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     Civil Serviced Mentality 
     
     Charged To Government | 
     
    
   
   
    
     Leader. Diefenbaker. said Mon- 
     
     day the Liberal government has 
     
     & “civil service mentality” that 
     
     is. more interested in adminis- 
     
     trative. efficiency than in nd- 
     
     vidual freedom. 
     
     He called a provision in the 
     
     Oe ca ee bill 
     
     w possi snooper 
     
     legislation” ever brought be- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ¥ 
     
     ‘The procedure would be for 
     
     the health department to ask 
     
     the revenue department to ver- 
     
     ify information given to it. 
     
     Tom Barnett (NDP-—Comox- 
     
     Alberni) complained that the 
     
     bill said one thing and the min- 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     he2ith department officers to 
     
     check a person's inicome tax to 
     
     determine whether the taxpayer 
     
     Qualifies for supplementary old 
     
     age pension payments. . 
     
     Mr. Diefenbaker said that the 
     
     revenue department wouldn't 
     
     it such examination of 
     
     American General Insur- 
     
     ance Co. tax returns when ques- 
     
     tions were raised about {-. 
     
     “Twenty thousand policyhold- ; 
     
     @s got skinned because the gov- | 
     
     ernment wouldn't act.” he said | 
     
     referring to the. financial. col- 
     
     lapse of the company. 
     
     EOLLOWED BOOK 
     
     “In the case of North Amert- 
     
     in, the: government “stood by 
     
     the letter’ of the law prohibit- 
     
     img. examination of income tax 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     it written into the legislaion. 
     
     Lloyd Crouse (PC — Queens- 
     
     Lunenburg) said that if infor-. 
     
     mation contained in income tax 
     
     returns was to be made known 
     
     fer purposes of the guaranteed 
     
     income, what would prevent the 
     
     government in future making it 
     
     available for other purposes? 
     
     It was a departure from the 
     
    
   
   
    
     Alberton, Tignish Get 
     
     Senior Housing Loans 
     
    
   
   
    
     CAPITAL BUREAU 
     
     OF THE GUARDIAN 
     
     OTTAWA — Federal loans for 
     
    

    
     person’s housing pro- 
     
    
   
   
    
     |posed legislation te prevent 
     
     experience | such disclosures. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ter‘said, it was better to have | 
     
    
   
   
    
     that a pensioner’s. application 
     
     was invalid if income tax re 
     
     zurns were not introduced. 
     
     There was nothing in the pro- 
     
    
   
   
    
     Income Tax Act wouldn't per- 
     
     mit t. B% 
     
    

    
     Instead, the welfare depart- 
     
     ment would ask the revenue de- 
     
     partment to confirm: that infor- 
     
     mation on a pensioner’s 
     
     tion as related to 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     _ By BENNETT M. BOLTON 
     
     VATICAN CITY ‘AP)—Pope 
     
     Paul has begun a busy round 
     
     of holiday activity that will cli- 
     
     tiax in northern Italy with a/ 
     
     stained 
     
    
   
   
    
     are in- Rome for a 
     
     Christmas audience. Friday. 
     
     “Church and civic ‘authorities 
     
    
   
   
    
     six feet Nov. 4. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Prudential Difficulties Tip 
     
     Claimed Of No Value By Sharp. 
     
    
   
   
    
     “OTTAWA.‘CP)—Finance Min- 
     
     ister Said Monday Tor- 
     
     ento accountan: William Gruber 
     
     gave no advance information of 
     
     value .to the federal insurance 
     
    

    
     t about the financial 
     
     froubles of Prudential Finance 
     
     Gorp 
     
    
   
   
    
     “Mr. Sharp, under fire for not 
     
     ac ing to avert the Prudential 
     
     group’s collapse, told the Com- 
     
     mons . Gruber refused even 
     
     to-divul name of the com- 
     
    

    
     ny in# January visit to the 
     
     ‘insurance department's Toronto 
     
     ‘Office. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     seached the conclusion that he 
     
     Was referring to Prudential Fi- 
     
     gance, which later went .bank- 
     
     gupt along with four subsidi- 
     
     aries. 
     
    
   
   
    
     persons, Under discussion 
     
     is the question of whether to 
     
     keep the crowd to a minimum 
     
     the .midnight mass or let it 
     
     filled to capacity. 
     
    

    
     Pope will first go to the 
     
     Croce (Holy Cross) Basil- 
     
    
   
   
    
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     . The November 
     
     particularly severe 
     
     maging homes of thou- 
     
     ho still line up daily to 
     
     and water. The flood 
     
     ined many precious Ren- 
     
    
   
   
    
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     part of the $1, 
     
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     many countries for 
     
     relief. 
     
    

    
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     back at the Vatican 
     
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     Opposition Leader Diefen- 
     
     baker accused Mr. Sharp. of 
     
     “artful dodging’ and called for 
     
     an investigation of the- eollapse 
     
    
   
   
    
     by a Commons committee. 
     
    
   
   
    
     a densely-populated poor | 
     
    
   
   
    
     works in they 
     
    
   
   
    
     the Old Age Security / 
     
     with his income tax form. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
       
     
            
     
    
   
   
    
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     The fimance minister made no | tax will be red 
     
     : 9 Ss re | special tobacco and aleobe! | after April 1, 1968. 
     
     ae ,OUNCI Ss S$ HALIFAX (CP) — The wes-|levies or import duties. unchanged. ages 
     
     ther office said night | The higher tax takes the form was ce 
     
     age : that Prince Edward Island and | of increasing to $240 2 year the | PRESSURE oe > 
     
     most of Nova Scotia would es-|presest $1%a-year maximum | Mr. Sharp 4 “ 
     
     cape the brunt of # storm which on the amounts taxpayers pay | Sidered whether 
     
     threatened to dump heavy drift- |im the current four-per-cent old | “ate economy 
     
     ing snow on the area. - lage security tax om incomes. | Simelus or. 
     
     | However, Cape Breton Island | The increase affects ali those | U'e* #t this time, and dey 
     
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     Shipbuilding to build twin op- 
     
     erational ships. 
     
     i Prime Pearson 
     
    
   
   
    
     few days. — 
     
    

    
     A federal-provincial confer- 
     
     ence agreed on the need- for 
     
     compulsory disclésure of the 
     
     true cost-of loans by all 
     
     money-lenders. 
     
    

    
     Finance Minister Sharp said 
     
     no information of value was 
     
     given the gévernment about 
     
     Prudential Fi  thoebila 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     -before its recent collapse. 
     
    
   
   
    
     While the minister was “play- 
     
     were going to have their insur- 
     
    
   
   
    
     sult of the collapse. 
     
     He said Mr. Sharp's state- 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     INSIDE TODAY 
     
    
   
   
    
     Island news ‘ 2 
     
     Summerside assent 3 
     
     Demths «2... cdkwe siete. 3 
     
     Editorials ..~ ....is.-- 4 
     
     Kings, Queens, City 5 
     
    
   
   
    
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     COE ie ikeee 0-48 17 
     
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     ment produces a mystery within 
     
     a mystety. The fact remained 
     
     that nothing was done by fed- 
     
     eral authorities and- Mr. Sharp 
     
     now tried to duck the responsi- 
     
     bility, 
     
    

    
     He asked whether it is true 
     
     that Mr. Gruber provided infor- 
     
     mation on five other bankrupt- 
     
     cies to the ‘federal superin- 
     
     tendent of bankruptcies, and 
     
     whether the government re 
     
     ceived’ any letter from Mr. 
     
    

    
     ber dated Nov. 2. - 
     
     . Sharp said the federal fi- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ing” around,” 20,000 pi a 
     
    
   
   
    
     ance policies cancelled as a re- ey 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     - MPS ATTEND HUNGER: LUNCH 
     
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