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there and insisted that good men should be replaced by others. We are all good men down there, those that did eventually find, I have no quarrel with them, they were good men too. But one young man apparently had taken a little exception to this, he was working on that bridge there and he was replaced and he apparently went back to look if he could get a little further employment in some manner. And he went to, perhaps not to the proper place; he did not go to the representatives of the people, he went to, well this is under the name of, well we will not call it by name, “we are interested in learning that your recent efforts to find employment were not completely without success. It is unfortunate, however that the terms of this casual employment are so brief and so limited. Had your request for employ- ment been channeled through your Liberal poll chairman, then your situation would have been placed before us immediately for our favourable consideration." (Applause)

“As this was not done, however, we can now only express our regret that we are not placed in a position such that your employment problem as it is related to your present application and this position of your employment availability never came before the appropriate persons for effective attention."

Now, I wonder what that means actually. “Should you encounter continued difficulty finding work, you are invited to consult with your Liberal poll chairman that your problem may come before us for our examination in the future. But at any event, as the voice of your Liberal Government in your district, we are always prepared to give your prob em full consideration which they justly require.”

Honourable George J. Ferguson: Mr. Speaker, may I ask the member a ques- tion. Are you referring that I wrote this letter?

J. Walter Dingwell: Look, I said I didn’t believe you knew those things were going on.

Honourable George J. Ferguson: Who signed it?

J. Walter Dingwell: Who signed it, well perhaps I should, because in another letter I have here, the man who signed this advertises himself as the Policy Chair- man of the Liberal Party. Now, is this a policy of the Liberal Party that those things shall be carried on.

Honourable George J. Ferguson: What is the name?

J. Walter Dingwell: Now, the first name on this is a very fine young man, he was my recent opponent down there, and the is one of the finest young fellows and I don’t know how he got tangled up in some things that he did. He comes from the finest family down there, and he has one of the finest family connec- tions that any man has in this Province. This young man, he was my former oppon- ent, and I think something should be done in respect to this man. He came to me last fall and he said, “Listen, Walter, if there is anything I can do in the position I have you just come to me, u were so good in looking after the interests of the district down there.” I said, “ hat position are you in Donny ?” His name is Donny Anderson; well, he said, “You know how things go 1'” I said yes, but the people have spoken and he says I actually represent the people down there and I know that this man has an awful lot of troubles and bothers, a fine follow, that if he seems to be in the position down there now, rather from choice or not and I don’t think it is choice, where the district engineer can’t move without first getting clearance from this young man and any people wanting the service of Government, can’t get them without going to this young man. You people over there should see that he should be paid for this work that is having to take place down there. Now I honestly think, he may be under the Liberal organization; whether he is under Government, we can't find out from any of the reports coming across this House. The other man’s name was Frank Sigsworth.

Some Member: Oh dear, dear, dear:

J. Walter Dingwell: Now this gets me down to another little position; I will tell you a little bit and I know you will enjoy this. I really think you will enjoy because when the election was over down there and the two fellows that didn't kick up too much stir down there, I also reckon that they were to be desperate

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