The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-24
RELIEF FUND EXPERIENCES PROFITABLE WEEK
COUNTRY DOCTOR
 LEADING FIGURE
 IN POWER PROBE
Investigation Reveals St Lawrence Project En-
 riched Him
By MAX BUCKINGHAM United Press Staff Correspondent


 Ottawa. (UP)--A simple coun- try doctor" is one of the command ing figures in the Beauharnois power scandal and he has become enriched by almost $1,000,O00 in cash, plus vast holdings in the Beauharnois Power company.
 Senator Wilfred Laurier Me- Dougald Is now chairman of the board of Beauharnois--the com pany that probably will be reor- ganiZed since investigation of vast expenditures in granting the St Lawrence concession--but was member of the National Advisory committee on the power project and was at one time chairman of the powerful Montreal Harbor comm ission. Yet on the stand be- fore the house of commons in- vestigating committee, he admitted he was just a simple country doc tor"
 Immaculate Dress
 He is n commanding figure of immaculate dress. His fancy for fine clothing dates back to the days when he was student at Me- Gill university.
 But his doctoring practice was slight. In 1909 he went to Montreal and there by dint of financial per- spicacity became a prominent f- nancial figure. He now has a pala- tial home in the Mount Royal sec tion, where in 1927 he entertained the Prince of Wales He is close friend of Liberal leaders of Can ada. He is 50 and has been in the senate since 1926.
 His colleague in the senate and in the scandal. Donat Raymond, Is q far different personality. He started as q bell boy in the old Queens hotel at Montreal and through business acumen became Il wealthy hotel owner--now own ing the Windsor hotel in Montreal which is internationally known.
 Swcczy n Promoter
 Robert A. SweeZy and +. C. A. Henry, president and vice-presi- dent of the Beauharnois company, are engineers of high standing. SweeZy. however, combines a pro- motorial ability which led to form ation of the great Beauharnois syndicate. lis philosophy of ob- taining results was sown clearly in the Investigating committee when he was being questioned on the need of spending almost $500,000 on counsel fees during the cam paign for obtaining the concession.
 Ut was $55,000,000 project" he replied simply
 Henry, one time deputy minister of railways and canals, Is the typi- cal cautious engineer. He had been with the Canadian National Rail- way. When Beauharnois wanted him, he examined carefully every section of the IA 1-2 mile area along the St Lawrence near Mon treaI, assuring himself the plan was feasible. Neither Sweezy, nor Henry, is outstanding in appear ance.
 Senator Andrew Haydon. the last of the five leaders. is the typ ical lawyers lawyer. He is almost unObstrusive. His company Is large but he seldom appears In court. His throughout has been position in the background. In his law office he is the man who Is up to the minute on law. In his political connections, he Is the man who Is behind the scenes.
 Future Uncertain
 The future of these five men Is uncertain. It Is possible, 1t was explained here. the three senators might be asked to resignu. There Is little likelihood of Impeachment.
 The company, according to Prime Minister R. B. Bennett's an nouncement in the house of com mons, must be reorganiZed before a parliamentary act will be invok- ed to grant n new concession. That possibly will mean elimination of all five from the company, in which event banks probably would direct the financial affairs of the Beauharnois project until the re- organized company got on Il firm footing.
 But the Beauharnols project must go on. Bennett said, for the general benefit of Canada.