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; FEGRVARY 22 l "Surely we're not expected to pay homage here and bend the knee to 1 everything the Department of Wel-- fare has done," Mr. Stewart said. 'If the Government's action in withdrawing half a mill of the sub-- sidy was not benditry, it was raid-- ing the treasury of the municipali-- ties--a dignified form of holdup INT OTESTS l without violence." He admitted that the Government had saved Toronto $4,000,000 in sub-- mm amemmmmmamem i:)d':s tl"\d $3i000.000 in assuming the c & st of social services over the past CO"S Minister's AflOCk glree years, but charged that pme. # % rovince had taken away $9,000,000 s on Toronfo UWO'*"Y- when it took over the iicome tax.| and Precipitates Howls That amount, he declared, could | have been collected by the City of ; T e oo I'ctronto in the past three years. i WON'T YIELD FLOOR f 'What was your best year in in-- come tax co i t" 1 Charging Hon. Eric Cross, Minis-- burn challelr'rg';'t;?ns premistfeD ter of Welfare, with having made "A million and a quarter," replied "unworthy statements" in his bha-- the member. * get address Tuesday night, W. J. Asked to explain how he arrived Stewart (Con., Toronto--Parkdale) ;ttew:rfg'&nm l:r ttl:"e:i yeats, '1'":' yesterday told the Legislature that been com uf'd te e Higure P A 'the Government had been guilty, puted from estimates of the !if not of banditry, at least of "a (Fi"e';lienr:ltihnrcom; tax pal_.i'd ilr;'Toronto i fprare * x ee years. Further ques-- dignified form of holdup without tioning brought out that his ti:ures violence" when it reduced its sub-- included income tax from corpora-- sidy to Ontario municipalities by tions which was not collectible by half a mill. s municipalities, and that some revi-- ~ 'rl:: r:,:':":'lsi:i:'::gh::;'cras:::l":' sion was required to arrive at the babble of confusion in the House (O:refl figure. , & as he was interrupted repeatedly. .'ir. Stewart clauped that llquor His charges of "treasury raiding" revenue had been increased since brought down such a chorus of dis-- 1934, "It has been increased to the approval that the Speaker was point where, I thmk..we might well forced to call for order several times 'g'a"fi""h'f j name é.ul]uorp Control before he was permitted to continue D:a:m e At ,f'"'\" 'da es Promotion He was replying to a speech in the Parimen!, _he sail. House Tuesday night by Mr. Cross. He believed the Government who made an attack on Toronto's| Should amend the system by grant-- civic administration. ing right of appeal from decisions Opening his address with a strong of the commissioner. attack on the Welfare Minister's "I believe in taxing where you description of the Toronto City can get it," said Mr. Stewart. "But | Council as a "beef trust," Mr. Stew-- I do not believe in penalizing busi-- art ran into stormy opposition from ness." the start. When Mr. Cross rose t0o | | Additional emphasis upon the \reply, Mr. Stewart refused, at first, principles and duties of citizenship to give him the floor, and there was urged upon the Department of were loud shouts of "order" from the Education. He complimented the \ Government benches. .\ Prime Minister for having launched "I won't yield," the member for a"tourist drive and for having Parkdale maintained, as the Speaker placed D. R. Oliver at the head of attempted to restore order. the Province's publicity. He ex-- "The honorable member has SUB; pressed hope that the Prime Minis--| gested 1 used unworthy remgrks. ter would renew his efforts to have : Mr. Cross said, when he had finally Ottawa, assume the responsibility of been given the floor. "I don't know guarding essential power plants and | if he's spéal"ci;\zfllor himself or as | works as a national duty. \ Parliamentary correspondent for the I Mr. Stewart believed the public |\ Evening Telegram. 1 was _ SIMP!Y | generally must assume responsibil-- kreplying to members of the Toronto 'ny for the ever increasing spending Council who used the !@"Mm" |of Governments. The public, he \banditry' in reference to this GOV* | said, seemed to be guided by 1on \ ernment's action and I have NO 'codes in doing business, one for' apologies to make for my l:?ml"ks' ' private business and one for public > "I'm quoting from The Globe and | business. Mail when 1 read the words 'u"b; |\__"Call in the heads of your depart-- uted to the Minister," Mr. SteWArl | monis» ho suggested to the Pre-- replied. "And the words reflect m; | mier. '"Take back the Budget and credit on him. When a Minist@r 0! | go jn public enterprise what you _ ~ the Crown makes unparliamentaty | would do in private business." references to people with whom NC iI .....communncommmentinss s is dealing, it doesn't do much to inspire confidence in constituted ity." w';";?;nio. the Conservative mem-- ber said, desired to live "as a good neighbor" and was willing to do its part to make Ontario a good Prov-- 'ml'Jer.xder the present Government, Mr. Stewart charged, municipalities \ were becoming little more than \"branch office collection agencies | o |\ tfor the Ontario Government, and \he warned the Legislature that it \ should not "bite the hand that feeds f | you." The Ministers were quick to \ take offense at criticism, he added, but they should face the facts.