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s1fe y apaa aa a v bc-r- fejct -sc- -yo-vg- thetribuiiestouflfviller ontithursday i jktvv jfjv j s sit j1 7 v to pay tax if priests exempt some protestant ministers have refused to make out income tax forms or to pay taxes unless it can be shown that the roman catholic priests in the same communities do the same according to a report submitted to thehamilton presby tery of the united church of canada the presbytery is asking the executive of the general council of the united church to inquire into the matter of income taxes paid by the clergymen of various churches and religious bodies and give direction to trie whole church in the matter of making income tax leads division in pacific majgen b m hoffmeister cbe dgjo of vancouver bcnow general officer com manding the 5th canadian armoured division has been appointed to command the 6th canadian division which will be going to the pacific theatre in 1942 at the age of 35 he was promoted to lieutenantcolonel and appointed commanding officer of the seaforths he led the regiment on to the sicily beaches on july 10 1943 and was awarded the dso in the battle for agira col hoff meister performed particularly distinguished service exposing himself to enemy small arms fire on numerous occasions to rally hisunit when it met fierce opposition and led them on to capture the hilltop town returns j i a committee of presbytery in vestigating a report that roman catholic priests are not paying incometaxes says while in possession of material which definitely satisfies our minds that at least the majority of roman catholic priests do not pay income taxes we cannot place our hands on documentary evidence as none is available in support of our con tention as stated above we desire to place before this hamilton pres bytery the following information 1 it would take too long to give all the items of circumstantial evidence to the effect that the roman catholic clergy pay no in come taxes- a minister writes i have challenged the crown minis ters concerned to deny the state ments i have made to this effect in public if such statements are not- true they have never denied them i have dared the revenue officials to publish the figures as to the amount paid by protestant and roman catholic clergy respective ly and they have not done so 2 recently one of our minis ters in the london area visited the london income office he asked if the roman catholic clergy paid income taxes the reply was to the effect their salaries are too small to warrant the payment of income taxes moreover the bishop comes to the tax office and fills out forms for all of them and they are given clearance the practice is to pay priests- 659 cash one dollar less than the exempted amount of a single man in addition to this he gets a free house free housekeeper iree car with all expenses paid free light and heat free groceries free everything else this is all lumped as expenses an expriest reveals that a good parish might give a priest an income of 25000 per year and he is under no obliga tion to report this income to his bishop the protestant clergy are allowed nothing for expenses rtheold hometown tjw by stanley- general electoral system i of this country but no real j lasting im provements have been introduced once the smoke of the electoral battle in any year cleared away indeed at times much heat has been gencratedvpn parliament hill by such charges and cdunter- charges of opposing politicians that one side or another was responsible for the state of affairs though noth ing was really done tobring about sound lasting improvements in the methods for choosing the peoples representatives including claims of wrongs in the financing of some political campaigns in the lassitude of- the electoratemn the election of members who actually represented a minority of the electorate7and other similar serious encumbrances that hindered possibly the smooth operation of- the democratic system of electing a parliament however with a multiplicity of candidates in 1945 such as never seen previously in a general election and many different political parties or groups the necessity for- reform in these matters has been accentuated so that t lie great prominence given to these wrongs may befolowedby pressure for action in the onew parliament v- ottflltiffl over 7000 people read this papiv i feature of our free shell service that means time and dollars saved stop in regularly ratftl boadways service station there has been widespread publicity throughout the united nations about the fact that the united states has spent about 39- 000000000 on lend-lease- in world war ii butit has not been properly publicized that if the national in come of the united states and can ada are compared canadas mutual aid would ibe comparable to an ex penditure of over 50000000000 by the united states this is the truth and it is not always realized by the average man or woman even in canada so far the canadian gov- emmenthas spent about 2800000- 000 on mutual aid- to tlie mother land and other united nations ana another wil prob ably be spent in the current fiscal year for such purposes with the aditional sum of 700000000 having been loaned by canada to britain without interest a report stated lately that 190 army trucks and cars were sold to dealers and some veterans seemed to get the wrong impression about this report it should be indicated here that the war assets corpora tion does- not sell surplus war material directly to individuals but only to authorized agencies or dealers so that the resale prices may be controlled properlyby the wartime prices and trade board especially when articles- or items need repairs and reconditioning these dealers or agencies have undertaken to give preference on used trucks and- cars to returned men walter woods deputy minister of the veterans affairs department- hast stated in ottawa that the jobofsuperlntendentsof rehabilitation was tenfold as diffi cult in the present period than in previous- years stressing the need for good public relationscomplete cooperation -with- civic bodies and other local organizations in fact he said in part there are many problems in rehabilitation for which- we ihave no- answer the solution lies with the civic author ities- and community organiza tions it is pointed out along parliament hill that blank pledges could not have been- signed by candidates in- the general election since this was- wrong under t the election act though such pledges were sent out by some persons for the signature of the candidates who recused to sign them for this good reason according to pat conroy secretary of the canadian congress of labour unions in soviet russia ore glorified state company- unions without beingfree institu tions and being forced to obey the dictates of the stateas weir as follow orders he made this declara tion in thej capital- a report in ottawa hashinted that canada has not made any commitments to the united nations relief and rehabili tationadministration i unrra in the scheme to send about- 50000 dairy and draft animals to certain balkan countries in an effort to assist the decreasing livestock herds there an official denial has been made in ottawa about the allegation that 10000 typewriters had been ordered destroyed by the deputy minister of air indeed this j5- i- v- denial emphasized that the rcaf had never even possessed 10000 typewriters in its entire organiza tion in view of the report that the british empires casualties in world war ii reached 1128315 including 307201 killed up to the third month of 1945 it should be reported that canadas casualties were 102875 in the army navy and air force including 37200 dead and 3769 missing these being the latest figures up to the end of the war in europe on may 7 the kings birthday has not been de clared a public holiday this year it is asserted in ottawa because war time conditions have not warranted it this being usually celebrated on june 14 it must be reported at this time that almost as much interest if not more as the developments in the genera election itself of 1915 has been the surprising disclosures backstage along parliament hill of the urgent need for a rearrange ment of the whole method of choos ing the peoples representatives in general elections so that a much bettor order of things in the general election system may be created for future tests of public opinion or the present order of things may be re constructed in a new form in the interests of the people for a time there have been recurring outcries against some imperfections in the cream for best results ship your cream to stouff- ville creamery we pay two cents more per pound butterfat for cream delivered t o the creamery open tuesday and saturday evenings cold storage lockers to rent from 6 to 8 dollars per year stouffville creamery co stouffville ont phone 18601 dancing every saturday night cedar beach gardens mussulmans lake to bill thompson and his red coats midnight frolic sunday july 1st valleaus garage telephone service main street stouffville skilled mechanics for general repairs on cars trucks tractors try our new batteries and battery service agents for oliver tractors and farm equipment oliver plow shares and parts the c an ad i an way o f li f e f i roast beef the sunday roast week- finds in the country the old family jalopy these things mean a pleasant way of life these are some of the things every man overseas has been fighting for they wont be his unless all of us make sure when our fighting man comes back his dollar will be worth a dollar to protect his dollar we must realize now the dangers of care less unnecessary buying we must buy only what we need never buy two where one will do we must not evade rationing or price control or deal in black markets rocketing of prices known as inflation prices will rise as prices go up wages try to tag along and never quite catch up the value of money goes down soon your dollar wilfbuy perhaps only 30c worth of goods- and there is no limit to its dropvlook at greece today the nation is plunged in poverty arid depression so- lets all make sure our soldiers dollar when he gets back will buy dollars worth of goods we cant give back- to him v his lost years or his lost youth but if we keep up the look- j we break the rules our country fight against inflation hecan id the country he fought tfprv forward to v pleasant satisfyii will start on that uncontrollable i living i the canadian way of life 5ii pmtwtj htkb brewing industoyontarl6e rtrtloftofluloo make this pledge today i pledge myself to do my part infighting inflation i n observing rationing and avoiding black markets in any shape or form r by respecting price controls and other antiinflation measures and re frainingfromcarelessandunneces sary baying i will not buy two where one will do nor will i buy new where an old will do v bvylng victory bonds and war savings stamps supporting tax- ation and abiding v all such measures u which will lowerthe i- cost- of linng and help keep prices at a normal lerel 5 j