March 20 to April 21, 1950, both dates inclusive. Seed Cleaning Plants Busy H. L. Fair, agricultural represen- tative for Ontario County, in his weekly report to the Ontario De- partment of Agriculture, states that seed cleaning plants in the coun- ty are busy in preparation for the spring season. Seed oats appear to be in fairly good supply, he says, but barley is scarce. Roughage feeds are getting scarce on a number of farms in Ontario County. Some hay is being bought at $28 to $30 a ton and weanling pigs are selling at $8 to $10 according to quality. E. A, Summers, agricultural re- presentative in Durham County, states that March has been a month of bad weather with a number of auction sales postponed and little farm activity being carried on. Pig breeders in Durham report excellent livability of litters. Hatch- eries report sales about two-third those of last year. Mr. Summers reports also that there has been very little enquiry about seed to date but that the Quinte Seed Fair may arouse interest. THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OSHAWA WHITBY VOL. 9--No. 62 OSH AWA-WHITBY, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1950 PAGE THIRTEEN Steeplejack Survives 185-Foot Fall ®.\L Fall of 185 feet from Mackenzie Tower of West Block of Parliament Buildings, Ottawa, sent steeplejack Robert Swartman, 23 (arrow), to hospital with a broken leg and broken ribs yesterday. was cleaning ice from eaves. Labor Wins Third Test London, March 15--(AP) -- The Labor government Tuesday night beat a third Conservative attempt in the House of Commons to upset the Socialist regime. The Tories un- successfully attacked Labor spend- ing policies. 4 The motion of censure by opposi- tion leader Winston Churchill was defeated 308 to 289, giving Labor a winning margin of 19. The Conservative attack was in- directly aimed at Labor's handling of the country's vast health scheme, leaders of which had asked for ex- tra appropriations over the amounts of their 1949-1950 budget. But before the vote was taken Sir Stafford Cripps, Chancellor of the Exchequer, told the House of Commons a halt would be called to expansion of the national health service. He also warned other de- partments to adhere to their bud- gets. Various government departments had asked for an extra £148,402,365 ($560,047,321) for the year ending March 31. Of this amount more than half was demanded by the national health service headed by the fiery left-winger in the Labor party, Health Minister Aneurin Bevan. Sir Stafford, defending the gov- ernment, hinted that the health service might even be cut in the future. He said: "We must bring expenditure on health into its prop- er proportion with food subsidies, education and all the other mat- ters that vitally concern the safe- ty and happiness of our people." Labor approached its third test of power with a greater show of confidence, having weathered two other parliamentary attacks with- in six days. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AT 63 Perth, Australia--(CP)--What is a probable record for lieutenant- governors has been set by Sir James Mitchell. Sir James, who has been lieutenant - governor of Western Australia for 16 years, is now 83 years old. -& 4 rh iit AR His safety rope broke as he This is spot where he landed in deep snowbank. --Globe and Mail Photo. Amendments To H.T.A. Considered Toronto, March 15--(CP)--Pen- alties for drunken driving in On- tario will be stiffened under an amendment to the Ontario High- way Traffic Act introduced Tues- 'day in the Legislature, The present act provides that a person convicted of driving while intoxicated may have his vehicle impounded and his licence suspend- ed for three months for the first offence, six for the second and 12 for the third. These suspension periods will be doubled under the amendment if the offence results in an accident in which anyone is injured or pro- perty damaged. The Legislature heard MacKin- non Phillips (PC--Grey North) ad- vocate a federal-provincial-muni- cipal contributory hospital care plan, free to indigent patients. Indigent patients are the respons- ibility of the state and the three levels of government should pay the contributions of these persons to non-profit contributory hospital plans such as the Blue Cross, Mr. Phillips said. Mr. Phillips spoke in the throne- speech debate, Other speakers were J. G., Brown (Lib--Waterloo North), J. L. Easton (CCF--Ham- ilton Wentworth) and William Murdoch (PC--Essex South). Premier Frost said he hopes to end the throne-speech debate by Friday when he will bring down kis budget. For the rest of the week the house opening will be advanced an hour to 2 p.m. in an attempt to avoid night sittings, Mr, Brown suggested establish- ment of a provincial board of po- lice commissioners which would screen all applications for positions on the Ontario Provincial Police and remove the possibility of poli- tical patronage. One of the duties of the board would be to investigate charges like those made by Constable Earnest Keays of the Belleville detachment of the O.P.P. who said fellow offi- cers were guilty of maladministra- tion. The investigation of the con- stable's charges had cost the prov- ince more than $12,500. He said the government might have taken the opportunity of the throne speech to forecast amend- ments to the Charitable Gifts Act, removing retroactive clauses. The act was an issue in the recent by- election in Leeds but H, A, Rey- nolds, successfully Progressive Con- servative candidate had been elect- ed there "despite, not because of the Charitable Gifts Act." The bill requires charitable found- ations such as the Atkinson Found- ation, owners of The Toronto Daily Star and The Star Weekly, to dis- pose of all but 10 per cent of their interest in any business. COLDS HIT SCHOOL Portage La Prairie, Man. (CP)-- An outbreak of influenza and colds recently brought school attendance here down to a new low. Fifty stu- dents were absent on one day from the high school and in a public school with enrolment of 158 child- ren, there were 146 absentees dur- ing the week. In The Oshawa Rural Power District To transfer to the new Hillcroft Street Substation the power supply for the Rural area outlined in "A" below, it will be necessary for the Commission to have a further interruption to the power in this area from 2:00 p.m. to 3: March 17th, 1950. There will also be an interruption of from two to three minutes only at 2:00 p.m. in the general area outlined in "B." AREA AFFECTED "A" DARLINGTON TOWNSHIP Concession 4, 5 and south half of Concession 6. Lots 27 to 35. EAST WHITBY TOWNSHIP : Concession 3, 4, and south half of Concession 5. Lots 1 to 17. AREA AFFECTED "B" DARLINGTON TOWNSHIP Lakefront to Concession 6. Lots 27 to 35. EAST WHITBY TOWNSHIP Lakefront to Concession 5. Lots 1 to 17. WHITBY TOWNSHIP Lakefront to Concession 3. Lots 18 to 24. G. F. SHREVE, Rural Superintendent. March 15, 1950 00 p.m. on Friday, Alcoholic Deaths Double In France By RUSSELL HOWE Paris -- (Reuters)--Wine is 40 times dearer in France today than in pre-war years but liquor is causing more deaths among French- men than ever before, Figures issued by the French ministry of health show that death from delirium tremens al- most doubled in 1948 compared with 1947, and treatment of chron- ic aleconolics cost the taxpayers over $8,400,000 a year in govern- ment efforts to treat sufferers. During the German occupation, France suffered a prohibition per- ijod- more severe than the 'dry" years in the Uniied States. The re- action when wine, rum, liqueurs, eaux-de-vie and spirits again flood- ed the market was worse than the most pessimistic health experts pre- dicted. Absinthe--nicknamed "slow sui- cide"--was banned in 1915 and its successor, pastis, in 1940. Recently governments have tried to put 1t back on the counter as a tax-earner, but the idea has each time been rejected as a somewhat ironical way of improving French post-war "recovery." Today, the strongest drink which is cheap and at the same' time available anywhere is pernod, which has an alcoholic content of 40-45 degrees and costs about 40 francs a time, depending on the cafe. But the most popular drink is red wine. Before the dar, "gros rouge," in- including the sirong, heady mas- caras and other cheap Algerian wines, cost two francs a bottle and 50 centimes a glass. Today the price is 70-80 francs a litre and 18-20 francs a glass. Wages have risen by a coefficient of approxim ately 14- which means that in prac tice wine costs the family budge three times more than it did befor: the war. Deaths from delirium tremen: totalled 1,140 in 1936, the wors! pre-war year. In 1944, the total was 232, in 1946, 457; in "947, 721; and in 1948, 1,302. Mental Asylum Report Psychiatric hospitals report sharp rise in alcoholic mental cases. Forty-five asylums reported the fol- lowing number of alcoholics on their books: in 1945, 641; in 1947, 963; in 1048, 1.666. Figures for 1949 are not yet available. The same hospital reported a still graver feature of the rise in alcoholism; 43 per cent of child mental cases, they say, owe their condition to the alcoholism of their parents or grandparents. Another state department in- terested in the drinking habit is the ministry of justice. Three large prisons reported that among their 1948 intake, 14.5 per cent of prison- ers had committed the" crimes for which they were sentenced under the influence of intoxicants; 15.5 per cent were chronic alcoholics; and 25.3 ,.°r cent were mentally weak because of "an alcoholic heredity." During 1948, according to the ministry of health, 6,393,225 working days were lost because of excessive drinking. 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