1. Has the Minister of National War Services authorized certain organizations to receive contributions to aid canteens, recreation centres, etc., for the troops?

2. If so, (a) what are the organizations; (b) under what conditions are they recognized as auxiliary war services?

3. Has the Minister of National War Services himself granted subventions to these societies so that they will not make public appeals for contributions? If so, (a) when; (b) what sums has each organization annually received since the beginning of the war from public subscription, and by way of government grants?

4. Has each organization authority to withhold an amount for its own support from, (a) popular subscriptions; (b) government grants? If so, what is the percentage in each case?

Mr. LACROIX (Beauce):

For a copy of all memoranda, correspondence, telegrams and other documents, addressed by the government of the province of Quebec to the federal government, from August 25 to October 1, 1939, on the subject of Canada's participation in the war.

Mr. MACKENZIE KING:

Mr. Speaker, I have had search made as to memoranda, correspondence, telegrams and other documents addressed by the government of the province of Quebec to the federal government on the subject of Canada's participation in the war, and I am unable to discover any that have been received from the beginning of the war up to the present time.

Mr. HANSON (York-Sunbury):

Were any oral representations made by the government of the province of Quebec?

Mr. MACKENZIE KING:

I cannot speak for the whole government, but I can recall none at the moment.

Motion dropped.

Motions for Payers

Mr. GILLIS:

For a copy of all correspondence, telegrams, and other documents in possession of the Department of Labour, from the United Mine Workers of America, District No. 26, Dominion Coal Company, Acadia Coal Company, Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company, Cumberland Railway and Coal Company, and the Department of Labour, in the matter of wage negotiations, from February 15, 1943, to May 31, 1943.

Mr. BLACK (Cumberland):

For a copy of all correspondence and agreements between the dominion fuel board, the Department of Munitions and Supply, Department of Mines and Resources, Department of Finance, and the government of Nova Scotia, or the Department of Mines, from January 1, 1942, to June 1, 1943, with respect to the mining and marketing of coal produced in Nova Scotia.

Mr. POULIOT:

For a copy of the report of the auditor general, dated April, 1932, to the Department of Agriculture, on the subject of the experimental farm at Scott, Saskatchewan, together with a copy of all documents and vouchers.

Mr. POULIOT:

For a copy of the report made by the auditor general in 1932 to the Department of Agriculture regarding the experimental farm at Summerland, British Columbia.

Mr. GORDON GRAYDON (Leader of the Opposition):

Mr. Speaker, I desire to direct two questions to the Prime Minister arising out of reports respecting changes of government in the Argentine. What steps are in contemplation by this government towards a recognition of the new government of the Argentine? Has the Prime Minister received from the Canadian legation at Buenos Aires or the charge d'affaires of the Argentine legation in Ottawa sufficiently comprehensive reports upon which he could form a judgment as to how these events in the Argentine will affect the attitude of that republic towards Canada and the united nations generally?