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t. - V H . v SltlBet . . Moreover, said the Premier. as a general rule the non-resident fees were not higher than those for resi- dents. and, in turning directly to the issue raised by the Western demonstrations. he .warned them that if they did not like the 5260.000 which is to be paid from the pro- vincial treasury to that institution. the province could find other ways and means of spending the money. "We can quite easily adjust this -----. amount," he said. "I am mindful ' . ' there is another university in West: Charges Agitator: Acted ern Ontario. McMaster Universil) . q - d in Hamilton, which has never asked for Political Motives, an nor never received a dollar from . tho government." Chum Government. .ls While he did not indicate .that Generous fo Universities the government would press univer- -tt-.---.--- sities to change my: (at: giilcy'; the Premier declare to t eiev CAN ADJUST A M O U N T non-resident pupils should pay more -------- than the residents. Possibility of . . V some action in this line was hinted Riled hy student demonstrations in his statement that he was glad against the government's policy of the student agitation "has brought reducing university grants for the this thing to a head: inst the 1939.40 fiscal year. Premier Hepburn iitix::tof'oa gates: 2:335" at c . . " revealed yesterday before the Legis- iii.), University of Western Ontario. lature that a "beneficent govern- said the Premier in opening the ment grant system" making higher 1i,i,ii,iiti,ii"t,iir 1ng,"ls"itistev,id'21y'i - , . politica w en 00_ . . education as cheap "i" Poe/ble hid iof the ringleaders. Figures indicate lured to Ontario 1niyersities.1A5f lthat this government has been ii,iii,i,ig from beyond the province's lmore than generous in its grants , boundaries. to the universities." Sternly rebuking students of the He then gave a summary of the University. of .Western. f/Pele for government grants since 193.5-36 hp their obviously political demon- to 1938-39. They were: University titration of protest against grant re- of Toronto--sL6T7,068; $1,695,318; 51.- ductions. the Premier pointed out '854318 and S1,908,663. Western - that 244 students at that college a-EG/ 8250,000; $285,000 and twere not even residents of Canada. "s'?iiiGiiir' Queen's--s250,000; 3250.000; and that more than 300 out of a $275000 and 5275000. total registration of some 2,300 came ' from points outside Ontario. Only twenty-seven United States medical litGiGiti out of all that number. he *said. paid any extra fees for the privilege of studying in Ontario. I Department enrolment records. he lsaid. showed that the majority of I the students from the United States "ttending Western were enrolled at 'Assumption College. Windsor. an {affiliate of the London University. ) Other Ontario colleges showed a a similar situation. Mr. Hepburn de- 1 clared. At the University of Toronto. out of an non-resident students, 184 ' were from across the line and eighty-eight from countries other than fPy.rlt and the Uhited States. At the earliest possible date, it is . Queen's University at. Kingston had (understood, the Hepburn Govern- 'tt total of 360 non-reSident students. iment will endeavor to make some 'e'te'i,t2iteee, Ontfario. ("ttte'aer'xt arrangement with the Dominion ' n ower ees a e ex- Government to collect the Ontario . pense I'! this province. . Corporations tax, in the same way Aan,',", t'oivgg'.t,.u.fd,i'tusr,iita' 2f. it now collects the provincial income . s s en st. tax. Department enrolment records he Premier He . . ' pburn revealed this said, showed that the m.toy1ty ot tobjective in the Legislature yester- the students trom the United States day when his revised Corporations attending Western were enrolled at Tax Act passed committee of the '.t'lrge,ti"',',t College, Windsor. an House. "If we can get our act to 'l/det.." unit of the London Uni. conform to the Dominion law," said) . . . he, "we will probably approach the ont', ttaking full Peel" ot Dominion and see it we can make e ac . "standards of the oy some agreement with them to col- tario universities were factors in lect our tax." the non-resident enrolment. the Pre. The smii'ng that would result 31:25": 1,w't2,i.aeslif 1:": (she Jrom eventual elimination of the tariffs 't'a'xJgerf",'d"/',rsiedtl'1afleni [corporations tax branch at'Queen's on to subsidize scores of American lPark, .with its heavy staffing, and students who were flocking to the collecting and gnfmeme" Mtl- province's universities to take ado t.e'gJ:vitn1),vr$,e.itht.ef b: flt/,atg,t vantage of fees which were attrac- wou ' "di"d2"' and 'sfgsflle an tively low as compared with those :33" ' ' . of universities of equal standing y. - act-om the line. .