Legislative Assembly harm about 400 employees and their 2,000 dependents who are still out of work. Im¬ agine, over 2,000 people had to suffer in order to placate the vain glory and egotism of Mr. Sigsworth , and again, what the "grits" hoped would be political capital Well you will naturally say that there must have been some other advantage! if the two could be pulled off at all; they expected that there might be at least three more. First, the liberals were certain that Mr. Moe had his hand in the till of the Pro¬ vincial Treasury; if this could be shown then the Shaw Government would be discred¬ ited forever. The Premier was so certain of this that he referred to it indirectly when he said, "The Government views with alarm the finding that funds have been diverted by the Georgetown Companies to affiliated companies, some of which are outside the province." He never explained that statement and he can't explain it. This of course, was not correct as shown by the audit of H. R. Doane and Company. But the statement did create some doubt and it was calculated to set the stage for further proceedings which were not long in coming. The Norwegian Investors were then told that Golf Gar¬ den Foods was using their money for purposes other than intended, and that Mr. Moe was person non grata to the Government of Prince Edward Island . The price of Government co-operation with the Norwegian Investors would be their forcing Mr. Moe out of business. The second political advantage was to have been the martyrdom of the member of the of Kings. It had seemed obvious to the Liberals for the last year and one-half, or for the past two years, that Mr. Rossiter must certainly be making a rake-off somewhere in the whole deal. It is too bad that they had to look at the operation through Liberal glasses. That is what probably would have occurred under a liberal regime, and I can cite many examples of that sort of thing, the most famous of course if the Beauhornois scandal of the federal govern¬ ment of 1925, and more recently the bribery in the Rivard case and the furniture deal done by new Senator Lamontagne and there are others. Some Member : Talk about Gerda too. J. Cyril Sinnott : Do you want to go back to 1872? That is easily explained. There are other examples but I hate to bore the House with these. The Cabinet members and their chief advisor the sagacious Mr. Sigsworth gleefully set about examining the records. It must have astonished them to find that Mr. Rossiter had not made any money out of the deal and moreover that he had not done anything wrong. The third possible advantage must have been promoted by Mr. Ferguson , the Minister of High¬ ways, and that was that the Government would show the people of Georgetown and surrounding area who was the boss; they would show them who controlled the jobs, they would show them why they must vote Liberal in the future. So they forced the closure of the plant, and no sooner had they sunk their teeth into that, than political job placements began ... A month later. Some Member : (Remark inaudible). J. Cyril Sinnott : Sure. Honourable J. Elmer Blanchard : I was just going to ask him if he is aware that his speech is being taped here today ? J. Cyril Sinnott : Yes. Honourable J. Elmer Blanchard : Good. J. Cyril Sinnott : I repeat it, no sooner had they sunk their teeth into Bmthurst Marine, through the Fishermen's Loan Board, than political Job replacement began and this is one of the reasons why the foremen were dissatisfied with their positions in Bathurst Marine recently. Let it be here recorded that the Shaw Government never tried to interfere with the selection of personnel in any of those plants in Kings Coun¬ ty. It is a despicable thing in itself, but unfortunately a Liberal characteristic; it pro¬ motes inefficiency, it establishes a hierarchy which is concerned with politics and not with proper plant production. The Liberals understand perfectly only two things, pat¬ ronage and welfare, and even these may backfire. I will have some more to say about both of them later. But to get on with the story of the Georgetown Industry. Now that the three major advantages could not be realized the Government should have recog¬ nized that their position was indefensible and it should have entered into a sensible discussion with Mr. Moe and the Norwegian Investors on how best to resolve the fin¬ ancial difficulty. Did they do that? No, the Cabinet and the sagacious Mr. Sigsworth