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rfibw&'\ 22 MNNWWNHNHSTHTE i ccaeeanaeeelecaate cce w prn en mm un \ Macaulay Sees Threat to Confederation in + .. New Bill EAR that taxing pro-- , the headlines had bsen turned against cedure might "break ;lrilrg in 19r:§ with charges of gra,ft.! corruption. i < l up Confederation" was | ' "When I went into the Public Ac--| _ exoressed in the Legislature | gg';'r';s ,?Cgémgf: @.Idséfil;fit ;';%S;' ' yesterday by Leopol? Ma-- | | what you knew, that he had conte to caulay (Conservative, South ' you that morning and demanded | York) during discussion in / | | money. f | committee of the new Pro-- | HE Anll N[s M;'t"t'"a's"yt; ':fl;'y-m | Lesdersiante! 7 e then eral Leader's duty » vincial income tax bill. | to come to the Public Accounts Com--' Claims Duplication. mittee, Mr. Macaulay said, "and say * Clauses taxing incomes derived in wommscmmmumes tl}:is }111}311;. on glemsetchax;ges we zmd; a --residents aroused Mr. *R C 5L. 99 the Highways Department was rotten | mfi&z g;;&:*s;gnn t:'l?enuiw said "M 1 Sle a d n g, Ullfall' 9 'zggu oog'}',upt, we find to be rotten and | 4j _ h l $ 44 + + | p * | :z&"":nfi&&muc\}o%u%?'sfipg . Charges Premier in | Yet affidavits, said Mr. Macaulay, going to aggravate the situation. The Legislature 'fromv th{S man "and Foley (Vincert first thing you know, we're going to ;F'ole;) were la'te' ;used' to turn thfi get in a jam with other Provinces and msccss | E'g"&,e"(fl'c};"?tfififl""ifm ?gfirég;fi?'- | & PI ® W W v 8 y*4 gtbn}:')d:z'ig:n;:dm;: :;,l,l':,brgk ':12! FORMAL PR O T ES T said the former Minister. § to do business across Provmciali wniienciniee itemenariemm ces "The actual blackmail," said the| borders." He suggested an intra-- s s 'Premxer, "took place months later Wmcial reciprocal arrangement. | R Premier He?bum formally promted when he threatened 'me." j . Iyi Hon. Harry Nixon, Pro-- ' in yesterday's Legislature against Mr. Macaulay again mentioned t/hat nopiying, Hon. narked that the! _ Telegram and Mail and Empire head-- | Walker had demanded $1,000 before. Fincial Secremmiy, r;:xar e will have lines. which, he said, unjustly linked he would give the tostimony before the | 5J qo ratier in gelt ':.! these his name with a blackmailer. s Public Accounts Committee. | to go further in getting tex; | The headlines, said the Premier, "My friend is not an amateur in people who have been given privileges were most misleading and most Un=-- > politics," answered the Premier. "He to exploit the wealth of the Province fair to himself. knows that it's not uncommon for a and have taken that wealth some-- & Year Afte man to lead you up to the hurdle and where else. A Aa& rear t __. s then demand money. The man was Mr. Macaulay's protest failed, and 'The blackmailing effort against an extortionist, not a blackmailer." the clauses passed. The bill was still him, he said, came & year after Henry The Attorney--General put in thas in committee when the House arose. Walker (convicted last week of at-- the man was not then an extortionist 'The section authorizing an AP--| , tempted extortion against the Premie" _ under the Code, but a "chiseller." _ ; pointed officer to take necessary| | and others) had brought him the pay-- "I don't agree with that." said Mr.! measures to secure desired informa-- roll padding charges which were laid _ Macaulay, "I'd rather take my law tion from a citizen brought a sharp against the Henry regime. from the Prime Minister than the protest from Colone! H. W. Price | "There was no proof then (when Attorney--General." (Cons., Parkdale), who said: "Noth-- !Walker's highway charges were laid ® ing is more reprehensible than an against the Henry regime)," he gdd. a officer taking a citizen by the neck| |"that Walker was a blackmailer.' and saying: 'I want certain informa--| When he did find Walker was a f tion and I'm going to get it.' Private| blackmailer, he reminded the House, ' titizens, after all, have some rights."| . he had htad the courage to take him 1 uc, Minister of Mines, into court. ngL?:i:P'?I I'five found in my t*-- The Premier's statement briefly re-- perience that most of these officers' vived the bitter Legislature scene of are reasonable. They know what they Thursday, when Leopold Macaulay want, where it is, and how to get it." charged that the Premier knew in Opposition nfembers pointed out 1934 that Walker was a blackmailer, that family corporations were not but had continued to use Walker's taxed under the bill, and Mr. Macau-- charges against the Henry Govern-- lay said the Opposition '"'intended to ment. The protested headlines arose | . challenge that principle." out of this statement. | . e f Refers to Headlines. l The Premier arose when the Legis-- | * lature met and referred to "the head-- , lines which appeared in the Telegram and the Mail and Empire." * "As a result of these eight--column streamlines," he said with a grin, "I don't know whether Walker or myself was the blackmailer. I am charged with concealing facts which would have indicated Walker was an extor-- tionist and a blackmailer,. Up to that time there was nothing to show se that Walker was not an ordinary citi-- ; zen trying to bring wrongs to the public's attention." ' The Premier repeaied that there was | no possible doubt but that there had s been irregularities in the department t mentioned, though there was no in-- tention to defraud. "There was no proof then that Walker was a blackmailer. The black-- mailing effort came a year after. Thes»e streamlines are most mislead-- s ing, most unfair to myself. When I did find he was a blackmailer I had the courage to take him into court." 6 Leopold Macaulay answered that j R