“On one occasion," Mrs. Dionne
related, “I wanted the little shirts
for the quintuplets had outgrown
and one of the nurses ordered me
out of the hospital, threatening to
strike me with a flashlight.
Dionne said he had enough of
being a “proity papa" to. his daugh
ters and he and Mama 'Dionne are
going to see about taking the gov
ernment out of their home life.
'We don’t like the way the govern
ment is splitltnk up our family."
he said.
DENIES THREAT
ORAVEHUftET, Ontario. Feb. 23.
—W. H. Alderton, Red Cross exe
cutive and chief guardian of the
Dionne quintuplets, denied here
that the parents had been treated
brusquely when they visited the
babies in the private hospital as
claimed by the parents. Alderson
said he thought it would be un
wise to take the Dionne quintup
lets from the government appointed
guardianship before . its expiration
July 19. 1936. and believed it should
be continued after that date. As
to the parents obtaining any of the
money held in trust for the babies,
he said that the matter was for
the courts to decide.
Premier Mitchell F. Hepburn of
Ontario Indicated his opposition
to any proposal of the parents to
receive a share of the money.
ICKES DECLARES
BEST PLAN NOW
RELIEF MEASURE
Congressional Delay “Most
Unfortunate” Admin
istrator Says
WASHINGTON, Re'o. 25.—Secre
tary Harold L. Icke3, Relief Ad
ministrator, said Congressional de
lay in passing the work relief bill
was "most unfortunate." His reply
was to questions asked at a press
conference shortly after Senator
Huey Long started a move to pro
vide two and one half billions for
highway construction in the con
troversial measure which the Sen
ate returned to its appropriations
committee.
