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Thirteen of the 14 members of the Shorgas Ltd., division of Local 161, International Che- mical Workers Union, voted to take strike action against the company Monday in a dispute ta Shorgas Lid. Workers Out get together with the company but the only reply was that the company was "too busy' to lk with the union. DOUBTS ALLEGATION r J. C. Lowe, Shorgas Ltd., Ohe Os hawa Tines SECOND SECTION OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1962 PAGE NINE ; ROTARY CLUB OF OSHAWA HONORS CIVIC LEADERS which hinges around wages and working conditions. Shorgas is a subsidiary com- pany of Consumers' Gas, which delivers propane gas to outly- ing areas where natural gas lines are not available. 5 CENTRES AFFECTED . Workers in Whitby, Peterbor- ough, Haliburton, Lindsay and Brighton are affected by the strike, Chemica] Workers In- ternational Representative Tho- mas W. Sloan, of Whitby, said today. Mr. Sloan said Local 161 cov- ers all Consumers' Gas employ- ees and the 14 striking mem- bers are the members of the Shorgas division of the local union. sales manager said this morn- ing he was not aware of any attempt to resume talks _be- tween the union and company Monday and said he "doubted very much that uniom<spokes- men were told the. company was 'too busy to talk'."" According to Mr. Lowe com- pany negotiators received the conciliation. board's report and were awaiting discussions with the union when the next thing they knew the men were on strike. Issuing a company st:.tement Mr. Lowe said: "Members. of Local 161, International Chemi- cai Workers union, employed by Shorgas Ltd. to distribute pro- THE OSHAWA JUNIOR Chamber of Commerce honor- ed one of Oshawa's Police constables at a dinner meet- ing in Hotel Genosha Monday night. Vic Brookes, traffic safety chairman of the Jay- cees, is seen at left as he presented a suitably engraved | Tane in recognition of his work with school children dur- ing the past two years as Traffic Safety Officer for Osh- awa Schools. --Oshawa Times Photo According to the International Representative all 13 voted, by secret ballot, in favor of strike action against the company. The 14th eligible voter, he said, was not present when the vote was taken. TO CONTINUE SERVICE pane. gas and to provide ser- vices to customers in south- eastern Ontario today went on strike without notice to the com- pany." However, he said "Shorgas Among the guests at the] lui Joseph Anthony DesRoches, 201 Nassau street, Oshawa, was fined $25 and costs or 10 days in jail when he pleaded guilty in Oshawa Magistrate's Court Monday, to a theft charge. The accused admitted taking a dispenser of hand lotion and a dog brush worth a total of $4 from Loblaws Groceteria in the Shopping Centre, Dec. 23. DesRoches said he had been drinking at the time. billfold to Constable William aes ' Talks between the union and/Ltd. will continue to supply e . | H company began last May but/propane to its customers and P Att t d | Jaycees onor the company failed to offer any|vontinue to provide services as roper 1 u e . annual improvement factorjusual". ' S { Oft wage 'increase despite a con-| A union spokesman said the a e 1cer ciliation board recommendation|men are seeking a_ reduction ad _,|handed down Dec. 28, that wor-|in the work week from 42 to een river ' ee The Oshawa Jaycees paid|kers be given a four-cent-an-|30 hours, 10 cents an hour pay Poon i es ee increase the first year ofjincresse and clarification on The blame for a high pro-,spced, the way to park, how\Qshawa Police Department, for a a a er four- rary ae eer - portion of accidents occurring|they change lanes. Some people|his outstanding work in promot- ond y f th : 4 " "nd ue nt 8 ef on the highways was placed onjinsis' on their rights, he said, |ing traffic safety among school | gi wet iS CORA, Fs. eee hi the attitude of drivers by Louis|but they don't stop to think how|children, He was a guest at the| paren ; i JORSt nes Wen. Set UND M. Hodgson, of the Ontario De-|they could avoid an accident.|Jaycees' dinner meeting atl. marry X60, president of Lo- around the Shorgas Plant on partment of Transport. Mr.| The department of transport\Hotel Genosha, age said Monday the union) Victoria street, Whitby, plant, Hodgson was speaking dt alnas now launched a campaigni Constable Tane, as a cate ae ie two separate efforts to'Monday. meeung of the Oshawa Junior|to j in prove winter driving,|officer, has been active instruct-| Chamber of Commerce at Hotel!alarmed by the excessive num- ing school children and organ-| Genusha Monday night. ber of accidents occurring injizing safety patrols for eae! Rotar Host To He is safety promotion officer|the province. time. Some tangible evidence| V of the' Ontario Department of} mr. Hodgson referred to the/of success on his part lies in| pert ww Safety|smith System" for safe driv-|thé fact that accidents involv-| . ' ranch. He rates as an expertiing, developed by the Fordjing school children have been| on traffic safety and is a well/Motor Company: Aim high in|reduced to two during the last! 150 Civic Leaders known speaker on this subject./steering, see the big picture,|school term so far. | "People refuse to acceptikcep your eyes moving, make} Jaycee Vic Brooks, traffic) More than 150 public spirited)The contribution being made to responsibility as being a part|sure others see' you, and leave|safety committee chairman, | citizens, who serve. their muni-|the community by the Rotary of the accident problem," Mr./yourself an out. [presented Constable Tane with|cipalities as elected or appointed|Club is much appreciated. Hudgson said. sate a wallet as a token of appreci-/members of civic board and! During the meeting a tele- He felt that many regard ation of the Oshawa Jaycees. |commissions, were guests of the|/gram was received from Ex- trariic safety as dependent on| Stole Dog Brus Thanking the Jaycees for|Rotary Clubs of Oshawa at its|Mayor A. Gordon Davis, now| & only one of several categories. jtheir - gesture Constable Tane|annual Civic Day Luncheon|of Trenton, expressing regret at| They leave themselves out of the » | said: Monday at Hotel Genosha. |his inability to attend. | icture. But we are all involved, F ¢ "We are glad to have clubs! | it | d 94 causd on te rom roceteria i behind thel n extending a welcome to the sponsibility lies with everyone.) Mr. Hodgson felt that anyone who would be taught a proper attitude when learning to drive would have less chance of an accident. "We want to develop among drivers a conscientious attitude that will make them better drivers,' he said. He pointed out that drivers express their attitude on the road in various ways, such as Six Months Brian Humphrey Luke, 20, 20) Avenue street, Oshawa, was sentenced to six months in the Ontario Reformatory when he| appeared for sentence Monday in Oshawa Magistrate's Court. Luke pleaded guilty to charges of breaking and entering and} theft of money and clothing| from Dunn's Tailors, King street east, Dec. 31. A total of $138 was stolen from the till to- gether with three overcoats, valued at $110. Questioned by Crown Attor- ney Bruce Affleck about hav- ing been deported from the U. S. recently, the accused ad- mitted he had and explained it was only because he had re- mained longer than his visa permitted. Major Simpson, of the Salva- tion Army, at Whitby, speaking on the youth's behalf, asked the court to suspend sentence and release the accused in his care. Magistrate Frank S. Ebbs or- dered the accused to co-operate with the Salvation Army when he is released from the reform- atory. Ralph Thomas Harrison, 19, 1514 Lakeshore avenue, was re- manded to Friday, Jan. 12, when he pleaded not guilty to the same charges and asked time to be represented by coun- sel. Driver Is Jailed Cecil francis Postill, 45, of Prince Albert, was sentenced to seven days in the county jail, when he pleaded guilty in Osh- awa Court Monday to a drunk driving charge. The accused was arrested af- ter he was involved in a rear- end collision on Simcoe street north at Greta street, Dec. 8. A police officer testified the ac- cused's car had run into the back of another car which had stopped to discharge a passen- ger. The officer said the ac- cused staggered 'all over the road' when he got out of his car. In addition to the jail sen- tence, Postill's car was im- nded for three months and is driving licence was sus- pended for one year. SPECIAL SPEAKER Pastor Ernest Winter, asso- ciate minister of Calvary Baptist Church, who is to be the preacher for the Week of Prayer service to be held this evening in the St. Paul's Presbyterian Crurch. The theme is '"'The Light of the World". s|Whitby Area. y.ithat the present fee of $5 be ke the Jaycees jwork we are doing." Business Fee Is Doubled Four motions were approved \by East Whitby Township Council at its first 1962 meet- ing Monday at Columbus. A motion that required lengthy debate dealt with the subject of raising the fee for the issuing of licences for oper- ation of a business in the East It was decided raised to $10 for the present year. A motion was passed stating that the Commercial Blanket Bond for township employees, as outlined in the amount of $10,000 collectively, be at a pre- mium of $89.10 annually. It was also moved and car- jried that the township assume the total cost of hydro for the {township owned house and of- fice. | The council decided that the treasurer be instructed to trans- fer the amount of $21,200, which is in the Capital Tax account, to the current account. CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS Congratuiations and best wishes to the following resi- dents of Oshawa and district who are celebrating their birthdays today: Patti Fice, 147 Easthaven. Phone 723-3474. guests, Charles Lancaster, the| club president, commented there} are 22 appointed and elected) bodies in Oshawa whose mem-| bers give a great deal of time) and effort on behalf of their} ow citizen The first recognition of this! service to the community was) given by the Rotary Club some! 30 years ago. Since then many services had been added and new board and commissions ncheon were Howard Smith,) Ted Middlemass, R. D. Hum-| phreys, QC: Douglas Fisher, Douglas Courtney, and Graham Coulter, all of Oshawa; Town Clerk John R. Frost and In- dustrial Commissioner Lawrence Cond, of Whitby. Rotarians George Bevin, Dr. John H. Wail, William David- son, Charles Stafford, Rev. Stan- ley Armstrong and John Bur- tinsky, all of Whitby. formed. It was an honor and a privi- lege for Rotary to recognize the many public spirited citizens who are serving Oshawa, he said. HEAD TABLE GUESTS Among those at the head table were His Honor Judge Alex C, Hall, Crown Attorney Bruce Affleck, Her Worship Mayor Christine Thomas, Ex- Mayor Frank N. McCallum, Ald. Norman Down, Ex-Mayor Lyman A. Gifford, Hon. Michael Starr, a former mayor; Ex- Mayor W. J. Naylor, T. D. Thomas, MLA; L. R. Barrand, city clerk; Ald. Walter Branch and Ald. E. F. Bastedo, chair- man of the club's Civie Affairs Committee. Speaking on behalf of the city, Mayor Thomas expressed ap preciation to the service club on behalf oi the elected and appointed representatives as well as members of the civic staff. She also voiced appreciation of the work the club is doing for crippled children and: the Golden Age Club. This work, She said, is more valued than Al F D 1961, compares 1960; $130,420.06 in 1958. 1957 aud previous years, 218.59; 1961, $22,013.97. Tax Receipts Rre Larger The tax collector's report, presented at Monday's meeting of the East Whitby Township Council, showed that collections of taxes were than ever before. larger in- 1961 Taxes collected to Dec. 31, totalled $188,661.51. This with $154,246.97 in $136,350.47 in 1959 and The figures for unpaid taxes for the respective periods were $22,013.97, and $9,494.43. $15,926.57, $13,356.97 Arrears of taxes as at Jan. 1962, are as follows: For nil, or 1958, $632.95; for 1959, $1,- for 1960, $3,455.45; for Buuilding permits issued to ec. 31, 1961, totalled $294,- 425.00 as compared with $309,- 150.00 in the previous year. the actual dollars and cents ex- pended. AID APPRECIATED The cty, Mayor Thomas con- tinued; is what the men and women who live here make it. (CP)--Mrs. celebrating ler 102nd birthday, said "a long, healthy life is a blessing from the Almighty." S™PLE REASON GALIANO ISLAND, B.C. Elizabeth Cottrell, OSHAWA FIRE FIGHTERS' ASSOCIATION NAMES EXECUTIVE The Oshawa Fire Fighters' Association this week electéd its 1962 executive. William Wi'son, the new president, is seen seated at centre flanked by Vice-President Al. Harper, left, and Immediate Past President William Tweedie. t v Standing, from left, are Joe Garrett, secretary; Ted But- ton. director; Vern. Johnson, director and Al. Vickers, reasurer. Gordon Brough was absent when the picture was taken. i tions which can and should re- more effective administration, MORE THAN 150 men and women who contribute to the civic life of Oshawa through membership on elected and appointed boards and com- missions were honored Mon- day when the Rotary Club of Oshawa held its 32nd Civic Day Luncheon. Seen in the upper picture, from left, are Charles Lancaster, president of the service club; Her Wor- IMPLEMENTS POLICY Smooth implementation of} civic policies, once initiated and co - ordinated by the policy- makers, may be attained by a skilled, permanent administra- tive senior staff headed by a permanent chief executive of- ficer, said a Montreal public administration consultant Mon-| day. Speaking at the Rotary Club of Oshawa's 32nd annual Civic Day Luncheon, Thomas J. Plun- kett said many. cities have ap- pointed chief executive officers "in the persons of city mana- gers, city commissioners or city |administrators'" as a means of providing "continuous and per manent executive direction and administrative leadership." SERVICES LISTED If he does his job well, says Mr. Plunkett, he will render the following services to the muni- cipality: 1. Relieve the council of much administrative detail and thus permit the council to devote its time more effectively to its pri- mary task of establishing policy. 2. Establish an overall point ment of administrative opera- sult in greater co-ordination, elimination of duplication and better overhead management. 3. Provde uniform and mo- dern practices with respect to personnel, management, pur- chasing, budgeting and other auxiliary services, 4. Furnish greater simplicity in organizational structure, thus facilitating better control and accountability. Continued Mr. Plunkett:} "When a city appoints a per-| manent municipal chief! executive officer, it generally] delegates to him the responsi- bility for supervising and direct- ing (subject to the general policies of the municipal council) the affairs of the city and the work that it authorizes to be carried out. AUTHORITY OUTLINED "He is usually given authority to: 1. Exercise day-to-day control over all officers and personnel employed by the municipality. 2. Submit whatever recom- | | council that he may think ne-| administration of local affairs. | 3. Attend all meetings of the| municipal council with the right to make any suggestions he may| --Oshawa Times Photo deem necessary. of view with respect to managee- never have the right to vote, emphasized the speaker). 4. Prepare the annual budget for council approval; administer it once it is approved. RESPONSIBLE TO COUNCIL Mr. Plunkett underlined this fact -- a chief executive officer cannot be expected to answer to individual members of the council. "His responsibility is to the whole council (or to apparatus council may. desig- nate). and he must be insistent on this point," he warned. He said the chief' executive officer alone is responsible for enforcement of all bylaws and regulations, execution of council policies and major administra- tive decisions, and the general supervision of all departments and agencies. Department heads and other officers of the municipality are directly responsible and accoun- table to this chief executive of- ficer, he said. Their reports, recommendations and _ sugges- tions are submitted to him and he submits them to council with his comments if necessary. This chief executive officer assumes an important obligation in providing the council with full information concerning any phase of administrative activity. He should 'do ths by means of regular and special reports to council, question sessions at council meetings and informal meetings. DOES NOT SET POLICY How much success the chief executive officer may have is dependent upon the following things says Mr. Plunkett: 1, The extent to which the chief executive officer can win the confidence and respect of the council. "First and foremost, this is the sole object," stressed the former Beaconsfield, Que., city manager. "While he is respon- sible for day-to-day administra- tion, it must be emphasized that he does not decide municipal policy. This is the perogative of the council "The policy-making element is provided by councillors by virtue of their knowiedge of the prob- lems confronting the people they were elected to represent. "Theirs is the difficult task about these problems. When responsible politicians in the lyeht of what they consider to e in the public interest, their successful implementation then (He should/depends on the skill of the chief!sponsibilities, ship Mayor Christine Thomas, Thomas Plunkett, Montreal public administration consult- ant, who was the speaker; and Ald. E. F. Bastedo, chair- man of the club's civic affairs City Manager Scheme Seen Aid To Oshawa executive officer and his admin- istrators. MAY RECOMMEND "However, because experi- ence and knowledge gained in the execution of policy may sug- gest the need for further deci- sions, the chief executive offi- cer will recommend new poli- cies or revisions of existing poli- cies where necessary. | "The realm of policy is a possible breeding ground for conflict between the council and the chief executive officer. When a pet policy recommen- dation has not been accepted, an impetuous executive should not take his case to the people. "Similarly, if a policy recom- mendation is accepted by coun- cil and subsequently produces unfavorable results, a council cannot obtain "easy way out" by placing the responsibility on the chief administrator." 2) the degree to which the municipal council recognizes that the chief executive officer is responsible and accountable to council for day-to-day admin- istration, and delegates author- ity necessary to execute his duties. 3) the professional compe- tence, spirit of integrity and understanding of the philosophy and purpose of municipal gov- ernment with which the chief executive officer approaches his task and thereby establishes the tone and spirit of the admin- istrative organization. POLICY MAKING On beginning his speech, en- titled, "The Executive Function in Civic Administration," Mr. Plunkett called the initiation, /eo-ordination and implementa- jtion of i policies the civic "essence of current organiza- |tional problems of civic admin- jistration. | Policy-making creates a need for administration and, he said, the complex mechanism of the jadministrative organization of a jmodern city requires the "permanent employment of |many, diverse skills and talents. | In the past, he said by way of jcomparison, the responsibilities jof local government were such jthat members of the local elect- mendations to the municipal/of deciding what must be donejed councils undertake the '"'very jlimited" technical and admin- cessary in order to improve the|these decisions are made byjistrative supervision that was jnecessary for the execution of |council decisions and policies. | With the brogfiening, refining jand expansionfof municipal re- city administra- committee. In the lower pic- ture, from left, are T. D. Thomas, MLA; is Honor Judge Alex C. Hall, Ald. W. R. Branch, Hon. Michael Stare and City Clerk, L. R. Barrand, --Oshawa Times Photos Auto Skids Into Mill Street Bridge Oshawa Police Department re- ported one accident in the city Monday. This involved a car driven by Harry Barrett, 21, 239 Cordova road, which skidded into the south east corner of a bridge on Mill street. No injur- ies were reported. The car snapped off two wood- en guard rails before it came to rest on the bridge at right angles to the travelling portion of the road. tion became more extensive and required more skill, RELINUISHED CONTROL "Tt naturally took a long time for locally elected members of councils to relinquish much of the detailed control they had always exercised with respect to the administration of council decisions. "It was somewhat natural, even when skilled officers had to be appointed on a permanent basis, to retain the literal notion that they should be di- rected servants of the munici- pal council." Experiments leading toward permanence in administrative staffs may include an "Execu- tive Committee" arrangement. "Where such a committee is composed entirely of members of council," observes Mr. Plun- kett, 'it may prove a_ useful device for co-ordinating policy proposals within the council. "However, in the administra- tive sphere it can hardly per- form day-to-day direction. Also, service on a council is only part-time. A councillor must de- vote the bulk of his time to earning a living. Consequently, the time required by service on an executive committee is often more than most can afford. |SEES FIELD LIMITED "The more time we demand of the elected councillor, the greater the risk that we shall only succeed in limiting the number of citizens who can accept public service. "Where an Executive Com- mittee is composed of appoint- ed -officials, it is likely to be indecisive and time-consuming, for its members usually have co-equal status. Each may also have a departmental résponsi- bility which is time - consuming and. inhibits his ability to con- sider problems of management. "A committee has never been regarded as an effective execu- tive instrument by any institu- tion. "With respect to a board of control, which is really a form of. executive committee, the best that one can say about it is that it constitutes a perma- nent exercise in futility. It is foreign to our political tradition; it should be regarded as nothing more than a quaint anachron- ism." : '