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Traitors Endanger Premier Hepburn, Is Tory's Charge Separate School Issue Tends to Religious Dis-- cord, Says A. H. Acres "Centre" Group Believed Pushing More Than "Moderate" Changes It was reported that this might be linked up with the Government's mystery bill. That bill, it is stated, was designed to strengthen certain municipal taxes. This increase of taxes would be earmarked for the sepa-- rate schools which would thus benefit, One wing of the caucus and the largest, it was rumored, flatly express-- ed itself as only willing to back the "modcrate" change of "may" to "must" in the law permitting a corporation to split its big payments to the school rates according to the faiths of its shareholders. There were no fire-- works, it was reported, but this wing of "old Liberals" stubbornly objected to any further concessions to the Catholic schools. French--Canadian and other strong pro--Catholic members are thought to be pressing for adoption of the Quebec panel system. When it leaked out yes-- terday that they had joined with an-- other group in demanding more than "moderate" changes, it was immedi-- ately suggested that a "centre" wing of the caucus was pushing a middle-- of--the--road platform. FACTION SPLIT ON SCHOOL TAX SEEN IN CAUCUS Rumors that a "centre" group of Ontario Liberal M.P.P.'s is pushing for "more than moderate" changes in the separate school law were current at Queen's Park yesterday after a second separate school caucus ended in stale-- Some such plan, it is suggested, may have been pushed by the "centre" group in yesterday's caucus. but not at the expense of the public _ Outcome of the whole session was the appointment of a special commit-- teoe, This committee of the Legisla-- ture is to meet with Cabinet before & third caucus tries to iron out the differences in Liberal opinion. RAITORS among the Hepburn crew, and a "would--be T pilot, Mr. Quinn."' who might lead them into danger-- ous waters, were envisaged yesterday by A. H. Acres, Conservative M.P.P. for Carleton, as he uttered a solemn warning to the Government in the Legislature. «--*Would Shun Religious Discord. In the first direct reference of the Opposition to the separate school is-- ~--------------------* sue since the session began, the East-- | _ The Premier pointed out that Right \ Hon. R. B. Bennett had led in the | opposition to the same proposal in the House of Commons. Mr. Acres He referred first to "Senator O'Con-- nor, your old friend, Mr. Prime Min-- ister--but he's not your friend any more--sitting in the Senate with a hat three times bigger than he used to wear," and he proceeded: "I urge you, my honorable friend, to get away from some of your new friends, who are really traitors, like O'Connor and Slaght, and from your would--be pilot, Mr. Quinn. "At the very time when the people of Ontario should be united in one common cause for the overcoming of our economic troubles, I deeply re-- the day in the debate on the Speech from the Throne, earned frequent and loud applause of his fellow-- Conservatives and the keen attention of the entire House. gret that any one should inject any issue to disunite the Province. No legislation leading to racial or re-- ligious discord or disharmony should now be allowed to be provposed in this Province. Says Tax Bill Foolish, privileges to none.'" Also under Mr. Acres fire was the Provincial income tax bill, which re-- ceived third reading yesterday. *"I deplore that questions of this sort should come up now. Hundreds of thousands of our people are waiting patiently for some work program to alleviate their distress, and now is the time when, above all else, we should adhere to the principle of 'special "Instead of this foolish piece of legislation," he urged, 'let us have a tax of two or three more cents on gasoline. The consumers won't have to pay for it. The tig companies will absorb it. We'll support you to the limit if you'll throw out Bill 51, and replace it with a new gasoline tax. put on a sweepstake race. Legalize It and let it go through." "My friend knows very well that we have no jurisdiction in such a maiter,'" interrupted Premier Hep-- burn -- '"'That rests with the Domin-- lon Government." said perhaps that opposition explained "I know that," retorted Mr. Acres, '"'but if you are such good friends with the Dominion Government, and if there is such great unity and broth-- fluence to have it put through." "Or let's have a nfeal tax. Or, Febru any 2¢ whyv some Conservative M.P.'s were not returned. General Works Proposed. There was room for difference of opinion in any party, he added. He pointed to Hon. H. C. Nixon, Provin-- cial Secretary, whom he described as "one of those popular, genial fellows who's anxious only to be in the Cabi-- net, no matter what party is in power." If Mr. Nixon had thought the C.C.F. might get power, he would undoubtedly have leaned that way, he believed. The speaker further advocated a flat and consistent Hydro power rate per kilowatt hour throughout On-- tario; the cleaning up of the poor sections of the citics and towns, or a general works program. Then Mr. Acres turned his attack on the Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Duncan Marshall, whom he accused of travolling to Perth, Scotland, to buy a bull for the Province while the farmers were suffering for lack of ade-- quate consideration of their plight. He said Mr. Marshall could have bought the bull by cablegram. "Furthermore," he added, "I'd ad-- vise you to spend more time in your department and less as an after--din-- ner speaker. I admire your oratory, bui am disgusted with your actions. Never have the farmers of Ontario nseded assistance as they need it now. But your Government has said: 'No more loans to the farmers,' and has withdrawn the bonus to breeders of pure--bred stock." Raps Trade Treaty. The Carleton member attacked the United States trade treaty as faiilng to provide the expected advantages to cattle shippers, and said that Bwifis, Canada Packers and Bordens controlled the output of most of the farmers of the Province. He also had a word of condemnation of "Sir Her-- bert Holt, whom your party has de-- scribed as a friend of Mr. Bennett, but wnro is not actually a friend of his at all," "Let me also say something about the last appoiniment to the Milk Board." he went on. "He was a little fellow named Beck, a jewelry chap from Brampton, who knows no more about milk than I do about flying an acroplane--and I've been up twice and hope to Heaven I'll never go up again, Do we want to--find em@rrings floating about in our milk supply? I suppose you promised him something, and as usual when you've got a man you don't know what to do with, you've unloaded him on the farmers. You've any num-- ber fill that job far better than he could." He criticized the proposed sale of Ontario House in London, Eng., as false economy, and engaged in a brief debate with Premier Hepburn, who said the office was unnsecessary and A mere duplication of the services being performed by the Dominion Trade Commissioners. c than you do." And he attacked Hon. Peter Heenan for, as he charged, tell-- ing the Federal Minister of Labor in a speech at a Goods Roads convention to '"mind his own business'" in con-- nection with Northern road develop-- ment. He paid Mr. Hepburn the compli-- ment of saying he had been praying for him, since "nobody in Ontario needs the prayers of the people more And when Mr. Heenan arose to pro-- test that "it is quite evident that my friend does not know what I was talk-- ing about," the Carleton member shot back: "No. Nor did anybody else." of back--benchers here who could