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Dr. Roberts produced a menu of a dinner held by the Young Conservative Club at the Sault on April 21, 1934, on which the name of Running appeared as Vice--President. Dr. Roborts denied a reported charge by Running that he (Roborts) had dismissed him. "I want to say." he complaincd, "that I'm getting sick and tired of these interminable and mcean insinua-- tlons about my associations with Ar-- thur Slaght, M.P., and Senator O'Con-- nor. My friend from Kingston, in his own inimitable and insinuating way. has suggosted that we are exempting them because they are friends of mine. Well, they are my frionds, and I'm proud to be able to say that I have as personal friends such meon as Arthur Slaght, PFrank O'Cornnor and J. P. Bickell." The dismissal of Merle Running from the Dopartment of Northern ps. velopment, which was made an issue last week in the Legislature by Colone} W. H. Price, was don> for good reason, the House was told yesterday by Dr. A. D. Roberts, Liberal member for Bault Ste. Marie. The Sault member added that Run-- ning, a youth of 21, had been replaced with a returned soldier with five children. Dr. Rdberts took the opportunity also to defend himself against the attack made on him last wesck by Colonel Price regarding Dr. Roberts's former professional connection with Dr. Forbes Godfrey, then Conservative Min'stor of Health. As Mr. Kidd continued his cbjection to the wording of the exemption clauses affocting Senators and M.P.'s, Mr. Hepburn "blow up." Roberts Defends Himself Against Attack "It is only fair to myself to say." added Dr. Roborts, "that while I was a Coroner I in n> way bencfited from it directly or indirectly. I was morely a paid worker. Any money or bensfit did not accrue to me directly, but to my superior." PROUD OF FRIENDS, REPLIES HEPBUR N Sees "Mean Insinuation" in Kidd's Remarks Mr. Kidd, discussing the supp'!:-- mentary legislation to the Provincial Income Tax Bill, objectsd to the word "usually" in a section exampting from the tax Senatoers and mombeors of Par-- liament whose place of reosidence "usually" was in Ontario. BPe thoug'it the latitude given by this word might lead to abuses. The topic of Prime Minister Hep-- burn's personal fricnds came up again in the Legislature last night, when ns rose in indignation t> answer what he regardcd as innuendos uttered by T. A. Kidd, Conservative meomber for Kingston. REASONS GIVEN FOR DISMISSAL SPEED URCED __' 'gAS TAXBRINGS ---- FOR BUDGET _ OvER $15.000.000 mates. Under the now fiscal year the Legis-- lature's votes of money to the Gov-- ernment run from April 1 to April 1. The Ontario Legislature must now guard against the voted money run-- ning out while the Loegislature debates next year's estimates, Premiér Hep-- burn points out that the change in date gives the Legislature a chance to consider estimates just before they go into effect,. Opposition Leader Georgs S. Henry demurred last night. He said some-- thing about this being one of the re-- sults of the fiscal year change while the Premier was warning the House that they must push on to the esti-- Money Supplies Needed Before April 1 The Ontario Legislature must push the Budget along in order to vote the money suppliecs for the Governmeont before April 1, Premier Hepburn indi-- cated as the Legisliature adjourned last night. TAX REFUND BILL MOVES AKFAD Opposition critics spent an hour in vain attempts to attach amendmen's to the bill to nullify the clauses which provide that refunds may be made by Order--in--Council after 1936. PURCHASERS ACT TO BE EXTENDED The Provincial act * to provide certain methods of relief in cases of threatened foreclosure, was passed in 1933, and has been extended annual-- ly since that year. Notice of motion for a pnill providing for another year's extension was given by Mr. Roebuck yesterday, and he intimated there might be minor amendments to the Strenuous Opposition Marks Second Reading Bocosted by Premier Hepbutrn's state-- ment that the legisiation would be,. without doubt, clarified at the: next session, Bill No. 54, which provides for income--tax refunds to the municinali-- ties, was carried through committee in the Legislature last night. "A pork barrel of $11,000,000," Leopold Macaulay called it. Pormer Premier Henry said the bill's clauses were "too loose," and his former Min-- ister of Highways went on to call it "the worst Ordsr--in--Gouncil legisla-- tion passed in any Province." Just before the Liberals killed all the amendmenis which would have taken away the Government's dis-- cretionary powers, Premier Hepburn answered the Opposition arguments and promised reconsideration of the bill in the next session. Another extension of Ontario's Mcrtgagors and Purchasers Reli--f Act was announced last night by At-- torney--General Arthur Roebuck. Maxrch 24 Minister of Highways T. B. McQues-- ten later told Leopold Macaulay that servicing charges on highways bonds and maintenance would almost com-- ;pletely use up this money. °_ _ The peculiar wording of the phrase passed unnoticed in the House, but it was later noted that it was the Pre-- mier's first reference in the Legislature to his illness. The amendment, it was learned later, will be in the nature of a "re-- peal" bill, but Government authorities did not reveal how drastically they were knifing the Optometry Act. ". . . whoever is leading the Gov-- emment a year from now." the Pre-- micr said, when he promised the Opposition that the bill reimbursing the municipalities for their lost in-- come taxes will be recoded next session. The former Minister of Highways repeated that the Government should earmark the gas--tax revenue for high-- HEPBURN HINTS AT RETIREMENT A Government bill to repeal many sections of the Ontario Optometry Act is to be brought down to the Legislature in a few days. Notice of motion of an amendment to the act was made in Premier Hepburn's name yesterday. "When it comes to meeting esti-- mates, this Government is hard to beat." the Provincial Secretary com-- mented when he reported the close tally of gas--tax receipts and the esti-- mate of gas--tax receipts made last spring. OPTOMETRY ACT MAY BE REVISED High Liberal hopes that their young Premier had dropped his retirement plans were dampened last night in the Legislature when Premier Hep-- burn dropped a phrase indicating he has not decided if he will be Premier of Ontario next winter. Over the week--end gasoline tax re-- ceipts lifted Ontario's gas--tax revenue to $15,003.000, or $3,000 more than the eum estimated a year ago for April 1, 1935--April 1, 1936, Provincial Secre-- tary Harry Nixon revealed in the Leg-- islature yesterday. "You said you would," he insisted. a6