Legislative Aaaembly the two World wars, World War I and World War II. All the service men from World War I have now become of age where they are setting pensions. But we still have with us a great number of men from World War ft who gave of their time and their services, their health and what have you, and what did they receive in return. I say they received nothing, because the pay at those times was not $1.10 per hour, but $1.10 per day. We are doing nothing for those people, men and women, that have serv¬ ed our country, gave of their health to go afield. They did not ask for any considera¬ tion at the time, but we come to the time now. Do not let us leave them like we left the World War I veterans to fend for themselves, with broken health, broken homes. Give them assistance now; not in years to come. You may say that we are a small Province, that we will wait for some other Province to do it. But why wait, why wait? You may wonder where we will get the money. I will answer that with another ques¬ tion. Where did we get the men and women when war was declared? Right here on Prince Edward Island . Let us not wait, let us go ahead. I charge the Government now to go forward in all phases of Government. Do not wait till the time is too late. Go forward. Do something now. Do not look back. Go forward. Do not find the great faults that have happened before. You will make mistakes too, no doubt you will make mistakes. Do not look back like the fox when the dogs are after him. He ran into a tree, and the dogs caught him. Do not look back; look forward; go forward; do not wait for some other Province of Canada . We are only a small Province, but we can go forward, and I charge the Government to go forward now. Thank you. (Applause) Honourable George J. Ferguson — (Fifth Kings) — Minister of Public Works and of Highways. Mr. Speaker , on rising to participate in this Debate, first of all I wish to take this opportunity to congratulate the Mover and Junior Member from First Kings, Mr. Stewart , and the Seconder, the Senior Member from Fourth Prince, Mr. Jardine on their Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne. Both of these gentlemen in my opinion did exceptionally well. Actually, I was greatly impressed with the Mover's reply as this is the first occasion that I can recall that the Mover spoke in both Eng¬ lish and French. It was apparent that both of these gentlemen devoted a considerable length of time in preparing their address and certainly I, for one, wish to congratulate them on their efforts. Secondly, Sir, I would like to congratulate you on having been elevated to the high office of Speaker of this Assembly . I realize that this is a very difficult task and there are times when I am sure you must fee) like jumping out the window, es¬ pecially this past afternoon, and there have been other occasions. However, I am quite confident that you will carry out your duties to the very best of your ability and in an impartial and just manner. I as well would like to congratulate the Deputy Speaker . He as well, I am sure if called upon to occupy the Speaker's chair will carry out his duties in an efficient and impartial manner. I would as well, Mr. Speaker , like to extend a welcome to this Assembly to those who are members for the first time. I am sure they will find it an interesting experience at times, and I am sure there will be other times when they will find it very boring. However, I am sure that each and every one of them will give the best of his talents to the carrying out of his duties on behalf of the District he represents. The Honourable Leader of the Opposition isn't present. However, I would like to say this that I am glad to see him back again. I think last year when I spoke on the Draft Address I stated that he would be occupying the seat that he is now presently occupying. He didn't agree with me at that time but nevertheless this has turned out to be true. I am glad that he is enjoying good health. I was rather amus¬ ed when he was speaking on the Draft Address , when referring to the Honourable Premier he mentioned the number of times his picture was in the press. Well this brought back memories of when the Leader of the Opposition was the Premier and I never in my life saw anyone's picture in the press so often. It was on the front page, the second page, and the third page. Honourable Robert E. Campbell : Terrible! —19ft-