Ne erecta we wy a cee We eee A EIN (Union Man Tells' is ; 2 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Friday, September 28, 1962 GOOD EVENIN G Curbs Forecast | By JACK GEARIN SOME RE-ASSESSMENT SURVEY REFLECTIONS Remember Oshawa's two-year Re-assessment Equaliza- tion Survey recently -- completed (by J. P. Coombe and Associates, Toronto municipal consultants) at a cost of more than $120,000? ' : ~ . Many taxpayers have been thinking about it this week, and for a good reason: The 1963 assessment notices (on which next year's taxes will be based) have been mailed out, Unhappy with yours? - If so, contact City Assessor Eldon Kerr (a courteous and patient man), If he can't help, you can appeal to the Court of Revision, To get back to the so-called Re-assessment Equalization Survey( which this department now regards with something less fhan enthusiasm): The tables prepared below are intended to show the assessment structure of two widely-diversified groups of Oshawa homes, one in the southeast area of Apple Hill, the other in the above-King area of Masson (between Hillcroft and Aberdeen) and Simcoe north. ' The tables, while not all-conclusive, tend to show (in these groups at least) that the tax split favors the Masson- Simcoe north area. SIZEABLE TAX REDUCTIONS IN ONE AREA Note how eight of the nine Masson-Simcoe homes. have had sizeable tax reductions after 1961 (under the Re-assess- ment Equalization Survey) to bring them inside the range of the Apple: Hill group. The Apple Hill homes are all one-storey bungalow types. The Masson-Simcoe homes are mostly three-storey. In fairness to the Masson-Simcoe homes, and this is an important point -- all are within the 35 to 40-year-old range while the Apple Hill group is of far more recent viniage, being 5 to 7 years old. But what is the other side of the story? While these Ap- ple Hill owners are paying as much and more than the northern group, the tax future is not rosy for them no matter what happens. They pay little on Local Improve- ments yet (the bulk pay less than $10 annually each), and for a*good réason -- they have little in the way of Local Impreyements -- when these tables were compiled last Aug- ust, none of the Apple Hill homes had sidewalks, curb and gutter, or storm sewers (the Harmony road homes now have sidewalks), In other words, it costs as much today tax-wise to liye in Apple Hill as it does in the more preferred residential dis- trict of Masson street (between Hillcroft and Aberdeen) and some sections of Simcoe north. When Apple Hill services are fully installed their tax rate will shoot up considerably and the tax scale between the two will be overwhelmingly in favor of the above-King homes (mentioned herein). This seems like a most unfair arrangement. APPLE HILL "FOURTH PREFERRED" AREA Here is another point Apple Hill is located in "a fourth preferred residential rental area" as compared with the Masson-Simcoe area home referred to herein which are in 'a third-preferred residential rental area'. The Assessment Department has broken the City into six "residential rental areas" for assessment classification purposes. Land in the top area, say, is far more valuable than land in the fourth, The plan is illustrated.in a massive map at City Hall with each of the six outlined areas in a different color. As an example, Annsley subdivision is in No. 1 area. Kassinger subdivision and parts of Nipigon street is in No, 2. Parts of Masson and Aberdeen are in No. 3, Parts ef Westmount and all of Apple Hill are in No. 4. Older parts of the City for, residential purposes ~ such as Colforne ~~ ate in No. 5.' Outlying districts are included' in No. 6, Aside 'from the fact that the assessment load for these southeast homeowners is still as heavy as that borne by the more northerly group, Mr. Kerr says that these same Apple Hill homes 'would have a much higher assessment were they located on Masson or Simcoe street north, The northern homes have smaller frontages but, general- ly speaking, their lots run deeper than the southeast homes. Notice the valuation column for the two groups, which figures were released by the Assessment Department -- the houses are fairly even in value, despite their age differences. SOME ARTERIAL STREETS GET 5 PC, CUT As an aside, homes on main arterial streets are allowed' assessment reductions according to their locations. Simcoe street north homeowners get a five percent reduction as do ' residents of King street (most Adelaide street homes get a three percent lop-off, and so on) -- the interesting part about all of this is that residents of Dean avenue in Apple Hill get no such relief, yet many of them are located almost alongside Highway 401, one of the busiest thoroughfares in Canada. Need we mention also that they are alse within a stone's throw of two of the busiest railway lines in Canada, with train whistles sounding all night, or is that important for assessment purposes insofar as the southeast area is concerned? Is this. really re-assessment equalization? (These are a ts, ete., of h on Masson and Simcoe street north -- all are 35 to 40 years old). VALUA- TION $12,500 SIZE 40 ft, x 134 TAXES $349,80(1961) $320.83(1962) $417.37(1961) $321.93(1962) $395.51(1961) $313.35(1962) $337.87(1961) $291.82(1962) $451.16(1961) $372.11(1962) $366.89(1961) $373.94(1962) $401.47(1961) $317.18(1962) $395.11(1961) $344.00(1962) $374,04(1961) $274.48(1962) 40 ft. x 134 $800 $1,375 $800 $1,375 $750 $1,295 $800 $1,375 $820 $1,400 $12,000 $7,445 $4,175 $7,210 $3,500 $6,700 $4,875 $8,820 $3,795 $8,845 $4,265 $7,555 $3,995 40 ft. » 134 $13,000 37 ft. x 134 $12,000 AO ft. x 143 $17,500 40 ft. x 143 $15,500 40 ft, x 125 $785 $14,500 $1,135 $975 $2,125 $1,100 $1,225 52 #. x 110 $12,700 37 ft..« 173 $3,605 $6,295 $11,750 (These are assessments, etc., of houses on Dean avenue, Harmony road south, Whitman Crescent and Fareweii avenue): $3,235 $6,960 $4,770 $8,975 $3,315 $6,480 $3,235 LAND BLDG. SIZE ASS. TAXES 60 ft, x 135 $283.32(1961) $319.92(1962) $403.06(1961) $395.56(1962) $285.80(1961) $291.45(1962) $273.37(1961) Pa +4 $12,200 58 ft, x 110 $14,750 $300 $1,600 $280 $1,505 $210 50 ft. x 133 $11,050 40 ft, x 110 $10,275 |far the government plans OTTAWA (CP)--The govern. ment said Thursday it plans to ask Parliament to pass new transportation legislation aimed at ending across - the - board freight rate increases, Without giving any details, fae speech said that measures will be introduced "to give effect to recommendations of the royal commission on transportation." "These changes are intended horizontal freight rate increases which have borne so heavily in the past upon certain areas and groups of producers," it said. The railways won a series of horizontal' rate increases be tween 1948 and 1958, amounting) to more than 140 per cent. The government also said that previous freight rate subsidies--| the $20,000,000 - a - year "'roll-| back" subsidy first introduced in 1959, plus the $50,000,000 in- jterim assistance paid in 1961-- will be extended, | Both these subsidies were left! in abeyance when the last Pat. | liament was proragyed for the} June 18 election, | There was no clue in the} throne speech to indicate eal 0 move in implementing the far-| reaching proposals of the six-| In Freight Rates to remove the need for general! , The freight rate proposals of the royal commission were con- Sidered the fundamental change needed to free Canada's rail- ways to compete against rival \forms of transportation. The freight rate blueprint called for a new floor and aqgil- ing for freight rates between which the railways would be free to set rates in line with costs and competition. Premier W. A. C. Bennett of British Columbia said Thursda he expects the multi-million dol- lar international Columbia hy-! dro treaty between Canada and| the United States will be ratified) this year. Bids on contracts will be called two days after ratifica- tion, he told a press conference. The premier had refused to agree to the terms of the treaty until the federal government agreed to allow the province to sell its share of U.S,-generated power to the United tes, Mr. Bennett said he would seek no advantage in his appar- ent victory announced Thursday | in the speech from -the throne! at Ottawa. 2 The speech said long-term ex- port of surplus power on a large scale should be encouraged to man royal ded by Regina lawyer M. A. Mac.| Pherson. Ford Workers s Back On Shift | WINDSOR, Ont. (CP)--Pro- duction at Ford of Canada re- 'sumed with the afternoon shift Thursday after picket lines were removed by building trades unions. Ford's 1,500-man day shift had refused to cross the lines which |were set up following a jurisdic. |tional dispute between unions in. volved with a demolition firm |which is removing equipment from the plant. | Negotiators were still working jon a solution to the dispute. The contractor, Greenspoon Bros. Limited of Port Credit, with- drew its work force from the! plant at noon after the day shift! refused to cross the lines. | The dispute apparently devel-| oped because the firm is em- jpioying Toronto workers on the |job. Windsor laborers had re- fused to do the work. Herb Kelly, president oP Local 200 of the United Auto Workers) Union said the UAW is not di- rectly involved in the dispute.) | Another Satellite | Attempt Saturday | WASHINGTON (CP) -- An-| other attempt to shoot the Ca-! nadian_ satellite Alouette into space has been postponed until early Saturday morning, a U.S. Space Agency officia! said) Thursday. Sioa The new attempt will be made between 2:15 a.m. and 3:45 a.m,| EDT Saturday, the official said.| The initial attempt to launch the satellite failed early Thurs- day because of a series of minor | but time-consuming troubles. (Smith of Timmins, LITTLE C | WEATHER FORECAST expedite development of major) sources too big to be supported solely by domestic demand. SEES NEED SPUR Carl A. Pollock, president of Association, said at Saint John,| -B., the throne speech con-| tains evidence that the federal) for long-term measures to spur) Canada's economic growth, He noted the throne speech in- dication that the government will strive for a_ balanced budget. "A balanced budget," he said, "is the obvious prere- quisite to full restoration of in- vestor confidence in Canada : and policies to this end should|turned informer _|bosses Joseph McDermott and mare, foe suppers of all thengnt |Vincent Feeley was reported Senate Speaker George S. By JOHN LeBLANC Ontario's royal commission on crime heard he burned down a McDermott Feeley gaming house eight years ago. Life In Prison For Murder COCHRANE, Ont. Lionel Montfort, (CP) Clarke, an estranged partner White and his wife held a re- | Crime Probe fs M botbece SENATE SPEAKER'S RECEPTION | | ception after the opening of Parliament and here they | | greet two of their guests, | {for McDermott - jprotection and lawyer's fees) ___.|missing Thursday shortly after|/from a Toronto crapshooting cent. iclub in 1052-53, The same witness -- Dominic Simone, one-time operator of the craps joint--also testified) Gambling Club in nearby Cooks. By ROBERT RICE -- "OTTAWA (CP)--A Welland Canal lockmaster and union leader told the Norris shipping inquiry Thursday that he was brutally attacked by two thugs a few hours before he was to preside over a meeting of canal workers to plan retaliatory ac- tion against the Seafarers Inter- national Union of Canada, John McNamara of St. Cath- arines said his assailants slugged him over the head, in- flicting wounds that required more than 50 stitches to close, and kicked him on the ground. He said the attack took place before he left to work the over- night shift on the Port Weller lock of the Welland Canal, The next day, he said, he was to preside over special meetings of Welland Canal workers to de. cide how to support the Cana- dian Maritime Union in its struggle with the SIU. ' LED TO BOYCOTT The meeting was held without him, It led later to the July boy- eott of SIU-manned ships in the | Welland Canal and the St, Law- rence Seaway. This boycott lasted 30 hours and resulted in |a government promise to launch Prime Minister 'a full inquiry into shipping dis- Diefenbaker, jruptions, violence and marine --(CP Wirephoto) |labor strife. and Mrs, Hears Evidence Earlier Witness Disappeared later they are searching for the|a month while it operated un-|the force had received the Mit-| TORONTO (CP)--A disgrun-|bookie, who was labelled by an-|der auspices of McDermott and|chell report at the time but said) tled former associate wholother witness Thursday as the|Feeley, who had started outlit consisted of vague informa-| on gambling|man who collected $500 a month|with a 25-per-cent cut when/tion about a man wearing sun- Feeley police|/they quickly and somewhat in-|glasses and driving in a conver- to 40 per|tible some distance from the ob-| th, explicably jumped |server. As Feeley-McDermott coltee-| He said the report is being tor, the dapper Simone said,|pursued but added the OPP is Clarke took out also $100 a/still convinced Mitchell has not month ostensibly for lawyer Sol/turned up. The petite wife of small-time that after Clarke split with the|Gebirtig's fees for such dut'es) The 52-year-old Borelli made bookie Ralph Clarke of Toronto|top pair, he saw Clarke set fire|as keeping the club charter le-/an earlier-than-expected appear. told the commission that/to the McDermott-Feeley Alpha'gally in the clear. ar. _ \ance in the box Thursday be- A second missing gambling|cause of his connection with the 29-year-old| and collection man for the pair,|ville in 1954 and watched it burn|figure occupied the commission| Mitchell report--which the com- Timmins miner, Thursday was|disappeared Sept. 19 while un- {to a shell as its solid doors and|Thursday as it sought with lit- mission first heard of Wednes- sentenced to life imprisonment/der subpoena as an inquiry wit- for the murder of his father-in-|ness. law, Clarke had given the commis. The Ontario Supreme Court /sion a preview of his evidence jury deliberated 90 minutes be-|privately and under oath an fore returning a verdict of not|Feeley this month went all th guilty of capital murder but|way to the Supreme Court o guilty of murder. Canada in a vain attempt to Montfort shot his father-in-/have the commissioner, Mr. law, Herve Portelance, 52, after|Jusitce W. D. Roach, disquali- he broke into the Portelance|fied because of this procedure. home and began fighting with) The bookie's wife Grace, hold- his wife, Eileen, 24, in a bed-|ing back emotion, told the com- room. |mission in a brief appearance in Portelance was shot with @/(he witness box that Clarke just pistol when he ran into the bed-|cave her to understand Sept, 19 room after being awakened by|_ihe day the commission the noise. started its current series of sit- The court was told that Mont-|tings--that he did not want to fort then shot and severely! appear as a witness because of wounded his wife and mother-|ine publicity. She thought he ee 'broke 4 - {might be in Montreal. ontfort broke down on the on witness stand Thursday. MAY ISSUE WARRANT "T just lost my head for a) Commission Counsel Roland |minute, I discharged the whole|F. Wilson said a bench warrant gun," Montfort said under ques-|will be issued for Clarke if he tioning by his lawyer, Elmer|does not turn up quickly. re TEMPERATUR | 2 Beats I 4 HANGE IN with a few cloudy periods today and Saturday, a little warmer Forecasts issued by the Tor- onto public weather office at 5 a.m,: Synopsis: Rain is forecast to 'spread north of Lake Ontario this morning and continue in the eastern regions of the prov- ince throughout the day, Strong 'northeast winds will accompany ite rainfall, Showers in the | southwestern regions are likely, jending over this area this 'morning or early afternoon. Southern Ontario will have cool Mainly Cloudy Weather Seen Winds northeast 10 to 15. Forecast Temperatures |Low tonight, High Saturday Windsor . ask an 60 |St' Thomas | London Kitchener . Wingham . \don: Cloudy with a few show-|Hamilton .... ers ending this afternoon, Vir-l st. Catharines.. liable cloudiness tonight and Sat-/Toronto ....- ere jurday, not much change in tem-|Peterborough . |perature. Winds northerly 20. (Trenton ......++++ Niagara, Lake Ontario re-|Killaloe gions, Hamilton, Toronto: Over-|Muskoka .. cast with intermittent rain to-\North Bay. \day, a few showers ionight./Sudbury .. |\Mainly cloudy Saturday, not|Karlton ..:. |much change in temperature | Kapuskasing |Winds northeast 25 today, north-| White River. lerly 20 tonight and Saturday. |Moosonee . Haliburton region: Clouding/Timmins .... Mount Fores 55 | Ontario Provincial Police said sinium of autocracy is at least barred windows kept firemen out The embittered Simone, who called McDermott and Feeley) q 'a couple of rats," said they|bling joints. and sometime pn-ing the months of inquiry evi- e|double-crossed him by framing|lice informant who disappeared. dence, ¢/him into jail, stealing his clien-|two years ago. tele for their own club and later sending a warning emissary; when he tried to get a refund| on his fruitless "'protection"| money, | In the last few days, McDer-) mott and Feeley have denied that they céllected from Simone} for protection, though they had helped bankroll his game, and jdenied using strong-arm tactics when he later sought money. JUMPS CUT Simone testified his "high) class" dice game netted $10,000! tle success to track down a re-\day from McDermott -- and port of the recent reappearance|while there he was questioned of Peter (Scrip) Mitchell, hanger-on of Niagara area gam-|series of references to him dur-| f } er He denied; Felix (Chief) Borelli, Niagara 1 That he was a McDermott- Falls, Ont., businessman and Feeley representative for gam-| gambler, testified that a man/pling clubs in the Niagara area| in his poolroom had told him! or owned pieces of them, though that a friend had seen Mitchell/ pe samitted to a string of gam: around Fort Erie and reported)ing house convictions including this to the OPP, who long ago! i h , at least one guilty plea. had wirtten off Mitchell ~ 2. That'he dead, document CONFIRMS REPORT dures for a raid on the non-| That was as far as the com-/McDermott-Feeley old Ramsey) mission got, but. Chief Insp.|cjub at. Niagara Falls, which) Harold Graham, head of the| mysteriously found its way to} OPP's Criminal Investigation|jhe OPP in 1958 and led to a! Branch, confirmed later that) cuccessful raid. | biueprinting proca-| _ INTERPRETING THE NEWS 3. That he knew. the missing} Mitchell was being blamed for) the detailed blueprint--Mitchell) had worked in the club, j Yemen Border Feud Examined By AAN WALKER | Canadian Press Staff Writer The army uprising in Yemen, m the tiny Red Sea kingdom negr} Britain's vital military base in "%\'ne Aden protectora'e, further) complicates a long - i\feud over the-Yemen-Aden bor- standing) der, With the reported assas3'na- ¢\tion of 36-year-old Imam (king) Mohammad Al Badr, a millen- temporarily at an end, First reports of the revolt were sparse and confused Imam Mohammad promised) jmodern reforms for the feudal \fee when he took over from his ifather, Imam Ahmad, who died jlast week, He never had the |chance to carry them out. Imam Ahmad's personal im- age struck fear into his sub- jects, There was hardly a de- tail of .administration over which he did not have com- plete control. | And when it became appar-| ent Imam Mohammad would 'not follow the ruthless rule of his father, Russian - trained) army leaders seem to have |seized their chance. British observers have recog- nized the possibility of revolt. \Immediately after Imam Ah- {mad's death the formerly comic-opera questions of the isolated and curious kingdom--| lconcerning mainly. the personal) lappearance and habits of the| imam --were replaced by ap-| prehension, Will Yemen remain non- aligned or 'will it seek further) 'Imam Ahmad had accepted DID You jthat rebellion has broken out/time associates: GOT PROTECTION | Borelli asked and received the protectiog of the Canada Evi- dence Act-barring the use of testimony against him in any possible future court action--as did another Niagara Falls man, Peter (Black Pete) Sacco, Sacco, 54, who testified only briefly before the day's adjourn- Will border raids on Aden in-|ment, admitted running a crap crease? game with Simone in Niagara) Official Yemeni' policy has|Falls for a few months in 1952,| always been that Aden is injbefore he was raided and con-| fact 'southern Yemen' ' and|victed. | Yemenis make up the bulk of} Since then he had taken part) he Aden protectorate's popula-|in no illegal games, particularly) ion. in the Ramsey Club, where he| Whaiever force rises to the|Was a frequent visitor but con-| top in the current confusion,\fined his gaming: to legal high) Yemen probably will turn its|Stakes bridge and pinochle- attention to Aden sooner or| Simone, a natty little man later: who said he now is reformed| and works with three fruit com. DELICATE SPOT | panies, gave the commission a British sovereignty in Adenjrambling, sometimes incoher- has been maintained by a com-jent, usually fascinating, saga of} bination of military force and'the rise and fall of a small] reliance on provisional agree-|crapshooter touched by the Mc ments with the Yemeni ruler/Dermott-Feeley influence. | dating back some 30 years. Now| Some of his views on his one-| such aid, he had scorned socialism. always t t within Yemen, the British po-| 'They would throw their sition is even more delicate, {mothers to the wolves... As long as Yemen was ruled they're two guys who'll never) by a feudal king and his sooth-|die in bed . . . they've got more sayers, Britain was reasonably | enemies than Hitler." safe against organized attacks|-------- -- on Aden, | Now a military force seems) to be emerging. Rebel leaders have called upon. tribal chief.| tains to unite. And Britain may be faced with a full-scale war| after years of border skiy- mishes. NOWHERE ELSE "2 4 ae outside his home June 19 just ajwith negative results about a} anything Of &/qq) | Of Brutal Attack Mr, McNamara was to be cross-exannined today on hig testimony before Mr. Justice T. G. Norris. , Three deck officers testified Thursday about a bid by. the SIU to move in on the Canadian Merchant Service Guild, a union Praga' on Canadian ships. le mates--Hector Rosee. Clitford Campbell. ana "Hees Hilliard--said they were em- ployed in 1961 on ships owned or operated db; Reoch of Montreal. nme 2A They testified that when they started the 1961 shipping season they were paid the wage scale Prescribed by the Merchant Service Guild. A short time later, they were told that a lower SIU scale of pay was be- ing substituted. The company he SIU had apparently ed a contract t ( Pe ly © cover deck ag SIU VIEW counsel Joseph Nuss con- tended that the SIU pay scale while lower, was for a shorter | Work week, with overtime mak: /!ng up the difference with the pay rates of the guild, | The three witnesses said they |were told by SIU officials that they had to join the union or be replaced by SIU mates, They jsaid they refused to join the |SIU, |, The Merchant Service Guild jfinally won bargaining rights for |the deck officers after a certifi- jcation vote conducted by the Canada Labor Relations Board. Glassco Probe Action Seen OTTAWA (CP) -- Notice thai @ government intends te take action on some proposals of the Glassco royal commission on government organization was |Served Thursday in the speech |from the throne at Parliament's opening. "Steps will be taken to im- Prove further the efficiency of govern ment operations," the speech forecast. It added that the Glassco 'commission's re- port "will be helpful in achiev- ing this improvement of admin. istration while maintaining the high status of the Canadian pub- lie service." The initial Glassco report~ with four more still to come-- was released three weeks ago Thursday. It urged. that much of the red tape in federal eper- ations be stripped away to put departments on a more efficient and business-like basis, Savings of "many..millions..of. lars" were predicted if the proposals were carried out, The commission saw a $50,000,000 annual saving in paperwork alone. 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Edmonton lsist through Saturday, Georgian Bay; Timagami re |Regina Lake St. Clair region, Wind-|gions, North Bay, Sudbury:|Winnipeg . sor: Cloudy with a few show-|Clouding over by noon, cloudy|Lakehead ers ending this-afternoon, Var- tonight and Saturday, not much|White River....... able cloddiness tonight and Sa:--change in temperature, Winds S: 8:: Marie..... os urday, not much change in tem-'northerly 20. Kapuskasing 3 perature. Winds northerly 20. Algoma, White River, Coch.|North Bay. | Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lon- rane, Sault Ste. Marie: Sunny'Sudbury $1,105 $6,265 $269.00(1962) 56 ft. x 110 $240 $3,980 $335.49(1961) $1,185 $6,540 $281.96(1962) (The above reduction was largely becouse of a 26-foot easement on the property for a City sewer) and wos granted by on oppeal 55 ft.x 110 $285 $3,040 $333.11(1961) $13,125 $1,460 $7,850 $339.82(1962) $230 $3,070 $263,36(1961) $1,380 $6,110 $273,38(1962) $310. $3,165 $276.25(1961) $1,550 $6,545 $295,46(1962) Friday Evening at 8 p.m. (Sept. 28th) AND All Day Saturday (Sept. 29th) Please Pick Up Your Lay-Aways Before This Time Observed Temperatures Low overnight, high Thursday 11,40 $ Dawson 28 48 $10,565 80 ft. x 110 728-4681 60 ft. x 113 $11,700