Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 10, 1937, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page two. Winnipeg free press saturday april 10, 1937. Leader of . Protests Ottawa april 10. Of the Dominion labor department will be available immediately to assist in a settlement of the Oshawa motor strike. Labor minister nor Man Rogers told the House of com Mons Friday. At the same time Justice minis Ter Lapointe revealed he had sent mounted police to Toronto after two Telephone Calls and a Telegram from Premier Hepburn. Or Hepburn had stated violence was expected at any minute and at that time he had been told officials of the company had been forcibly prevented from entering their own offices. The strike question was raised by j. S. Woodsworth . Leader who moved the adjournment of the House to do so. He assailed Premier Hepburn for siding As the . Leader put it 100 per cent with the company against the work ers but Liberal members declared he was wrong in his statement. Or. Woodsworth declared the Oshawa strike situation was sufficiently dangerous to warrant Dis Cussion in parliament. He said the Issue seemed to be the refusal of general motors to negotiate with Trade unions but Only with their own employees. The . Leader was called to order by the speaker for Reading from newspapers. The mayor of Oshawa continued the . Leader claimed it was his responsibility to maintain Law and order. The mayor said he was Ife you c e a mainly would dislike seeing things through a fog. Defective vision if allowed to go unattended May leave an immovable Mist be fore your eyes. Chas. A. Gross optometrist. Have your eyes examined now at credit jewellers opposed to the introduction of police to Oshawa claiming the strikers were peaceful and were maintaining Law and order. The mayor also protested the interference of Premier Hepburn. Flays Hepburn the Ontario Premier or. Woods Worth said placed the Power of the province 100 per cent behind general motors. No shouted Liberal Mem Bers. According to the morning a continued or. Woodsworth he claimed Premier Hepburn was prepared to use All the Power of the province to maintain Law and order and directed his attack particularly against the . We should have a Clear state ment As to the Dominion govern ment s policy in this said or. Woodsworth. The mounted police have been sent to Toronto by the minister of Justice on the request of Premier Hepburn. We. Why. And if the situation at Oshawa is sufficiently serious to warrant sending a Large Force to it was True the . In the United states had used the sit Down strike but the two were by no Means identical. Refers to sit Down strike the sit Down strike involved trespass and might be illegal in Canada. It might be necessary to revise the Law regarding it where Large corporations were employers of thousands of men. It might be necessary to recognize certain vested rights on ;