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asked 'Atto"fiigy.ceneral Conant and "'h"-------"--_"---- | + the Premier if he was correct in assuming that they based their reason for refusing appeal to courts from a decision on valuation on the ; fact that they believed there was | ]"0 appeal from decisions of investi-- _ | ' gators of the Dominion Income 'Tax | 'Rureau. The Premier and Mr. I | Cf::mnt said that this was so. » | | That admission is a perfect reason why this bill should have fone to the Legal Committee," de-- \clared Colonel Drew. "As the War | l':'nvomfl Tax stands, amended up to i | ate, there is an appeal for all citi-- dit; i e 4 i?nns to the l-le'hoq':wr Court. Hav-- COfldlfl.O.fl WI" DQle\d \ing regard to the fact that the At-- on Ability to Collect ; orney--General's bill is taken from + the British act, I don't see why he Under Amended LOW a | Z)hould deny appeal to the courts in ve mm mm mmamens ntario when the parent act allows appeal to the courts in Britain." REPUES TO ATTACK Attorney --~General Conant -- said _ n n ¢ that appeal to the courts was al-- Premier Hepburn told the Legis: lowed, and it was only refused in lature yesterday that the budget h | the section referring to the valua-- l P s .g * | tion of property by treasury depart-- proposed to bring down in the Imbnt officials. He said this was House shortly would affect the 1h»musc\ he betieved that these offi-- | standard of living of the citizens, clals were better qualified to de-- roul ; |\cide the worth of property than an'd iwould 'be pre.d.lcated, 10 some any other tribunal. extent, on the ability of the Gov-- o Distinction ernment to collect revenues under * \\'h' th * hed & the amended Succession Duty Act. en the committee reached See-- tion 2, which empowers the 'Treas-- "I'hite .slatoment was made durink urer to determine the value of un-- dlscpbs(':on rmrvaodime y cuig s madpaghens listed _ securities and _ business, .:;:"len inor:;'r'r:utte_e .Of the Whole, and | _ t o | midst of a strong at-- [ Colonel Drew again asked the At-- tack by the Opposition on certain 'tornvy-(loncral why he was not pre-- :foaturc.;s. chiefly the lack of provi« » parcd'to '"i""d"' ".'('i"d"".m"":":';;ri'zf sion for an appeal to the courts. ' ?s':\p::'t as is provided in lhe | _ *"We do not collect moneys for ' h act. 2 | ourselves," said the Premier. "The } is ";"var";",'."'"'.'."':"_'d""":p"'l;"' ";';:5;' Government gives it back to the : ' ?he:aan gn"'-'-' céslrls i; lh"'\'c\\'l\'h. (Tumuphalmos in the form of subsi« t hey c y wish,. les, What we can't get in the shape f We are _ only concerned .""h of subsidies, we can't pass on. We | estates \\'hlt'l'l we believe hnu'a de-- are prepared to take a secondary |\ frauded the Treasury. We have no 'posilion to the Federal Government intention of allowing them to take | in the matter of taxation." lus to the courts and to carry us | _ The Premier's statement that it !'cg;'l:ufrdcgflécégo%&ga:::. \I\ e\\'c':n\l: | would be of little use to "throw this , C 29,000,000, an P [bill into the laps of a lot of ;2"60\(;'803';: sl:;'l::'qfn $5,000,000 and il[aw.\'(-rs." brought from Opposition ,000, + \ Leader George Drew the observa-- Colonel Drew argued there was tion that it \fas not a case of srecfer- nothing in the section differentiat-- ring it to a "bunch of lawyers," but ing between old and new estates. of referring the bill to the proper Mr. Mepburn again maintained that committee. It had not been sug-- men in the 'I'r:casur,\'r'Dcpartmcnt gested, he said, that the amend-- :lvi(c'lren(::.e::'ag?as'::?cd;;inlg hC'p o?;;erassug | _ _ ment was for the purpose of collect» » ing current revenue. said, but believed them necessary, "These amendments are to per-- and he believed that trained offi« 1 mit the Government to go back and cials of the department were better | investigate estates closed years qualified to appraise estates than | _ ago," said the Opposition Leader. "eph Siiime: Paie e an maee 1 oo eperetades TNR OE ® ® * a q igger's budget this time in-- ment which in no way differs than stead o. a sunshinegbudget." that in any totalitarian State," re "Probably that would please you, torted Colonel Drew. | _ _ _ _ but I don't think it will be like i :t\l:e ]t'l;e c;ourts infallible?" ask-- _ i that," retorted Mr. Hepburn. e e Premier. "I don't suggest that they are in-- fallible," he replied. Colonel Drew % said he was amazed at the sugges-- & i & e tion that judges, trained to evalu-- K F hf EI f f ate evidence, were not capable of ees 'ng 'g 'ng ec 'on 'appraising estates values. *"These 1 1 i 'men from the Treasury branch," he B b f Sh If | charged, "are brought in to do a FI'Om a Om proo e er | particular job, and that job is to |\ get as much money as they can." Premier Hepburn, md al?s:el'; to ; stressed thatbthe act Passe: ;t :'h: criticism which he sai a een | 1639 September session ha 0 directed against him because of the|peen openly challenged in the parallel he drew between the Sink| mourts, An injunction, however, had ing of the Graf Spee and the diss0~| peen jssued by Chief Justice Rose lution of the House of Commons| ;n ns Kaufman estate investigation yesterday in the Legislature @gain|coz, ho said, which had the effect charged Prime Minister King With | o¢ parring the Government from having "scuttled the ship of State." making further investigation. He § "He did scuttle the ship of State," | saw in it a parallel to the election § declared Mr. Hepburn, "and he has|jssue raised fbé the dissolution of I ated that he was going to £@aZ*) the House of Commons. -- :ltmse who speak on the radio, and | _ "The Dominion Government mem-- M he is going to fight his election | bers had a right to secure cef'tam battle from a bombproof shelter in |information before the House, he Laurier House." in th said. "But the House was dissolved His charge was made in e poomeprpmmmmniian o8 7N eourse of the argument over the LAURIER HOUSE. * succession duty bill when he (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.