1. Is E. S. Dixon employed by the Department of Munitions and Supply? [DOT]

2. If so, (a) on what date was he employed;

(b) what are the terms of his employment;

(c) what is his salary; (d) what are his duties; (e) what are his special qualifications for such duties; (f) who recommended his employment; (g) what occupation did he follow for the ten years prior to his present employment?

1. Yes.

2. (a) June 13, 1940; (b) Temporary;

(c) $2,820 per annum; (d) In charge of the

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organization, personnel, procedure, and operations in the Purchasing Division, Aircraft Production Branch, and the supervision of the purchase of materials, supplies, and equipment; (e) Thorough knowledge of the activities of the Aircraft Purchasing Division, and by virtue of his previous experience. (See answer to "g"); (f) Appointed through the Civil Service Commission; (g) 1923 to 1940 President and Manager, Automobile Legal Association (Maritime) Limited, Head Office, Halifax, N.S.; 1921 to 1923 employed by the Canadian Air Board, latterly the Royal Canadian Air Force, as an Air Engine Fitter and Storekeeper. Prior to this Mr. Dixon served in the R.A.F. and Royal Flying Corps in Canada and the United States as Clerk and Assistant in the Stores.

1. What was the total cost of the meetings of the chairmen and divisional registrars of the administrative division of the Department of War Services, held in Ottawa on February 17. 18 and 19 last?

2. How much of this cost was for (a) travelling expenses; (b) allowances or fees to those who attended; (c) printing and stenographer's fees; (d) other incidental expenses?

3. As a result of these meetings were any substantial alterations made in the regulations and, if so, what were they?

1. By what companies, firms or individuals was coal delivered to military projects at Debert during the present season, up to and including March 31?

2. What was the tonnage delivered by each company, firm or individual and the amount paid or payable to same?

1. Who built the drydock at Saint John, New' Brunswick?

2. What government assistance, if any, was given in this connection?

3. Who owms the drydock at the present

time?

4. Is the dock ivorking full time at present?

5. What fees were paid for time in which the corvette, launched in December, 1940, was in

drydock?

6. Has this corvette been commissioned? If not, why?

7. Was the United States destroyer 124 repaired on arrival at this drydock? If not, why ?

8. What was the cost of towing this vessel in and out of berth?

9. To whom was this towing charge paid?

10. What sums were paid to the Dry Dock

Company of Saint John during 1940, and for what services?

1. What is the reason for the transfer of the assistant general manager of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation from Montreal to Ottawa ?

2. What are his present functions?

3. To whom is he directly responsible?

4. What are the functions of the general manager?

5. Have any amendments been made to the by-laws of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation or are any contemplated?

6. What changes in the constitution of the C.B.C. do such amendments, if any, make?

7. Has any new member been appointed to the board of governors? If so, who?

8. What was the salary paid to, (a) the general manager; (b) the assistant general manager of the C.B.C. last year?

9. Has any change in their salaries been made recently, or is one contemplated? If so, what is the nature of such change?

10. Were either or both of these officials entitled to a stipulated expense allowance last year, in addition to salary? If so, how much for each allowance?

11. To what extent were these expense allowances used?

12. Were both or either exceeded? If so, by how much?

13. Was the attention of the Minister of Munitions and Supply or the deputy minister of transport, or any other officials of either department drawn by the auditor general or any other officer of his department or by any officer of the C.B.C. to any expense accounts having been overdrawn?

14. If so, what action was taken or is to be taken in this regard?

Hon. GROTE STIRLING (Yale):

Mr. Speaker, I should like to ask a question of the Associate Minister of National Defence. I sent the Minister for Air a note of it this morning.

In making his appeal last Sunday night for 32,000 recruits, the Minister of National Defence did not make it clear whether these recruits would be required for overseas service. In order to clarify the position, I should like to ask the minister;

1. If the 32,000 will be attested at once for overseas service or will they be attested for service in Canada and at a later date be asked to reattest for service overseas?

2. If it is anticipated that all these 32,000 recruits will be dispatched overseas as soon as their training is completed?

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