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PAGE EIGETUN THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, EOWMANVILIZ. ONTARTO TmJR~flAY. O~TOflER 10 t 0.0 Oshawa Chazuberof Comm erce Secretary Speaks at Rotary Club Lew McConkey, Secretary-Man- ager of the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce, fired a verbal broad- aide ùt what he called "bureau- cratic gavernment" in a speech delivered to the Bowmanville Ro- tary Club at the weekly meeting, Ocober 6th. He charged that in- dividual freedom is threatened in Canada, and in the matter of in- came tax said, "'A citizen is pres- ently bound to a discretionary authority that should be revoked and replaced by clearly defined laws of equity and justice." Introduced by Bill James, Mr. McConkey claimed that taxpay- ers were subject to discrimin- atory taxing by civil servants un- \ 1 / 1 r Whai are Your Jewels Worh ? NOT THAT we really want to know but merely ta niake yau realize what you would losc If a burgiar took thezn. What protection have you against sncb lass? Adequate Burglary Insurance Viii iin- demnify you If they are stolen. Siari R. James INSURANCE - REAL ESTATEI 'Phone: Office 681. Res. 4931 Klng Street, Bowmanvllle J der the directions of a Minister whosc "emergency" powers should have been returned ta the parlia- ment ai Uic people subsequent ta World War IL "1h hiscantrary ta the acoeptcd principles under wbich we live," he stated, "ta give ta any persan Lew McConkey pow;er ar authority over either the liberty or the property ai the citizen exccpt by due process ai law." He inferred if such a per- san does gain autbority, derno- cratic process bas came ta an end. From the Magna Carta ta the present day, ail charters ai lib- erty have stressed twa things; liberty, and freedom from arbi- trary arrest and imprisonment; secondly. the protection ai prop- erty from confiscation except by duc process ai law which would mean taxation levied by consti- tutional authority. "«It is the purpose ai tbis talk," Mr. McConkey said, "To show how the Canadian Pariament bas abandoned this principie in re- spect ai the property af its citi- zens ty giving ta officiais abso- lute and arbitrary powers ai con- fiscation through the mnedium ai the incarne tax." He said be was aware that dur- ing the war, vast powers were handed over ta the Gavernment as a means ai doping with a na- tional emergency. In effect, tbey wielded a power over the "lives and property af indîviduals."1 But it was intended that these spe- cific cmergency powers would be USED CARS 1938 CHEVROLET COACH - New Car Condition. 1938 PONTIAC COACH - New Paint - Runs Good. 1934 OLDSMOBILE COACH - 1 Motor Recently Overhauled. 1932 BUICK SEDAN - Reasonable. 1939 FARGO Half-Ton PICK-UP - Needs Some Work. 1929 NASH COUPE - Cheap. Phone Port Perry 197r23 SNOOKS' AUTO SALES Blackstock .~HEATEE * EOWMAN VILLE FRIDAY - SATURDAY - OCT.- 20 - 21 2 INTERESTING SHORTS COLOR CARTOON 'T.23 -24 -25 »?WARNER BRoS. V 'SILVER LNIN& ' c ~- <SWEETHEARTS 0' SHINE AGANM V JUNE HAVER - GORDON ii~Jv1A ath aver every CaÏnadian-lus- ncas." The speaker ciaimed thcy >uld disailow evcry item ai ex- anse af evcry Canadian company rid inierrcd that if this power vere wiclded ta the full 'ery business in Canada could )e caniiscatcd ta, the State by the cercise ai the dlscrctionary paw- 's granted ta officiais in the In- ome Tax and Exccss Profit Tax cta. "Imagine such powers in he bands af a ruthless Gavern- ent," he said, 1' a CGovernment ýenly cornmitted ta, the aban- lnment ai ail the constitutional afeguards which havt been bit- ery fought for and pl eserved for 'nturics. Wc speak o! democ- acy," he cantinued, We say wve ought te preserve it. Have sucb ewers any place à ( a dcmoc- acy?" P9 Powers Obtalned ln War According ta Mr. McConkcy, lcretianary powcrs were sought nd obtained then expanded and aultiplled during the cmergency returned ta thefr rightful, wleld. ers, the Canadian Parliament." A Wàr-Thmo Measure "The Canadian Incarne Wai Tax wa . . . a war-time measure,' said Mr. McConkey. Enacted ir r1917 durlng World War 1, its pro. visions were enormousiy expand. ed during the recent world con. flict. In 1939 total Income tax revenue was approximatcly 134 millioi dollars, he told Rotarians, whilE current tax collections are lin the nelghbourhood of 1,500 milliai dollars. Mr. McConkey cited these factç for Uic purpose of indicating the growing importance of the Can- adian incame tax system intheb lufe of .our nation. He said UierE is a growing need af constant vig- ilance and thrift to maintain this system as an equitable instru. ment of taxation and prevent Il from, remaining or becoming an instrument af bureaucratic opý pression. He said thc Incarne War Tax Act gives Uic Minister of Nation- ai Revenue power of the Act. He contrais the management and collection ai taxes and is empaw- ered ta make regulations neces- sary for carrying the Act intc effect. Mlnlster Assifna Power In actual practice, these pow- ers are delegated ta his Deputy Minister and through hirn variaus afficials, from inspectars ta lesser clerks. arc given discretionary pawers over questions that amang other Uiings, include depreciation, bad debta and Uic amount of ai- lowablc expenses. "In bath the Incarne War Tax and Excess Profits Tax Acta there are over anc hundred instances af discrctionary power-. exercis- able by Tax officiais," the speak- er sald. He said, considering ex- pressions uscd in Uic Act which include: "Power to determine; The Minister shahl be Uic judge; The Minister may allow or The Minister shall not be bound by any return or information . . . or if no return has been made, The Minister may determine the amaunt af the tax ta be paid by any persan," the Minister af Na- tianal Revenue is ail powerful. The speaker inierred' if this section means what it says wc can, in effect, scrap the Act com- pleteiy because in any circum- stance thc Minister has absciutc Power ta determine Uic amount ai tax ta be paid by any anc per- son. "The phrases that are used in these grants af power make it clear that Uic sole criterion for actian under them shall be the opinion ai the Mînister-in prac- ice, Nis Deputy and other officiais -and nat principles ai law."1 In the Acts referred to abave, Mr. McCankey said, 'Many parts are contrary ta aii accepted principles ai British .aw." He singied out the pawcr of confiscation given ta civil ser- vants without recourse ta the citi- zen or ta the Courts. Illustration of Powers Referring ta a testimonial giv- en by the then Deputy ai Nation- al Revenue for Taxation hast year, M'r. McConkey said "Assessments of incarne tax werc Increased by officials ai his department aver he amounts declarcd by taxpay- ers in their returns by 38 million dollars." He said this created a situation where tax laws were outright and arbitrarily enacted, nat by Parliament who shouid nake ail laws, but by -Govern- nent officials. The effects ai the enactments, ccording ta Uic speaker, is ta drain from Canadian taxpayers millions ai dollars ai taxes in ad- ditian ta the amaunts ta which they or their accountants and uditars believed themsclves hi- abe an Uic basis ai the incarne taxing statutes. Mr. McConkey quoted a case judgement in the Exchequer Court ai Canada ta illustrate Uic wceping pawer granted by Parliament ta "these administra- tive afficers." He tald ai a camp- ny wha paid their president a salary af $7,000 per annurn, yct, Income Tax officiais decreed that nly $5,000 ai that could be charged as an aperating expense. The campany in question appeal-l ai war. It was urged they were necessary for quick. efficient anc effective collection ai taxes tc meet the desperate conditions ai war. "Yet now, in peace," he saîd, "no effective steps are being taken by Parliarnent ta take away from officiais the ernergency powers which were given ta theni for the erncrgency af war." The speaker said a special cam- mittee ai thc Canadian Senate was appointed approximateiy ane year ago ta examine the pro- visions and working ai incarne taxing acts. He said briefs, se- vcrely condemning the arbitrary pawcrs possessed by incarne tax officals, wcre submitted for their perusal by many national argan- izations. These organizations de- manded they be curbcd and elim- inated. It was suggcsted that those which could not be effect- tively eliminated, be handled tby an independent appeai tribunal which wouid have the power ta review ail exercise ai discretion- ary authority by the Minister and bis officiais. "The Senate Committec accept- cd these views,?' be said. They recammended the establishment ai a Board af Tax Appeals which sbould te entirely divorced frorn and independent ai the contrai af the Departrnent ai National Revenue. They also recommend- ed that more than anc bundrêd discretionary powers given in the incarne taxing statutes, namin- alIy ta the Minister but actuaily ta the Dcputy Minister and bis officiais, should' te subi cc ta immediate effective and conclu- sive review by a judicial tribunal. Stront Objections Voiced "Mr. Fraser Elliott, the former Deputy Minister for Taxation, Mr. McCankcy stated, "strongly abjected ta such an encroacbment on bis pawers and those ai bis of- ficiais. with the resuit that bis views prevailed instead ai the recommendations ai the special comrnittee. The Gavernment did, bowever, agree ta the ap- paintment ai an Incarne Tax Ap- peal Board but refused ta give te that Board thb power ai review over the exercise ai discretionary authority. It set up "a so-calcd Incarne Tax Advisory Board," in- stead. Mr. McConkey tald Rotarians that two Boards were now in op- FANILY BO0x A re al bargain in Boxed Staiionery 100 sheets of paper and 50 envelopes Only 49c Sec our special in Children's Hankies 3 for 25c J. W. JEWELL «BIG «'20» 27 King St. W-. fowmnvile PHONE 556 eeration-one, an Appeal Board 1 baving fia jurisdiction or right aio review in respect ai the exer- fcisc af discrctionary power; the cother an Advisory Board wbich b> as the power ta bear only wbat i he taxpayer bas ta say but bas ia outhority ta revoke or amend ithe decision ai the Minister, bis Deputy or other officiais in thc *exercise ai their discretionary pawers. Hence, the Minister af National Revenue, bis Deputy Minister for cTaxation and through bim, in- »spectars, assessors, collectors and r clerks retain intact and unimpair- ethe more than anc bundred dscretionary powers cantained in thc Incarne and Excess Profits Tax Acts. Government Ib Bureaucratie Tn respect ta Incarne Tax in Canada, in the opinion ai the speaker, there is bureaucratie do- mination not equalied or ap- praached in -any other English speaking country in the world. Parliament merely sets the gen- eral rates ai the tax; in almost ail other matters, the Canadian taxpayer and Canadian business, in law, arc at the mercy ai the uncontrolied arbitrary and fluc- tuating decisions ai incarne tax officiais. It is not s0 much a matter ai wbether these powers are being exercised today fairly, equally, generausly or in a reasonable or enlightened manner. "It is, firstly," be said, "a matter ai whether or flot in this vast field af taxation which is 'now emerg-' ing, nameiy the incarne tax, the taxpayer will continue ta be sub- ject ta an endless series afi mdi- vidual decisions by officiais based on departrnental rulings and se- cret directives or whether on the other band, wc will be cnabled ta build up in Canada a systern ai incarne tax law tased on prin- cipie and precedent. It is in truth," Uic speaker isaid, "the issue ai bureaucracy or thc right ai law." The freedom ai thc citizen is at stake, be said in conclusion. He is now bound ta a discretion- ary authority that should bc re- vaked and replaced by clearly de- fined laws ai equity and justice. Speaker Thankcd The speaker was thanked for a speech in ,ýhich "You gave us a- lot ta think about," according ta L. W. Dippeil. "I'vc always been told we have the test system in the world," b e said, "Maybe wc have, maybe we baven't. At any rate wc thank you for speaking ta us.' In the absence ai President Jack Eastaugh, Past President Walter DeGeer conveyed the thanks ai the club ta Mr. Mc- Conkey. Lamne Doreen received flowers on bis birthday; Gardon Camp- bell, Oshawa, and Owen Nicholas, Bawmanville, were gucsts. Jonn James led the regular sing-sang and Dave Morrison presided at Uic music box as usual. That Appeal For Pecice By Lewis Miiligan It is anc ai the easiest things in the world ta get the average per- son ta sign a petition for whàt ap- pears ta be a gaod cause, and what better cause couid there tbe in these days than the preserva- tion af world peace? It is there- fore not surprising that 87 Can- adian clergymen bave put their signatures ta the Peace Petiition circulated by Uic Canadian Peace Congress. The wonder is that sa few signed it, for there are sorne f ive thousand clergymen in Canada. One ai those who sign- ed thc petition was no less a personage than ttc Rev. A. J. Wilson, D.D., Edîtor ai The Unit- ed Church Observer, the officiai argan ai that denornination. But be bas since corne ta regret it, and bas made an open confession ai his mistake in a letter ta Uic Montreal Gazette, which he bas rcproduccd in an editorial in ttc Observer. Dr. Wilson says be signed ttc petition in good faith, as its state- ment was "ane ta whicb any peace lover might honcstly subscribe." "However," te continues, "'a day or two aiter I signed it, ta rny consternation, rny picture was published under a six-colurn banner heading in thc Toronto Cornmunist paper, The Canadian Tribune. This demonstrated a clo5e tic-up betwceen the spon- sors af the petition and the Com- munists ... Had I known ai the tic-up between the petitioners and the Comrnunists ... I would ccr- tainly bave bad nothing wbatever ta do with it." Dr. Wilson con- cludes by warning "ministers and members ai the Church wtat tbey may expect if their passion for peace should lead them, as it led us, ta sign the peace petition, wbich is being wideiy circulated and bas corne ta be known as the 'Stockholm Appeal'." How anyone acquainted with current newsîpu1d have been de- ceived -by this petition is hard to understand, for it bas had wide publicîty and was circulated in Canada by an organization pro- moted by Communists and their fellow travellers. The president of the Canadian Peace Congress is Rev. James Endicott, D.D., a former United Church missionary in China who espoused the cause af the Communists in that coun- try, and who recently went to Moscow where he was received with open arms, and wherc he made a speech in which he sland- ered his native country and re- peated Soviet charges of war mongering against Canada and the United States. 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But he was nat deceived by the Peace Campaign, and when he was asked to sign the petitian be rciused, upon which a Soviet newspaper published a cartoon showing him tripping from the Peace Canference ta the War Camp because a cunning Uncie Sam is offering bim a piece ai gold. In a letter ta The New Statesman, a Socialist journal, Mr. Priestly refers ta this cartaan as follows: "It is like a large Al- satian rebuking an old tabby cat for ita iferce, aggressivc quali- tics." He pointa out that while the Soviet leaders talk peace, "they neyer behave as if Uiey wanted it. 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