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LOW ceciscseccerens . 7346 7.5 feet. : Published at Canada’s Most Strategic Pacific Port —- And Key to the Great Northwest 20:25. 2.1 feet VOL: XLVI, No. 286 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1957 | : , PRICE FIVE CENTS” Drop Planned In Income Tax “Immediate Cut in Excise Tax From 10 to 72 Per Cent Slated mo Canadian Press Staff Writer OTTAWA (CP)—Canada’s income tax ‘payers will benefit next year, and buyers of new cars will gain immediately, from a thinly-spread cut of $178,- 000,000 a year in federal taxes. Finance Minister Donald Flem- ing presented this tax-change program in the Commons Friday night as the realization of a Progressive Conservative clec- tion promise of tax reductions. | Opposition spokesmen immedi- ' ately charged that it fell far short of the government's ¢élec- tion ledges and bitterly attacked the 52-year-old minister for not presenting a full-fledged budget. NOT A FORMAL BUDGET Mr. Fleming's statement which he. didn’t claim to be a forma] budget speech, contained these -main -proposals: @ Personal income tax reduc- tions starting January 1 and ranging up to a maximum $30 for some taxpayers. and more for those wiih children and other dependents. This will cost the treasury $146,000,000 a year. @ A $12,000,000-a-year paring down of corporation tax rev- enues by reductions ranging to a maximunn $1,350 for companies earning over $20,009. ounte ut Estimated | 25,000,000 FBM Location of less than half ‘of the required avail- able timber and completion of property agreements are the last apparent stepping-stones to the addition of a sawmill to Prince Rupert’s industry. Mayor George E, Hills today told ‘The Daily News that con- struction of the half million dol- -\lar project “seemed to be assur- ed” following a-meeting of the Industrial Development Com- mittee last night. : F, J. G. Johnson, told the. meeting, on behalf of his as yet un-named principals, that he was confident that all the conditions “would be met early | jon of timber. in January.” _ Mr. Johnson, head of a firm of], Mr. Johnson told the commit- consulting forestry engincers in tee that plans for the sawmill Vancouver, told the committee included band-head rig, gang that negotiations with Cana-|S#¥ 4nd planer mill, all electri, dian National Railways have cally powered. been “successfully completed” Capacity of the mill was es- and the documents covering the| timated at 100,000 board feet use of the 10-acre site at the| per shift or about 25 million drydock ‘will be forwarded to| board feet per year, based on | the sawmill firm following s| Single shift operation. | CNR board meeting to be held| KILNS, CHIPPING PLANT » in January’. . Ultimate plans include the ad-: ALREADY LOCATED dition of dry kilns and = pulp; chipping plant, as well as doubl- | hy FRANK HOWARD, MP . Makes repert. The other change in personal |3 income taxes will boost the basic exemption for children and other dependents by $100. It will | 2 rise to $250 from $150 for “fam- |: ily allowance” children to agel; 16, and to $500 from $400 ‘Tor }% other dependent children and other dependents, The minister said his reduc- tions will cost the treasury $26,- 000,000 in the current fiscal year ; ending March 31, and leave him with an $80,000,000 surplus. SMALLER SURPLUS This compares with the fore- cast of a $152,000,000 surplus made by former Liberal finance] minister Walter Harris in his] . pre-clection budget last March | gos 14, and to employ entirely local la- bor. The mill itself would require about 40 men in its initial stagé with an increase to 80 -or 100 after full development. In addition considerable em- ployment is to be expecied from subsequent logging up- erations and the transperta- WILLIAM HW. MURRAY, “MLA .». Says land availabe. Mr. Fleming also announced {§ future plans to reduce taxes on estates by replacing the present |: Succession Duty Act with a new statute called the Estate Tax Act, to be introduced this ses- He referred also to the stipula- @ An immediate cut to 714, 5!0n for consideration next ses- nen. that some ee million ceerli ing the initial output of the, per cent in the 10 per cent ex- | sion. By increasing the basic ex- | . tity th sent © a ° ig mill. cise tax on new automobiles. ¢™Ption on estates left to wid- justify the enterprise”. He sai Mayor Hills, the city office and| ows and children he estimated that half of this amount hasS|the . Industrial Development | The change will total $20,000.000 ° a year. There is no change in 1957 in- | come taxes, for which taxpayersi Mr. Fleming’s announcement will file returns next ‘spring. ‘of the reduction in auto excise | vente ‘ | tax was coupled with a new dey PERSONAL TAXES DROP ‘parture in federal policy — the Mere than -half the drop in|reduction will be passed on ,to personal income tax comes from | dealers holding new cars on reducing tax.. Tatess. on: the: first | which the tax has already been $2,060 of taxable“iritomfe — the|paid. — amount on which the’ levy. is MANUFACTURERS AGREE | made after all exemptions and| A spokesman for auto manu- deductions are counted. All|facturers said they have given 4,500,000 taxpayers will benefit commitments that the tax sav- to some extent. ing will be passed on in full. That change will mean a 15-|-—Experts. estiaatadethe reduce per-cent tax saving for persons} tion will amount to $42.50 on a with taxable incomes of less | $2,500 automobile, than $1,000 and an 1Ji-per-cent The alteration in the corpora- already been located and that the balance was not expected _to cause any difficulty. : Both Mr. Johnson and Marc Gormeley, also a consulting forestry engineer who the city hired two years ago for a for- est survey, said they were con- fident. that .the timber “is. available and access'ble.” | The estimated capital cost of | Committee, assisted by William! ‘it will mean a 70-per-cent tax | H. Murray, MLA, have been ing | ‘saving on the average estate. L . é tempting for some time to bring about the realization of the jong-proposed sawmill project. Mfr. Johnson tola the commit-1!7 tee Jast night that he felt the | local. assistance he had received; wass, “astounding,” and. that without such “co-operation™ ‘He | doubted whether the decision would have been made to locate in Prince Rupert. The Industrial Development Committee was appointed some months ago by Mayor Hills fol- lowing a resolution introduced in City Council by Alderman T. N. Youngs. —Cartoon py Tom Nicoll Conservatives Seek Election | As Soon as Possible Says Frank Howard, MP Skeena, said last night the Progressive Conservative government would like to call an election as soon as possible, but only Prime | Minister John Diefenbaker-knew the-exactdate, Speaking before the Prince ' Fo . Rupert CCF Club in the Canad- | tills reported that on his recent | sentative « of his constitu a ~ , this proposed new Prince Ru- ; pert industry is from $350,000 to : $400,000 for the initial stage with ' ‘a final investment of from half ; 'a million to $650,000. fa ve -NOT LOGGING BUSINESS . Mr. Johnston stressed that the} sawmill operator “did not intend MAYOR GEORGE E. HILLS . .. Big announcement. ‘vy not saving for those in the $1,000- $2.000 bracket. A flat $30-a-year ‘cut goes to all with taxable in- comes | over $2, 000. tion income tax will widen the range of incomes on which the basic 20-per-cent tax rate ap- plies. Tax Reduction Benefits. Not Evident OTTAWA (CP) —Canadian taxpayers will not: iget the benefit of Finance Minister Fleming's person- al income tax cuts until Jan. 1, 1958. Until 1958 Expenses | Exempt OTTAWA (CP)—Trav- el and living expenses: paid to construction work-| ers living away from their homes and _ dependents will be exempt from in- to go into the logging business” and hoped to aquire all their logs , from independent local operat- ors. Chairman of the committec is Orme G. Stuart, who presided at last night’s meeting. Other members are Mayor Hills, Aller- He emphasized also that the | policy of Ins principals would be} to make all _ purchases locaily' man N., Bellis, City Clerk-Comp- troller R. W. Long, J. S. Black and E, T. Applewhaite, secretary. Land Made For Federal The provincial government has: come tax this year. made available land on Second, Avenue west so that the federal ! Available Building yvened in the International Woodworkers of America strike and refused to do so in the pulp- ‘;confidence, jan Legion Auditorium, Mr. How-: ard said the government would : not refrain from using the ‘‘flim- siest possible” excuses for an early election, and that it ac- tually would have preferred an election before this date in or- der to obtain a majority in the House of Commons. Date of polling day, however, was known to the prime minis- ter only, he said, “Mr, Diefenbaker doesn’t take his cabinet too much into his "Mr. Howard said. ON LEAVE | The Skeena MP is on Jeave from the current session of Par- ‘visit to Ottawa, Mr. Howard had ‘peen described to him as an efficent and respected repre- only by his own varty metxbers but also by cabinet ministers of the Conservative government. _ VANCOUVER @ — Mr. central Vancouver Island. Construction Ltd. STRIKERS FACING INJUNCTION — ON BUILDING INTERFERENCE Justice A, M, Manson has issued an injunction against interference by striking pulp and paper workers with construction of a mill at Port Alice, in north-- The injunction will remain in effect until hearing of an . action brought against the International Brotherhood of ' Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers, lacol 514, by Cerro and Industrial Piping and Controls Ltd. CoThis means. in turn, that tans [oc cert rere mms Binance Minister Don ald: ‘kars & : payers will apply the Income tas MARRIED WITH Fleming said jin the Commons: : government ean erect a new fed- workers strike. a Hament for a two-week tour of The mill is owned by Alaska Pine and Cellulose Co. (Hahges when filling out—in| TWO CHILDREN 16 OR Friday night that an amend-' eral building, William H, Murray, He eas that TWA Strike, tore his constituency. He will end The building companies at Port Alice claim that pulp- early = 1959--their Income tax UNDER ment to the Income Tax Act to; wh een yoy. voturned lowarbnent of labor eras sked nis Clomorrow to n renee ae sulphite union pickets have stopped construction workers from. forms for 1958, ' ' provide this cxemption will be: som’ viet le last night, fr lo mediate the issue bt both p f ‘tumine & Ottawa D entering thelr premises and that this obstruction costs them | ‘his is how the tax for 1957 $ 2,600 26 — introduced before the end of the! rom clorla last night, from y before returning to awa De- $3,450 a day. we $ 2,800 52 22 ‘conferring with provincial gov- parties involved In the dispute.|cember 15. My es tl beside \ | ~ and 1958 works ou, for persons year. “a dele ne The injunction, besides prohibiting iuterference with con £ 3,000 WW 44 ernment officlals said that while| In the case of the pulpworkers| Commenting on the strike of ' “ who are single, married with no : » reenlle } ‘Ne . struction workers, also forbids the union to ‘threaten or 5 oy Ye recalled that the former|,q price has not been fixed for{ strike Mr, Wicks told the Prince {6,000 B.C. pulp and paper work- " ‘:pendents i ied with; * 4.000 20 166 . syver tar A price has nol } ¢ ' ‘C, pulp and paper wot coerce” them Into leaving their jobs, depe ld: o and marred’ Wi) § 5,000 382 aig | Liberal kovernment started the' the land, the lots between Third| Rupert MLA that the Depart-/ers, including about 560 Prince : aeaihi ye en 19057 1958 $ 7,500 840 a7 | tax in 1957, Street and Fourth Street has|ment of Labor had offered its|Rupert members of the Inter- SINGLE $10,000 1,404 1326 | RESTORE PRACTICE been reserved “in the public in-| services and received no reply. |national Brotherhood of Pulp, |B.C. NEWS ROUNDUP § 1,500 , 5D 44 $15,000 2,948 2,042 a ‘ terest.” Mr. Murray said that he had/Sulphite and Paper Mill Work- § 2,000 W7 09 $20,000 4,978 4,862 It is my intention,” Mr. Flem-| Should the federal govern-| wired H, L. Hansen, interna-jers, Mr, Howard sald the com- & 2 500 100 166 $30,000 0,408 0,282 jing said, “to restore the practice | ment decide to buy the lots from| tional representative of the In-| panies’ refusal to back up after nem oy me t it 10 < +000 205 236 $50,000 20,002 19,048 {whieh prevailed prior to 1957, In ; He provinelal government the|{ ternational Pulp, Sulphite and workers overwhelmingly endorse ae we * wenger ener: teenager coer I seleage . ay te way will be cleared for the city} Paper Mill Workers and D. R, ed strike actlon took the union *& 3,500 240 aig arder to put this matter beyond pana $ 4,000 433 403 I lount I intend to Introduce an| fo bUy Ehe present federal build-| Blair, Pulp and Paper Industrial | by surprise, . « 5000 80: 573 S © AN] ing for a new eity hall, Relations Bureau offering his} He sald the strike vote was mer enc al § ¢ 7500 116 1086 as! ate appropriates amendment to the Such a project will mean re-| services to help bring and end held under the impression that $10,000 11752 1722 District Marine Agent N. A rome Tax Act effective fromfmoval of the Skeena Henlth| to the strike, Mr. Murray said the companies, “according to $15,000 3.442 B12 Bekelay. 1 He an rouneed (hat Ban. 1 10s7. Unit, the Museum of Northern} that only Mr, Blair had replied} @ long-established pattern,” VICTORIA @ — The B.C, Fed- A stepped-up provincial and 20,000 5547 5.507 dentt "I ut Me sions WV . rn amendments. Will] British Columbia and the pro-|saying ‘that the companies|would — continue nogotintions| eration of Labor Friday called federal works program. $30,000 10.092 10,002 | rf Der "he a0 in N th provide that If the construction] vincial government agent's} would consider his offer should] “each side giving in a little.” on the provinelal enbinet to de- $50,000 BOTY 200751 Tt Ul | Arn ott G tay, [site ds so distant that the worker | house. the need arise Mr. Howard called on wmions| clare that the unemployment] VANCOUVER @ -~ A 10 yeur $5 a entick Arm, off Green Bay, lennnot reasonably be expected| It is understood that If the ‘ and eompanios Hkewise to re-| situation constitutes an emer-| old Prince Rupert youth was MAILREED, NO C THUDREN MeN Helin Coon ‘ped to return daily to his normallelty decides to make the elty sume talks in order to settle the} gency. sentenced by Magistrate Oscar § Cee i eo am, (Dluce, of residence where he} hall a public safely building and ° strike which for four weeks now} In iis annual brief presented | Orr Friday to five months at $ 3,000 117 00 ween the hours of 10:30 am. |mointains n home In which he} include the RCMP offices and a Pair Escape has stopped production of 10/40 the cabinet, federation sald | Oukalla Prison Farm for stab- $ 9,400 v0 100- nd 4:30 parm, lives with his wife or some other] jail, then further provincial t- ' per cent of the world's news B C sl wuld call on the federal bing an Onturlo man here No- # 4,000 “Oh QN0 | seeeveveervorovervesrrorororors | onendent, thit construction nunelal ald will be forthcoming. ° ° Ant sun s news| B.C, should ¢ ; ' ne i $ $6,000 Ang 4103 \ wn ' . as 0 oni pring supply. government to Jolin In the ¢e-) vember 4, Bi N employee will not be required to] Mr. Murray said that he had i$ aural Man { $ 7.500 000 A710 ing Q umbers Include in his Income tax pur-|conferred with Labor Minister REDUCE ARMAMENT clarion, Mhe youth, Wesley Kelly, an $10,000 1174 1440 With ge fr Howard, Mp {Poses tho valuo of the free board | Lylo Wicks on the subject of the] Speelul to The Dally News Commenting on national and| ‘The federation sald) plans) apprentice | carpenter, wns 415,000 002 1088 7 skeona and Willlam HH. Mure [nd lodging or reasonable allow- pulpworkers strike and had ask-| BURNS LAKE, B.0., — School} international Issues, Mr. Toward should be implemented tmmo-|eharged with causing body 420,000 H107 Naas ray, MLA making today's draw, [@ee pald to him to cover expen} od Mr, Wieks why he had Inter- teneher Martin Epp and his{asked a halt to the “keep up diately to alleviate unemploy-| harm with intent to wound fol- 430,000 eine D 22 i ‘total of numbors had {ses of meals and lodging, ov val- semen Lothoreinelaw are recovering | with the Khrushcheva bustioss” ment, and sad it wil seck nn] lowing a souffle with Leo Ward, $50, 00 20,61 20weT | boon pluced, on tho Klks Lodge [We of travelling expenses paid PLAN PROTECTION hospital here today after they [in the armament race to allow) Other meeting with the cabinet) truck-driver from Guelph, 842 House Bingo for Crippled (PY the employer In transporting | VANCOUVER @ — Tho leade| were found suffering the effects| channelling of greater sums of | 500n bo dow) with the problom. Ont. ; —— ORMES—— Childvon miaster-card, hin to tho site. ind back homelers of Vancouver's Chinese! of eseaping propane gas in Epp’s| money Into houslng and build-| It prypposodi VANCOUVER a Mickey Today's numbers are vet nga.” population will meet Monday] home at Cheslatia Friday morn- [ing programs, @ ImMmodiato Increase In uns O'Rourke, 88, Dublinehorn white | OF il Delivery and 110, ETI nis pon ule. wrotoation for my laved pal i Lor Wi " f exprosied | himself] employment Insurance benefits, We tho eee ‘iver! ere a Numbers previousl ’ dixeuss possible protection for} The dazed palr wore discovers | strongly in iivor of wnrostrleted ny} . uy Hine « are . y ave: Welt eats Neve tte BULLET! N Brocery store operators, ed when the school bus driver| trade with Chinn, ae extension of seasonal Bone- | rtday followlnig wv Jongthy @ 0; CBOs Voy N-33; NeA4} MONTIQUAL (Thea Hist The meeting was ented Pri-| called for Epp, They were taken “Trading with oo market of Therensn In allownnces tor Winows, . CTH Webs COT, NeQhy Nod; trounced the West 2062 in the [day by Mayor Freed Hume after[to hospital vin a spocinl ferry | 600,000,000 people docan't meu @ feren pevevnesennemeng DIAL 215! Wes Oe; Nedhy Geis Qeagy | Metra annual Shrine A-Star [the slaying Wednesday of store] across Francols Lake, wo are endorsing ar recognizing | wemployed omployiblod wl-) IXON, 1.0, 0) — ROMP anid Neils (Che T, WeRds Gels Ge ni, game taday, whining Ino a [owner Lo Yung San, 62, the) Mra, Epp ds in hospital oxpect-| thelr type of government,” he} ministered by the elly, with the) Mridny i your old Mugh Doug- , Wes Vos: Nets O-G5; eat mudhath and evening the see | fourth Chinese grocer ta bel ing a child, anid, fodeml and provindial govern.| las Voughan was found dead ———DRUGS O-79 und Weld ren ata vietory uploos and [murdered in tess than three} Choalatta school, where Mr{ Tn Introduelng Mr, Howard tof monty accopting 100 por cont} with gunshot wounds In the recoveosooocoeconooroooocosooces | Hue tes YOUTH, pp tenches, ts noar Ootsa Lake.| the meeting, Mayor Gearge i! responslbility, hend Thuraday night, ' ‘ , | t / . , : ‘ i ® : PE PE TEE ECL ONY Qk et